Ye Chen seemed like an ancient fossil who had lived for countless eons. On the surface, he appeared very young, yet he carried an aura of vicissitude and wisdom that did not match his outward appearance.
The combat memories of a Supreme One did not grant Ye Chen any substantial improvement in cultivation realm, but the intrinsic benefits far surpassed that.
Such combat memories, especially the lifetime combat memories of a Supreme One, were of immense benefit. They could even allow Ye Chen's combat awareness to approach infinitely close to that of a true Supreme One.
How powerful was the combat awareness of a Supreme One? If they were at the same cultivation realm, as long as it wasn't within the Quasi-Monarch domain—for instance, both being Nine Tribulation God Kings—Ye Chen might not be a match for a Supreme One.
It was like when Ye Chen first encountered the Angel Emperor; he was utterly overwhelmed from the start.
This was the gap in combat awareness.
It wasn't that Ye Chen's combat awareness wasn't strong. On the contrary, Ye Chen's combat awareness was absolutely peerless among those of the same realm. Even Imperial Sons and Daughters, Immortal Dao Progeny, and the strongest young Supreme Ones could hardly compare.
But compared to the combat awareness of a Supreme One, there was still a gap.
This combat awareness was accumulated through countless battles, big and small, that a Supreme One experienced throughout their life at various realms. Especially the battles at the Supreme One level caused this combat awareness to undergo a transformation. True invincibility often meant being able to instantly see through an opponent's weakness, exploit it, and display overwhelming dominance.
It could be said that if one could obtain such Supreme One combat memories and thus transform their combat awareness to the Supreme One level, even an Ancient Monarch might be willing to abandon their Monarch Fruit and start cultivating anew.
Furthermore, there was the even more important cultivation insights of the Lawless Supreme One.
What were the cultivation insights of a Supreme One?
They were the insights into the Great Dao from the weak early stages all the way to achieving the Supreme One realm, which could be considered the complete insights of a Supreme One.
These Supreme One insights were even more important than a Supreme One's inheritance.
A Supreme One's inheritance generally only bestowed the Supreme Emperor Scripture, forbidden divine abilities, and so on, allowing a suitable successor to obtain the Supreme One's legacy, cultivate the profound arts of the Emperor Scripture created by the Supreme One, and prevent them from being lost.
Perhaps there were also the original Emperor World, Immortal World, and many other treasures left behind by the Supreme One.
But under normal circumstances, it mostly consisted only of the Supreme Emperor Scripture's profound arts and some auxiliary cultivation treasures, nothing more.
As for the Supreme One's insights, they were generally not imparted.
Because in many cases, they contained a lot of the Supreme One's private matters and could not be taught to strangers.
It could be said that obtaining such Supreme One insights was no less valuable than inheriting Supreme One combat memories, perhaps even more so. It could increase the likelihood of the recipient achieving the Supreme One realm in the future by over thirty percent.
One must know that even an Emperor Lord dared not guarantee they would definitely become a Supreme One, with a success rate of less than twenty percent.
This was even smaller than the thirty percent chance of a Quasi-Monarch becoming an Ancient Monarch.
But obtaining these precious lifetime cultivation insights of a Supreme One was equivalent to a Supreme One unreservedly opening up everything about their path to Supreme Onehood for others to observe. The success rate would increase to at least thirty percent.
Even just a one percent increase would be enough to drive countless people, including Emperor Lords, to madness.
Of course, these numerous cultivation insights and combat memories were only one part of the gift.
Immediately afterward, an extremely precious second gift manifested in his mind.
Boom—
A point of spiritual light appeared in his mind, then with a thunderous roar, it transformed into a massive heavenly stele carrying an aura of immense antiquity and vicissitude. It descended from the sky, landing straight within Ye Chen's spiritual world.
In the previously empty spiritual world, the Ancient Heavenly Stele stood tall. On its surface were countless Great Dao runes, each the size of a tadpole.
Then, these countless tadpole-like runes began to glow. One by one, they manifested, detaching from the Ancient Heavenly Stele and soaring into the sky, transforming into billions of runes. They evolved into an ancient path, exuding a mysterious aura, extending into the distance, its end unknowably far.
The figure manifested by Ye Chen's mind stood before the Ancient Heavenly Stele, gazing into the distance at the mysterious ancient path, unable to see its end at a glance.
Boom—
In the end, everything turned into nothingness. Ye Chen's mind went blank once more. After a moment, the Ancient Heavenly Stele reappeared, and four large characters manifested upon it—
Evolution Ancient Path!
A grand, immeasurable chapter of the Evolution Ancient Path, with infinite scripture profundities, appeared in his mind.
A full half-day passed before Ye Chen, with his divine soul comparable to an Ancient Monarch, finally digested everything and withstood the entirety of this mysterious chapter.
Ye Chen drew a sharp breath of cold air. For his powerful divine soul to require half a day to withstand it, one could imagine how heaven-defying this Evolution Ancient Path method was.
Simultaneously, he also learned that this was precisely the supreme evolution ancient method from the Prehistoric Epoch Era that the Lawless Supreme One had obtained.
"Evolution Ancient Path? Interesting!"
Ye Chen immersed his mind, observing the Ancient Heavenly Stele formed by the Evolution Ancient Path chapter, reading it carefully.
According to the Evolution Ancient Path method, the chapter explained a principle: the path of cultivation in the mortal world was the Sea of Bitterness.
Boundless and endless.
The Sea of Bitterness has no shore; turn back and you reach the shore.
As long as one returns to the ordinary, they escape the Sea of Bitterness.
But that was not Transcendence; it was merely incompetence.
Only by crossing the Sea of Bitterness could one reach the Other Shore and achieve complete Transcendence.
The Other Shore was Eternity!
All cultivators in the world were within the Sea of Bitterness, unable to reach the Other Shore.
To cross the Sea of Bitterness and reach the Other Shore, one must continuously surpass and evolve.
However, to cross the Sea of Bitterness, relying on external objects would not succeed. Only by continuously strengthening oneself could one ultimately reach the Other Shore.
Thus, the Evolution Ancient Path method was created. It was not about transforming oneself into a boat navigating the perilous waves of the Sea of Bitterness, but about directly opening a path within the boundless Sea of Bitterness—stable and safe—to achieve success.
The Evolution Ancient Path method signified evolving one's original World into an ancient path, becoming the Evolution Ancient Path, which could further become the Path of Eternity. Continuously evolving, continuously strengthening, continuously transcending, ultimately achieving Eternity.
Ye Chen couldn't help but marvel at the person who created the Evolution Ancient Path method. How astonishingly brilliant they were to have conceived of this.
He strongly suspected that the Origin Ancient Path that appeared in later times might also have some connection to the Evolution Ancient Path.
At the same time, from the obtained Evolution Ancient Path chapter, Ye Chen learned the origin of the Evolution Ancient Path chapter—it actually originated from the most ancient Prehistoric Epoch Era.
Back then, several Supreme Giants, having lived for endless eons, overlooking epoch after epoch of the Chaos Sea, were ultimately unable to achieve Transcendence.
Thus, these several Supreme Giants gathered together and jointly created this Evolution Ancient Path method, hoping to use it to achieve Transcendence.
It was just unknown whether they ultimately succeeded.
Because epoch after epoch passed, those several Supreme Giants also disappeared. They were not seen in the Chaos Sea, their names unheard, suspected to have perished.
When Ye Chen saw this, a series of memories surfaced in his mind—memories of the Lawless Supreme One.