At this moment, the Great Heavenly Venerate of Immortality stood atop the firmament. With a flip of his palm, a world rose from his hand, instantly expanding to an immense size and hovering above the Immortal Divine City.
The Great Heavenly Venerate of Immortality's indifferent voice spread across the world: "This is the trial world for this Supreme One Grand Competition. I have placed three Celestial Venerable Tokens within this world. Whoever seizes a Celestial Venerable Token and successfully leaves the trial world will directly win this Supreme One Grand Competition, receiving the reward: the right to cultivate within the Immortal Tian Domain for a million years, the bestowal of a Quasi-Giant Dao Weapon, and a qualification to comprehend before the Eternal Ancient Stele for ten thousand years."
As soon as his words fell, all the Supreme Ones who had come to the Immortal Divine City revealed fervent expressions, including the visitors from the Seventy-Two Lands—the seventy-two Quasi-Giants and Quasi-Immortal Kings—who were no exception.
Being able to cultivate within the Great Heavenly Venerate's Tian Domain, the Immortal Tian Domain, for a million years was already an incredibly generous reward. How much more so a Quasi-Giant Dao Weapon, and most importantly, the qualification to comprehend before the Eternal Ancient Stele for ten thousand years.
The Eternal Ancient Stele was precisely the prehistoric stele that recorded the Eternal Lost and the Eternal Heart. It was immeasurably ancient, but it was also rumored to contain the aura of Eternity. Cultivating by relying on the Eternal Ancient Stele gave one a certain chance of ascending to the Ten Thousand Ancient Times realm in the future, making it an incomparably important reward.
Precisely because of this, for all the Quasi-Giants and Quasi-Immortal Kings present, it was a priceless treasure, far more precious than a genuine Ten Thousand Ancient Times Dao Weapon. Even Ten Thousand Ancient Times Dao Blood, Ten Thousand Ancient Times Essence Blood, and Ten Thousand Ancient Times Origin could not compare to the importance of this reward.
"If you can seize a Celestial Venerable Token, then the day you set foot in the Ten Thousand Ancient Times realm and achieve Heavenly Venerate status is just around the corner," Zhu Tian Ancient Venerable said fervently to Ye Chen.
This surprised Ye Chen a little. Zhu Tian Ancient Venerable actually hadn't demanded that he hand over the Celestial Venerable Token if he won.
Perhaps it was because all the Heavenly Venerates were present, making it inappropriate to ask. Or perhaps it was because he knew Donghuang, so Zhu Tian Ancient Venerable couldn't force the issue.
Not far away, however, came waves of mocking laughter. It was none other than the Golden Calamity Great Emperor, who sneered, "Are your Expel the Heavens Divine Domain even qualified to compete for a Celestial Venerable Token?"
A Supreme One under his command also mocked coldly, "The Expel the Heavens Divine Domain only has four Supreme Ones, while my Golden Calamity Ancient Domain has seven Supreme Ones. If anyone is qualified, it's my Golden Calamity Ancient Domain, not the Expel the Heavens Divine Domain."
Ye Chen didn't even glance at them, merely saying, "Do you want to obtain a Celestial Venerable Token and go comprehend before the Eternal Ancient Stele?"
Zhu Tian Ancient Venerable smiled bitterly. "How could I not want to? But Quasi-Giants are not qualified to participate in the Supreme One Grand Competition, and a Supreme One cannot transfer a Celestial Venerable Token to anyone else."
How precious was a Celestial Venerable Token? Not only did it come with such generous rewards, but the Celestial Venerable Token also represented the will of a Heavenly Venerate. Once this token was issued, one could act within the Thirty-Three Tian Domains. As long as one didn't absorb Eternal Power, the Heavenly Venerate wouldn't interfere.
Without a doubt, the Celestial Venerable Token was an absolute supreme treasure.
Ye Chen said indifferently, "It's fine. You'll get one very soon."
Zhu Tian Ancient Venerable was stunned, somewhat puzzled.
At this moment, Supreme Ones from all sides soared into the air—over three hundred Supreme Ones in total.
Such a number of Supreme Ones, looking across the Chaos Sea, could only be found in the Primordial Immortal Realm and the Ancient Universe of the Alien Race, and even then, it was the accumulation over many epochs that could reach such numbers. That the Eternal Heaven Realm also had this number of Supreme Ones was truly inconceivable.
But one could imagine that this was the accumulation of the Eternal Heaven Realm throughout the ages. There were also many Supreme Ones who had come from the Chaos Sea. To compete for the Celestial Venerable Tokens, even those in the deepest seclusion had been startled into emerging, rushing one after another into that palm-held world, preparing to compete for the few—only three—Celestial Venerable Tokens.
Ye Chen also slowly rose into the air. The seven Supreme Ones from the Golden Calamity Great Emperor's side coldly swept a glance at Ye Chen, saying with a hint of cold arrogance, "Kid, you'd better be careful. The Supreme One Grand Competition doesn't restrict life-and-death battles. You might just perish here."
Their words were filled with mockery toward Ye Chen.
The Golden Calamity Great Emperor and Zhu Tian Ancient Venerable had always been at odds, so it was normal for them to target the Supreme Ones from Zhu Tian Ancient Venerable's side this time. If the opportunity arose, they might even kill them directly.
"Be careful!" The other three Supreme Ones from Zhu Tian Ancient Venerable's side had grave expressions, reminding each other.
"Noisy."
Ye Chen, however, coldly swept a glance at the seven Supreme Ones from the Golden Calamity Great Emperor's side and rebuked them. The seven Supreme Ones were shocked and angry, about to retort, but suddenly they were terrified. For they felt how terrifying those eyes were, becoming substantial and directly attacking their divine souls, causing their Supreme Emperor Souls to tremble violently, showing signs of disintegration. They each vomited large mouthfuls of blood, looking at Ye Chen in horror.
How could he be so terrifying!
Who was he?
Everyone looked at this scene in shock and suspicion. What had just happened?
At this moment, Ye Chen shot into the sky, arriving directly before the Great Heavenly Venerate of Immortality and the Great Heavenly Venerate Donghuang, drawing the attention of all living beings in the Immortal Divine City.
The various Heavenly Venerates also turned their gazes, with a hint of curiosity.
Who was this young Supreme One, and why did he dare to come before the Great Heavenly Venerates?
The Golden Calamity Great Emperor was also shocked and suspicious, then revealed a mocking expression. "A mere Supreme One dares to face the Great Heavenly Venerates directly? Isn't this seeking death? Zhu Tian, the Supreme Ones from your divine domain are truly bold."
Zhu Tian Ancient Venerable's expression changed, remembering that Ye Chen seemed to know the Great Heavenly Venerate Donghuang. Was it because of this?
The Great Heavenly Venerate of Immortality looked coldly at Ye Chen, his Ten Thousand Ancient Times majesty vast and mighty, capable of making a Supreme One unable to withstand it, causing their Supreme body to crack and even explode.
Yet, Ye Chen remained motionless, as if he felt nothing at all. He walked directly toward the two, causing the two Great Heavenly Venerates to reveal looks of astonishment.
The expressions of the other Heavenly Venerates grew even more surprised. That was the majesty of a Great Heavenly Venerate. Even if not fully released, it shouldn't be something a Supreme One could withstand—even a Quasi-Giant might not be able to.
Ye Chen faced Donghuang directly and said calmly, "Donghuang, I was entrusted by someone to find you. I originally thought that after your divine soul wandered the Great Void in the past, your immortal soul was lost outside and couldn't return. I didn't expect that after so many epochs, you actually cultivated a new supreme immortal body. This is somewhat beyond my expectations."
With his immortal soul outside, yet able to cultivate a new immortal body, one had to admit that Donghuang was indeed a formidable figure.
After all, in most situations, no one would easily abandon their old body to cultivate a new physical form.
Because restoring it to the level of the old body required countless trials and tribulations, who knew how many years it would take, and it would remain a weakness for a very long time.
But Donghuang had clearly overcome this. His new immortal body was very powerful, its blood energy capable of swallowing sun, moon, and stars, flooding the eight directions, not inferior to his old body by much.
The Great Heavenly Venerate Donghuang revealed a trace of surprise. It seemed this Supreme One knew him. He asked, "Who are you?"