Undoubtedly, all the Supreme Heavenly Venerates present held Hun Wuji and Desolate Ruins in high regard.
However, there were also some who believed that Hun Wuji and Desolate Ruins might not necessarily become Supreme Heavenly Venerates.
Possessing supreme talent was indeed excellent, and to be so powerful even at the Taishang realm, they had greater hope than other Taishang Kings of attaining the Eternal Dao.
But that was all.
Breaking through to become a Supreme Heavenly Venerate was not as easy as imagined.
The Origin Land was vast beyond measure, its existence spanning an immeasurably long time. Epochs were insufficient to measure it; only Chaos Epochs could serve as a scale.
Throughout the ages, those with the potential to become Heavenly Venerates were countless, with several emerging almost every epoch. Yet, after how many Chaos Epochs had passed, only this many Supreme Heavenly Venerates had been born.
Among them were some peerless geniuses who could also claim supremacy at the Taishang realm, yet their final outcomes were often tragic. The fortunate ones became Ancient Great Venerables, while the unfortunate ones perished, their Dao extinguished.
Regarding this aspect, the Supreme Heavenly Venerates held the greatest authority for evaluation.
Before the Heavenly Venerate Assembly officially began, the Deathless Celestial Sovereign, being seated near Ye Chen and having a somewhat familiar relationship with him, struck up a casual conversation. He looked at Ye Chen with a hint of astonishment and said, "Chaos, it hasn't been that many years, yet you seem to have become even stronger!"
Back when they first fought side by side, Ye Chen had not been this powerful.
Now, sitting beside him, the Deathless Celestial Sovereign could feel faint threads of oppressive pressure emanating from him.
Ye Chen chuckled lightly. "My injuries have fully healed now, so my combat power has naturally improved somewhat."
"I truly envy you true flawless Heavenly Venerates, perfect and complete. Your combat power represents the true ultimate peak throughout the ages. Compared to you, an old wreck like me, though I'm called a Heavenly Venerate, still has some gaps when it comes down to it." The Deathless Celestial Sovereign sighed with envy. He was only considered a Venerate in terms of combat power; in reality, compared to a true Supreme Heavenly Venerate, there was still some disparity. Thus, he was quite envious that Ye Chen could grow even stronger.
A group of Great Venerables also gathered. Many familiar Ancient Great Venerables like Burial Heaven Abyss, Purple Saint, Tongyou, Tongming, and Three Lifetimes, who had all experienced the ultimate heavenly war a million years ago, shared a good relationship.
Especially now, they all came before Kunxu Great Venerable together, sensing that the current Kunxu Great Venerable was clearly much stronger. That aura of his made even Ancient Great Venerables like them feel a sense of trepidation.
Burial Heaven Abyss Great Venerable exclaimed in shock, "Kunxu, why do I feel like you've become much stronger?"
Purple Saint, Three Lifetimes, and other Ancient Great Venerables also expressed surprise. "Indeed, a very powerful aura. I sense your physical body contains an absolutely formidable presence. What opportunities did you gain by following the Chaos Heavenly Emperor? Did His Majesty the Chaos Heavenly Emperor bestow upon you a portion of Kunlun Heavenly Venerate's Heavenly Venerate origin?"
They all knew that Kunxu Great Venerable was now following the Chaos Heavenly Emperor.
And the Chaos Heavenly Emperor had once obtained the Thirty-Three Heavens Ancient Coffin that had buried Kunlun Heavenly Venerate.
Kunxu Great Venerable, as Kunlun Heavenly Venerate's only living descendant and having joined the Chaos Heavenly Mansion, had a high likelihood of receiving Kunlun Heavenly Venerate-related immortal opportunities.
As for the Chaos Heavenly Emperor's character, the Great Venerables had never doubted it.
But even if Kunlun Heavenly Venerate's remains still existed, the residual Heavenly Venerate origin couldn't possibly be much. Even if Kunxu Great Venerable refined it, it shouldn't increase his strength by a significant margin.
Yet now, Kunxu Great Venerable gave them a powerful sense of oppression. That aura was indeed shockingly strong, making them somewhat fearful, as if facing a true Heavenly Venerate.
Several Heavenly Palace Great Venerables also looked at Kunxu Great Venerable. They were the ones who wielded the Heavenly Palace Divine Seals, controlling immeasurable faith power. In terms of strength, they could be considered the top-tier among Great Venerables, second only to the Deathless Celestial Sovereign.
However, powerful as they were, with extremely keen perception, they distinctly felt a sense of oppression emanating from Kunxu Great Venerable.
Generally, such oppressive pressure only appeared when facing great existences like Supreme Heavenly Venerates.
Although the oppressive pressure Kunxu Great Venerable gave them was far inferior to that of a Supreme Heavenly Venerate, it was definitely stronger than theirs!
Kunxu Great Venerable smiled faintly. "I won't hide it from you old friends. I have now refined my Heavenly Father's Heavenly Venerate body, fusing it completely with my own Great Venerable body. It can be said that I now possess a Heavenly Venerate-level physical body, which is why my physical aspect is comparatively stronger."
Hearing this, the group of Great Venerables were filled with envy, jealousy, and resentment.
To refine a Heavenly Venerate's body and possess a Heavenly Venerate-level physical body—what a heaven-defying opportunity that was.
They also wished to have it, but they knew this was the Heavenly Venerate legacy Kunlun Heavenly Venerate had left for Kunxu Great Venerable. Moreover, Kunxu Great Venerable had chosen to follow the Chaos Heavenly Emperor, thus obtaining such a Heavenly Venerate legacy.
It had to be said, Kunxu Great Venerable's fortune was truly heaven-defying, to have obtained such an incredible destiny.
Possessing a Heavenly Venerate-level physical body, while not necessarily allowing one to clash with a peak Supreme Heavenly Venerate, at the very least, when facing other Ancient Great Venerables, relying on the physical body alone was almost enough to crush everything. He could almost be considered the strongest existence, invincible under the Heavenly Venerates.
Why didn't they have such immense fortune?
However, from another perspective, they were also astonished by the Chaos Heavenly Emperor's grand generosity in bestowing such a reward.
They had originally thought that even if the Chaos Heavenly Emperor recruited Kunxu Great Venerable, he would only grant him a portion of Kunlun Heavenly Venerate's immortal opportunities. They never expected that Kunlun Heavenly Venerate's entire legacy would be completely bestowed upon Kunxu Great Venerable.
One must know, that was the remains of a Supreme Heavenly Venerate. Even in death, its value was immeasurable, enough to stir the hearts of Supreme Heavenly Venerates themselves.
"No wonder I sensed a trace of Kunlun's aura from him. So that's how it is." Wuzhong Heavenly Venerate glanced at Kunxu Great Venerable, then looked deeply at Ye Chen.
The Supreme Heavenly Venerates and Ancient Great Venerates present conversed with each other before the assembly. Similarly, they also revealed a hint of astonishment towards the Primordial Chaos Palace.
If not for the convening of this Heavenly Venerate Assembly, even the Supreme Heavenly Venerates would not have known that, after so many epochs, the Primordial Chaos Palace under Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerate's command had developed to this extent.
Not to mention that Desolate Heavenly Venerate had already joined the Primordial Chaos Palace, becoming its Deputy Palace Master.
Under its banner were also Hun Wuji and Desolate Ruins, two Taishang realm supremes who could rival Ancient Great Venerables.
Furthermore, there were a full ten Ancient Great Venerables.
Such a number of Ancient Great Venerables was enough to rival a single Supreme Heavenly Venerate.
Moreover, these ten Ancient Great Venerables had not appeared even once during the ultimate heavenly war a million years ago.
Besides, who knew if this represented the full extent of the Primordial Chaos Palace's hidden strength.
Even the Supreme Heavenly Venerates had to admit that, after countless epochs of development, the current Primordial Chaos Palace had become a force so powerful it made them deeply wary.
Time quietly passed, and soon, all the Heavenly Venerates and Great Venerates from various sides had gathered.
Now, only one person had yet to arrive: Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerate.
Finally, Desolate Heavenly Venerate stepped forward, landing on the sole main seat among the Heavenly Venerate thrones in the Origin All Heavens Palace. He addressed the assembled Supreme Heavenly Venerates and Great Venerates, saying, "Primordial Beginning King has matters to attend to and has authorized me to preside over this Heavenly Venerate Assembly. Do any of you have objections?"