Ye Gucheng opened his mouth but couldn't utter a word, because he felt Ye Chen's words made sense. Yet, believing that Ye Chen was truly a member of the Ye Family was still somewhat difficult to accept.
Perhaps it was just hard to imagine that a young generation from a minor branch could cultivate to this level, even surpassing a True King Heaven's Pride like himself from the main family. The shock was simply too great, making it hard to believe.
Of course, when he thought of Ye Chen's past life, everything became perfectly reasonable.
Moreover, if Ye Chen truly was a member of the Ye Family, he felt more joy than anything else.
The strength of a great clan lies not only in the noble inheritance of its bloodline but also in its heritage and the continuous emergence of Heaven's Pride talents in later generations.
Ye Chen was already an invincible existence surpassing the True King level. His future prospects were exceedingly bright, and reaching the pinnacle of the Great Dao would not be difficult.
If he returned to the Ye Family and fully matured, even if he didn't become a Human Sovereign, he would at least become a peerless Sovereign-level Supreme One of the ancient era, capable of protecting the entire Ye Family for a hundred thousand years of peace and prosperity.
It was just momentarily hard to believe. But Ye Gucheng was a decisive person and directly asked, "Evidence."
Ye Chen was not indecisive either. He took out a crystal and handed it to Ye Gucheng. It contained an Imprint of all the scenes from the Time Reversal on the King's Ancient Path in the past.
After carefully watching it once, Ye Gucheng finally let out a soft sigh. "Indeed, I can confirm it now. I never imagined our Ye Family actually had a branch lineage on the Tian Du Continent, lost for over a thousand years, finally found again."
Ye Chen asked, "Brother Gucheng—"
Ye Gucheng suddenly waved his hand, stopping him, and grinned mischievously. "Actually, you should call me 'Little Ancestor'. I'm not from this era at all; I was sealed from ancient times. According to the family's seniority, I'm much higher than you."
*Thump!*
Caught off guard, Ye Chen directly punched him. Although he didn't use any law power, it still gave Ye Gucheng's handsome face a black eye. Covering his bruised eye, Ye Gucheng said angrily, "Why did you hit me?"
Ye Chen shook his fist and chuckled. "If you want me to call you 'Little Ancestor', I can arrange for you to truly become ancient and be my ancestor. Believe me?"
Suddenly, Ye Gucheng felt a chill run down his spine.
He knew this guy wasn't joking.
After the banter, the somewhat awkward atmosphere finally dissipated. Ye Chen inquired again about the secrets of the Ye Family. Naturally, Ye Gucheng no longer doubted Ye Chen's identity.
"The Ye Family is an Emperor and Sovereign Clan. It was initially founded by the Heavenly Heart Sword Emperor of the Mythical Era. Although extremely powerful, since the beginning of the Mythical Epoch, it has almost been split into two lineages," Ye Gucheng said, revealing some secrets unknown to the world.
For example, the Ye Family's founding Emperor and Sovereign ancestor was the Heavenly Heart Sword Emperor—a Mythical Great Emperor who achieved the Dao through the sword. Especially since the sword is the king of all weapons, he was exceptionally powerful, reaching the absolute pinnacle.
It is said that during the Great Destruction battle of the Mythical Era, this Heavenly Heart Sword Emperor once split an alien race's Emperor and Sovereign in half with a single sword, staining the Mythical Heaven and Earth with Supreme blood.
Ye Gucheng's proficiency in the sword path was not unrelated to this.
"People of this era have always believed that the Emperor and Sovereign Clans have always been in the myriad realms. In fact, that's not the case. Every Emperor and Sovereign Clan—like the Ye Family, the Angel Race, the Fan Clan, the Great Xia Divine Dynasty, etc.—has been split in two since the Mythical Epoch. One part thrives and flourishes in the myriad realms, while the other part remains stationed in the final pass behind the Ninefold Emperor's Pass, guarding the passage to the myriad realms."
"Naturally, this was also a contingency plan by the Mythical Emperors to prevent the complete annihilation of the Emperor and Sovereign Clans. Although basically all Emperor and Sovereign Clans survived under the protection of the Emperors during the Great Destruction, two prosperous Emperor and Sovereign Clans were still utterly annihilated in that great battle."
Hearing this, Ye Chen drew a sharp breath. Even the Heavenly Gate's Gate Lord wasn't very clear about these secrets.
It wasn't that the Heavenly Gate's Gate Lord wasn't qualified; it was just that he hadn't been a Great Power for very long and hadn't had time to learn many secrets yet.
But even a Heavenly King could only know a part. Only the true Emperor and Sovereign Clans, and figures of sufficient standing within them, had the qualification to know these secrets.
Ye Gucheng, as a True King Heaven's Pride of the Ye Family who had grown to this level and was strongly tipped to be the next family head with many supporters in the clan, naturally had the qualification to know many great secrets.
But then Ye Chen voiced his confusion. "During the Great Destruction of the Mythical Epoch, wasn't the Ninefold Emperor's Pass breached? Weren't the clansmen left there exterminated?"
This was what he had learned from the Heavenly Gate's Gate Lord—that the Great Destruction of the Mythical Era advanced along the breached Ninefold Emperor's Pass.
If the Ninefold Emperor's Pass was breached, then what about the various Emperor and Sovereign Clans behind it now?
Ye Gucheng glanced at him, his expression unchanged, and said calmly, "What you said is not wrong. At the end of the Mythical Epoch, the Ninefold Emperor's Pass was indeed once breached, because the alien race's Emperors and Sovereigns took action. The Ninefold Emperor's Pass was built by Monarchs. Although very powerful, just a step away from being true Emperors and Sovereigns, that one-step difference was like the gap between heaven and earth. It couldn't withstand the alien Emperors' and Sovereigns' assault and was breached."
"The Mythical Emperors had long deduced the outcome of the Great Destruction. Naturally, they wouldn't let these important clansmen die in vain. In fact, at that time, there weren't many true powerhouses stationed within the Ninefold Emperor's Pass. The separated Emperor and Sovereign Clans were also sealed by the various Emperors deep within the Chaos Sea."
"The Chaos Sea is boundless and endless, giving rise to infinite primordial Chaos Qi. Even Emperors and Sovereigns entering it face great obstruction, let alone probing recklessly as within a universe."
"The alien race's universe and the Myriad Domains universe are separated by the endless Chaos Sea. If not for the alien Emperors taking action, forcibly opening a passage, the alien army couldn't possibly have invaded, let alone caused the Great Destruction of the Mythical Era."
"Naturally, the separated Emperor and Sovereign Clans were all sealed within Chaos sanctuaries, mostly in slumber, nourished by spiritual energy converted from primordial Chaos Qi. They are all very powerful. The Mythical Emperors and Sovereigns also set corresponding time points as a contingency. They would gradually approach the Ninefold Emperor's Pass when the Myriad Domains Epoch was born, emerge, and begin guarding the Tenth Emperor's Pass built by the Emperors, defending against another alien invasion."
Ye Chen fell into silence. So the separated Emperor and Sovereign Clans had such origins. He truly knew nothing about this before.
He also couldn't help but marvel at the supreme methods of the Mythical Emperors and Sovereigns, capable of opening Chaos sanctuaries within the Chaos Sea to preserve their clansmen. Even a Sovereign would likely find it difficult to accomplish this.