In the blink of an eye, years had passed.
Rumors of the immense phenomena that had accompanied Ye Wushuang's birth still circulated throughout the Azure Cloud Realm Domain.
Everyone knew that the unfathomable Ye Lineage was about to produce another utterly terrifying genius.
Merely the Ye Lineage's current Ten Thrones of Order, who represented its younger generation as they walked the world-
Already suppressed the other imperial clans, sacred lands, and divine sects until they could barely breathe.
And the Ye Lineage had yet to choose this generation's Son of Heaven!
As everyone knew, each generation of the Ye Lineage had a Son of Heaven, who commanded the Ten Thrones and contended for the imperial destiny of that era.
As for Ye Wushuang's identity, the Ye Lineage had kept it well hidden, without letting anything slip.
For Patriarch Ye Daolin planned, at the Ye Lineage's gathering of heaven's prides-
To invite geniuses from all the major powers to witness the event, then have Ye Wushuang suppress his peers and make his name.
Build an invincible momentum and embark upon an invincible path!
This also left Ye Wushuang ample time to develop, allowing him to grow in peace.
Ye Wushuang paid no attention to any of this. He was quite confident in his own talent.
After years of cultivation, even the ancestors in the ancestral grounds could only marvel at Ye Wushuang's cultivation speed.
(The cultivation realms of the Myriad Spirits Realm: Body Tempering Realm, Meridian Opening Realm, Divine Aperture Realm, Foundation Establishment Realm, Grotto-Heaven Realm, Creation Realm, Dao Transformation Realm, Return to Unity Realm, Eternal Realm, Sage Realm, Supreme Realm, Emperor.)
The Ye Lineage's ancestral grounds.
Ye Wushuang, age three.
Inside a hall in the Chaos Emperor Palace, Spiritual Qi swirled around Ye Wushuang. He was actually about to break through to the Divine Aperture Realm.
Ordinary geniuses of the mortal world only embarked upon cultivation at sixteen, nourishing their bodies. Reaching the Body Tempering Realm after a year of cultivation already qualified them as geniuses.
Even among the geniuses of great clans who cultivated from childhood, the best needed more than a few months to enter the Body Tempering Realm.
Yet Ye Wushuang had automatically entered the Body Tempering Realm upon coming into contact with Spiritual Qi after his birth.
Moreover, nourished by the supreme power of his Supreme Bone and the Chaos Qi of his Chaos Physique, he had forged a perfect foundation without the slightest flaw.
At that moment, the Ninth Ancestor was explaining cultivation to Ye Wushuang. Over these three years, Ye Wushuang had constantly consolidated himself rather than rushing to break through realms.
Every day, all manner of divine pills, wondrous medicines, heavenly materials, and earthly treasures were supplied for Ye Wushuang's use as though they cost nothing.
Had anyone else received the Spiritual Qi and power he had absorbed, they would likely have broken through several major realms long ago. Yet Ye Wushuang's physique absorbed it all, allowing it to settle within his body.
Ye Wushuang had long since opened all 108 spiritual meridians within his body, reaching the limit of the Meridian Opening Realm.
Yet he always felt that something was still suppressing him, leaving his potential untapped.
"Ninth Ancestor, why is it that, even after opening all my spiritual meridians and reaching the utmost limit of Meridian Opening, I still feel boundless power battering against a barrier?"
Ye Wushuang opened his eyes and looked toward the Ninth Ancestor.
"Little Wushuang, this state of yours is called Limit Breaking."
"Under the suppression of the Heavenly Dao, every realm has a limit to its power, beyond which no further increase is possible. What you are doing is breaking through that limit."
"Legend has it that the Human Emperor of ancient times, after opening all his spiritual meridians, nourished himself with the vast righteous Qi of heaven and earth and condensed an additional vast righteous divine meridian, ultimately breaking the limit."
Ye Wushuang nodded slightly.
It was not merely a matter of opening every meridian in his body, but of relying on his own power to condense additional divine meridians and break through these shackles of the Heavenly Dao.
As though sensing Ye Wushuang's thoughts, the Supreme Bone within him suddenly stirred.
Waves of supreme power swirled around him, filling his entire body.
Within Ye Wushuang, supreme power slowly condensed. A long river formed from supreme power rose above his spiritual meridians.
At that moment, a supreme divine meridian formed within Ye Wushuang!
The Heavenly Dao of the Azure Cloud Realm Domain seemed to sense that someone had broken through the restrictions it had imposed and reached the Limit Breaking Realm.
Above the Ye Lineage's ancestral grounds, the firmament split apart. Thunderclouds swirled across tens of thousands of feet, streaks of destructive presence almost tangible, as though a heavenly tribulation were about to descend.
"Scram."
The Ninth Ancestor narrowed his eyes and activated the power of his divine eyes. A chain of law suddenly lashed into the sky, directly scattering swath after swath of tribulation clouds.
"The mere Heavenly Dao of the Azure Cloud Realm Domain dares act arrogantly here?"
"Even in the Immortal Domain, go ask the Heavenly Dao of the Immortal Domain above the nine heavens whether it dares bare its teeth at our Ye Lineage." The Ninth Ancestor stood proudly outside the hall.
After the tribulation clouds were scattered, the Heavenly Dao seemed to lose its temper entirely. It did not gather them again, instead slinking away. (Fine, fine, fine. I can't afford to provoke your Ye Lineage, but surely I can hide from you? ＴェＴ)
"Why hasn't he broken through yet?" The Ninth Ancestor frowned and looked toward Ye Wushuang inside the hall.
"No, his divine meridians haven't finished condensing. There's actually a second divine meridian!" the Ninth Ancestor exclaimed in shock.
Beside Ye Wushuang, a little white dragon appeared on his shoulder.
"Taiyi, it's up to you."
With that, Taiyi entered Ye Wushuang's body again and stirred his bloodline power. Wisps of primordial power emerged.
A divine meridian filled with primordial divine power formed beside the supreme divine meridian.
As Ye Wushuang sensed the two divine meridians within him, his Chaos Physique suddenly activated on its own as well, forming a small world inside his body.
Chaos power surged around Ye Wushuang. The myriad Daos seemed to be contained within this small world.
The chaos divine meridian was complete!
Sensing the chaos divine meridian within him, Ye Wushuang discovered its capacity to encompass all things.
A wisp of white divine light suddenly appeared. It was the vast righteous power found only in a vast righteous divine meridian.
"Just as I thought, as long as it comes into contact with something, it can manifest other powers." Ye Wushuang's conjecture had proven true.
Because the chaos divine meridian incorporated the myriad Daos, its chaos power could manifest all manner of powers for Ye Wushuang to use.
Before long, Ye Wushuang's entire body shuddered. The first aperture within him was blasted open, and he entered the Divine Aperture Realm.
The instant his first divine aperture opened, Ye Wushuang's aura erupted.
Even the old Ninth Ancestor froze for a moment.
"Wushuang, you truly astonish me. The Divine Aperture Realm at three years old." The Ninth Ancestor flashed to Ye Wushuang's side.
"Back then, even a genius like me, your Ninth Ancestor, only opened ninety-nine spiritual meridians before breaking through to the Divine Aperture Realm."
"The ancient Human Emperor only had one divine meridian, yet you, brat, condensed three."
"And you even broke the limit before entering the Divine Aperture Realm. As expected of a member of our Ye Lineage-you have something of my bearing back then!" The Ninth Ancestor roared with laughter.
"Old Ninth, if you were at the same realm, Wushuang would crush you outright."
A rift in the void opened, and several figures appeared in the air. They were the other ancestors.
The ancestors teleported behind the Ninth Ancestor and teased him.
"You say that as though you wouldn't get thrashed at the same realm. Damn it, comparing yourself to others really can anger you to death."
"I was a genius capable of suppressing an entire era back then, at least. Why do I feel like an ordinary person next to Wushuang?" The Ninth Ancestor's aged face reddened.
"Then little Wushuang will be the Ye Lineage's Son of Heaven for this generation?" The other ancestors looked toward the First Ancestor.
"No."
"I intend to reinstate that position our Ye Lineage has left sealed in dust for so many years. From now on, little Wushuang will be the one toward whom all our lineage's resources are directed."
The First Ancestor had not spoken, yet a calm but solemn voice rang out.
The voice was not loud, yet it reached every ancestor's ears clearly.
The unquestionable tone of those words seemed to make even the Spiritual Qi within the hall resonate with it.
Divine Son!