During this period, the bounty and pursuit of Ye Chen within the Ten Heavens Realm Ancient Domain had spread like wildfire.
Especially a few days ago when Ye Chen appeared in Falling Snow City, annihilated the Lamp God Clan, slew Lamp Heaven God, destroyed the spatial gates of three alien imperial clans, and blocked the descent of the imperial clans, it caused an immense uproar. This drew the focus of countless powerful experts across the world to the Second Heavenly Realm Ancient Domain, with many of these experts and forces setting out one after another for the Second Heavenly Realm Ancient Domain.
The several alien imperial clans were even more so. Rumors even spoke of a peerless existence at the level of a Nine Tribulation Divine King personally stepping forth to crusade against the Battle Saint King.
Undercurrents surged!
Ye Chen paid no heed to all of this.
On this day, he left the Crimson Scale Demon Dragon Clan with his nine subordinate Supreme Talents. He had Gu Jiuhua and Gu Qingyang, father and son, stay behind and not follow, as staying by his side would bring terrifying danger. Even he dared not guarantee he could definitely protect the two.
The father and son both knew that their following would be more of a burden to Ye Chen. They stayed behind in the Dragon Tomb World with some regret.
Spirit stones were a universal currency that worked anywhere.
Due to the bounty and pursuit by numerous imperial clans and immortal clans, although Ye Chen was unafraid, he did not wish to attract unnecessary trouble. He slightly altered his appearance, then spent 400,000 jin of spirit stones to step into a Domain Heaven Gate in a relatively prosperous ancient city, heading for a Divine City named Cosmos Heaven City located in the south of the Second Heavenly Realm Ancient Domain.
Cosmos Heaven City was historically renowned, having been created by a supreme powerhouse from the Dark Blood Era named Ancestral God Cosmos Heaven.
Back then, Ancestral God Cosmos Heaven was one of the supreme powerhouses of the Dark Blood Era who led the myriad races to expel the Primordial Ancient Beasts and quell the Primordial Beast Calamity. He was also one of the strongest of that era, with profound achievements. He led his clansmen to establish Cosmos Heaven City, left behind the Domain Heaven Gate, and later participated in the construction of the Ancestral God Pass. He was a mythical figure in the Ten Heavens Realm Ancient Domain with legendary deeds.
Although Ancestral God Cosmos Heaven had fallen for countless years, legends about him still circulated in the world to this day. Cosmos Heaven City, this ancient city, had also become one of the few Divine Cities in the Second Heavenly Realm Ancient Domain, managed by his descendants, the Cosmos Heaven Clan, to this day.
Upon arriving in Cosmos Heaven City, Ye Chen and the others immediately felt a faint oppressive sensation similar to that of the Ancestral God Pass. Knowing the deeds of Ancestral God Cosmos Heaven, and feeling the pressure this Cosmos Heaven City exerted on them, they understood that Ancestral God Cosmos Heaven of that era was likely a figure of profound achievements who had reached the domain of a Primordial Monarch, a hegemon of the cosmos.
Cosmos Heaven City was very prosperous and bustling, with cultivators from various races coming and going. They also saw many floating palaces and Divine Islands, with streams of light occasionally streaking across the sky. There were also auction halls, divine weapon shops, alchemy halls, treasure-hunting street stalls, and more, fully displaying the prosperity of a Divine City.
Of course, what left the deepest impression on Ye Chen about this Cosmos Heaven City was another matter. On his way to the Ultimate Ancient Path, heading to the first checkpoint, he had also encountered a starry sky ancient city also called Cosmos Heaven City.
Sometimes, Ye Chen truly wondered if this Cosmos Heaven City was related to the one on the Ultimate Ancient Path.
However, he shook his head. After all, the cosmos was too vast, and the Ten Heavens Realm Ancient Domain and the place where the Ultimate Ancient Path was located were different. Having the same name was normal.
Upon arriving in Cosmos Heaven City, Ye Chen and the others learned that the Domain Heaven Gate's cross-Heavenly Realm Ancient Domain teleportation required immense energy. Generally, the Domain Heaven Gate autonomously gathered the energy of heaven and earth, swallowing stellar power from beyond the domain for self-replenishment.
Therefore, it only opened once a month. The last opening was ten days ago, so the next opening would require twenty more days.
Ye Chen and the others were not in a hurry. The Emperor's Son Feast was still nearly two months away, and there was also an auction event. They found a mansion in Cosmos Heaven City, paid the corresponding spirit stones, and settled in.
This was a high-grade mansion located on a floating Divine Island managed by the Cosmos Heaven Clan. There were nine high-grade mansions in total, all for rent. Those who could reside here were either wealthy or noble. Moreover, they would receive protection from the Cosmos Heaven Clan's experts here. Ordinary people simply dared not trespass, making it relatively quiet and safe.
Within the mansion, Ye Chen laid down layer upon layer of grand formations, creating a self-contained world isolated from the outside. A Beinu and the others stood guard outside the formations.
At the center of the formations, Ye Chen sat cross-legged. Before him, the Chaos Great Cauldron hovered in the air. Sheets of ancient Chaos Qi poured down, accompanied by hazy Chaos Laws. Within, blazing Chaos Light surged, and Chaos Dao Fire slowly rose.
At this moment, he was refining pills.
This alchemy session involved a wish of his, or more accurately, a heartache.
And now, the pill he was refining was an eighth-rank high-level pill named the Bodhi Pill. It was also a rare life pill, containing rich life essence and possessing powerful effects for reshaping the divine soul.
For the vast majority of cultivators, this Bodhi Pill was even sufficient to restore someone from the brink of death.
He was refining this Bodhi Pill primarily for one person.
One who had perished on the River of Time because of him, leaving behind only a remnant soul spark—a respected elder, the Heavenly Desolation Divine Spirit!
In the past, although he was considered powerful and possessed the alchemy inheritance bestowed by the Alchemy Emperor, unfortunately, his Soul Divine Power still had not reached that standard. He simply could not refine such an eighth-rank high-level pill.
Now, after years of arduous cultivation and reaching this step, both his realm and Soul Divine Power had reached the absolute peak of his life.
He finally had the ability to truly refine the Bodhi Pill.
Although, as that Azure Light Great Emperor had said, to completely revive the Heavenly Desolation Divine Spirit, he would ultimately need to reach the Emperor domain himself and require more than fifty percent of the Emperor Dao essence from a Great Perfection Emperor to succeed.
However, the Bodhi Pill possessed the heaven-defying effect of reshaping the divine soul and contained extremely rich Life Light. It could greatly allow the remnant soul spark of the Heavenly Desolation Divine Spirit to reshape better, and even restore some incomplete intelligence was not impossible.
"Finally, I can begin!"
Ye Chen gently exhaled a breath. Outside the Chaos Great Cauldron, many light clusters floated up and down. Upon closer inspection, those light clusters contained precious medicinal herbs, each at least ten thousand years old or more, even including rare medicinal spirits with tens of thousands of years of age.
These medicinal herb light clusters, accompanied by a powerful surge of Soul Divine Power, were continuously and successively thrown into that ancient cauldron where ancient Chaos Qi rose.
Under the burning of the Primal Chaos Fire of All Things, they were rapidly refined, turning into clusters of crystalline medicinal liquid of different colors, swirling with mist, emitting an unusual fragrant aura, while some pitch-black ashes continuously drifted down.