"Thank you for your guidance, Senior."
Chen Nianzhi nodded and cupped his hands in thanks once more.
The Supreme Nether Emperor smiled faintly and waved her hand. "With your current foundation, attaining the Zenith Heaven realm should be well within reach. You may even have a sliver of hope of proving the Dao as a Chaos Emperor."
"But remember, never grow complacent. Though an undying Primordial Spirit and an undying body are powerful, to Chaos Emperors like us, they are not necessarily such rare foundations."
"To those Dao Ancestor Immortal Saints, they merely barely meet the standard of being worth a glance."
"If you wish to set foot in the realm of Chaos Emperors, or even transcend beyond Chaos itself, you will need an even stronger foundation."
Chen Nianzhi fell into slight contemplation at her words.
He understood the Supreme Nether Emperor's meaning. She was urging him to go further and cultivate a twelve-limit foundation.
At this thought, Chen Nianzhi fell silent for a moment before finally asking, "I once heard that so long as one cultivates the Twelve-Limit Heavenly Pass, one will possess the potential to prove the Dao as a Chaos Heavenly Emperor. Is that true, Senior?"
"You could say that."
The Supreme Nether Emperor nodded. After a brief pause, she said, "Any foundation, so long as it can be cultivated to the twelve-limit realm, may be called unrivaled in heaven and earth, possessing the power for one Dao to suppress ten thousand Daos."
"Only by cultivating a twelve-limit foundation can one truly possess the capital to command the Great Dao completely and prove the Dao as a Chaos Dao Ancestor or Heavenly Emperor."
"But cultivating a twelve-limit foundation is as difficult as ascending to heaven. Most crucially, one must fuse one's true spirit into it. Since ancient