Now, Ye Chen suddenly understood. It was likely that Qingtian Dadi had intervened behind the scenes, covering for him.
Separated by over a hundred thousand years, the two met again within the Alien Ancient Universe.
Ye Chen felt deep gratitude towards Qingtian Dadi.
Over the years, Qingtian Dadi had intervened several times to help, allowing Ye Chen to successfully escape and survive from the alien races time and again.
Qingtian Dadi looked deeply at Ye Chen for a moment, revealing a trace of genuine astonishment. "Over a hundred thousand years have passed, yet I never imagined you would also reach this step, not inferior to us. Truly worthy of being the strongest genius of all time, comparable to the Heavenly Emperor and the Primordial Generation."
Clearly, Ye Chen's strength could not be concealed from him.
A Supreme Giant!
Even Qingtian Dadi was astonished by this.
How old was Ye Chen? He had only cultivated for a little over a hundred thousand years. Even adding the time spent cultivating within the Immortal King's grotto, it was barely over two hundred thousand years. In the eyes of colossi from antiquity who measured time in epochs, he was still absurdly young.
After all, many Supreme Giants would often slumber or enter seclusion for hundreds of millions of years, or even half an epoch or one or two full epochs.
To become a Supreme Giant in just over two hundred thousand years of cultivation was truly heaven-defying. This cultivation time was far less than a fraction of what other Giants spent in meditation or seclusion.
Ye Chen said modestly, "Compared to you, Senior, there is still a gap. I believe you have successfully refined the Heavenly Dao of the Alien Ancient Universe."
Although he was strong, having reached the Supreme Giant level, he understood that Qingtian Dadi was certainly not weak. He had been a Supreme Giant in the past, and not an ordinary one at that—he was the Heavenly Dao controller of the Pangu Universe.
Coming to the alien race, he had gradually refined the Heavenly Dao of the Alien Ancient Universe, effectively gathering the Heavenly Dao of two Primordial Ancient Universes within himself. Now, the power of the Heavenly Dao was even more intense, and he had become one with the entire Alien Ancient Universe, almost indistinguishable from it.
To Ye Chen, it felt as if he were facing the entire Alien Ancient Universe itself.
From their previous meeting, he had learned that Qingtian Dadi had a grand scheme: to refine the Heavenly Dao of the Alien Ancient Universe and then use it as a stepping stone to further refine the origin of the entire Great Universe, becoming the Universe's controller.
He wondered how far Qingtian Dadi had progressed now.
"I have indeed completely refined the Heavenly Dao of the Alien Ancient Universe," Qingtian Dadi did not deny it. "By becoming the Heavenly Dao of the Alien Ancient Universe, the Universe Origin of this place no longer rejects me. I can now proceed with the plan to refine the Universe Origin."
In the past, before refining the Alien Ancient Universe's Heavenly Dao, Qingtian Dadi was ultimately an outsider—a colossus from antiquity from the Pangu Universe and its Heavenly Dao. He faced significant rejection from the Alien Ancient Universe, let alone attempting to refine its Universe Origin.
Once he began refining the Universe Origin, it would alert all the alien Giants.
At that time, Qingtian Dadi would be in grave danger.
But now, after spending an entire epoch, Qingtian Dadi had silently and successfully refined the Heavenly Dao of the Alien Ancient Universe, dissolving the rejection from the Universe Origin.
Thanks to the Heavenly Dao, he had the opportunity to refine the Universe Origin of the Alien Ancient Universe.
However, Ye Chen understood that the plan to refine the Alien Ancient Universe's Origin was far more dangerous than refining its Heavenly Dao.
This was because all alien beings at the Supreme level and above transcended the control of the Heavenly Dao and inherently rejected it to some degree.
Qingtian Dadi, having once been the Heavenly Dao, was familiar with it. Thus, refining the Alien Ancient Universe's Heavenly Dao could proceed silently, undetected by the alien Giants.
But the Alien Ancient Universe's Origin was where all alien Giants had established their supreme ancestral temples and spent long periods in seclusion. The slightest disturbance would alert them.
Most terrifyingly, the Primordial Generation resided within the Universe Origin year-round. For Qingtian Dadi to evade his detection would be no small feat.
Therefore, Ye Chen said with concern, "Senior, why not leave the Alien Ancient Universe with me? Once you are discovered, the danger will be immense."
Qingtian Dadi was a Supreme Giant of the Pangu Universe and a crucial combatant who could not easily fall.
Qingtian Dadi smiled faintly. "It's fine. I've lain dormant for an entire epoch, and now I can utilize the Heavenly Dao. The Heavenly Dao is derived from the Universe Origin and is closer to it than any colossus from antiquity. This is my only chance to refine the Alien Ancient Universe's Origin. I'velurked for countless ages precisely for this purpose."
"Now, this goal is about to be realized. How can I lightly give up?"
Ye Chen fell silent.
The Dao heart of a Supreme was as firm as rock, let alone that of a Supreme Giant. Their decisions could not be changed with a few words.
Especially since this was the fundamental purpose for which Qingtian Dadi had betrayed the Pangu Universe, willingly bearing the infamy for all time.
Having sacrificed so much, with success imminent, how could he easily abandon it?
He could only say, "In that case, I hope you will be extremely careful, Senior."
Qingtian Dadi said lightly, "You need not worry about that. Moreover, if I wish to leave, they may not necessarily be able to stop me."
He paused, his expression turning serious. "Young friend, I can sense that you are not only a colossus from antiquity but a Chaos Giant. However, you have not truly attained the Dao; your actual realm is still at the Emperor Realm. This indicates that your comprehension of the Chaos Great Dao is profound, but you likely have not reached Tai Sheng Huang's level of control at 9,999 parts per ten thousand. What is your current level of control over the Chaos Great Dao?"
Ye Chen said, "Approximately 9,700 parts per ten thousand."
The transformation during his hundred-thousand-year slumber had drastically increased his comprehension and control of the Chaos Great Dao, elevating it immensely.
Even though he had not yet reached the stage of 9,999 parts per ten thousand, falling short by two or three hundred parts, his level was still exceedingly profound.
Otherwise, how could he possess the terrifying combat power of a colossus from antiquity?
Throughout the entire Chaos Sea, and perhaps throughout all of history, he was likely second only to Tai Sheng Huang.
Qingtian Dadi said, "Indeed, it is extremely profound, nearly reaching the perfection stage."
Perfection was like Tai Sheng Huang's level—9,999 parts per ten thousand control over Chaos.
Ten thousand parts per ten thousand was the Great Perfection.
Ye Chen said, "Senior, I believe it won't be long before I reach the Chaos perfection stage. But how to transcend perfection and attain Great Perfection—I currently have no method."
Even someone as powerful as Tai Sheng Huang, after reaching Chaos perfection, remained stuck there for endless ages, more than an entire epoch,continuously / remained unable to take that final step.
Although Ye Chen had not yet reached that point, he had little idea how to attain Great Perfection.
He felt that discussing the Dao with a venerable predecessor like Qingtian Dadi, who had been a colossus from antiquity for countless ages, should provide some inspiration.
After all, all Supremes studied the myriad Daos, and colossi from antiquity delved deeply into all the heavens and ten thousand Daos.
Especially regarding the Chaos Great Dao, the undisputed number one Great Dao throughout history, colossi from antiquity must have researched it.
Qingtian Dadi pondered briefly and said, "If I am not mistaken, the Origin Burial Master should be the final key."