Even at this point, Yuanchu Imperial Son still believed Ye Chen was a colossus from antiquity possessing a body. Only in this way could he accept it; otherwise, how could a mere peer injure him so?
Ye Chen said indifferently, "You are wrong. I am not some Supreme One possessing a body, and no one dares to possess me, not even a colossus from antiquity."
His words carried absolute confidence and domineering arrogance.
Not even a colossus from antiquity dared to possess him.
Indeed, he was a peerless powerhouse comparable to the Heavenly Emperor and the Primordial Ancestor in their youth. Even if a colossus from antiquity wanted to possess him, they would not abandon their own immensely powerful giant supreme battle physique. An Emperor Soul could only descend a wisp; no matter how powerful, it could never possess someone comparable to an Emperor Lord.
"As for who I am, I have already made it very clear."
Very clear?
Everyone frowned. Even now, they still could not guess the true identity of this flawless man, precisely because he was too perfect and flawless. Such a man, if they had seen him before, they would not have forgotten.
Ye Chen gave a faint smile, sweeping his gaze over the various Ancient Path Overlords. "It seems I left in too much of a hurry back then, failing to leave a sufficiently deep impression on all of you, even though I directly suppressed every single one of you back then."
As his words fell, the Emperor Heaven Hall suddenly fell into complete silence.
Countless gazes filled with utter shock fell upon Ye Chen.
Hiss—
Many people sucked in cold breaths, expressions of disbelief appearing on their faces.
At this point, with such an obvious hint, how could they not understand?
This flawless man before them was none other than the invincible Battle Saint King of yesteryear!
He had returned!
Appearing powerfully before everyone's eyes.
Ye Chen smiled mockingly. "It seems you've remembered my identity."
"Impossible!"
Yuanchu Imperial Son, who had been reduced to a human stump, roared. "You cannot be the Battle Saint King! It's impossible for you to be this powerful! Hundreds of years have passed; at most, you would have become an Ancient Monarch like us, definitely not surpassing the fifth heaven!"
He was the son of a colossus from antiquity, possessing a Supreme Secret Realm. With all kinds of opportunities combined, he had only managed to reach this step over these years, becoming a fourth-heaven Ancient Monarch.
With such cultivation and such strength, he stood proudly across two ancient domains, supreme and invincible, hailed as one of the most powerful Ancient Path Overlords.
But hundreds of years later, meeting that invincible Battle Saint King from back then, he had suddenly become such a peerlessly invincible existence, defeating him in a single encounter. This was an absolute, crushing superiority over him, both in realm and physical body.
This was impossible. It should not be.
Even a colossus from antiquity in their youth could never achieve such monstrous feats.
Others also found it hard to believe, especially those Ancient Path Overlords. Hundreds of years had passed; they had finally broken through the heavenly barrier to become Ancient Monarchs, even reaching the third or fourth heaven, considered extremely powerful.
After all, their cultivation time was barely over a thousand years. Being able to reach this step was even comparable to a Supreme One in their youth.
Yet now, a Battle Saint King who had contended with their generation back then, who later rose to prominence—that was one thing, but they were still in the same realm, only one or two minor levels higher.
Now, hundreds of years later, the gap had suddenly widened to what seemed like an insurmountable chasm.
At this point, many refused to believe he was the Battle Saint King.
They acknowledged the Battle Saint King's heaven-defying invincibility, but not to this extent—it surpassed common sense, shattered imagination.
"Heh, impossible?" Ye Chen chuckled, very calm, a mocking smile on his lips. "But so what? It only shows that you are all too weak, your imaginations lacking."
Then, he flicked his finger at the center of Yuanchu Imperial Son's brow. An indescribably vast and mighty force instantly shattered the latter's Muddy Pellet Palace, destroying the Sovereign Heavenly Soul within.
Even with the Emperor Treasure bestowed by the Primordial Beginning Emperor Ancestor for protection, it was useless; it could not block Ye Chen's attack speed, which was too fast.
However, Yuanchu Imperial Son did not die immediately. He reformed his Sovereign Heavenly Soul, though appearing incomparably weaker.
He stared at Ye Chen in horror, deeply sensing that if such an attack came once more, he would undoubtedly perish.
"Die, Yuanchu Imperial Son!"
His finger flicked again. This time, Yuanchu Imperial Son could no longer endure it. Unable to watch himself be killed, he violently spat out nine mouthfuls of essence blood, which fell onto the Emperor Treasure manifesting outside his Sovereign Heavenly Soul. He roared, "Battle Saint King, you want this Imperial Son dead, but this Imperial Son won't let you off easily either! Father, I beg you to appear and kill the Battle Saint King!"
Boom—
After being stained by the nine mouthfuls of Imperial Son essence blood, that Emperor Treasure instantly ignited, steaming with infinite radiance and erupting with ten thousand layers of Emperor Might, forcefully blocking Ye Chen's finger.
In a daze, heaven and earth reverted to chaos. A black hole appeared, and a bridge piercing through past, present, and future manifested. Upon it, a supreme giant figure strode forth. Even though it was not the true self, it contained a supreme, overwhelming might that suppressed everything.
A supreme giant!
The Primordial Beginning Emperor Ancestor!
A wisp of his Emperor Soul, left on the Emperor Treasure, had now been awakened and descended here.
Within the Emperor Heaven Hall, all the powerhouses felt the vast Emperor Might emanating from the Primordial Beginning Emperor Ancestor. Numerous experts, including Ancient Monarchs, bowed their heads in submission.
Only the various Ancient Path Overlords, each harboring their own pride and wielding supreme treasures, bodies bathed in divine light, stood tall and proud before the Primordial Beginning Emperor Ancestor, directly facing this giant who had dominated for ten thousand ancient times!
The Supreme One possession bodies, no less than Ancient Path Overlords, released the wisp of Emperor Soul power within them, like an ancient emperor descending to the mortal world. Similarly, they did not need to prostrate themselves in worship before the Primordial Beginning Emperor Ancestor like the others.
"The Primordial Beginning Emperor Ancestor, this peerless giant who has suppressed ten thousand ancient times, has finally arrived too?"
The gazes of the Supreme One possession bodies flickered. They were all true supreme ones, a wisp of Emperor Soul possessing the bodies of the younger generation to descend here. Yet they understood more clearly than anyone else the power of a colossus from antiquity.
To a certain degree, a Supreme One was already the pinnacle of the Great Dao for all cultivators.
The next major realm was the elusive "Eternal."
However, the existence of a colossus from antiquity was special, as if forging a new realm atop the Supreme One realm, transcending it and entering an entirely new, even more invincible world.
It was similar to how the next major realm after Great Ability should have been Ancient Monarch, but the God King realm was derived as a transitional stage.
The gap between a Supreme One and a colossus from antiquity was no less than that between an Ancient Monarch and a Great Emperor—vastly different.
The Primordial Beginning Emperor Ancestor's wisp of Emperor Soul successfully descended, its might peerless. The entire Emperor Heaven Hall trembled violently. Overwhelming Emperor Might spread, almost shattering this immortal Emperor Hall left behind by the God Emperor.
However, the God Emperor was also a colossus from antiquity after all. The Emperor Heaven Hall was naturally extraordinary. Emperor Patterns interwove in the void, now fully manifesting to resist the Primordial Beginning Emperor Ancestor's might.