Ye Chen's heart was profoundly shaken. Just like life and death—where the extreme of life is death, and the extreme of death is life—everything could transform into its opposite, akin to yin and yang.
If Eternity could give birth to the boundless Chaos Sea, it proved that Chaos could, in turn, transcend Eternity.
Moreover, the ancient Great Emperor's next words made Ye Chen even more certain, for he spoke thus: "It is said that Tai Sheng Huang was the one closest to the Great Perfection of the Chaos Great Dao throughout all ages. Why, across multiple epochal eras that produced more than one supreme Sovereign, was he alone the closest? Because he obtained the Eternal Crown. Perhaps it was by relying on the Eternal Crown that his Chaos Dao approached Great Perfection limitlessly!"
It must be said that the ancient Great Emperor's words were very reasonable. Ye Chen even believed it highly possible this was the truth.
Looking at this Eternal Crown, Ye Chen felt greater hope for achieving the Great Perfection of his Chaos Great Dao and transcending to attain Eternity.
"Great Emperor, may I ask how to master the Eternal Crown?" Ye Chen inquired. Since obtaining the Eternal Crown, he had never truly mastered it. The Eternal Crown was special, not allowing itself to be controlled.
The ancient Great Emperor, however, smiled. "Little friend, as a treasure left behind by an Eternal existence, even I, an Emperor, dare not claim I could master it. But I can say this: since you are a Chaos young generation's supreme, you must continue on your path. When your Chaos Great Dao reaches a certain level, you may perhaps master the Eternal Crown, or even grasp related Eternal knowledge."
Ye Chen nodded. At this point, that was all he could do. Everything would follow fate.
"It is just a pity that my existence cannot last too long. In the end, I belong only to the past."
He carried boundless desolation. Even as an ancient Great Emperor, he was only an Emperor of the past, unable to truly witness longevity. In the end, he was destined to perish. His heart held unwillingness and endless helplessness.
Finally, he looked at Ye Chen and said softly, "Little friend, I hope that one day you achieve success in Chaos and transcend to Eternity!"
Ye Chen said earnestly, "This junior will certainly live up to the Great Emperor's hopes!"
"Good—"
The ancient Great Emperor's figure slowly dissipated. His final voice echoed softly by Ye Chen's ear: "Little friend, remember this Emperor's name—"
"Ni Qiang Great Emperor!"
Pfft—
The moment the final word fell, Ni Qiang Great Emperor completely vanished. That Emperor's title seemed to still reverberate by Ye Chen's ear, deafeningly loud.
Only after a long time had passed did Ye Chen regain his senses and step out of that illusory space. He was now seated upright on the Emperor's throne, wearing the crimson-gold Emperor's crown. At this moment, a special surge of information emerged and flowed into his soul avatar.
Hum—
It was Ni Qiang Great Emperor's understanding of Chaos, now all poured into Ye Chen.
Without a doubt, this was tremendous help. A full half-month passed before Ye Chen finished receiving it all.
Ni Qiang Great Emperor's insights into the Chaos Dao were naturally far inferior to Tai Sheng Huang's. But an Emperor's comprehension, every drop, was enough for an ordinary great power to ponder for centuries, let alone far more than that. Even with Ye Chen's monstrous talent, he needed a long time to digest it.
The broken Emperor World, now Ni Qiang Emperor World, was undergoing great construction and prosperity due to the presence of the five Nine Tribulation Divine Kings and the many royal clans, major powers' experts, and young geniuses.
The shattered Emperor City was slowly being reassembled under Will's control of the Emperor World's mighty power and the efforts of other experts.
The devastated, fractured lands of the Emperor World were gradually rejoining. Experts from various races displayed their divine abilities, rapidly restoring them, and towns continuously rose.
The primitive beings originally living in Ni Qiang Emperor World, including primordial ancient beasts, had submitted to Will's authority and were assisting in the construction.
With Ye Chen's help, Will established a contribution ranking system. Based on the degree of contribution, one could enter nine different Secret Halls to obtain corresponding legacies and secret techniques.
Of course, entering the highest-level Secret Halls required extremely massive contribution points.
Among the young geniuses from various races, over a hundred had entered, at minimum Heaven's Pride level, with no shortage of super Heaven's Pride from the Earth Ranking. They were led especially by royal clan super Heaven's Pride like Jian Tian and Gu Luo Wang, who ranked within the Earth Ranking's top hundred.
Ye Chen intentionally worked to win them over, displaying his peerless combat power and occasionally offering guidance, causing many young geniuses to willingly submit to Ye Chen and Will.
Quite a few were even willing to become followers of Ye Chen and the others, including Supreme Heavenly Pride.
Unfortunately, regarding followers, Ye Chen held an attitude of preferring none over the unqualified.
The enemies he would face in the future were too terrifying—easily Imperial Sons and Daughters, progeny of Immortal Dao, and even escalating in the future to Nine Tribulation Divine Kings, Ancient Monarchs, and ancient Great Emperors.
Ordinary Supreme Heavenly Pride, Ye Chen was unwilling to accept. Following by his side would mostly lead to a dead end.
Surprisingly, however, among them, even Tuoba Mo, Jian Tian, Luo Wusheng, and others chose to follow Ye Chen, even swearing Heavenly Dao oaths of lifelong loyalty.
Because they all knew Ye Chen was too powerful, impossible to surpass in their lifetimes. Moreover, other Imperial Sons and Daughters also made surpassing them difficult. Knowing they had no hope in this life of contending for the "Supreme" Immortal fate, they were willing to follow behind Ye Chen, this invincible Chaos young generation's supreme, to witness infinite wonders.
Ye Chen accepted them. These six royal clan super Heaven's Pride possessed extraordinary talent, all high-level young generation's supreme, similar to Mo Haishen and the others, though their cultivation realms differed greatly. Yet they had value in cultivation.
Reaching this point, Ye Chen's followers numbered nine, each one a Supreme Heavenly Pride of exceptional talent, all at the high-level young generation's supreme tier, with hope of becoming the strongest young generation's supreme in the future.
Simultaneously, everything in Ni Qiang Emperor World was moving toward prosperity.
During this period, Ye Chen spent vast resources cultivating his nine Supreme Heavenly Pride followers. Consulting with Will, he sent them into the ninth-level Secret Halls, where each obtained corresponding peak expert legacies or secret techniques for contemplation.
Ye Chen also provided massive cultivation resources and even reforged their Dao weapons for them, using materials from the small worlds of Emperor treasures plundered from the Jiu Yan Imperial Clan.
Especially the six royal clan super Heaven's Pride, they underwent comprehensive sublimation, elevating an entire level.
The six royal clans, who originally harbored resentment that their respective super Heaven's Pride would stoop to follow Ye Chen, now held no more complaints.
As for Jian Tian's Bone Heavenly Demon Clan, they weren't truly an alien race, merely a royal clan following under an alien Imperial Clan. Witnessing this scene now, they sighed inwardly, completely letting go of their enmity with Ye Chen, and prepared to break away from the alien Imperial Clan to submit to Ye Chen and the others.
At the same time, Ye Chen also began contemplating the Chaos Great Dao.
This contemplation lasted three months.
Indeed, as Ni Qiang Great Emperor said, each ancient Great Emperor's understanding of Chaos was different. Referencing each other provided great help.
In just three months, Ye Chen's comprehension of Chaos deepened further. Combining these insights caused his own self to make a slight breakthrough, reaching the mid-seventh heaven, becoming even more powerful.