Divine Sky Great Emperor said, "In the past, when I followed the Mysterious Void Sacred Venerable, I occasionally heard him mention a thing or two about the Termination Immortal Venerable. He claimed that the Termination Immortal Venerable's strength was extremely profound, unfathomable, and admitted that he himself was no match for him in a fight. This is because the Termination Immortal Venerable masters a peerless and invincible Immortal Venerable Great Dao that suppresses all enemies across time."
"It is said that several epochs ago, the Chaos Burial Ground annihilated an ancient Chaos Universe. The Heavenly Emperor of the Chaos Burial Ground emerged, causing an entire epoch to be buried. The Chaos Sea rained blood, and many Supreme Ones fell. However, while sweeping through the Chaos Sea, the Heavenly Emperor of the Chaos Burial Ground killed a Quasi-Immortal King. Legend has it that this was the Termination Immortal Venerable's only descendant, which thoroughly enraged him. In his fury, he summoned various Immortal Kings from the Primordial Immortal Realm and numerous supreme colossi from the Chaos Sea, leading the Supreme Ones of all heavens into a great war against the Chaos Burial Ground. They beheaded three Heavenly Emperor colossi and ultimately succeeded in sealing the Chaos Burial Ground."
The assembled Supreme Ones were dumbfounded.
So, the Termination Immortal Venerable had such earth-shattering battle achievements.
In the past, it was he who summoned the Immortal Kings and other ancient titans, leading the Supreme Ones of all heavens to seal the Chaos Burial Ground, causing it to remain sealed for several long epochs.
It must be said, this could be called a monumental feat!
Moreover, from another perspective, it was enough to demonstrate the Termination Immortal Venerable's power of summons. An ordinary ancient titan would absolutely not possess such influence.
Similarly, they would not possess such invincible combat power capable of suppressing all ages.
After all, the Chaos Burial Ground had lost three Heavenly Emperors—three ancient titans.
At this moment, the War Emperor spoke up, "Not only that, but the reason the alien army withdrew from our Pangu Universe back then was partly due to the Primordial Immortal Realm's intervention and the alliance of other ancient Chaos Universes, but another reason was also the Termination Immortal Venerable. It was he who summoned the Nine Great Immortal Kings of the Primordial Immortal Realm to personally step forward and pressure the alien army to retreat from the Pangu Universe."
"Even the Giant Alliance Pact was spearheaded and established by him."
Only a figure like the War Emperor, the Heaven-Defying War Sovereign's eldest disciple who survived the Mythical Great Cataclysm, would know such ancient secrets from the past. Even figures like Formless Monarch, Sun Great Emperor, and Tai Chu Imperial Lord wouldn't know much about them.
The more they learned, the more they could understand the might of this Termination Immortal Venerable and sense his goodwill towards the Pangu Universe.
Without the Termination Immortal Venerable, it was debatable whether the Primordial Immortal Realm would have intervened back then, or whether the alien forces would have retreated.
"However, as far as I know, since the beginning of this epoch, the Termination Immortal Venerable has been in seclusion. It was announced that he might not emerge for several epochs. His sudden emergence now... does it portend something?" the War Emperor murmured. These words also caused the joy among the present Supreme Ones to fade into silence.
That first-generation colossus had also chosen to emerge. Was it truly as the War Emperor said, a sign that some major event was about to occur?
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Primordial Immortal Realm.
Hailed as the number one ancient Chaos Universe in the Chaos Sea, the Primordial Immortal Realm was vast and boundless. It appeared to be just an endless world, but in reality, its expanse was unimaginable. Not only did it contain the myriad heavens and worlds, but its upper realm was even larger than the Pangu Universe's myriad domains and even the ancient Divine Realm of the past.
Deep within the Primordial Immortal Realm lay the areas with the most optimal cultivation environment of the entire Immortal World. Naturally, they were occupied by various Immortal Kings, divided into Immortal King Domains. Almost every Immortal King Domain was comparable to one-third the size of the Pangu Universe.
Here, there were over ten such Immortal King Domains.
And this didn't even include the outer regions of the Immortal World. One could imagine how vast and boundless the upper realm of the Primordial Immortal Realm was.
The Termination Immortal Domain, an endless Immortal King Domain under the rule of the Termination Immortal Venerable, was twice the size of other Immortal King Domains.
It had always been governed by the various supreme immortals under the Immortal Venerable's command.
Even though the Termination Immortal Venerable had often been in seclusion comprehending the Dao for several epochs, other Immortal King Domains never dared to attack. Facing the Termination Immortal Venerable, who was almost coeval with the world itself, no one dared to encroach upon his territory by even a sliver or contest its resources.
Deep within the Termination Immortal Domain, within a grotto-heaven—though called a grotto-heaven, it was actually an inner world containing its own cosmos, with infinite star domains floating and the stars of all heavens shining.
The Termination Immortal Venerable sat cross-legged within. Before him was a table holding a chessboard. Black and white pieces engaged in a fierce dragon-and-tiger struggle upon it, so intense it seemed blood light flickered.
At this moment, the Termination Immortal Venerable, holding a white piece, placed it on a corner of the board. Instantly, a True Dragon flew out, accompanied by endless chaos, giving birth to myriad worlds. It extended its dragon claw, shattering the worlds constructed by the black pieces and destroying stars.
"Creating a True Dragon, with the momentum to devour all worlds?"
A light chuckle sounded. Sitting opposite the Termination Immortal Venerable was a figure holding a black piece. He placed it on a corner, and instantly a Kunpeng appeared, soaring up, displaying yin and yang, distorting space-time, and submerging the True Dragon.
The True Dragon and the Kunpeng fought fiercely, blood light occasionally splattering, flooding the starry sky woven by the chessboard.
However, in the end, this was merely a manifestation from the chess game, not a real existence.
But the two wielded heaven-defying methods, making the false seem real, indistinguishable from the truth.
The two held their pieces, attacking and defending, placing pieces swiftly, back and forth.
In the end, the Termination Immortal Venerable won. He laughed heartily, "After all, I have won."
Opposite him sat an elderly man with white hair, kind eyebrows and benevolent eyes. Yet, his pair of pupils seemed to have buried countless epochs, with time constantly flowing within, making them unfathomable. He shook his head helplessly, "This game also had a terrible move."
The Termination Immortal Venerable finished laughing and said, "When we play chess, a bad move is acceptable. But in this grand chess game spanning the ages, a terrible move must never appear. Otherwise, one wrong move might render all the efforts of countless epochs empty, blood staining past and present."
The old man nodded, "How could I not understand that?"
"How is the current progress?"
"Soon. It has entered the final stage. All the plans, all the arrangements laid down since antiquity, are about to be completed. It all depends on the final step," the old man said, his gaze appearing exceedingly wise, with a flicker of profound light.
"That is excellent. Otherwise, if we lose, perhaps everything from all these epochs will become empty, and we will be unable to cross the blood-stained future," the Termination Immortal Venerable said, then smiled. "I have seen him. The key person you all selected is indeed quite remarkable."
"Naturally. To nurture him, we are willing to spare no effort. He is the one with the greatest hope since antiquity to prove the Dao through Chaos," the old man stroked his beard and chuckled.
"What if he fails?"
"If he fails..." The old man fell silent for a long moment, then smiled. "His offspring remain, inheriting his Chaos bloodline and also the True Dragon bloodline. They will inherit the legacy of the Ancestral Dragon. One day, if the key person fails and falls, his bloodline will be the next key person, the spark seed for all future endeavors."
"Let us hope there will never be a need for him..."