"Senior Qingtian Dadi."
Ye Chen opened his eyes upon seeing Qingtian Dadi's arrival.
Yet, even such a simple action was somewhat strenuous for him in his current state.
His injuries appeared to have eased, but they were merely being held together temporarily, like a shattered piece of porcelain that had been reassembled but not properly fused, remaining fragile and prone to breaking apart again.
Moreover, the Eternal Calamity within his body had not yet completely ended, continuously annihilating his life force.
It could be said that Ye Chen's condition was extremely precarious; he could fall at any moment.
This was the plight of the Number One figure in the Deficient Primordial Realm.
Seeing the mighty Ye Chen reduced to such a wretched state, Qingtian Dadi could also sense the terrifying power of the calamity contained within him. Even he felt a sense of dread; touching it would surely mean death.
His expression turned extremely grave. "As expected, everything unfolded as you anticipated. The Eternal Heavenly Venerates of the Origin Land will not permit your success."
Ye Chen spoke with difficulty, "There were signs of this long ago, and they were recorded within Pangu's Heart."
Pangu's Heart, left behind by Great God Pangu, contained Pangu's True Blood and also recorded the supreme mysteries of Eternity.
Long ago, within this epoch, after Ye Chen became a Supreme Realm Overlord, especially while cultivating the "Ten Revolutions Heaven-Defying Transformation," he had triggered certain images imprinted within the Eternal True Blood mark of Pangu's Heart.
These were scenes from an immeasurably ancient past, even from before the opening of the Deficient Primordial Realm—scenes of Great God Pangu battling the Eternal Heavenly Venerates of the Origin Land.
There were also scenes of Great God Pangu departing for the Primordial Realm Singularity after the Twilight of All Heavens.
They involved the unknown secrets of those Eternal Heavenly Venerates from that era!
Back then, Great God Pangu's departure for the Primordial Realm starting point was partly his own choice, but also partly due to being jointly expelled by the Nine Eternal Heavenly Venerates. A terrifying Eternal-level war had erupted.
That battle was second only to the Twilight of All Heavens war.
Though Great God Pangu was powerful enough to contend for the position of Heavenly Venerate King, he stood alone and was targeted by the Nine Eternal Heavenly Venerates, suffering grievous wounds that damaged his Eternal foundation.
It could be said that while Great God Pangu's fall was partly due to exhausting himself to reopen the Deficient Primordial Realm and create the forty-nine Chaos Ancient Universes, a primary cause was the intervention of those Nine Eternal Heavenly Venerates.
In a sense, they were responsible for Great God Pangu's death.
Therefore, they viewed the Deficient Primordial Realm with great apprehension, going so far as to cast a curse to make the Primordial Realm's Eternal Great Dao deficient, preventing the birth of any Eternal Heavenly Venerate.
However, they ultimately miscalculated. They failed to foresee that although Great God Pangu fell, his Eternal Soul split into three parts, each obtained by the Heavenly Emperor, the Immortal Ancestor, and Shidai. Based on these, they each founded one of the Three Ancient Scriptures, which were analyses of the Eternal Great Dao from their respective one-third share of Pangu's Soul.
Gathering all Three Ancient Scriptures and fully comprehending them would reveal the complete mysteries of Great God Pangu's Eternal Great Dao, allowing beings from the Deficient Primordial Realm to cultivate and achieve a true Eternal position.
Generally speaking, gathering them was no easy task.
But Ye Chen succeeded.
Moreover, with the right timing, geographical advantage, and human harmony, aided by the Eternal Ancient Scripture "Ten Revolutions Heaven-Defying Transformation," Ye Chen successfully completed his ten-life accumulation, drastically reducing the eons of divine power accumulation required. Through his ten lives, he repeatedly deepened his mastery of the Chaos Great Dao, finally achieving complete enlightenment and perfect mastery.
Thus, in just one epoch, he succeeded and ascended to the Eternal Realm.
Undoubtedly, Ye Chen's emergence was beyond the expectations of the Nine Eternal Heavenly Venerates.
No one imagined that an Eternal Heavenly Venerate could still be born within the Deficient Primordial Realm!
Furthermore, the former flawless Primordial Realm had given birth to a supreme existence like Great God Pangu, qualified to contend for the Heavenly Venerate King position. Now, within the Deficient Primordial Realm with its flawed Eternal Great Dao, Ye Chen was also ascending to the Eternal domain.
Moreover, the Great Dao this junior was proving was the Chaos Great Dao.
They knew that the other Eternal Heavenly Venerate who also mastered the Chaos Eternal Great Dao was none other than Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerate, who could rival Great God Pangu and, during the era of the Thirty-Three Heavenly Venerates, also possessed the strength to contend for the Heavenly Venerate King position.
They feared that this newly born Primordial Realm Heavenly Venerate, ascending under such arduous circumstances, might directly become the Heavenly Venerate King!
Furthermore, Ye Chen might have inherited Great God Pangu's legacy and also mastered Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerate's Chaos Eternal Great Dao. Once successful, wielding the power of both, he might become even stronger than Great God Pangu of old.
And then, he might turn against them, who were responsible for Pangu's death.
Therefore, the Eternal Heavenly Venerates of the Origin Land absolutely would not allow Ye Chen to achieve the Eternal Fruit.
Thus, when Ye Chen was ascending to the Eternal Realm, Wan Xuan Heavenly Venerate even personally descended in his true form to forcibly attack him during his tribulation.
Although Ye Chen had long been aware of all this, he still could not avoid this calamity.
Qingtian Dadi sighed, "Despite the protective power left by Great God Pangu, you still faced the calamity!"
The Eternal Heavenly Venerates were simply too powerful, and their personal descent was unexpected!
"However, this time I have brought that item. It might help alleviate your injuries."
Qingtian Dadi tore through space, revealing a special Ancestral Temple.
It was precisely Shidai's Ancestral Temple.
Ye Chen's wounded body was moved into Shidai's Ancestral Temple by Qingtian Dadi.
Strangely, although Ye Chen's injuries had been continuously worsening, upon entering Shidai's Ancestral Temple, this deterioration was largely suppressed.
It was quite peculiar!
It was as if within Shidai's Ancestral Temple, there existed a mysterious, mighty power capable of suppressing the Eternal Calamity.
Witnessing this scene, not only Ye Chen but also Qingtian Dadi revealed a look of astonishment. "As expected, Shidai indeed has an extraordinary origin."
With the Eternal Calamity within his body suppressed, Pangu's Heart continuously beating, and Qingtian Dadi using supreme means to gather and channel boundless Chaos Light into Ye Chen's body, Ye Chen's injuries were alleviated to a certain extent.
However, for now, they were merely maintained at an equilibrium point—not worsening, but not improving either.
Unless Ye Chen fully stepped into the Eternal Realm, achieving the ultimate leap in life level, he would not be able to overcome this calamity.
Subsequently, Qingtian Dadi drew forth the black hole left behind by Shidai in ancient times and said solemnly, "Now we can only proceed to the final step. You must draw upon the Eternal Power of the Origin Land to pass the final barrier. This is the last hurdle you must cross."
Ye Chen also took a deep breath. "Agreed. Initiate the final plan."
Boom—
Though in a near-death state, Ye Chen gathered his breath, summoning a force that shook the Chaos Sea. He activated supreme means, and in the endless void, a magnificent yet broken ancient path was conjured into existence.
The Origin Ancient Path!