Reaching for the Heavens in a Single Step

"These people are still considered weak?" Ye Fan's heart jolted, gaining a deeper understanding of just how vast this world was.

He reined in his thoughts, his gaze sweeping through the crowd until it quickly landed on two figures in a corner of the main hall.

Those two had an extraordinary demeanor and youthful faces, standing out like cranes among a flock of chickens amidst the old monsters and demons, naturally making them extremely conspicuous.

Of course, what was most eye-catching was the golden page held in the young man's hand!

Though he wasn't certain yet, his intuition told him it had to be the Sea of Wheels volume of the Dao Scripture, which he needed most right now!

Ye Fan's heart pounded. He subtly asked, "Daoist, is that golden page the young man is holding a treasure? Why isn't anyone trying to take it from them?"

The Fat Daoist shrugged and said, "Because they know they're not to be trifled with, of course. If I'm not mistaken, everyone else here combined wouldn't be a match for that girl!"

"Hiss!" Ye Fan secretly gasped, his eyes darting around. He then asked, "Can you beat her, Daoist?"

The Fat Daoist looked at him suspiciously. "Why do I feel like you're digging a pit for me, kid?"

Ye Fan chuckled and waved his hand. "How could I? With your wisdom, could I possibly trick you?"

"That's true!" Duan De nodded smugly, then dropped his roguish grin, adopting a rare serious expression. "While that little girl is powerful, she's nothing to me. What truly makes me wary is the young man sitting there!"

Ye Fan was surprised again. "Is he even stronger than that girl?"

"Not exactly!" Duan De's face showed confusion. "In terms of cultivation, I can't detect any spiritual energy fluctuations from him. He seems even weaker than you…"

Ye Fan rolled his eyes. I'm so sorry for being so weak, then.

"But my spiritual sense tells me that if I were to make a move on him, the outcome could be very unpleasant!"

Even this unscrupulous Daoist doesn't dare to touch him? Just as Ye Fan's heart sank further, a divine rainbow flew by, and a woman of unbelievable grace and beauty suddenly appeared in the hall.

Seeing her graceful figure, even the septuagenarian and octogenarian cultivators forgot to attack, lost in her beauty.

"Hmph!" The Spirit Ruin Cave Heaven's sect master bit his tongue, spitting out a jet of blood, and shouted in anger and shock, "Demoness, how dare you bewitch me?"

"Audacious!" The old woman trailing behind the young woman sternly rebuked. "Your Highness is a Descendant of the Great Emperor, born with Sacred Bone. How could she possibly bewitch an ant like you? You lack self-control and yet dare to slander her? Be careful, or I'll rip out your tongue!"

Everyone was startled awake by the Spirit Ruin Cave Heaven's sect master's "Hmph!" and then looked at the newcomer in horror—that woman was actually a Descendant of the Great Emperor!

Just then, the roof of the ancient hall was ripped off by a powerful force. In the sky, dozens of divine rainbows led the way, and nine ancient desolate beasts resembling qilin pulled a jade carriage, riding on clouds.

The person inside the jade carriage did not appear, only a clear, cold voice floated out: "As expected of a Demon Emperor's descendant, to be able to resonate with the Demon Emperor's Heart and form her own domain. Even I almost lost control. There are indeed some tricks to it!"

"So it's because of the Demon Emperor's Heart!" Upon learning the reason, the cultivators present felt much more at ease.

Facing this important figure, the previously arrogant old woman lost her temper. It was the Demon Emperor's descendant who stepped forward: "This humble one is Yan Ruyu. I have only come to retrieve my ancestor's remains. I implore senior to grant my request!"

Although the demon race had declined, a sinking ship still had three pounds of nails. The important figure in the jade carriage clearly didn't want to fall out with her. "Heh, I don't mind, but I don't know if the others will agree!"

"The others?" Yan Ruyu's heart tightened. The next moment, a golden ancient chariot pulled by nine green dragons, a fragrant carriage woven from divine flowers, a massive divine boat refined from divine jade, and a dream-like immortal palace shrouded in purple mist, all came flying from all directions, creating an immense display of power.

From the golden ancient chariot, filled with a肅杀 aura, an ancient voice boomed: "The Azure Emperor's Heart is the source of the Demon Emperor's power. If this demoness gets it, she might cultivate a second Demon Emperor!"

Yan Ruyu replied neither humbly nor arrogantly, "The Great Emperor possessed a grand mind and spirit, viewing all races as one family. My ancestor never committed acts of extermination. Why should senior be so wary?"

An impatient voice came from the divine boat: "Why waste so many words on her? Humans and demons cannot coexist. If she's unwilling to leave, then she can just die here!"

In the corner of the ancient hall, Duan De clicked his tongue twice. "This Demon Emperor was clearly the only mighty figure to have achieved emperorship in the post-Ancient Desolate era, yet his descendants are living such a miserable existence!"

Ye Fan casually asked, "Didn't that Demon Emperor pass away ten thousand years ago? After such a long time, it's normal for the family to decline, isn't it?"

"Ten thousand years? Heh." Duan De sneered. "Ten thousand years, and even the Great Emperor's influence on the world hasn't faded! Which of those Ancient Desolate Families hasn't been passed down for hundreds of thousands of years and still stands at the pinnacle of the world?"

"Hundreds of thousands of years!" Ye Fan couldn't help but gasp. Earth, on the other side of the starry sky, had a recorded civilization history of only a few thousand years. Such a vast timescale of hundreds of thousands of years was truly beyond his imagination.

Just as the atmosphere dropped to freezing point and both sides were on the verge of erupting, suddenly, the spiritual energy within the main hall surged frantically towards a corner of the main hall.

It was like a whale swallowing the sea, as if it wanted to consume all the spiritual energy of heaven and earth!

"It's that young man!" Upon discovering the change, Yan Ruyu and the five human major figures were all startled.

With their discernment, they naturally could sense the distinctiveness of the two, but with treasures at hand, they had no time to consider it carefully.

At this moment, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth surged back like a mighty flood, making Shen Ye appear as if a god-child had descended!

His body, which had previously shown no spiritual energy fluctuations, suddenly burst forth with endless divine radiance!

Under the stunned gazes of the crowd, Shen Ye took a step, crossing the Sea of Bitterness, Spring of Life, and Divine Bridge, directly reaching the Other Shore!

The divine tide surged, and his vital energy soared to the heavens. The danger of losing oneself after breaking through to the Other Shore was easily dispelled in his eyes, like a reflection in a mirror or a flower in the water!

Just then, the magnificent ancient hall seemed to be crushed by the surging spiritual tide, emitting a loud rumble and completely collapsing!

Endless rays of light shot out in all directions. All the sentient weapons buried in the ancient tomb rushed out. Finally, an incredibly brilliant beam of light, so bright it overshadowed the sun, moon, and stars, even burst forth!

"It's the Demon Emperor's Sacred Weapon! Quick, chase it!"

"Could that Green Copper Block be a fragment of that legendary treasure?"

The five major figures no longer cared about appearances. They personally rode divine rainbows, chasing after the Demon Emperor's Sacred Weapon and the Green Copper Block respectively.

Yan Ruyu, on the other hand, pursued the Demon Emperor's Heart. Before leaving, she transmitted a message to Pang Bo with her divine sense, "The Treasures Gathering Basin has been set up. Retreat quickly after retrieving the Great Emperor's Sacred Weapon!"

The other cultivators also didn't bother with their shock. They all rode divine rainbows and flew out, frantically chasing after the unowned light clusters.

The previously noisy and bustling ancient hall suddenly became quiet.

His aura has become even stronger than the Spirit Ruin Cave Heaven's sect master. One moment mortal, one moment immortal? Ye Fan stood frozen in place, about to ask the Fat Daoist, only to realize that the unscrupulous Daoist had also joined the struggle for those sentient weapons.

Ye Fan's mouth twitched. Just as he was about to leave, a simple, unadorned Green Copper Block, covered in rust, flew in from a distance and rolled right to his feet.