The Battle Saint King frowned. "This time, you've been reckless."
At present, Ye Chen was only ten thousand years old. Despite his immense strength, having reached the absolute peak of the Quasi-Giant level, separated from the status of a colossus from antiquity by only a hair's breadth, his foundation was, in truth, quite shallow. He shouldn't have advanced so aggressively but should have cultivated silently, accumulating bit by bit until he reached the corresponding level before making a breakthrough.
It could indeed be said that he had acted quite rashly!
Ye Chen gave a bitter smile. "There was no further room for advancement. I could only attempt a breakthrough."
The Battle Saint King shook his head. "How could the realm of a colossus from antiquity be so easily broken into? Your accumulation is still insufficient; you need more. I'm afraid your comprehension of the Chaos Great Dao hasn't even reached half yet, has it?"
Ye Chen remained silent. Despite being this powerful, his comprehension of the Chaos Great Dao had not yet fully grasped half of it; he was still lacking.
The Battle Saint King said, "On the path of cultivation, one must not be impatient. Otherwise, with the slightest misstep, you could very well suffer backlash from the Great Dao and perish, sitting in meditation until your end."
These words might sound somewhat alarmist. What kind of existence was Ye Chen? The absolute peak of the Quasi-Giant level, where even Supreme Emperor Weapons could not harm him, and the transformation of a Supreme Emperor could barely injure him. How could the Great Dao backlash against him?
But what if it was the most terrifying Chaos Great Dao?
It could absolutely be done.
Once the Chaos Great Dao backlash occurred, no one in the Chaos Sea could withstand it, for it was the strongest Eternal Great Dao. All other Great Daos were derived from Chaos; it was equivalent to all ten thousand Daos backlash simultaneously.
Ye Chen remained silent.
"What do you plan to do next?" the Battle Saint King asked.
The facts proved that Ye Chen had not yet accumulated enough to successfully break through into the realm of a colossus from antiquity.
Given that, what could he do?
After a long silence, Ye Chen said, "Make the Pangu Universe stronger. It must reach the peak prosperity of the Mythical Era before the final battle."
Everyone fell silent. Was that even possible?
It was too difficult!
Eras changed; the world was ever-changing.
The Pangu Universe had originally intended to grow stronger silently over these twenty thousand years.
However, time did not permit it.
Ye Chen resumed his secluded cultivation, continuing to accumulate, hoping that one day, with the body of an Eternal Emperor, he could truly possess the unparalleled power of a colossus from antiquity!
This seclusion lasted three thousand years.
On this day, three thousand years later, a shocking change suddenly erupted in the Chaos Sea.
To be more precise, it was the Primordial Immortal Realm that underwent a shocking change.
At the ninth Immortal King Pass in the Primordial Immortal Realm, named the Violet Firmament Pass, under the jurisdiction of the Violet Firmament Immortal King, an unparalleled Giant suddenly struck this day, forcefully assaulting this Immortal King Pass that connected the Primordial Immortal Realm to the Chaos Sea, nearly tearing it open to invade the Immortal World.
This immediately alarmed the entire Primordial Immortal Realm. The Violet Firmament Immortal King was naturally alerted and rushed to the nearly breached Immortal King Pass at the first moment.
The Immortal King Pass was even more magnificent than the Nine Immortal Passes, serving as the Primordial Immortal Realm's barrier against the Chaos Sea, impregnable and inscribed with Immortal King Dao patterns.
Without a colossus from antiquity appearing, who could break it open?
But today, a colossus from antiquity had actually struck. This was no ordinary matter.
"Primordial Heavenly Emperor!"
The Violet Firmament Immortal King stood atop the Immortal King Pass, gazing into the distance at the figure of the unparalleled Giant retreating into the depths of the Chaos Sea. That aura—who else could it be but the Primordial Heavenly Emperor from the Chaos Burial Ground?
After all, colossi from antiquity who had lived through multiple era epochs knew each other.
It was just unexpected that, after only a little over ten thousand years, the Primordial Heavenly Emperor had grown much stronger—or rather, recovered significantly, becoming far more powerful than when he first broke the seal and emerged from the Chaos Burial Ground.
This was the true Primordial Heavenly Emperor, a veteran Giant, not something a newly ascended Giant like Cangxiong the Great Heavenly Venerable could compare to.
The Chaos Sea was greatly shaken. No one had expected the Chaos Burial Ground to emerge, and to appear in such a terrifying manner, directly attacking the Primordial Immortal Realm, the most powerful Ancient Chaos Universe.
"A pity. You actually arrived, Violet Firmament Immortal King," the Primordial Heavenly Emperor said calmly, without a trace of regret.
"Hmph, instead of hiding in the Chaos Burial Ground, you dare to come out. Others might fear your Chaos Burial Ground, but I do not."
As one of the rulers of the Primordial Immortal Realm, how could the Violet Firmament Immortal King be afraid? He directly opened the Immortal King Pass. Having already sent word to the other Immortal Kings, he stepped into the Chaos Sea, pursuing the Primordial Heavenly Emperor.
When an Immortal King moved, the terrifying, peerless aura that suppressed past and present directly swept across countless billions of miles of the Chaos Sea, causing it to explode. Even some Chaos World Heavens nurtured within the Chaos Sea could not withstand it and were sent flying.
And this was with the Violet Firmament Immortal King suppressing his power; otherwise, they would have been utterly destroyed.
The battle between two colossi from antiquity in the Chaos Sea naturally had immense repercussions, a conflict that could affect the ages with every move.
The Violet Firmament Immortal King wielded an Immortal King Mace, domineering and peerless, a supreme Immortal King of unmatched power. But the Primordial Heavenly Emperor was not the slightest bit weaker, clashing with his Heavenly Emperor Weapon, their influence profound, stirring up countless billions of miles of the Chaos Sea.
In the end, the Primordial Heavenly Emperor retreated unscathed; even someone as powerful as the Violet Firmament Immortal King could do nothing to him.
It wasn't that the Violet Firmament Immortal King wasn't strong enough—this famously domineering supreme Immortal King, who would dare question his weakness?—but rather that the Primordial Heavenly Emperor was indeed formidable, having been a colossus from antiquity for multiple era epochs, not inferior to the Violet Firmament Immortal King in the slightest.
A battle between two colossi from antiquity who rose almost simultaneously was naturally hard-fought.
However, the Primordial Heavenly Emperor ultimately paid some price, after all, having been sealed for several era epochs, he was very weak, while the Violet Firmament Immortal King had been cultivating and progressing all along.
Even so, the Violet Firmament Immortal King could still do nothing to the Primordial Heavenly Emperor, ultimately forced to watch as the other retreated completely unscathed.
Because pursuing further would inevitably alert other Heavenly Emperor Giants from the Chaos Burial Ground to descend.
The Violet Firmament Immortal King was strong, but he knew well that he had not yet reached the level where he could contend against multiple colossi from antiquity at their peak simultaneously. Once surrounded, even someone as powerful as him would only meet his end.
The Chaos Sea was greatly shaken. All the Ancient Chaos Universes were on alert.
The emergence of the Chaos Burial Ground was not a good omen.
The Pangu Universe was naturally alarmed as well. Various Supreme Emperors ascended to the Pangu Pass, witnessing this scene with grave expressions.
The Primordial Heavenly Emperor was an unparalleled Giant of the Chaos Burial Ground. His appearance—did it represent the resurgence of the Chaos Burial Ground?
That was an ultimate Ancient Chaos Universe possessing multiple colossi from antiquity, far stronger than ordinary Ancient Chaos Universes by an immeasurable degree, possessing the overwhelming capability to annihilate Chaos Universes.
This was not a good sign.
"The coming years will not be peaceful," the Golden Crow Great Emperor frowned.
Surprisingly, the appearance of the Chaos Burial Ground seemed like a flash in the pan. After the Primordial Heavenly Emperor's attack on the Primordial Immortal Realm, a full ten thousand years passed without any further trace of the Chaos Burial Ground, as if they had only given a warning to the Primordial Immortal Realm.
During this time, the Pangu Universe also took the opportunity to grow stronger, with another Emperor successfully proving their Dao and attaining the rank of Emperor.