Eternal Holy Emperor

The Emperor suddenly paused, letting out a light sigh. Since the opponent dared to come, they were already well-prepared, truly skilled and bold.

If truly offended, the opponent might have a way to break open, and no one knows what kind of trump cards this Combat Saint King might have. Offending him completely would be the greatest misfortune for the entire Tianxu Dynasty.

He had a premonition that this Combat Saint King absolutely had the power to bring the entire dynasty to ruin.

Moreover, the Ancient God Continent ultimately was too small in scope. The Tianxu Empire had developed over eternal ages, essentially reaching its peak. To progress further, one must leave the Ancient Emperor Realm and head into the Heavenly and Myriads of Realms; that is the true opportunity for immortality, not to forfeit much for little.

The powers exchanged glances upon hearing this and sighed softly, all understanding that their scope was ultimately too small, if possible, they should venture into broader worlds.

In the seventh layer, Ye Chen put down the ancient text he held, seemingly able to see the scene outside, his lips slowly curling into a smile.

In fact, Ye Chen had only stayed in the seventh layer of the pagoda for ten days before leaving, having completely comprehended all the ancient texts, naturally gaining a deeper understanding of the Ancient Emperor Realm.

Within these, there were records of the curse issued by a supreme entity during the Taichu Era of the Ancient Emperor Realm, originating from a rather ancient stone tablet, all recorded in Taichu ancient script. If not for the traces of divinity still circulating, Ye Chen would find it difficult to comprehend its meaning.

Yet another secret within shocked Ye Chen—the existence of the Demon God Ruins, enduring for an unbelievably long time, existing since the Taichu Era, and similarly, so did that Old Knight.

Ye Chen was extremely surprised; these were beings that existed across almost the entire epoch of the Ancient Emperor Realm, having appeared several times on the Ancient God Continent.

Historically, there had been dominant level forces not weaker than the Nine Great Empires that attacked the Demon God Ruins, suspecting the presence of the Pill of Immortality and a pathway to leave the Ancient Emperor Realm, launching a strong assault.

Unfortunately, that assault was at least millions of years ago now, and the Tianxu Empire had not yet been born, leaving only a few records, including rumors that the Old Knight appeared, wiping out the entire dominant force overnight, shaking the entire Ancient God Continent.

Few relics sporadically recorded the truly astounding origin of the Demon God Ruins, not a ruin of the Ancient Emperor Realm, but from another realm, suppressing a door suspected to lead to an Undying World.

As for Yii Wu on the other side of the Chaos Sea, the records roughly coincided with those on the ancient jade of the super force collection.

Ten days later, he bade farewell, entrusting the Tianxu Imperial Family with a task to search for the traces of the Corpse-devouring Worm Emperor.

Who knew what that cursed dragon was up to, disappearing like this, not showing up as promised in Tianxu Imperial City?

Not long after, Ye Chen arrived in the Imperial City of the Divine Wind Empire, appearing openly and releasing supreme pressure to enter the palace.

Likewise, he received the hospitality of the Divine Wind Imperial Family and made mutual promises similar to those with the Tianxu Imperial Family, leading the crown prince of the dynasty to leave and venture into the Heavenly and Myriads of Realms.

As an exchange, Ye Chen also gained the benefit of perusing related information, more extensive than that of the Tianxu Imperial Family, immersing himself for over half a month to fully understand.

Subsequently, he appeared in the Changhua Empire, Jiuzhou Empire, Ancient Hua Empire, Weishen Empire...

His figure also appeared in the imperial cities of the Nine Great Ancient Emperor Dynasties, where the same exchange conditions applied: reading related materials, significantly deepening his understanding of the Ancient Emperor Realm.

This collective wisdom immensely benefited his grasp of how to leave the Ancient Emperor Realm and how to search for Supreme Inheritance.

Most importantly, the deeper his understanding, the more extraordinary he found the Ancient Emperor Realm. Moreover, from the ancient records kept by several great dynasties, through certain traces he discerned a key point: a dreadful backup plan had been laid in the Ancient Emperor Realm, spanning ancient and present times, with vast schemes.

This frightened Ye Chen, who dared not delve further and decisively abandoned it.

When he appeared in the Ancient Hua Imperial City, surprisingly, the people of the Ancient Hua Royal Family were not angry, nor did they take action, allowing Ye Chen to enter the archives just like the other dynasties, personally escorted by the Emperor himself into a magnificent hall where a large number of the dynasty's treasures were stored.

However, after the Emperor left, the area immediately burst into infinite radiant light, as vibrant light blades appeared, killing light constructed, instantly enveloping the majestic hall, nearly annihilating it in an instant.

"Hm, what Combat Saint King? Truly laughable, did you really think our Ancient Hua Royal Family would compromise with you?"

In the palace, the various powers of the Ancient Hua Empire emerged one after another, sneering at the isolated area.

Endless lights flickered, ringing clangorously, and absorbed the spiritual energy of the heavens, intertwining into terrifying light of slaughter.

That area completely became a deadly ground; let alone the Saint Master, even at the Saintly Treasure Peak, long-term entry would certainly lead to death.

For no other reason, it was a killing array left by an Old Immortal of the Ancient Hua Empire in ancient times. The old immortal had entered reincarnation back then; although ultimately failing, he miraculously survived, extending his life for three hundred years, crafting this dreadful killing array.

Unless one is a Heavenly King, whoever steps into this killing array is bound to die; it is one of the underlying foundations of the Ancient Hua Royal Family, ordinarily guarding the fortune of the Eternal Imperial Dynasty, and used today only to confront Ye Chen.

Needless to say for the royal family, even the entire imperial city could feel the terrifying aura of slaughter, instilling fear in a Saint Master.

The dynasties that once offered equivalent exchange conditions only sighed in dismay at Ancient Hua Empire's madness extinguishing their hopes.

They had planned to send their crown prince successors, allowing him to escort them away from the Ancient Emperor Realm.

Unfortunately, the hope was extinguished, yet one could not blame the Ancient Hua Empire.

After all, the Ancient Hua Empire had suffered the loss of an important Saint Master-level figure at the hands of the Combat Saint King, an invaluable person within the empire itself, irreplaceable, naturally an irreconcilable hatred.

Simultaneously, far away, a slender and blurry figure stood in the void over ten thousand miles from the Ancient Hua Imperial City, unmoving.

Upon closer inspection, this person was precisely the Combat Saint King whom the world believed to be trapped in the killing array—

Ye Chen!