The Emperor Flame Azure Dragon, which was larger than an entire Monarch Domain, shrank to a size of ten thousand miles, yet it remained highly conspicuous. It traversed one Supreme Domain after another at a terrifying speed that Ye Chen could not hope to match, drawing the attention of various Supreme Ones.
However, when they saw it was the Flame Emperor, basically all the Emperors, Supreme Immortals, and other Supreme Ones on those domains dared not investigate and instead expressed corresponding goodwill.
The Flame Emperor's speed was extremely fast. In less than half an hour, he had crossed over a dozen Supreme Domains and arrived at the Flame Emperor Domain.
The Flame Emperor Domain far surpassed other Supreme Domains, having been formed by integrating seven Supreme Domains. It was boundless, vast beyond description.
Even with the speed of the Emperor Flame Azure Dragon, it took nearly half an hour to cross.
Of course, this was because the Flame Emperor wasn't truly pushing it. Otherwise, with the capabilities of a Strongest Emperor, Ye Chen felt it would take only a few breaths to completely traverse it.
Flame Emperor City, the Imperial City of the Flame Emperor Domain, was located at its very center, surrounded and guarded by the seven Supreme Domains, making it the absolute core.
Moreover, its placement was highly significant—a configuration of Seven Stars Guarding the Throne. The seven Supreme Imperial Cities acted as the seven stars, while Flame Emperor City was the Imperial Star City being guarded.
Needless to say, this was a fearsome terrain, one that concentrated over half of the entire Flame Emperor Domain's fortune within Flame Emperor City.
Standing high upon the Emperor Flame Azure Dragon, Ye Chen had a clear view. He understood just how terrifying this Seven Stars Guarding the Throne terrain was, especially with seven Imperial Cities serving as the guard. It was utterly fearsome; even a Supreme One coming here would suffer losses.
Flame Emperor City was extremely vast and enormous, not inferior to the Human Emperor City, and surpassed it in every aspect.
Just from the Ancient Monarch auras Ye Chen could sense, there were already no fewer than twenty.
And these were only the Ancient Monarchs on the surface.
A single Ancient Heaven Emperor had over twenty Ancient Monarchs under him. Given the Flame Emperor's status, commanding the vast Flame Emperor Domain including the seven Supreme Domains, the number of Ancient Monarchs naturally reached into the hundreds.
Ye Chen sighed in admiration. Truly worthy of being a Strongest Emperor, to have established such a force in less than a year that could be considered a hegemon-level power even on the Origin Ancient Path.
The Flame Emperor put away the Emperor Flame Azure Dragon and entered the city with Ye Chen, distorting space so that outsiders, even Ancient Monarchs, could not detect them.
Within Flame Emperor City, in the Flame Emperor Palace, was the Flame Emperor's main Imperial Hall.
"Little Chen, from now on you'll stay here temporarily. Come, give me the fragments of Primordial Battle Body, I'll help you resurrect the Divine Artifact," the Flame Emperor said.
"Thank you, Elder Flame," Ye Chen replied, carefully extracting the fragments of the Primordial Battle Body from within his body.
The Flame Emperor smiled, took the Primordial Battle Body fragments, and turned to enter the rear hall, leaving Ye Chen alone to cautiously observe the Imperial Hall.
Ye Chen also curiously examined the Flame Emperor Hall. As the Imperial Hall of a Strongest Emperor, it was naturally grand and imposing, adorned with many exquisite decorations. Within the hall, one could see numerous scenes of the starry sky: stars appearing, radiating the blazing light of suns.
Stars collapsed, transforming into flowing light, performing wondrous sights.
Billions of stars gathered, forming a brilliant Milky Way spanning the heavens.
A peerless sun, eternal and unique, shone with immeasurable light, illuminating all the myriad worlds...
Scene after scene of starry sky wonders vividly displayed the beautiful stillness of the cosmos.
This also demonstrated the realm of the myriad Great Daos of the universe. Here, Ye Chen felt his understanding of the universe had become much clearer. The origin universe within his body also grew more distinct and began to adjust according to his will.
"Elder Flame truly knows how to appreciate beauty," Ye Chen said with a light laugh. From the Imperial Throne on the Flame Emperor Hall, woven as if from myriad Emperor Flames, one could freely observe all the wonders of the cosmic starry sky.
Of course, despite his close relationship with the Flame Emperor, he did not sit upon it. He merely approached it closely, touching the Myriad Flames Imperial Throne where Emperor Flames leaped and danced at all times. He could clearly feel the most fundamental attributes of the Fire Great Dao, encompassing all fire-related Great Daos.
The Emperor Flame Origin within his glabella shone brilliantly, resonating with it, greatly enhancing his comprehension of the Fire Great Dao.
Around him, divine flames of various colors appeared, encompassing all phenomena—these were precisely the coalescence of Fire Sovereign Rules.
While the Flame Emperor was resurrecting the Primordial Battle Body Divine Artifact, Ye Chen took the opportunity to comprehend the Fire Great Dao, striving to grasp more Fire Sovereign Rules.
Thus, he sat cross-legged and began to comprehend the Fire Sovereign Rules.
*Hum—*
Circles of brilliant, multicolored flames, containing myriad fires, enveloped Ye Chen's entire body, making him appear like a being of fire.
Meanwhile, a shocking piece of news, deliberately authorized by the Ancient Heaven Emperor, rapidly spread across the Origin Ancient Path.
"The one who killed Sovereign Shi is not Di Yongheng, the number one on the Epoch Quasi-Monarch Ranking, but someone else—he is the Battle Saint King!"
"Battle Saint King? Who is he?"
"I heard that on the Ultimate Ancient Path and the Supreme Ancient Path, a truly peerless, invincible supreme talent dominated both paths, defeating all the strongest supreme talents. He seems to be the Battle Saint King."
"That powerful? He actually defeated supreme talents from all over the Chaos Sea, including all the Imperial Sons and Daughters, Immortal Dao descendants, and the strongest young Supreme Ones. Even the Strongest Emperors and Immortal Kings in their youth might not have been able to achieve that."
"In short, this Battle Saint King is an incredibly heaven-defying supreme talent, surpassing all others."
"If that's the case, wasn't this Battle Saint King in the two great ancient domains? How did he appear on the Origin Ancient Path? And did he obtain an Ancient Emperor's inheritance, inheriting the Origin Emperor Realm or Immortal Realm? Otherwise, how could he kill an Ancient Monarch, even if only a First Heaven Monarch?"
"No, I heard the Battle Saint King is also an Eternal Quasi-Monarch, having broken the shackles of five hundred Sovereign Rules."
"What? The Battle Saint King is also an Eternal Quasi-Monarch, comparable to Di Yongheng, the Eternal Quasi-Monarch!?"
"Actually, it's not false. It was already rumored that this Battle Saint King is a cultivator of the Chaos Great Dao, inherently involved with the Path of Eternity. We just didn't expect him to be so heaven-defying, truly breaking the shackles to become an Eternal Quasi-Monarch!"
"Hah, throughout history, how many Chaos cultivators have there been? Quite a few reached the Quasi-Monarch realm, yet none were seen becoming Eternal Quasi-Monarchs."
"The Battle Saint King is an Eternal Quasi-Monarch? Is this news true or false?"
...
On the Origin Ancient Path, almost everyone was heatedly discussing this matter.
After all, the sudden emergence of an Eternal Quasi-Monarch was indeed an explosively popular topic.
Especially for those super Quasi-Monarchs on the Epoch Quasi-Monarch Ranking, who already stood high above, being on the ranking was something even those heaven-defying Quasi-Monarchs hoped for, to advance further and reach the top ten.
The Epoch Quasi-Monarch Ranking was an extremely authoritative list.
Merely being listed on it basically represented the true ranking among Quasi-Monarchs for the entire Origin Ancient Path, even the entire Chaos Sea for this epoch.
Those capable of becoming Quasi-Monarchs were no ordinary individuals; their foundations were almost no worse than those of Great Perfection Supreme Geniuses.
And becoming a heaven-defying Quasi-Monarch represented future strength surpassing ordinary Ancient Monarchs.
No one expected that the sudden emergence of an Eternal Quasi-Monarch would cause a major upheaval in the entire Epoch Quasi-Monarch Ranking.
The world speculated that if the Battle Saint King truly was an Eternal Quasi-Monarch, his future ranking would be either first or second, absolutely no lower.
And the other Quasi-Monarchs on the ranking would basically all drop one level.
...
The news that Ye Chen was an Eternal Quasi-Monarch became so explosively popular that even the lofty Ancient Emperors, Supreme Immortals, and other Supreme existences began to pay vague attention.
After all, to them, Eternal Quasi-Monarchs belonged to the realm of legend.
Naturally, for the most part, they merely adopted an attitude of cold detachment, looking down from above.
Even an Eternal Quasi-Monarch, in the eyes of a Supreme One, was nothing more than an ant-like existence, insignificant.
Without becoming a Supreme One, one could never sit as their equal.
...
The alien race, whether in the Chaos Sea or on the Origin Ancient Path, could be considered a hegemon-level existence, possessing multiple Ancient Great Emperors and naturally also giant-level Strongest Emperors.
The news that the Battle Saint King was an Eternal Quasi-Monarch naturally reached them as well.
"That Battle Saint King is indeed a figure."
Regarding the Battle Saint King, the alien race's Ancient Great Emperors, though filled with killing intent, indeed acknowledged that this youth was a figure.
In the Ten Heavens Ancient Domain, he expelled all the alien race, nearly wiping out the alien Imperial Sons and Daughters, with only a few escaping.
Outside the Tenth Imperial Pass, he annihilated the entire alien army.
Within the Sealed Boundary Universe, he blocked the alien army from conquering the Tiancang Domain and seizing the Heaven's Gate Master's supreme treasure.
Outside the Ancient Orchid Great World, he caused three alien Ancient Monarchs to fall into a trap and perish; the Night Clan's heaven-defying Quasi-Monarch, Ye Cuican, was slain.
In the Burial Immortal Realm, alien Imperial Sons and Daughters across five realms—Saint, Heavenly King, Great Ability, God King, and Quasi-Monarch—were slaughtered until only Di Wentian remained. He even caused the Flame Emperor to revive and step into the realm of Strongest Emperor, leading to the fall of the Asura Great Emperor...
For the alien race, this mere Quasi-Monarch, the Battle Saint King, was like a nemesis, seemingly born to counter them, causing heavy casualties and exacting an extremely severe price.
But this also indirectly proved the Battle Saint King's fearsomeness. Even they, Ancient Great Emperors, had begun to pay attention to this mere Quasi-Monarch.
To a certain extent, a terrifying killing intent even surfaced.
"Spare no cost, we must kill the Battle Saint King! This youth must die without a doubt. We cannot allow him to grow further!"
An alien Great Emperor spoke, his voice rumbling like the sound of the Great Dao, echoing through the Supreme Domains under alien command, carrying an intangible yet bone-chilling, terrifying killing intent.
"Although this youth is a Quasi-Monarch, he is too fearsome. In terms of potential, he actually rivals the Primordial Ancestor's youth—an Eternal Quasi-Monarch."
"An Eternal Quasi-Monarch, though not guaranteed to become Eternal in the future, one must remember that the other Eternal Quasi-Monarch besides the Primordial Ancestor back then was the Heavenly Emperor!"
PS: Not counting single chapters like author's notes, we've finally reached three thousand chapters, so here's three thousand words to celebrate, hahaha!