"Saint King, young friend!"
The two Imperial Clan Great Powers, seeing it was Ye Chen, showed little surprise. On the contrary, they nodded with a smile and said, "We wonder what conditions the Saint King young friend wishes to propose for trading the Emperor Pill? If it's a Chaos Immortal Egg, our Dan Emperor Clan would consider it very seriously."
Opening with the Chaos Immortal Egg, it was clear the Dan Emperor Clan was quite moved by the Chaos Immortal Egg Ye Chen had cut from the chaos primordial stone.
After all, each Chaos Immortal Egg was of immeasurable value, and if nurtured to its limit, it could perhaps give rise to a generation of a peerless Supreme One, protecting them for eternal ages.
However, Ye Chen shook his head. Such a Chaos Immortal Egg was naturally impossible to trade under any circumstances.
Hearing this, the two Imperial Clan Great Powers shook their heads slightly in disappointment, but then spoke, "In that case, we wonder what supreme treasure the Battle Saint King wishes to use for the trade. However, you should also understand that an Emperor Pill, even if it's just a semi-finished Emperor Pill, is also of immeasurable value. Even a peak Great Power could ascend to become an Ancient Monarch."
When they said this, Dan Chen and Dan Xu also wore a hint of self-satisfaction.
After all, this was a peerless divine pill involving the realm of the Alchemy Emperor. Even if it was only semi-finished, without the Alchemy Emperor personally refining it, it could not have been born.
"Seniors, regarding the value of this semi-finished Emperor Pill, this junior naturally knows. But to say it can certainly allow a peak Great Power to achieve the Ancient Monarch realm—not to mention me, even you two seniors should be well aware, right?"
Ye Chen gave a light laugh, then looked at Dan Chen, his implication clear.
If this semi-finished Emperor Pill could help a peak Great Power become an Ancient Monarch, Dan Chen would have surely consumed it long ago.
Ancient Monarchs were truly great existences overlooking the entire ancient universe, supremely powerful and invincible, unrivaled across the vast starry skies, far stronger than Great Powers by an unknown number of times.
Such existences, in a great universe where Emperors and Sovereigns did not appear, were absolutely undisputed cosmic overlords, also hailed as Supreme Ones. Throughout the ages, such existences could be counted on one's fingers.
Although a semi-finished Emperor Pill was rare, it could not compare to a true Ancient Monarch. Ye Chen was not foolish enough to believe this semi-finished Emperor Pill could truly allow a peak Great Power to smoothly become an Ancient Monarch; at most, it could only increase the chance of success, nothing more.
Hearing this, the two Imperial Clan Great Powers gave an awkward chuckle, but Dan Chen said, "Although that is so, it can still greatly increase the chance of success. Otherwise, I believe you understand, young friend, how difficult it is to ascend to the Ancient Monarch realm. Throughout the ages, how many have ultimately reached that step?"
"This junior is naturally aware of that." Ye Chen smiled. "However, I do not intend to trade with any supreme treasure. Instead, I plan to offer a condition."
"A condition?"
The two Imperial Clan Great Powers looked somewhat stunned. What condition could the Battle Saint King offer?
Dan Chen said, "In that case, we are all ears!"
Ye Chen paused briefly, then spoke, "I believe with the Dan Emperor Clan's capabilities, you two seniors should know that the future will be bloodstained, and there will be a most terrifying Ultimate Battle descending, right?"
Hearing this, the expressions of the two Imperial Clan Great Powers changed drastically in an instant.
Indeed, how could they not know? As descendants of the Alchemy Emperor, with their ancestor Alchemy Emperor's heaven-defying methods, they had long deduced part of the heavenly secrets.
According to the prophecies left by their ancestor Alchemy Emperor, this epoch would erupt into an unprecedented great war, hailed as the Ultimate Battle.
The scale and vastness of its impact would far exceed the imagination of all living beings, even affecting the entire cosmos, every ancient universe within the Chaos Sea, with unprecedented terror.
It was said the Ultimate Battle would be a bloodstained future. The Alchemy Emperor had once glimpsed a corner of that bloodstained future, seeing a bloodstained Chaos Sea, collapsing chaos ancient universes, countless beings slaughtered, living creatures suffering calamities numbering not just in the billions, but truly innumerable.
Sleeping Emperors and Sovereigns would emerge, vanished supreme existences would return against the heavens, shocking grand conspiracies would fully surface, and the most terrifying blood chaos would sweep across the entire Chaos Sea, sweeping through all times and spaces, past and future, with an impact of unprecedented magnitude.
No one could escape, not even Emperors and Sovereigns.
Precisely because of this, it was terrifying, it was frightening.
Even the most prosperous imperial clans would tremble. Emperors and Sovereigns, supreme immortals, were all destined to be swept into it. In the great era, within the Chaos Sea, no one could avoid it; all would ultimately fall into this most terrifying blood chaos.
To survive safely in this Ultimate blood chaos was impossible, but not without a way—that was relying on the protection of a Supreme One existence.
The Dan Emperor Clan was not without one; their ancestor Alchemy Emperor was a Supreme Emperor, and the most stunningly talented Alchemy Dao Emperor, said to be capable of refining eleventh-level heaven-defying Emperor Pills that could resurrect even Emperors and Sovereigns.
However, the Alchemy Emperor had vanished, gone who knows where. For countless years, the Dan Emperor Clan had never given up searching, yet they had never obtained the slightest trace.
Precisely because of this, the Dan Emperor Clan urgently desired the protection of a Supreme One existence. Even an Ancient Monarch could not provide protection, because in that blood chaos, the instigators would be the most terrifying Supreme Emperors or supreme immortals.
Dan Chen looked gravely at Ye Chen. "Saint King young friend, what are you trying to say?"
Ye Chen smiled faintly. "What if I said I could allow the Dan Emperor Clan to preserve its legacy to the greatest extent possible in the future Ultimate Battle?"
"What!?"
With a swish, the two Imperial Clan Great Powers abruptly stood up, staring intently at the Battle Saint King before them with disbelief and shock.
"Battle Saint King, do you perhaps have a second Chaos Immortal Egg?"
"No!"
Ye Chen shook his head, yet wore a confident smile. "My meaning is, I can protect the Dan Emperor Clan's legacy in the Ultimate Battle."
Hearing this, the two Imperial Clan Great Powers were first stunned, then quickly understood, and frowned. Among them, Dan Xu said, "Battle Saint King, are you trying to say that in the Ultimate Battle, you will protect the legacy of our Dan Emperor Clan?"
"Correct!"
The two Imperial Clan Great Powers exchanged a glance, deeply frowning.
It must be said, this Battle Saint King's tone was truly grand, actually claiming he could protect the Dan Emperor Clan's legacy in the future Ultimate Battle.
Although he was a Chaos young Supreme One, the young successor of the Battle Saint lineage, with unparalleled potential, in the end he was not a true Supreme Emperor. Did he truly believe he would achieve the Supreme Emperor realm in the future?
One must know the Ultimate Ancient Path was fraught with calamities, especially for the Battle Saint King. The number of great enemies he would face on the Ultimate Ancient Path was unknown, and he would even need to face several Ancient Path overlords. Where did his confidence come from, believing he had the power to protect the Dan Emperor Clan's legacy in the Ultimate Battle?
Even the path from Great Power to the Ancient Monarch realm had, throughout the ages, stumped countless stunningly talented geniuses of great eras, let alone becoming an Emperor or Sovereign, which was even more unimaginable.
Dan Chen's sword-like brows slightly furrowed. "Battle Saint King, apologies, we cannot make a decision on this."
Ye Chen naturally understood this was just a polite way of saying they were unwilling to agree, naturally not believing Ye Chen possessed such capability.
Chaos cultivators—throughout the ages, how many had truly achieved great completion and perfection?
Looking across all ages, through endless time, not a single one.
Even the most powerful Tai Sheng Sovereign fell short at the final step, never truly achieving great perfection in his lifetime.
Naturally, since even such a greatest existence had not achieved chaos great perfection, they would not believe Ye Chen could reach that step. Of course, they also believed in the Battle Saint King's heaven-defying potential, that he might one day impact the supreme domain of Emperors and Sovereigns.
However, this was ultimately too distant. Throughout the ages, there had been many Supreme geniuses with Emperor potential, but how many had ultimately broken into that supreme domain?
The future was ultimately the future, too ethereal, distant, and unreliable.
As an imperial clan, they valued the future, but paid more attention to the present.
Seeing this, Ye Chen merely gave a light laugh, shook his head, and turned to leave with a calm expression. However, when he reached the door, he paused and said, "The bloodstained future, the most terrifying Ultimate Battle—Emperors and Sovereigns or supreme immortals cannot avoid it. Because it is the most terrifying blood chaos in history, sweeping through all times and spaces, affecting the entire ancient universe."
"For an imperial clan to survive, even with a Supreme Emperor presiding, it may not guarantee eternal protection. In the end, what can stabilize the universe is only an existence that transcends Eternity."
"Only chaos has the qualification to transcend Eternity!"
With these words, Ye Chen turned and left, leaving behind two deeply shaken individuals.
Indeed, according to the fragmentary information left by the Alchemy Emperor, there were important records about the future Ultimate Battle.
The Ultimate Battle would be the most terrifying great war throughout the ages, a fearsome blood chaos. The most terrifying existences from every era would leap out: ancient Supreme Ones who had slept through era after era, Great Emperors who had overlooked the sinking of time, immortals who had spanned past and present, and great existences who had been fighting all along...
Those who had passed would ultimately return.
The illusory would also become reality.
Eons of sinking, the great era overturned—that would be the most terrifying epoch era in the history of the Chaos Sea, overturning everything. Emperors and Sovereigns would emerge, immortals would descend upon the great era, unimaginably terrifying.
Facing such a terrifying era, perhaps even a Supreme Emperor might not be able to ensure complete safety. More powerful existences, like the Tai Sheng Sovereign, the Heavenly Emperor, the Primordial Ancestor—these strongest Emperors and Sovereigns—might only then have the qualification to determine the final direction in the Ultimate Battle.
Naturally, the truly invincible might be Eternity, transcending above Emperors and Sovereigns, transcending below fate, eternal and undying, impossible for anyone to kill.
However, that was after all just a legend. Even Emperors and Sovereigns, supreme immortals, were not certain if it truly existed. Perhaps it was just an illusory, ethereal realm, not truly enduring.
But to protect an imperial clan's eternal existence, only Eternity could do so.
Throughout the ages, only chaos great perfection held the greatest hope of transcending constraints and achieving Eternity.
And Ye Chen was a Chaos young Supreme One, one of the most hopeful in this era to transcend Eternity.
"Should we believe the Battle Saint King?" Even Dan Xu was somewhat hesitant now.
Dan Chen gave a light sigh. "Perhaps we can believe, but the future is ever-changing. The chaos path is inherently extremely difficult. For the Battle Saint King to take that step is ultimately too hard. We cannot judge, we can only focus on the present."
His implication was refusal.
"However, the Battle Saint King is after all a Chaos young Supreme One, not inferior to an Emperor's son, and the successor of the Battle Saint lineage, also possessing a Chaos Immortal Egg. We can establish good relations. In the future, if possible, perhaps we could even arrange a marriage alliance." Dan Chen thought for a moment and said this.
Such a Supreme genius with limitless potential—the Dan Emperor Clan hoped to bind him to the same war chariot.
But soon Dan Chen shook his head. The Battle Saint King's wives were Goddess, Yi Wu, Chen'er, and several other Moon Palace Palace Lords, all women of unparalleled beauty throughout the ages, each with astonishing cultivation. Ordinary women would not catch his eye.
Within the entire Dan Emperor Clan, the only one comparable was the Emperor's Daughter, but she was the highest-status person in the entire Dan Emperor Clan, a true child of the Alchemy Emperor, lofty and exalted. Even the Ancient Monarchs in the clan dared not offend her. Who would dare use her for a marriage alliance with the Battle Saint King?
Moreover, with the Emperor's Daughter's standards, she would never share a husband with other women, no matter how stunningly talented the man.
"Perhaps we could arrange a marriage with some of the clan's direct descendants!" Dan Xu suggested. "Although the Battle Saint King is extraordinary, we are after all the Dan Emperor Clan. I believe even he would not wish to give up the opportunity to establish relations with our Dan Emperor Clan."
"If we can get this Chaos young Supreme One full of potential to join our Dan Emperor Clan's war chariot, that would naturally be the best." Dan Chen nodded, then also frowned. "However, we must also pay careful attention. Even if a marriage alliance cannot succeed, we absolutely must not offend him. We must establish good relations with this Battle Saint King!"
After a pause, Dan Chen added another sentence.
"I understand!"
Ye Chen left the treasure hall. He knew he most likely had no chance left. He sighed slightly, feeling somewhat regretful.
After all, this was an Emperor Pill, even if only a semi-finished Emperor Pill, it was destined to have heaven-defying effects.
It contained some Primordial Dragon essence blood, which would certainly be very helpful for the Golden Little Divine Dragon, allowing it to grow faster and transform into a supreme true dragon.
Although he possessed countless treasures obtained from slain ancient Great Powers and young Supreme Ones, unfortunately, none could truly be considered heaven-defying supreme treasures, and those that could be exchanged for an Emperor Pill were only a few.
Such as the Mythical Crown, the Six-Layered Coffin of Reincarnation, the Chaos Immortal Egg, the Heaven-Wastage Great Halberd—but these were not feasible. To him, they all had indescribable importance and were indispensable.
After leaving the treasure hall, Ye Chen directly went to the location of the auction divine platform. He wanted to trade for the immortal's severed arm.
Without another word, he directly opened his internal space. Within, pile after pile of treasures, like small mountains, continuously surged forth. Among them were heavenly materials and earthly treasures, ten-thousand-year medicinal treasures, starry blue silver, star sand, mandrakes, divine spiritual sources, flesh, blood, and bones of primordial ancient beasts, immortal ancient weapons...
Countless treasures directly surged forth, piled up like mountains, and each type was truly of rare value, with not a single ordinary item among them.