Yan Wu Shuang had been revived for many years, truly coming back to life only after Ye Chen made a significant breakthrough on the Path of Faith.
Because he received Ye Chen's personal guidance, and his own innate talent was sufficiently high, coupled with the fact that his reconstructed body was nurtured by Ye Chen's Chaos Saint Blood, his foundation was innately no less than that of a Giant's offspring, making him an Innate Great Perfection Supreme Genius.
Adding in Yan Wu Shuang's own talent, after receiving Ye Chen's personal guidance for a period, he soon undertook the Emperor Trial, embarked on the Starry Sky Ancient Path, and quickly became an Ancient Path Overlord, attracting much attention.
His appearance astonished the world.
Whether it was Ye Wudao, Ye Fei, Ye Xuan, Zhou Fan, or now Yan Wu Shuang, all had a profound connection with the Chaos Heavenly Emperor.
It could be said that the Chaos Heavenly Emperor's children and disciples had completely dominated the entire Starry Sky Ancient Path, making other Heaven's Prides feel immense pressure, with little hope of contending for first place.
At this time, Ye Chen made a decision: to have Ye Wudao, Zhou Fan, and the other children and disciples return, ceasing their participation in the Emperor Trial.
Similarly, he knew that continuing like this would have a massive impact on the entire Emperor Trial.
His children and disciples were too powerful, their innate conditions far surpassing their peers. Continuing would deal a severe blow to others, so withdrawing midway was the best choice.
Undoubtedly, the mid-trial withdrawal of Ye Wudao and the other descendants and disciples of the Chaos Heavenly Emperor's lineage caused a huge stir.
No one expected that the five most promising contenders for the ultimate first place in the Emperor Trial would all announce their withdrawal, shaking the entire Pangu Universe.
Soon, Heaven's Prides from all realms understood the Chaos Heavenly Emperor's well-intentioned consideration. They realized that once the five Ancient Path Overlords of the Chaos Heavenly Emperor's lineage emerged, they could absolutely sweep through the entire Starry Sky Ancient Path, dealing a massive blow to all trial participants, with few contenders capable of suppressing them, hence their recall.
While many Heaven's Prides breathed a sigh of relief, quite a few felt dissatisfied.
Because even if Ye Wudao and the other five Ancient Path Overlords were strong, so what? Although they suppressed many Heaven's Prides to the point of suffocation, they also became targets for many to chase after, striving one day to match or even surpass them.
Immediately, many special, opposing voices arose on the Starry Sky Ancient Path.
On one hand, many felt it was good that Ye Wudao and the others withdrew; on the other, some felt they shouldn't withdraw, believing they should remain as targets for all Heaven's Prides to pursue, to help them grow stronger.
Moreover, the Blood-Stained Future required constant tempering. If even Ye Wudao and the others were considered too powerful, how could they survive in the Blood-Stained Future?
Ye Chen paid no heed to the world's opinions. Since he had recalled his children and disciples, he would not send them out again.
The Emperor Trial had served its purpose of tempering them. Continuing would not achieve the intended tempering goal.
As for the various opportunities for Supreme Ones and Giants, he did not value them much, as he had plenty and could provide better ones for his children and disciples.
After having Ye Wudao and the others withdraw from the Emperor Trial, Ye Chen personally arranged other trials for them, more suitable than the Emperor Trial, involving the participation of multiple Supreme Ones and Giants from the Chaos Heavenly Mansion.
Even the Time-Space Great Emperor came, taking the five away for a period, stating he needed to send them to a special place, ensuring they would return in time to become sufficient combat strength before the Blood-Stained Future.
Not to mention others, even many Supreme Ones and Giants were puzzled.
The exact timing of the Blood-Stained Future was unclear, but it was expected to descend in the near future. In such a short time, even achieving the Dao and becoming an Emperor would be somewhat difficult, let alone becoming a significant force in the battles of the Blood-Stained Future, which required at least Giant-level strength.
Where exactly was the Time-Space Great Emperor sending them?
But Ye Chen trusted the Time-Space Great Emperor deeply and understood his meaning.
Meanwhile, over these years, Ye Chen would occasionally gaze into the distance at the Chaos Sea, at the Alien Ancient Universe.
Because over these tens of thousands of years, the Alien Ancient Universe had been strangely quiet, with little movement, mostly minor skirmishes, which made him frown.
Where there is abnormality, there must be a scheme, especially concerning the Alien Ancient Universe. Ye Chen would not believe there was nothing strange about it.
However, the Alien Ancient Universe was sealed off, impossible to spy on from the outside. Even someone as powerful as Ye Chen, a Half-Step Overlord, could not peer inside, as it was blocked by the Dao principles of a peerless Overlord, impenetrable.
During this time, Ye Chen had considered investigating, but the Alien Ancient Universe'sabnormal / unusual behavior made him highly vigilant, preventing rash action.
What exactly did the Alien Ancient Universe intend?
And what about the Origin Saint Race and the Chaos Burial Ground?
Ye Chen's expression turned grave.
On this day, Ye Chen felt a sense of foreboding. His gaze instantly pierced through the universe's boundary wall, looking toward the Alien Ancient Universe.
At the same time, Tai Sheng Huang, the Battle Saint Ancestor, the Defying War Lord, the Time-Space Great Emperor, the Desolate Demon Lord, the Profound God Ancestor, and other Half-Step Overlords also sensed something, as did the Human Sovereign and the Six Paths Great Emperor. They all simultaneously looked toward the Alien Ancient Universe.
Boom—
After a million years, the terrifying beam of light that had once shattered the Heaven-Severing Ancient Universe once again erupted from the Alien Ancient Universe, shooting deep into the Chaos Sea with utterly terrifying power. It actually pierced through three Ancient Chaos Universes along its path in a single strike.
The Chaos Sea trembled. How terrifying must this power be to pierce through three Ancient Chaos Universes at once? It was an unimaginable horror.
Three Ancient Chaos Universes collapsed catastrophically, countless lives stained with blood. Wherever that terrifying beam passed, it even killed a Ten Thousand Ancient Giant within one of the Ancient Chaos Universes.
In one of those Ancient Chaos Universes—the one where the Divine Emperor resided—when the terrifying beam pierced through, he was meditating at the universe's origin core. It brushed past him, directly inflicting severe injuries on this supreme Half-Step Overlord, tearing and shattering half of his Ten Thousand Ancient Indestructible Body, leaving him critically wounded.
One could imagine how horrifying that beam was.
All living beings trembled. The Divine Emperor roared in fury, his boundless divine body manifesting in the Chaos Sea as he gazed at the Alien Ancient Universe with shock and rage, shaking the eight directions of the Chaos Sea.
"Alien race, how dare you!"
The Divine Emperor's roar shook the heavens, giving rise to countless Dao phenomena.
Major powers also watched the Alien Ancient Universe in fear. That supremely terrifying beam had severely wounded a Half-Step Overlord. If it struck them, they would undoubtedly die—hadn't they seen a Ten Thousand Ancient Giant already perish?
But why had the Alien Ancient Universe suddenly struck again?
And this time, it targeted three Ancient Chaos Universes—unthinkable.