"Human, you seek death!"
The four Divine Kings of the demon race rushed forward to stop him at the first moment, especially that Manglong among them. As a Divine King-level being, it was a full hundred thousand li long. At this moment, a massive dragon claw was the first to swipe over, containing the vast heavenly might to shatter the firmament.
Yet it was controlled with perfect subtlety, only targeting Ye Chen without affecting the vine.
But the next moment, Ye Chen flicked a finger with a metallic clang. Not only was Manglong's dragon claw flicked away, but the terrifyingly heavy force acted upon its body. With a thunderous boom, Manglong's figure was sent tumbling, crashing through multiple mountain peaks.
Simultaneously, he continued to act, raising his hand to swat away the descending Mysterious Turtle, cleverly causing it to collide with the White Tiger and Fire Sparrow, sweeping away the other three Divine Kings of the demon race in the blink of an eye, displaying his peerless combat prowess.
Yet he did not truly injure them.
In an instant, he had sent the four Divine Kings of the demon race flying. The power of his methods was evident.
At this moment, his hand precisely landed on the vine, giving it a slight tug.
Amidst a deafening roar, the vine, thicker than a mountain range, was pulled up, violently torn from the broad Luo River, revealing a vine stretching two hundred thousand li.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!—
The vine contained absolutely terrifying power, far more frightening than a Divine King, possessing at least strength comparable to an early-stage Quasi-Monarch.
Ye Chen let out a slight sound of surprise, attempting to pull out the entire Immortal Emperor Medicine.
Unparalleled physical strength was exerted, enough to pull apart even an Ancient Monarch standing before him.
Boom!—
Suddenly, the area beneath the Luo River exploded, and then a massive vine three hundred thousand li long was pulled up into the sky, leaving only endless darkness below.
Unparalleled vine sap gushed forth, containing potent life energy.
Some demon kings attempted to seize the opportunity to fight for a share, but Ye Chen unconsciously emitted a terrifying aura, causing all the demon kings and beast kings near the Luo River to fall silent, not daring to utter a word.
Even the four Divine Kings of the demon race trembled uncontrollably, clearly sensing the boundless terror of that human.
Casually placing this three-hundred-thousand-li-long vine to the side, he entered the depths of the Luo River and saw a collapsed spatial gate. He immediately understood that this vine's emergence was likely facilitated by this spatial gate, and its true body was not here at all.
Even a single vine was three hundred thousand li long; one could only imagine how massive the true body was.
Ultimately, as a master of formations, Ye Chen deduced from the remnants of the spatial gate that the Immortal Emperor Medicine's true body should be in the eastern lands, within the vicinity of these few Ancient Kingdoms.
"The true location of the Immortal Emperor Medicine is within the eastern lands. Hmm, those coordinates are familiar... is it within the Qianwu Ancient Country?"
Even Ye Chen couldn't help but show a trace of astonishment.
But if an Immortal Emperor Medicine truly existed within the Qianwu Ancient Country, it would be impossible not to sense it.
That life energy was too potent, infinite and boundless. The life force contained in just a single vine segment was enough to rival a Quasi-Monarch. One could imagine that if the true body were to appear, its life energy would likely far surpass that of many Ancient Monarchs.
Then he understood. The Primordial Heaven Realm was, after all, formed from the remnants of the former Primordial Divine Realm, containing countless Mythological Relics. Perhaps the Immortal Emperor Medicine was hidden within a Mythological Relic.
In this era, the connection of the Eight Realms of the Myriad Worlds replenished the world's spiritual energy and strengthened the rules of the Myriad Worlds. Mythological Relics were gradually appearing one after another. It was highly likely that the Mythological Relic containing the Immortal Emperor Medicine would also appear soon.
It wasn't that Ye Chen didn't want to dig up the entire Qianwu Ancient Country to find such a relic site. But since it was a relic site of the Immortal Emperor Medicine, it was likely left behind by an Ancient Great Emperor from the Mythological Era, or even a Ten Thousand Ancient Colossus. Powerful as he was, he still needed to look up to that level and was powerless.
"So be it. Although it's just a root of the Immortal Emperor Medicine, it's still better than nothing."
Ye Chen grabbed the three-hundred-thousand-li vine, which was merely a root of the Immortal Emperor Medicine's true body. After it broke off, he saw this vine segment rapidly shrink, eventually becoming nothing more than a half-zhang-long root, only as thick as an infant's arm.
During this process, infinite energy materialized and shot into the sky—the vast energy it contained, filling heaven and earth, inciting a struggle among the various demon kings.
Unfortunately, as soon as Ye Chen made a move, he reached out into the void and gathered all the energy, fiercely compressing it into a fist-sized energy pill. The energy contained within was enough to burst a Divine King alive.
If it erupted, even a Quasi-Monarch caught off guard would inevitably suffer severe injuries.
This was all the energy contained within this root of the Immortal Emperor Medicine, almost comparable to the strongest strike of an early-stage Quasi-Monarch.
Looking at this energy pill, all the demon kings and beast kings were covetous, including the four Divine King-level demon kings akin to Sacred Beasts. However, they dared not approach due to their fear of Ye Chen's terrifying strength.
Ye Chen pondered slightly, then suddenly smiled, addressing the four Divine King-level demon kings, "Giving it to you isn't impossible, but you must agree to one condition of mine first."
...
The sun rose in the east as Ye Chen returned to the Barbarian God King's Essence Inner World.
The Barbarian God King and Mantai had long since appeared. Seeing the former's beaming face, their hearts jolted. Had he already obtained that Immortal Emperor Medicine?
Ye Chen retreated to seclusion and had the Barbarian God King assist him.
Half a month later, a surge of overwhelming life energy swept through the entire Essence Inner World.
Visible to the naked eye, unparalleled emerald light shot into the sky. It was the most vast light of life, sweeping through the nine heavens and ten earths.
It could be seen that within the Essence Inner World, countless towering trees instantly sprouted, transforming into a continuous forest, vibrant with life. The demonic beasts within all experienced growth.
The clansmen of the Barbarian Tribe also continuously acted to seize these scattered rays of life light for replenishment.
After three days and three nights, all of this finally ended.
Ye Chen emerged.
He sensed that the curse Dao injuries within his body had been greatly alleviated. His entire body felt comfortable, with overwhelming energy filling his limbs and bones.
He was slightly pleasantly surprised. "Truly worthy of being the Immortal Emperor Medicine. Although it's just a single root, refining it into an eighth-grade high-level pill, the life energy contained within actually allowed the curse Dao injuries within my body to be alleviated by a full twenty percent."
Originally, with his abilities, if he relied on time to slowly recover, it would take almost two hundred years.
But now, the root of the Immortal Emperor Medicine had greatly alleviated the curse Dao injuries.
It truly lived up to its reputation as the legendary Immortal Emperor Medicine, a peerless ancient herb usually bathed in Emperor's Light, Emperor's Blood, and Emperor's Scriptures.
He was even more hopeful for the complete form of the Immortal Emperor Medicine.
Without accident, after obtaining the Immortal Emperor Medicine, the curse Dao injuries within his body would surely fully recover. He might even be able to impact the Great Dao Heavenly Diagram, taking that crucial step.
He had a premonition that day was not far off.