The passage was neither long nor short. The alliance army charged into the innermost area without leaving a single person behind. The blazing passageway then closed, but the killing intent from that shower of light did not rush in; everything was sealed off.
The Venerable Ones also took the opportunity to catch their breath, no longer needing to support the passageway. They also began to act, swallowing the vast amounts of Great Dao essence filling the sky to restore themselves, though at least they were no longer under such strain.
"Now everything can only depend on those people."
However, the gazes of some ancient Great Sages were cold and sharp, brimming with killing intent.
The true Immortal Fate naturally could not all fall into the hands of the alliance army; they were merely fighting to seize it for them. Once their objective was obtained, they would immediately strike to eliminate everything.
When everyone had truly charged inside, they discovered that the interior was not the forest of immortal mountains, mist-shrouded paradise with holy spirits like True Dragons and Immortal Phoenixes dancing about as imagined from the outside. Instead, there was only a vast expanse of starry land, dotted with the stars of the heavens.
The many powerhouses were stunned. Was this the so-called Primordial Immortal Realm? Why did everyone feel they had merely entered a patch of starry sky?
"Look, over there!"
Someone exclaimed, pointing towards the center of the starry land. There, seven ancient pyramid altars spanned between heaven and earth, motionless, exuding a Dao Rhyme of eternal vicissitudes, as if they had existed since time immemorial.
Each ancient pyramid altar was incomparably tall and massive, like a great mountain, no smaller than the three-zhang ancient coffin pyramid altar encountered in the ancient city. On each of the seven altars was a hazy ball of light, each containing a supreme treasure.
When the alliance army looked towards the first pyramid altar, the divine radiance ball shimmered, revealing the shape of the treasure within. When they truly saw it clearly, everyone couldn't help but be stunned, for it was actually... an egg!
Yes, it was an egg, only about a foot long. Its entire surface was covered with intricate and profound patterns—Dao patterns, also divine marks—interwoven upon it. These patterns recorded a certain Great Dao, and the principles contained within even caused Saint Lord-level existences to change expression, for beings as powerful as them actually could not see through these patterns.
It could only be said that these were absolutely profound Great Dao patterns, surpassing the Saint Treasury Realm. They could be Heavenly King Realm Dao patterns, or even patterns beyond the Heavenly King Realm.
Without needing to think too much, this was definitely an egg of extraordinary origin. Although no one recognized the egg's true background, they could tell from such profound Dao patterns.
Generally, when such profound Dao patterns are added, they accompany the being's birth, with all the patterns imprinting into the body of the creature within the egg. That was the most profound Great Dao. Even if the creature within did not specifically cultivate them, over time it would gradually comprehend these patterns, assimilating them into its own Great Dao, thus growing to that level or beyond.
In other words, once the creature within this egg was born, given enough time and barring accidents, it could at least become a being of the Heavenly King Realm or above.
Not to mention others, even the various overlords at this moment had blazing gazes.
Because a single Heavenly King could run rampant across the myriad realms. Even in the center of the Myriad Domains, teeming with powerful experts, they were top-tier super experts. Even immortal forces dared not offend them, which spoke volumes.
Truly worthy of being the immortal Emperor's Pass that ten ancient Great Sages spent everything to blast open. Although the space inside was not like the legendary Primordial Immortal Realm, it was absolutely first-class supreme treasure.
If one possessed a Heavenly King-level existence, it would bring indescribable benefits to an entire immortal force.
However, the various powerhouses did not immediately try to seize this egg, for this was only the first pyramid altar. Perhaps there were other, even more precious treasures. Naturally, they needed to browse through them all before deciding.
Naturally, this was also an unspoken, tacit agreement among the powerhouses. None would act against each other, temporarily ceasing hostilities.
Immediately after, the gazes of the various powerhouses fell upon the second pyramid altar. On the divine radiance ball was a crystalline, sparkling sphere, perfectly round and flawless, about the size of a human body, yet giving a sense of vast grandeur. It could even influence the surrounding space.
"A World Heart!?"
The various powerhouses were slightly startled. As the name implied, a World Heart was the core essence of a world. Once removed, the entire world would collapse.
Naturally, complete World Hearts rarely existed. They were extremely precious. Once refined and mastered, even if one could not use it to regenerate a great world, one could project a world's phantom, trapping enemies within, or use it to seal oneself eternally, locking in one's life force and preventing its dissipation.
Most powerhouses would use a World Heart to seal themselves until they truly emerged in the distant future.
However, compared to the first treasure, the various powerhouses were much more disappointed.
"Little Chen, if there's a chance later, go and seize this World Heart, understand?" Old Yan suddenly spoke.
Ye Chen was surprised. However, when he carefully sensed it with his divine sense, he was shocked to discover that within this World Heart, there was actually a faint, special fluctuation that seemed to subtly affect time, causing a slight disturbance.
If not for his sufficiently powerful Primordial Spirit and having refined part of the Void Dao Divine Blood, he absolutely would not have sensed it.
This discovery shocked him. His gaze immediately became bright, and other thoughts arose. Vaguely, he seemed to guess what this object truly was. He couldn't help but suck in a cold breath. Could it really be a World Seed?
The so-called World Seed was actually similar to a World Tree Seed. Naturally, to be precise, it could not compare to the preciousness of a World Tree Seed. But if cultivated, it could also construct a true great world, something a World Heart could not match.
Once refined, or even combined with one's internal space, one could eventually transform the entire great world into an internal world. Even without any cultivation, as the master of that world, one could wield the vast power of the world, fearless even against Heavenly King-level existences, capable of fighting them.
Naturally, the larger the world, the more vast and astonishing the world power it contained. The power of some worlds could even contend with ancient Great Sages, or even stronger beings, though those were very rare.
Similarly, it also had infinite wonderful uses. Ye Chen's gaze immediately became blazing, almost already locking onto this supreme treasure.
He could even say he was determined to obtain it.
If necessary, he would have Old Yan take action. He believed Old Yan would not stand idly by.
However, at this moment, the divine radiance ball on the third pyramid altar revealed the treasure within.
But what left everyone stunned was that the so-called treasure was actually a person. To be more precise, it was a desiccated corpse, long withered to skin and bones, with little flesh and blood remaining. It sat cross-legged on the altar, motionless, strands of withered, yellow hair hanging down.
Yet, at this moment, Ye Chen's entire body trembled. He stood there, horrified, because that corpse was actually—
Him!