Although the Ant Dragon Beast King's sea of consciousness had been invaded, it dared not resist in the slightest, for it clearly understood the terrifying nature of the young man before it. To kill it, a mere thought would likely be enough.
After finally searching through the Ant Dragon Beast King's memories, Ye Chen found nothing of value.
Although these Ant Dragon Beasts were the overlords of the nearby star domains, they had all been captured by a Supreme One in the past and released here to breed generation after generation. Their purpose was to prevent trial participants heading for the Tenth Heavenly Realm Ancient Domain from crossing the starry sea.
Moreover, these Ant Dragon Beast swarms were far from the strongest beings in the Star Sky. Deeper within the Star Sky existed terrifying existences at the Divine King level, and even beyond.
The Ant Dragon Beast swarms were merely the first line of blockers.
Generally speaking, to reach the Tenth Heavenly Realm Ancient Domain, one needed at least Divine King level cultivation.
Ye Chen suddenly understood why so many powerful figures throughout history who entered the Ten Heavenly Realms Ancient Domain never returned. Just the Ant Dragon Beast swarms before him were enough to make anyone below the Divine King level face near-certain death.
"This Star Sky is truly vast, and the coordinates are unstable. A terrifying maze formation has been carved into the Star Sky, perhaps at the Supreme One level. If I can't find the correct direction or the true teleportation point, even I might need many years to truly cross it." Ye Chen frowned. This was the first stop on the way to the Tenth Heavenly Realm Ancient Domain, and he hadn't expected to encounter such a difficulty.
No wonder so few throughout history had truly reached the Tenth Heavenly Realm Ancient Domain.
More importantly, a Supreme One had left corresponding countermeasures in this Star Sky, deliberately blurring the perception of those entering, preventing them from effectively sensing the accurate direction.
This was something even Ye Chen could do nothing about.
Even though he was a Chaos Quasi-Sovereign, comparable to a Great Perfection Quasi-Sovereign, in truth, he was still countless times inferior to a Supreme One.
The methods left by a Supreme One, even a wisp, were far beyond what the current Ye Chen could contend with.
Later, Ye Chen encountered several more blockades, basically all fearsome races, with the strongest having Great Ability cultivation. Even the Insect Race appeared.
The Insect Race Mother Queen was a powerful Divine King-level Mother Queen, dominating the seven nearby star domains as their supreme ruler.
Moreover, the seven star domains had been transformed by the Insect Race Mother Queen into a terrifying Insect Race nest, densely packed with Insect Race armies like locusts.
Even an ordinary Divine King entering would likely face near-certain death. The infinite number of Insect Race warriors occupying the seven star domains could absolutely exhaust a Divine King to death through sheer numbers.
Unfortunately, Ye Chen slaughtered gods when they blocked him, slaughtered buddhas when they blocked him, sweeping through everything. Nothing could stop him.
In the end, he crushed everything like rotten wood, breaking through all obstacles and descending before the Insect Race Mother Queen, which was as large as a star. His Quasi-Sovereign aura permeated the area, causing the Divine King-level Insect Race Mother Queen to tremble and submit.
Ye Chen did not kill the Insect Race Mother Queen, instead searching for some relevant memories.
Unfortunately, the final result was still nothing of value. Even the powerful Divine King-level Insect Race Mother Queen had few useful clues.
The only clue that could be considered useful was that at the forefront of the Star Sky, there existed a vast ancient star called the Yihuang Ancient Star. Legend said it was a life-bearing ancient star left behind by the Supreme One who opened up this infinite Star Sky in this borderland region, containing clues to reach the other shore.
"The other shore? Perhaps this is how the beings of this infinite Star Sky refer to the Tenth Heavenly Realm Ancient Domain."
"Very well. Even if I can't break through this Star Sky for now, I'll search for clues and cross it. The most important thing right now is to gather the human side. Otherwise, getting lost in this Star Sky would be very troublesome."
Ye Chen sighed inwardly, throwing the Insect Race Mother Queen that encompassed seven star domains into the Extinction Emperor World. Although he had long since looked down upon such Divine King-level existences, the Insect Race Mother Queen could continuously give birth to infinite Insect Race armies, which could still be somewhat helpful to the human race.
He soared into the sky, charging towards the highest point of the Star Sky.
His heavenly spirit cap trembled, and then a blazingly brilliant pillar of light suddenly shot into the sky, disappearing into the lofty, unreachable heights of the Star Sky.
Boom—
In the boundless ancient Star Sky, a Chaos Sun suddenly appeared, so vast it was nearly limitless, spanning billions of miles. It burned with chaotic light, encompassing a star domain and releasing a pressure that could crush star domains.
It became the most eye-catching point in the Star Sky, guiding the other human Imperial Sons and Daughters, and the strongest young Supreme Ones to gather.
"It's the Battle Saint King. He's guiding the other human Heaven's Prides to gather."
The Imperial Sons and Daughters of the All Heavens and the descendants of the Immortal Dao all sensed it, but they also felt the vastness and supremacy of that Chaos Sun. Around it, ten thousand Dao laws boiled and submitted, jointly venerating Chaos, as if jointly venerating Ye Chen.
"He really is the strongest. Even in the final trial, he directly displays his most domineering side."
Someone sighed inwardly. The Battle Saint King's domineering performance made them feel immense pressure, yet there was nothing they could do.
It was simply because the Battle Saint King was too powerful, powerful to a degree that left them far behind.
In this final trial, they felt somewhat despairing. How could they contend with the Battle Saint King?
"Battle Saint King!"
In the distant, deeper parts of the Star Sky, the four Quasi-Sovereigns—Chu Shenjun, Shen Dizi, Yu Wudi, and Huang Yao—all took a deep look at the Chaos Sun before turning and leaving, stepping into the deepest parts of the Star Sky.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—
Sure enough, not long after the Chaos Sun appeared, the human race's ten Imperial Sons and Daughters, along with A Beinu, Yu Qing, Shan Ji, Wei'er, the Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor, and others, gradually appeared, arriving in this star domain.
"Little Moon, you're still the most awesome, directly shoulder to shoulder with the sun!" The Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor gave a thumbs up.
Ye Chen directly ignored the meaning in its words, turning to look at the others. "It's easy to get lost in this Star Sky. A Supreme One has laid down a maze formation, and the encompassed territory is too vast. Even a Quasi-Sovereign could easily get lost if not careful. So it's best for everyone to gather together, so we can look after each other."
Everyone nodded.
Under Ye Chen's lead, the human Heaven's Prides began to cross the Star Sky.
This mysterious Star Sky was truly vast, magnificent to the point of being boundless, who knew how many billions of miles wide.
Even with the abilities of Ye Chen and the others, who were at least at the level of peerless Divine Kings, after spending three days, they were still far from reaching the end.
In the vast Star Sky, there were also no coordinates to speak of. They could only rely on intuition to move forward aimlessly.
To truly cross the Star Sky, they had to find the corresponding teleportation formations or coordinates. Otherwise, with the Supreme One's countermeasures in the Star Sky confusing directions, even a Quasi-Sovereign could get lost with the slightest misstep, finding it difficult to escape.
Moreover, while the Star Sky was vast and expansive, there were truly few stars or ancient lands with life.
After roughly four days of crossing the Star Sky, Ye Chen's group arrived on a shattered giant star and discovered a skeleton.
"Divine King!"
The human Heaven's Prides' expressions turned solemn. This was the corpse of a Divine King.
Naturally, with the cultivation of any one of them, they could easily kill an ordinary Divine King. But Divine Kings were still lofty super-powerful beings. Otherwise, in this era, Divine Kings would still be considered legendary peerless experts within the Ten Heavenly Realms Ancient Domain.
An ancient Divine King had fallen here. It was clear he hadn't died of natural old age, but had been killed. His body was covered with terrifying wounds, and his Divine King blood had long since dried up.
The most terrifying thing was a claw mark on his brow, which had broken through his defenses, pierced through his entire skull, and annihilated his soul within. It was the most critical injury.
"Be careful. This Star Sky is not simple."
Ye Chen said. Although their cultivation was enough to easily kill ordinary Divine Kings, this was the final trial. They had to be careful in all matters and not be careless.
The other human Heaven's Prides nodded, their expressions also gaining a bit more gravity.
The human Heaven's Prides continued to cross the Star Sky. Naturally, they encountered many dangers along the way, even several terrifying danger zones that could make ordinary Divine Kings face near-certain death. There were also special life-bearing ancient lands that appeared, which actually contained Divine King ruins.
However, with their absolutely powerful strength, they resolved everything one by one.
After some searching during this period, they still didn't obtain many useful clues.
Two days later, after crossing over a dozen star domains, they finally discovered a rather dazzling giant star, standing firm in the Star Sky, as eye-catching as the sun.
This dazzling giant star had a diameter of a million miles, making it a super star. They could also sense the vast heaven and earth spiritual energy on the star, with complete Great Dao laws. It was a cultivation star quite suitable for cultivation.
"A life-bearing star. Perhaps this is the Yihuang Ancient Star mentioned by the Insect Race Mother Queen—the life-bearing ancient star left by a Supreme One, containing clues to reach the other shore. It's probably not simple either; perhaps super-powerful experts have been born here. Everyone, be careful." Ye Chen instructed.
"Hmm?"
A few tried to scan this cultivation star with their divine sense, but found it blocked outside the star. There was an invisible barrier that could block their divine sense power.
Even Ye Chen's Chaos divine sense found it difficult to break in. He sensed a faint, elusive Supreme One power appearing, isolating external divine sense from probing this super star.
"Interesting."
Ye Chen smiled slightly, leading the human Heaven's Prides to break through the invisible barrier of the cultivation star and enter this star.
But after entering the cultivation star, the group's divine sense recovered. They scanned once, comprehending the various aspects of this cultivation star.
Sure enough, this cultivation star was the Yihuang Ancient Star everyone was looking for.
It was a rather prosperous and flourishing star, with many powerful races, as well as numerous countries and sects. It could be considered very prosperous.
Moreover, they discovered that there were five Divine Kings on the Yihuang Ancient Star, a rather astonishing number.
After all, even in the Ten Heavenly Realms Ancient Domain, if not for the successive descents of the All Heavens Emperor Clans, Immortal Clans, and King Clans, the number of Divine Kings in one Heavenly Realm Ancient Domain mostly wouldn't exceed the fingers of two hands. Yet a single Yihuang Ancient Star actually had as many as five Divine Kings, which was absolutely astonishing.