Generally speaking, the central region of a continent is the most prosperous area. Even for a barbarian continent like the Eastern Barbarian Continent, which is perpetually covered by forests over ninety percent of its expanse, this holds true.
Yet, right in the heart of this very continent, there existed a vast expanse spanning over a million li that had become a desolate wasteland, a place utterly forsaken and ignored.
Moreover, this wasteland was completely devoid of life, barren and desolate, with not a single blade of grass growing. There were no towering, majestic peaks, only low hills and broken, shattered mountains. Everything appeared extraordinarily unusual.
As Ye Chen stepped into it, he could sense an aura of enduring indestructibility circulating within this million-li wasteland. It had annihilated all vitality, and Dao marks still flowed through this place even now, having persisted for countless years without dissipating.
Ordinary Great Powers dared not easily set foot into this wasteland, lest they suffer significant suppression.
At the edge of the wasteland, Ye Chen found a broken stone stele, split in half and thrust into the earth. The characters 'Forbidden Land' were faintly visible.
Unfortunately, too much time had passed—who knew how many years—so that the stele had crumbled to this state, making it impossible to see the full name of the forbidden land clearly.
However, Ye Chen was unafraid. As a Chaos Great Sage, he could traverse the cosmos. So-called stellar forbidden lands generally could not hinder an existence like him.
Nevertheless, light emanated from his body as Chaos Ancient Qi circulated, and Chaos radiance surged, resisting all annihilating auras. He stepped into this forbidden land with ease.
The million-li wasteland was neither small nor particularly large, especially in the eyes of a Chaos Great Sage like Ye Chen. A few steps were enough to cross it.
As he walked within, he suddenly sensed the bloom of a particularly familiar, unique aura.
Moreover, this familiar aura tugged at the bloodline power within his body. With a roar, boundless golden light erupted from his entire being, shining brilliantly and illuminating the entire million-li wasteland. A rumbling sound echoed as the entire area trembled.
Outside the wasteland, less than a thousand li away, vitality gradually returned. Forests and plants grew here, and being in the central region of the continent, it was exceptionally prosperous. Countless forces had developed the land, with bustling cities and powerful ancient kingdoms.
Yet at this moment, anyone could see the dazzling golden light blooming within the wasteland, as if a hundred thousand volcanoes were erupting simultaneously. The intense radiance even illuminated half the sky, capturing the attention of many.
"What is that—"
"It's from the wasteland!"
"What exactly happened? Why is there such brilliant golden light blooming?"
"Who entered there?"
The central region of the Eastern Barbarian Continent was home to countless unknown forces, nearly all of which were startled. Innumerable people turned their gaze, and even secluded Great Power ancestors awoke, looking toward the direction of the wasteland with astonishment.
That was a forbidden land for the entire Eastern Barbarian Continent, even for the entire Birth Emperor Star. Many tens of thousands of years ago, two peerless supreme experts had engaged in a battle there that shook the past and present.
The intensity of that battle had caused the entire Birth Emperor Star to tremble.
Both combatants were peerless supreme experts whose battle aura annihilated the Heavenly Dao, nearly extinguishing all life on the entire Eastern Barbarian Continent. The impact was immense.
As for the final outcome of that battle, no one knew. Some said it was a draw, evenly matched, while others claimed the peerless expert bathed in golden light had the upper hand.
But the consequences were undoubtedly unprecedented and severe. A massive continent was almost completely annihilated, remaining lifeless for many years afterward. No one could set foot within, as the world-destroying aura left after the battle was something even ancient Great Powers could not withstand—they would be utterly ground to dust.
Later, it was only after attaining the Dao and becoming an Emperor that the Primordial Great Emperor intervened. Using his unparalleled, majestic Dao power, he forcibly dissolved the vast majority of the world-destroying aura, leaving only the central million-li region as a memorial to the Divine War fought there.
Since then, that place had been a forbidden land for the Eastern Barbarian Continent and the Birth Emperor Star. Moreover, the destructive aura within was extremely powerful; even ordinary Great Powers would face immense pressure upon entering.
Furthermore, that wasteland held no immortal treasures; it was merely a place to reflect upon the Divine War of the past.
Traditionally, the wasteland inspired dread, and no one would enter. Who could have imagined that such astonishing phenomena would erupt there now?
Rumble—
Within the million-li wasteland, boundless golden light bloomed, covering the sky and earth, vast and majestic, capturing the attention of countless onlookers.
However, all of this was not Ye Chen's intention. It was because he sensed a familiar aura within the wasteland that this radiance erupted.
The aura of a Battle Saint!
In the past, an invincible expert from the Battle Saint Lineage had fought here. That aura had not decayed even to this day.
Even after being worn down by time, it could still pressure Great Powers. One could imagine how terrifyingly peerless it must have been back then.
And the only one who could achieve this was undoubtedly a single person—
The Sovereign of Formlessness!
The Sovereign of Formlessness must have come here in the past and engaged in battle with a super-powerful expert, leaving behind his invincible aura.
Ordinary people coming here would be suppressed, but Ye Chen, possessing the same Battle Saint Body, was only drawn by that indestructible aura, triggering the eruption of his Saint Body bloodline within.
Boom—
The Saint Body bloodline within Ye Chen boiled, circulating autonomously. Each circulation was like a thousand layers of raging waves, deafeningly loud, as if the void itself could not withstand it and was on the verge of collapse.
Moreover, the entire vast wasteland underwent a startling transformation. It began to glow, with terrifying Dao marks appearing and broken, fearsome chains of order intertwining.
Boom—
Finally, an astonishing scene emerged, hidden within the wasteland and revealed due to the influence of Ye Chen's bloodline, belonging to the same Battle Saint Lineage.
It depicted an ancient and magnificent great world. Within it were boundless primordial forests, ancient trees that were easily hundreds of zhang tall, some even reaching ten thousand zhang. There were also terrifying Primordial Beast Kings. It was a fearsome world.
Without a doubt, this was the Eastern Barbarian Continent of the past.
Yet the Eastern Barbarian Continent was deathly silent. Whether it was the terrifying Primordial Beast Kings or the most powerful Great Powers, all were subdued, not even daring to breathe heavily.
Because high above in the sky, two majestic, peerless figures stood facing each other across ten thousand li. Both erupted with world-shaking, boundless auras. Countless astonishing phenomena continuously manifested, along with scenes of ghosts wailing and deities howling, and blood rain falling from the heavens.
Space and time seemed on the verge of chaos.
Such world-shaking phenomena appeared even before the battle began, giving a glimpse of the peerless, terrifying nature of these two individuals. They were by no means ordinary figures.