Kunxu, one of the Thirteen Forbidden Life Zones, was as famous as the Heaven-Burial Abyss.
It was rumored to be the ruins of Kunlun Mountain, the number one mountain under heaven in the Origin Land of old.
Later, during the Multiverse Dusk war, Kunlun Mountain became ruins and was invaded by a peerless overlord, evolving into one of the Thirteen Forbidden Life Zones.
The mountain, more majestic and towering than any Heavenly Venerate's mountain yet half-collapsed, was the present-day Kunxu.
An Ancient Great Venerable who had once contended with a Supreme Heavenly Venerate slumbered here. At this moment, he too was observing the realm beyond the heavens and transmitted a voice: "It seems like Qingtian is self-destructing!"
For he, like the Ancient Great Venerable of the Heaven-Burial Abyss, sensed that within the destructive power of the self-destruction was mixed with vast Faith Power.
Other Ancient Great Venerables naturally perceived it as well, but believed it was merely that the newly ascended Great Venerable had self-destructed, and Qingtian Great Venerable, failing to dodge in time, had used his Heavenly Seal to protect himself, bolstered by endless Faith Power, which was blasted apart, creating such a spectacle.
Some Ancient Great Venerables believed it was Ye Chen who self-destructed, while others thought it was Qingtian Great Venerable.
Opinions were not unanimous.
For the Pseudo-Heavenly Venerable Sun isolated all probing, and although the self-destruction of an Ancient Great Venerable had spread to the outside, its might was too terrifying. Even a Supreme Heavenly Venerate might not be able to peer through it in a short time.
In the realm beyond the heavens, the endless starry sky had fallen into chaos as if heaven and earth were being reopened, directly connecting to the endless void.
A figure appeared.
It was Ye Chen.
At this moment, Ye Chen was also covered in wounds, with terrifying gashes marring his body, some deep enough to reveal bone.
Although he was a Supreme Heavenly Venerate who had proven his Dao through chaos, facing the close-range self-destruction of an Ancient Great Venerable—and being far from his true peak state—he too had sustained many injuries within this chaos of destruction and rebirth, continuously shedding blood.
Ye Chen had to admit that Qingtian Great Venerable was indeed a ruthless man.
To reverse the situation, he had not hesitated to self-destruct.
Yet, Qingtian Great Venerable had miscalculated.
Although Ye Chen was wounded, fundamentally, he was unharmed.
This was the fearsome aspect of a Supreme Heavenly Venerate. Even after being crippled by two Supreme Heavenly Venerates in the past, he still possessed terrifying vitality.
More astonishingly, Ye Chen was still drawing endless chaotic light into his body, which also contained the infinite divine energy from the explosion of the Pseudo-Heavenly Venerable Sun.
The Pseudo-Heavenly Venerable Sun had also shattered nearly half, its vast, boundless divine energy filling this chaos due to the self-destruction, being devoured by Ye Chen to accelerate his own recovery.
As time passed, Ye Chen not only quickly healed his wounds, but his own aura was also continuously growing stronger.
His condition was constantly evolving toward his peak state.
Once his Eternal origin was completely restored, it would mean Ye Chen could, in a single step, return to the strongest state of a Supreme Heavenly Venerate.
Then, he would fear nothing.
Simultaneously, soundlessly, countless streams of chaotic light erupted from Ye Chen's body, transforming into Eternal Chaos Heaven Patterns unique to him, weaving through this chaotic void, shielding heavenly secrets and isolating external probing.
From afar, he saw Qingtian Great Venerable reforming.
Under the envelopment of the Pseudo-Heavenly Venerable Sun, his reformation was exceptionally smooth and swift. Bones soon reappeared.
Within the skull, an exceptionally powerful soul flame leaped and danced, flashing with unparalleled soul light.
One self-destruction, though severely depleting, was still not fatal for an Ancient Great Venerable.
Even a Supreme Heavenly Venerate would find it not so easy to completely kill an Ancient Great Venerable; otherwise, a Great Venerable would not be qualified to be called a flawed Heavenly Venerate.
Qingtian Great Venerable had the Heavenly Seal above his head, with endless Faith Power cascading down from it to protect himself.
But he did not relax. On the contrary, his heart sank even further.
For Qingtian Great Venerable sensed that, although his self-destruction had blasted open the opponent'sblockade (blockade/seal), he himself had been shattered to pieces, unable to seek aid from his master in time.
Now, this area was sealed once more.
Moreover, thisblockade (blockade/seal) was even moretight than before.
Qingtian Great Venerable could feel that almost every inch of this chaotic region contained Eternal Heaven Patterns.
The opponent's strength was actuallyterrorto such an extent.
He hadsparing no effort / not stintingresorted to a desperate self-detonation, only to fight to a mutual loss and break out of the encirclement.
Yet, he had ultimately miscalculated, failing to truly harm the opponent's foundation.
"This time, perhaps I will truly fall here today," Qingtian Great Venerable smiled bitterly. Moreover, he clearly saw a majestic figure, bathed in infinite chaotic light like a Chaos Sovereign, striding forward, rapidly approaching.
The layers of Faith Power guarding his front were easilydisintegratecompletely, unable to offer the slightest hindrance.
The opponent hadbroken into this place so effortlessly, arriving before him.
Qingtian Great Venerable had no protective power whatsoever.
When the opponent fully arrived, at this moment, Qingtian Great Venerable had also completely reformed. His flawless divine body shimmered with treasure light, densely covered with Eternal Heaven Patterns. Opening his eyes, his sharp gaze fixed directly on the opponent. "Who are you?"
Throughout the ages in the Origin Land, among the thirty-three Supreme Heavenly Venerates, he had seen them all.
There was no Supreme Heavenly Venerate he did not recognize.
Yet, this Supreme Heavenly Venerate before him was unprecedented, unheard of.
A Supreme Heavenly Venerate, even after falling and reincarnating over endless eons—like that Supreme Heavenly Venerate from the Primordial Realm—returning to the heavenly position, would not change his Eternal origin.
But Qingtian Great Venerable asked himself: he had never seen this Supreme Heavenly Venerate before. That Eternal origin aura was truly something he had never sensed.
Yet, he was indeed a Supreme Heavenly Venerate; otherwise, he could not possibly be soeven someone as powerful assuch.
Without a Supreme Heavenly Venerate appearing, no one could force him to this point.
So, who exactly was he?
"Primordial Realm, Chaos Heavenly Emperor," Ye Chen said, without concealment.
Hearing this, Qingtian Great Venerable's pupils sharply contracted, revealing a trace ofastounded / horrified.
Before emerging from seclusion, he had naturally learned of some major events of the current era, knowing that a Supreme Heavenly Venerate had been born in the Primordial Realm, one of dazzling talent who had truly astonished all ages.
To successfully ascend to Supreme Heavenly Venerate from a flawed place like the Primordial Realm—the difficulty therein was absolutely unimaginable.
The Origin Land, relying on its complete and flawless Eternal Heavenly Dao, had still taken who knew how many chaos epochs to give birth to thirty-two Supreme Heavenly Venerates. The Primordial Realm before it wasincomplete / fragmentary, with only some remnants of fortune, had produced only one Supreme Heavenly Venerate: Great God Pangu.
Thus, Great God Pangu became the only one among the thirty-three Supreme Heavenly Venerates capable of contending with Primordial Heavenly Venerate for the position of Heavenly Venerate King, the strongest of them all.