"I would like to hear the details!" Ye Chen said.
"In the current era where the Golden Great Age has not yet appeared, an era still governed by the Nine Clans, Eighteen Kingdoms, and Eight Hundred Royal Families, the Tenth Heavenly Realm Ancient Domain is the most mysterious region."
"In fact, the Myriad Races have always been situated within the eight ancient domains of the Second to Ninth Heavens. Even during the Dark Blood Era of endless ages past, the Tenth Heavenly Realm Ancient Domain was a forbidden land. According to ancient records, even the primordial ancient beasts of the First Heavenly Realm feared it immensely and never set foot within."
"As for records of the Tenth Heavenly Realm Ancient Domain, they have been exceedingly rare throughout the ages. The Nine Clans and Eighteen Kingdoms might have some, but definitely not many."
"Naturally, exploration of the Tenth Heavenly Realm Ancient Domain has never lacked brave adventurers throughout the ages. Unfortunately, every expedition ultimately ended with no return. The most accurate speculation is that to set foot in the Tenth Heavenly Realm Ancient Domain, one requires at the very least the absolute strength of the Nine Tribulations Realm—but that is only the most basic condition."
"But even if peerless powerhouses of the Nine Tribulations Realm set foot within, such as my clan's ancestor, the Tyrant Dragon Divine Venerable, or those from the Nine Clans and Eighteen Kingdoms, and even some from the Myriad Races who reached such heights—according to records, there have been a total of twenty-eight super-powerhouses of the Nine Tribulations Realm who ventured into the Tenth Heavenly Realm Ancient Domain throughout the ages."
"But in the end, only five were able to return. One of them was my clan's ancestor, the Rampaging Dragon Divine Venerable. They were all the most promising elites with the potential to step into the Sovereign domain."
"However, even upon their return, they were all on the verge of death and were extremely tight-lipped about the Tenth Heavenly Realm Ancient Domain. Those five peerless powerhouses absolutely never revealed a single piece of information about it after their return. They all warned their descendants never to set foot in that forbidden land, not even a single step, or it could easily bring about a disaster capable of destroying an entire race."
"Naturally, due to the warnings of these five Nine Tribulations Realm peerless powerhouses, later generations dared not set foot in the Tenth Heavenly Realm Ancient Domain at all. And because so many powerhouses throughout the ages never returned, it gradually became a forbidden land feared by the Myriad Races."
"Even in the current great era where the One Hundred and Eight Ancient God Clans and Three Thousand Royal Families coexist, that place remains a forbidden land," said the Crimson Scale Demon Dragon, Gu Jiuhua.
Ye Chen asked in surprise, "Hasn't any stronger powerhouse ever gone to explore the Tenth Heavenly Realm Ancient Domain?"
"Yes!" When the Crimson Scale Demon Dragon mentioned this point, an even more fervent light than when he spoke of the Tyrant Dragon Divine Venerable earlier surged in his eyes. "My clan once had one person—he was the seventh-generation ancestor, the Chixue Longdi!"
"Chixue Longdi!?"
Both Ye Chen and A Beinu were shocked. Had an ancestor of the Crimson Scale Demon Dragon clan once been a supreme, peerless Immortal Emperor? Wouldn't that make the current Crimson Scale Demon Dragon clan an Imperial Clan!?
"Although ancestor Chixue Longdi was hailed as an 'Emperor,' he was not that kind of supreme, sovereign Emperor," the Crimson Scale Demon Dragon naturally guessed what they were thinking and shook his head with a bitter smile.
The two also nodded. If he had truly been an Emperor or Sovereign, the Crimson Scale Demon Dragon clan would likely have a place among the current One Hundred and Eight Ancient God Clans. How could they have fallen to their current oppressed state?
However, daring to call oneself an 'Emperor' was enough to show the terrifying nature of this Chixue Longdi. Without absolute strength, who would dare claim such a title?
One must know that claiming the titles of Emperor or Sovereign is a taboo. Those titles belong exclusively to Ancient Sovereigns and Emperors. For those who have not reached that domain to presumptuously claim such titles, unpredictable, great karma would descend upon them from heaven and earth.
The Crimson Scale Demon Dragon then continued with a fiery gaze, "Although he was not a supreme sovereign Emperor, ancestor Chixue Longdi's achievements were profound and his cultivation deep. Even during the darkest period for the Myriad Races—the Dark Blood Era—he was an invincible, peerless existence of his generation, hailed as an Ancestral God. He led the Myriad Races to repel the primordial beast calamity from the First Heavenly Realm. He even charged into the First Heavenly Realm Ancient Domain itself, going in and out ten times, consecutively slaying three Sovereign-level primordial beast gods, and returned with invincible might, greatly resisting the primordial beast calamity."
"After ending the Dark Blood Era, ancestor Chixue Longdi, along with other Ancestral Gods, built the Ancestral God Pass. Then, after thirty thousand years, he left our clan and headed for that most forbidden of places—the Tenth Heavenly Realm Ancient Domain."
Ye Chen and A Beinu listened intently, feeling awe.
To single-handedly charge into the First Heavenly Realm Ancient Domain, which had caused the Dark Blood Era, and slay three primordial beast gods equivalent to Ancient Monarchs—this showed the supreme, invincible power of Chixue Longdi. He was probably nearly peerless and unmatched in that Dark Blood Era.
After all, being able to slay Ancient Monarchs represented a world-shaking level of combat power, placing him among the strong within the Ancient Monarch domain.
Ye Chen asked, "And then?"
But the Crimson Scale Demon Dragon shook his head with a bitter smile. "However, once he left, ancestor Chixue Longdi never returned. He completely disappeared, his traces lost to the world."
Hearing this, Ye Chen and A Beinu exchanged a glance, also shocked.
This shouldn't be. Even the Nine Tribulations Realm Tyrant Dragon Divine Venerable was able to drag his dying body back. The Chixue Longdi, who was said to have slain three Ancient Monarchs, was definitely no ordinary Ancient Monarch. With his unparalleled combat power, how could he have never returned?
"In fact, we don't know the specific circumstances either, because it was a great unsolved mystery of that time, one that even stirred the Nine Clans and Eighteen Kingdoms. The other Ancestral Gods who had not fallen back then came to inquire, but unfortunately, they found nothing conclusive," the Crimson Scale Demon Dragon sighed. "If ancestor Chixue Longdi had not disappeared, ancestor Tyrant Dragon Divine Venerable would not have gone searching for his traces and returned on the verge of death, and my Crimson Scale Demon Dragon clan would not have declined to its current state."
Ye Chen also nodded. It was likely that Chixue Longdi's failure to return back then was something no one could have imagined.
He was a hegemon-level existence at the Ancient Monarch level, invincible in his time, who had repelled the primordial beast calamity. For him to suddenly disappear without a single trace—how could that not be shocking?
From this, Ye Chen also learned a great deal. So the Tenth Heavenly Realm Ancient Domain was such a mysterious forbidden land. Even though a total of twenty-seven Nine Tribulations Realm super-powerhouses had ventured there throughout the ages, only the five most powerful Nine Tribulations Realm powerhouses had returned.
Yet even upon returning, they remained extremely tight-lipped, never revealing a single word about the Tenth Heavenly Realm Ancient Domain until their deaths, lest it bring an unstoppable, great disaster upon their return.
The Chixue Longdi, who had single-handedly slain three Ancient Monarchs, entered the Tenth Heavenly Realm Ancient Domain and vanished from the mortal world.
This made Ye Chen even more curious. What kind of earth-shattering, great secret was hidden within the Tenth Heavenly Realm Ancient Domain that even powers as strong as the current One Hundred and Eight Ancient God Clans regarded it as a forbidden land, not daring to set foot within lightly?
Of course, Ye Chen was still somewhat lacking at present. In the future, if he stepped into the Nine Tribulations Realm, he would have the most basic strength to explore it.
However, all this was merely hearsay, treated as unofficial history. The most important reason for coming here this time was actually for the Dragon Blood Grass.
Little did Ye Chen know that in the not-too-distant future, he too would set foot in the Tenth Heavenly Realm Ancient Domain—because he would have no choice but to go.