The Defy Heaven Battle Lord of yesteryear was born with the Heaven-Defying Battle Body, seemingly conceived by the will of heaven and earth. His bloodline was peerlessly supreme, not inferior in any aspect to the descendants of Supreme Ones. He could be called a naturally perfect Supreme Genius, utterly terrifying.
What's more, the Defy Heaven Battle Lord was the first-generation Heaven-Defying Battle Body, the very first of his kind since the dawn of creation. He was innately favored by the heavens, bestowed with transcendent talent, and rose to prominence with astonishing speed.
From his humble beginnings, the Defy Heaven Battle Lord swept through all opposition undefeated. He eventually clashed with the strongest geniuses of his generation from all sides. Later, he gradually pioneered a Heaven-Defying Battle Art that conformed to his own Great Dao. In the subsequent years of cultivation, he reached the pinnacle of perfection, shattered his shackles, and became a Supreme One.
After countless eons and innumerable great battles, the Defy Heaven Battle Lord underwent an ultimate sublimation, advancing further to achieve the status of an Emperor, thus becoming the Defy Heaven Battle Lord who later shook the Chaos Sea.
Later, at his absolute peak, there was a period where he reigned supreme and invincible across the Chaos Sea. His combat power was ranked among the very best, standing at the forefront of the Chaos Sea.
However, for him, success came from the Heaven-Defying Battle Body, and failure also stemmed from it.
At his peak, the Defy Heaven Battle Lord felt he could advance no further, limited by his Heaven-Defying Battle Body. He decided to break his shackles and cultivate a new method.
But the Heaven-Defying Battle Art of that time was deeply ingrained in his bones. It was domineering and peerless, rejecting all other Dao techniques, making effective cultivation of new methods impossible.
To break these shackles, the Defy Heaven Battle Lord of that era made a decision that would shock the ages.
This was the later event that shook the Chaos Sea: the Defy Heaven Battle Lord, for no apparent reason, single-handedly charged into the Alien Ancient Universe.
The Battle Saint Ancestor said, "Back when I was the Defy Heaven Battle Lord, I was already one of the strongest attackers in the Chaos Sea. But I was always limited by being the first Heaven-Defying Battle Body in the Chaos Sea. After cultivating to the absolute peak, I could advance no further. To become stronger, I had no choice but to sever everything related to the Heaven-Defying Battle Body, using the enemies of the Alien Ancient Universe to help me cut away my old form.
It was extremely dangerous at the time. To call it a brush with death would be an understatement; it was almost certain demise. Because within the Alien Ancient Universe was the one I feared most—the Primordial. Had he made a move back then, I would have surely died.
Fortunately, the Primordial did not act that time. I was able to use the lethal attacks of several Alien Giants to successfully sever all aspects of the Heaven-Defying Battle Body. Even the final curse of that Alien Giant I killed completely shattered the indestructible true spirit of the Heaven-Defying Battle King.
Seizing this opportunity, I broke my shackles from the inside out, performed a reincarnation great technique, and was reborn as a mortal. Gathering the myriad combat techniques of my previous life and combining them with my understanding of the Heaven-Defying Battle Body, I pioneered the Battle Saint Art. With a mortal body, I later cultivated the Battle Saint Body, which was in no way inferior to the Heaven-Defying Battle Body.
To make the Battle Saint Body evolve even more powerfully, and to make it inherently opposed to the Heaven-Defying Battle Body, I step by step cultivated anew to return to the level of an Emperor."
It must be said that the Battle Saint Ancestor possessed immense willpower. Having once been the Defy Heaven Battle Lord, he was originally one of the strongest attackers in the Chaos Sea.
But he had not reached the absolute top; there were several who could be mentioned in the same breath.
To become the strongest attacker, the Battle Saint Ancestor resolutely severed everything related to the Defy Heaven Battle Lord, including the Heaven-Defying Battle Body that had made him invincible across the Chaos Sea, and even all the Dao and techniques of the Heaven-Defying Battle King. He transformed into a mortal physique. Using the Battle Saint Art—pioneered by gathering the essence of the myriad combat techniques meticulously studied by his past self, the Defy Heaven Battle Lord—he cultivated anew, step by step, returning to his peak and even advancing further to achieve the status of the number one attacker in the Chaos Sea. One can imagine the magnitude of this feat.
The Battle Saint Ancestor continued, "In my past life, as the Defy Heaven Battle Lord, I battled across the heavens, fought throughout the Ten Thousand Ancient Times. I even challenged an entire Chaos Ancient Universe alone, and single-handedly charged into the Alien Ancient Universe, fighting and killing multiple Alien Giants from antiquity, slaying several Supreme Ones. In the end, I was severely wounded, on the brink of death, and only barely managed to live out a second life."
The Ten Thousand Ancient Times were shaken. The world then learned that the Battle Saint Ancestor was not only a fierce individual but also a ruthless one—ruthless to his enemies, and even more ruthless to himself.
But this also gave rise to the present Battle Saint Ancestor, hailed as the number one attacker in the Chaos Sea.
At this moment, the Battle Saint Ancestor looked at the three Alien Giants and smiled faintly. "Speaking of which, I really should thank your alien race. After killing so many of your people, you ultimately helped me break my shackles and allowed me to transform into my second life."
"Ah—"
The three Alien Giants roared. This Battle Saint Ancestor was definitely deliberately provoking them, speaking in such a manner.
But they had to admit they were truly vexed. Because the Battle Saint Ancestor's words were purely hate-inducing. Back then, they had paid an extremely heavy price, with countless alien experts dead or wounded. The fallen Supreme Ones numbered more than the fingers on one hand. They had even lost one Giant, with several other Giants severely wounded, and one Giant who remains in life-and-death seclusion to this day.
Yet all of this was exploited by the Defy Heaven Battle Lord of that time to break his shackles and advance further.
Clearly, the Defy Heaven Battle Lord succeeded. Otherwise, there would be no present-day Battle Saint Ancestor, hailed as the number one attacker in the Chaos Sea.
The strongest Emperor Saint's expression turned icy. "Even if you were once the Defy Heaven Battle Lord, back then his form and spirit were shattered, his origin extinguished. You couldn't possibly recreate him. What is going on here?"
Not just him, but all the Giants present were puzzled.
The Battle Saint Ancestor living out a second life was one thing, but his past self, the Defy Heaven Battle Lord—whether his physical body or his Emperor Soul had suffered destructive damage, and his origin was extinguished. How could he reappear?
Moreover, the crucial point was that the Battle Saint Ancestor and the Defy Heaven Battle Lord were originally one entity. How could they coexist?
The Battle Saint Ancestor replied indifferently, "Why not? I am the Defy Heaven Battle Lord. After cultivating to the peak in this life, I expended great cost to reshape the origin of the Heaven-Defying Battle Body, recreating a Heaven-Defying Battle Body. Furthermore, I gave the old god, which possessed the will of the Heaven-Defying Battle King, an opportunity. I allowed the old god to possess independent intelligence, becoming a new Heaven-Defying Battle Soul."
"To avoid detection by all of you, I asked Brother Time-Space to personally intervene, sending the Heaven-Defying Battle Body into the past timeline to undergo tempering and restore it to its peak state from that era."
All of this was part of the Battle Saint Ancestor's grand scheme: severing the past, living out a second life, and allowing the old body to possess its own genuine intelligence.
It must be said, this approach was fraught with risk, not something that could be described in simple terms. The difficulties involved were indescribable to outsiders.
But once successful, it was destined to shake the Ten Thousand Ancient Times.
Clearly, the Battle Saint Ancestor succeeded.
Moreover, the Defy Heaven Battle Lord could be said to be the Battle Saint Ancestor, yet also not, because he now possessed his own unique spiritual intelligence, becoming a separate existence from then on.
Now, past life and present life, two invincible Giants of the Chaos Sea stood side by side, their terror boundless. Their immeasurable warrior aura shook past and present, destined to shatter everything.
In fact, the Giants from all sides also changed expressions. Because the Battle Saint Ancestor today did not hesitate to have his past self, the Defy Heaven Battle Lord, reappear. Did this mean some earth-shattering event that would shock the Ten Thousand Ancient Times was about to occur?
Could it be that today he intended to slaughter a Giant from antiquity?
The Battle Saint Ancestor's gaze suddenly turned cold. "You all say I cannot kill a Giant from antiquity. Today, I will let you know that my past self was able to slay an Alien Giant, and today I can do so even more!"