On the Primordial Path, within a mysterious location, lay the imperial tomb of an Ancient Emperor.
Within the vast, gloomy Imperial Realm, infinite dangers lurked. Even God Kings and Quasi-Monarchs faced terrifying perils here.
A figure as ethereal as an immortal stood gracefully, like a banished immortal.
He raised his handsome face, so beautiful it could make countless peerless beauties pale in comparison, his brilliance radiant.
On his forehead, there was distinctly a curved crescent moon mark.
He appeared so flawless, the most perfect creation between heaven and earth. Even the most critical person could not find the slightest flaw.
Raising his dazzling eyes, like a sea of stars, he chuckled softly: "Qian Yue, the one of destiny, you have finally arrived as well. I've been waiting for you for a long time..."
...
In another supremely mysterious place, filled with infinite dangers, Quasi-Monarch-level existences were not uncommon.
A rather ordinary figure stood there, yet he possessed an aura of eternal immortality, impervious to all laws, with the Great Dao everlasting.
His indifferent voice sounded: "Eternal Quasi-Monarch? I never expected there would be another who achieved Eternal Quasi-Monarch. This is beyond my expectations."
...
A year later, Ye Chen officially emerged from seclusion.
Feeling the significantly stronger power within his body, and recalling the past year of devouring the Monarch's Origin World, he couldn't help but sigh.
"A full nine months, enough to devour the origin worlds of several Sovereigns. Yet, I couldn't even completely devour one Monarch's Origin World. Truly worthy of being a Monarch, surpassing Sovereigns. Their Origin World is not much inferior to a true Origin Imperial Realm or Immortal Realm, almost comparable to an incomplete form of the Extinction Imperial Realm."
Ye Chen felt somewhat helpless. A single Monarch's Origin World had taken a full year, yet it still wasn't completely devoured—only about ten percent of it.
That's right, merely ten percent.
A Monarch's Origin World was countless times larger than that of an ordinary Ancient Sovereign. Even the several Sovereign Origin Worlds he had devoured before were far from comparable.
This resulted in only ten percent being devoured in a year.
To completely devour it all would require at least ten years, perhaps longer.
But it's worth mentioning that within this year, the diameter of Ye Chen's Origin Universe expanded from 3.8 million li to 5 million li.
Its volume increased by over 130%, which also caused the amount of Universe Power Ye Chen could control—
to similarly increase by 130%.
From originally being comparable to 1,500 Monarch Rules, it rose to the level comparable to 3,500 Monarch Rules.
Combined with his form and spirit, further strengthened by the Universe Dawn Light (comparable to 1,000 Monarch Rules before refining the Ancient Emperor's essence blood), his final strength reached a level comparable to 3,300 Monarch Rules.
Plus the 1,100 Monarch Rules he had mastered.
This resulted in Ye Chen's current strength—
over 7,900 Monarch Rules, nearly 8,000!
Combined with the Chaos Great Cauldron.
Stacked together, Ye Chen's peak combat power was comparable to a full 10,000 Monarch Rules, completely matching a Second Heaven Sovereign!
If the outside world knew that Ye Chen's strength had increased by nearly 3,000 Monarch Rules in just a year, they would be absolutely shocked, and it might even provoke the Ancient Great Emperors of the alien race, even the strongest Imperial Emperors, to act at all costs.
All because it was too heaven-defying.
To improve so much in such a short time. If he completely refined the Origin Worlds of the three alien Monarchs...
The extent of the improvement—
would be unimaginable.
Ye Chen felt the significantly stronger power within his body, as if with a pinch of his fingers, he possessed the peerless divine might to casually shatter the starry sky.
This wasn't just a feeling; he truly possessed such capability now.
"A pity, the Giant-level Domain War is about to begin. I need to slay more Ancient Sovereigns to further elevate my Origin Universe."
Ye Chen's gaze was blazingly hot, treating the Giant-level battle as a hunting ground.
At the same time, he also wanted to understand how much longer it would take for him to reach Eternal Quasi-Monarch.
He didn't think he could improve infinitely.
There would eventually be a limit. However, because of that ten percent of Ancient Emperor's essence blood, it continuously helped him break through limits, allowing him to improve boundlessly.
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Actually, during this year, while devouring the Monarch's Origin World, Ye Chen also followed the Flame Emperor in cultivation, receiving guidance from him.
This kind of treatment even made Yan Shen extremely envious. After all, he, the personal disciple, didn't receive such treatment.
But he also knew the relationship between Ye Chen and the Flame Emperor—close friends for many years, much closer than him, a disciple taken in just a year ago.
Unfortunately, Ye Chen was an Eternal Quasi-Monarch and had easily defeated him before, which made Yan Shen unable to feel jealous no matter what.
At this time, the Flame Emperor taught Ye Chen how to utilize the Chaos Thunder Source.
Although Ye Chen primarily cultivated Chaos, mastering all paths, the Chaos Thunder Source was ultimately the strongest Thunder Origin. Even using it for reference and auxiliary cultivation was of great benefit to Ye Chen.
Receiving the Flame Emperor's guidance, Ye Chen also gained some mastery over the Chaos Thunder Source, naturally causing his comprehension of the Thunder Great Dao to soar.
His strength was further enhanced.
Seeing this, even the Flame Emperor couldn't help but marvel that Ye Chen was a terrifyingly monstrous figure.
Occasionally, he sighed inwardly, thinking that perhaps even if Ye Chen didn't transcend to become Eternal, he was very likely to become an invincible titan like the Heavenly Emperor or the Primordial Ancestor.
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Star River Imperial Domain, one of the eight Supreme Domains under the Flame Emperor's command, ruled by the Star River Great Emperor.
Hanran Sovereign Domain, Sovereign Ancient City. The spatial domain gate opened, and thirteen figures appeared.
Judging by their auras, these thirteen figures were merely Great Powers.
Great Powers, in ordinary stars, not to mention the star itself, could dominate the rise and fall of an entire star domain.
But on the Primordial Path, they were like Saints in the Myriad Domains of the Heavens—not particularly eye-catching existences.
The appearance of thirteen Great Powers didn't attract much attention.
One of them transmitted a voice via divine sense: "We have successfully entered the Flame Emperor Domain this time. Be careful. The mission must not fail. According to the intentions of the various Great Emperor Majesties, we must utterly annihilate the Battle Saint King, both form and spirit!"
These thirteen were not from the Flame Emperor Domain, but were powerhouses from the alien Supreme Domains.
Because of the Flame Emperor, the Flame Emperor Domain absolutely forbade alien race individuals from entering. There were also methods to identify alien race beings. Once an alien race being stepped into the Flame Emperor Domain, they would be detected immediately.
These people were not alien race beings, but were powerhouses from the branch domains under the alien Great Emperors, and not ordinary super-powerhouses at that.
"Everyone, just act normally. We have Emperor-level secret patterns personally inscribed by the Great Emperor on us. Unless a Supreme One personally searches us, it's difficult to detect the secrets on our bodies."
"Take advantage of the Flame Emperor's absence from the Flame Emperor Domain to quickly head to the Flame Emperor Domain and completely exterminate the Battle Saint King, preferably annihilating both form and spirit!"
The thirteen arrived at the domain gate of the Sovereign Ancient City, paid the sufficient price, and said: "To the Imperial City."