At this point, the Origin Land was no longer a secret to Divine King-level existences like Wangchen and Peacock King.
"A Supreme Treasure? Show me." Ye Chen was also curious.
Led by Wangchen and Peacock King, Ye Chen and the others ascended to the Heavenly Gate's main hall. Ye Chen felt a wave of nostalgia, as if he could still see that Heavenly Gate's Gate Lord, dressed in snow-white robes, seated upon the main throne.
Wangchen approached the throne and slapped it down with his palm. With a thunderous boom, a passageway opened, radiating brilliant light.
"Let's go!"
The group entered the passage and soon arrived in a desolate small world.
This small world was utterly lifeless and silent. But at its center stood an Ancient Gate, about ten zhang tall.
This Ancient Gate closely resembled the special Heavenly Gate manifested behind the Heavenly Gate's Gate Lord, covered in ancient and peculiar patterns that intertwined across its entire surface. Yet it also appeared exceptionally worn and dilapidated, with some parts even broken.
"Is this the Ancient Gate left behind by the Gate Lord back then?" Ye Chen and the others approached, circling the Ancient Gate, but could not detect the slightest anomaly.
Even when Qian infused divine power into it, there was no fluctuation whatsoever.
It seemed almost like nothing more than an aged, broken ancient gate.
Ye Chen touched it, feeling only that the gate's material was incredibly hard, nearly indestructible. Powerful as he was, even when applying a bit of force, he couldn't even chip off a piece of rubble.
"Hmm—"
Ye Chen pondered briefly, then suddenly swung his fist and punched it.
"Qianyue, what are you doing?"
Those beside him exclaimed in alarm. A punch like that could likely shatter half the body of a Quasi-Monarch.
*Clang!*
Yet when such a punch landed on the Ancient Gate, the gate merely trembled slightly, emitting a metallic clanging sound.
"What!?"
Everyone was astonished. This Ancient Gate was actually so indestructible that it could withstand Ye Chen's punch.
"As expected." Ye Chen understood. He believed that if he went all out, he might be able to shatter the Ancient Gate, but there was no need for that. From the start, this was merely a test.
"Could it be the Gate Lord's true form?"
He frowned, thinking this.
But the next moment, he dismissed the idea.
*Buzz—*
Suddenly, Ye Chen sensed the Eternal Crown and the three Supreme Divine Crowns within his glabella abruptly erupting with dazzling radiance. They flew out, landing within this empty, silent small world.
The Supreme Treasure Silver Pearl also appeared, flashing with thunderous might, carrying an aura that could make even Quasi-Monarchs tremble.
"True King Divine Crowns?" Peacock King was surprised.
The True Kings from the Human Emperor competition also possessed such divine crowns, but they felt far less resplendent than these.
"No, these are Supreme Divine Crowns, belonging to the Supreme Secret Realm. They are related to the ultimate immortal fate," Ye Chen explained, yet his gaze remained fixed on the four divine crowns.
If the Eternal Crown was an Origin Sacred Artifact and perhaps related to the Ancient Gate, why were the other three Supreme Divine Crowns also resonating with it?
At this moment, the four divine crowns suddenly burst forth with myriad auspicious lights, which poured into the Ancient Gate.
*Buzz—*
Now, the secret patterns on the Ancient Gate began to glow. Within the originally hollow interior of the gate, as the patterns lit up, special ancient characters also continuously intertwined and shimmered, eventually transforming into a brilliant passageway.
"This—"
Wangchen, Peacock King, and Xia Miao'er were all utterly astonished. They were aware of this Ancient Gate's existence, but no matter how they tried to activate it, it had never shown the slightest change.
Now, such an anomaly had occurred.
The passageway born from within the Ancient Gate was brilliant and blazing, revealing mysterious and supreme Dao runes one after another, vaguely touching upon the Supreme level.
Everyone was puzzled and suspicious. Where exactly did this Ancient Gate left by the Heavenly Gate's Gate Lord lead?
"Don't act recklessly. I'll enter first to investigate." Ye Chen had a thought and manifested his Chaos Divine King Spirit to enter.
The Chaos Divine King Spirit was equivalent to a Chaos Supreme Body, not the slightest bit weaker than his true self, and it carried no weapons inside.
"Kill!"
"Annihilate these enemies!"
"Fight for the Great Emperor, open up the boundless heavenly path!"
"Swear to seize the origin, the Great Emperor is invincible!"
...
The moment the Chaos Divine King Spirit entered the Ancient Gate, it appeared the next instant on a vast battlefield. The sounds of slaughter filled the sky, unceasing to the ear, shaking the myriad realms.
Lifting his head, he saw that this heaven and earth was so vast, so magnificent, so turbulent. Worlds rose and fell, realms rotated, and the sky was filled with stars.
Countless figures surged forth. There were massive warships as large as stars, giant beasts that could open their mouths and swallow stars, existences whose raised hands could blot out the sky and sun, and also sacred, peerless saints...
This was a battlefield.
An excessively vast battlefield.
It was as if it were the Mythical Ruins of old, boundless and limitless, with countless powerful beings engaged in warfare.
There were humans, insectoids, demonic races, immortal races, angelic races, alien races, mechanical races...
It seemed to gather all the myriad races of the heavens, fighting on this battlefield.
Stars could be seen exploding, worlds and realms being torn apart, sinking, and being destroyed.
Ye Chen felt this place was familiar, because it was so similar to the Heavenly Tribulation World.
However, the battle was far too chaotic. He couldn't distinguish how many factions were participating in the war.
But he knew that, at the very least, Ancient Monarchs were presiding over the war, Quasi-Monarchs were mobilized, and Divine Kings were charging and killing on the battlefield.
"What place is this?"
Ye Chen frowned.
*Swish—*
He saw an alien race Divine King figure appear ahead. Suddenly, he moved, grabbing it without a word, directly annihilating its true spirit and exploring its chaotic soul memories.
"Tian Cang Battlefield... Origin... Ascension..."
In the short span of a single breath, Ye Chen had already awakened. He gave a light squeeze to the alien race Divine King in his hand, reducing it to formless annihilation.
He looked at the chaotic, immensely vast battlefield and sighed softly. "So this place is the Origin Ancient Path, located in the deepest part of the Primordial Immortal World, the place that buries immortals, buries emperors, buries everything. It is also the chessboard for the Supreme Ones of the myriad heavens. This is one of its battlefields."
This was also a Fallen Emperor Battlefield, where an ancient Great Emperor had once fallen, related to ancient Supreme grievances.
However, with the fall of that ancient Great Emperor, all Supreme grievances had ended. Now, because of the ancient Great Emperor's fall, Emperor Dao Origin had descended here, contested by all sides.
On the Origin Ancient Path, there were not only the forces of Emperor Sovereigns and Supreme Immortals, but also other factions.
To contend for the Emperor Dao Origin manifested after the ancient Great Emperor's fall, although the Supreme Ones themselves had not taken action, their subordinate powerhouses had all moved, entering this Fallen Emperor Battlefield known as the Tian Cang Battlefield.
"Emperor Dao Origin? Good. It can supplement the Great Emperor Reincarnation Body."
The Chaos Divine King Spirit attempted several times to pass through the Ancient Gate and found it could enter and exit freely.
When the Supreme Treasure Silver Pearl and the four divine crowns left, the gate returned to its dim state.
Approaching again to resonate would allow it to reopen.
After understanding the principle, the Great Emperor Reincarnation Body directly entered the Tian Cang Battlefield on the Origin Ancient Path.