However, when the most turbulent dark storm swept over, vast and mighty, impacting Ye Chen who stood beside him, he remained calm and composed, standing in mid-air without moving an inch.
This level of strength truly caused the Divine Desolation Venerable One beside him to marvel, and he began to explain: "Sir, although legend says this is a mysterious ancient path passed down by ancestors leading to the ancient road, neither in my own cultivation journey nor in ancestral lore, for nearly a hundred thousand years, has anyone been seen using this ancient path to enter and proceed to the ancient road. Therefore, even I am unclear whether it is true or false, whether it truly leads to the Ultimate Ancient Path."
Ye Chen did not reply. He then left the volcano crater, for he saw a fragmentary stone stele standing at the edge of the towering volcano, only concealed by endless rubble. If not for his Spiritual Sense being sufficiently powerful and vast, an ordinary person, even the Divine Desolation Venerable One, would not dare to casually extend their Spiritual Sense, as it would be devoured and pulled away by the volcano crater's black hole.
With a flick of his sleeve, flying sand and rolling stones were swept away, revealing the true face of the half-buried stele. It was truly ancient and worn, having existed for who knows how many tens of thousands of years. On it was a line of text: "To tread the ancient road, one must take this path!"
This simple line was sufficient to prove that to reach the Ultimate Ancient Path, one must set foot on this mysterious ancient path.
Moreover, the ancient stele had indeed existed for at least hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of years—this he could confirm. Clearly, it was not something fabricated out of thin air by this Divine Desolation Venerable One.
Swish—
Ye Chen tossed out a treasure pill, throwing it toward the Divine Desolation Venerable One, then directly charged into the volcano crater with Abenue, leaving only a single sentence behind: "This is your reward. We part ways here!"
As the words fell, Ye Chen had already vanished.
The Divine Desolation Venerable One caught the flying treasure pill, opened his eyes wide to look, and revealed delight. It was actually a mid-grade seventh-rank treasure pill, and on it were five patterns, clearly a pill approaching high-grade, and moreover, a high-grade elixir very beneficial for cultivation growth.
Although he didn't know whether the Battle Saint King and that beautiful golden-haired woman would succeed in traversing the path, obtaining this treasure pill could be considered immense fortune. Casting a lingering fearful glance at the volcano crater's black hole, he turned and left.
Upon stepping into the mysterious black hole, boundless, frenzied power immediately surged over, engulfing Ye Chen and Abenue, as if intending to tear both of them completely apart.
Boom—
Ye Chen's body erupted with chaotic light, directly resisting all impacts. Moreover, the Chaos Great Cauldron appeared horizontally in the air beneath his feet. He stood upon the cauldron, swiftly traversing the black hole channel.
This was a mysterious ancient path, filled with various dangers—not just the devouring and tearing force of the black hole, but also numerous star fragments and shattered worlds pulling and colliding with each other. Every collision was accompanied by overwhelming destructive power, making even a Great Power sense danger.
Ye Chen frowned. What kind of ancient path was this, to make even a Great Power feel threatened? One must know that young geniuses participating in the Ultimate Ancient Path could join from the Saint Treasury Realm. How could such a terrifying ancient path appear?
Suddenly, Ye Chen felt this ancient path was anything but ordinary. Or perhaps, the Ultimate Ancient Path it led to was no ordinary section, possibly located at the final checkpoint of the Ultimate Ancient Path. Otherwise, such a terrifying ancient path would not appear.
"Hah!"
Ye Chen let out a light shout. His body erupted with chaotic light, completely blocking all disasters beyond ten zhang from his person. Standing upon the cauldron, he brought Abenue along, swiftly advancing along the ancient path toward its deepest reaches.
However, the mysterious ancient path was very long. A full hour passed, and Ye Chen still hadn't reached the end.
Moreover, simultaneously, the mysterious ancient path underwent a startling change. All the surrounding darkness reversed, turning into dazzling white.
And right at the deepest part of the ancient path, a terrifying pushing force suddenly appeared. The black hole that had been pulling Ye Chen into the depths transformed into a white hole; everything had reversed.
This sudden change caught even Ye Chen somewhat off guard. He was pushed a full hundred thousand li toward the direction of the cave entrance by this vast pushing force.
Such a strong pushing force! Ye Chen was slightly startled, but he ultimately remained unflustered. With a light shout, the Chaos Great Cauldron glowed, and sheets of primordial Chaos Qi poured down, flooding his own form, enveloping Ye Chen and Abenue within, resisting the pushing force. They still charged toward the deepest part of the ancient path.
However, at this moment, under the effect of this terrifying pushing force, the many shattered stars and broken worlds that had been pulled into the deepest part of the ancient path were now being pulled, rushing toward the volcano crater at an even faster speed, and even colliding with Ye Chen and Abenue.
Boom! Boom! Boom!—
Even though Ye Chen intended to dodge, these star fragments and shattered worlds came crashing over at an astonishing speed, and there were many of them, colliding in a series, causing terrifying great explosions. Flames erupted, flooding the entire ancient path.
Ye Chen frowned slightly. He no longer attempted to dodge, instead charging forward with a forceful, domineering posture. Wherever he passed, whether massive star fragments or enormous shattered worlds crashed over, they were all blocked by the chaotic light emanating from his body.
That level of impact force, enough to make a Great Power's heart palpitate, only caused the chaotic light around Ye Chen to sway slightly; the primordial Chaos Qi wasn't even scattered.
However, although these star fragments and shattered worlds could hardly harm him, they were numerous, greatly obstructing his path to the end of the ancient path.
Finally, after a moment, Ye Chen couldn't help but frown. He took the Chaos Great Cauldron from beneath his feet, then suddenly slapped the great cauldron.
Boom—
The Chaos Great Cauldron instantly condensed into a terrifying beam of chaotic light, flashing through the ancient path like lightning. Wherever it passed, all star fragments and shattered worlds were forcibly pierced through.
Ye Chen followed behind the Chaos Great Cauldron, letting the cauldron carve out a relatively safe passage. He stepped safely within, navigating through the ancient path.
Two hours later, the white hole transformed back into a black hole.
The further Ye Chen went, the fewer star fragments and shattered worlds there were. By the later stages, they were no longer seen at all, appearing empty.
It was as if he had arrived at a spatial channel. Through the barrier of the spatial channel, he could see the endlessly magnificent outside world.
However, what surprised Ye Chen was that outside the spatial channel was not endless spatial turbulence, but a terrifying ancient starry land. Countless star fragments were scattered within, and terrifying corpses of living beings lay strewn about. It was a land of deathly silence.
Here, a vast battle had once occurred, and not an ordinary vast battle at that—it at least involved the level of Ancient Monarchs.
Because even separated by the spatial channel, Ye Chen could still feel lingering threads of Sovereign heavenly might.
All of this increasingly proved the extraordinary nature of this ancient path.
Time passed, swift as thunder!
Finally, Ye Chen and Abenue traversed the ancient path and reached its end.
However, upon seeing the end, Ye Chen wore a look of utter astonishment!