Darkness and coldness were the eternal themes of the cosmic starry sky, a truth that never changed.
Ye Chen traversed through the starry void, deducing the correct direction as he charged toward the second checkpoint of the Ultimate Ancient Path.
However, no matter which ancient cosmos one was in, the starry void never lacked true life-bearing ancient stars that nurtured life.
On his way to the second checkpoint of the Ultimate Ancient Path, he discovered a special star—a life-bearing ancient star. Yet, the entire star emanated a startling aura, with myriad phenomena within, accompanied by wisps of chaotic energy that stirred the primordial Chaos Qi within Ye Chen's body, producing a certain resonance.
"Hmm? This primordial star is somewhat special, containing pure primordial Chaos Qi. Perhaps it would be beneficial and helpful for my cultivation path."
Ye Chen halted his journey, instead shifting his advancing direction and charging toward that life-bearing star.
Whoosh—
Soon, Ye Chen arrived before this life-bearing star, overlooking the massive celestial body from outer space. He could see it was brimming with spiritual energy, possessing a rather decent cultivation environment, with numerous heaven and earth spirit veins hidden deep within the earth.
However, Ye Chen's eyesight was astonishing; in the blink of an eye, he almost completely discerned the structure of this star, discovering it had also nurtured a considerable number of divine spirit sources, continuously releasing heaven and earth spiritual energy, nourishing the star in return, making this primordial star's cultivation environment extraordinary.
Under his powerful divine sense, he even discovered countless Cultivators, though none were of the human race. There were members of the demon race and other mysterious races, all quite powerful, rooted here to cultivate.
Naturally, all this was not the main point. The most crucial point was that his Eyes of the Heavens completely pierced through this life-bearing star, seeing through layers of fiery lava, discovering at the star's very core a hidden, special internal space. Within it contained a vast amount of primordial Chaos Qi, constantly surging and boiling.
He even discovered that at the very core, there was a clump of pure Chaosis Essence, which held immense attraction for him, even causing resonance with the Chaos Dao within his body.
For such Chaosis Essence, Ye Chen naturally would not give it up. He directly descended upon this mysterious primordial star, tore through the void, and easily entered the core's internal space of the primordial star without the slightest hindrance.
After all, Ye Chen's current cultivation was far too powerful.
Boom—
Within the mysterious internal space, a vast amount of primordial Chaos Qi surged and intertwined continuously, constantly giving rise to various phenomena. Occasionally, it would even manifest small worlds, but they would soon collapse.
Chaos, the origin of all things, nurtured everything. This statement had never been wrong.
Ye Chen's eyes shone brightly, filled with surprise and doubt.
Although stars were all nurtured from the Chaos Sea, generally speaking, once they were formed, they basically lost that primordial Chaos Qi, gradually becoming ordinary.
Yet, within the core of this special star's internal space, primordial Chaos Qi was constantly being nurtured, and there was even Chaosis Essence present. This seemed peculiar.
Ye Chen instinctively felt that within the primordial Chaos Qi at the star's core, perhaps some secrets were hidden.
However, his strength rivaled that of ancient Great Sages. Relying on being skilled and bold, he strode forward, traversing this chaotic internal space, parting the various primordial Chaos Qi. The closer he got to the interior, the more surging, fiery, dense, and pure the contained primordial Chaos Qi became.
Suddenly, Ye Chen's entire body halted there, motionless. His gaze instantly deepened, staring fixedly at the deepest part of the chaotic internal space.
At the very core of the internal space, there actually existed a mysterious ancient altar, about three zhang in circumference. Upon it lay strewn a simple yet ancient stone coffin.
However, what surprised Ye Chen the most was that this stone coffin was extraordinary. It was constantly absorbing the primordial Chaos Qi of this chaotic internal space, as if breathing specially, using the primordial Chaos Qi as air to inhale.
All of this made Ye Chen's heart grow heavy. His intuition told him this was no ordinary matter.
Moreover, and more importantly, for some reason, when approaching this stone coffin, he always felt an inexplicable stirring within his body. The primordial Chaos Qi within him also had a strange, trembling sensation—something unheard of and unseen before.
He always felt that the existence within the stone coffin had a certain connection with his Chaos Saint Body.
Anything related to chaos, Ye Chen would not easily overlook. He walked over slowly, completely restraining the aura of his Great Dao within his body, letting the primordial Chaos Qi become heavy and still within him. Only then did he truly arrive before the stone coffin on the ancient altar.
Yet even now, the stone coffin remained as calm as before, with only the primordial Chaos Qi continuously disappearing into the coffin, being absorbed.
Ye Chen took action. He went to push open the ancient coffin. However, somewhat unexpectedly, the mysterious stone coffin was surprisingly heavy, and both the coffin lid and the coffin body were tightly closed together. Even someone as powerful as him could not open the stone coffin immediately.
One must know who Ye Chen was—possessor of the Chaos Saint Body, with peerless divine power that would make even ancient Great Sages sigh in admiration. Even if he wasn't using his full strength to push the lid, it would be enough to shake the starry void. Yet he could not truly push open the lid of this mysterious stone coffin, making him grow even more solemn.
The more it was like this, the more doubt and surprise it held.
"Let me see what mystery exists within this stone coffin."
Immediately, Ye Chen acted again, increasing his strength a bit more, slowly pushing the coffin lid. Finally, when he exerted part of his Great Power-level strength, accompanied by a rumbling, light sound, he slowly pushed the lid open a part.
Boom—
The instant the coffin opened, Ye Chen's figure instantly retreated rapidly, because a burst of fiery chaotic light shot out from within, exploding with a roar throughout the chaotic space. Moreover, as the primordial Chaos Qi collided, it manifested various phenomena, even enacting the appearance of small worlds, which then quickly collapsed and vanished. Everything appeared so terrifying.
If an ordinary Heavenly King were here, they would certainly be blasted to pieces by this primordial Chaos Qi.
Even Ye Chen, at this moment, had the Primordial Battle Body Great Halberd appear in his hand. Although he was confident in his cultivation, he did not dare to be truly careless, because everything here seemed mysterious and unknown.
Clang—
A dull sound rumbled throughout the chaotic internal space—the dull sound of the coffin lid falling. And Ye Chen almost instantly raised the Great Dao divine power within his body to its peak. His eyes stared over, condensing into two substantial beams that shot forth, revealing a look of shock!