Unfortunately, this fused and refined power could not possibly last. In just a brief moment, the three separated once more.
This left Ye Chen with a slight sense of regret.
After all, if it could have been sustained, not only could Modaozi have been severely wounded, but killing him would have been highly probable. Moreover, it would have allowed him to experience power at an even higher level.
That level seemed to be the realm occupied by the Heavenly Emperor, the Primordial Ancestor, the Immortal Ancestor, the Universe Great Emperor, and the progenitor of the Origin Saint Race.
However, after severely wounding Modaozi, Ye Chen had gained a slight upper hand. In the subsequent exchanges, he fought with increasing smoothness, suppressing Modaozi more effectively.
After all, at that level, even the slightest advantage could very well tip the scales of victory.
Ye Chen battled Modaozi, his Ten Thousand Ancient Times might erupting in full. Even a Supreme One's domain could not descend upon them; it was directly pushed away by the sheer momentum the two unleashed.
Indeed, at their level, they were arguably the closest existence to the strongest beings like the Heavenly Emperor and the Primordial Ancestor. They were so close that even the Supreme One's domain, an evolution of the Chaos Sea's rules, found it difficult to restrain them.
At the Pangu Universe, Tai Sheng Huang and the others were completely suppressing the alien race and the Chaos Burial Ground. The scales of victory were tipping decisively.
Boom—
A Primordial Giant was shattered, clearly the work of the Battle Saint Ancestor.
Hailed as the number one in offensive power within the Chaos Sea, even a Primordial Giant could not withstand his attacks for long.
How much time had passed? Less than half a day, and he had already been utterly annihilated, his body and bones ground to dust.
The Battle Saint Ancestor, bathed in the Primordial Giant's Dao blood, charged forward. His fists shimmered with the most terrifying golden battle radiance, capable of shaking the Ten Thousand Ancient Times, shattering millennia, an unimaginable, peerless might.
Tai Sheng Huang also blasted apart two alien Giants, severely depleting their vital forces. At the very least, they would be unable to unleash their peak power for a considerable time.
The Heaven-Defying Battle Lord wielded his war halberd, shattering the Chaos Sea in all directions, fracturing space-time, and furiously cleaving through one alien Giant after another.
The Human Emperor brandished the Human Emperor's Sacred Sword, severing space-time!
Tai Sheng Huang grasped Yin and Yang, evolving the supreme Chaos Dao principles, sweeping through all sides.
...
The scales of victory were tilting towards the Pangu Universe.
Whether from the alien race or the Chaos Burial Ground, Giants were bleeding profusely. Some had even been shattered, their bodies and bones ground to dust, a truly miserable sight.
Giants from various forces sighed. The situation of the great war was already clear. Even combined, the alien race and the Chaos Burial Ground could hardly pose a threat to the Pangu Universe.
Moreover, with the return of Tai Sheng Huang and the others, the Pangu Universe would only grow stronger.
Subtly, the Pangu Universe seemed to have a tendency to surpass the Primordial Immortal Realm and the Alien Ancient Universe, becoming the Chaos Sea's new number one Chaos Ancient Universe.
Boom—
At this moment, the battle in the Primordial Immortal Realm ended prematurely. Ye Chen manifested his Universe-Creating Cosmos, and in an instant, fused it with his own Chaos Small Universe and Chaos Great Cauldron, unleashing a peerless, forbidden strike of the Ten Thousand Ancient Times. He shattered Modaozi, grinding away endless demonic souls, severely wounding even this Primordial Giant's master, who could only reform in the distant void.
Modaozi's expression turned ugly, knowing that the Chaos Heavenly Emperor was superior to him.
He turned to leave, enveloping the three Primordial Giants—Hong Tian Dominator, the Great Hong Saint Venerable, and the Void Saint Venerable—before attempting to depart the Primordial Immortal Realm and return to the Alien Ancient Universe.
But how could Ye Chen let him leave unscathed? Pressing his advantage, he broke through his limits in an instant, reversed the flow of time and space, caught up to Modaozi, and once again displayed a world-shaking combat power nearly on par with a Chaos Sea Overlord. After hundreds of rounds of fierce combat, he shattered Modaozi once more and simultaneously severely wounded the other three Primordial Giants.
Outside Pangu Pass, multiple Giants from the alien race and the Chaos Burial Ground were also severely wounded, shaking the entire Chaos Sea.
...
In the deepest part of the Alien Ancient Universe, at its most core cosmic origin, stood one magnificent and wondrous ancient ancestral temple after another. They should have remained silent for countless ages, but at this very moment, they trembled violently. Auras that should have been slumbering and hidden were gradually awakening, causing disturbances in the cosmic origin and even massive tremors throughout the entire Alien Ancient Universe.
A voice that could shock the Ten Thousand Ancient Times sounded: "We miscalculated. We never expected the Pangu Universe of this epoch to be so difficult to deal with, even stronger than during the Mythical Epoch. Since the beginning of the Bloodstained Epoch until now, our Ancient Universe has suffered defeats everywhere, lost multiple Giants, including a Primordial Giant like the Longevity Divine Emperor. The casualties are severe."
Another supreme Giant's voice echoed: "Back in the Mythical Epoch, the Pangu Universe was also at its peak of power, even surpassing this epoch in almost every aspect. The Slaughter Immortal Great Emperor was on the verge of achieving Giant status; the Pangu Universe was about to give birth to its tenth Ten Thousand Ancient Giant, which would trigger the eternal secret left by Pangu. It was our Ancient Universe that intervened, annihilating everything of the Pangu Universe with an invincible posture, directly causing its decline to the absolute extreme. This led to a flaw in the Heavenly Dao for an entire epoch, preventing the true birth of a Great Emperor Supreme One—only the Reincarnation Great Emperor, through ten lifetimes of reincarnation, managed to prove his Dao and become a Supreme One. Yet, in that battle, we slew multiple Supreme Ones of the Pangu Universe, including not a few Ten Thousand Ancient Giants. Although our Ancient Universe suffered casualties, they were never this severe."
Comparing the two epochs, the Alien Ancient Universe's casualties far exceeded those of the Mythical Epoch.
This, if spread, would be perplexing.
Because, logically, the Pangu Universe of the Mythical Epoch was far stronger than this epoch, whether in terms of Supreme One Great Emperors, Quasi-Giants, Ten Thousand Ancient Giants, or the numbers in all aspects below the Supreme One level. Yet, despite the Alien Ancient Universe intervening in both cases, the resulting consequences differed so drastically, with casualties countless times greater. It was truly hard to believe.
"This epoch, we made a mistake. The Battle Saint King was born—no, he should be called the Chaos Heavenly Emperor, such a peerless Giant. His power has already surpassed that of a Primordial Giant, approaching the Half-Step Overlord level. The birth and rise of the Chaos Heavenly Emperor were detected early by our Ancient Universe, and he was also identified by the Pangu Universe as one of the ten key individuals. In the previous epoch, our Ancient Universe dispatched a Great Emperor Supreme One proficient in time and space aspects. He deduced the precise era, the exact location, the correct direction, and followed a tributary of the River of Time to find him. He should have been killed, but the Primordial Chaos Sovereign intervened and blocked it, preventing success."
That plan should have succeeded, but unfortunately, it fell short at the last moment.
Of course, there was also the factor of the Alien Ancient Universe underestimating him. After all, who could have imagined that a mere Ye Chen would rise against all odds in just three to four hundred thousand years and grow to this extent?
It must be noted that Ye Chen's current strength was sufficient for him alone to level a Chaos Ancient Universe. Even the Alien Ancient Universe, without mobilizing multiple Primordial Giants or an existence like Modaozi, could not threaten him.
Even the Alien Ancient Universe had to admit that Ye Chen's growth speed was far too rapid.
An ancient Great Emperor might meditate or go into seclusion for hundreds of thousands, even millions of years. Yet, Ye Chen had reached this level in such a short time. Who could have imagined it?
"It wasn't necessarily only the Primordial Chaos Sovereign. There was also a Forbidden Existence from the Bloodstained Future, who pierced through the obstruction of that future, flowed upstream against the current, and intervened to stop it all."
"This lord suspects that Forbidden Existence from the Bloodstained Future might also be from the Pangu Universe, and it's highly probable he knows the Chaos Heavenly Emperor. Otherwise, he wouldn't have rescued the Chaos Heavenly Emperor time and again, having intervened in different eras and timelines. There was even one instance that triggered chaos in the Chaos Sea, where he slew multiple Supreme Ones and Quasi-Giants from our Ancient Universe, and even a Ten Thousand Ancient Giant fell by his hand, though his whereabouts remain unknown."
"That Forbidden Existence is suspected to have traveled against the River of Time, heading towards the origin of everything!"
Suddenly, within the origin of the Alien Ancient Universe, the voices of multiple Giants fell silent. Merely mentioning that Forbidden Existence from the Bloodstained Future who had returned upstream multiple times in the past caused even them to show apprehension.
That Forbidden Existence from the Bloodstained Future was too bizarre, defying conventional reasoning. Moreover, his ability to pierce through the obstruction of time and slay a Ten Thousand Ancient Giant was sufficient proof of his terrifying capability.
It wasn't that the Alien Ancient Universe was unwilling to deal with that Forbidden Existence, but rather, they dared not act lightly.
The other party feared not the causal obstruction of time and space, but they did. They were apprehensive, even fearful. Once they acted, the repercussions would be anything but ordinary.
"Enough, dwelling on these past matters is useless. Let us act now!"
"Originally, we didn't want to reveal our strength prematurely, but now there's no choice. We must act ahead of schedule and annihilate the Pangu Universe!"
"Delay breeds complications. We cannot wait any longer!"
"Esteemed ones, emerge! Annihilate the Pangu Universe ahead of schedule and execute our peerless plan of the Ten Thousand Ancient Times!"
...
All this communication was completed in less than one-tenth of a moment.
At the cosmic origin, not only the ancestral temples currently visible outside, but also ancestral temples that had vanished for endless ages emerged one after another from the depths of the origin. They carried an extremely ancient aura of time, clearly having existed for who knew how many epochs. These were the hidden foundations the alien race had preserved.
More than a dozen such ancestral temples appeared all at once, each erupting with a terrifying aura capable of shattering past and future.
Who could have imagined just how terrifying the accumulation of the Alien Ancient Universe had been throughout the Ten Thousand Ancient Epochs?
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The ancestral temples exploded one after another, from which emerged the majestic figures of supreme, forbidden existences that could shake past and present. Each figure could blot out infinite universes, awe-inspiring the current age.
At this moment, the appearance of these numerous figures completely shook the entire Alien Ancient Universe, causing the bodies and minds of countless living beings within the great universe to tremble, forcing them to kneel and prostrate in worship.
Even ancient Sovereigns and Great Emperors, Quasi-Giants in seclusion, were startled awake, immediately performing grand bows towards the cosmic origin.
The most astonishing aura could not even be contained by the Alien Ancient Universe. It directly surged out into the Chaos Sea, shaking the boundless expanse, affecting numerous domains without limit, thoroughly alarming all living beings.
Various forces gazed towards the Alien Ancient Universe, their expressions instantly changing drastically!