Ye Chen was so powerful that the mere aura flowing imperceptibly from him could make the entire great universe, the vast Myriad Domains, and the Eight Lower Realms seem to tremble.
The land beneath the heavens, where the Ten Thousand Daos could not approach.
Only endless chaotic light flickered, currently performing the magnificent spectacle of the creation of heaven and earth, the opening of the universe...
Everything, everything, was so extraordinary.
Boom—
His aura directly reached its peak level.
It surpassed the Supreme One level, but was not at the Quasi-Giant level, nor was it at the Ancient Giant level. It still seemed to be somewhat short of the Quasi-Giant level.
Strictly speaking, above Supreme One, but not yet a full Quasi-Giant.
This bizarre rank perhaps only someone like him could appear...
"So strong. The Battle Saint King has advanced to the Eternal Emperor level, but why does it feel more terrifying to me than a Supreme One attaining the Dao?"
A Supreme One from the Origin Ancient Path exclaimed in surprise. The wisps of aura radiating out were clearly far more terrifying than the aura of a Supreme One.
Was this even human?
He clearly wasn't a true Supreme One yet. Being able to engage in a peak-level duel against an Ancient Great Emperor like Wuxiang Junwang was already a feat that shook the ages. Now, with the Battle Saint King advancing to Eternal Emperor, they felt as if they were no match for him, completely overshadowed.
This feeling was very unpleasant for them, because they had exhausted endless years to finally attain the Dao and become Supreme Ones, only to discover they were not as formidable as the other party's advancement to Eternal Emperor.
However, recalling that this was the Battle Saint King—someone who stepped onto the Eternal Path during his Quasi-Monarch period, comparable to the Heavenly Emperor and the Primordial Ancestor in their youth, and at the peak Eternal Monarch stage during his ultimate sublimation phase, could engage in peak duels against Ancient Great Emperors—this was not difficult to explain.
War Emperor said solemnly, "In the future, our Pangu Universe might produce another Heavenly Emperor!"
The Heavenly Emperor, among the strongest in the Chaos Sea. Throughout the ages, across one epoch after another, only a handful like the Primordial Ancestor and the Universe Great Emperor could stand shoulder to shoulder with the Heavenly Emperor.
Once such an invincible figure of the Chaos Sea emerged again from within the Pangu Universe, joining forces with the Heavenly Emperor, fighting side by side with Tai Sheng Huang, the Battle Saint Ancestor, the Flame Emperor, the Space-Time Great Emperor, and others, even the alien Ancient Universes could be swept aside.
Undoubtedly, this was an extremely high evaluation for Ye Chen.
But the various Supreme Ones all fell silent, tacitly acknowledging War Emperor's words.
Judging by the potential the Battle Saint King had currently displayed, he indeed had the ability to reach that step.
Having become an Emperor, eternal and immortal, Ye Chen was now consolidating his realm, deepening his comprehension of the Chaos Great Dao.
He was strong, but he had just advanced to Eternal Emperor. His realm could not be considered very stable, especially just after transcending the tribulation.
Even he, hailed as the most monstrous genius of all time, could not immediately consolidate his realm. It required tempering over time; it could not be achieved in one leap.
As the saying goes, cultivation knows no days or months.
Ye Chen remained seated cross-legged high in the cosmic heavens, motionless.
Chaotic light surrounded him day and night, performing scenes of the Ten Thousand Daos, Ten Thousand Methods, Ten Thousand Realms, Ten Thousand Spirits, and so on.
The cosmic heavens rumbled. Vaguely visible, a vast, enormous world was being silently performed.
A Chaos Great World was being opened imperceptibly, and not just one. It contained numerous small world heavens and earths, thousands upon thousands, all performed by Ye Chen over the years during his Dao comprehension. They were all real, not illusory.
Such methods shocked the world; even Supreme Ones found it difficult to accomplish.
Ye Chen sat like this for a full thirty years.
Finally, on this day, he awakened from his deepest seclusion, ending his cultivation.
The numerous Chaos World heavens and earths located in the cosmic heavens were all swallowed into his body.
After spending a full thirty years, he had finally digested everything, completely stabilizing his Eternal Emperor realm.
The Eternal Emperor realm, yet stronger than ordinary Great Emperors—an indescribable level.
He could feel the surging, vast Emperor Power flowing through his limbs and bones. Every inch of his Chaos Saint Body was like a slumbering Chaos True Dragon, filled with the most terrifying, immeasurable power.
Probably, with just a single slap, he could easily crush any Monarch into dust, body and soul annihilated!
Even an existence of the Ancient Great Emperor level, though far stronger than ordinary Monarchs, Ye Chen was absolutely confident he could defeat them decisively within a few dozen exchanges. Even ultimately killing them wouldn't be a big problem; it would just require a bit more time!
This was the power of an Eternal Emperor, or more accurately, a Chaos Eternal Emperor.
Boom—
Ye Chen stood up tall. As he moved, heaven and earth shook instantly. Across the vast, boundless starry sky of the universe, countless billions of endless stars trembled violently at this moment, shining with brilliant stellar radiance.
As if resonating, as if paying homage!
The Myriad Daos of the heavens cheered incessantly.
Boom—
A brilliant Chaos Great Dao descended from the heavens, traversing the endless starry sky, drawing upon endless stellar radiance, startling the Myriad Domains of the heavens.
Who among the Myriad Races of the heavens did not know, who was unaware? That was the scene of the return of the invincible Battle Saint King.
Across the Myriad Domains of the heavens, billions upon billions of living beings bowed from afar, paying homage, their hearts filled with reverence!
Ye Chen descended from the heavens, returning to the Chaos Heavenly Mansion within Chaos Heaven Continent.
At this time, Goddess Zhao Jingruo, Yi Wu, Yu Qing, Chen'er, A Beinu, Qian Xun, Ya Ya, Chen Xi, Yi Yi, the Golden Little Divine Dragon, the Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor, Weil, the Peacock King, the Sun God, the Human Race Imperial Sons and Daughters... and many other close friends and family had long since received the news and came to welcome him at the first opportunity.
Not to mention the large, densely packed group of Chaos Heavenly Mansion powerhouses behind them, from several Star Sky Overlords above to newly joined Mansion powerhouses below, all excitedly and warmly came out to greet him.
His close ones had been waiting for a long time. Seeing Ye Chen become a peerless powerhouse capable of suppressing Supreme Ones, they were naturally overjoyed from the bottom of their hearts.
Moreover, back then, a wisp of their divine sense had entered Ye Chen's body, experiencing all kinds of things together. Undoubtedly, this directly gave them profound insights, elevating their comprehension of the Great Dao to an unprecedented height. Almost every one of them had made very, very significant breakthroughs.
It must be noted that was the Starry Sky Celebration, which only appeared when the universe's origin bestowed it upon a Supreme One attaining the Dao, imprinting divine souls and Dao marks across the vast starry sky.
Moreover, Ye Chen's Starry Sky Celebration was even more magnificent. During the celebration, over one-third of the cosmic starry sky displayed the celebratory spectacle.
Such direct personal experience had an immense impact on their perceptions.
Thirty years had passed. While Ye Chen sat in the depths of the starry sky comprehending the Dao, these people had also entered seclusion one by one to comprehend the Dao, reaping great harvests. Almost every one of them had broken through by two or three minor realms.
People like the Goddess, Yi Wu, Yu Qing, Chen'er, A Beinu, Qian Xun, Ya Ya, and others were either at the eighth or ninth minor realm or directly at the peak-level ultimate Sovereigns, extraordinarily powerful.
Especially Ruo Xi, who directly leaped to become an Eternal Emperor, possessing combat power not inferior to the Taichu Emperor level, but with great growth potential. She would eventually reach the heights of someone like Wuxiang Junwang, able to engage in peak duels against Ancient Great Emperors with her Emperor body.
Her appearance directly added a Supreme One-level combatant to the Chaos Heavenly Mansion.
Furthermore, many Monarchs had actively joined the Chaos Heavenly Mansion, becoming guest elders, such as the Asura Monarch and the Mixed Mountain Monarch.
This also made the overall strength of the Chaos Heavenly Mansion so powerful that, in the absence of Supreme Ones, it could almost be called number one in the Pangu Universe. Even the Human Emperor Palace could not compare.
At the same time, Huang Di, Huang Yao, and the Heaven-Defying Battle Saint who had been comprehending the Dao within Ye Chen's Chaos Small Universe also returned one by one. Their cultivation was also quite profound, belonging to the super Sovereign level.
Huang Di, the son of the Great Desolate Ancient Emperor, the Imperial Son of the Huang Di Clan. His return excited the Huang Di Clan immensely.
Huang Yao also returned. She was the daughter of the Southern Phoenix Female Emperor, of the same lineage as the Southern Phoenix Imperial Daughter.
The Heaven-Defying Battle Saint, though not from the Pangu Universe, willingly became a member of the Pangu Universe due to the Heaven-Defying Battle Saint lineage.
Additionally, there were numerous super Heaven's Prides brought back from the Ultimate Ancient Path, the Eight Desolates Ancient Domain, the Ultimate Ancient Domain, and the Supreme Ancient Domain. They were arranged to enter the Chaos Heavenly Mansion one by one, becoming Mansion Heaven's Prides.
In this era, the Chaos Heavenly Mansion could be said to be overflowing with talent. Not only had it gathered almost all the Heaven's Prides of the entire Pangu Universe, it had even attracted countless Heaven's Prides of this generation from across the Chaos Sea.
The vast majority of these Heaven's Prides had already truly grown up. Great Powers were just the basics; there were many Divine Kings, Quasi-Monarchs were common, and even many Heaven's Prides were already promising candidates for Ancient Sovereigns.
It could be foreseen that in just another few thousand or ten thousand years, when these Heaven's Prides completely reached their peak, the already immensely prosperous Chaos Heavenly Mansion would inevitably erupt with another wave, becoming even stronger.
Even then, it might no longer be just Ye Chen and Ruo Xi as the two Supreme One-level combatants. With Giants as the main force, numerous Emperors standing side by side, and many Sovereigns coexisting—such a grand spectacle was not impossible.
"Each generation surpasses the last. Sigh, I never thought I'd start to fade into the crowd, unable to catch up to these young people..."
The Peacock King looked at the many outstandingly powerful Heaven's Prides around him, each at least a Great Power, Divine King, or even Quasi-Monarch. There were even Ancient Sovereigns. He, still merely at the Divine King realm, had gradually been caught up to and even surpassed.
Let alone compared to those former comrades-in-arms he had fought alongside, like the Sun God and the War King, who were basically either Ancient Sovereigns or Quasi-Monarchs. The so-called Divine King realm was far beyond comparison. His gaze seemed somewhat dim.
Once upon a time, he too had been young and arrogant, with extraordinary grace, a peerless king of his generation who could stand shoulder to shoulder with Ye Chen and others. In the short span of over two thousand years, attaining the Divine King fruit position could be considered a very fast cultivation speed.
It must be noted how many Great Powers exhausted their entire hundred-thousand-year lifespans without even touching the edge of the Divine King realm.
But compared to those Heaven's Prides he once vied with, the difference was undoubtedly huge, like a dimmed, fading star.
Even though he was still young, his state of mind was already somewhat desolate. He felt he was beginning to fade into the crowd.
However, he clearly understood that it wasn't that his cultivation speed was too slow, but that Ye Chen and the others progressed too fast. Even describing it as 'a thousand miles a day' was insufficient.
Over two thousand years, from an ordinary martial artist, experiencing two lifetimes, to now celebrating across the starry sky of the great universe, transcendent above Great Emperors, almost on par with Quasi-Giants like the Golden Crow Great Emperor, the Divine Space Great Emperor, and the War Emperor—how monstrous, peerless throughout the ages.
The others had also walked the Ultimate Ancient Path, the Supreme Ancient Path, to reach this step.
But he had only been within the Pangu Universe, presiding over the Heavenly Gate. The opportunities available to him in all aspects were incomparable.
Yet, in the end, he felt unwilling, unwilling to remain merely a Divine King. He hoped to become stronger, and even more, hoped that one day he could fight side by side with his former comrades-in-arms.
Sensing the Peacock King's slightly declining mentality with sharp perception, Ye Chen directly twisted space-time, making the Peacock King appear before him.
Ye Chen gave a light laugh, opened his Chaos Small Universe, and released a Chaos Peacock with a chaotic will. It was extremely powerful, emitting a strong Sovereign heavenly might. Undoubtedly, it was a Peacock Sovereign of the Ancient Sovereign level. It was precisely the Chaos Kong Shen cut open from the Alchemy Emperor Clan back then.
Ye Chen said, "Peacock King, this Chaos Kong Shen is a Chaos Holy Spirit, possessing Chaos Peacock bloodline. If you refine it, you can improve your own bloodline, releasing greater potential. In the future, not to mention a mere Ancient Sovereign, even becoming a Monarch is something to look forward to."
Everyone looked at this Chaos Kong Shen, their eyes blazing.
A legendary Chaos Holy Spirit, barring accidents, ultimately had the hope of becoming a Monarch-level existence. They were innately supreme beings.
The Battle Saint King was about to give it to the Peacock King without batting an eye. What a grand gesture.
The Goddess, Yi Wu, Weil, the Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor, the War King, and others smiled as they looked at the Peacock King, naturally understanding Ye Chen's true intention and feeling very happy.
Hearing this, the Peacock King was also excited, but hesitated for a moment and shook his head. "This won't do. This Chaos Kong Shen has extraordinary talent. It shouldn't be wasted on me."
Ye Chen laughed heartily. "You are my brother. Your value in my heart is far greater than this Chaos Kong Shen. Moreover, I still hope to campaign alongside you in the future."
"Accept it. This is his sincere intention for you," Wang Chen also spoke.
"Teacher, accept it," other old friends also spoke one after another, without a trace of envy or jealousy, only encouragement.
The Peacock King did not stand on ceremony and accepted it, laughing, "Good! One day, we'll have the chance to fight side by side!"
Ye Chen made his move, directly killing the Chaos Kong Shen and injecting all the Chaos Peacock bloodline into the Peacock King's body.
The Peacock King directly entered seclusion to refine it. As expected, the day he emerged from seclusion would be the day he became an Ancient Sovereign.
Relying on the bloodline power of that Chaos Holy Spirit, in the future, even reaching the Monarch realm was not something to be ruled out.
Of course, at that step, what truly mattered was the Peacock King's own fortune.
After all, at the Supreme One realm level, no matter how powerful the bloodline force was, it couldn't push one in. In the end, one could only rely on oneself.
"Ee-ee—"
Yi Yi came to Ye Chen's shoulder, affectionately rubbing against his cheek.
At this point in time, who else could be so intimate with a majestic existence nearly at the Quasi-Giant level? Only those close to him.
Ye Chen hugged Yi Yi, looking into the confused, pitch-black big eyes of the pure white little fellow who had remained unchanged over the years. Thinking of the secrets he learned while traversing the River of Time—that Yi Yi originated from the Sin Profound Clan, one of the Origin Eight Great Holy Clans.
Despite this, the Profound Clan still had a great origin and an extremely powerful force. The existence of Xuan Yi was proof.
Now, Yi Yi had also reached the seventh minor realm super Sovereign level, extremely powerful.
At close range, Ye Chen could feel the vast bloodline power within Yi Yi's body, surpassing and far stronger than ordinary Supreme One bloodlines, no less than the supreme bloodline power flowing in the descendants of Ancient Giants.
But the little fellow was innately pure and innocent, having followed pure-hearted people like Chen'er, Chen Xi, and Ya Ya, possessing a childlike heart, untainted.
Recalling the reason the Profound Clan was expelled and became a Sin Clan—very likely because of his own future supreme, peerless self—Ye Chen felt an impulse to seek out the Profound Clan and ask for the full story.