To find a suitable inheritor for his supreme legacy on his behalf?
Ye Chen said, "Your Majesty, why don't you search for one yourself? The Lawless Great World is vast and boundless, with endless geniuses. Finding a suitable candidate shouldn't be difficult, right?"
The Lawless Supreme said, "Young Friend, there's no need to beat around the bush. You know full well that a Supreme One is dead, and his world should perish. How can there be anyone to inherit my legacy?"
Ye Chen looked at the Lawless Supreme with slight surprise, as if he hadn't expected him to mention it so directly.
Generally, those who knew they were dead yet desperately recreated everything from their lifetime were mostly avoiding the fact of their own death.
But the Lawless Supreme was remarkably calm, as if stating the most ordinary thing imaginable.
Whoosh—
Beside him, the Great Emperor Reincarnation Body appeared directly, the Floating Slaughter Emperor Spear in its left hand, the Heaven-Waste Great Halberd in its right, and an Emperor Star above its head. The three Emperor Dao Supreme Treasures circled its body, all beginning to awaken, radiating a majestic Emperor's might not inferior to a true Supreme One, as it stared vigilantly at the Lawless Supreme.
The Lawless Supreme, however, looked at the Great Emperor Reincarnation Body with appreciation, and then at Ye Chen, saying, "Good, good. With such a peerless powerhouse protecting you, you need fear nothing."
Under the aura of the three Emperor Dao Supreme Treasures, even the Lawless Supreme failed to perceive that the Great Emperor Reincarnation Body was Ye Chen's Dao body.
Ye Chen frowned. "May I ask what Your Majesty means?"
The Lawless Supreme said, "I have perished. There's no need for you to say it; I know it myself. Appearing before you is merely my indestructible obsession."
"That vast world is also merely a manifestation of this immortal obsession."
"The Lawless Great World has long since become history."
"Billions of living beings have turned to dust."
"I, the Lawless Supreme, am but a pitiful wretch who died without a burial place."
Ye Chen's heart shook. He hadn't expected the Lawless Supreme to bring it up so directly. Yet, was the reality before him truly as simple as just an immortal obsession?
"The methods of a Supreme One are beyond the comprehension of ordinary people," the Lawless Supreme said with a tone of pride, standing with hands behind his back, the arrogance of a Supreme One fully displayed.
Even if only an indestructible obsession remained, a Supreme One was still a Supreme One, with methods reaching the heavens, immeasurable.
He had recreated everything in the Lawless Great World merely to relive the glory of his lifetime, unwilling to forever remain a tragic, wronged ghost.
Ye Chen was deeply shaken, unable to calm down for a long time.
Finally, he regained his composure and said, "Your Majesty, why did you manifest the Lawless Great World, display all the events of the past, and lecture on the Dao? Why not directly find a suitable person to inherit everything from you?"
"With your abilities, leaving this place to find a suitable inheritor elsewhere shouldn't be impossible."
This was also Ye Chen's doubt.
Otherwise, with the heaven-reaching capabilities of a Supreme One, even if just an obsession, it would far surpass ordinary Supreme Ones.
This Supreme One's obsession was most likely formed to find an inheritor. As long as no inheritor was found, the obsession could persist eternally in the world, unless a heaven-reaching existence intervened to destroy it.
For a Supreme One's obsession, finding a suitable inheritor shouldn't be difficult, right?
Even traversing the Chaos Sea would suffice.
Why wait for his appearance?
The Lawless Supreme shook his head. "The obsession cannot leave. Otherwise, once the Emperor's Resentment emerges, the devastation to living beings would number in the billions. Such a sin, I could die ten thousand times and still not atone for it!"
Ye Chen immediately felt solemn respect.
This was a true Supreme One, possessing the true breadth of mind of a Supreme One, caring for all living beings.
He knew he had died tragically here, a dignified Supreme One without a burial place, generating immense resentment that gave birth to Supreme Resentment and Supreme Corpse Miasma. Even worse, it could spawn the most terrifying Emperor's Resentment Spirit.
An indestructible obsession from his lifetime remained with his remnant corpse, never leaving, solely to suppress the emerging Emperor's Resentment and prevent it from devastating the world.
Such a Supreme One deserved respect!
"Your Majesty, this junior agrees to your request. I will naturally find a suitable inheritor for you," Ye Chen said.
Even if he had been a Peerless Supreme close to the alien races in life, after death, such breadth of mind was worthy of Ye Chen's admiration and worthy of his effort to find a suitable inheritor.
"I trouble you, Young Friend," the Lawless Supreme said, revealing a look as if liberated. His entire form seemed to solidify considerably, wisps of supreme, majestic aura emanating from him.
Boom—
Beyond the void, the entire Lawless Great World trembled and hummed, the myriad Daos resonating as if in submission.
Billions of living beings raised their heads, looking at the trembling world, all bewildered.
The Lawless Supreme gazed deeply at Ye Chen and said softly, "After waiting for endless eons, I have finally awaited your arrival, Young Friend. My obsession is about to dissolve, but I will also face the final battle of my lifetime."
"Young Friend, as a token of my gratitude, here are some of my battle memories and cultivation insights. They might be of help to you, a chaos cultivator."
A wisp of faint light entered Ye Chen's mind, accompanied by a flood of memories.
Although not all the memories from the Lawless Supreme's lifetime, the amount was still vast.
Supreme Ones are boundless, Great Emperors limitless. The years they live are often calculated in billions, measurable in Era Epochs. The experiences of a lifetime are innumerable.
Coupled with various Emperor Dao insights, even if just fragments, just parts, they would absolutely be enough to burst the mind of an Ancient Monarch alive.
Ye Chen's mind felt as if it exploded, flooded with countless memories.
There was the Lawless Supreme in his weak period, facing Demigods with reverence as if facing deities.
There was his cultivation period, stepping into the Tenth Heaven as a Demigod, slaying Transformation Divinity experts against the odds.
There was transcending reincarnation, achieving Heavenly King status, peerless since ancient times, revered under heaven, sweeping through his generation.
There was conquering all directions, displaying world-defying talent from his weak period, defeating all great enemies on the Emperor's Path with an invincible posture, slaying immortals against the flow, forcefully killing one after another obstructors on the Emperor's Path, finally charging forcefully into the Supreme One realm, revered under heaven, shaking the Chaos Sea, becoming the illustrious, generation-defying Lawless Supreme.
Creating the "Lawless Domain," standing atop the peak of Supreme Ones, possessing the potential of a giant to break through the Supreme One realm.
There was also the recklessness of youth, roaming the world, accompanied by beauties, the carefree ease of wandering the nine heavens...
Naturally, more were the countless battles, big and small, experienced throughout his life—from facing post-natal demonic beasts in his weak period to battling various Supreme Ones at his peak, proving his Peerless Supreme status.
Ye Chen immersed himself in these endless memories, as if transforming into the Lawless Supreme, experiencing the glorious and prosperous lifetime of a Supreme One.
Innumerable battle scenes emerged, as if Ye Chen had personally experienced them, no less than a tremendous opportunity—transforming into a Supreme One, experiencing a lifetime spanning endless years.
What seemed like the rise and fall of one Era Epoch after another was, in reality, merely a few short moments.
Finally, Ye Chen returned to himself. His entire aura had become much more weathered, as if tempered by endless years, possessing a kind of wisdom that saw through all worldly affairs.