Boom—
Boom—
...
Far in the distance, Sovereigns were charging through the passes.
Only by breaking through an Immortal Pass could one proceed to the next.
Of course, there were also Quasi-Sovereigns with invincible conviction charging through, hoping to defy the world with their Quasi-Sovereign status, shatter an Immortal Pass, and prove their peerless bearing.
A Chaos Great Dao and an Immortal Radiance Great Dao descended before the first Immortal Pass. In an instant, supreme pressure spread out, startling all living beings.
"Your Majesty Haotian!"
The many Immortal Monarchs and Sovereigns present were all major figures of the Primordial Immortal Realm, but upon seeing Haotian Quasi-Immortal King, each and every one bowed their heads in submission, paying reverent obeisance with awe and respect.
At the same time, they also looked curiously at Ye Chen beside him, their hearts jolting. Such a perfectly flawless person was truly unprecedented; they wondered what exalted being he was.
But anyone who could come alongside Haotian Quasi-Immortal King was likely no ordinary individual.
"Fellow Daoist Ye, I shall await you at the thirty-first pass." Haotian Quasi-Immortal King left these words, stepped onto the Immortal Radiance Great Dao, and directly pierced through the layers of majestic Immortal Passes as if they were nothing, passing straight through without the passes offering any obstruction.
On the way over, Haotian Quasi-Immortal King had already explained that any Immortal Pass one had already broken through would not block them; one could proceed directly to the location of the unbroken passes.
In other words, for Ye Chen to go there, he would have to break through all the Immortal Passes to reach the thirty-first pass where Haotian Quasi-Immortal King was.
However, the thirty-first pass was the starting point of the Quasi-Giant Immortal Passes; it was unknown which pass Haotian Quasi-Immortal King had reached.
Ye Chen paid it no mind, arriving before the first Immortal Pass and halting there.
On the scene, the various Ancient Sovereigns all revealed looks of awe.
Haotian Quasi-Immortal King's address of 'Fellow Daoist' was enough to explain much. If he were not also a Quasi-Immortal King, how would he have the qualification to be called a Fellow Daoist?
They all stepped aside, not daring to approach, fearing they might disturb this unseen Quasi-Immortal King Majesty.
Under the Sovereign Heavenly Veils left by the various Ancient Sovereign Ancestors of the numerous holy lands and ancient nations, countless living beings gazed from afar, wondering what world-shaking combat power that heaven-defying supreme existence possessed.
A Quasi-Immortal King-level existence breaking through Immortal Passes was an event rare throughout the ages, enough to be recorded in the annals of history.
"Forty-nine Immortal Passes? Somewhat interesting. Today, I shall break through them."
Ye Chen laughed heartily, stepped forward, and beneath his feet, a vast and magnificent Chaos Great Dao instantly manifested. The myriad Daos of heaven and earth gathered and surged, under his command, charging straight at the Immortal Pass like a Chaos Pillar of Heaven ramming into it.
Rumble—
A supreme Chaos momentum spread. In an instant, it seemed as if the entire 'Forty-nine Immortal Passes' secret realm trembled, and even beyond the secret realm, infinite territories spanning billions upon billions of miles shook.
A supreme, invincible Quasi-Giant of Chaos was breaking through the passes.
Boom—
The first Immortal Pass shattered upon impact, utterly incapable of offering the slightest effective resistance.
He pierced through!
Immediately, under the lead of the Immortal Monarchs and Sovereigns at the various Immortal Passes, and with the kowtowing worship of the billions upon billions of beings from the great holy lands and ancient nations, that supremely grand and magnificent Chaos Great Dao directly pierced through layer after layer of Immortal Passes.
Whenever a majestic, grand Immortal Pass blocked his path, even if it shimmered with infinite immortal patterns and harbored traces of supreme immortal might, it was all unblockable, utterly crushed and shattered like rotten wood, unable to hinder him in the slightest.
The further back the Immortal Pass, the more indestructible it became, and the more supreme immortal patterns it contained.
Of course, before Ye Chen at the Quasi-Giant level, they were equally fragile as paper.
In the blink of an eye, Ye Chen arrived at the twenty-first pass.
Along the way, he indeed saw holy lands and ancient nations located at different Immortal Passes, all left behind by Ancient Sovereigns and Immortal Monarchs who had charged through in the past.
The 'Forty-nine Immortal Passes' secret realm was a cosmic secret realm, a new world, an isolated multi-realm land—one pass, one world!
The area between every two Immortal Passes was unimaginably vast.
Within the secret realm, the cultivation environment was uniquely advantageous, making it easier to breed supremely powerful descendants and strengthen legacies.
Moreover, since ancient times, who knew how many Supreme Ones, Quasi-Giants, and Giants of the Ages had broken through the forty-nine Immortal Passes? Many supreme beings had left behind their Emperor traces, Immortal traces, and even corresponding legacies—that was not unheard of.
For various reasons, those who broke through were willing to leave corresponding legacies or descendants here.
Of course, they also had to bear corresponding risks. Those who broke through were all supreme existences rarely finding rivals in the mortal world; their actions would inevitably cause collateral damage...
Ye Chen passed through in an instant, arriving before the twenty-first pass.
Before him was the starting Immortal Pass for the Supreme One realm, containing intense Supreme One might, slightly weaker than the aura of a Supreme One who had just stepped into that realm.
Probably, even an Eternal Monarch like the Tai Chu Monarch would have a thirty to forty percent chance of breaking through.
Before this Immortal Pass, multiple worlds had also been established, most left by Immortal Monarchs, with some left by Supreme Immortals—seventeen in total, thriving here.
Arriving here, he saw that there were actually four figures sitting cross-legged, their bodies containing intense Supreme One might, though three were not true Supreme Ones.
Eternal Immortal Lords!
Ye Chen's gaze sharpened slightly, sweeping over these four. He could sense that three of them were actually at the Eternal Immortal Lord level, like the Tai Chu Monarch—all Immortal Monarchs who had stepped onto the Eternal Path.
They had broken through twenty passes but were blocked before the twenty-first.
He sighed inwardly. This was indeed the Primordial Immortal Realm, to simultaneously possess three Eternal Immortal Lords.
Naturally, the four also saw Ye Chen's appearance. They were slightly startled. As fellow Eternal Immortal Lords, they could sense the aura of the Eternal Path on Ye Chen, but their expressions were ones of shock and awe because the Eternal Path aura on Ye Chen far, far surpassed theirs by an immeasurable degree.
If the Eternal Path aura on them was a pond, then the Eternal Path aura on Ye Chen was a vast, boundless ocean.
"How is this possible?!"
The three Eternal Immortal Lords were horrified and terrified; they had never felt such an intense Eternal Path aura before.
The remaining person was not an Eternal Immortal Lord but a Supreme Immortal. He remained before the twenty-first pass and, compared to the other three, could more clearly sense the vast, profound aura emanating from Ye Chen. Describing it as 'deep as an abyss, terrifying as a prison' would be an understatement; it surpassed his own by countless degrees.
Only Haotian Quasi-Immortal King, who had just passed by, could be compared.
"A Quasi-Giant!"
The Supreme Immortal's heart trembled with fear. At such close proximity, the invincible Quasi-Giant might emanating from the other party could be most directly sensed only by a Supreme One like himself.
"Fellow Daoist, are you also a Monarch?"
Suddenly, one of the three Eternal Immortal Lords couldn't help but ask.
Ye Chen smiled. "Yes, I am a Monarch, the same as you three."
Hiss—
The three sucked in a cold breath.
Although they had suspected it, they still could not conceal that level of shock.
Both Monarchs and Immortal Monarchs, yet the person before them surpassed them by what could be called an infinite margin!
"Why are you so strong?"
One Eternal Immortal Lord couldn't help but murmur.
Ye Chen smiled but did not answer, merely pausing for a few breaths before continuing forward.
He pointed a single finger, which instantly transformed into an infinite pillar spanning heaven and earth, entwined with billions of layers of ancient Chaos energy, burning with the myriad Daos, and slammed into the twenty-first Immortal Pass.
Shattered!
One finger, and the Immortal Pass crumbled!
Boom—
Witnessing the twenty-first Immortal Pass being easily demolished, the four were all shocked and awed, sucking in cold breaths.
The three Eternal Immortal Lords had been unable to shatter this Immortal Pass to this day. A Supreme One could shatter the Immortal Pass because he was a Supreme Immortal, but a Supreme Immortal who had attained the Dao within the last millennium—a newly advanced Supreme One—therefore his strength had not yet reached great perfection, requiring a period of transition and steady improvement.
As a Supreme Immortal, shattering the twenty-first Immortal Pass was not impossible, but it would require some effort.
But someone like Ye Chen, who shattered an Immortal Pass capable of blocking Supreme Ones with just a single finger, was something he had never seen in his life.
He was absolutely a peerless existence surpassing Supreme Ones.
Immediately, what made this newly advanced Supreme Immortal and the other three Eternal Immortal Lords even more horrified was that the finger, its momentum unabated, after shattering the twenty-first Immortal Pass, continued to bulldoze forward with an invincible, crushing-rotten-wood posture.
Visible to the naked eye, layer after layer of Immortal Passes continuously collapsed.
Unstoppable!
Only after the layers of Immortal Passes restored themselves under the mysterious power of the 'Forty-nine Immortal Passes' did they snap back to reality.
How could such a person exist in the mortal world?
Boom boom boom boom boom boom—
Thus, Ye Chen bulldozed through the twenty-first to thirtieth Immortal Passes. Along the way, he also saw several Supreme Immortals, and even encountered the existence of external-path Supreme Ones like Ancient Sovereigns and Great Emperors. In total, he saw no fewer than eight, all also venturing through the Forty-nine Immortal Passes.
These ten Immortal Passes before him corresponded to the Supreme One realm.
The further back the Immortal Pass, the more intense the Supreme One might it contained.
The several Supreme Immortals were all famous Immortal Dao Supreme Ones of the Primordial Immortal Realm, ruling over vast immortal domains. Without exception, they had disappeared from the world's sight for endless years—the longest for two epochs, the shortest for half an epoch—to the extent that the immortal domains and immortal clans they belonged to believed they might have fallen.
However, few knew that these several illustrious Supreme Immortals were all within the 'Forty-nine Immortal Passes' secret realm, breaking through passes and comprehending the Dao, hoping to advance further.
As for the several Ancient Sovereigns and Great Emperors, it was the same.
However, regarding those speculations, these Supreme One existences paid no heed.
Having reached this stage, they still cared little for worldly power, pursuing even greater strength.
The 'Forty-nine Immortal Passes' secret realm could measure their cultivation, and also contained special supreme power. While breaking through, they could also gain some comprehension, imperceptibly gradually increasing their Dao attainment.
Ye Chen's appearance naturally startled the Supreme Immortals and Ancient Sovereigns and Great Emperors within these ten Immortal Passes corresponding to the Supreme One level. Each watched with astonished eyes as Ye Chen, with an invincible bearing rarely seen even by Supreme Ones in their lifetimes, forcefully fought his way to the thirty-first pass.
"Another Quasi-Giant!"
"A Quasi-Giant not inferior to His Majesty Haotian!"
"I can sense the vitality on him. He's very young, not an ancient fossil who attained the Dao endless ages ago. Probably not even a hundred thousand years old."
"Heavens, too young!"
These Ancient Sovereigns, Great Emperors, and Supreme Immortals were all shocked and awed.
Rare in all the world, there was actually such a young supreme Supreme One.
Before the thirty-first pass, Haotian Quasi-Immortal King was indeed present, sitting cross-legged before the Immortal Pass, infinite immortal radiance swirling around him, evolving an immortal domain as he cultivated.
Boom—
Layer upon layer of towering, insurmountable Immortal Passes collapsed with a roar. A perfect figure soared through the air, Chaos energy diffusing, mastering Chaos, commanding the myriad Daos, supremely peerless, setting him off like a Great Overlord!