Upon learning that the three Immortal Kings wished to comprehend the Eternal Ancient Stele, the Desolate Heaven Demon Lord, guardian of the Eternal Heaven Realm, readily agreed. Under normal circumstances, Immortal Kings—equivalent to Heavenly Venerates—were qualified to comprehend it. Moreover, these three Immortal Kings were Ye Chen's seniors and had significant ties with Emperor Yan, one of the titans of the Pangu Universe. By both sentiment and reason, they were qualified.
Sensing the dense Eternal Power within the Eternal Heaven Realm, the three Immortal Kings were simultaneously shocked, delighted, and filled with emotion. No wonder Ye Chen had said he had a way to help them become Immortal Venerable Ones faster. This Eternal Power was profoundly mysterious, far more so than the Immortal Power they cultivated. Cultivating with such power over time would allow their Immortal King Great Daos to become more complete, better enabling them to take that final step and become Immortal Venerable Ones.
After sending the three Immortal Kings to the Eternal Heaven Realm, Ye Chen returned to the Primordial Immortal World.
At the same time, the strongest cultivation chapters for the Heavenly King Realm, Great Power Realm, God King Realm, and Monarch Realm soon arrived.
Ye Chen began cultivating. Immediately, boundless Immortal Light shone forth, illuminating the vast Immortal World. Terrifying commotion rippled out, startling all the Immortal Venerable Ones and Immortal Kings in the various regions. They gazed toward the Donghuang Domain in astonishment. Was it Donghuang cultivating? Yet it didn't seem so, as several Immortal Venerable Ones and Immortal Kings sensed that within the cultivator's terrifying fluctuations was a special resonance unique to the Immortal King Scriptures they themselves had created.
Boom—
Ye Chen directly pierced through the major realms, instantly establishing himself within the Immortal Sovereign Realm.
Boundless Immortal Light, containing a powerful Immortal Dao aura, caused even supreme immortals who had attained the Dao and Quasi-Immortal Kings to tremble with fear. The fluctuations were clearly only at the Sovereign Realm, yet the aura's power could be described as towering above the entire Immortal World, enough to make Immortal Kings shudder.
Even Immortal Venerable Ones frowned, for the strength of that Immortal Dao aura posed a certain threat even to beings of their level.
Moreover, it was bizarre: the cultivator's aura fluctuations clearly hadn't truly attained the Immortal Dao yet. Why was the aura so immensely powerful?
Within Donghuang Sacred City, Ye Chen sat cross-legged in the Ancient Hall of Immortal Venerables, devouring the Immortal Qi from all directions. The entire Donghuang Domain trembled as boundless Immortal Qi gathered and surged toward him, swallowed by him and transformed into vast Chaos Immortal Power that flowed within his body, replacing the absent Chaos Divine Power.
Ye Chen stretched his limbs. Having cultivated the strongest Immortal King chapters for each major realm and reached the Sovereign Realm, his aura was exceptionally powerful—comparable to an Immortal Venerable One—because he was the unprecedented Eternal Sovereign.
On another level, he could also be called a Chaos Immortal Venerable.
However, what made him frown was that despite his surging, boundless magic power, he couldn't advance further to break through the shackles and imbue his power with Half-Step Overlord-level might.
"It's probably because the chapters I cultivated for each major realm belong to different Immortal King Scriptures, so they can't perfectly integrate with each other," Ye Chen naturally understood the root cause. "That prevents my Immortal Power from becoming flawless and attaining Half-Step Overlord-level might!"
Yet, even someone as powerful as him couldn't instantly fuse the chapters of the various realm's Immortal King Scriptures into one. He needed to take action himself, create his own Chaos Immortal King Scripture, to pierce through and perfectly unify the power of all realms, achieving flawless perfection, thereby breaking the shackles and becoming an invincible Half-Step Overlord in the Immortal Dao.
However, this matter couldn't be rushed; he needed to proceed gradually, slowlyharmonizing (harmonizing) the various realms.
Besides, even as things stood, his surface-level Immortal Dao cultivation was at the Immortal Venerable level—a top-tier Immortal Venerable at that—far stronger than newly-ascended Immortal Venerables like Zixiao Immortal King.
Thus, Ye Chen's purpose in coming to the Primordial Immortal World was largely accomplished. However, there was one more place he needed to visit—
The Forty-Nine Immortal Passes Secret Realm!
It was rumored that the Forty-Nine Immortal Passes Secret Realm was an Origin Secret Realm lost from the Origin Land, extraordinary indeed. This was factually true, as Ye Chen had personally witnessed the Forty-Nine Immortal Passes Secret Realm, the Eternal Heaven Realm, and the Origin Sacred Clan appearing together in the Chaos Sea.
In truth, what attracted Ye Chen most wasn't just the final pass of the secret realm, but also the long-standing rumor that the long-vanished Immortal Ancestor resided within that final pass.
Ye Chen very much wanted to meet that legendary Immortal Ancestor of old—a figure who, like the Heavenly Emperor and the Primordial Generation, had obtained one-third of Pangu's Divine Soul. Meeting this person might provide many answers.
Learning of Ye Chen's plan to go to the Forty-Nine Immortal Passes Secret Realm, Donghuang fell silent for a moment before saying, "You should go to the Forty-Nine Immortal Passes Secret Realm. When you get there, send my regards for me."
Ye Chen gave Donghuang a surprised glance but said nothing more.
With a thought, Ye Chen directly set off for the Forty-Nine Immortal Passes Secret Realm.
To his current self, the secret realm was naturally no obstacle. In a single step, he traversed an entire Immortal King Domain, his speed so extreme that even Immortal Kings and Immortal Venerable Ones couldn't hope to match it. He soon arrived at the location of the Forty-Nine Immortal Passes Secret Realm.
Witnessing the secret realm, memories of the past surfaced, bringing a slight sigh of emotion. Back then, he had only been at the Quasi-Colossus level, but now he far surpassed his former self.
He entered the secret realm directly. Having long ago passed the first thirty-nine Immortal Passes, he no longer needed to challenge those he had already cleared.
With a single thought, he arrived directly at the 39th Pass, facing the 40th Pass.
Back then, he had been just a hair's breadth away from clearing the 40th Pass.
Now, naturally, that was no longer the case.
"Another person has come to challenge the 40th Pass!"
At the 39th Pass, there were also several Quasi-Immortal Kings who had stood at the peak of that realm for many years. Among them was one who was an Extreme Realm Quasi-Immortal King—a powerhouse who had risen in this era, incredibly strong. He had been cultivating in seclusion here, hoping one day to break through the 40th Pass with the power of an Extreme Realm Quasi-Immortal King, attaining Immortal King-level combat prowess while still a Quasi-Immortal King.
They weren't particularly surprised by Ye Chen's arrival, even though his face was unfamiliar and they had never seen him before. After all, the Primordial Immortal World was vast and boundless, and throughout the ages, there had been countless heaven-defying talents. The emergence of an unparalleled supreme Quasi-Immortal King was not strange at all.
Ye Chen swept his gaze over the several Quasi-Immortal Kings at the 39th Pass. They were all quite aged, their cultivation ages easily exceeding ten epochs.
Long cultivation time didn't guarantee becoming an Immortal King; aptitude mattered too. Clearly, these Quasi-Immortal Kings, with over ten epochs of cultivation, had yet to become Immortal Kings, indicating they had reached their limits. Achieving the Immortal King fruit position was almost impossible for them.
One among them was quite remarkable—an Extreme Realm Quasi-Immortal King. Even Ye Chen was seeing one for the first time, as his previous knowledge only included Extreme Realm Quasi-Colossi.
This Extreme Realm Quasi-Immortal King's vitality and blood were exceptionally vigorous, almost rivaling a true Immortal King. Sitting there cross-legged, he wantonly radiated an extremely terrifying aura, far surpassing the other Quasi-Immortal Kings.
One could imagine that once such an Extreme Realm Quasi-Immortal King broke through, he would absolutely become a supreme existence at the Immortal Venerable level.
Ye Chen merely gave him a simple, indifferent glance. Nowadays, even Immortal Venerable Ones might not be worth his attention, let alone a mere Extreme Realm Quasi-Immortal King.