The brutal war in the Origin Land continued.
At every moment, countless experts perished.
Even Eternal Celestial Clans and Heavenly Venerate-level powers had been wiped out beyond count.
Before the Quantitative Calamity, no one could be spared.
Although two Supreme Heavenly Venerates had returned to the Origin Land's side, they were still at a disadvantage. The ten Supreme Heavenly Venerates were all bleeding.
The Calamity Heavenly Venerates on the opposing side attacked relentlessly. Before long, another Supreme Heavenly Venerate from the Origin Land fell. Invincible for billions of years in the mortal world, they ultimately could not escape the fate of death.
Moreover, if this Quantitative Calamity truly descended and annihilated this cycle era, they would have no hope of resurrection.
At this moment, several terrifying fluctuations of heavenly tribulation appeared.
They came from several Taishang Venerables of the Origin Land, who were risking everything to charge towards the Supreme Heavenly Position, striving to become Heavenly Venerates and become fresh combat strength.
Now, this was one of the greatest hopes.
Huang Xu was undergoing tribulation. He was enduring the tribulation of the flesh, seeking to prove his Dao through his physical body.
However, he was intercepted by the Calamity Executors. Several Calamity Executor Great Venerables attacked him, blasting Huang Xu apart multiple times.
Hun Wuji took action, forcefully blasting apart several Calamity Executor Great Venerables, but he himself suffered terrible injuries and was on the verge of death.
Before the Quantitative Calamity, there was simply no hope of surviving the Heavenly Venerate tribulation.
Previously, the several Taishang Venerables did not want to undergo tribulation; they couldn't. Their accumulation was insufficient. If they attempted tribulation, they would most likely only become Great Venerables. It was better to use the Heavenly Venerate tribulation to kill more Calamity Executors.
Huang Xu rushed towards Hun Wuji, saying, "I cannot succeed. Why don't the two of us merge into one and become a Heavenly Venerate?"
Both had once been Taishang Venerables, one cultivating the Dao, the other cultivating the flesh. If they merged, their form and spirit would be greatly strengthened, perhaps offering hope of reaching the Heavenly Venerate level.
Hun Wuji understood. "Good!"
In the end, the two merged into one. Each had been a peak Great Venerable; after becoming one person, their power directly broke into the Heavenly Venerate domain, extremely terrifying.
But they only temporarily possessed combat power comparable to a Heavenly Venerate; they were not true Supreme Heavenly Venerates.
Because they knew only this way could they grasp Heavenly Venerate-level power.
But it was enough. The Heavenly Venerate formed by the merger of Hun Wuji and Huang Xu killed many Calamity Executor Great Venerables and finally charged towards a Calamity Heavenly Venerate.
Unfortunately, such a Heavenly Venerate was ultimately not a true Supreme Heavenly Venerate, not much stronger than a Calamity Heavenly Venerate. In the fierce battle, their blood stained the heavens.
Although the Origin Land, under the leadership of Ye Chen and the other Heavenly Venerates, resisted the Calamity Executors with all their might, as time passed, they gradually became exhausted.
The number of Calamity Executors was too vast, seemingly endless, nurtured and cultivated by the three Tribulation Venerable Kings and the various Calamity Heavenly Venerates over endless eons, as if they could never be exterminated.
Moreover, the power of the Heavenly Venerate battles still affected the Origin Land.
This Origin Land began to crumble even more terrifyingly. Massive fragments, each as large as the Southern Wilderness, split apart...
Now, on the Origin Land's side, three more Supreme Heavenly Venerates had fallen. Although five Calamity Heavenly Venerates were buried with them, the numerical gap between the two sides grew larger.
Moreover, the Supreme Heavenly Venerates were each stained with blood, severely injured, their auras already significantly weakened.
Boom—
Suddenly, on the Heavenly Venerate battlefield, a Calamity Heavenly Venerate's head was abruptly blasted apart, half of its Heavenly Soul annihilated, filled with immense fury.
A figure stepped out, emanating overwhelming azure radiance. It was none other than the long-vanished Green Heaven Great Emperor, Di Shitian.
He devoured those half Heavenly Soul fragments, growing even stronger, and spoke towards the Heavenly Emperor in the distant sky: "I have returned."
It turned out that after leaving the Original Realm back then, the Green Heaven Great Emperor had been silently taken away by the Calamity Organization. The Green Heaven Great Emperor was extremely powerful, at the peak of the Tai Zhen Realm. Moreover, he was originally the manifestation of the Heavenly Dao of the Pangu Universe and had refined the universe's Heavenly Dao of an alien ancient universe, making him very special. Thus, he was taken by a Calamity Heavenly Venerate of the Calamity Organization, who believed he had hope of impacting the Heavenly Venerate realm.
The Green Heaven Great Emperor was clever. Knowing he could not resist the Calamity Organization, he pretended to join them and gradually gained high recognition from the Calamity Heavenly Venerates. He refined the body of a deceased Calamity Heavenly Venerate, fusing with its Eternal Heavenly Dao. After more than two epochs, he actually became a Calamity Heavenly Venerate.
Now, during the great battle, the Green Heaven Great Emperor silently attacked a Calamity Heavenly Venerate, inflicting heavy injuries, and immediately defected.
"I never expected Di Shitian to have already reached the Heavenly Venerate level. Truly a heaven-defying opportunity."
On the battlefield below, the Battle Saint King, the Defying Heaven War Lord, Tai Sheng Huang, the Space-Time Great Emperor, the Flame Emperor, and other supreme experts of the Pangu Universe witnessed this scene, all feeling envy.
But they also knew this path was only suitable for Di Shitian because he was originally the will born from the Heavenly Dao left by the Pangu Great God. In a sense, he could be considered a Heavenly Venerate reincarnation, hence his success.
"Traitor!"
The other Calamity Heavenly Venerates were furious, killing towards the Green Heaven Great Emperor.
"I was never a Calamity Executor!"
The Green Heaven Great Emperor declared thus, erupting with boundless heavenly majesty as he attacked the Calamity Heavenly Venerates. A heavenly battle erupted.
...
One surge of blood energy after another dissipated.
In the Thirty-Three Heavens, the Tai Yuan Heavenly Venerate roared and perished, his true spirit slain, meeting his end.
The boundless dragon body of the Primordial Dragon disintegrated, letting out a final dragon roar before completely dying under the attacks of three Calamity Heavenly Venerates...
This was already the seventeenth Heavenly Venerate from the Origin Land to be killed.
Similarly, twenty-nine Calamity Heavenly Venerates had also fallen, seemingly a greater number.
But for the Origin Land, it was far from worth it.
Great Venerables continued to wither away, one after another, constantly perishing.
As for those below Great Venerable, the casualties were countless.
He witnessed his eldest son, Qian Xun, undergoing tribulation to prove Eternity, but before he could ascend to Heavenly Venerate, multiple Calamity Executor Great Venerables and a Calamity Heavenly Venerate attacked, directly blasting him apart.
Burning his soul was useless. The Calamity Executors were prepared, using an Ancient Heavenly Venerate artifact for defense. He only managed to kill several Calamity Executor Great Venerables and heavily injure that Calamity Heavenly Venerate before falling.
He also saw his personal disciple, Yan Wushuang, mobilizing the endless faith power gathered by the Chaos Celestial Court over the years to battle, rivaling an Ancient Great Venerable. But in the end, to protect Ye Jing, he was killed by three Calamity Executor Great Venerables. With a furious roar, he burned his faith power, enveloping the three Calamity Executor Great Venerables before exploding.
...
Under the Quantitative Calamity, no one could be spared. Even those close to Ye Chen met such fates—dead or injured.
In the endless void, Ye Chen's heart was filled with boundless grief.
All five of his wives had perished. His children and personal disciples were mostly dead or injured. In one night, he seemed to have lost everything.
He wanted to cry, but no tears came. He looked at the three Tribulation Venerable Kings opposite him. They were covered in blood, their auras weak, having been blasted apart many times. Even mighty Tribulation Venerable Kings had paid a heavy price, teetering on the brink of death.
But similarly, Ye Chen had also paid a great price. His aura was now weak, his essence blood nearly exhausted from burning.
Although he was extremely strong and had inherited the Pangu Great God's Ultimate of Power Heavenly Venerate Dao Fruit, they were all Kings of Heavenly Venerates. He didn't have much of an advantage, especially since this was not a Dao Fruit he had cultivated himself.
Both sides could collapse at any moment.
But the Tribulation Venerable Kings had the numerical advantage over Ye Chen, making victory easier for them.
Boom—
A Heavenly Venerate sun permanently exploded and extinguished.
Ye Chen's heart trembled. He looked towards the Heavenly Venerate battlefield. It was the Heavenly Emperor. Surrounded by multiple Calamity Heavenly Venerates, he had finally perished.
Although, in the end, he also burned himself, dragging two Calamity Heavenly Venerates to their graves with him...
"No!"
Ye Chen shouted. The Heavenly Emperor had been both teacher and friend to him. His death now was unbearably painful.
Then, he saw the figure of the Green Heaven Great Emperor disintegrate in the sky.
The Supreme Heavenly Venerates Yuan Yang God King and Zhao Chen also burned themselves, pulling Calamity Heavenly Venerates to their graves.
The combined entity of Hun Wuji and Huang Xu also self-destructed in the end, solely to drag a Calamity Heavenly Venerate to its death.
The Reincarnation Heavenly Venerate also burned his Heavenly Venerate Dao Fruit, charging to kill a Calamity Heavenly Venerate.
The Battle Saint Ancestor and the Defying Heaven War Lord merged, impacting the Supreme Heavenly Position, triggering the Heavenly Venerate tribulation, and dragging four Calamity Executor Great Venerables to mutual destruction.
Tai Sheng Huang also forcefully underwent tribulation, with the Space-Time Great Emperor assisting. Together, they buried several Calamity Executor Great Venerables and countless Calamity Executors.
The Formless Monarch was undefeated in battle, but his form also disintegrated during the great war. Even in his final moments, he fought fiercely, his fists making Calamity Executor Great Venerables bleed.
An ancient Heavenly Gate appeared. It was the Heavenly Gate Lord, who had also reappeared these years. It turned out he was the reincarnation of an Ancient Heavenly Venerate artifact's divine spirit, possessing Great Venerable-level combat power. He burned himself, heavily injuring a Calamity Heavenly Venerate on the Heavenly Venerate battlefield.
The First Emperor of Qin, the Primordial Chaos Imperial Venerable, and other past supreme experts of the Pangu Universe from the Original Realm all appeared, having been summoned back. They had once gone to block the Quantitative Calamity and had now become Taishang Kings, fighting a life-and-death battle without regard for their own lives, stained with blood.
The Prison-Suppressing Imperial Son of the Southern Wilderness also led the Southern Wilderness Emperors in battling the Calamity Executors...
Ye Chen watched with his own eyes as his former comrades, one after another, risked everything to drag Calamity Heavenly Venerates to their graves, forever leaving the mortal world.
His eyes were bloodshot, filled with grief.
The Senluo Venerable King and the Light-Dark Venerable King seized the opportunity to strike, blasting Ye Chen until blood spurted. His figure fell from the endless void towards the Origin Land, piercing through the Thirty-Three Heavenly Domains.
Ye Chen crashed onto the Origin Land, his aura weak.
However, he also managed to make the two Tribulation Venerable Kings bleed in return, paying a corresponding price.
"I never expected that dealing with someone who just became a King of Heavenly Venerates would reduce us to such a state."
The Light-Dark Venerable King frowned, then looked towards the Origin Land, a trace of greed appearing in his eyes.
Beside him, the Senluo Venerable King was the same.
"Under the Quantitative Calamity, let everything be annihilated!"
Silently, terrifying figures appeared, influencing the myriad Daos of the heavens, extinguishing all ages. They were Tribulation Venerable Kings, descending upon the Origin Land.
Unstoppable!
They attacked. With casual movements, the Thirty-Three Heavenly Domains cracked. Eternal Celestial Domains collapsed one after another, killing countless people.
Whether they were the most ordinary cultivators or once-dominant titans, all were instantly reduced to ashes.
Trillions upon trillions of lives, an incalculable number, were transformed into vast surges of blood energy that flowed into the mouths of the three Tribulation Venerable Kings.
In the blink of an eye, an Eternal Celestial Domain fell into complete deathly silence.
The entire world fell silent!
It was too terrifying. Upon their arrival, four Eternal Celestial Domains had already fallen into complete deathly silence. Even the Eternal Celestial Clans within these domains were directly erased.
Before Heavenly Venerates, those below Heavenly Venerate were far too fragile.
"Hmm, is this the blood energy of the beings of this cycle era? Truly sweet, carrying the unique world origin of this cycle era. It can strengthen us." The Light-Dark Venerable King spoke, treating the beings of the Origin Land as delicacies.
As the endless blood energy entered them, their auras recovered a trace.
This pleased them. They never expected such an effect.
"In the past, because the two living Kings of Heavenly Venerates, Primordial Beginning and Pangu, were here, we dared not act lightly. But now, it's fine."
The Senluo Venerable King also spoke, filled with indifference, treating the beings of this cycle era like ants, utterly disdainful.
"Where are the Heavenly Venerates?"
In the Origin Land, the people wept bitterly.
The Tribulation Venerable Kings had descended. The Origin Land could not stop them.
"Heavenly Venerates shall also be annihilated!"
The Light-Dark Venerable King said coldly.
"The Heavenly Venerates fought and died on the front lines. We too shall shed our hot blood and fight!"
An old-generation Taishang soared into the sky, but a beam of heavenly light from a Tribulation Venerable King swept over him, causing him to explode with a bang, his form and spirit extinguished, perishing on the spot.
Facing a Tribulation Venerable King, even a mighty Taishang was as insignificant as an ant.
But even so, Taishangs continued to soar into the sky one after another. At this moment, they burned their own blood energy, sparing nothing, sublimating to the extreme, actually gaining a portion of Great Venerable-level might.
But it was destined to be brief, impossible to last, obtained by burning everything.
"What does burning everything matter? In the end, you are merely ants."
The Light-Dark Venerable King said coldly, displaying Heavenly Venerate methods, directly blasting and extinguishing three burning Taishangs.
Boom—
A Taishang who had burned himself chose to self-destruct. Following a world-destroying roar, terrifying annihilating power rippled out. When the dust settled, it was seen that the Light-Dark Venerable King actually had blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.
A Taishang who burned himself already possessed a portion of Great Venerable-level combat power. Choosing to self-destruct was even more terrifying than a full-power strike from an Ancient Great Venerable. Even a Supreme Heavenly Venerate could not completely ignore it.
Generally, even this could not harm a Tribulation Venerable King.
But now, both the Light-Dark Venerable King and the Senluo Venerable King were too severely injured. Their combat power and defense had plummeted, hence they suffered some damage.
"It works! Burning oneself and then self-destructing can injure a Tribulation Venerable King!"
A Taishang exclaimed excitedly. After burning, he also charged over and decisively chose to self-destruct.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!—
Taishangs persevered one after another, burning themselves and then self-destructing,not giving the Tribulation Venerable Kings any chance. Self-destructing at close range inflicted some injuries on the Tribulation Venerable Kings.
It must be said, although such suicidal attacks were tragic, they indeed yielded results because they made the Tribulation Venerable Kings bleed.
"A bunch of ants dare to injure this King of Heavenly Venerables!"
The Light-Dark Venerable King's gaze turned completely cold. At this moment, even more terrifying heavenly majesty rippled from his body, forming a peerless heavenly domain that actually prevented the self-destruction power of the Taishangs from breaking through his defense.
Without a doubt, this plunged all the experts into utter despair.
How could they stop them?
"Let the Origin be annihilated!"
The Senluo Venerable King said coldly, as if announcing a world-ending decree to the Origin Land. The most terrifying power manifested, completely slaughtering all the experts of the entire Eternal Celestial Domain.
Even an Eternal Celestial Clan appeared, wielding a killing array left by a Heavenly Venerate to resist. But under the unparalleled combat power of the Tribulation Venerable King, everything was crushed like rotten wood, heading towards complete extinction.
The Eternal Celestial Clan was annihilated!
In the Thirty-Three Heavenly Domains, three more Eternal Celestial Domains fell into complete silence. The infinite blood energy was devoured as the two Tribulation Venerable Kings used it to recover their strength.
Ye Chen struggled to stand up again. Although severely injured, he had not perished. He stood up and actively charged to kill the two Tribulation Venerable Kings.
He could not let the two Tribulation Venerable Kings continue devouring; otherwise, the entire Origin Land would eventually fall into complete silence.
The final struggle continued.
But the two Tribulation Venerable Kings had devoured over a dozen Eternal Celestial Domains, absorbing the corresponding blood energy and recovering considerably.
Ye Chen had not recovered much. He still had the Cang Tian Venerable King suppressed within his body. With one side waning and the other waxing, his death was certain.
"Chaos King, die!"
The Senluo Venerable King and the Light-Dark Venerable King charged to kill Ye Chen, aiming to utterly slay him.
Ye Chen gasped for breath. He could be said to be at the end of his rope. Now, with the two Tribulation Venerable Kings charging to kill him, his death was inevitable.
"Father, let me help you!"
Suddenly, Yaya appeared, manifesting her true form—the World Tree, covering the sky and sun, surrounded by space-time, blocking the way.
The World Tree moved. Instantly, infinite worlds were born, raining down like droplets towards the two Tribulation Venerable Kings.
"Not even a Great Venerate, merely an ant, dares to intercept us? Seeking death!"
Ye Chen's eyes widened, shouting: "No—"
Boom—
The World Tree was severed at the waist. The Light-Dark Venerable King's sword cut it apart. Yaya perished.
"A mayfly trying to shake a tree,not worth a single blow / utterly weak." The Light-Dark Venerable King said coldly, holding a dark war sword, continuing to slash towards Ye Chen.
At this moment, Ye Junlin soared into the sky, his entire body burning. At this moment, he was impacting the Heavenly Position,by this means / thereby gaining even more powerful heavenly majesty.
They knew that even a Supreme Heavenly Venerate could not be their match, but being able to delay them for Ye Chen was the best they could do.
Blood light splattered. Ye Junlin was slain by a sword strike, his two severed halves falling to the ground, devoid of life.
"No!"
Ye Chen was filled with boundless grief, fury, and shock. To protect him, his child had spared nothing, even abandoning his life.
At this moment, his nearly exhausted origin suddenly underwent some unknown change.
The originally separate Chaos Eternal Heavenly Dao origin and the fleshly body's Heavenly Venerate origin suddenly began to merge in a bizarre manner.
"Chaos King, this venerable shall lend you a hand."
At this moment, the Violet Extreme Heavenly Venerate arrived. Although covered in wounds, he was in better condition compared to the other living Heavenly Venerates. Having left the Heavenly Venerate battlefield, he came here, holding a Heavenly Venerate war spear that he thrust towards the Light-Dark Venerable King.
Suddenly, Ye Chen felt immense danger. The next moment, he saw the direction of the Heavenly Venerate war spear's thrust change—it was actually aiming for his own head.
He saw the Violet Extreme Heavenly Venerate's expression was cold, showing no surprise.
This was deliberate!
Ye Chen violently shifted sideways, but couldn't avoid it much because it was too sudden, and the other party was prepared. The spear still landed on his chest, drawing forth much heavenly blood.
Ye Chen abruptly looked up at the Violet Extreme Heavenly Venerate. He immediately understood: the Violet Extreme Heavenly Venerate was that Heavenly Venerate traitor from back then, the one who provoked the internal strife among the Heavenly Venerates and lured them into expelling the Pangu Great God.
How could he have imagined it was him, someone he had once fought alongside.
"Violet Extreme!"
The still-living Heavenly Venerates were all shocked and furious. The Violet Extreme Heavenly Venerate was actually a traitor who had joined the Quantitative Calamity.
He had even sacrificed his own son, the Violet Saint Great Venerable, for this plan.
The Violet Extreme Heavenly Venerate spoke: "Chaos King, the wise adapt to circumstances. Hand over your Heavenly Venerate Dao Fruit and originmark, and this Heavenly Venerate can spare your life."
He also wished to become a King of Heavenly Venerables. If he obtained everything of the Chaos Heavenly Emperor, he would certainly have a chance.
Ye Chen coughed up large mouthfuls of blood, feeling his indestructible Heavenly Venerate body also cracking. Clearly, this strike was terrifying.
The Violet Extreme Heavenly Venerate said: "Chaos King, do not struggle. Back then, when the Pangu King was struck by this venerable's attack, he was utterly crippled, with one of his Heavenly Venerate Dao Fruits shattered. That strike contained the strongest power of the five Tribulation Venerable Kings' origin."
Ye Chen's entire body was covered in cracks. Furious, he said: "Even if I die, I will kill you, traitor!"
Boom—
He grabbed the Heavenly Venerate war spear with one hand, released the King of Heavenly Venerables domain, and then unleashed the Ultimate of Power Heavenly Venerate Dao Fruit, blasting towards the Violet Extreme Heavenly Venerate.
The Violet Extreme Heavenly Venerate's expression changed drastically. He actually couldn't break free. How could the Chaos Heavenly Emperor still possess such power after being struck by his spear? It shouldn't be possible.
Boom—
The Violet Extreme Heavenly Venerate exploded. The Light-Dark Venerable King and the Senluo Venerable King had no time to rescue him, nor could they. At this moment, they revealed satisfied expressions because they had devoured much of the Violet Extreme Heavenly Venerate's blood energy.
The blood energy of such a living Heavenly Venerate was of immense benefit to them.
But soon, their expressions also changed because they saw the Chaos Heavenly Emperor devouring even more of the Violet Extreme Heavenly Venerate's blood energy. He even grabbed his Heavenly Soul with one hand, the Ultimate of Power Heavenly Venerate Dao Fruit continuously erupting, tearing the Heavenly Soul apart, devouring its soul power.
Silently, Ye Chen's aura recovered significantly.
"Stop him!"
The Light-Dark Venerable King and the Senluo Venerable King moved tostop / prevent.
The battle between Kings of Heavenly Venerables erupted once more.
However, the mutation within Ye Chen's body, after devouring the Violet Extreme Heavenly Venerate's blood energy and Heavenly Soul, began to accelerate.
Rumble—
An unprecedented power erupted from the deepest part of his body.
Ye Chen's injuries actually began to recover at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"This—"
"Impossible!"
The Senluo Venerable King and the Light-Dark Venerable King rarely showed expressions of horror, for the scene before them was far too inconceivable.
They sensed that Ye Chen seemed to have undergone some unknown transformation, and moreover, he had become stronger, faintly seeming on the verge of a breakthrough.
"Impossible! The King of Heavenly Venerables is the final realm. There cannot be a domain more powerful than the King of Heavenly Venerables." Both Tribulation Venerable Kings denied it. They had existed for who knew how many reincarnation eras, witnessing the fall of one reincarnation era after another. How could there possibly be a realm more powerful than the King of Heavenly Venerables in this world?
Ye Chen himself did not know what exactly had happened to him, but at this moment, his blood-red eyes stared at the Light-Dark Venerable King and the Senluo Venerable King, endless rage drowning them.
It was because of them that everyone had died. Unforgivable!
Boom—
Ye Chen simply threw a punch. It was still the Chaos Heaven Fist of old, but at this moment, the chaotic light enveloping the Chaos Heaven Fist contained an inconceivable power. With one punch, the Light-Dark Venerable King's Radiant Heaven Shield let out a *crack* sound, suddenly covered in infinite cracks before exploding.
Countless fragments flew in all directions. This Primordial Ancient Weapon had actually exploded. It was simply unbelievable, stunning everyone.
"Could it be... there is a higher realm above the King of Heavenly Venerables?"
Only this could explain this scene.
Ye Chen's entire body seemed to be burning with chaotic flames. With one punch, he shattered the Primordial Ancient Weapon-level Radiant Heaven Shield, then struck towards the Light-Dark Venerable King.
The Light-Dark Venerable King faced a great enemy, an unprecedented fatal crisis. With a loud shout, he slashed with his Dark Battle Sword.
At the same time, the Senluo Venerable King also wielded his giant axe to hack over. He could not allow Ye Chen to kill the Light-Dark Venerable King.
However, Ye Chen's current state was quite bizarre. He suddenly shattered the Dark Battle Sword and pierced through the Light-Dark Venerable King.
Meanwhile, the Senluo Venerable King's giant axe hacked over, yet it was blocked by the chaotic flames swirling around Ye Chen's body, unable to advance further.
It was too unbelievable. The Senluo Venerable King's terrifying attack was actually unable to break through the Chaos Heavenly Emperor's defense.
Everyone was stunned.
"Die!"
Ye Chen erupted with unparalleled divine might. In the fierce battle, both the Light-Dark Venerable King and the Senluo Venerable King were suppressed, just like the Cangtian Venerable King, suppressed deep within their own bodies.
He wanted to completely suppress the three Tribulation Venerable Kings, even refine and kill them, grinding all dangers to utter annihilation.
Undoubtedly, the three Tribulation Venerable Kings would not allow themselves to be suppressed by Ye Chen, resisting and struggling desperately.
Although Ye Chen had now entered a brand new and unknown realm and was more powerful, it was clearly difficult to suppress them in a short time. His entire body's flesh was cracking, as if it might explode at any moment.
After all, he had only just stepped into this realm.
Ye Chen sat cross-legged there. He knew he would definitely be able to suppress and kill the three Tribulation Venerable Kings.
Once he suppressed, refined, and killed them, he would be able to step into that mysterious, unknown realm.
Silently, he felt a chill run down his spine. A terrifying crisis rushed towards him.
He immediately shifted sideways, but still nearly exploded, causing the three Tribulation Venerable Kings suppressed within his body to almost escape.
He saw two figures appear before him, both unfamiliar and familiar, extremely terrifying.
Ye Chen was solemn as he looked at these two, enunciating each word clearly: "Shidai, Immortal Ancestor!"
He never expected that these two, whom he had been unable to find all along, would appear here. Moreover, they were absolutely no ordinary individuals.
"No, I should address you as what would be better... two Tribulation Venerable Kings!"
Back then, there were five Tribulation Venerable Kings in total.
Only three had appeared so far. As for the remaining two Tribulation Venerable Kings, Ye Chen did not believe they had truly perished. Combining various clues, he deduced that Shidai and the Immortal Ancestor were the two Tribulation Venerable Kings from back then.
Who could have thought that those who were exiled into the Incomplete Primordial Realm alongside the Heavenly Emperor back then were actually two Tribulation Venerable Kings.
And this point was unknown even to the living Heavenly Venerates of the Origin Land.
At this moment, Ye Chen had already deduced and understood everything.
Both Tribulation Venerable Kings had seemingly perished in the war to seal the Quantitative Calamity led by the Great God Pangu and the Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerate, but this was only a feigned death. In order to enter the Origin Land, they did not hesitate to reincarnate and be reborn, eventually arriving in the Primordial Realm.
Because they had already deduced, in the endless ages past, that there was a higher level above the King of Heavenly Venerables, but bitter cultivation could not reach it.
In the end, they deduced that the opportunity to break through the realm lay within the Primordial Realm.
Thus, they each founded the Alien Race and the Immortal World, searching for the opportunity to break through within that reopened Primordial Realm.
Within the Primordial Realm, they further discovered that the opportunity to break through lay within the Pangu Universe.
Therefore, the Alien Race launched wars to conquer the Pangu Universe.
The Primordial Immortal World ruled by the Immortal Ancestor maintained close relations with the Pangu Universe, both searching for the breakthrough opportunity from two aspects.
Unfortunately, they were never able to find it.
However, Shidai discovered the key person, especially Ye Chen, who was very special, actually able to cultivate rapidly under the Incomplete Primordial Realm's Heavenly Dao and possessing the hope of attaining the Eternal Dao.
Therefore, he grew even more suspicious that the Pangu Universe contained the breakthrough opportunity. However, he could not advance further because the Heavenly Emperor was within the Pangu Universe. Both were only at the Taishang level within the Incomplete Primordial Realm, neither much stronger than the other.
Finally, Shidai locked onto Ye Chen, suspecting he was the breakthrough opportunity. Therefore, even back then, he never took action to kill him, allowing him to grow.
Now it seemed, indeed so.
Now, the Dao Fruit of the breakthrough realm was gestating within Ye Chen's body. Both Shidai and the Immortal Ancestor had returned to the Tribulation Venerable King level and thus prepared to come out and pluck it.
Shidai said, "You are indeed clever, actually knowing our identities."
The Immortal Ancestor said, "Little friend, we only need your Dao Fruit. If you are willing to hand it over, we can make the Calamity Executors leave this place completely and forever ensure the Origin Land no longer suffers such calamities, remaining peaceful."
Clearly, Shidai and the Immortal Ancestor, the two most mysterious Tribulation Venerable Kings, had set their sights on Ye Chen's Dao Fruit.
Now, the Dao Fruits within Ye Chen's body were merging, undergoing unpredictable special changes.
Naturally, their target had always been Ye Chen's own special Dao Fruit, which was why they had never manifested before, only appearing now.
Ye Chen naturally would not hand it over.
Shidai and the Immortal Ancestor attacked simultaneously, displaying terrifying strength surpassing that of the three Tribulation Venerable Kings.
Ye Chen understood. Although Shidai and the Immortal Ancestor were both Tribulation Venerable Kings, having reincarnated and been reborn into the Incomplete Primordial Realm, to some extent, they were equivalent to the Kings of Heavenly Venerables of this reincarnation era, thus incomparably powerful.
However, he knew that Shidai and the Immortal Ancestor must have paid a great price; otherwise, why would the other three Tribulation Venerable Kings not reincarnate and be reborn?
An even more terrifying great battle erupted. Shidai and the Immortal Ancestor attacked, and the three Tribulation Venerable Kings suppressed within his body also seized the opportunity to strike, putting Ye Chen under attack from both inside and out, nearly getting slain.
Although Ye Chen was strong and had made a breakthrough, in the end, he had only just stepped into that brand new realm.
Just as Ye Chen was grievously wounded by the combined assault of Shidai and the Immortal Ancestor, he suddenly shuddered, erupting with an even more astonishing aura that instantly repelled Shidai and the Immortal Ancestor.
His momentum now was boundlessly terrifying.
Shidai and the Immortal Ancestor's expressions changed as they recognized it, saying, "So it's you, Primordial Beginning King!"
Ye Chen's gaze instantly blazed: "Shidai, what do you mean by this?"
"Literally, you are the reincarnation of the Primordial Beginning King. Otherwise, why would you think you could become a Supreme Heavenly Venerate within a mere epoch?" Shidai said. "You are the reincarnation of the Primordial Beginning King, only you have forgotten all of this."
"And do you really think a second Chaos Eternal Heavenly Dao can exist between heaven and earth? Because you yourself attained the Heavenly Venerate Dao Fruit through Chaos."
Ye Chen's mind was greatly shaken. He was originally the Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerate?
Two King of Heavenly Venerables Dao Fruits silently appeared within his body, merging into one.
At the same time, countless memories surfaced in Ye Chen's mind, as if they had been sealed away, now finally remembered.
Yes, he was the Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerate, the first Supreme Heavenly Venerate of the Origin Land, and also the first King of Heavenly Venerables.
He deduced that the opportunity to stop everything lay within the Primordial Realm.
In order to stop the Quantitative Calamity, he left, never to return.
Now, he had finally awakened.
Ye Chen finally understood why, when he was still weak, his future self, supreme and peerless, came from the blood-stained future and addressed him with a name containing the character 'Primordial Beginning'.
So, he was the Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerate.
Ye Chen also understood why cultivating the "Ten Revolutions Heaven-Defying Transformation" could only cultivate nine past lives. The first past life was the Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerate.
He also understood that even someone as powerful as his past self, the Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerate, the first King of Heavenly Venerables, could not resist the Quantitative Calamity.
Only by reincarnating and cultivating again to become a King of Heavenly Venerables, combining the Dao Fruits of two lifetimes as Kings of Heavenly Venerables, could he perhaps advance further, break the limit, and reach an unprecedented state.
Regarding this, the Great God Pangu had also sensed it in the past. The two had held close discussions.
The Great God Pangu was also part of the plan's implementation. Therefore, he deliberately left, reopened the Primordial Realm, also to leave behind his own Heavenly Venerate Dao Fruit—the Ultimate Force Eternal Heavenly Dao.
Ye Chen now possessed two Heavenly Venerate Dao Fruits himself. Adding the Great God Pangu's Ultimate Force Dao Fruit, as well as the awakened past life Primordial Beginning Heavenly Venerate's Chaos Eternal Heavenly Dao and Immortal Flesh Dao Fruit, he had a total of five Heavenly Venerate Dao Fruits.
At this moment, the five Heavenly Venerate Dao Fruits were being smelted and merged into one, undergoing an inconceivable transformation.
He became even stronger, as if transforming every moment, surpassing his previous self, rising steadily.
Originally, the Heavenly Venerate Dao Fruits of each Eternal Heavenly Dao could not merge. But Ye Chen himself had attained the Dao through the Chaos Heavenly Dao, and his flesh possessed the characteristic of "the sea accepts all rivers, greatness lies in capacity," so he could accomplish it.
However, to completely smelt and merge them into one would undoubtedly require a very long period of time.
At the same time, Ye Chen was also suppressing the five Tribulation Venerable Kings.
With the five Tribulation Venerable Kings suppressed, the other Calamity Executors naturally could not resist either. Even a Calamity Heavenly Venerate was no match for the current Ye Chen.
In the end, Ye Chen took action, completely pacifying the dark turmoil of the Origin Land.
He looked up at the sky. Infinite Quantitative Calamity was still descending.
This was the true Quantitative Calamity. The previous five Tribulation Venerable Kings and the various Tribulation Venerable Kings were merely substitutes for the Quantitative Calamity, acting like enforcers to annihilate the living forces resisting the calamity.
However, the Quantitative Calamity had been grinding away at the various heavenly seals and had already consumed much of its power. Although the final Quantitative Calamity was still enough to make even a King of Heavenly Venerables find it difficult to resist.
But it could not trouble the current Ye Chen. He possessed five Heavenly Venerate Dao Fruits, now merged into one, having broken through to a brand new realm. He directly sought to annihilate the Quantitative Calamity.
A will was silently conveyed between heaven and earth, hoping to coexist peacefully with Ye Chen.
It turned out to be the true Heavenly Dao.
This Heavenly Dao was far more powerful than the Eternal Heavenly Dao mastered by Supreme Heavenly Venerates. In fact, Eternal Heavenly Daos were merely portions of Heavenly Dao power carved out from the complete Heavenly Dao.
The Heavenly Dao had given birth to its own will. It could not allow too many Heavenly Venerates in the world, seizing too much of its Heavenly Dao power. Therefore, it brewed the Quantitative Calamity to annihilate reincarnation eras.
But how could Ye Chen agree? It was precisely because of the Heavenly Dao that all his loved ones had died. Moreover, he had reached a brand new, unprecedented realm. Thus, a great war erupted with the Heavenly Dao.
The Heavenly Dao was very strong, far surpassing the Tribulation Venerable Kings. But Ye Chen had now broken through to a brand new realm, not inferior to the Heavenly Dao.
Moreover, the Heavenly Dao had had much of its Heavenly Dao power seized, making it somewhat inferior.
In the end, during the fierce battle, Ye Chen was shattered to pieces multiple times, but he also succeeded in shattering the will born of the Heavenly Dao, turning it into an ownerless Heavenly Dao.
Who knew how many years later, Ye Chen finally reformed his form and spirit within the Heavenly Dao, completely awakening and returning.
After this battle, he became even stronger. He also defined the brand new realm as the 'Heaven-Defying Realm'.
The Heavenly Venerate was the Heavenly Realm. The King of Heavenly Venerables was merely the King within the Heavenly Realm.
The Heaven-Defying Realm was a higher domain that defied and broke through the Heavenly Dao.
After returning, Ye Chen directly sealed the Quantitative Calamity and suppressed it within his body, preventing it from continuing to wreak havoc upon the mortal world.
The Origin Land erupted in cheers.
But following the cheers, endless sorrow remained.
Because after this battle, over 99.9% of the living beings in the Origin Land had perished.
Of the myriad races of the Origin, over 90% had been wiped out, an incomparably tragic scene.
Ye Chen looked at the Origin Land. Its former glory was gone. All the Supreme Heavenly Venerates had perished. Not even two or three Great Venerables had survived. Only a handful of Taishang remained. Everyone else had died in battle.
Finally, they had resisted the Quantitative Calamity and eliminated all threats.
He himself had also become the unprecedented Heaven-Defying Realm.
But how could Ye Chen feel any joy in his heart? His wife had died in battle, his children had died protecting him, and all his relatives and old friends had perished.
What remained between heaven and earth?
The battle was over.
Ye Chen looked at the withered, shattered Origin Land. Once boundless and vast, not inferior to the Primordial Realm, it was now split into thousands upon thousands of pieces.
Even the core Thirty-Three Heavenly Domains had broken apart into hundreds, even thousands of pieces, no longer possessing their former glorious prosperity.
Desolate, he sat amidst the ruins of the Chaos Heavenly Hall, where there was an imperial throne.
Ye Chen sat on the broken imperial throne, his eyes devoid of light.
The Quantitative Calamity had ended. All great enemies had also been vanquished.
Now, he could truly be called peerless throughout the ages, because all enemies were gone. The Tribulation Venerable Kings had fallen, the Heavenly Dao was ownerless, and the Quantitative Calamity had disintegrated.
But Ye Chen felt not the slightest bit of happiness. On the contrary, he was filled with grief.
This battle had been too tragic. Everyone had died. Supreme Heavenly Venerates had passed away. Kings of Heavenly Venerables were no more.
Whether enemies or those close to him, it was all the same.
Ye Chen's gaze turned to behind him, where a giant World Tree stood, pitch black like charcoal, devoid of any vitality.
That was the true form of his eldest daughter, Yaya.
Not far away, the Peerless Female Emperor lay on the ground, her entire body covered in blood. That was his wife, Zhao Jingruo, the Mistress of the Chaos Heavenly Mansion, a generation's Taishang King. Her soul and true spirit had been completely annihilated. Even as the supreme and peerless King of Heavenly Venerables, he was powerless to reverse it.
Corpse after corpse lay fallen on the ground, eyes devoid of light, lifeless.
Without a word, he buried them all in the yellow earth, personally erecting tombstones.
The injuries on Ye Chen's body were gradually recovering. Even though he had suffered the most terrible wounds, even his origin had shattered, his current vitality had reached an indescribably terrifying height. No matter how severe the injury, it could heal over the long ages.
Ye Chen's own Chaos Eternal Heavenly Dao and the Eternal Heavenly Dao of his flesh were gradually merging together, transforming into a brand new force, pushing him to advance further.
Almost every moment, he was undergoing changes.
He grew stronger.
But Ye Chen felt no joy, because almost all those close to him had died, leaving only one or two.
It completely fulfilled the blood-stained future he had witnessed back in the Primordial Realm.
He had truly become supreme and peerless, invincible throughout the world, but he had buried everyone, leaving only himself.
Ye Chen wanted to cry, but found he could not. His heart was filled with endless sorrow.
Everything had come true.
He sat like this, in desolate meditation, for a full ten thousand years.
"No! I refuse to accept this! I want everyone to be resurrected and return!"
Soon, Ye Chen reignited his fighting spirit.
Now, he was stronger, at the Heaven-Defying Realm, the strongest existence throughout the ages capable of opposing the Heavenly Dao.
He wanted to try to reverse the past, present, and future, to overturn all of this.
Boom—
Ye Chen directly entered the River of Time.
The current River of Time was completely stained red with blood, because Heavenly Venerates had once fought their way into the River of Time, their blood dyeing the long river red.
He stood upon the blood-stained River of Time, looking back at the past, gazing towards bygone days.
But the past had long been severed. It was the Heavenly Dao that, during its fierce battle with him, fought its way into the River of Time and severed it with the infinite Quantitative Calamity.
Even a King of Heavenly Venerables could not cross it to return to the past.
Boom—
Ye Chen's entire body erupted with the most terrifying power, piercing through space-time. He charged towards the past era severed by the Quantitative Calamity.
Boom rumble rumble—
The Quantitative Calamity manifested—a forbidden tribulation of hundreds of millions, even billions, of streaks—all falling upon Ye Chen, enough to kill even a Supreme Heavenly Venerate.
Naturally, it could not kill him, but it did make him cough up blood.
Ye Chen forcibly sought to cross into the past.
Boom—
An even more terrifying power appeared, not just the Quantitative Calamity, but the entire world itself.
Ye Chen's expression changed. He understood that if he forcibly traversed the past, not only would he face the danger of perishing, but even the entire ancient history might be altered, even heading towards destruction, causing even the hope of resurrecting everyone to disappear.
"I want to give my past self some warnings." Ye Chen spoke, his eyes like stars. Even though the River of Time had long been severed by the Quantitative Calamity, he was no longer a simple King of Heavenly Venerables. He possessed a certain ability to contend against the Quantitative Calamity.
He wanted to give his past self some warnings, letting his past self know the enemies and his own identity, to reverse all of this.
Immediately, he returned to the ruins of the Chaos Heavenly Hall and looked at the numerous small mounds piled up around him—in truth, the graves of those close to him.
Ye Chen looked at them and said, "I'm sorry. Please forgive me."
He stamped his foot. Suddenly, grave after grave cracked open. Corpse after corpse, lifelike in appearance, emerged, surrounded by resplendent radiant light. Even though their most crucial true spirits had been completely annihilated, they looked as if they were merely asleep.
Boom—
Ye Chen looked towards the severed past. He suddenly made a move, sending the corpses of those close to him back.
Although it was very likely to reverse the entire ancient history, he could not care too much now. This was also what he wanted.
He wanted to store the most crucial information on the corpses of those close to him and send them back to the past.
Although this was also opposing the entire world, they were not that powerful. The force they bore was far less terrifying than what he endured, offering a certain hope.
Boom boom boom boom boom boom—
Ye Chen took action. With one punch, he blasted open the Quantitative Calamity, erupting with his most powerful strength to escort the corpses of those close to him away, carrying the crucial information towards the past.
He could see that those close to him were all Taishang. However, even with the protection of his power, as they traversed the severed flow cut off by the Quantitative Calamity, their power rapidly diminished, ultimately leaving only the Venerable level.
But it no longer mattered, as long as they could be delivered.
All of this was very similar to everything he had witnessed on the blood-stained long river when he was weak.
But there were also some differences, because now he was at the Heaven-Defying Realm. He was changing the past with the methods of the Heaven-Defying Realm.
Later, Ye Chen returned to the imperial throne. He sat desolately upon it, awaiting the outcome.
Only, this world remained broken and withered. Throughout the endless ages, no sufficiently powerful living beings had been born. The strongest had only reached the Venerable level, able to claim supremacy within the Dark Lands.
But that was all.
Later, Ye Chen returned to his imperial throne, sitting desolately upon it as he awaited the outcome.
Yet, this world remained broken and withered. Throughout endless eons, no sufficiently powerful beings had been born. The strongest had only reached the Supreme Realm, allowing them to reign supreme within the Dark Lands.
But that was all.
On this day, Ye Chen felt a stirring in his heart. He re-entered the River of Time and gazed into the past, sensing a thread of heavenly opportunity.
"Did it succeed?"
"No, not quite yet!"
Ye Chen had waited for an immeasurably long time, but now he sensed a sliver of a chance, a force that had somehow pierced through the Quantitative Calamity in the unseen workings of fate.
At this moment, he could wait no longer. Tears welled in his eyes as chaotic light erupted from him, and he charged toward the severed section of the River of Time.
"Father, where are you going?"
A call reached him.
It was Ye Junlin.
Though he had been cleaved in two by the Light-Dark Venerable King back then, he had not perished completely. Nurtured by Ye Chen's origin essence blood, he had eventually recovered.
Now, he too was a generation's Heavenly Venerate, his heavenly might vast and imposing.
He looked at Ye Chen.
Ye Chen turned and glanced at him. "Junlin, I am leaving. I must change the future."
Ye Junlin's expression changed. He had a premonition that he would never see his father again in this lifetime.
He shouted, "Father, I will come back to find you!"
"Good!"
Boom—
At this moment, Ye Chen unleashed his Heaven-Defying Realm cultivation, forcibly opposing the entire Heavenly Dao as he traversed the section of the River of Time severed by the Quantitative Calamity.
He felt himself beginning to disintegrate.
That was the price of forcibly altering the entire ancient history. He was too powerful, and the Heavenly Dao was subtly suppressing him.
"If that's the case, then I shall scatter my Dao!"
A brilliant divine light flashed in Ye Chen's eyes. He did not hesitate to abandon this Heaven-Defying Realm cultivation, something all cultivators throughout ancient and modern times had dreamed of attaining, all for the sake of returning to the past.
Because only by returning to the past could he change everything.
In the end, he successfully traversed to the past, and his divine sense sank into darkness.
He did not know how much time had passed before Ye Chen's consciousness gradually stirred awake.
Suddenly, a familiar voice sounded by his ear: "My son, my good son, wake up—"
The moment he opened his eyes, Ye Chen saw a familiar figure and couldn't help but cry out: "Mother!"
(End of the entire story!)