The Mountain River Destruction Map had followed him since long ago. Yet as time passed and it became less and less helpful to him, he had temporarily set it aside and rarely used it.
He had originally believed that his cultivation had simply become too high for the Mountain River Destruction Map to be of much help.
But now, that did not seem to be the case.
From Han Bo, he had learned something.
A Heavenly Mandate Realm expert could create a world embryo, or even a complete world.
Coupled with the identical sensation he had felt when entering the Sword Slave Realm and entering the Mountain River Destruction Map, Yang Chen suddenly felt more and more certain that the Mountain River Destruction Map was very likely a world!
The more Yang Chen thought about it, the more plausible it seemed.
He had entertained this notion before, but had been unable to prove it. Now, he could be even more certain.
Of course, the Mountain River Destruction Map contained no life. According to Han Bo, it should be a world embryo.
"Back then, the claim that Senior Hua Qingfeng left behind this treasure before ascending and vanishing from the world was most likely false." Yang Chen shook his head. "At first, I thought Senior Hua Qingfeng might have gone to another realm. But now, it seems far more likely that he exhausted his entire life to create this world embryo, then perished, leaving this treasure behind without being able to take another step forward."
A world embryo had likely consumed the entirety of a Heavenly Mandate Realm expert's efforts.
Considering that the Mountain River Destruction Map could absorb mountains, rivers, and even the sun, moon, and great mountains, it possessed abilities no other divine artifact could achieve.
Only the Mountain