The Eleventh Dark Supreme Whose Strength Was Unfathomable

With a thunderous boom, the divine might of the ultimate path erupted, vast and mighty.

This was absolutely a collision at the Supreme level. Phantom figures of Immortal Spirits howled, their roars like rolling thunder.

Sensing that special vitality and blood, a Great Saint said in shock, "It's the Demon Venerable. That is the Demon Venerable's aura!"

A terrifying aura spread throughout the entire universe, setting all living things in heaven and earth into an uproar.

"Is a Supreme divine war about to break out again?"

"Is the Demon Venerable planning to charge into the Divine Ruins Forbidden Zone alone?"

"How many Dark Supremes will be killed this time?"

A thousand years ago, the Demon Venerable had single-handedly flattened the Reincarnation Sea, killed several Dark Supremes, and retreated unscathed.

Now, after more than a thousand years of cultivation and comprehending the Dao, the Demon Venerable had actually set foot in the Divine Ruins.

The news quickly spread throughout the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.

The commotion caused by the Demon Venerable's journey was simply too great. This collision of ultimate paths in particular was utterly shocking.

The Reincarnation Sea had always been hidden within another world, forming a realm of its own. Many people knew such a restricted area existed, yet many did not even know where the Reincarnation Sea was located, how large it was, or what it looked like.

But the Divine Ruins were different.

People could even observe the Divine Ruins from afar and see those incomparably ruined palaces. Legend said they had fallen into this world from the Immortal Domain. The flickering Immortal Dao Runes were awe-inspiring.

There was even a plaque bearing the words Southern Heavenly Gate.

Legend had it that these were fragments of the Heavenly Court established by the Desolate Heavenly Emperor, which had somehow collapsed before falling from the Immortal Domain into this world.

Many could only watch enviously from afar. No one dared enter that place unless they were true Great Emperors or Ancient Emperors.

"Perhaps things are not as dangerous as we imagine."

"The Demon Venerable may have entered the Divine Ruins merely to comprehend the Great Dao, perhaps even to exchange pointers with the Supremes within the Divine Ruins."

"Yes. Only experts of the same level discussing the mysteries of the Dao can gain greater inspiration."

"The Demon Venerable has entered other Life Forbidden Zones before without triggering a divine war. That proves the Demon Venerable does not necessarily fight or kill Dark Supremes every time he enters a restricted area."

Many Ancestral Kings and Great Saints were all speculating about what had happened in the Divine Ruins.

"Young man, you have gone too far!"

A majestic and cold voice came from the Divine Ruins, vast and mighty, making the souls of all who heard it tremble in terror.

The voice emerging from the Divine Ruins, which had been silent for countless tens of thousands of years, filled all living things in heaven and earth with dread.

The depths of the Divine Ruins exceeded everyone's imagination.

It was not a terrifying devilish land, but a pure land like a paradise beyond the world, pristine and natural, radiating the aura of life.

There was a peach orchard, filled with falling blossoms.

Within it stood a Peach Tree that was not particularly tall, yet it radiated the aura of immortality.

It was the legendary Immortal Medicine, the Peach Tree.

Sensing the divine might of the ultimate path, the Peach Tree trembled violently. Its roots pulled themselves from the ground and, like two legs, took steps as it tried to rush toward a divine mountain.

Inside a mysterious palace, a cyan figure waved his hand, seized the Divine Peach Tree, and tucked it into his robes.

There were actually as many as ten Dark Supreme auras within the Divine Ruins. That number greatly exceeded Li Ming's expectations.

However, this did not frighten Li Ming, because every Dark Supreme hiding in the Divine Ruins had cut themselves down with a single stroke. Their vitality and blood were no longer at their peak.

They could not possibly be united, nor could they all emerge at once to deal with him.

Unless he truly pushed them to the brink.

Sensing that at least eight Dark Supremes had awakened and focused their gazes on him, Li Ming smiled faintly.

"Heh, is this how the Divine Ruins treats its guests?"

"Guests?"

"Hehe..."

"Haha..."

The laughter of the Dark Supremes made this entire starfield tremble.

These Dark Supremes seemed as though they had heard an unbelievable joke.

"Is this an evil guest coming to the door?"

"Would any guest come here and immediately smash a divine mountain to pieces?"

"You wish to extort our Divine Ruins while your Great Emperor vitality and blood are flourishing. Are you courting death?"

Incomparably majestic auras spread out as divine might of the ultimate path surged in every direction.

The Dark Supremes within the Divine Ruins truly were terrifyingly powerful.

In the blink of an eye, all ten Dark Supremes had awakened.

Although they had all cut themselves down with a single stroke, they were genuine Dao attainers. The aura they released together shook the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.

"You are all Ancient Venerables who cut yourselves down with a single stroke. Not one of you is my opponent!"

"Arrogant!"

"Ignorant!"

"Conceited!"

Three massive hands suddenly condensed from the void and struck toward Li Ming.

They seemed intent on killing him in a single blow.

Facing the full-strength strike of these three Dark Supremes, Li Ming waved his hand. Immortal Ascension Light flared, instantly erasing the three giant hands into nothingness.

"Well? What do you think of my Transformation Character Secret?"

The Divine Ruins were like a giant beast quietly lurking there, as though it would awaken every so often and devour all living things in heaven and earth.

At this moment, the entire Divine Ruins seemed to have come alive. Endless Great Dao rumbled as Dao laws and order manifested.

Numerous powerful cultivators watched that place silently.

They watched the Demon Venerable casually erase three gigantic hands that blotted out the sky.

Yet this clash seemed to have enraged the Dark Supremes within the Divine Ruins.

Even more terrifying auras emerged from the Divine Ruins.

The incomparably terrifying fluctuations of the Great Dao caused the stars throughout the myriad heavens and domains to sway gently.

Six incomparably terrifying immortal lights flew out, even more brilliant and powerful. The myriad Daos of heaven and earth rumbled, as though the incarnations of six Dark Supremes had stepped forth.

This time, their attack was clearly even more terrifying.

This attack was obviously far from ordinary.

Those incarnations could briefly unleash the true combat strength of Dark Supremes.

They could even briefly devour more than half the living beings in the world.

Just when everyone felt that something bad was about to happen—

The Demon Venerable's response stunned everyone.

Looking at the six Dark Supreme incarnations, Li Ming showed not the slightest fear. Instead, a mocking expression appeared on his face.

His body transformed into chaos, directly enveloping all six incarnations.

In the blink of an eye, the six incarnations actually melted into the chaos.

Li Ming's figure condensed once more. He extended six fingers and fired six beams of chaotic divine light into the Divine Ruins.

A thunderous boom rang out.

The six beams of chaotic divine light entered the Divine Ruins, and terrifying roars erupted from those ancient caves.

At the same time came the howls of Immortal Spirits and the furious roars of Dark Supremes.

The divine might of the ultimate path erupted completely, shaking the entire Nine Heavens and Ten Lands and making all living beings tremble.

No one had expected Li Ming to be so domineering and forceful in the face of the Dark Supremes of the Divine Ruins.

There were ten Dark Supremes within the Divine Ruins. Any Dao attainer from any era who came here had always been respectful and polite.

Even those who came to visit maintained humble, low-profile attitudes.

They came with the intent of communicating as equals.

But now, Li Ming, this Supreme of the Human Race, gave them no face at all.

He had humiliated them so openly.

This was a slap to their faces. He simply did not regard the Supremes within the Divine Ruins as worth his concern.

Many people could see that Li Ming was deliberately provoking these Dark Supremes.

Over countless tens of thousands of years, not a single powerful cultivator who had offended the Dark Supremes of the Divine Ruins had met a good end.

From the ancient caves in the deepest part of the Divine Ruins came an incomparably terrifying killing intent.

That aura blotted out the sky and covered the earth, like mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

Although it was contained within the Divine Ruins, even a wisp that leaked out could turn an entire galaxy into ashes.

Even a Quasi-Venerable would turn to ashes upon being tainted by it.

Li Ming did not feel that he was humiliating these Dark Supremes. He merely wanted the Flat Peach Divine Medicine.

As for the feelings of these Dark Supremes, he did not care in the slightest.

He had the Bronze Mirror to conceal his aura. When he transformed in the future, he could simply hide away. Even if these Dark Supremes emerged, they would not be able to find him.

He did not care whether he offended these Dark Supremes.

And even if war broke out, so what?

Even if all ten Dark Supremes of the Divine Ruins emerged together, he was confident that he could take at least half of them to their deaths.

Li Ming's eyes flashed with incomparably sharp chaotic divine light as he confronted the auras of the ten Dark Supremes.

He looked ready to shatter the Divine Ruins at the slightest disagreement.

Just as a divine war was about to erupt, an eleventh Dark Supreme aura suddenly emerged from the Divine Ruins.

An ancient, weathered voice rang out.

It was low and hoarse, as though it had just awakened from the deepest slumber.

The voice radiated a majestic and powerful aura.

"We have sealed ourselves for countless ages, all to await the opening of the Road to Immortality!"

"Now, perhaps only several tens of thousands or a hundred thousand years remain before the Road to Immortality opens. Is it truly worth fighting a great battle over such a dispute of pride?"

"We are all Dao attainers of the same realm. We have all once ruled the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands. The cost of a bloody battle is too great. We should not act this way!"

The old man's voice was vast beyond measure, spreading throughout the entire Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.

Many people were deeply shocked as they looked at the aura of the eleventh Dark Supreme that had suddenly appeared.

The foundation of the Divine Ruins Forbidden Zone was actually so profound. Just how many sleeping old monsters were hidden there?

The imperial clans and holy lands possessing Supreme inheritances were extremely secretive about the mysteries of the Dark Restricted Areas and never spoke much of them.

As for ordinary holy lands and aristocratic families, they knew even less about the secrets of the restricted areas.

The old Supreme who had suddenly awakened actually possessed such status and authority within the Divine Ruins.

With only a few words, he caused the killing intent of the Dark Supremes within the Divine Ruins to gradually dissipate.

After a moment, that aged voice rang out again.

"Please enter the ancient caves of the Divine Ruins, Demon Venerable. There are matters we should discuss face-to-face. There is no need to be so tense!"

That terrifying voice spread through the entire starry sky once more.

Many found it hard to believe after hearing it.

The powerful races of the universe in particular found it utterly inconceivable.

They had thought that the dozen or so Dark Supremes within the Divine Ruins would kill the Demon Venerable for provoking them.

But now, the Demon Venerable's prestige had instead become even more resplendent.

Even eleven Dark Supremes had taken the initiative to yield before the Demon Venerable.

The holy lands, aristocratic families, and powerful races of the universe whose ancestral corpses Li Ming had excavated, or whose current generation geniuses he had devoured, also fell silent.

Being able to force the Dark Supremes of the Divine Ruins to yield could only mean that the Demon Venerable had grown even stronger.

Even at the cost of blood, they might not be able to deal with the Demon Venerable.

Li Ming had originally prepared for a great battle. He had even considered striking first by condensing hundreds or thousands of moves into one attack and killing one or two Dark Supremes right from the start.

He had not expected this old monster who suddenly appeared to stop the Dark Supremes.

After thinking it over, Li Ming decided to enter the ancient caves of the Divine Ruins and investigate.

At his level of strength, his divine sense had long reached into the hidden mysteries.

If they truly bore him ill will, he was no soft target either.

This Divine Peach Tree could mature once every four or five thousand years.

After so many tens of thousands of years, it had certainly accumulated quite a few Flat Peaches.

Li Ming only wanted ten Flat Peaches. He did not believe that exceeded the psychological limit of these Dark Supremes.

Moreover, these Dark Supremes no longer had any use for them.

Even if they saved them for their descendants, they would not need so many.

Since the Dark Supremes of the Divine Ruins had softened their stance, Li Ming was happy to do the same.

With that thought, Li Ming also restrained his aura.

"Since you Supremes are so sincere, I shall go in and take a look!"

To slap the faces of the Dark Supremes of the Divine Ruins and then be politely invited inside as a guest—such a thing had not happened in countless ages.

Under the reverent gazes of countless living beings, they watched the Demon Venerable walk into the depths of the Divine Ruins and vanish into the vast ancient caves.

The divine war that had nearly erupted moments ago seemed like an illusion.

In the blink of an eye, heaven and earth returned to their former tranquility and peace.

Only the ruined divine mountain that had been crushed within the Divine Ruins reminded everyone that a battle of ultimate paths had indeed almost broken out here.

It was Li Ming's first time truly entering the interior of the Divine Ruins and witnessing its strange sights.

Only after entering did he understand why the Divine Ruins could allow so many Dark Supremes to seal themselves here.

As far as the eye could see, there was actually a mysterious kind of Immortal Source here, different from the Immortal Source found in this world.

These Immortal Sources gave off a special color, dazzling gold, and contained incomparably vigorous life force.

Even more abundant than the life aura within the Primordial Life Stone.

Such Immortal Sources, so rare in the world, were definitely not the kind ordinary Supremes refined. They had certainly fallen into this world from the Immortal Domain.

They were Immortal Sources from the Immortal Domain, their value beyond measure.

He also saw one vast divine mountain after another within this ancient cave of the Divine Ruins.

Some of the divine mountains were even constructed entirely from Divine Source, an astonishing sight.

Countless densely packed Immortal Dao Runes filled this place, radiating the ancient aura of immortals.

Upon the divine mountains stood one majestic and magnificent palace after another, exuding ancient auras. They were very likely personally refined by immortals.

Incomparably dense Northern Polar Immortal Light, from who knew where, flowed throughout the area.

No wonder this place could seal so many Dark Supremes.

When Li Ming obtained the Reincarnation Sea, he had already been shocked by its environment.

Now, he was once again stunned by the environment within the Divine Ruins.

It seemed that every Life Forbidden Zone capable of enduring into later ages truly had its own unique qualities.

With a glance, Li Ming saw ten enormous Immortal Sources, each sealing a Dark Supreme within.

He did not see the Immortal Source that sealed that old monster.

About half of these Dark Supremes were humanoid, making their races impossible to determine.

The other half still retained strong racial characteristics.

For example, some had dull gray dragon horns, while others still wore multicolored feathers on their heads.

Some even had remnants of scales on their bodies.

Every one of them possessed formidable auras. They had indeed all once been true Dao attainors.

Li Ming also sensed several familiar auras.

Yes, two familiar auras seemed to belong to those who had once sent out their avatars to interfere with him when he attained the Dao and became a Supreme.

Li Ming looked at the two men, ready to erupt on the spot.

To his surprise, those two Dark Supremes glared at him angrily instead.

"You insolent junior, you devoured my descendants!"

"You knew they were Forbidden Zone Heirs, yet you still dared to devour them. Do you truly think we are easy to bully?"

"You are provoking the majesty of Ancient Venerables!"

The supreme divine might of the two Dark Supremes burst forth, as though they would start a war at the slightest disagreement.

Li Ming chuckled and looked at the two Dark Supremes with contempt.

Clearly, these two Dark Supremes were merely putting on a fierce front.

Li Ming sneered. "So the few Forbidden Zone Heirs I devoured were actually your descendants. What useless trash!"

"As Forbidden Zone Heirs, with such powerful backers, they probably never imagined that I would kill them instead when they hunted me down, did they?"

"You two old fools, I have not even come looking for trouble with you, yet you dare put on this cowardly act before me!"

"You must be tired of living!"

The fact that he had not attacked them here at once was already giving the old monsters of this place face.

Otherwise, given Li Ming's temperament, he would have directly devoured these two Dark Supremes.

Since attaining the Dao and becoming Supremes, the two Dark Supremes had ruled over the world. When had they ever encountered someone so arrogant and overbearing?

The two were about to fly into a rage on the spot.

"Enough!"

That ancient voice came from the deepest part of the cave.

Along with it came a figure radiating a chilling aura.

That figure was exceedingly strange, cold to the extreme one moment and blazing to the extreme the next.

He had actually emerged from the depths of the cave, from a Divine Spring Water Vein.

The immortal light there was at its densest.

This person's prestige was so high that it even surpassed that of the publicly recognized Lord of the Divine Ruins.

Perhaps this person was the true Lord of the Divine Ruins?

"Before attaining the Dao and becoming Supremes, every one of us fought bloody battles across the Ancient Starry Sky Road, crushing all opposition."

"The peerless prodigies, and even Forbidden Zone Heirs, who died at our hands back then were beyond counting."

"Since it is a struggle for the Great Dao, then when you kill others, you must be prepared to be killed by others."

"This matter is not the Demon Venerable's fault. In the struggle for the Great Dao, death and injury are commonplace. There is nothing more to say!"

With only a few words, that old Supreme forcibly made the two Dark Supremes restrain their killing intent.

They snorted coldly, fell silent, and said nothing more.

That old Supreme turned his gaze toward Li Ming.

Li Ming likewise looked at the old Supreme and even opened his Heavenly Eye to examine him carefully.

"My state of existence is rather special. This is an avatar I refined by chance; my true body is in a special state. Fellow Daoist, please do not think I am deliberately acting arrogantly!"

That old Supreme was unexpectedly polite toward Li Ming, which took Li Ming by surprise.

As Li Ming observed the old Supreme, he too was greatly astonished.

This old monster was unfathomably deep.

Even Li Ming sensed a profound threat from him.

This old monster was so immensely powerful, yet he was completely unknown and had not even left his name among the Nine Heavenly Venerables.

How strange.

With his strength, this old monster was absolutely qualified to rank among the Nine Heavenly Venerables.

Far surpassing ordinary Dao attainors, what was he hiding?