After a long while, Ye Chen grasped the World Heart and drew it into his Primordial Spirit body, which then rushed back into the space between his true body's brows.
Everything that had been still immediately returned to normal, and all things continued.
However, within that stilled time, Ye Chen had truly obtained the legacy of the September Great Power and successfully refined the World Heart, becoming the true master of the Gu Lan World.
At this moment, seated upon the supreme divine throne, he felt as if he had transformed into a supreme Heavenly God, standing at the highest point of the world, overlooking the vast Gu Lan Continent, seeing through the world, piercing through heaven and earth, and perceiving beyond the domain.
He saw everything within this Gu Lan World, possessing a special sense of control over the entire vast heaven and earth.
It was as if, should he wish it, all the power of this great world would be at his command. He was the true supreme master of this heaven and earth.
This was the power of a World Lord.
Moreover, when he looked up at the vast, abyssal sea of Faith Power above his head, he had a feeling that he could also wield this most terrifying force within the Gu Lan World, should he desire to.
Naturally, even without using this power, the origin force of the Gu Lan World was terrifying enough to rival that of ancient Great Sages, for this was the inner world of a supreme monarch from the Mythical Era.
The next moment, he looked at the five young supreme prodigies before him: the Heavenly Roc King, the Primordial Demon God, the Sea God King, and the appearances of the other two young supreme prodigies were completely revealed before his eyes.
Within this heaven and earth, he was the supreme master; nothing could be hidden from him.
"So it's her..." Ye Chen looked at one of them, a generation's Divine Maiden, with skin like ice and bones like jade, her spirit like autumn waters and her bones like crystal jade. Everything about her was laid bare before his eyes.
"Why does it feel like the Battle Saint King has undergone some kind of change?"
Suddenly, the five young supreme prodigies looked at Ye Chen upon the divine throne with surprise. They felt that although the Battle Saint King's appearance hadn't changed at all at this moment, the aura about him had transformed. It was more vast, more unfathomable, and possessed a supreme, majestic sense of authority.
Even they felt they couldn't see through him.
Could it be because of the divine throne? They all unanimously thought it was likely due to this being the Holy Sect Heavenly God's throne, and even more possibly the seat of the September Great Power's legacy. Some changes were only to be expected.
"Attack! Knock him off!"
The Heavenly Roc King snorted coldly. Without him saying it, the other four supreme prodigies were filled with killing intent, jointly attacking Ye Chen upon the divine throne to seize the sole divine seat.
Boom—
Four divine abilities erupted, striking over.
Yet Ye Chen, seated upon the divine throne, faced all this and suddenly smiled. For now, he was truly supreme. The attacks that could slay Saints automatically dissipated before they could even fully approach his person, utterly unable to draw near.
This scene deeply shocked the five supreme heroes. Such astonishing methods were not something Ye Chen should possess.
"Could it be that you have already..."
Someone couldn't help but ask in shock, but didn't dare finish, fearing the matter was about to become reality.
Ye Chen upon the divine throne smiled slightly, a gentle, spring-like smile, and nodded. "Correct. I have already obtained the legacy of the September Great Power. From now on, I am the World Lord of this Gu Lan World. Here, I am the master. I am invincible."
"How is that possible? Why so fast?"
They couldn't believe it, for everything had happened too quickly, faster than expected, in but an instant.
Because the so-called stilled time earlier was only relative. No one could achieve absolute time stillness; even affecting an entire great world was impossible, as it involved the most mysterious Dao of Time.
Having become the World Lord, he naturally understood that everything before was merely the September Great Power elevating his own perception and thoughts to the extreme, surpassing everyone else, thus making others appear still. In that instant, he had met the September Great Power, come to know him, refined the World Heart, and completed everything.
"It was just that fast." Ye Chen smiled, then looked at the two mysterious young supreme prodigies and said softly, "Long time no see, Yuan Yao Divine King, and you—Feng Wu!"
In his light words, he revealed the identities of the two mysterious young supreme prodigies.
Yuan Yao Divine King, Peerless Phoenix Dancer.
"Brother Qian Yue, you are indeed extraordinary. I didn't expect you to still see through me." One of them dispersed the dawn light around his body, revealing his form—a divine and handsome man, truly elegant as jade, his whole body flowing with radiant light, every strand of hair tinged with brilliant divine radiance, as dazzling as the most transcendent light force.
Around him, layer upon layer of mysterious divine halos appeared, as many as ten. Nine were resplendent and blazing, like one scorching sun after another hanging in the sky, while the tenth appeared somewhat dim, very similar to Ye Chen in the past.
This was Yuan Yao Divine King, a peerless True King powerhouse of a past generation, reincarnated through Samsara, awakened in the mortal world, and having cultivated anew to this step.
The divine halos upon him were the best proof. In the past, only nine had appeared; now a tenth had been born. Although dim, it was clear he had walked a long path in attempting the legendary Supreme One's method.
Once his two lives merged, it was highly possible he would achieve the realm of the Mythical Tenth Heaven.
For this always transcendent Child of Light, whether in this life or the past, he was a supremely powerful enemy on the path of contending for the Human Sovereign. To think they would meet him here.
On the other side, a woman wreathed in five-colored divine radiance appeared. She wore five-colored divine garments, her black hair like a waterfall, her face like mutton-fat jade—a peerless, stunning Divine Maiden, only slightly inferior to the Goddess, but her strength was beyond doubt, at the True King level.
Moreover, this woman was the granddaughter of the old Academy Head of the supreme force Myriad Realms Academy. It was said her body contained the bloodline of the Supreme Holy Spirit, the Immortal Phoenix, and she was also extremely powerful.
Feng Wu blinked her bright eyes and sighed softly. "I didn't expect even this to be seen through by you. It seems you truly have become the Gu Lan World's master. I remember when I first saw you in this life, you were just a tiny Xiantian realm cultivator. Even then, I felt you were familiar. I never expected you to actually be the Battle Saint King. It seems I truly miscalculated."
That's right. In the past, she had once entered the Tian Du Continent and walked the Trial Path, bearing the title Fairy Caiyun.