"At their strongest, a First Heaven Monarch can wield five thousand Monarch Rules."
Hearing this, Ye Chen's heart trembled. The might of Ancient Monarchs truly far exceeded his imagination.
Although a Heaven-Defying Quasi-Monarch also possessed an inner world, due to their status as Quasi-Monarchs, it could not fully ascend to a state of perfection, only counting as a minor world.
It could only be said that they possessed a complete world form earlier than other Quasi-Monarchs. Strictly speaking, there was still a considerable gap compared to a true Monarch Great World. The world power output between them differed by at least a factor of two.
After being informed by the Dark Night Sovereign, Ye Chen gained a completely new understanding of Ancient Monarchs.
As for Ancient Monarchs of higher heavens, the Dark Night Sovereign clearly stated that with each ascended heaven, the number of Monarch Rules doubled.
And so on.
Calculating in his heart, Ye Chen said in shock, "Then a peak Monarch would be hundreds of times stronger than a First Heaven Monarch."
"Correct," the Dark Night Sovereign said. "The higher the realm, the greater the gap. Otherwise, do you really think why Supreme Ones can stand peerless and immortal, overlooking the ages in invincibility? It's precisely because they possess absolute strength."
Starting from the Quasi-Monarch level, essentially everyone had repaired their Heavenly Dao to perfection, their foundations standing on the same level.
And Ancient Monarchs made it truly impossible to fight across realms.
The gap between each heaven was too vast, far surpassing the differences of previous realms.
Even someone as strong as Ye Chen dared not guarantee that upon stepping into the domain of Ancient Monarchs, he could fight across realms.
Even now, he was several times weaker than a First Heaven Monarch at their strongest state.
Seeing the faint worry on Ye Chen's face, the Dark Night Sovereign smiled. "However, you need not worry too much. Once you achieve the Ancient Monarch realm from Quasi-Monarch, your strength will basically increase by dozens of times. The number of Monarch Rules will increase by about twenty times from the original foundation. Your form and spirit will also undergo a great enhancement. Your inner world heaven and earth will truly become a perfect-form Great World."
"This is why a Great Perfection Quasi-Monarch, upon becoming an Ancient Monarch, sees their Monarch Rules leap to two thousand."
"Of course, this is only for ordinary Ancient Monarchs."
"As for Heaven-Defying Quasi-Monarchs, they are existences that break limits. Throughout history, the number of Heaven-Defying Quasi-Monarchs born can be counted. Once they become Ancient Monarchs, the increase is even greater."
"The number of Monarch Rules still increases twentyfold, but it already reaches the level of ten thousand Monarch Rules, enough to rival the strongest state of a Second Heaven Monarch. And all aspects of their inner world are equivalent to three times that of an ordinary First Heaven Monarch. That is, their output of world power is enough to rival three thousand Monarch Rules. Combined with a Monarch Immortal Weapon, at their strongest, they can rival—"
"Fifteen thousand Monarch Rules!"
"They are even stronger than many Second Heaven Monarchs."
"And you, in all aspects, are even stronger than a Heaven-Defying Quasi-Monarch. Senior Brother suspects you are walking a legendary ancient path."
"When you step into the Monarch domain, I speculate you might be enough to rival a Third Heaven Monarch, perhaps even surpass it somewhat."
The Dark Night Sovereign glanced at Ye Chen. This little fellow completely defied common sense. Once he became an Ancient Monarch, it was entirely possible for him to rival a Third Heaven Monarch. Such a person could no longer be described as heaven-defying; perhaps he could be described as world-defying.
An existence that broke all limits of the world.
"A legendary ancient path?" Ye Chen was surprised. It was inevitable that he surpassed the Heaven-Defying Quasi-Monarch level. However, he had heard that in extremely ancient history, someone had walked further on the Quasi-Monarch path than a Heaven-Defying Quasi-Monarch, surpassing it, which was very similar to his current situation.
Could it be the ancient path mentioned by the Dark Night Sovereign?
"Correct. This ancient path is called—" the Dark Night Sovereign said, word by word, "the Eternal Path!"
"The Eternal Path!"
Ye Chen's eyes blazed with intense light. No need for further explanation; just these four words were enough to explain everything. This was the path leading to eternal immortality!
"The so-called Eternal Path is not a physically existing road, but represents a path with hope of reaching eternity. Like the Chaos Great Dao you have always cultivated, it is actually also an Eternal Path," the Dark Night Sovereign said. "It's just that in the past, you at most only slightly touched upon the Eternal Path, not yet truly entering its hall, not yet truly stepping onto the Eternal Path."
"You must know, even though the Chaos Great Dao is the most hopeful path to transcend and become eternal, throughout history, no one has yet used it to truly reach the Supreme One level. They were restricted at the Emperor level, unable to advance further."
"Like our master, Tai Sheng Huang, who cultivated the Chaos Great Dao to its extreme. Unfortunately, he did not walk it from the beginning himself. Only after becoming a Supreme One did Master begin cultivating the Chaos Great Dao. In the end, he could not achieve complete perfection, falling short by a thread, unable to cross over."
"Unless one becomes a Supreme One through the Chaos Great Dao, can it be considered truly stepping onto the Eternal Path."
"Those who set foot on the Eternal Path also have a certain hope of transcending and achieving eternity!"
"Originally, you would need at the very least to prove the Supreme One fruit through the Chaos Great Dao to be considered truly stepping onto the Eternal Path, and you might even walk very, very far on it."
"But now, Senior Brother knows you became a Quasi-Monarch as a Ten Calamities Divine King Great Perfection Supreme Heavenly Pride, thus breaking the limit of Quasi-Monarchs and surpassing the Heaven-Defying Quasi-Monarch. At this step, you can already be considered to have set foot on the Eternal Path."
"Only existences that continuously break limits have the qualification to be called those who have set foot on the Eternal Path!"
"Breaking the limit of a Heaven-Defying Quasi-Monarch is precisely one of them!"
"Moreover, you must know, according to the most ancient records, you are not the first Ten Calamities Divine King-level Great Perfection Supreme Heavenly Pride. In past epochal eras, some have been born."
Ye Chen listened, his mind trembling. Now hearing that someone in the past had achieved the Ten Calamities Divine King-level Great Perfection Supreme Heavenly Pride, he vaguely seemed to know who it was, but still couldn't help asking, "Senior Brother, who?"
The Dark Night Sovereign looked at him. Although his expression was cold, his eyes held a thick smile. "You've already guessed, but indeed, like the Heavenly Emperor, like Shidai, they were existences that broke the limit of Heaven-Defying Quasi-Monarchs."
Indeed!
Ye Chen knew it. He had faced the Heavenly Emperor's past shadow in the Heavenly Tribulation World and had vaguely guessed it.
And Shidai, like the Heavenly Emperor, was a supreme giant who pioneered the Divine King path.
Regarding Shidai, even the strongest Emperors and Immortal Kings in the Chaos Sea always held extreme wariness.
His terror, his heaven-defying nature, were beyond doubt.
The Dark Night Sovereign continued, "And you have become an existence like the Heavenly Emperor and Shidai, successfully walking the Eternal Path."
"Therefore, the current you cannot be simply called a Heaven-Defying Quasi-Monarch."
"You should be called—"
"Eternal Quasi-Monarch!"