Jiyuan Huangzun was suddenly startled. "This cauldron? This gate? You are not Tai Sheng Huang! Tai Sheng Huang only possesses the Qiankun Eight Trigrams Mirror!"
Ye Chen sneered coldly. "I never said I was Tai Sheng Huang."
"Who are you?" Jiyuan Huangzun frowned. If this human Giant wasn't Tai Sheng Huang, then who was he?
With just a slight deduction in his heart, Jiyuan Huangzun immediately realized who the other party was, and a tempest of shock surged within him.
It was actually him! The Battle Saint King who had disappeared without a trace a hundred thousand years ago!
That former Extreme Realm Quasi-Giant had now broken through his limits and truly become a Supreme Giant.
He had truly grown up completely, reaching this level.
Even Jiyuan Huangzun felt his heart pounding with fear.
How many epochs had it been since anyone made him feel this way? Yet this vibrant Battle Saint King before him had done it.
"It seems you know my identity." Ye Chen smiled faintly, then his expression suddenly turned cold. "Unfortunately, you know too much. I can only send you to your death!"
Boom—
The Chaos Great Cauldron descended from the heavens, carrying boundless might as it crashed down.
The entire cosmic Star Sky was directly annihilated, its power surpassing this vast territory and rushing toward the eight directions of the universe.
Qingtian Dadi operated the Heavenly Dao to suppress it, confining it within one percent of the territory.
The Chaos Great Cauldron radiated infinite chaotic light, each wisp and strand capable of crushing a star domain. Now, it descended like an ancient Chaos Universe, incomparably heavy.
Jiyuan Huangzun's arms seemed on the verge of breaking as he staggered backward, drops of Giant Dao Blood splattering and continuously annihilating the Star Sky.
Ye Chen charged forward to attack.
Boom—
Jiyuan Huangzun's expression was icy, naturally fearless, but at this moment, the River of Time descended from the heavens. Both of them charged into it, entering a mysterious temporal dimension.
Even Supreme Ones were capable of crossing time and space, performing actions that did not affect the flow of time, let alone peerless, invincible Giants of all ages—this was even more true for them.
However, they similarly could not truly influence the changes of past, present, and future, as the impact would be too great.
The two Supreme Giants battled on the River of Time, their might peerless, almost tearing the River of Time apart.
Ye Chen's combat power was supreme, his chaos unmatched. He fought until Jiyuan Huangzun continuously shed blood, dyeing the River of Time red.
At this time, Ye Chen intentionally or unintentionally pushed toward the future.
In the past, he did not possess this strength. Even as an Extreme Realm Quasi-Giant, he had been wary, not daring to act lightly for fear of attracting the most terrifying causality backlash upon himself.
Now, he had become a supreme Chaos Giant, his strength suppressing past and present, even capable of suppressing a veteran Giant like Jiyuan Huangzun. Naturally, he would not let go of this opportunity. He wanted to take a look at the future and also meet his future self to understand a bit of the truth.
Although the fall of the Origin Burial Lord had triggered the descent of the Blood-Stained Epoch,
he always felt that the truth could not be that simple. Otherwise, in the future, all those around him wouldn't have been buried, leaving only himself alone.
"Kill!"
Ye Chen roared, unleashing the strongest combat power of his life, shattering Jiyuan Huangzun's immortal battle armor and cleaving his entire body in two.
Infinite bloody light surged mightily, shaking past, present, and future.
If it were the past, this would inevitably alarm the supreme existences of all ages. But now it would not. The fall of the Origin Burial Lord and the successive emergence of various Supreme Giants had caused the Blood-Stained Epoch, from its very beginning, to be unexplorable. Heavenly secrets were greatly obscured, and no one could truly see everything of the Blood-Stained Future.
Only because Ye Chen was within the Blood-Stained Epoch did he dare act so boldly.
The Chaos Great Cauldron pushed forward, directly smashing Jiyuan Huangzun apart. Endless Giant Dao Blood splashed onto the River of Time, forming a unique bloody path.
Ye Chen strode forward, attempting to reach the end of the Blood-Stained Future.
Boom—
The River of Time erupted violently. Boundless causality power manifested, attracting endless Forbidden Heavenly Thunder that descended from the heavens, madly bombarding Ye Chen.
This was punishment for those who attempted to traverse time and space and spy on the future.
However, the bloody path was forged, with Jiyuan Huangzun becoming the root cause. The endless Forbidden Heavenly Thunder fell, but not a single strand landed on Ye Chen; instead, it all struck Jiyuan Huangzun.
Boom boom boom boom boom boom—
Each bolt of Forbidden Heavenly Thunder was at least hundreds of millions of miles long, containing the power to annihilate everything. Even with his immortal battle armor blocking, Jiyuan Huangzun's skin split and flesh tore, shedding even more Giant Dao Blood.
Jiyuan Huangzun wanted to struggle, but he could not. Ye Chen used the Chaos Great Cauldron to suppress him forcefully while striding toward the Blood-Stained Future, simultaneously striking him heavily, causing him to shed blood incessantly.
Boom—
Later on, Jiyuan Huangzun's bloody path could not completely block the thunder either. The Forbidden Heavenly Thunder found Ye Chen and landed on his body.
Boom boom boom boom boom boom—
Ye Chen's Chaos Saint Body endured billions of layers of heavenly thunder bombardment. However, having become a Chaos Giant, even his Chaos Saint Body had undergone transformation, becoming even more powerful,can be considered immortalindestructible (virtually indestructible). When the heavenly thunder struck, it merely left white marks on his body's surface, nothing more.
Jiyuan Huangzun was shocked. The Battle Saint King's physical body had actually become so strong, almost catching up to the Battle Saint Ancestor and the Heaven-Defying War Lord of the past.
Amidst the roaring heavenly thunder, Ye Chen endured endless lightning as he advanced toward the Blood-Stained Future. Each step he took was met with countless bolts of Forbidden Heavenly Thunder.
Finally, later on, even a physique as strong as Ye Chen's Chaos Saint Body could no longer endure it, and he began coughing blood.
The Forbidden Heavenly Thunder grew increasingly powerful the further one went, its causality power ever more terrifying.
Ye Chen seized Jiyuan Huangzun and performed a supreme great technique, diverting all the Forbidden Heavenly Thunder onto him.
Jiyuan Huangzun roared. The Forbidden Heavenly Thunder contained endless causality power; even someone as powerful as him could not endure it. He continuously shed blood, his injuries growing increasingly severe, but he could not struggle because Ye Chen had already completely suppressed him, making it difficult to break free.
Boom—
In the end, the terror of the Forbidden Heavenly Thunder reached an incredibly dreadful level, submerging the entire River of Time and landing entirely on Jiyuan Huangzun.
A tremendous roar shook past, present, and future.
Jiyuan Huangzun exploded. As powerful as he was—a Supreme Giant of the alien race who could contend with Hunyuan Huangzun in the past—he ultimately could not endure it. His immortal body exploded, dyeing the downstream of the River of Time with blood.
Simultaneously, he blocked the vast majority of the Forbidden Heavenly Thunder.
With a furious roar, Ye Chen punched the Chaos Great Cauldron. Absolute power erupted, piercing through all the Forbidden Heavenly Thunder and forming a path.
Whoosh—
Ye Chen shot forward like lightning, traversing endless years and descending upon the Blood-Stained Future.
What met his eyes was a desolate cosmic Star Sky.
The Star Sky was utterly silent, with scarcely a few stars visible. More prevalent were shattered stellar remnants emitting dim, dark light.
The entire cosmic Star Sky held scant vitality; it was difficult to find many living beings.
It was unimaginable what kind of terrifying great battle had occurred here. The entire ancient Chaos Universe seemed to have been shattered, pierced through the Chaos Sea, with enormous gaping holes.
Within these holes, boundless ancient chaotic energy was surging in endlessly, filling this great universe.
The entire ancient Chaos Universe was on the verge of collapse, with the myriad Daos dissipated, making cultivation difficult, let alone proving the Dao to become an Emperor.
Ye Chen's heart sank. Was this the Blood-Stained Future? Yet it seemed somewhat different from what he had seen in the past.
In the past, within the desolate cosmic Star Sky, his future supreme, peerless self sat alone in solitude, invincible yet utterly alone. Behind him was the withered World Tree after Yaya's extinction, and there was also a realm where all his old acquaintances were buried.
But now, there was nothing.
What had happened?
Where was his future supreme, peerless self?
Ye Chen stood within this desolate cosmic Star Sky, looking around.
Boom rumble rumble—
Terrifying Forbidden Heavenly Thunder attacked, not only from the River of Time but also from this cosmic Star Sky.
It was unimaginable that this ancient Chaos Universe, almost shattered and ruined, with its myriad Daos broken, could still give rise to such dreadful Forbidden Heavenly Thunder—endless and boundless, submerging him, a person from the past.
Ye Chen expanded his Tenfold Heavenly Divine Halo, projecting the Heavenly Dao to temporarily resist.
"You... are you Father?"
Suddenly, a voice filled with a mix of doubt, disbelief, yet also pleasant surprise resounded abruptly.
Ye Chen opened his eyes and looked over. Deep within this depleted cosmic Star Sky, there was an exceptionally powerful woman, peerlessly elegant and beautiful, her splendor unmatched throughout the ages.
Even in such a cosmic environment, she was still very strong, releasing Supreme-level Dao fluctuations.
She wore imperial robes, clearly a supremely powerful Empress.
"Jing'er."
Ye Chen was both shocked and overjoyed. Even though she had changed greatly, almost unrecognizable, he could still clearly sense the Empress's original aura—it was precisely his youngest daughter, Ye Jing.
He never expected to encounter Ye Jing here, and that she was still alive, having endured the most terrifying Blood-Stained Epoch and survived to the end.
"Father, it really is you! You've finally returned."
The Empress shed tears, never thinking she could see her father again after all these years.
She very much wanted to rush over, but the Forbidden Heavenly Thunder was boundless, submerging the endless Star Sky, preventing approach.
She was strong, but ultimately not a Supreme Giant. If she drew near, she would be directly annihilated into dust by the Forbidden Heavenly Thunder.
"Don't come over. I am not of this era. I come from the... past..."
Boom—
As soon as he finished speaking, the Forbidden Heavenly Thunder became even more endless, its power greater. Ye Chen's Tenfold Heavenly Divine Halo exploded, the thunder landing entirely on his body.
"Cough—"
Ye Chen coughed up large mouthfuls of blood. The causality power was too terrifying; he could not do anything that involved influencing past, present, and future, not even speaking.
"Father!"
The Empress exclaimed, wanting to stop it, but Ye Chen raised his head and roared to the heavens, shaking the eternal sky: "I am the Battle Saint King, suppressing past, present, and future!"
Boom—
Chaos Dao techniques surged violently. Infinite chaotic light actually counter-charged upward, fiercely colliding with the Forbidden Heavenly Thunder and instantly exploding.
Ye Chen withstood it. He was, after all, a Supreme Giant, qualified to resist.
He did not speak but looked at Empress Ye Jing, wanting to know what had truly happened in the future.
Where had his future supreme, peerless self gone?
What about the others?
Ye Jing naturally understood. Concise and to the point, she uttered two words: "Origin Burial!"