With two candidates appearing at once, by all reason it should have gone first to his Dao companion, Yan Ziji.
After all, Yan Ziji was his Dao companion. As husband and wife united as one, there should have been nothing to choose.
But the situation was unusual now, because Chen Qiyuan possessed extraordinary talent and was the person in the Chen Immortal Clan most likely to cultivate into the taboo realm.
Yan Ziji's potential, however, fell short of Chen Qiyuan's. Even if she refined the Ten-Tribulation Source of Dao left by the Red Crow Holy Son, her chance of breaking into the taboo realm would likely not exceed thirty percent.
Since ancient times, those capable of cultivating into the taboo realm had almost all been peerless prodigies who comprehended their own paths.
Aside from Qu Nishang, who relied on her bloodline, and Chen Xianchang, who possessed thirty-three Dinghai Divine Pearls, the few members of the Chen Immortal Clan qualified to enter the taboo realm had all comprehended their own paths.
Such as Chen Qiyuan's Gold-Silver Body-Forge Dao, Qing Ji's Yin-Yang Azure Lotus Dao, Chen Nianzhi's Primal Unity Limitless Dao, and Jiang Linglong's Great Five-Element Limitless Dao.
There was also Chen Nianchuan's Myriad Worlds One Body, born from the union of the Buddha Salvation Body, Demon King World-Annihilating Body, and Dao Lord Unity Body.
In the present Chen Immortal Clan, aside from these people, no one else had yet walked their own path. Their chances of breaking into the taboo realm were minuscule.
Yan Ziji's Purpleflame Heavenly Fire, Purple-Flame Immortal Body, and Purpleflame Dao Fruit were all formidable, but they had ultimately yet to transcend a certain limit and form her own taboo Dao.
Thus, Chen Nianzhi estimated that even if this priceless Ten-Tribulation taboo Source of Dao were given to