The Myriad Heavens and Worlds was the collective term for the infinite plane worlds, as numerous as the sands of the Ganges.
It was also known as the Lower Realm.
From the perspective of the entire ancient Chaos Universe's structure, it was a spherical entity like a star, perfectly round and natural.
If the Upper Realm, such as the myriad realms, was located on the surface of the Pangu Universe, then the Lower Realm lands like the Myriad Heavens and Worlds were located within, protected by the Upper Realm to avoid invasion from the outside.
Darkness and turbulence were the eternal themes of the vast majority of the Myriad Heavens and Worlds' territories.
They were filled with the most violent Spatial Turbulence.
One plane world after another stood firm within the endless Spatial Turbulence, releasing protective boundary lightning to block the impact of the boundless chaotic currents.
Boom—
Suddenly, the silence was shattered. Infinite majestic power of the Sovereign's Dao erupted, forcibly piercing the barrier between the Upper and Lower Realms, forming a passageway.
Under the supremely domineering power of the Sovereign's Dao, the endless Spatial Turbulence across an immeasurable expanse of billions of miles was forcibly turned into a silent vacuum.
Those plane worlds were all knocked far away from this territory.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—
Within the passageway, a group of people swiftly appeared, emerging amidst the infinite, endless Spatial Turbulence.
They were precisely Ye Chen and his companions.
"Finally back in the Lower Realm!"
"It wasn't easy!"
Having finally returned to the Lower Realm, everyone felt it was no simple feat. If not for the Wuxiang Sovereign personally taking action, it would have been difficult for them to return.
Many among them, such as Ye Chen, Yi Wu, the Goddess, Ya Ya, and others, couldn't help but feel a sense of nostalgia.
After all, in the past, they were all supreme talents who had emerged from the Lower Realm.
The Lower Realm was not comparable to the Upper Realm. Back then, Saints were supreme beings who could contend for hegemony over a plane world, let alone Heavenly Kings.
For them to have cultivated to this step was truly not easy.
Ye Chen gazed into the distance at the Myriad Heavens and Worlds and sighed softly. "It's been many years since I left. I wonder how the 'Heavenly Kingdom' I left behind has developed."
In his previous life, he had stood out, obtained the inheritance of the ancient Human King, and also gained the recognition of the Little Divine Realm's origin. He had founded a colossal Overlord-level force that dominated the Myriad Heavens and Worlds—the Heavenly Kingdom!
Of course, not long after, he became an absentee leader and ascended to the myriad realms, so he was unaware of how the Heavenly Kingdom had developed since.
He had only left it in the care of his most trusted confidants back then. He figured it couldn't have deteriorated too badly.
As far as the eye could see, there was nothing but the endless, pitch-black Spatial Turbulence. In the far distance, one could see plane worlds like stars, their surfaces shimmering with infinite protective boundary lightning.
These were all the plane worlds within the Myriad Heavens and Worlds.
"The Myriad Heavens and Worlds is too vast. The plane worlds are as numerous as the sands of the Ganges, infinite and endless. Even if the Little Divine Realm is as conspicuous as the sun, finding it is no simple matter," someone murmured. Even though the Great Dao rules of the Myriad Heavens and Worlds were not as complete as those of the Upper Realm like the myriad realms, allowing power to be exerted at a more potent level, finding the Little Divine Realm amidst the infinite plane worlds was by no means an easy task.
Of course, this did not include Ye Chen and the others.
They were, at the very least, at the Quasi-Sovereign level, with many being existences at the Ancient Sovereign level.
The moment they arrived in the Myriad Heavens and Worlds, Ye Chen had already released his overwhelming divine sense to search for the Little Divine Realm.
In the myriad realms, it was enough to cover dozens, if not hundreds, of great domains. Here in the Lower Realm, it was only stronger, not weaker.
His terrifyingly formidable divine sense power spread out.
The territory it could envelop far exceeded that in the myriad realms by who knew how many times.
Moreover, in his previous life, he was the master of the Little Divine Realm, able to control its origin. Even after reincarnating and being reborn, the mark imprinted deep within his soul remained unchanged.
It didn't take very long. Ye Chen smiled slightly. He had found it.
"Let's go!"
Rumble—
A Chaos Great Dao extended from beneath their feet, carrying everyone towards the Little Divine Realm.
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Although the plane worlds of the Myriad Heavens and Worlds were separated by terrifying, endless Spatial Turbulence, making them difficult to traverse, this did not mean they were a scattered mess.
On the contrary, due to the influence of several Overlord-level supreme experts, over the endless past ages, the Myriad Heavens and Worlds had long been divided into several factions. Each plane world had teleportation arrays set up by Overlord-level forces, allowing them to connect with each other, forming an integrated whole.
The so-called Overlords were, in fact, merely ancient Great Sages.
Ancient Great Sages might not amount to much in the current myriad realms, but within the Myriad Heavens and Worlds, they were still absolutely Overlord-level figures, immensely powerful, possessing the heaven-defying capability to divide and dominate the Myriad Heavens and Worlds.
Basically, every Overlord-level force had an ancient Great Sage overseeing it.
Of course, there was an exception: the Heavenly Kingdom, which controlled the Little Divine Realm.
The Little Divine Realm was once a vast world ruled by a generation's Human King. Because it had fused with a fragment of the ancient Divine Realm, the plane world underwent astonishing changes, ascending to become a more powerful world.
Its vastness and expanse far surpassed ordinary plane worlds, even comparable to a Sovereign's Great World.
To put it plainly, the Heavenly Kingdom was merely an Overlord-level force that had suddenly risen to prominence within the last thousand years. A thousand years ago, the Little Divine Realm was even just an ordinary plane world. Later, the inheritance of the ancient Human King appeared, causing the Little Divine Realm to revive. The sealed, ancient vast continent emerged, leading to the later Little Divine Realm.
Subsequently, the young generation of kings contended for supremacy, vying for the Human King's inheritance. The ultimate victor would obtain the Human King's inheritance and even gain control over the Little Divine Realm, possessing absolute authority within it and wielding the overwhelming, majestic power of the Little Divine Realm's origin, in no way inferior to a true ancient Great Sage.
Back then, a generation's Battle Saint King emerged from obscurity, contended with the various kings, walked the path of the sole True King, successfully seized the Human King's inheritance, and became the master of the Little Divine Realm.
He personally took the lead, establishing an Overlord-level supreme force on the original foundation of the Little Divine Realm—the Heavenly Kingdom!
As the name implied, it was an immortal Divine Kingdom belonging to the Nine Heavens!
The Heavenly Kingdom was the ruling force of the Little Divine Realm, encompassing all the myriad plane worlds under the Little Divine Realm's rule.
When the Heavenly Kingdom first emerged, it directly joined the ranks of the most powerful Overlord-level forces in the Myriad Heavens and Worlds. Moreover, due to subsequent events, it gained recognition from the other Myriad Worlds' Overlord Great Sages.
Now, the Battle Saint King, the ruler of the Heavenly Kingdom, had long since ascended to the Upper Realm many years ago. The vast Heavenly Kingdom was entrusted to old friends from back then, such as the Heavenly Gate, the Wan Hua Sect, the Seven Colors Sect, and others, with whom he had deep bonds, to jointly manage.
Among them, the Heavenly Gate took the lead.
Naturally, managing the Heavenly Kingdom was equivalent to indirectly controlling the Little Divine Realm and, with the Battle Saint King's authorization, being able to wield the Little Divine Realm's origin.
In a sense, the Heavenly Gate and others held heaven-defying authority comparable to that of an ancient Great Sage. Over the years, this had allowed the Heavenly Kingdom to develop magnificently.
In the short span of less than a thousand years, the Heavenly Kingdom had long since been completely renewed, each generation surpassing the last, far more prosperous and flourishing than in the past, with powerful experts emerging in great numbers, unimaginable compared to a thousand years ago.
However, due to various reasons, the Heavenly Kingdom was currently facing a major crisis.
Little Divine Realm.
Canglan Continent.
Sky City.
Sky City hovered at the highest point of the heavens, near the outer domain, receiving the shower of stellar power from the myriad heavens. It was supremely divine and sacred, the foremost main city of the current Heavenly Kingdom and also the holy city that countless powerful experts from the myriad plane worlds desired to visit.
At the center of Sky City stood a resplendent and dazzling main hall—the former Divine King Hall.
Within the Divine King Hall, at the very top, there were two supreme Divine Thrones, both empty.
Anyone familiar with the situation knew what these two supreme Divine Thrones represented—the absolute spiritual leaders of the entire Heavenly Gate and the entire Heavenly Kingdom.
Below the supreme Divine Thrones were about a dozen Divine Thrones, occupied by the current rulers of the Heavenly Kingdom, such as the five Ancestral Patriarchs of the Heavenly Gate, the founding ancestor of the Seven Colors Sect, the founding ancestor of the Wan Hua Sect, and others.
Further below were numerous seats of honor, each occupied by a top-tier expert within the Heavenly Kingdom's sphere of influence—either the master of a major force or a renowned, top-tier expert with the astonishing ability to dominate a region.
At this moment, however, the atmosphere within the Divine King Hall was exceptionally tense.
Almost all the powerful figures representing the entire Heavenly Kingdom were engaged in intense discussions, deciding the future direction of the entire Heavenly Kingdom.
From time to time, arguments echoed, quite fierce.
For a long time, no conclusion had been reached.
On the first Divine Throne to the left of the two supreme Divine Thrones, taking the left as the seat of honor, an elder with white hair and a youthful face slowly raised his head. With a gentle press of his palm, the entire Divine King Hall fell silent.
He was precisely the Second Ancestral Patriarch of the Heavenly Gate, one of the most influential figures in the current Heavenly Kingdom. He spoke slowly, "Enough, everyone. Continuing to argue like this is not the solution. Now, that Lingxu Divine King wants to enter the Little Divine Realm and seize the position of Heavenly Kingdom's ruler. This concerns the entire Heavenly Kingdom. You all need to calm down and handle this together, not bicker and quarrel!"
The Heavenly Kingdom still dominated a territory within the Myriad Heavens and Worlds and controlled the ruling power over the Little Divine Realm. However, in recent years, it had faced immense provocation.
Because it consistently lacked an Overlord-level figure capable of holding the fort.
Moreover, the Heavenly Kingdom's main world—the Little Divine Realm—was comparable in all aspects to a Sovereign's Great World, like a large, juicy piece of meat. Over the years, many forces had been eyeing it, hoping to seize it, refine it for themselves, and advance further.
Even more terrifying was that a peerless expert named Lingxu Divine King had suddenly emerged within the Myriad Heavens and Worlds. He was supremely powerful, in no way inferior to the current few Myriad Worlds' Great Sage Overlords. He openly declared his intention to enter the Little Divine Realm, proclaimed himself a Divine King, and demanded that the entire Heavenly Kingdom submit to him and pledge allegiance.
This was what led to the current Heavenly Kingdom's summit meeting.
Upon hearing this, the Divine King Hall fell into silence. The assembled experts said nothing.
If they were facing other Myriad Worlds' Overlords this time, it might have been different. In the past, the Heavenly Kingdom's ruler, the Battle Saint King, had fought alongside them, sharing a bond of camaraderie. Those Myriad Worlds' Overlords, even if tempted, would not easily take action.
But Lingxu Divine King was a stranger, a Myriad Worlds' Overlord, and the might he possessed was too terrifying. Previously, he had merely projected an avatar into the Little Divine Realm. During a grand feast held by the Heavenly Kingdom, he forcefully demanded the Heavenly Kingdom's submission and thunderously defeated and swept through the Heavenly Kingdom's many experts, establishing a formidable reputation.
Although on that day, the Heavenly Kingdom's most powerful Ancestral Patriarch-level figures were in seclusion and did not appear, among the defeated experts were super-powerful beings at the Heavenly King realm. Yet, they were still far from being a match for Lingxu Divine King, not even lasting a single exchange. One could imagine.
The world believed that even if the Heavenly Kingdom's few current old Ancestral Patriarchs joined forces, they might still not be a match for that Lingxu Divine King.
It was precisely because of that battle, Lingxu Divine King's thunderous sweep, that he brought absolute intimidation to all the Heavenly Kingdom's experts, making them believe he was invincible.
Therefore, when Lingxu Divine King demanded the Heavenly Kingdom submit to his control, quite a few people actually considered it feasible, leading to arguments among the various major forces across the Heavenly Kingdom's territories.
Hence, this important meeting was convened in the Divine King Hall, inviting the top forces from across the Heavenly Kingdom's territories to discuss how to respond.
At the meeting, some believed they should not submit and were determined to resist to the end.
Others believed that submitting to the management of a Myriad Worlds' Overlord like Lingxu Divine King might be better.
Both sides held their own views, unable to reach a consensus in a short time.
However, implicitly, those who believed they could submit to Lingxu Divine King constituted the vast majority, with only a minority faction believing they should not submit.