Due to Ye Chen's status, the several Great Powers of the ancient path did not conceal anything, but similarly, they themselves did not know much either. However, they warned Ye Chen that if he could avoid entering the Fiftieth Trial Pass, he should not do so, because the mysteries of this pass were extraordinary, its secrets difficult to fathom. Entering it could even greatly diminish one's perception.
Moreover, and more importantly, before the Fiftieth Pass disappeared in history, there had been earth-shattering, terrifying omens, where many people died, and once, the entire trial ancient gate was wiped clean of life overnight.
Yin soldiers appeared, ghost generals descended, a storm of blood and wind. The Great Power guarding the pass at that time had also fallen.
Yet, no one knew what had truly happened back then. Invincible Ancient Monarchs had come to investigate but found nothing.
As time passed, it too became an unsolved mystery in history, its true cause and effect unknown even after the Fiftieth Pass later vanished.
Ye Chen was not very surprised. After all, this was the Fiftieth Pass, suspected to be the escaped "One." It would be strange if it weren't special.
However, from this, Ye Chen learned another astonishing piece of news: although the Fiftieth Pass was related to an Emperor and partially built by one, its true age was even more ancient than imagined. It was an ancient city brought back from the Chaos Sea by a supreme Great Emperor, like a ghost city, eerie and terrifying, its origins unknown. It was often accompanied by the howling cries of ghosts and gods, deeply unsettling.
Later, after being refined by an Emperor, it became the Fiftieth Pass of the Ultimate Ancient Path.
But all along, the Fiftieth Pass frequently exhibited some terrifying, unknown phenomena.
"The Fiftieth Pass might be a city from the previous epoch, or even several epochs ago, ancient beyond measure, having experienced many unimaginable great events. There are rumors that the Fiftieth Pass itself is an Emperor's Pass, an immortal divine city built by an Emperor or a supreme Immortal," said the Nine Phoenix Great Power. As a peak Great Power on the Ultimate Ancient Path, he knew many secrets. He continued, "There are also rumors that a Supreme One once underwent nirvana within this pass, struggling to cross the tribulation of life and death, but ultimately failed to defy the heavens and died miserably here, with the myriad Daos collapsing..."
Ye Chen frowned. The origins of the Fiftieth Pass seemed increasingly mysterious and unfathomable. That it was specifically brought back from the Chaos Sea by a Great Emperor made it even more extraordinary.
Later, it was seized by the Primordial Beginning Great Emperor and disappeared from the mortal world. All this seemed to indirectly prove the various extraordinary aspects of the Fiftieth Pass.
Finally, the Nine Phoenix Great Power and City Lord Jingtian looked at Yaya, then at Little Chenxi, sighing in amazement repeatedly.
With their level of cultivation and status as high-ranking figures on the Ultimate Ancient Path, they naturally knew that Yaya was the World Tree, a being supreme and unparalleled throughout the entire Chaos Sea, capable of rivaling Emperors and Sovereigns at its peak.
Especially the Primordial World Tree, which was also the Spacetime Great Emperor, one of the strongest Emperors, immensely powerful.
Of course, they also knew her identity as the daughter of the Battle Saint King and several female Supremes of the Moon Hall, not biological but closer than blood.
On the other hand, they also knew about Little Chenxi, the biological daughter of Yi Wu, the daughter of the Moon Hall's Second Hall Master, the Goddess. Rumored to have been carried for one hundred and eight years before birth, she possessed unparalleled potential, and her blood energy was golden, strikingly similar to the Battle Saint Body physique, making people suspect she was another innate Saint Body.
She looked only four or five years old but could already fly through the air, traversing the cosmic Star Sky as if it were ordinary. Such aptitude surpassed countless others.
After all, many people only entered the semi-god realm in their teens before they could fly, let alone traverse the cosmic Star Sky.
However, the supreme bloodlines of Emperor's sons and daughters were absurdly powerful from birth, already at the Saint Realm. That Little Chenxi could do this was not surprising.
With such extraordinary daughters, wives who were several female Supremes of the Moon Hall—one of whom, the Goddess, was one of the nine overlords of the ancient paths—and himself being an invincible Chaos young generation's supreme, the several high-ranking figures of the Ultimate Ancient Path couldn't help but marvel at the monstrous nature of Ye Chen's family, utterly non-human.
Boom—
Just as the great gate opened halfway, the five Ancient Monarchs almost simultaneously rushed into the Fiftieth Trial Pass, disappearing.
At the same time, the other powerhouses rushed over one by one, successively vanishing into the Fiftieth Trial Pass, also disappearing quickly.
Among them, naturally, were Ye Chen and his group. Especially Ye Chen, who clearly saw Qianxun also rushing in, making him worried!
Countless powerhouses scrambled to rush into the Fiftieth Trial Pass, none willing to fall behind even a step, fearing others would gain the upper hand.
Only, no one noticed that the severed corpse of the Monarch Wusheng silently merged into the world, vanishing just like that.
Everything seemed so natural, unnoticed by anyone...
The Fiftieth Pass was an ancient city, no different from what one might imagine.
Only, this ancient city appeared exceptionally desolate, with ancient streets, ancient buildings and bridges, no different from towns in the mortal world, just surprisingly large.
The city center also had majestic, grand ancient halls and castles, arguably less imposing than some ancient cities. But after entering, all the powerhouses were shocked to discover that this ancient pass had an unimaginably supreme rule operating within it, descending from the heavens.
In an instant, almost everyone was stripped of their supreme magical power, forcibly reduced from lofty cultivation powerhouses to ordinary mortals they usually regarded as ants.
"What is going on?"
"What happened?"
"Why has our magical power been stripped away?"
"Impossible! Give my power back immediately!"
Almost everyone was terrified, more terrified than ever before.
Because these powerhouses had always relied on their supreme magical power to dominate the world, omnipotent. Now, suddenly stripped of it, how could they not be terrified? They feared this stripping of power might be permanent, rendering their hard-earned cultivation void overnight, returning them to their weak beginnings.
However, they were no ordinary people and soon realized this stripping of power was not permanent but due to the special nature of the Fiftieth Pass.
Here, a kind of supreme rule was in effect. Any living being entering this city would be affected, immediately stripped of their magical power, leaving only their fleshly body.
"A realm that forbids magic, the rule of the end of Dharma. This is likely the great Dao rule established by that Primordial Beginning Great Emperor," Ye Chen thought.
Who was Ye Chen? He quickly understood everything was due to the Emperor's Dao rule established by the Primordial Beginning Great Emperor. Unless one was also an Emperor or Sovereign, no one below that level could break this rule.
But why establish such an end-of-Dharma rule? What was the purpose?
Tap, tap, tap—
At the same time, on the streets, a series of footsteps suddenly rang out, drawing the attention of the powerhouses.