"Succeeded in proving his Dao?"
Ye Chen was taken aback. He had just heard many from the myriad races of the Star Sky claim that the Kunpeng Sovereign had fallen while attempting to prove his Dao and ascend to Sovereignhood, struck down by the forbidden heavenly thunder of the ages.
Now, it seemed there was more to the story.
"Correct. Those people are unaware of the truth from back then. I witnessed with my own eyes the Kunpeng Sovereign successfully prove his Dao and ascend to Sovereignhood. How could it be false?" Cang Xiong said calmly. He had been an invincible existence for many tens of thousands of years, a terrifying figure who could engage in an ultimate confrontation with the Formless Monarch in the previous epoch. In this epoch, he had remained at the Monarch level, merely accumulating power as an Eternal Emperor, aiming to soar into the heavens in one leap, break through his realm, and directly ascend to the domain of the Eternal Giants. Naturally, he had also personally witnessed the Kunpeng Sovereign's meteoric rise.
When the Kunpeng Sovereign proved his Dao and ascended to Sovereignhood, although he became a Sovereign, he was in a weakened state after transcending the tribulation, requiring many tens of thousands of years to reach the stage of Great Perfection and sublimation.
At that critical moment, the Heaven Soul Great Emperor launched a surprise attack.
The two engaged in an Emperor-level Supreme battle. Because the Emperor Tribulation had not yet completely dissipated, and because the Heaven Soul Great Emperor deliberately sealed the area, none among the myriad races of the Star Sky were aware.
One was the Kunpeng Sovereign, who had just successfully transcended the tribulation and was in a weakened state.
The other was an Ancient Great Emperor who had conserved his strength and was at the Great Perfection stage.
Although the Supreme-level battle was fierce, the outcome was determined from the very beginning.
At that time, Cang Xiong was also powerless to help. He was in seclusion, only able to perceive the Kunpeng Sovereign's ascension to Sovereignhood from a distance. However, the Heaven Soul Great Emperor's attack was too sudden, and before he could lend timely assistance, the Kunpeng Sovereign fought until the cosmos were dyed with his blood, and then vanished.
He had originally thought the Kunpeng Sovereign had fallen. Only now did he learn that he had become the Soul-Restraining Hall's Weapon Zero.
Ye Chen then asked, "The rumor that the Heaven Soul Great Emperor died a violent death... was it because of the Kunpeng Sovereign?"
"Yes, but the Heaven Soul Great Emperor has not completely perished, and the Kunpeng Sovereign could not let him perish either," Cang Xiong said.
At this moment, Weapon Zero, the Kunpeng Sovereign, which loomed over the headquarters great world, blotting out the sky, let out a Peng's roar. The headquarters great world showed signs of cracking, but was stabilized by infinite Emperor Dao patterns sealing the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
Even so, countless Soul-Restraining Hall experts and stars were directly pulverized and annihilated under that Peng's roar.
It was an Emperor's roar, a Supreme roar capable of shattering Ancient Sovereigns!
Even Monarchs, if present, would likely be torn to pieces!
The experts of the Soul-Restraining Hall were also panicking. If not for the Battle Saint King being too terrifying, they would never have easily released Weapon Zero.
In fact, they understood the terror of Weapon Zero more clearly than anyone else. Although before this, aside from the former nine Emperor Envoys, few truly knew its fundamental origins.
But they clearly understood that even the First Emperor Envoy, when he was still present, was extremely wary of an existence like Weapon Zero.
They never could have imagined that the legendary Weapon Zero was actually the Kunpeng Sovereign, an Ancient Sovereign existence!
If not for this critical moment of life and death, the Soul-Restraining Hall would never dare release it. Otherwise, the slightest mishap could result not in killing the enemy, but in the entire Soul-Restraining Hall becoming ruins destroyed by the Kunpeng Sovereign.
"I truly never imagined that the Kunpeng Sovereign is actually the legendary Weapon Zero. Compared to us from back then, he's completely on a different level."
The Iceflame Monarch, the Star-Devouring Beast Progenitor, and other former Weapons Two, Three, Four, and Five felt a pang of fear. In truth, they had been imprisoned separately and had no clear idea what kind of supreme existence Weapon Zero was in the past.
Now, the boundless, terrifying aura they faintly sensed was even more fearsome than that of an Emperor Envoy like the First Emperor Envoy.
If even the Soul-Restraining Hall itself was terrified and on edge upon the release of Weapon Zero, the Kunpeng Sovereign, who could possibly remain calm?
Without a doubt, that person had to be Ye Chen.
At this moment, his eyes shone brilliantly, even carrying a hint of peculiarity as he looked at this Zero Number Forbidden Weapon, the Kunpeng Sovereign. His Eyes of Heaven were perpetually in an activated state, or, to be more precise, had long since completely fused into his pupils, evolving into true Eyes of Heaven that didn't require deliberate activation.
Now, in this world, there was basically nothing that could escape his perception.
After a brief moment of observation, he already understood much about this Kunpeng Sovereign.
"Not simple at all. The so-called Weapon Zero is actually a Supreme-level existence, the Kunpeng Sovereign. The Soul-Restraining Hall truly has immense capabilities, to have even a Supreme existence fail to escape your clutches. Or, to be more accurate, it should be the handiwork of the Heaven Soul Great Emperor. You are even more extraordinary than I imagined. Your violent death back then indeed has hidden secrets, making me increasingly curious."
Ye Chen expressed a hint of admiration.
Weapon Zero was actually the Kunpeng Sovereign.
Such capability, suchheritage / foundation. If Ye Chen hadn't barged into the Soul-Restraining Hall's headquarters great world, he would never have known.
Similarly, he felt a sense of retrospective fear. If he had entered the headquarters great world a thousand years ago, even though he rivaled Monarchs, facing a Supreme-level Forbidden Weapon like this would have been extremely perilous.
Of course, it wasn't just because the Kunpeng Sovereign was Weapon Zero.
The Heaven Soul Great Emperor, who could make even the Kunpeng Sovereign become a Forbidden Weapon, must be far more terrifying.
It was equivalent to facing two Supremes simultaneously.
Fortunately, he had heeded Cang Xiong's warning back then.
Naturally, although the Kunpeng Sovereign was terrifying, Ye Chen remained unafraid. Ultimately, this stemmed from his own formidable strength!
A thousand years of time, refining the Great Emperor's reincarnation body and the Half-Emperor physique, using the three alien Monarchs as furnace flames to temper his true body, successfully reaching the peak of the Eternal Sovereign realm. Now, he was countless times stronger than he was a thousand years ago.
He could easily defeat and suppress even Monarchs.
He very much wanted to know just how great the gap was between himself and a true Supreme.
An Eternal Emperor could challenge a Supreme.
And that was for an ordinary Eternal Emperor. An Eternal Emperor like the Formless Monarch could even engage in a peak confrontation with a Supreme.
Ye Chen didn't dare claim he could engage in a peak confrontation with a Supreme like the Formless Monarch, but rivaling the Taichu Emperor... he probably wasn't far off, and that was enough to challenge a Supreme.
Right now, the Kunpeng Sovereign was the perfect test subject.
"Let me test just how strong I am now!"
He took a step forward. Chaotic light exploded in layers, giving birth to the myriad Daos of all heavens.
Like a Chaos Overlord, he threw a punch. The myriad Daos wailed in sorrow as he struck furiously at the Kunpeng Sovereign.
In the Soul-Restraining Hall headquarters, many Ancient Sovereigns sneered, "The Battle Saint King is seeking death. Although he suppressed Weapon No. 1, Weapon No. 1 ultimately lost its proper divine intelligence. The strength it can exert still has some gap compared to a true Monarch. Although the Kunpeng Sovereign is the same, his power far surpasses Weapon No. 1 by who knows how many times. After all, this is a Forbidden Weapon created from a Supreme Great Emperor who lost his divine intelligence, not something a Monarch can handle."
Clearly, they were still unaware that outside in the Star Sky, Ye Chen had flicked his finger and sent the First Emperor Envoy flying, his combat power surpassing that of Monarchs.
That was a peerless strength capable of challenging an Ancient Great Emperor, invincible in the cosmos!