Reunited with his three beloved wives, Ye Chen naturally had endless words to share. Deep within the starry sky, they poured out their hearts, recounting their experiences to each other, leaving virtually no secrets between them.
Although Ye Chen's growth in this life seemed to be a path of overwhelming force—from the initial Tian Du Continent to the myriad realms, meeting Yaya, encountering Wang Ming in Black Heaven City, then entering the Purple Mansion Sacred Land, awakening his past and present lives, and returning to the Tenth Heaven...—the number of life-and-death perils he had experienced along the way was unimaginable to outsiders. Hearing this, the women felt a pang of guilt for not being able to protect him during his weakest moments in this life, nor to accompany him properly, leaving him to shoulder so many dangers alone.
Fortunately, he had ultimately grown up in this life and reached his current level, which was something to be thankful for.
Naturally, they did not know that Ye Chen had intentionally hidden a crucial part—everything he had seen on the River of Time, especially the future.
He had seen a blood-stained future: the World Tree that Yaya had become withering away, the great universe shattered, the starry rivers dimmed, and all the people by his side buried in graves, also sent onto the River of Time to travel against the current.
That was a future he could not speak of to anyone. Not only was it of immense significance, laden with tremendous causality, but also because he truly did not wish for the women to know about that blood-stained future, that tragic outcome.
He wanted to bear it all alone, relying on his own efforts to change everything, to alter the future, to shift the trajectory of the long river of history.
Because he could not forget those scenes, nor did he want to see the expression on his own face in the future—the expression of such profound grief and agony, even on the face of the one who had become invincible throughout the world and achieved the status of Supreme One.
What did it matter to be invincible throughout the world when the world had long fallen into silence!
The blood-stained future had not yet arrived; everything could still be changed. Ye Chen was determined to change it. He absolutely could not let that kind of future come to pass, even if it meant possibly suffering unimaginable causality.
As for the Three Immortal Maidens, he had already learned about their earlier experiences in the Tai Chu Sacred Land. Now, he mainly wanted to know about their experiences in the Ancient Emperor Realm.
The Three Immortal Maidens held nothing back, recounting everything in detail.
Back then, before the Goddess had participated in the attack on the Purple Mansion Sacred Land, she, along with Yi Wu and Chen'er—the Three Immortal Maidens—had received an invitation from the Dragon Phoenix Academy. They entered the Ancient Emperor Realm earlier than others and went directly to the Ancient Emperor Continent, not the Ancient God Continent.
Originally, for the Three Immortal Maidens, cultivation was secondary. More importantly, they wanted to find the supreme inheritance of Tai Sheng Huang, hoping to discover a way to resurrect Ye Chen.
Because as the most powerful and invincible Emperors and Sovereigns, their research into Samsara was extremely profound, and they might possess a method to resurrect Ye Chen.
Moreover, Tai Sheng Huang was one of the most powerful Emperors and Sovereigns of the Mythical Era, not only delving into the Dao of chaos but also meticulously studying the power of time, even having once commanded the River of Time.
Their initial thought was that even if they could not find Tai Sheng Huang's supreme inheritance, they hoped to find traces of the River of Time, to travel against the current, return to the past, find the time of Ye Chen's previous life, and save him.
Naturally, that involved the past, altering history. The magnitude of the causality involved was simply unimaginable.
Even true Emperors and Sovereigns would have to bear a certain amount of causality; Ancient Monarchs would not dare to bear it lightly, let alone the Three Immortal Maidens. They would very likely be utterly annihilated.
This consequence made Ye Chen's heart tremble. Fortunately, he and the Goddess had recognized each other in time, and fortunately, the River of Time was elusive and untraceable. Otherwise, Ye Chen would have regretted it for a lifetime. He might very well have done the same as them, following the River of Time back to the past to save them, staining himself with supreme causality.
Naturally, over the years, the Three Immortal Maidens had not idled their time away. They had received invitations from various parties, entered many forces such as the Thirty-Six Empires and Seventy-Two Ancient Kingdoms, and also traveled to vast territories like the demon race and beast race.
They had entered and exited many ancient lands, even venturing into the starry sky, traveling across the Ancient Emperor Continent, and learning many astonishing secrets, such as those concerning the Tai Sheng Upper Palace, the Sun God Dynasty, the Dark Night Ancient Hall, and so on.
And after learning of Ye Chen's revival, their goal remained Tai Sheng Huang's supreme inheritance, but not the River of Time, because they all knew that Ye Chen's cultivation was related to chaos, and in the Mythical Era, Tai Sheng Huang's Dao and techniques were the closest to chaos.
However, the supreme inheritance was elusive and untraceable. They had only obtained partial clues, with many more remaining unknown, buried too deeply.
They also mentioned that, based on their understanding, Di Wuming had not received the complete inheritance from his father. He only possessed one Great Emperor Immortal Scripture and some treasures. The more important inheritance of the Great Dao was hidden in a certain corner of the Ancient Emperor Realm.
Perhaps Tai Sheng Huang wanted to temper his own offspring, letting him find it independently, or even hoping that his offspring would not be confined by his own shackles, blazing another glorious and peak path that surpassed himself.
Currently, they were temporarily residing in the Central Imperial City because they had learned some astonishing truths, knowing that some shocking events would occur in the future, involving immense causality.
Moreover, the Guardian Clan of the Imperial City had appeared. That was a truly fearsome clan. Although their numbers were not large, their true foundation was powerful to an unimaginable level. They had simply been lying low and keeping a low profile in the Imperial City, never contending for supremacy.
Otherwise, during the era of the gods when various deities vied for dominance, the Guardian Clan might not have been unable to seize a position as a hegemon.
However, contrary to expectations, the Guardian Clan was not an Emperor or Sovereign clan, not descendants left behind by Tai Sheng Huang, but referred to another clan, equally mysterious and unfathomable.
"What about Yaya and Ruoxi? Have you seen them?"
Ye Chen asked the important question.
"Yaya and Ruoxi also entered the Ancient Emperor Continent?" The Three Immortal Maidens were taken aback, clearly unaware.
This made Ye Chen's heart sink slightly. If Yaya and Ruoxi were truly on the Ancient Emperor Continent, given the Three Immortal Maidens' influence, it was impossible for them not to know. Then the real problem could only be one: something had happened to them.
But a true life-and-death crisis probably did not exist, because Yaya was doted on by the Tai Chu ancestor and must possess life-preserving treasures on her. Moreover, her true form was the World Tree, with extraordinary talent.
Ruoxi was also like a princess of the Heavenly Gate, deeply cherished.
However, Ye Chen was not too worried. He felt that neither of them had met with misfortune and that they would appear at the final moment. It was a kind of premonition.
He also asked about Yiyi and the Golden Little Divine Dragon. Yiyi was the little beast that had shared hardships with him during his weak days in his previous life, with a very mysterious origin. The Golden Little Divine Dragon was the little hand that followed the Three Immortal Maidens, but it was a pure-blooded True Dragon, even more of a True Dragon than the Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor.
Because the Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor was only a variant True Dragon.
But the Goddess turned her head away somewhat awkwardly, and Yi Wu lowered her head. Only the most innocent Chen'er said something that left Ye Chen speechless: "When we entered the Ancient Emperor Realm, we accidentally lost them."
"..."
Alright, Ye Chen could only pray for the safety of the two little beasts.
"Little brother, come with us."
The Goddess extended her snow-white, delicate hand, gently took Ye Chen's palm, and led him away.