Due to the existence of the Martial Arts Divine Pavilion and the Alchemy Hall, the entire Sacred Domain was on a rising ladder of flourishing prosperity.
Originally, the Central Imperial City was a gathering place for the world's powerhouses. Now, with the establishment of the Sacred Domain, it had become even more astonishing.
One could see that day and night within the Imperial City, powerful auras soared into the heavens, and massive dragons of blood energy plunged into the firmament, with terrifying scenes manifesting.
The present Central Imperial City could truly be said to be a forest of powerful experts.
It was likely that over half of the experts standing at the pinnacle of the pyramid on the Ancient Emperor Continent had gathered in the current Imperial City.
Most of the Samsara-level supreme experts from various races had arrived, making it a dazzling and prosperous spectacle.
The Sacred Domain truly showed a tendency towards becoming a peerless great sect.
Upon the Divine Throne, Ye Chen opened and closed his eyes. He could see that within the Sacred Domain's halls, centered around the Central Heavenly Palace in the Central Imperial City, a vast purple-red light surged like immortal flames, submerging the Central Imperial City as if an immortal phoenix was reviving, bringing auspiciousness.
This was the power of fortune, so strong it had reached the level of great fortune.
Fortune, like Faith Power and the power of wishes, was mysterious and immeasurable. It could not be directly used as a force, but it had special, wondrous uses. It concerned both an individual cultivator and whether a force could remain powerful or even flourish for millennia.
Both individual cultivators and great forces were, to a large extent, inextricably linked to fortune.
It must be understood that everyone in the world possessed a corresponding amount of fortune, more or less, varying from person to person.
The more fortune one had, the smoother their path of cultivation would be relatively, with fewer obstacles and a much lower chance of deviation.
Even when adventuring or seeking treasures, those with strong fortune might pick up a stone on the road that turned out to be priceless divine material.
Conversely, those with little or poor fortune would seem unlucky on their cultivation path, prone to deviation, susceptible to curses, and even stepping in cow dung while walking would be normal.
Now, the Sacred Domain's fortune was flourishing, manifesting as purple-red light—a sign of great fortune. This represented the Sacred Domain's rising prosperity. Even if others wanted to harm the Sacred Domain, it would not be easy, and they would be wary.
Because when fortune reached a certain level, transforming into great fortune, attempting to cause harm would easily incur inexplicable backlash due to mysterious causality.
Moreover, standing amidst the vast great fortune, using the world's fortune for oneself, brought unimaginable, immense benefits to cultivation. Like Faith Power, but even more wondrous, one would be blessed with great fortune while comprehending the Dao, not only avoiding deviation but even finding it easier to gain insights.
In the current world, the purpose of founding nations and establishing sects was sometimes to gather Faith Power, but also sometimes to gather fortune to aid cultivation. Cultivating in such a place was much more relaxed and effortless compared to elsewhere.
The Central Heavenly Palace was the very core of the Sacred Domain's halls, bearing the Sacred Domain's most powerful great fortune. In the invisible void, the most vast and boundless purple qi surged and floated like a vast ocean, turbulent and all-encompassing.
Ye Chen sat at the very core of the Central Heavenly Palace, bearing the Sacred Domain's immense great fortune. He felt that many obstacles on his cultivation path seemed to smooth out, making it easier to comprehend the Great Dao.
In fact, if he returned to the Sacred Sect in the Ancient Orchid Great World, he could also sense the power of great fortune there. Moreover, there, boundless Faith Power surged. The combination of the two made comprehending the Dao even easier.
But now, his true self was on the Ancient Emperor Continent, while a clone was in the formless void outside the Ancient Orchid Great World, constantly observing the fusion of the two realms. A flood of insights continuously emerged, ensuring his cultivation was always improving.
One month after establishing the great sect, the Sacred Domain had begun normal operations. Everything was managed with the help of the Goddess and that group of experts from the Ancient God Continent, with all affairs handled in an orderly manner.
Moreover, under Ye Chen's deterrence, no one within the Sacred Domain dared to cause trouble. Two overlord-level experts had once relied on their strength to quarrel and even led a group of powerhouses in an attempt to incite a riot. The result was Ye Chen raising his hand to suppress and kill them, shattering their bodies until not a trace of flesh or blood remained.
Later, he dealt with another group of powerhouses with thunderous methods. Even a supreme expert was suppressed, demonstrating the Sacred Domain's forceful methods and deterring the heroes, thus restoring peace.
On this day, Ye Chen, who was in the midst of comprehending the Dao, suddenly opened his eyes on the Divine Throne, filled with endless depth.
He looked into the distance, unimpeded even by the Central Heavenly Palace, gazing at the vast Domain of the human race's One Hundred and Eight Countries, and even deeper into the earth.
In the endless depths, Ye Chen opened his Eyes of the Heavens, piercing through all illusions. He saw the deepest part contained an indescribable power of fortune, even far more abundant than the current great fortune of the entire Sacred Domain.
Describing it as deep as an abyss or vast as the sea could hardly capture its immense grandeur; perhaps comparing it to the boundless starry sky was more fitting.
The Sacred Domain's great fortune was astonishing in its own right. Any cultivator opening their Heavenly Eye could see that the Sacred Domain's great fortune was far more blazing and dazzling than the ten suns in the sky, capable of illuminating the entire Ancient Emperor Continent.
But compared to that vast mass of fortune deep within the earth, it was like a flickering firefly competing with the bright moon.
Ye Chen understood. This was the fortune of the Age of Gods—the boundless fortune of the most prosperous and dazzling era in the history of the Ancient Emperor Realm, beyond imagination, sedimented in the Nine Netherworlds depths of the Ancient Emperor Continent.
Indeed, it was unimaginably vast. After all, it was the fortune of an entire strongest era. No wonder the peerless overlords of the Age of Gods wanted to utilize it to impact the Profound Ancient Gate; this was not without reason.
The fortune of the Age of Gods was sealed at the deepest part of the Ancient Emperor Continent. If Ye Chen had not recently received the Sacred Domain's vast great fortune upon himself, he would have found it difficult to detect.
Because the moment he opened his Eyes of the Heavens, he saw endless Great Dao talismans flickering upon the vast fortune, and thick, massive Order Divine Chains intertwining, sealing this mass of Age of Gods fortune power and isolating it from the perception of the world.
Even a Heavenly King would be unable to detect it.
Moreover, he had noticed long ago that the placement of the thirty-six empires and seventy-two Ancient Kingdoms within the human race's Domain had an ineffable design. Ordinary people couldn't see it, but in the eyes of a formation master like him, it was completely laid bare.
They were arranged according to the positions of the thirty-six Heavenly Stars and seventy-two Earthly Fiends, containing the ultimate principles of heaven and earth.
And now, at this stage, he could see even more. Beneath the lands of the thirty-six empires and seventy-two Ancient Kingdoms, invisible thick chains extended outwards. They were actually woven from the fortune of each country, totaling one hundred and eight chains, precisely used to imprison this boundless mass of Age of Gods fortune.
This was the handiwork of ancient Great Sages. The foundations of the One Hundred and Eight Countries were basically formed as early as the Age of Gods. Those Great Power-level peerless overlords had utilized this point, using the great fortune of the one hundred and eight Ancient Kingdoms to bind the fortune of the Age of Gods, preventing it from breaking free.
Truly worthy of being the overlord figures who dominated the Age of Gods; their methods were truly astonishing.
Ye Chen then retracted the light in his eyes. Even if he was interested in the fortune power at the continent's deepest part, there was nothing he could do about it currently. He couldn't obtain it, as it was sealed by the supreme methods of those peerless overlords and could not be moved.
Not long after, the powerhouses of the Sacred Domain finally took action.
Within the Sacred Domain, a portion of the powerhouses, representing Ye Chen's will and holding the banner of the Sacred Domain, began to walk the mortal world.