Only Constant Brightness Great Venerable wore a grave expression. "Be careful," he said. "Although he is not the true Endless Heavenly Venerate, he is still extremely fearsome."
He was the best example, as it was precisely this corpse of the Endless Heavenly Venerate, animated by a spirit, that had shattered his Great Venerable body earlier, leaving him unable to repair it to this day.
Three Lifetimes Great Venerable said confidently, "Don't worry, Constant Brightness. As long as he isn't a true Supreme Heavenly Venerate, we have the confidence to handle him!"
Hearing the words of the three Ancient Great Venerables, the corpse-transformed Endless Heavenly Venerate's expression darkened. "You dare to defy your superior and attack this Heavenly Venerate?" he roared.
"Apologies, but you ceased to be the Endless Heavenly Venerate long ago!"
As the words fell—
Boom—
Boom—
Boom—
The shattered Endless Forbidden Zone shook violently as the three Ancient Great Venerables simultaneously made their move, charging toward the corpse-transformed Endless Heavenly Venerate.
All three were Ancient Great Venerables whose might had shaken past and present. Now, as they struck, their divine power was boundless, and immeasurable Great Dao might converged, crashing toward the corpse-transformed Endless Heavenly Venerate in an instant.
Heaven collapsed and earth crumbled!
They firmly believed that unless it was a true, flawless Heavenly Venerate, no one could withstand a combined strike from the three of them.
"Hmph, mere Great Venerables dare to attack this Heavenly Venerate!"
The corpse-transformed Endless Heavenly Venerate snorted coldly. He stood upon the River of Time, his body surrounded by countless time fragments evolved from Heavenly Venerate runes. When the offensive of the three Ancient Great Venerables entered this area, a startling change occurred.
It was visible to the naked eye: although the attacks of the three were clearly powerful enough to shake the ages, once they landed within the River of Time formed by the Heavenly Venerate runes, their power was drastically reduced. While they still possessed fearsome offensive force, it had only reached the Taishang level.
Striking the corpse of the Endless Heavenly Venerate, they couldn't even annihilate a single hair.
The three paled. They finally understood why even Constant Brightness Great Venerable had ended up in such a miserable state. It turned out the corpse of the Endless Heavenly Venerate was this terrifying, enveloped by a Space-Time Heavenly Dao domain.
This Space-Time Heavenly Dao domain could reverse time and space to diminish the might of any attack.
The attacks of the three Ancient Great Venerables were thus reduced to the level of their strength when they were still at the Taishang realm.
How could such attacks possibly shake the corpse of the Endless Heavenly Venerate?
No wonder even someone as powerful as Constant Brightness Great Venerable had fallen.
"Impossible! He's merely a corpse transformation of the Endless Heavenly Venerate. Why does he still possess the Endless Heavenly Venerate's Space-Time Heavenly Dao domain?"
The three Ancient Great Venerables looked incomparably grave. This defied all logic.
Constant Brightness Great Venerable said, "Don't forget, the Eternal Heavenly Dao of a Supreme Heavenly Venerate is fused with their form and spirit, not entrusted to the heavens and earth. Even after death, the body of a Heavenly Venerate still contains the power of the Supreme Heavenly Venerate's Eternal Heavenly Dao, though it is not as powerful as in the past."
Upon cultivating to the Supreme Heavenly Venerate level, one becomes a Heavenly Dao unto themselves, unaffected by the world.
Although the Endless Heavenly Venerate had fallen, his remains still contained the power of the Space-Time Heavenly Dao. Now activated, even if it was not as formidable as the Endless Heavenly Venerate of yore, it was still terrifying, capable of greatly weakening all offensive power.
This was against Ancient Great Venerables. If it were anyone below the Great Venerable level, all their attacks would be nullified without a trace.
"Daring to defy your superior—the crime deserves death ten thousand times over!"
The corpse of the Endless Heavenly Venerate moved, instantly charging toward the three Ancient Great Venerables. Its speed was extreme, reversing time and space, leaving the three no chance to resist.
A terrifying Space-Time Heavenly Dao domain enveloped the three.
In an instant, the three began to visibly regress in age at a rapid pace.
The Space-Time Heavenly Dao domain sought to reverse them, returning them to their state from before they became Ancient Great Venerables.
The three Ancient Great Venerables were horrified. They had once hoped to one day return to that state for a chance to impact the true Supreme Heavenly position, but not now. Because once they regressed, they would be unable to resist the assault of a Supreme Heavenly Venerate's corpse.
Boom—
Boom—
Boom—
The three Ancient Great Venerables erupted with their full power. Pillars of light shot into the sky from their crown points as their Great Venerable might burst forth. Faintly, Pseudo-Heavenly Venerable Suns manifested around them, protecting their bodies.
The Pseudo-Heavenly Venerable Suns isolated most of the time-reversal power of the Space-Time Heavenly Dao domain, preventing them from being affected so severely.
At that moment, the corpse of the Endless Heavenly Venerate struck. From its face, which could not be clearly seen, a pair of cold eyes looked at the three, and a palm slapped toward Three Lifetimes Great Venerable.
Three Lifetimes Great Venerable's expression changed drastically, no longer maintaining his previous elegant scholar demeanor. He took a deep breath, and in an instant, one person transformed into three. This was his Three Lifetimes Great Method, capable of manifesting his past, present, and future selves.
At their peak, each body possessed Great Venerable-level combat power.
Three Lifetimes Great Venerable transformed into three Ancient Great Venerables, simultaneously counterattacking the corpse of the Endless Heavenly Venerate.
Boom—
However, the corpse of the Endless Heavenly Venerate was terrifyingly powerful, surrounded by endless time fragments. Under the envelopment of the Space-Time Heavenly Dao domain, the strength of the three Great Venerable Dharma Bodies was diminished.
Time was reversing. Three Lifetimes Great Venerable rapidly grew younger, as if time had reversed countless epochs, returning to the era of the Ten Thousand Races.
Even someone as powerful as Three Lifetimes Great Venerable was no match; his cultivation was being reduced.
Back then, Hun Wuji had dealt with Yan Tianjun, using time to reverse half an epoch of the latter's cultivation. Now, the Endless Heavenly Venerate, the foremost master of space-time, was making a move. Far more powerful than Hun Wuji by an unknown degree, with a single strike, he seemed intent on reversing Three Lifetimes Great Venerable's cultivation by entire chaos epochs, returning him to before he became a Great Venerable.
How terrifying was that!
The three Great Venerable bodies of Three Lifetimes Great Venerable roared in unison. Strands of heavenly might flickered into appearance, and the Pseudo-Heavenly Venerable Suns also transformed into three, doing their utmost to withstand the reverse-cutting impact of the River of Time, forcibly holding their ground.
But that giant hand shattered all resistance, striking Three Lifetimes Great Venerable's past self.
With a deafening boom, Three Lifetimes Great Venerable's past body exploded violently, utterly unable to withstand the attack of the Endless Heavenly Venerate's corpse.
Moreover, the shattered flesh and blood rapidly regressed in age. Eons of cultivation were severed, weakening him significantly.
Three Lifetimes Great Venerable's present and future selves wore expressions of shock and disbelief, unable to credit this scene.
"Impossible! The Endless Heavenly Venerate fell long ago. This is merely his corpse. How can it possess such heavenly might?"
The other two Ancient Great Venerables also found it hard to believe.
After a Supreme Heavenly Venerate falls, no matter how powerful the corpse, how could it compare to the immeasurable heavenly might of the living being? It defied logic.
In the distance, Ye Chen shielded Ye Junlin, Yaya, Qianxun, Space-Time Emperor, and the rest of the Chaos Heavenly Mansion group. Heavenly might enveloped them, ensuring they were not affected in the slightest. At the same time, he silently observed the corpse of the Endless Heavenly Venerate. It was indeed rather bizarre.
Moreover, he sensed a faintly familiar power, a taste of something he seemed to have encountered before.
His eyes narrowed slightly as chaos churned within them. He began to examine it carefully.
Tongming and Tonggu, the other two Ancient Great Venerables, also made their move. Knowing the danger of being picked off one by one, they simultaneously arrived beside Three Lifetimes Great Venerable to jointly deal with the corpse of the Endless Heavenly Venerate.