At the same time, Ye Chen lifted the seal on the great hall. Zhou Yun, who was outside, finally noticed everything and his expression changed slightly. He rushed over at once to inquire about the situation between the two parties.
Instead, he saw Ye Chen and the Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor walking side by side, chatting and laughing as they emerged, which left him astonished.
Ye Chen explained that they had become friends after their clash and had successfully traded the Dragon Soul Grass.
Zhou Yun was both amazed and delighted—amazed that the two had actually become friends and successfully traded the Dragon Soul Grass, and delighted that with the successful trade, he, as the middleman, would receive three seventh-tier high-grade pills as his reward.
"Fellow Daoist Zhou Yun, allow me to return and rest for a few days. I will naturally present you with the three seventh-tier high-grade pills in due course." After exchanging a few words with Zhou Yun, Ye Chen turned and left with the Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor and A Beinu, returning to their residence.
Upon returning to the residence, the Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor naturally saw the nine Supreme Heavenly Prides following under Ye Chen's command. Each one was as outstanding as a deity, with transcendent bearing.
Including A Beinu, there were nine in total, constituting an extremely extraordinary lineup of followers that left the Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor exclaiming in admiration. He clamored about wanting to subdue a group of Supreme Heavenly Prides to become his own followers as well.
Apart from A Beinu, the other eight Supreme Heavenly Prides under Ye Chen's command were initially surprised by the demonic youth manifested by the Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor. However, they all found his boastful, unreliable chatter quite untrustworthy, instinctively feeling he was similar to Weier.
When Ye Chen introduced him, each Supreme Heavenly Pride was dumbfounded to learn that the other party was actually a pure-blooded True Dragon, and his cultivation surpassed any one of theirs.
"Hahaha, impressive, right? How about you abandon Little Moon and follow me instead? Let me lead you to carve out a bright and just world." The Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor transformed into his true form—a ten-foot-long golden True Dragon appeared, clad in golden dragon scales that shimmered with brilliant golden light. He stood with his dragon claws akimbo, appearing very arrogant.
"It really is a pure-blooded True Dragon!"
The other Supreme Heavenly Prides under his command believed it now, because the dragon might emanating from him was purer and more intense than that of A Beinu, who possessed partial dragon origin as a half pure-blooded True Dragon. If not a pure-blooded True Dragon, what else could he be?
Although they had seen a genuine pure-blooded True Dragon, a supreme being almost belonging to legend, having been by Ye Chen's side for so long, their minds had grown somewhat numb and they weren't particularly shocked.
Moreover, everyone present was a Supreme Heavenly Pride, even high-level young supremes with peerless talent. Though they couldn't compare to a monstrous genius like their lord who could suppress Emperor Sons and Daughters, they still harbored pride in their hearts. They were also quite curious about just how powerful a legendary supreme being like a pure-blooded True Dragon could be. Many were eager to give it a try, hoping to challenge him.
"So what if he's a pure-blooded True Dragon? How strong can he be? Let me see!"
"I don't believe a pure-blooded True Dragon can be that much stronger than us. Could he be another Strongest Young Supreme?"
"Come on, let's spar!"
Facing the challenges from the many Supreme Heavenly Prides, the Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor stood proudly and disdainfully said, "You think you trash dare challenge a supreme figure like me? Hmph, today I'll let you understand what it means that there is always a higher sky, and beyond man, there is dragon!"
The challenge began. The Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor directly accepted, entering a specially opened space for the great battle.
"Kid, you're called Luo Wusheng, right? Your blade technique is passable, barely acceptable in my eyes. But your strength is too lacking. Do you spend all day... indulging in self-pleasure until your kidneys are weak? Your power is just a tiny bit, can't even scratch my skin."
"Jian Tian, your Yin-Yang sword art isn't much better than that brat Luo Wusheng's—equally trash. Stop fighting, go back and cultivate for five hundred years before challenging me again. Or, give me ten or eight princess-level divine maidens and I can teach you a quick-mastery great sword technique!"
"Ouyang Guhua, what are you looking left and right for? I'm right here. Do you have a sty in your eye?"
"Tuoba Mo, you too, too weak!"
"Mo Haishen? Not a bad name, just your cultivation is a bit lacking, only reached the seventh heaven. Your talent is just a tiny bit better than average, I suppose."
"Luo Guyun, speaking of which, your name is so poetic and picturesque, why does your face do such injustice to the world—"
Apart from A Beinu, the other eight Supreme Heavenly Prides took turns dueling the Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor. However, these duels made the eight feel a torment more terrible than hell—not just physically, but spiritually as well.
Because the Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor's temperament was completely comparable to Weier's. While fighting, he delivered scathing commentary with a venomous tongue. These eight dignified Supreme Heavenly Prides, each worthy of being called true Heaven's Pride, were rendered worthless in his mouth, even to the point of directly insulting their ancestors eighteen generations back.
This subjected the eight great Supreme Heavenly Prides to immense physical and mental devastation. They never wanted to fight the Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor again.
Even though he was a pure-blooded True Dragon and a Strongest Young Supreme who could point out their shortcomings, his mouth was just too toxic.
That said, they had to admit that the Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor, this pure-blooded True Dragon, lived up to his name as a supreme being—at the level of a Strongest Young Supreme, not inferior to Emperor Sons and Daughters or immortal path descendants. Every one of their challenges ended in complete defeat, unable to last twenty rounds.
And this was with him holding back, suppressing his cultivation to the same realm as the challenger. Otherwise, they would have lost even faster.
Old friends meeting naturally had many topics to discuss.
They learned much from each other. For instance, the Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor learned that Goddess, Chen'er, and the others—Ye Chen's beloved wives—had established the Moon Palace on the Ultimate Ancient Path, becoming one of the nine overlords of the Ultimate Ancient Path. They were now far away in the Eight Desolations Ancient Domain at the very end of the Ultimate Ancient Path, contending with other great enemies for the "Ultimate" immortal fate.
He also learned that Weier had obtained an Emperor's Dao inheritance and was currently receiving it, gaining a tremendous opportunity.
He further learned about many events after Ye Chen entered the Primordial Immortal Realm, such as the fall of the Heavenly Gate's Gate Lord, the Tenth Emperor Pass nearly being breached, the appearances of the Supreme Saint Emperor and the Alchemy Emperor on the Ultimate Ancient Path...
The Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor sighed with emotion. He hadn't expected so much to happen in just a hundred years. Even that respectable Heavenly Gate's Gate Lord had fallen in battle at the Tenth Emperor Pass.
In his memory, the Heavenly Gate's Gate Lord was a stunningly brilliant figure, advancing triumphantly all the way, dazzling across the myriad domains of the heavens. Even back then, he had surpassed ordinary Great Powers, possessing a peerless divine bearing.
The Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor believed the Heavenly Gate's Gate Lord's origins must have been extraordinary.
Ye Chen also learned from the Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor about many events that occurred after the latter entered the Primordial Immortal Realm. However, the Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor concealed some matters, not revealing them, clearly having hidden reasons.
But the three Ancient Sovereigns who entered the Primordial Immortal Realm back then—the Primordial Sovereign, the Ruins Emperor, and the Jialuo Female Sovereign—had all ventured into the deepest parts of the Primordial Immortal Realm. The Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor was unable to follow into the depths at the time. Later, he learned some secrets: the three supreme Sovereigns were suspected to have entered the place that buries immortals, buries emperors, buries everything.
Especially the Primordial Sovereign, who took the lead in setting foot there. Even the Supreme Immortal did not stop the three from entering.
The Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor later encountered the mysterious Immortal-Slaying Ship drifting through various parts of the immortal realm. By chance, he entered the shattered Eight Desolations Ancient Universe and obtained the inheritance of the fallen supreme-level True Dragon of the Eight Desolations Ancient Universe, supplementing his incomplete realm cultivation. He became a Strongest Young Supreme, truly reaching the tenth heaven's great perfection.
Naturally, the Dragon Soul Grass was also obtained there.
Afterward, the Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor, under another identity, joined a supreme immortal clan and infiltrated it.
Later, more than half of this immortal clan's forces entered the Ten Heavens Ancient Domain. The Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor followed them in, then later seized an opportunity to escape and arrived at the Second Heaven Ancient Domain, leading to the series of encounters with Ye Chen.
A hundred years was enough to change many people's life trajectories. After Ye Chen and the Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor learned what each other knew, they also sighed with emotion.
Especially the Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor, who hadn't expected Goddess and the others to achieve such astonishing accomplishments on that Ultimate Ancient Path, with Goddess Zhao Jingruo even being one of the strongest nine.
The Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor didn't think that Ultimate Ancient Path was any easier than the Supreme Ancient Path, because the nine overlords of the Ultimate Ancient Path were all Divine Kings at the Nine Tribulations level.
Naturally, he also knew Ye Chen was no weakling either, having achieved the Chaos Supreme Body, the strongest physique, and obtaining one-seventh of an Emperor Body on the Emperor-Birthing Star. Combined with the one-seventh of the alien race's Qing Gu Great Emperor's essence obtained from the Fallen Emperor Battlefield, he had created a Great Emperor reincarnation body.
Moreover, a Chaos Small Universe was gestating within him.
The Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor could completely imagine just how far Ye Chen, possessing such heaven-defying opportunities, could go in the future.
Ultimately, becoming a Chaos Emperor, transcending fate, and establishing himself in the sole eternity was not impossible.
Although he had become a Strongest Young Supreme, compared to the current Ye Chen who could suppress Emperor Sons and Daughters, there was still a gap. This was a nemesis of supreme descendants.
"By the way, Little Moon, didn't you suppress some alien race Emperor Sons and Daughters? Did you get any valuable intelligence?" the Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor asked.
Ye Chen shook his head. After suppressing the Poluo Imperial Son and the Mohe Imperial Maiden, he had naturally thought of ways to interrogate them, hoping to extract some important information about the alien race's ancient universe.
Currently, the alien race was showing unusual movements, no longer simply wanting to guard outside the Ten Emperor Passes. They were eyeing covetously, clearly with motives that were anything but ordinary, which Ye Chen paid close attention to.
Naturally, Ye Chen also wanted to know both himself and the enemy, to learn more secrets of the alien race.
Unfortunately, the two alien race Emperor Sons and Daughters kept their mouths tightly shut. He hadn't obtained much valuable intelligence.
"After this period is over, let me personally take charge. As long as it's a female, I'll make her obedient." The Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor stroked his dragon whiskers with a dragon claw, letting out a lewd chuckle.
Ye Chen found the whole scene utterly bizarre!
The night passed peacefully.
The next day, the Myriad Saints Heavenly Ceremony officially commenced. The Myriad Saints Clan invited all major powers from across the world to the Myriad Saints City to participate in the grand ceremony.
The ceremony was extremely grand. The entire Myriad Saints City was decorated with lanterns and colored hangings, arranged in a very festive and lively manner.
On this day, the four city gates of Myriad Saints City were thrown wide open. Streams of light rushed over from all directions—carriages, divine ships, extraordinary mounts, and more—continuously pouring into Myriad Saints City.