After completing all this, Ye Chen returned to the Chaos Heavenly Mansion.
But this time, he did not see his closest people—the Goddess, Yi Wu, Chen'er, Ya Ya, Ruo Xi—nor did he even sense their auras.
At first, he thought they might be in the Immortal King Grotto or had returned to the Primordial Heaven Realm. But with a single thought, his perception stretched boundlessly, clearly sensing both the upper and lower realms. The Goddess, Yi Wu, Yu Qing, and the other wives and children were not there. Even friends like the Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor, Weil, Shan Ji, Yi Yi, the Golden Little Divine Dragon, and the Peacock King were absent.
In the vast Chaos Heavenly Mansion, the closest person left was only his disciple, the Primordial Demon God.
His sword-like brows slightly raised, Ye Chen directly summoned the Primordial Demon God.
"Disciple pays respects to Master."
The Primordial Demon God said respectfully. Over one hundred and twenty to thirty thousand years had passed, and he too had become a Monarch. In the period when Ye Chen, the Goddess, and others were absent, he had taken charge of the Chaos Heavenly Mansion, becoming its acting mansion lord.
It must be said, he was a born leader of a power. He managed the Chaos Heavenly Mansion in an orderly manner, fostering vigorous development and brimming with vitality.
Ye Chen saw that over these hundred thousand years, this transcendent power he had once formed by merging various forces had developed rapidly under the Primordial Demon God's management. Not to mention Supreme Ones, it could be called the strongest power in the entire Pangu Universe, possessing multiple Monarchs, Ancient Monarchs, and countless heaven's favored talents.
During the hundred-thousand-year Blood-Stained Epoch, they naturally went to the Pangu Pass to battle the alien race armies. Many super-powerful experts continuously rose, with peak experts emerging endlessly, making the Chaos Heavenly Mansion increasingly powerful.
Now, with his return, the peak experts of the Chaos Heavenly Mansion returned at the first moment to pay homage to him, filled with immense excitement.
The master of the Heavenly Mansion was now a well-deserved colossus from antiquity, capable of standing shoulder to shoulder with figures from the Mythical Epoch like Tai Sheng Huang, the Battle Saint Ancestor, the Heaven-Defying War Lord, Qin Shi Huang, and the Immortal-Slaying Great Emperor.
To be able to cultivate within a holy land under the command of a peerless colossus was absolutely the honor of their lifetimes.
However, Ye Chen only met with his disciple, the Primordial Demon God, alone.
"I want to know the situation of your master's wives and the others," Ye Chen got straight to the point. Not seeing the Goddess and the other wives and children upon his return had left him somewhat puzzled. They were not within the Pangu Universe.
The Primordial Demon God said, "Reporting to Master, Master's wives and the others left eight thousand years ago to seek opportunities in the Chaos Sea to Attain the Dao to Become Supreme Emperor."
Seek opportunities to Attain the Dao to Become Supreme Emperor?
Ye Chen frowned. Even though the Heavenly Dao of the Pangu Universe had collapsed greatly, the Immortal King Grotto was like a self-contained small universe, containing the Immortal King's origin great Dao, allowing one to Attain the Dao to Become Supreme Emperor within the grotto.
Moreover, as early as a hundred thousand years ago, the Goddess, Chen'er, Yi Wu, Yu Qing, A Beinu, Ya Ya, and Chen Xi had already Attained the Dao to Become Supreme Emperor.
Why then did the Goddess and the others still leave to seek opportunities in the Chaos Sea to Attain the Dao to Become Supreme Emperor?
He was somewhat confused.
Could it be to seek for Qian Xun and Ye Jing?
After all, both were Eternal Monarchs. But for an Eternal Monarch to Attain the Dao, how could it be easy? The required accumulation far exceeded that of a Monarch Attaining the Dao.
Through conversation, Ye Chen learned that because the Immortal King Grotto had long ago been completely stimulated by Ye Chen to unleash all its potential, and after he left, everyone simultaneously entered the Immortal King Grotto to cultivate—either to reach the Great Perfection Emperor Realm Supreme One as soon as possible, or to complete their accumulation early to Attain the Dao and become Emperor.
Even though the Immortal King Grotto no longer accelerated time, over such a long period with so many people cultivating simultaneously, it finally caused the Immortal King Grotto, eight thousand years ago, to have exhausted ninety-nine percent of its potential, leaving only a negligible amount.
During the long years of cultivation within the Immortal King Grotto, the Goddess and the other six had successively become Great Perfection Emperor Realm Supreme Ones.
As for Weil, the Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor, Shan Ji, the Golden Little Divine Dragon, Yi Yi, the Primordial Demon God, the Peacock King, and others who had also entered the grotto to cultivate, their accumulation naturally reached an extremely profound level, only a step away from being able to Attain the Dao and become Emperor.
However, the meager remaining potential of the Immortal King Grotto was simply insufficient for them to complete their accumulation. At most, it could only allow one of them to truly Attain the Dao to Become Supreme Emperor.
On the other hand, tens of thousands of years ago, alien race Giants entered the Pangu Universe for a great battle, creating a situation of extreme danger. The Formless Monarch at that time had no choice but to awaken from the Immortal King Grotto to join the battle, ultimately suffering severe, near-fatal injuries.
Therefore, in the end, Weil and the others gave up completing their final accumulation, allowing the Formless Monarch to slumber within the Immortal King Grotto to maintain his vitality and prevent true death.
Moreover, because within the Pangu Universe, it was impossible to Attain the Dao to Become Supreme Emperor under the condition of the Heavenly Dao's great collapse, Weil and the others followed the example of the departed Human Emperor's sons and daughters, choosing to leave the Pangu Universe and head to the Chaos Sea to seek suitable opportunities to Attain the Dao to Become Supreme Emperor.
After all, they had basically reached the final line, almost immediately able to Attain the Dao to Become Supreme Emperor.
And the Goddess and the others also followed and left because the Human Sovereign had revived. As an original-generation Giant, he could greatly intimidate the Chaos Sea. Similarly, those seven great female emperors also wanted to seize the opportunity to become stronger, hoping to find suitable opportunities to become Quasi-Giants.
"So that's how it is." Ye Chen understood.
What put his mind at ease was that the soul imprints the Goddess and the others had left within the Chaos Heavenly Mansion were all vigorous and safe.
Soon, the Chaos Heavenly Mansion held a grand heavenly feast, inviting all the powers of the myriad heavens to participate.
The entire world celebrated together.
Ye Chen did not refuse. The Pangu Universe now needed such celebration to boost morale.
Not long after, he entered the Human Sovereign's Palace to visit the Human Sovereign.
"Senior Human Sovereign, may I ask how the Silent Abyss Sovereign should be dealt with?" Ye Chen inquired.
He was strong and unafraid of battle, but he always needed to be concerned about the Pangu Universe.
If the Silent Abyss Sovereign were truly killed, the Alien Ancient Universe would very likely invade the Pangu Universe.
The current Pangu Universe, counting fully, only had three colossi from antiquity. For an ordinary Chaos Ancient Universe, this was absolutely strong, especially since both Ye Chen and the Human Sovereign were no ordinary colossi from antiquity.
But it still wouldn't do against the Alien Ancient Universe.
This matter should be consulted with the Human Sovereign. He had served as Human Sovereign for so long, had even experienced the Mythical Great Destruction, and understood better than him or the Cang Xiong Great Heavenly Venerate how to make decisions.
The Human Sovereign smiled. "Little friend, killing him is fine."
Ye Chen was taken aback, but quickly understood. For the Human Sovereign to speak thus, he must have his own decision.
Besides, originally, the Silent Abyss Sovereign could not be spared. Otherwise, what about Qingtian Dadi?
"Good!"
Ye Chen nodded, then asked about the situation of the other colossi from antiquity of the Pangu Universe.
In the past, even as an extreme realm Quasi-Giant, he might not necessarily have had the qualification to know these things. But now he was a peerless Chaos Giant with world-shaking combat power, qualified to know all secrets.
"Tai Sheng Huang, the Battle Saint Ancestor, the Heaven-Defying War Lord, and the Flame Emperor indeed have not returned. That is because of a decision we made before the Mythical Great Destruction—they cannot return. Although the current Pangu Universe, because of you, me, and Cang Xiong, possesses three colossi from antiquity and seems strong, in reality, it is only somewhat strong and will not make people overly wary. But once the other colossi return, it will inevitably make those people extremely wary, even to the point of repeating the tragedy of the Mythical Great Destruction, vowing to destroy the Pangu Universe." The Human Sovereign spoke, mentioning some important reasons.
The fact that the many Giants did not return was actually a way of protecting the Pangu Universe.
For example, after the Mythical Great Destruction, the reason the Primordial Immortal World protected the Pangu Universe was precisely because the Pangu Universe was not strong enough.
For example, during the Blood-Stained Epoch, even though the Alien Ancient Universe attacked the Pangu Universe time and again, they never had more than three colossi from antiquity attack simultaneously. Otherwise, with the Alien Ancient Universe's capability, under a true full-scale invasion, the Pangu Universe simply could not withstand it.
Ye Chen did not understand. "If Senior Tai Sheng Huang, the Battle Saint Ancestor, the Heaven-Defying War Lord, and the Flame Emperor return, wouldn't the Pangu Universe be stronger? That way, there would be no need to rely on the protection of the Primordial Immortal World. Moreover, when the Pangu Universe is strong enough, the Alien Ancient Universe wouldn't dare to invade, right?"
At this moment, the Human Sovereign suddenly asked, "Do you know the true reason for the Mythical Great Destruction?"