Within Ye Chen's origin universe, the four Immortal King thoughts snorted coldly. "Battle Saint King, though you have become a colossus from antiquity, which of our true selves is not also a colossus from antiquity? Moreover, we have stood firm in the Immortal King realm for multiple epochs. You are in no way comparable to us. A word of advice: it would be best for you to obediently let us leave. Otherwise, if our true selves detect the destruction of our Immortal King thoughts, you will face utter calamity!"
BOOM—
Ye Chen acted directly, making his stance clear. He spoke coldly, "Do you truly think I am someone easy to bully, allowing you to bully me at will? This debt, even if your Immortal King true selves do not come, I will settle it with you properly later!"
As his words fell, infinite majestic power erupted. The several Immortal King imprints exploded with a thunderous roar, utterly annihilated.
Simultaneously, within the central territory of the Primordial Immortal World, several Immortal King Grottoes in different Immortal King domains trembled.
The peerless Immortal Kings within their respective grottoes awoke at the same moment, gazing distantly towards the direction of the Pangu Universe.
One ancient and supremely powerful peerless Immortal King sighed softly, "He has discovered it after all. This is somewhat troublesome."
Another Immortal King's expression was icy. "Daring to annihilate our Immortal King thoughts and seize the Quasi-Immortal King Dharma Body... Battle Saint King's courage is not small."
However, despite the cold snorts, none of them made a move.
In the end, they harbored some apprehension.
"His courage is indeed not small, but his strength matches his courage," a third peerless Immortal King sighed lightly. "He has truly reached great completion. Even the Silent Abyss Sovereign was suppressed by him, and three alien Giants could not keep him. Few in the world can restrain him now. If he comes to the Primordial Immortal World one day, we too will face great trouble!"
Even mighty figures like these several peerless Immortal Kings now felt anxiety. A single colossus from antiquity, moreover one at the level of a Primordial Giant, was enough to make any colossus from antiquity extremely wary.
After shattering all the Immortal King thoughts, Ye Chen refined the Quasi-Immortal King Dharma Body over and over again. This time, he was certain there were no other hidden imprints—unless they were concealed by an Eternal existence.
The Quasi-Immortal King Dharma Body became pure.
Ye Chen placed the Quasi-Immortal King Dharma Body within the origin of his micro-universe for nurturing. His Chaos origin was intimately connected to his universe's origin, and it too nurtured the Quasi-Immortal King Dharma Body, beginning to elevate its realm.
At this moment, another person within the Immortal King Grotto had long since awoken—it was the Primordial Monarch, whose accumulation had reached an extremely profound stage, yet he had not completed the accumulation required for proving his Dao.
He glanced at Ye Chen, both shocked and delighted. "Little Junior Brother, you've returned."
"Senior Brother," Ye Chen greeted, then looked not far away. Within a special wooden coffin lay none other than the World Tree Burial Coffin.
In the past, before he left, he had temporarily transplanted the World Tree Burial Coffin into the Immortal King Grotto. On one hand, he wanted to use the immortal essence of the Immortal King Grotto to help the World Tree Burial Coffin recover. On the other hand, he hoped Yaya could help the World Tree Burial Coffin fully restore its former state as a World Tree, giving birth to sentience.
However, it seemed now, after a hundred thousand years had passed, the World Tree Burial Coffin remained as before. It appeared very difficult to restore it to its former state.
Within the World Tree Burial Coffin, the Sovereign of Formlessness lay in deep slumber, his aura faint, almost imperceptible.
Tens of thousands of years ago, alien Giants had invaded the Pangu Universe, initiating a Giant-level war that brought calamity to the myriad heavens and slaughtered countless living beings.
The Sovereign of Formlessness had chosen to emerge, fusing with the Heavenly Dao Sun to meet the attack. He suffered fatal, near-mortal injuries.
Later, the Human Sovereign and the Cang Xiong Great Heavenly Venerate used their supreme divine power to maintain the last thread of his vitality, sealing him within this World Tree Burial Coffin to preserve a wisp of his true spirit from extinguishing.
It could be said that the Sovereign of Formlessness's current condition was no less severe than during the battle of the Great Mythical Destruction, perhaps even more perilous.
In the past, the Sovereign of Formlessness had only been slain by an alien Emperor, but fragments of his true spirit and Monarch soul were preserved within his flesh and blood. The Battle Saint Ancestor had used heaven-defying means to resurrect him.
But now, the one who had struck down the Sovereign of Formlessness was a colossus from antiquity, imbued with absolute killing intent. The Sovereign of Formlessness's flesh and blood were destroyed, his soul nearly completely shattered. Only a wisp of true spirit and soul fragment had been saved, but his injuries were too severe. To this day, he remained in the deepest level of coma.
Currently, on one hand, the Immortal King Grotto was used to nurture the Sovereign of Formlessness's injuries. On the other, they relied on the special properties of the World Tree to maintain that wisp of his true spirit from extinguishing.
Ye Chen gazed deeply at the seemingly lifeless Sovereign of Formlessness, a trace of sorrow appearing on his face.
The Primordial Monarch understood a thing or two about Ye Chen's situation. Knowing he had become a peerless Chaos Giant, invincible throughout the ages, he couldn't help but voice his hope. "Can you save Brother Wuxiang?"
Ye Chen sighed lightly. "Senior Brother, Ancestor Wuxiang's injuries are too severe. Saying 'nine deaths, one life' would be an understatement; it's more like 'ten thousand deaths, one life.' Even a tenth-rank Emperor Pill could not revive him."
Even with his current power, he could not bring the dead back to life.
The Sovereign of Formlessness's injuries were too heavy.
The Primordial Monarch said sorrowfully, "If even you have no method, does that mean Brother Wuxiang will perish like this?"
"It's not that there is absolutely no method."
The Primordial Monarch was pleasantly surprised. "What method?"
"Refine an eleventh-rank Heaven-Defying Emperor Pill," Ye Chen said.
The Heaven-Defying Emperor Pill belonged to the highest rank of pills throughout history—the eleventh rank. It was said to be capable of reviving even fallen Ancient Emperors, defying heaven itself.
The Primordial Monarch frowned. "The eleventh-rank Heaven-Defying Emperor Pill... Throughout all ages, only the Alchemy Emperor could refine it. However, the Alchemy Emperor's current whereabouts are unknown. Moreover, the required materials are all truly heaven-defying, capable of breaking through the ages. How easy is it to collect them?"
"Senior Brother, regarding the refinement, there's no need to worry. What needs consideration now are the materials," Ye Chen said.
The Primordial Monarch suddenly realized, exclaiming in great surprise, "Could it be that you have already reached the eleventh-rank Alchemy Emperor realm?"
In the alchemy path, the eighth rank was Master, the ninth rank was Grandmaster, the tenth rank... and the eleventh rank was also the ultimate rank—the Alchemy Emperor realm.
Ye Chen smiled. "Over these hundred thousand years, although I focused on cultivation, my alchemy path naturally reached the Alchemy Emperor realm alongside my cultivation. I believe with my current alchemy level, even if I cannot match Senior Alchemy Emperor, I am not far off. I am sufficient to refine the eleventh-rank Heaven-Defying Emperor Pill."
Of course, having the ability was one thing; gathering sufficient materials was another.
He had obtained the Alchemy Emperor's alchemy inheritance, which included some fragments regarding the Heaven-Defying Emperor Pill. He knew that refining it required materials that would make even colossi from antiquity covet them. Gathering them was almost impossible.
However, there was no immediate rush. The Sovereign of Formlessness's condition was relatively stable. They could slowly gather all the materials.
Whoosh—
At this moment, Ye Chen retrieved the Chaos Immortal Armor.
The Chaos Immortal Armor, which he had successfully refined in the past, had become a Quasi-Giant-level battle armor. He had placed it within the Chaos Heavenly Mansion, where it could, at critical moments, activate the power he had left within it, allowing the Chaos Immortal Armor to unleash Quasi-Giant-level might capable of withstanding attacks from Quasi-Giants.
Later, during the hundred-thousand-year period of Ye Chen's slumber, during the Blood-Stained Epoch, this Quasi-Giant Immortal Armor had experienced multiple battles at the Supreme level and above, stained with the blood of Supremes from both realms.