After the disappearance of the Immortal Path Prodigy, hailed as the second coming of the Chaos Heavenly Emperor, for billions of years, the world soon welcomed another prosperous epoch.
The myriad Daos of the Chaos Sea continued to flourish to their peak. This was astonishing, as such a golden age like the one billions of years ago was something rarely seen across many epochs. Yet, within the span of a single epoch, a second one had actually appeared—simply unbelievable, an event unprecedented throughout all of history.
What exactly was happening with this epoch?
Could it truly be because, after the departure of that strongest echelon of powerhouses from the Chaos Sea in the past, the resources of the Chaos Sea had become available, leading to this epoch's unprecedented prosperity?
Naturally, this period was not without the competitive rise of Heaven's Prides from all sides.
This was because the Chaos Heavenly Mansion was once again recruiting new talents.
Three billion years had passed. Although the Chaos Heavenly Mansion had gradually entered a state of seclusion, it remained the undisputed number one power in the Chaos Sea.
The influence of the Chaos Heavenly Emperor still existed, affecting the entire Chaos Sea.
Over the past billions of years, new Giants had joined, of course. Those Giants had proven their Dao across multiple epochs. Yet, even during the golden age billions of years ago, giving birth to new Giants or Immortal Kings was clearly very difficult.
After all, not everyone was the Chaos Heavenly Emperor or that Immortal Path Prodigy.
Even Eternal Monarchs and Monarchs possessing the potential for Immortal King or Giant status, after billions of years of cultivation, were still far from reaching the stage to truly challenge the Giant level. They still needed long ages of continuous accumulation before they could leap forward in one go, break through their realm, and directly achieve the state of Giant or Immortal King.
Cang Xiong from back then was like this, accumulating for an entire epoch before succeeding.
Even so, there were still several supreme Heaven's Prides who successfully rose during that golden age billions of years ago, proved their Dao to become Emperors or attained the Dao to become immortals, and joined the Chaos Heavenly Mansion.
But clearly, the Chaos Heavenly Mansion was not satisfied. And with the Mansion's foundation, even if more Giants joined, it was completely sufficient.
However, as the third set of billions of years passed, the Chaos Heavenly Emperor, revered by all heavens, still had not appeared.
He seemed to have vanished completely.
At first, many people thought something might have happened to the Chaos Heavenly Emperor. After all, back then, deep within the Chaos Sea, even someone as powerful as the Chaos Heavenly Emperor had suddenly been injured, and no one knew what had occurred.
Now, it was probably the same.
But later, the world felt they were overthinking it. For throughout the vast Chaos Sea, aside from the five departed Supreme Realm Overlords, who throughout all of history was a great, invincible existence that could kill the Chaos Heavenly Emperor?
Moreover, the powerhouses of the Chaos Heavenly Mansion had always been very calm. It was evident they were not at all concerned for the Chaos Heavenly Emperor's safety.
Clearly, the Chaos Heavenly Emperor still existed in the mortal world, just no one knew where!
The arrival of another golden age naturally brought with it the fierce competition of countless Heaven's Prides.
The scions of various Supreme Ones, even the children of Giants, chose to emerge and compete in this era.
There were also peerless Heaven's Prides sealed away since ancient times who emerged as well.
During this time, a new supreme Heaven's Pride rose.
And what was shocking was that this supreme Heaven's Pride almost replicated everything about that Immortal Path Prodigy from the past, becoming an Eternal Monarch within a mere ten thousand years, capable of fighting Supremes at their peak, and even defeating Quasi-Giants after a hundred thousand years, becoming an Extreme Realm Quasi-Giant.
Finally, at over two hundred thousand years old, he became a terrifying existence—a First-Generation Giant—defeating an Ancient Giant and drawing widespread attention.
Later, this supreme Heaven's Pride also disappeared.
No one knew his whereabouts.
Afterwards, almost every billion years, such a stunningly brilliant, peerless Heaven's Pride would appear.
The world had almost grown numb to it.
What exactly was happening with this epoch? Why were so many peerless Heaven's Prides appearing, each more dazzling than the last, all able to rival the Chaos Heavenly Emperor of the past?
However, what was strikingly consistent was that these supreme Heaven's Prides almost all, within a mere few hundred thousand years, became Immortal Venerables or First-Generation Giants. After walking proudly through the world, they would abruptly disappear, only to be replaced by the emergence of the next generation's peerless Heaven's Pride.
Soon, this epoch entered its final stage.
An epoch consisted of ten sets of billions of years.
To date, the Chaos Heavenly Emperor had been gone for ten billion years.
During this period, a total of seven peerless Heaven's Prides had appeared—an unprecedented frequency.
Many people began to detect something quite unusual.
Because the appearances of these peerless Heaven's Prides were spaced too closely. Another issue was that never were two peerless Heaven's Prides present in the same era; they appeared one after another, with corresponding intervals between them.
Thus, an ancient fossil who had lived for endless ages detected the anomaly and exclaimed in shock, "Could these all be the same person?"
When these words were spoken, the entire world was shaken.
They suddenly recalled the various events of the past, thought of all the peculiarities during that period, and gained a great enlightenment.
Perhaps, these peerless Heaven's Prides were all the same person.
Moreover, the Chaos Heavenly Emperor had disappeared for ten billion years, and these seven peerless Heaven's Prides had all appeared during the era of his disappearance. Could they all be reincarnations of the Chaos Heavenly Emperor?
Although this speculation was astonishing, it was highly possible.
Otherwise, it was merely that each one was a Ten Tribulations Divine King, Eternal Quasi-Monarch, Extreme Realm Quasi-Giant or Quasi-Immortal King, defeating Immortal Kings or Giants in a few hundred thousand years—very similar, or rather, identical in their heaven-defying, matchless growth experience to the Chaos Heavenly Emperor of the past.
If one appeared, that would be one thing. But with so many peerless Heaven's Prides appearing simultaneously, one couldn't help but suspect a problem here.
"Is it really Master?"
Within the Chaos Heavenly Mansion, disciples like Shi Baitian, Wang Xiong, Jian Wuhen, Yan Wushuang, and the Primordial Demon God now reacted.
"It should be. I remember Master obtained a supreme technique in the past called the 'Ten Revolutions Heaven-Defying Transformation,' which allows one to reincarnate and be reborn repeatedly, completing the accumulation of ten lifetimes, ultimately gathering it all into one body for a final, ultimate leap," said Yan Wushuang. Among those present, he had followed Ye Chen the longest, was the senior brother to the others, and knew quite a bit.
The Ten Revolutions Heaven-Defying Transformation—a special immortal technique.
In the past, the Myriad Transformation Ancient Immortal used this immortal technique, reincarnating through nine lifetimes, and ultimately was able to become a supreme immortal.
The Monarch Chi Xue of the Ten Heavens Ancient Domain also used it to complete her transformation and prove her Dao to become a Supreme One.
Now, Master, the Chaos Heavenly Emperor, was originally at the Supreme Realm level. Using this as a foundation, if he cultivated to the Supreme Realm Overlord level in each lifetime and superimposed them all together, one could only imagine how utterly terrifying it would be.
"Truly worthy of being the Chaos Heavenly Emperor. It is indeed utterly terrifying. He actually cultivated the 'Ten Revolutions Heaven-Defying Transformation.' It's hard to imagine how terrifying he will be once he reaches the end," exclaimed Pan Dao Immortal Venerable in awe. He knew that it must be the Chaos Heavenly Emperor. He just didn't know, once the final step was completed, to what level the Chaos Heavenly Emperor would become strong.
No one could know!