Within the Eternal Night Domain, a battle erupted that was no less intense than the final war when the Alien Race's Ancient Universe attacked Ye Chen.
Several half-step overlords battled the will of the Eternal Night Domain's origin, while numerous Great Heavenly Venerables and Heavenly Venerables fought against the Dark Giants. All of this combat occurred at the very core of the Eternal Night Domain.
Without a doubt, even the Chaos Ancient Universe could not withstand the assault of so many invincible powerhouses, let alone the Eternal Night Domain, which was now violently shaking.
Terrifying power wantonly pierced through one dark region after another. The endless destructive forces even forcibly tore apart the darkness, piercing through to the outside world and causing massive tremors.
If this continued, the entire Eternal Night Domain would likely be pierced and shattered, becoming permanent history.
"You... deserve death!"
The will of the Eternal Night Domain's origin roared, shaking the entire domain.
It must be said that the will of the Eternal Night Domain's origin was indeed powerful to an extreme degree. Even with three half-step overlords as formidable as Ye Chen, Donghuang, and the Desolate Heaven Demon Lord joining forces—a combination that could slay gods and buddhas, with virtually nothing in the world able to stop them—they still could not defeat the origin will immediately, let alone kill it.
It was the very origin will of the entire Eternal Night Domain, possessing all the power of the domain. Moreover, fighting within the Eternal Night Domain was equivalent to fighting within its absolute domain, allowing it to suppress any intruder.
Of course, whether it was Ye Chen, Donghuang, or the Desolate Heaven Demon Lord, all were half-step overlords. At this level, they relied on their own power, not external forces. Therefore, simply trying to suppress them was undoubtedly difficult; they could all unleash nearly one hundred percent of their combat power.
Furthermore, the combined might of the three was astonishingly powerful.
During the battle, the origin will was wounded. Countless dark worlds at the core were directly shattered into nothingness, disintegrating into countless fragments scattered throughout the Eternal Night Domain.
The Dark Upper Realm also teetered on the brink of collapse, but as an Upper Realm, it did not shatter immediately.
Of course, even powerhouses like the three half-step overlords could not emerge completely unscathed. During the fight, their blood continuously spilled.
The origin will of the Eternal Night Domain wanted to devour this half-step overlord blood to recover. Unfortunately, the blood contained the absolute will of the three half-step overlords. It burned, serving another purpose—piercing through one dark region after another.
"I originally intended to borrow a path to reach that important place in the River of Time, but you insist on blocking me. Do you truly think that being stronger than a half-step overlord makes you invincible? In the past, I have even fought against a true invincible overlord, clashing at the peak!"
Ye Chen spoke coldly. Though he was the youngest, he was also the most vigorous, full of youthful spirit that could not be bullied. Now, he attacked with overwhelming force.
It could be seen that his body was enveloped in the phantom of a universe—the projection of his Chaos Small Universe, empowering himself. The mighty power of the universe erupted. Even though he could not use Chaos Emperor Power, he could still unleash combat prowess not inferior to his past peerless might.
It must be noted that in the past, he was so powerful that even when four alien half-step overlords like Mo Daozi and Ao Yuan attacked him from inside and out, they could not truly kill him. Instead, they severely wounded him, and he dragged Mo Daozi down to perish with him.
Now, with the mighty power of the universe combined with his physical strength erupting together, he displayed even more astonishing combat power. Every punch and kick contained boundless, earth-shaking, heaven-startling might capable of splitting heaven and earth, annihilating past and present.
This sudden outburst caught the origin will of the Eternal Night Domain off guard. The Desolate Heaven Demon Lord and Donghuang seized the opportunity to strike, instantly forcing the origin will back.
Even the mighty Desolate Heaven Demon Lord could not help but exclaim in admiration, "Brother Ye, your physical body is incredibly strong. It gives me a feeling no worse than the Battle Saint Ancestor and the Heaven-Defying War Lord of the past. Moreover, this universe phantom of yours seems extraordinary, almost comparable to the projection of a true Chaos Ancient Universe."
The Desolate Heaven Demon Lord had guarded the Eternal Heaven Realm for endless eons. In the past, when the Battle Saint Ancestor and others went to the important place in the River of Time, they had naturally met.
In fact, due to his love for battle and his astonishment at the strength of the Battle Saint Ancestor—renowned as the number one in attack power within the Chaos Sea—and the Heaven-Defying War Lord, an ancient heaven-defying warrior famous throughout multiple epochs of the Chaos Sea, the Desolate Heaven Demon Lord had even sparred with them.
As the number one among the Innate Chaos Fiends, the Desolate Heaven Demon Lord was naturally a top-tier existence, especially in terms of physical body. Born from Pangu's Eternal Blood, he was innately a supreme being who had attained the Dao through his physical form. After cultivating through countless endless epochs, he faintly possessed the strongest physical body in the Chaos Sea.
But he also had to acknowledge the strength of the Battle Saint Ancestor and the Heaven-Defying War Lord, especially the Battle Saint Ancestor. In the past, he abandoned his invincible heaven-defying war body and, starting from a mortal physique, cultivated the Battle Saint Body—a later-stage invincible war physique. Step by step, he reached the point of being called number one in attack power within the Chaos Sea. In truth, purely in terms of physical body, the Battle Saint Ancestor's physique was not inferior to the Desolate Heaven Demon Lord's at all.
During that sparring session, even the mighty Desolate Heaven Demon Lord acknowledged the Battle Saint Ancestor's peerless strength as not inferior to his own. Because the Battle Saint Ancestor had cultivated step by step through later-stage training and had experienced endless eons of warfare, his application of offensive power even forced the Desolate Heaven Demon Lord to admit he was slightly inferior—truly an invincible, peerless figure.
Now, Ye Chen gave him a feeling no worse than the Battle Saint Ancestor of the past.
Ye Chen smiled faintly. "I forgot to tell you, the Battle Saint Ancestor is my martial grandfather. I am a successor of the Battle Saint Lineage!"
Everyone was shocked. This legendary half-step overlord was actually from the Battle Saint Lineage, and his current cultivation strength was no worse than his martial grandfather, the Battle Saint Ancestor.
The Battle Saint Lineage having two half-step overlords in one lineage was simply astonishing to think about.
Donghuang could not help but sigh with emotion. "The Battle Saint Ancestor has a worthy martial grandson."
The conversation among the three lasted only a moment, not affecting the battle in the slightest.
The origin will of the Eternal Night Domain was also shocked. This terrifying half-step overlord was actually a successor of the Battle Saint Ancestor's lineage.
It could not help but recall when the Battle Saint Ancestor brought his personal disciple, the Formless Monarch, to train in the Eternal Night Domain. It had been wary and could only let them do as they pleased.
It also remembered a million years ago, when the Battle Saint Ancestor and several other powerful figures jointly stormed into the core of the Eternal Night Domain. That lineup back then was not much inferior to the current one. Although it had wanted to drive them away back then, the Battle Saint Ancestor and his companions were extremely forceful, just like this human half-step overlord. Now it finally understood—they came from the same lineage.
Back then, it had also been furious but dared not speak out, mainly because of that existence on the River of Time.
Whenever it remembered, even as powerful as it was, infinitely close to that level, it would tremble with fear. Because that existence had merely slashed out a single sword from the River of Time, nearly causing it—who was battling the Battle Saint Ancestor and the others at the time—to permanently vanish.