In his previous life, Ye Chen had been too powerful, too invincible, and had provoked many peerless enemies, causing concern. Especially as the inheritor of the Forbidden Lineage, a Supreme Being, he had even made those supreme existences atop the Nine Heavens in the myriad realms pale and take action.
The reason those enemies didn't trouble his relatives and friends after his death was mainly because he, the greatest threat, had vanished. As for others, even if they were as powerful as the War King, there was still a gap compared to True Kings and Supreme Beings, so those enemies had no fear of them.
If they learned he was still alive, they would likely take action against these friends, a scenario he was unwilling to see.
The War King fell silent, understanding this reasoning. Ye Chen's enemies from his past life were all figures with heaven-defying methods. Any one of them was an invincible, peerless foe that could not be resisted. It was hard to imagine how Ye Chen of the past had managed to contend with these great enemies for so long.
The more he thought about it, the more he realized how peerless and invincible Ye Chen's past self had been.
The title of Supreme Being was not just empty words.
"It's a pity, it's just hard on them..." the War King suddenly said, looking at Ye Chen's guilty expression but saying no more.
They remained silent for a while. At that moment, a tremendous commotion came from outside. The Supreme Old Academy Head and Great Sage Hong Tian were both taking action, attacking the War Domain to rescue Ye Chen and even drive the War King away to another realm.
"I know you must have many questions you want to ask, but as for why I was able to reincarnate and be reborn, I cannot give you a clear answer on that yet. I am also exploring it myself," Ye Chen said. His rebirth was not a simple reincarnation. That great tribulation should have definitely resulted in the annihilation of both body and soul. Unless the Human Sovereign had intervened, no one could have saved him.
Was it really as simple as the Human Sovereign Pagoda?
He shook his head, denying it. It couldn't be that simple. Up to now, his intuition told him there must be other hidden circumstances, as if an invisible hand had once intervened to help him, allowing him to survive that tribulation and descend upon this Tian Du Continent to be reborn.
"Perhaps you can understand my current state as 'Samsara'," Ye Chen added after some thought.
His current state was not much different from the great realm beyond the Divine Spirit realm—Samsara.
Houtian, Xiantian, Martial God, Heavenly God, Divine Spirit—these were the first five major realms of the human body, each step a world apart. Each advancement granted mastery over more powerful strength, especially in small worlds, dimensional worlds, and special heavens and earths where the myriad Daos were incomplete, making them even more formidable, unlike in the myriad realms where they were suppressed by the complete fusion of the myriad Daos into the Heavenly Dao.
Divine Spirits stood high above, their mana like a sea, capable of affecting an area of a thousand miles with a single thought. Their might could be called peerless and unparalleled, hence this realm was also called the Divine Spirit realm.
However, upon surpassing the Divine Spirit realm, one would step into an entirely new major realm—Samsara!
In this great realm, one's combat power would not increase at all. Instead, all power would vanish, all memories would disappear, leaving only the fleshly shell existing in the world, while the Primordial Spirit vanished, entering the mysterious cycle of Samsara.
This realm was very special, like the true Samsara spoken of in worldly legends, being reborn as a human.
Ye Chen's current state was quite similar to Samsara. When he explained this to the War King, the latter suddenly trembled, as if he had understood many things, falling silent and lost in thought.
"Samsara, Samsara... am I truly in Samsara?" Ye Chen murmured to himself, his gaze deepening many times over.
The War King watched Ye Chen without speaking, knowing he was pondering some important matters and should not be disturbed.
Boom—
The War Domain was shaken, also startling Ye Chen awake. He smiled apologetically, and the War King just shook his head, indicating it was fine.
"By the way, War King, why did you all take action against the living beings of this world, even sealing it as a prison realm and monitoring it?" Ye Chen asked the key question he had always wanted to know.
He had already learned earlier, when he transformed into Sir Qian in the Demonic Beast Mountain Range and confronted Great Sage Hong Tian, that the dimensional world to which the Tian Du Continent belonged was an isolated small world, a special heaven and earth.
Moreover, this world was monitored by people from the myriad realms, becoming a prison realm from which one could not leave, or else face only extermination.
There had also been external Divine Spirits who invaded the Tian Du Continent and engaged in earth-shattering battles with Great Sage Hong Tian, ultimately being captured and sealed beneath the Hong Tian Divine Mountain Range.
More importantly, he had discovered that Fairy Caiyun seemed to be a certain peerless powerhouse from the myriad realms.
All these signs indicated that the Tian Du Continent must be extraordinary. Otherwise, the powerhouses of the myriad realms would not have monitored this world since ancient times, sealing it as a prison from which none could leave, and even continuously sending powerhouses into it.
Especially since even a prodigy king like the War King had come to monitor it, it showed even more how extraordinary it was.
What reason lay behind all this, causing them to act this way? He pondered deeply but did not know the reason. Now, with the War King's appearance, he should be able to provide a good answer to this question.
"This world has been sealed and monitored since ancient times, naturally not without reason," the War King said. Facing an old friend, he naturally answered everything he knew. "However, I actually don't know much about it either. They are just some secret tales from the ancient era."
According to the War King's understanding, the world to which the Tian Du Continent belonged was not simple. It was not an ordinary small world, but a great heaven and earth opened up by a peerless Great Power from a hundred thousand years ago—the September Great Power. It had once fused with a complete World Heart, transforming into a true great world heaven and earth.
In ancient times, this world was also far more vast and expansive than it is now, spanning millions of miles in both length and width.
What was a Great Power? The fact that they could open up and evolve a world heaven and earth was sufficient to prove the supreme power of such existences, surpassing the Divine Spirit realm by who knows how many times.
If Divine Spirits stood high above and were supreme and invincible on the Tian Du Continent, then the status of Great Powers in the myriad realms was equivalent to that of Divine Spirits on the Tian Du Continent—they were revered across the myriad realms. Moreover, being able to be called a Great Power represented truly heaven-defying methods, capable of plucking stars from the Nine Heavens with a raise of the hand.
This September Great Power had roamed the myriad realms invincibly for a hundred thousand years in his lifetime. However, in the last ten thousand years of his life, as he aged and his power waned like the setting sun, he encountered a most terrifying fierce battle. He had fought against a fearsome and evil Outer Realm Demon God, engaging in an intense great war.
The two existences clashed in a battle that shook heaven and earth, capable of destroying the world. Left with no choice, the September Great Power employed heaven-defying methods, taking the Outer Realm Demon God from the earth to fight among the stars, shattering stars and destroying star domains, causing unimaginable destruction that shook the myriad realms.
Finally, the two killed their way into the great world heaven and earth of the September Great Power. The September Great Power used the world's origin to enhance himself and suppress his opponent.
In this battle, the September Great Power ultimately emerged victorious. However, this peerless Great Power, once invincible for most of his life, was ultimately like the setting sun. Behind his final victory lay a bloody price. Vast stretches of the Tian Du Continent were shattered and sunk, leaving only the current Tian Du Continent.
Moreover, this Outer Realm Demon God had not been killed; it could not be slain.
In the end, the September Great Power sealed this Outer Realm Demon God within the great world heaven and earth he had opened and fused with the World Heart, applying countless seals and suppressing it in the deepest part, never to break free.
He no longer had the strength to kill the Outer Realm Demon God. His vital energy and blood were exhausted, and after the battle, his Dao injuries erupted, ultimately leading to his passing.
As for this Outer Realm Demon God, he hoped to rely on the power of time to decay and annihilate it.
Hearing this, Ye Chen understood. The Tian Du Continent was that peerless Great Power's great world heaven and earth. And that Outer Realm Demon God was sealed in the deepest part of the Tian Du Continent.
"Because of the Outer Realm Demon God, although that Great Power applied countless methods to seal it, to guard against any contingency, before his passing in ancient times, he entrusted several supreme forces of the myriad realms to monitor it, lest the Demon God break free and emerge," the War King said.
"However, in recent years, we have observed that these seals have begun to slowly loosen. We suspect it is due to the Outer Realm Demon God, hence we have begun monitoring even more closely."
"Moreover, we did not simply cross realms; we also came to apply even stronger seals."
According to him, the living beings of this world had their origins tainted by the demonic energy leaked by this Outer Realm Demon God. Because this world had layer upon layer of seals, they were fine. But once they left this world, they would transform into demons, becoming a source of evil.
Since ancient times, there had been several powerful Divine Spirits who left this world, but the final result was that they all transformed into demons, severely corrupted. Therefore, this heaven and earth was sealed, none could leave, and it was monitored.
Even Ye Chen showed a look of shock. The origins of the living beings of this world were actually tainted with demonic energy. If not for the countless Great Dao seals applied by the ancient September Great Power in this world, suppressing the eruption of the demonic energy, all living beings in the entire heaven and earth would have transformed into demons.
Boom—
Ye Chen erupted with powerful blood energy. He was probing whether demonic energy also existed within his own life origin. His golden blood boiled, his eyes turned dark gold as he continuously looked inward.
Sure enough, he discovered a trace of demonic energy on his life origin, hidden very deeply, even deceiving him, forming a tiny order demonic chain.
While within the Tian Du Continent, it was fine. But once he left the Tian Du Continent, this order demonic chain would likely immediately revive, sinking into his origin and completely corrupting his nature.
Without the War King needing to act, Ye Chen's own golden blood energy boiled, even harboring the sacredness and dominance of his Saint Body bloodline, directly shattering the order demonic chain.
After shattering the order demonic chain, Ye Chen felt as if he had loosened some restraints, his aura becoming much stronger.
It seemed the demonic energy had a certain suppressive and restraining effect on his own strength.
"War King, you all probably didn't just come to this world simply to apply stronger seals," Ye Chen suddenly inquired, feeling it couldn't be that simple.
The War King naturally did not deny it when facing Ye Chen, but his expression turned grave as he said, "Indeed, applying seals this time is only to make preparations in advance for a future unsealing."
"Unsealing?" Ye Chen's expression changed slightly. Was it really as he had thought?