Chapter 199

"The Dark Chaos." Changhe's gaze held a flicker of pity, but he swiftly extinguished it; compared to his own life, those ants becoming his essence were surely the fortune of countless beings.

"Then let's move," said the Lord of the Divine Ruins in a deep voice. "We cannot all remain here—there aren't enough living beings to supply us with essence."

"Exactly," laughed Qi Tian Zhi Zun. "Then let's go."

"Boom…"

The other several ancient imperial sovereigns radiated unimaginably terrifying power and instantly shot outward beyond the universe—they needed to reach other inhabited regions of the cosmos to devour the life of those planets.

The Beidou Star Region alone was insufficient for these ancient imperial sovereigns to devour.

Just as the ancient imperial sovereigns swiftly departed, a golden light brimming with boundless power shot forth from the Beidou Star Region, its scorching heat sweeping across heaven and earth.

That power carried the essence of supreme yang and hardness.

"The Ancient Holy Body," said Shi Huang, gripping the imperial weapon Tianhuang Spear, his gaze fixed on the figure radiating golden light.

The aura emanating from this Ancient Holy Body was no less formidable than that of these ancient imperial sovereigns.

Undoubtedly, this was a fully matured Ancient Holy Body.

"Not the Ancient Holy Body," Shi Huang stared at the figure before him—he saw through the secret of the Ancient Holy Body. "So it's just a little brat using the body of a fully matured Holy Body to channel power."

That's right.

This Ancient Holy Body was Ye Hei.

Since he could not receive help from the chat group, Ye Hei knew he had to act alone.

He needed to stop these ancient imperial sovereigns from devouring the life of this universe.

"Hahaha, little brat, do you think you can fight me using the corpse of an Ancient Holy Body?" Shi Huang laughed loudly.

He had originally thought this was a true fully matured Holy Body—had that been the case, he, an ancient sovereign with damaged origin, would have been in grave danger.

Now that it's merely a little brat using the corpse of an Ancient Holy Body, Shi Huang had no need to worry about this anymore.

"Shi Huang, I leave him to you," said the Lord of the Divine Ruins, glancing coldly at Ye Hei.

Though Ye Hei's power, channeled through the corpse of the Ancient Holy Body, was impressive, it didn't warrant all these ancient imperial sovereigns acting together.

Shi Huang alone was enough.

"Rest assured, leave it all to me," Shi Huang said slowly. "But these living beings of the Beidou Star Region—"

"Also left to you to handle," said Changhe in a deep voice.

"Good," Shi Huang replied with a smile.

Immediately, Changhe said no more, transforming into a shadow and vanishing from this place.

"Don't even think of leaving."

With Ye Hei's voice, rolling golden light surged toward Changhe, dyeing all of heaven and earth golden with divine radiance.

"Hmph…" Changhe halted, his eyes turning icy. "A little brat using the corpse of an Ancient Holy Body dares to fight me?"

Changhe Tianzun was a powerhouse who had attained the Dao in the Mythic Age—he was the originator of the Zhe Secret.

As a great one who had proven the Dao in the Mythic Age and still survived into this age, Changhe Tianzun's terrifying nature was undeniable.

Of course, in some ways, it also proved Changhe Tianzun was cowardly—he feared death, yearned to see the Immortal Realm, and wished to enter it.

He had waited countless eons for the chance of the Immortal Path, for the opportunity to enter the Immortal Realm.

Most of the ancient sovereigns from his era had perished in the river of time.

After all, even sovereigns, without the power of the Immortal Realm, could not extend their lives indefinitely.

This world's era—even the Mythic Age—could not compare to the Perfect Age.

This was the age after the Perfect World had shattered.

Thus, even those legendary sovereigns struggled to extend their lives through their own power.

Even this Changhe Sovereign had merely extended his life through self-decapitation.

But regardless, the terrifying nature of this Mythic Age sovereign was unquestionable.

"Youngster, understand this: to me, you and all life in this world are but ants. For ants to become part of us, they should be grateful," said Changhe Tianzun coldly, summoning his imperial weapon, the Changsheng Sword.

This Changsheng Sword had grown alongside Changhe Sovereign—undoubtedly a true supreme treasure.

Facing the rolling golden energy, Changhe Sovereign, expression indifferent, swung his imperial weapon.

"Boom…"

The two forces interwove, their terrifying power radiating outward in all directions.

The Beidou Star Region trembled with continuous roars under this terrifying force; the earth itself was torn open.

This was the power of an ancient imperial sovereign.

"Damn…" Ye Hei's expression shifted slightly.

Though he had already estimated these ancient imperial sovereigns' power to be terrifying, he had believed he could still contend with them using this fully matured Ancient Holy Body.

But now, even facing just Changhe Tianzun, he was barely holding on.

"Little brat, do you think you can stop us?" Changhe Sovereign said calmly. "Look at the Beidou Star Region now."

"No!" Ye Hei's face turned pale.

He sensed another surge of ancient imperial sovereign-level power in another direction; when he looked, he saw a sight that shattered his vision.

Shi Huang had slightly opened his mouth, and countless beings of the Beidou Star Region turned into essence and instantly flowed into his body.

Shi Huang's expression was brazen.

The vast amount of life essence replenished his losses, restoring him from his previous wounded state.

This so-called vast essence? It was the lives of countless beings from the Beidou Star Region.

Don't think Shi Huang had consumed for long—but the dead were no longer countable in millions or tens of millions.

At least hundreds of millions of beings had been devoured in an instant.

And as time passed, the number of dead continued to rise.

Screams of agony and cries of resentment echoed throughout the Beidou Star Region.

No one had expected that, after this Immortal Road ended, it would be the end of their lives.

Those famed supreme ancient emperors had actually devoured them, turning them into essence and qi.

Under these circumstances, most beings in the Beidou Star Region had never imagined it.

This was only natural.

A very long time had passed since the last Dark Chaos.

Over such an extended age, only the beings within the forbidden zones remembered the Dark Chaos; other powerful ones had long since perished with the passage of time.

The Dark Chaos had become nothing but legend.

Yet now, this legendary event had appeared right before their eyes.

Their loved ones, their friends, had all been turned into essence and qi within the mouths of these supreme ancient emperors.

In a sense, this Dark Chaos was also the most tragic.

Generally speaking, in past Dark Chaoes, there had always been human Emperor-level figures.

The presence of an Emperor naturally prevented these ancient supreme emperors from indulging in widespread devouring of the human race.

Yet even so, though these supreme ancient emperors feared the human Emperor, a single human Emperor was no match for them all.

Thus, when the human Emperor faced a Dark Chaos instigated by the supreme ancient emperors, he sometimes had no recourse.

The human Emperor could not afford to openly break with the lords of the forbidden zones.

Know that within the forbidden zones of the Beidou Star Region, there were at least a dozen supreme ancient emperors.

How could a single human Emperor possibly oppose so many supreme ancient emperors?

At the same time, due to the rules of this world.

Only one Emperor-level cultivator could be born in the same era; thus, the number of human Emperors could never grow.

How then could they possibly oppose the supreme ancient emperors in the forbidden zones?

So sometimes, when facing a Dark Chaos, the human Emperor had little recourse.

They and the lords of the forbidden zones were mostly in a state of mutual compromise.

The lords of the forbidden zones would not push the human Emperor too far.

Though these countless supreme ancient emperors had no fear of the human Emperor, if he fought to the death, he could at least take several of them down with him.

The supreme ancient emperors who had long waited for the Immortal Road to open did not wish to perish alongside the human Emperor halfway through.

Nor did the human Emperor intend to fight to the death.

For he knew that if he died, though he might take a few supreme ancient emperors with him,

the remaining supreme ancient emperors would have no one to stop them.

In that case, the Dark Chaos would likely become even more horrific.