As the son of Nangong Divine Lord, one of the Ten Divine Domain Lords of the Suppressing Prison Imperial Domain, Nangong Divine Son was clearly privy to many secrets.
The breakthrough of the Suppressing Prison Great Emperor, elevating him to become a Supreme Giant of the Southern Wasteland, was made possible by the emergence of the Golden Age.
However, Nangong Divine Son revealed a startling truth: the appearance of the Golden Age was not directed by the heavens and earth themselves. Instead, it was the joint effort of supreme existences residing within the innermost Thirty-Three Celestial Domains of the Origin Land. They used their power to push it forward, covering the entire Origin Land.
Undoubtedly, this shocked Ye Chen and the others immensely.
How vast was the Origin Land? Not to mention the Suppressing Prison Imperial Domain encompassing the Ten Divine Domains, even the boundless Southern Wasteland, which contained the Suppressing Prison Imperial Domain and countless other imperial domains, was merely the tip of the iceberg compared to the entire Origin Land.
To push the myriad Daos of the entire Origin Land into a state of sustained peak prosperity—what kind of supreme, monumental power would that require?
Although they themselves were also mighty figures, in comparison, they were less than ants.
"How can we compare to such supreme existences? Even looking up to them is difficult. Compared to them, they are the heavens standing atop the Nine Heavens, while we are merely insects crawling on the ground," Nangong Divine Son also exclaimed with awe.
These words were harsh, yet very true, illustrating just how supremely lofty those existences were.
"My father, Nangong Divine Lord, is one of the Ten Divine Lords of the Suppressing Prison Imperial Domain, with the potential to ascend to the Emperor Realm in the future. His cultivation is also among the strongest, ranking within the top ten of the Imperial Domain. But Father has said that despite his strength, facing the Suppressing Prison Great Emperor, he could be suppressed with a single hand. Even if he were to break through and become an Emperor, it would still be the same," Nangong Divine Son said, his expression solemn. "The Emperor Realm is not the end. A Great Emperor is merely the starting point of that domain. As the supreme ruler of the Suppressing Prison Imperial Domain, the Suppressing Prison Great Emperor has already traveled far, far along the Emperor path, earning the title of one of the Supreme Giants among the many Ancient Emperors and Great Emperors of the Southern Wasteland."
"However, Father once mentioned that when the Suppressing Prison Great Emperor became a Supreme Giant and held a grand feast, he heard the Great Emperor sigh. Even becoming a Giant was far from the end; there was still a long road ahead. Moreover, only by becoming a Supreme Giant and standing at the pinnacle of the Southern Wasteland could one increasingly sense just how supremely lofty those existences were—the ones capable of pushing the myriad Daos of the Origin Land into peak prosperity for several epochs."
"A so-called Southern Wasteland Giant like him, compared to them, is merely an insect prostrating on the ground, while they are divine dragons soaring through the Nine Heavens—a world of difference, as far apart as clouds and mud!"
Nangong Divine Lord was a generation's Imperial Lord, with one foot in the Great Emperor domain, ruling the vast Flying Divine Domain. He was also one of the Ten Divine Lords under the Suppressing Prison Great Emperor, holding an immensely lofty position and possessing formidable cultivation.
Suppressing Ye Chen and the others would be as easy as lifting a hand for him.
Yet he claimed that even if he attained the Dao and became an Emperor, facing the Suppressing Prison Great Emperor who had already become a Supreme Giant, he would still be easily suppressed with a single hand, far from being a match.
This illustrated the Suppressing Prison Great Emperor's strength, dominating the Southern Wasteland, hailed as a Supreme Giant, dominating a vast wasteland.
However, as powerful as the Suppressing Prison Great Emperor was—a supreme existence that Nangong Divine Lord had to look up to—he also claimed that so-called Giants were only relative to the Southern Wasteland. Compared to those supreme existences who pushed the myriad Daos of the entire Origin Land into prosperity, they were merely insects prostrating on the ground.
Those supreme existences, looking across the entire Origin Land and throughout all ages, stood as the greatest beings at the very pinnacle. Even a Southern Wasteland Giant like the Suppressing Prison Great Emperor had to look up to them.
These words were spoken by the Suppressing Prison Great Emperor himself.
From this, one could see just how peerless and unmatched those supreme existences were.
Ye Chen and the others listened, feeling utterly shocked. Such supremely lofty existences actually existed in the world.
However, while listening and feeling shocked, Ye Chen felt not a shred of reverence for those supreme existences. Instead, he felt an instinctive, deep-seated sense of equality.
He himself didn't know why he felt this sense of equality, why he couldn't generate even a hint of reverence or awe for the supreme existences.
In fact, deep in his heart, there was a faint desire to compete, as if he could rival those supreme existences.
Am I a son of the supreme, hence fearless of the supreme?
But that shouldn't be. Even an Imperial Son would revere a Great Emperor; a son of the supreme should also revere the supreme, right?
This bizarre psychology puzzled him, but he never considered the possibility that he himself might be a supreme existence.
If he were a supreme existence, how could he have lost his memory?
Nangong Divine Son continued explaining some related secrets, all learned from his father, Nangong Divine Lord.
He stated that the entire Origin Land would experience sustained peak prosperity and glory of its myriad Daos for several epochs to come. Rumor had it that those supreme existences intended to cultivate multiple supreme existences.
Therefore, after obtaining this shocking news, the Suppressing Prison Great Emperor also planned to select a group of peerless Heaven's Prides from the Suppressing Prison Imperial Domain, intending to send the Imperial Son and a batch of supremely talented Heaven's Prides to the core region of the Origin Land for cultivation.
There, it would be easier to attain the Dao and become an Emperor, and even possess the hope of surpassing Emperors to become Supreme Giants, or even take a step toward becoming a supreme existence.
Precisely because of this, this once-every-thirty-years Heaven's Pride Grand Assembly had attracted unprecedented attention.
For a time, countless Heaven's Prides from across the Suppressing Prison Imperial Domain flocked to the Imperial City.
Through Nangong Divine Son's explanation, Ye Chen and the other three finally understood why this edition of the Heaven's Pride Grand Assembly was so exceptionally bustling and lively, far surpassing previous ones.
And they were also shocked.
Before this, the four of them had thought the Suppressing Prison Imperial Domain was the entire world, everything under heaven.
Little did they know there were worlds beyond worlds. The Suppressing Prison Imperial Domain was merely one of the countless imperial domains in the Southern Wasteland, and even the Southern Wasteland was but the tip of the iceberg of the Origin Land.
In the extremely distant core region of the Suppressing Prison Imperial Domain lay the Thirty-Three Celestial Domains, actually left behind by the thirty-three most powerful supreme existences throughout history. They were called Celestial Venerables, supremely lofty, rivaling the heavens.
Moreover, the strength of such supreme Celestial Venerables was beyond imagination. They could actually push the myriad Daos of the entire Origin Land into sustained peak prosperity for several epochs. What kind of monumental power was that? Even a Southern Wasteland Supreme Giant like the Suppressing Prison Great Emperor mocked himself, saying that compared to a Celestial Venerable, he was merely an insect prostrating on the ground, looking up at a divine dragon in the Nine Heavens.
The Imperial City was extraordinarily lively, with numerous Heaven's Prides from various places coming and going. They were all exceptional Heaven's Prides selected from the Ten Divine Domains, as well as Heaven's Prides from super forces whose ancestors had once produced Monarchs, Imperial Lords, or even Ancient Great Emperors—all renowned, heaven-favored sons and daughters.
Gathering in the Imperial City!
Of course, no matter where one went, aside from the Heaven's Prides of the Suppressing Prison Imperial Clan, the most prominent were the Heaven's Prides of the Ten Divine Lord lineages of the Ten Divine Domains. They were basically led by the Divine Sons of their respective Divine Domains, each commanding a group of followers.
When Nangong Divine Son brought Ye Chen and the others to the Imperial City, many experts from the Nangong Divine Lord lineage had already arrived. There were older-generation experts and younger-generation Heaven's Prides. Upon seeing Nangong Divine Son, they all performed grand bows of respect, simultaneously glancing at Ye Chen and the others.
This lineage's experts had come to the Imperial City early, paying the most attention to various news within the Imperial City, while not paying much heed to news from the Flying Divine Domain.
Nangong Divine Son introduced them all as friends.
Naturally, there was a palace belonging to the Nangong Divine Lord lineage within the Imperial City, quite magnificent. Given Nangong Divine Son's status, he could even directly enter the Imperial Palace to have an audience with the Imperial Son.
Nangong Divine Son looked at Ye Chen and the others and said, "Gentlemen, I can take you into the Imperial Palace. At that time, you can also directly challenge the Imperial Son and fulfill the Twin Emperor Pact from back then!"