Moreover, even if Qingtian Great Venerable had made a move, even if an Ancient Great Venerable could defeat him, it was impossible to emerge so unscathed, appearing to have not a single injury. It was truly unbelievable.
Ye Chen continued to swing the Qingtian Axe.
Boom—
Suddenly, the void shattered, transforming into a colossal pillar that towered between heaven and earth, also blocking Ye Chen's path.
That axe strike was parried by the Eternal Stone Halberd, causing the sky to collapse and the earth to split.
However, the Eternal Stone Halberd was sent flying directly. The massive halberd, grander than a galaxy by countless times, smashed onto the ground, nearly cleaving the neighboring Ten Tribulations Tian Domain in two.
Ye Chen's gaze sharpened as he looked toward the horizon.
Intangibly, far beyond multiple Eternal Tian Domains, two eyes appeared, as massive as Heavenly Venerate suns. Within their pupils, countless Eternal Heaven Patterns manifested, as emotionless as the Heavenly Dao itself.
The gaze of a Heavenly Venerate!
Ye Chen recognized it instantly. It was the gaze of Wan Xuan Heavenly Venerate. He had ultimately been disturbed, watching this place from afar within the Heavenly Venerate Mountain in the Wanxuan Tian Domain.
From the Heavenly Venerate Mountain of the Wanxuan Heavenly Clan, an utterly terrifying Heavenly Dao might erupted.
Wan Xuan Heavenly Venerate had finally been awakened. His heavenly might was boundless, suppressing the towering light pillars of the many Ancient Great Venerables.
Qingtian Great Venerable was his personal disciple, who once had the hope of stepping into the Heavenly Venerate domain but was forced to fail due to the Multiverse Dusk, settling instead to become an Ancient Great Venerable.
However, Wan Xuan Heavenly Venerate's care for Qingtian Great Venerable had never been lacking, no less than for his own offspring.
Now, he could no longer sense Qingtian Great Venerable's aura; it had vanished in the chaotic void beyond the heavens. Seeing the Qingtian Axe in Ye Chen's hand, he knew Qingtian had most likely fallen into Ye Chen's hands.
It was a pity Wan Xuan Heavenly Venerate failed to recognize Ye Chen.
Because when he and another Supreme Heavenly Venerate jointly slew Ye Chen back then, Ye Chen was in the final stage of his tribulation. After mistakenly believing they had completely killed him, they hadn't anticipated that Ye Chen had already taken that final, crucial step, becoming a true Supreme Heavenly Venerate.
Transitioning from Taishang to Supreme Heavenly Venerate was a transcendent, sage-like metamorphosis; one's origin would undergo a complete, rebirth-like transformation.
Therefore, Ye Chen's current origin aura was utterly different from when Wan Xuan Heavenly Venerate killed him. To the extent that Wan Xuan Heavenly Venerate couldn't recognize that Ye Chen was the same Primordial Realm Heavenly Venerate slain back then.
Moreover, to avoid recognition by Supreme Heavenly Venerates, Ye Chen's appearance had also changed. Naturally, Wan Xuan Heavenly Venerate didn't believe Ye Chen was still alive. Thus, he was merely somewhat surprised—when had a new Great Venerable emerged that he was unaware of?
But he wasn't overly astonished. Throughout the endless ages of the past, he had spent long periods in slumber, only awakened when Ye Chen ascended to Supreme Heavenly Venerate.
Wan Xuan Heavenly Venerate coldly watched Ye Chen, intending to retrieve Qingtian Great Venerable from him.
However, infinite killing intent also surfaced in Ye Chen's eyes. "What are you looking at?"
Boom—
Infinite Chaos light erupted from his body, along with countless, endless Eternal Heaven Patterns. He swung the Qingtian Axe, directly shattering the endless sky and severing the probing gaze of those Heavenly Venerate eyes.
The world fell silent!
No one expected this new Great Venerable to be so bold, actually fearless of a Supreme Heavenly Venerate, directly cutting off the Supreme Heavenly Venerate's surveillance.
Simultaneously, Ye Chen swung the Qingtian Axe again, cleaving through the sky. With a thunderous boom, he slaughtered many more of the Wanxuan Heavenly Clan's supreme army.
Even a Supreme Realm Overlord exploded, his body shattered to dust. Although his vitality was astonishing and he quickly reassembled.
This Celestial Clan Supreme Elder had only suffered the most terrifying heavy injuries. Even with the fearsome vitality of a Supreme Realm Overlord, if he endured another axe strike from Ye Chen, he would undoubtedly die.
"Die!"
Ye Chen swung the axe again.
Wan Xing Taishang, Wan Shen Taishang, and the other two Celestial Clan Supreme Elders couldn't just watch this Celestial Clan Supreme Elder perish. Every Supreme Realm Overlord was crucial to the Wanxuan Heavenly Clan.
With Supreme Heavenly Venerates not appearing and Ancient Great Venerables reclusive, Supreme Realm Overlords were the invincible existences of the current era, indispensable.
Boom—
The four Celestial Clan Supreme Elders were sent flying, exploding on the spot.
Although their origins were heavily damaged, it wasn't as severe.
The Celestial Clan Supreme Elder on the verge of death, named Wanhua Taishang, was blasted apart once more but successfully reassembled. The terrifying attack had been largely blocked by the other three Celestial Clan Supreme Elders.
Otherwise, landing on him alone would have been enough to kill him completely.
"Quite hard to kill indeed. But do you really think Wan Xuan Heavenly Venerate can protect you?" Ye Chen swung the axe again. At this moment, no one could stop him. The axe light descended with endless Eternal Heaven Patterns, like the Heavenly Dao crushing down.
A deafening boom echoed, and a vast bloody light swept across several Tian Domains centered on Heaven-Mending City.
Countless phenomena manifested.
They were the phenomena of a Supreme Realm Overlord being slain, shaking the world.
The entire world was horrified. No one expected that, even with Wan Xuan Heavenly Venerate disturbed, this new Great Venerable would dare to strike, killing a Supreme Realm Overlord of the Wanxuan Heavenly Clan. Was he truly unafraid that Wan Xuan Heavenly Venerate would personally appear to suppress and kill him?
Wan Xing Taishang coughed up large mouthfuls of blood, injured by the axe light, yet he said hatefully, "You will pay the price for this! The Heavenly Father will surely take action and kill you!"
"Is that so? This Venerate awaits," Ye Chen responded coldly, swinging the Qingtian Axe. The axe light shattered the sky. Wan Xing Taishang and the other two Celestial Clan Supreme Elders were instantly reduced to dust, blasted apart once more, their origins heavily damaged and vitality sharply diminished.
"Junior, you are deliberately seeking death!"
Boundless heavenly might boiled, shaking the Thirty-Three Tian Domains, even spreading across the endless Origin Land.
Far beyond multiple Eternal Tian Domains, within the Wanxuan Heavenly Clan, the Supreme Heavenly Venerate's gaze turned icy, his Heavenly Dao might infinite.
This new Great Venerable had not only slain his great disciple but now dared to show such disrespect.
He had even slain another Supreme Realm Overlord of the Wanxuan Heavenly Clan.
Disrespectful, irreverent—he deserved death!
Wan Xuan Heavenly Venerate's heavenly thoughts were infinite, instantly transforming into a hand spanning over a trillion miles, traversing layer upon layer of Tian Domains to grab at Ye Chen.
The size of this hand was no less than an entire Eternal Tian Domain, carrying boundless heavenly might that made all living beings tremble.
The Ancient Great Venerables of the heavens also grew solemn. They hadn't expected a Supreme Heavenly Venerate to be provoked into action in the end.
"Finally jumping the gun in desperation, are we?"
Ye Chen sneered, yet he showed no fear. Billions of layers of Chaos light emanated from his body, manifesting infinite Eternal Heaven Patterns that condensed onto the Qingtian Axe in his hand.
This Qingtian Axe instantly erupted with the most brilliant radiance in its history, revived to its utmost limit by a Supreme Heavenly Venerate, far surpassing its previous power in the hands of its former master, Qingtian Great Venerable. It unleashed a terrifying axe light that tore through the Tian Domain firmament, cleaving toward that intangible Heavenly Venerate hand spanning untold trillions of miles.
In an instant, that intangible Heavenly Venerate hand was forcibly split in two, transforming into immeasurable Heavenly Venerate power that surged between heaven and earth.