Translator: CinderTL
A vast array of treasures materialized on the table, numbering at least ten portions.
Jiang Ye and Chen Zilu stared in astonishment.
"Ancestor!" Chen Zilu exclaimed, unable to contain her surprise. "How could you possess so many?"
Blood Jade Divine Crystals!
These came from the Chen Clan's Blood Jade Divine Tree, which only produced a few portions every thirty years.
Such divine artifacts were invaluable for breakthroughs to the seventh and eighth breakthroughs.
Who could have imagined the ancestor would reveal such a quantity at once?!
"Heh, these are my private reserves," the white-haired elder Chen Jiuxuan chuckled.
"Private reserves?" Jiang Ye was equally stunned.
He had long known the Blood Jade Divine Crystals' immense value from Bai Gui.
The Blood Jade Divine Tree—a treasure coveted by countless transcendent families!
"Senior, are you giving all of these to me?" Jiang Ye asked, holding his breath.
"To both of you," Chen Jiuxuan replied with a smile. "Consider it my wedding gift."
"Wedding gift?" Jiang Ye blinked, his expression turning peculiar.
Wedding gift? Isn't that just a dowry?
"Senior, these are far too precious," Jiang Ye quickly protested.
On their first meeting, the other party had already gifted him such a valuable treasure.
This was too extravagant.
Jiang Ye had always believed that everything had two sides. Such immense benefits must come with a price.
"Don't overthink it," Chen Jiuxuan said with a smile. "I had originally prepared these gifts for Xiaolu's spouse. In my eyes, you are far superior to Zhou Xingkong of the Zhou Family."
"You are more deserving of these treasures than he is."
"Zhou Xingkong?" Jiang Ye's expression shifted involuntarily.
Why would the other party suddenly mention this person?
Could it be that the Chen Family Patriarch had originally favored Zhou Xingkong?
In an instant, countless thoughts flooded Jiang Ye's mind.
"Senior," Jiang Ye said, lifting his head, "Zhou Xingkong comes from a transcendent family. I lack such a background."
He wanted to clarify this matter early to avoid future complications.
"Your background is indeed far inferior to his," the White-Haired Elder acknowledged with a faint smile. "But I value personal potential far more."
"Do you believe my potential surpasses even that of someone with Transcendent Aptitude?" Jiang Ye asked curiously.
"What do you think?" Chen Jiuxuan countered.
"I haven't yet measured myself against someone with Transcendent Aptitude," Jiang Ye replied, shaking his head.
"There's no need to underestimate yourself," Chen Jiuxuan said calmly. "In just two years, you've risen from an ordinary person to the Late Stage Fourth Breakthrough. Even with Transcendent Aptitude, such progress would be impossible."
"Of course."
"Xiaolu is wholeheartedly devoted to you, and this old man wouldn't dare tear you apart." Chen Jiuxuan chuckled, glancing warmly at Chen Zilu.
Chen Zilu's fair cheeks flushed slightly as her peach-blossom eyes darted away.
Jiang Ye cleared his throat and continued, "Senior, will your choice of me have any impact on the Chen Clan?"
"Hmm?"
"It seems you're aware of the Chen Clan's current situation," Chen Jiuxuan remarked, slightly surprised. "Did Xiaolu tell you?"
"No," Chen Zilu immediately shook her head.
"It's just my own speculation," Jiang Ye said. "Has the Chen Clan lacked Transcendent Aptitude in this generation?"
"You're quite astute," Chen Jiuxuan sighed.
Having lived for five hundred years, his insight was razor-sharp. In an instant, he understood how Jiang Ye had deduced this.
"Indeed, the Chen Clan hasn't produced a transcendent in nearly a century."
"To be precise, it's been over two hundred years since a transcendent appeared," Chen Jiuxuan lamented. "We say a century because the civilization strife crossing operates on hundred-year cycles."
"Each civilization strife crossing reshuffles the deck for all civilizations."
"If the Chen Clan doesn't have a contemporary transcendent to lead the way by then, it will inevitably decline," Chen Jiuxuan sighed.
Jiang Ye fell silent.
The civilization strife crossing was indeed a civilization reshuffling, determining the fate of countless cosmic civilizations and reshaping the internal power dynamics within each civilization.
"That's why Chen Zilu is being groomed as the Chen Clan's next heir," Chen Jiuxuan explained. "With her invincible dao bone, she could potentially contend with a transcendent in certain circumstances."
"However..."
"I'm uncertain about her true potential," Chen Jiuxuan glanced at the young woman beside him. "She still has a long way to go to reach that realm."
"That realm?" Jiang Ye asked, intrigued. "Do you mean the peak ninth breakthrough?"
Transcendent families earned their status by maintaining unwavering peak combat power. As long as a powerhouse like Chen Jiuxuan remained, the Chen Clan would retain its status as a transcendent family, even if no new transcendent had emerged in the past two hundred years.
"Not the peak ninth breakthrough," Chen Zilu murmured. "It's a realm beyond that."
"Beyond that?" Jiang Ye was taken aback. "Divinity?"
"Of course not," Chen Jiuxuan chuckled, shaking his head. "If we had ascended to divinity, the Blue Star Civilization would have already become a Tier 1 civilization."
"The realm I'm referring to lies above the ninth breakthrough but falls short of divinity."
"We call this stage 'Demigod'," Chen Jiuxuan said solemnly.
"Demigod?" Jiang Ye thought in surprise.
This classification hadn't appeared in the True Divine Manual.
"The distance between the ninth breakthrough and divinity is far greater than we imagine," Chen Jiuxuan explained.
"The difficulty is no exaggeration to call it ascending to the heavens," he sighed. "Even someone like me, who has devoted my entire life to cultivation, cannot reach that realm."
"Therefore, between the ninth breakthrough and ascending to divinity, there is a more detailed classification."
"Demigod."
"This realm remains extremely distant from the Divine Realm," Chen Jiuxuan continued. "But it far surpasses the upper limit of the ninth breakthrough."
"For a Demigod-level strong, even a peak ninth breakthrough cultivator could be annihilated with a single strike."
"This is currently the true pinnacle of power on Blue Star," Chen Jiuxuan concluded.
Jiang Ye couldn't help but hold his breath.
He had always believed that peak ninth breakthrough cultivators represented the pinnacle of combat power on Blue Star.
Now it seemed that view was laughably wrong.
(End of the Chapter)
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