Boom—
Desolate Ruins turned and left. Even within the perilous Endless Forbidden Zone, he showed not a trace of fear. His formidable, peerless physical body directly smashed through piece after piece of Eternal Heavenly Realm fragments and space-time fragments, leaping across layer upon layer of Heavenly Venerate secret patterns. In the blink of an eye, he vanished from everyone's sight.
This time, his gains were immense—he had suppressed a Great Venerable-level sentient corpse.
If handled well, it might become Desolate Ruins's second body, allowing his strength to advance even further.
At this moment, aside from the various Ancient Great Venerables, no one saw what had just transpired.
Those Ancient Great Venerables looked at Ye Chen with awe and reverence.
The Chaos Heavenly Emperor was truly too powerful!
Thus, a sparring battle came to an end.
"What a pity! If the Chaos Heavenly Emperor could subdue Desolate Ruins, the strength of the Chaos Heavenly Mansion would surely increase tremendously!"
Many of the Supreme Powerhouses who had already expressed their desire to follow him sighed, but they also understood it was impossible. Desolate Ruins's status was far too noble—he was the teacher of the Desolate Heavenly Venerate. If he were to join anyone, it would be the lineage of the Desolate Heavenly Venerate, not the Chaos Heavenly Mansion.
If the Chaos Heavenly Emperor tried to forcibly subdue him, it would likely incur the wrath of the Desolate Heavenly Venerate.
This was merely an interlude.
Ye Chen and the others continued forward. Along the way, they released many more Supreme Powerhouses from past eras who had fallen into madness, and they successively joined the ranks of the Chaos Heavenly Mansion.
Silently, on the other side, separated by a hundred thousand crimson mountain ranges, a withered, emaciated figure appeared, standing upon an exceptionally massive fragment of a Heavenly Venerate mountain.
Though called a fragment, it was in fact larger than a star.
This withered figure had disheveled hair, a numb expression, and vacant eyes, yet it exuded a chilling, sinister aura as it looked towards Ye Chen and the others.
Like a ghost, it sent shivers down the spines of those behind Ye Chen.
For they could all sense the terror of this being.
Moreover, at its feet lay a corpse severed into two pieces, blood splattered across the ground, the head shattered. The aura was incredibly powerful—it was unmistakably a Supreme Realm Overlord.
Yet now, it had been slain. The withered figure was opening its mouth, continuously gnawing on the head of this tragically slain Supreme Realm Overlord, like a beast devouring its prey. The sight alone was enough to make one's scalp crawl.
But when they truly got a clear look, everyone couldn't help but suck in a sharp breath of cold air.
"This is—the second Great Venerable sentient corpse!"
The crowd was astonished. No wonder it could gnaw on a Supreme Realm Overlord—so that was why.
Furthermore, that Supreme Realm Overlord likely wasn't a corpse from a tragic death long ago, but had been killed by the Great Venerable sentient corpse.
Even so, it ignited a fervent desire within them.
The second Great Venerable sentient corpse had appeared. If they could suppress it, they would obtain a Great Venerable body of peerless, priceless value.
"It is said that when the Endless Heavenly Venerate established his Immortal Divine Dynasty, he was followed by three Ancient Great Venerables. This before us is the second," someone with knowledge stated.
The appearance of the second Great Venerable sentient corpse caused ripples.
However, they were separated by a hundred thousand mountain ranges.
The actual distance was far greater. Each crimson mountain range was incomparably vast, crisscrossed with terrifying Heavenly Venerate secret patterns, and massive fragments of the Eternal Heavenly Realm and space-time drifted and floated unpredictably.
Crossing such a distance was no easy feat.
The Great Venerable sentient corpse, numb and vacant, glanced at the crowd from afar before silently vanishing.
This left many feeling regretful.
Ye Chen's gaze was profound, but he did not make a move to suppress it.
The three Ancient Great Venerables behind him were the same. Their eyes flickered, each with their own considerations.
They continued onward, soon arriving at the central region of the Endless Forbidden Zone, nearing its core.
Along the way, they encountered little danger.
However, the deeper they went, the more numerous the Heavenly Venerate secret patterns, Eternal Heavenly Realm fragments, and space-time fragments within the Endless Forbidden Zone became. They also saw more terrifying corpses floating and lying across the heavens and earth. Even after endless eons, they still emanated incredibly fearsome auras.
The powerhouses understood that these were not only the remains of experts from various eras who had ventured here, but also the mighty figures of the ancient Endless Heavenly Race.
Some of the corpses had even gained sentience, absorbing the blood mist within the Endless Forbidden Zone to cultivate, becoming a different kind of cultivator.
However, upon seeing Ye Chen and the others, they were deeply wary and did not launch any attacks.
Regarding this, Ye Chen had captured several sentient corpses, searching their memories in an attempt to uncover the truth behind the Endless Heavenly Venerate's sudden demise—why he had perished during the space-time traversal he was most adept at.
Unfortunately, he obtained no useful information.
Boom—
Following Desolate Ruins, another similarly extreme and terrifying Great Venerable-level battle fluctuation erupted.
The powerhouses looked over.
They saw, hundreds of millions of miles away, chaotic light surging, blotting out the sky and covering the earth. A majestic, peerless figure stood above the Endless Forbidden Zone, dispersing the blood mist for hundreds of millions of miles as he fiercely battled a Great Venerable-level sentient corpse.
No one had expected the third sentient Great Venerable corpse within the Endless Forbidden Zone to appear so quickly. It had now revived and was engaged in fierce combat.
That majestic, peerless figure was wreathed in billions of layers of chaotic light, very similar to the Chaos Heavenly Emperor—though, of course, incomparably weaker—yet still extremely powerful. Every movement contained earth-shattering power as he clashed head-on with the Great Venerable-level corpse. Each impact shook the area for hundreds of millions of miles, reverberating throughout the vast expanse of the Endless Forbidden Zone.
Needless to say, if anyone in the world besides the Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerate and the Chaos Heavenly Emperor possessed such profound and unfathomable Chaos Dao techniques, it was undoubtedly Hun Wuji of the Primordial Chaos Palace.
He was as formidable and peerless as Desolate Ruins. Even within the incredibly dangerous Endless Forbidden Zone, he feared nothing. Having encountered this terrifying Great Venerable sentient corpse from who-knows-where, he was now engaged in the most fearsome of battles.
Without a doubt, Hun Wuji was also unbelievably powerful. Currently locked in fierce combat with a Great Venerable sentient corpse, the battle was evenly matched.
Throughout the heavens and earth, countless Chaos rules spread, flooding an area of hundreds of millions of miles, transforming it into an extremely terrifying Chaos Domain.
Within this Chaos Domain, Hun Wuji was the absolute master, fearing nothing, sweeping across the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, unmatched and unrivaled.
Even a powerful Great Venerable sentient corpse was suppressed by Hun Wuji within the Chaos Domain.
The powerhouses were shocked. The Ancient Great Venerables also revealed looks of astonishment. Hun Wuji's strength was in no way inferior to Desolate Ruins, posing a certain level of threat even to supreme experts of their caliber.
Ye Junlin observed from a close distance. For him, whether it was his father, the Chaos Heavenly Emperor, or the Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerate, they were both the highest achievers of the Chaos Great Dao, having already forged the Eternal Heavenly Dao. Their Dao techniques were complete and flawless, making it incredibly difficult to glimpse their mysteries.
It was like an Innate Realm martial artist trying to comprehend the profundities of an Ancient Great Venerable—simply impossible. Even if placed right before their eyes, they wouldn't understand.
For Ye Junlin, it was precisely like this. Ye Chen's realm was too high; his own Chaos Great Dao had become the Eternal Heavenly Dao, unfathomably deep. Even someone as powerful as him, a Tai Zhen King, found it hard to comprehend.
However, Hun Wuji was far from reaching the stage of the Chaos Eternal Heavenly Dao. Observing his Dao and techniques was of great help to Ye Junlin's own comprehension of the Chaos Dao techniques.