The Weiyang Great World was the name of the great world where Ye Chen's true body was currently located.
Its vastness and grandeur could absolutely be considered among the top of the Three Thousand Great Worlds, comparable to an Emperor Realm or Immortal Realm.
Similarly, under the deliberate evolution of the Supreme One, the Weiyang Great World had developed a rather prosperous and brilliant cultivation civilization.
Within it, there were a total of nine vast continents, each one large enough to rival a major domain of the Myriad Heavens and Ten Thousand Realms.
Naturally, each continent was exceptionally prosperous, teeming with countless nations, religions, sects, and so on.
In this Weiyang Great World, both the Sacred Emperor Domain faction and the Flame Emperor Domain faction had quite a number of powerhouses descend into this world, concealing their presence and searching for all kinds of information regarding the supreme inheritance.
Many believed that the Weiyang Great World possessed illusory lifeforms and had developed a rather powerful cultivation civilization. There were even rumors of traces of Ancient Monarchs being born here, making people strongly suspect that this was very likely the location of a supreme inheritance.
Similarly, Ye Chen also harbored suspicions.
It was worth mentioning that the Weiyang Great World possessed a strong exclusivity.
Outsider cultivators wishing to enter the Weiyang Great World would face intense rejection from the entire great world.
The stronger the cultivator, the more intense the rejection.
This situation was exactly the same as in a real world. The more powerful the cultivator trying to enter, the stronger the rejection they faced. The world's origin would repel them, preventing overly powerful beings from entering.
Ye Chen, being a Quasi-Monarch, faced even greater rejection upon entry. The world's origin even manifested chains of order, and the laws of heaven and earth formed endless obstructions.
Such blockades would likely require even an Inverse Heaven Quasi-Monarch to expend some effort to overcome.
It must be understood that the Weiyang Great World was truly powerful, as if it were a real Supreme Great World. Once its origin will manifested, it could almost suppress everything.
Unfortunately, the origin will of the Weiyang Great World only classified Ye Chen as a Quasi-Monarch, unaware that he was the eternally rare Eternal Quasi-Monarch of past and present, whose strength was powerful enough to crush ordinary Ancient Monarchs.
Thus, Ye Chen forcefully shattered all obstructions, smoothly entering before the origin will could even react.
After entry, all the blockades created by the world's origin dissipated like smoke, leaving only terrifying roars still echoing across the great world's sky, startling many powerhouses within this world.
"This world is somewhat unusual. It actually blocks entry like a real great world, with its origin will creating obstructions. If one didn't know better, one might very well mistake it for a real great world," Ye Chen murmured to himself before delving deeper into the Weiyang Great World.
In the subsequent years, the Weiyang Great World occasionally resounded with terrifying roars, faintly revealing fearsome fluctuations, but they were all confined to extremely remote places at the world's edge. Only some super powerhouses at the Divine King realm could capture the slightest hint.
There was no need to guess; this was undoubtedly other powerhouses from the two major factions arriving one after another.
Ye Chen also kept an eye on this. However, judging from the fluctuations that echoed multiple times, he knew that neither faction had sent too many overly powerful Ancient Monarch powerhouses. Even exceptionally powerful Ancient Monarch powerhouses might not have descended at all.
Therefore, in terms of his current strength, among the powerhouses from both factions who had entered the Weiyang Great World, he could absolutely be considered among the most powerful, perhaps even the single most powerful person.
Even so, Ye Chen remained very low-key because he feared that exposure of his identity might lead to super powerhouses from the Sacred Emperor Domain faction personally charging into the Weiyang Great World to hunt him down.
To kill him, the Sacred Emperor Domain faction was willing to pay a price no less than that for obtaining that peerless supreme treasure.
Thus, Ye Chen quietly lurked within the Weiyang Great World, investigating all matters related to the supreme inheritance.
Soon, half a year had passed since he entered the Weiyang Great World.
Unfortunately, during these six months, despite all the powerhouses from both factions secretly combing through almost the entire Weiyang Great World, no one had found even the slightest bit of information regarding the supreme inheritance.
Even in the entire illusory history of the Weiyang Great World, which had evolved over hundreds of millions of years, there was not a single record concerning a Supreme One.
Ancient texts recorded that the Weiyang Great World evolved from chaos over endless eons. Throughout the long ages, there had been peerless Divine Kings who dominated an era, and also supreme Quasi-Monarchs who were just a step away from stepping into the Monarch realm.
There were even Ancient Monarchs who rose from weakness to dominate for eternity.
However, there was simply no record whatsoever about a Supreme One.
"Could it be that the supreme inheritance is not in this Weiyang Great World?" Ye Chen slightly furrowed his brows, but he had an intuition that the supreme inheritance, or something related to it, existed within the Weiyang Great World.
"Strength has its limits. No matter how hard I search, I cannot compare to a major power with tens of millions of disciples."
Soon, Ye Chen realized he needed to change his search method.
The nine continents of the Weiyang Great World were vast and boundless. Precisely because the area was too immense, it was basically impossible for any single super power on each continent to establish enough force to rule the entire vast continent.
On just one continent, so-called empires, kingdoms, duchies, sects, religious factions, and other powers were as numerous as the sands of the Ganges, endless and countless.
Although no power on the nine continents could rule an entire continent, some powers were so powerful that they spanned multiple vast continents, achieving underground domination of the great world.
For example, the Weiyang Great World's top intelligence organization—Doumen—was one such super power.
Doumen's power was so great that its intelligence network was distributed across every continent of the nine continents. It was hailed as one of the most powerful forces in the Weiyang Great World.
Rumors said that behind the Doumen organization was a peerless Divine King who dominated the cosmos.
This Divine King's existence was so ancient that it was said many of the Great Power ancestors of current super sects and ancient kingdoms were not even cultivating when he was already famous in the world. He had spanned several eras and remained in existence all along.
It could be said that this was an old fossil who had witnessed the development of the Weiyang Great World across several eras, one of the supreme powerhouses overlooking the entire Weiyang Great World, a peerless powerhouse hailed as the King of Gods.
It was precisely because of this existence, known as the Supreme Divine King, that Doumen was able to spread widely across the nine continents of the Weiyang Great World.
Doumen had branches on all nine continents, divided into ten grades.
Special grade was the highest, ninth grade the lowest.
Of course, unbeknownst to anyone, the headquarters of the Doumen organization was located on the central continent of the nine continents—the Weiyang Continent.
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Weiyang Continent, Shenwang Valley.
Legends said this was the seclusion ground of an Ancient Divine King. To prevent outsiders from trespassing, the Ancient Divine King had his Great Power-level mount—a Primordial Demonic Dragon—guard and oversee the place.
This also led to the vast domain of a million li in radius being implicitly regarded as the territory of that Ancient Divine King, with no one daring to trespass.
Otherwise, not to mention the Ancient Divine King unleashing boundless wrath, even the anger of the Great Power-level Primordial Demonic Dragon could devour the heavens and slaughter Great Powers.
Outside Shenwang Valley, a solitary figure stood on a mountain peak, gazing at the valley shrouded in layer upon layer of mist and clouds, like a world apart, hands clasped behind his back: "Is this the location of the Doumen headquarters?"
Not long ago, Ye Chen had taken action, secretly manipulating a powerful Ancient Kingdom that almost dominated half a continent.
However, even exhausting the power of such an immortal Ancient Kingdom, after half a year, they still could not find the slightest trace of the supreme inheritance.
Especially since outside the Weiyang Great World, in the endless spatial turbulence, the Sacred Ancient Emperor Lord was constantly lingering there, leaving his true body quite helpless. He could only continue staying within the Weiyang Great World, searching for the suspected supreme inheritance.
Because even the immortal Ancient Kingdom could not find any trace, Ye Chen finally shifted his target. He knew the best method was to seek out those super powers that spanned the nine continents, especially intelligence organizations.
Thus, Ye Chen sought out Doumen.
The location of Doumen's headquarters was extremely well-hidden. Even the immortal Ancient Kingdom Ye Chen secretly manipulated could not find the slightest trace.
Unfortunately, who was Ye Chen? An Eternal Quasi-Monarch, with strength rivaling powerful Ancient Monarchs. He forcefully deduced it with absolute cultivation.
He went straight to the point, directly finding the location of the Doumen organization's headquarters.
At the time, the emperor of that powerful Ancient Kingdom wanted to dispatch several super powerhouses to accompany him and handle matters, but Ye Chen refused them all.
He came to this place alone.
Standing on the mountain peak, Ye Chen took in everything about Shenwang Valley.
The Shenwang Valley, which was considered an extremely dangerous forbidden zone even on the nine continents, was laid bare before his eyes, holding no secrets.
"Heh, I didn't expect there's still a little demon guarding the place."
Ye Chen smiled but did not directly charge in. Instead, he leisurely walked on the earth.
All along, he had never let go of any time for cultivation, always somewhat tense. So now, on his way to Shenwang Valley, he deliberately relaxed.
After all, the entire Shenwang Valley held no danger whatsoever for him.
Although walking on the earth, each step was incredibly fast, covering dozens to hundreds of li in a single stride, like lightning, traversing the layers of wild mountains and forests outside Shenwang Valley.
Along the way, he also saw many local cultivators of the Weiyang Great World entering the area to hunt demonic beasts.
Shenwang Valley, while forbidden to enter, that only applied to the core domain of a hundred thousand li in radius.
Outside the core domain, entry was permitted.
It was just that Shenwang Valley was filled with danger. Because of that Primordial Demonic Dragon, there existed countless demonic beasts and ferocious beasts.
Of course, danger often also represented many opportunities.
Various parts of these demonic beasts and ferocious beasts could be sold for a good price.
Therefore, many cultivators entered the Shenwang Valley domain to hunt demonic beasts and ferocious beasts.
Ye Chen was not surprised by this. Wasn't this how he entered the mountains and forests to hunt in his youth?
Not long after, three thousand li deep into Shenwang Valley, a small to medium-sized ancient city appeared here. The city walls were dark red, covered with countless battle scars, clearly having experienced fearsome battles.
This was a relay ancient city located within Shenwang Valley, specifically serving as a midway rest stop for cultivators venturing deeper into Shenwang Valley. It also provided supplies, with many taverns, weapon shops, and even pill shops, making it quite prosperous.
Within the Shenwang Valley range, there were many similar ancient cities.
These were relay ancient cities that had been established one after another since Shenwang Valley appeared.
Of course, building such ancient cities within Shenwang Valley often subjected them to attacks from the demonic beasts and ferocious beasts within the valley. Under special circumstances, terrifying beast tides could even erupt, sweeping in with overwhelming force, capable of destroying entire ancient cities.
Therefore, the construction of each ancient city was quite sturdy.
Ye Chen entered this relay ancient city named Luo City. The city could hold hundreds of thousands of people, comparable to a relatively prosperous medium-sized city. However, most were ordinary cultivators, ranging from Postnatal and Innate realms to Divine Transformation.
The most powerful person was a Half-Saint, stationed in this city.
Located at the edge of Shenwang Valley, a Half-Saint was sufficient to guard this city. Within a radius of tens of thousands of li, the strongest was nothing more than a Saint Realm great demon.
Of course, as a Saint Realm great demon, it also had its own dignity. Generally, as long as outside cultivators did not disturb it, the Saint Realm great demon would not easily take action...
After staying in the ancient city for half an hour, Ye Chen once again experienced the cultivation environment of his weak youth, feeling somewhat emotional.
Looking back, several hundred years had passed. He had also become the supreme powerhouse he needed to look up to and chase in his youth, standing at the pinnacle of the Great Dao.
Looking ahead, not only was he about to step into the Ancient Monarch realm, he could even suppress ordinary Monarchs.
The Supreme One realm was right before his eyes!
He just felt very tired. All along, he had indeed borne far too much that should not have been borne at his age. He really wanted to rest properly, to relax.
Now was a very good opportunity.
"All along the way, my Dao heart has been firm, unshakable by all things. But I also want to relax properly, to be a young lad, burning with passion, to be a youth full of youthful arrogance."
"Today, I am not the battle-invincible Battle Saint King, not the Eternal Quasi-Monarch who suppresses his generation. I am a passionate young genius."
Ye Chen's wise gaze, capable of penetrating all things and events through time, suddenly changed. The next moment, it turned clear and bright, carrying the vitality he should have possessed, brimming with vigor, passionate and upward.
With a slight smile, at first glance, he looked like a sunny youth.
Only a trace of aura was released. To all appearances, he was just an ordinary young genius.
He did not leave Luo City because he saw several eagle beasts, each a full ten zhang in size, resting within the city. They were Half-God realm demonic beasts, captured and tamed by powerhouses to serve as flying mounts.
On the back of each eagle beast was a rather large pavilion. As long as one paid a certain amount of spirit stones, one could ride the eagle beast to ancient cities deeper within Shenwang Valley.
Under special circumstances, one could even cross a region of hundreds of thousands of li, directly heading to the core area of Shenwang Valley.
Ye Chen was quite interested. Of course, riding the eagle beast required paying a certain amount of spirit stones.
The price was three high-grade spirit stones.
At Ye Chen's level, spirit stones were already useless, but he still had quite a few stored in his inner space.
Casually taking out three high-grade spirit stones, the sight of such spirit stones brimming with spiritual energy immediately attracted many gazes.
Three high-grade spirit stones, while equivalent to thirty mid-grade spirit stones or three hundred low-grade spirit stones, were much more preferred by cultivators over spirit stones of equal value.
Therefore, generally, the value of one high-grade spirit stone was higher than an equivalent amount of mid-grade or low-grade spirit stones.
Ye Chen didn't mind. He waited silently beside the eagle beast. Once enough people gathered, the eagle beast would take off.
At this moment, a group of young people arrived, numbering twenty or thirty.