"Quite interesting. As expected of a body evolving towards a Universe Stone. Yase, the strength of your Dao Body is indeed among the rarest I have ever encountered in my life," Ye Chen praised, yet the power behind his fists grew even mightier. Each punch shook the Ten Thousand Ancient Times as he engaged in relentless combat with the First Progenitor of the Ancient Heavenly Race.
As time passed, Ye Chen grew stronger with each battle.
For he was the Chaos Controller, the supreme Chaos Giant, capable of mobilizing the boundless Chaos Sea, its might concentrated upon his person. How formidable he was!
Boom—
Crack—
After the thirty-eighth clash of fists, this time, the skin of Ye Chen's Chaos Saint Fist split open, flesh torn, dripping with drops of Chaos Saint Blood. However, the First Progenitor of the Ancient Heavenly Race was injured even more severely. His stone fist directly exploded, and the right arm he used to throw the punch was fractured.
Clearly, in close-quarters combat, the First Progenitor's Half-World Half-Universe Body was somewhat inferior to Ye Chen's Chaos Saint Body.
"Truly worthy of being the strongest genius, the Battle Saint King, who rose to prominence in a mere two hundred thousand years. I have repeatedly overestimated your strength, yet you still exceed my expectations," the First Progenitor exclaimed in astonishment. Having roamed the Chaos Sea for who knows how many epochs, this was the first time he had seen a person whose talent and strength were peerless throughout the Ten Thousand Ancient Times.
This Battle Saint King was truly rare.
"However, even with your strength at the level of a First Generation Giant, compared to a true First Generation Giant, you still have a gap—and that is foundation!"
With a hearty laugh, the First Progenitor of the Ancient Heavenly Race instantly repaired his injured body. Moreover, his Half-World Half-Universe Body suddenly erupted with infinite radiance, flooding the entire realm.
With a deafening boom, visible to the naked eye, a boundless phantom of a great universe abruptly appeared, exploding the boundless Chaos Sea, nearly evolving into a true Ancient Chaos Universe.
Sure enough, as Ye Chen had suspected, if the First Progenitor of the Ancient Heavenly Race could fully cultivate his Dao Body into a Universe Stone Body, he might advance a step further and give birth to an Ancient Chaos Universe.
Now, with merely a Half-World Half-Universe Body, he could already manifest a Cosmic Phantom. What else was impossible?
"The First Generation's Universe Domain has appeared!"
"Indeed, the First Progenitor was still holding back. With the emergence of this Universe Domain, he is enough to dominate the Ten Thousand Ancient Times, finding few rivals. In the past, there were Ten Thousand Ancient Giants who were completely suppressed and utterly slain by the First Progenitor's Universe Domain."
The Second and Third Ancestors of the Ancient Heavenly Race watched with blazing eyes. Even as fellow Ten Thousand Ancient Giants, they deeply understood the vast gap between themselves and the First Progenitor.
It was the difference between cloud and mud!
The First Progenitor smiled indifferently. "Battle Saint King, compared to this old man, you are still somewhat lacking."
A First Generation Giant who rose from the early days of the Chaos Sea, dominating across countless epochal eras. No matter how dazzling and peerless a supreme genius might be, before the passage of time, all are equal.
"Is that so?"
Yet Ye Chen merely smiled faintly and also released his own Chaos Small Universe, projecting an equally vast and boundless Cosmic Phantom.
The moment these two majestic phantoms of Ancient Chaos Universes appeared, they caused the entire realm to explode.
"Impossible! How can you also manifest a Chaos Universe!" The First Progenitor of the Ancient Heavenly Race was shocked.
He could manifest it due to his own special circumstances, but how could the Battle Saint King do so?
Because he was a Chaos Controller?
The Giants of the alien races and the Ancient Heavenly Race were equally astonished.
The two phantoms of Ancient Chaos Universes continuously collided and clashed within the Chaos Sea, completely shattering multiple surrounding realms.
"Wrong. I don't need to manifest it at all," Ye Chen said coldly. At this moment, he unleashed a forbidden divine ability—World-Creating Universe!
Boom—
Another layer of an Ancient Chaos Universe phantom descended, rapidly merging and expanding with the earlier Cosmic Phantom, ultimately perfecting into a complete Ancient Chaos Universe phantom.
This Ancient Chaos Universe phantom was vaster, more magnificent, more real, and more powerful than the First Progenitor's Cosmic Phantom, surpassing it in every aspect.
The First Progenitor of the Ancient Heavenly Race was astounded. "Impossible! I manifested mine by relying on my Half-World Half-Universe Body. How did you achieve this?"
"Because—" Ye Chen enunciated each word, "I am the master of a Chaos Universe!"
"Go!"
As his voice fell, the Chaos Universe phantom violently crashed forward. With a thunderous boom, it exploded several nearby realms and ultimately shattered the First Progenitor's Cosmic Phantom, enveloping him within it and rapidly plunging him into a universe-wide collapse.
A great collapse of an Ancient Chaos Universe—even a First Progenitor caught at its core would undoubtedly perish.
Of course, Ye Chen had not yet reached that level, but the combined power of the World-Creating Universe and the projection of his Chaos Small Universe was enough to completely shatter the First Progenitor's Half-World Half-Universe Body.
In a daze, he saw Ye Chen open his internal space. Both his exploded fleshly body and his Ten Thousand Ancient Soul traversed into it, where he could clearly see a genuine Chaos Small Universe in the process of gestating and growing. A look of astonishment appeared on his face.
At this moment, the First Progenitor of the Ancient Heavenly Race finally realized the truth: Ye Chen was truly the master of a Chaos Small Universe.
"So, you are the master of the fiftieth Chaos Universe, the 'One that Escaped'... No wonder..."
The First Progenitor of the Ancient Heavenly Race murmured to himself, recalling an ancient secret from the Ten Thousand Ancient Times.
"Do you have any last words?"
Ye Chen's true self appeared here. Within the Chaos Small Universe, he was truly invincible, the absolute master. Even a First Generation Giant was no match for him.
Knowing the fate he was about to face—certain death—the First Progenitor did not struggle. Instead, he revealed a calm, breezy smile. "This old man rose from the early days of the Chaos Sea to this day, dominating countless epochs. I have long since grown indifferent to life and death. Death is of no consequence. My only regret is dragging down the Ancient Heavenly Race."
"I ask the Battle Saint King, if possible, not to let the Ancient Heavenly Race decline because of this old man's actions."
"For this, this old man is willing to die to atone for his sins!"
Within the Chaos Small Universe, the Angel God Emperor and the others were shocked. The First Progenitor of the Ancient Heavenly Race had his fleshly body shattered by Ye Chen, and he was willing to die to atone!?
Although her ties with the Ancient Heavenly Race were severed, seeing a former ancestor, once revered like a founding progenitor, meet such an end, the Angel God Emperor could not help but feel some sorrow.
Ye Chen nodded in agreement.
Otherwise, against a First Generation Giant like the First Progenitor of the Ancient Heavenly Race, even if the final outcome was still death, Ye Chen would inevitably have to pay an unimaginably great price.
Yes, inevitably, not possibly.
The First Progenitor of the Ancient Heavenly Race was too powerful, stronger even than the Eternal Life Divine Emperor.
Especially when his Half-World Half-Universe Body emerged, truly indestructible and immortal. Even Ye Chen's powerful Chaos Saint Body only surpassed it by a hair's breadth, nothing more.
In a true life-and-death battle, even if the First Progenitor perished, he would have left Ye Chen with a brush with death.
"Thank you."
The First Progenitor of the Ancient Heavenly Race revealed a smile of liberation. With a boom, both his Half-World Half-Universe Body and his Ten Thousand Ancient Soul began to burn, transforming into a torrent of brilliant light that surged into the origin of the Chaos Small Universe.