Noxius, a peculiar name, yet one of extraordinary origins and esteemed status, was a prince of the supreme imperial clan that stood above all races—the Angel Race.
The Angel Race was known throughout the world. During the Mythical Era, this clan had produced a supremely peerless Angel Great Emperor, who commanded the heavens in an era of extreme glory.
Even after enduring the Great Destruction of the Mythical Era, they remained unbroken, the strongest race. Particularly the direct lineage of the Angel Great Emperor was an imperial clan, a royal family, flowing with the Supreme One's bloodline, possessing peerless and formidable potential.
In this era, the imperial clan had produced more than one kingly figure.
And the prince of this generation, Noxius, was rumored to possess an unprecedented ancestral bloodline. The imperial blood within him was of an extremely high purity—a royal golden bloodline—the purest in recorded history of this epoch, thus forging an immensely powerful strength.
According to some secretive sources, Prince Noxius had once dueled other False King powerhouses within his clan, achieving glorious results. Afterwards, that young False King stated that in a battle of the same level, he was far from Prince Noxius's match.
Therefore, he was listed as a suspected Immortal True King, though he was likely already a genuine Immortal True King.
Subsequently, Dao Chu interjected, mentioning other names: Ye Gucheng, a young genius of the ancient Ye Family, an imperial clan at the center of the Myriad Domains. Similarly aloof by nature, he rarely made moves, a mysterious man.
But he was highly valued by this imperial clan, even more so than the Saint Son being cultivated as the focus of this generation. Internal news had leaked that he once defeated the contemporary Saint Son with a single sword strike, earning the title of the clan's strongest young genius. However, he was not of this era but a peerless genius sealed away from the ancient times, suspected to be a True King.
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Several Saint Sons and Saintesses spoke in turn, mentioning no less than ten individuals, all possessing extraordinary and terrifying battle records, or speculated to have supreme strength based on rumors. They were all listed by the world among the suspected young True Kings of the new generation, immensely powerful.
But so far, only the Great Demon King Yue had been confirmed, having carved out real achievements, sweeping through four kings on the Domain War battlefield, possessing the invincible bearing of a True King.
Ye Chen suddenly felt immense pressure. The number was certainly not limited to these; there were likely many more.
Moreover, he had heard that the Emperors and Sovereigns of the Mythical Era had deduced the Great Destruction of the previous epoch. Some had transmitted their offspring, flowing with the strongest Supreme One bloodlines, to this era. This was likely true.
He believed that those supreme imperial clans and royal families that had produced Emperors and Sovereigns most likely had sealed away Supreme One descendants. It was even possible that some had already chosen to emerge, though they had not yet revealed themselves to the world.
This era was destined not to be one where a single person dominated the world. He would encounter all the powerful enemies from past and present great eras.
Because all divinations converged on this era, deducing that the hope of achieving emperorhood would appear—the only opportunity since the Mythical Era. No one would give up; most would likely emerge in this era.
The great enemies he would face spanned past and present, even those from the Mythical Era would appear.
Furthermore, some True King enemies from past generations, attempting the Supreme One's methods within the mysterious Samsara, had likely already awakened. They were cultivating anew, aiming to merge the cultivation of two lifetimes, achieve Extreme Sublimation, and attempt to break into the Tenth Heaven of the Mythical Realm, transforming into peerless Supreme Ones.
Within the new generation, their figures might very well be manifesting.
All of this filled Ye Chen with pressure, but at the same time, he felt a soaring battle intent surging forth.
Every Human Sovereign throughout history who achieved the Supreme Sovereign throne had walked a path from being an enemy of the world to the world falling silent before them.
Those great enemies were the best whetstones, capable of constantly honing him to supreme strength, leading him to the peak, transcending above all.
Finally, the gathering of the younger generation concluded. For destroying everything in the Palace of Sinking Fish and Falling Geese, the several Saint Sons and Saintesses bore full responsibility, compensating Qingcheng Palace with a satisfactory price and offering sincere apologies. This further piqued Ye Chen's curiosity about Qingcheng Palace.
Afterwards, Ye Chen inquired with several Saint Sons and Saintesses, but they were evasive and said little.
In the blink of an eye, two days passed. On the third day, the Saint Lord-level auction grand event was about to officially begin.
Night fell. Tian Sheng City was ablaze with lights, bright as day, every detail visible. Among the continuous palaces and halls at the city center, the central, magnificent heavenly palace was particularly eye-catching.
This was the treasure hall of the Heavenly God Palace, the auction palace where the grand event would be held. Divine lamps hung, auspicious colors flowed, immortal mist permeated, displaying its extraordinary nature.
The Heavenly God Palace was an extremely powerful force within the Myriad Domains, also an Immortal Sacred Land of the Myriad Domains, one of humanity's ancient Sacred Lands, possessing an incomparably ancient heritage.
In the past, it was a supreme Sacred Land. Although no ancient Great Sages had been born in recent times, it still shook the Myriad Domains, not only in power but also in immense wealth. It had auction palaces in the main cities of many major domains within the Myriad Domains.
This Immortal Sacred Land had always enjoyed a praised reputation among the world, never deceiving people. Its credibility was its best golden signboard. In the past, even when descendants of supreme holy spirits like True Dragon eggs appeared, they were never embezzled.
However, the auction commission was high, sometimes as much as twenty percent, somewhat outrageous. But its advantage lay in sufficient credibility. Any treasure lost within the auction palace would be compensated at ten percent above its worldly value.
With the auction grand event about to commence, above the Heavenly Saint Domain, carriages pulled by exotic beasts and top-tier divine ships arrived through the air, carrying various esteemed figures.
Almost everyone able to participate in the auction grand event were renowned, esteemed great personages of the world, wielding immense power, including Saint Lord-level figures, each entering the Heavenly God Palace.
These Sacred Land masters who dictated the rise and fall of the Myriad Domains appeared one by one, their blood energy like seas, with thick pillars of blood energy soaring into the starry heavens, resembling great dragons taking flight, dyeing the Tian Domain crimson, vivid as blood, drawing attention.
It was hard to imagine just how many supreme great personages had come this time; otherwise, such an astonishing phenomenon would not have appeared.
Naturally, it was also because this auction grand event was too extraordinary. Tonight, the Heavenly God Palace would auction many world-shaking treasures. There were even rumors that longevity-extending treasures like Ten-Thousand-Year Medicine Treasures would appear, as well as life-saving secret treasures like Du Shen Bing, attracting the attention of various forces.
Moreover, this auction grand event was not as simple as just a Saint Lord-level auction; it also concerned the upcoming assault on the Purple Mansion Sacred Land in a few days, with far-reaching implications. All forces needed to make thorough preparations, creating an unprecedented level of excitement.
The magnificent Heavenly God Palace hung in the sky, resplendent and golden, with carved railings and jade ornaments, pearls sparkling as decoration. It gathered too many esteemed great personages, filling the hall to capacity.
No one in the world knew how many Immortal Sacred Lands had come, an unprecedented situation.
Within the auction palace, most were renowned, esteemed great personages of the world, but there were also some young geniuses with exceptional talent. Only the most outstanding disciples could be brought by Saint Lord-level figures, also to observe this auction and broaden their horizons.
As the provider of a Ten-Thousand-Year Medicine Treasure, Ye Chen was naturally treated as a distinguished guest by the Heavenly God Palace, gifted a highest-level identity token, allowing him to sit at the very front alongside various Saint Lords.
He invited Zhao Tianyi to participate in the bidding together.
Upon learning this news, Zhao Tianyi was stunned and even more shocked, as if wondering how Ye Chen had obtained such an important identity token. Clearly, even several Heaven and Earth Treasures over a thousand years old would not warrant this.
However, with Ye Chen's invitation, he naturally did not stand on ceremony and also very much wanted to witness the spectacle of a Saint Lord-level auction grand event.
Suddenly, Ye Chen's gaze sharpened because he saw several emaciated figures with shaved heads—powerful divine monks, at least at the Saint Treasury Realm level, and even Saint Lord-level supreme figures. Each had a soft Buddhist light emanating from behind their heads, with Buddhist scriptures reciting autonomously, drawing attention.
These were Buddhist powerhouses from the Great Thunderclap Monastery of the Western Extreme Heaven. The Great Thunderclap Monastery was famous throughout history because during the Mythical Era, it had produced a supreme Monk Emperor, known as Buddha Tathagata, transcending the Three Realms, outside the Five Elements, with boundless dharma power, compassionately saving all beings.
Lineages that had produced Emperors and Sovereigns were always the most terrifying, possessing a terrifying heritage, possibly harboring contingencies left by Mythical Emperors and Sovereigns. Human Sovereigns throughout the ages were wary of these imperial clans and royal families.
Now, though the great enemy of Buddha had long disappeared, this lineage remained one of the most powerful, comparable to a supreme Sacred Land, with an even more terrifying heritage.
It was just unexpected that this Buddhist sect, which always took saving all beings as its duty, would come to get involved. Could they also be interested in the Purple Mansion Sacred Land?
This was something to ponder deeply.
Their arrival also drew the attention and regard of many powerhouses within the Heavenly God Palace. Due to the importance of their status, no one dared to slight them. Even Saint Lords came forward to converse, showing their significance.
Subsequently, a beautiful woman approached, appearing to be in her early thirties, wearing a purple gauze palace dress, a light veil covering her face, skin like congealed fat, beautiful as willow leaves, eyes holding autumn springs—clearly a peerless beauty.
Her black hair was coiled up, adorned with a radiant crown, dignified and elegant, appearing noble and graceful, yet her temperament was peaceful and gentle, inspiring goodwill.
Beside the purple-clad woman followed two lovely, charming young maidens, sixteen years of age, bodies like frost, skin like congealed fat, both beautiful and charming, dressed in similar palace attire.
The purple-clad woman's appearance was noble and graceful. With light steps, a seven-colored cloud appeared beneath her feet, divine lotuses blooming in the void, sacred and extraordinary, passing through the air like a celestial fairy.
The many great force esteemed personages who had already arrived in the Heavenly God Palace did not dare to ignore her, each clasping fists in greeting, showing considerable courtesy, without any air of superiority.
From the conversations among the powerhouses, Ye Chen learned that this was actually a palace master of the Yao Chi Sacred Land at the center of the Myriad Domains, a status of immense nobility, on par with the Saint Lords of various Immortal Sacred Lands, receiving considerable respect.
Ye Chen couldn't help but take a few more glances because he remembered that one of his beloved confidantes was within the Yao Chi Sacred Land, highly regarded.
At the same time, several majestic divine generals clad in golden divine armor strode in, divine colors flowing over their bodies, immensely powerful, causing hearts to tremble.
Those were divine generals of the Ancient Heavenly Court.