"We pay our respects to the Lord of the Qingtian Palace!"
The many powerhouses shouted in unison.
This was the Qingtian Palace, one of the Five Great Heavenly Palaces, held and governed by the Qingtian Great Venerable.
"Has the Qingtian Great Venerable returned in his true form?"
A Taishang Overlord revealed a look of shock, never expecting that the return of an Ancient Great Venerable would still be stirred up.
The Qingtian Great Venerable appeared not only before the powerhouses of the Thirty-Three Celestial Palaces but also before all living beings of the Origin Land. His majestic figure stood tall, its height immeasurable in billions of miles. Even the sun, moon, and stars seemed as insignificant as dust before him. Not even the Heavenly Venerate aura released by the ten Heavenly Venerate suns of the Origin Land could suppress it.
The world was greatly shaken.
"That... is the legendary Ancient Great Venerable!"
"Such terrifying might, almost rivaling a Supreme Heavenly Venerate! Limitless, affecting nearly half of the Origin Land!"
"The Ancient Great Venerable, the legendary flawed Heavenly Venerate, is truly peerless and invincible!"
"Far stronger than any Taishang Overlord by an immeasurable degree!"
All sides watched the majestic figure standing above the heavens with awe. It was vast and boundless, seemingly rivaling an entire Tian Domain, infinite and endless, propping up the Thirty-Three Heavens.
That abyssal, sea-like might surpassed Taishang power, containing faint threads of supreme heavenly authority—this was the might of a Great Venerable.
Even a Taishang Overlord facing it would feel suffocated, as if crushed by Mount Tai.
Previously, although the Qingtian Great Venerable had gone to the Pangu Tian Domain, only those within the Pangu Tian Domain and a few nearby Tian Domains could see him.
In more distant places, only top-tier supreme powerhouses, such as those at the Taizhen or Taixu levels, could witness him.
Now, the Qingtian Great Venerable had actively appeared before everyone in the Origin Land.
This was also to display the majesty of an Ancient Great Venerable.
The Qingtian Great Venerable's voice shook the Thirty-Three Tian Domains, even spreading towards the endless outer Tian Domains and boundless lands with a rumbling roar: "A newly ascended Great Venerable in Heaven-Mending City has disregarded the Heavenly Covenant and acted recklessly. He shall face heavenly punishment. Now, this Venerable commands you to immediately seal your own cultivation and come to the Thirty-Three Celestial Palaces to plead for your crime. Otherwise, the Thirty-Three Celestial Palaces will enforce the law and carry out Heavenly Execution!"
Boom—
As the voice fell, that majestic, boundless figure instantly dissipated.
But the Origin Land was shaken to its core!
The emergence of a Great Venerable had ultimately alarmed the supreme powerhouses of the Thirty-Three Celestial Palaces. They demanded that mysterious Great Venerable seal his cultivation and go to the Thirty-Three Celestial Palaces to plead for his crime, or face Heavenly Execution.
So-called Heavenly Execution meant execution by the Thirty-Three Celestial Palaces!
All eyes were upon this.
With the emergence of the Great Venerable, more and more people in the world came to understand the peerlessness of the Ancient Great Venerables. Although they were only flawed Heavenly Venerates, their strength was undeniably formidable.
The world knew that during the Multiverse Dusk era, there had been the terrifying feat of Ancient Great Venerables slaying Supreme Heavenly Venerates. Although that was the combined effort of multiple Ancient Great Venerables, the sheer horror of that level of cultivation was evident.
Under the heavens, aside from Supreme Heavenly Venerates, the Ancient Great Venerables were peerless and invincible. Even the once-invincible Taishang Overlords of the past could only look up to them.
However, Ancient Great Venerables were not truly invincible.
Although Supreme Heavenly Venerates had not emerged, they jointly issued the Supreme Heavenly Decree, establishing the Heavenly Covenant to restrict the Ancient Great Venerables.
Once an Ancient Great Venerable emerged, they would face pursuit and Heavenly Execution from the Thirty-Three Celestial Palaces established by the Nine Supreme Heavenly Venerates.
Especially since, besides Supreme Heavenly Venerates serving as the main palace lords, the Thirty-Three Celestial Palaces also had five Ancient Great Venerables serving as the Five Great Palace Lords—the true entities meant to deal with Ancient Great Venerables who violated the Heavenly Covenant.
Now that Qingtian Great Venerable, one of the Five Great Palace Lords, had appeared, would other Ancient Great Venerables also emerge?
But everyone knew that the Ancient Great Venerable in Heaven-Mending City was in grave danger.
Not only because the Thirty-Three Celestial Palaces had five Ancient Great Venerables, but also because the five Ancient Great Venerables serving the Thirty-Three Celestial Palaces were, in reality, a notch stronger than other Ancient Great Venerables.
Over endless eons, the Thirty-Three Celestial Palaces had been the object of infinite worship and reverence from the boundless lands and countless living beings of the Origin Land, receiving the blessing of infinite Faith Power.
Although Faith Power had minimal effect on Taishang Overlords, let alone Ancient Great Venerables, for whom it was essentially ineffective...
That was only true for a single region.
If it were the entire Origin Land, how terrifying would the Faith Power generated be?
The living beings of the Origin Land were endless, utterly immeasurable, countless times more numerous than in the Deficient Primordial Realm.
With such terrifying Faith Power gathered together, even Ancient Great Venerables could rely on this infinite Faith Power to advance further.
An Ancient Great Venerable from the Heaven-Burying Abyss said, "Qingtian suffered a loss in the Pangu Tian Domain. Now, is he venting his frustration on that newly ascended Great Venerable in Heaven-Mending City?"
Within other Eternal Celestial Clans or Forbidden Zones of Life, the gazes of various Ancient Great Venerables held profound meaning.
Because they all knew that not long ago, Qingtian Great Venerable had suffered a loss before a Supreme Heavenly Venerate in the Pangu Tian Domain. He was likely holding in a bellyful of fire and now intended to vent it on that newly ascended Great Venerable in Heaven-Mending City.
At Pangu Heavenly Venerate Mountain, Zhao Jingruo and Qian Xun also had slightly grim expressions. They immediately looked towards Heaven-Mending City, wanting to know how that newly ascended Great Venerable, suspected to be Ye Chen, would respond.
Heaven-Mending City.
Within the Heaven-Mending Ancient Hall, the Heaven-Mending City Lord looked at the majestic figure suppressing the heavens and earth, looking down upon Heaven-Mending City from on high. A trace of coldness flashed in his eyes, but more than that, it was deep apprehension.
Because the Qingtian Great Venerable truly had that qualification.
With Supreme Heavenly Venerates not emerging, he could look down upon the mortal world, including even the Eternal Celestial Clans.
He looked at Ye Chen, frowning, and said, "Senior, the Qingtian Great Venerable is a Great Venerable of the Wanxuan Celestial Clan. He has now emerged, intending to represent the Thirty-Three Celestial Palaces in acting against you."
Ten Tribulations Emperor Heavenly Lord said solemnly, "Senior, I'm not afraid to speak bluntly—the Qingtian Great Venerable is truly formidable. He is the eldest disciple of the Wanxuan Heavenly Venerate. If not for encountering the Multiverse Dusk, he very likely could have become the thirty-fourth Supreme Heavenly Venerate in the world. He is far, far stronger than Wan Xing Taishang by many times."
Although, as a Heavenly Venerate's descendant, one possessed unparalleled innate advantages...
Wanting to rely on such advantages to become a Supreme Heavenly Venerate was undoubtedly a pipe dream.
Before a Supreme Heavenly Venerate, all living beings were equal.
Even a Heavenly Venerate's descendant, possessing the most powerful Heavenly Venerate bloodline, was useless.
And the Qingtian Great Venerable, although not a Heavenly Venerate's descendant and far inferior in bloodline advantage to Heavenly Venerate descendants like Ten Tribulations Emperor Heavenly Lord or Wan Xing Taishang, when it came to proving the Dao and becoming a Supreme Heavenly Venerate, even these Heavenly Venerate descendants admitted they were far from comparable.
Ye Chen merely smiled faintly. "Oh, is that so?"
He raised his eyes to look at the Thirty-Three Celestial Palaces towering above the Thirty-Three Tian Domains, also seeing the Qingtian Great Venerable standing with his hands behind his back before the Qingtian Palace, looking down upon Heaven-Mending City from on high.
That posture showed he utterly disregarded Heaven-Mending City and everyone within it.
Including Ye Chen himself.
He viewed them as mere ants.
Ye Chen's eyes narrowed slightly, then he let out a cold laugh. "With just you, you want this Venerable to plead for a crime? Not even a Supreme Heavenly Venerate can make me do that."
Ignoring the horrified gazes of the Heaven-Mending City Lord and Ten Tribulations Emperor Heavenly Lord, Ye Chen raised a palm towards the heavens and struck out. Silently, a clear palm-print black hole appeared before him.