The thirteen Great Venerables were powerful, and likewise, the nine Xiantian Saint Emperors were also extremely formidable.
Moreover, the nine Xiantian Saint Emperors had lived for far longer ages, and as Innate Deities, they were somewhat stronger than the Great Venerables.
However, in a one-on-one confrontation, a Great Venerable facing an Xiantian Saint Emperor was only slightly weaker.
Furthermore, the paths the Great Venerables of that era walked were those explored by predecessors; they had not condensed the illusory Heavenly Venerate sun. Otherwise, they would have been capable of peak-level one-on-one combat.
The thirteen Great Venerables took action, clashing with the nine Xiantian Saint Emperors. They fought until heaven and earth shattered, the boundless cosmos crumbled, and countless stars were annihilated.
The Origin Land itself seemed on the verge of returning to chaos.
Among the Origin Myriad Clans, the Great Venerables ultimately held the advantage in numbers, slightly suppressing the Innate Deities.
During that period, Xiantian Saint Emperors fell, and ancient Great Venerables also fell.
Both sides suffered heavy casualties.
In the end, neither side could defeat the other.
Although the Origin Myriad Clans dealt a severe blow to the Innate Deities, slaying Xiantian Saint Emperors, they too suffered grievous losses, with several Great Venerables perishing before they finally withdrew.
Naturally, the Innate Deity race suffered a devastating blow. As a divinely born race, their numbers were limited. After being heavily wounded by the Myriad Clans' armies, they were never the same again.
Of course, they could no longer treat the Origin Myriad Clans as their bloody meal, nor could they rule over the endless Origin Land.
The ten surviving Great Venerables after the war stood with their majestic dharma forms towering between the heavens, a constant deterrent to the Innate Deities.
Only seven Xiantian Saint Emperors remained, two having fallen—an unprecedented, massive blow to the Innate Deity race.
However, both sides possessed supreme existences who could deter each other. Once war broke out, the consequences would be unimaginably vast.
Naturally, over endless ages, a sea of blood and hatred had long since fermented between them.
The Origin Myriad Clans would not let the Innate Deities go, and the Innate Deities could not accept that their former bloody meal dared to resist. Thus began the subsequent repeated frictions and battles.
Later, during their campaigns against the Origin Myriad Clans, the Innate Deities gave rise to several more Xiantian Saint Emperors.
By that time, the situation had become overwhelmingly one-sided against the Myriad Clans.
With their combat power greatly increased and now led by twelve Xiantian Saint Emperors, the Innate Deities launched a direct slaughter against the Origin Myriad Clans.
The great war lasted for endless ages. The ten Great Venerables continuously fell in battle until only three remained.
The situation for the Origin Myriad Clans had reached an extremely critical point.
For the third time, the Origin Myriad Clans teetered on the brink of extermination.
At that time, Great Venerables perished, Taishangs fell one after another, and countless supreme experts were utterly destroyed, perishing in that most bloody of eras.
The Origin Myriad Clans were plunged into utter despair. All believed that this time, the Myriad Clans would be completely reduced to the bloody meal of the Innate Deities, likely never to rise again for all eternity.
But after enduring extreme bitterness, sweetness finally arrived!
Finally, one day, someone from among the Origin Myriad Clans successfully transcended the tribulation, becoming the first Supreme Heavenly Venerate in heaven and earth to attain the Dao, his might suppressing all heavens.
This Supreme Heavenly Venerate had stepped onto an unprecedented, successful path, attaining the Dao eternally, imperishable through myriad tribulations. He grasped the most powerful Eternal Heavenly Dao of heaven and earth, becoming the true supreme ruler of the Origin Land!
His emergence shook the Origin Myriad Clans, filling them withinspiration.
At last, someone had taken that step, flawless, becoming a supreme and unparalleled existence.
The three remaining Great Venerables, the sole survivors, shed tears of joy. Had a Heavenly Venerate not been born, the Myriad Clans would have been extinguished.
The appearance of the Supreme Heavenly Venerate forcefully swept through the entire Innate Deity race.
The twelve Xiantian Saint Emperors emerged to battle the Supreme Heavenly Venerate.
It was that very battle that completely established the Supreme Heavenly Venerate's invincibility.
The first Supreme Heavenly Venerate of the Origin Land was Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerable.
"Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerable!" Ye Chen's expression shook. Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerable was both the strongest among the Thirty-Three Heavenly Venerates and the first Supreme Heavenly Venerate.
"The emergence of Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerable forcefully swept through the Innate Deity race!"
The Celestial Emperor spoke unhurriedly.
That was an era unknown to most. Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerable rose during the most dark and chaotic era of the Primordial Chaos Era, facing the terrifying shadow of the twelve Saint Emperors of the Innate Deity race sweeping across the heavens.
He turned the tide single-handedly, charging into the Innate Deities' stronghold and displaying the infinite, supreme might of a Supreme Heavenly Venerate, swiftly slaying three Xiantian Saint Emperors and completely cowing the Innate Deity race.
Later, Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerable alone suppressed the entire Innate Deity race, utterly annihilating this powerful clan that had dominated the earliest days of the Origin Land.
Thus, the Origin Land entered the great era of the Myriad Clans' peak.
The Celestial Emperor said, "The Primordial Era is the first Chaos Era of the Origin Land. A Chaos Era is not a fixed time system; each Chaos Era contains a different number of epochs, some more, some fewer. The Chaos Era dominated by the Innate Deities is called the Primordial Era. After Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerable rose and swept through the Innate Deities, founding the peak era of the Origin Myriad Clans, that Chaos Era is called the Myriad Clans Era."
"In the Myriad Clans Era, the Myriad Clans flourished. Though called 'Myriad Clans,' the Origin Land is immeasurably vast, with races numbering far beyond billions. Yet, only the top-tier, strongest clans truly qualified to be counted among the 'Myriad Clans.'"
"During the Myriad Clans Era, with the Innate Deities fallen, the innate essence within their bodies returned to heaven and earth, and the Origin Land was not yet fully developed. The Myriad Clans continuously gave birth to one supreme expert after another, Taishangs emerged without end, and even other Great Venerables gradually appeared."
"Subsequently, during the long Myriad Clans Era, other Supreme Heavenly Venerates began to attain the Dao, such as myself, Wan Xuan, Zi Ji, Ten Directions, Ten Tribulations, Heaven-Mending..."
"By the late Myriad Clans Era, multiple Supreme Heavenly Venerates had been born. That period is called the All Heavens Era, also known as the Age of All Heavens."
"At its most peak, as you know, the Origin Land had a total of thirty-three Supreme Heavenly Venerates jointly ruling over it."
Ye Chen naturally understood. The Innate Deities' great defeat had already become history. The Origin Myriad Clans occupied the vast Origin Land, possessing infinite resources for development, thus progressing with divine speed. The Myriad Clans seized the opportunity to rise.
Struggling in the Primordial Era, rising in the Myriad Clans Era, and developing to its peak in the All Heavens Era.
The All Heavens Era, ruled by thirty-three Supreme Heavenly Venerates, also boasted a hundred Great Venerables. Beneath the Great Venerables, the number of giants like Taishangs, Taizhens, and Taixus was beyond count.
Throughout all ages, it was the most peak Chaos Era, far surpassing any before, an unimaginable zenith.
However, no matter how peak an era might be, there would come a day when extreme prosperity gives way to decline.
So-called 'decline reaching its extreme gives rise to prosperity, prosperity reaching its extreme gives way to decline'—this is an eternal, unchanging truth.
Ye Chen was puzzled. "Why did it ultimately evolve into the Dusk of All Heavens?"
This point, he never understood.
Thirty-three Supreme Heavenly Venerates jointly ruling the Origin Land—what unparalleled prosperity!
Why did it suddenly develop into the Dusk of All Heavens, with the various Supreme Heavenly Venerates warring against each other, and Supreme Heavenly Venerates falling one after another?
The hundred Great Venerables also seized the opportunity to rise in rebellion, engaging in constant warfare and suffering heavy casualties.
Ye Chen had vaguely heard in the past that the root of it all was because of the Great God Pangu.
This was a secret of the Heavenly Venerates, utterly unknown to ordinary people who dared not investigate, lest forbidden calamities descend and exterminate everything.
Of course, Ye Chen was now also a Supreme Heavenly Venerate, naturally qualified to know the truth behind such secrets.