Behind the raging immortal flames, a majestic, towering, and awe-inspiring divine hall hovered suspended in the central sky above Dark Night City, radiating an immortal brilliance.
Moreover, a faint yet irresistible, vast heavenly might, as lofty as the heavens themselves, permeated the air.
This was the grand divine hall in the hearts of countless bandits throughout the entire Dark Night Ancient City, the chaotic land where the Dark Night Sovereign of the untraceable Mythical Era had once existed.
Sacred and extraordinary, the pressure of the Great Dao was overwhelming, possessing an aura as vast and boundless as the Heavenly Dao itself.
Anyone arriving before the divine hall had to suppress the pride in their hearts, facing it with reverence, even prostrating themselves in worship.
The Dark Night Ancient Hall, the ancient hall of the Dark Night Sovereign from the Mythical Era. Its grand gates stood wide open without the slightest defense. A divine light celestial staircase extended down to the ground, with exactly one thousand steps, no more, no less.
No one could see the interior of the ancient hall, only a hazy dawn light, captivating and seemingly elevating one's essence, energy, and spirit.
One Immortal True King and Saint Realm King after another had already charged in, totaling eighteen people so far. Each one shone with divine radiance, as if transcendent deities.
They stood upon it, facing the grand, majestic, and solemn Dark Night Ancient Hall.
The grand gates of the divine hall stood wide open, overflowing with a surging, misty aura. A hazy, multicolored mist obscured everything, preventing anyone from seeing through it clearly.
"Let's go!"
No one knew exactly who spoke first, uttering these words. The powerhouses lifted their feet and strode into the ancient hall, ascending the thousand-step celestial staircase, yet no obstruction appeared.
This point made them wary!
Soon, they all entered the Dark Night Ancient Hall one by one, keeping a distance from each other and remaining highly vigilant.
The glorious ancient hall was extremely spacious, the vast hall almost completely empty.
An ancient aura of time slowly permeated the air. At the center of the hall stood a supremely high divine throne, upon which sat a figure of boundless grandeur.
He seemed to merge with the myriad Daos of heaven and earth, his form resembling the grand Heavenly Dao. No one could discern his true appearance, but an overwhelming majesty that could subdue billions of living beings rolled out from him.
The Dark Night Sovereign!
The only one who could sit upon the divine throne in this ancient hall was this legendary Ancient Monarch from the Mythical Era!
Naturally, this was merely a stone statue. The true Dark Night Sovereign could not possibly be like this. Yet it felt incredibly real, allowing one to sense how peerlessly heroic and majestic the Dark Night Sovereign of yore had been, ruling over all heavens.
The stone statue possessed the Dark Night Sovereign's divine charm flowing within it, shining brilliantly, how extraordinary.
Above the hall's dome, as if leading to infinite starry space, a vast starry river hung across the ceiling, shimmering with radiant starlight.
Although no sunlight shone into the ancient hall, beneath the myriad heavenly stars, it remained incredibly bright.
Upon arriving here, each powerhouse was highly vigilant. In fact, this place warranted far more caution than facing the First Great Bandit.
Because he had only manifested a Dao body to obstruct them, manifested the Twelve Zodiac Generals, manifested the sea of immortal flames—passing through meant safety.
But here, within the ancient hall of the legendary Dark Night Sovereign, who could truly relax?
Everyone was on guard. Furthermore, the entrance to the Ancient Divine Domain was within the Dark Night Ancient Hall, though no one knew exactly where the true entrance was.
The powerhouses separated, each searching for the entrance to the Ancient Divine Domain, their divine senses pushed to the extreme.
Whoosh—
Ye Chen shifted horizontally, appearing beside Weir with a whoosh. The latter was slightly startled, only relaxing when he saw it was Ye Chen. "Damn, suddenly appearing beside me, trying to scare me to death?"
Although he still appeared dignified and solemn, beneath that wheat-colored face, the lecherous smile and crude words greatly undermined that dignified solemnity.
"Weir, where did you run off to before?" Ye Chen asked directly.
The Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor had already transformed to human height, draping an arm over Weir's shoulder in a human-dragon hybrid manner, chuckling. "I say, Weir, you rascal, did you run off to peep at some beauty bathing again, or did you cop a feel and not admit it?"
Weir cursed, raising a middle finger to scorn the Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor. "What kind of talk is that? Would this master be that lecherous? If anyone's peeping, it's you."
Listening to these two guys' vulgar, rogue talk, Ye Chen couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, hurriedly stopping them. "Stop, stop."
"Not afraid to tell you," Weir said, his thieving eyes darting around before continuing in a low voice, "I went and pulled off a huge deal. Don't tell anyone, but I made a profit of ten million jin in spirit stones alone."
"Ten million jin of spirit stones!"
Ye Chen was shocked. The Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor rushed forward eagerly. "Weir, we're brothers. As the saying goes, what's a brother's is mine, and what's mine is still mine. Hurry up and split it with me. Not too much, nine million jin of spirit stones will do."
"I spit—" Weir directly raised a middle finger to scorn the Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor. Nine million jin? Why don't you just rob me?
"What exactly did you do?" Ye Chen asked.
"Don't ask too much now. Hurry up and get inside. Otherwise, if others catch up, it'll be a big problem."
"Catch up?" Ye Chen was somewhat suspicious.
"Don't ask too many questions. Just hurry up and find the entrance to the Ancient Divine Domain."
Weir seemed apprehensive, unwilling to stay a moment longer, quickly dashing through the ancient hall, searching for the entrance to the Ancient Divine Domain.
Ye Chen shook his head, not bothering to pursue it further. Instead, he paced through the ancient hall, measuring it step by step. Brilliant glazed golden flames leaped in his eyes, shining radiantly. With each step, patterns of the Great Dao spread out around him.
Naturally, he was also searching for the entrance to the Ancient Divine Domain, but he believed it couldn't be found so simply.
Hum—
Suddenly, the ancient ring of Old Yan on his hand grew much brighter. A beam of light shot forth from it, directly striking the majestic statue of the Dark Night Sovereign.
Why did Old Yan's ancient ring suddenly shine? Could Old Yan be the Dark Night Sovereign?
This thought flashed through Ye Chen's mind for only an instant, but he dismissed it. Because everything about the Dark Night Sovereign and Old Yan seemed completely different, difficult to connect.
Yet this thought seemed to take root in his mind, impossible to shake off no matter what.
He felt that even if Old Yan couldn't be the Dark Night Sovereign, there was still a significant relationship.
At the same time, almost everyone saw the beam of light from Ye Chen's Old Yan ancient ring vanish into the Dark Night Sovereign statue, and all eyes turned towards it.
Could the entrance be on the Dark Night Sovereign's statue?
Almost instantly, this thought surfaced in everyone's minds.
And they all believed that Ye Chen's Old Yan ancient ring was likely related to the Sovereign's statue.
But almost simultaneously, the powerhouses glanced at each other. In that instant, they all moved, charging towards the Dark Night Sovereign's statue, wanting to find the entrance and enter the Ancient Divine Domain.
Boom—
At this very moment, a full fourteen gigantic palms slammed down.