Although Shen Rong and Ye Cangqiong were envious of the Angel Imperial Son's fortune, it was merely envy, without a trace of jealousy.
As fellow denizens of the Pangu Universe, and in the midst of the Blood-Stained Epoch, they wished for nothing more than for the Angel Imperial Son to grow stronger. The stronger he became, the better it would be for the Pangu Universe.
Through their conversation, they learned of the Angel Imperial Son's experiences.
It turned out that shortly after the various human Imperial Sons and Daughters at the Monarch realm and the Great Perfection Supreme Geniuses had gone their separate ways, the Angel Imperial Son, while wandering the Chaos Sea, had witnessed from afar a great battle where numerous Supreme Ones were besieging a Quasi-Giant of the Ancient Heavenly Race.
In that battle, a full eight Great Perfection Emperor Realm Supreme Ones, leading many Monarchs and Ancient Monarchs, jointly besieged the Quasi-Giant of the Ancient Heavenly Race, launching the most terrifying encirclement and slaughter against him.
Moreover, the eight Supreme Ones were clearly prepared. They deployed a Quasi-Giant-level killing formation and wielded Quasi-Giant-level Dao weapons.
As powerful as this Quasi-Giant of the Ancient Heavenly Race was, truly surpassing Supreme Ones, he was ultimately not a true Ancient Giant. Unable to withstand the siege of eight Supreme Ones, he gradually sustained injuries over time.
Of course, the Quasi-Giant of the Ancient Heavenly Race also made the eight Supreme Ones pay a terrible price. After all, this was a genuine Quasi-Giant, extremely powerful. During the battle, two Supreme Ones were killed, ultimately falling.
But in the end, the Quasi-Giant of the Ancient Heavenly Race also faced the most terrifying crisis. An extremely fearsome Quasi-Giant launched a sneak attack in an instant, unleashing the most deadly strike, piercing through his glabella, shattering his Quasi-Giant soul, and annihilating his most fundamental True Spirit, leading to the Quasi-Giant's inevitable fall!
Although the Quasi-Giant of the Ancient Heavenly Race fell, in his final moments, he unleashed the most terrifying Emperor Curse of his life. Unless one was of the same origin, anyone else daring to approach his body would suffer the most fearsome attack from this Emperor Curse.
One must know, this was a Quasi-Giant-level existence, supremely powerful. The Emperor Curse he unleashed at death was even more terrifying and astonishing, surpassing the current realm. Who would dare to lightly endure such an Emperor Curse?
Even a Quasi-Giant who endured it would likely face the danger of falling.
Therefore, the six Supreme Ones who survived back then could only stare helplessly at the fallen Quasi-Giant of the Ancient Heavenly Race.
Moreover, the Quasi-Giant-level Emperor Curse, fueled by the resentment from his life, would attack those nearby, even attacking the six surviving Supreme Ones and others.
Helpless, the six Supreme Ones had no choice but to leave with the other powerful experts.
The Angel Imperial Son, who witnessed this battle, relied on his identity as a member of the Angel Race and as an Imperial Son of the Angel Race, possessing the same origin bloodline. This allowed him to smoothly enter the range of the Emperor Curse surrounding the Quasi-Giant of the Ancient Heavenly Race and meet the wisp of True Spirit the Quasi-Giant left lingering in the mortal world, learning of his own identity.
It turned out that the Angel God Emperor of the Pangu Universe was once a Heavenly Supreme One of the Ancient Heavenly Race who had departed long ago. After entering the Pangu Universe, he established a new Angel Race, but its foundation was still one of the branches of the ancient and powerful Ancient Heavenly Race.
Moreover, the Angel God Emperor was the most beloved descendant of this Quasi-Giant of the Ancient Heavenly Race, possessing the pure and powerful bloodline of the Ancient Heavenly Race.
This Quasi-Giant of the Ancient Heavenly Race was the Angel Imperial Son's ancestor, one of the seven main bloodlines of the Ancient Heavenly Race deep within the Chaos Sea.
Speaking of this, the Angel Imperial Son revealed a trace of sorrow. After all, this was his ancestor.
For endless ages, they had never met. When they finally met again, they were separated by life and death.
Regarding this, even Ye Chen was powerless to reverse fate.
Ancient Giants were omnipotent, but not all-powerful.
There were limits to one's strength. Even if an ordinary Ancient Monarch or Monarch fell, with their True Spirit annihilated, he could not save them, as it involved the most fundamental True Spirit.
Let alone a Quasi-Giant. Once such an existence fell, unless a trace of their True Spirit remained, offering a sliver of possibility for revival, if the True Spirit was completely annihilated, no one in the world could truly reverse life and death—unless it was the legendary 'Eternity'!
"Back then, why did the eight Supreme Ones, and that Quasi-Giant, attack your ancestor?" Ye Cangqiong suddenly asked.
Although it was the Blood-Stained Epoch, battles to the death did not happen without reason.
Especially involving the Quasi-Giant level, and a Quasi-Giant of the ancient and powerful Ancient Heavenly Race at that, with a true Supreme Giant backing them. The eight Supreme Ones should not have dared to lightly engage in a life-and-death battle, opposing the Ancient Heavenly Race.
The Angel Imperial Son sighed. "It was all because of this."
He flipped his palm, and a nine-colored, resplendent Emperor's Crown appeared, shining brilliantly.
"The Eternal Crown?" Ye Chen was slightly taken aback.
A hundred thousand years ago, after the various venerables used the Origin Sacred Artifacts to pull out the Dark Universe and release the Origin Burial Lord, the Origin Sacred Artifacts did not immediately return to their owners.
Naturally, the Eternal Crown, Chaos Thunder Pearl, Chaos Water Pearl, and other Origin Sacred Artifacts were lost.
He never expected that a hundred thousand years later, it would return to him in this manner.
Ye Chen took the Eternal Crown. The Angel Imperial Son did not stop him, because he knew the Eternal Crown originally belonged to the former. Now, it was merely returning to its rightful owner.
Looking at the Eternal Crown, Ye Chen frowned slightly. "You're saying that Quasi-Giant-level battle back then was because of the Eternal Crown?"
The Angel Imperial Son said, "Yes, according to the last words my ancestor left behind, that is indeed the case."
Hearing this, Ye Chen frowned even more.
Apart from opening the Origin Land, the Eternal Crown had few special uses.
At the very least, during the tens of thousands of years he had possessed it in the past, he had never discovered any.
Moreover, the direction of the Origin Land was wrong. What had opened the ultimate limit back then was not the Origin Land, but the Origin Burial Lord, triggering the source of the Blood-Stained Epoch.
It should be said that the Eternal Crown had lost its usefulness.
Yet, back then, the Quasi-Giant of the Ancient Heavenly Race fought against the eight Supreme Ones, even drawing in Fate Great Emperor, an Extreme Realm Quasi-Giant, to participate. In the end, he fell, two Supreme Ones fell, and casualties below the Supreme One level were countless.
The source of it all was the Eternal Crown.
Could it be that the Eternal Crown held other secrets unknown to Ye Chen?
He was certain that the Quasi-Giant of the Ancient Heavenly Race would not engage in a futile effort, nor would he joke with his life.
The strongest Emperor Curse unleashed before death would attack anyone except members of the Ancient Heavenly Race who approached.
Clearly, this was to ensure that a member of the Ancient Heavenly Race could obtain this Eternal Crown.
It was likely that the Ancient Heavenly Race knew some related secret about the Eternal Crown.
"It seems things are getting more and more interesting. For a dignified Quasi-Giant of the Ancient Heavenly Race to fight to the death for it, the Origin Sacred Artifact must have an important, unknown use. Well, I will learn all of this sooner or later," Ye Chen smiled. He was no longer the small cultivator of the past.
In the past, his cultivation was shallow. Even after becoming a Great One, a God King, a Quasi-Giant, and even an Ancient Monarch, there were still many secrets whose truths he could not know.
This was the predecessors protecting him. The more one knew, the more dangerous it was.
He also lacked sufficient strength to explore.
But now everything was different. He was already a Supreme Giant. The vastness of the Chaos Sea was his to traverse.
In the Blood-Stained Epoch, Ancient Giants were still the highest-level players on the board, capable of controlling everything and influencing the situation.
It was time for him to thoroughly understand these unknown secrets.
The Angel Imperial Son was a strong person. After a brief period of sorrow, he recovered and looked at Shen Rong, Ye Cangqiong, and Ye Chen. "The three of you, two have proven the Dao to become Supreme Ones, and one has even become a Supreme Giant who suppresses all ages. My cultivation speed is already slow enough. I must break through to become an Emperor even faster. Otherwise, at the Monarch realm, I cannot fight side by side with you all."
He hoped to break through his realm and become a Supreme Emperor more quickly.
Ye Chen said, "There's no need to rush this. First, properly absorb everything your ancestor left behind. There will be a chance to become a Quasi-Giant in the future. You cannot force growth; you must proceed steadily. Otherwise, it will destabilize your Emperor Dao foundation, making it even harder to become a Quasi-Giant later."
"Agreed." The Angel Imperial Son naturally understood. However, he stopped the Great Dao inheritance. Because of Ye Chen and the others' arrival, he decided to return to the Pangu Universe before continuing.
"Let's look for the others," Shen Rong said.
Not long after, they arrived at a battlefield in the Chaos Sea.
On this battlefield, vast amounts of blood were splattered everywhere, along with endless stellar debris. It was also a Chaos Primordial Great World that had been shattered in battle.
Of course, this was merely a battlefield from ten thousand years ago; the great battle of that time had long since ended.
Seeing the golden blood everywhere, Ye Chen and the others were startled.
This was the golden holy blood of the Battle Saint lineage, spilled upon this land.
In the end, the group found a half-buried, severed corpse amidst the starry void.
It belonged to Qin Wushuang.
Qin Wushuang, the new Battle Saint of the First Emperor Clan lineage, the direct disciple of Monarch Wushi, was also a Great Perfection Supreme Genius. Twenty thousand years ago, he had also left with the human Imperial Sons and Daughters to seek the opportunity to prove the Dao and become an Emperor.
But unexpectedly, he encountered calamity. He never proved the Dao to become a Supreme One and ultimately fell here.
Everyone felt sorrow. Although they hadn't interacted much on a daily basis, they were all supreme experts of the Pangu Universe.
Ye Chen sighed softly. To have cultivated with such difficulty to the Monarch realm, with a chance to ascend to the Emperor realm, only to fall on the cusp of success—how tragic.
But such was the path of cultivation.
The path of cultivation was inherently an act of defying the heavens—either live or die.
Moreover, the Battle Saint lineage was one of the powerful lineages of the Pangu Universe, targeted by alien races, making it even more dangerous in the Chaos Sea.
Ye Chen silently collected Qin Wushuang's remains, intending to bring them back to the Pangu Universe and personally bury them in the ancestral land of the First Emperor Clan.
Afterwards, based on the locations deduced by Ye Chen, the group successively found other human Imperial Sons and Daughters.
For example, Nanhuang Imperial Daughter and Huang Yao, this pair of Imperial Daughter sisters from the Nanhuang Imperial Clan, were also blessed with great fortune. In the Chaos Sea, they found a nest of an Undying Immortal Phoenix from the Ancient Epoch era. An Undying Immortal Phoenix had once undergone nirvana here, leaving behind Undying Immortal Phoenix blood and a towering ancient parasol tree. This allowed the two Imperial Daughters to glimpse the Phoenix Ancient Dao, transforming into two Immortal Phoenix eggs. Like Ye Chen in the past, they were undergoing a super evolution.
One day, once they broke out of their eggs, it would be the day they glimpsed the Supreme Emperor Dao, transforming into phoenixes in a single bound.
Ye Chen took them away. Even though this Phoenix Nest was very stable, and they discovered traces of Immortal King-level formations, indicating that the original owner of this nest, the Undying Immortal Phoenix, was likely an Immortal King-level Supreme Giant.
But now, the Chaos Sea was no longer as stable as before. Ancient Giants were emerging one after another, making this place unsafe as well.
It could be said that basically nowhere was safer than the Chaos Ancient Universe.
Di Wuming and Di Wushuang were missing.
But Ye Chen deduced that a layer of Chaos mist shrouded them, blocking everything.
He understood that the two had most likely gone to Tai Sheng Huang's side, where they would encounter great fortune.
Later, they successively found other human Imperial Sons and Daughters. Some were those who chose to emerge later, who had never been to the Ten Heavens Ancient Domain and thus never fought side by side with Ye Chen. They had only met a few times in the past. They needed the help of Shen Rong, Ye Cangqiong, and others, who provided items containing these people's auras, to deduce their accurate coordinates.
There was joy, and there was sorrow.
Some Imperial Sons and Daughters successfully proved the Dao to become Supreme Ones, but others unfortunately fell.
Not everyone was that lucky. The current Chaos Sea was not what it used to be; it was incomparably dangerous. Even Supreme Ones dared not claim absolute safety.
"Let's go. We shouldn't delay. We return to the Pangu Universe," Ye Chen said. The others nodded.
Ye Cangqiong, Shen Rong, and the other human Imperial Sons and Daughters had left the Pangu Universe for over twenty thousand years. Twenty thousand years was enough to change many things.
Ye Chen did not wish to see the Pangu Universe, which had birthed and raised him, come to harm.
The Chaos Great Dao stretched out, pointing directly toward the Pangu Universe.