Ye Chen had always wanted to know about the many secrets hidden within the Ancient Divine Continent, such as the Sealed Land, the Ancient Emperor Continent, and the Primordial Battle, among others.
These secrets could not be accurately answered even within the Eternal Imperial Dynasty. Only an eternal, immortal force like the Ancient Divine Palace could provide the true answers.
"Very well. Since you are now an Elder of our Ancient Divine Palace, you naturally have the qualification to know some of the true secrets of the Ancient Divine Continent. This way, please."
The battle between the Heavenly Kings outside had long since ended. Because of Ye Chen, both sides had laid down their weapons.
However, the secrets were the Ancient Divine Palace's own and were not to be divulged.
Within the Ancient Immortal Hall, aside from those Heavenly King Elders, only Ye Chen was invited inside. The other Heavenly Kings, and even the Immortal True Kings, were not invited and could only wait outside.
In a sense, this also meant there were some secrets concerning the Ancient Divine Palace that could not be spread.
In the Ancient Immortal Hall, the Palace Master of the Ancient Divine Palace said, "Battle Saint King, which secrets do you wish to know?"
Ye Chen manifested the Human Sovereign Pagoda between his fingers, where it floated and sank, exuding streams of primordial Chaos Qi. "I wish to know about this pagoda."
The Palace Master of the Ancient Divine Palace gave him a strange look. "Battle Saint King, you should know more about this pagoda than we do. It is the supreme Dao weapon of the Human Sovereign, the Supreme One of the myriad realms, known as the Human Sovereign Pagoda."
"No, I know about the Human Sovereign Pagoda's deeds within the Ancient Emperor Realm. Or, to be more precise, I wish to know about the Primordial Battle."
"You know about the Primordial Battle!" The Palace Master's gaze became fiery.
"I know a little. It is said to be the World-Destroying Battle, the most terrifying battle that nearly caused the entire Ancient Emperor Realm to be annihilated."
The Palace Master of the Ancient Divine Palace said solemnly, "You are correct. The Primordial Battle indeed nearly annihilated the Ancient Emperor Realm. The consequences were severe, involving the four Supreme Ones of the Primordial Era. The battle was too intense."
"I am all ears!" Ye Chen listened attentively.
"In that battle, four supreme existences participated." The Palace Master of the Ancient Divine Palace pointed at the Human Sovereign Pagoda. "The master of this Dao Pagoda participated, the founder of the Ancient Divine Palace participated, the Master of the Demon God Ruins participated, and a supreme powerhouse from the other side of the Chaotic Sea also participated."
"As you know, the master of this pagoda is the Human Sovereign, the Supreme One of your myriad realms. In the Primordial Era, he once entered our Ancient Emperor Realm with this Human Sovereign Pagoda and later encountered the Primordial Battle."
"You should also know that among those on the Ancient Divine Continent who know of the Primordial Battle, there are generally two rumors."
"First, that the Ancient Emperor Realm was nearly destroyed because these four supreme existences went to war. Second, that the four supreme existences were fighting against a common enemy, and the intense battle nearly destroyed the Ancient Emperor Realm, or conversely, that they were protecting it from destruction."
"Battle Saint King, which one do you think is more likely?" The Palace Master suddenly asked Ye Chen.
Ye Chen said, "Regarding this, I personally lean more towards the latter. If the Human Sovereign took action, he is likely invincible within the universe. Unless a true Mythical Emperor or Sovereign revived, few in the world could be his match. But the Human Sovereign would not act casually. He presides over the rise and fall of the myriad domains and would not act without necessity, nor would he casually destroy a great world, especially one like the Ancient Emperor Realm. Therefore, I believe it was an external enemy that forced the four supreme existences of the Ancient Emperor Realm to act, leading to the Primordial Battle, the World-Destroying Battle!"
Under normal circumstances, he would not think the Human Sovereign would need to join forces with the three supreme existences of the Ancient Emperor Realm to deal with an external enemy.
But he knew of the alien race, that terrifying alien race from another universe. He knew of their fearsome nature, that they were the root cause of the destruction of the Mythical Era, powerful to the point of being unstoppable.
He had also encountered true alien Emperors and Sovereigns, who gazed down upon past and present from the River of Time, strangling the geniuses of the myriad realms.
Therefore, he understood that the reason the Human Sovereign acted in the Primordial Battle back then was most likely due to the invasion of these alien beings.
The Palace Master of the Ancient Divine Palace nodded. "You are correct. In the past, there was indeed an external enemy that was difficult to match. But it should not be called an invasion; rather, it was a supreme existence of the alien race that had been sealed within this realm breaking free and emerging!"
"A sealed supreme existence of the alien race!" Ye Chen's expression finally changed slightly. Only now did he sense something extraordinary.
"Correct. This was a supreme existence of the alien race sealed within the Ancient Emperor Realm by the Emperors and Sovereigns of the previous epoch. It broke free from the seals of those past Emperors and Sovereigns, emerged, wreaked havoc in the Ancient Emperor Realm, absorbed the blood and souls of billions of living beings to restore its damaged body, and even sought to refine the origin of the Ancient Emperor Realm."
The Palace Master stated that during the Primordial Era, the emergence of that supreme alien being was a terrible disaster that affected the entire Ancient Emperor Realm. At that time, besides the Ancient Emperor Continent and the Ancient Divine Continent, there was also a vast and magnificent continent called the Ancient Immortal Continent, even larger and more expansive than the Ancient Divine Continent, inhabited by billions of living beings.
But after the supreme alien being emerged, it forcibly refined all the billions of living beings of the Ancient Immortal Continent, absorbing their life essence and a wisp of their blood souls to repair its damaged body. The entire continent became a land of death.
Ye Chen could fully imagine the tragedy of that time. Blood light soared to the heavens. The number of living beings inhabiting that Ancient Immortal Continent was not just in the billions, but at least in the tens of billions.
Every living being possessed life essence. The weaker ones had less, while those with higher cultivation had stronger life essence.
The Ancient Immortal Continent back then was even many times more powerful than the current Ancient Divine Continent, possessing ancient Great Sages. But overnight, the entire continent fell into complete silence. All life essence was completely absorbed, serving as precious nourishment for the revival of that supreme existence.
Naturally, it was precisely because of this that the three supreme existences of the Ancient Emperor Realm at the time were alerted to act, and the Primordial Human Sovereign of the myriad realms was alerted to cross realms at great cost, entering the Ancient Emperor Realm to act.
That battle was far too intense, nearly causing this Emperor-Sovereign origin realm to collapse and disintegrate, hence it was also called the World-Destroying Battle.
"That battle was far too intense. Of the four supreme existences, aside from the Human Sovereign, the Supreme One of the myriad realms, who retreated unscathed, the other three supreme existences either died or were severely wounded."
"For example, the first-generation Palace Master of our Ancient Divine Palace, the founder, also known as the Primordial Ancient God, was severely wounded after the great battle. Moreover, because the supreme alien being, at the moment of its death, unleashed its most terrifying curse, affecting the entire Ancient Divine Continent, seeking to exterminate the billions of living beings on the continent. At the critical moment, it was the Primordial Ancient God Ancestor who blocked over ninety-nine percent of the curse's power, ultimately falling." When the Palace Master mentioned this matter, both he and the other Heavenly King Elders sighed with emotion and admiration.
It could be said that if the Ancient God had not acted, blocking over ninety-nine percent of the supreme curse's power, the Ancient Divine Continent at that time would have been plunged into misery, with less than one in a thousand of its races and living beings surviving. It might even have been completely annihilated.
Ye Chen also sighed softly. This was a true hero. Only now did he learn that the curse on the Ancient Divine Continent originated from this.