Because Ye Chen clearly saw that many of the powerful figures among them were unfamiliar, including over half of the Ancient Monarchs and Quasi-Monarchs. He learned that these were super experts from the two major power domains of the Tai Sheng Huang Domain and the Battle Saint Domain, also dispatched by the two Eternal Giants to follow and return together.
Such a terrifying force returning would be an immense reinforcement for the Pangu Universe.
Ye Chen sighed with emotion. This was the Origin Ancient Path, and this was the capability of Giants. Otherwise, for a single Chaos Ancient Universe to gather so many powerful experts would be quite strenuous.
Moreover, many of the present experts had been participants in the Giant-level Domain War, basically all having obtained large amounts of military merit points, having visited the Giant-level treasury to exchange for treasures, their strength greatly enhanced.
It was just that within his perception, there was no appearance of a Supreme One, which left him somewhat regretful.
If a few Supreme Ones could have come, that would naturally be best.
However, he also knew the purpose of Supreme Ones joining the Flame Emperor Domain's side was merely to ultimately band together to assault the Origin Land. As for matters involving the enmity between the two Chaos Ancient Universes, they were unwilling to casually intervene.
With a sweep of his peripheral vision, he discovered Yan Shen was also present. Additionally, the three Heaven-Defying Quasi-Monarchs, Tianwu Dajun and Gu Liu, had also come. They gave Ye Chen a slight smile and a nod, clearly also preparing to head to the Pangu Universe together.
Ye Chen secretly felt excitement. With this force, the Pangu Universe could sweep through everything unhindered, completely driving the alien army out of the universe.
Roughly two hours later, the army assembled completely.
Endless Emperor Flames arrived from all directions, transforming between heaven and earth into a Flame Emperor phantom as tall as the heavens. Looking down from a commanding height, it swept a glance over the many powerful figures present, appearing quite satisfied. Its voice resounded between heaven and earth: "This time, as you all anticipated, we will enter the Sealed World Universe, that is, the Pangu Universe, to wage war. As long as you kill enough aliens, it can be converted into military merit points to visit the Giant-level treasury and exchange for supreme treasures."
Without further ado, it flicked a finger, and a majestic Heavenly Gate constructed from myriad flames stood tall ahead, emanating extremely powerful space-time force.
Ye Chen could vaguely sense that within it was contained the Space-Time Great Dao power of the Space-Time Emperor, likely a legacy of the Space-Time Emperor.
Boom—
The majestic Heavenly Gate opened a space-time passageway, leading to an unknown place.
"Let's go," the Flame Emperor spoke.
Swish, swish, swish—
On the plaza, countless figures, under the watchful eyes of the entire Flame Emperor City, vanished one by one into the Heavenly Gate.
Leading the way were none other than Taichu Emperor and the others.
After casting a somewhat nostalgic glance at Flame Emperor City, Ye Chen also soared into the sky, his figure transforming into a streak of light as he plunged into the Heavenly Gate.
Following closely behind was Hunyue Emperor...
Watching Ye Chen's departing figure, the Flame Emperor gave a light laugh and softly said, "I wish you luck, Little Chen!"
...
Primordial Immortal Realm.
At the border of the universe stood a continuous, endless Heavenly Pass of immeasurable length—one of the Nine Immortal Heavenly Passes. It rose high into the deepest reaches of the starry sky, its end unseen, with stars appearing as insignificant as dust before it.
Because it was situated at the cosmic border, both the myriad heavenly Daos and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth were sparse, unsuitable for cultivation. Therefore, this place had few races, being vast in territory but sparsely populated.
Throughout endless ages, it was almost always the Immortal Heavenly Pass standing alone here, appearing desolate, with only the garrisoned army guarding the pass for company.
On this day, the long-standing silence was broken.
Rumble—
Between heaven and earth, a majestic Heavenly Gate as tall as the heavens suddenly appeared, standing before the Heavenly Pass. The gate was condensed from countless strange flames, with infinite exotic fires leaping and burning, making the gate seem dreamlike and particularly special.
From within the Heavenly Gate, powerful space-time force rippled out—it was clearly connected to a spatial passageway.
Not long after, many figures could be seen rushing out.
Simultaneously, wave after wave of terrifying auras rippled forth, causing the space of this heaven and earth to be unable to bear it. The void constructed by the Primordial Immortal Realm's complete Heavenly Dao directly collapsed.
One could imagine that these people were absolutely powerful individuals.
Hum—
At this moment, a heroic and youthful figure stepped out. As his footsteps moved, a special, mighty force spread out like ripples, layer upon layer, instantly covering this region and restoring the disintegrating heaven, earth, and void to completeness.
By his side were also several equally unfathomably powerful supreme figures. Although their auras were restrained, one could vaguely sense that once their auras were released, this heaven and earth would likely find it difficult to withstand, facing complete shattering.
"Brother Taichu, is this the Pangu Universe?"
A cold, stern man in a blood-red robe spoke. Within his eyes, it seemed as if mountains of corpses and seas of blood surged and sank. Even an Ancient Monarch would tremble upon meeting his gaze.
This group was precisely Taichu Emperor and the others. The speaker was Asura Emperor.
Sensing the Great Dao rules of this heaven and earth, although sparse, the Heavenly Dao was complete, capable of cultivating to the Tenth Heaven. It was not as Taichu Emperor, Reincarnation Emperor, and others had said, lacking the Tenth Heaven.
Taichu Emperor shook his head: "No, this is not the Pangu Universe."
At this time, Ye Chen also followed and stepped out. Looking at the lofty, unreachable Immortal Heavenly Pass, he said softly, "This is the border of the Primordial Immortal Realm."
That's right. The space-time passageway of the Myriad Flames Heavenly Gate did not lead directly to the Pangu Universe. Because it required traversing the Chaos Sea in between, and there was concern the alien race might intervene, they chose to lead to another place—
The border wilderness of the Primordial Immortal Realm, the location of the Immortal Heavenly Pass.
Here was a secret passage leading to the Pangu Universe, belonging to a secret path on the River of Time.
This Immortal Heavenly Pass was connected to the River of Time, and it so happened that the other end of the River of Time was connected to the Tongxuan Gate of the Ancient Emperor World.
This time, they were returning to the Pangu Universe via the River of Time.
Looking at the Immortal Heavenly Pass, Taichu Emperor felt a sense of nostalgia.
Back then, he too had used this place to enter the Primordial Immortal Realm, then found his father, leading to all that followed.
He never thought that when leaving, he would also depart from here. It was rather like being caught in a cycle of reincarnation.
"Is this the Heavenly Pass land leading to the Pangu Universe?"
The many powerful figures who had followed also swept their gazes over the Immortal Heavenly Pass, expressing awe.
The sudden appearance of countless powerful figures naturally alarmed all directions and also alerted the army garrisoning the Immortal Heavenly Pass.
They immediately went on alert.
The nostalgia vanished in an instant. Taichu Emperor stepped forward, arriving at the same height as the Heavenly Pass. Cupping his fists towards the guardians of the Heavenly Pass, he said, "Everyone, today, I and a group of fellow cultivators from the same universe have come to this place, requesting the opening of the Heavenly Pass to borrow this pass to enter the River of Time and return to our home ancient universe."
On the Immortal Heavenly Pass, an boundless army was stationed, all true experts, each one formidable, with no weaklings.
But facing Taichu Emperor, they were still insignificant.
Different from the past, perhaps because Eternal Giants had been awakening one after another in recent days, the guardians of the pass had been replaced with higher-level personnel in the past few days. Among them, an Ancient Monarch was faintly discernible, startled from cultivation, rushing out. Upon seeing Taichu Emperor, he was greatly shocked: "Taichu Sovereign? No, you have become an Emperor."