Primordial Immortal Realm, Northern River Mountain Range.
Boom—
Suddenly, a figure descended from the sky, crashing through a thousand-mile-high mountain peak and landing heavily, causing a massive tremor.
From the enormous crater smashed into the Immortal World's earth, Ye Chen slowly stood up, somewhat disheveled, and couldn't help but smile wryly. "This Old Yan is as violent as ever."
With a shudder, the dust on his body fell away, restoring his handsome, jade-like appearance, completely unharmed.
Gazing into the northern distance, he murmured softly, "The Origin Ancient Path? I, Ye Chen, am coming!"
Swish—
Ye Chen released a strange bird from the Extinction Emperor Realm. It was at the Great Power level, one of those he had subdued in the Ten Heavens Ancient Domain, possessing the bloodline of a Heavenly Roc. It wasn't too conspicuous, yet still spanned ten thousand li in size.
He sat cross-legged upon it, directing it to fly towards the Origin Ancient Path along a specified direction.
The great roc spread its wings, soaring through the Thirty-Three Heavens, rushing towards the Origin Ancient Path at the northern extremity with astonishing speed.
Boundless astral winds blew, but the Heavenly Roc blocked them with its magic power. Ye Chen upon it only felt a gentle breeze against his face.
Ye Chen began having his inner Origin Small Universe devour the Origin Worlds of the three Sovereigns and the alien Sovereign Origin World obtained from the Fallen Heaven Desolate Domain, starting to further expand and strengthen.
Originally, his peak strength was only comparable to fifteen hundred Monarch Rules. However, his Chaos Saint Body, facing the Flame Emperor's pressure for seven days and seven nights, had been constantly torn apart and reassembled, receiving further reinforcement. It had doubled, equivalent to an increase of three hundred Monarch Rules in strength. He was currently comparable to eighteen hundred Monarch Rules in power.
Currently, if facing a First Heaven Sovereign, as long as the opponent didn't use their Origin World or Monarch Immortal Weapon, he wouldn't be much weaker than a First Heaven Sovereign.
The terror of an Eternal Quasi-Monarch was fully displayed.
If he refined the four Sovereign Origin Worlds, Ye Chen guaranteed his strength would increase further.
While devouring and refining the Sovereign Origin Worlds, Ye Chen also split his focus within the Extinction Emperor Realm, releasing the suppressed alien Quasi-Monarch-level Imperial Sons and Daughters, including Six Paths Imperial Son. Without a word, the Great Emperor reincarnation body, wielding the Emperor Star, acted, brutally and directly breaking through the defenses of the Emperor Treasures and annihilating their soul spirits.
Using this method, he also killed the previously suppressed alien Imperial Sons and Daughters like Mo Shitian one by one, permanently erasing them from the world.
Their fleshly bodies were then refined, extracting strands of pure Imperial Bloodline power, faintly revealing numerous fragments of Emperor Dao laws.
Perhaps more accurately, they should be called Supreme One Emperor Law fragments.
These Supreme One Emperor Law fragments, under the continuous tempering of the Chaos Source Fire, eventually condensed into numerous fragments, profoundly mysterious, carrying the mysteries of the Emperor Dao, impossible to comprehend.
Initially, Ye Chen intended to refine these Supreme One Emperor Law fragments for his own use but found it very difficult. These fragments contained traces of the alien Great Emperors' imprints, requiring his constant suppression. Otherwise, the residual will within the Supreme One Emperor Laws could turn him into a demon, becoming an alien creature.
Helplessly, Ye Chen inscribed them onto the Chaos Great Cauldron.
The Chaos Great Cauldron had accompanied Ye Chen throughout his journey, devouring and refining the essence of many extraordinary Dao weapons. It had even nurtured its own divine spirit, becoming sentient long ago, far surpassing other Quasi-Monarch weapons.
It could even contend with Monarch Immortal Weapons to a certain extent.
The Chaos Great Cauldron, being sentient, even with Supreme One Emperor Law fragments inscribed, the residual will of the alien Great Emperors within would be constantly suppressed, unable to cause trouble. It could also use this to sublimate and advance further.
Hum—
The Chaos Great Cauldron erupted with infinite light, like a small chaos sun, radiating myriad rays. Waves of terrifying Dao might spread out, nearly causing the Great Power-level Heavenly Roc he sat upon to explode.
Fortunately, Ye Chen acted in time, suppressing the Chaos Great Cauldron's Dao might within a certain range. Otherwise, the Heavenly Roc definitely wouldn't have held on.
Even now, its flight was trembling.
Ye Chen could clearly feel that the Chaos Great Cauldron had undergone a transformation, becoming more extraordinary overall, illusory and ethereal, yet as if an ancient Great Emperor slumbered within, possessing a faint Emperor Dao majesty.
The current Chaos Great Cauldron might not be inferior to ordinary Monarch Immortal Weapons.
Ye Chen thought, sending the Chaos Great Cauldron into the Extinction Emperor Realm and attempting to activate it. The Chaos Great Cauldron responded as effortlessly as moving his own arm as always. The interwoven Supreme One Emperor Law fragments on it suddenly shone brightly, its power soaring many times over, smashing towards the Great Emperor reincarnation body.
Simultaneously, the Great Emperor reincarnation body gently slapped out with a palm, carrying power comparable to two thousand Monarch Rules, imprinting on the Chaos Great Cauldron.
Boom—
The collision between the two was cataclysmic. If not for this being the Extinction Emperor Realm, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Finally, verification succeeded. The Chaos Great Cauldron possessed terrifying power comparable to a Monarch Immortal Weapon. This delighted Ye Chen. With all factors combined, Ye Chen truly possessed the terrifying strength to rival a First Heaven Sovereign.
His mind immersed in the time of devouring Sovereign Origin Worlds and refining Supreme One Emperor Law fragments. Under the wings of the Great Power-level Heavenly Roc, after three days and three nights, they finally flew out of an immortal domain ruled by a Supreme Immortal and entered the second, third, fourth...
One immortal domain after another was traversed by the Heavenly Roc.
The Primordial Immortal Realm was vast and expansive, even far surpassing the myriad domains of the heavens. It possessed a complete and flawless Heavenly Dao, with imprints of many Supreme Immortals and even Immortal Kings stamped upon it, no less oppressive than the Ten Heavens Ancient Domain. This caused the speed-specialized Great Power-level Heavenly Roc to fly for a full month and a half without yet reaching the Origin Ancient Path.
During this month and a half, Ye Chen successfully devoured one Sovereign Origin Great World. His strength once again received a substantial increase, growing much stronger. Combined with the Chaos Great Cauldron's peak state, he possessed terrifying strength surpassing four thousand Monarch Rules.
"There are still three more. Perhaps by then, I'll be completely on par with a First Heaven Sovereign. Even now, I can fight at the peak."
Ye Chen murmured softly to himself. For the present, a difference of a thousand Monarch Rules was almost negligible.
As for an Inverse Heaven Quasi-Monarch?
Ye Chen, possessing power surpassing four thousand Monarch Rules, could absolutely crush them.
"The Primordial Immortal Realm is too vast. At the current speed, the journey hasn't even progressed halfway. I overestimated the Heavenly Roc and underestimated the immensity of the Primordial Immortal Realm."
Ye Chen shook his head lightly. The Primordial Immortal Realm, as the most powerful Chaos Ancient Universe in the Chaos Sea, with numerous immortals standing tall and Immortal Kings numbering in the double digits, was definitely no less than the alien Ancient Universe. This had caused the entire Primordial Immortal Realm, over endless ages, to continuously expand, far larger than ordinary Chaos Ancient Universes.
Ye Chen didn't mind much. This period was just right, providing ample time to devour the other three Origin Worlds and the trace of Flame Emperor's Fire Emperor Source left by the Flame Emperor.