Ye Chen and the other two were somewhat stunned for a moment before quickly understanding its meaning.
The will of this heaven and earth most likely hoped to become Ye Chen's Essence Inner World. Perhaps it had also discerned Ye Chen's youth—he was very young yet had already reached this step, possessing heaven-defying abilities and limitless potential.
In the future, he might very well tread an even longer path.
As the saying goes, when one man attains the Dao, even his chickens and dogs ascend to heaven.
If Ye Chen grew powerful in the future, this Essence Inner World would similarly undergo sublimation, becoming an Essence Inner World, and naturally become much more powerful.
Of course, having developed its own intelligence, it naturally did not wish to be completely refined and become another's slave. It merely wanted to become Ye Chen's Essence Inner World in a cooperative, mutually beneficial state, not one where its intelligence was also refined.
Naturally, the will of heaven and earth had its own confidence, believing the other party could not resist such temptation.
It was originally a Divine King's Essence Inner World, a sufficiently powerful inner world. Possessing such a Divine King's Essence Inner World would also grant more powerful World Power and greater room for future growth.
And the young man before it was not yet a true Divine King.
Such temptation was probably something the other party could not resist.
Yet Ye Chen just smiled and shook his head, refusing.
"Why?"
The will of heaven and earth found it hard to believe—a Great Power had actually refused its Divine King's Essence Inner World.
"The so-called Divine King's Essence Inner World Power is of little use to me," Ye Chen said indifferently. At the same time, a vast, peerless, majestic power slowly emanated from his body. Under this majestic power, even the entire Essence Inner World seemed to tremble, unable to bear it.
The will of heaven and earth looked at this scene in shock.
Not a true Divine King, yet he was already this powerful?
No wonder he was unwilling to accept.
Similarly, the more powerful a person, the more powerful their Essence Inner World tended to be.
Even if this person was not yet a true Divine King, with such supreme power, his Essence Inner World was probably not much inferior to a Divine King's Essence Inner World.
After a long while, the will of heaven and earth also seemed to struggle and hesitate. After a very long time had passed, a mark shot out from its head and swiftly entered Ye Chen's body.
"What was that?"
Beside him, Yu Qing and A Beinu were startled. Both emitted an aura that made the will of heaven and earth feel as if it were about to collapse and shatter.
If that mark was harmful to Ye Chen, the two women would not hesitate to shatter this Essence Inner World, even if countless living beings existed within it.
Ye Chen was their husband, far more important in their eyes than anything else.
"It's fine, no need to worry!"
Ye Chen stopped them, then looked with a complex expression at the human-shaped light cluster formed by the will of heaven and earth, sighing softly. "Why go to this extent?"
That mark was the origin mark of the will of heaven and earth. Once mastered, one could control its life and death and also master all the World Power of this entire Divine King's Essence Inner World.
Especially within this Emperor Battle Domain, this Essence Inner World Power could be used without any obstruction, comparable to Divine King-level power. Even for Ye Chen, it had extraordinary uses.
The will of heaven and earth said, "Since you can deploy that peerless ancient formation to protect my Essence Inner World and did not forcibly refine me, it shows you are a good person, not an evil demonic outsider, and worthy of trust. To repay you, this is a gift in return. But I also hope that one day, if you leave this Emperor Battle Domain, you will take me with you."
"Good. When the time comes, I will take the entire Kongchu Heaven and Earth away from this Emperor Battle Domain."
Ye Chen agreed. Upon receiving this origin mark, he also learned the name of this Essence Inner World—it was the world of Kongchu Divine King, also called Kongchu Heaven and Earth.
At the same time, the will of heaven and earth had Ye Chen erect a divine statue within the Essence Inner World. With its help, Ye Chen's name spread even more widely.
At all times, vast amounts of Faith Power surged over. Looking across the entire Divine King's Essence Inner World, there were over ten million living beings. The amount of Faith Power was truly astonishing.
Faith Power could ignore all barriers unless the entire ancient universe was sealed off.
For convenience in receiving it, Ye Chen personally erected a divine statue within this Divine King's Essence Inner World to act as a proxy receiver.
"As far as I know, there are quite a few surviving Essence Inner Worlds, even Essence Inner Worlds, within the Emperor Battle Domain. Although I haven't been there, I can sense them."
Before leaving, the will of heaven and earth informed Ye Chen and the others of an important piece of information.
The Emperor Battle Domain was not entirely a dead land. There were still some Essence Inner Worlds and worlds that had survived, similar to Kongchu Essence Heaven and Earth, with barriers that allowed life to flourish, perhaps with many living beings.
Perhaps among them, some Essence Inner Worlds and inner worlds had even developed their own intelligence, not inferior to Kongchu Heaven and Earth.
"If you can refine these Essence Inner Worlds and inner worlds, master that World Power, and even turn them into your own lands of faith, when a certain quantity is reached, you might possess the power to dominate the heavens." The will of Kongchu Heaven and Earth finally informed him.
"Good. When I master enough World Power, quantity will transform into quality. Even when facing true Divine King-level Imperial Sons and Daughters or Immortal Dao descendants, I will have the power to fight."
Ye Chen thought to himself.
The World Power of one Divine King's Essence Inner World was enough to rival an ordinary Divine King.
If there were many Essence Inner World Powers, as long as they were stacked together, these World Powers would eventually transform from quantity to quality, becoming a formidable force that could not be ignored.
Under such power, even an Ancient Heavenly Monarch would not dare to overlook it.
Not long after leaving, Ye Chen received a message. It was from the Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor, informing him of various events in the outside world and, in particular, the Life Emperor's Son's challenge.
"The Life Emperor's Son has reached the Half-Step Divine King level? Not bad. Perhaps they don't know my true achievements in that battle, otherwise they might not dare challenge me. But never mind. Since he wants to challenge, I'll accept. I'm quite interested in his Divine King-level Life Great Dao origin as well."
Ye Chen smiled and sent a reply to the Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor, having it issue a statement on his behalf accepting the challenge.
One month later, in the Golden Crow Imperial Domain, a peak battle would commence!
That very day, this news spread throughout the entire Emperor Battle Domain, causing huge waves.
The Battle Saint King had accepted the challenge, setting the battle location in the Golden Crow Imperial Domain.
All sides were stirred, attracting the attention of countless people.
However, many also shook their heads. The current Life Emperor's Son had reached the Half-Step Divine King level, a true supreme Imperial Son. The Battle Saint King was merely at the tenth heaven of the Great Power realm. How dare he accept? It was clearly seeking death.
Naturally, even more people closely watched and anticipated this battle.
Even if the Battle Saint King's cultivation was inferior to the Life Emperor's Son's, he was, after all, the invincible Chaos Young Supreme who had dominated his generation, who had silenced Imperial Sons and Daughters and Immortal Dao descendants of the same level. Now that he had emerged, he likely wanted to re-establish his invincible reputation, to kill one as a warning to a hundred, using the Life Emperor's Son's corpse to proclaim his might.
"Good!"
The Life Emperor's Son also responded. His cold, ruthless voice spread out: "One month later, in the Golden Crow Imperial Domain, I will take your head to pay respects to our fallen fellow Daoists!"
The two peak powerhouses of the younger generation had issued their challenge. One month later, a highly anticipated peak battle would take place in the Golden Crow Imperial Domain.
Meanwhile, Ye Chen did not pay much attention to the Life Emperor's Son's response.
Did he really think the current him was still his match? Since defeating Hengheng Ancient Emperor's Son, Ye Chen's gaze had been set on Divine King-level Imperial Sons and Daughters and Immortal Dao descendants.
Not long after, Ye Chen found the second, third, and even the fourth, fifth, and sixth Essence Inner Worlds mentioned by the will of Kongchu Heaven and Earth.
They were all the essence worlds of past powerhouses. The smaller ones were Great Power Essence Inner Worlds, the larger ones Divine King Essence Inner Worlds, uncorrupted, like oases in a desert, full of vitality.
Ye Chen and the others couldn't help but marvel at the Creator's wonder, that such inner worlds could exist in such a dangerous region, with countless living beings inhabiting them. It was truly a marvel.
However, giving birth to a will of heaven and earth was not that easy. After entering a full thirteen Essence Inner Worlds, they still hadn't found any where the world's origin had developed its own will.
Very easily, Ye Chen refined these Essence Inner Worlds one by one, also gaining the ability to mobilize their Essence Inner World Power for his own use.
Similarly, he left a divine power avatar in each Essence Inner World. Naturally, they were far inferior to his true self, but with the support of the world's origin, they at least possessed power comparable to the Great Power level.
The divine power avatar in the Divine King's Essence Inner World even wielded power nearly at the Divine King level.
These divine power avatars began to act on behalf of the true self, performing divine miracles, guiding the many living beings in each Essence Inner World to have faith in him.
He wanted to collect Faith Power, walking the path of faith once again after many years.
At this stage, Ye Chen was no longer someone walking a single narrow path. To reverse the blood-stained future, he had no choice but to advance on multiple paths simultaneously.
Such as his main cultivation path of Chaos, the alchemy path, the formation path, and now the faith path, as well as the mysterious reincarnation path, and so on.
Ye Chen was currently cultivating too many paths, requiring divided attention, which also caused his current cultivation speed to decline somewhat.
But advancing on multiple paths simultaneously also represented immense potential and absolute invincibility in combat at the same level.
Once Ye Chen cultivated all these paths to their extremes, even if his most promising path for transcendence, the Chaos path, reached its end and could advance no further—like the former Tai Sheng Emperor, halted before the final step—he would still have enough alternative paths. He could retreat or ascend, ultimately still able to reach the pinnacle, even in a sense achieving a form of eternal immortality.
Although doing so, wanting to reach the peak one by one, was very difficult and would require an unknown amount of time to succeed.
But to reverse that blood-stained future, he had no choice but to do this.