Peerless Overlords, beings who stand above all else, second only to the legendary Eternal ones. In the Chaos Sea, they are truly supreme existences in the most literal sense.
For a Peerless Overlord to slay a Giant, a single strike is more than enough.
Now, thinking back, it seems that back then, Tai Sheng Huang, Douzhan Shengzu, and Nitian Zhanzhu had already become Half-Step Overlords. The Alien Ancient Universe, the Origin Saint Race, and the Primordial Immortal World must have secretly had other Half-Step Overlords intervene as well. That was the reason they ultimately managed to kill the Origin Burial Lord, an existence at the Peerless Overlord level!
In that battle, all ten heads of the Origin Burial Lord were severed, becoming the root of the Blood-Stained Epoch.
For a time, people believed that was the beginning of the Blood-Stained Future.
But now it seems, it was far from reaching the level of the Blood-Stained Future.
Now, the headless corpse of the Origin Burial Lord has drifted through the Chaos Sea for who knows how many tens of thousands of years. No one knows what it has experienced, yet no one could obtain its remains. It has finally appeared before him.
Ye Chen looked at the headless corpse of the Origin Burial Lord, feeling a sense of melancholy. After all, this was a supreme existence at the Peerless Overlord level. However, he did not know why, in that distant past, the Origin Burial Lord was imprisoned within the Dark Universe and exiled from the Origin Land.
In the end, it was a Peerless Overlord, an existence that could also be called Half-Step Eternal. It should not have ended like this.
What exactly happened back then?
What exactly happened in the Origin Land?
Why did the Heavenly Emperor, Shidai, the Immortal Ancestor, the Origin Saint Race, and others leave the Origin Land and enter this Chaos Sea, this Deficient Primordial Realm?
Was it really just because of Pangu?
Ye Chen did not know. As he was about to use his supreme Chaos Great Method to collect the headless corpse of the Origin Burial Lord, suddenly, the corpse underwent a strange transformation. Ten streams of origin light shot out, coalescing before Ye Chen into the original form of the Origin Burial Lord, just as he had seen it the first time.
It was an illusion, but still immensely powerful, containing the boundless majesty of a Peerless Overlord. It looked down upon Ye Chen, manifesting an intangible domain that isolated everything from the outside world.
Ye Chen's expression remained calm. At his current level, and with the Pangu Universe at his back and the Heavenly Emperor watching over him at all times, he feared nothing, not even a true Peerless Overlord, let alone a mere illusion.
He saw that the illusion of the Origin Burial Lord was more of a divine soul imprint, a final divine soul brand. He watched quietly, saying nothing.
The final brand of the Origin Burial Lord gazed at Ye Chen for a long time before letting out a long sigh. "You really are too similar."
"Similar to what?" Ye Chen asked directly.
The Origin Burial Lord said, "That person!"
"Who?"
"Primordial Beginning!"
"Primordial Beginning?" Ye Chen frowned. "Who is Primordial Beginning?"
"A man unmatched in all the world, who created everything, opened up everything, the supreme existence who mastered reincarnation," the Origin Burial Lord said.
"Pangu?"
Ye Chen asked again.
"No." The Origin Burial Lord looked at him deeply. "This is my final divine soul brand. The first time I saw you, I felt you resembled him. Not being able to see him one last time is my regret. But I cannot endure for long. Those people will not let me continue to exist, because I know too many secrets. They will inevitably kill me. Now, you seeing my final form is the best proof."
Ye Chen frowned. It seemed there were major hidden circumstances behind the incident of slaying the Origin Burial Lord back then.
"Who are the ones who want to kill you?" Ye Chen had an intuition that those who wanted to kill the Origin Burial Lord were not the ones who attacked it back then, but others.
The Origin Burial Lord said, "They are the rulers of this Deficient Primordial Realm. In other words, they are the Overlords of your Chaos Sea."
Ye Chen was shocked. "Is it Shidai?"
"Not just him." The Origin Burial Lord said. "There are at least three rulers involved."
"Who are they?"
"Shidai is one of them. The Immortal Ancestor is another. And the third is the Heavenly Emperor." The words of the Origin Burial Lord shook Ye Chen greatly. If it were only Shidai and the Immortal Ancestor, that would be one thing, but he never expected the Heavenly Emperor to be involved as well.
His perception of the Heavenly Emperor had always remained fixed on the image of him standing alone, braving the River of Time to hold back the most terrifying great evils from past and present—a wise and benevolent emperor who cared for the world.
He never imagined that among those who dealt with the Origin Burial Lord back then, the Heavenly Emperor had also taken action.
Why would the Heavenly Emperor want to kill the Origin Burial Lord?
Ye Chen did not understand, filled with doubts. He said solemnly, "What secrets do you know? Why were they all willing to go to any lengths to kill you?"
"Because, in truth, they are all merely exiles!" This statement from the Origin Burial Lord caused Ye Chen's expression to change drastically.
The three Peerless Overlords—the Heavenly Emperor, Shidai, and the Immortal Ancestor—were actually just exiles?
What earth-shattering crimes or mistakes did they commit to be exiled by the Origin Land? And this Chaos Sea, this Deficient Primordial Realm in the words of the Origin Burial Lord, seemed to be the so-called land of exile.
The Origin Burial Lord said, "They are all true sinners, exiled here, bearing the sins of all ages, unable to return to the Origin Land. Back then, I was the guardian of the passage between the land of exile and the Origin Land. But during the exile, a battle occurred. The passage was shattered. Although they could not return to the Origin Land, they imprisoned me within a Dark Ancient Universe, constantly draining my power to prevent the passage from further collapse and deterioration. They then actively entered this Deficient Primordial Realm of the Chaos Sea, seeking a way to return to the Origin Land. Your Origin Ancient Path is, in fact, their project, an attempt to evolve a brand new passage. It just hasn't succeeded."
Ye Chen found this almost unbelievable. All of this overturned his understanding of the three Peerless Overlords.
They were actually exiles bearing the sins of all ages.
Shidai was one thing, but the Heavenly Emperor and the Immortal Ancestor were both highly respected figures in their respective Ancient Universes.
Ye Chen looked intently at the Origin Burial Lord. "What exactly happened back then? What sins of all ages did they commit in the Origin Land? Why were they exiled?"
To know all this, only through the Origin Burial Lord, another Peerless Overlord, could he learn.
The Origin Burial Lord sighed softly but did not say anything. He merely said, "All of this, as long as you find the true ancient path leading to the Origin Land, you will discover everything. There, all the secrets lie. And these, I cannot speak of."
After all, it was only a brand, unable to endure for too long. It had already begun to slowly dissipate.
At the moment it faded from the world, a set of coordinates was transmitted from the Origin Burial Lord to Ye Chen. "This is the coordinate of the half-collapsed passage. It is also the final coordinate from this Deficient Primordial Realm to the Origin Land. I hope that one day you can go there. Perhaps, someone will be waiting for your arrival!"