Within the Heavenly River, the passage of time was difficult to perceive.
Before he knew it, Ye Chen had spent a full thousand years in the Heavenly River. During those thousand years, he followed the main current of the Heavenly River onward, encountering water monsters beyond the fifth tier, witnessing wondrous sights of the Heavenly River, and even seeing the Headless Supreme. In the end, he watched helplessly as the Headless Supreme vanished before his eyes. It turned out that the Headless Supreme had never truly existed; it was merely a phantom formed from an obsession nourished by the Origin Energy of the Heavenly River. Besides the Headless Supreme, he had also seen the phantoms of other Supremes, all of whom had once truly existed. It was enough to make one sigh with emotion.
In the one thousand and eighth year, Ye Chen saw an enormous vortex—a vortex so shocking that even he, a Legendary Supreme nearly invincible beneath demigods, was shaken. There was simply no telling how vast this vortex was; it spanned at least several light-years. Even from a great distance away, Ye Chen felt as though he might be sucked in at any moment.
"How did this vortex form?"
A trace of tension rarely surfaced within Ye Chen. It was not born of fear, but of the unknown. The unknown always made people curious and uneasy; no one knew what might happen.
"My Undying Sword Body has already reached the peak of the sixteenth layer. With the Black Tortoise Sacred Armor as well, even an ordinary early-stage demigod may not be able to kill me. I might as well go in and take a look."
Whether it was because great skill bred great courage or because his inner demons were at work, Ye Chen found himself entertaining