Ye Chen rubbed his nose. If this person knew that the one they were looking for was him, he'd probably be scared to death.
He strode away, leaving everyone bewildered. Old Yan was puzzled. "Little Chen, why are you leaving? There are three Kings here, representing at least three sources of King's Blood. Don't you want to collect it?"
"I do, but it's difficult," he replied, shaking his head with a bitter smile. Although he wanted to collect the King's Blood from these young Kings, dealing with one King he could suppress, two he could handle, but three together would be a real struggle.
He wasn't a true Battle Saint yet, nor was he the heaven-defying Supreme One of the Tenth Heaven from his past life. He couldn't be overwhelmingly stronger than a King.
He wasn't foolish; he knew which path he should choose.
In the end, Ye Chen left Tianyuan City, and even left the Tian Shui Kingdom, beginning to travel across the vast expanse of the Xiangyang Domain.
In the myriad realms, every single great domain was astonishingly vast, often spanning hundreds of millions of miles in length and width, or even larger—far greater than the Tian Du Continent, incredibly immense.
The myriad realms were formed by piecing together ten thousand such vast and expansive domains, creating a colossal world whose true size was unimaginable.
Probably even a Great Power, exhausting their entire life, might not be able to fully explore it.
Ancient legends said that the Ten Thousand Domains represented the Ten Thousand Daos within the great universe of heaven and earth. Each Dao transformed into a domain, ultimately giving rise to the present-day myriad realms.
There were countless legends about the myriad realms, a great variety.
The most widely believed was that the myriad realms were the center of the myriad worlds, the Upper Realm of all worlds, the ancient Primordial Heavenly Realm, the origin place where all the secrets of heaven and earth were buried. Its existence spanned an immeasurably long time; even the oldest ancient texts could not accurately record the time of the Ten Thousand Daos' existence.
Traveling within the myriad realms, one faced a suppression of heaven and earth stronger than on the Tian Du Continent. Consequently, one's strength couldn't be unleashed as freely as on the Tian Du Continent, where a single gesture could sweep across dozens of miles. The rules of the Ten Thousand Daos did not permit such easy destruction as in planar worlds or special realms.
Ye Chen had long since sensed this, silently traversing the mountains, rivers, and great earth of the Xiangyang Domain.
Along this journey, Ye Chen passed through layers of primordial lands, traveling alone. But he wasn't wandering aimlessly; he intentionally went to some important major cities to learn about the location of the alien realm and, more importantly, to gather various pieces of information about the Tian Du Continent.
He wanted to know how the Tian Du Continent was faring now, feeling some concern.
But unfortunately, regarding the alien realm, he only knew an abbreviation, not its exact name. Therefore, his understanding along the way was severely lacking; he simply didn't know the true name of the alien realm, making it very difficult to uncover the truth.
Finally, Ye Chen changed his destination to the center of the myriad realms. That was the most prosperous place in the myriad realms, gathering the most powerful experts, home to the mightiest existences, and where information was most abundant.
He began heading towards the Domain Lord's Divine City at the center of this domain.
To cross a great domain, even for a King like him flying normally would take at least two to three years. That was the vastness of a great domain. However, the Domain Lord's Divine City possessed cross-domain teleportation channels that could span several great domains, making the journey much faster.
Naturally, the required cost was also terrifying, not something ordinary cultivators could afford.
Along this journey, whenever he passed through towns inhabited by people, there were discussions about the grand spectacle of the current era's Human Sovereign Path's competition for supremacy, an event that captured the attention of the entire world.
The once-in-a-hundred-thousand-years competition for the Human Sovereign throne had erupted again in this era, sweeping across the myriad realms, stirring up storms and shaking the heavens.
Every time it unfolded throughout history, it was the most magnificent grand event in the myriad realms in a hundred thousand years, unparalleled, aimed at having the prodigies of the myriad realms compete for the supreme position of the presiding Human Sovereign.
Moreover, it would last for many years, ranging from several decades or a century to several hundred or even a thousand years. It wasn't impossible for it to last tens of thousands of years; such had occurred in history. It was a competition for supremacy with a very long duration.
What was the Human Sovereign throne? It represented the supreme divine position in the myriad realms, the position of the number one person across all domains, peerless in the world, above all living beings.
This temptation was too great; everyone wanted to ascend to that unparalleled position.
Especially in this era, it was extraordinary. According to certain rumors circulating from some supreme Sacred Lands, it was predicted that this era held the only hope of achieving Emperorhood since the Mythical Era.
What were Emperors and Sovereigns? Mentioning these two words could crush the past, present, and future, causing anyone to change expression. They were the two greatest words, the two most unbearable words.
That was eternal immortality, everlasting existence through all ages, the supreme existence that could stand shoulder to shoulder with the Heavenly Dao, breaking through longevity to inquire about immortality!
The ultimate end of the cultivation path was Emperors and Sovereigns, the true pinnacle of the Great Dao, supreme and unparalleled, standing shoulder to shoulder with the Heavenly Dao, presiding over the rise and fall of the myriad realms, with all Daos submitting, transcending the river of time, sharing the lifespan of heaven and earth.
The most fearsome power in the world—time—could not even tinge a single strand of their hair white. Eternal and immortal, they were called Emperors and Sovereigns.
This wasn't just a simple title; it was a supreme, forbidden appellation.
Unfortunately, after the Mythical Era, there were no more Emperors and Sovereigns. According to ancient secrets, a world-shaking great change occurred during the Mythical Era. Emperors and Sovereigns disappeared, could no longer appear in the world, and heaven and earth no longer permitted their birth.
After the Mythical Era, no matter how heaven-defyingly talented a peerless prodigy was, they could not reach this level. At most, they could only touch a certain threshold.
And in this era, it was said that whoever could ascend to the Human Sovereign throne could seize a heaven-defying opportunity, achieving the status of a Mythical Emperor or Sovereign, eternal and immortal, enduring through all ages.
Precisely because of this, this would be an unprecedented peak grand event. Countless prodigies would emerge across the myriad realms to compete for the Human Sovereign throne.
Even long ago, senior Great Powers deduced the extraordinariness of this era and sealed away the most outstanding prodigies, preserving them to emerge in this era to compete for the hope of becoming an Emperor.
It could be said that this was a glorious great era, but also a sorrowful great era. Because in this era, too many geniuses emerged, prodigies appeared in great numbers. They were no longer the young supreme powerhouses who could dominate their respective eras; they lacked dazzling halos. Only a small portion could stand out and then compete.
The competition for the Human Sovereign throne, the hope of becoming an Emperor—a hundred boats vying in the current, advance or fall behind.
On this path, one either surpassed others, stood out, seized extraordinary achievements, and bravely captured the Human Sovereign throne.
Or one would fade into obscurity, becoming a small ripple in the great era, a corpse of flesh and blood on the path of contention for the various young prodigies, forgotten in the blink of an eye.
The Human Sovereign competition for supremacy truly began forty years ago. When that supreme Human Sovereign at the center of the myriad realms announced it, the great era boiled over, the myriad realms shook, auspicious colors filled the sky, and light rain scattered across the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths!
Young prodigies from the various great domains had already begun their overt and covert struggles. From seizing the title of number one in their respective great domains to later dominating several, even dozens of great domains, the contention was extremely fierce. Countless people had already rushed forward one after another, dying on this path.
This was to obtain the great fortune of these domains, bestowing it upon themselves, which would be of immense help in competing for the Human Sovereign throne in the future.
Every Human Sovereign of the past walked this path, ultimately defeating other powerful enemies, condensing the fortune of the myriad realms upon themselves, becoming the supreme Human Sovereign.
As time passed, during the fiercest contention across the myriad realms, many young powerhouses renowned throughout the world emerged one after another. These were individuals who had personally slain other powerful young experts, figures who could dominate among the younger generation.
Their reputations were illustrious, their combat power unmatched, rivaling the top prodigies of the older generation. They could be considered figures for whom it was difficult to find many opponents even across an entire great domain. They had condensed considerable great fortune; in the future, they could at least become overlords overlooking a vast region.
They were called Marquis Lords, extremely powerful, capable of fighting top experts at the Divine Transformation Realm while at the Demigod level.
Naturally, among them was an even more powerful group, stronger than them—the Kings renowned in the current era, such as the Celestial Radiance King, the Barbarian War King, the Nine Netherworlds King, King Hao, the Flame Dragon King, and others.
Each of them, from the moment they emerged, built their formidable reputations upon piles of flesh and blood. In the Human Sovereign competition for supremacy across the various great domains, they fought until the young powerhouses trembled in fear. Their combat power was unmatched, rivaling the older generation's super experts who dominated the Divine Transformation Realm.
These Kings were among the important competitors in the Human Sovereign competition for supremacy.
Each of them possessed transcendent talent. Only one could be born among countless living beings across several great domains. They could be said to be born condensing the fortune of a great domain, individuals gathered by great destiny.
Every King, as long as they didn't fall midway, would continuously transform and grow stronger during the competition, at the very least becoming overlords ruling over a region.
Even among them, the few who reached the end, as long as they didn't die, would at least become supreme Great Powers. Looking back at the Human Sovereign competitions for supremacy throughout history, the final results were always like this.
Such Kingly figures could not be born in too great numbers in any era throughout history. Across the myriad realms, their number could not exceed a hundred; that was the limit.
Only in this era, as if condensing the accumulation of a thousand lifetimes, did an eruption occur. Basically, one could be born across several great domains, achieving Kinghood. Even in some important super great domains, several could appear simultaneously.
Naturally, among them were also many ancient Kings from antiquity who had been sealed away, preserved by various major powers to be unsealed and emerge in this era!
However, the most eye-catching among the Kings were still those from the past generation.
Like the War King, a King from a lower realm. Within a few short decades, he rapidly rose, surpassing the older generation, reaching the Saint Treasury Realm, even attaining the peak of the ninth heaven. He became a King through battle, his combat power unmatched, finding few rivals even among Kings, an irresistible force.
Even among the Kingly figures of the past generation, he had slain several, possessing an invincible reputation.
The Peacock King, from the same lower realm as the War King, was a generation's invincible Demon King. Throughout history, time was revered, space was king. The Peacock King was a great King proficient in the Dao of Space, his spatial divine arts unrivaled among his peers. Even Kings had been banished by him.
Then there was the Goddess, a generation's Divine Maiden who suddenly appeared over the past forty years, later joining the supreme great sect of the myriad realms, the Tai Chu Sacred Land.
Her true origins were difficult to trace throughout the world. But according to many rumors, she came from the same lower realm as the War King, the Peacock King, and others. This was speculated by the world because the Goddess, who treated others with indifference, showed smiles to these few individuals.
Her beauty was peerless, captivating the myriad realms, ranked among the most beautiful peerless Divine Maidens and Immortal Maidens of the myriad realms. Similarly, her strength was also unparalleled, not inferior to the War King. There were even rumors that she was also an Immortal True King.
Now, the Goddess had long since become the current master of the Tai Chu Sacred Land, inheriting the position of Saint Lord, thoroughly ruling over the myriad realms. She was both a generation's prodigy and a generation's Saint Lord, her status unparalleled.
Like the Peerless King, Liu Mingwang, the Netherworld King...
The names of these Kings were like thunder echoing in the ears, shaking the myriad realms. They were all Kings of the past generation, older than the current new generation by less than a hundred years. But each had reached an unprecedented level of cultivation, at least at the high-level Saint Treasury Realm. One more step and they would enter Samsara.
Each of them possessed transcendent talent, cultivating for one year equivalent to others cultivating for a hundred. Moreover, in this extraordinary great era, heaven and earth underwent great changes, and the Ten Thousand Daos erupted. Hence, they reached this height at around a hundred years old.
Ye Chen sighed silently because he heard news of some people closely related to his past life—close friends like the War King, the Peacock King, Tai Su, Liu Mingwang, and a few beloved confidantes. He suspected that the current master of the Tai Chu Sacred Land, the Goddess, was his beloved wife from his past life, Zhao Jingruo.
They were all living well, even better than him.
Now, he was several decades behind them, a whole generation younger, rising together with the current new generation.
But he believed that if given another ten years, he would eventually transcend and stand on the same starting line as those old friends.
However, there were also great enemies. Because the most eye-catching figures in the Human Sovereign competition for supremacy were not the War King and others, but rather the Yuan Yao Divine King, the Primordial Demon God, the Sun God, the Heaven-Defying Battle King, the Void Divine King, the Peerless Phoenix Dancer, the Son of God, and others.
These individuals transcended above Kings as Immortal True Kings, walking at the forefront of the Human Sovereign competition for supremacy, with illustrious battle records and world-shaking cultivation. Each was the most dazzling new star on the path to the Human Sovereign throne, shining across the myriad realms, watched by the world.
It was said they had now all surpassed the Saint Treasury Realm, stepping into the mysterious Samsara, reincarnating and being reborn, awaiting the day they would transcend Samsara.
In the past, these people were his peerless great enemies. Now they were several decades ahead, making the gap between them even larger.
But Ye Chen wasn't worried about the widening gap because sooner or later they would return to the same starting point.
Samsara!
This was the profound and mysterious great realm that would bring them back to the same starting point. Once one surpassed the Saint Treasury Realm and stepped into Samsara, it often required several decades or even a century to struggle through the crossing; it couldn't be completed in just two or three years.
It required awakening, it required struggling through the crossing—all of it required considerable time.
And he firmly believed that he could stand reborn on the same starting line as them before these people awakened from Samsara.
This was the source of Ye Chen's true confidence.
Three days later, Ye Chen arrived at an important town in the Xiangyang Domain called Xia Gu City. It was a major city where cultivators from a radius of hundreds of thousands of miles mainly gathered, with numerous cultivators congregating there.
Shortly after arriving here, a powerful King's aura shot over like lightning, descending upon this area of heaven and earth. A blood-armored King clad in a blood-red cloak swept his gaze over the numerous experts in the city. Behind him followed a group of super experts, each at least a super expert dominating the Divine Transformation Realm, following this King.
"He should still be in this city. Search for him!"
The blood-armored King spoke, and the numerous super experts behind him began to search.