Ye Chen said, "Senior, legend has it that when the Pangu Universe gives birth to ten Giants, the Eternal Mystery hidden within the origin of the Pangu Universe will appear. Is this true?"
At the same time, his gaze swept over the Universe Origin of the Pangu Universe.
With his current Half-Step Overlord cultivation, a Chaos Ancient Universe held no secrets before his eyes.
Yet, no matter how he looked, he could not discover this so-called Eternal Mystery.
Either it did not exist, or the Eternal Mystery was too profound and unfathomable, so much so that even someone as powerful as him could not detect it.
"No," the Heavenly Emperor said. "Although the Pangu Universe was formed from the Eternal body of the great god Pangu, his Eternal Origin had long since transformed into the origins of the forty-nine Chaos Ancient Universes when he reopened the Primordial Realm and created them. Furthermore, the Innate Chaos Demons born naturally within the chaos were not merely nurtured by the Eternal blood of the great god Pangu; they also contained a trace of his Eternal Origin."
Ye Chen was startled.
During the Mythical Epoch, the Alien Ancient Universe launched the Great Mythical Destruction War, taking advantage of the time before the Pangu Universe could give birth to its tenth Ancient Giant and before the Slaughter Immortal Emperor could prove his Giant status.
This was the root cause of the great war.
But the Heavenly Emperor was now saying that the origin of the Pangu Universe did not hide any Eternal Origin at all.
If the Heavenly Emperor knew this, Shidai could not possibly be unaware.
Then, why did the Alien Ancient Universe still wage war against the Pangu Universe?
He was deeply puzzled.
What was the ultimate goal, the fundamental reason, for which the Alien Ancient Universe was willing to go to any lengths to wage war against the Pangu Universe?
Ye Chen looked at the Heavenly Emperor with confusion, preparing to seek guidance.
But at that moment, the Heavenly Emperor suddenly coughed, and a strand of blood trickled from the corner of his mouth. It seemed to encompass all things, containing everything in the world, incredibly miraculous, even surpassing his own Chaos Saint Blood.
Ye Chen was alarmed. "Senior, what's wrong with you?"
The Heavenly Emperor slowly shook his head. "It's nothing. Just an old Dao injury from back then that hasn't fully healed yet."
Seeing this, Ye Chen felt it inappropriate to press further. He bid farewell and left the Universe Origin.
...
Alien Ancient Universe.
The place of the Universe Origin.
The Ancestral Temple.
Shidai sat cross-legged before the black hole as usual. His gaze had been fixed for an unknown length of time, as if eternally so. Only at this moment did a slight change appear. His eyes shifted, looking beyond the universe, towards the Pangu Universe, as if piercing through all barriers to see the very center of the Pangu Universe.
Far away at the origin of the Pangu Universe, the Heavenly Emperor sensed it and looked back.
Shidai slowly said, "At this point, are you still going to keep hiding it?"
The Emperor's blood at the corner of the Heavenly Emperor's mouth had long since vanished. His expression was calm, and he did not respond.
...
Leaving the Universe Origin, this day was the most shocking one of Ye Chen's life.
Because from the Heavenly Emperor's mouth, he had learned the true ultimate secrets!
Whether it was that the Origin Land was born from the Deficient Primordial Realm that is the Chaos Sea, or the Thirty-three Eternal Heavenly Venerates, or the Eternal Dusk War of the past, or even how the nine Eternal Heavenly Venerates shattered the original Primordial Realm, forcing the great god Pangu—who had the qualification to contend for the title of Heavenly Venerate King—to sacrifice himself to reopen the Primordial Realm.
Any one of these secrets, if revealed, would be enough to cause a huge uproar in the Chaos Sea, let alone so many combined; they could absolutely overturn the entire Chaos Sea.
The Origin Land was not the true origin, yet it was also the only place of hope for proving the Eternal Fruit.
Although the hope was slim, even the nine Eternal Heavenly Venerates did not wish for new Eternal Heavenly Venerates to emerge.
He was not Primordial Beginning, the legendary Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerate, but what they shared was that both cultivated the Chaos Great Dao. The difference was that Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerate had cultivated the Chaos Great Dao to the Eternal level and possessed unparalleled cultivation that faintly hinted at achieving the status of Heavenly Venerate King.
However, Ye Chen always felt that the Heavenly Emperor seemed to be hiding something else.
It wasn't just about why the Origin Land had exiled him, Shidai, and the Immortal Ancestor; there were other matters.
At this level, it was an intuition from the unseen informing him.
But since the Heavenly Emperor did not speak of it, he could not press for answers.
Returning to the Chaos Heavenly Mansion, Ye Chen continued to comprehend the "Heavenly Emperor Scripture," hoping to thoroughly understand the one-third of the Eternal Great Dao mastered by the Heavenly Emperor as soon as possible.
At the same time, he inspected Pan Dao Immortal King internally. He was still comprehending before the Pangu Heart, but his aura was stronger, closer to the Immortal Venerate level. Ye Chen believed it wouldn't be many tens of thousands of years before he too ascended to become a new Immortal Venerate.
Finally, Ye Chen began to study the remains of the Origin Burial Lord.
This peerless overlord-level corpse was matchless in the present world. Looking across the Deficient Primordial Realm that is the Chaos Sea, past and present, there was probably only this one.
Only he was fortunate enough to obtain it. Although the ten most important origin heads had been severed, it still contained endless value, enough to drive even Half-Step Overlords mad with envy.
Studying a peerless overlord-level corpse might reveal other methods for advancing to the peerless overlord realm.
Time passed quietly.
The blood chaos in the Chaos Sea grew increasingly intense, far more violent than in the early stages of the Blood-Stained Epoch.
Tens of thousands of years passed. In this brief period, no fewer than ten Giant-level existences had perished in the Chaos Sea, including First-Generation Giants—something unimaginable in the past.
Before the Blood-Stained Epoch, it was often difficult for more than a handful of Giants to fall in an entire epoch. Some epochs saw none fall at all.
This showed how rapidly and intensely the blood chaos was escalating.
Over these tens of thousands of years, Ye Chen had entered the Chaos Sea several times, aiming to find the Origin Will of the Eternal Night Domain and rescue the Profound God Ancestor. Unfortunately, he had never been able to locate them.
However, during these years, the Alchemy Emperor arrived and joined the Pangu Universe's camp.
This famous First-Generation Giant, seeing that Ye Chen—the junior who had once received his alchemy teachings—had now become a peerless existence second only to the Five Invincible Overlords since their last parting, couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
Especially the Alchemy Emperor Clan, which had hoped to resolve their past grievances with Ye Chen. Otherwise, if a Half-Step Overlord pursued the matter, even the Alchemy Emperor could not protect them.
The connections between the Divine Emperor, the Henggu Monarch, and the Pangu Universe also deepened significantly.
They all knew that although they were Half-Step Overlords, in the increasingly intense blood chaos of the Chaos Sea, by the later stages, they might only have the strength for self-preservation.
Especially the four overlord-level forces—the Primordial Immortal World, the Alien Ancient Universe, the Pangu Universe, and the Origin Saint Race—each possessed peerless overlords and multiple Half-Step Overlords.
At this stage, they had to take a side like the Eternal Heavenly Realm and the Chaos Burial Ground, finding it difficult to maintain absolute neutrality. Unless, like the Universe Emperor, one was a peerless overlord oneself, fearless of all, and no side would dare to wage war against them for fear of thoroughly offending them.
Not long after, a terrifying piece of news spread through the Chaos Sea—
The Primordial Ancestor had died suddenly!
In this period of blood chaos, the sudden death of a Giant-level existence was no longer surprising. But what was horrifying was that the Primordial Ancestor was an extremely ancient existence from the early days of the Chaos Sea, and also one of the few independent Half-Step Overlords in the Chaos Sea!