The Ancient Divine Domain, also known as the Ancient Emperor Realm, was truly vast as smoke, incomparably magnificent.
The continent where Ye Chen resided was called the Ancient Divine Continent. In terms of area alone, it was not much smaller than the Gu Lan Continent, equally magnificent.
The Ancient Divine Continent was divided into five great regions: east, south, west, north, and central. Each region was vast and expansive. The Huang Gu Demon Domain was located in the southeast of the Ancient Divine Continent, extending across the southeastern regions, occupying almost more than twenty percent of the continent's vast territory.
Beyond the Demon Domain was the vast territory where various races coexisted and integrated, with humanity as the main race, all races coexisting, and countless forces of all sizes standing tall—the Hundred Schools of Thought, thousands of kingdoms and dynasties, too numerous to count.
From superpowers that controlled the rise and fall of the world, down to small sects in a single region, they were scattered across this continent like stars, driving the prosperous development of the Ancient Divine Continent.
Among them, the Nine Great Empires and Imperial Dynasties were the superpowers, each a powerful force with millennia of heritage, possessing terrifyingly profound foundations and energy.
Whether it was the most fertile and central Central Region or the resource-rich Southern Region, they were all occupied by these superpowers.
The various dynasties, kingdoms, and sects were distributed across this continent regardless of location, occupying their own territories.
Naturally, like those dynasties and kingdoms, they occupied more territory and resources because they were generally much stronger than other forces and sects, with powerful armies formed by thousands upon thousands of elite soldiers, capable of delivering devastating blows to ordinary sects.
Precisely because of this, every established dynasty or kingdom possessed fearsome strength, extraordinary in its own right.
Of course, in general, the law of the jungle, survival of the fittest, applied everywhere, whether in the myriad realms, the Ancient Lan World, or the Ancient Divine Continent.
Almost every day, forces would be destroyed, but new forces would also be born, cycling endlessly.
Only the Nine Great Empires and Imperial Dynasties had endured for millennia, never destroyed, though historically, equally powerful millennia-old empires had also fallen—no force could exist eternally.
The history of the Ancient Divine Continent was extremely long and distant, incomparably prosperous, known as a land where a hundred kingdoms stood tall and a thousand sects coexisted.
Simply hearing Miss Ke'er and the others mention it, even though Ye Chen already knew the Ancient Divine Domain was not simple, he couldn't help but be shocked by its strength, far surpassing the Ancient Lan World.
It must be known that the Ancient Lan World had at most the Holy Sect, the Ancient Kingdom, and the Lan Kingdom—three major forces with only a few Heavenly Kings. But the Ancient Divine Continent was much stronger, with Nine Great Millennia-old Imperial Dynasties, all established during the most chaotic and bloody era of antiquity, enduring to this day, immensely powerful, and each having Heavenly Kings who surpassed Samsara guarding their empires and imperial dynasties, inviolable.
Moreover, the Nine Great Millennia-old Imperial Dynasties were only the superpowers on the surface; secretly, there seemed to be superpowers no weaker than the millennia-old imperial dynasties, also controlling the rise and fall of the world, incredibly powerful.
"The Nine Great Imperial Dynasties of the Ancient Divine Continent, enduring for millennia, eternal through the ages, are naturally incomparably powerful, each having at least a peerless figure at the Heavenly King Realm guarding them," Miss Ke'er said crisply. "They control the winds and clouds of the world, dominate the rise and fall of the mortal realm—who can contend with them, who can vie for supremacy?"
Ye Chen roughly understood the extraordinary nature of the Nine Great Imperial Dynasties but didn't pay much mind to it. He then asked about the Heavenly Pride Battle, a topic he was indeed quite interested in.
"Young Master Qian, weren't you sent by your master to participate in the battle? Why don't you know anything about this?" Miss Ke'er slightly parted her red lips, seeming somewhat astonished as she inquired.
The others also wore expressions of bewilderment; this Young Master Qian was utterly clueless about common knowledge of the Ancient Divine Domain.
Ye Chen pretended to smile helplessly: "My master didn't mention anything, just told me to leave the cultivation cave after emerging from seclusion and go out to participate in the Heavenly Pride Battle. I've been devoted to cultivation since childhood and haven't truly experienced many worldly matters."
Hearing this, none of them doubted him. Miss Ke'er's gaze even held a hint of pity as she kindly explained to Ye Chen.
The so-called Heavenly Pride Battle was a once-in-a-century grand event of the world, a peak gathering of the top young elites and prodigies from all regions of the Ancient Divine Continent, also a competition to determine the strongest among the younger generation.
Every Heavenly Pride Battle could be called the most glorious event in the world, setting the world abuzz, with countless young geniuses competing to shine, the various powerhouses of the younger generation vying for the position of number one among their peers.
And it was worth mentioning that the Heavenly Pride Battle half a year from now was hailed as the most glorious and intense one Throughout the ages.
Because the Great Era had revived!
This was the most obvious change.
The Ancient Divine Continent, since time immemorial, had naturally developed to be extremely prosperous and powerful, far surpassing the Gu Lan Continent.
Even from antiquity to the present, there had been earth-shattering ancient Great Sages born, awe-inspiring through the ages, ruling over the myriad realms, overlooking the Ancient Divine Continent, revered as supreme for all eternity.
But the cultivation environment in the past could not compare to now because the heavens and earth always contained a special kind of suppression, affecting the cultivation of living beings in the world and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. The birth of ancient Great Sages was, in a way, accidental.
Moreover, the suppression of heaven and earth meant that in the past, even reaching Divine Transformation could make one a regional overlord and powerhouse, while a Saint could be called one of the masters dominating the entire vast continent, controlling the rise and fall of the world.
The birth of Heavenly Kings was sporadic.
But compared to now, the difference was vast.
Since the anomaly in heaven and earth three hundred years ago, the Great Era began to fully revive. Dao techniques emerged, and the entire world seemed to burst with vitality overnight, overflowing with rich spiritual energy.
The Great Dao of heaven and earth no longer suppressed the people of the world, entering a new and delightful golden age.
In just three hundred years, the Ancient Divine Continent gave birth to countless powerhouses, with many rising, a hundred sects standing tall, and great nations rising—a glorious situation.
The many powerhouses who had been stuck due to heavenly and earthly suppression three hundred years ago all erupted within these three hundred years, advancing triumphantly, breaking past previous shackles, surpassing the past, and continuously making breakthroughs.
All those who had achieved the Saint Treasury Realm in the past climbed steadily within three hundred years, almost all reaching the overlord level, and even the outstanding ones became Saint Lord-level existences, incredibly proud.
Heaven and earth were no longer so suppressive. The Saint Treasury Realm, which had been a tremendous shackle in the past, like a planar world or special realm, difficult to break through, had loosened considerably within three hundred years, allowing many who had long remained at peak Divine Transformation or even super Divine Transformation to break through and become Saints in these three hundred years.
Similarly, within three hundred years, the young generation of geniuses did not experience the initial explosion one might imagine. Instead, it was in recent decades, after three hundred years of great accumulation leading to a sudden outburst, that they fully erupted.