The ancient top Immortal King said, "Chaos Heavenly Emperor, you need not be modest. You can be called a hegemon of the Chaos Sea generation. Catching up to ancient overlords like the Immortal Ancestor, the Heavenly Emperor, and the Primogenitor is merely a matter of time."
Clearly, this ancient Immortal King, whose existence spanned eras comparable to the Primordial Giants, had traversed countless epochs and witnessed innumerable events. He too believed Ye Chen possessed the potential to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Chaos Sea overlords like the Immortal Ancestor and the Heavenly Emperor, destined to become a new, invincible hegemon.
A very high evaluation!
Similarly, facing Ye Chen with such boundless potential, this extremely ancient top Immortal King also hoped to establish friendly relations.
Otherwise, given his seniority—even if slightly inferior to a true Primordial Giant—he wouldn't need to be this amicable and cordial.
Ye Chen naturally wouldn't become arrogant because of his martial prowess. Currently, he didn't have many enemies in the Chaos Sea, but they were not few either. After all, he had thoroughly offended two of the most powerful Chaos Ancient Universes: the Alien Race Ancient Universe and the Chaos Burial Ground Ancient Universe.
Now that his relationship with the Primordial Immortal Realm was good, he naturally hoped to elevate it further.
Establishing friendly ties with more Immortal Kings would further strengthen the relationship between the Primordial Immortal Realm and the Pangu Universe.
As Ye Chen chatted with the three Immortal Kings, they headed towards the location of the Ten Thousand Ancient Times Assembly—the Primordial Ancestral City!
At their speed, it took only a short while to traverse half of the Immortal World Universe and reach their destination.
From afar, one could see an indescribably vast and majestic ancient ancestral city situated in the deepest part of the starry sky, at the very center of the Primordial Immortal Realm.
The Primordial Ancestral City, as the name implied, was the most ancient ancestral city of the Primordial Immortal Realm, with an immeasurably long history. Legend said it was an ancient city left behind by the Immortal Ancestor, in no way inferior to the Ten Thousand Ancient Metropolis.
Now, the Immortal Ancestor's whereabouts were unknown, rumored to have entered the deepest part of the 'Forty-Nine Immortal Passes,' secluding himself from the world.
The Immortal Ancestor's descendants remained within this city, guarding it throughout the ages, also waiting for the day the Immortal Ancestor might return, allowing the Immortal Ancestor's lineage to restore its former supreme glory of ruling the Primordial Immortal Realm.
With the Ten Thousand Ancient Times Assembly about to begin, the invited Immortal Kings and colossi from antiquity from all sides arrived one after another, descending upon the Primordial Ancestral City.
At the main gate of the Ancestral City stood a group of supremely powerful figures, seemingly waiting to receive and welcome the arriving giants.
Although many Emperors and Quasi-Giants also arrived continuously, they hardly warranted a reception from these figures. At most, a faint nod was the best courtesy they received.
Among these people, the leader was the Immortal Ancestor's descendant—Hongtian Immortal King appeared. By his side was also a Supreme Immortal, quite outstanding.
Upon seeing Ye Chen's arrival, Hongtian Immortal King—a veteran Immortal King who had attained the Dao for who knows how many epochs—appeared very courteous, personally coming out to welcome him. Even other Immortal Kings and giants did not receive such treatment; only Ye Chen warranted it.
"Fellow Daoist!"
Hongtian Immortal King very politely cupped his hands in salute. Ye Chen returned the gesture with a cupped-hand salute, not showing any neglect.
Ye Chen marveled inwardly. Truly worthy of being the Immortal Ancestor; among his descendants, someone had actually become an Immortal King.
At his level, having two Emperors or two Immortals in one lineage wasn't rare, but two Quasi-Giants or Quasi-Immortal Kings was uncommon, let alone two Immortal Kings or two giants. Even he was seeing this for the first time.
Probably only a figure like the Immortal Ancestor could have a descendant who walked the path to become another supreme Immortal King.
When Ye Chen saw the supremely handsome and elegant Supreme Immortal by Hongtian Immortal King's side, he immediately showed a hint of astonishment—it was actually his great enemy from the Ten Heavens Ancient Path back then—Chu Shenjun!
Back in the Ten Heavens Ancient Domain, there were the strongest geniuses from all corners of the Chaos Sea, primarily Emperor Sons, Emperor Daughters, and Immortal Dao descendants. Among them, top-tier figures like Chu Shenjun, Di Wentian, and Mo Shitian were among the foremost of that initial batch of supreme geniuses, the first to become God Kings, with bloodlines and talents clearly superior to other Emperor descendants.
Of course, it was later learned that these people were basically all descendants of colossi from antiquity.
Chu Shenjun was the son of Hongtian Immortal King.
Hundreds of thousands of years had passed. That Chu Shenjun had also become a Supreme Immortal didn't surprise Ye Chen in the slightest; what surprised him was encountering him here.
He just wondered how his other great enemies from back then, like the Divine Emperor's Son and Wu Dao, were faring now.
Chu Shenjun's gaze was incredibly complex, filled with sighs.
How could he have imagined that in just these years, he had finally attained the Dao and become an Immortal—considered exceptionally outstanding—yet his great enemy from back then had not only become a supreme giant, but was among the strongest of giants, making the Chaos Sea tremble at his name, with over a handful of colossi from antiquity falling by his hand, his mighty reputation shaking the past and illuminating the present.
Now, even his father, the renowned supreme Immortal King Hongtian within the Primordial Immortal Realm, personally came out to welcome him, enough to show his status.
Time had truly changed far too much!
"Fellow Daoist, although this is our first meeting, I have long admired your formidable reputation abroad," Hongtian Immortal King exclaimed, full of praise for Ye Chen. He also glanced, intentionally or not, at his own son, the newly Dao-attained Chu Shenjun by his side, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
He too found it hard to imagine that the young man who once competed and vied with his own son had now reached such heights.
Of course, there was admiration and a degree of esteem, but not fear, nor did he kneel in subservience. This was the integrity of being a descendant of the Immortal Ancestor.
Hongtian Immortal King personally welcomed Ye Chen into the Primordial Ancestral City, arriving at an Immortal King Ancestral Hall. It was rumored to also be an ancient hall left behind by the Immortal Ancestor in the past, simple yet magnificent, still bearing the Immortal Ancestor's Dao traces. The stronger one was, the more one could sense the Immortal Ancestor's former majesty and feel reverence.
Within the Ancestral Hall, though it appeared to be just a single hall, its interior was actually immensely vast.
The various Immortal Kings and giants present, upon seeing Ye Chen's appearance, all rose to their feet and cupped their hands in salute. Seeing Hongtian Immortal King personally come out to welcome him, accompanied by three Immortal Kings, displaying the highest level of reception—a treatment even the other colossi from antiquity and Immortal Kings present had not enjoyed—they couldn't help but marvel inwardly.
In the present era, only a handful like the Chaos Heavenly Emperor were qualified to receive such a grand welcome from all the Immortal Kings.
"Senior!"
Inside the Immortal King Ancestral Hall, Ye Chen saw the End Immortal Venerable and the Lord of the Ten Thousand Ancient Metropolis—two Primordial Giants—and stepped forward to greet them.
The End Immortal Venerable had met Ye Chen before, but the Lord of the Ten Thousand Ancient Metropolis was seeing Ye Chen again for the first time in all these hundreds of thousands of years, and couldn't help but sigh.
Back then, he could already see Ye Chen's talent. At such a young age, he was already a generation's extreme realm Quasi-Giant. Everyone believed becoming a colossus from antiquity wasn't a problem, but who could have imagined it would happen so quickly.
Now, he far surpassed even Primordial Giants, vaguely showing a tendency to dominate the Chaos Sea and become a peerless overlord, overshadowing the Chaos Sea—who could contend with him!
Unfortunately, within the Immortal King Ancestral Hall, he didn't see the appearance of other colossi from antiquity from the Pangu Universe faction like the Battle Saint Ancestor, Tai Sheng Huang, the Defying Heaven War Lord, or the Flame Emperor, which left Ye Chen feeling somewhat regretful.
At the same time, he was very curious: where exactly had they gone?
After the Origin Burial Lord perished and the Origin Ancient Path collapsed back then, they seemed to have vanished.
With the Ten Thousand Ancient Times Assembly about to begin, Ye Chen sat on a throne quite close to the front, even seemingly positioned higher, as if approaching the head seat.
Many ancient giants and Immortal Kings willingly sat below him, showing no dissatisfaction, for strength spoke for itself.
Suddenly, three supreme Immortal Kings abruptly appeared, directly approaching Ye Chen. Very sincerely, they apologized: "We apologize, Chaos Heavenly Emperor. To obtain your forgiveness, we are willing to pay the corresponding price!"