"Stay close to me, don't separate."
Ye Chen held the soft hands of his two beloved wives. Even in such a setting, the trio still resembled an immortal couple, appearing utterly beautiful, without any sense of having entered a perilous land.
The Emperor Battle Domain was truly vast and boundless. Even Divine Kings found it difficult to explore its limits. Above and below, throughout heaven and earth, numerous fragments of continents drifted within this starry sky. Countless stars had perished, and the corpses of innumerable beings floated amidst the dead silence that pervaded the entire domain.
There were even many remnants of the laws of supreme experts drifting through the starry sky, making it extremely dangerous.
This region was even more terrifying than the Mythical Emperor Domain.
Ye Chen even suspected that the Mythical Ruins Land might have split off from the Primordial Path of Origins; otherwise, how could they be so similar?
Not long after, the various imperial clans, immortal clans, and the powerhouses from the Mythical Emperor Domain all gradually vanished deep into the Emperor Battle Domain. Ye Chen gradually caught glimpses of their figures.
During this time, many Heaven's Pride talents inadvertently encountered various dangerous places. Dangers erupted directly, causing the fall of quite a few Heaven's Pride from the imperial clans, immortal clans, and the Mythical Emperor Domain.
At the very least, they were at the Heavenly King realm, with over half being at the Great Power realm.
Only those extraordinary Great Powers who had reached the fifth level of the Great Power realm or above could be considered much safer.
As for the imperial sons and daughters, immortal progeny, the strongest young Supreme Ones, and the various Divine Kings, they appeared much more at ease, traversing the Emperor Battle Domain, searching the fragments of continents one by one, seeking opportunities.
Ye Chen and his two companions continuously traversed one perilous continent fragment after another. They even witnessed some shattered stars descending from the heavens, extraordinary in nature, swirling with terrifying power of the Great Dao Laws, rumbling down as if to destroy heaven and earth.
Not long ago, two continent fragments, each tens of thousands of li in size, had collided right before them, exploding. The aftermath was about to affect dozens of nearby continent fragments, including some super-sized ones. If all were implicated, the destructive force would absolutely cause even Divine King figures to pale.
However, Ye Chen stepped forward, tore open the heavens and earth, creating a massive spatial rift that completely swallowed all the destructive fluctuations, causing them to vanish and dissipate, resolving the crisis.
Now possessing abilities not inferior to a Divine King, he could handle many things with greater ease.
"Look, that continent fragment seems special. I sense a peculiar aura."
Abenue suddenly spoke, her slender jade-like finger pointing towards the distant horizon.
"Let's go!"
Ye Chen took the two women and instantly flashed through space like lightning. A halo of light emanated from his body, preventing even the terrifying spatial turbulence from getting close.
Within a few breaths, the three had traversed hundreds of thousands of li of sky, arriving before the continent fragment that had been discovered as somewhat special.
This continent fragment was about a hundred thousand li in length overall—not very large, but not small either. Among the many continent fragments, it was considered average, floating within the Emperor Battle Domain. Its vitality was extinguished, and it bore the corpses of powerful beings who had participated in the Emperor War in the past, including those at the Divine King realm, who had still met tragic deaths, staining the continent fragment with blood.
Abenue clearly sensed a trace of a peculiar aura emanating from the continent fragment. Even Ye Chen and Yu Qing only had a vague sense of it. It was very likely related to the Dragon Race.
Having extracted all his Dragon Origin, Ye Chen's sensitivity to Dragon Race auras was not as keen as before.
Whoosh—
Following Abenue's sensing, they soon arrived at a desolate mountain range in the western part of the continent fragment. Within a torn abyss, there was a massive finger, covered in scales with sharp claws, faintly emitting a Dragon Race aura—it was a dragon's finger.
Abenue made a grasping motion in the air, and the finger, whose claw was larger than a mountain, appeared before them. Even after countless eons had passed, one could still feel a powerful dragon might. A trace of sorrow appeared on her beautiful face: "This is a super powerhouse of my Dragon Race from the level of an Ancient Monarch, very likely a pure-blooded True Dragon."
Ye Chen and Yu Qing fell silent. Now that Abenue had become a pure-blooded True Dragon, her recognition of the Dragon Race was high, unlike her former insect race self.
Soon, Abenue shook off her sadness and said, "Since there is a senior of my Dragon Race here, perhaps a Dragon Race inheritance, or even Dragon Origin, was left behind. If obtained, my cultivation could rapidly break through, and the Divine King realm would be within reach."
The three directly extended their divine senses to cover the entire continent fragment, conducting a search.
Unfortunately, although there was a finger from an Ancient Monarch-level Dragon Race being here, it was not the place of its fall. They found no dragon skeleton, leading to slight disappointment.
Moreover, it felt somewhat hopeless, as this was merely a small fragment of the ancient Emperor Battlefield. There were countless such massive continent fragments, and the dragon skeleton's location remained unknown.
However, the three buried all the corpses on this continent fragment. These were individuals who had participated in sealing the Chaos Burial Ground. No matter how weak their cultivation, they had contributed and deserved respect; they should have a proper burial place.
Not long after, the three arrived at another continent fragment, still finding nothing. They still buried the bones of the ancient powerhouses, giving them a resting place, preventing them from lying exposed in the wilderness and meeting a desolate end.
This leap marked the beginning of continuously traversing one continent fragment after another, constantly searching, constantly burying, as if time were endless.
Above, nine heavenly suns always hung in the sky, casting their radiant light. There was no night, making it impossible to accurately perceive the passage of time.
Roughly estimated, another three months passed. Up to this point, Ye Chen and the others still had found nothing, still in the midst of continuous searching.
However, during this process of seeking various opportunities, it wasn't a complete loss. Occasionally, they obtained fragments of extraordinary Dao weapons, including some at the Divine King level, whose divine nature had not completely dissipated. For Ye Chen and the others, this was undoubtedly a considerable fortune. They refined them, extracting their essence, making their respective Dao weapons more condensed and powerful.
During this process, they even obtained a few fragments of a Sovereign Immortal Weapon, which still retained faint traces of Sovereign heavenly might. Ordinary Great Powers would find it difficult to refine, but before the three who possessed Divine King-level abilities, they were still refined.
At this moment, aside from Yu Qing's Dao weapon, both Ye Chen's Chaos Great Cauldron and Abenue's Golden Dragon Bell were evolving further towards Divine King Dao Soldiers, and not ordinary ones at that—they were Supreme-level Divine King Dao Soldiers, resembling embryonic forms of Emperor Weapons or Immortal Weapons.
Especially Ye Chen's Chaos Great Cauldron, which along the way had devoured the life imprints of many powerhouses and the essence of numerous divine weapons, was now absolutely superior to ordinary Divine King Dao Soldiers. In the future, when it transformed into a Divine King Weapon, it would undoubtedly be a peerless Divine King Weapon!
Occasionally, they could also capture strands of flowing light drifting within the Emperor Battle Domain. These were the Great Dao Laws or remnant traces of light left behind by supreme experts from past battles. Many were from Divine Kings, even Ancient Monarchs' Dao traces, giving them insights and gradually increasing their cultivation.
Time passed swiftly. Soon, it had been half a year since their arrival. Along the way, they cultivated while searching. In this Emperor Battle Domain, they had gained some harvests, and cultivating under the nine heavenly suns also increased their speed considerably.
Boom—
On this day, Ye Chen's cultivation broke through, finally reaching the late stage of the ninth level.