The Desolate Plains.
This was the place where the Pangu Universe's united front once clashed with the invading alien races in a decisive battle, a land so vast and boundless that even Supreme Ones like the Formless Monarch and the Profound God Great Emperor had gathered all the supreme powerhouses here for a final, desperate stand.
Of course, now that the alien armies had been completely expelled, peace had returned to the Desolate Plains.
Because the passage connecting the Upper and Lower Realms had been opened, and due to its connection to the Primordial Heaven Realm, the Desolate Plains and the dozens of great domains surrounding it had, without conscious design, been incorporated under the rule of the Chaos Heavenly Mansion. Gradually, it had radiated outwards to form a vast and prosperous land.
This, the myriad realms called the Chaos Heaven Continent.
As the name implied, it was an endless territory exclusively under the rule of the Chaos Heavenly Mansion.
The Desolate Plains were long gone from their former desolate, blood-stained state. Over a thousand years later, the battle scars left by the ancient war had even been personally erased by Supreme Ones, and the Great Dao had already revived.
The passage between the two realms was located here, allowing the perfect Heavenly Dao aura of the Primordial Heaven Realm to gradually transform this boundless Chaos Heaven Continent. Its cultivation environment surpassed that of other great domains, in no way inferior to the Ten Great Provinces at the center of the Myriad Domains.
Unconsciously, through over a thousand years of continuous development, the Chaos Heaven Continent had become the most prosperous and flourishing place in the present era, second only to the center of the Myriad Domains.
Of course, if not for the short span of time, catching up to the Myriad Domains center would not be a major issue.
At the central region of the Chaos Heaven Continent, the magnificent divine halls of the Chaos Heavenly Mansion stood in continuous succession.
Through over a thousand years of development, the Chaos Heavenly Mansion had long since become the inviolable supreme holy land of the Pangu Universe's Upper and Lower Realms, all because it was personally founded by the Battle Saint King.
Regarding the Battle Saint King's various legends, even though he had vanished for over a millennium, they remained undiminished, forever circulating throughout the world, influencing generation after generation of the younger generation.
Countless geniuses took joining the Chaos Heavenly Mansion as their goal and pursuit.
In the present era, even though the Chaos Heavenly Mansion lacked its most core figure—the Battle Saint King himself, its Mansion Lord—its several Mistresses, as well as the Young Mansion Lords Qian Xun, Ya Ya, and Chen Xi, were without exception first-rate, peerless experts of the current age. Any one of them stepping out could suppress all directions as a top-tier Ancient Monarch.
There was also no shortage of Ancient Monarchs of other levels, and even former Starry Sky Overlord-level Monarchs above the Eighth Heaven, past generations of Heaven Realm Masters, were stationed within. The Primordial Heaven Realm, a super world even more advantageous than the myriad realms, continuously provided the Chaos Heavenly Mansion with an endless stream of countless talented prodigies.
Moreover, several Supreme Ones like the Formless Monarch, the Taichu Emperor Monarch, the Golden Crow Great Emperor, and the Profound God Great Emperor were all on extremely close terms with the Battle Saint King. Who would dare provoke them?
A thousand years was neither long nor short.
The current Chaos Heavenly Mansion was countless times more powerful than it was a millennium ago.
In the present Upper and Lower Realms, perhaps only the Pangu Palace of the Great Universe Alliance could be mentioned in the same breath and surpass it.
Naturally, as the Pangu Universe's top-tier cultivation holy land, the Chaos Heavenly Mansion was heavily guarded. Right before its magnificent main gate, a commander of God King level personally stood guard. Quasi-Monarchs were faintly present, and Ancient Monarchs occasionally made appearances, all demonstrating the Chaos Heavenly Mansion's formidable strength.
Boom—
Suddenly, at this moment, above the Chaos Heavenly Mansion, billions of auspicious rays of light descended from the sky, startling all the powerhouses of the Chaos Heavenly Mansion.
Including the most powerful past generations of Heaven Realm Masters, as well as the Mistresses of the Chaos Heavenly Mansion like the Goddess, Yi Wu, Yu Qing, and the Young Mansion Lords, all were alarmed. Waves of Monarch Heavenly Might, comparable to giant dragons, rippled out.
"Audacious! Who dares to enter my Chaos Heavenly Mansion without announcement!"
Suddenly, at this moment, billions of auspicious rays descended from the sky above the Chaos Heavenly Mansion, startling all the powerful experts within.
Including the most powerful several generations of Heaven Realm Masters, as well as the various Mistresses and Deputy Mansion Lords of the Chaos Heavenly Mansion like Goddess, Yi Wu, and Yu Qing, all were startled. Waves of Sovereign Heavenly Might, comparable to giant dragons, rippled out.
"Audacious! Who dares to enter my Chaos Heavenly Mansion without announcement!"
A majestic roar echoed as an Ancient Monarch shot into the sky, his Sovereign Heavenly Might dense. Sensing that aura, it didn't seem to be from any of the familiar few like Wuxiang Junwang, Golden Crow Great Emperor, Taichu Emperor, Xuan Shen Great Emperor, or the Human Emperor.
At a time when the Chaos Heavenly Mansion's prestige was at its peak, aside from the few Supreme Ones, even an Emperor would not dare to directly enter the Chaos Heavenly Mansion.
The Battle Saint King was not present, but everyone knew that the Battle Saint King's relationship with the several Supreme Ones was extraordinary, equivalent to the protection of those Supreme Ones. Who would dare to descend directly like this without announcement?
They had sufficient confidence.
However, the Supreme Ones of All Heavens had just entered from the edge of the Universe. The Chaos Heavenly Mansion, far from that edge, even with its many powerful experts and no shortage of Super Sovereigns, had only just witnessed the infinite auspicious rays appearing across the myriad realms' sky and became aware. They did not sense it immediately.
Everything still required time to sense.
Now, a figure was already suppressing all the auspicious rays, descending directly from the sky.
At this moment, even the several generations of Heaven Realm Masters shot into the sky, emanating the vast aura of Starry Sky Overlord level Sovereigns of the eighth heaven, their faces solemn.
But soon, upon seeing the figure of the newcomer, their bodies stiffened, eyes wide.
"What, not welcoming me back?"
The newcomer, perfect and flawless, was none other than Ye Chen.
He descended from the sky, bathed in majestic Chaos light, yet how gentle it was, not harming a single person.
But that kind of imposing manner, descending with myriad phenomena, was like the true body of an ancient Great Emperor descending upon the mortal world.
"Yue!"
"Mansion Lord!"
"Battle Saint King!"
"Master!"
"Chen!"
"Father!"
...
Ye Chen's return brought cheers from his family, very excited. He had been gone for over a thousand years, something that had never happened before. Even during his reincarnation and rebirth, it was only a few decades. If not for his soul imprint still existing, they would have thought he had perished.
"I've made you worry, my apologies." Ye Chen felt remorseful. After over a thousand years apart, both he and those around him had made great progress.
For example, Goddess, Yi Wu, Chen'er, A Beinu, Yu Qing, Qian Xun, and Yaya had all stepped into the ranks of Super Sovereigns. With every move, Sovereign Power surged boundlessly; a lift of the hand could suppress and kill ordinary Ancient Monarchs.
Chen Xi, his little daughter, had also become an Ancient Monarch, standing above the fifth heaven, her progress astonishingly rapid.
Yan Shen, the direct disciple of the Flame Emperor, had also become a Super Sovereign.
Ruoxi was even more extraordinary. As the daughter of the Heavenly Emperor, over these years, her Heavenly Emperor bloodline had been completely activated. Even without cultivation, she directly leaped to the peak level of a tenth heaven Sovereign.
"Eternal Sovereign!" Ye Chen was shocked, able to sense the intense aura of the Eternal Path on Ruoxi, no less than that of the Taichu Emperor.
But what was astonishing was that Ruoxi was still only a Sovereign, yet had become a powerhouse of the Eternal Path. This indicated that once she became an Eternal Emperor, she could gradually reach heights comparable to Wuxiang Junwang, capable of direct peak confrontations with a Great Perfection Supreme One.
This was the world-defying aspect of the Heavenly Emperor's bloodline.
It must be known that the bloodline of a Myriad Epochs Colossus could still allow descendants in the Ancient Monarch stage to continuously improve by borrowing the power of the bloodline.
The Heavenly Emperor, as one of the invincible ones of Myriad Epochs, naturally ensured his bloodline would be astonishing. Moreover, as his descendant, they would inevitably be the most heaven-defying bloodline holder in the Chaos Sea.
Ruoxi was precisely so, requiring no arduous cultivation, naturally reaching the level of Eternal Sovereign.
It must be said, the endowment of bloodline was indeed heaven-defying.
According to speculation, although the current Ruoxi could not be compared to Ye Chen—after all, Ye Chen was not only an Eternal Quasi-Monarch but had also cultivated to the Ten Tribulations level as a Great Perfection genius while still in the God King Realm. It could be said that throughout the ages, within the same realm, probably only the Heavenly Emperor and the Primogenitor could be mentioned in the same breath; even Emperor Eternal might not be comparable.
However, given Ruoxi's innate talent, her current combat power, even if inferior to her elder brother Ye Chen, was absolutely comparable to that of an Emperor.
Over a thousand years had passed. The invasions by the Chaos Burial Ground and the Alien Ancient Universe were matters of only recent years. Although the armies of these two ancient universes had shattered the Tenfold Emperor Passes and repeatedly invaded the Pangu Universe, causing countless casualties on the Pangu side,
the Chaos Heavenly Mansion, despite suffering casualties and participating in the pinnacle battle at Pangu Pass, had not lost a single one of its core high-ranking members.
This fact pleased Ye Chen greatly.
His anxious heart finally settled and calmed.
"Yue, what is your current realm?" the Goddess inquired. She could sense that after disappearing for over a thousand years and returning, her husband's strength had increased immeasurably once more.
The present him was far stronger than he had been over a millennium ago. Standing before her, even without deliberately releasing his aura, the intangible pressure that emanated from him gave one the feeling of facing the true form of an ancient Great Emperor, making even an Ancient Monarch seem as insignificant as dust.
"Peak Eternal Sovereign realm, in the final stage of Ultimate Sublimation," Ye Chen did not conceal it. He was special, after all—the most monstrous genius comparable to the young days of invincible beings like the Heavenly Emperor and the Primogenitor in the Chaos Sea.
Everyone was shocked. He was still at the Sovereign level, yet his power was not inferior to that of an ancient Great Emperor. It was unbelievable.
"Ee-ee—"
A childish voice sounded. It was the little white beast, Yiyi, who came to Ye Chen's shoulder and affectionately rubbed against his cheek, showing no fear of that intangible pressure comparable to an ancient Emperor.
Clearly, Yiyi's origins were even more extraordinary.
It belonged to a heaven-defying race from the Chaos Sea. Unfortunately, Ye Chen's cultivation had now reached a level comparable to an ancient Great Emperor, yet his cultivation lifespan was just over two thousand years—his experience was insufficient, and he still did not understand.
But he was not anxious, because he would soon find out. With the Supreme Ones of the Myriad Heavens present, and quasi-giants like War Emperor and Divine Void Great Emperor who had long resided on the Primordial Path, they should know a thing or two.
On this day, the master of the Chaos Heavenly Mansion, the Battle Saint King, returned, his majesty comparable to an ancient Great Emperor. Infinite light showered upon the Upper Realm and the Eight Realms of the Myriad Worlds, its influence profound.
The experts of the Chaos Heavenly Mansion cheered incessantly, for they all understood that the Battle Saint King, having returned after over a thousand years of cultivation, had attained profound achievements and could engage in a pinnacle duel with an ancient Great Emperor. This truly elevated the Chaos Heavenly Mansion to the status of an Emperor-level inheritance force.
Moreover, after refining the Heavenly Dao Sun, he was even more incomparably powerful, rumored to be capable of a pinnacle duel with a quasi-giant.
Without a doubt, with the return of its true master, Ye Chen, the Chaos Heavenly Mansion would inevitably hold a grand feast.
Even various friends and relatives, such as Imperial Sons and Daughters, like the Peacock King and Wang Chen, and friends like the War King and the Sun God, would come.
But Ye Chen declined, postponing the celebration.
At present, there were more important matters to attend to.
If not for his concern for those close to him, he would have been unable to resist completing it the moment he returned to the Pangu Universe.
At this moment, Ye Chen's eyes shone with brilliance as he spoke to his wives, children, and friends who had reached the high Ancient Monarch level beside him: "I have suppressed myself for too long. I will soon break the seal and ascend to Eternal Emperor. Perhaps it will rival a Supreme One's attainment of the Dao, with the starry skies celebrating in glory. All of you, place a strand of your divine sense upon me. Let me allow you to gain some insight. Perhaps you can attain the Supreme Dao more quickly."
"Good!"
Beside him, several beloved wives, as well as Qian Xun, Yaya, Ruoxi, Chenxi, and multiple Imperial Sons and Daughters, the Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor, Will, and other relatives and old friends, all sent a strand of their divine sense into Ye Chen's body.
Simultaneously, they also wore expressions of shock.
At the peak Eternal Sovereign realm, in the stage of Ultimate Sublimation, he was already comparable to an ancient Great Emperor.
Once he broke through the realm and truly became an Eternal Emperor, how powerful would Ye Chen be then?
Their hearts trembled; they were actually unable to calculate it.
"I have waited for many days, even spending a hundred years listening to lectures from my teacher, Tai Sheng Huang, forcibly suppressing my breakthrough. Today, I can finally break through."
With a single step, Ye Chen had already entered the deepest reaches of the starry sky of the Myriad Realms, the very apex of the cosmic firmament.
His speed was so fast that even the successive generations of Heaven Realm Rulers at the level of several Starry Sky Overlords were horrified to find they could detect no trace of his trajectory whatsoever.
That was the speed of an ancient Great Emperor!
"Hmm? The Battle Saint King has entered the starry sky!"
The Supreme Ones of the Myriad Heavens, and even quasi-giants like War Emperor, Divine Void Great Emperor, and Golden Crow Great Emperor, also gazed from afar toward Ye Chen's location, vaguely guessing something.
Sun Great Emperor said solemnly, "Is Little Junior Brother finally going to break through?"
Formless Sovereign said, "He is finally going to become an Eternal Emperor. I wonder, what level will this little fellow reach once he becomes an Eternal Emperor this time?"
Taichu Emperor's eyes flickered: "He... is probably going to be the most powerful Eternal Emperor in history..."
Cangxiong Great Heavenly Venerable gazed into the distance, revealing a faint smile: "This young friend is finally going to begin his breakthrough."
...
All eyes were upon him!
Everyone knew that once Ye Chen broke through, he would inevitably reach an unprecedented level.
As for what step he could reach?
No one knew, but it was something to look forward to.
The various Supreme Ones also focused their attention!
The apex of the cosmic firmament was a place near the Extraterrestrial Heavens.
Every Primordial Chaos Great World had a corresponding Extraterrestrial Heaven; Chaos Ancient Universes also had them, only they were more special and more vast.
Ye Chen spoke, his voice shaking the Myriad Realms: "Today, I, the Battle Saint King, shall enter the Monarch realm!"
Boom—
As his voice fell, his essence, energy, and spirit instantly soared to their peak, shaking the starry skies of the Myriad Domains.
Above his crown, suddenly, an unprecedented, colossal pillar of light shot into the sky, piercing into the highest point of the cosmic starry sky, piercing through the Extraterrestrial Heavens. Its resplendent radiance overshadowed the sun, illuminating the Eight Realms of the Myriad Worlds.
The chaos seal left within him by Tai Sheng Huang completely shattered and disintegrated.
At this moment, the final step was thoroughly completed.
Ye Chen leaped forward in one bound, entering the realm of Eternal Emperor!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!—
Above the Myriad Realms, visible to the naked eye, stars abruptly began to shine, bursting forth with radiance thousands of times brighter than ever before, illuminating the starry sky.
In the void, majestic immortal mountains rose and fell; dazzling long rivers hung across the sky.
A true dragon tore through the firmament, soaring across the Nine Heavens.
An undying immortal phoenix soared upward, its phoenix flames billowing and burning across billions of star domains.
A Kunpeng let out a long cry, flapped its wings once, and time and space reversed, yin and yang manifested...
Within the Pangu Universe, world after world trembled. The world essences of those worlds trembled and hummed, as if beholding a supreme king, bowing in submission.
Billions of gods and demons roared across the heavens.
...
Countless phenomena were appearing, manifesting in the skies above the Myriad Realms.