In the past, when Demacia had just become a Supreme One, accepting this Half-Step Overlord forbidden divine ability would have inevitably drawn covetous eyes from all sides, making it very dangerous.
Therefore, the Han Tian Great Emperor could only impart it to Ye Chen, who was already a Half-Step Overlord at the time.
But now, things were completely different. The peak-level existences in the Chaos Sea had either gone to the Origin Land or been suppressed and slain by Ye Chen.
Moreover, he was now the strongest in the Chaos Sea. Everyone knew of the relationship between Demacia and him—who would dare to make a move against Demacia?
After bidding farewell to Demacia, Ye Chen walked through the ruins of the Eight Desolates Ancient Universe, employing supreme great methods. Through sheer effort, he managed to find traces of the universe's origin from the bygone era of the Eight Desolates Ancient Universe.
His gaze remained fixed, probing these traces of the Eight Desolates Ancient Universe's origin.
This yielded him no small gains.
He sat in meditation for a period of time before finally departing.
Not long after, he arrived at the Primordial Immortal Realm.
This was his first visit to the Primordial Immortal Realm since becoming a Taishang realm Overlord.
This was not a spur-of-the-moment decision but a planned visit.
Ever since the Immortal Ancestor led the most elite Immortal Dao Half-Step Overlords, Immortal Venerables, and Immortal Kings like Tian A Immortal Lord and Dong Huang into the Origin Land, the Primordial Immortal Realm had long since lost its former peak glory and splendor.
Nowadays, although Immortal Kings still existed, they were few—only a handful remained, far from comparable to the past.
However, due to Ye Chen's influence and the fact that it still possessed several Immortal Kings, the outside world did not dare to easily invade this former number one Chaos Ancient Universe that once dominated the Chaos Sea.
Moreover, the Primordial Immortal Realm remained largely intact.
Those who had left were the strongest batch, at least at the Immortal King level, like the Immortal Ancestor and others. Many Supreme Immortals and Quasi-Immortal Kings remained, and below the Immortal Dao Supreme One level, almost no one had departed.
Back then, the Immortal Ancestor and others rarely interfered with the development of the Primordial Immortal Realm. Now, their departure, on the whole, did not have a significant impact on it.
Ye Chen's arrival naturally drew the attention of the Primordial Immortal Realm's few Immortal Kings and numerous immortals, who personally came to welcome him.
In truth, they were also somewhat puzzled. Why had the Chaos Heavenly Emperor suddenly come to the Primordial Immortal Realm?
Given the Chaos Heavenly Emperor's supreme status, his every move surely wasn't without reason.
Ye Chen politely declined the enthusiastic invitations of the Immortal Kings and went alone to the universe's origin of the Immortal Realm.
The universe origin of the Primordial Immortal Realm was one of the most powerful universe origins, comparable to that of the Alien Ancient Universe.
However, Ye Chen possessed the status of an Immortal Dao Half-Step Overlord, so he was not repelled.
"From the forty-ninth to the first, I've finally arrived here. I hope it will give me what I seek."
With that, he entered the universe origin of the Primordial Immortal Realm and sat quietly in meditation for a very long period.
Later, Ye Chen disappeared from the Chaos Sea.
No one knew his whereabouts, but no one worried for his safety. Everyone knew the Chaos Heavenly Emperor was invincible throughout the world; no one could threaten him.
Time flowed on, continuing its passage.
In the blink of an eye, another several hundred thousand years passed.
The Chaos Sea remained as before.
On this day, the Alien Ancient Universe experienced a great upheaval. Infinite azure light shone, and ten heavens manifested, shaking the great universe, startling the entire Chaos Sea, and drawing attention from all sides.
Especially that terrifying fluctuation—it was exactly like the fluctuations when World-Wrath God Venerable, or the Five Chaos Emperors of the Chaotic Ancient Era, and other peerless great terrors emerged in the past.
This made many people's hearts tremble with fear. Could it be that the Chaos Heavenly Emperor had not completely resolved all the lingering threats back then? Did the Alien Ancient Universe, one of the most terrifying Chaos Ancient Universes, still harbor a Half-Step Overlord level great terror?
When a majestic azure-light figure emerged from the origin of the Alien Ancient Universe, the Chaos Sea was greatly shaken.
Qingtian Dadi?
Hadn't he perished long ago, killed by Shidai? How was he still alive?
All sides were shaken. And what was even more shocking was that the aura emanating from Qingtian Dadi was overwhelmingly powerful—he was unmistakably a Half-Step Overlord, and an excessively strong one at that, containing the might of a universe, almost comparable to the Chaos Heavenly Emperor during his Half-Step Overlord period.
The Pangu Universe was even more astonished; they too had not known.
Some old acquaintances, like Xuan Shen Great Emperor, an ancient Great Emperor from the same Mythical Era as Qingtian Dadi, upon seeing his old friend from back then still alive, couldn't help but shed tears of emotion.
He was alive!
The Supreme Ones of the Alien Ancient Universe trembled in fear. They had long known Qingtian Dadi was alive, and now they harbored no thoughts of resistance.
"Congratulations, Father, on successfully refining the universe origin."
By his side, Di Wentian was also present.
Having cultivated by his father's side for many years and having the most direct comprehension of the origin of the Alien Ancient Universe, this most powerful Chaos Ancient Universe, he, who had already been at the Quasi-Giant level back then, had naturally now become an Eternal Giant, his cultivation extremely powerful.
Seeing his father successfully refine the Alien Ancient Universe, he was very happy.
"Yes, finally succeeded."
Qingtian Dadi let out a soft sigh. Now, having completely succeeded in refining the Alien Ancient Universe's origin, he was unprecedentedly powerful. With a mere gesture, he could easily suppress a Primordial Giant, and suppressing Half-Step Overlords like the Heavenly Dao Ancient Ancestor or Ao Yuan was not a problem either.
But he was still not at the Taishang realm level.
He knew himself. Even after refining the Alien Ancient Universe's origin, to a certain extent, he could face a Taishang realm Overlord head-on.
But in truth, only within the Alien Ancient Universe could he do so.
In essence, at most, he was comparable to the former Origin Will of the Eternal Night Domain.
Only upon reaching this step did Qingtian Dadi realize the might of the Taishang realm, and how eternally invincible Shidai, the Heavenly Emperor, the Immortal Ancestor, Zhen Yuan Taishang, and the Universe Great Emperor had been in the past.
He also deeply felt how heaven-defying Ye Chen was, to have actually walked that path and reached a level comparable to those ancient sages.
After Qingtian Dadi emerged from seclusion, the various venerables of the Chaos Sea came to offer congratulations. Learning some truths of the past, they couldn't help but look at Qingtian Dadi with envy.
Now, Qingtian Dadi had completely refined the Alien Ancient Universe's origin, making him equivalent to the Alien Ancient Universe itself, possessing the complete and most powerful force of a Chaos Ancient Universe. Looking across the vast Chaos Sea, aside from the invincible Chaos Heavenly Emperor, who could be his match?
Moreover, everyone knew Qingtian Dadi originated from the Pangu Universe and had perished back then to rescue the Chaos Heavenly Emperor, so a conflict was impossible.
However, they all very much wanted to know: between the Chaos Heavenly Emperor and Qingtian Dadi, who was stronger?
After Qingtian Dadi emerged, the various venerables thought he would undertake some major action.
In the end, they discovered they had overthought it. Qingtian Dadi did not interfere with anything in the Chaos Sea.
Everything remained as before.
Boom—
A hundred thousand years later, the Chaos Sea suddenly experienced a great tremor.
All living beings watched, gazing into the endless depths of the Chaos Sea, where an unparalleled terrifying fluctuation surged, shaking over half of the Chaos Sea, causing all beings to tremble.
The Supreme Ones of the myriad heavens were terrified. That world-destroying fluctuation was far too terrifying, surpassing them by an immeasurable degree.
Even separated by who knew how many realms, it still made them feel their bodies and minds tremble, their forms and spirits shake.
What had happened?
Could it be that the Chaos Heavenly Emperor had not completely eliminated all the great terrors back then, and some still lived and were about to emerge?
Where was the Chaos Heavenly Emperor?
No one knew how much time passed before all fluctuations gradually subsided, and all beings finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The bold ones, like the Eternal Giants, gazed toward that location, wanting to know what had truly happened.
In the end, they were shocked to discover a majestic man wreathed in endless ancient chaos energy standing there, with thirty-three vast heavens hovering above his head. It was none other than the Chaos Heavenly Emperor.
Had all of this been caused by the Chaos Heavenly Emperor?