The Primordial Ancient Forest was unimaginably vast and boundless, stretching on endlessly, and within it dwelled many fearsome great demonic beasts.
Even though the powerhouses who had crossed through the spatial channel were formidable enough, they still encountered resistance. Terrifying great demonic beasts charged out one after another, engaging them in fierce combat.
The powerhouses from the various great forces of the Myriad Domains practically fought their way through in a bloody advance. Along the path, they slew numerous fearsome great demonic beasts, their demonic blood dyeing vast stretches of the wild forest earth crimson and destroying countless mountains and woods.
However, there were also great demonic beasts that the powerhouses dared not provoke, for among them existed Saint Lord-level fearsome great demonic beasts. Their blood energy was vigorous and abundant, filling heaven and earth. One could sense the true terror of such beasts from afar—they possessed the power to shatter the heavens and the earth.
It must be said that this mysterious world was far too terrifying, exceeding everyone's imagination.
Just taking the Primordial Ancient Forest they needed to cross as an example, it was a place where tigers crouched and dragons hid, fraught with dangers at every turn, and its inhabitants were fearless of death.
During the bloody battles along the way, a considerable number of powerhouses fell, perishing within the ancient forest.
There were even Saints who fell, torn apart by the great demonic beasts within the ancient forest, where terrifyingly intense battles had once taken place.
A Saint Lord-level great demonic beast had also appeared—a true Saint Peng Demon Lord. Spreading its wings like hanging clouds, it blotted out the sky and sun, directly snatching away a Saint alive, soaring into the sky, rendering its prey immobile and turning it into a bloody meal.
All of this caused waves of emotion to surge within the hearts of the powerhouses, eliciting both awe and wariness.
In the distance, ancient trees towered into the high sky, mountains and rivers remained primitive, old vines coiled like dragons, lofty peaks stood majestic, and great rivers flowed with grandeur—a scene of ancient, primordial splendor.
Even Ye Chen couldn't help but frown. Just how vast was this Primordial Ancient Forest? Its sheer scale surpassed everyone's expectations, astonishingly immense.
Moreover, dangers lurked everywhere. Even Saints faced crises, let alone trying to pursue the origin of the alien great powers; it was simply impossible to venture far.
Finally, after traversing well over a million li, they finally saw the end of the Primordial Ancient Forest, and joy appeared on the faces of the powerhouses.
They also sensed human auras; they were finally about to leave this Primordial Ancient Forest.
But no one was arrogant or careless. One by one, they began to conceal their auras, flying horizontally across from the heights of the firmament, departing to explore other regions of this mysterious world.
Finally, Ye Chen's group stopped near the edge of the Primordial Ancient Forest because they discovered that there were actually quite a few cultivators from this world moving about within the forest.
There were members of the older generation, the middle-aged generation, and naturally, the younger generation as well. They were all hunting demonic beasts within the forest. Their cultivation levels were not insignificant; the strong ones could reach the Divine Transformation realm, while even the weakest were at the Innate level.
A Saint from the Heavenly Gate made a move, directly bewitching an older-generation Demigod powerhouse and searching his Consciousness Sea to understand information about this mysterious world.
Unfortunately, it wasn't much, only a portion.
Subsequently, the Heavenly Gate acted successively, searching the Consciousness Seas of one cultivator after another who was hunting demonic beasts. Piecing together the numerous bits of information, they finally gained a true, general understanding of this heaven and earth.
The Gu Lan Continent—this was one of the understandings held by the indigenous people of this mysterious world, considered the central continent of this mysterious world.
It could be said that this was an exceptionally vast and ancient continent, so immense it bordered on the inconceivable. It was even more expansive and grand than the great domains of the myriad realms, equivalent to three great domains combined, with a vast and sprawling territory.
Of course, because this ancient continent was far too enormous and extraordinary, even after who knows how many tens of thousands of years had passed, and countless generations of humans had multiplied upon it, with powerful figures emerging endlessly, the human Domain that had been opened up to this day only occupied thirty percent of the entire Gu Lan Continent.
The remaining seventy percent was basically still in a state of wilderness. It was either endless ancient forests, primordial lands, or desert regions—barren and devoid of life.
Moreover, these areas were filled with all sorts of crises. Even powerful cultivators dared not set foot in them lightly. They were Forbidden Zones of Life for the humans of the Gu Lan Continent, prohibited from entry.
On the Gu Lan Continent, there existed five true Forbidden Zones of Life. These had been recorded and explicitly forbidden since the era when humans began to multiply. They could be said to be true zones of death. If one ventured deep enough, even the most powerful Saint Realm experts among humanity would not return, filled with endless perils.
Just like the Primordial Ancient Forest the powerhouses had crossed through after arriving via the spatial channel—it was one of the five Forbidden Zones of Life: the Myriad Demons Ancient Domain, inhabited by the most terrifying demonic race on the Gu Lan Continent, each one fearsomely powerful.
Throughout the ages, among human powerhouses, who knows how many strong individuals had fallen within the Myriad Demons Ancient Domain. Countless records existed, including those of humanity's most powerful existences who had also ventured into these Forbidden Zones of Life, never to return.
Within the human Domain, there were also the Hundred Schools and numerous sects. Great sects and kingdoms were too many to count, as numerous as the hairs on an ox, standing tall within this vast territory.
Moreover, on this Gu Lan Continent, the culture of cultivation was extremely flourishing. Almost everyone practiced cultivation, not only to strengthen their bodies but also to soar through the skies and traverse the earth. It was far more powerful than the Tian Du Continent by who knows how many times.
At the very least, on this Gu Lan Continent, just like in the myriad realms, powerful figures stood tall. Demigods were not legendary figures, and there were quite a few Divine Transformation experts.
Naturally, Saint Realm experts always stood at the pinnacle of the world's pyramid; it was impossible for there to be too many.
But overall, the world to which this Gu Lan Continent belonged was indeed very powerful.
Ye Chen even suspected whether Heavenly Kings existed here.
Although the forces on the Gu Lan Continent were as numerous as the hairs on an ox, with forces declining and new ones rising every day, no matter what, there was always one undisputed supreme force that ruled over the entire human Domain of the Gu Lan Continent—
The Gu Lan Holy Church!
This was the force that commanded the hundreds of millions of humans on the Gu Lan Continent, a supreme great sect, the strongest overlord force of the entire world, reigning supreme over all under heaven, unstoppable, the mightiest under heaven and earth.
No dynasty or sect dared to challenge the dignity of the Gu Lan Holy Church. Even supreme forces possessing Saint Realm existences did not dare, all keeping a respectful distance.
Because everyone under heaven clearly knew how powerful the Gu Lan Holy Church was, possessing thirty-six supreme legendary Saint Elders who looked down upon the world and intimidated all directions.
Moreover, it was rumored that within the Holy Church, there was an invincible existence suspected to have achieved the Heavenly King realm, hailed as a Heavenly God, sweeping through the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths without match, suppressing heaven and earth, peerless and invincible. Even the most powerful cultivator would be suppressed with a single hand, utterly powerless to resist.
It was precisely because of this invincible existence that all the powerhouses under heaven held it in great awe.
Fortunately, although the Gu Lan Holy Church was the strongest force, it was also the most transcendent. It merely occupied the central territory and demarcated its own region, observing the world's situation from the sidelines, allowing the various forces under heaven to contend for territory, neither interfering nor managing, always maintaining a transcendent attitude.