Ye Chen traversed the Chaotic Sea with ease, his body emanating faint wisps of supreme majesty that kept the fearsome beasts within the chaotic waters from daring to approach, lest they provoke this peerless powerhouse.
Recalling the past, crossing the Chaotic Sea had been an immensely difficult ordeal.
Before long, he arrived at the Sea's Eye and even ventured inside.
He discovered, however, that the Primordial Sin Ancient Beast that once resided within the Sea's Eye world had departed, which left him with a slight sense of regret.
The Primordial Sin Ancient Beast, it was said, existed as seven entities in the world, split from one original, an utterly terrifying existence.
He now knew that each Primordial Sin Ancient Beast possessed combat power at least comparable to that of a Monarch, an astonishing fact.
In a short time, Ye Chen and his party successfully crossed the Chaotic Sea, but they did not find the Ancient Divine Continent.
His divine sense had clearly detected it earlier, so why had it suddenly vanished?
Ye Chen's brow furrowed in puzzlement. His formidable divine sense extended, quickly discovering the oddity: a supreme figure had acted, employing a peerless divine ability to conceal the entire Ancient Divine Continent within another space-time, which was why the alien army had failed to discover it all these years.
Even though they knew the Ancient Divine Continent was right there.
In a way, Ye Chen was also an inheritor of the Space-Time Great Emperor. Employing the Primordial Emperor Art, he could sense it. He immediately performed a secret technique at a specific point, using Space-Time Emperor Arts to open a passageway, and brought his several beloved wives into the Ancient Divine Continent.
The Ancient Divine Continent remained as before, with its nine great imperial dynasties still enduring, which allowed him to breathe a slight sigh of relief.
Moreover, the Ancient Divine Continent also served as a land for spreading the faith of the Chaos Heavenly Mansion. Over the years, it had naturally accumulated considerable faith power. Though it couldn't compare to the Ancient Emperor Continent, it was still quite prosperous.
Finding everything in order, Ye Chen later learned that the Ancient Divine Palace had activated an ancient supreme formation left behind by the Primordial Ancient God to conceal space-time, which brought him understanding.
The Primordial Ancient God was a terrifying existence who dared to follow the Supreme Human Emperor in battle against the alien Emperors in ancient times. To this day, Ye Chen suspected that being was a Monarch-level existence.
It was no surprise that an ancient formation left by a suspected Monarch could conceal the Ancient Divine Continent.
Without disturbing anyone or anything, he departed gracefully...
Traveling leisurely with stops along the way, Ye Chen eventually traversed the entire Ancient Emperor World, arriving at its former edge, which was now merely the edge of the old world.
Beyond lay the sealed Primordial Continent, continuously undergoing revival. Aura after aura of peerless, matchless power emanated from it—the foundation left behind by Tai Sheng Huang.
He gazed silently for a long time before turning to leave, not entering the sealed world.
From Dark Night Monarch, he had learned that although the many powerhouses within the sealed Emperor World territory had awakened one by one from their sealed slumber, precisely because they had slept for too long, they had not yet fully awakened. They needed time to gradually awaken completely and return.
Currently, the powerhouses of the sealed lands could not yet join the battle across the myriad realms, but in no more than a year, they would be able to join the great war.
Ye Chen returned to the Ancient Emperor Continent and said to his beloved wives beside him, "You should advance to Sovereign here within the Great Saint Emperor World. The revived Great Saint Emperor World's Heavenly Dao is complete, with all ten thousand Daos present. Advancing to Ancient Monarch in this world will make you more powerful. I will protect your Dao."
Having reached this point, he possessed the confidence. Even though he was not an Ancient Monarch, his true strength was in no way inferior, even comparable to mid-level Ancient Monarchs, allowing him to stand proudly above past and present.
Protecting the Dao for his beloved wives was more than sufficient.
"Alright!"
The Goddess, Yi Wu, A Beinu, Yu Qing, Chen'er, and the other women nodded.
Over the next month, the women underwent their tribulations one after another, advancing to Ancient Monarch.
The rumbling thunder of heavenly tribulation resounded incessantly, shaking half of the Great Saint Emperor World and drawing the attention of the world.
The Junwang Great Tribulation had always been terrifying, let alone when it involved Heaven-defying Quasi-Sovereigns advancing to Ancient Monarch. That level of power was utterly horrifying and unimaginable.
Such a Sovereign Great Tribulation, if placed within a Sovereign Great World like the Ancient Orchid Great World, would absolutely be enough to blast it to destruction.
The women chose to undergo their tribulations in the border wilderness regions of the Great Saint Emperor World, areas still shrouded in hazy primordial chaos energy.
As the great tribulation descended, countless stars were blasted apart, anomalies manifested, shaking heaven and earth, drawing attention from all sides.
During this period, Dark Night Monarch did notstop / prevent, even encouraging it, because there were still some sealed areas within the Great Saint Emperor World that had not been fully unsealed. Their advancement and tribulation, conversely, helped break those seals, allowing the Great Saint Emperor World to progress further.
Moreover, the Great Saint Emperor World was the origin world of a Ten Thousand Ancient Colossus. How vast and magnificent was it? Not to mention a Sovereign Great Tribulation, even if a Supreme Emperor Tribulation descended, it could withstand it.
Ye Chen protected the Dao outside the tribulation area, intercepting much of the tribulation light and lightning to avoid destroying life-bearing ancient stars or continents, which would lead to widespread death and suffering.
He was immensely powerful, displaying a fearsome aspect. At one point, a particularly terrifying and special tribulation within the Sovereign Great Tribulation appeared, enough to make even ordinary Sovereigns pale and avoid itsedge / sharpness (figuratively, their power or threat), as it blasted toward an ancient continent. Had it landed, it would have half-destroyed the entire landmass.
But under Ye Chen's intervention, it was directly annihilated, leaving him completely unscathed. Such methods were astonishing.
Ancient and supremely powerful Sovereigns awakening within the thirty sealed ancient continents witnessed this and were shocked.
A month later, all five women had successfully advanced to Ancient Monarch, rising from the Heaven-defying Quasi-Sovereign level. The strength of their auras far surpassed that of ordinary Ancient Monarchs.
After all, they initially controlled as many as five hundred Sovereign rules. Once they advanced to Sovereign, this number would multiply exponentially.
With the five women advancing to Ancient Monarch one after another, and as they were the five main matriarchs of the Chaos Heavenly Mansion, it was as if the Chaos Heavenly Mansion had gained five Sovereign-level combatants—an extremely astonishing increase in fighting power.
Once all five women achieved the Sovereign level, Ye Chen could feel slightly more at ease.
The current situation within the Pangu Universe was severe, especially with so many alien super-powerhouses having invaded. Not to mention Quasi-Sovereigns, even Ancient Monarchs might not have confidence in protecting themselves.
The five women achieving Ancient Monarch meant they only barely possessed self-preservation capability on theharsh battlefield.
After all, within the alien army, there were still more terrifying Monarchs, and even Supreme Ones!
At the same time, Ye Chen took out many supreme treasures obtained from Colossus-level treasuries, as well as numerous Sovereign treasures from past hunts. He even gave them a Monarch-level forbidden artifact—a broken sword that had been used two or three times—and the Floating Pagoda Emperor Spear, instructing them to take these back to the myriad realms.
This finally allowed him to feel somewhat reassured.
He, however, would go alone to the Tenth Emperor Pass World Tower to begin his own path of advancing to Sovereign.
After a reluctant farewell, his five beloved wives returned together to the myriad realms.
By this time, the powerhouses who had returned from the Origin Ancient Road had basically all headed to the myriad realms one after another. Only Dark Night Monarch remained in the Great Saint Emperor World, holding the fort alone.
It was believed that before long, the Great Saint Emperor World would also become a peak force, returning to the myriad realms to drive out the alien army.
"Tenth Emperor Pass, I'm coming!"
Ye Chen's gaze was exceptionally firm.