In the shattered center of the All Heavens, a hazy figure appeared, faintly visible yet possessing a majestic, world-suppressing posture that could dominate the Ten Thousand Ancient Times.
His entire being was submerged in boundless ancient chaos energy, like a Chaos Heavenly Emperor, suppressing the All Heavens across the Ten Thousand Ancient Times, treading upon the Myriad Daos, standing aloof and supreme, high above all.
He wore an unparalleled imperial crown upon his head. His exact form was unclear, visible only as the chaos light that suppressed everything, causing all to be buried and extinguished.
Beside him, Myriad Heavens Supreme Rulers were engaged in battle, but in the end, everything fell. Even the strongest Emperors seemed to have fallen, and Immortal Kings perished. Countless phenomena manifested, and the Ten Thousand Ancient Times wailed in sorrow.
The shattered All Heavens of the Ten Thousand Ancient Times were filled with blood.
It seemed as if only that one special chaos figure remained between heaven and earth, like the master of all, accompanied by brilliant fragments of space-time, as if he had crossed through time and space to arrive. He was excessively strong, rebelliously strong against the world, yet no one knew who he truly was.
Ye Chen's expression changed. Looking at this Chaos Heavenly Emperor-like figure, and especially at the imperial crown upon his head, which shone with the most brilliant nine-colored radiance, it was unmistakably the Eternal Crown!
This peerless imperial figure stood alone above the All Heavens, treading upon the Myriad Daos, his cauldron suppressing countless ages. The River of Time itself became his possession. He looked down upon the six directions and eight wildernesses, peerless in the world.
The shattered space-time of the Ten Thousand Ancient Times, the battling Myriad Heavens Supreme Rulers, the colossi from antiquity who emerged from various epochs...
The source of the conflict seemed to point towards that central, Chaos Heavenly Emperor-like master figure.
Finally, the ancient Great Emperor within the burial coffin, covered in blood, fell from the heavens, staining the firmament crimson, and let out his final sorrowful roar: "We gave everything, buried the Ten Thousand Ancient Times, and nothing remains. How laughable!"
The shocking scene abruptly stopped and vanished. The fragments of time completely disintegrated and annihilated.
But everyone remained profoundly shaken.
What kind of battle was the final battle of the ancient Great Emperor in the burial coffin during his lifetime? It actually involved so much—Myriad Heavens Supreme Rulers, colossi from antiquity—all were the most forbidden, supreme existences.
Especially that central Chaos Sovereign, who was comparable to a Heavenly Emperor in his invincibility. Chaos suppressed the Ten Thousand Ancient Times, the Myriad Daos, the myriad realms, entwined with the River of Time, seemingly having crossed through time and space to arrive.
Ye Chen fell silent, not uttering a word.
He had a suspicion. Could that person be his own Future Supreme and Peerless Self?
But then he shook his head.
It shouldn't be him. Because during the era when the ancient Great Emperor in the burial coffin existed, he himself was not yet born. Even his Future Supreme and Peerless Self would likely find it difficult to truly cross the Ten Thousand Ancient Times of space-time to participate in a battle, to act in the era of this ancient Great Emperor. He would suffer the most terrifying punishment of karma.
But if it wasn't his Future Supreme and Peerless Self, then who could it be?
He felt shaken.
The others sucked in cold breaths, because that Forbidden Existence shrouded in billions of ancient chaos energy was far too terrifying. He alone severed the Ten Thousand Ancient Times, suppressed the All Heavens, fought until Myriad Heavens Supreme Rulers fell, and even ancient titans seemed to have perished. Could this be true?
Of course, they did not suspect Ye Chen.
They strongly suspected that long ago, in the endless ages past, someone had already used the Chaos Great Dao to prove their way to Emperorhood and reached an unprecedented height. Otherwise, he wouldn't be so terrifying.
Ye Chen looked towards the guardians of the Immortal Heavenly Pass, who were also followers of the buried Emperor's remains, and said, "You should know what the final battle your Great Emperor Majesty participated in during his lifetime was, right?"
As followers of that ancient Great Emperor from back then, they should know at least something, especially the Ancient Monarchs, who were the pillars of an imperial dynasty or clan's legacy. It was impossible for them to know nothing.
Ye Chen very much wanted to know what exactly happened back then, especially regarding that Chaos Sovereign who suppressed the All Heavens, shattered the Ten Thousand Ancient Times, and was entwined with the River of Time. Did he have some inevitable connection with him?
After a long silence, the oldest guardian, an Ancient Monarch with cultivation at the sixth heaven, a white-haired old monarch, slowly spoke with a sigh: "In the endless ages past, this old one only knows that era was a blood-stained epoch, because a terrifyingly great Forbidden Existence appeared out of nowhere. Even His Majesty spoke of him with immense trepidation."
Speaking of the Forbidden Existence, not only the old monarch, but the other pass guardians also felt lingering fear, as if they held immense awe for that Forbidden Existence.
"The one in the center of the time fragments?" Ye Chen asked again.
The old monarch nodded, then shook his head: "It should be, but I'm not certain. After all, I never saw that Forbidden Existence, not even a portrait. Because such a Forbidden Existence has astonishing perception. Even a portrait cannot be depicted. The Great Emperor Majesty never showed him before our eyes. The only thing known is that this Forbidden Existence suddenly appeared in the Chaos Sea, as if emerging from nothingness. There were no records of his past, nor did he seem like a forbidden figure from past epochs. No relevant records were found. He just suddenly appeared out of nowhere, and then caused the fall of multiple Supreme Ones."
From the discussion, it could be learned that it was a blood-stained era that swept across the entire Chaos Sea. Even Supreme Ones faced mortal danger. More than one Supreme One suddenly fell, slain within the Chaos Sea.
All of this was the doing of that Forbidden Existence. No one knew why that Forbidden Existence acted, why he suddenly targeted multiple Supreme Ones and slaughtered them.
Therefore, in the end, even Myriad Heavens Supreme Rulers, and even ancient titans, took to the field, all to kill that Heavenly Emperor-like Chaos Sovereign.
Subsequently, the old monarch spoke again, saying it wasn't necessarily solely because of this person, but he certainly occupied an extremely important reason. He also mentioned that perhaps it involved some unknown hidden circumstances, of great significance. Even his own Great Emperor Majesty was deeplytaboo / avoid mentioning and unwilling to speak too much, as it involved some of the most terrifying taboos of the Chaos Sea.
"A forbidden figure who suddenly appeared out of nowhere, with no relevant records of his past?" Ye Chen's expression paled. All of this pointed towards his own Future Supreme and Peerless Self. Otherwise, how could such a supremely forbidden, peerless figure have no relevant records? He would surely be recorded in history, inscribed on the ancient steles of the Chaos Sea, his name remaining for Ten Thousand Ancient Times.
But he shook his head again. Even someone as powerful as his Future Supreme and Peerless Self shouldn't be able to do it—traveling through the Ten Thousand Ancient Times, returning to a more distant past, and even attacking Supreme Ones, slaughtering Myriad Heavens Supreme Rulers. The karma involved would be immense, impossible to accomplish.
If so, the operational rules of the entire Chaos Sea would erupt, karma would manifest, and it would annihilate his Future Supreme and Peerless Self instead.
It wasn't that Ye Chen hadn't considered the possibility of the Battle Saint King and the Heaven-Defying War Lord, sending the Heaven-Defying War Lord back from another space-time to the present era.
After all, he wasn't the Battle Saint Ancestor. He didn't possess that kind of peerless strength to summon the Heaven-Defying War Lord back from past space-time. Besides, in that era, he hadn't even been born yet, making it even more impossible.
If so, who exactly is this Chaos Sovereign?
Why does he wield such powerful Chaos Great Dao and also possess the Eternal Crown?
Tai Sheng Huang?