However, even though the Great Heavenly Venerate Cang Xiong was a Giant of All Time, he could not perceive the various circumstances within the alien Ancient Universe.
This was because the alien Ancient Universe was incomparably powerful, having imprinted the Dao marks of numerous alien Supreme Giants, shielding everything. Even a Giant of All Time who had attained the Dao and become an Emperor through the Heavenly Secrets Dao would find it difficult to discern the various happenings within the Pangu Universe.
Over these years, Ye Chen had not continued to take action or hunt alien Emperors.
This was entirely due to the last time, when he displayed world-suppressing, peerless combat power that could overwhelm Supreme Ones, forcefully blasted the Brahma Emperor to pieces, ambushed and severely wounded five alien Emperors. His Dao attainment was astonishing to the world—not a Supreme One, yet able to decisively defeat an Ancient Emperor. Throughout the vast world, it was difficult to imagine.
Therefore, over these years, at the border passes of the alien Ancient Universe, one could vaguely sense the fluctuating auras of multiple alien Emperors. Clearly, they were also worried about Ye Chen's return for another killing spree and had made comprehensive preparations.
Unfortunately, over these years, Ye Chen had been in seclusion within the Chaos Heavenly Mansion, never leaving for even half a step, let alone going to the borderlands. This had rather disappointed the alien race.
Boom—
On this day, the Upper Realm was no longer peaceful. A powerful aura shook the myriad heavens, and even the myriad realms of the heavens sensed it.
Powerful individuals from all sides were startled.
Behold, at the center of the Myriad Domains, an ancient gate as tall as the heavens appeared out of thin air, resembling the Southern Heavenly Gate of the ancient Heavenly Court, emanating supreme immortal might that suppressed the myriad Daos.
Within the Chaos Heavenly Mansion, Ye Chen raised his eyes to gaze into the distance, perceiving everything.
He saw the ancient Heavenly Gate slowly open, spewing forth blazing light rain containing profound immortal might—it was clearly immortal qi, cascading down through the nine heavens, fought over by countless powerful individuals.
"The Immortal Dao Gate of the Primordial Immortal Realm!"
Ye Chen murmured softly. As one of the current rulers of the Pangu Universe, he naturally understood many ancient secrets.
Back when the Pangu Universe was invaded by the alien race, although they were expelled, to prevent the alien race from invading again and the Pangu Universe falling once more into a universe-threatening crisis like the Great Mythical Destruction, the Primordial Immortal Realm left behind an Immortal Dao Gate constructed from supreme immortal rules within the Pangu Universe, connecting the two Ancient Chaos Universes. The Primordial Immortal Realm could use this Immortal Dao Gate to descend into the Pangu Universe at any time.
But now, the Pangu Universe was very stable; neither the alien race nor the Chaos Burial Ground dared to invade easily. Why had the Immortal Dao Gate appeared now?
Within the Chaos Heavenly Mansion, Ye Chen also opened his eyes and cast his gaze.
He saw that within the majestic, towering Immortal Dao Gate, accompanied by drifting patches of immortal light rain, a large number of figures appeared—fully over ten thousand people. They wore majestic battle armor, appearing extremely dignified and inviolable, emanating powerful auras; they were all true powerhouses.
Especially at the very front, there was a group of over a dozen individuals, all very young, heroic and spirited, imposing and dignified, with both strong temperaments and strength. They rode in carriages, making a grand procession, with terrifying heavenly beasts comparable to stars pulling the carriages, and behind them floated vast stretches of Immortal World palaces.
On the central carriage, as majestic as an imperial palace, boundless Immortal Dao aura spewed forth, resonating with the Great Dao of heaven and earth, causing the myriad Daos to tremble and hum. In front, ten beast monarchs of starry sky overlord level served as the pulling beasts.
Vaguely, within the carriage as massive as an imperial palace, a supreme figure appeared, uniquely revered above the myriad Daos—clearly a Supreme Immortal.
"A Supreme Immortal from the Primordial Immortal Realm, the First Ancient Chaos Universe of the Chaos Sea, has descended into the Pangu Universe. Is this for a tour of inspection?"
The myriad realms of the heavens were all shaken.
Even the various Supreme Ones within the Pangu Universe were startled.
For a Supreme Immortal's true body to arrive in the Pangu Universe—for what purpose?
The Supreme Immortal's carriage left the Immortal Dao Gate and descended above the myriad realms of the heavens, with a host of Immortal World followers surrounding the immortal palace carriage.
Beside it, within a noble carriage, a young man with purple hair, possessing an extraordinary temperament, stood up tall, hands behind his back, sweeping his gaze over the myriad realms of the heavens. He spoke lightly, slowly, and arrogantly: "Although I've heard that the Heavenly Dao of this Pangu Universe has recovered to perfection, entering a Golden Age, compared to my Primordial Immortal Realm, it is still far inferior."
The Primordial Immortal Realm was the First Ancient Chaos Universe of the Chaos Sea. Those of the Immortal World were all born with a kind of pride.
Even though the Pangu Universe's Heavenly Dao had been restored to perfection and a Golden Age had descended, compared to the Primordial Immortal Realm, it was still far inferior.
Moreover, how vast was the Primordial Immortal Realm? It far surpassed the myriad realms of the heavens. Furthermore, numerous immortals stood tall, with one Immortal King Giant after another overlooking the mortal world. This was an invincible foundation, the capital to claim the title of First in the Chaos Sea.
An envoy from the Human Sovereign Palace had already appeared. Although the Chaos Heavenly Mansion was now considered the number one force in the Pangu Universe, the Human Sovereign Palace remained the nominal ruling power of the Pangu Universe, governing the world—a point the Chaos Heavenly Mansion never interfered with.
The Human Sovereign Palace envoy approached and said politely: "Your Majesty, the Supreme Immortal Venerable One from the Primordial Immortal Realm, and all distinguished guests, the Human Sovereign is currently in seclusion and cannot be notified immediately. We truly failed to welcome you properly. Please proceed to the Human Sovereign Palace."
"Very well!"
The group from the Primordial Immortal Realm was not overly arrogant either. The Supreme Immortal's carriage led the crowd across the sky, descending into the Human Sovereign Palace.
The myriad realms of the heavens were all speculating: for what purpose had a Supreme Immortal from the Primordial Immortal Realm descended into the Pangu Universe?
That night, a piece of news spread from the Human Sovereign Palace, shaking the world!
The Primordial Immortal Realm was about to host a grand competition—the Chaos Sea Heaven's Pride Assembly. At that time, it would gather the strongest Heaven's Prides from various Ancient Chaos Universes and invite the strongest Heaven's Prides from the Pangu Universe to participate.
The victor of the Heaven's Pride Assembly would receive incomparably rich rewards, bestowed personally by an Immortal King Giant, enough to make even Supreme Immortals' hearts stir.
It was rumored that the ultimate victor could enter the Primordial Immortal Realm and become the ruler of an immortal domain, granted the supreme immortal fate of attaining the Dao and becoming an immortal.
Moreover, if one encountered a Heaven's Pride of absolutely stunning talent, an Immortal King might take them as a closed-door disciple and personally provide guidance.
It must be said, this was an unparalleled, immense immortal fate. Immortal Kings were Giants of All Time, and moreover, they were Giants of the First Ancient Chaos Universe, the Primordial Immortal Realm. Their status and position were even higher than ordinary Giants of All Time.
To become the closed-door disciple of an Immortal King Giant—even a Supreme One would not dare to offend them lightly.
This time, a Supreme Immortal had come precisely for this matter.
"Chaos Sea Heaven's Pride Assembly?"
Within the Chaos Heavenly Mansion, Ye Chen murmured softly, slightly surprised.
He also understood that the Primordial Immortal Realm had indeed held such Heaven's Pride Assemblies before—three times per epoch era, and on an extremely large scale.
And because the Primordial Immortal Realm was the First Ancient Chaos Universe of the Chaos Sea, various Ancient Chaos Universes, including the alien Ancient Universe, would receive the summons and come to participate.
This time was the last of this epoch era and also the largest in scale. Immortal King Giants would personally appear.
The previous two times, the Pangu Universe, due to its decline and weakness, had not qualified to participate.
Now, the Pangu Universe was at its peak period and naturally qualified to participate.
For the Chaos Sea Heaven's Pride Assembly, each Ancient Chaos Universe could send Heaven's Prides aged twenty thousand years or below, at the Divine King realm or above, to participate—thirty slots!
The ultimately victorious Ancient Chaos Universe would receive rich rewards from the Primordial Immortal Realm.
Naturally, outstanding individuals might attract the attention of Immortal King Giants; being taken as a closed-door disciple was not impossible.
The news spread, shaking the world. The Upper Realm's myriad realms of the heavens and the Lower Realm's eight territories all experienced great earthquakes.
Countless Heaven's Prides went wild with excitement.
The Human Sovereign Ancient Path competition had not yet ended, and now the Primordial Immortal Realm's Chaos Sea Heaven's Pride Assembly was beginning.
Many of the super Heaven's Prides from the Human Sovereign Ancient Path also planned to temporarily leave the path to participate in this Chaos Sea Heaven's Pride Assembly.
After all, if one could be taken as a disciple by an Immortal King Giant, one's life would undergo a reversal. In the future, attaining the Dao and becoming a Supreme One might not be a big problem.
Originally, various Heaven's Prides went to the Human Sovereign Ancient Path to compete for the Human Sovereign throne, merely wanting to obtain the Human Sovereign throne and master this alternative Supreme One power, which offered great hope for attaining the Dao and becoming a Supreme One in the future.
Now, a path with even greater hope of truly succeeding in attaining the Dao and becoming a Supreme One had appeared, even involving Immortal Kings. How could it not cause a sky-shaking commotion?
Of course, to obtain the corresponding qualification for the Assembly competition, one needed the ruler of the Pangu Universe to personally grant the relevant qualification.
On another front, the Human Sovereign Palace also planned to host a Heaven's Pride Assembly for the Pangu Universe to select a batch of super Heaven's Prides to go to the Primordial Immortal Realm to participate.
Winds rose and clouds surged.
At the same time, with the Supreme Immortal from the Primordial Immortal Realm descending into the Pangu Universe, the Human Sovereign Palace naturally held a grand feast. On another level, it was also to summon the various Heaven's Pride sons to come.
Because the Supreme Immortal had also brought a portion of the Heaven's Prides from the Primordial Immortal Realm, hoping that before the Chaos Sea Heaven's Pride Assembly, they could have a good sparring session with the Heaven's Prides of the Pangu Universe.
The reason given was that they very much wanted to witness how powerful the Heaven's Prides born from the Pangu Universe's prosperous age were.
This made many Heaven's Prides rub their hands in anticipation, equally eager to witness how transcendent the Heaven's Prides from the Primordial Immortal Realm were.
After all, the Primordial Immortal Realm, as the First Ancient Chaos Universe of the Chaos Sea, produced Heaven's Prides in great numbers. Those brought by the Supreme Immortal to the Pangu Universe were likely outstanding among Heaven's Prides, and probably included no shortage of Supreme Heaven's Prides.
However, just as the Heaven's Prides of the Pangu Universe were burning with fervor, preparing to spar with the young Heaven's Prides from the Primordial Immortal Realm at the feast, another rumor, uncertain of its truth, spread from the Human Sovereign Palace.
It was said that the Heaven's Prides from the Primordial Immortal Realm spoke very lightly and dismissively of this sparring session, not taking all the Heaven's Prides of the Pangu Universe seriously at all. In their conversations, they claimed that an Ancient Chaos Universe that had been crippled and had a deficient Heavenly Dao, even if the Heavenly Dao was restored and returned to prosperity, the Heaven's Prides born from it were ultimately just a bunch of trash, unworthy of their notice.
Their coming this time was merely to crush the so-called pride of the Pangu Universe's Heaven's Prides, to let them witness the transcendence of the Primordial Immortal Realm's Heaven's Prides—that was all.
As for the so-called sparring, in the end, it would inevitably be one-sided abuse.
Although there was no evidence to confirm the truth of the news, once it spread, it immediately provoked the world's fury.
What a fine Primordial Immortal Realm, to look down upon the Pangu Universe's Heaven's Prides with such contempt!
Just as many people thought the people of the Primordial Immortal Realm should come out to dispel the rumor, the group from the Primordial Immortal Realm remained completely silent, as if tacitly agreeing, which further provoked the world's collective anger.