"Lord Wushuang!"
The master of the Primordial Imperial Clan and the other high-level figures were filled with profound grief. Qin Wushuang was the disciple of the Worldless Supreme One, inheriting the lineage of the Battle Saint, no less than the Emperor Sons and Daughters or the progeny of the Immortal Dao. He was also a Supreme Perfection-level Supreme Genius, with the hope of proving his Dao and becoming an Emperor.
His birth had carried the immense hopes of the Primordial Imperial Clan.
Twenty thousand years ago, when the Heavenly Dao of the Pangu Universe suffered a great collapse, severing the hope of proving one's Dao to become a Supreme One, Qin Wushuang had thus left the Pangu Universe together with the Human Emperor Sons and Daughters to seek the opportunity to prove his Dao and become a Supreme One.
Yet who could have imagined that twenty thousand years later, he would return to the Primordial Imperial Clan in such a state.
"Wushuang..."
The Worldless Supreme One was also sorrowful. This was his only personal disciple, who had shown extremely high talent in the Body Refinement path since childhood, and was thus chosen by him to become the successor of the Battle Saint lineage.
He had personally watched Qin Wushuang step by step reach a level of brilliance that rivaled the Emperor Sons and Daughters and others who shone across the heavens.
He had treated Qin Wushuang as his own.
Now, seeing his only disciple appear before him in such a manner, how could he remain calm?
"Please accept my condolences." Ye Chen could only say this. Human power has its limits; even one as powerful as him, a Chaos Giant, could not reverse the course of fate.
After leaving the Primordial Imperial Clan, Ye Chen began a tour of the myriad heavens and realms.
This was his first inspection since his return. Like a Heavenly Emperor, wherever he passed, Chaos paths extended, trembling the myriad Daos, stirring the trajectories of the Great Dao. Divine lotuses bloomed in the void, immortal springs surged from the earth, and one after another, blessed lands and grottos of creation appeared out of thin air, manifesting the heaven-defying nature of a supreme Giant.
All living beings under heaven, from the lowliest mortal creatures to the highest Emperors, all bowed in worship.
Seeing this, the Supreme Ones also performed solemn and respectful grand bows, expressing their awe.
Ye Chen arrived at the western region of the myriad heavens and domains. In the past, when the alien Giants had invaded the Pangu Universe, they had engaged in a Giant-level battle here with the Cang Xiong Great Heavenly Venerate. The entire western region, along with numerous adjacent great domains in the south and north, had been utterly shattered, reduced to fragmented, collapsing continent pieces drifting in the endless void.
Later, although the various Supreme Ones personally intervened, gradually pulling the many great domains back, they never recovered their former state. Countless races on them were annihilated, leaving behind one desolate great domain after another.
Perhaps, after endless ages, this place would one day regain its former glory.
Now, Ye Chen arrived. Seeing the many blood-stained great domains, he let out a soft sigh and came to pay respects to the departed souls.
After a long while, he turned back, returning to the Chaos Heavenly Mansion. This time, he came to the Immortal King Grotto, which had long since been relocated within the Chaos Heavenly Mansion.
He could sense that only a handful of people remained within the Immortal King Grotto.
After the Heavenly Dao collapsed, the Immortal King Grotto was the only place that could avoid the environment of the great universe and allow one to prove their Dao and become an Emperor.
But the Immortal King Grotto was too small; it could not accommodate enough people to comprehend the Dao.
Thus, later events unfolded: the Human Emperor Sons and Daughters, Imperial Maidens, and others successively left the Pangu Universe, entering the Chaos Sea to seek opportunities.
Over the hundred thousand years, the Immortal King Grotto had fallen into exhaustion, having long since released its vast potential prematurely.
The Immortal King Grotto was dazzlingly brilliant, overflowing with billions of layers of pure immortal light. Even in its exhausted state, it still emanated an incredibly powerful aura.
Whoosh—
At this moment, the Quasi-Immortal King Dao Body that had also slumbered for a hundred thousand years awoke. The Quasi-Immortal King aura surrounding it was powerful to the extreme, equivalent to the thirty-ninth level of the 'Forty-Nine Immortal Passes'. In other words, it was at the peak of Quasi-Immortal King, not far from the true Immortal King realm.
He looked at Ye Chen's Original Body and revealed a faint smile. "Original Body, you have returned."
Ye Chen also smiled. "I'm back!"
Whoosh—
The Quasi-Immortal King Dao Body merged into Ye Chen's Original Body. At this moment, the former's aura was rapidly rising, nourished by the Chaos origin of the Original Body, which was at the level of an Ancient Giant. Immortal light blazed brilliantly, truly advancing towards the Immortal King realm.
Ye Chen intended to make this Quasi-Immortal King Dao Body become a true Chaos Immortal King Dao Body.
If a great battle erupted in the future, he would not only have the Chaos Giant Body and the Chaos Emperor Spirit as his two Dao Bodies, but also a Chaos Immortal King Body. Unleashing his full power would be equivalent to four supreme Giants striking together—how astonishing would that be?
Simultaneously, he also sensed something special about the Quasi-Immortal King Dao Body. Deep within its body, there were actually several extremely well-hidden special marks, like a few ordinary immortal Dao runes, motionless.
In the past, even when Ye Chen was at the Extreme Realm Quasi-Giant level, he had never discovered them; they were hidden too deeply. This was definitely a method belonging to the Ancient Giant level.
But now that he had returned, he was already an Ancient Giant, and could even be considered at the level of a Primordial Giant. His perception far surpassed the past; how could mere marks conceal themselves from him?
After briefly observing and staring, Ye Chen revealed a cold smile. He reached out and clenched his hand in the void, directly causing the Quasi-Immortal King Dao Body to be utterly shattered, completely destroyed. From within, several powerful Immortal King consciousnesses surged out, materializing into figures that appeared and looked at Ye Chen, who had descended into the origin universe. They let out a soft sigh. "Young friend, the speed of your growth truly exceeds our expectations. We never imagined that in a mere hundred thousand years, you would have become a supreme Giant and detected everything we left behind."
Clearly, Ye Chen's Quasi-Immortal King Dao Body had a special relationship with these several Immortal Kings.
Perhaps, this Quasi-Immortal King Dao Body was the work of these several Immortal Kings.
It must be said, it was truly a grand scheme, going so far as to sacrifice and refine a Quasi-Immortal King-level Dao Body—or, more accurately, a Quasi-Immortal King-level Dharma Body.
Because Dao Bodies cannot exist permanently, while Dharma Bodies can.
Such a Quasi-Immortal King-level Dharma Body was something not even many Immortal Kings possessed; it required expending immense resources to refine.
However, Ye Chen was somewhat unclear: how had they integrated this Quasi-Immortal King Dharma Body into the 'Forty-Nine Immortal Passes' secret realm, that legendary secret realm said to have fallen from the Origin Place, which even he found difficult to see through?
At this moment, another Immortal King spoke coldly. "Since you have detected our existence, we shall not linger. We will leave now, and we will also take back the Quasi-Immortal King-level Dharma Body."
The Quasi-Immortal King Dharma Body had been refined by them at immense cost; how could they leave it behind?
Ye Chen sneered. "When did This Seat ever say you could leave?"
Several Immortal Kings had each left an Immortal King mark within the Quasi-Immortal King Dharma Body, hidden extremely deeply, lying dormant for a full hundred thousand years. Back then, they had likely merged with the Dharma Body during his Extreme Realm Quasi-Giant period to cultivate as one, spying on many secrets.
These Immortal King consciousnesses were located within the Pangu Universe, isolated from the Chaos Ancient Universe, so important information had not truly been transmitted back.
They were probably waiting for the day when the Quasi-Immortal King Dharma Body returned to the Primordial Immortal World; then these Immortal King consciousnesses would tear through space and leave, transmitting all secrets about Ye Chen back to the Original Bodies of the several Immortal Kings.
In that way, it would be as if he were stripped bare before the eyes of those several Immortal Kings.
Moreover, perhaps one day, those several Immortal Kings would use these Immortal King marks to steal his Chaos Dao Fruit.
How could he tolerate this!
Furthermore, this extremely precious Quasi-Immortal King Dharma Body must also be completely made his own.