Di Wentian gave a bitter smile. "It seems I don't need to intervene; you can handle all this yourself."
Ye Chen shook his head. "Thank you, Brother Wentian."
Di Wentian had acted, using the Qingtian Great Cauldron to connect with the Ten Heavens, even channeling the boundless might of the Tenth Heaven. The vast expanse of Qingtian actually slowed the flow of time.
He said, "I used a secret technique to reverse the flow of time to a certain extent, slowing it down a hundredfold. Although it cannot be maintained for too long, keeping it for one hour is enough, equivalent to only about twenty breaths of time in the outside world."
"During this hour, I will tell you some truths about the great destruction of the Mythical Era back then!"
One hour was also sufficient.
Ye Chen thought.
However, he looked at the Qingtian Great Cauldron and frowned slightly. This was the center of the Alien Ancient Universe; could it block the perception of the alien Emperors?
As if understanding his thoughts, Di Wentian smiled faintly. "Don't worry. This is a sealing Emperor technique personally imprinted on the Qingtian Great Cauldron by my father. Not to mention ordinary Supreme Ones, even the strongest Emperors would be blocked somewhat if they tried to probe."
Di Wentian said, "Douzhan Sheng—"
Ye Chen said, "Brother Wentian, just call me Ye Chen."
"Alright, Ye Chen." Di Wentian did not refuse. "There are some doubts you must be eager to know. Why did my father betray the Sealed Boundary Universe back then, join the Alien Ancient Universe, and even stab the Sealed Boundary Universe, causing it to lack the most crucial Tenth Heaven, making the Heavenly Dao incomplete and making it difficult for countless years to give birth to Supreme Geniuses?"
Ye Chen nodded, recalling the words of the Time-Space Emperor, remembering the intervention on the River of Time, and seeing Di Wentian's actions. He knew that Qingtian Dadi must have had his own difficulties.
After all, not everyone was willing to bear that eternal infamy.
Di Wentian said solemnly, "To be honest with you, my father joined the Alien Ancient Universe because it was a joint decision made by the Emperors of the Sealed Realm back then."
"A joint decision by the Emperors of the Sealed Realm?" Ye Chen was astonished.
"Yes. In the previous epoch, the most glorious and prosperous Mythical Era, the strongest Emperors of the Sealed Realm back then—the Heavenly Emperor, the Time-Space Emperor, Tai Sheng Huang, and my father—actually detected the conspiracy of the Alien Ancient Universe. They also knew that Shidai would incite the supreme existences of various epoch eras to attack the Sealed Boundary Universe. That was why the Heavenly Emperor had no choice but to stand alone against the supreme existences of various epoch eras."
"Back then, the Sealed Boundary Universe, the Alien Ancient Universe, and the Primordial Immortal Realm were the three most powerful Chaos Ancient Universes in the Chaos Sea. The Sealed Boundary Universe was only slightly weaker than the Alien Ancient Universe."
"However, Shidai was the most terrifying. He did not act himself but could persuade the most fearsome existences to act. Back then, not only did the existences restraining the Heavenly Emperor from various epochs act, but supreme existences from the Chaos Sea also intervened. Even the Primordial Immortal Realm was not exempt; there were supreme Immortals who acted, and it was said that even Immortal Kings were tempted and secretly intervened."
Ye Chen nodded. He also knew that the situation faced by the Sealed Boundary Universe back then was unprecedentedly difficult.
At the fifth checkpoint of the Ultimate Ancient Path, he had seen that Douzhan Shengzu had faced attacks from alien Ancient Emperors back then, among which was the shadow of a supreme Immortal.
Under such circumstances, no matter how powerful the Sealed Boundary Universe was, it could not withstand it.
Di Wentian sighed. "Although ultimately, it was the Primordial Immortal Realm that stepped forward to prevent the Alien Ancient Universe from destroying the Sealed Boundary Universe, some supreme Immortals, even Immortal Kings, had certain connections with the Alien Ancient Universe. The Primordial Immortal Realm itself could not be completely united. The terror of the alien race had long silently infiltrated the Primordial Immortal Realm."
The more he listened, the more he understood the terror of the alien race.
Even the Primordial Immortal Realm, the most powerful on the surface, had alien forces infiltrating it. It was unimaginable.
"Back then, the Emperors of the Sealed Boundary Universe knew they could not resist the Alien Ancient Universe; invasion was inevitable. Moreover, when Shidai personally recruited my father, the Emperors of the Sealed Realm secretly discussed and had my father openly betray the Sealed Boundary Universe and join the Alien Ancient Universe, while secretly lying low and infiltrating it, waiting for an opportunity to attack the Alien Ancient Universe from within."
Attack the Alien Ancient Universe from within—could that really be done?
Ye Chen did not doubt Qingtian Dadi's capabilities but had a deep wariness toward the alien race.
After all, the strength of the Alien Ancient Universe, especially Shidai, was such that even the Eight Desolations Ancient Universe was destroyed because of it. Didn't a strongest Emperor like Emperor Hantian also fall in battle at the Immortal Pass of the Primordial Immortal Realm?
Entering the enemy camp so deeply, even as a strongest Emperor, was extremely dangerous.
Ye Chen frowned. "Why did the alien race want to recruit Senior Qingtian Dadi? Wouldn't they fear that after recruiting Senior Qingtian Dadi into the Alien Ancient Universe, he might suddenly strike, causing irreversible heavy damage to the entire Alien Ancient Universe and causing the fall of many Ancient Emperors?"
"Moreover, the Heavenly Dao in the Alien Ancient Universe is complete, with the existence of the Tenth Heaven. Wouldn't Senior Qingtian Dadi's joining cause conflict?"
This was what puzzled him.
Di Wentian said, "There are two reasons. First, as you have seen, what the alien race wanted to do was weaken the Heavenly Dao of the entire Sealed Boundary Universe and also weaken its development potential. The lack of Heavenly Dao made it impossible for Supreme Geniuses to be born, and similarly, it was difficult for Ancient Emperors to emerge. Therefore, in this epoch era, the overall strength of the Sealed Boundary Universe has greatly weakened, and the number of strong individuals at various levels has decreased countless times compared to the Mythical Era."
"Second, as you thought, in the Alien Ancient Universe with a complete Heavenly Dao, my father's joining would cause turmoil and conflict in the Heavenly Dao. However, at the same time, the existence of two Tenth Heavens would also make the Heavenly Dao stronger, increasing the probability of giving birth to Supreme Geniuses far beyond other Chaos Ancient Universes. The same applies to Great Perfection Supreme Geniuses not inferior to Emperor Sons and Daughters or Immortal Dao descendants, further strengthening the entire Alien Ancient Universe."
"As for the conflict you mentioned between the Tenth Heaven of the Alien Ancient Universe and my father, although it exists, it cannot repel my father. This is because generally, the Ten Heavens are the existence of Heavenly Dao's operational rules. The Heavenly Dao is emotionless, treating all things as straw dogs—that is the principle. My father is a Heaven that has developed sentience. Once the Heavenly Dao awakens sentience, it is far stronger than those without sentience, especially since my father is the most powerful Tenth Heaven."
"In fact, throughout this epoch era, using the power of the Tenth Heaven, my father has long silently devoured and eroded the Tenth Heaven of the Alien Ancient Universe's Heavenly Dao, making it a part of himself."
Looking at the confident smile at the corner of Di Wentian's mouth, Ye Chen felt an indescribable shock, secretly sighing that the alien race had truly tried to gain an advantage only to suffer a loss. They recruited Qingtian Dadi to join the Alien Ancient Universe to strengthen the Tenth Heaven, but in the end, the entire Tenth Heaven of the Alien Ancient Universe had been silently eroded by Qingtian Dadi and become a part of him.