These words immediately caused an uproar!
This mysterious Desolate Ruins was actually the teacher of the Desolate Heavenly Venerate?
To have taught a Supreme Heavenly Venerate—even though this Desolate Ruins was not a Supreme Heavenly Venerate himself—was still an immensely terrifying feat; otherwise, he would not have received such praise from the Chaos Heavenly Emperor.
According to the accounts of several old-timers present, as far back as the early All Heavens Era, Desolate Ruins was already at the pinnacle of the Supreme Realm, hailed as one of the strongest Supreme Kings, with a chance to take that crucial step, prove the Dao of Eternity, and become a Supreme Heavenly Venerate.
Unfortunately, it was heard that later, when the Eternal Calamity descended, he failed and became a Great Venerable.
His proud disciple, Huang, ultimately became a Supreme Heavenly Venerate, ranking among the Thirty-Three Supreme Heavenly Venerates, known as the Desolate Heavenly Venerate.
However, in the memories of many, during the Battle of the All Heavens Twilight, Desolate Ruins also fell, vanishing from the world.
His sudden appearance today shocked many—a dead man had actually been revived.
"A dead man, unexpectedly able to reincarnate and step onto the correct path, truly enviable!"
"Desolate Ruins carries the bloodline power of the Desolate Heavenly Venerate. It's likely the Desolate Heavenly Venerate intervened to reverse life and death, resurrecting Desolate Ruins."
An Ancient Great Venerable sighed, revealing a look of envy.
Don't be fooled—they too were peerless, invincible powerhouses renowned throughout the world. It was only because they failed to prove the Dao and survived by luck that they became Great Venerables, possessing a portion of a Supreme Heavenly Venerate's might.
Yet, becoming a Heavenly Venerate was hopeless for them.
Desolate Ruins, however, had reincarnated, freed from his old shackles, stepping onto a path with the hope of successfully proving the Dao and becoming a Heavenly Venerate.
On the other hand, they also believed this path was irreplicable, because it was the Desolate Heavenly Venerate who intervened to reverse life and death and resurrect Desolate Ruins.
It must be known that resurrecting a strongest Supreme King, especially one that reverses the operational rules of heaven and earth in the Origin Land, would incur a tremendous cost even for a Supreme Heavenly Venerate.
Furthermore, Desolate Ruins emanated the bloodline aura of the Desolate Heavenly Venerate. Several Ancient Great Venerables speculated it was highly probable the Desolate Heavenly Venerate used his own flesh and blood for the resurrection.
After all, the Desolate Heavenly Venerate was a Supreme Heavenly Venerate who proved Eternity through his physical body. His flesh and blood contained the most powerful physical strength, granting Desolate Ruins an unimaginable innate physical potential.
One could say such conditions were unique.
Boom—
From the collapsed earth, that figure shot into the sky, its aura still terrifyingly boundless, as if completely unaffected, charging toward Desolate Ruins.
Desolate Ruins appeared like a peerless demon god, surrounded by streaks of dark light resembling ancient dragons, radiating an extremely fearsome Heavenly Dao aura. He had clearly traveled far on the path of a Heavenly Venerate and was now engaged in a fierce battle with that supremely terrifying figure.
A closer look revealed it was an Ancient Great Venerable, with faint threads of Heavenly Dao authority about it.
This caused all the powerhouses to gasp in shock.
Desolate Ruins was actually this terrifying, able to face an Ancient Great Venerable in direct combat.
Moreover, they were fighting back and forth, a truly astonishing sight.
"He is a Great Venerable, yet not a Great Venerable," said one Ancient Great Venerable, elegant and scholarly like a refined literati—the Three Lives Great Venerable—solemnly stating, "He is a fallen Great Venerable, merely a corpse that has gained sentience."
As Ancient Great Venerables, the Three Lives Great Venerable and several others naturally discerned the truth.
Back in the day, when the Endless Heavenly Venerate dominated an era, during the most glorious All Heavens Era, there were naturally Ancient Great Venerables who followed him, assisting in establishing the unparalleled Endless Divine Dynasty.
Later, when the Endless Heavenly Venerate suddenly died, his Ancient Great Venerable followers perished alongside him.
The sentient Great Venerable corpse before them was one of the Ancient Great Venerables who followed the Endless Heavenly Venerate back then.
"So that's how it is!"
Many understood, yet were equally shocked. Even if it was merely an Ancient Great Venerable corpse that gained sentience, the physical body of an Ancient Great Venerable could still dominate the Supreme Realm, forcing even Supreme Kings to retreat.
That Desolate Ruins could clash bare-handed with a sentient Ancient Great Venerable corpse spoke volumes.
At the same time, they were also quite covetous.
Ancient Great Venerables, though flawed Heavenly Venerates and truly far inferior to genuine Supreme Heavenly Venerates, were all first-rate, peerless figures in the world who had half-stepped into the Eternal Realm.
Even in death, their Great Venerable bodies were priceless treasures to the world, possessing infinite wonders.
If utilized well, they could even be refined into a terrifying humanoid weapon, no less formidable than a Great Venerable artifact, perhaps even more fearsome.
"Hmph, it's just a corpse. Do you truly think it's a Great Venerable at its peak state from when it was alive? This venerable one can suppress it!"
As he spoke, layers of dark light flashed around Desolate Ruins, his imposing aura intensifying dramatically.
In his hand appeared a pitch-black giant hammer, as thick as a water vat, pointed at the top and flat at the bottom, shaped like a mountain, inscribed with dark red ancient patterns—all Eternal Heavenly Patterns.
Boom—
Desolate Ruins swung the giant hammer. Instantly, the hammer swelled with the wind, becoming as large as a star.
This was only because they were confined within the Endless Forbidden Zone; otherwise, it could expand infinitely.
The star-sized giant hammer, carrying incomparably terrifying force, smashed toward the Ancient Great Venerable figure before him.
The opposing sentient Great Venerable corpse was also extremely powerful—at the very least, slaying a Supreme Realm overlord would be no problem—but it was struck hard by Desolate Ruins's hammer, blood light splattering as its figure was sent crashing fiercely against a series of terrifying Heavenly Venerate Secret Patterns.
These Heavenly Venerate Secret Patterns flickered, unleashing immensely fearsome power that blasted the sentient Great Venerable corpse.
Blood flowers splashed; the sentient Great Venerable corpse was injured, but only to that extent.
Even Heavenly Venerate Secret Patterns found it difficult to annihilate the physical body of an Ancient Great Venerable.
However, being able to suppress a sentient Ancient Great Venerable corpse was sufficient for Desolate Ruins.
He used the giant hammer to press down on the sentient Great Venerable corpse, suppressing it, allowing the sentient Great Venerable corpse to roar, its cries shaking the Endless Forbidden Zone, yet unable to break free.
Finally, after a long time, Desolate Ruins successfully suppressed the sentient Great Venerable corpse, storing it within his inner world, preparing to leave.
Suddenly, he keenly sensed something. His gaze pierced through billions of layers of crimson mountain ranges, landing on Ye Chen and his group.
Even he, the teacher of the Desolate Heavenly Venerate, revealed a look of astonishment at this moment.
But soon, that astonishment transformed into excitement.
Desolate Ruins, grasping the suppressed sentient Great Venerable corpse, traversed countless dangers. Along the way, he directly used his awe-inspiring physical brute force to shatter all obstacles, arriving before Ye Chen and the others.
An aura of great terror, as if from primordial times, swept over them, pressing down on all the powerhouses present like Mount Tai, putting them on high alert.
Only when he was near could one clearly feel how terrifying this Desolate Ruins truly was.
Faintly, it seemed as if the shadow of the Desolate Heavenly Venerate loomed, utterly dreadful.
Yet, all that world-ending primordial aura dissipated on its own as it approached Ye Chen, unable to invade in the slightest.
Desolate Ruins looked at Ye Chen, this tall, stalwart giant towering like an iron pagoda, and said, "You are the Chaos Heavenly Emperor?"