Everyone was shocked. The Golden Crow Great Emperor had once owed a favor to the Immortal Phoenix?
Did he mean he owed a favor to the Nanhuang Female Emperor?
The Nanhuang Imperial Daughter was also startled.
However, the Golden Crow Great Emperor obviously did not elaborate further. He extended a finger and pointed out a ray of dawn light. This ray of light took the form of a Golden Crow, vivid and lifelike. After a cry of a Golden Crow, it landed before the Nanhuang Imperial Daughter.
"Great Emperor, this—" The Nanhuang Imperial Daughter was astonished.
The Golden Crow Great Emperor said, "That day, I received a favor from the Immortal Phoenix, so naturally I should repay it. It's a pity I can no longer meet the Immortal Phoenix, but as her descendant, I should still offer repayment. These are some of my insights into cultivation, particularly suitable for the avian race. You are a descendant of the Immortal Phoenix, having inherited the Immortal Phoenix bloodline of the Nanhuang Female Emperor. Both you and that young girl can be considered Immortal Phoenixes. This method will be of considerable help to you as well, allowing you to step into the Divine King realm more quickly and unlock more of your body's potential."
The people in the Imperial Hall were first startled, then their eyes blazed with fervent light one after another.
The Golden Crow Great Emperor was truly generous, directly bestowing upon the Nanhuang Imperial Daughter his insights on the path of cultivation. These were the insights of an ancient Great Emperor, and they were especially suited for avian beings. Without a doubt, they would be of immense help to the Nanhuang Imperial Daughter, a descendant of the Immortal Phoenix.
After a moment of stunned silence, the Nanhuang Imperial Daughter, who was certainly no fool, immediately bowed in delighted gratitude. "Thank you, Great Emperor, for your gift!"
With these insights, the time it would take for her to step into the Divine King realm would be significantly shorter.
The others looked at the Nanhuang Imperial Daughter with envy, but recalling the Golden Crow Great Emperor's earlier statement about owing a favor to the Immortal Phoenix, they more or less understood.
In the grand and solemn Imperial Hall, the Great Emperor was very generous in his assistance to the humans, bestowing many rewards. Moreover, he took action, using the source power of his Emperor Realm and Emperor Dao methods to transform it into Emperor Dao light, which fell upon them. Their weapons and armor clanged and resonated, erupting with dazzling radiance, actually being elevated by a whole level. It was truly an extraordinary feat.
He also promised to offer some guidance to the various human powerhouses, which filled the many human experts with immense joy.
Guidance from an ancient Great Emperor was undoubtedly priceless. Not just anyone could receive instruction from such a supreme powerhouse.
They all stood at the peak of the Great Perfection of the myriad Daos. Understanding one Dao led to understanding all Daos. A little guidance would be enough to resolve many people's cultivation doubts, even their bottlenecks.
"Young friend, come here for a moment!"
After leaving the Imperial Hall, the Golden Crow Great Emperor had Ye Chen come alone.
They appeared on a divine island where waterfalls cascaded and a bright moon hung in the sky, creating an atmosphere of serene tranquility.
The Golden Crow Great Emperor stood by the lakeside like an ordinary person, hands clasped behind his back.
Ye Chen arrived behind him, remaining silent.
Suddenly facing the Golden Crow Great Emperor, Ye Chen found he had many questions he wanted to ask, but for the moment, he didn't know how to broach them.
Seeing Ye Chen's hesitant expression, the Golden Crow Great Emperor smiled and said, "Young friend, you are a benefactor to my clan. Why be so formal?"
Taking a deep breath, Ye Chen suddenly cupped his fists and spoke solemnly, "Senior, this junior indeed has many doubts in his heart."
"This junior has heard some rumors about you. In the great battle to seal the Chaos Burial Grounds back then, you fell after suffering the most terrifying backlash from sealing a Sovereign-level expert, your remains transforming into a wheel of Emperor Dao Heavenly Sun." Ye Chen spoke, a trace of confusion in his voice. "It's just that this junior doesn't understand. If you awakened, shouldn't you have awakened from that Emperor Dao Heavenly Sun? Why did you appear in the Mieqiong Great World?"
"Do you know who the Mieqiong Monarch is?" The Golden Crow Great Emperor countered with a question instead of answering.
Ye Chen shook his head. "This junior does not know. Perhaps he was a follower of yours in the past, senior."
"The Mieqiong Monarch did indeed belong to the Golden Crow Imperial Clan's camp back then," the Golden Crow Great Emperor said. However, when he revealed the truth, it filled Ye Chen with shock. "But he was not under my command. To be precise, he was my son!"
"An Imperial Son!?" Ye Chen was astounded.
"Correct." A trace of sorrow entered the Golden Crow Great Emperor's tone as he spoke softly, slowly recounting some unknown secrets from that era. "I need not elaborate. You are aware that back then, I, along with other Emperors and Supreme Immortals, wanted to penetrate the Origin Land and enter it. Therefore, we each displayed our heaven-defying methods and joined forces to open up this Origin Ancient Path."
"The Origin Land exists in the ethereal unknown. Throughout the ages, not even Emperors or Supreme Immortals have been heard to set foot in that most mysterious place. Only the eternally ancient Chaos Stele holds some records of it."
"Of course, there are also some rumors in the world that death is not the end of everything; perhaps it is a new beginning. Those who die will be reborn anew in the Origin Land."
"If an Emperor or Supreme Immortal falls, they may not perish completely but will be reincarnated and reborn in the Origin Land."
"These are rumors. Whether they are true cannot be verified."
"But it is undeniable that only by achieving Great Perfection of the Chaos Dao and attaining the Emperor Dao can one have a sliver of hope to transcend and attain Eternity."
"However, throughout the ages, generations of exceptionally brilliant individuals have emerged, yet none have succeeded in achieving Great Perfection of the Chaos Dao."
"Even your human race's Tai Sheng Huang fell short by a hair's breadth, ultimately unable to take that final step. Therefore, Emperors and Supreme Immortals believed that transcending through the Chaos path was impossible, so they thought of a second method—"
"Entering the Origin Land!"
At this point, the Golden Crow Great Emperor's voice grew more solemn, tinged with a faint fervor—a persistence towards Eternity. He continued, "The Origin Land, the origin of everything, even the origin of the entire Chaos Sea."
"According to the oldest stele in the Chaos Sea, true Eternity once appeared, but it also seems to have fallen."
"But if Eternity is truly eternal, how could it fall? Therefore, many Emperors and Supreme Immortals, even the mightiest Emperors, Immortal Kings, and other giants, believe that Eternity most likely entered the Origin Land."
Without a doubt, this speculation was astonishing. Ye Chen had never heard such a theory about Eternity before.
Because there was another saying: Eternity truly did fall, and the place of its fall was within the Sealed Realm Universe. This caused the once extremely prosperous Sealed Realm Universe to plunge into the Great Mythical Cataclysm, perishing overnight, with less than one or two out of ten thousand races surviving.
"If Eternity truly entered the Origin Land, then to achieve Eternity, one must enter the Origin Land and obtain that 'Eternal' opportunity," the Golden Crow Great Emperor said.
"Precisely because of this, I, along with other Emperors and Supreme Immortals, attempted to open up a path to the Origin Land—the Origin Ancient Path."
"To open the Origin Ancient Path, we needed the corresponding coordinates of the Origin Land. Yet no one in the world possessed them, unless an Emperor or Supreme Immortal fell. Perhaps by using that, one could traverse the barriers and enter the Origin Land."
"But rumors are ultimately just rumors. No one was willing to sit and wait for death for the sake of mere rumors."
"Therefore, we, over ten Emperors and Supreme Immortals, joined forces to perform divination, deducing the location of the Chaos Sea's initial origin. We believed that the place of initial origin was most likely the true coordinate of the Origin Land."