Eternal Holy Emperor

One descended in front of Ye Chen, its eyes gleaming with bloodlust and brutality. A palm slammed towards him, with millions of sharp spikes protruding from it, entwined with a black sheen, giving off a terrifying sense of threat.

Boom——

Ye Chen's expression was icy. With just a single punch, he pierced through the powerful being blocking his path, blasting half its body apart with methods both simple and brutal, yet overwhelmingly powerful.

Another slap shattered the void, nearly collapsing the entire mountain cave. That creature burst apart, reduced to shards, with even the Primordial Spirit blown to pieces.

Only a Divine Crystal, a few sizes larger than a human head, fell into his hand, imbued with massive amounts of pure Divine Power, which he absorbed into his body.

Faced with the actions of other True Kings, Ye Chen did not oppose, and atop his head, the Dao Treasure Vase emerged, transforming directly into a ring-like, deep black hole. The terrifying devouring power acted directly on a large swath of eggs.

In an instant, the life essence of over thirty thousand eggs nurturing young creatures entered his body.

He could feel his own life aura unexpectedly strengthened by a large margin, his lifespan increased, and even the Combat Saint Body grew more powerful.

This shocked him. No wonder some evil sects favored harvesting the life essence of the masses; it not only deferred the end of one's lifespan but also had such marvelous uses. He wondered if collecting all the life essence here could strengthen his Combat Saint Body once more.

Or perhaps, harvesting the life essence of billions of creatures across the Ancient God Continent could elevate his Saint Body to unprecedented heights, maybe even allowing him to contend with or kill a Heavenly King with mere hands.

Undoubtedly, this was a temptation. With Ye Chen's current power, returning to a now weak Ancient God Continent—perhaps, deterred by the Ancient God Palace Master and a few Heavenly Kings—he couldn't slaughter the entire continent. Yet, going mad could grant him control over half the continent.

Naturally, Ye Chen wouldn't do this, as it would invite divine retribution. In future Tribulation crossings, sins would engulf him, and karmic fire would descend, the most terrifying fate of all.

Moreover, his conscience wouldn't allow such actions. It was morality, conscience, unwilling to see the world ravaged, nor permit others such indulgence.

But facing these ferocious beings, he was indifferent.

Boom——

The black hole above Ye Chen's head suddenly expanded, acting directly on the whole mountain cave, enveloping at least three hundred thousand eggs.

Strands of life essence were seized, drawn into the black hole, then converted into a pure Origin of Life absorbed into Ye Chen's body, making his flesh emit brilliance, as his height rose several inches, his Blood Qi becoming notably stronger and more oppressive.

The other True Kings, not to be outdone, made successive moves to snatch the life essence within the mountain cave.

Visibly, swathes of eggs withered, utterly losing vitality. The young True Kings' power of life, however, grew continuously, their aura increasingly intense.

In nearly half an hour, seventy percent of the eggs within the mountain cave had withered, stripped of life essence.

Even later, the Ancient God Continent's strong, having finished worshipping the Black Prison Heavenly King outside, entered and, witnessing their actions, were left dumbfounded, neither rebuking nor astonished.

Especially those Old Immortals, almost beating their chests, lamenting a lost opportunity. Otherwise, absorbing a portion of the life essence could have extended their lifespan, but now, they too rushed out frantically, competing fiercely with Ye Chen and others, with no reservations.

Being the closest to the limit of life, they were the least restrained, and terrifyingly so, generally beyond reproach.

For the Heavenly Kings, these gains offered limited benefit. Without them intervening, other Heroic Masters dared not interfere, left to watch helplessly yet resignedly.

In a blink, another five hundred thousand strands of life essence gathered, refined by Ye Chen into an Origin of Life, making other powers envious, prompting one Old Immortal, having lost his senses, to madly rush forward.

"Get back!"

An Old Immortal shouted, but it was too late!

Poof——

The Old Immortal, swift to come, swiftly left, flying backward, spitting blood, his face paled significantly. Only upon seeing the indifferent and unfeeling Combat Saint King in the void did he awaken, somewhat regretful.

The thousands of life essence he had devoured were vomited out, leaving him injured, an utterly backfired attempt.

In the end, Ye Chen no longer acted. The True Kings had seized enough life essence. Fighting further would oppose the Old Immortals, clearly unwise.

Boom——

Suddenly, from the heart of the mountain cave, the most fearsome aura erupted, causing the whole mountain cave of a thousand feet square to tremble, with many cracks rapidly spreading, countless eggs bursting.

All the heroes immediately retreated.

At this moment, the center of the mountain cave exploded, and a gigantic, ferocious lifeform appeared, about a hundred feet tall. It was not humanoid but resembled a skeletal structure akin to a lower realm species known as a tyrannosaur, but with a flat, elongated head brimming with black spikes.

In essence, it resembled a skeletal tyrannosaur, but more sinister, armed with a thousand claws, nearly resembling a centipede, with a large translucent sac beneath it, faintly showing numerous small eggs being conceived inside.

This creature was clearly the Mother Queen among the humanoid beings, all of whom were born from it, with an unprecedentedly violent and intense aura, emitting a piercing screech, tearing through the void, containing an ear-piercing Primordial Spirit Penetration Power, turning the Heroic Masters pale.

But with a dozen Heavenly Kings present, each radiating a hazy brilliance, they shielded the heroes present, their eyes intently focusing on that Mother Queen creature, filled with astonishment.

"Such a Mother Queen, although its race is unknown, it's a super creature comparable to Reincarnation Level."

A Heavenly King marveled, knowing some unique creatures emerged in the world, and although Mother Queen appeared beastlike, lacking spiritual intelligence, its naturally powerful physical body and some special abilities granted it Saintly Treasure surpassing power without need for cultivation.

Yet they were unaware, Ye Chen gazed a few looks, showing surprise, and the True Kings of Ten Thousand Domains all simultaneously gleamed.

For they had finally discerned the true origin of this Mother Queen, precisely the Insect Queen of the Heavenly and Myriads of Realms.