Not long ago, Ye Chen personally led one of the Chaos Heavenly Mansion's strongest legions to the Southern Heaven Domain.
This legion's numbers were not large, but its members were at least at the God King level, with Quasi-Monarchs as commanders. It belonged to the strongest legion currently under the Chaos Heavenly Mansion, directly under his jurisdiction.
Under his leadership, the Alien Race Army stationed in the Southern Heaven Domain was utterly powerless to resist, being swept aside directly.
This was one of the very few major domain conquest battles that required his personal intervention.
Because the Southern Heaven Domain was one of the Alien Race's important strongholds among the myriad domains they occupied, and it actually had a garrison of a full five Ancient Monarchs.
One must know that the total number of Ancient Monarchs in the entire Alien Race Army invading the Pangu Universe was barely over a hundred, occupying nearly five thousand Great Domains. On average, one Ancient Monarch needed to garrison fifty Great Domains. Yet now, a full five Ancient Monarchs were simultaneously garrisoning the Southern Heaven Domain. One could imagine how important this Southern Heaven Domain was to the Alien Race.
Of course, even though the most powerful Alien Monarch in the Southern Heaven Domain had reached the level of a Sixth Heaven Sovereign, which could be considered extremely powerful—a true powerhouse in the Sovereign realm—he was still utterly helpless against Ye Chen, being swept aside and directly suppressed.
Each level in the Sovereign realm was a world of difference. At this stage, Ye Chen truly stood above countless Ancient Monarchs throughout history.
Naturally, Ye Chen only personally intervened to suppress the five Alien Monarchs. The rest were handled by the experts of the Chaos Heavenly Mansion, partly to properly temper the combat capabilities of the Chaos Heavenly Mansion's army.
As expected, when the Chaos Heavenly Mansion's strongest legion went into battle, there were casualties, but not many. Moreover, Ye Chen would not stand idly by and watch them be killed by the Alien Race. Thus, compared to the Alien Race Army that was completely annihilated, the losses were negligible.
"The Southern Heaven Domain is not the Qixia Domain. It is not the place where the Undying Immortal Phoenix fell, nor is it a Nirvana site. It doesn't even have an Immortal Heavenly Pass. The Alien Race wouldn't station five Ancient Monarchs here for no reason, including one nearly at the Super Monarch level."
As one of the Alien Race's top important strongholds, Ye Chen naturally wouldn't believe the Southern Heaven Domain was ordinary.
Where there is abnormality, there must be a hidden scheme!
For a Great Domain to garrison even one Alien Ancient Monarch was special enough, let alone a full five Alien Ancient Monarchs, including a powerful Sovereign nearly at the Super Monarch level. This spoke volumes.
Buzz—
Standing at the highest point of the Southern Heaven Domain's sky, from Ye Chen's brow, an invisible, formless Spiritual Sense power, comparable to that of a Peerless Sovereign Eternal Monarch, instantly spread out. In just a few short breaths, it completely enveloped the entire Southern Heaven Domain, leaving nothing hidden from his sight.
This was the might of an Ancient Monarch. At this level, not only did one condense their own Origin World, but they also gained a special sense of control over the external heaven and earth.
Under the coverage of his Spiritual Sense, the entire Southern Heaven Domain was almost transparent, all its secrets laid bare before his eyes.
He focused specifically on the Alien Race's Ancient Monarch strongholds. There were five in total, each corresponding to one Alien Monarch. They were built as grandly as eternal divine cities and were connected to inner worlds.
Of course, none could escape Ye Chen's notice.
However, even after searching these Alien Monarch strongholds, Ye Chen was unable to find anything particularly unusual.
"Was I mistaken?"
Ye Chen's sword-like brows furrowed, but he always felt there must be something extraordinary here.
Boom—
Instantly, the Spiritual Sense power surging from his brow intensified many times over, vast and mighty. The entire Southern Heaven Domain could clearly sense Ye Chen's terrifying Spiritual Sense power, carrying faint threads of the Eternal Monarch's boundless heavenly might. It even pressed down upon the myriad Daos of this Great Domain, causing them to begin wailing, showing signs of retreat.
A terrifying Oppressive Might also rippled out, making many people in the Southern Heaven Domain feel as if Mount Tai was pressing down on them, suffocating them with a sense of breathlessness.
Ye Chen paid no heed. His control over Spiritual Sense power was perfect, making these people of the Southern Heaven Domain feel discomfort but not life-threatening danger.
Moreover, as long as cultivators could gradually adapt, they could even use this Eternal Monarch's heavenly might to temper and cleanse themselves, further refining and strengthening their own Primordial Spirits or Divine Souls.
Many cultivators in the Southern Heaven Domain sensed this. Enduring the exceptionally uncomfortable feeling as if their heads were about to explode, they gathered their focus, forcibly withstanding that Spiritual Sense pressure.
The Chaos Heavenly Mansion's strongest legion did the same. The stronger one was, the more clearly they could feel that Spiritual Sense pressure, and the more uncomfortable it became.
They knew this was a rare, excellent opportunity. Steadying their minds, they used their Divine Souls to struggle through the endless, vast Spiritual Sense power, undergoing baptism, tempering, and refinement.
Ye Chen nodded slightly in approval, then turned his attention back to searching for anomalies in the Alien Race's strongholds.
This search lasted three days and three nights, precisely because Ye Chen didn't want to miss any tiny corner, sweeping over the area more than a hundred times.
Finally, after three days and three nights, just as Ye Chen was about to intensify his Spiritual Sense output once more, he suddenly let out a sound of surprise, detecting an anomaly.
At the newly built inner world strongholds of the five Alien Ancient Monarchs, he sensed that deep within each Monarch Ancient City, there were numerous Monarch Level Formation Arrays, layer upon layer.
At first, he thought it was just these Alien Monarchs protecting their respective Monarch Ancient Cities. But as the search continued, he discovered that among these Monarch Level Formation Arrays, more than half were concealment arrays.
Generally, deployed Monarch Level Formation Arrays were related to attack or defense. Why would they use over half as concealment arrays?
The principle of "where there is abnormality, there must be a hidden scheme" applied here.
Upon discovering this, Ye Chen immediately began to penetrate with his Spiritual Sense. There was no lack of obstruction from these Formation Arrays, but Ye Chen used the simplest, most direct method—directly destroying them. Ultimately, deep within the Monarch Ancient Cities of all five Alien Monarchs, he discovered mysterious Ancient Altars, as massive as mountain ranges, located deep underground, further concealed by layer upon layer of Monarch Level Formation Arrays.
If he weren't an Eternal Monarch, perfect and flawless, comparable to a Peerless Sovereign, even a Super Monarch might not have been able to detect them.
"Mysterious Ancient Altars. Some of the Dao patterns and laws on them actually involve the Supreme level. Not simple."
Ye Chen's eyes were as deep as bottomless abysses. In the next moment, his figure moved, crossing endless space in the blink of an eye, arriving at the location of one of the Alien Monarch's Ancient Cities.
Although this Monarch Ancient City also had many powerful subordinates of the Alien Monarch guarding it, he annihilated all tangible and intangible obstructions with a flick of his finger. His hand tore through the layers of Monarch Level Formation Arrays as if parting curtains, arriving directly before the Ancient Altar.
Rumble—
As if sensing his presence, the previously quiet and undisturbed Ancient Altar immediately began to hum. Then, a sky-shattering, surging Oppressive Might spread out, tearing through the void and pressing down upon Ye Chen.