Lu Chen returned to the main road, entered what had once been a Human Race Holy City, and began a new journey. He traveled along this ancient road, watching the stars wheel and shift, the sun and moon rise and fall.
The Star Road knew no bounds, and the strong remained strong. Along the way, he grew accustomed to life and death and witnessed desolation time and again. Blood rained down, and many outstanding talents perished, becoming scenery in someone else's story.
In the days that followed, Lu Chen became almost a solitary traveler, with scarcely any other trial participants accompanying him, for he spent much of his time tempering himself on branch roads.
Just as the Thirtieth Human Race City offered access to the Heavenly Soldier Ancient Star, the passes ahead had similar branch roads. True Life Origin Stars, however, were exceedingly rare. Most led to ancient Uninhabited Forbidden Zones harboring all manner of dangers.
To temper himself, Lu Chen braved every hardship and danger, repeatedly charging into those perilous passes and smashing through everything in his path.
Some of those ancient lands had been abandoned for tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of years. They harbored unimaginable dangers and were places ordinary people could never set foot in. Now, they were open only to a handful of exceptional heroes.
Those ancient branch roads were grueling, fraught with trials and obstacles. For trial participants at the ninth layer, they were roads to certain death.
"Battle Immortal, for someone as powerful as you, the Golden Branch Road in the deepest reaches of the starry sky is where peerless experts like you belong!"
Along the way, an older expert told him this, allowing Lu Chen to learn that deep within the universe lay a Golden Trial Ground prepared specifically for