This was astonishing. The Endless Heavenly Venerate had fallen for endless ages, yet his corpse remained as lifelike as if he were still alive. The Celestial Blood that had splattered was still flawlessly crimson, illuminating the Endless Forbidden Zone and containing unparalleled Supreme fluctuations.
A single drop of that Celestial Blood falling in the outside world would be enough to blast apart boundless great domains and annihilate infinite starfields.
Yet what was even more astonishing was the Chaos Heavenly Emperor's peerless might. With just one encounter, he had sent the corpse of the Endless Heavenly Venerate—which had left the three Ancient Great Venerables and the Taishang Supreme Hun Wuji in such a sorry state—flying and injured.
"Truly worthy of being a Supreme Heavenly Venerate's corpse," Ye Chen mused, his gaze flickering as he looked at the Endless Heavenly Venerate's body. "It only dented slightly after taking my punch." He sighed inwardly. No wonder the three Ancient Great Venerables hoped to obtain the Endless Heavenly Venerate's corpse; it wasn't without reason.
Originally, an Ancient Great Venerable could already challenge a Supreme Heavenly Venerate. If they refined a Supreme Heavenly Venerate's corpse, they could even obtain an Indestructible Heavenly Venerate Body for themselves. Facing a Supreme Heavenly Venerate, they would no longer merely be able to challenge them, but could actually contend and retreat unscathed.
The difference between 'challenging' and 'contending' was immense.
'Challenging' meant barely being able to put up a fight, with the gap still being overwhelmingly vast.
But 'contending' meant being able to barely engage in a peak-level duel for ten rounds.
One could imagine.
Moreover, possessing an Indestructible Heavenly Venerate Body would greatly increase one's life-preserving capabilities, making it extremely difficult for even a Supreme Heavenly Venerate to kill them.
The Endless Heavenly Venerate's corpse shot into the sky, looking at Ye Chen in shock. Only now did he sense the latter's uniqueness—his body actually contained waves of matchless power that made even him tremble. "You are a Heavenly Venerate!?" he exclaimed in surprise.
And a Chaos Heavenly Venerate at that!
He was suddenly struck with a jolt of realization, remembering everything. "It's you!"
Earlier, Ye Chen had hidden himself too well, causing him to focus his attention on the others. Who would have thought that a Supreme Heavenly Venerate had personally come.
"That's right, it's me!" Ye Chen said. "How much longer do you intend to stay in the Endless Heavenly Venerate's body? Or do you want me to take action and expel you?"
The Endless Heavenly Venerate's corpse's expression changed drastically, then he snorted coldly. "This Heavenly Venerate doesn't know what you're talking about. This Heavenly Venerate is the Endless Heavenly Venerate. You are merely a fellow Heavenly Venerate. Since that's the case, let's let today's matter pass. We go our separate ways, how about it?"
"Not happening!"
How could Ye Chen let it end like this?
Sensing Ye Chen's uniqueness and that he was considerably stronger than the three Ancient Great Venerables, a terrifying light suddenly bloomed in the eyes of the Endless Heavenly Venerate's corpse, like two suns of a Heavenly Venerate, blazing with extreme intensity. He directly charged at Ye Chen, saying, "Since that's the case, don't blame this Heavenly Venerate for taking action!"
A simple, direct slap, yet it contained the supreme, wondrous Heavenly Dao Rhyme unique to the Endless Heavenly Venerate—the Space-Time Heavenly Dao Rhyme.
Simultaneously, a terrifying Space-Time Heavenly Dao Domain enveloped the area, reversing time, attempting to regress Ye Chen back to before he became a Heavenly Venerate.
Even someone as powerful as Ye Chen felt as if he were about to become younger, his cultivation about to be diminished.
However, Ye Chen's entire body flowed with blazing Chaos Light. The power of the Chaos Eternal Heavenly Dao spread out, forcibly neutralizing the power of the Space-Time Heavenly Dao Domain, rendering it utterly ineffective against him.
Both were Supreme Heavenly Venerates; who was truly weaker than whom?
Moreover, he was a Heavenly Venerate in the flesh, while the other was merely a Heavenly Venerate's corpse, far inferior to its living state. The Space-Time Heavenly Dao Domain was only being executed through the physical body—how could it harm Ye Chen, a Heavenly Venerate in the flesh?
Ye Chen directly caught the palm blade of the Endless Heavenly Venerate's corpse—a palm blade that could easily severely injure an Ancient Great Venerable—yet it couldn't harm him at all.
Boom—
Ye Chen struck with a Heavenly Venerate Fist, wrapped in the unique power of his Chaos Eternal Heavenly Dao, heavily smashing into the Endless Heavenly Venerate's corpse.
The heavens and earth changed color. This single punch instantly shattered the Space-Time Heavenly Dao Domain around the Endless Heavenly Venerate's corpse, sending his figure flying back violently. His shoulder was directly twisted, Celestial Bones shattered, flesh mangled. Celestial Blood reflected immeasurable bloody light, manifesting throughout the All Heavens.
In a single encounter, he overpowered the Endless Heavenly Venerate's corpse.
This made the four Ancient Great Venerables suck in a cold breath of air, while also feeling deep shock and awe.
A Supreme Heavenly Venerate was truly worthy of being the most powerful existence between heaven and earth. Such magnificent power made them feel inferior.
Ye Chen's expression remained calm, without a word. Punch after punch, he continuously hammered the Heavenly Venerate Fist into the Endless Heavenly Venerate's corpse, piercing through layer after layer of time fragment barriers with overwhelming force.
Even the Heavenly Venerate's corpse that could overpower three Ancient Great Venerables was still not enough to be a match in front of Ye Chen.
Ultimately, it wasn't a true Supreme Heavenly Venerate, merely his Heavenly Venerate corpse that had undergone corpse transformation. How much of the Endless Heavenly Venerate's strength from his lifetime could it exert? The difference was vast.
In just a short moment, the Endless Heavenly Venerate's corpse was severely wounded, continuously vomiting blood, with waves of fresh blood gushing from its body—a truly miserable sight.
Complete suppression!
Especially when Ye Chen's Chaos Emperor Fist struck, it penetrated through the Endless Heavenly Venerate's Heavenly Venerate Body to strike the soul shadow within the space between the eyebrows, dealing real damage to the soul that had taken possession of the Endless Heavenly Venerate's corpse.
"You're forcing my hand!"
The Endless Heavenly Venerate's corpse roared. From the space between his eyebrows, an unprecedented pillar of light shot into the sky, piercing through the Endless Forbidden Zone and standing tall in the Land of Origin, vast and endless. Immeasurable heavenly might spread out, shaking the All Heavens, towering into the Thirty-Three Heavens.
The entire world shook, all sensing that incredibly terrifying heavenly might—the might of a Supreme Heavenly Venerate.
And it came from the Endless Forbidden Zone.
The people of the world were greatly shaken, looking towards the Endless Forbidden Zone with shock. Was this Celestial Sovereign Level forbidden zone, silent for endless ages, about to erupt into a Supreme Heavenly War?
The various Heavenly Venerates all sensed it, feeling the Celestial Sovereign Level aura surging forth, unparalleled, in a state of ultimate sublimation.
However, no Supreme Heavenly Venerate made a move, because they all knew that the Chaos Heavenly Emperor, the Primal Realm Heavenly Venerate, was within the Endless Forbidden Zone.
Feeling that peerless heavenly might that dominated the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, everyone within the Endless Forbidden Zone felt their hair stand on end.
This was heavenly might, the matchless magnificent power unique to a Supreme Heavenly Venerate, now fully displayed.
Moreover, it was clear that the later entity that had taken possession of the Endless Heavenly Venerate's corpse was a Celestial Sovereign Level existence. Otherwise, even if it controlled a Heavenly Venerate's body, it couldn't possibly unleash such matchless power.
An unprecedented terrifying soul force, far exceeding what it was before by who knows how many times, surged from the space between the eyebrows of the Endless Heavenly Venerate's corpse. It was a Celestial Sovereign Level soul force fluctuation, but it carried an infinite aura of darkness.
"This aura is filled with absolute darkness. Could it be a guest from that place?"
In the Land of Origin, the various Supreme Heavenly Venerates all sensed that aura of absolute darkness, incredibly sinister and evil, causing them to frown.
Even Supreme Heavenly Venerables like the Asura Heavenly Venerate and the Wanxuan Heavenly Venerate, who had a sea of blood feud with Ye Chen, revealed killing intent at this moment—not directed at Ye Chen, but at the Celestial Sovereign Level great terror emanating the dark aura.
However, they did not rashly make a move. Since the Chaos Heavenly Emperor was present, there was no need for excessive worry.