Ye Chen sneered coldly, "Do you really think the few of you can keep me here? Back then, the four Half-Step Overlords—Demon Daoist, Ao Yuan, and the others—surrounded me, yet I still suppressed one of them and left whenever I wished. It's the same now. If I want to leave, no one in this world can keep me."
As he spoke, he had already made his move. Terrifying battle fluctuations affected the entire Secret Realm World, utterly horrifying.
Naturally, while the Saint Race Half-Step Overlords attacked Ye Chen, they also released powerful domains to seal off the area of their battle.
Otherwise, at their level of combat, even the slightest residual wave falling would be an utterly terrifying, destructive catastrophe for those below the Half-Step Overlord realm, and would cause a horrifying impact on the entire Secret Realm World.
At the very least, after the battle, the entire Secret Realm World would likely be half-collapsed.
The several Saint Race Overlords released absolute domains, intending to take Ye Chen away, far from this place, rushing toward the outer heavens of the Secret Realm World.
That place was more spacious, with endless empty, desolate lands, allowing for a more carefree battle.
However, Ye Chen would never let them have their way. Once he left, it would be much more difficult to seize the opportunity to escape the Secret Realm World.
Instantly, he stood unmoving like a Universe, entrenched there, continuously releasing Universe illusions, immensely heavy, as if a true Ancient Chaos Universe were present here, making it extremely difficult to drag him away.
Precisely because of this, the Saint Race's several Half-Step Overlords were quite cautious, not unleashing their full power completely, fearing they might inadvertently cause irreversible, massive damage to the entire Secret Realm World.
Another Half-Step Overlord of the Heaven Clan—Heavenly Dao Ancient Ancestor—stepped forward to actively engage.
On his body, dense, countless heavenly phantoms appeared, as if he himself were the Heavenly Dao of the myriad realms, mastering all Heavenly Dao powers of the heavens, clashing forcefully with Ye Chen.
"I am the Heavenly Dao Ancient Ancestor. All Heavenly Daos are born from my Dao. I control the fate of all Heavenly Daos in the world. Even the newly born Heavenly Dao of your Origin Universe must fall under my control!"
Heavenly Dao Ancient Ancestor uttered a Dao shout, unleashing an intangible Heavenly Dao control force that acted upon Ye Chen.
Vaguely, Ye Chen only felt the embryonic form of the Heavenly Dao nurtured within his Origin Universe emerging, rushing toward the outside of his body, as if about to be dragged out and fly into Heavenly Dao Ancient Ancestor's hand.
It must be noted that the Heavenly Dao currently born from the Origin Universe was essentially the manifestation of the Origin Universe's origin will. If obtained by Heavenly Dao Ancient Ancestor, he could likely use it to influence Ye Chen's Origin Universe, preventing the power of the Origin Universe from projecting to assist him, or even affecting the further perfection of the Origin Universe.
"So what if you're the Heavenly Dao Ancient Ancestor? I am the Chaos Heavenly Emperor, mastering the Chaos Great Dao of the world, commanding the myriad Daos of the heavens. The Heavenly Dao is also one of the myriad Daos and must fall under my control."
Ye Chen coldly shouted, suppressing the emergence of the Heavenly Dao Embryo with his powerful cultivation, no longer affected in the slightest.
At the same time, his Chaos Saint Fist fiercely blasted out. The fist was ferocious to the extreme, as if an Ancient Chaos Universe were compressed into this fist, completely ignited, striking out with a majestic Universe illusion. This was precisely the display of the forbidden divine ability—Universe Creation.
At this level, forbidden divine abilities could be used freely. Therefore, for those at this level, every move and every strike was a manifestation of the Great Dao of forbidden divine abilities.
With a thunderous roar, Ye Chen's figure stood unmoving like a mountain, while Heavenly Dao Ancient Ancestor's figure was forced back, shedding drops of Heavenly Dao Ancient Blood.
But these drops of Heavenly Dao Ancient Blood did not vanish. Instead, they transformed into powerful Supreme One Emperor phantoms, striking together, jointly attacking Ye Chen.
It must be noted that Heavenly Dao Ancient Ancestor was the origin of all Heavenly Daos. Every drop of his Heavenly Dao Ancient Blood was enough to nurture an extremely powerful Heavenly Dao. Even a weak cultivator who obtained it, if they could withstand it, could soar to the heavens in a single leap, instantly becoming an emperor, transforming into a Heavenly Dao existence, no less than a Supreme One.
This was the formidable aspect of Heavenly Dao Ancient Ancestor.
Legend had it that the Heavenly Daos of the Chaos Sea's myriad heavens were all Heavenly Dao seeds nurtured by Heavenly Dao Ancient Ancestor, gradually evolving into Heavenly Daos. Even the Heavenly Daos of the various Ancient Chaos Universes were no exception.
However, the strongest Ancient Chaos Universes—such as the Primordial Immortal Realm, the Pangu Universe, the Alien Ancient Universe, and the Chaos Burial Ground—had Half-Step Overlords or above who could directly erase Heavenly Dao Ancient Ancestor's influence over the Heavenly Dao.
The Ancient Chaos Universe of the Universe Great Emperor was completely unaffected; Heavenly Dao Ancient Ancestor could not control the Heavenly Dao of an Ancient Chaos Universe governed by a peerless Overlord.
"Hmph, mere Supreme Ones. Even if there were more, you couldn't hope to harm me, let alone these so-called Heavenly Dao Supreme Ones you've manifested. Dare to appear and disturb my sight? Be destroyed!" Ye Chen snorted coldly, flipping his palm. A Chaos great hand blotted out the sky and covered the earth, instantly annihilating all the Heavenly Dao Supreme Ones into nothingness.
At the same time, these Heavenly Dao Supreme One phantoms reverted to Heavenly Dao Ancient Blood and were about to fly back to Heavenly Dao Ancient Ancestor.
This was the blood of a Half-Step Overlord. Even if not the blood essence, it was still very important.
However, Ye Chen coveted these drops of Heavenly Dao Ancient Blood. Something capable of evolving a Heavenly Dao would undoubtedly be of great help in the growth of the Heavenly Dao Embryo within his Origin Universe.
Instantly, countless black holes appeared on the surface of the Universe illusion, remotely devouring these drops of Heavenly Dao Ancient Blood one by one. Then, Chaos Source Fire burned them, purging the true spirit imprints of Heavenly Dao Ancient Ancestor, making them completely ownerless objects, devoured by the Origin Universe.
Boom—
The effect was immediate. Instantly, the Heavenly Dao Embryo grew significantly.
"As expected, devouring your Heavenly Dao Ancient Blood can accelerate the growth of the Heavenly Dao Embryo. What if I devoured you? It would probably allow my Origin Universe to perfect directly!"
Ye Chen looked at Heavenly Dao Ancient Ancestor with particularly covetous eyes, as if looking at prey.
This scene, however, infuriated Heavenly Dao Ancient Ancestor.
Since when had anyone dared to regard him as prey?
Unfortunately, Ye Chen indeed dared to do so.
Amidst thunderous roars, his Chaos Saint Fist struck out, blasting through the sky, sending Heavenly Dao Ancient Ancestor flying. The Origin Universe illusion emerged, instantly evolving into a massive Universe black hole with infinite, terrifying devouring power, forcibly devouring layer after layer of Heavenly Dao phantoms from Heavenly Dao Ancient Ancestor's body.
"Origin Universe, the fiftieth Ancient Chaos Universe!"
Only then did Heavenly Dao Ancient Ancestor remember that Ye Chen was the master of the fiftieth Ancient Chaos Universe in the world. His was not an origin world, but an Origin Universe.
Although the fiftieth Ancient Chaos Universe was not yet completely perfected, there had always been rumors about it—it was the 'one that escaped.' Combined with Ye Chen's identity as the Chaos Controller, he became even more wary of Ye Chen.
The battle between the two seemed slow, but in reality, all of this happened in an extremely short time.
Earth Saint, Thousand Mechanisms Heaven Ancestor, and the other two Saint Race Half-Step Overlords had already completed the reinforcement of the battle domain. At this moment, they all took action, aiding Heavenly Dao Ancient Ancestor, jointly killing toward Ye Chen.