Eternal Holy Emperor
Chapter 464 - 416: The Killing Intent That Waited for Eternity

Chapter 464: Chapter 416: The Killing Intent That Waited for Eternity

In the mysterious void of the unknown, a mighty river formed by the Power of Time appeared, reflecting all things from the past through the present.

The upstream of the river was the past, where Ye Chen stood was the present, and downstream was the future.

"The River of Time, the most mysterious river between heaven and earth, has actually manifested before my eyes, but why?"

Ye Chen stood beside the river, lamenting for a while. Although he was on the bank, he never left the river; he was always enveloped within its range.

He then looked upstream, where his vision, astonishingly powerful, solidified into substance and burst forth towards the distance, seeing scenes at the very end of the upstream—a vast, desolate land filled with desolation and vastness, where races were sparsely populated, and everything was waiting to flourish.

That was the Ten Thousand Domain Land, newly formed, marking the beginning of this epoch.

In the Heavenly and Myriad Domains, almost all races and forces began their rise in that era.

Ye Chen looked further ahead, trying to see before the great destruction of the Mythical Era; he wanted to know the truth, what happened, why there was destruction, and which alien races were involved.

Everything prior had happened too fast, so fast that he couldn’t fully understand; what he saw was just a corner of the picture, impossible to see in its entirety.

But he couldn’t see through it, because it had been forcibly severed, featuring a catastrophic chasm that stretched across the heavens and the earth, blocking the explorations of later generations.

Even standing on the River of Time, he couldn’t look across or traverse the chasmic abyss.

Ye Chen was shocked. Who could have possibly severed the mysterious River of Time? It must be the greatest existence between heaven and earth.

Was it the Heavenly Dao? Or the supreme emperors and kings?

Everything was unknown!

Ye Chen turned around to look downstream, trying to glimpse the future events about to unfold.

Unfortunately, the future was unsearchable, entangled with the greatest karmic causes of heaven and earth. There was a hazy fog emerging, obscuring the trajectory downstream; despite his best efforts to stare into the distance, it was impenetrable, unable to see even a corner of the future.

The blurry scene he could see was at the farthest downstream, separated by unknowable distances, hazy yet visible—like it too had been severed, showcasing a chilling blood-red hue, as if it heralded something, dyed by the blood of all spirits.

Would the future be a world stained with blood?

He thought of the blood-stained destruction of the Mythical Era. Could this epoch repeat the same fate, reliving the great destruction of the Mythical Era, where all spirits would stain the heavens with their blood?

Involuntarily, his mind grew heavy, as if a thousand great mountains were pressing upon him.

Suddenly, the mysterious void was torn apart and shattered, revealing boundless chasms spanning millions of miles. An alien supreme being, making the Heavenly Stars seem minuscule, entered.

It was actually sitting at the very end of the upstream of the River of Time, not far from the severed point, just a step away from the Mythical Era of the previous epoch.

Infinite Demon Fog swirled, concealing the upstream of the River of Time and causing the stars in the sky to tremble and nearly fall.

The endless River of Time crashed against its body, but the decaying force of time couldn’t age the alien supreme being by even the slightest.

It was too powerful, worthy of being called unparalleled across the ages, revered from past to present, seemingly the mightiest emperor and king between heaven and earth, supremely venerable.

Its eyes, deeper than any abyss and seemingly piercing through the Eternal Sky, saw through the endless River of Time, from the unreachably distant Mythical Era, gazing at him, sensing his true presence, filled with murderous intent, as if the entire River of Time had been utterly solidified, frozen into ice.

At this moment, Ye Chen was completely immobilized, unable to move or even harbor a thought of resistance, like an ant looking up at a giant dragon soaring in the Ninth Layer Heaven.

It made him seem too insignificant.

"Gazing through the Eternal Sky, waiting through endless eons, from the beginning of the Mythical Era until now, I have finally awaited your arrival—a key figure with variables, even though you are but an ant."

The voice of the alien supreme being shook the starry sky, causing stars to tremble as if they were about to shatter, falling from the Outer Domain into the mighty River of Time, causing only small splashes.

Though languages differed, the Divine Thoughts were interconnected; Ye Chen could clearly understand the other’s meaning.

His expression changed; the alien supreme being had been waiting for him through countless eons, continuously from the Mythical Era. What was the reason for this?

"Will you be that crucial ant, possessing that person’s Immortal Inheritance, also desiring to walk that person’s Dao, to achieve the Supreme Venerable Golden Body?"

"Such a peculiar ant, seemingly more than one life, possesses the unique aura of reincarnation and even some familiar scents of people. Hmm, it even almost reached the Ten-layered Heaven Level of the Mythical Era, quite impressive."

"Very special, although an ant, it harbors many secrets. It has their aura, the inheritance of that person. You truly might be the ant set up through the eternal times by their arrangement."

"Indeed, our waiting was correct. We had long analogized down the River of Time right when those people cut it off and found you, the key ant!"

"Unfortunately, you also had good potential, but today you must die!"

The voice of an Alien Race’s Supreme Venerable resonated, and with endless majestic power flowing down the River of Time, it tore open the void, ripped apart the Eternal Sky, and brought the whole Physical Body of Ye Chen, who was still in the Purple Mansion Sacred Land, into this place, uniting truly with Ye Chen.

Previously, it was just the Primordial Spirit; now even the physical body had been brought in.

Ye Chen’s complexion changed; he struggled vehemently, his entire body glowing, surging Divine Power emerging, trying to tear apart the River of Time and return to reality.

However, it was futile; he couldn’t do it at all. The opponent merely let their cold gaze fall upon him, still separated by eternal times, focusing down the River of Time, causing all his bones to shatter, even his Primordial Spirit to explode.

For the first time, he was so desperate because the enemy he faced had long surpassed the younger generation’s range. Even his previous life’s return was futile; the gap was too vast, a mere thought from the opponent could easily crush him a thousand times over.

Like an ant looking up at a Heavenly Dragon hovering above Ninth Layer Heaven, unchallengeable.

Facing the opponent, as they said, powerful as he was, he was merely an "ant."

Boundless oppressive might swept over, locking onto Ye Chen, and a murderously intense killing intent struck, instantly pulverizing countless heavenly stars under its might.

The killing intent opened up a path, aiming directly at Ye Chen, causing his body to nearly rip apart, his Primordial Spirit trembling, nearly completely shattered into oblivion.

For this was a killing intent from a Supreme Venerable, peerless in power, capable of slashing everything.

Even the arrival of the Heavenly King Invincible or an Ancient Great Power could likely not withstand it; they would be slain, uncontestable.

Ye Chen hadn’t expected the Alien Race’s Supreme Venerable to utilize such a terrifying trump card to tackle him.

As the killing intent was about to reach him, the River of Time exploded, with layers of terrifying waves rolling up to the Heavenly Dome, causing all the heavenly stars to teeter on the brink.

At that moment, Ye Chen suddenly spotted along the River of Time, at different positions, in history, faint figures manifesting, each appearing young, powerful, and stunningly brilliant.

But these young and striking figures were successively shattered by the killing intent, vanishing completely, reduced to nothing.

Ye Chen realized that not only he had been targeted by the Alien Race’s Supreme Venerable throughout history. There were other breathtaking talents of the Eternal Times, all pinpointed and extrapolated from their sitting position above the River of Time, pulled to the River of Time, issuing terrifying killing intent that cleaned them out in one fell swoop.

At last, after slaying those people along its path, the killing intent approached nearby; the terrifying kill intent swept across the sky, the stars along with it shattered, the River of Time exploded with layers of colossal waves, blasting up to Ninth Layer Heaven.

Is this how he was going to die?

Ye Chen bitterly smiled; at this moment, he wasn’t frightened or afraid; his expression was calm and forlorn.

Having finally been reincarnated, he thought he could once again climb to the Absolute Peak of the Dao, reuniting with the beloved from his previous life, contesting with the talents of Ten Thousand Realms for the Human Emperor’s position, and vying for the hope to become Emperor in this life.

He had also wanted to uncover the truths of the past, such as the Mythical Era, but in the end, he still couldn’t escape death.

As insignificant as he was, dying under the hand of the Alien Race’s Supreme Venerable was not a dishonor.

Boom—

Just then, the void shattered, and an immensely huge finger, wrapped in boundless Chaos Qi, filled the starry sky, touching upon that killing intent, instantly shattering it, and almost severing the River of Time.

Rumble—

The River of Time was boiling, for a Supreme Venerable was descending, not from the past, nor the future, nor the present, seeming to transcend above the River of Time, not confined by time, eternally immortal.

Endless light, vast and boundless, stirred the Three Thousand Great Worlds, overwhelming everything.

A tall and majestic figure leisurely emerged, like a Divine Sovereign, immensely powerful, perceptible through the boiling of the River of Time.

He stepped forward, each step seeming to tread on the pulse of the Heavenly Great World, aligning with the heartbeat of all spirits, shaking all domains.

The Chaos Fog veiled that figure, obscuring his true face, known only to be a man, his black hair flowing, arriving by Ye Chen’s side, clearly of the same height as him, yet felt like he could uphold the Heavenly Great World, not at all insignificant compared to the Alien Race’s Supreme Venerable.

The Alien Race’s Supreme Venerable cast a distant glance, saying, "As expected, you did not die."