Within the violet-gold gate of light.
Yang Chan looked at the violet-gold glowing object in his hand. Streams of will poured from it, letting him know that this was the Hengyuan Divine Vein.
The Hengyuan Divine Vein was not an inanimate object. It possessed a certain degree of independent will. It had been born from the Taiyu Divine Continent, so before it was refined, it could only remain within the Taiyu Divine Continent.
This was the restrictive force imposed upon all divine veins.
Only after choosing a suitable powerhouse to refine it could it escape this restriction.
After helping the one who refined it break through to True God, it could use that opportunity to expand across a greater territory, establish a powerful star domain, and turn that entire star domain into a flourishing land of cultivation.
From the will of the Hengyuan Divine Vein, Yang Chan also learned why it had never previously chosen someone to refine it.
Divine veins endured alongside the planets they relied upon. The time they could remain in the world far exceeded the lifespan of True God-level powerhouses. Yet once refined, they could only share the lifespan of the one who refined them, no longer enjoying such a long existence.
To gain something naturally meant losing something as well.
Of course, in that process, there was also the possibility of eternity, something every powerhouse in the starry sky desired.
The Hengyuan Divine Vein had naturally encountered many peerless geniuses with immense potential on the Taiyu Divine Continent. Some had even grown to the Divine Body level and become rulers of divine dynasties, possessing extraordinary potential.
Yet the Hengyuan Divine Vein had not seen in those geniuses an opportunity for Transcendence, an opportunity to walk toward eternity. Therefore, it had not chosen to be refined