A single light question represented Ye Chen's decision.
Regarding this Crown Prince Yan Wushuang of the Xi Kingdom, he saw a mortal's firm pursuit of the Heavenly Dao, the helplessness towards his own innate talent, yet a special greed for pursuing the Emperor realm, and an alternative way of thinking regarding Faith Power.
He wished to use Faith Power to forge an immortal Emperor body and charge towards that supreme domain.
Throughout the ages, he had heard of people using Faith Power to achieve an Emperor body, but he had never learned who had succeeded.
Traditionally, the vast majority relied on their own superior cultivation talent to prove their Dao and become an Emperor. This time, he wanted to see if this Crown Prince of the Xi Kingdom could use Faith Power to charge towards the realm of a Supreme Great Emperor.
For this, he did not mind helping the Crown Prince of the Xi Kingdom.
Thus, he felt the desire to take a disciple, wanting to accept this Yan Wushuang as his disciple.
A formal disciple, not a nominal one.
"Greetings, Master!"
The Crown Prince of the Xi Kingdom was no fool either. He immediately knelt down, performing the disciple ceremony with three bows and nine kowtows earnestly.
"Good, good, good!" Ye Chen said the word 'good' three times in a row, his face also filled with a smile. He patted the Crown Prince's shoulder and said, "Your master pursues the elusive Heavenly Dao and is also striving for that supreme Emperor realm, traveling on the path, unable to stay behind to guide your growth. But today, I shall bestow upon you an opportunity that can break open the shackles of your aptitude. From now on, you will no longer be hindered by innate talent. On the contrary, it will allow you to proceed smoothly, at the very least enabling you to become a Great Power. However, your future achievements will depend on your own efforts."
"Because innate talent does not determine the final outcome. Some people have outstanding talent, becoming peak Great Powers in two hundred years, yet remain trapped for their entire lives. Others have ordinary aptitude but achieve greatness later in life, catching up and surpassing the world, becoming the ultimate Supreme Great Emperor, the most revered person in the entire ancient cosmos."
"And you are cultivating the method of using Faith Power to become an Emperor, giving you even more hope."
"Therefore, you must remember this point: diligent and arduous cultivation is the most important."
"This disciple will definitely obey Master's command!" said Crown Prince Yan Wushuang of the Xi Kingdom.
"Good!"
Ye Chen wasted no more words. With a flick of his sleeve, he directly sealed off the space of this command tower, freezing time and space. The outside world could not perceive in the slightest what was happening within.
A brilliant light bloomed from between his brows, within which appeared a Chaos Great Cauldron, descending before them, pouring down ten thousand layers of primordial Chaos Qi. Each layer of primordial Chaos Qi made the Crown Prince of the Xi Kingdom feel heavy. Under these ten thousand layers of primordial Chaos Qi, even this usually composed Crown Prince was shocked and lost color.
At the same time, he felt increasingly awed towards this mysterious Master.
"Battle Saint King!"
Within the Chaos Great Cauldron, a faintly discernible, imposing tall figure appeared, somewhat illusory, enveloped within another mysterious silver bell. Even with the isolation of the Chaos Great Cauldron, strands of terrifyingly immense pressure, from the Crown Prince's perspective, seeped out, directly annihilating the void.
The Crown Prince of the Xi Kingdom firmly believed that the person within the Chaos Great Cauldron was absolutely the most terrifying existence he had ever seen in his life. Even his own Xi Saint Ancestor and the few legendary Saints he had encountered in his lifetime paled in comparison to this illusory figure before him. The mere release of a wisp of pressure far surpassed those Saints.
Moreover, for some reason, when facing this illusory person, there was always an immeasurable pressure welling up from the depths of his soul, causing his primordial spirit to tremble, as if a subordinate facing an absolute superior. His entire body's muscles and bones felt stiff, a sense of innate restraint.
This particular sense of restraint, he had only experienced once before, years ago when he met a true clansman of the Jiuyan Imperial Clan—that was the oppression of Bloodline Power.
The denser and purer the Emperor's Bloodline Power, the greater the sense of restraint on a descendant like him with thin bloodline power.
And the sense of restraint released by this illusory person before him could be described as boundless. Could he also be a clansman of the Jiuyan Imperial Clan? Both the pressure and the sense of restraint were enough to prove this person's status must be extraordinary.
Yet such an Imperial Clan powerhouse, destined to be extraordinary even within the entire Jiuyan Imperial Clan, was sealed by his mysterious Master within the Chaos Great Cauldron, unable to escape. Moreover, hearing this person roar the title 'Battle Saint King' at his mysterious Master, it seemed to be his mysterious Master's title.
What kind of origins did his mysterious Master have? What kind of deity was he?
"Battle Saint King!" The illusory person sealed within the Chaos Great Cauldron roared again. His entire soul avatar was completely enveloped within the mysterious silver bell, not even glancing at the Crown Prince of the Xi Kingdom. In his eyes, this Crown Prince was merely an insignificant ant. What he cared more about was the Battle Saint King before him, who had actually sealed him within the Chaos Great Cauldron. As the dignified chieftain of an Imperial Clan, he could not struggle free—it was simply a great humiliation.
However, Ye Chen did not even look at the Jiuyan chieftain. Instead, he looked at the Crown Prince of the Xi Kingdom and said, "Do you know who he is?"
The Crown Prince of the Xi Kingdom forcibly endured the continuous pressure and sense of restraint released from the illusory person's body. He raised his head to look, and when he truly saw the illusory person's true face clearly, even someone as composed as him could not help but suck in a cold breath at this moment—
"The Jiuyan chieftain!"
That's right, it was the chieftain of the immortal Imperial Clan, high above the entire Nine Colors Emperor Star, the true ruler of the Emperor Star, the supreme existence above billions of living beings on the Emperor Star.
He could not be mistaken. As the chieftain of an Imperial Clan, his status was supremely lofty. Once enthroned and his identity established, a stone statue of the chieftain would be erected in the capitals of the seven great empires, thirty-six kingdoms, and myriad nations across the Nine Colors Continent, revered for generations.
Even becoming the Imperial Clan chieftain allowed one to receive the vast Faith Power from the endless living beings of the entire Nine Colors Emperor Star.
He had always aimed to use the method of Faith Power to become an Emperor and had studied it extensively, so naturally, he could not be mistaken.
Yet the dignified Imperial Clan chieftain, the supreme existence of the Nine Colors Emperor Star, was actually this illusory person. And more importantly, he was imprisoned within his mysterious Master's Chaos Great Cauldron. All of this was simply too shocking, to the point that his expression changed several times, still feeling a sense of disbelief.
"That's right, he is the chieftain of the Jiuyan Imperial Clan."
Ye Chen looked at the shocked expression on the Crown Prince of the Xi Kingdom's face, feeling not the slightest disappointment. On the contrary, for someone of the Crown Prince's age, status, and cultivation level to be so shocked, he was not at all surprised; he thought it was perfectly normal.
Even he himself back in the day would have been shocked and lost color upon encountering such a matter.