Chapter 4374: The Invincible King of Celestial Venerables (Grand Finale Part 1)

Ye Chen's flesh body was immortal, flowing with blazing chaotic radiance.
At the same time, what was even more astonishing was that thirty-nine strands of Eternal Heavenly Dao Power were circulating within it.
That's right, thirty-nine strands.
Because when the three innate Saint Emperors of old underwent their Eternal Tribulation, they were deceived by the Calamity Heavenly Venerate King of the Calamity Organization, thus the Origin Land was unaware. However, the moment they made their move, it was imprinted upon heaven and earth, manifesting during the tribulation and subsequently imprinted by Ye Chen.
Now, his flesh body had imprinted all the Eternal Heavenly Dao Power of every Heavenly Venerate who had ever achieved that status throughout history. At this moment, it was circulating, sublimating every moment. Terrifying, peerless Heavenly Venerate-level might boiled within his body, immediately propelling his flesh body into constant evolution and breakthrough.
Boom—
Simultaneously, strands of ultimate, terrifying Eternal Heavenly Dao Power surged violently, transforming the Chaos Great Cauldron, the Cosmos Heaven Tower, and the Sealing Gate.
When a Supreme Heavenly Venerate successfully attains the Dao, the Eternal Heavenly Dao Power that strengthens the flesh body and soul also transforms their weapons, elevating them further to the level of Heavenly Venerate Ancient Weapons.
Naturally, the Chaos Great Cauldron was originally Ye Chen's Dao-attainment Ancient Weapon, belonging to the Heavenly Venerate Ancient Weapon level. At this moment, as it underwent transformation by the Eternal Heavenly Dao Power from his flesh body, it experienced a terrifying metamorphosis, rapidly breaking through.
In the end, it became a King of Heavenly Venerables weapon, sentient and peerless, containing strands of terrifying power that could make even Supreme Heavenly Venerables pale at the slightest exertion.
This was Heaven-Slaying Power!
The Cosmos Heaven Tower and the Sealing Gate also received the infusion of this flesh-body Eternal Heavenly Dao Power. Although their enhancement wasn't as great as the Chaos Great Cauldron's, they were still infused by two powerful strands of Eternal Heavenly Dao Power—the Chaos Eternal Heavenly Dao Power and the flesh-body Eternal Heavenly Dao Power—continuously sublimating.
Boom—
Boom—
Boom—
Finally, at this moment, all three weapons, accompanying Ye Chen's flesh body reaching its ultimate sublimation, also successfully completed their metamorphosis.
Ye Chen had completely finished undergoing his tribulation, and his flesh body had become a Heavenly Venerate.
Within his limbs and bones, boundless Eternal Heavenly Dao Power surged, filling his flesh body, embodying the characteristic of 'the sea accepts all rivers, for its capacity is great'.
Although it wasn't as immortal as the Desolate Heavenly Venerate's, nor as unmoving as the Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerate's, nor possessed the ultimate power of the Pangu God.
Yet, it contained the characteristics of all three.
This was the terrifying aspect of Ye Chen's flesh body. It had just finished undergoing the tribulation and hadn't yet reached complete perfection.
Once it achieved perfection, it might very well simultaneously possess the Eternal Heavenly Dao characteristics of the three flesh-body Heavenly Venerables, becoming utterly invincible.
Now, Ye Chen could be called the King of Heavenly Venerables.
Both his Dao techniques and flesh body had attained the Eternal Heavenly Dao, achieving dual Heavenly Venerate status in form and spirit, possessing dual Heavenly Venerate fruits. He was invincible as a Heavenly Venerate in every aspect!
"Is this... the power of the King of Heavenly Venerables?"
Ye Chen contemplated his current power, feeling an unprecedented strength.
It was as if with a single punch, he could blast apart everything, including Supreme Heavenly Venerables, able to suppress and kill them with a raised palm.
Perhaps it was an illusion, or perhaps it was real.
At this moment, Ye Chen looked towards the Origin Land. He saw infinite calamity covering the Origin Land.
Even visibly, the borderlands of the Origin Land had been torn apart into vast, endless ancient continents, rushing into the boundless void.
The Origin Land was collapsing!
It was too terrifying!
The ultimate heavenly war of that era, involving dozens of Heavenly Venerate-level battles—no matter how stable the Origin Land was, it couldn't withstand it, destined to collapse.
By now, the Origin Land had already collapsed over fifty percent of its area. Immense, unimaginably large continental plates floated in the endless void.
On each supercontinent, supreme experts were taking action, propping up endless divine patterns to protect the continent from further collapse.
But even more continental fragments had annihilated, with countless lives lost. Even if there were giants at the Taixu Realm or Taizhen Realm level on them, it was useless.
Under the bombardment of the All Heavens' might, giants as strong as those at the Three Tai Realms were as weak as ants,not worth a single blow / utterly weak.
Ye Chen hadn't expected such a terrifying calamity had already occurred. Even the Origin Land had actually been beaten into collapse.
Unprecedented.
It must be noted that even during the Twilight of the Heavens, when the various Heavenly Venerables battled, the Origin Land had never collapsed like this.
At this time, Ye Chen spotted a familiar territory fragment among the countless super fragments—the Southern Wilderness!
The first place he appeared when he reincarnated to cultivate his flesh body in the past.
His figure flashed, and he arrived at the Southern Wilderness.
This Southern Wilderness territory was no longer as vast and endless as it once was. The expansive land that once spanned over a hundred imperial domains now remained less than one-third. The rest had gradually dissipated into the outer world over the long ages after the initial collapse.
The Southern Wilderness was covered by a hazy light curtain, containing powerful force. This was the main reason the remaining Southern Wilderness territory was protected from erosion by the endless void.
There was Taixu Realm-level power guarding it.
Ye Chen was slightly startled. He hadn't expected a borderland like the Southern Wilderness to still have a Taixu Realm expert. Such an existence could be considered a powerful overlord even in the former Thirty-Three Celestial Domains.
Of course, such a heavenly curtain couldn't stop him. He entered effortlessly; even the three Venerables guarding near the curtain didn't detect his presence.
Ye Chen descended, arriving at the core Southern Wilderness Ancient City in a single step.
This Southern Wilderness First City once carried some of Ye Chen's memories. Suddenly, his expression shifted, and he arrived at the highest divine hall of the Southern Wilderness Ancient City.
On the majestic divine hall, a powerful figure sat upon it, his aura extremely strong, having reached the peak of the Taixu Realm, not far from the Taizhen Realm.
Seeing this figure, Ye Chen smiled, no longer concealing his presence.
"Who?"
On the divine throne, Zhenming, the Prison-Suppressing Imperial Son, suddenly opened his eyes. He was now honored as the foremost figure of the Southern Wilderness, revered as the Southern Wilderness Imperial Venerable, the supreme among all emperors, which spoke volumes.
His cultivation had even reached the peak of the Taixu Realm, not far from the Taizhen Realm, making him the undisputed number one in the Southern Wilderness.
Yet someone had bypassed his powerful divine sense and arrived at the Southern Wilderness Divine Hall.
But with this glance, a familiar figure appeared, a smile at the corner of his mouth, causing Zhenming to freeze, nearly shedding tears from his tiger-like eyes.
It was Ye Chen!
Also the Chaos Heavenly Emperor!
He wasn't dead!
Ye Chen smiled. "What, not welcoming me?"
Tears welled in the Prison-Suppressing Imperial Son's tiger-like eyes. He directly stepped down from the divine throne, came before Ye Chen, and punched his shoulder with a metallic clang. Feeling the real sensation, he said, "Brother Ye, you really are still alive."
Back then, rumors spread that the Chaos Heavenly Emperor failed his breakthrough and was surrounded and killed by Calamity Heavenly Venerables, striking their old friends like a thunderbolt, leaving them unable to believe it.
But the Prison-Suppressing Imperial Son had always believed Ye Chen was undying. He was the Chaos Heavenly Emperor who attained the Dao fastest in all history—how could he be killed just like that?
Now, seeing it with his own eyes, it was indeed so.
Ye Chen laughed heartily. "It's me. I'm still alive."
Not long after, other old friends like Martial God appeared. Seeing Ye Chen's return, they were all overjoyed.
Chu Ya also came. She was now the Prison-Suppressing Imperial Son's Dao companion, her cultivation also at the Taixu Realm.
The Prison-Suppressing Great Emperor also came; he too was at the Taixu Realm.
Three Taixu Realm experts in one family—quite powerful.
After a brief reunion, they were delighted to see Ye Chen return. However, some giants and Venerables who heard the news arrived, viewing Ye Chen with great awe, for he was a Supreme Heavenly Venerate, a great existence beyond reach.
During this time, Ye Chen learned that ever since he was surrounded and killed by the Calamity Organization, presumed dead, the Origin Land had been collapsing for half an epoch, heading towards great destruction.
Because it was merely a borderland, with the strongest only at the Taixu Realm, the Calamity Organization paid no attention to the Southern Wilderness, viewing it as ants.
Similarly, they didn't know much about the Thirty-Three Celestial Domains, as understanding of those domains had been cut off over the years, only occasionally catching powerful battle fluctuations.
But anyone living on these continental fragments floating in the endless void found it difficult to cross the endless void to reach the Origin Land.
"Brother Ye, you don't need to worry too much. After all, the Chaos Heaven Mansion is an Heavenly Venerate-level force you left behind, and there's also Super Great Venerable Kunxu guarding it. The Heavenly Venerate-level enemies are also intercepted by the various Heavenly Venerables outside the Thirty-Three Heavens. Nothing will happen," the Prison-Suppressing Imperial Son comforted Ye Chen, knowing he valued relationships deeply and must be worried about the Chaos Heaven Mansion's safety.
Ye Chen didn't answer. After a brief stay, he bid farewell.
The Prison-Suppressing Imperial Son and the others knew Ye Chen cared deeply for those close to him and naturally didn't stop him.
With Ye Chen's current cultivation, he quickly crossed the infinite fragment continents and arrived at the Origin Land.
The current Origin Land only retained about fifty percent of its former area, though the Thirty-Three Celestial Domains were still there.
The entire remnant land was enveloped in endless darkness, with only at its core several rounds of Heavenly Venerate suns shining.
The heavens were stained with blood!
Ye Chen descended from the endless void onto the Origin Land shrouded in darkness. He didn't conceal himself, heading directly towards the Chaos Heaven Mansion's location at extreme speed.
Suddenly, Ye Chen's divine sense swept past, discovering a scene that filled him with shock and fury.
He saw his eldest son, Qianxun, being pursued.
A Calamity Executor Great Venerable was chasing him, a war halberd piercing through his chest, splitting his divine heart, blood continuously spilling.
That Calamity Executor Great Venerable looked down from above, toying with Qianxun like a cat playing with a mouse. Otherwise, with an Ancient Great Venerable's cultivation, dealing with a Taishang King would be all too easy.
Qianxun felt despair. The war halberd contained terrifying Great Venerable power, suppressing his internal cultivation. If not for his Heavenly Venerate bloodline boiling, he would have been killed.
He stood on a desolate plain, no longer fleeing, instead facing this Calamity Executor Great Venerable directly. With a mouth full of blood, he gritted his teeth and said, "Hei Zui, even if you kill me, I'll drag you down with me."
"You?" The Calamity Executor Great Venerable called Hei Zui sneered. "Although you're a Taishang King, you're not even a Taishang Venerable. Even if you burn your form and spirit, possessing power comparable to a Great Venerable, trying to kill me is still too difficult. I can escape directly the moment you self-detonate. You have no chance."
Qianxun despaired. Indeed, his self-detonation was no less than an Ancient Great Venerable's, but if an Ancient Great Venerable wanted to flee, he had no way to stop them.
Just as Great Venerable Hei Zui raised his hand to slap over, wanting to blast and refine-kill Qianxun, suddenly, he sensed an omen. He saw a vast, sky-covering colossal hand reaching down from beyond the heavens.
This Calamity Executor Great Venerable, renowned throughout the dark era of the Origin Land, directly exploded on the spot, blood radiance soaring to the heavens.
"Who is it?"
In the shadows, there were other Calamity Executor Great Venerables. After all, Qianxun was the Chaos Heavenly Emperor's eldest son. Who knew if that Chaos Heavenly Emperor, who almost became the King of Heavenly Venerables, had left other means for this War God Emperor?
However, the terrifying hand that suddenly appeared from the shadows had avoided their perception, descending from the heavens, making them shudder.
"Who is it?"
These Calamity Executor Great Venerables hiding in the shadows were horrified. Who could accomplish this besides a Supreme Heavenly Venerate?
But weren't all the Supreme Heavenly Venerables of the Origin Land outside the Thirty-Three Heavens?
Had another Supreme Heavenly Venerate returned to their heavenly position?
Silently, a majestic youth with waterfall-like black hair appeared in the sky. Not a trace of aura emanated from him, yet it was this figure who held the exploded Great Venerable Hei Zui's divine body and soul in his palm, unable to move.
The world shuddered. That was an Ancient Great Venerable, called a flawed Heavenly Venerate, with peerless cultivation, invincible under the Heavenly Venerates. Now, he was as weak as a chick, held in this person's palm.
Inconceivable!
However, upon seeing this figure, the light in Qianxun's dim eyes suddenly blazed brilliantly, revealing dazzling divine radiance. "Father!"
Indeed, the newcomer was naturally Ye Chen.
Seeing the Calamity Executors treating his offspring like this filled his heart with immense fury.
With a raise of his hand, he suppressed Great Venerable Hei Zui.
Great Venerable Hei Zui was utterly terrified. He struggled desperately, Great Venerable might boiling, even mobilizing part of the Eternal Heavenly Dao Power within his body, as he was a flawed Heavenly Venerate.
But the next moment, he discovered to his horror that all power was suppressed invisibly, unusable.
Even the illusory Heavenly Venerate sun he had condensed couldn't manifest.
This was impossible. Even a Supreme Heavenly Venerate could suppress them but couldn't completely suppress all their power.
The only possibility was the King of Heavenly Venerables making a move.
Thinking of this possibility, Great Venerable Hei Zui looked at Ye Chen in horror. "Chaos Heavenly Emperor, you actually—"
Boom—
Before he could finish, he directly exploded, and in an instant exploded multiple times, his true spirit directly annihilated. Only the remnants of the Ancient Great Venerable's blood essence and Great Venerable soul fragments remained, on the verge of perishing.
A Great Venerable perishing directly produced various heavenly phenomena, but Ye Chen suppressed it all, preventing any manifestation.
Killing an Ancient Great Venerable with a raise of his hand—such peerless methods truly inspired awe.
Qianxun was both shocked and overjoyed. "Father, you finally succeeded!"
He knew his father must have truly become the King of Heavenly Venerables; otherwise, how could he possess such world-shaking might, killing an Ancient Great Venerable with a flick of his finger?
"We'll talk later," Ye Chen nodded, then looked towards the other Calamity Executor Great Venerables hiding in the shadows. Naturally, they couldn't hide from Ye Chen's perception.
These three Calamity Executor Great Venerables dared not stay, immediately wanting to soar into the sky, to inform the Calamity Organization of this shocking news.
The Chaos Heavenly Emperor wasn't dead and had now become the King of Heavenly Venerables—this was absolutely earth-shattering news, with an extremely significant impact on the Calamity Organization.
However, could they escape?
Ye Chen's gaze swept over, containing extremely terrifying power that directly sealed this territory.
The three Calamity Executor Great Venerables directly froze in place, unable to move.
They were utterly horrified.
Ye Chen raised his hand and blasted them apart, then, using the same method as with Great Venerable Hei Zui, completely refined and killed all three.
He looked at Qianxun, refining all four Calamity Executor Great Venerables' divine bodies and souls into two dazzling divine pills—one of flesh and blood, one of soul—shining like Heavenly Venerate suns.
One could say, not to mention Ancient Great Venerables, even Supreme Heavenly Venerables would be extremely tempted.
Ye Chen directly infused these two supreme divine pills, containing the essence of four Ancient Great Venerables, into Qianxun's body. "Your injuries are severe. Self-recovery would take a long time. These two divine pills can heal you instantly. Moreover, this era is the Quantitative Calamity era; you don't have enough time to improve. Refining these two divine pills will allow you to directly reach the Taishang Venerable level, or even stronger. You must strive to break through to Heavenly Venerate in the shortest time possible."
Boom boom boom boom boom boom—
Qianxun had no choice in the matter, but he didn't deny his father's words. Indeed, it was true.
The two supreme divine pills contained the entire flesh essence and soul essence of four Calamity Executor Great Venerables. Although refined by Ye Chen, the infinite power within was enough to burst an Ancient Great Venerable.
But under Ye Chen's intervention, the vast power of the two supreme divine pills was suppressed, not truly erupting, instead causing an unprecedented great metamorphosis in Qianxun.
It was foreseeable that once he emerged, he would undoubtedly be a Taishang Venerable, and very likely would strive for the Supreme Heavenly position.
Ye Chen took away his eldest son Qianxun, who had fallen into slumber, and with a single step, returned to the Chaos Heaven Domain.
Chaos Heaven Domain.
Once a flourishing and glorious Heavenly Venerate-level force, now lay in ruins. The mountain gate was half-collapsed, and the once continuous, majestic heavenly palaces were largely destroyed.
Battles erupted constantly.
Over the years, the Chaos Heaven Mansion had suffered the most terrifying assaults, especially targeted by the Calamity Executors.
Not just because it was an Heavenly Venerate-level force, but more because the Chaos Heaven Mansion had too many super geniuses.
Several main consorts were at the Taishang level. Qianxun, Ye Junlin, Ye Jing, and Ye Fei were also at this level. Ruoxi, the Chaos Heavenly Emperor's sister, was at the Taishang King level, as she was the Heavenly Emperor's daughter, possessing a Heavenly Venerate bloodline.
On another front, several of the Chaos Heavenly Emperor's personal disciples had also reached the Taishang Realm level, with two even stepping into Taishang King.
Not to mention a group of supreme power who emerged from the Flawed Primal Realm like the Battle Saint Ancestor, the Heaven-Defying War Lord, the Tai Sheng Huang, and the Space-Time Great Emperor—all were Taishang Kings.
Undoubtedly, the Chaos Heaven Mansion was brimming with talent, with many possessing the potential to become Heavenly Venerates, needing suppression.
Precisely because of this, over the years, the Calamity Organization hadparticularly targeted the Chaos Heaven Mansion.
The Chaos Heaven Mansion suffered countless casualties, losing who knew how many experts. If not for the Heavenly Venerate formation patterns left by the Chaos Heavenly Emperor constantly reinforcing it, the aid of the Ancient Heavenly Court, Super Great Venerable Kunxu, and the Chaos Heaven Mansion's own countless experts, it would have long been annihilated by the Calamity Executors.
Yet, even so, the Chaos Heaven Mansion had lost an unknown number of experts, even two of the Chaos Heavenly Emperor's personal disciples had perished.
The Chaos Heaven Mansion was shrouded in oppression.
Because outside the core Chaos Heaven Hall, a full seven Calamity Executor Great Venerables were present. They wielded three Heavenly Venerate Ancient Weapons, forcefully assaulting the Chaos Heaven Mansion's protective heavenly curtain—left by Ye Chen before his flesh body underwent tribulation—capable of withstanding Supreme Heavenly Venerate attacks.
But now, with seven Calamity Executor Great Venerables wielding three Heavenly Venerate Ancient Weapons in assault, even this Chaos Heavenly Curtain saw its Eternal Heavenly Patterns continuously dimming, as if about to shatter.
Once completely breached, the Chaos Heaven Mansion would face annihilation.
Great Venerable Kunxu, this Super Great Venerable, lay on the ruins of the Chaos Heaven Mansion's heavenly palace. Ten heavenly nails pierced his brow, limbs, and five viscera, thoroughly suppressing his invincible Great Venerable Heavenly Venerate body.
This was a Heavenly Venerate-level forbidden weapon, consumable in nature, posing a threat even to Supreme Heavenly Venerates. One could imagine, now nailing Great Venerable Kunxu, blood gushed like springs from the ten wounds, rendering him immobile.
Great Venerable Kunxu's aura was feeble. He watched this scene in despair.
Although he was strong, he was now in such a miserable state.
Even though the Chaos Heavenly Curtain was personally laid down by the Chaos Heavenly Emperor and continuously reinforced over two epochs, seemingly impregnable—even a Supreme Heavenly Venerate would need years to breach it.
But now, after a full one hundred and twenty thousand years of constant assault by seven Calamity Executor Great Venerables wielding three Heavenly Venerate Ancient Weapons, aided by several Heavenly Venerate-level killing formations, this Chaos Heavenly Curtain simply couldn't hold much longer; it was bound to extinguish.
Everyone despaired. Even the strongest, Great Venerable Kunxu, had fallen to such a state, let alone them?
On the Chaos Heaven Hall, looking at the nearly extinguished Chaos Heavenly Curtain, Goddess Zhao Jingruo, Chen'er, and A Beinu all showed resolute expressions. Ye Junlin and Ye Chen's other offspring and personal disciples were all here.

At the moment the curtain was about to completely shatter, they would burn themselves, even if they couldn't kill the enemy, they would at least inflict severe wounds.
Boom—
Suddenly, one of the attacking Calamity Executor Great Venerables exploded. Blood light swept through the nine heavens, shaking the entire Chaos Heaven Domain. The blood light was terrifying and unimaginable.
All sides were shocked, looking towards that direction.
What in the world had happened?
The other six Calamity Executor Great Venerables were similarly horrified.
A companion had exploded without a sound or sign. Could it be that a Supreme Heavenly Venerate was secretly making a move?
"There's a Supreme Heavenly Venerate!"
"Be careful!"
The other six Calamity Executor Great Venerables dared not be negligent.
Boom—
At that moment, a second Calamity Executor Great Venerate exploded, also without any warning, causing all the Calamity Executors to shudder.
What was happening?
The remaining five Calamity Executor Great Venerables immediately summoned the three Heavenly Venerate ancient weapons that were attacking the Chaos Heaven Curtain, preparing to defend.
The three Heavenly Venerate ancient weapons revived to their utmost limit in the first instant.
These three Heavenly Venerate ancient weapons descended with boundless heavenly might, protecting the five Calamity Executor Great Venerables.
Boom—
Almost at the same time, the five Calamity Executor Great Venerables watched in horror as the three Heavenly Venerate ancient weapons were actually blasted away, sent flying towards the horizon.
The entire world was shocked!
Those were three Heavenly Venerate ancient weapons, and they had been fully revived with the five Calamity Executor Great Venerables' efforts.
Yet now they had been blasted away so abruptly.
What the hell!
Naturally, they didn't truly believe it was a ghost.
Without a sound, a majestic figure, with long hair flowing loosely, walked out from the void and looked at the five Calamity Executor Great Venerables.
A terrifying aura that the Calamity Executor Great Venerables had never felt before directly flooded this boundless stretch of heaven and earth, causing even powerful beings like them to discover in horror that their bodies had suddenly stiffened.
Whether it was their Great Venerable bodies or their Great Venerable souls, it was as if they had been frozen, unable to move an inch.
How was this possible?
The five Calamity Executor Great Venerables roared inwardly. Even if a Supreme Heavenly Venerate had come, it shouldn't be like this. They had the ability to contend.
Moreover, with their seven Calamity Executor Great Venerables cooperating with three Heavenly Venerate ancient weapons revived to their peak, they believed they could engage in a peak-level confrontation with a Supreme Heavenly Venerate for a period of time. It was absolutely impossible to be this powerless.
However, when they truly saw the face of this figure who had arrived without a sound, the five Calamity Executor Great Venerables suddenly froze, as if they had seen a ghost.
Yes, it was like seeing a ghost!
They revealed expressions of disbelief, because the person who had come was none other than the Chaos Heavenly Emperor.
But hadn't the Chaos Heavenly Emperor been killed when he was undergoing his tribulation after his flesh body achieved the Dao of Eternity in the past?
Why had he now returned to life and come back?
And, more importantly, now that he had returned, this Chaos Heavenly Emperor was terrifyingly strong, having exploded two Great Venerables with a flick of his finger and blasted away three revived Heavenly Venerate ancient weapons.
Such methods were simply inconceivable and unimaginable.
Even a Supreme Heavenly Venerate couldn't possess such power, could they?
The only explanation was—
The five Calamity Executor Great Venerables shuddered. The Chaos Heavenly Emperor had become the King of Heavenly Venerables!
In contrast to the Calamity Executor side, within the Chaos Heaven Hall, the Goddess and the others revealed expressions of immense joy.
Indeed, he wasn't dead. He had now returned!
Figures shot into the sky one after another, disregarding the fact that the five Calamity Executor Great Venerables were right outside, because they all knew that with his return, all crises would be resolved.
"Since you've all come, then stay here forever. This is the burial ground for you Calamity Executors."
Ye Chen spoke. His black hair cascaded like a waterfall, his figure stalwart. Though he didn't emit the slightest trace of heavenly might, the five Calamity Executor Great Venerables felt as if they were being stared at by a fierce tiger, their hair standing on end.
The five Calamity Executor Great Venerables dared not be negligent. They erupted with full power, forcibly breaking free from that suppression, and burned their qi and blood, causing their combat power to soar, because they knew that if they didn't fight with their lives on the line, they would truly die.
However, when all the methods they unleashed blasted over, these attacks were soon ignored by Ye Chen. They couldn't even land on his body, being blocked by an invisible barrier, completely unable to affect him.
He traversed the sky in an instant, landing before one Calamity Executor Great Venerate. With just a simple palm strike, this Calamity Executor Great Venerate who had made the people of the Origin Land tremble in fear during the Dark Era exploded.
Then, using the same technique, all were simple attacks, yet not a single Calamity Executor could withstand a single blow. They were all directly blasted apart.
Before long, all seven Calamity Executor Great Venerables were directly smashed apart, captured in his palm, and sealed by seven chaotic halos, unable to break free.
The three Heavenly Venerate ancient weapons had been fully revived, containing Heavenly Venerate-level divine spirits. Naturally, they sensed Ye Chen's immense terror and wanted to soar into the sky.
But how could the methods of a King of Heavenly Venerables be something these three Heavenly Venerate ancient weapons could resist? Ye Chen merely slapped down with a simple hand. This ultimate killing weapon, capable of collapsing an entire Eternal Heaven Domain with a single move, was directly slapped until its light dimmed, and the divine spirit of the Heavenly Venerate ancient weapon exploded.
This was only because Ye Chen held back, as Heavenly Venerate ancient weapons, if refined again, could also be great killing tools against the Calamity Organization.
Soon, the other two Heavenly Venerate ancient weapons were also suppressed.
"Who dares? Who dares to suppress even our ancient weapons? Are you truly unafraid of death?"
A grand voice resounded throughout heaven and earth. It was clearly a heavenly voice.
Everyone's expressions changed. Within the Origin Land, there was actually a Calamity Heavenly Venerate present.
When had the Calamity Heavenly Venerate come to the Origin Land? Weren't they being restrained by the various Heavenly Venerates?
"The Calamity Heavenly Venerates had long ago silently arrived in the Origin Land. Their number of Heavenly Venerates far exceeds those in the Origin Land. It's just that over the years, they have been nurturing some sufficiently terrifying super geniuses to become even stronger Calamity Heavenly Venerates, which is why they haven't made a move. Now that seven Calamity Executor Great Venerables and three Heavenly Venerate ancient weapons have been suppressed, how could they not be alerted?"
Within the Chaos Heaven Mansion, many paled. That was a Calamity Heavenly Venerate, an existence countless times more powerful than a Great Venerate.
A figure that blotted out the sky and covered the boundless clouds appeared between heaven and earth. No one knew how majestic and enormous it was, emanating a great destructive aura that could cause heaven and earth to collapse, simply unimaginable.
That was a Calamity Heavenly Venerate. It had appeared.
Moreover, a destructive heavenly might descended from the sky, blasting towards the Chaos Heaven Mansion, far more terrifying than the attack of the seven Calamity Executor Great Venerables wielding Heavenly Venerate ancient weapons.
Ye Chen raised his eyes and swept a glance over, revealing a cold, mocking expression. "Calamity Heavenly Venerate? Just a group of people from the old cycle era. How dare you come out to stir up trouble again?"
His figure flashed and disappeared.
Immediately, boundless blood light suddenly bloomed beyond the heavens. The Calamity Heavenly Venerate's majestic, boundless heavenly shadow abruptly exploded, accompanied by a roar of shock and fury: "Who are you? Why are you so powerful? Did you bring a forbidden weapon? No, even a Heavenly Venerate-level forbidden weapon couldn't be this strong, unless it's—"
"You talk too much!"
Another familiar, cold voice interrupted him. Majestic heavenly might surged beyond the heavens, shattering the Calamity Heavenly Venerate.
The entire world was shocked!
That was a Calamity Heavenly Venerate, a great existence equal to a Supreme Heavenly Venerate. Although, because they were from the old cycle era and not Heavenly Venerates born in this cycle, they were somewhat inferior, the difference wasn't great, and they far surpassed Great Venerates.
Now, he had actually been forcefully smashed apart!
The Chaos Heavenly Emperor was truly too strong.
Was this the peerless, matchless Chaos Heavenly Emperor?
After his heaven-defying return, he had become even stronger. To what level had he progressed?
Could it be that he had truly become the King of Heavenly Venerables?
People dared not imagine it, feeling it was too unreal, because throughout the ages of this cycle, there had only been two Kings of Heavenly Venerables. But achieving Eternity through the flesh body was extremely difficult. Like the Extreme Demon Heavenly Venerate, he had also once walked the dual-path of achieving Eternity through the flesh body, but could only stop at the level of a Flesh Body Great Venerate.
Initially, they had also suspected that even if the Chaos Heavenly Emperor defied the heavens and didn't die, he would at most be like the Extreme Demon Heavenly Venerate. But now it seemed that wasn't the case. He was even stronger.
This was what made people shudder.
But on the other hand, people were also worried. Even if the Chaos Heavenly Emperor had a crushing advantage over the Calamity Heavenly Venerate, such intense heavenly combat would inevitably alert the other Calamity Heavenly Venerates, causing other Calamity Heavenly Venerates from beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens to descend. That would be bad.
The heavenly combat didn't last long.
Not long after, Ye Chen's figure descended from the sky. Beyond the heavens, there was no longer any aura of that Calamity Heavenly Venerate.
Like the only peerless Imperial Lord between heaven and earth, he descended to the mortal realm and arrived at the Chaos Heaven Mansion.
A harmonious chaotic light flooded the Chaos Heaven Mansion. All the injured were instantly healed, whether in their divine bodies or divine souls.
The Chaos Heaven Mansion hailed the Chaos Heavenly Emperor as peerless in the world.
"Chen, you've finally returned!"
"Father!"
"Little Chen!"
...
Figures shot into the sky one after another, arriving by Ye Chen's side. There were the Goddess, A Beinu, Chen'er, Ye Junlin, the Ancient Desolate Demon God, Wang Ming, the Corpse Devouring Worm Emperor, and other close ones, both happy and shedding tears.
Because he truly hadn't died. He had defied the heavens and returned, and had forcefully suppressed a Calamity Heavenly Venerate, seven Calamity Executor Great Venerables, and three revived Heavenly Venerate ancient weapons. His methods were terrifying to the extreme, inconceivable.
"I'm back!"
Ye Chen embraced everyone.
Not long after, Ye Chen made his move. The ten heavenly nails that had pinned down Great Venerable Kunxu were all pulled out. Although these were things that even a Supreme Heavenly Venerate would feel threatened by, to Ye Chen, the threat was minimal.
The power of a King of Heavenly Venerables was unimaginable.
Great Venerable Kunxu stood up. Too much heavenly blood had been lost from his body. Though still powerful, he was now weak, far from his peak state.
"Your Majesty, you have finally returned."
Great Venerable Kunxu was also very excited, because he had personally witnessed the Chaos Heavenly Emperor's overwhelming, invincible might. Upon his return, he had successively suppressed a Calamity Heavenly Venerate, seven Calamity Executor Great Venerables, and three revived Heavenly Venerate ancient weapons. What kind of method was this? Even a Supreme Heavenly Venerate would find it difficult to achieve this.
The only proof was that the Chaos Heavenly Emperor had crossed that step and become the truly invincible King of Heavenly Venerables of all ages!
"You've worked hard all these years."
Ye Chen looked at the weakened Great Venerable Kunxu, feeling somewhat guilty.
Over these years, while he was undergoing nirvana and sublimation in the endless void, if not for Great Venerable Kunxu's constant protection, the Chaos Heaven Mansion would have been even more shattered, and many of his loved ones might have died, something he would have deeply regretted.
But there was nothing he could do about it. At that time, he was trapped in the great terror between life and death, his flesh body undergoing extreme sublimation, his heavenly soul also transforming in slumber. There was simply no other way.
Great Venerable Kunxu smiled. "Back then, it was also Your Majesty who sent the Heavenly Father Heavenly Venerate's body back to this subordinate, allowing me to refine it and reach this step. Everything is Your Majesty's grace. What hardship is there?"
Ye Chen didn't say more. Instead, he utilized the Chaos Eternal Heavenly Dao, directly drawing infinite Heavenly Dao power from the boundless heavens and earth and injecting it into Great Venerable Kunxu's body, repairing the injuries of this Heavenly Venerate body.
Moreover, he even stirred the cultivation of a King of Heavenly Venerables—that supreme power that broke through all taboos—reversing everything and allowing Great Venerable Kunxu to recover completely.
Finally, Ye Chen used the cultivation of a King of Heavenly Venerables to baptize Great Venerable Kunxu's form and spirit. Great Venerable Kunxu and the Heavenly Venerate body of the Kunlun Heavenly Venerate became perfectly compatible, with not the slightest rejection remaining.
Thus, the combat power Great Venerable Kunxu could unleash became even greater.
But this wasn't all. Ye Chen took out the suppressed Calamity Heavenly Venerate. This Calamity Heavenly Venerate who had intimidated all ages was now suppressed within a layer of chaotic halo, actually unable to break free, only able to roar continuously: "Chaos Heavenly Emperor, you'd better release this Heavenly Venerate immediately. Otherwise, when the other Calamity Heavenly Venerates or even the Calamity Venerate King descend, it will be your time to die."
Ye Chen said coldly, "This Heavenly Venerate looks forward to their descent."
Then, with a slap onto the chaotic halo, using the taboo methods of a King of Heavenly Venerables, he actually tore apart a portion of this Calamity Heavenly Venerate's heavenly soul. The Calamity Heavenly Venerate roared, but could do nothing, only watch as clumps of vast heavenly soul power were forcibly torn away.
The extreme pain was stillcould not compare to the humiliation in his heart.
The Calamity Heavenly Venerate was incomparably furious, but helpless, and also horrified. The Chaos Heavenly Emperor had truly become the King of Heavenly Venerables. He was too strong, not inferior in the slightest to the Calamity Venerate King.
In the end, two-tenths of the heavenly soul power was torn away.
Clumps of heavenly soul power were refined by Ye Chen and then injected into Great Venerable Kunxu's body, strengthening his divine soul.
Great Venerable Kunxu's soul power instantly exploded to an astonishing level, surging and turbulent, terrifyingly inconceivable, causing heaven and earth to change color.
"Kunxu, immediately refine this portion of heavenly soul power," Ye Chen commanded.
Great Venerable Kunxu was both shocked and overjoyed. Naturally, he knew this was the reward for protecting the Chaos Heaven Mansion all these years. He immediately sat cross-legged and focused on refining it.
With Ye Chen personally assisting in the refinement, in just half a day, Great Venerable Kunxu had smoothly refined these two-tenths of heavenly soul power. His soul power had grown by a full fold compared to before, truly astonishing.
Paired with his Heavenly Venerate body, the current Great Venerable Kunxu absolutely had the qualification to be called the strongest Great Venerate aside from the Undying Heavenly Venerate.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Great Venerable Kunxu bowed to Ye Chen in gratitude.
"No need," Ye Chen nodded slightly.
It wasn't that he didn't want Great Venerable Kunxu to completely refine that Calamity Heavenly Venerate, but the current Great Venerable Kunxu couldn't fully refine a Calamity Heavenly Venerate. Moreover, this Calamity Heavenly Venerate was still of great use to Ye Chen.
Afterwards, Ye Chen and the others returned to the Chaos Heaven Hall.
A long time later, Ye Chen learned about the current situation in the Origin Land.
During the half-cycle-long Dark Era, the Origin Land had collapsed by fifty percent. During this period, the Calamity Organization had indeed become even more terrifying, recruiting countless experts.
Moreover, it was rumored that beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens, the Calamity Organization had pierced a hole through the Seals of All Heavens, causing Calamity Executors to continuously descend from the other side of the seals over the years.
Fortunately, whether Calamity Heavenly Venerates or the even stronger Calamity Venerate King, because they were too powerful, couldn't truly descend.
However, the various Heavenly Venerates of the Origin Land had also set out to guard the Seals of All Heavens.
The Origin Land was now completely devoid of Supreme Heavenly Venerates. Therefore, over the years, the Calamity Executors had slaughtered in all directions, making the Origin Land seem as if it were shrouded in doomsday. Countless experts had fallen.
Even multiple Calamity Executor Great Venerables had descended. Naturally, Calamity Heavenly Venerates had also silently descended, creating boundless disasters, terrifying and boundless, annihilating countless epochs, an unimaginable great terror.
The entire Origin Land was stained with blood.
"What about the Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerate?"
Ye Chen inquired. The Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerate was the only King of Heavenly Venerables of the current era. If he were present, the Origin Land wouldn't be in such despair.
Hearing this, everyone shook their heads. Even Great Venerable Kunxu said, "I don't know. From the beginning of the Quantitative Calamity until now, I have never truly seen the Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerate."
Logically speaking, the outbreak of the Quantitative Calamity was the most terrifying disaster in the world. As the strongest person in the Origin Land and the only King of Heavenly Venerables of the current era, the Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerate had never appeared. This was undoubtedly surprising.
Ye Chen frowned. Having cultivated to the level of King of Heavenly Venerables, he could even deduce a thing or two about Supreme Heavenly Venerates. This was the terrifying aspect of a King of Heavenly Venerables. But regarding the Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerate, who was also a King of Heavenly Venerables, he had no means.
Especially since the Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerate had also attained the supreme heavenly position through chaos, similar to himself. The Chaos Eternal Heavenly Dao shielded everything, making deduction impossible.
"Although I don't know where the Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerate is, since I have returned today, I shall naturally sweep away all darkness!"
Ye Chen spoke. He walked out from the Chaos Heaven Mansion. At this moment, he didn't conceal himself at all. A majestic Chaos Heaven Sun manifested, transforming into an unprecedented, enormous Heavenly Venerate Sun that illuminated all heavens, forcefully dispersing all darkness.
Beyond the domain, stars materialized out of thin air, dotting the already void and silent dark starry sky, restoring its brilliant starlight.
At the same time, an unprecedented heavenly might, reaching everywhere without limit, completely covered the entire Origin Land.
It was the peerless heavenly might of a King of Heavenly Venerables, unprecedented, covering the world with a single thought. It also directly locked onto all Calamity Executors in the Origin Land and those who had joined the Quantitative Calamity.
"This... what is this?"
In various locations across the Origin Land, Calamity Executors were wreaking havoc, causing endless suffering to living beings. At this moment, their divine souls stiffened as if unable to move.
Because they vaguely felt a terrifying power completely locking onto them, actually making it impossible to struggle.
Especially since there were multiple Calamity Executor Great Venerables present, who were also locked onto.
Powerful as they were, they were flawed Heavenly Venerates, mastering a portion of Eternal Heavenly Dao power. Even if a Supreme Heavenly Venerate locked onto them, they were confident of breaking free in the first instant. Yet now, they actually couldn't break free from this lock.
Who was it?
Without a sound, a terrifying figure manifested in their minds, with black hair hanging down, chaos enveloping his body, like the Imperial Lord of All Heavens, not to be blasphemed.
They recognized this person's identity in the first instant.
"The Chaos Heavenly Emperor!?"
Calamity Executors in various places recognized his identity in the first instant. Wasn't this the former Chaos Heavenly Emperor?
But hadn't he fallen?
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!—
With a single thought from Ye Chen, instantly, all Calamity Executors scattered across the Origin Land, whether they were Transcendent Realm or Taixu Realm Calamity Executors, or even Taishang Realm or Great Venerate-level Calamity Executors, were all sonot worth a single blow / utterly weak at this moment, directly exploding on the spot.
Countless people in the Origin Land were greatly shocked, not understanding what was happening.
These Calamity Executors were wreaking havoc everywhere, incredibly powerful. How could they suddenly explode on their own?
But soon, a figure of indescribable majesty and height abruptly appeared between heaven and earth, manifesting across all heavens. Surging from his body were billions upon billions of chaotic rays of light, giving people an incomparablyastonishment feeling.
"I am the Chaos Heavenly Emperor!"
After these words fell, the heavenly shadow dissipated, but the world fell into complete shock.
Because the Chaos Heavenly Emperor had returned!
This peerless Heavenly Venerate, possessing endless legendary colors, had now returned. And it was very clear that the Calamity Executors in various places of the Origin Land just now had been personally killed by him.
People were allastonishment in their hearts.
Now that this legendary Heavenly Venerate had defied the heavens and returned, did it mean there was hope of resisting the Quantitative Calamity?
Boom—
After dispelling the darkness that had shrouded the Origin Land for endless years, Ye Chen ascended into the sky, arriving beyond the heavens in an instant.
Beyond the heavens, there were Thirty-Three Heavens, representing the heavens left behind by the thirty-three Supreme Heavenly Venerates of all ages.
Each heaven was endlessly vast and towering, creating an immeasurable distance between the Origin Land and the Sealed Lands of All Heavens, making it difficult for Calamity Executors to cross the Thirty-Three Heavens to descend upon the Origin Land.

Having dispelled the darkness that had shrouded the Origin Land for endless eons, Ye Chen soared into the heavens, arriving in the realm beyond the sky in an instant.

Beyond the sky lay the Thirty-Three Heavens, representing the celestial realms left behind by the thirty-three supreme Heavenly Venerables throughout the ages.

Each celestial realm was immeasurably vast and lofty, creating an infinite distance between the Origin Land and the sealed lands of the All Heavens, making it difficult for the Calamity Executors to cross the Thirty-Three Heavens and descend upon the Origin Land.

Now, the Thirty-Three Heavens appeared fragmented and shattered. Vast celestial realms were riddled with countless holes and breaches, all caused by the prolonged assaults of the Calamity Executors over these tens of thousands of years.

Ye Chen ascended. At this moment, he did not conceal himself. His figure stood straight, unleashing an aura of boundless majesty that suppressed the heavens, piercing through the Thirty-Three Heavens and arriving beyond the thirty-third heaven in a flash.

This place was once the sealed lands of the All Heavens guarded by the Immortal Heavenly Venerate. Now, it was completely stained with blood.

The ancient seals of the All Heavens had also been worn down, their countless heavenly patterns extinguished, becoming weak and dim beyond measure.

Those once lofty Supreme Heavenly Venerables were now all bloodstained, not a single one able to maintain an intact form.

Because the battles over these years had been too intense. Continuous heavenly wars erupted, and even powerful Heavenly Venerables had little chance to catch their breath.

At this moment, although a heavenly war was not erupting, it was not far off, as both sides were locked in a stalemate.

Within the seals of the All Heavens, a massive hole had appeared, piercing through the lands of both realms. This was the work of the Calamity organization over the years, sacrificing who knows how many powerful experts to forcibly blast a hole through the seals of the All Heavens.

Although this hole could not yet truly allow the descent of Calamity Heavenly Venerables, let alone the most terrifying Calamity Monarch Kings, it was not far from it.

Over the years, the Calamity Monarch Kings, restless in their stillness, had projected Heavenly Venerate-level avatars multiple times, posing a great threat to the Heavenly Venerables.

It was precisely because of this that the Heavenly Venerables' situation had not been good all these years.

Powerful figures like the Heavenly Emperor, the Desolate Heavenly Venerate, the Endless Heavenly Venerate, the Violet Extreme Heavenly Venerate, the Immortal Heavenly Venerate, the Myriad Profound Heavenly Venerate, the Taiyuan Heavenly Venerate, the Asura Heavenly Venerate, and other Supreme Heavenly Venerables were all stained with blood.

Perennially wounded.

For example, the Desolate Heavenly Venerate had a deep, bone-visible wound on his chest, left a million years ago. Yet, even after a million years, this wound had never healed.

Not only because he was constantly embroiled in heavenly-level battles with insufficient time to heal, but also because this wound was left by a Calamity Monarch King. It was too terrifying, preventing even the Desolate Heavenly Venerate, whose fleshly body had attained the Dao of Eternity, from healing it. One could imagine how dreadful it was.

Boom—

Just as both sides were locked in stalemate, suddenly, Ye Chen entered this most terrifying Heavenly Venerate battlefield.

It was called a Heavenly Venerate battlefield, but it would be no exaggeration to call it a Heaven-Burial Battlefield, because over the years, it had buried true Heavenly Venerate-level figures—some from the Origin Land, some from the Calamity organization. Heavenly blood had dyed this celestial battlefield red.

Ye Chen forcefully entered. His appearance shocked both sides.

"The Chaos Heavenly Emperor!?"

"Impossible! Wasn't he surrounded and killed by the Three Innate Saint Emperors and two Calamity Heavenly Venerables?"

The Heavenly Venerables on both sides were greatly astonished, clearly unable to imagine that Ye Chen had actually revived and returned.

"Nothing is impossible, because I am all possibilities!"

Ye Chen spoke, his gaze like blazing lightning sweeping toward the side of the Calamity Executors in this blood-drenched Heavenly Venerate battlefield.

One terrifyingly majestic figure after another appeared, a full twelve of them, all Calamity Heavenly Venerables. This was the terrifying foundation of the Calamity organization. It was unimaginable that so many Calamity Heavenly Venerables existed.

Moreover, these were only a part of those who had crossed over at great cost over the years. There were even more Calamity Heavenly Venerables on the other side. Rumors spoke of thirty-six Calamity Heavenly Venerables.

Even more terrifying were the three Calamity Monarch Kings.

Once they descended, it would undoubtedly mean absolute, destructive annihilation for the entire Origin Land.

"Hmph, Chaos Heavenly Emperor, so what if you've returned? You are merely a Supreme Heavenly Venerate. How many can you withstand? You're just adding one more Heavenly Venerate-level force to the Origin Land's side. And my Calamity organization has other Calamity Heavenly Venerables about to descend here!"

A Calamity Heavenly Venerate snorted coldly. Although the Chaos Heavenly Emperor had died and returned to life, he did not pose a great threat to them. At most, he was just one more Supreme Heavenly Venerate.

"Is that so?"

As Ye Chen's words fell, the might on his body suddenly erupted, instantly shaking the entire Heavenly Venerate battlefield, causing the expressions of all Heavenly Venerate-level figures on both sides to change.

"What? This is—"

"Could it be that the Chaos Heavenly Emperor has already—"

Before the words could finish, Ye Chen had already crossed the Heavenly Venerate battlefield, charging alone and forcefully into the Heavenly Venerate formation of the Calamity organization's side.

Chaos light illuminated the All Heavens, dispelling the endless blood-red starry sky.

Ye Chen descended like a Heavenly Venerate Divine Lord. In the blink of an eye, he arrived before a Calamity Heavenly Venerate. Under that peerlessly terrifying aura of the King of Heavenly Venerables, this Calamity Heavenly Venerate immediately felt as if facing a great enemy. With a roar, he directly swung his ancient Heavenly Venerate weapon to strike.

In response, Ye Chen's gaze was cold. He simply threw a punch.

Boom—

With just this one strike, the Heaven-Locking Pagoda—an ancient Heavenly Venerate weapon that had accompanied this Calamity Heavenly Venerate for more than one reincarnation era—was shattered by a single punch.

The ancient Heavenly Venerate weapon transformed into thousands of fragments. Carrying Heavenly Venerate secret patterns that had not yet been completely extinguished, they ignited, shooting toward all directions like terrifying super imperial stars. Many of them crashed into this Calamity Heavenly Venerate, causing him to spray vast amounts of blood.

At the same time, the punch's momentum did not diminish. Carrying numerous ancient Heavenly Venerate weapon fragments, it blasted into this Calamity Heavenly Venerate's body. Accompanied by a deafening roar, blood light erupted for billions of miles, directly piercing through him.

This scene utterly stunned the Heavenly Venerables on both sides.

This terrifying, peerless power—with one punch, it not only shattered an ancient Heavenly Venerate weapon but also pierced through this Calamity Heavenly Venerate's Heavenly Venerate body. What was going on?

Was the strength of a King of Heavenly Venerables actually terrifying to this extent?

"Your fleshly body has successfully attained the Dao of Eternity! You possess dual Heavenly Venerate fruits and have become the third King of Heavenly Venerables!"

That Calamity Heavenly Venerate finally understood, looking at Ye Chen in horror.

As these words were spoken, heaven and earth fell silent!

The Chaos Heavenly Emperor had become a King of Heavenly Venerables?

Ye Chen looked at him coldly and said, "You're not entirely foolish. You finally understand."

At the same time, his fist exerted force. The Heavenly Venerate body exploded. That Calamity Heavenly Venerate was blasted apart. Heavenly blood dyed the All Heavens red, and heavenly might surged for who knows how many billions of miles, boundless and terrifying.

But Ye Chen stood bathed in heavenly blood, streams of heavenly blood being devoured by him.

Although such heavenly blood had little effect on him, it was better than nothing and could still strengthen his blood energy.

Seeing this, all the Heavenly Venerables felt their hearts skip a beat.

Too strong! Was this the strength of a King of Heavenly Venerables?

In a single encounter, he had forcefully blasted apart a Calamity Heavenly Venerate. Even if it wasn't from this reincarnation era, it wasn't far off. He shouldn't have been so fragile.

Of course, even a King of Heavenly Venerables couldn't kill a Calamity Heavenly Venerate with one strike. The Calamity Heavenly Venerate quickly reformed in the distant sky, but his blood energy had weakened immeasurably.

He looked at Ye Chen in terror. Just now, over twenty percent of his blood energy had been devoured by the Chaos Heavenly Emperor!

That was a full twenty percent! Along with his heavenly soul and Heavenly Venerate origin.

Too terrifying!

In other words, the Chaos Heavenly Emperor only needed to strike five times to kill a Calamity Heavenly Venerate.

"You won't escape!"

Ye Chen naturally would not allow this Calamity Heavenly Venerate to leave. The Chaos Great Cauldron soared into the sky. This weapon had long since evolved into a King of Heavenly Venerables weapon—a Primordial Ancient Weapon, tainted with the most fundamental aura of Primordial Chaos. It descended from the heavens, blotting out the sky and sun, directly suppressing the Calamity Heavenly Venerate who was in the midst of reforming.

The Chaos Great Cauldron's divine spirit was sentient. Awakened by a King of Heavenly Venerables, it was countless times more terrifying than when awakened by a Heavenly Venerate. Heaven-Slaying Power surged violently.

The Calamity Heavenly Venerate was furious and alarmed. With a roar, he unleashed a Heavenly Venerate-level forbidden divine ability while simultaneously calling for other Calamity Heavenly Venerables to rescue him.

With a clanging sound, the Chaos Great Cauldron shattered all of this Calamity Heavenly Venerate's defenses, imprisoning him within the cauldron. Heaven-Slaying Power surged, beginning the refinement.

At this moment, other Calamity Heavenly Venerables came to rescue him—five in total.

Ye Chen's gaze sharpened. The aura of a King of Heavenly Venerables was infinite. Even facing five Calamity Heavenly Venerables, his momentum was not the slightest bit weaker; in fact, it was far more terrifying.

This made the five Calamity Heavenly Venerables realize something was wrong and they directly retreated.

Because a Calamity Monarch King had sent a voice transmission, telling them not to approach.

Ye Chen swept his gaze over the other Calamity Heavenly Venerables, his voice resounding beside the ears of every Supreme Heavenly Venerate in the Origin Land. "Fellow Daoists, please join me in taking action to suppress them."

The Heavenly Venerables responded in unison. Even Supreme Heavenly Venerables like the Myriad Profound Heavenly Venerate and the Taiyuan Heavenly Venerate, who had once been hostile, agreed now because it was a great opportunity.

Following Ye Chen, this King of Heavenly Venerables, the Heavenly Venerables all charged toward the other eleven Calamity Heavenly Venerables on the Calamity Executors' side.

"Damn it!"

The Calamity Heavenly Venerables were both shocked and furious. The fact that the Chaos Heavenly Emperor had become a King of Heavenly Venerables was simply too unbelievable. It had appeared too suddenly, giving them a feeling of being completely unprepared.

"I'll deal with you."

Ye Chen directly encompassed five Calamity Heavenly Venerables. Without a doubt, this action enraged the five Calamity Heavenly Venerables. Although they knew that one-on-one, they were far inferior to Ye Chen, this King of Heavenly Venerables, such an action was undoubtedly too humiliating.

It was as if one person had surrounded five Calamity Heavenly Venerables.

But in fact, it was indeed so. A King of Heavenly Venerables was too powerful, surrounding them.

The great battle erupted, instantly shaking heaven and earth.

Although the five Calamity Heavenly Venerables were strong, Ye Chen was too terrifying. Moreover, he adopted the principle of defeating them one by one. Using the Heaven-Cleaving Axe and the Chaos Great Cauldron—now a King of Heavenly Venerables weapon—two Primordial Ancient Weapons, he directly restrained two Calamity Heavenly Venerables from a distance.

As for him, wielding the Cosmos Tower and the Ten-Layered Sealing Gate, under the drive of this King of Heavenly Venerables, he forcefully blasted apart Calamity Heavenly Venerables, staining the weapons with Calamity Heavenly Venerate blood, making them even more sentient and terrifying.

Especially Ye Chen himself, who was even more dreadful. With strength that broke ten thousand techniques, he forcefully suppressed a Calamity Heavenly Venerate. In a not-too-long battle, he forcefully tore him in two. Heavenly blood dyed the boundless firmament red.

The other seven Calamity Heavenly Venerables were pursued and killed by Supreme Heavenly Venerables like the Desolate Heavenly Venerate and the Heavenly Emperor. On the main battlefield, the Calamity Heavenly Venerables had no advantage and were suppressed, their heavenly blood also staining the All Heavens.

The twelve Calamity Heavenly Venerables suffered terrible resistance. The battle situation was completely one-sided, greatly boosting the morale of the Origin Land side.

This was the first time since the beginning of the Quantitative Calamity that the Origin Land had achieved such a great victory.

The twelve Calamity Heavenly Venerables retreated step by step, helplessly falling back to the side of the seals of the All Heavens.

Boom—

Boom—

Boom—

Suddenly, the Heavenly Venerate battlefield boiled. Three world-shaking auras abruptly appeared. They were the three Calamity Monarch Kings. At this moment, they had all awakened, wanting to cross the passage and descend into this realm.

"The Calamity Monarch Kings have appeared!"

The Heavenly Venerables of the Origin Land changed expressions!

The Calamity Monarch Kings were Kings of Heavenly Venerables from past reincarnation eras, terrifying beyond measure. In the great war of the Sealing Quantitative Calamity back then, if not for the two Kings of Heavenly Venerables stepping forward to block them, Supreme Heavenly Venerables of the Origin Land might have fallen.

At the breach in the seals of the All Heavens, one of the Calamity Monarch Kings stepped into it, wanting to cross the seals and descend into the Origin Land.

This was something that had never happened in the endless past ages, because they wanted to wear down the seals of the All Heavens bit by bit to truly descend upon the Origin Land and carry out the Quantitative Calamity to annihilate the mortal world.

But now, the Chaos Heavenly Emperor had become a King of Heavenly Venerables and returned defying the heavens. They had to change their strategy because they feared the seals of the All Heavens would be repaired.

They understood the strength of a King of Heavenly Venerables all too well. During the era of the Sealing Quantitative Calamity, the Calamity Monarch Kings had engaged in life-and-death duels with the Kings of Heavenly Venerables of this reincarnation era. Moreover, Calamity Monarch Kings had fallen.

In past ages, there had been more than three Calamity Monarch Kings.

Boom—

The seals of the All Heavens shook violently. The Calamity Monarch King wanted to descend.

An unparalleled aura trembled throughout the seals of the All Heavens, flickering incessantly every moment as if infinite stars were instantly annihilated. A terrifying, peerless aura shook heaven and earth.

The figure of the Calamity Monarch King was within the hole in the seals of the All Heavens. Although it was a hole, it was actually still extremely sturdy. Every moment, sealing power from all parts of the seals of the All Heavens would frantically surge toward it. Even a powerful Calamity Monarch King's figure was stiff there. Wanting to cross over was very difficult.

This was also why, throughout the endless ages, the Calamity Monarch Kings had never descended.

Because once they descended, the cost would be too great.

But now, with a new King of Heavenly Venerables born in the Origin Land, they could not sit and wait for death.

Ye Chen's gaze was cold and sharp, like flashing cold stars. He abruptly appeared at the hole in the seals of the All Heavens. He saw the three Calamity Monarch Kings crossing simultaneously, an extremely terrifying power surging forth. Even a Supreme Heavenly Venerate here would bear immense pressure and find it difficult to resist.

But Ye Chen was already a King of Heavenly Venerables. His fleshly body had attained an eternal form. Majestic eternal aura circulated, along with the boundless aura of the Chaos Eternal Heavenly Dao. The Primordial aura of the three Calamity Monarch Kings rushed toward him but could not shake him in the slightest.

He said coldly, "You are all products of an old era. Then be completely buried in the past!"

Boom—

At this moment, Ye Chen forcefully took action, summoning the Chaos Great Cauldron and the Heaven-Cleaving Axe.

The two Primordial Ancient Weapons appeared. Infused with the infinite power of this era's King of Heavenly Venerables, they directly awakened to the utmost limit of the world, unleashing the most terrifying strike of their existence in one go, blasting into the hole.

The unparalleled attack. The three Calamity Monarch Kings were all resisting the seals of the All Heavens and had little power to counter. Their figures were directly blasted back, their bodies exploding, flesh torn and bloody, bones exposed.

For countless years, they had never suffered such terrible injuries.

But today, they were severely wounded.

The figures of the three Calamity Monarch Kings were shaken out of the hole. They looked deeply at Ye Chen, this newly ascended King of Heavenly Venerables of the current era, far more terrifying than imagined.

"Activate the final plan! Completely shatter the seals of the All Heavens!"

The three Calamity Monarch Kings spoke.

This caused the expressions of the Heavenly Venerables of the Origin Land to change. Did the other side have a final plan?

Their gazes saw that behind the three Calamity Monarch Kings and the Calamity Heavenly Venerables, an unparalleled calamitous power was slowly descending, blasting toward the seals of the All Heavens.

"The Quantitative Calamity!"

The Heavenly Venerables' expressions turned ugly. The Quantitative Calamity was the most terrifying destructive power in the world. Even the mighty All Heavens Era back then had to join forces with all the Heavenly Venerables to resist the Quantitative Calamity and seal it beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens.

Back then, during the All Heavens Era, multiple Heavenly Venerables were present, constantly reinforcing the seals, so the Quantitative Calamity could not descend.

But now, how many Heavenly Venerables remained?

If the Quantitative Calamity descended, the seals of the All Heavens would inevitably be unable to withstand it and would completely explode.

Over the years, the three Calamity Monarch Kings had never used the power of the Quantitative Calamity to attack the seals of the All Heavens because they knew that once the Quantitative Calamity broke through the seals, it would inevitably cause a huge loss of power. The final Quantitative Calamity would be greatly reduced in potency.

Therefore, they wanted to rely on themselves to break the seals of the All Heavens.

But now, a King of Heavenly Venerables blocked the way, guarding this side of the seals of the All Heavens. They were powerless.

Therefore, they needed to borrow the power of the Quantitative Calamity to break the seals of the All Heavens.

Even if the power of the final Quantitative Calamity was somewhat depleted, combined with them, it would be enough to annihilate this heaven and earth anew.

Ye Chen looked at the infinite, endless Quantitative Calamity. Even as powerful as he was now, he felt a sense of being unable to resist.

The Quantitative Calamity was the most dreadful calamitous power between heaven and earth. In the past, it had annihilated multiple powerful reincarnation eras, including those that possessed Kings of Heavenly Venerables.

Now, with the Quantitative Calamity descending again, he alone could not resist it unless he could recreate the glory of the All Heavens Era, with dozens of Supreme Heavenly Venerables joining forces to seal the Quantitative Calamity.

Ye Chen took a deep look, then turned to the Heavenly Venerables and said, "Return and convene a Heavenly Venerate conference to discuss countermeasures."

With his status as a King of Heavenly Venerables, he naturally had the qualification to convene a Heavenly Venerate conference.

In the end, Ye Chen left the Chaos Great Cauldron behind to guard the hole in the seals of the All Heavens.

This hole had been eroded bit by bit by the Calamity Monarch Kings and Calamity Heavenly Venerables over endless ages. Even he, a King of Heavenly Venerables, could not repair it. But leaving the Chaos Great Cauldron could temporarily block the hole.

Moreover, the Chaos Great Cauldron was his life-bound King of Heavenly Venerables weapon. It could isolate the endless void, drawing upon his infinite might to prevent the descent of the Calamity Executors.

Primordial Chaos Palace.

After a gap of several hundred thousand years, Ye Chen once again stepped into this place.

But this time, he was the most powerful existence between heaven and earth—a King of Heavenly Venerables, standing above the Supreme Heavenly Venerables.

Now, the Primordial Chaos Palace was also one of the few places in the Origin Land that had not been invaded and attacked by the Calamity Executors, because it possessed methods left by the Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerate. Even Calamity Heavenly Venerables regarded this place with deep apprehension.

That was the first King of Heavenly Venerables of this reincarnation era. Even though he had been missing for many years, he was still revered and feared.

Now, within the Heavenly Venerate palace.

Ye Chen and the Heavenly Venerables appeared. The surviving ancient Great Venerables also came.

The number of people was fewer than during the last Heavenly Venerate conference. For example, ancient Great Venerables like the Lord of the Heaven-Burial Abyss, the Violet Saint Great Venerable, the Nine Nether Great Venerable, and others had all fallen.

Even a Supreme Heavenly Venerate had fallen—the Ancient Nether Heavenly Venerate.

One could imagine the brutality of these years.

The fall of a Heavenly Venerate was an immensely significant event.

Of course, the Origin Land had also given birth to quite a few super-powerful experts, but few had reached the Great Venerable level, let alone Supreme Heavenly Venerate.

Ye Chen saw Hun Wuji, the first disciple of the Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerate, who back then had great hope of becoming a Supreme Heavenly Venerate as a Taishang Supreme. Now, although he had survived, he was only a Great Venerable. Compared to a true Supreme Heavenly Venerate, the gap was immeasurably vast.

Hun Wuji now carried a gloomy air. Compared to his former high spirits, his temperament had changed greatly.

Clearly, that failed tribulation crossing had dealt Hun Wuji a heavy blow.

Hun Wuji glanced at Ye Chen and gave a slight nod as a greeting.

Ye Chen also nodded slightly, not taking offense that he did not bow to him.

Among them, he saw a familiar stranger.

The Dragon Clan Heavenly Venerate—the Primordial Dragon!

In the past, he had also fallen and had gone to the Primordial World. The dragon clan of the Primordial World was left behind by the Primordial Dragon. After returning, he gradually regained his heavenly position.

During the Primordial World Era, the Primordial Dragon was renowned and prestigious. Who would have thought that, like the Heavenly Emperor Haotian, he was a reincarnation of a Heavenly Venerate?

However, the Human Emperor did not come. He had awakened his true self, being the reincarnation of the Samsara Heavenly Venerate. He was still in seclusion in the deepest part of the Chaos Heaven Mansion, striving to regain his heavenly position as soon as possible.

Previously, when Ye Chen was surrounded and seemingly killed, it was the heavenly might of the Samsara Heavenly Venerate that repelled the Great Venerables of the Calamity Executors, preventing them from entering.

At the Heavenly Venerate conference.

Ye Chen's gaze swept over the Heavenly Venerables. Now, Supreme Heavenly Venerables like the Myriad Profound Heavenly Venerate, the Taiyuan Heavenly Venerate, the Ten Directions Heavenly Venerate, the Asura Heavenly Venerate, and others who were once hostile inwardly sighed. Now that the Chaos Heavenly Emperor's momentum had completely risen and he had become a King of Heavenly Venerables, they no longer had the heart to oppose him.

Moreover, with the Quantitative Calamity imminent, they also knew what was important and naturally would not be foolish enough to oppose him at this time.

At the Heavenly Venerate conference.
Ye Chen's gaze swept across the assembled Heavenly Venerables. Now, Supreme Heavenly Venerables like Wanxuan Heavenly Venerate, Taiyuan Heavenly Venerate, Shifang Heavenly Venerate, and Asura Heavenly Venerate, who were once his adversaries, could only sigh inwardly. The Chaos Heavenly Emperor had completely risen to power, becoming the King of Heavenly Venerables, and they no longer harbored any thoughts of resistance.
Moreover, with the Quantitative Calamity imminent, they understood the priorities and naturally wouldn't be foolish enough to oppose him at this time.
At this moment, Ye Chen looked directly at Huang Heavenly Venerate and asked bluntly, "Fellow Daoist Huang, where is Primordial Beginning King?"
Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerate, as a King of Heavenly Venerables, had never manifested, which puzzled him.
The other Supreme Heavenly Venerables also looked at Huang Heavenly Venerate, equally curious about Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerate's whereabouts.
Huang Heavenly Venerate shook his head and said, "Primordial Beginning King left the Primordial Chaos Palace a Chaos Era ago. He said that if a new King of Heavenly Venerables was born in this cycle era, to tell that new King that he had gone to battle the Quantitative Calamity. If he reappeared in the mortal world, it would mean the Quantitative Calamity had been successfully resisted. If he did not appear, it would mean he had failed."
Everyone was greatly shaken. So Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerate had gone to resist the Quantitative Calamity, venturing alone!
But what was even more terrifying was that Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerate's failure to manifest in the mortal world could only mean one thing: he had failed.
Even Huang Heavenly Venerate did not know how Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerate had gone to resist the Calamity.
A layer of gloom settled over all the Supreme Heavenly Venerables.
Because now, the Origin Land only had the Chaos Heavenly Emperor, a single King of Heavenly Venerables.
Taiyuan Heavenly Venerate looked at Ye Chen. Though they were once enemies, with the Calamity at hand, hostilities were set aside. He spoke frankly, "Chaos King, what should we do now?"
Chaos King was how the Heavenly Venerables addressed Ye Chen. As the King of Heavenly Venerables, they respectfully called him Chaos King.
Ye Chen raised his eyes to gaze at the highest point of the heavens. "Since that is the case, then we must mobilize all forces to resist the Quantitative Calamity. All Heavenly Venerables, follow me to the very forefront of the All Heavens' seals. We must fight for a sliver of hope for the people of this cycle era!"
The hearts of all Heavenly Venerables grew solemn.
Clearly, the Chaos King knew that reinforcing the All Heavens' seals was no longer possible. There was only one final gamble left.
"Let us go. A hundred years from now, we head to the All Heavens' seals."
Ye Chen spoke. He had deduced the final timeline; the All Heavens' seals could only hold for another century. After that, nothing could stop the onslaught.
Ye Chen descended from the heavens, returning to the Chaos Heaven Mansion, to the Chaos Heaven Hall.
He looked at his wives, children, and old friends by his side. Everyone understood immediately.
With the Quantitative Calamity upon them, sealing it was no longer an option.
Now, only the time for a final reunion remained.
Ye Chen spent time with his family, and then, he left.
With a single thought, he scanned the entire Origin Land, comprehending everything.
The world would know.
At this time, Ye Chen left the Origin Land.
He arrived at the Primal World.
The Primal World was an incomplete Primal World, lacking the opportunity to prove the Eternal Heavenly Dao. Moreover, it was always protected by the residual power left behind by the Great God Pangu, guarding this land of the Primal World.
Ye Chen originated from the Primal World. Furthermore, after the residual power of the Great God Pangu resisted the Supreme Heavenly Venerables back then, it had completely dissipated.
Although there were still seals left by various Heavenly Venerables, they naturally could not stop him now. He easily pierced through them and entered the land of the Primal World.
The Primal World was located within the Endless Chaos Sea.
In ancient times, it had given birth to the Great God Pangu, a King of Heavenly Venerables. Later, it experienced a great cataclysm, returning to a primordial point. Then, the Great God Pangu used his supreme power to reopen heaven and earth, creating a brand new Primal World.
However, the Primal World was incomplete, lacking the most crucial Eternal power. Therefore, cultivators from the Primal World could not rely on themselves to become Supreme Heavenly Venerables.
Ye Chen was an exception because he had once borrowed the power of Supreme Heavenly Venerables from the Origin Land.
Although the reopened Primal World had never given birth to a Supreme Heavenly Venerate, it bore traces of many Heavenly Venerables, such as the Great God Pangu, the Ten Tribulations Heavenly Venerate, the Heavenly Emperor, the World-Suppressing Heavenly Venerate, and so on. Even Primordial Beginning and Immortal Ancestor were the same.
After the Twilight of the Heavens, the Great God Pangu was expelled from the Origin Land by the Heavenly Venerables, returning to the primordial point to reopen the Primal World.
After the Primal World was reopened, those deemed to have committed great sins were exiled into the Primal World, never to return to the Origin Land.
These were individuals deemed great sinners by the Heavenly Venerables of that time. One of them was the Heavenly Emperor Haotian.
The Heavenly Emperor was originally of Pangu's faction and naturally had enmity with the multiple Heavenly Venerables who survived. After the Heavenly Venerables discovered his Heavenly Venerate reincarnation, they later exiled him into the Primal World.
On one hand, they knew a Supreme Heavenly Venerate could not be truly killed. So rather than killing the Heavenly Emperor's reincarnation and allowing it to awaken elsewhere in the Origin Land, potentially reclaiming its heavenly position one day, it was better to exile it to the incomplete Primal World. That way, even a Heavenly Venerate reincarnation could not reclaim its heavenly position.
Primordial Beginning and Immortal Ancestor were also sensed by the Supreme Heavenly Venerables to have traces of Eternal Heavenly Dao power. Although the Heavenly Venerables could not deduce their true identities as to which Supreme Heavenly Venerables they were, they suspected they were likely other Supreme Heavenly Venerables from Pangu's faction. Thus, they were also exiled there.
This was something Ye Chen learned from conversing with Supreme Heavenly Venerables like Wanxuan Heavenly Venerate and Taiyuan Heavenly Venerate.
However, Ye Chen was greatly curious. Over these two epochs, he had come into contact with the heavenly shadows of many Supreme Heavenly Venerables, yet he had never discovered any Supreme Heavenly Venerate with an aura similar to Primordial Beginning or Immortal Ancestor.
Vaguely, Ye Chen had a speculation about their identities.
Their identities might be...