The Ancient Divine Domain was vast and boundless, far larger than one could imagine, its true scale unknowable.
In Ye Chen's estimation, it was likely no smaller than the Ancient Lan World, perhaps even greater.
After all, according to the Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor's speculation, the Ancient Divine Domain was most likely the grand world created by the legendary Tai Sheng Huang, magnificent and immense.
Just this Huang Gu Forest alone was no less than the Myriad Demons Ancient Domain of the Ancient Lan World, filled with numerous terrifying demonic beasts traversing heaven and earth.
The golden-feathered Divine Peng with wings that blotted out the clouds, the Divine Turtle that devoured Divine Eagles, the azure-scaled giant python that had slumbered for who knows how many years...
All of it demonstrated the extraordinary nature of the Ancient Divine Domain. Great demonic beasts of the Saint Treasury Realm were not few; while not everywhere, many lurked within.
Even the Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor was repeatedly astonished, his heart surging with waves of amazement.
In the distance, towering ancient trees soared into the high sky, their branches and leaves spreading out to blot out the sun.
The mountains and rivers were primal, old vines coiled like dragons, peaks stood majestic, mountain ranges stretched continuously, and great rivers flowed grandly, presenting a scene of ancient wilderness.
It was like an unopened primordial world, yet the creatures within were all powerful and terrifying. Even Ye Chen could sense that within the Huang Gu Forest, there were truly Saint Lord-level demonic overlords.
It had to be said, this was a terrifying grand world, possibly even more fearsome than the Ancient Lan World.
Moreover, the transmission from the Sovereign divine statue seemed to have no fixed location, scattering everyone across various places in the Ancient Divine Domain.
Like the Yuan Yao Divine King, like Will, they had all entered the Ancient Divine Domain, but he had not found their traces. Clever as he was, how could he not understand this?
However, it also gave Ye Chen a headache, for the Ancient Divine Domain was too vast. He simply didn't know how to find Ruoxi, Yaya, Zhao Jingruo, and the others.
The Ancient Divine Domain was no less than the Ancient Lan World, and it was strange. Powerful as he was, a World Lord, he found it difficult to communicate with the Ancient Lan World here, hindered by an intangible influence. The world portal within his body was hard to open, only a small part accessible, allowing only trickles of world power to flow out.
This placed a great restriction on his ability to exert his strength.
Skilled and bold, even though communication with the Ancient Lan World was difficult, Ye Chen was, after all, a generation's Supreme One and peerless genius, capable of suppressing Saint Realm overlords. Moreover, with the Primordial Battle Body and Faith Power in hand, he had nothing to fear.
Even if there were some extremely terrifying, unmatched existences in the Ancient Divine Domain, Ye Chen believed he could avoid their sharp edges.
He just didn't know where he currently was. The land stretched endlessly, with no discernible direction. In the end, he could only head east, avoiding those demonic beasts along the way, not wanting to invite unnecessary trouble.
During the journey, he witnessed the strict law of the jungle in this Huang Gu Forest. Although there were Houtian, Xiantian, and Demigod demonic beasts, they could only survive as the bottom layer.
The demonic beasts here were too terrifying. Even Divine Transformation Realm great demonic beasts could be devoured at any time. Only fearsome demonic races at the Demi-Saint level or above had the qualification to preserve their lives.
For this place did not lack powerful Saint Realm demonic beasts. In just three days, aside from the initially encountered golden-feathered Divine Peng, Divine Turtle, and azure-scaled giant python, he had encountered no fewer than seven Saint Realm demonic races, making his scalp tingle.
This Ancient Divine Domain was far more terrifying than imagined.
Half a day later, Ye Chen inadvertently entered a deep mountain valley and, from afar, discovered a complex of palace buildings nestled within the deep valley.
Ye Chen uttered a sound of surprise. The Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor had long since transformed to human height. The man and the dragon were somewhat astonished as they gazed at the distant palace complex, revealing a hint of joy.
Since there were palaces, it meant there were cultivators, and they could obtain information about the Ancient Divine Domain.
But they were cautious and did not rush over immediately. After observing carefully for a moment, they suddenly sighed helplessly.
For there were no living beings within this palace complex. It had long been abandoned, and it was very dilapidated, with hardly any intact halls to be seen, all broken pillars and fallen beams.
This palace complex was vast, far more magnificent and towering than the imperial palaces of those Great Emperors in the mortal world, stretching for hundreds of li, its end not visible at a glance.
One could imagine that in the past, this was the site of an extraordinary power. Ultimately, it could not withstand time, perhaps declining from its peak, or suffering attacks from enemies or others, thus falling into ruin, buried within the Huang Gu Forest.
Ye Chen and the Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor entered the palace. Though very ruined, they could still see how magnificent and grand this palace had been in its day. Each hall was hundreds of zhang high, some even several hundred or a thousand zhang, soaring into the clouds.
They even saw halls carved with ancient patterns and designs, the work of master craftsmen, perfect.
Walking within, one could feel how prosperous and flourishing the power that once resided here must have been.
Finally, outside the palace, Ye Chen saw a worn-out stone tablet sunk into the ground. Pulling it out, he saw the name of the palace's power—
Luo He Sect!
A great power that might have been immensely prosperous in its day. Unfortunately, all that splendor was merely of the past, long gone with the wind, nothing remaining.
Turning, Ye Chen and the Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor left the palace complex. After half a day of searching, there were no treasures left within the palace; the few remaining Dao weapons had severely lost their divinity.
The massive treasure vault of the great power was empty, nothing left.
Ye Chen couldn't even find any information related to the Ancient Divine Domain, which disappointed him the most.
He didn't believe the Ancient Divine Domain was just a primordial forest world. There must be other races, even powerful nations or flourishing great sects, like the Ancient Lan World.
But now, it was impossible to trace.
Leaving with regret.
Ye Chen and the Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor set off together, heading east, their figures fast as lightning, constantly weaving through the Huang Gu Forest.
It wasn't that he didn't want to use the Void God Platform to traverse the skies, but each use covered millions of li. He feared that piloting the Void God Platform might accidentally intrude into the territory of some great power or a Saint Realm great demonic beast, causing unnecessary trouble.
Speak of the devil, and he shall appear.
Unintentionally, Ye Chen trespassed into the territory of a fearsome great demonic beast.
"ROAR—"
An earth-shaking roar echoed, causing the distant Hundred Thousand Great Mountains to tremble, with several small mountains being violently smashed apart.
A massive, enormous Saint Realm great demonic beast appeared, and it was a Cang Dragon, the same terrifying dragon race as the Cang Dragon King of the First Great Bandit. Though not pure-blooded, at least one-third of its blood was dragon blood, making it very powerful, far stronger than a demonic flood dragon by many times.
The Cang Dragon hovered in the sky, rumbling and shaking the entire world, larger than a mountain range by a full circle, immensely powerful.