Hun Wuji was unimaginably powerful, on par with Huang Xu as the strongest in the Supreme Realm, worthy of being called a Supreme Taishang, the Supreme One among Taishang, mighty beyond measure.
At this moment, he was engaged in battle against the sentient corpse of an Ancient Great Venerable. Every movement of his hands and feet was an unfathomable chaos dao technique. Chaos light gave birth to the myriad daos of all heavens, combined with his peerless physical body, continuously crashing against the sentient corpse of the Ancient Great Venerable.
Billions of layers of radiance, containing countless Supreme rules, forced the sentient Great Venerable corpse to retreat repeatedly, smashing through countless layers of massive crimson mountains.
If this were not the Endless Forbidden Zone, the area would have long been utterly destroyed, completely unable to withstand the terrifying collision between the two.
However, it had to be admitted that even though the Ancient Great Venerable had fallen for endless eons, and its sentient corpse was far inferior to its former self, lacking the corresponding realm and mastery of the great daos of heaven and earth it possessed in life, its physical body was still at the Great Venerable level. Moreover, the Ancient Great Venerable's dao essence resided within its body, making its physical form peerless and still containing a portion of the peerless combat power it possessed in life.
At this moment, even though Hun Wuji was truly a peerless figure of his generation with heaven-defying dao techniques, capable of easily suppressing a Supreme Realm overlord, and confident he could subdue even a Supreme King within a few exchanges, when facing the sentient Great Venerable corpse, he still had to display his strongest combat power.
This was a might he had not even shown when facing the five Supreme Kings from the Eternal Heavenly Races.
Yet, even so, he could not defeat the sentient Great Venerable corpse in a short time.
The power of an Ancient Great Venerable truly could not be underestimated.
However, Ye Chen and the others did not intervene, for it was clear that Hun Wuji did not need anyone's help.
Boom—
Right at that moment, a vast, boundless, and immeasurably expansive great world phantom manifested around Hun Wuji, containing unparalleled world power, pressing down upon the sentient Great Venerable corpse.
Instantly, the originally ferocious and peerless sentient Great Venerable corpse plummeted from the sky directly to the earth, smashing a massive crater.
Moreover, this boundless world phantom pressed down on the sentient Great Venerable corpse. For a time, even with its unparalleled Great Venerable-level physical body, the corpse found it difficult to stand up again.
Faintly discernible, all the powerhouses saw just how vast and boundless the world within Hun Wuji's body was, surpassing even the Primordial Universe.
"An Eternal Heavenly Realm!"
The powerhouses' hearts shook. Hun Wuji's body actually contained an Eternal Heavenly Realm! No wonder he was so terrifying. An Eternal Heavenly Realm contained endless world might and was tinged with threads of the supreme might of a Supreme Heavenly Venerate. Once unleashed, it could multiply combat power countless times over.
However, such an Eternal Heavenly Realm, even if obtained by a Supreme Realm overlord, could not be refined, for they simply could not withstand it.
Forcing oneself to bear it would only result in physical collapse and soul destruction, utterly incapable of withstanding such a supreme great world.
Yet Hun Wuji actually contained an Eternal Heavenly Realm within his body. It was hard to imagine. No matter how strong his physical body was, it should not be able to bear it. It would inevitably collapse under the mass of the Eternal Heavenly Realm.
"It counts as an Eternal Heavenly Realm, yet it does not. It is merely the embryonic form of an Eternal Heavenly Realm," an Ancient Great Venerable spoke. His appearance was refined and scholarly, but no one dared to look down on him, for he was none other than the Three Lives Great Venerable, one of the contemporary Great Venerables.
His gaze was like a crimson sun, piercing through illusions to see the truth: "Even for us Great Venerables, bearing a complete Eternal Heavenly Realm would be somewhat strenuous, let alone for one who is merely in the Supreme Realm, no matter how strong. There is still a gap. That is merely the embryonic form of an Eternal Heavenly Realm. It only shows that Hun Wuji is truly heaven-defying, to have actually obtained the embryonic form of an Eternal Heavenly Realm."
This made even the Ancient Great Venerables envious. An embryonic Eternal Heavenly Realm, while not a true Eternal Heavenly Realm, possessed growth potential. Moreover, it allowed the bearer a chance to fully bear it, unlike bearing a complete Eternal Heavenly Realm, which carried the constant risk of physical and spiritual collapse.
Ultimately, an Eternal Heavenly Realm was, after all, a source world nurtured by a Supreme Heavenly Venerate, vast and boundless.
An Ancient Chaos Universe was large enough, but compared to an Eternal Heavenly Realm, it was still far inferior.
Even though a Supreme Heavenly Venerate no longer needed to rely on the power of an Eternal Heavenly Realm, nor needed to evolve it further, and could even detach from it without actively expanding it, any single Eternal Heavenly Realm far exceeded the volume of an Ancient Chaos Universe. Furthermore, because it contained the Heavenly Venerate secret patterns, Eternal Heavenly patterns, Supreme Heavenly Venerate power, and other factors of a Supreme Heavenly Venerate, the mass of an Eternal Heavenly Realm was countless times greater than that of an Ancient Chaos Universe—at least exceeding the mass of ten thousand Ancient Chaos Universes.
One could imagine that with such mass, an Eternal Heavenly Realm simply could not be borne by anyone below the Heavenly Venerate level.
Even the mere threads of Supreme Heavenly Venerate power contained within an Eternal Heavenly Realm were enough to make any peerless powerhouse of their generation struggle to withstand, something even Ancient Great Venerables would avoid.
An embryonic Eternal Heavenly Realm, while also surpassing an Ancient Chaos Universe, was in a growth stage. It could fuse with the bearer's own aura, eventually completely assimilating with the bearer. Even though it remained incredibly heavy, for the bearer, because their auras were fused, there was no rejection. Instead, it became countless times easier to bear.
The embryonic Eternal Heavenly Realm within Hun Wuji's body was precisely like this.
"Truly worthy of being a peerless talent of the Primordial Chaos Palace, and even more worthy of being the direct disciple of the Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerate! Hun Wuji's strength is astonishingly powerful!"
The powerhouses sighed, admitting to themselves that compared to Hun Wuji, they fell far short.
Roar—
The sentient Great Venerable corpse tried to soar into the sky, to break free from its current predicament, but it was not very possible.
The weight of the embryonic Eternal Heavenly Realm was too terrifying, making it difficult for the corpse to break free and stand up.
"Suppress!"
Hun Wuji shouted loudly. Billions of layers of chaos dao light erupted from his body, transforming into a prison that confined the sentient Great Venerable corpse. It then morphed into a chaos heavenly stele as tall as the heavens, descending from the sky to suppress the sentient Great Venerable corpse.
His strength was so great that all the powerhouses could not help but suck in cold breaths of air.
Finally, he suppressed it within the embryonic Eternal Heavenly Realm in his body.
After suppressing a sentient Great Venerable corpse, even someone as powerful as Hun Wuji let out a long sigh, appearing somewhat strained. Clearly, suppressing such a sentient Great Venerable corpse was not easy.
Only at this point did Hun Wuji look towards the direction where Ye Chen and the others were, cupping his hands in a distant salute: "Greetings to the Chaos Heavenly Emperor, Your Majesty. Greetings to the three Great Venerables."
Ye Chen gave a slight nod. The three Ancient Great Venerables behind him sighed. On the day the Chaos Heavenly Mansion was established, they had witnessed Hun Wuji's peerless prowess, single-handedly suppressing five Supreme Kings. But now, seeing him again, they realized that this Supreme Taishang's peerless might not only allowed him to face five Supreme Kings alone but also to deal with a sentient Great Venerable corpse, fighting to the point of shaking heaven and earth, no less impressive than a supreme existence like Huang Xu.
Without a doubt, Hun Wuji's power far exceeded their imagination.
In the future, he truly had great hope of attaining the supreme Heavenly Venerate position.