"The Immortal Heavenly Pass? Should I force it open?"
If Ye Chen's words were to spread, they would undoubtedly shock countless people.
For many, the Immortal Heavenly Pass was a taboo-like existence. Even the Ye Chen of the past would not have lightly touched it. But now, with cultivation that rivaled a peerless Sovereign and absolute confidence, he feared nothing—not even if a truly supreme Emperor slumbered within—and was certain he could leave safely.
In the end, it was just a thought. He did not act immediately, because compared to forcing open the Immortal Heavenly Pass, Ye Chen was more concerned about the people below it. He sensed a fluctuation of shared bloodline.
His gaze shifted, landing on the armies of the two great Ancient Universes.
Upon arriving earlier, he had learned that the alien race army aimed to force open the Immortal Heavenly Pass, while the Pangu Universe army naturally would not allow them to do so. Thus, they stood in tense confrontation before the Pass, on the brink of erupting into full-scale battle.
Ye Chen swept a glance over the alien army, his meaning inscrutable, and smiled faintly. "Interesting."
"Jiaye Nine Desolations, I'm giving you one chance. Leave now. I don't want to kill you."
A majestic shout rang out from the Pangu Universe army.
The speaker at the forefront was a heroic young man who appeared to be in his early twenties, yet bore an uncanny resemblance to Ye Chen's former appearance. Clad in golden battle armor, his blood energy was astonishing, shaking the cosmos, terrifyingly excessive. He was clearly a body-refining peerless expert, possessing an immensely powerful Battle Saint physique.
Merely standing there caused the entire secret treasure heaven and earth to tremble and hum, as if unable to bear his presence and on the verge of collapse.
He shouted toward the leader of the alien Ancient Universe faction, brimming with dominance, his hair flowing like soaring azure dragons, exceptionally fearsome.
He was Qian Xun, Ye Chen's eldest son.
Hidden within the void, Ye Chen did not step forward, but watched Qian Xun with deep satisfaction.
After years apart, his son Qian Xun had also grown to a new height, reaching the Heaven-Defying Quasi-Monarch realm, mastering a complete origin world, and becoming extremely powerful.
The Heaven-Defying Quasi-Monarch realm might be difficult for ordinary cultivators to achieve, but for a Great Perfection Supreme Genius, it was almost inevitable, for they were the true peerless talents possessing flawless Emperor potential.
Throughout history, the scarcity of Heaven-Defying Quasi-Monarchs, making them few and far between, was precisely due to the lack of Great Perfection Supreme Geniuses.
Otherwise, how could those qualified to prove the Dao as Supreme Ones fail to achieve the Heaven-Defying Quasi-Monarch realm?
"Battle Saint King, is this your—"
Hunyue Emperor looked at Qian Xun with surprise and doubt. The striking resemblance and the fact that both were super-powerful figures of the Battle Saint lineage made him suspect their relationship.
Ye Chen chuckled lightly. "This is my eldest son, Qian Xun."
"Qian Xun?" Hunyue Emperor was somewhat taken aback. One surnamed Ye, the other Qian—why the different surnames?
At that moment, below the Immortal Heavenly Pass, a Heaven-Defying Quasi-Monarch emerged from the alien army's side. He was also a Heaven's Pride, an Imperial Son, his Emperor bloodline power astonishing, vast and mighty across the sky as if an Ancient Emperor was reviving.
He was Jiaye Nine Desolations, the Imperial Son of the Jiaye Emperor Clan. He looked coldly at Qian Xun and snorted. "Don't want to kill me? You, War Saint, are incapable of that. On the contrary, this Imperial Son very much wants to kill you, since you are the Battle Saint King's own son."
The Battle Saint King was a figure the entire alien Ancient Universe wished to kill immediately.
This was especially true for the alien Imperial Sons and Daughters. The Battle Saint King was a great slayer of alien Imperial Sons and Daughters, having slain far more than the fingers on both hands. This infuriated all alien Imperial Sons and Daughters, who longed to personally slay the Battle Saint King.
Although the Pangu Universe was sealed, and he was unaware that the Battle Saint King had already become an Ancient Monarch, he knew the Battle Saint King's current strength was heaven-defying, far beyond what he could currently kill. However, seeing the Battle Saint King's own son here, he naturally wanted very much to kill him, to make the Battle Saint King feel true pain.
Hearing this, Qian Xun's face was filled with pride, proud of his father.
Then he sneered. "Want to kill me? Impossible. My father could slaughter your alien Imperial Sons and Daughters like dogs. I, War Saint Qian Xun, naturally can too. Father and son share the same lineage!"
War Saint was precisely Qian Xun's title!
"Arrogant indeed! Today, I shall slay you right here!" Jiaye Nine Desolations roared, shooting forward with a whoosh.
Though an Imperial Son, facing Qian Xun, the son of the Battle Saint King, Jiaye Nine Desolations did not dare be the slightest bit careless. He advanced, unleashing his most terrifying Emperor arts and divine abilities, furiously attacking Qian Xun.
Behind him, a pitch-black, sky-piercing ancient tree suddenly manifested, reaching through heaven and earth, its branches and leaves filling the sky, swaying and shimmering, carrying a terrifying power capable of shattering eternity. This was Jiaye Nine Desolations' true form.
Emperor Jiaye was rumored to be a cosmic divine tree born alongside the alien universe's origin, which developed sentience and ultimately proved the Dao as a Supreme One over the long ages.
Now, the origin divine tree manifested, capable of shaking the myriad heavens. Thick vines, like azure dragons tens to hundreds of thousands of li long, shattered the void as they blasted toward Qian Xun.
"Hahaha—today I shall slay an Imperial Son to prove my invincible bearing!" Qian Xun laughed heartily.
As he laughed, his golden blood energy seemed like the overturned Eight Trigrams Divine Furnace of the Supreme Lord Laozi, pouring down torrents of golden holy flames that drowned the nine heavens and ten earths, carrying a fearsome, domineering might as they collided with Jiaye Nine Desolations' origin divine tree.
BOOM—
The mere clash of auras between the two Heaven-Defying Quasi-Monarchs was terrifying beyond measure. This secret treasure heaven and earth began to collapse, the effects even reaching the Immortal Heavenly Pass.
But the Immortal Heavenly Pass was, after all, the Immortal Heavenly Pass—immensely stable, not shaking in the slightest.
Within the armies of the two great Ancient Universes, there were actually Ancient Monarchs presiding. They each took action, stabilizing the heaven and earth, preventing the attacks of the two Heaven-Defying Quasi-Monarchs from truly destroying the secret treasure realm.
Moreover, they even projected a world, causing both combatants to rush into aillusory world (illusory world) to do battle.
The secret treasure heaven and earth was of great importance to both great Ancient Universes; they did not wish for the fierce battle between the two to cause catastrophic destruction.
As the two Heaven-Defying Quasi-Monarchs collided, boundless radiance instantly bloomed, Sovereign rules boiling wildly, shaking the eight directions.
Theillusory world (illusory world) was very realistic, everything nearly tangible—whether mountains and valleys, vast oceans, or starry skies—making the battle appear even more real.
This also resulted in the collapse of heaven and earth, the starry sky falling into absolute disintegration.
The hidden Ancient Monarchs watched this scene unblinkingly, paying close attention.
"Kill, kill, kill!"
Qian Xun roared, his entire body overflowing with the golden blood energy of the Battle Saint physique, filling the nine heavens and ten earths, his might peerless, capable of shaking the myriad heavens, absurdly powerful.
He executed Battle Saint techniques, striking horizontally against the Imperial Son Nine Desolations of the Jiaye Emperor Clan, tearing apart mountains and valleys, dragging down myriads of stars. The battle was exceedingly fierce.
Theillusory world (illusory world) fell into a semi-collapsed state, unable to withstand his invincible might!