"I wish to devour three of those Advanced Young Supreme Being corpses."
Abenue suddenly spoke up like this, "They are all Advanced Young Supreme Beings, and their bodies contain quite pure Emperor Bloodline Power, which is the source of their formidable physical strength. I want to use devouring to analyze their Bloodline Power. As long as I successfully analyze it, I will be able to gestate brand new Insect Warriors. These Insect Warriors will all contain a trace of their attributes, becoming even stronger. If conditions permit, I might even be able to gestate ten Insect Warriors at the Great Power level with attributes similar to theirs."
Hearing this, Ye Chen was startled. He hadn't expected Abenue to be capable of devouring, analyzing, and gestating even more powerful Insect Warriors. This was the first time he had heard of such a thing.
Abenue explained, "Master, this is a characteristic of our Insect Race. Whatever we devour, we can analyze its attributes, and the Insect Warriors we gestate will also gain part of those attributes, becoming stronger."
Ye Chen was pleasantly surprised. This wasn't just a characteristic; it was more like a form of evolution.
By relying on devouring, the gestated Insect Warriors could continuously evolve those attributes, constantly growing stronger and becoming more and more perfected.
Moreover, these Insect Warriors weren't just one or two, nor were they just a hundred or so. They were countless. That was what made it truly terrifying.
"What about you?" Ye Chen suddenly asked.
Since the Insect Warriors could gain attribute evolution, could Abenue, as the Mother Queen, also evolve in this manner?
Abenue nodded, "I can too."
Hearing this, Ye Chen couldn't help but marvel. The Insect Race Mother Queen was truly heaven-defying, capable of such continuous evolution. Furthermore, Abenue was a variant Insect Race Mother Queen who had also inherited the Dragon Source's devouring ability. If she were to devour these Advanced Young Supreme Being corpses now, who knew to what step she could evolve? Perhaps she could even break through the barrier and reach the tenth heaven in the Transformation God realm.
Finally, Ye Chen made a decision, saying, "Abenue, you may devour all seven corpses. See if you can achieve an even stronger evolution."
Abenue was struck by pleasant surprise and couldn't help but say, "Master, can I really do this?"
Ye Chen nodded with a smile, "Of course you can. If you can evolve to become even more formidable, I will be happy too."
"Thank you, Master!" Abenue hurriedly expressed her gratitude. Her true form manifested—the Insect Race Mother Queen's body resembling a golden true dragon, appearing majestic and holy. She opened her dragon mouth and devoured the seven peerless prodigies' corpses, then submerged into the Star Nest.
Immediately after, everything vanished, and her human form with golden hair and enchanting figure reappeared.
Before Ye Chen could speak, Luo Guyun behind him asked in astonishment, "Abenue, don't you need to enter slumber to refine them?"
Abenue shook her head with a slight smile, "The current me no longer needs to rely on slumber for refinement. As long as my true form is within the Star Nest, it will take about seven months to slowly devour, refine, and analyze them."
The stronger she became, the more easily and effortlessly Abenue could handle many troublesome matters.
Even devouring for evolution no longer required relying on slumber as it did in the past.
After dealing with the four Imperial Son light shadows and the seven peerless prodigies, Ye Chen's invincible combat power was finally known to all.
The invincible Battle Saint King, the Strongest Young Supreme, had single-handedly resolved all major enemies, sweeping through them. Now, everyone facing him held a sense of awe and reverence.
Without Ye Chen needing to signal, the three Supreme Heavenly Pride under his command immediately understood. They charged towards three sides, faintly forming a tripartite balance, enveloping an area of a hundred thousand li in radius. This also forced the other Trial Talents to retreat far away, not daring to set foot in this region in the slightest.
Otherwise, seeing the three Supreme Heavenly Pride's eyes filled with chilling killing intent, they would undoubtedly feel that once they stepped within, all three would, with lightning speed, slaughter and shatter anyone who entered, reducing them to ashes without exception.
Ye Chen appeared beside the mysterious Ancient Coffin. The nine Advanced Young Supreme Being trial creatures had long been conveniently dealt with by Ye Chen.
Even though all nine could momentarily reach the same peak of the fifth heaven as Ye Chen, the gap between a Strongest Young Supreme and an Advanced Young Supreme Being was ultimately vast. Ye Chen alone slew all nine, obtaining nine pieces of Nine Heavens Profound Crystal, each a full three chi in size, containing extremely rich and powerful Dao essence, enough to make many Trial Talents' eyes turn red with greed.
However, facing the three Supreme Heavenly Pride's formidable, murderous gazes, they all immediately fell silent, not daring to harbor any wild thoughts.
Clang—
Ye Chen placed both hands on the coffin lid and slowly pushed it open.
With a rumbling sound, the Misty Radiance Secret Realm trembled, and vast fluctuations spread out. From within the mysterious Ancient Coffin, endless, dazzling radiant light suddenly shot into the sky, accompanied by strange fluctuations that caused space-time to tremble and become chaotic, spreading outwards.
In the distant sky, all Trial Talents watched intently, but they couldn't see clearly at all. They only saw boundless radiance from within the coffin submerge the area where the Supreme Nine Peaks originally were, also engulfing the Battle Saint King within.
Rumble—
Ye Chen's eyes were wide open, unblinking, as he stared at everything within the Ancient Coffin. Inside, it was a kaleidoscope of bizarre scenes, with countless illusions appearing. He could vaguely see an ancient, long river traversing the myriad heavens, carrying countless scenes of years and time floating and sinking.
That was the River of Time.
For some reason, Ye Chen did not see any familiar acquaintances within the Ancient Coffin. On the contrary, the coffin manifested the River of Time, vast and mighty, shaking past and present space-time.
It was very strange. This was the first time Ye Chen had encountered this. Previously, he had always seen familiar people—his wives. But this time was not like that, which made him feel suspicious and puzzled.
Yet this was clearly the Ancient Coffin from the River of Time, flowing with the power of time, traversing the ages to arrive. That point was not wrong. Why were there no familiar figures appearing?
Within the Ancient Coffin, it seemed to conceal a great world. It was actually the River of Time flowing, with starlight shimmering and countless stars floating and sinking.
Occasionally, stars even fell from the sky, splashing up many waves.
Hum—
Suddenly, a peculiar fluctuation swept over.
Ye Chen's expression turned serious. He always felt that within the Ancient Coffin, something seemed to be calling to him from the unseen, summoning him to enter.
This was a fluctuation originating from his very body and mind, which he paid great attention to. Yet he also hesitated somewhat, unsure whether he should actually step inside.
"Come in, come in!"
That call rang out again, continuously summoning Ye Chen, urging him to enter the coffin.
In the end, with great skill comes great daring. Ye Chen entered, and in an instant, he found himself upon the River of Time.
Upon the long river, flowing downstream, countless scenes flashed by rapidly. They were all events of the past, from who knew how many years ago.