Had he been discovered by the Nine Gods Sovereign?
Ye Chen's heart pounded with fear. Just as he was about to turn and flee like lightning, he suddenly realized it wasn't that the Jiuyan Imperial Clan had discovered his presence. Instead, a massive white hole had appeared there, nearly as vast as the Nine Colors Emperor Star itself.
At the center of the white hole, countless streams of light flashed—these were meteors, each one a colossal star now ablaze, trailing brilliant sparks as they hurtled en masse toward the Nine Colors Emperor Star.
Moreover, these meteors were no ordinary flaming rocks. Each one contained terrifying destructive power, even possessing faint threads of fearsome Sovereign power. So many flaming meteors blotted out the sky beyond the Nine Colors Emperor Star's domain.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The stable heavenly curtain of the Imperial Clan was violently shaken by the bombardment.
Boom!
Yet at this moment, a vast, boundless Sovereign's heavenly might appeared, sweeping across the sky at an astonishing speed to collide with the countless flaming meteors erupting from the white hole.
There was no earth-shattering explosion. Under the Sovereign's heavenly might, all the flaming meteors were instantly annihilated, vanishing without a trace.
Furthermore, from the Nine Colors Emperor Star, a massive Forbidden Heaven Divine Seal flew out. Nine-colored true dragons roared across the starry sky, clashing with the white hole until both were mutually annihilated.
Visible to the naked eye, the atmosphere on the Nine Colors Emperor Star churned with myriad phenomena, winds and clouds sweeping across. A majestic, peerless dharma phantom manifested between heaven and earth, its might intimidating all realms. Yet a voice, icy yet tinged with shock and fury, trembled through the cosmic starry void: "Mystic Dao!"
The Sovereign's dao shout exploded across the universe.
Ye Chen, several star domains away, shuddered, his face clearly showing delight.
This was the work of the Mystic Dao Elder. Clearly, the Mystic Dao Elder had not been imprisoned. On the contrary, he had left and left behind such a method.
And this method was very likely left by the Mystic Dao Elder to inform Ye Chen that he was safe and sound. Sensing the fluctuations from Ye Chen's presence, even across several star domains, it could trigger and release this astonishing technique.
Indeed, the Mystic Dao Elder was truly a figure capable of reaching the heavens. Ye Chen hadn't expected that even a universe overlord like the Nine Gods Sovereign hadn't been able to capture him.
Upon learning this news, Ye Chen also breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as the Mystic Dao Elder was safe, he could rest easy.
"Jiuyan Imperial Clan!"
He gazed distantly at the eternal ancient Imperial Clan, looking deeply, a cold sneer in his eyes as he made a vast oath in his heart.
When I one day rule the world, I will make the Jiuyan submit to me.
With matters settled, he brushed off his sleeves and departed!
Sun and moon shifted. Ye Chen stepped onto his cauldron and drifted away, appearing carefree. After traversing endless spatial turbulence for over ten days, he returned to Chuxia Star and reunited with A'beinu.
He immediately went into seclusion, for during this period, he had either been evading pursuit from the Jiuyan Imperial Clan or undergoing twenty-five years of dao comprehension. The several Imperial Treasure Small Worlds he had emptied from the Jiuyan Imperial Clan's palace back then still hadn't been properly examined to see exactly how many treasures he had obtained.
Now was the perfect opportunity to thoroughly investigate.
He found a place in desolate mountains and wild forests, desolate and uninhabited for hundreds of thousands of miles in all directions, populated only by powerful demonic beasts roaming freely, with even Heavenly King-level great demons entrenched there. Across the entire Chuxia Star, no one dared to easily set foot within.
Moreover, he set up formations, making it difficult even for a super Great Power to detect any trace. With A'beinu standing guard, he submerged himself within.
Chirp! Chirp! Chirp!
As soon as he entered the illusory center of the formation, a crimson-gold light flashed, and Little Dot also appeared.
During the previous battles, Ye Chen had long since stored Little Dot within his body.
Although Little Dot was a Chaos Holy Spirit with limitless potential, it was ultimately just newly born. In such battles, it couldn't contribute much useful combat power, appearing relatively weak and easily harmed. Thus, it had to be temporarily stored within his body. Now finally released, Little Dot also breathed a sigh of relief, chirping incessantly, blinking its pitch-black, bright eyes, looking at Ye Chen with a hint of reproach.
"Sorry, little guy, I made you suffer."
Ye Chen stroked Little Dot's soft, downy little head with his finger, making Little Dot squint its eyes comfortably with an expression of pure enjoyment.
Then Ye Chen took out a Great Power Pill, feeding it bit by bit. He thought feeding Little Dot one-tenth of a Great Power Pill was already remarkable, as it contained one-third of a Great Power's concentrated essence, with boundless divine energy. However, when feeding it, Little Dot seemed to disdain the small amount Ye Chen offered. With a swish, it opened its tiny mouth and directly swallowed the entire remaining Great Power Pill.
"Oh no!"
Ye Chen's expression changed. He deeply understood how terrifying the energy contained within a single Great Power Pill was. Even a peak Heavenly King wouldn't dare to directly swallow and refine a whole Great Power Pill; the divine energy within was enough to cause such a powerhouse to explode.
He grabbed Little Dot, intending to force out the unrefined Great Power Pill and excess Great Power energy from its body, even if it meant waste. However, Little Dot directly transformed into a brilliant orb of light, its entire body wreathed in dazzling, scorching crimson-gold radiance, like a crimson-gold sun, emanating terrifying, supreme high temperatures that could incinerate everything.
Even Ye Chen's palm felt an intense burning sensation. Strong as his Chaos Holy Body was, signs of scorching appeared, though ultimately, the peerless Chaos Holy Body didn't break skin or bleed.
His sword-like brows furrowed as he firmly grasped Little Dot. His brow glowed like the sun, releasing brilliant light as vast soul power spread out to investigate. He discovered Little Dot had transformed into a crimson-gold cocoon of light, burning with threads of solar essence that could even incinerate soul power.
However, Ye Chen's Chaos Holy Soul power was ultimately strong enough to cross the crimson-gold cocoon of light and probe within. He found Little Dot was in a deep sleep, with no crisis of exploding.
Within Little Dot's tiny body, no larger than half a palm, it could actually contain the vast power within the Great Power Pill, leaving Ye Chen utterly dumbfounded.
After all, even a peak Heavenly King powerhouse would find it difficult to swallow an entire Great Power Pill; the energy within was enough to make a peak Heavenly King explode.
Truly worthy of being a Chaos Holy Spirit.
Ye Chen sighed inwardly. The immense potential of such a Holy Spirit truly made even him, a Chaos Young Supreme One, envious.
He appeared peerlessly strong, a fifth-layer Great Power capable of battling super Great Power experts at the eighth layer. Yet how difficult had it been to cultivate to this step?
From the initial period of weakness, enduring countless trials, who knew how many life-and-death calamities, even dying and reviving several times. The path he walked was one of myriad tribulations, only then step by step cultivating to this stage—an invincible road forged from countless flesh, blood, and bones.
Yet compared to this, such a heaven-and-earth-nurtured Chaos Holy Spirit was innately extraordinary, possessing such power from birth. Back then, it could transform into a mysterious great bird at the super Great Power level, nearly injuring Ye Chen.
Now, not long after birth, it could ingest a terrifying divine pill like a Great Power Pill without bursting its body. On the contrary, it autonomously formed a cocoon of light, entering a slumbering metamorphosis within.
Perhaps before long, it would completely awaken.
And with awakening, who knew how much Little Dot's power would increase.
At the very least, its cultivation speed would far surpass Ye Chen's by who knew how many times.
They called him the strongest Young Supreme One, with heaven-defying talent and extremely fast cultivation speed. Yet compared to Little Dot, Ye Chen sighed, not knowing how many times slower he was.
Of course, as a Chaos Holy Spirit, its initial cultivation speed was extremely fast, possessing uniquely terrifying foundational reserves. Saying its cultivation speed increased a thousand miles a day was an understatement. Like the Emperor's sons and daughters, those supreme offspring were born at the Saint Realm—this was the terror brought by bloodline power.
The Chaos Holy Spirit was the same.
However, by the later stages, whether bloodline power or terrifying talent, they couldn't offer much. Only by steadily advancing step by step through one's own efforts could one ascend.
As for the supreme Emperor domain, even powerful, matchless Emperor bloodline power, or being born a Chaos Holy Spirit with that terrifying, supreme foundational reserve, couldn't allow natural breakthrough.
Storing the slumbering, metamorphosing Little Dot, now encased in a Chaos cocoon of light, within his body's Chaos Small Universe, his soul avatar then emerged, stepping into the Chaos Small Universe within his body. The countless supreme treasures emptied from the Imperial Treasure Small Worlds were all in the center of the Chaos Small Universe, placed together with the Six-Layered Reincarnation Coffin.
Visible to the naked eye, treasures that, if placed in the outside world, could each shake the universe and drive countless powerhouses to frenzied contention, were casually arranged and piled up like mountains within the Chaos Small Universe.
So many that even an ancient Sovereign would covet them with red eyes.
Even someone as calm and composed as Ye Chen couldn't help his heart racing urgently, for the treasures were too many. What could be stored in an Imperial Treasure Small World if not the most top-tier supreme treasures?
Unfortunately, he hadn't completely emptied all nine Imperial Treasure Small Worlds, and the further in, the more astonishing the stored treasures must be, leaving him somewhat regretful.
Alas, there hadn't been enough time.
If the Jiuyan Imperial Clan knew this, they'd probably spit blood in fury.
Not only had he emptied most of the Imperial Treasure Small Worlds, he actually felt it wasn't enough.
When Ye Chen truly began to investigate, he finally truly felt the terror of an Imperial Clan's heritage. So many supreme treasures—among them were divine forging materials, divine spiritual sources, heaven-and-earth treasures, medicinal ingredients with tens of thousands of years of age, pills, numerous cultivation manuals or handwritten notes from powerhouses across the myriad realms, famous ancient universe dao soldiers and artifacts, and so on...
So many treasures, each one a top-tier supreme item, piled together, equivalent to half an Imperial Clan's heritage. It could absolutely allow Ye Chen to establish a ten-thousand-year orthodoxy second only to an Imperial Clan.