A crystalline, translucent World Heart appeared before Ye Chen. It was only the size of an adult's fist, perfectly round and flawless, a breathtaking masterpiece without the slightest blemish. It radiated vast, boundless world power; a single wisp of its energy could crush the entire vast heaven and earth.
Through this World Heart, one could see everything happening within the entire world.
Whether it was the Heavenly Gods battling Heavenly Kings in the outer starry sky, the clash between the two sides in the holy city, or everything upon the Supreme Divine Altar—all of it was reflected clearly within sight. Every single event could be seen.
This was the World Heart, a complete World Heart, and the true inner origin of a genuine world.
Similarly, it was also the sole legacy treasure of the September Great Power.
It contained everything of the September Great Power, more precious than even an Ancient Immortal Artifact.
Once refined, it would be equivalent to mastering the entire Great World Heaven and Earth, becoming its supreme Dominator.
The September Great Power said, "Refine it, and you will be the World Master. Everything in this world will be under your dominion."
Ye Chen looked at this World Heart, a faint, satisfied smile gracing his lips. He then opened his mouth and exhaled. A supremely dazzling golden holy flame surged forth—it was his origin Dao flame, interwoven with strands of primordial Chaos Qi. It swiftly enveloped the entire World Heart and began refining it at a rapid pace.
In less than a moment, the entire World Heart was completely refined.
Originally, it shouldn't have been so fast. Even if the World Heart offered no resistance, refinement should have taken time. However, the World Heart was remarkably compliant. This was because Ye Chen possessed the September Great Power's True King divine crown, carried a trace of the September Great Power's aura as his successor, and his own aura contained primordial Chaos Qi—the source of all things.
All heavens evolved from chaos, the origin of everything. Moreover, if a world were to continue expanding, primordial Chaos Qi was essential.
Precisely because of all these reasons, the World Heart offered not the slightest resistance and was refined naturally.
Thus, Ye Chen completely mastered the entire world. Streams of information surged forth from the World Heart, flooding into Ye Chen's consciousness—all the information regarding this Inner World Heaven and Earth.
Soon, Ye Chen comprehended much useful information.
Ancient Lan World—that was the true name of this Inner World Heaven and Earth. Naturally, it was not a world opened by the September Great Power. Even an ancient Great Sage could only open a Great Heaven and Earth, but could not completely open a full-fledged world. Only a supreme Sovereign, a realm beyond ancient Great Sages, could achieve that.
Naturally, Sovereign was another major realm, situated above Great Powers and below Emperors and Sovereigns—the realm closest to the supreme Emperor and Sovereign realm.
Such existences were even more immeasurably powerful than ancient Great Sages. Throughout all ages, even in the most glorious and prosperous Mythical Era, they were exceedingly rare.
The supreme, peerless existence of the current myriad realms, the Human Emperor, was an invincible being of this realm.
The might of a Sovereign was sufficient to open a true Inner World Heaven and Earth within their body, mastering the most powerful world power—a source of supreme strength that allowed Sovereigns to reign above all, far surpassing heaven and earth power by an incalculable degree.
The Ancient Lan World was an Inner World Heaven and Earth opened by a supreme existence from the Mythical Era named Sovereign Gu Lan. It was far more magnificent than the Tian Du Continent.
In ancient times, it belonged to Sovereign Gu Lan. However, during the great cataclysm of the Mythical Era, he left the regions beyond the myriad realms to wage the ultimate war against the alien race, charging into the mysterious Chaos Sea.
Although Sovereign Gu Lan was immensely powerful, surpassing ancient Great Sages, and slaughtered countless alien race powerhouses, he ultimately fell in the end, facing equally formidable alien foes.
Before his imminent demise, unwilling to let the countless living beings within his inner world suffer destruction, Sovereign Gu Lan severed his inner world and sent it into the mysterious Chaos Sea. Drifting with the currents, it eventually appeared within the myriad realms and was obtained and refined by the then-ordinary and unremarkable September Great Power.
Originally, the September Great Power was a very ordinary and unremarkable cultivator. But after obtaining the Ancient Lan World, mastering its world origin, and merging with it, he underwent baptism by world power, shed his mortal roots, achieved an extraordinary constitution, and founded the Ancient Lan Holy Sect within the Ancient Lan World, gathering boundless Faith Power to empower himself.
Faith Power possessed extraordinary uses—it could elevate one's perception and increase cultivation. Thus, in later generations, he advanced by leaps and bounds, rising from an ordinary, insignificant cultivator to achieve dominance across the heavens, becoming an ancient Great Power, supreme and invincible, glorious and illustrious for a hundred thousand years.
Ye Chen also witnessed the September Great Power in his twilight years, when his power waned. He encountered an alien race Great Sage-level demon god that came from beyond the starry sky of the myriad realms. The two engaged in a Great Sage-level battle, shattering vast swathes of star domains. In the end, the September Great Power led the alien race Great Sage-level demon god into the Tian Du Continent he had opened, suppressing it with the continent's heaven and earth origin.
But more importantly, he used the origin of the Ancient Lan World and infinite Faith Power to suppress it, splitting the alien race Great Sage in half. One half was suppressed on the Tian Du Continent to attract worldly attention, while the other half was suppressed within the Ancient Lan World.
Finally, unwilling to let his legacy vanish, the September Great Power established the King's Ancient Path on the Tian Du Continent, leaving behind the incomplete True King divine crown, the King's Ancient Gate, Void Dao Divine Blood, the medicinal garden, and other opportunities. He hoped to find a suitable successor from the Tian Du Continent he had opened to inherit his legacy.
However, the September Great Power only left half on the Tian Du Continent. The true legacy lay upon the divine throne atop the Supreme Divine Altar on the Heavenly God Mountain of the Ancient Lan Holy Sect.
Only by mastering the True King divine crown left by the September Great Power could one sit upon it, obtain the true Great Power-level legacy, and furthermore, master the entire Ancient Lan World.
All the pieces finally fell into place.
Ye Chen understood everything, comprehended it thoroughly, and completely inherited the legacy of the September Great Power, having refined and mastered the entire Ancient Lan World.
From now on, Ye Chen was the Dominator of the Ancient Lan World, the true World Master. He could look down upon the vast territories of the Ancient Lan World, master its world origin, wield boundless Faith Power, and even look down upon Heavenly Kings.
The September Great Power looked at Ye Chen before him and suddenly let out a soft sigh. "Little fellow, although you have inherited the Ancient Lan World and obtained boundless Faith Power, perhaps making you comparable to an ancient Great Sage, you must be careful. Because all of this has not truly ended."
Ye Chen stiffened. What did that mean?