"The Tenth Emperor's Pass has always been the most crucial stronghold guarding the Myriad Domains universe. Throughout the ages, many supreme powerhouses have gone to guard the Emperor's Pass. There lies a vast realm no less magnificent than the Ancient Emperor Realm, where they reside. Moreover, after years of observation, it's possible the alien race might invade our universe once again." Ye Gucheng sighed softly, revealing many secrets.
Ye Chen said coldly, "Let's set that aside for now. I just want to know why the Ye Family behind the Ninefold Emperor's Pass went to the Tian Du Continent to bring back my parents and clansmen. At their strongest, they were only Demigods. Against the alien race, they would be utterly weak, wouldn't that be just sending them to their deaths?"
He understood perfectly well how such a powerful force could find his parents and clansmen on the King's Ancient Path—it was impossible to hide from them.
But the fact that they came to take that weak branch, stationed in a small town, back to that most terrifying perilous place behind the Ninefold Emperor's Pass filled him with sudden anger and dissatisfaction.
If the alien race launched an attack, even a minor ripple would be far beyond what his clansmen could withstand. It would be no different from sending them to die.
Ye Gucheng sighed, "You don't understand the Emperors and Sovereigns. Although you are not strong, it's not that you aren't strong enough, but rather that the Emperor and Sovereign bloodline within your bodies has been sealed."
Ye Chen was startled, his gaze questioning.
With his supreme spiritual sense and divine consciousness, he had repeatedly inspected his Saint Body internally but had never sensed any sealed bloodline. How could he not know?
Ye Gucheng said, "After watching the recording crystal you gave me, I recalled some minor secrets within the family. If I'm not mistaken, the one who led your clansmen away from the Ye Family and to the Tian Du Continent should have been Ye Ruoxian, a Saint from our Ye Family a thousand years ago, and a significant powerhouse in a way.
But according to some family records, Ye Ruoxian had a fierce dispute with an important figure from one branch of the Ye Family back then, even killing several important clansmen. As a result, he was punished by the family elders, and his entire branch was expelled from the Ye Family. Their Emperor and Sovereign bloodline power was also sealed, distancing them from the Ye Family. Later, somehow, they entered the Tian Du Continent."
"The reason for sealing the bloodline wasn't just because the Ye Family didn't allow discarded outsiders to possess the Ye Family's Emperor and Sovereign bloodline, but also because of the importance of that branch."
Ye Chen's expression turned icy cold, and he gave a cold laugh, "Good, very good. In the future, I will personally go to their door to seek justice for my branch."
Ye Gucheng didn't stop him, nor did he doubt Ye Chen's capability. As the first Supreme Heavenly Pride since the Mythical Era to break the shackles of heaven and earth and reach the Tenth Heaven, barring accidents, he might eventually be able to challenge the entire lineage of Emperors and Sovereigns alone.
Similarly, he also somewhat disapproved of the conduct of that branch. They had been continuously expanding within the family, subtly threatening the main family line—not a good sign.
Precisely because of this, he didn't mind Ye Chen giving that branch a hard blow and a lesson in the future.
Naturally, it was more about befriending Ye Chen.
Ye Gucheng added, "Let's not talk about seeking justice for now. But when your parents were taken away, their bloodline power was likely transferred."
Regarding this, Ye Chen showed not a trace of annoyance, merely appearing very calm. "This bloodline power is better off discarded. What's so special about it?"
Ye Gucheng felt a surge of anger but, thinking of Ye Chen's Battle Sacred Body bloodline and the plight of his branch, could only let it go.
"Although I don't want to discourage you, if you want to bring your family back from behind the Ninefold Emperor's Pass, I'm afraid it won't be easy."
"Why?"
"Do you know who that Ye Cangqiong who took your family away is?"
"I don't know, nor do I intend to find out. If he tries to stop me from taking my parents and clansmen, then he can only blame me for being merciless." Ye Chen said indifferently.
"He is an Imperial Son." Ye Gucheng added, "The biological son of the Ye Family's ancestor, the Heart Sword Emperor. He emerged fifty years ago. Like you, he reached the Tenth Heaven and will be invincible throughout the world."
Ye Chen was shocked. Although he knew that Ye Cangqiong, who took his clansmen away, likely had a high status, he never imagined he was actually the Ye Family's supreme offspring, a true Imperial Son.
He had brushed shoulders with an Imperial Son just like that.
But then he recalled the rumors and looked strangely at Ye Gucheng. "Wasn't the rumor that you were the Ye Family's Imperial Son?"
"How much of rumors are true?" Ye Gucheng shook his head.
"How strong is he?"
"I don't know. Perhaps it can be said he is unfathomable." Ye Gucheng said, "Imperial Sons are invincible. Their bloodline power is powerful beyond the imagination of the world."
"How do you compare to him?" Ye Chen asked again.
Ye Gucheng said, "We've never fought. He is behind the Ninefold Emperor's Pass; I am in the myriad realms. We've never met, but I likely am not his match."
Ye Chen felt a chill. For someone as proud and confident in his own invincibility as Ye Gucheng to admit he wasn't a match spoke volumes about Ye Cangqiong's terrifying strength, absolutely beyond imagination.
"You are also no match for him." Ye Gucheng added, then supplemented, "At least not now."
"Why?"
"He is a Heavenly King."
Ye Chen revealed astonishment. It was said that the offspring of Supremes possessed divine talent and peerless bloodline power—it wasn't just empty words.
He only emerged fifty years ago, yet he was already a Heavenly King. What a terrifying cultivation speed! 'A thousand miles a day' would be an understatement. Did he not need to undergo Samsara?
But considering that offspring of Supremes are born seizing the world's fortune, starting at the Saint Treasury Realm, reaching the Heavenly King Realm within fifty years seemed entirely possible.
However, Ye Chen just smiled, utterly fearless.
What Imperial Son? He only believed in his own invincibility. So what if he was an Imperial Son? If he stood in his way, he would kill him without mercy!
Perhaps he wasn't a match now, but when he reached the Heavenly King Realm, he would definitely go behind the Ninefold Emperor's Pass to meet this Ye Family Imperial Son, Ye Cangqiong.
"Also, there's one more thing I need to tell you. If you want to find your family, perhaps you don't need to go behind the Ninefold Emperor's Pass." After a pause, Ye Gucheng suddenly said.
"What do you mean?"
Ye Gucheng said, "Ten years from now, the Ye Family of the Myriad Domains will hold a family competition. They will also reopen the bloodline for Ye Family clansmen who have been scattered outside for a thousand years. Your Tian Du Continent branch clansmen might be taken to the Ye Family of the Myriad Domains."
Ye Chen said, "Good. In ten years, I will definitely ascend to the Ye Family of the Myriad Domains."