The Memory Jade left behind by the Corpse Devouring Insect Emperor ultimately contained one crucial piece of information: by traveling roughly five hundred thousand li east, one could leave this Huang Gu Demon Domain and reach a truly prosperous Domain.
That was a flourishing Domain established by cultivators of the Ancient Divine Domain, containing various kingdoms and numerous powerful factions, in no way inferior to the Ancient Lan World.
However, it was worth mentioning that up to now, he had not truly understood the Huang Gu Demon Domain before hastily entering seclusion.
But these matters could be set aside for now. Ye Chen descended upon the Dark Abyss Valley, which had been mostly destroyed by the Saint Vault Great Tribulation. Before leaving the Huang Gu Demon Domain, there was still one thing he had not done.
This valley was somewhat strange. He had sensed a demonic and sinister aura similar to that of the alien race here before—it had appeared on the Dark Abyss Demon Dragon and had also been sensed within the valley.
This attracted Ye Chen's attention, even leading him to suspect for a time whether the alien race had also invaded this realm.
But Ye Chen furrowed his brow because the Ancient Divine Domain, also known as the Ancient Emperor World, had always been a closed-off ancient world. Even people from the myriad realms could not enter without the relevant secret passages.
Not even the ancient Great Sages could manage it, so how exactly had the alien race invaded?
This was worth pondering deeply.
Ye Chen landed on the scorched, blackened Dark Abyss Valley, blasted by heavenly thunder, and began measuring it on foot.
Stealing Heaven and Changing Earth was a profound divine ability within the Battle Saint Art used to alter appearance and origin aura. It was generally suspected to be merely a side-path technique, but in truth, how could the Dao arts within the Battle Saint Art be anything less than extraordinary?
In its early stages, this Dao art could only be used to change facial features and aura, but upon reaching a sufficient realm, one could fully unleash its true power—changing the heavens and earth, shifting mountains and rivers, and transforming them at will.
Naturally, it could also survey the heavens and earth.
Ye Chen had reached this step and began surveying the heavens and earth, specifically the Dark Abyss Valley, because he always felt this valley was extraordinary, as if it concealed some unknown special secret.
He had once attempted a comprehensive survey with his vast divine sense. Powerful as he was, when he probed underground with his divine sense and reached a depth of a hundred li, he could advance no further.
It was not because his divine sense was not strong enough, but because at a depth of a hundred li, an inexplicable barrier arose, preventing his divine sense from probing deeper.
It was precisely because of this that he grew suspicious.
However, Ye Chen did not act rashly because he was not clear about what lay deep within the earth.
Of course, with his cultivation at this level, unless a Heavenly King appeared, there was nothing for him to fear. Still, it was best to be cautious in all things.
As Ye Chen's steps fell, golden Dao patterns and divine marks continuously spread from under his feet, sinking into the valley and disappearing.
The Cang Dragon watched curiously as Ye Chen quickly stepped across the Dark Abyss Valley, not knowing what he was doing but not daring to ask.
A full day later, Ye Chen had already walked a complete circle around the vast valley. Countless golden Dao patterns had long been comprehensively Imprinted into the valley's earth and were now hidden from sight.
But after all this was completed, with a single forceful stomp from Ye Chen, the golden Dao patterns that should have vanished completely reappeared, crisscrossing and densely interwoven, spreading across the entire Dark Abyss Valley like stars in the sky.
Boom—
The entire area shimmered with resplendent golden light.
The Dark Abyss Valley, spanning a thousand li in radius, glowed brilliantly. Everything above and below ground was within Ye Chen's perception.
Ye Chen could sense that beneath the Dark Abyss Valley, a hundred li down, there was a massive object, about fifty li in diameter, that periodically released eerie fluctuations, blocking the probing of divine sense.
But upon careful perception, it was clearly a giant star, embedded deep within the earth. Its surface was covered with countless holes of varying sizes, crisscrossing like a honeycomb, appearing ferocious.
Streaks of golden light coiled around the star, quickly perceived by Ye Chen, yet he sensed no vitality from it.
Ye Chen stomped his foot heavily on the ground. With a rumble, the earth was torn open, forming a massive chasm. The honeycomb-shaped star, entwined by golden light, was directly dragged up to the surface, appearing before his eyes.
The Cang Dragon was startled. No matter how it thought, it had never expected such a honeycomb star to exist deep within the earth of the Dark Abyss Valley.
Ye Chen could sense that this honeycomb star retained the demonic and sinister aura of alien race beings, but it was devoid of vitality. Remnants of alien race array patterns and Dao marks interwove upon it, sealing the leakage of aura and also preventing divine sense investigation.
After confirming that the array patterns posed little danger, Ye Chen suddenly acted, forcibly erasing all remaining array patterns and Dao marks, restoring a clear space. He even manifested the Eyes of the Heavens to explore, staring unblinkingly at this massive star for a long time before finally confirming that the honeycomb star was indeed devoid of vitality.
He sighed softly and, with a whoosh, soared into the sky, arriving at the star. He entered the star along one of its honeycomb passages.
Along the way, he could see crisscrossing dark passages, and the passages were piled with corpses—alien race beings. There were demonic beings, crimson-haired monsters, and alien race beings of other races, unheard of and unseen before, all lying on the ground, their vitality extinguished, covered in dust.
Many of the corpses turned to powder at the slightest touch, having died who knows how many years ago.
But strangely, these alien race beings bore no wounds, and it could be seen that they had been working in an orderly, cooperative manner before death, as if they had suddenly encountered an unprecedented great catastrophe, their vitality extinguished in an instant.
This inevitably made Ye Chen ponder deeply: what exactly had happened in this alien race nest back then, that all vitality was exterminated in an instant?
Naturally, Ye Chen harbored no sympathy for these alien race beings—the more that died, the better. He was merely very curious.
He walked along the long honeycomb passage and finally entered the core depths of the honeycomb star. It was a vast space, about a hundred zhang tall and wide, within which stood six giant eggs, dozens of zhang high, connected to all sides.
But without exception, these giant eggs were also devoid of vitality. Two of them even had their thick shells broken open, vaguely revealing massive alien race beings inside—demonic beings with twelve wings on their backs, and crimson-haired monsters with ferocious horns. They were at least Heavenly King realm supreme alien race beings, appearing very ferocious and terrifying.
On the ground, there was also a shattered corpse, its fragments scattered across the core space, utterly destroyed.
"Damnable Primordial..."
In a daze, within the star's core space, a roar from an alien race being exploded, as if traversing from an eternity past.