"The Emperor Burial Coffin!"
Suddenly, everyone's eyes blazed with fervor as they sharply turned their gaze towards the Nine-Layered Divine Coffin atop the Pyramid Ancestral Altar.
Indeed, the Primordial Beginning Great Emperor had reincarnated within the Fiftieth Trial Pass. Now, his Great Emperor Reincarnation Body was likely inside it.
One by one, their eyes flickered with intense, burning desire.
The Great Emperor Reincarnation Body, the supreme Emperor Dao Imperial Foundation, was right before their eyes. Who could remain calm?
To obtain it was to obtain the Emperor Dao Imperial Foundation, representing the potential to prove one's Dao and become an Emperor in the future.
However, Ye Chen's eyes narrowed slightly as he stared intently at the Nine-Layered Divine Coffin on the Pyramid Ancestral Altar. For some reason, he felt this particular coffin was extraordinary, stirring a sense of unease within him.
"Wait. If anything seems off, all of you must immediately hide inside my Chaos Great Cauldron. Don't try to be brave," Ye Chen transmitted his voice to his companions.
Though puzzled, they nodded, trusting Ye Chen implicitly.
"Dad, did you discover something?" Ya Ya transmitted back.
Ye Chen nodded with a grave expression. "Before you arrived, I spent three days within the ancient ruins of the Augu Empire on the Western Desolation Continent."
"The Augu Empire existed for an even longer time than the Primordial Beginning Great Emperor and remains undying to this day. Its ancient ruins, in particular, house many ancient artifacts and chronicles related to the empire."
"I've always been curious about the Primordial Beginning Great Emperor's fall and his reincarnation body. During my investigation, I learned some truths... shocking truths."
"Though not yet confirmed, if my suspicions are correct, this might not be a grand opportunity for the powerhouses to vie for the Emperor Dao Imperial Foundation. On the contrary, it's more likely to be a colossal disaster."
His expression was indescribably solemn by the end.
"What truths!?"
His companions were startled, clearly not expecting Ye Chen to have uncovered so many unknown imperial secrets during this time. They were also intensely curious about what he had found.
"It's not yet time to draw conclusions. I can't be certain. Let's just watch for now," Ye Chen shook his head, maintaining an air of mystery.
Seeing this, his companions suppressed their curiosity and turned their attention back to the Nine-Layered Divine Coffin on the Pyramid Ancestral Altar.
Meanwhile, none of the powerhouses could see the Five Ancient Monarchs.
The Five Ancient Monarchs had clearly come for the Great Emperor Reincarnation Body and had entered the Fiftieth Trial Pass ahead of everyone else. With their peerless cultivation as overlords of the cosmos, the guardians of the Fiftieth Pass could not possibly have stopped them.
Yet, despite their immense power, the Five Ancient Monarchs had vanished upon reaching the location where the Great Emperor Reincarnation Body was suspected to be—the Nine-Layered Divine Coffin.
This was undeniably puzzling.
Where there is abnormality, there is deceit!
Many felt an inexplicable sense of wrongness.
Nevertheless, it did nothing to dampen the blazing fervor in the eyes of the powerhouses. For within the Nine-Layered Divine Coffin lay the Great Emperor Reincarnation Body, the Emperor Dao Imperial Foundation—the key to ascending to the heavens in a single step and proving one's Dao to become an Emperor in the future. No one was willing to give up.
Even if it was filled with strangeness and the risk of perishing and having one's Dao erased here, no one would abandon the chance.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
One astonishing beam of divine light after another shot into the sky. In this expanse of starry space, the powerhouses' cultivation had fully recovered. The End of Law Rules no longer existed; there was no forbidden magic realm. From the crown of each person's head erupted a majestic, terrifying beam of light. Divine radiance blotted out the sky, making them appear like divine beings descending from the immortal realm, an extremely conspicuous sight.
There were dozens, even over a hundred such beams, their auras astonishingly powerful.
Among them, some were exceptionally formidable.
At the same time, someone finally made a move.
Boom!
A Great Power was the first to charge towards the Pyramid Ancestral Altar, traversing the void, aiming to land directly upon the Nine-Layered Divine Coffin.
Hum—
An intangible ripple of Dao rules spread out like lightning!
It was the End of Law Rules again!
The Pyramid Ancestral Altar contained the same End of Law Rules, but far more intense, focused primarily on that area.
Before that Great Power could fully approach, his entire aura was weakened many times over. His Dao majesty was terrifyingly suppressed. The divine light soaring from him was instantly reduced to a mere three-foot-thick protective glow encircling his body. Yet, even so, he still managed to set foot on the Pyramid Ancestral Altar, now less than a thousand zhang from the Nine-Layered Divine Coffin.
Such a distance was far too close!
This Great Power was overjoyed, never expecting to get so close to the Great Emperor Reincarnation Body. He hurriedly continued climbing the Pyramid Ancestral Altar, struggling to resist the power of the End of Law Rules.
The closer he got to the Nine-Layered Divine Coffin, the more vast and terrifying the rule power became, continuously emanating forth, relentlessly suppressing magical power, far more intense than within the city.
Despite this, he was ecstatic. As long as he obtained the Great Emperor Reincarnation Body and gained the Emperor Dao Imperial Foundation, he would willingly start cultivating anew from scratch.
But how could the others simply watch him obtain the Great Emperor Reincarnation Body?
"Hmph, wishful thinking!"
One supremely powerful Great Power figure after another flashed across the void, landing successively on the Pyramid Ancestral Altar. These were sect patriarchs and Great Powers from all corners of the cosmic starry sky, including some legendary experts long renowned yet believed to have passed away in seclusion, their cultivation unfathomably profound. Now, they had all appeared, actively charging towards the Nine-Layered Divine Coffin.
Kill!
Over thirty Great Powers descended upon the Pyramid Ancestral Altar, rapidly closing in on the Nine-Layered Divine Coffin, all within a thousand zhang and drawing closer.
The End of Law Rules suppressed their vast magical power, but they still possessed supremely powerful physical bodies, allowing them to climb with ease and speed. In almost an instant, they had ascended dozens of zhang, drawing ever nearer to the Nine-Layered Divine Coffin at the very top.
Simultaneously, other powerhouses were unwilling to let the Great Emperor Reincarnation Body fall into the hands of these experts. They immediately charged forward as well, among them even some Heavenly Kings. Upon landing on the Pyramid Ancestral Altar, their Great Dao cultivation was directly suppressed, leaving only their supremely powerful physical bodies.
Yet, precisely because of this, these Heavenly Kings were overjoyed.
Ordinarily, facing those Great Powers, the gap in magical power and cultivation was like heaven and earth—an insurmountable chasm that prevented them from challenging and defeating such Great Powers.
However, under the End of Law Rules, everything was equal; only physical bodies remained.
Whoever possessed a strong enough physical body held the key to victory.
Although these Great Powers had stronger bodies, they weren't that much stronger than Heavenly Kings, as they typically focused more on Dao cultivation rather than being true body refiners.
"Mere Heavenly Kings dare to compete? Seeking death!"
On the Pyramid Ancestral Altar, the expressions of the various Great Powers turned gloomy one by one.