The Eleventh Dark Supreme Whose Strength Was Unfathomable

With a thunderous boom, Extreme Dao Divine Might erupted, vast and boundless.

This was unquestionably a collision at the Supreme level. Phantom Immortal Spirits roared, their cries rumbling like thunder.

Sensing that peculiar blood energy, a Great Saint said in shock, "It's the Demon Venerable! That is the Demon Venerable's aura!"

A terrifying presence swept across the entire universe, stirring all living beings between heaven and earth into frenzy.

"Is a Supreme Divine War about to erupt again?"

"Is the Demon Venerable planning to storm 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, slain several Dark Supremes, and retreated unharmed.

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

The news swiftly spread across the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.

The Demon Venerable's journey had caused far too great a commotion, especially this Ultimate Dao clash, which left everyone shaken.

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

But the Divine Ruins were different.

People could even gaze upon the Divine Ruins from afar and see those incomparably ruined palaces. Legend said they had fallen into this world from the Immortal Domain. The flashing Immortal Dao Runes were breathtaking.

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

Legend had it that these were fragments that had fallen from the Immortal Domain after the Heavenly Court established by the Desolate Heavenly Emperor had inexplicably collapsed.

Many could only watch enviously from afar. No one dared barge in unless they were a true Great Emperor or Ancient Emperor.

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

"Maybe the Demon Venerable entered the Divine Ruins only to comprehend the Grand Dao, or even to spar and exchange insights 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 means he does not fight or kill Dark Supremes every time he enters a Forbidden Zone."

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

"Young man, you have gone too far!"

A majestic and icy voice came from within the Divine Ruins, vast and mighty, sending shivers through the souls of all who heard it.

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

The depths of the Divine Ruins far exceeded people's imagination.

It was not a terrifying demonic land, but a Pure Land like a paradise beyond the world, pristine and natural, radiating vitality.

A peach orchard lay there, its fallen blossoms scattered everywhere.

Among them stood a Peach Tree that was not particularly tall, yet it exuded an aura of immortality.

It was the legendary Immortal Medicine, the Peach Tree.

Sensing the Extreme Dao Divine Might, the Peach Tree trembled violently. Its roots pulled free from the earth and, like two legs, began striding toward a divine mountain.

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

There were actually ten Dark Supreme auras within the Divine Ruins, a number that far exceeded Li Ming's expectations.

However, Li Ming was not frightened, because all Dark Supremes hiding in the Divine Ruins had cut themselves down. They were powerful beings with depleted blood energy.

They could not possibly be united, nor could they emerge together to deal with him.

Unless he truly pushed them to desperation.

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

"Heh, is this how the Divine Ruins treat their guests?"

"A guest?"

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

These Dark Supremes seemed to have heard an utterly unbelievable joke.

"An evil guest has come calling?"

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

"You want to use the time when a Great Emperor's blood energy is at its peak to extort our Divine Ruins? Are you courting death?"

Majestic auras spread forth as waves of Extreme Dao Divine Might filled the surroundings.

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

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

Though they had all cut themselves down, 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. Not one of you is my match!"

"Arrogant!"

"Ignorant!"

"Conceited!"

Three enormous hands suddenly condensed from the void and slapped 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 a hand. Immortal Ascension Light flashed, instantly erasing the three giant hands into nothingness.

"How is my Transformation Character Secret?"

The Divine Ruins were like a gigantic beast lying quietly in ambush, as though it would awaken from time to time and devour all living beings between heaven and earth.

At this moment, the entire Divine Ruins seemed to have come alive. Endless Grand Dao rumbled as the order of Grand Dao Laws manifested.

Numerous powerful cultivators watched silently from afar.

They watched the Demon Venerable erase three enormous hands that covered the sky with a wave of his hand.

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

An even more terrifying aura emerged from the Divine Ruins.

The dreadful fluctuations of the Grand Dao made the stars throughout the Myriad Heavens and Domains tremble gently.

Six incomparably terrifying immortal lights flew out, even more dazzling and powerful. The Myriad Dao of Heaven and Earth rumbled, as though the incarnations of six Dark Supremes had emerged.

Clearly, their attack this time was even more terrifying.

This attack was clearly anything but ordinary.

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

They could even devour more than half the living beings in the world for a short time.

Just as everyone felt that something terrible was about to happen,

the Demon Venerable's response stunned everyone.

Looking at the six Dark Supreme incarnations, Li Ming showed no fear at all. Instead, a mocking expression appeared on his face.

He transformed into Chaos and directly enveloped the six incarnations.

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

Li Ming's figure condensed anew. He extended six fingers and fired six rays of Chaos Divine Light into the Divine Ruins.

With a thunderous boom,

the six rays of Chaos Divine Light shot into the Divine Ruins. Terrifying roars erupted from those ancient caverns.

They were accompanied by the howls of Immortal Spirits and the furious roars of Dark Supremes.

Extreme Dao Divine Might erupted in full, 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 when facing the Dark Supremes of the Divine Ruins.

There were ten Dark Supremes in the Divine Ruins. Dao Attainers from any era would have been respectful and polite upon arriving here.

Even when visiting, they would maintain humble and low-key attitudes.

They would come with the intention of communicating as equals.

But now, Li Ming, this Supreme of the Human Race, showed them no respect whatsoever.

He had actually humiliated them like this.

This was a slap in their faces. He simply did not take the Supremes within the Divine Ruins seriously.

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

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

From the ancient caverns at the deepest part of the Divine Ruins came an incomparably terrifying killing intent.

That aura blanketed the sky and earth like mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

Although it was restrained within the Divine Ruins, even a stray wisp of it could turn an entire galaxy into ash.

Even a Quasi-Venerable would be reduced to ashes upon touching it.

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

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

After all, he had the Bronze Mirror to conceal his aura. When he underwent transformation in the future, he could simply hide away. Even if these Dark Supremes emerged, they would never 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 in the Divine Ruins emerged together, he was confident that he could at least take half of them down with him.

Li Ming's eyes flashed with incomparably sharp Chaos Divine Light as he confronted the auras of the ten Dark Supremes.

He looked ready to smash apart 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 and weathered voice sounded.

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

The voice carried a majestic and powerful aura.

"We have sealed ourselves away for eternity, 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 over such a dispute of pride?"

"We are all Dao Attainers of the same realm, and we once ruled over the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands. The price of a bloody battle is too great. We should not act like this!"

The old man's voice was immensely grand, spreading throughout the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.

Many people were deeply shocked as they gazed at the suddenly appearing aura of the eleventh Dark Supreme.

The foundation of the Divine Ruins Forbidden Zone was actually this profound. Just how many old monsters were still sleeping within it?

Those imperial clans and sacred lands possessing Supreme inheritances were extremely guarded about the secrets of the Dark Restricted Areas and never spoke much of them.

As for ordinary sacred lands and aristocratic families, they knew even less about the secrets of the Forbidden Zones.

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 sounded again.

"Invite the Demon Venerable into the ancient caverns of the Divine Ruins. There are matters we should discuss face-to-face. There is no need to be so tense!"

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

Many found it unbelievable upon hearing this.

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

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

Yet now, the Demon Venerable's prestige only grew even more dazzling.

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

Those sacred lands, aristocratic families, and powerful races of the universe whose ancestors' corpses Li Ming had dug up, or whose current-generation prodigies had been devoured, also fell silent.

Forcing 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 still be unable to deal with the Demon Venerable.

Li Ming had originally prepared himself for a great battle. He had even considered striking first and condensing thousands of moves into one, killing one or two Dark Supremes immediately.

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

After considering it, Li Ming decided to enter the ancient caverns of the Divine Ruins and investigate.

At his level of strength, his divine sense had long since become incomparably acute.

If they truly harbored malicious intentions toward him, he was no pushover either.

The Divine Peach Tree could bear fruit once every four or five thousand years.

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

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

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

Even if they were kept for their descendants, they would not need so many.

Since the Dark Supremes within the Divine Ruins had softened their attitudes, Li Ming was happy to accept it.

With that thought, Li Ming also withdrew 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, then be politely invited inside as a guest—such a thing had not happened for countless tens of thousands of years.

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

It was as though the Divine War that had nearly erupted moments ago had been nothing more than an illusion.

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

Only the ruined divine mountain that had been crushed within the Divine Ruins reminded everyone that an Ultimate Dao battle had indeed nearly 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 within it.

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

These Immortal Sources emitted a special color, glittering gold and brimming with incomparably vigorous vitality.

Their life aura was even more abundant than that within the Primordial Life Stone.

Such Immortal Sources, so rare that they were nearly impossible to find in the world, definitely were not the ordinary kind refined by Supremes. They had surely fallen into this world from the Immortal Domain.

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

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

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

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

One majestic and magnificent palace after another stood upon the divine mountains, exuding ancient auras. They had most likely been personally refined by immortals.

Incomparably dense Northern Polar Immortal Light flowed everywhere here, though no one knew where it came from.

No wonder this place could seal away so many Dark Supremes.

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

Yet 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 possessed its own unique qualities.

With a single 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 it impossible to determine their races.

The other half still retained distinct racial traits.

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

Some even had remnants of scales on their bodies.

Every one of them possessed a powerful aura. They truly had all once been genuine enlightened ones.

Li Ming also sensed several familiar auras.

Yes, two of them were familiar. They seemed to have once sent out their avatars to interfere when he achieved Enlightenment as Supreme.

Li Ming looked at those two, ready to act on the spot.

Yet those two Dark Supremes unexpectedly glared at him with fury.

"You arrogant junior, you devoured my descendants!"

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

"You are provoking the dignity of Ancient Venerables!"

Extreme Dao Divine Might erupted from the two Dark Supremes, and they looked ready to go to war at the slightest disagreement.

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

Clearly, these two Dark Supremes were all bark and no bite.

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 behind them, they probably never imagined that I would kill them in return when they chased me down, did they?"

"You two old fools, I did not even come looking for trouble with you, yet you dare put on an act in front of me!"

"You must be tired of living!"

The fact that he had not immediately acted here was already giving the old monsters of this place some face.

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

Ever since the two Dark Supremes achieved Enlightenment as Supreme, they had ruled over the world. When had they ever encountered someone so arrogant and overbearing?

The two of them 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 cold, sinister aura.

That figure was exceedingly strange, icy and sinister one moment, blazing hot the next.

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

The immortal light there was the most concentrated.

This man's prestige was astonishingly high, even surpassing that of the Lord of the Divine Ruins in name.

Could he perhaps be the true Lord of the Divine Ruins?

"Before achieving Enlightenment as Supreme, every one of us fought bloody battles along the Ancient Starry Sky Road and swept aside all enemies."

"Countless peerless prodigies, even Forbidden Zone Heirs, died by our hands back then."

"Since one contends for the Great Dao, then when killing others, one must be prepared to be killed by others."

"The Demon Venerable was not at fault in this matter. In the struggle for the Great Dao, death and injury are commonplace. There is nothing more to say!"

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

They snorted coldly, shut their mouths, and said nothing further.

The old Supreme turned his gaze toward Li Ming.

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

"My state of existence is rather special. This is an avatar I refined by chance. My true body is in a special state, so I hope you do not think I am deliberately putting on airs, fellow Daoist!"

The old Supreme was unexpectedly polite toward Li Ming, which caught Li Ming off guard.

As Li Ming observed the old Supreme, he was also greatly shocked.

This old monster was actually so unfathomable.

Even Li Ming felt a profound threat from him.

This old monster possessed such formidable strength, yet he was completely unknown and had not even left behind a title among the Nine Heavenly Venerables.

How strange.

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

Far beyond ordinary enlightened ones, what was he hiding?