For Supreme Heavenly Venerates, their lifespans were infinite, and as long as they were not struck down by a Heavenly Venerate of the same realm, they were eternal and immortal existences.
Throughout the endless ages, if not for the great event of the Multiverse Dusk in ancient times, it would have been fundamentally impossible for a Supreme Heavenly Venerate to fall.
Among those present, aside from Ye Chen, the other Heavenly Venerates were all ancient existences who had lived for who knew how many epochs. A mere three epochs were perhaps just the time it took for them to slumber once.
Therefore, even if they felt the urgency of time.
The Wan Xuan Heavenly Venerate frowned and said, "The Quantitative Calamity shouldn't arrive so quickly. If we just take action to reinforce the seals on the Thirty-three Heavens, we should still be able to seal it for more than two Chaos Eras."
The other Supreme Heavenly Venerates were also shocked and doubtful. The Quantitative Calamity had already been sealed by them outside the Thirty-three Heavens; it shouldn't leave only three epochs.
"This was deduced by the Primordial King," the Desolate Heavenly Venerate pointed at the headless Heavenly Venerate-level corpse and said, "This is the obstruction the Primordial King encountered during his deduction. He once entered the River of Time to deduce, to the greatest extent possible, the time of the Quantitative Calamity's arrival."
The Venerables fell silent.
The Wuzhong Heavenly Venerate even sighed. He too had once entered the River of Time and foresaw the blood-stained future. In truth, that was the time of the Quantitative Calamity.
But he himself had fallen.
The Primordial King, however, deduced the precise time. Although the process had also encountered extremely terrifying obstructions, he forcefully slew the terrifying Heavenly Venerate-level entity that blocked him.
Though they were all Heavenly Venerates, they had to admit that the Primordial Heavenly Venerate was stronger.
The Desolate Heavenly Venerate said, "Back then, it was the thirty-three Heavenly Venerates who jointly took action, imposing the Thirty-three Heavens Seals to prevent the descent of the Quantitative Calamity. But after endless ages have passed, the Quantitative Calamity has long since eroded the Thirty-three Heavens Seals by more than half. Therefore, even if we rely on the Heavenly Venerate Suns to constantly reinforce the seals, we can only maintain them for three epochs."
"You all must know that the present is not comparable to the past. How many of the fellow Daoists from back then remain now? With our current strength, we simply cannot be mentioned in the same breath as back then. Naturally, even if we impose the seals again, according to the Primordial King's deduction, it will only maintain them for three epochs."
Hearing this, the Heavenly Venerates and Great Venerables present sincerely felt waves of oppression.
There was a time when Supreme Heavenly Venerates were omnipotent. Yet now, they needed to face such a terrifying situation.
Even with the power of a Heavenly Venerate, they could not stop the arrival of the Quantitative Calamity.
"What a pity. If not for the outbreak of the Multiverse Dusk back then, we wouldn't need to face such a situation!" The Ziji Heavenly Venerate sighed lightly. Back when the thirty-three Heavenly Venerates coexisted, along with a hundred Ancient Great Venerables, how prosperous it was! They even managed to seal the Quantitative Calamity, preventing it from descending.
But after the Multiverse Dusk, more than half of the Heavenly Venerates and Great Venerables perished.
Now, it was only by relying on the residual Thirty-three Heavens Seals left by the Heavenly Venerates of that era that the Quantitative Calamity had been delayed from descending.
But after three epochs, it would ultimately descend, bringing endless calamity to the entire Origin Land.
At this moment, several of the new-generation Great Venerables couldn't help but speak up. Among them was Zhenyuan Great Venerable, who asked, "May I ask, Venerables, what exactly is the Quantitative Calamity?"
Zhenyuan Great Venerable was currently the strongest of the Zhenjie Celestial Clan and naturally knew quite a bit.
But back then, he wasn't qualified, and the Quantitative Calamity was the highest secret, known only to those at the Great Venerable level and above. The previous Zhenyuan Great Venerable was only a Taishang. Now that he had become a Great Venerable and entered the Origin All Heavens Palace, he was qualified to learn a little.
Ye Chen glanced at Zhenyuan Great Venerable and also looked at the other Supreme Heavenly Venerates.
Regarding the Quantitative Calamity, he had witnessed it with his own eyes and understood quite a bit, but some of the secrets were not yet fully clear to him.
The Desolate Heavenly Venerate, as the deputy palace master and the right-hand man of the Primordial King, said, "The Quantitative Calamity is a calamity that destroys everything. It is an apocalyptic calamity that occurs with each cycle of heaven and earth's Samsara, the most terrifying calamity fate inflicts upon all living beings."
"Within heaven and earth, the peak of prosperity inevitably leads to decline; this is an inevitable law of cause and effect. Generally speaking, every three Chaos Eras is one cycle from peak prosperity to decline, which is also the cycle of the Quantitative Calamity."
"Three Chaos Eras allow the world to develop to its utmost extreme, causing an imbalance within heaven and earth. If this continues long-term, heaven and earth will become utterly exhausted because of it. Therefore, the Heavenly Dao, operating in its mysterious way, will initiate the Quantitative Calamity, obliterating everything, causing all living beings to vanish and return to dead silence."
"This is the Quantitative Calamity!"
Hearing this, several of the new-generation Great Venerables drew in a cold breath and said, "Can even Supreme Heavenly Venerates not stop it? Heavenly Venerates are eternal and immortal, their combat power supreme across past and present!"
The Desolate Heavenly Venerate shook his head. "It cannot be stopped. At the very least, as of now, it cannot be stopped. Before the birth of the Origin Land, this heaven and earth had already undergone who knows how many Quantitative Calamities. Among them were cycles of Samsara, giving birth to powerful existences no less than Heavenly Venerates. Yet every Quantitative Calamity completely obliterated everything, leaving not even a trace behind. We cannot even trace back to eras more ancient than that through the River of Time."
"In this cycle of Samsara, the period with the most hope of preventing the Quantitative Calamity's descent was still during the All Heavens Epoch. Back when the thirty-three Supreme Heavenly Venerates coexisted, that was already the peak of prosperity. Because too many Heavenly Venerates and Great Venerates appeared, causing heaven and earth to struggle to bear it, the Heavenly Dao initiated the Quantitative Calamity to descend ahead of time."
"However, at that time, we were fearless, possessing sufficient power to resist. Under the leadership of the Primordial King and the Pangu King, we directly sealed the Quantitative Calamity, preventing it from descending!"
The several new-generation Great Venerables were shocked. Although they hadn't witnessed that scene, it was evident from this how prosperous the Origin Land was back then. They could even seal the Quantitative Calamity that had obliterated the world countless times, preventing its descent.
Therefore, in this cycle of Samsara, the world had experienced a full four Chaos Eras and still hadn't been obliterated by the Quantitative Calamity.
Zhenyuan Great Venerable asked curiously again, "Since that's the case, why was the Multiverse Dusk initiated?"
Regarding the Multiverse Dusk, aside from the Heavenly Venerates and Great Venerates back then, no one truly knew the inside story. It came too suddenly.
Even Ye Chen only knew some of it.
They were all very curious. Since the Heavenly Venerates of that time could seal the descent of the Quantitative Calamity, why initiate the Multiverse Dusk? Weren't they afraid that the deaths of numerous Heavenly Venerates and Great Venerables would cause the Quantitative Calamity to break the seal and descend, leaving insufficient power to resist?
The Desolate Heavenly Venerate said, "Because back then, quite a few Heavenly Venerates believed that the birth of too many Heavenly Venerates and Great Venerates caused heaven and earth to lose balance. The seals couldn't be maintained for too long, and the Heavenly Dao would ultimately continue to erupt with the Quantitative Calamity. Moreover, the next Quantitative Calamity would likely surpass all previous ones. Therefore, some Heavenly Venerates proposed that the number of Heavenly Venerates and Great Venerates should be reduced, returning the power of the Heavenly Dao to the Heavenly Dao, allowing heaven and earth to regain balance."
"Of course, anyone capable of becoming a Heavenly Venerate was the strongest of their era and controlled a portion of the supreme Heavenly Dao's power. How could they be willing to dissolve themselves and return their Heavenly Dao power? Therefore, it ultimately led many Heavenly Venerates to decide they should take a step back, reduce the number of Great Venerables, and even planned to exterminate all Great Venerables, allowing heaven and earth to regain balance."