"The Battle Saint King's power shakes the world, invincible in the Star Sky. We old-timers feel ashamed of our own inadequacy. No wonder he could teach an outstanding disciple like Wushuang."
Leading the Jiuyan Imperial Clan forward, the Nine Profound Sovereign cupped his fists with a hearty laugh, clearly delighted. The more powerful the Battle Saint King was, the happier they were, because his disciple was the current chieftain of the Jiuyan Imperial Clan. In a way, this also served as a form of protection for the clan.
The myriad races were astonished. The current chieftain of the Jiuyan Imperial Clan, Yan Wushuang, was actually the Battle Saint King's disciple?
"Master." Yan Wushuang looked at Ye Chen with excitement.
Ye Chen glanced at the Nine Profound Sovereign, causing the latter's heart to flutter slightly, not daring to meet his gaze directly.
How could Ye Chen not know the Nine Profound Sovereign's thoughts? He didn't particularly mind, as his disciple was still within the Jiuyan Imperial Clan and needed to utilize the clan's power to spread faith and better walk this path of the Faith Emperor.
He said to Yan Wushuang, "You must work hard. Your master hopes you can successfully walk this special Emperor's path."
"This disciple will definitely live up to Master's expectations," Yan Wushuang hurriedly replied.
"Agreed."
Ye Chen turned and left, even ignoring the Dan Emperor Clan who were stepping forward with smiles, leaving the Dan Emperor Clan's old Sovereign with an awkwardly frozen smile on his face.
The other forces of the myriad races were all puzzled.
Recently, they had heard that the Battle Saint King had entered the Dan Emperor Clan, and there were even rumors that the clan's Imperial Daughter Ancestor was to be betrothed to him.
Now, this situation seemed rather strange.
"Ancestor, the Battle Saint King is too arrogant! Just because he killed the Forbidden Heaven Sovereign, he acts with such disdain for everyone!" Behind, members of the Dan Emperor Clan were indignant.
The Dan Emperor Clan's old Sovereign looked at these clansmen and said, "And then? What do you want him to do to us? Provoke him? Scold him for his arrogance?"
The Dan Emperor Clan members immediately fell silent.
Provoke the Battle Saint King?
Unless they wanted to seek death.
Even a behemoth like the Soul-Restraining Hall had suffered such a miserable fate at the Battle Saint King's hands, and the Forbidden Heaven Sovereign, a Ninth Heaven Sovereign, had lost a supreme Dao body. Although the Dan Emperor Clan was powerful, without revealing their deepestheritage / foundation, they could hardly contend with the current Battle Saint King.
The Dan Emperor Clan's old Sovereign let out a deep sigh. "In the future, we must find an opportunity to befriend the Battle Saint King properly, at any cost."
These simple words represented extreme importance placed on the Battle Saint King, even to the point of sparing no expense.
After calmly dealing with the myriad races of the Star Sky, Ye Chen arrived before the several Ancient Sovereigns of the Ultimate Ancient Path and said with a smile, "This junior Ye Chen pays his respects to you seniors."
Although his current cultivation was peerless, he still showed great respect towards the guardians of the Ultimate Ancient Path.
He even recalled the former guardian, Cang Xiong, who had once mentioned that if Ye Chen ever encountered a terrible trouble in the future, he could shout his name three times into the void, and he would appear to resolve it.
Cang Xiong was an old acquaintance, even a rival, of the Formless Sovereign in the past.
He thought of the Asura Emperor, of Dao Ten Lifetimes—both were Emperors. Cang Xiong was likely an Emperor-level existence as well.
"The Battle Saint King is too courteous. We are both Ancient Sovereigns, and you are a Star Sky Overlord. The accomplished are teachers; it wouldn't be excessive for us to address you as senior," the several Ancient Sovereigns of the Ultimate Ancient Path dared not be presumptuous, especially having witnessed the Battle Saint King's terrifying combat power firsthand. They didn't dare call him a junior, but Ye Chen remained very polite. After some back-and-forth, the Ancient Path Sovereigns settled on addressing him as 'young friend,' while Ye Chen still called them 'seniors'!
Countless trial Outstanding Talents on the Ultimate Ancient Path watched with shining eyes.
They were still undergoing trials, passing through one ancient trial checkpoint after another on the Ancient Path, growing stronger. Yet the Battle Saint King, who was also once a talent on the Ancient Path, had already reached a level where he stood shoulder-to-shoulder with the Ancient Path Sovereigns, to the point where these Sovereigns didn't dare call him a junior and treated him as an equal, addressing him as 'Fellow Daoist.'
Many Heaven's Pride maidens, the strongest talents who had emerged from their respective Primordial Chaos Universes—at the very least the top geniuses of a single domain, with futures promising dominance over a star domain at the minimum—proud and aloof, yet facing the lofty Battle Saint King, they wished they could throw themselves into his arms and bear his children.
Heroes love beauties, and beauties undoubtedly love heroes, especially an undisputed invincible like the Battle Saint King.
"Young friend, it has been several hundred years since we parted. When you left the Ultimate Ancient Path back then, you were merely a Great Ability. Now you are a body of a Peerless Sovereign, a top-tier Star Sky Overlord. Such rapid progress is truly unparalleled in all of history," Sovereign Xue Lan sighed lightly. During their first meeting, Ye Chen was just a minor Great Ability, still needing the return of the Goddess's Dao body, who was already an Ancient Path Overlord at the time.
Now, he was a Star Sky Overlord who could find no match across the cosmos.
Throughout all ages, Star Sky Overlords of such a young age were exceedingly rare!
Even many Eternal Giants in their youth could never have reached such a realm.
Ye Chen smiled, quite humble, not overly arrogant.
At the very least, he believed that the Heavenly Emperor and the Primordial Ancestor in their youth were no weaker than him.
"Seniors, who left behind the Ultimate Ancient Path? Why does itsendpoint coincide with that of the Supreme Ancient Path? In the past, the strongest talents who reached the end of the Ancient Path—did they all come into contact with the 'Ultimate Supreme' Immortal Fate?" Ye Chen asked, inquiring about some true secrets, which made the several Ancient Path Sovereigns' expressions turn grave.
The Ultimate Ancient Path had spanned several epoch eras, with generation after generation of supreme Heaven's Prides from various Primordial Chaos Universes continuously coming to participate in the trials.
But there was only one 'Ultimate Supreme' Immortal Fate. So, throughout history, all the strongest talents who reached the very end, like the Formless Sovereign of old—what did they ultimately obtain?
This point made Ye Chen quite curious.
He hadn't thought of it before, nor could he have known. Now, his level was sufficiently high to qualify for contact with the true secrets.
"The Ultimate Ancient Path, like the Supreme Ancient Path, was opened and left behind by the various Heavens' Supremes," Sovereign Xue Lan revealed the ancient secret. From the very first epoch era, its fundamental purpose was to select one strongest Heaven's Pride throughout all ages, capable of obtaining the 'Ultimate Supreme' Immortal Fate.
However, since the birth of the two Ancient Paths several epoch eras ago, that strongest Heaven's Pride throughout all ages had never appeared.
Especially the Supreme Ancient Path—it only truly opened when a Supreme's descendant appeared. It could be said that it was only in this era that it truly began.
As for the Ultimate Ancient Path, over the several epoch eras of history, quite a few had reached the end of the Ancient Path. These strongest Heaven's Prides who entered the Ultimate Ancient Domain, although they did not obtain the 'Ultimate Supreme' Immortal Fate, did come into contact with Supreme Emperor traces, and some even received Great Emperor inheritances.
Of course, this was also because the Supreme Ancient Path had never opened.
Legend said that only when both Ancient Paths opened and interconnected would the final 'Ultimate Supreme' Immortal Fate appear.
"Our mission is to guard the Ultimate Ancient Path, silently waiting for the appearance of the strongest Heaven's Pride throughout all ages, to obtain the 'Ultimate Supreme' Immortal Fate."