Although the vast majority were swept away by Ye Chen, who stood firm and unyielding, raising his fists to strike horizontally, three of the war swords still pierced through his shoulder, chest, and thigh, inflicting considerable damage.
World-Burying Demon Ancestor, even more enraged after losing his Heaven-Burying Graveyard, condensed a war halberd from endless Half-Step Overlord Dao patterns, infused with his essence blood, and charged to Ye Chen's immediate front. In one strike, it pierced through his chest, stabbing through and shattering his heart.
Ye Chen coughed up great mouthfuls of blood, suffering an extremely terrifying injury.
Danger lurked at every turn!
His situation was exceedingly perilous!
But who was he? The invincible Chaos Heavenly Emperor. Even in such dire straits, he remained peerlessly valiant.
Drawing a deep breath, he forcefully manifested the phantom of a universe, surrounding himself to block the majority of the attacks from the two Half-Step Overlords, preventing his injuries from worsening further.
Endless vital essence converged towards him—it was the flesh and blood essence of Cosmic Heaven God Ancestor, who had been shattered.
Cosmic Heaven God Ancestor naturally had not perished yet, but his body was smashed to pieces, and before he could reassemble his physical form, he watched in fury as the Chaos Heavenly Emperor attempted to seize his bodily essence. He roared, "Chaos Heavenly Emperor, how dare you!"
Although he ultimately managed to sever the connection, a massive amount of essence had already been devoured by the Chaos Heavenly Emperor, causing him to suffer severe damage to his vitality.
Ye Chen also received a degree of replenishment, his aura recovering a segment. His eyes were incomparably cold as he raised a fist and blasted towards the nearby World-Burying Demon Ancestor.
This fist, though not as terrifying as before, still made the World-Burying Demon Ancestor pay a heavy price—half of his body exploded, blood staining the heavens and earth.
The Chaos Great Cauldron enveloped this vast expanse of heaven and earth, naturally drinking in quite a bit of the supreme Half-Step Overlord blood. Faintly, its entire body shone brilliantly, becoming even more extraordinary.
World-Burying Demon Ancestor was horrified, retreating immediately, not daring to face the Chaos Heavenly Emperor alone!
After unleashing this punch, Ye Chen also expended a great amount of essence, nearly depleting all the essence he had devoured from Cosmic Heaven God Ancestor.
He had no choice but to sit down cross-legged again to catch his breath, also preparing for the subsequent battle.
In such a situation, Ye Chen was clearly finding it difficult.
Although he had successfully severely wounded Cosmic Heaven God Ancestor, it was merely a severe wounding, not a kill.
Even someone as powerful as him found it difficult to kill a Half-Step Overlord, let alone one like Cosmic Heaven God Ancestor, who was stronger than the average Half-Step Overlord.
Moreover, under these circumstances, achieving a kill was especially difficult.
However, the severely wounded Cosmic Heaven God Ancestor's threat was significantly diminished. Even after quickly reassembling, his aura was far from his peak, a large gap that greatly reduced the crisis for Ye Chen.
World-Burying Demon Ancestor, after losing his Heaven-Burying Graveyard and having half his demonic body shattered, also saw his threat level greatly reduced.
At this moment, Ye Chen took a deep breath. His previously withered aura suddenly began to climb steadily.
Because now, he received help from the Universe Origin of the Pangu Universe.
Clearly, the Universe Origin did not wish for him to be killed like this, and was willing to sacrifice itself, pouring in Universe Origin to aid him.
Through a mark left when Ye Chen became a supreme overlord, branded upon the myriad heavens and resonating with the Universe Origin, it became a channel between them.
Within Ye Chen's body, a massive amount of Universe Origin poured in, filling him.
After receiving the infusion of Pangu Universe Origin, Ye Chen's injuries recovered significantly, and his Dao Collapse was forcibly suppressed once more. He couldn't help but cast a grateful glance towards the Pangu Universe Origin.
It must be known that the Pangu Universe was not only the ancient mother universe that gave birth to and nurtured him, but it was also formed from the combined remnants of the great Pangu after his fall. Its Universe Origin was particularly special, containing a vast amount of Eternal Power.
This was equivalent to Pangu's Eternal Power being directly bestowed upon Ye Chen, allowing his injuries to recover a large portion in an instant, and his aura to become incomparably stronger.
Faintly, Ye Chen's momentum was like a dragon, his gaze terrifying as he swept it over the three Half-Step Overlords, appearing truly boundless in terror.
This caused the three Half-Step Overlords' expressions to change drastically, looking at Ye Chen in shock and horror. Wrathful World Divine Venerable angrily looked upwards and roared, "Damnable Pangu Universe! You actually pour in Universe Origin just to keep the Chaos Heavenly Emperor alive!"
Cosmic Heaven God Ancestor and World-Burying Demon Ancestor were also extremely furious, never expecting the Pangu Universe Origin to be so willing, finding it hard to believe.
Even their respective ancient mother universes would not be so willing to pour in such a vast amount of Universe Origin.
But now, roaring was useless. They couldn't even kill the Chaos Heavenly Emperor when he was in a state of Dao Collapse, and had even paid a heavy price. Let alone now—they were even less capable of resisting. If this continued, they would likely only meet their end.
Therefore, they all wanted to leave.
The Chaos Heavenly Emperor was unbeatable; it was better to leave early while there was still a path to survival.
However, the Chaos Great Cauldron completely enveloped this heaven and earth, along with the Sealing Gate. Even the Heaven-Binding Chains and Heaven-Burying Stele pressed down, completely sealing the area. As powerful as the three Half-Step Overlords were, beings who could roam any part of the Chaos Sea with ease, they could not successfully leave this place now.
Moreover, after Ye Chen received the irrigation of Pangu Universe Origin, his aura surged, recovering most of his strength, but he also timely severed the connection to the Pangu Universe Origin.
At his level, to fully recover would undoubtedly require draining nearly the entire Pangu Universe's origin.
He naturally could not be so selfish.
A temporary suppression was enough. As long as he killed the three Half-Step Overlords, he could wholeheartedly continue his closed-door healing.
The three Half-Step Overlords had all suffered different severe wounds, while Ye Chen's aura was at its peak. With one side waning and the other waxing, the situation was naturally changing.
The battle was fierce, but there would not be many surprises.
Because Ye Chen's injuries had been completely stabilized. Even without the irrigation, the Pangu Universe Origin still exerted effort to suppress his Dao Collapse for him.
This was the advantage of fighting within one's ancient mother universe.
Ye Chen's injuries would not undergo major changes; he could fight with all his might.
He suppressed them with completely overwhelming power. After an ultimate battle lasting three days and three nights, the three Half-Step Overlords were successively shattered multiple times.
Finally, the physical bodies of all three were completely shattered, unable to reassemble.
Ye Chen used the Heaven-Binding Chains to seal one, the Heaven-Burying Stele to suppress another, and himself manifested the Heavenly Emperor Dharma Form to suppress the third.
Thus, all three Half-Step Overlords were completely suppressed.
Of course, to completely refine and annihilate a Half-Step Overlord would require a rather long period of time.
Fortunately, Ye Chen had enough time.
Naturally, even so, Ye Chen had paid a rather heavy price. His Universe Chaos Body had exploded several times, his Origin Universe had cracked over a large area, its Universe Origin fractured, nearly collapsing.
It was only with the help of the Pangu Universe Origin that it was maintained.
His injuries stabilized.
Only then did Ye Chen retrieve the Chaos Great Cauldron and the Sealing Gate, reappearing before the world.