Although Ye Chen was strong, a Supreme Heavenly Venerate who could completely shatter all laws with sheer force and directly break the Heavenly Venerate Great Formation, doing so would cause the formation to erupt. Ye Chen naturally had no fear of it, but if the aftermath spread inside, it would be dangerous. Within the Endless Ancient City were his family members, who could not suffer the slightest harm. Therefore, he still intended to unravel the Heavenly Venerate Great Formation step by step.
Fortunately, although the three Heavenly Venerate Great Formations were terrifying, they were all incomplete, missing parts. Otherwise, a flawless Heavenly Venerate Great Formation would require even a Supreme Heavenly Venerate like Ye Chen to spend considerable time analyzing and dismantling it step by step.
Half a day later, Ye Chen cracked the first Heavenly Venerate Great Formation.
Three days later, he cracked the second.
The third Heavenly Venerate Great Formation was the most fearsome and the most complete. Even Ye Chen spent a full seven days before successfully dismantling it.
Finally, Ye Chen led the group smoothly into the core of the Endless Forbidden Zone, arriving at the Endless Ancient City. This was the Heavenly Venerate's ancient city of the Endless Heavenly Venerate from days of old.
"Your Majesty, this junior will take his leave now."
Hun Wuji suddenly bid farewell.
Ye Chen nodded, not stopping him, then turned and stepped into the Heavenly Venerate's Ancient Hall. There, he saw Qian Xun, Yaya, the Time-Space Great Emperor, and others. Sensing them, he noted they had injuries but were not seriously harmed.
"Dad!"
Yaya happily hugged Ye Chen's arm, blinking her big eyes. "I didn't expect you to come personally."
Regarding this daughter, Ye Chen revealed a hint of helplessness. "You all... if I hadn't rushed over, you probably would have suffered a great loss."
Yaya giggled. "That's why with Dad here, we fear nothing."
The three Ancient Great Venerables arrived before the Heavenly Venerate's Ancient Hall with a *swish*. Seeing Constant Brightness Great Venerable sitting cross-legged there, they exclaimed in pleasant surprise, "Constant Brightness!"
Constant Brightness Great Venerable's body was illusory; his physical form had been shattered, leaving only a Great Venerable soul sitting there. Clearly, he had suffered an immensely terrifying heavy blow, to the point his Great Venerable body was destroyed, leaving only his soul here.
He opened his eyes, saw the three, and urgently said, "Three Lives, Tong Gu, Tong Ming, why have you three come? The Endless Forbidden Zone is dangerous. You must leave here quickly. Otherwise, when *it* appears, it will be too late."
For an Ancient Great Venerable to be so anxious, one could imagine that "it" was absolutely not simple.
Three Lives Great Venerable had an elegant bearing, like a scholar. He said solemnly, "Constant Brightness, you need not worry. It was the Chaos Heavenly Emperor, His Majesty, who brought us in here."
"The Chaos Heavenly Emperor, His Majesty?" Constant Brightness Great Venerable was slightly stunned, then saw beside the three a tall, heroic figure standing, draped in chaotic light, his true visage unseen, emanating waves of peerless imposing might that rivaled the heavens. This imposing might was precisely Heavenly Might!
He immediately knew the newcomer was a Supreme Heavenly Venerate!
"Constant Brightness pays his respects to the Chaos Heavenly Emperor, Your Majesty!" Constant Brightness Great Venerable immediately bowed slightly in greeting. Although he had never heard of such a Supreme Heavenly Venerate throughout the ages, there was no doubt this was undoubtedly a Supreme Heavenly Venerate. Otherwise, an Ancient Great Venerable could not possess such imposing might.
Ye Chen gave a slight nod, his gaze sweeping over Constant Brightness Great Venerable. "Your Great Venerable body was destroyed?"
Constant Brightness Great Venerable said, "Yes, Your Majesty. It was destroyed by the most fearsome existence here!"
The three Ancient Great Venerables' expressions turned grave. To be able to destroy an Ancient Great Venerable's Great Venerable body, it must be extremely terrifying.
Ye Chen said, "Can you tell me everything?"
"Naturally, I will hold nothing back." Constant Brightness Great Venerable said. "My purpose in entering the Endless Forbidden Zone was to find the Heavenly Venerate body and his Heavenly Venerate origin of the Endless Heavenly Venerate. It is said that the Endless Heavenly Venerate was the master of the Space-Time Heavenly Dao, the Space-Time Heavenly Venerate, capable of traversing past, present, and future, even able to break free from temporal constraints and truly return to the past. Therefore, I hoped to refine the Endless Heavenly Venerate's Heavenly Venerate body to make it my own, achieving a Celestial Sovereign Level physical form, and refine the Endless Heavenly Venerate's origin to advance further, becoming an existence comparable to the Deathless Heavenly Venerate."
The other three Ancient Great Venerables nodded. In fact, this was the thought of every Ancient Great Venerable. Their path to Heavenly Venerate had been cut off; they simply could not truly take that final step to become Supreme Heavenly Venerables.
However, there was still hope to possess Heavenly Venerate-level combat power.
For example, the Deathless Heavenly Venerate was an anomaly. Clearly still an Ancient Great Venerable, yet his strength was supreme, truly able to rival a Supreme Heavenly Venerate, not far off.
Refining a Supreme Heavenly Venerate's Heavenly Venerate body and origin was the best method.
Moreover, in all the world, completely preserved Heavenly Venerate corpses were few and far between.
The Endless Heavenly Venerate was one of them.
Although the Endless Heavenly Venerate perished during the Twilight of the Myriad Heavens, it was not due to other Supreme Heavenly Venerables or Ancient Great Venerables, but because of an accident within himself—he suddenly died.
Constant Brightness Great Venerable hoped to refine the Endless Heavenly Venerate's Heavenly Venerate body to achieve a Celestial Sovereign Level physical form and refine the origin to supplement his own origin, maximizing his strength.
"Of course, I also hoped to rely on the Endless Heavenly Venerate's Space-Time Heavenly Dao to traverse time and space, return to the past, allowing myself to smoothly attain the Eternal Heavenly Dao and become a flawless Heavenly Venerate." Constant Brightness Great Venerable continued, revealing his true ambition, which greatly surprised the others.
But upon careful thought, it wasn't impossible.
Because the Endless Heavenly Venerate was the highest achiever of the Space-Time Heavenly Dao, unparalleled throughout the ages.
Moreover, legend said the Endless Heavenly Venerate was the only one who could traverse time and space without paying a price.
If Constant Brightness Great Venerable relied on the Space-Time Heavenly Dao to return to the past, he might truly be able to change facts that had already occurred, reverse the flawed Heavenly Dao into a flawless Eternal Heavenly Dao, thereby reversing past and present to become a flawless Heavenly Venerate.
"However, in reality, it's impossible because the Endless Forbidden Zone is one of the most terrifying forbidden lands in the world today." Constant Brightness Great Venerable sighed. "I originally thought that as an Ancient Great Venerable, I could contend in battle even against a Supreme Heavenly Venerate. But after entering the Endless Forbidden Zone, I discovered just how perilous it is."
Speaking here, a look of horror appeared on his face, clearly still haunted by lingering fear.
Ye Chen and the other three Ancient Great Venerables were quite surprised. For an Ancient Great Venerable to be so terrified, it seemed truly extraordinary.
"It appeared, silently, without a trace. I was ambushed, severely wounded by it." Constant Brightness Great Venerable said. "It is terrifying. In that battle, although I resisted with all my might, I was ultimately blasted apart, my physical body destroyed, and all my flesh and blood power devoured."
"Relying on the three Heavenly Venerate Great Formations and this Heavenly Venerate's Ancient Hall, which contains the endless Heavenly Venerate secret patterns left by the Endless Heavenly Venerate from days of old, I avoided being targeted by that 'it' and survived until now."