Wan Shen Great Supreme made his move. Every single strike and technique could mobilize the combined power of myriad deities across countless great worlds.
Boom! Rumble!—
Containing the absolute, supreme rules of the Supreme Realm, terrifying and boundless, it was enough to completely annihilate a Great Truth-level half-step Overlord. Even a Supreme Realm Overlord, if slightly careless, could perish under this frenzied assault.
Countless terrifying dark rifts appeared in the sky above Heaven-Mending City, all torn open by Wan Shen Great Supreme. The reinforcement of Eternal Heavenly Patterns could not stop it; on the contrary, many were worn away.
If not for the fact that Heaven-Mending City was the Heavenly Venerate's ancient city of the Heaven-Mending Deity, inscribed with endless Eternal Heavenly Patterns and even bearing the supreme Heavenly Venerate mark of the Heaven-Mending Deity here, making it indestructible through myriad tribulations, it would have undoubtedly been shattered directly.
Even so, it required the Heaven-Mending City Lord's split consciousness, manifesting vast swathes of Eternal Heavenly Patterns that formed an indestructible Eternal Ancient Array to withstand the collision of the two Supreme Realm Overlords, preventing the immeasurable destructive force from causing the heavens to collapse and the earth to split, destroying Heaven-Mending City.
At the same time, the Heaven-Mending City Lord felt the pressure increase dramatically. With his consciousness split like this, within the three ancient Heavenly Gates in the sky, tall figures were gradually becoming clearer.
Those were three Supreme Realm Overlords of the Wanxuan Heavenly Clan gradually descending into Heaven-Mending City.
The Heaven-Mending City Lord needed to rely on the power of Heaven-Mending City to prevent the descent of the three Heavenly Clan Great Supremes.
However, it was only a temporary delay. Because the other party came from the ancient and supreme Wanxuan Heavenly Clan, which had a Supreme Heavenly Venerate presiding over it. Even though such a Supreme Heavenly Venerate would almost certainly not get involved, the three Heavenly Clan Great Supremes had personally arrived carrying their clan's Heavenly Venerate Ancient Weapon.
"Heaven-Mending City Lord, if you withdraw your obstruction, we can spare your Heaven-Mending Clan, giving them one chance."
From within one of the three Heavenly Gates, a tall, burly figure arrived carrying immeasurable Supreme power, intending to cross the Heavenly Gate and descend upon Heaven-Mending City.
Behind him, immeasurable stars rotated. Each star was colossal, spanning over a million miles—they were true stars, and stars constructed with Supreme power, containing power far exceeding that of ordinary stars by countless times.
Such stars could be called Supreme Stars, refined from Supreme power and Supreme Rule Divine Essence, enough to suppress and kill Heaven-Connecting Realm and Heaven-Mending Realm Venerables.
At this moment, however, thousands upon thousands of such stars manifested, revolving around this Heavenly Clan Great Supreme, radiating boundless, brilliant stellar majesty.
This Heavenly Clan Great Supreme spoke, his voice carrying endless divine sound that echoed across the sky above Heaven-Mending City.
And he was also crossing the Heavenly Gate to arrive. Thousands of Supreme Stars bombarded, continuously shattering layer upon layer of Rule Divine Patterns, also wearing away the Eternal Heavenly Patterns of Heaven-Mending City.
Divine majesty like a prison!
His tall figure was countless times larger than the Supreme Stars, vast and boundless.
Countless people within Heaven-Mending City looked up at the massive dharma-form figure of this Heavenly Clan Great Supreme, feeling utterly shocked.
It seemed as if Heaven-Mending City appeared so insignificant before him.
He seemed poised to break through all obstructions at any moment and truly descend into Heaven-Mending City.
Within the Heaven-Mending Clan, following the Heaven-Mending City Lord were two Great Truth-level half-step Overlords. Facing the peerless Great Supreme of the Wanxuan Heavenly Clan now, they revealed deep solemnity: "Wan Xing Great Supreme is the offspring of the Wanxuan Heavenly Venerate, and the only offspring to have reached the Supreme Realm. He is also an ancient Overlord who has lived through endless epochs, a peerless Overlord even stronger than Wan Shen Great Supreme. With his true body arriving personally, and bringing the Eternal Stone Halberd, I'm afraid even our Heaven-Mending City won't be able to hold out for long."
Wan Xing Great Supreme, a Great Supreme of the Wanxuan Heavenly Clan, also an offspring of a Heavenly Venerate.
Whether in status, position, or strength, he was the strongest in the Wanxuan Heavenly Clan aside from the Wanxuan Heavenly Venerate himself.
Even compared to the ancient Overlord Wan Shen Great Supreme, he was a notch superior.
His personal descent was not good news.
The Heaven-Mending City Lord looked at the newcomer. Although the divine majesty was like a prison and he himself was slightly inferior, he sneered coldly: "Wan Xing, no need to say more. You were the main culprit leading the Wanxuan Heavenly Clan against our Heaven-Mending Clan back then. I won't believe you. Moreover, your Wanxuan Heavenly Clan, along with several other Eternal Heavenly Clans, acted together to annihilate our Heaven-Mending Clan. This enmity is irreconcilable, impossible to resolve."
"No need for more idle talk. Let's fight!"
As his words fell, Supreme Rules surged from the Heaven-Mending City Lord's body. Immeasurable divine power poured into Heaven-Mending City, fully reviving this Heavenly Venerate's ancient city.
At the same time, the Heaven-Mending Tower rose to meet the sky. Although damaged, it was ultimately a Heavenly Venerate Ancient Weapon, still possessing unimaginable might. It heavily crashed toward the three Heavenly Gates.
Naturally, the Heaven-Mending City Lord's main goal was to shatter the three Heavenly Gates, preventing the three Heavenly Clan Great Supremes from descending into Heaven-Mending City.
Otherwise, once they descended, it would almost certainly spell doom for the Heaven-Mending Clan.
"Hmph, stubborn and unyielding fool. Since that's the case, the Heaven-Mending Clan has no need to continue existing. Let them all be annihilated today!"
Wan Xing Great Supreme snorted coldly, carrying thousands of Supreme Stars as he forcefully crossed realms to arrive, crashing against the Eternal Heavenly Patterns before the Heavenly Gate, grinding them away with overwhelming force—boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!
Without a doubt, he was truly powerful, his divine majesty boundless, his pressure suppressing all heavens. Even if he couldn't instantly shatter all obstructions, his progress, though slow, was still forceful and advancing.
The other two Heavenly Clan Great Supremes were also crossing realms to arrive.
Moreover, faintly, the Wanxuan Heavenly Clan's Heavenly Venerate Ancient Weapon—the Eternal Stone Halberd—was reviving, forcefully crashing against the Eternal Heavenly Patterns. In an instant, it wore away who knew how many layers, piercing through a hole.
The Heaven-Mending City Lord, relying on Heaven-Mending City and the damaged Heaven-Mending Tower, could barely hold them off, under immense pressure.
He transmitted his voice to Ye Chen: "Fellow Daoist, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold off the Wanxuan Heavenly Clan for much longer. I will leave. Can you defeat and drive back Wan Shen Great Supreme?"
This place was not suitable to stay. The Heaven-Mending Clan was still no match for the Wanxuan Heavenly Clan. Now that the Wanxuan Heavenly Clan had almost its entire clan descending, with all its Heavenly Clan Great Supremes emerging, the Heaven-Mending Clan could only retreat.
However, Wan Shen Great Supreme could not be left in Heaven-Mending City either. Otherwise, they would be unable to leave, would be locked onto, and subjected to the Wanxuan Heavenly Clan's endless pursuit.
"No matter. You just need to hold off the Wanxuan Heavenly Clan for a while. Wan Shen Great Supreme will disappear forever."
Ye Chen responded, then, disregarding the Heaven-Mending City Lord's stunned gaze, he stood fearlessly, allowing the attacks.
Moreover, all of Wan Shen Great Supreme's attacks, as they approached him, transformed into immeasurable rules that directly entered his body, helping him dissolve a large amount of the Eternal Heavenly Rule shackles within.
His strength was slowly being restored.
This scene was truly something that made people feel disbelief.
Yet, it was miraculously happening, incredible.
Later on, Wan Shen Great Supreme gradually realized that the various attacks he launched were being devoured by the other party, one by one.
That's right, devoured.
This made him feel horrified.
Even if it were another Supreme Realm Overlord, it shouldn't be like this. Devouring the various terrifying attacks of a Supreme Realm Overlord—those contained the most dreadful world-destroying rules, even involving wisp-like strands of the supreme power of the Eternal Realm. In the current world, aside from Supreme Heavenly Venerates, no one should be able to accomplish this.
Just who was this person, actually able to devour terrifying Dao Rule attacks at the Supreme Realm Overlord level? Could he be a Supreme Heavenly Venerate?
But soon, Wan Shen Great Supreme rejected this notion.
Eternal Heavenly Venerates were supreme and inviolable. One hand could easily suppress him. Why go to such lengths?
But just who exactly was this mysterious figure?
He, Wan Shen Great Supreme, had proven his Dao and become a Supreme since the Twilight of the Heavens era, an ancient Overlord who had lived for over three Chaos Epochs, witnessed the changes of the ages in the Origin Land. How ancient an existence was he? Also, as a Heavenly Clan Great Supreme, he knew the affairs of the world. Yet he had never heard of anyone in the world who could devour Supreme assaults and remain completely unharmed.
"Just who are you?"
Wan Shen Great Supreme looked at Ye Chen with shock and suspicion.
However, even though he was an ancient Supreme Overlord, he could not penetrate the falsehoods to see Ye Chen's true appearance.
Around him seemed to be a layer of strange mist, concealing his entire body, with Heavenly Rules reinforcing it, making it impossible to discern the truth.
"Could it be that he isn't relying on his own power to devour, but is borrowing the power of a Heavenly Venerate Ancient Weapon?"
Wan Shen Great Supreme suddenly thought of a possibility: perhaps the other party wasn't relying on himself, but was using a Heavenly Venerate Ancient Weapon.
Heavenly Venerate Ancient Weapons, after all, were refined because of Supreme Heavenly Venerates—the strongest weapons throughout ancient and modern times, bar none, reaching the pinnacle of Dao Weapons.
They contained the absolute supreme power of a Heavenly Venerate. Once fully revived, it was equivalent to a Supreme Heavenly Venerate launching a world-destroying strike, no less than a true Supreme Heavenly Venerate making a move, possessing immeasurable heavenly might capable of destroying heavenly domains.
However, another aspect was rather puzzling.
If Ye Chen truly possessed a Heavenly Venerate Ancient Weapon, why didn't he directly summon it to blast and kill him?
Even the Heaven-Mending City Lord reviving the Heaven-Mending Tower could suppress him, an ancient Overlord. If Ye Chen truly possessed a Heavenly Venerate Ancient Weapon, then suppressing him wouldn't be a problem; there might even be a certain possibility of annihilating him.
Meanwhile, Ye Chen felt the power within his body slowly recovering. He looked at Wan Shen Great Supreme, a flash of understanding crossing his mind.
Perhaps, killing a Supreme Realm Overlord could allow the Eternal Heavenly Rules of the two Supreme Heavenly Venerates within his body to dissolve even faster.
He would have a chance to return to his Heavenly Position!
"I wonder if the current me can kill a Supreme Realm Overlord?"
Ye Chen muttered to himself. Although initially he had misjudged his own strength, thinking it was only at the Heaven-Connecting level, he now discovered it was still above the Supreme Realm level.
Probably this was the so-called "a starved camel is still bigger than a horse."
He had once been the supreme and inviolable Eternal Heavenly Venerate. Even though he had nearly perished, was covered in wounds, and had the Eternal Heavenly Rules of two Supreme Heavenly Venerates struck into his body, transforming into Heavenly Dao shackles imprisoning his Eternal Origin, preventing him from unleashing the peerless combat power befitting an Eternal Heavenly Venerate...
Still, an Eternal Heavenly Venerate was ultimately a Supreme Heavenly Venerate. Even in such a state, he remained invincible throughout the world.
"In that case, please go and die!"
Ye Chen spoke, his body suddenly erupting with infinite radiance.
That was the power within his body reviving. By using Wan Shen Great Supreme to sever those parts of his body bound by Eternal Shackles, it was continuously releasing vast, peerless heavenly majesty. Part of his Eternal Origin power was reviving, acting on his Supreme Heavenly Body as he directly charged toward Wan Shen Great Supreme.
Although Wan Shen Great Supreme had realized his attacks were being devoured by Ye Chen, he didn't believe the other party was a Supreme Heavenly Venerate. This disregard, charging toward him, also infuriated him. He roared and swung his war sword in a slash.
He was an ancient Overlord. Even if the other party possessed a Heavenly Venerate Ancient Weapon, he feared nothing, confident he could fight.
Clang!—
Suddenly, the Supreme War Sword was sent flying from the impact.
The next moment, it was as if struck by lightning.
Wan Shen Great Supreme felt Ye Chen was like a Heavenly Venerate Mountain crashing into him, also like an Eternal Heavenly Realm colliding. An unparalleled force crushed down upon him.
Boom!—
Unable to withstand it, in the blink of an eye, half of Wan Shen Great Supreme's body exploded, blood staining the sky above Heaven-Mending City.
Immeasurable Supreme Dao Blood sprayed out, dyeing the entire city. Containing extremely terrifying power, it directly wore away who knew how many of the numerous Rule Divine Patterns inscribed within Heaven-Mending City.
Within the city, the many powerhouses were dumbfounded, staring at this scene in horror.
Especially those clansmen of the Wanxuan Heavenly Clan—they were utterly stunned, still unable to believe it even now.
The supremely exalted Wan Shen Great Supreme—not just within the Wanxuan Heavenly Clan, but even looking across the entire Origin Land, he was a great existence second only to Supreme Heavenly Venerates—had half his body blown apart by a collision from a mysterious supreme powerhouse.
If not seen with their own eyes, it would be simply unbelievable.
Just who was that mysterious supreme powerhouse?
Could it be that he wasn't just a Supreme Realm Overlord, but was also clad in fully-revived battle armor of Heavenly Venerate Ancient Weapon grade, which was why he was like this?
Wan Shen Great Supreme was the most horrified. Even now, he still found it somewhat hard to believe. But after all, he was a generation of ancient Supreme. He quickly recomposed himself, took a deep breath, and his injured body began rapidly reassembling, starting to restore itself.
"Impossible!"
Abruptly, Wan Shen Great Supreme exclaimed in horror, because he discovered the most terrifying point.
His injured body actually could not rapidly recover.
It was as if a terrifying force was preventing the recovery of his wounds.
This scene sent a chill through him. He was a Supreme Realm Overlord, also a powerhouse of an Eternal Heavenly Clan. As a Supreme, he also had Heavenly Venerate bloodline, and a quite dense one at that, revived to its utmost extreme, no less than that of a Heavenly Venerate offspring. Even if there were a terrible curse, with his cultivation as an ancient Supreme, he should be able to block it. Moreover, relying on the infinite power within his Heavenly Venerate bloodline, he should be able to dissolve almost all curses in the world.
However, he did not know that this force originated from Ye Chen's Supreme Heavenly Venerate power. When Ye Chen charged into him, his unique Supreme Heavenly Venerate power had contaminated the latter's body, attaching to the wounds.
This resulted in Wan Shen Great Supreme, despite his great strength and possession of a formidable Heavenly Venerate bloodline, being unable to completely expel it immediately. Affected by Ye Chen's Heavenly Venerate power, he could not rapidly recover.
Ye Chen waved his hand grandly. The blood qi from Wan Shen Great Supreme's exploded half-body gathered and surged toward him. The next moment, it landed in his hand, transforming into a crystal-clear blood sphere containing vast, mighty blood qi and Supreme Realm Rules, as well as powerful Heavenly Venerate bloodline power.
This blood represented over one-third of Wan Shen Great Supreme's blood qi and Dao Bones manifested. It even encapsulated a portion of Wan Shen Great Supreme's Supreme Origin within it, which had also been forcibly knocked out by Ye Chen's collision.