A million years had passed. Ye Chen never expected to see his three former disciples again in such a setting.
To be honest, he felt somewhat ashamed. Although he had accepted Wang Xiong, Shi Baitian, and Jian Wuhen as disciples back then, the three of them were already at the True Immortal level at the time. After all, their fathers were Immortal Kings who provided them with the best cultivation resources, and they were the most promising offspring.
Back then, Ye Chen had intended to nurture them to the Immortal King level, but clearly, he had not succeeded, as he perished not long after.
Over a million years, progressing from True Immortal to Quasi-Immortal King—this cultivation speed could be considered quite fast.
After all, whether it be True Immortals or supreme beings like Ancient Sovereigns and Great Emperors, it generally took them one or two epochs to become Quasi-Immortal Kings, and many supreme beings never reached the Quasi-Immortal King level in their entire lifetimes.
Seeing his three Quasi-Immortal King disciples again, Ye Chen did not reveal himself. Now was not the time. He hadn't even disclosed his identity to his family in the Pangu Universe, let alone to them.
Once his identity as a reincarnated being was exposed, it could very well completely provoke the alien Ancient Universe's plan into launching a full-scale invasion ahead of schedule.
Thus, Ye Chen became a general within the Taiyu Immortal King Pass.
During this period, he took the opportunity to contact the Immortal Great Celestial Venerable stationed in the Donghuang Domain. Due to Ye Chen's influence, his deep connection with Donghuang since the Eternal Heavenly Realm, and his own powerful Primordial Giant level, he had been invited by Donghuang to personally guard the borderlands of the Donghuang Domain, secretly stationed within the Taiyu Immortal King Pass.
Should any of the nine Immortal King Passes of the Donghuang Domain encounter problems, the Immortal Great Celestial Venerable would arrive immediately.
At this stage, within the Chaos Sea, the various Half-Step Overlords were bound by agreements and would not act lightly. The Immortal Great Celestial Venerable was at the Primordial Giant level, his physical body equally formidable, making him a king among Primordial Giants and Immortal Venerates, extremely powerful. Even if a Primordial Giant from the alien world arrived in person, he could contend with them, even suppress them in return.
The Immortal Great Celestial Venerable was Ye Chen's follower. Over these tens of thousands of years, while Ye Chen was away traveling the Immortal World to comprehend immortal methods, he had also been studying the immortal dao system of the Primordial Immortal Realm.
At his level, comprehending another system not inferior to the divine dao system and cross-referencing them was greatly beneficial, leading to many insights.
Ye Chen suddenly returned and sent a mental transmission.
Upon understanding Ye Chen's thoughts, the Immortal Great Celestial Venerable asked if he needed to dispatch two True Immortals to follow and assist him.
Only those of their level could command True Immortals to follow.
Ye Chen shook his head and refused. This contact with the Immortal Great Celestial Venerable was merely to give a notification, nothing more.
At his level, if he truly needed to accomplish something, True Immortals might not even be of help.
Moreover, having True Immortals by his side would attract too much attention.
On this day, the alien army attacked the Taiyu Immortal King Pass. As per convention, the Immortal World also dispatched its army to engage in battle.
This was an active counterattack by the Primordial Immortal Realm, on one hand to demonstrate its might—even if the alien army dared to invade, they would fight back.
On the other hand, it was also a way to nurture war through war, using large-scale battles to cultivate more super-powerful experts.
Only through experiencing true life-and-death battles could genuine peerless experts be forged.
Over these tens of thousands of years, several Immortal Lords had precisely attained immortality through such life-and-death battles.
Of course, years of continuous warfare had exacted a terrible price from both the Primordial Immortal Realm and the alien Ancient Universe, with True Immortals or Ancient Sovereigns and Great Emperors falling on both sides, their blood staining the battlefield.
Ye Chen followed the Immortal World's army into battle, charging into the alien army to engage them.
Using the 'Immortal Method Compendium', he wielded the strongest Immortal King scripture chapters of the eight realms he had mastered: Dao Valley, Spirit Transformation, Saint Treasury, Samsara, Heavenly King, Great Power, God King, and Ancient Monarch. Multicolored and dazzling immortal light swirled around him, manifesting various immortal dao principles, as if a True Immortal had descended to the mortal world, striking horizontally against the Ancient Monarchs within the alien army.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!—
It must be said that Ye Chen was extremely powerful, especially with the 'Immortal Method Compendium' cultivated to this stage, revealing its truly heaven-defying nature. He instantly slew one alien Ancient Monarch after another, annihilating vast swathes of the alien army.
His presence naturally drew the attention of the alien army's side, and immediately, a Super Monarch of the seventh heaven stepped forward to deal with Ye Chen.
Boom!—
But Ye Chen was utterly heaven-defying. Although his cultivation speed with the 'Immortal Method Compendium' was extremely slow, unlike before when he directly cultivated to the tenth heaven of the Monarch realm, he was currently only at the first heaven of the Monarch realm. Yet he erupted with heaven-defying power, directly confronting the Super Monarch.
The alien Ancient Monarch who came to deal with him was extremely shocked. Even a heaven-defying Quasi-Monarch who advanced to Ancient Monarch could only contend with Ancient Monarchs at the second or third heaven while at the first heaven. It was absolutely impossible to leap across so many minor realms to confront him, a Super Monarch.
Just who was this opponent?
"Myriad Laws Return to One!"
The various strongest chapters of Immortal King scriptures on Ye Chen's body resonated, serving him. In an instant, they erupted with supreme, dazzling immortal light, as if an Immortal King had descended to the mortal world, striking horizontally across the sky.
With a thunderous roar, before that alien Super Monarch could even react, he was shattered into nothingness, perishing on the spot.
However, this scene did not attract excessive attention from either side.
On the battlefield, many super Heaven's Prides from the Immortal World had joined, including numerous immortal dao offspring. It was normal for such offspring to possess forbidden artifacts bestowed by their fathers. Once they unleashed corresponding power, slaying immortals while being of lower cultivation was not an issue.
Ye Chen also repeatedly slew numerous super-powerful experts of the alien race on the battlefield. After tens of thousands of years of secluded cultivation, this sudden shift to large-scale slaughter, a completely opposite change, gave him another layer of insight into the 'Immortal Method Compendium'.
Gradually, through repeated battles between the two Ancient Universes, Ye Chen gradually built a reputation. Both sides became aware of his existence—a very young yet extremely powerful super Heaven's Pride.
But he still did not attract much serious attention.
Until one time.
Ye Chen faced the offspring of an alien Myriad Ancient Giant, who was already a seventh-heaven Super Monarch, extremely powerful. Having inherited the Myriad Ancient Giant's bloodline and being a Great Perfection Supreme Heaven's Pride himself, with these layered advantages, even when facing a ninth-heaven Peak Monarch, he possessed the power for a climactic battle.
In his view, Ye Chen was merely an early-stage Monarch with some potential, nothing more.
He could be killed with a casual strike.
Just as he disregarded Ye Chen and casually launched an attack, thinking it would completely annihilate Ye Chen's form and spirit...
Ye Chen erupted with terrifying combat power, unleashing the heaven-defying might of an Eternal Monarch.
Boom!—
This Super Monarch offspring of the Myriad Ancient Giant perished!
This scene shocked both sides on the battlefield.
The Primordial Immortal Realm also hadn't expected that within their own army, there was such a shocking super Heaven's Pride who, with the body of an early-stage Monarch, slew a seventh-heaven Super Monarch—especially one who was the offspring of a Myriad Ancient Giant, whose combat power far surpassed that of ordinary Super Monarchs. This was undeniably heaven-defying.
On the alien army's side, countless experts viewed him as a thorn in their side. One after another, eighth and ninth-heaven Peerless Monarchs, even Monarch Emperors, stepped forward, their oppressive auras astonishing, their gazes filled with killing intent as they looked at Ye Chen.
The alien Ancient Universe would naturally not allow a super Heaven's Pride of the Primordial Immortal Realm to rise.
For a time on the battlefield, numerous Super Monarchs, Peerless Monarchs, and even Monarch Emperors from the alien army surged forth, surrounding Ye Chen from all directions.
No matter what, they had to completely strangle Ye Chen here, not allowing him to survive.
A faint smile appeared on Ye Chen's lips. "After twenty or thirty thousand years of secluded cultivation, it's about time I properly stretched my limbs!"