100,000 Meters Underground

Beyond Changyuan, the cheers subsided like a tsunami.

Those beings who had just been granted a new life were still prostrating themselves in devout worship.

On the high platform, the Chaos Reversal sword in Li Yan's hand had not yet returned to its sheath.

The dark-red blade still trembled faintly, emitting a low hum that only Li Yan could hear.

This was not a thirst for blood, but a strange resonance.

At the instant his sword had pointed at the heavens and reversed cause and effect, the immense fluctuations of law had not only swept across the surface, but had also followed the blade's guidance straight down, piercing through the crust of the Canglan Realm.

With the Divine Artifact's enhancement, Li Yan's perception was amplified without limit.

His Spiritual Sense was like a beam of high-energy light, penetrating rock, magma, and earth veins as it stretched ever downward.

Ten thousand meters.

Thirty thousand meters.

Fifty thousand meters.

Until it reached the utmost depths, one hundred thousand meters underground.

That should have been the planet's core, a chaotic region where earthly fire and magnetic fields intertwined.

Yet in Li Yan's perception, an eerie "blank" appeared there.

It was a void region that could devour even Spiritual Sense.

Like a massive black eyeball embedded in the molten heart of the earth, it coldly watched the world above.

"There's something there."

Li Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, the gray current of light deep within his pupils slowly turning.

This aura was ancient and decayed, yet it carried a sacred quality utterly out of place in the Canglan Realm.

It had always slept directly beneath the Central Continent Immortal Realm.

Had the Divine Artifact not been newly completed today, stirring the Great Dao of heaven and earth into violent upheaval, no one might ever have discovered its existence.

The Canglan Realm had once been a wasteland planet destroyed by the joint efforts of the Four Ancient Gods.

Yet such a secret was hidden in the depths of its core?

This had absolutely not formed naturally.

It was a Forbidden Method, deliberately created to isolate it from all investigation.

"Master?"

Longyue noticed that something was wrong with Li Yan and called softly.

She saw that the sword in his hand was still pointed at the ground and that his expression was grave. Her heart, which had only just relaxed, tightened once more.

Could there still be a powerful enemy left alive?

Li Yan withdrew his Spiritual Sense. The Chaos Reversal sword traced a flourish in his hand before he carried it behind his back.

He glanced at the seemingly solid earth beneath his feet.

Who could have imagined that all of them had been sleeping atop a ticking time bomb?

How could one allow another to snore beside one's bed?

Much less an unknown existence buried beneath their own foundations.

Unless he found out what lay below, Li Yan would not be able to sleep or eat in peace.

"It's nothing."

Li Yan spoke calmly, his tone steady.

"Though the external enemy has retreated, internal troubles remain."

"The minions of the Four Gods have only been temporarily reversed, not eradicated. They may return at any time."

"I need to enter seclusion to stabilize my cultivation, and while I am at it, investigate the course of the earth veins."

He did not reveal the truth.

The existence one hundred thousand meters underground was too shocking.

If he spoke of it now, the hearts that had just stabilized might be thrown into turmoil again.

Li Yan looked toward Dragon Lord.

"Dragon Lord, I leave Changyuan's defenses to you. Organize those old subordinates who have regained their clarity and rebuild the Great Qin Immortal Army."

"As ordered."

Dragon Lord bowed and accepted the command.

Li Yan then looked at Longyue and the other direct disciples.

"The few of you will each guard one formation node."

"Activate the Central Continent's highest-level sealing formation."

"Until I emerge, no one may abandon their post, nor may anyone approach the main peak by even half a step."

"Those who disobey will be executed."

The final word carried an unquestionable killing intent.

The disciples' hearts trembled, and they all knelt in unison.

"This disciple accepts the command."

After arranging everything, Li Yan's figure flickered. Rather than returning to his cave dwelling, he transformed directly into a wisp of green smoke and drilled into the deep pit left behind by the recent artifact forging.

The pit led straight down thirty thousand zhang, where the residual warmth of the Myriad Manifestations Spirit Fire still lingered.

But for Li Yan, this was merely the starting point.

He was going deeper.

Holding his sword, Li Yan was wrapped in a layer of gray immortal power.

The Earth Escape Technique activated.

The hard rock strata parted before him like ripples on water.

Forty thousand meters.

The surrounding temperature began rising sharply.

Ordinary rock had long since vanished, replaced by flowing crimson magma.

The pressure here was astonishing, enough to crush the physical body of a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator into a meat pancake in an instant.

But Li Yan possessed peak True Immortal Realm cultivation and had been tempered by the Divine Blood of an Emperor. This amount of pressure was as gentle as a spring breeze to him.

Sixty thousand meters.

The magma turned dark gold.

There were no longer any liquid substances here. Under the immense pressure, all matter had taken on a semi-solid crystalline form.

The Geomagnetic Essence formed sharp storms that swept through the gaps between the crystals.

Even an ordinary True Immortal would have to proceed cautiously here. One misstep, and the Magnetic Essence Storm would shred their soul apart.

Li Yan swung his sword.

With a light slash from the Chaos Reversal sword, those violent Magnetic Essence Storms instantly calmed and even took the initiative to open a passage for him.

Eighty thousand meters.

The surroundings suddenly became quiet.

The high temperatures vanished, and so did the crushing pressure.

In their place came a deathly silence and cold.

It was a phenomenon that defied all physical reason.

The closer he came to the earth's core, the colder it became.

Layers upon layers of black rock stacked around him, every stone etched with the marks of countless years.

Li Yan slowed down.

He felt it.

The aura that had made his Spiritual Sense disappear was directly ahead.

One hundred thousand meters.

Li Yan stopped.

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What stood before him was no longer rock, nor was it magma.

It was a thin, pale-gray membrane.

The membrane looked fragile, as though it would break with a single poke.

But the instant Li Yan's Spiritual Sense touched it, it vanished like a clay ox sinking into the sea, leaving no trace behind.

"This is..."

Li Yan extended a hand and lightly pressed it against the membrane.

There was no sensation at all.

It was as though he had pressed against empty air.

Yet his hand was truly blocked, unable to advance even an inch.

"A wall that does not exist?"

A strange glint flashed through Li Yan's eyes.

This was an exceedingly profound Spatial Law, perhaps even a Conceptual Law.

It defined this place as "nonexistent," so anything that "existed" could not enter.

If it had been Li Yan of the past, faced with a restriction of this level, he could only have sighed at the vast ocean in helplessness or used brute force to bombard it apart.

But now...

He looked at the sword in his hand.

The blue-gray Vertical Pupil belonging to the Vast Void Dao Ancestor on the sword guard trembled faintly, as though it were somewhat excited.

The origin of the Vast Void Dao Ancestor was Yaojue, falsehood itself.

No law concerning "the false" in this world could deceive that eye.

"Looks like the profession really does match the job."

Li Yan chuckled.

He raised his sword, pressing its tip against the gray membrane.

The Side Effect Law circulated within him and flowed into the blade.

"Since you define this place as nonexistent..."

"Then I'll use Vast Void's Dao to raise the stakes."

Li Yan shouted softly.

"When the real is made false, the false also becomes real."

"Break."

Buzz.

The Vertical Pupil on the sword guard abruptly widened, firing a beam of blue-gray light.

When the beam struck the membrane, there was no explosion.

Instead, a wondrous fusion occurred.

The Conceptual Wall, once utterly impregnable, began rippling like water. Then a circular opening appeared.

"Old Vast Void's Dao Pattern is quite useful for picking locks."

Li Yan could not help but remark.

That old ghost might have been treacherous, but this law was truly unrivaled beneath the heavens.

Had Li Yan not intercepted his origin, this journey into the earth might have ended here.

Li Yan stepped through the opening.

The sight before him suddenly opened up.

He had expected to see an even deeper planetary core, or perhaps a realm of chaos.

But what greeted his eyes was an underground space so vast it defied imagination.

There was neither magma nor darkness here.

Countless luminous pearls were embedded in the vault above, illuminating the entire space like a field of stars.

The ground was paved with smooth blue stone slabs, each one carved with intricate cloud patterns.

A faint scent of sandalwood filled the air, along with an indescribable solemnity.

Li Yan moved forward slowly.

At the edge of his vision stood a series of towering black peaks.

Only upon drawing closer did he realize they were not peaks at all.

They were clearly enormous tomb mounds.

Before every tomb mound stood a blank stone stele.

The steles towered into the clouds, exuding a desolate aura.

At the center of these tomb mounds stood the most magnificent main tomb.

Its gates were shut tight, and two statues with indistinct faces stood on either side.

The statues held long halberds. Though they were only carvings of stone, they radiated a terrifying pressure capable of suppressing a True Immortal.

"The Divine Tomb?!"

Li Yan's pupils contracted slightly.

He had once read legends of the Divine Tomb in ancient texts. It was a forbidden land where primordial gods were buried.

But he had never expected such a thing to truly exist.

And it was hidden deep within the core of the Canglan Realm.

"Could it be..."

"The reason the Canglan Realm survived the great calamity without collapsing completely..."

"Was because this Divine Tomb was supporting the skeleton of this planet?"

Countless questions rose in Li Yan's heart.

Who was buried here?

An immortal from ancient times?

Or an Old Ruler defeated by the Four Ancient Gods?

Or perhaps some even more ancient, indescribable existence?

Li Yan tightened his grip on the "Chaos Reversal" sword.

Sensing the aura around it, the blade began to tremble violently.

It was the excitement of encountering its own kind, and the vigilance of meeting a natural enemy.

"We're already here."

Li Yan drew a deep breath and suppressed the flutter in his heart.

He stepped toward the main tomb.

With every step he took, the surrounding air grew heavier.

When he walked between the two statues, the eyes of those originally lifeless stone figures seemed to shift slightly.

Crack, crack, crack.

Stone chips flaked away.

A killing intent sealed away for hundreds of millions of years locked onto Li Yan in an instant.

"Intruder... die."

A dull voice echoed through the empty burial chamber.

It was not language, but an impact of divine sense.

Li Yan snorted coldly, releasing the full force of his peak True Immortal Realm cultivation without restraint.

The Divine Artifact in his hand emitted a crimson glow.

"The dead should lie down properly."

"I'd like to see what kinds of demons and monsters are buried in here."

With a turn of his blade, he slashed directly at the tightly shut tomb door.

Boom.

The restriction on the tomb door collided with the Sword Qi.

The entire underground space began to shake violently.

A blinding white light shot from the crack in the door, instantly swallowing Li Yan's figure.

Within that white light, Li Yan seemed to see countless shattered scenes.

There was a war that shattered heaven and split earth, a tragic hymn of gods falling, and also a...

A giant hand descending from the sky, blotting out the entire starry sky.

That hand was completely different from the severed Imperial Sovereign arm he had just refined.

It was a pure, emotionless "erasure."

The light faded.

Li Yan was still standing where he was.

But the tomb door before him had split open enough for one person to pass through.

Inside lay deep darkness, without a trace of light.

Only dull thuds, like the beating of a heart, came from the depths.

Thump, thump, thump.

Every beat caused the Side Effect Law within Li Yan's body to resonate.

"Alive?"

Li Yan's expression finally changed.

Could it be that what was buried in this Divine Tomb was not a corpse?