Clang!
Under Ye Chen's control, the Chaos Great Cauldron opened, swallowing the endless Yin mist—all of it Supreme Emperor Resentment.
Given enough time, it would have given birth to a second Ghost Shadow Monarch.
"Roar!"
The Ghost Shadow Monarch roared, naturally unwilling to be devoured and refined, struggling with all its might.
Unfortunately, before Ye Chen, it was absolutely crushed. The billowing Yin mist was swallowed into the Chaos Great Cauldron, and ten sealing gates appeared, locking down all directions, leaving the powerful Ghost Shadow Monarch with nowhere to hide.
"Perish!"
Ye Chen unleashed his strongest move—Cosmos Creation!
His combat power rose to another level. The Ghost Shadow Monarch only had time for one shrill roar before its true spirit was erased, transforming into boundless Yin mist-like Supreme Emperor Resentment.
The Chaos Great Cauldron swallowed it all in an instant.
Ye Chen glanced at it. Such terrifying Supreme Emperor Resentment was greater in quantity than that of an entire Sovereign's Great World. If released into the Myriad Domains of the Heavens, it would be enough to cause devastation across dozens of great domains.
Suppressing so much Supreme Emperor Resentment was akin to being tainted by Supreme One karma, with severe consequences.
But Ye Chen was not afraid. He suppressed it within the Chaos Great Cauldron, creating a dedicated inner world to store this Supreme Emperor Resentment.
If used well, it could be a super weapon.
Unfortunately, although the Ghost Shadow Monarch's strength rivaled an Ancient Monarch, it did not possess an Origin World.
The Quasi-Monarchs watched with hearts trembling in fear, their awe for Ye Chen growing even deeper.
With such strength, recalling that piece of news, he could indeed fight five Ancient Monarchs alone.
At this point, Xu Chengzi and the others completely believed in Ye Chen's power.
"Let's go, deeper into the ancient path," Ye Chen said, taking the lead. The other Quasi-Monarchs followed willingly and respectfully.
After the Ghost Shadow Monarch was slain and the endless Supreme Emperor Resentment was suppressed by the Chaos Great Cauldron, the entire Mysterious Ancient Path became much clearer. The gloomy, sinister world allowed them to gaze upon more distant areas.
Only the ground remained blood-red, stained by Supreme Emperor blood.
It was hard to imagine what terrifying event had occurred here in the past. Could it have been a battlefield where the Supreme One of the Sacred Prison Great World fought against an external Supreme One?
But Ye Chen felt it wasn't like that. Even if it were a battle between four Supreme One-level beings, it was clearly impossible for an ancient path transformed from a Supreme One's Origin World to withstand it.
The deeper they went, the more corpses they saw on the ground.
However, they were all skin and bones, their flesh, blood, and divine souls completely devoured, leaving behind only skeletal remains that retained their shape.
Half an hour later, the group entered the central region of the ancient path world.
"Kill—"
Suddenly, earth-shaking battle cries erupted from deep within the ancient path.
They saw, in the depths of the ancient path, a vast battlefield appeared, barren of grass, devoid of life, accompanied by equally terrifying demonic mist billowing and surging. The phenomenon of Yin soldiers crossing the sea was actually reappearing here.
What made the Quasi-Monarchs' expressions change was that this place also had numerous fearsome ghost shadows, of various levels, far more than what Ye Chen's group had faced—it was practically an army, numbering in the hundreds of thousands, with the weakest having Saint-level strength.
The strongest even possessed Heaven-Defying Quasi-Monarch level power.
A world-shaking battle was taking place here, with heaven collapsing and earth splitting, all sorts of divine abilities blooming, affecting an extremely vast area.
"There are actually others here?"
Xu Chengzi was surprised, but when he clearly saw the many powerful figures fighting on the other side, his expression instantly turned cold, because they were not experts from the Flame Emperor Domain, but hostile experts from the Sacred Emperor Domain.
Clearly, the Sacred Emperor Domain side had found another passage into the Mysterious Ancient Path, entered this place, and encountered terrifying resistance, engaging in fierce battle with the numerous ghost shadows.
On that vast battlefield, there were many skin-and-bone corpses, thousands upon thousands, showing just how heavy the casualties on the Sacred Emperor Domain side were.
However, unlike the Flame Emperor Domain, the Sacred Emperor Domain experts were of various levels, the weakest even at the Divine Transformation Realm.
It was hard to imagine what that Ancient Emperor had experienced to give rise to such terrifying Supreme Emperor Resentment, which not only manifested the ghost shadows that confronted Ye Chen's group but also existed on the other side, evolving into a fearsome ghost shadow army.
Ye Chen's group naturally would not lend a hand; they even wished for these Sacred Emperor Domain experts to be completely wiped out.
Whoosh—
Those ghost shadows also discovered Ye Chen's group's traces, and numerous fearsome ghost shadows appeared, targeting the Flame Emperor Domain Quasi-Monarchs.
The experts on this side were forced to engage, confronting these ghost shadows.
Fortunately, these ghost shadows were generally only at the Heavenly King or Great Power level, with a handful reaching Quasi-Monarch level.
Naturally, the Flame Emperor Domain Quasi-Monarchs handled them quite easily, directly plowing through them.
"It's people from the Flame Emperor Domain."
The Sacred Emperor Domain experts naturally also noticed the presence of the Flame Emperor Domain experts. Their gazes turned icy. As enemies, only by hunting the other side could they obtain enough points to exchange for treasures from the Supreme One Treasury, even the endless treasures within the Strongest Emperor Treasury.
Ye Chen did not take action either; Yan Shen, Gu Liu, and the others were completely sufficient to handle, even eliminate, these ghost shadows.
He arrived at the central battlefield region. The ground here appeared exceptionally bright red like blood, the bloodstains as if freshly splattered, still maintaining their most vivid hue, even carrying a strong scent of blood.
Ye Chen circled the vast area, taking its measure. He could see that within this vast battlefield, a massive amount of Supreme Emperor Resentment was continuously being derived, transforming into one fearsome ghost shadow after another.
Clearly, the fundamental source was within this battlefield.
He stroked his chin, muttering, "Could it be that Supreme One is buried here?"
He thought so and formally stepped onto the Bloody Battlefield.
"Fool!" Seeing Ye Chen's actions, many among the Sacred Emperor Domain experts sneered.
The terror of the Bloody Battlefield, they had felt not long ago, and paid a rather heavy price for it.
Boom—
Suddenly, the Bloody Battlefield seemed to awaken, giving birth to endless overlapping shadows. Figure after figure emerged, as if the powerful experts who fought in the great battle of the past had revived. They were obsessions left behind by the powerful experts who fell on this Bloody Battlefield, awakened by this place, charging at Ye Chen. Shockingly, many were God Kings and Great Powers, quite fearsome.
It was hard to imagine what had happened here in the past, with armies turning to dust, leaving behind such undying obsessions that actively awakened when someone set foot here, guarding this place.
Ye Chen, intent on exploring the truth of this place, extended his hand and pressed down lightly in the air.
Boom—
An immensely huge palm phantom appeared in the sky above the battlefield, blotting out the sun and clouds, containing unimaginable might, slamming down heavily.
Boom boom boom boom boom boom—
All the obsession figures charging at Ye Chen were annihilated, ceasing to exist.
Even on the Bloody Battlefield, a massive palm imprint spanning nearly a hundred thousand li appeared.