Upon hearing this, a complicated expression flashed in the Heavenly Emperor's eyes. "Follow me," he said.
Both being Supreme Heavenly Venerates, they left the Purple Extreme Lingxiao Hall in a single step, even departing from the Pangu Celestial Venerate Mountain, arriving at the realm beyond the heavens.
Ye Chen was somewhat puzzled as to why the Heavenly Emperor was taking him away, but he trusted that the Heavenly Emperor meant him no harm. With questions in mind, he followed.
They arrived at the realm beyond the heavens, the same highest point of the firmament where Ye Chen had once battled Qingtian Great Venerable.
This place still retained the endless illusory Celestial Venerable Sun flames, burning the starry sky, and remnants of Eternal Heavenly Patterns, making this region utterly a forbidden zone.
Even a Taishang realm overlord who mistakenly trespassed here would face the risk of perishing.
Of course, it held no influence whatsoever over the two of them.
The Heavenly Emperor stood tall in the realm beyond the heavens, looking down upon the Origin Land from a commanding height. He smiled faintly at Ye Chen. "Young friend Ye, what do these Thirty-Three Tian Domains resemble to you?"
Ye Chen had long noticed it. The Thirty-Three Tian Domains were exactly the same as the Thirty-Three Heavens of the Eternal Heavenly Realm left behind by the Ten Tribulations Heavenly Venerate back in the Primal World.
It seemed the Ten Tribulations Heavenly Venerate had intentionally crafted them back then.
However, at the core of the Thirty-Three Tian Domains, there was only one Tian Domain, occupying the most central location of the entire Origin Land.
In terms of territory, it was also vastly more expansive and immense than the other Eternal Tian Domains.
In his eyes, endless worldly fortune continuously surged from all corners of the Origin Land towards that Tian Domain.
Such a uniquely blessed Tian Domain would stir even a Supreme Heavenly Venerate's heart slightly.
Ye Chen naturally knew that was the Primordial Beginning Tian Domain, the Eternal Tian Domain presided over by Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerable, the largest Eternal Tian Domain.
Under the gaze of a Supreme Heavenly Venerate, almost nothing in the world could remain hidden.
Yet, the very center of Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerable's domain was shrouded in heavenly secrets. Even a Supreme Heavenly Venerate, without resorting to forceful means, could not penetrate it.
Ye Chen was quite curious about what kind of Supreme Heavenly Venerable Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerable truly was.
Legends about him had always been numerous, and now he was honored as the King of Heavenly Venerates!
"That is Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerable's place of seclusion. He is within the Celestial Venerate Mountain and has never left," the Heavenly Emperor said.
Ye Chen asked, "How strong is he?"
He very much wanted to know just how powerful the King of Heavenly Venerates was.
Moreover, shouldn't Heavenly Venerates of the same Chaos Eternal Heavenly Dao be equally powerful?
The Heavenly Emperor remained silent for a long time before speaking. "He is very strong, even stronger than anyone in the current era. Aside from Pangu King, no one is his match."
This was the Heavenly Emperor's evaluation of Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerable, unprecedentedly high.
With Pangu absent, no one was his opponent.
Now, the great Pangu God had long since perished, leaving only him, making him truly peerless in the world.
This was something even the Heavenly Venerates of the present era had to acknowledge.
Otherwise, back when Desolate Heavenly Venerate held the Primordial Beginning Heavenly Seal, representing Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerable, both sides would not have ceased hostilities.
Could it be because Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerable had also attained the Dao through Body Attainment of Eternity?
Ye Chen felt some confusion.
However, the Heavenly Emperor did not continue the discussion, as if it were a taboo, even for Supreme Heavenly Venerates.
The Heavenly Emperor said, "Use your Heavenly Eye to look at these Thirty-Three Tian Domains again."
Ye Chen's eyes changed. Instantly, in his vision, within the Thirty-Three Tian Domains, nine of the Eternal Tian Domains each had a massive pillar of light soaring skyward, invisible to ordinary people. They were very similar to the pillars of light that appeared when the Ancient Great Venerables emerged, but far more magnificent and solid, connecting to the nine Celestial Venerable Suns hanging at the highest point of the firmament.
Ye Chen knew these were Heavenly Pillars.
Celestial Venerate Pillars!
But more peculiarly, these nine Heavenly Pillars pierced through the Celestial Venerable Suns and, together with the Heavenly Pillar from the Heavenly Emperor's Celestial Venerable Sun, converged into ten Heavenly Pillars. They shot straight up into the even more unfathomable realm beyond the heavens.
Ye Chen raised his gaze. Under his watchful eyes, in a corner invisible to the world, the realm beyond the heavens, originally ordinary like the starry sky, suddenly revealed layer upon layer of hazy, overlapping light and shadow.
It resembled vast, boundless domains stacked together, completely isolating the Origin Land from the mysterious land deepest within.
Layer upon layer, counting them, there were exactly thirty-three.
As if representing something.
The ten Heavenly Pillars pierced through the Thirty-Three Heavens, standing erect in the deepest place.
He also saw Deathless Celestial Sovereign, with whom he had fought side by side, located in that deepest place.
Sensing the gaze, Deathless Celestial Sovereign also saw Ye Chen and the Heavenly Emperor, offering a faint, distant smile.
Ye Chen nodded in return. However, his gaze penetrated even deeper.
There, a terrifying heavenly curtain existed, the ultimate boundary of the Thirty-Three Heavens.
The ten Heavenly Pillars reached the deepest point but advanced no further. Instead, they transformed into endless Eternal Heavenly Patterns and vast amounts of Celestial Venerate runes, seemingly coalescing into the most terrifying seal across all ages, suppressing the deepest depths.
The seal isolated everything. Not even Ancient Great Venerables could penetrate it, and Ye Chen could not see clearly either, only vaguely glimpsing some details.
With a thought, Ye Chen instantly traversed the thirty-three heavenly curtains, arriving at the deepest place, where Deathless Celestial Sovereign resided.
The Heavenly Emperor arrived as well.
Deathless Celestial Sovereign sat cross-legged there, still with a face full of stubble. Seeing the arrival of the two, he greeted them with a hearty laugh. "Haotian, Chaos, you've come."
Ye Chen returned the greeting, then swept his gaze around. He immediately saw that within this layer of the heavenly domain, there were actually massive, boundless corpses scattered everywhere, some as large as stars, and some even reaching the size of Celestial Venerable Suns, emanating extremely terrifying auras.
Only, those auras were peculiarly sinister.
Ye Chen frowned slightly. They actually bore some resemblance to the will of the origin of the Eternal Night Land.
However, the feeling they gave him was countless times more intense than that of the Eternal Night Land.
The ten Heavenly Pillars, like ten sky-propping giant pillars, suppressed the endless darkness beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens, forming the most powerful seal.
Behind Deathless Celestial Sovereign, the Phoenix Tree also suppressed before this seal.
It could be said that this was the most powerful seal in the world. Ye Chen sensed the imprints of thirty-three Supreme Heavenly Venerates from across the ages.
Once trapped within, even a Supreme Heavenly Venerate would face only the fate of being sealed.
Because a seal jointly formed by thirty-three Supreme Heavenly Venerates was unbreakable by anyone.
Deathless Celestial Sovereign glanced at the Heavenly Emperor. "Is this Chaos's first time learning of this?"
The Heavenly Emperor gave a slight nod.
Deathless Celestial Sovereign said, "In that case, Chaos, come closer. Approach the seal and carefully sense it."
Ye Chen nodded and arrived at the deepest point.
Isolated by the seal, he opened his eyes and looked. Nothing in the world could truly block the gaze of a Heavenly Venerate. In an instant, he perceived everything, witnessing the countless secrets beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens, laid bare before his eyes with utter clarity.
Even though he had now become a Supreme Heavenly Venerate, at this moment, an unprecedented look of shock and awe appeared on his face, as if he had witnessed the most inconceivable thing in the world.