Chapter 624

The bell was not shrill; instead, it carried an ancient, far-reaching resonance, as though it had come from the end of the River of Time. Yet this seemingly gentle chime ignored the boundless vastness of the desert, ignored the protection of Heaven Abyss and the barriers of space, and rang clearly in the ears of every living being in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths and the Foreign Realm.

Even more chillingly, as the bell rang, no matter how far apart they were or how high or low their cultivation, even if they had never cultivated a divine ability such as the Heavenly Eye Technique, every living being on both sides of Heaven Abyss and throughout the Border Desolation saw a scene from the distant horizon of the Foreign Realm appear before their eyes. It was as if an invisible hand had forcibly projected the image of that region directly into their consciousness.

Within that image, an ancient war chariot was slowly approaching.

What an age-worn war chariot it was! Its body had been forged from some unknown black metal, its surface covered in countless marks. Every single mark contained breathtaking power—axe scars of varying depths, as though they had been struck by a giant Heaven Opening axe; crisscrossing sword marks that retained peerless Sword Qi; and irregular dents, as if they had been smashed by massive hammers or gnawed upon by gigantic beasts... These mottled marks were not chaotic. Instead, they resembled a living history book, silently recording one earth-shattering battle after another. Behind every mark might lie the buried bones of a peerless expert.

The wheels of the war chariot were enormous. They crushed across the desert, leaving deep tracks behind them. Within those tracks, one could even see traces of dried blood, left behind who knew how