The Hundred Battles Mountain Range was one of the most famous regions within the Million Mountains.
Compared to other ancient, primordial endless forests, the Hundred Battles Mountain Range stretched for thousands of miles in a crimson red, its earth barren and devoid of life, presenting a scene of utter desolation.
Naturally, in the distant ancient times, the Hundred Battles Mountain Range had also been a lush, primeval forest stretching for tens of thousands of miles. The earth contained spirit veins, brimming with spiritual energy.
It was a land teeming with spiritual energy, where countless demonic beasts and fierce beasts roamed, and numerous Heaven and Earth Treasures grew naturally.
Later, a terrifying great battle occurred. Divine Spirit-level powerhouses confronted each other, their Dao marks and laws capable of causing heaven to collapse and earth to split. They fought across this region, leveling countless mountains and shattering the spirit veins deep within the earth until they dried up and withered.
Because of this Divine Spirit battle, many later powerhouses chose this place for their own confrontations. Over time, the land lost its vitality, becoming crimson for thousands of miles, and it became the world-renowned Hundred Battles Mountain Range.
It was said that every barren mountain within the Hundred Battles Mountain Range was the burial ground of a supreme powerhouse. The thousand-mile crimson earth was dyed by their blood, adhering with fearsome baleful aura, forming a Houtian-created forbidden land.
Even Saints dared not rashly enter, as that baleful aura was something even Saints could not completely avoid.
For ordinary people, this was absolutely a forbidden zone, not to be stepped into. Even Saints would regard it with immense caution, keeping their distance.
But now, someone had seen a supreme treasure appear, plunging into the Hundred Battles Mountain Range, accompanied by wisps of primordial Chaos Qi. It was a supreme Chaos treasure, enough to stir the hearts of anyone in the world.
Even Saints, who were usually as elusive as a divine dragon, could not restrain themselves and appeared one after another.
Precisely because of this Chaos treasure, within just a few days, this place was no longer its usual desolate self. Powerhouses from across the Ancient Emperor Continent rushed here, numerous experts standing tall in the void.
In a safe area far from the Hundred Battles Mountain Range, powerhouses from various parts of the human Domain arrived one after another.
There were many renowned older-generation powerhouses, leaders of sects and rulers of nations, reclusive super experts, and also rising prodigies of the younger generation who had recently gained fame.
Powerhouses appeared in great numbers. Whether from the older or younger generation, male or female, they all came, all coveting that Chaos treasure, wanting to seize it for themselves.
However, no one dared to recklessly charge into the Hundred Battles Mountain Range. Throughout the ages, countless peerless battles and the fall of countless powerhouses had long turned this Hundred Battles Mountain Range into a thousand-mile crimson land. Bloody baleful aura enveloped the entire mountain range, capable of corroding divine power and even disturbing one's mind. It was a famously forbidden land on the Ancient Emperor Continent.
The powerhouses still acted independently, not yet united. Even a Saint Lord-level powerhouse would be extremely wary acting alone.
Precisely because of this, the powerhouses unanimously decided to jointly enter the Hundred Battles Mountain Range three days later. While resisting the baleful aura, the ownership of the Chaos treasure would be decided by their skills!
After Ye Chen arrived, he observed the situation within the Hundred Battles Mountain Range from afar, his expression somewhat strange. Surprisingly, he did not enter, but remained on a mountaintop far from the area where the powerhouses gathered, silently meditating.
There was no corresponding law fluctuation emanating from him, so no one paid him excessive attention.
During these few days, there were also powerhouses who, believing their strength was sufficiently high, charged into the Hundred Battles Mountain Range as soon as they arrived, wanting to seize the initiative and snatch the Chaos treasure. But they never returned, including a powerful Demi-Saint.
Regarding this, the powerhouses only sneered. Even Saints and Saint Lords were waiting. What was a mere Demi-Saint thinking, charging in alone, if not seeking death?
During these three days, the situation intensified even further. More and more powerhouses rushed over from all parts of the human Domain.
Buzz—
In the sky, a massive spatial gate suddenly appeared. Its frame was inscribed with complex and profound spatial Dao marks. The gate was dark and deep, leading to a mysterious unknown place.
A powerful divine abilities user or force, sparing no cost, had opened a spatial gate for long-distance teleportation.
A massive warship appeared, a thousand zhang in size. Its majestic hull blotted out the sky, casting a vast shadow.
The warship was filled with figures, all armored from head to toe in black armor—a fearsome Forbidden Army.
A huge war banner could be seen fluttering in the wind on the warship. An ancient character was painted on it, said to be an ancient script from the era of gods—the character "Xiang".
This represented the Xiang Kingdom, one of the Thirty-Six Empires.
On a distant mountaintop, Ye Chen sat cross-legged, his eyes slightly open, squinting as he swept a glance over the Xiang Kingdom warship. He sensed powerful auras radiating from it, among which was even a Saint Lord-level powerful aura.
Not simple, but not something to fear either.
Not long after, another spatial gate opened in a different part of the sky, emitting a terrifying roar that shook heaven and earth.
An ancient war chariot emerged, rumbling as it descended upon this place. War aura soared to the heavens, and a fearsome super expert was concealed within the chariot.
That was the war chariot of Hua Guo, also among the ranks of the Thirty-Six Empires. Behind it, two powerful figures also appeared, both super characters who could dominate in the Saint Realm.
"Saint Hua Jian, I didn't expect you to arrive so quickly!"
Another spatial gate opened, and a hearty laugh echoed out. Another war chariot appeared, a silver-armored one, appearing mighty and sharp. It even had powerful draft beasts—a Saint-level demonic flood dragon, its body thick and massive.
The war chariot rumbled loudly, surging with waves of powerful war aura that seemed capable of tearing apart heaven and earth. Even Saints felt as if their bodies were about to be ripped apart, causing them to retreat and keep their distance, not daring to get too close.
One could imagine just how supremely powerful the figure within this silver-armored war chariot was.
Immediately after, spatial gates opened one after another. Without a doubt, they were basically all super experts from the Thirty-Six Empires arriving. Only such forces could be so extravagantly wealthy, willing to open spatial gates for long-distance teleportation, as the cost of teleportation increased with distance.
Often, it even required hundreds of thousands of jin of spirit stones.
The people present all changed color, because the more forces that arrived, the less chance they had of seizing the Chaos treasure.
But there was no help for it, as these were truly the supreme forces that dominated the world, overlords who dictated the rise and fall of the world, with a fearsome heritage that no one could easily offend.
Naturally, among the Thirty-Six Empires and Seventy-Two Ancient Kingdoms, not all forces had arrived. Some empires were too far away; some ancient kingdoms knew that with the participation of the Thirty-Six Empires, they likely had little chance of seizing the treasure. Thus, in the end, only a small portion of the empire and ancient kingdom powerhouses arrived.
But the number of powerhouses was still quite considerable.