"Enlighten the Heavens!?"
Not only Ye Chen was stunned, but everyone else was also dumbfounded.
What did that even mean?
"This 'Enlightening the Heavens' is not about moving the heavens with emotion, but rather using the power of all living beings across the entire Chaos Saint Realm to gradually influence and refine the Chaos Holy Realm Origin step by step," the Golden Crow Great Emperor explained.
The so-called Enlightening the Heavens was not about emotionally moving the heavens as one might imagine. Instead, it involved Ye Chen leveraging his influence over the entire Chaos Saint Realm, along with the Faith Power of all living beings, to gradually envelop the entire realm.
It must be understood that the creatures of the Ten Great Domains were all native beings born and nurtured by the Chaos Saint Realm; their souls were connected to it.
If one gained the faith of all living beings, it was equivalent to winning their hearts and obtaining their recognition.
The will of all living beings represented everything and could likewise influence the heavens—that is, the Chaos Holy Realm Origin.
Ye Chen would use the will of all living beings to gradually make the Chaos Holy Realm Origin trust him. Once it fully trusted him, even though the Chaos Holy Realm Origin possessed power surpassing that of an Emperor, it would have no power to resist before Ye Chen, the god of faith for all living beings, and would willingly allow itself to be refined.
This method would be countless times easier, allowing success in a single day!
Such refinement would also allow for truly flawless and perfect mastery of the Chaos Saint Realm, without any defects. Manipulating the boundless power of the Chaos Saint Realm would be as effortless as moving one's own arm, rivaling a Supreme Being. This was the most perfect method!
Undoubtedly, the Heavenly Emperor Divine Self Body of the past had also harbored this idea. Unfortunately, the origin of the Heavenly Emperor Realm had already awakened its own intelligence during the long years when the Heavenly Emperor Divine Self Body began conquering the heavens, unifying the Ten Great Domains, and widely spreading the faith of the Heavenly Emperor Hall.
By the time the Heavenly Emperor Divine Self Body obtained the will of all living beings and ascended to the Sovereign Dao realm with the help of Faith Power, it was already too late. At that time, the origin of the Heavenly Emperor Realm controlled the vast great world and wielded infinite power, making even the Heavenly Emperor Divine Self Body somewhat wary.
Although it could still rely on absolute strength to refine it, doing so could harm all living beings and, in turn, affect the power of the Heavenly Emperor Realm's origin.
Moreover, for the sake of the grand scheme involving the emergence of the Chaos Burial Ground in that era, no mistakes could be allowed. Thus, the idea of refining the Heavenly Emperor Realm's origin was ultimately abandoned.
But now, the origin's intelligence had been erased, leaving only a vague instinct. Even if it wanted to give birth to a new will again, it would be extremely difficult, impossible without hundreds of millions of years.
Now, with the Chaos Heavenly Mansion having unified the entire Chaos Saint Realm, Ye Chen had sufficient ability and time to Enlighten the Heavens and completely refine the Chaos Holy Realm Origin.
"So that's how it is." Ye Chen nodded. This was indeed a feasible method.
However, even so, Ye Chen could not immediately refine it in one leap; it required a process, a period of time.
Formless Monarch and the Golden Crow Great Emperor both speculated that it would take at least thousands upon thousands of years to accomplish.
A short period would be several thousand years; a long period would be tens of thousands of years.
"Thousands upon thousands of years?" Ye Chen frowned, feeling the time was too long.
For many cultivators, especially the older generation, being able to refine the Chaos Saint Realm and master the power of a boundless great world in just a few thousand or tens of thousands of years, nearly matching a Supreme Being, would be an incredibly exciting prospect. After all, reaching the Great Ability realm granted a lifespan of a hundred thousand years.
Divine Kings had even longer lifespans; many supreme experts might spend thousands upon thousands of years in seclusion for enlightenment.
For them, spending thousands upon thousands of years refining a super great world like the Chaos Saint Realm, which surpassed origin Emperor realms and immortal realms, would be absolutely willing and desirable.
But for Ye Chen, it was not so.
One must know that his past and present lives combined, his total cultivation time so far was only a few hundred years, not even half of a thousand years. Several thousand or tens of thousands of years was truly too long for him.
The Golden Crow Great Emperor said, "Young friend, this is the best method. With your current strength, unless you reach the high-level Monarch realm or even the Emperor realm, you cannot refine the Chaos Saint Realm quickly. Otherwise, it's impossible to refine it in a short time. Moreover, such forced refinement has certain drawbacks. Only by gradually permeating and influencing the origin's will with the will of all living beings can you truly refine it flawlessly and perfectly, which is also the best for you."
Ye Chen sighed silently. For now, this was the only way.
However, to Enlighten the Heavens, the Chaos Heavenly Mansion not only had to rule the entire Chaos Saint Realm but also continuously display various divine miracles in various places. They needed to make the infinite living beings of the Ten Great Domains, and later the Fifteen Great Domains, generation after generation, believe in him from the depths of their hearts. Only when the Chaos Heavenly Mansion's influence on the Chaos Saint Realm reached its utmost extreme would it be the best method.
Ye Chen sighed inwardly. It seemed this task was long and arduous.
Moreover, he could not stay in one place for long to collect the Faith Power of all living beings. Refining the Chaos Saint Realm was ultimately just one part of his path.
His true path was still cultivating the Chaos Great Dao, bringing it to its peak and perfection, thereby proving the Dao to become an Emperor and transcend into eternity!
"It seems I need an agent to manage the Chaos Heavenly Mansion on my behalf, to make the Chaos Saint Realm believe in me for a long time. I can only continue being a hands-off leader."
Ye Chen rubbed his forehead, feeling a headache.
As he grew stronger through cultivation, Ye Chen had successively founded many massive forces along his journey. Whether it was the Heavenly Kingdom in the lower realm, the Ancient Orchid Great World, the Holy Domain forces in the Great Saint Emperor Ancient Emperor Realm, or the current Chaos Heavenly Mansion, he had never truly taken charge. He had always been a hands-off leader, leaving everything for others to manage while he focused mainly on cultivation.
Unconsciously, Ye Chen had already established numerous massive forces, each one larger than the last.
There was also the Moon Hall founded by the Goddess and Yi Wu on the Ultimate Ancient Path, of which he was the nominal lord.
But he frowned. Who should he entrust to manage the Chaos Heavenly Mansion on his behalf?
One must know that the Chaos Saint Realm was too vast, far surpassing many Emperor and Supreme Immortal origin worlds. Unless it was completely refined, even Formless Monarch and the Golden Crow Great Emperor would find it difficult to take it away from the Old Origin Ancient Path.
It could be said that for now, before complete refinement, it basically could only remain in the Old Origin Ancient Path.
Thus, he was somewhat troubled. After all, he would soon follow the human race to leave the Old Origin Ancient Path, return to the Mythical Ruins, and then return to the Ten Heavens Ancient Path.
Before leaving, he had to decide on the next person to take charge of the Chaos Heavenly Mansion.
And the person acting on his behalf must be someone he completely trusted.
"Who should I choose to stay behind as the best candidate?" Ye Chen's gaze grew distant. Sitting on the lord's divine throne in the Chaos Heavenly Hall, he seemed to see the entire fifteen great domains of the Chaos Saint Realm, perceiving everything in the world.