Abenue grew quickly, having received Ye Chen's teachings of demon race secret techniques, among which was the Heavenly Roc's Eighteen Forms. This once lofty demon race holy technique had long been perfected and deduced by Ye Chen, and he imparted it to Abenue.
After a day and night of battle, she rapidly matured, fighting with increasing ferocity. The Dragon Source contained within her body was thoroughly activated, with draconic majesty roaring through the starry space as her combat power continuously climbed.
Moreover, in the confrontations with the young generation's supremes, she effectively devoted herself to learning, gaining corresponding practical combat experience.
Naturally, Abenue could not become a young generation's supreme in just a day and night, but she was not far off.
This battle lasted half a month. Ye Chen was in no hurry. Although there were more young supremes from various races on the stone gate, only thirty-six appeared. Thirty-five were slain, leaving only this dragon race young supreme.
After twenty arduous days of confrontation, Abenue fought until she was covered in blood, appearing quite disheveled. She had even been cut in half several times, and her divine soul had been shattered once, but she ultimately survived.
Although her aura was now much weaker than at the beginning, it also seemed much sharper.
Only through actual combat could one become stronger.
Clearly, Abenue was such a case. She had grown immensely. Given time, she would surely become a powerhouse at the young supreme level.
As for the dragon race young supreme, Ye Chen raised his hand and suppressed it to death.
After annihilating these young supremes' soul imprints one by one, Ye Chen became increasingly certain of his inner speculation.
What lay beyond the Ancient Gate was not the Ultimate Ancient Path. On the contrary, it was most likely the legendary Emperor Sons and Daughters' Supreme Ancient Path, which only those with supreme bloodlines could tread.
This could be seen from the trial on the Supreme Ancient Gate. Ordinary young supremes simply could not pass the trial of these various races' young supremes' soul imprints. Only the strongest supreme Heaven's Prides at the Emperor Son and Daughter level could smoothly pass.
Furthermore, the requirement to splatter Supreme Blood proved the extraordinariness of this Supreme Ancient Path.
And splattering Supreme Blood did not refer to sprinkling it on the Ancient Gate, but rather being forced to shed blood here after undergoing great battles.
All evidence confirmed Ye Chen's viewpoint.
Boom—
When all the young supremes' soul imprints were exterminated, the magnificent Supreme Ancient Gate rumbled open. A desolate aura rushed out from within.
Beyond the gate lay another entirely new starry realm, everything leading to the mysterious unknown.
Ye Chen stepped into it, with Abenue following behind.
Whoosh—
The instant they stepped through the Ancient Gate, everything changed astonishingly in the blink of an eye—stars shifted, and the Ancient Gate vanished.
Ye Chen and the other appeared the next moment in a strange and mysterious star domain, with brilliant starlight, ancient stars floating, and meteor showers streaking across.
Ahead, an imposing ancient city stood majestically in the starry sky. Its scale was no less than the trial ancient passes on the Ultimate Ancient Path, though it appeared relatively dim and lackluster.
When Ye Chen stepped inside, antiquity and desolation assailed his senses.
This was a dilapidated ancient city, existing for many tens of thousands of years. Within the city, there was not the slightest trace of living beings, utterly devoid of inhabitants. Even the guards who once defended this city had died of old age many millennia ago, turning into piles of white bones buried within, indicating that living beings once inhabited this ancient city in the past.
Ye Chen wandered for a long while, carefully observing this city for an extended period before letting out a soft sigh, somewhat moved.
Clearly, this mysterious Supreme Ancient Path could not compare to the Ultimate Ancient Path. On the Supreme Ancient Path, only the most powerful Emperor Sons and Daughters could set foot, and they needed to find it through special methods or corresponding ancient paths.
Therefore, not many people walked this Supreme Ancient Path. Basically, only Emperor Sons and Daughters could step onto it. Yet, how many such supreme offspring of emperors had appeared throughout history? Their numbers were naturally far fewer than those on the Ultimate Ancient Path, which gathered talents from various ancient universes.
Over time, this mysterious Supreme Ancient Path became sparsely populated. Probably, many trial ancient cities along the way were utterly devoid of inhabitants.
Not long after, Ye Chen found the corresponding spatial ancient gate within the city. Although covered in dust and with its energy stones depleted, it could still operate if sufficient power was injected. He released a stream of divine power to activate it, and the two embarked on this mysterious Supreme Ancient Path.
Darkness and coldness were the eternal themes of the universe.
Along the way, Ye Chen used the star cities left behind, continuously traversing the starry sky and journeying on the Supreme Ancient Path.
Unfortunately, three months had passed since he set out. He had successively passed through thirteen star cities, but looking back, without exception, they were all filled with desolation. Not a single living being was present, only solitude and coldness enduring in the world.
Occasionally, he discovered some skeletal remains in some star cities. Some were guards who defended the city passes, passed down through generations, meant to guide later Emperor Son-level supreme Heaven's Prides onward. Others were living beings who had mistakenly entered the Supreme Ancient Path, unable to leave it and return to the outside world.
It was as if the Supreme Ancient Path's location was not within the ancient universe where the Ultimate Ancient Path resided, but in another ancient universe, full of mystery. Ye Chen rarely saw many living beings and had not encountered many life-bearing ancient stars along the way.
Three months later, when Ye Chen arrived at the fourteenth star city, signs of living beings finally appeared.
This was a relatively desolate star city, but unlike the previous thirteen he had traversed, some living beings were finally present—not many, about ten thousand within the ancient city spanning a thousand miles.
There were humans, demon race members, dwarves, and other races. Naturally, they could not all be Emperor Sons and Daughters with supreme bloodlines. They were merely some indigenous inhabitants and powerful living beings from nearby star domains, gathered in this city.
Boom—
The moment Ye Chen and the other emerged from the spatial gate, the vast majority of living beings in the city immediately looked over.
Especially seeing Ye Chen's heroic and vigorous demeanor and Abenue's enchanting and peerless beauty—both young Heaven's Prides—many wore expressions filled with awe.
Because they all clearly understood one point: any young Heaven's Pride capable of walking this Supreme Ancient Path was absolutely among the most powerful supreme Heaven's Prides, with absurdly formidable strength, invincible within the same realm, capable of killing across levels, and not to be provoked.
Ye Chen stepped inside, observing this star city with over ten thousand living beings, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He was just very curious. This was clearly the Supreme Ancient Path meant for Emperor Sons and Daughters to temper themselves, yet along the way, he had not encountered many trials. He had even passed through all the star cities with incredible smoothness, which puzzled him greatly.