The twelve ancient totems were treasures of the Sacred Race.
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All along, only the Sacred Race's Monarch could inherit this treasure.
That was why the old man was so shocked when he saw the twelve ancient totems in Ye Chen's body.
After recovering from his shock, the old man's gaze towards Ye Chen had changed.
Previously, he had felt that Ye Chen was just a junior of the Sacred Race, so he had looked at him with the benevolence of a senior looking at a junior.
But now, Ye Chen was the Sacred Race's Monarch. Even if Ye Chen was just a Monarch that hadn't matured yet, he was still an existence that the old man couldn't treat lightly.
"Young man, what is your name?"
The old man looked at Ye Chen with a gentle expression and asked in a low voice. Right now, he was extremely curious and wanted to know who the new Saint Race Sovereign King was.
"Ye Chen." Ye Chen directly said his name.
"Ye Chen."
The old man repeated Ye Chen's name several times, as if he wanted to firmly engrave this name in the depths of his heart.
"My name is Nie Zhen, also known as the Heavenly Roar God. In the future, if you see anyone from the Sacred Race, I hope you can tell them about me." The old man reminded Ye Chen.
Back then, this old man called Nie Zhen had fought a great battle with a Divine Dao powerhouse here. In the end, both sides had suffered great losses. The Divine Dao powerhouse had fallen, and Nie Zhen had fallen to his current state.
Nie Zhen's remnant soul had originally thought that he would die here quietly. Who would have thought that he would encounter Ye Chen at the last moment?
"Senior Nie Zhen, don't worry. I will remember this."
Ye Chen nodded, but he sighed in his heart. A Divine Dao powerhouse was considered a true pinnacle figure in the True Spirit World, but he had died here quietly. No one knew.
"The powers in your body are extremely heterogeneous. However, you have already cultivated each and every one of them to an extremely high level." Nie Zhen changed the topic and began to guide Ye Chen in his cultivation.
Originally, he was extremely dissatisfied with the mixed energies within Ye Chen's body. He believed that Ye Chen should focus on the martial arts of the saints in order to reach a higher boundary.
However, after learning of Ye Chen's identity as the new Sacred Race Sovereign King and the Sacred Race's current situation in True Spirit World, his opinion of Ye Chen instantly changed.
With the Saint Clan's current reputation on the True Spirit Continent, Ye Chen should indeed learn some other martial arts to conceal his identity.
Moreover, for Ye Chen to be able to become the Sovereign King of the saints, his talent must be extremely high. This could be seen from the fact that he had cultivated every type of martial arts to an extremely high boundary.
If one's talent wasn't high enough, cultivating other martial arts might be a waste of time and affect Ye Chen's cultivation of the saints' martial arts. However, if one's talent was high enough, then cultivating other martial arts might be able to comprehend them by analogy. This was extremely beneficial to Ye Chen's cultivation of the saints' martial arts.
Nie Zhen's remnant soul muttered inwardly. His dissatisfaction with Ye Chen had long since dissipated.
Of course, Nie Zhen knew that apart from the aforementioned reasons, the main reason he had such a change was because he had discovered Ye Chen's identity.
Ye Chen was the Sovereign King of the saints. Even if he had made some mistakes in his cultivation, he wasn't qualified to criticize him.
"Ye Chen, you were able to comprehend the existence of the Martial Spirit of Death at the Sixth Heavenly Layer of the Saint Realm. Apart from your own high talent, it's very likely that you used other treasures to trigger the Martial Spirit of Death to appear ahead of time."
Although Nie Zhen was only a remnant soul now, his knowledge was still frighteningly high. In just one sentence, he had clearly explained Ye Chen's situation.
The Dark Snake Martial Spirit in Ye Chen's body was indeed affected by many factors, which was why Ye Chen had comprehended it ahead of time.
Otherwise, if Ye Chen wanted to comprehend the Dark Snake Martial Spirit, he would have needed to reach the Seventh Heavenly Layer of the Saint Realm.
After comprehending the Martial Spirit of Death ahead of time, Ye Chen's strength had indeed improved greatly. However, there were also a series of negative consequences. The most obvious consequence was that Ye Chen had yet to comprehend the corresponding martial arts and origin formations for the Dark Snake Martial Spirit.
These things could only be grasped after Ye Chen's cultivation reached the Seventh Heavenly Layer of the Saint Realm.
Without the corresponding martial arts, Ye Chen's use of the Dark Snake Martial Spirit was very crude. If he encountered a slightly stronger opponent, the Profound Meaning of Death would be completely useless.
"Your accumulation is already very strong. The reason why you haven't broken through to the Time Condensation Realm is because you lack guidance. You don't know how to break through to the Time Condensation Realm." Nie Zhen's expression was solemn as he explained his understanding of martial arts in detail.
Ye Chen stood to the side and listened attentively. Although he was puzzled, he vaguely seemed to have touched the edge of the Time Condensation Realm.
"The powers in your body are mixed. Although each of them is extremely profound, these powers can't guide you to break through to the Time Condensation Realm. The power that can guide you to break through to your current level is still the martial arts of the Sacred Clan."
"The Dark Snake Martial Spirit represents the Profound Meaning of Death, but at the same time, the Dark Snake Martial Spirit also contains a trace of the Profound Meaning of Time. If you can find the Profound Meaning of Time, breaking through to your current level will be right in front of you."
"The Dark Snake Martial Spirit, the Profound Meaning of Time," Ye Chen muttered. Suddenly, an idea flashed through his mind.
He sat down cross-legged on the skeleton floating in the Blood River. Ye Chen slowly closed his eyes and an extremely mysterious aura appeared on his body.
"To be able to comprehend something so quickly, you are indeed worthy of being the next monarch of the Sacred Clan." Nie Zhen revealed a satisfied expression when he saw Ye Chen's reaction.
However, Nie Zhen's face immediately revealed a worried expression.
This was the Two-Realm Abyss. The sky above the Blood River was filled with formless Evil Qi. Although the skeleton below him could temporarily block out the surrounding formless Evil Qi.
However, if Ye Chen were to break through here, it would definitely cause a huge commotion, which would completely destroy the skeleton below.
When that happened, the formless Evil Qi would madly invade. Ye Chen was at the critical moment of his breakthrough. If he was affected by it, the situation would be terrible.
Nie Zhen gritted his teeth and was about to remind Ye Chen not to break through there.
However, a surging force suddenly burst out from Ye Chen's body and sent Nie Zhen's figure flying. At the same time, the skeleton under their feet completely shattered with a crack and turned into dust, disappearing into the Blood River.
This skeleton was also an expert when it was alive, so it could block out the Evil Qi of the Blood River. However, it had been soaked in the Blood River for so many years that its body had long decayed. Its essence had almost completely dissipated. It simply could not block the force that burst out from Ye Chen's body.
As Nie Zhen looked worried, the surrounding space suddenly seemed to be affected by an inexplicable force. The Blood River below flowed extremely slowly. Nie Zhen's figure, which had been sent flying, seemed to come to a stop.
Only Nie Zhen himself could feel that he was still being sent flying. However, his speed had slowed down to an almost static level.
"Time Power!" Nie Zhen's face was full of wry smiles.
Of course, he could tell that the force that burst out from Ye Chen's body was the Time Power.
Ye Chen had finally broken through to the Time Condensation Realm.
However, this was the Two-Realm Abyss. It was too dangerous to break through here.