It wasn't just this first-generation Giant who frowned; everyone else did too, sensing this aura of great destruction rippling and spreading throughout the entire Chaos Sea.
Yet, there was no heavenly tribulation!
Between heaven and earth, and even within the Chaos Sea, there was no great tribulation.
This was because the Chaos Sea was merely a Deficient Primordial Realm, incapable of birthing Eternal Heavenly Venerates, and equally incapable of preventing the rise of such an Eternal Heavenly Venerate.
The so-called heavenly tribulation had long been unable to harm an Eternal Heavenly Venerate.
However, the tribulation still existed.
It simply did not exist between heaven and earth, but formed a special tribulation within the body of the one attempting the breakthrough.
A terrifying calamity was taking shape, appearing within Ye Chen's body.
No one knew exactly what kind of dreadful disaster had manifested.
"A tribulation originating from within the body? Is this the legendary Eternal Great Tribulation?"
All eyes were upon him, everyone sensing that within the Chaos Heavenly Emperor's body, a terrifying calamity was brewing and surging—one that was almost capable of destroying the entire Deficient Primordial Realm.
Once it erupted fully, no one knew how terrifying it would be. It was likely powerful enough to sweep across the entire Chaos Sea, annihilating countless domains and shattering numerous ancient Chaos universes. It would be utterly impossible to withstand.
Yet, all of this was happening within the Chaos Heavenly Emperor's body.
He, the current strongest being in the Chaos Sea, was enduring this boundless eternal calamity.
*Cough—*
Suddenly, it was seen. The Chaos Heavenly Emperor's majestic body trembled violently, and a trace of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.
The world was shocked.
The Chaos Heavenly Emperor, peerless in the world, was actually injured! And the calamity was occurring within his body, erupting from the inside out.
Ye Chen knew this was the limitation the Deficient Primordial Realm imposed on the Eternal Realm.
The Deficient Primordial Realm lacked a complete Eternal Great Dao and could not give birth to a true Eternal Heavenly Venerate. Once one attempted to break through, formless and shapeless eternal calamities would appear within the body, fundamentally preventing the breakthrough!
However, this alone was not enough to stop him from attaining the Eternal Fruit.
"Too weak. It cannot stop me from proving the Dao of Eternity!"
Ye Chen said coldly. Within his body, Chaos Light instantly blazed boundlessly. Every inch of his flesh seemed to have endless Chaos Suns surging and erupting, forcibly suppressing all calamitous power within.
This eternal calamity might be able to threaten a Supreme Realm Overlord.
But it could no longer threaten the present him.
By now, Ye Chen had already set one foot into the domain of the Eternal Realm.
His strength was unprecedented within the Deficient Primordial Realm.
The Chaos Great Dao within him was proving the Dao; his Chaos Divine Power was transforming into Eternal Divine Power at every moment.
Ye Chen was constantly growing stronger.
Advancing from the Supreme Realm to the Eternal Realm was a qualitative transformation, a leap in life's hierarchy.
It was like an Emperor Lord proving the Dao to become a Great Emperor—a comprehensive ascension.
However, Ye Chen's promotion to Eternity involved an even more astonishing leap in life's hierarchy.
His aura was skyrocketing wildly. With every gesture, he subtly influenced the entire Chaos Sea, affecting the boundless Deficient Primordial Realm.
His injuries instantly healed.
The momentum around him was climbing steadily, aiming to surpass the current Supreme Realm and advance into the true Eternal Realm.
However, he had ultimately somewhat underestimated the Eternal Calamity.
For this terrifying calamity that prevented the leap from Supreme to Eternal was difficult precisely because it was a tribulation from within, from the inside out. Every single drop of it was enough to reduce even a Giant to ashes.
Enduring it for a long time, even a Supreme Realm Overlord would undoubtedly perish.
Although Ye Chen was extremely strong and his life's hierarchy was undergoing a great leap, he still could not be considered a true Eternal Realm existence; he was merely in the process of evolving through this stage.
The eruption of the Eternal Calamity could still harm him.
His flesh continuously seeped wisps of blood—quasi-eternal blood containing infinite profound mysteries, blood that even Giants would covet, wishing to obtain a trace to comprehend.
*Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!—*
As time passed, an extremely terrifying Eternal Calamity raged wildly within Ye Chen's body.
By this point, even someone as strong as Ye Chen could no longer suppress it completely.
Innumerable cracks appeared on his flesh, like porcelain.
Even some parts of his flesh exploded, sending bloody light soaring into the sky.
This horrified the world.
At the Chaos Heavenly Emperor's level, even an attack from a Supreme Realm weapon would likely leave no mark. Yet now, his flesh suddenly exploded. One could imagine how terrifying the calamity he was enduring was—far more dreadful than imagined.
Tribulation Light began to manifest within his body, growing increasingly terrifying.
Although Ye Chen suppressed it within his body with all his might, a wisp of Eternal Tribulation Light ultimately escaped. It fell upon a domain, directly shattering half of it, horrifying the denizens of the Chaos Sea.
Yet, this calamity also left Ye Chen's entire body not only lacerated but also charred black like charcoal, his vitality greatly diminished.
The experts of the Chaos Heaven Mansion were deeply worried, fearing only for Ye Chen's safety.
As time passed, Ye Chen's condition grew increasingly severe.
It was no longer just his entire body cracking and charring; inch by inch, his flesh continuously teetered between annihilation and disintegration.
Far beyond the Deficient Primordial Realm, in the Origin Land.
This was the ultimate destination of all things, past and present.
The true Eternal Heavenly Venerates resided here.
Unlike the Deficient Primordial Realm, which had given birth to the Origin Land but was then abandoned, leading to its later re-opening by the Great God Pangu. Even then, it could not give birth to true Eternity because its Great Dao was incomplete.
The Origin Land was vast and boundless, immeasurably expansive.
Even Paragons and Giants did not know where the end of the Origin Land lay.
Now, within the Origin Land, Eternal Heavenly Venerates stood high above, towering at the zenith, overlooking and ruling the boundless Origin Land.
Yet, that distant Deficient Primordial Realm beyond the Origin Land was also under the surveillance of the Eternal Heavenly Venerates.
In the past, the Nine Eternal Heavenly Venerates had regarded the Deficient Primordial Realm as a forsaken land. They joined forces to seal it, imposing Eternal Rules to block the creatures of the Deficient Primordial Realm from leaving, leaving only an Origin Ancient Path for the Guardian Clan tasked with guarding the Deficient Primordial Realm to depart.
However, that Origin Ancient Path had been mostly destroyed aepoch ago due to the experts of the Deficient Primordial Realm attempting to traverse it and could no longer be reactivated or used.
At this moment, an Eternal Heavenly Venerate suddenly awoke.
He sensed that the Eternal Origin Mark he had placed on the outer membrane of the Deficient Primordial Realm had suffered a certain impact. Immediately, he opened his eyes, piercing through an immeasurable distance to gaze upon the Deficient Primordial Realm.
He sensed a special and astonishing aura emerging, causing the entire Deficient Primordial Realm to undergo peculiar changes.
"This aura... could it be—"
This Eternal Heavenly Venerate was suddenly startled.
Throughout countless Chaos Eons, such a great existence had never shown such astonishment, but now he truly did.
Because, within the Deficient Primordial Realm, an Eternal Heavenly Venerate was abruptly being born.