After numerous challenges, Ye Chen ultimately accepted them, though he only fought a limited handful of times, engaging in a single duel with each of the several Emperor Sons and Imperial Maidens who challenged him.
The battles against the half-step Divine King level Emperor Sons were intense, yet they all concluded swiftly. Without exception, Ye Chen soundly defeated the others, achieving absolute results.
Ye Chen was too powerful. During these bouts, he displayed the three familiar Divine King level Great Dao origins and intents, but he basically only used one of them against each Emperor Son or Imperial Maiden. Even so, he still crushed and defeated them with absolute superiority.
From this point on, everyone knew that Ye Chen's combat power truly far surpassed theirs. Perhaps he really could be mentioned in the same breath as Divine King level Emperor Sons, Imperial Maidens, and Immortal Dao Descendants.
Ye Cangqiong, Di Wuming, Di Wushuang, the Angel Emperor Son, the Southern Phoenix Imperial Maiden, and others sighed in retrospect, acknowledging him as a true monster.
In a real fight, they all felt the same sense of powerlessness that Shen Rong had faced against Ye Chen.
Though they were all at the half-step Divine King level, they felt the previous gap was akin to an ordinary young generation's supreme facing the Strongest Young Supreme—an insurmountable chasm.
This was the Chaos young generation's supreme, defying the world!
However, through these exchanges, the human Emperor Sons, Imperial Maidens, and Strongest Young Supremes also gained some improvement. Because Ye Chen's cultivation was stronger, he could identify some of their weaknesses, helping them refine themselves and become more powerful.
At the same time, the other human Emperor Sons, Imperial Maidens, and Strongest Young Supremes often sparred with each other, progressing together. Each of them made significant strides, steadily advancing towards the Divine King realm.
It could be said that by this time, all the Emperor Sons, Imperial Maidens, and Strongest Young Supremes on the human side had successfully stepped into the half-step Divine King realm.
There was no excessive surprise or shock regarding this; it was an inevitable event that had accumulated to a certain degree.
During these years while the human race rested, recuperated, and continuously improved within the Golden Crow Emperor Realm, they also kept an eye on numerous pieces of information from the outside world, learning much.
The fifth Immortal Dao Inheritance had been discovered, claimed by an Immortal Dao Descendant from the Primordial Immortal World who truly fought his way out from amidst the bones.
Because this particular Immortal Dao Inheritance was far more difficult to obtain than the others. There were terrifying legions of the undead, and even the soul of a fallen Immortal World Sovereign had defied the heavens to return, blasting apart over a dozen Divine Kings, staining the heavens with blood in an extremely brutal scene.
Casualties below the Divine King level were beyond count. Several imperial clans, Immortal Clans, and Mythical Emperor Domain forces were affected, nearly being completely wiped out.
As for the other Emperor Sons, Imperial Maidens, and Immortal Dao Descendants—twenty-eight of them had come. Thirteen of them had their physical bodies shattered, only escaping disaster by relying on Emperor Treasures and Immortal Treasures.
In the end, it fell into the hands of an Immortal Dao Descendant.
It was said that this Immortal Dao Descendant, due to a final explosive effort, successfully broke through to the Divine King realm. Moreover, a Divine King from that Immortal Clan self-detonated, blocking a devastating attack for the Immortal Dao Descendant, who ultimately managed to obtain the Immortal Dao Inheritance by sheer luck.
In short, the struggle for the fifth Immortal Dao Inheritance was unimaginably brutal.
Of course, besides the Immortal Dao Inheritances, there were also many Sovereign Inheritances left by the supreme powerhouses who followed the Emperors and Supreme Immortals back in the day. Their inheritances were also being discovered one after another.
It was foreseeable that those who obtained these inheritances would also experience rapid breakthroughs and a surge in strength in a short time.
Some even obtained Sovereign Great Worlds. Although most were somewhat incomplete, they could still wield considerable origin world power, becoming even stronger.
As time passed, various other divine treasures and resources were basically all discovered. The powerhouses from the various imperial clans, Immortal Clans, and Mythical Emperor Domains in the outside world had grown continuously stronger over these years. Many Emperor Sons, Imperial Maidens, and Immortal Dao Descendants had also stepped into the half-step Divine King domain.
Rumors even said some had stepped into the Divine King realm, but their authenticity was unknown, and no one knew their true identities. It was just that someone had glimpsed a terrifying Divine King Tribulation from afar—a Thousand Dao Divine King Tribulation, which was quite astonishing.
Unfortunately, Luo Guyun under Ye Chen's command had not yet emerged from seclusion, still in the process of receiving the Immortal Dao Inheritance. No one knew when he would truly emerge.
However, once he did emerge, he would likely become a Strongest Young Supreme. Having inherited the Immortal Dao Inheritance and likely obtained the origin Immortal World, he would probably become another combat power comparable to an Ancient Sovereign.
Similarly, Ye Chen did not believe that the Human Emperor Son had truly fallen. Over these years, he had hoped to find even a trace of information about him, but there was no trace to be found, causing the human race to sigh. The Human Emperor Son might have truly fallen at the hands of the Divine Emperor Son.
It was a pity that the Divine Emperor Son had now entered the Mysterious Great World and could not be found. Otherwise, Ye Chen would have wanted to charge over and get to the bottom of it.
At this stage, most of the divine treasures and resources within the Emperor War Territory had been discovered. Those that hadn't were located in the most perilous forbidden lands.
In those forbidden lands, even Divine Kings faced the risk of falling. Some were absolutely certain death, left behind by Ancient Great Emperors and Supreme Immortals from the past. Saying they were 'nine deaths, one life' was putting it lightly.
Precisely because most divine treasures and resources had been discovered, the powerhouses from the various imperial clans, Immortal Clans, and Mythical Emperor Domains turned their attention to the Mysterious Great World at the edge of the Emperor War Territory.
Back then, it was heard that the Divine Emperor Son, Chu Shenjun, and other Divine King level Emperor Sons and Immortal Dao Descendants had entered the Mysterious Great World. That Mysterious Great World was suspected to have a great connection to the Chaos Burial Ground.
But there had never been any concrete evidence.
However, the Qin imperial clan believed that the origin of the Mysterious Great World was most likely a vast world opened by a supreme existence from the Chaos Burial Ground, possibly even its origin Emperor Realm.
Someone had measured it from outside the world and found it unimaginably vast, with borders impossible to probe, perhaps even surpassing an Emperor Realm.
Other news and rumors claimed the Mysterious Great World was boundless and vast, containing countless races, myriad nations, and endless powerhouses.
Moreover, some had descended into it and learned some things, uncovering a shocking piece of information.
Although the Mysterious Great World had countless factions and clouds of powerhouses, with numerous strong powers standing tall, its prosperity and strength far exceeded imagination—perhaps even the Qin imperial clan could not compare.
But it had a universally acknowledged ruler, supreme and paramount, overlooking the boundless heavens and earth, towering proudly over the ages, titled as the Sovereign, suspected to be an Ancient Emperor existence.
Without a doubt, this supreme figure suspected to be an Ancient Emperor presided over the rise and fall of the entire Mysterious Great World, shocking many imperial clan, Immortal Clan, and Mythical Emperor Domain powerhouses.
Did the Mysterious Great World truly harbor a genuine Ancient Emperor?
More importantly, this Sovereign transcended the mundane world, paying little heed to worldly affairs. He basically resided in the central region of the world, not manifesting his divine presence for tens of thousands of years at a time. However, a hundred years ago, he had manifested in the mortal world, shaking the Great World.
That manifestation was because the Sovereign proclaimed to the world that he wished to take on the most outstanding talent and prodigy as his disciple, guiding him personally by his side, nurturing him as the Great Emperor of tomorrow.