Seeing the expressions on Tianhe Zhizun and Ye Cangqiong's faces, Shen Rong knew what they were thinking and couldn't help but let out a bitter laugh.
Not long ago, he had harbored similar thoughts himself. But only after experiencing it up close did one truly understand the sheer magnitude of that gap.
Colossi from antiquity, dominating across the Ten Thousand Ancient Times, overlooking past, present, and future.
They were the strongest, most invincible existences of the Ten Thousand Ancient Epochs. In the eyes of such supreme giants, even Supreme Ones were merely stronger young dragons—and if one wished to kill them, it could be done with ease.
With a flick of his finger, Ye Chen had grievously wounded the alien Supreme One. His massive hand then reached out, grabbing and retrieving the foe. A Great Perfection Emperor Realm Supreme One was utterly powerless before him, his aura withered, directly sealed, and left lying on the ground.
Not far away, the black-clothed Cangsui Zhizun was filled with despair. He turned and fled like lightning.
But how could he escape Ye Chen's grasp?
A Chaos great hand unfurled, blotting out infinite space-time, instantly immobilizing the fleeing Cangsui Zhizun, rendering him unable to move.
With a forceful squeeze, the entire vast expanse of space-time collapsed and compressed into a single point.
Cangsui Zhizun's form and spirit were torn asunder, suffering the most terrible of wounds.
He, too, was then grabbed and casually tossed before them, his vast magical power completely suppressed, unable to be used in the slightest.
Within a few flicks of a finger, two Great Perfection Emperor Realm Supreme Ones, one after the other, had been completely suppressed, sealed, and thrown to the ground.
This scene thoroughly shook the hearts and minds of those present.
This was simply too monstrous...
Ye Chen said, "You deal with them."
Shen Rong looked at Tianhe Zhizun. "I'll leave them for you to handle, Fellow Daoist Tianhe."
Tianhe Zhizun waved his hand with a bitter smile. "I dare not. They should be left for this lord to handle."
Shen Rong looked at Ye Chen, who gave a slight nod. Coincidentally, he now had two more Supreme One corpses. With a single motion, he suppressed them, extinguished the alien Supreme Ones' true spirits, and absorbed them into his body as trophies, to be used later for refining the Sealing Gate.
Meanwhile, Ye Cangqiong was undergoing his tribulation.
Perhaps because Ye Chen's return as a colossus from antiquity had greatly stimulated him, he bathed in the endless Emperor Tribulation. Even though his body was shattered time and again, he reformed his fleshly body each time, growing stronger, stepping into the Supreme Emperor Realm. An immortal Supreme aura radiated from his entire being.
He was about to truly become an Emperor, breaking through and establishing himself anew, becoming a supreme, peerless Ancient Great Emperor!
Three days and three nights later, Ye Cangqiong completed his tribulation. He was covered in blood, but by devouring the boundless tribulation lightning, he recovered to a great extent.
Ye Chen acted, drawing in endless ancient Chaos energy and instantly refining it into the purest Chaos essence, which he then infused into Ye Cangqiong's body. This allowed every aspect of Ye Cangqiong to gradually progress toward the Great Perfection stage.
At this moment, Ye Cangqiong had completely become an Ancient Great Emperor, standing above the myriad Daos, towering at the peak of the Great Dao, devouring billions of ancient Chaos energy, looking down upon past and present with pride.
Unlike Shen Rong, his injuries were not severe, so he did not need a flesh and blood Emperor Pill. With sufficient Chaos energy, he could also advance further toward the Great Perfection Emperor Realm Supreme One.
"Thank you," Ye Cangqiong expressed his gratitude. Both publicly and privately, it was worth thanking him for.
Though far inferior to Ye Chen, as an Imperial Son who had enjoyed the most powerful innate talent and resources while competing with his peers, he had still been left far behind by his contemporary, Ye Chen.
But what he felt was only the desire to catch up, not jealousy.
As fellow members of the Pangu Universe, while striving to catch up to Ye Chen, Ye Cangqiong also hoped the latter would grow even stronger. Only then could the Pangu Universe become more stable and powerful.
Ye Chen smiled. "No need for thanks."
Ye Cangqiong also laughed, then punched Ye Chen on the shoulder. A single Emperor's fist strike could shatter a great world's heaven and earth, yet it only produced a metallic clang, making him marvel even more at the other's heaven-defying nature.
"You, just a hundred thousand years apart, and you've already reached this stage. Trying to catch up is no easy task," Ye Cangqiong shook his head helplessly. From the beginning of his cultivation until now, attaining the Dao to become a Supreme One was already exceptionally difficult, let alone becoming a colossus from antiquity who overlooked past and future—that was even more challenging.
It was only Ye Chen, that strongest monster of the Ten Thousand Ancient Times. Anyone else? How could they possibly be so heaven-defying?
"What about the others?" Ye Chen inquired. Twenty thousand years ago, all the human Imperial Sons and Daughters, and even other Great Perfection Supreme Geniuses who had reached the Emperor Lord level, had basically left the Pangu Universe to seek opportunities to attain the Dao and become Emperors.
Currently, only Ye Cangqiong and Shen Rong were present, and they were traveling together.
He didn't know how the others were faring now.
Ultimately, Ye Chen and the others were somewhat worried. Not everyone was so fortunate as to smoothly attain the Dao and become a Supreme One. Moreover, the Chaos Sea during the Blood-Stained Epoch was far too dangerous. Supreme Ones could perish at any moment, let alone others—their situations were likely even more perilous.
Ye Cangqiong and Shen Rong shook their heads. They hadn't failed to leave behind corresponding communication methods, but all of these were difficult to use in the Chaos Sea.
In the end, the Chaos Sea was simply too vast and boundless. During the Blood-Stained Epoch, many Supreme Ones had fallen, not to mention Quasi-Giants, and even colossi from antiquity. Their impact on the Chaos Sea was immense. Trying to find others was far more difficult, hindered by terrible interference.
Deduction was also extremely challenging.
"Let me try," Ye Chen said. He had fought alongside the human Imperial Sons and Daughters in the past and was naturally familiar with their respective origin auras. He now began a deduction.
Above his head, a Qiankun Eight Trigrams Fate Plate appeared. Shen Rong and Ye Cangqiong exclaimed, "The Qiankun Eight Trigrams Mirror!"
"No," Ye Chen shook his head. This was naturally not the Qiankun Eight Trigrams Mirror. However, Tai Sheng Huang controlled Chaos and was proficient in Yin-Yang and the Eight Trigrams. The Eight Trigrams contained the eight great origin principles of the universe, thus also possessing unfathomable abilities in deduction.
He, who commanded Chaos, observed the Qiankun Eight Trigrams Mirror and evolved the Qiankun Eight Trigrams Fate Plate, which could further enhance his deduction capabilities.
It must be known that he was originally a Chaos Giant, commanding Chaos, almost omnipotent. Now, having further evolved the Qiankun Eight Trigrams Fate Plate, his deduction power advanced another step. The Chaos Sea might seem infinite and boundless, but there was nothing that could not be deduced.
The Qiankun Eight Trigrams Fate Plate bloomed with divine radiance, countless pieces of information surfacing. With Chaos as the foundation, it deduced the Eight Trigrams and Qiankun.
After just a short while, the Qiankun Eight Trigrams Fate Plate shot out several beams of light, each heading toward completely different directions. Ye Chen said, "The locations of the others are where the lights point."
The two were astonished. In the current Chaos Sea, even Supreme One communication methods weren't necessarily reliable—the interference was too great. Yet Ye Chen had deduced their locations in mere moments. One had to admit, it was truly astounding.
Following the directions indicated by the lights, the group soon arrived at a desolate place.
By this time, Tianhe Zhizun had also caught up, hoping to follow by Ye Chen's side.
Because he had protected Ye Cangqiong and Shen Rong as they attained the Dao to become Supreme Ones, he had completely antagonized the alien race.
Once the alien race came looking, the Tianhe Great World and Tianhe Zhizun would undoubtedly be doomed.
Therefore, aside from pledging allegiance to the Pangu Universe, there was no other path.