It was a place of darkness, infinite and endless darkness.
Silence, absolute silence!
There was not the slightest trace of light, as if it were the darkest place within the Chaos Sea. Within this dark domain, everything—light, time, stars, the Great Dao—all seemed to lose their meaning, leaving only the purest darkness.
Outside the Heavenly Gate, all living beings witnessed this scene, each one feeling their hair stand on end.
This absolute darkness seemed capable of penetrating through the Heavenly Gate, seeping into the Primordial Immortal Realm, and invading their very bodies.
Not to mention cultivators of other levels, even Supreme Immortals who had attained the Supreme One Dao Fruit, and even Quasi-Immortal Kings, watched intently. It was the first time they had seen such an endlessly dark place, purer and more sinister than the darkness of the alien Ancient Universe.
What kind of place was this? How could such a place exist within the Chaos Sea?
Unheard of, unseen before!
Taiyu Immortal King, stationed within the Donghuang Sacred City, now gazed with profound eyes, probing this dark domain through the Heavenly Gate.
Even he, who had roamed the Chaos Sea across several epochs in the past, had never known of such a dark domain.
And similarly, powerful as he was, he faintly sensed a feeling of crisis.
One must know, he was an Immortal King of his generation, a peerless supreme existence at the pinnacle of the immortal path, counted among the strongest in the Immortal World. Yet here, he felt a sense of danger. This showed just how perilous that place must be.
Even supreme existences at the Immortal King level would likely face mortal peril there!
If such a place truly existed in the Chaos Sea, it was impossible that it wouldn't be recorded in the Primordial Immortal Realm to prevent immortal cultivators from accidentally entering.
Taiyu Immortal King fell silent. Was this where his father, the unparalleled Immortal Venerable One Donghuang of all ages, had his immortal soul lost during his divine journey through the great void?
Just as everyone was feeling awed, no one noticed that Ye Chen's gaze suddenly deepened immeasurably, piercing through the darkness. The scene before him gave him a sense of déjà vu.
He remembered. Many tens of thousands of years ago, he had felt a corresponding aura.
Recalling those distant years, when he was still young and adventuring on the Ultimate Ancient Path, Ye Chen, then only at the Great Ability Realm, had left the Ultimate Ancient Path and clashed with the then-God King, Elder Xuandao. They had accidentally torn open a black hole, from which a terrifying Red Eye had finally appeared.
Back then, both he and Elder Xuandao, who was already at the God King Realm, were like ants before that Red Eye.
But Ye Chen still remembered that the Heavenly Desolation Divine Spirit had sighed softly afterward, saying the Chaos Sea was about to truly descend into chaos.
Clearly, the Heavenly Desolation Divine Spirit knew the origin of the Red Eye.
However, as time passed and because he had grown sufficiently powerful, he had eventually forgotten.
He never expected to encounter the same aura here again.
Unfortunately, the Heavenly Desolation Divine Spirit was not present, so he wasn't entirely clear what the dark domain beyond the Heavenly Gate was.
Looking at Taiyu Immortal King and the other members of the Donghuang Clan, they also seemed bewildered, clearly not knowing much about what the dark domain was either.
Ye Chen couldn't help but feel puzzled. Back then, the Heavenly Desolation Divine Spirit was at most comparable to the Supreme One level, yet he knew the origin of the Red Eye. But Taiyu Immortal King, an Immortal King, did not. Logically, that shouldn't be the case.
It seemed there were hidden secrets here.
Of course, matters having reached this point, Ye Chen was long past fear. In this era, aside from overlords of the Chaos Sea like the Heavenly Emperor, the Primogenitor, and the Immortal Ancestor, it was far too difficult for anyone else to kill him.
Now, he possessed sufficient ability to explore mysterious, unknown places!
Just as the bridge to the heavens, formed from a wisp of Immortal Venerable One origin, pierced through the dark domain, suddenly, a deep, soul-shaking voice rang out from within the endless dark territory. It was not a language currently known in the Chaos Sea, but an extremely ancient and mysterious tongue. However, divine thoughts were universal, and everyone could clearly understand the meaning of that voice: "It has been countless hundreds of millions of years. I never thought someone would actually set foot in this Eternal Night Domain."
Who was that?
Eternal Night Domain?
What place was that?
Even Taiyu Immortal King, who had lived through multiple epochs and whose father was the illustrious Donghuang, appeared bewildered, evidently not knowing of the existence of the Eternal Night Domain.
Boom—
The dark domain trembled violently, infinite dark aura rippling.
Within it, an indescribably massive dark figure emerged, leaping out from the darkness. Upon closer look, it was as vast as a Sovereign's Great World, densely covered in dark light.
This colossal dark figure opened three enormous eyes, each one a Red Eye, exuding an intensely evil sensation.
Wherever the Red Eyes swept, everyone felt a chilling sense of dread.
"Indeed, it's the Red Eye I encountered back then. Or is it that the entire so-called Eternal Night Domain is inhabited by beings with Red Eyes?" Ye Chen frowned slightly.
Due to the appearance of the Immortal King's essence blood and the wisp of Immortal Venerable One origin transforming into a bridge to the heavens—both being priceless origin powers at the Immortal King level, even the Immortal Venerable One level, possessing immense allure even for Immortal Kings, let alone others—they held a temptation sufficient to drive this dark existence mad, marked by the dark supreme power charging over.
This dark existence, guided by the Immortal King's essence blood and the bridge formed by the Immortal Venerable One origin, directly leaped onto the bridge and charged toward the Primordial Immortal Realm.
"A dark Supreme Ruler at the Supreme One level."
A Supreme Immortal spoke gravely, not taking it lightly.
In the eyes of this dark Supreme Ruler of unknown true origin, both the Immortal King's essence blood and the wisp of Immortal Venerable One origin clearly possessed power that could drive them to madness. Moreover, the Primordial Immortal Realm at the bridge's end was brimming with immortal energy, greatly beneficial to their cultivation, giving rise to greed. Thus, they seized the opportunity to charge over.
Of course, the Supreme Immortals of the Donghuang Clan would not allow the dark Supreme Ruler to succeed. They directly descended before the Heavenly Gate and took action, clashing with the dark Supreme Ruler in a dazzling display of immortal light.
During the battle, the Supreme Immortal unleashed various supreme immortal arts, striking horizontally at the dark Supreme Ruler. But he was shocked to discover that the dark Supreme Ruler was not particularly proficient in divine abilities. Instead, its physical body was exceptionally powerful, even surpassing his own Supreme Immortal immortal body. It used its flesh to directly withstand the immortal arts.
"A dark Supreme Ruler who attained the Dao through physical cultivation, not inferior to body refinement practitioners!"
The Supreme Immortal's expression turned grave. He never expected to encounter such a terrifying dark Supreme Ruler. Among Supreme Ones, those who attained the Dao through physical cultivation were undoubtedly extremely fearsome, stronger than Supreme Ones who attained the Dao through other methods, excelling at using sheer force to break through all techniques.
The most famous were the two giants of body refinement, the Battle Saint Ancestor and the Defying Heaven War Lord, both suspected to have reached the Half-Step Overlord level, terrifying beyond measure.
Boomrumbling—
The dark Supreme Ruler possessed eight arms, its eight fists swinging, moving along the trajectory of Supreme One mysteries. Each swing of its fists was like a Supreme Imperial Weapon striking, annihilating the Great Dao, blasting apart the heavens, terrifying beyond measure.