Over the last hundred quintillion years, three people had slept in these pods, only coming out to defend the world tree once every few quadrillion years.
Sleeping inside were Pangu, Progenitor Ke, and Lu Wei.
Pangu was an ancient being among ancient beings, chosen specifically for his talent and pure battle power.
Progenitor Ke had proven himself to be an extremely powerful cultivator, revealing soul techniques that even Chaos Beasts feared.
Lu Wei was chosen due to his unique talent and connection to the Origin God. These three had been protecting all life in the universe for countless years, giving up any hope of peaceful living. All they knew was sleeping and fighting.
At this moment, they were woken up again.
Somewhere in the World Tree, a gathering of Blood Qi cultivators lived in a city small enough to be called a village.
As a young man was walking on the street, he suddenly clutched his throat and began choking. Blood poured out of his throat.
The cultivators watched in horror as a hand reached out of the young man's throat. A body pulled itself out. A demonic eye clearly signified that Yao Mun had returned.
After doing it once, the next time was far easier. This time, he was even reborn at the true god realm due to his previous cultivation.
Before anyone could react, he disappeared, leaving a destroyed corpse.
Elsewhere, Heaven, who Ying Xiong had failed to get into contact with, finally learned about Zhou Fan's return and immediately left his place of seclusion.
Of all the ancient cultivators, only a lucky few could survive such a long time. An army was gathered up in a day. Only those at the god realm and above were here, but there were truly countless.
Zhou Fan saw more than 200 true gods, not including the ancients from before. The sheer number of gods made them seem ordinary, but their combined power struck fear into anyone and everyone.
Ying Xiong stood at the lead, with Zhou Fan's body and soul near him. Zhu Yi could only watch from afar, less a stray attack instantly kill him.
Chen Jie was near him. As the greatest genius of this era, he was seen as a leader to all.
Others showed up soon. Zhou Fan saw the destruction race form a separate army, yet still standing on the side of the righteous faction.
Countless beast clans joined not long after.
Soon more people joined Ying Xiong at the front. Zhou Fan saw Pangu, Progenitor Ke, and Lu Wei. They also saw him.
They were shocked by his current state, but they needed to focus on the battle ahead. Zhu Yi saw from afar that another person was coming towards them. He soon identified him as Yao Mun.
Ying Xiong spoke with clear disgust on his face. "So you still survived."
Yao Mun answered. "Mere time could never kill me."
He didn't speak further after that.
Zhou Fan soon saw an old man with black and white colored hair join.
"It's good that you are alive, father." Heaven said.
Zhou Fan nodded back. "Hardly alive, but it's good to see you."
This was the main force of the universe. Besides Chen Jie, everyone here would fight against the only True God realm Chaos Beast, an existence named Chaos.
Ying Xiong reached through space and brought out a passed out Bai Wei'er. Qi flowed through Ying Xiong's body and overflowed into Bai Wei'er's.
By any logic, she should have completely fallen apart, but Ying Xiong stabilized her. It was a horrifying sight to see, but it was a necessity for Zhou Fan to recover. Soon, the amount of Qi in her body was equal to that of a god realm cultivator.
"Progenitor Ke." Ying Xiong said.
Progenitor Ke stepped forward and controlled Bai Wei'er's soul. She instantly used her Divine Physique, The Fruit of Self, and as her body collapsed, a blinding fruit appeared.
Ying Xiong cut it like an apple, cutting off a tiny fraction of the fruit. That represented everything about her. The rest signified the Qi in her body that overwhelmed everything else.
Ying Xiong sent it towards Zhou Fan. The river of cultivation appeared around him, and the fruit was absorbed. He instantly felt himself recover through multiple stages. Connected to Zhu Yi even from a distance, Zhou Fan upgraded him.
There would be more where that came from.
With his massive recoveries, Zhou Fan's soul had transformed. He could interact with the physical world with ease, but he needed to reconnect with his body before anything else.
"We'll get you the Chaos Qi soon. Recover as fast as possible." Ying Xiong said.
Zhou Fan nodded. He moved his soul and carried his body along with the army as they moved into the distance. This was where Chaos and the Chaos Beasts stayed.
A commotion was made by Ying Xiong as a giant cosmic palm fell into the area. Space was obliterated and some stray Chaos Beasts died without knowing how. Ying Xiong was at the peak of the True God realm.
Even Chaos could not easily kill him alone, much less him with everyone else. Unfortunately, Chaos had Chaos Qi, along with intelligence and talent comparable to someone like Ying Xiong.
Zhou Fan heard a roar as a gigantic Chaos Beast as big as the World Tree itself appeared. Chaos Qi instantly attacked the entire army. This was when Leaf intervened.
Countless tree roots appeared and decreased the strength of the attack by nearly half. Leaf was only at the inner world realm even after so much time, and likely only because he forcefully matured, but his strength was unimaginably strong.
Still, this was about all he could do. Yet, it was enough. The group with Ying Xiong shot out, while Chen Jie stayed with Zhou Fan and his body.
"I'll be giving you your next meal. Let's start with an intelligent inner world realm Chaos Beast." Chen Jie said.
Taking Zhou Fan with him, he instantly appeared in front of an intelligent inner world realm Chaos Beast. Logically, especially at this level, fighting an inner world realm Chaos Beast at the god realm should take the max strength of anyone.
However, this was Chen Jie, and he was invincible.