"These people could only be considered weak?" Ye Fan's heart tightened, and he gained a deeper understanding of just how vast this world was.
Composing himself, Ye Fan swept his gaze through the crowd and quickly locked onto two figures in a corner of the main hall.
The pair possessed extraordinary bearing yet youthful faces. Among a gathering of old demons and monsters, they stood out like cranes among chickens.
Of course, the most eye-catching thing was the Golden Page the young man held in his hands!
Though he was not certain, his intuition told him that it was the Sea of Wheels Scroll from the Dao Scripture—the thing he needed most right now!
Ye Fan's heart began pounding. Keeping his expression neutral, he asked, "Daoist, is that Golden Page the young man is holding some kind of treasure? Why is no one attacking them?"
The Fat Daoist shrugged. "They know those two aren't easy to provoke. If this Daoist is right, everyone else here combined wouldn't be a match for that little girl!"
"Hiss!" Ye Fan clicked his tongue inwardly. His eyes shifted as he asked again, "Then can you beat her, Daoist?"
The Fat Daoist looked at him suspiciously. "Why do I feel like you little brat are digging a pit for me?"
Ye Fan gave an awkward laugh and waved his hand. "How could I? With your wisdom, could I possibly fool you?"
"That's true!" Duan De nodded smugly. Then he put away his lecherous grin and, rare as it was, adopted a solemn expression. "That little girl may be formidable, but this Daoist does not take her seriously. The one who truly makes me wary is that seated young man!"
Ye Fan was startled again. "Could he be even stronger than that young lady?"
"Not exactly!" A puzzled look appeared on Duan De's face. "In terms of cultivation, I cannot sense even the slightest fluctuation of divine power from him. He appears to be even weaker than you..."
Ye Fan rolled his eyes. Sorry for being so weak.
"But my spiritual instincts tell me that if I make a move against him, the outcome could be very bad!"
"Even that unscrupulous Daoist doesn't dare lay a hand on him?" Just as Ye Fan's heart kept sinking, a divine rainbow streaked overhead, and an impossibly graceful and beautiful woman suddenly appeared in the hall.
At the sight of her enchanting figure, even the elderly cultivators in their seventies and eighties forgot to attack, losing themselves in her beauty.
"Begone!" The Spirit Ruin Cave Heaven's sect master bit through his tongue and spat out a stream of blood. Furious and alarmed, he shouted, "Demoness, how dare you bewitch me?"
"Impudent!" The elderly woman behind the young woman shouted. "Her Highness is a Descendant of the Great Emperor, born with sacred bones. How could she possibly bewitch an ant like you? Your willpower is lacking, yet you dare slander her? Be careful, or I'll tear out your tongue!"
The crowd was jolted awake by the Spirit Ruin Cave Heaven sect master's shout. Then they stared at the newcomer in horror. That woman was actually a Descendant of the Great Emperor!
Just then, the roof of the ancient hall was blasted away by immense divine power. In the sky, dozens of divine rainbows opened the way as nine ancient desolate beasts resembling qilin pulled a jade carriage through the clouds.
The person inside the jade carriage did not appear. Only a cool, indifferent voice rang out. "As expected of a Descendant of the Demon Emperor. You can actually resonate with the Demon Emperor's Heart and form your own domain. Even I nearly lost control. You do have some skill!"
"So it was because of the Demon Emperor's Heart!" Once they learned the reason, the cultivators immediately felt much better.
Faced with such an important figure, even the previously arrogant elderly woman lost her temper. The Descendant of the Demon Emperor stepped forward instead. "This young woman is Yan Ruyu. I have only come to retrieve my ancestor's remains. I ask that Senior grant me this favor!"
Though the demon race had declined, a broken ship still had three pounds of nails. The great figure in the jade carriage clearly did not wish to completely fall out with her. "Heh, I don't mind, but whether the others agree is another matter!"
"The others?" Yan Ruyu's heart sank. The next moment, a golden ancient chariot drawn by nine azure flood dragons, a fragrant carriage woven from divine flowers, an enormous divine ship refined from sacred jade, and an immortal palace shrouded in hazy violet mist like a dream arrived through the air from every direction with overwhelming momentum.
An aged voice came from the golden chariot brimming with murderous intent. "The Azure Emperor's Heart is the source of the Demon Emperor's power. If that demoness obtains it, she may cultivate a second Demon Emperor!"
Yan Ruyu replied neither humbly nor arrogantly, "The Great Emperor possessed great breadth of mind and spirit, viewing all races as one family. My ancestor never committed acts of extermination either. Why must Senior be so wary?"
An impatient voice from the divine ship said, "Why waste so many words on her? Humans and demons cannot coexist. Since she refuses to leave, she can die here!"
In a corner of the ancient hall, Duan De clicked his tongue twice. "The Demon Emperor was clearly the only great expert to prove the Dao and become Emperor after the Ancient Desolation era, yet his descendants have fallen into such miserable circumstances!"
Ye Fan casually asked, "Didn't that Demon Emperor pass away ten thousand years ago? After so much time, it seems normal for his family to decline, doesn't it?"
"Ten thousand years? Heh heh." Duan De sneered. "Even after ten thousand years, that Great Emperor's influence on heaven and earth has yet to fade! Which of those Ancient Desolate Families has not endured for hundreds of thousands of years while remaining at the pinnacle of the world?"
"Hundreds of thousands of years!" Ye Fan could not help drawing in a cold breath. On Earth, on the other side of the starry sky, recorded civilization only spanned a few thousand years. Such an immense timescale was utterly beyond his imagination.
Just as the atmosphere reached freezing point and the two sides were on the verge of clashing, the spiritual energy inside the hall suddenly began surging wildly toward one corner of the main hall.
Like a whale swallowing the sea, it seemed intent on devouring all the spiritual energy between heaven and earth!
"It's that young man!" Yan Ruyu and the five great human figures all stirred when they noticed the change.
With their insight, they could naturally see that the two were extraordinary. It was only because treasures had been before them that they had not had time to examine them closely.
At this moment, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth poured in like a colossal tidal flood, making Shen Ye appear like a divine son descending into the mortal world!
His body, which had previously shown no fluctuations of divine power whatsoever, suddenly erupted with endless divine radiance!
Under everyone's dumbfounded gaze, Shen Ye crossed the Bitter Sea, Spring of Life, and Divine Bridge in a single step, arriving directly at the Other Shore!
Divine tides surged, and his blood and vital energy shot into the heavens. Even the calamity of losing one's way when breaking through to the Other Shore was as illusory as reflected flowers and the moon in water before his eyes, easily seen through!
At that moment, the majestic ancient hall seemed to be crushed by the raging spiritual tide. It gave a deafening roar and completely collapsed!
Endless rosy light shot in every direction. All the sentient weapons buried in the ancient tombs burst forth, and in the end, an incomparably brilliant beam of light erupted, eclipsing even the sun, moon, and stars!
"It's actually the Demon Emperor's Sacred Weapon! Chase it!"
"Could that Green Copper Block be a fragment of that legendary treasure?"
The five great figures could no longer care about appearances. Personally riding divine rainbows, they separately chased after the Demon Emperor's Sacred Weapon and the Green Copper Block.
Yan Ruyu chased after the Demon Emperor's Heart. Before leaving, she sent a message through Divine Sense to "Pang Bo." "The Treasures Gathering Basin has already been set up. Once you retrieve the Great Emperor's Sacred Weapon, retreat immediately!"
The other cultivators also had no time to remain shocked. They rode divine rainbows out of the hall, madly pursuing those ownerless balls of light.
The once boisterous and chaotic ancient hall suddenly fell silent.
"His aura has become even stronger than the Spirit Ruin Cave Heaven sect master's. A single thought, mortal; a single thought, immortal god?" Ye Fan stood rooted to the spot. Just as he was about to question the Fat Daoist, he realized that the unscrupulous Daoist had already joined the scramble for the sentient weapons.
Ye Fan's mouth twitched. Just as he was about to leave, a plain Green Copper Block covered in verdigris suddenly flew over from afar and rolled to a stop at his feet.
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