After all, he was the Jade Emperor—the ruler of the ancient Heavenly Palace. He had lived for over a hundred million years and endured who knew how many life-and-death battles. His combat experience was utterly terrifying.
In his eyes, everyone was a junior. Yet now, a junior who had lived only a few decades was faintly giving him a trace of pressure. He could not help but sigh—Heaven-blessed geniuses truly were terrifying things.
However, he did not pay it much mind. Whether now or in the future, he would never fight Ye Lin.
Because his current state was rather peculiar. Though he had possessed another body, his soul was still that of the ancient Jade Emperor, bearing the mark of the previous era.
When every person was born, they were branded by the Heavenly Dao. This was the deepest imprint upon the divine soul, and the difficulty of removing it was beyond imagination. Because it was so difficult, people believed it could not be removed at all.
Moreover, each era had its own distinct mark.
Once a cultivator from the previous era descended into this era through some heaven-defying method, they would immediately be discovered by the Heavenly Dao and violently suppressed.
Every era had its own splendor. The Heavenly Dao did not welcome stowaways from another era. Of course, if you relied on your own lifespan to endure until this era, the Heavenly Dao would not interfere.
Because you had followed the rules of the Heavenly Dao and relied on your own longevity, the Heavenly Dao would not punish you either.
As the saying went, only by honestly following the rules could one live a truly comfortable life.
Thus, once he used his cultivation, his own mark would certainly be detected by the Heavenly Dao. Body possession was forbidden