"Agreed."
Ye Chen nodded, then continued, "Garen is a friend of mine. Whoever dares to act against him is making an enemy of me. Of course, I don't mind having enemies. After cultivating to this level, I've been wanting to engage in a life-or-death battle myself. Not long ago, when I went to the Immortal World, some tried to stop me from entering. I had no choice but to shatter the Immortal Gate with a single finger. Afterwards, five Supreme Immortals came to hold me accountable, even attempting to extort me. I thought I could finally get a bit of stimulation, but they were so pathetically weak. It's rather lonely."
He sighed, yet his words revealed an utterly terrifying piece of information.
Not long ago, he had suppressed five Supreme Immortals.
The various Supreme Ones present shuddered; they had been completely unaware of this.
Moreover, they could clearly hear the heavy warning in Ye Chen's words: do not trouble Garen, or you will make an enemy of him.
The three Quasi-Immortal Kings—Haotian, Nangong, and Beiming—exchanged bitter smiles. This Fellow Daoist Ye was issuing a warning right here in the Primordial Immortal Realm, and he dared to be so bold.
But then they remembered his feat of consecutively breaking through thirty-nine levels in the 'Forty-Nine Immortal Passes' secret realm. This was a peerless Quasi-Giant standing at the absolute peak, separated from the realm of a true Ancient Giant by only a hair's breadth.
At that moment, a Supreme Immortal stepped forward, his immortal light surging, and said coldly, "Battle Saint King, you are truly arrogant and overbearing. Do you truly think this is your Pangu Universe? How dare you disregard the rules of the Immortal World, ignore the regulations of Pan Dao Immortal King's Immortal King City, and act recklessly? Do you truly believe yourself invincible, that you alone can oppose the entire Primordial Immortal Realm?"
As soon as these words fell, the expressions of the strongest Heaven's Prides from the Pangu Universe behind Ye Chen changed.
This was pinning a huge label on Ye Chen, attempting to push him into direct opposition with the Primordial Immortal Realm.
This person's intentions were truly malicious.
A closer look revealed it was the Azure Feather Immortal.
The various Supreme Ones present also vaguely understood that not long ago, a major incident had occurred within the Azure Feather Immortal Clan. An immortal avatar of the Azure Feather Immortal had been annihilated, his most beloved son, Piaoyu Immortal Lord, had been killed, and the Azure Feather Immortal Clan had suffered heavy casualties.
However, no one knew the true cause and effect, only vaguely that it was related to the Pangu Universe.
Now, seeing the Azure Feather Immortal's gaze toward Ye Chen, filled with overwhelming killing intent, they could all vaguely guess that it was likely connected to the Battle Saint King.
Ye Chen's expression remained unchanged. He swept a glance at him and said indifferently, "I never said I wanted to oppose the Primordial Immortal Realm. I advise you to stop this behavior of pinning labels on me. I admit I can be somewhat arrogant, but I'm not so conceited as to oppose the entire Primordial Immortal Realm. Besides, in the previous epoch, the Primordial Immortal Realm helped our Pangu Universe a great deal. It's just that some people always want to make things difficult for me. However, I am not someone to be trifled with, so I had no choice but to act."
"As for you, Azure Feather Immortal—you're nothing but a defeated opponent. Your worthless, arrogant son dared to demand my daughter as a concubine and even tried to seize my palace. A mere Immortal Lord dared to act so presumptuously, and an ordinary Supreme One dared to make an enemy of me. If I didn't teach your Azure Feather Immortal Clan a lesson, wouldn't it imply that all Quasi-Giants in the world are easy to bully?"
His words were blunt. Ye Chen couldn't be bothered with flowery explanations, preferring plain clarity.
The various Supreme Ones also gleaned some truth from his words and frowned as they looked at the Azure Feather Immortal.
A mere Immortal Lord's son dared to publicly demand a Quasi-Giant's daughter as a concubine? Was this an insult to a Quasi-Giant?
Moreover, he dared to covet a Quasi-Giant's palace!
And the Supreme Immortal not only failed to stop it but personally came to demand accountability.
This was naturally intolerable.
To put it bluntly, all of this was entirely the Azure Feather Immortal's own fault. Insulting a Quasi-Giant was tantamount to seeking death.
The Azure Feather Immortal's expression turned ugly. He hadn't expected the Battle Saint King to be so blunt, laying everything out openly without even bothering with word games.
But he dared not say more, knowing that reason was not on his side.
And in terms of strength, he was far from a match for the Battle Saint King.
Ye Chen swept another glance at the Azure Feather Immortal and said indifferently, "I'll give you a piece of friendly advice: stop your petty schemes. If you want to deal with me, come at me openly and honorably. Otherwise, if I find out, a single hand will be enough to crush you to death!"
After delivering this threat, Ye Chen turned and returned to his celestial palace hall. The training ground fell into a heavy silence.
The Azure Feather Immortal was so furious he nearly vomited blood.
This was the Primordial Immortal Realm, which in a sense could be considered his territory, yet he was being provoked like this. It was utterly intolerable.
But facing a Quasi-Giant-level existence like the Battle Saint King, he could only seethe in silence!
What could he do?
Fight?
Although he was an Immortal Dao Supreme One, facing a Quasi-Giant like the Battle Saint King, while saying 'crush with one hand' might be an exaggeration, killing a Supreme Immortal like him would definitely not be a problem.
The various parties remained silent. This Battle Saint King was not just ordinarily domineering and overbearing. But considering his strength—a Quasi-Giant-level existence whom even the three Quasi-Immortal Kings Haotian, Nangong, and Beiming had to show respect to—he indeed had the right to be so.
Only after a long while did the Immortal King training ground gradually regain its usual liveliness.
Boom—
Suddenly, infinite phenomena appeared between heaven and earth. An aura of eternal indestructibility that overshadowed everything erupted, even suppressing the Dao auras of the various Supreme Ones within the Immortal King training ground.
Even the multiple Quasi-Giants present—Ye Chen, Nangong, Haotian, Beiming, and Destiny Great Emperor—were somewhat inferior.
An Ancient Giant!
An Immortal King!
An Immortal King descended from the heavens. A path of immortal light cascaded down, carrying boundless Immortal King aura that horizontally suppressed all realms. The Heavenly Dao resonated in harmony, and the myriad Daos transformed into auspicious colors, offering a welcome.
"Your Majesty Pan Dao Immortal King!"
The various Supreme Ones all bowed in salute. An Immortal King stood above Supreme Ones. A Supreme One facing an Immortal King was like an Ancient Monarch facing an Ancient Emperor—they must pay their respects.
Pan Dao Immortal King gave a slight nod. His gaze swept over the various Supreme Ones, none of whom dared to meet his eyes directly. Those Immortal King eyes were too brilliant, capable of piercing through everything. A single glance would lay all secrets bare.
Only a few Quasi-Immortal Kings and Quasi-Giants dared to look directly.
Destiny Great Emperor, however, slightly lowered his head, not meeting the gaze directly.
When his gaze fell upon Ye Chen, Pan Dao Immortal King revealed a faint, almost imperceptible smile before shifting his eyes away.
As the host, Pan Dao Immortal King did not enter any celestial palace hall. He had prepared in advance, using his Immortal King Dao to manifest a supreme Immortal King throne in the void. He sat upon it, positioned above all the celestial palace halls, high and exalted, demonstrating his status.
Boom—
Another wave of Immortal King radiance showered down.
An Immortal King descended from the ninth heaven, landing on the training ground. The various Supreme Ones continued their salutes.
Pan Dao Immortal King smiled slightly. "Tai'a!"
"Pan Dao!"
The newcomer was Tai'a Immortal King, one of the rulers of the twelve central Immortal King Domains of the Immortal World.
Tai'a Immortal King, ruler of an Immortal King Domain and one of the sovereigns of the Primordial Immortal Realm, had achieved kingship multiple epochs ago. His Dao attainment was unfathomably deep. His appearance commanded respect from all.
Tai'a Immortal King gave a slight nod. Similarly, he did not enter any so-called celestial palace hall. He manifested an Immortal King throne in the void and sat upon it, level with Pan Dao Immortal King.
At that moment, other supreme Immortal Kings began arriving one after another.
One supreme Immortal King after another arrived from all directions, each with a presence that overshadowed the Supreme Ones, revered by all under heaven, with the myriad Daos submitting and the Heavenly Dao resonating. Auspicious colors of all kinds manifested, displaying the majesty of Immortal Kings.
They, too, manifested Immortal King thrones in the void.
Suddenly, purple qi came from the east. Violet-gold energy spanning billions of li soared into the heavens, mighty and unparalleled, dyeing the entire Immortal King City in shades of violet and gold.
An ancient-looking carriage was seen traversing the sky. The beast pulling it was a magnificent ancient creature radiating a Supreme One aura, startling everyone—it was an extremely powerful immortal beast.
A dignified and noble immortal figure, clad in violet-gold robes and wearing a violet-gold heavenly crown, sat upon the carriage. Immortal light shimmered around him, displaying a peerless presence.
Violet Firmament Immortal King!
The various Supreme Ones looked on with awe. The Azure Feather Immortal grew excited.
Violet Firmament Immortal King was a renowned, peerless Immortal King of the Primordial Immortal Realm. Though not one of the original Giants, his strength was supreme, in no way inferior to them. He had dominated the Immortal World across multiple epochal eras, always remaining a supreme ruler.
Moreover, Violet Firmament Immortal King was famously overbearing and protective of his own. During an epoch he ruled, a Supreme Immortal had accidentally offended his closed-door disciple, who was only an Ancient Monarch at the time.
Enraged, Violet Firmament Immortal King killed that Supreme Immortal with a single slap from across space.
Afterwards, multiple Immortal Kings were stirred into action, nearly triggering a war between two Immortal Kings.
But Violet Firmament Immortal King was overwhelmingly domineering and extremely forceful. To avoid the outbreak of an even more terrifying Immortal King war, and under the intervention of multiple Immortal Kings, a full-scale conflict was ultimately averted.
After that incident, no one dared to easily offend anyone from Violet Firmament Immortal King's lineage.
Immediately, many Supreme Ones and even Immortal World powerhouses suddenly looked toward Ye Chen. They had learned beforehand that Ye Chen had killed an immortal avatar of the Azure Feather Immortal, slain the Azure Feather Immortal's son, exterminated all the most outstanding talents of the Azure Feather Immortal Clan, and established a feud of mutual destruction with the Azure Feather Immortal.
Now, with Violet Firmament Immortal King's arrival, given his overbearing nature, would he seek revenge on the spot?
At that moment, Ye Chen raised his head, his eyes also looking toward this supreme Immortal King who had arrived with purple qi from the east. However, at this very moment, Violet Firmament Immortal King also looked at him and said coldly, "You are that Battle Saint King who dared to kill the immortal avatar of my subordinate Azure Feather Immortal and his son?"
His eyes flashed with violet light. In an instant, violet-gold beams solidified into substance, piercing through the sky and shooting toward Ye Chen.
Boom—
In that momentary exchange of gazes, Ye Chen's figure swayed. Powerful as he was, comparable to the very top of the Quasi-Giant level, the Immortal King's gaze of Violet Firmament Immortal King carried the immense soul power of the Immortal King realm. It nearly caused his Chaos Saint Soul to explode, as if struck by lightning.
This was the power of an Immortal King, a terrifying Ancient Giant, standing above Quasi-Giants.
Ye Chen immediately grunted, his face turning slightly pale.
Hum—
At the Muddy Pellet Palace between his eyebrows, the Moon Mark released a special radiance, protecting his Chaos Saint Soul infant and preventing further harm from the Immortal King's gaze.
Ye Chen's expression turned icy. This Violet Firmament Immortal King had deliberately attacked him.
Behind him, Qian Xun, Ya Ya, Chen Xi, Ye Jing, the Ancient Desolate Demon God, Yan Shen, and the other strongest Heaven's Prides of the Pangu Universe all changed expressions dramatically.
The various Supreme Ones remained silent. As expected, Violet Firmament Immortal King had truly made a move.