Having cultivated to this stage, even the slightest improvement for Ye Chen's Chaos Saint Body was incredibly difficult.
Because it was too powerful, having fused characteristics like the Chaos Great Dao, the Fighting Saint Body, and the Primordial Universe Dawnlight. No one at the same level could compare to him in physical body strength; perhaps no one throughout all ages could match him at the same level.
It could truly be said to be unprecedented and unrepeatable.
And now, it was actually slowly strengthening once more. How could he not be overjoyed?
Of course, Ye Chen himself understood. This was due to the various Forbidden Zone Dominators he had devoured during the Dominator War thirty years ago, their forms and spirits being refined within him, not yet completely consumed. Even now, they were continuously being devoured and strengthening him.
Not to mention the two Great Dao Heavenly Suns from the Primordial Heaven Realm.
It must be known that the Great Dao Heavenly Suns of the Primordial Heaven Realm were extraordinary. Not only were they manifestations of the Primordial Heaven Realm's rules, they also contained the corresponding Heaven Realm origin, and even part of the Pangu Universe's origin. Devouring them was equivalent to having the Primordial Heaven Realm's origin temper his Chaos Saint Body.
He clenched his fist. The void was incredibly fragile, utterly unable to withstand his actions. He needed to perfectly control his physical body's power so as not to shatter the void with the slightest movement.
"Hmm, even without my full magical power, this physical strength is sufficient. A single punch could blast apart an ordinary Ancient Monarch. If I exerted a bit more force, I could probably fight and kill an Ancient Monarch of the fifth or sixth heaven. It's a pity my injuries haven't fully recovered, the aftereffects are still severe. Otherwise, at its peak, my Chaos Saint Body could handle fighting and killing those Forbidden Zone Dominators."
Ye Chen murmured to himself. If this were to spread, it would surely shake the myriad heavens.
Suddenly, his expression changed. "Not good—"
Boom—
In an instant, Ye Chen's Chaos Saint Body was covered in cracks, oozing wisps of blood.
Every drop of blood was pitch black like ink, accompanied by a terrifying Curse. Falling to the ground, they plunged an area of hundreds of thousands of li into a deathly forbidden zone, extinguishing all life force.
Fortunately, he had considered this possibility the moment he began cultivating, moving far away from the Barbarian Tribe's location to the remote border of his inner world. This prevented the Barbarian Tribe clansmen from being affected.
Ye Chen took a deep breath. The cracks on his body's surface slowly healed. At the same time, the surging blood energy within his Chaos Saint Body was like a supreme great cauldron, burning with boundless bloody light that shot into the sky, slowly suppressing a faintly discernible darkness within him.
This was a Dao injury left from the Dominator War.
It wasn't just the seal of the Great Dao Heavenly Diagram; there was also a terrifying Dao injury—a supreme Curse unleashed by the three Forbidden Zone Dominator-level supreme experts who burned their forms and spirits back then. In short, it was horrifyingly terrifying.
Although he had now recovered, the Curse Dao injury remained, difficult to dissipate.
If not for worrying that the Curse Dao injury might erupt at a critical moment, someone of Ye Chen's temperament would never have known to find a place to hide.
"I ultimately underestimated this Curse Dao injury. Although with my power I can dissipate it, it would take at least a thousand years. Too long."
In the end, the commotion alarmed the Barbarian God King and Mantai. They tore through space and arrived, their expressions changing drastically upon seeing this scene. They hurried forward but were stopped by Ye Chen.
Immediately, all the black blood scattered around was sucked in, coalescing before him into several drops of black blood.
The Barbarian God King and Mantai were both terrified and horrified.
Because they could clearly sense that these few drops of black blood suspended in mid-air contained incredibly dark power, enough to make even a supreme Divine King-level expert like the Barbarian God King shudder with fear. They deeply felt that if they were touched by even one drop of this black blood, they would likely be contaminated and die immediately.
Ye Chen reached out his hand. An absolute physical might surged forth, transforming into billions of layers of fluctuations that acted upon these drops of black blood.
Boom boom boom boom boom boom—
After a while, the few drops of black blood were completely shaken into nothingness, dissipating between heaven and earth, never to exist again.
"Senior—"
The two looked at Ye Chen.
Ye Chen said calmly, "I once suffered a terrifying Dao injury involving a Curse. This black blood was expelled from the Curse-containing Dao injury within my body."
"It's a pity only a trace has been dissipated for now."
The two were horrified. Merely a few drops of black blood contained such terrifying power, and it was only a trace of the injury he had dissipated. It was hard to imagine what kind of terrifying experience he had endured, and how powerful his cultivation must be to withstand such a fearsome injury.
It was highly likely he truly was an Ancient Monarch.
It was just that the world had never heard of such a young Ancient Monarch.
"Senior, is there any help you need?" Mantai asked with concern.
Ye Chen sighed lightly. "You can't help me. Unless it's a Ninth Grade Elixir, or I lift my Dao law seal, this kind of injury cannot be dissipated."
"Ninth Grade Elixir?"
The Barbarian God King and Mantai sucked in a cold breath.
It must be known that refining a Ninth Grade Elixir was countless times more difficult than refining an Eighth Grade Elixir.
Alchemy Grandmasters in the current era were even rarer than Ancient Monarchs. Where could one find a Ninth Grade Elixir?
Perhaps only in the ruins of some Mythological Epochs could one find a trace or two.
Mantai suddenly let out a surprised sound, as if remembering something. He looked up and said, "Senior, a Ninth Grade Elixir is probably impossible to find in the entire world. But this junior has heard that there exists in this world a peerless ancient medicine that is in no way inferior to a Ninth Grade Elixir, perhaps even more precious."
"What ancient medicine?" Ye Chen frowned slightly. In terms of medicinal efficacy, ancient medicine was far from comparable to refined elixirs, let alone to a Ninth Grade Elixir. Throughout all ages, such things could be counted on one's fingers.
It must be known, even someone like him, an Alchemy Grandmaster-level figure, had only vaguely heard of one or two such things, never truly seen such a peerless medicine.
He paused, thinking that the origins of the Primordial Heaven Realm were extraordinary, and with the legacy of Mythological Imperial Clans, possessing such an ancient medicine wouldn't be strange.
"The Undying Emperor Medicine!"
Mantai said, enunciating each word clearly.
Ye Chen's eyes instantly blazed many times brighter!
Half a day later, having learned everything from Mantai and the others, he left this Divine King origin inner world and arrived at the Luo River Mountain Range.
The Luo River Mountain Range stretched for tens of millions of li, spanning several ancient countries, encircling and dividing a ring-shaped valley area, possessing a million mountains here, deep and terrifying.
The Million Mountains where the Barbarian Tribe of Sunset Prefecture was located were actually the periphery. The vast majority of the Million Mountains, isolated by the Luo River Mountain Range, lay deeper within.
Legend had it that in the deepest part of the mountain range lurked a supreme terror capable of threatening the safety of an entire ancient country.
The deepest part of the Luo River Mountain Range was called the Luo River.
Called a river, it was actually a mighty river ten thousand li wide, surpassing many inland seas of the world, as if a river of stars had fallen from the heavens, transforming into this vast, mighty Luo River.
Whenever night fell, the Luo River would shimmer with endless starlight, supremely beautiful yet containing boundless danger.
Because at that moment, the most terrifying group of demon kings and beast kings of the entire Luo River Mountain Range would appear, surrounding the Luo River Mountain Range to inhale and exhale the starlight for cultivation.
Even more terrifying was that beneath the Luo River lurked the most fearsome existence of the Luo River Mountain Range. It was impossible to understand what kind of existence it was. It was only known that over ninety-nine percent of thestarry brilliance filling the sky (vast starlight) was swallowed by it, with only a wisp escaping, inhaled by the various demon kings and beast kings.
This was the information Ye Chen learned from Mantai. The legendary Undying Emperor Medicine was located at that Luo River.