Ye Chen was somewhat shocked, but he also felt puzzled. Clearly, these were all Ancient Chaos Universes, vast and boundless. Why was it that the Pangu Universe, the Alien Ancient Universe, and the Primordial Immortal World—three Ancient Chaos Universes—could give birth to numerous Eternal Colossi and Supreme Ones, while the Eight Desolations Ancient Universe only had the Great Emperor Hantian as its sole Eternal Colossus?
Even if the number of Supreme Ones was high, it couldn't compare to the three great Ancient Chaos Universes. Why hadn't the three great Ancient Chaos Universes experienced cosmic exhaustion, while the Eight Desolations Ancient Universe had become like this?
He voiced the doubts in his heart.
Hunyue Emperor said solemnly, "The three strongest Ancient Universes cannot be mentioned in the same breath; they are all special."
"For example, the Pangu Universe—legend has it that Pangu created heaven and earth, exhausted his strength and perished, merging his form and spirit with a half-formed Ancient Chaos Universe to create the current Ancient Chaos Universe," Hunyue Emperor explained. Of course, whether the Pangu Universe was truly like this was merely speculation among the people, with no conclusive evidence.
As for why the Alien Ancient Universe and the Primordial Immortal World were special, Hunyue Emperor did not know the reason either.
After a pause, Hunyue Emperor continued, "Precisely because there are too many restrictions preventing people from ascending to higher levels, sometimes the operational rules of the Chaos Sea will restrict those of lower cultivation realms from knowing certain information about higher realms. Moreover, sometimes you must understand that although the operational rules of the Chaos Sea are formless, shapeless, and devoid of intelligence, in order to prevent the resources of the Chaos Sea from being exhausted and falling into decline, they will operate behind the scenes, triggering some terrifying major events that affect eternity and involve all heavens."
"Terrifying major events?" Ye Chen was astonished.
As for which terrifying major events, Hunyue Emperor did not say. Instead, he raised his head to look at the sky, as if there were a pair of emotionless Heavenly Dao eyes there, coldly and indifferently watching him, making him extremely apprehensive and unable to speak.
Ye Chen also looked up at the sky, as if he too could sense it. The Chaos Great Dao within his body boiled, and all Daos resonated.
After a long, long time, it slowly calmed down.
Hunyue Emperor said gravely, "Sometimes, even when one reaches the level of an Ancient Monarch, even when one becomes a Monarch, or even achieves the Supreme One fruit, one must still maintain a sense of reverence towards the operational rules of the Chaos Sea."
Ye Chen nodded. The deeper his understanding, the more reverence he felt for the Chaos Sea.
Without continuing further on this topic, Hunyue Emperor returned to the main subject. "Generally speaking, advancing one minor realm doubles one's strength. However, this only applies to ordinary Sovereigns, meaning Sovereigns below the Seventh Heaven. Once one reaches the Seventh Heaven Sovereign, also known as a Super Sovereign, each subsequent realm advancement is no longer a mere doubling, but rather a doubling upon doubling, exceeding four times the strength of the previous realm."
"For example, a Sixth Heaven Sovereign's maximum combat power generally reaches over 160,000 Monarch Rules, but a Seventh Heaven Sovereign's is at least over 640,000 Monarch Rules."
"An Eighth Heaven Sovereign's combat power exceeds two million Monarch Rules."
"A Ninth Heaven Sovereign's exceeds ten million!"
"A Tenth Heaven Sovereign's exceeds forty million!"
"You can imagine."
Ye Chen was shocked, shaken to his very core.
The combat power wielded by a peak Sovereign wasn't just a few hundred times that of a First Heaven Sovereign, but nearly ten thousand times the difference?
What a terrifying base number that was.
In other words, if a peak Sovereign wished, a single finger would likely be enough to annihilate an early-stage Sovereign.
However, he thought about it—even he himself could casually suppress and kill ordinary Ancient Monarchs, so it was only natural that a peak Sovereign could do the same.
Hunyue Emperor looked intently at Ye Chen. "Battle Saint King, the combat power you displayed with your strongest strike just now far surpassed that of a peak Super Sovereign, roughly approaching the level of three million Monarch Rules. This means your combat power is enough to rival an early-stage Eighth Heaven peerless Sovereign."
Eighth Heaven Sovereigns were also known as peerless Sovereigns!
Having said this, even he, a Monarch renowned throughout the Chaos Sea, felt a tremor in his heart.
He wasn't the least bit surprised that the Battle Saint King possessed the combat power of a peerless Sovereign. Given the former's potential, he would inevitably reach this step sooner or later. The problem was that the Battle Saint King had only recently advanced to the Sovereign realm, yet his strength had instantly reached this level, almost unprecedented and likely never to be seen again.
Of course, Hunyue Emperor also didn't know whether the Heavenly Emperor and the Primordial Ancestor had reached this level when they advanced to the Sovereign realm.
But upon careful thought, it was very possible. After all, the Heavenly Emperor and the Primordial Ancestor were now among the two most terrifying supreme colossi in the Chaos Sea. In their youth, they were both Eternal Quasi-Sovereigns, so reaching this step was not impossible.
"Could the Battle Saint King become the next Heavenly Emperor or Primordial Ancestor?"
Hunyue Emperor couldn't help but tremble at the mere thought.
"The combat power of an Eighth Heaven Sovereign?"
Feeling the endless,continuously's power within his body, Ye Chen was also amazed. It seemed he hadn't expected his combat power after advancing to Sovereign to reach this level.
After all, the Eighth Heaven peerless Sovereign level was built upon a foundation of over two million Monarch Rules, a tier he had once gazed upon from afar, unattainable. He never imagined that upon advancing to Ancient Monarch, he would directly attain the combat power of a peerless Sovereign at this level.
Of course, alongside the shock was a thick sense of excitement. The stronger he was, the higher his future achievements would be, wasn't that right?
Moreover, he also understood that reaching this step truly involved far too many factors: his status as a cultivator of the Chaos Great Dao, his control over a Primordial Universe, and his advancement from Eternal Quasi-Sovereign.
Of course, a more important point was that he hadn't used his absolute full strength when he struck earlier.
No matter the time, Ye Chen understood that retaining some strength was always best, even when facing someone like Hunyue Emperor, his protector.
"Battle Saint King, although the current situation in your Pangu Universe is relatively severe, with the alien race invading with two Supreme Ones, multiple Monarchs, and quite a few Ancient Monarchs, even so, with your strength, you areenough to roam freely," Hunyue Emperor said. After all, among the myriad realms of the two Ancient Universes, there weren't many experts above the Eighth or Ninth Heavens. In a sense, they could absolutely be counted on one's fingers.
Moreover, the Battle Saint King still had trump cards like his Great Emperor reincarnation body, and he himself was his protector. Unless a Supreme One appeared, who could do anything to him?
Often, he wouldn't even need to take action. With the Battle Saint King's current personal strength, he could resolve many problems on his own.
Ye Chen left the World Tower, gazing at the myriad realms beyond the Tenth Emperor's Pass. His eyes instantly blazed with brilliance a hundred million times over, like two heavenly suns hanging in the sky, illuminating the entire Tenth Emperor's Pass.
He let out a long, slow breath and whispered softly, "After years apart, myriad realms, wait for my return!"
Boom—
On this day, the supreme genius with the combat power of a peerless Sovereign left the Tenth Emperor's Pass, truly returning to the myriad realms!