Of course, it was not the true forms of the Thirty-Three Eternal Heavenly Venerates descending, merely a trace of bloodline from their descendants.
However, in the hands of a peerless existence like the Cosmic Heaven God Ancestor, the descendant bloodlines of the Thirty-Three Eternal Heavenly Venerates were continuously revived. Coupled with the fact that he himself was a descendant of an Eternal Heavenly Venerate, he was especially adept at activation and poured boundless divine power into it. Surging with this empowerment, Eternal Heavenly Venerates appeared like projections upon the Thirty-Three Heavens.
Naturally, there was a significant gap compared to the projections of the Eternal Heavenly Venerates on the Thirty-Three Heavenly Passes deep within the Origin Ancient Path; they had not reached that level, but they were still extremely powerful.
The Cosmic Heaven God Ancestor manifested the Thirty-Three Heavens. On each of the thirty-three vast celestial realms, blurry figures of Eternal Heavenly Venerates stepped forth, their gazes locking onto Ye Chen as they also charged forward to kill.
In the distance, the Wrathful World Divine Venerable and the World-Burying Demon Ancestor revealed looks of shock and awe.
Even though they had existed for endless eons, and had even clashed with the Cosmic Heaven God Ancestor in those distant ages, even engaging in life-and-death battles, this was the first time they had witnessed the Cosmic Heaven God Ancestor unleash such a terrifying, forbidden divine ability as the Thirty-Three Heavens.
"The Thirty-Three Heavens, summoning the thirty-three Eternal Heavenly Venerates of the Origin Land!"
The Wrathful World Divine Venerable sighed with emotion. Having survived endless eons and followed the Primordial Ancestor, he naturally understood some of the ancient secrets of the Origin Land. He knew the Origin Land was a truly eternal ancient place, and that it had once housed as many as thirty-three such beings.
Although he knew the Cosmic Heaven God Ancestor could not possibly summon the thirty-three Eternal Heavenly Venerates here, the thirty-three traces of Eternal Heavenly Venerate bloodline and will imprints were still extremely fearsome.
After all, Eternal Heavenly Venerates were truly supreme, unparalleled existences; a single hand was enough to suppress an invincible Taishang realm Overlord within the Deficient Primordial Realm.
Even back then, just a single projection descending from the Origin Land to the Deficient Primordial Realm to guard the Origin Ancient Path could rival a true Taishang realm Overlord.
Such existences were even hailed as Eternal, signifying true immortality and indestructibility.
Legend had it that after the great battle in the Origin Land, though only ten of the Thirty-Three Heavens remained, and even the great Pangu perished after opening the Chaos Sea, this Deficient Primordial Realm...
However, there was a saying in the world: The Eternal cannot be extinguished; one Eternal cannot kill another.
The fall of an Eternal is not a true fall.
They still live, just in another form.
Of course, this was merely speculation. No one could know for sure.
Now, with the Cosmic Heaven God Ancestor summoning the Thirty-Three Heavens, drawing forth the will imprints of thirty-three Eternal Heavenly Venerates, and commanding the Thirty-Three Heavens here, that level of might was absolutely capable of suppressing a Half-Step Overlord.
Although the Chaos Heavenly Emperor was absurdly strong, possessing combat power that seemed beyond what a Half-Step Overlord should have, the Thirty-Three Heavens might still be able to suppress him.
The World-Burying Demon Ancestor did not understand as much as the Wrathful World Divine Venerable. Feeling the will imprints of the thirty-three Eternal Heavenly Venerates within the Thirty-Three Heavens, he felt threads of trepidation.
It was as if he had returned to the era of the Ancient Monarchs, facing a lofty, supreme existence.
Although he had not participated in the assault on the Origin Land, he had witnessed it from afar and knew those were the Eternal Heavenly Venerates of the Origin Land.
At this moment, a powerful yearning also surged within his heart, hoping that one day he too could become an Eternal Heavenly Venerate.
Here, the thirty-three vast celestial realms descended from the heavens, more like thirty-three primordial Chaos Universes pressing down, containing a terrifying momentum capable of shattering past, present, and future as they suppressed Ye Chen.
At this moment, bearing the suppression of the Thirty-Three Heavens, even Ye Chen felt an unprecedented, dreadful sense of pressure. It was as if thirty-three true Eternal Heavenly Venerates were crossing time and space, descending from the Origin Land to suppress him, the Chaos Heavenly Emperor.
"Thirty-Three Heavens? Ridiculous! Just some will imprints of Eternal Heavenly Venerates from descendant bloodlines, not their true forms, and you dare think you can suppress and kill me? Even if a true Eternal Heavenly Venerate were here, I would still suppress and slay them!"
Ye Chen roared.
Who was he?
The Chaos Heavenly Emperor, an undefeated warrior, crushing all before him.
He revered neither heaven nor earth, only his own self, firmly believing himself peerless in the world.
He threw a full-powered fist strike.
What Thirty-Three Heavens?
What Eternal Heavenly Venerate imprints?
They would all be ground to dust by a single fist!
He was the Chaos Heavenly Emperor, the number one of the current era, destined to sweep away all great enemies!
Boom—
That fist seemed like the strongest punch in all existence, crashing heavily against the Thirty-Three Heavens.
The thirty-three vast celestial realms capable of suppressing everything now violently trembled. Even with the will imprints of the Eternal Heavenly Venerates suppressing them, it was useless.
In an instant, one vast universe-level celestial realm after another directly collapsed, pierced through one after another.
In the blink of an eye, over a dozen heavens had already been pierced through. Along with them, those terrifyingly powerful, blurry figures of the Eternal Heavenly Venerates were also blasted apart, utterly shattered, unable to offer any resistance.
"Impossible!"
The Cosmic Heaven God Ancestor was horrified. The power of the Thirty-Three Heavens he had created was such that even the sole Taishang Zhenyuan of the World-Boundary Heavenly Clan had declared it a forbidden divine ability that swept through the Half-Step Overlord realm undefeated, capable of suppressing Half-Step Overlords. It should have been invincible below the Taishang realm Overlord level within the Deficient Primordial Realm.
But now, it had been pierced through more than halfway in a single blow.
How could he accept this?
However, the Cosmic Heaven God Ancestor had forgotten: Ye Chen was no ordinary Half-Step Overlord. He had cultivated both the Immortal Dao and Divine Dao cultivation systems to the Half-Step Overlord level. Moreover, his Universe Chaos Body and Origin Universe were also at the Half-Step Overlord level, equivalent to four Half-Step Overlords residing within a single body.
Therefore, Ye Chen was hailed as the strongest Half-Step Overlord, bar none. The fact that he had suppressed the Origin Will of the Eternal Night Domain, which could simultaneously oppose multiple Half-Step Overlords back then, spoke volumes.
If not for his Origin Universe not being completely perfected yet, still requiring the mighty power of numerous Divine Dao Half-Step Overlords to provide support, and bearing the terrible Dao injury of Dao Collapse, the strength Ye Chen could unleash would have been far more terrifying.
Yet, even so, Ye Chen was still overwhelmingly powerful.
Without relying on any Dao weapons, a single fist pierced through eighteen heavens, annihilating eighteen will imprints of Eternal Heavenly Venerates.
He was like that figure from the Origin Land, vaguely hailed as the Heavenly Venerate King among the Thirty-Three Heavens—the Primordial Heavenly Venerate—suppressing all.
However, Ye Chen was also somewhat surprised. He hadn't expected this single fist to only pierce through eighteen heavens.
He had thought he could directly pierce through all thirty-three heavens and strike before the Cosmic Heaven God Ancestor.
It seemed these Thirty-Three Heavens were indeed frighteningly powerful.
If it weren't for him, and another Half-Step Overlord faced the descent of the Thirty-Three Heavens, they might truly be suppressed on the spot.
Unfortunately for the Cosmic Heaven God Ancestor, he had precisely run into Ye Chen.
Raising his fist, he struck again.
The remaining fifteen heavens all exploded as well.
The Cosmic Heaven God Ancestor shuddered as if struck by lightning, coughing up large mouthfuls of blood.
Clearly, with the Thirty-Three Heavens being pierced through and destroyed, he, as the caster, suffered backlash and was severely wounded.
Cough—
At this moment, Ye Chen also violently coughed up blood. Pores all over his body gushed with copious amounts of blood, blood containing the essence of the universe, very special.
Crack, crack—
Sounds continuously rang out.
It wasn't just his flesh; the sacred bones within his body were also cracking, affected by the Dao Collapse.