Within the ancestral temple of the Alien Ancient Universe, Shidai gazed into the distance at the Heavenly Emperor and said, "You have finally returned."
His voice was very calm, as if he was not the least bit surprised by the Heavenly Emperor's return.
"I have returned!"
The Heavenly Emperor strode forward, one step spanning an epoch, returning from the River of Time.
"It's the Heavenly Emperor!"
"The peerless, matchless Heavenly Emperor has finally returned!"
In the Chaos Sea, the various Giants witnessed that majestic, heaven-like figure. He dared to be called the Heavenly Emperor and was one of the most powerful overlords of the Chaos Sea throughout all ages.
Behind the Heavenly Emperor, a corner of something was faintly discernible.
On the River of Time, there lay one enormous, boundless corpse after another, their blood staining the epochs of the myriad heavens. Even the River of Time, with its crashing waves of time, could not shake them in the slightest. From this, it was evident that these were all peerless, invincible corpses of the supreme.
What was shocking was that from the faintly leaking traces of aura, one could sense that the many corpses lying there were at least at the Supreme level, not lacking in Half-Step Giants, and even many at the Giant level, with some even at the Half-Step Overlord level. Their blood stained this stretch of time, a sight that could truly be called earth-shattering and unprecedented.
"During the Mythical Great Destruction back then, Shidai mobilized many supreme forbidden existences and even used supreme might to pierce through past and present, summoning prehistoric, peerless great evils. All of this was just to target the Heavenly Emperor alone, to pin him down in that stretch of time and space, unable to leave, forced to watch helplessly as the Pangu Universe underwent the Mythical Great Destruction. In the past, we were always curious. With the Heavenly Emperor's power, mere Supreme Emperors, even a few more colossi from antiquity, would have been unable to hold him back for long. Only now do we realize how difficult it was for the Heavenly Emperor back then, facing so many forbidden existences alone. If it were any of us, we would have perished long ago." Many Giants first paled, then drew in sharp breaths of cold air, finally transforming into sighs filled with emotion.
Now, they truly felt the difficulty the Heavenly Emperor faced back then. For anyone, it would have been an almost unsolvable predicament.
Only a peerless overlord of the Chaos Sea like the Heavenly Emperor could ultimately break free!
However, they believed that even if the Heavenly Emperor could break free, he must have paid a tremendous price.
They saw the blood of the many supreme corpses dyeing that stretch of the River of Time red, blood light surging, waves crashing, as if it could sweep away everything. Yet, it never left that severed tributary, a sight that felt utterly inconceivable.
Faintly, it seemed as if supreme, peerless power of time and space had severed it.
Following behind the Heavenly Emperor was a young figure of divine grace like jade, yet bathed in battle-blood. Blood mist drifted around his body, permeated with chaos light, and True Dragons roared, as if the Lord of Ten Thousand Dragons had appeared.
When they saw this young man, many were shocked because he closely resembled the Chaos Heavenly Emperor who had fallen not long ago—similar in appearance and similar in bearing, as if he were a second Chaos Heavenly Emperor.
"Another young and supremely powerful supreme Giant."
The various Giants sighed with emotion. The young Giant before them was truly young, his blood energy brimming with the unique vitality of youth—a symbol of having cultivated for less than half an epoch, impossible to imitate. Yet, he had still become a supreme Giant, enough to prove his monstrous, heaven-defying nature.
At this moment, this young and supremely powerful Giant arrived bathed in layers of blood light. Behind him, towering phenomena and dharma forms surged mightily, shocking everyone because these were all supreme Giants who had shaken the Chaos Sea in past epochs. Now, only their phantom shadows remained. It was likely, as expected, that they had all perished, slain.
It all displayed the young Giant's peerless, matchless power, strong enough to slay supreme Giants, something not even ordinary colossi from antiquity could accomplish.
"So young, and so similar to the Chaos Heavenly Emperor... Could he be a blood relative of the Chaos Heavenly Emperor? He might even be the Chaos Heavenly Emperor's own son!"
Many Giants speculated.
The Giants of the alien races were also closely watching this young Giant, especially since he followed behind the Heavenly Emperor and resembled the Chaos Heavenly Emperor in every aspect, making his origins extremely unusual.
The Heavenly Emperor looked at Shidai. The gazes of the two overlords of the Chaos Sea met across the Alien Ancient Universe, like the collision of Ten Thousand Ancient Dao Weapons, producing an extremely terrifying impact. In that instant, countless phenomena appeared.
All eyes were upon them. Once these two peerless overlords of the Chaos Sea clashed, who knew what kind of world-shaking, heaven-overturning influence it would produce.
"Shidai, it's all over."
The Heavenly Emperor said calmly, holding the Heavenly Emperor's Sword, and slashed out a single stroke. With a *whoosh*, it shot out from the River of Time, charged towards the Pangu Pass, and even slashed towards the alien Giants.
That was a Heavenly Emperor's sword strike, a peerless slash capable of severing past, present, and future. Even colossi from antiquity paled with fear. The alien Giants swiftly retreated, not daring to meet its edge.
*Boom!—*
Even so, three alien Giants were still cleaved in two by this sword strike, blood light exploding to the heavens, and they were severely wounded.
The sword energy entered their bodies, containing Heavenly Emperor's Dao Laws—a law power far more terrifying than Ten Thousand Ancient Dao Principles. Once inside, it was difficult to expel.
Visibly, the Ten Thousand Ancient bodies of the three alien Giants began to disintegrate inch by inch at the wounds, causing everyone to pale with shock. This was the Heavenly Emperor's strength. With just this one sword, even colossi from antiquity could feel the crisis of death.
*Boom!—*
At this moment, it was Shidai who acted, sending out several beams of light that entered the bodies of the three alien Giants, neutralizing the continued intrusion of the Heavenly Emperor's sword energy and beginning to expel it.
Shidai gazed deeply at the Heavenly Emperor but did not step out of the ancestral temple.
"Father!"
At this moment, Ye Junlin, who followed behind the Heavenly Emperor, detected the traces of aura Ye Chen had left on the River of Time. His expression abruptly changed, and he rushed over, but only saw a few fragments of Ten Thousand Ancient Dao Weapons left by his father, still stained with the faint traces of blood he had left behind—a shocking sight.
He had a bad premonition and looked towards the several Giants of the Pangu Universe.
The Battle Saint Ancestor, Tai Sheng Huang, and the other Giants felt ashamed in their hearts, letting out a soft sigh, not daring to meet his gaze directly.
Ye Junlin then saw the sorrowful expressions of his several mothers and siblings within the Pangu Universe and immediately understood everything. An endless surge of grief and rage rushed up from his chest as he roared, "Alien race!"
He could sense the aura of his father's destruction. His eyes felt like they would split, and his entire aura erupted into violent chaos, boiling the River of Time.
The alien race had killed his father!
Ye Junlin charged forward, erupting with his most powerful aura, shaking past and present, chaos light rolling, directly charging to kill towards the Alien Ancient Universe.
It had to be admitted, he was truly powerful. Having followed behind the Heavenly Emperor, he had experienced many tens of thousands of years of warfare, battling against peerless great evils from past and present, even prehistoric ones, not lacking Half-Step Overlords. His cultivation had achieved explosive, substantial progress, already stepping into a brand new realm, in no way inferior to a Primordial Giant.
His body was stained with the blood of countless Ten Thousand Ancient Dao Weapons, all left behind by the colossi from antiquity he had slain, becoming special blood patterns imprinted on his armor.
The Imperial Sword in his hand had even slain multiple colossi from antiquity.
It could be said that the present Ye Junlin, having undergone sufficient baptism of blood and fire, had become a true, forbidden Giant-like existence.
"Junior, how dare you trespass into our Ancient Universe!"
Ahead, an alien Giant appeared to block him, targeting Ye Junlin, intent on slaying this young and supremely powerful supreme Giant.
"Die!"
Ye Junlin shouted, brandishing the Imperial Sword, slashing through the sky, directly unleashing his strongest attack.
This sword contained the Ten Thousand Ancient Dao Principles unique to him, the Chaos True Dragon Giant, enough to annihilate everything.
*Boom!—*
The blocking alien Giant was directly cleaved in two, its Ten Thousand Ancient soul also split in half, suffering severe wounds.