In an instant, the gazes of the world turned toward the Chaos Heavenly Mansion.
The sudden eruption of the Chaos Heavenly Dao clearly indicated that only the Chaos Heavenly Emperor could have accomplished such a feat.
What had happened to the Chaos Heavenly Emperor?
Why had the Chaos Heavenly Dao pierced through the myriad Daos?
No one knew.
At this moment, Goddess, Yi Wu, Chen'er, Yu Qing, A Beinu, Ruoxi, and the others rushed to the Chaos Heavenly Hall, their faces filled with concern as they looked inside.
Yet, they also felt deeply powerless.
For Ye Chen was already a Supreme Heavenly Venerate. If problems arose in his cultivation, they, at most being at the Tai Zhen level, would be utterly incapable of helping.
However, Ruoxi immediately summoned her father, the Heavenly Emperor.
Only the Heavenly Emperor, also a Supreme Heavenly Venerate, could offer some assistance.
The Heavenly Emperor arrived before the Chaos Heavenly Hall, carefully sensing for a moment before saying, "There is no need to worry. He is fine."
With the Heavenly Emperor personally speaking, everyone naturally felt relieved, though they were still puzzled as to why the Chaos Heavenly Dao had suddenly erupted.
If it had harbored any intent to harm, such an eruption would have reduced the entire Chaos Tian Domain to ruins.
Not long after, they saw the grand doors of the Chaos Heavenly Hall slowly open, and Ye Chen's figure emerged from within.
Ye Chen looked at the Heavenly Emperor, a faint smile appearing on his face. "Senior, you've come as well."
The Heavenly Emperor gave Ye Chen a profound look, also revealing a smile as he praised, "You truly are the one chosen by Great God Pangu. You have indeed taken this step."
Ye Chen shook his head. "Not completely. It still requires a period of tempering; otherwise, success will be difficult to achieve."
The Heavenly Emperor chuckled lightly. "Reaching this point is already remarkable. This time, I'm afraid those people will be disappointed. They painstakingly accumulated strength, allowing their strongest descendants and disciples to emerge in this era, only for it to likely benefit you in the end."
Ye Chen laughed heartily. "Senior jests. As long as I haven't completely reached that step, there is no guarantee."
"I believe you can reach that step!"
The Heavenly Emperor departed, leaving the women utterly bewildered, unable to comprehend the meaning behind Ye Chen and the Heavenly Emperor's conversation.
Ye Chen gazed tenderly at these closest to him—his wives and the sister with whom he had always shared a deep bond—and said softly, "I'm sorry, but I must leave for a while. Recently, my insights into the Dao have borne fruit, but there is still a gap. Therefore, I need to venture into the world to temper myself. If anything happens, shatter the life talisman, and I will return immediately!"
His wives and sister naturally understood the gravity of the matter. Ye Chen was already a Supreme Heavenly Venerate, had achieved insights into the Dao, and coupled with the Heavenly Emperor's words, he must have made a startling breakthrough.
To make a breakthrough beyond the level of Heavenly Venerate... could it mean—
The women were all astonished. "Could it be—"
Ye Chen shook his head. "Not yet successful. There is still a distance, but I see some hope. If I sense it won't work, I will leave a path of retreat for you all in advance."
"Be careful!"
The Goddess stepped forward, embraced Ye Chen, and kissed him, offering her encouragement.
Subsequently, Yi Wu, Yu Qing, Chen'er, A Beinu, and his other wives came forward one by one, embracing him and sharing a moment of warmth.
"Brother, you must be careful!" Ruoxi was also there, tightly hugging this brother with whom she had depended on for survival since childhood.
After bidding farewell, Ye Chen formally entered the mortal world.
Apart from his closest kin, no one in the world knew that the lofty Chaos Heavenly Emperor had descended to cultivate.
Whoosh—
Silently and without a trace, Ye Chen used Heavenly Venerate-level means to tear through the void, exiling himself.
This time, he would re-enter the mortal world to cultivate, starting his training in a place where no one knew him.
A mass of chaotic light enveloped him, obscuring the heavenly secrets as it tore through the void, entering the boundless realm of nothingness.
Beyond the endless nothingness, vaster even than the Origin Land, flowed the most terrifying currents of nothingness, capable of annihilating everything.
Enveloped in chaotic light, Ye Chen drifted close to the Origin Land. Unconsciously, after leaving the Chaos Heavenly Mansion, he even departed from the Thirty-Three Tian Domains, speeding toward that far more vast and boundless expanse of heaven and earth.
The Origin Land was no smaller than the Primal World; in fact, its land area was even more expansive.
For the Primal World consisted mostly of endless chaotic currents.
The Thirty-Three Tian Domains occupied only a small part of the Origin Land, less than one percent of its territory.
Beyond the Thirty-Three Tian Domains lay an infinitely vast expanse of heaven and earth. Although it was far inferior to the Thirty-Three Tian Domains in terms of spiritual energy, the myriad Daos of heaven and earth, spiritual veins, and other aspects, it was vast and rich in resources, home to countless living beings and infinite races dwelling there.
Through the evolution of multiple Chaos Eras, this vast land had also given birth to countless powerful forces, among them top-tier factions with Taishang realm overlords presiding.
After an unknown length of time, in a remote border region of the Origin Land, there existed an astonishingly vast desert, spanning hundreds of millions of li, appearing quite barren.
Chaotic light tore through the void, and Ye Chen's figure appeared here.
Gazing at this sparsely populated desert before him, Ye Chen revealed a smile. "Excellent. I can sense that the beings dwelling in the deepest parts of this desert are extraordinary, most focusing on body tempering through physical cultivation. Starting my cultivation anew from here should be of considerable benefit to my journey on the Physical Body Proving the Dao to Eternity path!"
Boom—
A Chaos Great Cauldron appeared, along with the Ten Sealing Gates and a thirty-three-story Chaos Ancient Tower. A terrifying heavenly might flickered briefly before vanishing into Ye Chen's body.
Instantly, Ye Chen underwent a startling transformation.
Originally, merely standing there, he possessed a peerless, intangible majesty that could rival the Heavenly Dao, capable of influencing the myriad Daos of heaven and earth and suppressing the flow of time.
Yet now, he appeared ordinary, with not the slightest fluctuation of Dao techniques about him, as if he were a common mortal.
Ye Chen murmured to himself, "Using Heavenly Venerate-level forbidden means, I have suppressed the Chaos Eternal Heavenly Dao within my body, and even suppressed the immortal divinity of my Heavenly Venerate body, concealing it in the deepest recesses, transforming into an ordinary being. Only in this way can I better tread that path and ultimately step onto the Physical Body Proving the Dao to Eternity path."
If this news spread to the outside world, it would surely shake the world.
The Chaos Heavenly Emperor suppressing his Eternal Heavenly Dao, restraining the immortal divinity of his Heavenly Venerate body, and transforming into an ordinary being—this must have been extremely difficult, yet he had accomplished it.
This was a method Ye Chen had comprehended during his 100,000-year seclusion, combined with the Desolate Heavenly Venerate's explanations, a way to step onto the Physical Body Proving the Dao to Eternity path.
Although he had cultivated to the level of Supreme Heavenly Venerate, possessing a Heavenly Venerate body unparalleled in the world, it was still far inferior to a body like the Desolate Heavenly Venerate's, which had proven the Dao to Eternity through the physical form.
In the Primordial Chaos Palace, Ye Chen had once sparred with the Desolate Heavenly Venerate, personally experiencing the terror of the Desolate Heavenly Venerate's body.