Ye Chen personally took action, forcibly suppressing all the thunderbolt power within the head of the Thunder Source and causing it to sink back into the massive skull. He then refined it, shrinking it from its originally infinite, Chaos Primordial Great World-like size down to the scale of a single realm world—countless times smaller, yet still extremely vast.
Boom—
Ye Chen, wielding the Heaven Desolation Great Halberd and unleashing the power of an Unsurpassed Giant, slowly cleaved open the head of the Thunder Source.
The Origin Burial Lord, even in death, possessed a skull of incredible toughness. Only a Ten Thousand Ancient Times Giant as powerful as Ye Chen could pierce the flesh and skin of the Thunder Source's head; no other Quasi-Giant could have accomplished this.
Terrifying thunderbolt power was activated, erupting wildly, but was suppressed once more.
Finally, Ye Chen pierced through and entered the interior of the Thunder Source's skull. Each drop of blood contained boundless thunderbolt power, still appearing fresh and vibrant as if the Origin Burial Lord were still alive.
He advanced against the endless thunder force, allowing it to strike his body, yet it could hardly inflict any significant damage. Finally, he arrived at the very center of the skull, where he beheld a massive thunderbolt sun. The endless thunderbolts were being continuously released from this very sun.
Without a trace of fear, Ye Chen stepped forward, directly approaching the thunderbolt sun, submerged into it, and walked to its very core.
Soon, he emerged, revealing a profound expression. "As expected, the Origin Burial Lord's body holds the secret to attaining 'Eternity.' This Chaos Sea is far more complex than I ever imagined."
Rumble—
After personally suppressing the head of the Thunder Source, Ye Chen departed.
The return of the Great Desolate Ancient Emperor caused a great stir within the Pangu Universe. Following the Buddha Patriarch, another Ancient Great Emperor from the Mythical Epoch had returned and had become a Quasi-Giant, greatly augmenting the Pangu Universe's peak combat power at the Quasi-Giant level.
Moreover, as a Quasi-Giant from the Body Refinement lineage, he was even stronger than ordinary Quasi-Giants, second only to War Emperor, the Extreme Realm Quasi-Giant.
The Great Desolate Ancient Emperor left the Myriad Domains and descended to the Primordial Heaven Realm. Seeing that the Ancient Barbarian God Clan he left behind in ancient times still endured through the ages, he revealed a heartfelt smile.
As long as his descendants remained, all was well!
In the past, after the Great Mythical Cataclysm, the Pangu Universe was devastated, with less than one or two out of a thousand beings surviving. The surviving Great Emperors each had their own duties. Apart from Samsara Great Emperor and Profound God Great Emperor, the other Great Emperors all journeyed to distant lands, all to better preserve the Pangu Universe's vital forces.
The Great Desolate Ancient Emperor traveled deep into the Chaos Sea, arriving at the Great Desolate Ancient World within the Great Desolate Realm, where he took root.
In truth, both the Great Desolate Ancient World and the Great Desolate Realm were later renamed because of him; their original names were not 'Great Desolate.'
Before leaving the Pangu Universe, he had left behind the Ancient Barbarian God Clan lineage of descendants, sealed within the Primordial Heaven Realm to pass down the imperial clan's bloodline through the generations.
Including Huang Di, this son was the most outstanding among the Great Desolate Ancient Emperor's offspring and the sole survivor. The Great Desolate Ancient Emperor personally sent him to the Chaos Ancient Universe where the Ultimate Ancient Path was located, leaving behind a seal, hoping Huang Di could survive and, one day, prove his Dao and become an Emperor, returning to aid the Pangu Universe.
Indeed, Huang Di was still here now, having long since become an Imperial Lord for many years, possessing the bearing of a Great Emperor. In the past, he had journeyed into the Chaos Sea with Shen Rong, Ye Cangqiong, and others, seeking the opportunity to prove his Dao and become a Supreme Being.
Later, after Ye Chen's return over ten thousand years ago, he ultimately failed to break through and establish himself anew like Shen Rong, Ye Cangqiong, and the Angel Imperial Son, becoming a true Ancient Great Emperor.
To this day, he remained at the Imperial Lord realm, still accumulating strength.
However, an Imperial Lord's lifespan spanned an entire epoch. Huang Di was also stronger than ordinary Imperial Sons, Imperial Daughters, and Immortal Dao descendants. Barring accidents, he held great hope of proving his Dao and becoming a Supreme Being, becoming another Ancient Barbarian God Clan Ancient Great Emperor after the Great Desolate Ancient Emperor.
"Imperial Father."
Huang Di was overjoyed and excited to see the Great Desolate Ancient Emperor. To be able to see his Imperial Father again after a separation of over half an epoch was a matter of immense happiness.
The Great Desolate Ancient Emperor patted Huang Di's shoulder. His child had grown up completely, now as robust and majestic as himself, with flourishing vital energy and blood, unimaginably powerful.
"Imperial Ancestor!"
The entire Ancient Barbarian God Clan was greatly shaken, looking excitedly at that domineering, robust figure who ruled the heavens. That was the progenitor of the Ancient Barbarian God Clan, also the Unsurpassed Great Emperor of the Mythical Epoch.
It was said the Imperial Ancestor had transcended his former realm, advancing further, and could now be mentioned in the same breath as War Emperor, Golden Crow Great Emperor, Divine Sky Great Emperor, the Buddha Patriarch, and others.
"I have returned," the Great Desolate Ancient Emperor said with a faint smile, yet it carried boundless joy.
Parting for an epoch, today he finally returned!
The Ancient Barbarian God Clan members could foresee that with the Imperial Ancestor's return, the Ancient Barbarian God Clan's glory would illuminate the heavens and shake the Pangu Universe.
However, they all knew that no matter how powerful the Ancient Barbarian God Clan became, it would never surpass the Chaos Heavenly Mansion.
Because the Chaos Heavenly Mansion had a Battle Saint King. Now, with the return of the many Mistresses and the Young Master, it appeared even stronger.
Within the Chaos Heavenly Mansion, Ye Chen was inspecting the results of the battle.
After the battle with the numerous Alien Giants, especially the battle with a Primordial Giant like the Vast Heaven Sovereign, he understood his own combat power even more clearly. It was not inferior to that of a Primordial Giant, confirming that an Extreme Realm Quasi-Giant who broke through and established anew would reach the Primordial Giant level.
Of course, although he severely wounded the Vast Heaven Sovereign in their battle, a large reason was his reliance on a sufficient number of Ten Thousand Ancient Dao Weapons. Possessing six Ten Thousand Ancient Dao Weapons, he was practically invincible from the start.
In a true, direct confrontation, even if he were stronger than the Vast Heaven Sovereign, it would only be by a slim margin, not by much.
Ye Chen knew he still needed to cultivate, needed to become even stronger.
Primordial Giants were powerful, but not invincible. If one day he could reach the Half-Step Eternal level of the Origin Burial Lord, perhaps then he would be truly invincible.
"Still walking the path..."
He sighed softly and took out the Universe Stone. This was the priceless treasure of the Chaos Sea that had once nurtured the Heaven's Eye Sovereign, its value exceeding that of Chaos Immortal Gold by at least one level.
Only after a Chaos Ancient Universe perished could such a priceless treasure truly be nurtured.
He integrated it into his Chaos Small Universe, slowly refining it with the Small Universe's origin. He could feel the Chaos Small Universe gradually growing stronger.
Now, Ye Chen and the Chaos Small Universe were intimately connected. The Chaos Small Universe's growth would also make him stronger.
Especially when unleashing the 'Universe Creation' strike. Although it left even him, a Chaos Giant, feeling drained from excessive consumption, it actually managed to directly disintegrate the origin of the Primordial Origin Imperial Ancestor, equivalent to being shattered to pieces multiple times over. It was a truly fatal, severe wound, surprising even Ye Chen with the current terrifying power of 'Universe Creation.'
He had a feeling that as he continued to grow stronger, and as the Chaos Small Universe continued to improve and become more complete, one day, the Universe Creation strike might truly rival the horror of a Chaos Ancient Universe's destruction strike.
Currently, the vastness of the Chaos Small Universe was no less than that of the Primordial Heaven Realm, equivalent to over a thousand great domains, even larger than a Chaos Primordial Great World.
If he completely refined the Universe Stone, it would expand at least twofold.
However, even so, there was still a long road ahead before the Chaos Small Universe became completely perfected and whole.
Subsequently, Ye Chen took out the Chaos Great Cauldron. Within this extraordinary great cauldron, a host of earth-shattering existences were suppressed, ranging from Ancient Great Emperors to Quasi-Giants, and even Ten Thousand Ancient Times Giants, all constantly suppressed in the deepest part of the Chaos Great Cauldron.
Naturally, to better suppress them, Ye Chen used his Quasi-Immortal King Dharma Body to wield the Seal Gate and the Gate of Destiny, cooperating with the Chaos Great Cauldron—a total of three Ten Thousand Ancient Dao Weapons for suppression—along with the projection of the Chaos Small Universe for additional suppression.
Therefore, even with two Unsurpassed Giants like the Silent Abyss Sovereign and the Primordial Origin Imperial Ancestor present, they remained unable to break free from the suppression, firmly held down.
"It's time to resolve some hidden dangers," Ye Chen murmured to himself.