Ye Chen frowned. The Eternal Night Land's Origin Will had actually grown to such a level now, silently slaying the Primordial Ancestor, a Half-Step Overlord.
It was hard to imagine what level it had reached now.
Donghuang and Tian'a Immortal Lord also wore grave expressions, clearly extremely wary of the Eternal Night Land's Origin Will.
Even the Origin Saint Race and the Alien Ancient Universe were quite apprehensive.
Although the Eternal Night Land's Origin Will had ambushed and killed the Profound God Ancestor, successfully hunting him just as he achieved Half-Step Overlord status, thus eliminating a major enemy for the Origin Saint Race, the Eternal Night Land's Origin Will had now become an even more terrifying foe. Because no one knew if the Eternal Night Land's Origin Will would turn its hand against the Origin Saint Race.
Thousand Mechanisms Heaven Ancestor reached out a hand, grasping a fragment of the Primordial Universe's imprint. Above his head, the Heavenly Mechanism Compass manifested, spinning rapidly and projecting scenes—images involving the Primordial Universe, the Primordial Ancestor, and even the Eternal Night Land's Origin Will's ambush.
Clearly visible in those scenes was the figure of the Profound God Ancestor, but he no longer possessed the sanctity of his tribulation-crossing days. Instead, his pupils were dark, and his body radiated an extremely dense dark light, obviously transformed through fusion with the Eternal Night Land's Origin Will. He was engaged in a great battle with the Primordial Ancestor, collapsing entire Chaos Ancient Universes with every casual move.
Finally, everything vanished, and the Heavenly Mechanism Compass stopped spinning.
Thousand Mechanisms Heaven Ancestor's gaze grew exceptionally profound. "So it went there."
Donghuang asked, "Where?"
Thousand Mechanisms Heaven Ancestor sneered, "Why should I tell you?"
Hearing this, Donghuang and Tian'a Immortal Lord's expressions darkened slightly, but that was indeed the reality. The Origin Saint Race dared to wage war against the Primordial Immortal World and cared not for such matters.
Then, Thousand Mechanisms Heaven Ancestor looked at Ye Chen. "Chaos Heavenly Emperor, do you wish to know its whereabouts?"
How could Ye Chen not know what he was scheming? He replied indifferently, "What do you want?"
"Simple. Hand over the Heavenly Dao Millstone, and I will tell you," Thousand Mechanisms Heaven Ancestor said with a cold laugh. "Of course, you can choose not to. But the Eternal Night Land's Origin Will bears the greatest grudge against you. Right now, it's hunting lone Half-Step Overlords, but next time, it might be your turn or the Pangu Universe's."
These words carried no small threat.
However, the fact that the Eternal Night Land's Origin Will could hunt the Primordial Ancestor indicated its strength had reached an astonishing level. If they didn't act now, once the Eternal Night Land's Origin Will fully refined the Primordial Ancestor, it would become even more powerful, perhaps even approaching the Overlord level infinitely closely. That would pose a threat to all four Overlord-level forces.
Thousand Mechanisms Heaven Ancestor said, "Chaos Heavenly Emperor, you'd better think this through carefully."
"Don't hand it over," the Defying War Lord, accustomed to being domineering, declared. "At worst, we fight. The Pangu Universe has the Heavenly Emperor presiding. A mere Eternal Night Land's Origin Will cannot threaten us."
At this moment, Aoyuan sneered, "That's hard to say. The Blood-Stained Future is about to descend. Once other Overlord-level forces declare war on the Pangu Universe, and the Eternal Night Land's Origin Will seizes the chance to strike, perhaps several Half-Step Overlords might fall."
The ones who would declare war on the Pangu Universe were naturally the Alien Ancient Universe.
These words seemed like a reminder, but in reality, the Alien Ancient Universe also didn't wish to see Ye Chen grow stronger.
If the Heavenly Dao Millstone were exchanged to the Origin Saint Race, at the very least, the Heavenly Dao Ancient Ancestor could largely recover his strength.
Moreover, even if they deduced the whereabouts of the Eternal Night Land's Origin Will, so what? Having hunted two Half-Step Overlords—the Profound God Ancestor and the Primordial Ancestor—no one believed the current Chaos Heavenly Emperor could deal with it.
Disheng said, "Chaos Heavenly Emperor, what is your consideration?"
Ye Chen glanced at him. "Nothing much."
Thousand Mechanisms Heaven Ancestor sneered, "In that case, the Pangu Universe should pray for its own fortune."
"Who says only you can perform deductions?" Ye Chen laughed coldly. The Heavenly Dao Millstone soared into the sky, rotating slowly. At the same time, a Bagua Yin-Yang formation diagram appeared, looking closely like a fate compass capable of deducing infinite information across the heavens.
Did they really think he had spent these hundreds of thousands of years in vain?
Ye Chen had obtained the Origin Burial Lord's Overlord-level remains and had made significant progress over hundreds of thousands of years.
Especially in the art of deduction. Inspired by Thousand Mechanisms Heaven Ancestor back then, he had specialized in this path for hundreds of thousands of years.
Thus, as the highest achiever in the Chaos Great Dao, his skill in deduction had reached an astonishing level.
Now, the Chaos Fate Compass appeared. The Five Elements, the Eight Trigrams, the myriad Daos of the heavens—nothing was beyond its deduction.
Thousand Mechanisms Heaven Ancestor's expression changed slightly, but he said gloomily, "Chaos Heavenly Emperor, though your combat power is strong, you cannot deduce the Eternal Night Land's Origin Will. In all the world, only I can deduce it."
"Enough talk. You'll know when you see it."
The Chaos Fate Compass above Ye Chen's head spun rapidly, projecting countless scenes, identical to when Thousand Mechanisms Heaven Ancestor performed his deduction earlier.
Witnessing this, Thousand Mechanisms Heaven Ancestor's expression darkened. Could the Chaos Heavenly Emperor truly deduce it?
Soon, Ye Chen obtained a deduction result. "So it's in the Desolate Barrens. No wonder its traces could never be found."
The Desolate Barrens was one of the seven most terrifying secret realms in the Chaos Sea, on par with the Eternal Heavenly Realm.
Of course, it was on par with the Eternal Heavenly Realm's predecessor, the Eternal Unknown Land.
The Desolate Barrens was one of the battlegrounds from endless eons ago, where the Heavenly Emperor and Shi Dai led the myriad races of the Chaos Sea in resistance against the Origin Saint Race. The most terrifying powerhouses of that era clashed there, shattering a Chaos Ancient Universe in battle. Then, the invincible Dao principles of the three peerless Overlords annihilated that Chaos Ancient Universe, thus forming the Desolate Barrens.
Because the Desolate Barrens contained the supreme Dao principles of the three peerless Overlords, even Half-Step Overlords, and even peerless Overlords, would be affected, making effective deduction difficult.
Thousand Mechanisms Heaven Ancestor's expression changed dramatically. The Chaos Heavenly Emperor had actually deduced it! He couldn't believe it.
Seeing Thousand Mechanisms Heaven Ancestor's expression, Aoyuan and the other two Alien Half-Step Overlords realized Ye Chen had truly deduced it, and their expressions also darkened.
"Let's go!"
Ye Chen said, joining forces with the Defying War Lord, Donghuang, and Tian'a Immortal Lord—four Half-Step Overlords—and headed straight for the Desolate Barrens.
"We're going too!"
Thousand Mechanisms Heaven Ancestor, Disheng, Aoyuan, and the other four Half-Step Overlords also rushed towards the Desolate Barrens.
The Desolate Barrens was located far from the core of the Chaos Sea where Chaos Ancient Universes were situated, an immeasurable distance away.
Even for eight Half-Step Overlords, it took several days to finally reach the Desolate Barrens.
Before them appeared an endlessly vast battlefield remnant. Even after countless eons, one could still sense the terror of that ancient battle. Not only had a Chaos Ancient Universe collapsed here, but who knew how many worlds had been destroyed and how many supreme powerhouses had fallen.