Soon, all the powerful experts within the Mythical Ruins Land had withdrawn completely, leaving behind only the ravaged remains of the ancient site.
Ye Chen did not remain idle. This place was the Mythical Ruins Land where the Immortal Emperor Medicine had been cultivated; it was extraordinary. Perhaps some residual traces of the supreme giant who had originally cultivated the Immortal Emperor Medicine remained.
He communicated with the Immortal Emperor Medicine.
Although the Immortal Emperor Medicine was immensely powerful, possessing combat strength that surpassed ordinary Ancient Monarchs, it was like the Will of Heaven of the former Little God Realm—it possessed only a faint consciousness and had not developed true sentience.
Such an Immortal Emperor Medicine was too heaven-defying. If it were to develop a corresponding autonomous will and awaken its sentience, it would inevitably incur heavenly punishment. Forbidden heavenly thunder would descend, an extremely terrifying prospect.
Thus, it only possessed a faint consciousness, conveying vague thoughts and informing Ye Chen of some simple information.
"Defy Heaven Battle Lord!"
The Immortal Emperor Medicine was left behind by the Defy Heaven Battle Lord, who was also the first incarnation of the Battle Saint Ancestor.
Upon learning the truth, even Ye Chen couldn't help but feel a sense of realization—it was actually left behind by his martial ancestor.
Unfortunately, this Mythical Ruins Land had existed for far too long. It existed even before the Battle Saint Ancestor had made his name in the endless ages past. Even if there had been traces of the Emperor's Dao, they were mostly sought out and erased by the alien Emperors during the Great Mythological Destruction War.
However, the Immortal Emperor Medicine opened its origin, revealing within it a drop of blood the size of a thumb, vibrant and seemingly about to drip.
Just a single drop, yet the aura it radiated made Ye Chen's heart race with fear. He felt an unbearable pressure, a terrifying sensation that even his Chaos Supreme Body might explode.
The Chaos Saint Blood within his body also boiled, resonating inexplicably.
He understood, and his eyes shone with light!
A Giant's Essence Blood! And it was a drop of the Defy Heaven Battle Lord's Essence Blood!
How precious was this? Even Supreme Beings would go mad for it! A Giant's Essence Blood was something even supreme giants did not possess in abundance!
He understood. This was a drop of Giant's Essence Blood left behind by the Defy Heaven Battle Lord in ancient times to prevent the Immortal Emperor Medicine from being seized by the alien race. At a critical moment, it could manifest an Essence Blood incarnation of him, sufficient to protect the Immortal Emperor Medicine's safety.
It was evident that the Defy Heaven Battle Lord valued the Immortal Emperor Medicine greatly; otherwise, he would not have specifically left behind a drop of his Giant's Essence Blood.
However, the Immortal Emperor Medicine indeed possessed such important value.
Moreover, Ye Chen strongly suspected that when the Defy Heaven Battle Lord returned from entering the alien Ancient Universe in the past and managed to survive, it was likely largely due to this Immortal Emperor Medicine.
Ye Chen did not take this drop of the Defy Heaven Battle Lord's Essence Blood; he let the Immortal Emperor Medicine keep it.
The appearance of enemies came faster than imagined.
Less than a short half-hour had passed when suddenly, the Mythical Ruins Land, which had just calmed down, began to tremble violently. Waves of overwhelming divine might surged in from the outside world.
The Ancient Heaven Realm shook violently.
Billions of living beings paled.
They did not understand why the supreme existences who had been dormant for decades had suddenly awakened, and all at the same time, personally heading towards the Mythical Ruins Land that had opened in the eastern lands.
What had happened?
Unfortunately, the time was too short. The people of the world could not know that Ye Chen, the Heavenly Kingdom Ruler, had reappeared in the Mythical Ruins Land, though they vaguely sensed it was probably no simple matter.
In the distance, at the edge of the Mythical Ruins Land, there was a desolate land radiating light for tens of millions of miles—a continuous desert, an absolute dead zone.
But as the heavenly might arrived, the endless desert stirred up waves of sand tens of thousands of zhang high, like towering, turbulent waves sweeping forth majestically.
Ye Chen's gaze swept towards the passage into the Mythical Ruins Land. He saw several extremely fearsome figures appear, like heavenly gods, ancient emperors, or great demons, suppressing past and present, terrifying and peerless, their might shaking the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
Forbidden Zone Rulers!
And a full five of them!
All five of the currently remaining Forbidden Zone Rulers had appeared.
Each held a Forbidden Ancient Weapon. Some of these ancient weapons wereincomplete / fragmentary's , their divine nature dissipated, with gaps and notches.
Clearly, those were left from the previous war among the Rulers.
Naturally, thirty years was far from enough time to repair them.
The materials used to forge Forbidden Ancient Weapons were anything but ordinary. To complete repairs, one needed to find identical or equivalent-grade materials and spend years upon years reforging them repeatedly; otherwise, success was impossible.
Moreover, the five Forbidden Zone Rulers had also suffered the most terrible injuries back then. Having slumbered for thirty years, they had not recovered at all.
However, they also knew that Ye Chen had suffered extremely severe injuries as well, perhaps even worse than theirs.
The five Forbidden Zone Rulers descended upon the Mythical Ruins Land like five deities who had split heaven and earth, looking coldly at Ye Chen beside the Immortal Emperor Medicine. One said, "Heavenly Kingdom Ruler, we never expected you would dare to appear before us."
For thirty years, they had been searching for Ye Chen's whereabouts, never believing he had truly fallen.
Sure enough, just a year ago, he had suddenly revived from a certain starry ruins.
Unfortunately, just as they were about to pursue and kill him, he had already vanished, difficult to track.
They had thought that Ye Chen, the Heavenly Kingdom Ruler, would at least lie low for many years before daring to reappear. Yet, after only a year had passed, he had abruptly appeared before them so boldly, truly audacious to the extreme!
Then, their gazes also turned fervent as they looked at the Immortal Emperor Medicine. As long as they obtained it, not only could they heal the Dao injuries within their bodies, but they might even have hope of proving the Dao and becoming Supreme Beings in the future.
Facing the veiled mockery and threat in the words of the five Forbidden Zone Rulers, Ye Chen also laughed, full of scorn. "Hah, even you five stray dogs dare to show yourselves, let alone me."
Hearing this, the expressions of the five Forbidden Zone Rulers instantly turned cold.
Stray dogs?
Just who were the stray dogs here!
A year ago, wasn't it him who fled the moment he revived?
"Don't forget, back when I alone faced more than a dozen of you, I still had time to kill several. Now, with only five of you coming, aren't you just seeking death?"
Ye Chen spoke contemptuously, not placing the five in his eyes at all, which made the five Forbidden Zone Rulers both furious and filled with soaring killing intent, wishing they could slay this fellow immediately.
But they could not deny the truth of his words.
Back then, he alone had slaughtered them, causing heavy casualties and many deaths. Those standing before him now were less than half of that number. If this Heavenly Kingdom Ruler still possessed the strength of his peak period, they truly wouldn't be enough to kill; they could be wiped out in an instant.
Naturally, they did not believe Ye Chen had truly returned to his peak. Thirty years was too short, and besides, several of them back then hadspared no effort (effort/input)lifecost / price to inflict the most terriblecurse Dao injuries upon him. No matter how powerful the Heavenly Kingdom Ruler was, he could not have emerged unscathed.
Moreover, he had only revived for a year; how could he have fully recovered?
One of them was precisely the Kunxu Ruler, who sneered coldly, "Heavenly Kingdom Ruler, we must admit you are truly peerless throughout the ages. Given the situation back then, only a handful of people across the Eight Realms of the Myriad Worlds could have escaped, and you were one of them. Moreover, you fought us until we were severely wounded or fallen. We have to admit you were truly powerful."
"But the you now—can you still compare to how you were back then?"