A bloodstained path to survival, shattered heroes, a divine treasury revealed, greed rekindled!

Just as Ye Tian's fingertips were about to touch the Nine Extremes Dao Source, which shimmered with nine supreme laws—

Boom!

A violent spatial fluctuation suddenly erupted at the entrance of the recently opened Bronze Gate.

Then a suffocating stench of blood surged into the deathly silent God Venerable Tomb like a furious storm.

The empty, cold ancient hall instantly filled with noise.

One bedraggled figure after another staggered inside.

Every one of them bore shocking injuries. Some had disheveled hair, some were missing limbs, and some had nearly half their bodies torn apart by savage beasts, exposing stark white bones.

Blood poured from them, staining the bronze floor beneath their feet.

They were the Imperial Clan prodigies of the Myriad Heavens North Sea and the once-arrogant Ancient Freaks who had charged into the Eternal Dao Treasury and encountered the great terror of darkness!

Leading them was a towering figure covered in shattered dragon scales—the Young Master of the Imperial Dragon Whale Clan, Ao Qingtian.

Where was even a trace of his former swagger now?

Most of his vaunted Indestructible Dragon Armor had shattered, and a bloody hole pierced straight through his chest.

The corrosive power of dark law still clung to it, sizzling and giving off black smoke.

Beside him stood Bing Yunyun, the Imperial Clan's Divine Maiden who possessed a divine physique.

This peerless beauty, normally as cold and aloof as the Moon Palace Immortal Maiden, now wore a bloodstained dress.

Black claw marks covered her once-translucent, jade-pure skin and bones. Her aura was feeble; clearly, she had only narrowly escaped by burning her origin.

Even more wretched was Power Tyrant, the Ancient Freak who possessed barbaric war blood.

The giant renowned for his physical strength had lost his left arm at the shoulder, and only half a