“The Nightfall Siege occurs once every hundred thousand years, initiated by the Dragon Phoenix Academy. All prodigies within the academy must participate in this siege warfare, contending for the legendary spots…”
As soon as his divine sense probed into the Memory Jade, a stream of crucial information immediately flowed into Ye Chen’s consciousness. It contained all sorts of details about the Nightfall Siege, all of it essential, summarized, and quite comprehensive.
After a good while, Ye Chen finally understood all the information and grasped the full picture.
The so-called Nightfall Siege, as the name implied, was a siege warfare against the first ancient city of the Plunder Heaven Plains—Nightfall City. It was conducted once every hundred thousand years, coinciding with the Human Sovereign competition. It was initiated by the Dragon Phoenix Academy, involving all the prodigies and talents within the institute.
The primary purpose was to have the many prodigies from the Myriad Domains within the cultivation academy launch a siege against Nightfall City, undergoing a trial, even a life-and-death trial, to temper their strength.
Moreover, this siege warfare aligned with the Dragon Phoenix Academy’s principle: regardless of the process, only the result mattered. Casualties were of no concern.
Naturally, the Dragon Phoenix Academy’s rewards were also exceedingly generous. If one successfully breached Nightfall City, the rewards would be immensely rich, including a unique spot—a spot related to a legendary ancient domain rumored to possibly hold the supreme inheritances of mythic Emperors and Sovereigns.
That ancient domain was called the Ancient Divine Domain!
Legend had it that within Nightfall City lay a secret ancient path leading to the fabled Ancient Divine Domain. However, only the Dragon Phoenix Academy truly mastered the method to open this secret ancient path.
If a prodigy could storm the city and find this secret ancient path, it would be equivalent to obtaining a crucial spot to enter the Ancient Divine Domain. This alone was enough to ignite the fervent envy of countless people.
After all, everyone had heard rumors that the Ancient Divine Domain might hold the supreme inheritances of Emperors and Sovereigns. Some had even obtained parts of it, subsequently becoming a generation of peerless Great Powers, shaking the myriad realms, and founding supreme sects that endured for millennia, their legacies everlasting.
Who could remain unmoved by such supreme inheritances?
Unfortunately, actually succeeding in the siege was far from easy. Leaving aside that Nightfall City, as the core ancient city of the Plunder Heaven Plains, was a true dragon’s pool and tiger’s den—a place where tigers crouch and dragons hide, teeming with countless powerful experts, and even had Heavenly King old-timers entrenched within.
Merely approaching Nightfall City was incredibly difficult.
On their way to Nightfall City, the prodigies from the Myriad Domains would face layer upon layer of obstruction from the countless bandits and robbers infesting the Plunder Heaven Plains. They would experience countless life-and-death battles, and there was even the possibility of terrifying desolate beasts and great bandits appearing, slaughtering across a hundred thousand miles, drenching the land in blood.
All these factors illustrated the difficulty of the Nightfall Siege; it was not as simple as one might imagine.
Furthermore, it was rumored that the number of spots to enter the Ancient Divine Domain had always been limited to just a few dozen. This alone caused the thirty million prodigies within the Dragon Phoenix Academy to distrust each other, making cooperation difficult. On the contrary, they might turn against one another, ambushing and killing each other along the way to reduce the number of competitors.
Such circumstances further increased the difficulty of the Nightfall Siege.
Precisely because of this, the Nightfall Siege was exceptionally arduous.
According to intelligence gathered by the Heavenly God Palace, throughout the ages, the number of prodigies who ultimately managed to breach the city in each Nightfall Siege was at minimum only three or four, and at maximum never exceeded thirty, often hovering around a dozen or so.
One could see the whole picture from a single glimpse.
After obtaining this crucial information, Ye Chen’s expression turned slightly grave. The difficulty of the Nightfall Siege truly exceeded expectations. It was indeed a trial from the Dragon Phoenix Academy, extraordinary as expected.
Moreover, Nightfall City even had legendary Heavenly King old-timers stationed within. Just this point alone made breaching the city seem like wishful thinking—immensely difficult, easier said than done.
Ye Chen let out a soft sigh. Indeed, entering the Ancient Divine Domain was no ordinary challenge.
After Wei’er and the Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor learned the information within the Memory Jade, they both fell silent, clearly also sensing the difficulty of the Nightfall Siege.
The Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor looked at Ye Chen and asked, “Little Yue, what do you plan to do?”
“Storm the city.”
The words were spoken softly, but the tone was resolute and unwavering.
Not surprisingly, the Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor nodded. “Very well. However, this matter requires careful planning. We shouldn’t act rashly.”
“Naturally, I understand.” Ye Chen nodded and soon conceived a plan.
“What plan?”
“Become a great bandit!”
When he said it, both Wei’er and the Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor were taken aback, not expecting Ye Chen to answer thus.
However, upon hearing it, this plan seemed to be the best approach. By becoming a great bandit, perhaps they wouldn’t even need to storm the city; they could enter directly.
Yet the Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor, crossing its claws over its chest, couldn’t help but frown. “Little Yue, have you considered that if you can think of this, why wouldn’t the people in Nightfall City think of it too? Throughout the ages, there must have been people who tried this before. So, how could those in Nightfall City be unaware of such tactics? They must have precautions in place.”
“What if we add this?” Ye Chen smiled and took out a dark, black token. On it were only two ancient characters—Black Sky!
That’s right, this was the Black Sky Token gifted by Wang Ming before leaving the Domain War battlefield, representing the authority of the Eight Great Bandits of Black Sky.
Back then, Wang Ming had said that the center of the Myriad Domains was fraught with difficulties. If encountering obstruction, presenting the Black Sky Token might make various overlords show some respect.
Although Ye Chen’s current cultivation was profound, rivaling Saint Lord-level figures, and he possessed the Ancient Lan World and Faith Power, allowing his strength to soar briefly to a level surpassing Samsara…
Now, in this Plunder Heaven Plains, he felt this Black Sky Token might play a rather significant role.
“Black Sky Token!?” The Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor was slightly surprised, then understood Ye Chen’s relationship with Wang Ming. Obtaining this token was only natural.
Although the Plunder Heaven Plains was not the Black Sky Plains, their nature was quite similar—both were overrun with bandits.
Moreover, rumors had long circulated throughout the Myriad Domains that the Black Sky Plains and the Plunder Heaven Plains were deeply connected.
Especially the Eight Great Bandits of Black Sky; it was said they were a faction of great bandits that had split off from the Plunder Heaven Plains.
Therefore, the Black Sky Token might command the bandits and robbers within the Plunder Heaven Plains, allowing one to become a great bandit.
Ye Chen decided the next step was to enter the Plunder Heaven Plains, approach Nightfall City, and ideally even enter Nightfall City, saving the effort of storming it.
However, he wasn’t sure whether the Plunder Heaven Plains would honor the reputation of the Eight Great Bandits of Black Sky, but he presumed it would have some effect.
Shortly after, Ye Chen finalized his plans and was about to pull the man and the dragon along to shoot forth into the Plunder Heaven Plains when Wei’er spoke up at that moment, announcing his departure.