"Heh, it's been several hundred years since we last met. It's no surprise that the Battle Saint King has achieved Ancient Monarch status, but our master has also been a monarch for many years. Both are Ancient Monarchs now—who is stronger remains to be seen."
"Perhaps after these centuries, the Battle Saint King only recently broke through. The tides may have turned, and our master might now suppress him instead."
"The Ancient Monarch realm is like a Heavenly Pass, barring the path for all. Even the most dazzling, peerless Heaven's Pride finds it incredibly difficult to break through. The Battle Saint King is likely no exception!"
Followers of the Ancient Path Overlords sneered coldly. They had to admit the Battle Saint King was indeed powerful, having once suppressed all the Ancient Path Overlords and the children of Supreme Beings, dominating utterly.
But the Ancient Monarch realm was a Heavenly Pass, blocking everyone's advance.
Over these years, many Heaven's Pride had successively become Quasi-Monarchs, but few had managed to become Ancient Monarchs. Only former Ancient Path Overlords like Huang Di, Tai Yi, and Wu Dao had been able to shatter their shackles and break through the Heavenly Pass to become Ancient Monarchs within a mere few centuries.
Even so, they had still spent over five hundred years as Quasi-Monarchs, only barely breaking through to Ancient Monarch in the last two or three hundred years.
The Heaven's Pride of the Ancient Path acknowledged the Battle Saint King's talent was truly stunning, but they didn't necessarily believe he was much stronger than the several great Ancient Path Overlords, nor that he had necessarily become an Ancient Monarch earlier.
In the present era, as the several great Ancient Path Overlords successively became Ancient Monarchs, if they met the Battle Saint King again, all being Ancient Monarchs, it wasn't certain he would suppress them as he had in the past.
Deep within the Ultimate Ancient Domain, amidst a vast star domain, on one colossal sun star, amidst endless surging flames, a majestic figure slowly manifested.
Extremely scorching solar fire, comparable to the rules of a Fire Sovereign, flooded over him yet remained unable to cause harm.
Without a doubt, this person was immensely powerful.
It was Huang Di. Hundreds of years had passed, and he had naturally stepped into the Ancient Monarch realm. Moreover, he had entered as a Heaven-Defying Quasi-Monarch, making him incomparable to ordinary Ancient Monarchs—truly formidable.
Resplendent Immortal Light flowed around his body. His physical body was supremely strong, flawless and without leaks, having walked the Body Refinement path to an extreme distance.
Learning from his followers about the Battle Saint King's return, he fell into deep silence. Then, he gazed up at the starry sky, looking into the distance as if toward the peerless great enemy approaching. "Battle Saint King, I've been waiting for you for a long time."
Boom—
Deep within another star domain, the entire starry sky directly dimmed. Countless stars were extinguished, all their starlight devoured completely.
The central sun also gradually dimmed, replaced by overwhelming chaos light.
"Hundreds of years have passed, Battle Saint King. Let's see who has walked further on the Chaos Great Dao—you or I."
The several Overlords of the Ultimate Ancient Path heard the news, yearning for the return of that once-invincible figure, hoping for a battle to wash away the shame of the past.
They wanted to know even more: after these centuries, who was stronger?
Each possessed an invincible heart, hoping themselves to be unrivaled, suppressing all—even the Battle Saint King who had once swept through everything invincibly. They harbored a will to devour the heavens, desiring to suppress him as well!
Unfortunately, news from the Ultimate Ancient Path to the Ultimate Ancient Domain was somewhat stagnant, as it belonged to another world territory. Theoretically, one could only enter, not exit, so only fragments of information were known.
If they knew Ye Chen could kill Star Sky Overlords, they likely wouldn't be thinking this way.
...
On this day, deep within the starry sky, battles erupted involving multiple Star Sky Overlord-level combatants.
It was precisely the Star Sky Overlords of the Ultimate Ancient Path and the Soul-Restraining Hall engaged in fierce combat, exceptionally intense. Both sides had over seven Star Sky Overlords fighting—unprecedented.
In the end, neither side managed to gain much advantage, each withdrawing.
Especially the Ultimate Ancient Path side, though they only had three Star Sky Overlords, they heard the Battle Saint King was on his way. A person's reputation, a tree's shadow—his recent actions had shaken the great universe too much; who didn't know of him?
His arrival meant that even though the Soul-Restraining Hall had four Star Sky Overlords, they were wary, not daring to engage in open slaughter.
After all, the Battle Saint King had a history of killing Star Sky Overlords, and not just one.
Even the Eighth and Ninth Emperor Envoys had been killed by him. Ordinary Star Sky Overlords simply didn't dare face him in battle.
When Ye Chen arrived, he found the Soul-Restraining Hall's four Star Sky Overlords had long since departed. He chuckled, "The Soul-Restraining Hall is so spineless. A pity."
He sat cross-legged in this stretch of starry sky, issuing a challenge across space to the Soul-Restraining Hall: to have a peak battle here.
The universe shook greatly. The Battle Saint King was indeed domineering enough, actually lying in wait for the Soul-Restraining Hall's experts to appear. He would likely attract several Emperor Envoys.
Emperor Envoys—the closer to the front, the more powerful they were!
"Good! Battle Saint King, since you actively seek death, don't blame our Soul-Restraining Hall!"
Not long after, a Soul-Restraining Hall larger than a star tore through the starry sky, abruptly descending into this star domain, emanating a terrifying aura that shook the heavens.
From within the Soul-Restraining Hall, forged like black gold, several supremely powerful figures emerged one after another—three in total. Each belonged to the Star Sky Overlord level, at least mid-stage Eighth Heaven Sovereign or above, incomparably powerful.
These three were precisely the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Emperor Envoys among the Nine Great Emperor Envoys. All wore supreme battle armor, wielded peerless weapons, their battle qi matchless, causing numerous stars in the nearby star domains to explode.
Behind them, a massive prison appeared—the prison that confined the Forbidden Weapons. It now opened, and a terrifying ancient beast that blotted out the sky and sun emerged. Its aura was so powerful it was no weaker than the three Emperor Envoys.
Weapon No. 2!
The Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Emperor Envoys appeared simultaneously, and Weapon No. 2 also emerged, traversing half the cosmic starry sky to meet Ye Chen, unfolding an unprecedented Star Sky Overlord-level great battle.
A total of over eight Star Sky Overlord-level peerless monarchs fought in furious combat. Among them, the Fifth Emperor Envoy and Weapon No. 2 belonged to the Ninth Heaven Sovereign level, excessively powerful, shattering who knew how many star domains.
Ninth Heaven Sovereigns from the Ultimate Ancient Path were also startled into emerging, leading a group of Ancient Path Guardians to assist the Battle Saint King and the others.
By this time, the two most powerful overlord-level forces in the universe gradually revealed their absolute hidden depths to the world. They had many Ancient Monarchs, and Star Sky Overlords numbered more than one or two—all profound accumulations over several epochs.
Boom—
Countless clans and forces across the universe witnessed from afar. In the extreme depths of the starry sky, countless fragments of time flew out, carrying scenes from the battle there, flowing and manifesting.
Blood light shattered the heavens, sweeping through numerous star domains. A Star Sky Overlord revealed its true form, unimaginably massive, larger than a star domain, capable of swallowing stars with a single mouth, its pores transforming into black holes, seizing all light.
Boundless ancient chaos energy surged down, submerging the Thirty-Three Heavens. An enormous Chaos Great Cauldron floated and sank within, its mouth spewing forth like streams of chaotic star rivers manifesting, evolving into a sky full of stars, creating the myriad worlds—truly an astonishing sight.