A hundred thousand years had passed. The hundred thousand years of slumber within the Chaos Light Cocoon had brought about an immense transformation.
Back then, Ye Chen could already be considered an Extreme Realm Quasi-Giant, incredibly powerful, having reached the absolute pinnacle of the Quasi-Giant realm, capable of contending with colossi from antiquity. To a certain extent, he could even be called an alternative Giant.
Such combat power was hailed as the strongest existence beneath the colossi from antiquity.
When the colossi from antiquity did not appear, who could rival him?
Yet, an Extreme Realm Quasi-Giant was, in the end, still only a Quasi-Giant. Fundamentally, there remained a certain gap compared to the colossi from antiquity, especially the Primordial Giants. The gap was even more immense. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been successfully ambushed by the Longevity Divine Emperor back then, nearly losing his life.
Now, during the hundred-thousand-year transformation within the Chaos Light Cocoon, Ye Chen had completely shattered the shackles of the Extreme Realm, making the ultimate leap to truly become an unparalleled, taboo existence at the level of a colossus from antiquity.
He could easily feel the vast, abyssal, infinite, and majestic power filling his body, far surpassing that of the past.
With a single thought, this vast expanse of the Chaos Sea trembled as if burning, with heaven collapsing and earth rending. All living beings and all Great Daos were on the verge of annihilation.
In a single thought, he could cause heaven to collapse and earth to split, shatter worlds and heaven and earth, annihilate the river of history, omnipotent.
This was the true imposing might of a colossus from antiquity, an unparalleled taboo existence that truly looked down upon the Ten Thousand Ancient Times.
In the distance, the three Supreme Ones couldn't help but tremble uncontrollably. Facing the boundless, overwhelming imposing might of a Supreme Giant, they could clearly feel that their Supreme Emperor Bodies—which were hailed as immortal and indestructible in the eyes of mortal cultivators—were now trembling violently at this moment, their flesh on the verge of splitting, nearly exploding, unable to bear the pressure.
The three were horrified and terrified, hurriedly bowing in submission, not daring to offer any resistance.
Because they sensed that this human Giant bore no ill intent.
If they made any move, however, that would be a different story.
Ye Chen did not pay excessive attention to the three Supreme Ones present. Instead, he focused his mind, sensing his own cultivation after a hundred thousand years.
Although he didn't know precisely how powerful his current self was, at the very least, he belonged to the true level of a colossus from antiquity.
Upon becoming an existence at the level of a colossus from antiquity, all aspects took on a flavor of returning to simplicity, especially his appearance. It was no longer the flawlessly perfect visage of the past, but rather resembled the handsome, heroic—but not excessively so—face he had before becoming an Eternal Monarch.
As the saying goes, one loses track of time while asleep. Ye Chen performed a slight deduction and knew that a hundred thousand years had passed in the world.
So, he had been asleep for a full hundred thousand years.
"A hundred thousand years have passed. Not a hundred thousand years accelerated within an Immortal King's grotto, but a hundred thousand years of real time. Back then in the Chaos Sea, the Origin Burial Lord was released. What is the situation now?" Ye Chen frowned. After a hundred thousand years, he didn't know the current state of the Chaos Sea, nor whether the Pangu Universe had been impacted.
The Origin Burial Lord from back then was too formidable, a half-step Eternal existence. Its emergence would likely lead to a great catastrophe in the Chaos Sea.
It might even be the very source of the Blood-Stained Future.
On the other hand, Ye Chen sensed the peculiar nature of the Origin Burial Lord's dark power from the past. After it entered his body back then, suppressed and refined by his Universe Origin Power in conjunction with his Chaos Divine Power, it helped him temper pure, crimson true blood.
Moreover, the tenth head seemed to unleash a dark beam containing even more terrifying dark power, which shattered the seals within him. The Great Dao rule projections of various colossi from antiquity surged out, and immeasurably majestic divine power flooded his body, nearly causing his demise.
However, during this hundred-thousand-year slumber and transformation, the dark beam completely integrated into his body. Furthermore, much of his Chaos Saint Blood within him had successfully been tempered into true blood.
The true blood was flawless, peerlessly crimson. Every single drop contained unprecedented power, capable of crushing suns, moons, and stars, annihilating past and present space-time, possessing infinite might.
He believed that this might be the true Chaos True Blood.
The Chaos True Blood he had transformed in the past was merely false.
Because Ye Chen clearly felt that these flawless crimson drops of Chaos True Blood contained the perfect Chaos attribute. All Great Daos, all living beings, all things, all realms—everything was contained within them, without the slightest impurity. They could transform into myriad forms, becoming the bloodline of any of the Ten Thousand Ancient Times' strongest constitutions.
Unfortunately, even after a hundred thousand years, as powerful as he was, only a portion of his Chaos Saint Blood had transformed into Chaos True Blood.
Ye Chen had a premonition. Comprehending the Chaos Great Dao to the ten-thousandth part of ten thousand, achieving perfect completion, was one aspect. But the complete transformation of Chaos True Blood might be another key point.
"How many years have passed? I have finally become a colossus from antiquity."
He let out a long, quiet sigh. Thirteen thousand years had passed in the world, and his path of cultivation spanned over two hundred thousand years. For a Supreme One, this wasn't long, but for him, it was an extremely lengthy period. Finally, he had made the ultimate leap, transforming into the strongest being in the mortal world. He could stand proudly, looking down upon the Ten Thousand Ancient Times and gazing toward the future.
Soon, his gaze became billions of times more blazing, like two Great Dao heavenly suns, illuminating past and present realms across ten thousand worlds, shaking the Chaos Sea.
"In the past, I was but a minor cultivator. Even after cultivating to the Extreme Realm Quasi-Giant level, capable of contending with colossi from antiquity, I was ultimately no match for a true colossus from antiquity, let alone capable of influencing the situation of a single Chaos Ancient Universe. But now, it is vastly different. I am a peerless, unparalleled Supreme Giant. In this vast world, few can rival me. I can stand proudly above past and present, truly guarding the Pangu Universe, protecting all living beings under heaven."
Ye Chen possessed great will, shaking past and present, his imposing might beginning to manifest.
Only then did he truly look at the three Supreme Ones, slightly frowning, a faint thread of killing intent emerging. Instantly, the three Supreme Ones felt their hair stand on end, nearly turning to flee immediately, not daring to linger. They hurriedly said, "Great One, the three of us did not intend to intrude upon your secluded cultivation grounds. We beg for your forgiveness."
After Ye Chen sensed them and found they were not of an alien race, he withdrew his killing intent and said, "Who are you?"
"Reporting to the Great One, I am Mo Gu. These two are Supreme Ones Pan Shi and Tian Wen, hailing from various Chaos Primordial Great Worlds within the Canglan Jieyu."
The three Supreme Ones did not dare to be negligent, reporting their names.
The Canglan Jieyu was one of the many vast regions into which the Chaos Sea was divided, incredibly vast, not inferior to a single Chaos Ancient Universe.
Each region contained multiple Chaos Primordial Great Worlds, Chaos World Heavens and Earths, and numerous other world heavens and earths.
The three Supreme Ones were all Supreme Ones who had attained the Dao and become Emperors within Chaos Primordial Great Worlds belonging to a region called the Canglan Jieyu.
Canglan Jieyu?
Ye Chen was not familiar with it. Since embarking on his path of cultivation, he had rarely roamed the Chaos Sea, and his cultivation years were not long. Therefore, he wasn't very knowledgeable about much of the Chaos Sea's information, but he didn't particularly care either. Now that he had cultivated to the realm of a Supreme Giant, looking across the entire Chaos Sea, he was a true existence standing at the absolute peak of the pyramid, looking down upon the Ten Thousand Ancient Times, possessing the qualification to contend for the strongest.
The Supreme Ones he once had to look up to were now, in his eyes, nothing special. They needed to look up to him instead.
He nodded indifferently, then Ye Chen spoke: "What is the current state of the Chaos Sea?"