The Mythical Ancient Road has undergone earth-shattering changes.
The Immortal Ancient Ruins have been opened several times, and generations of geniuses and powerful figures have come and gone.
However, with the disappearance of Lin Fan and several other top experts, the fortieth level seemed to have been silent for a long time.
On this day, a great war broke out in the starry sky, the laws of space boiled, the void collapsed, the starry sky was annihilated, and terrifying Laws of Chaos stirred up the starry sky!
" Ji Kun, Gu Chen, your master has gone into hiding. Shouldn't you take the blame for him?"
Wang Teng's voice echoed outside the forty-fifth level, Chaotic Devil Qi swept across the entire mountain range like a dark red storm.
Originally, Ji Kun found a mountain hollow on the outskirts of the forty-fifth level to refine that piece of ancient dragon bone.
Gu Chen, carrying the broken halberd, stood guard outside, attempting to deduce the incomplete Kunpeng chapter.
At first, things were relatively calm.
But this good fortune didn't last long.
A few days later, Wang Teng from seclusion!
He was reborn in the palace where the Great Emperor inherited his legacy, Chaotic Devil Physique reached the fourth level, with his combat power approaching the threshold of Quasi-Emperor.
He couldn't find Lin Fan!
He was filled with resentment because the opportunities on the Legendary Ancient Road were out of his reach! So, Wang Teng vented his anger on the people around Lin Fan.
That day, Gu Chen and Ji Kun began their two-and-a-half-year escape.
At first, they even tried to resist.
Although Wang Teng is strong, Gu Chen is also an ancient prodigy with the cultivation of the Great Sage Realm and the extreme speed of the Kunpeng Fragmentary Art, so he can still hold his own.
Although Ji Kun was weak, he was clever.
Relying on the Dragon Clan aura obtained after refining that piece of dragon bone, he could always sense danger in advance and pull Gu Chen away from being surrounded.
But Wang Teng was still too strong.
It's okay once or twice, but I can't take it anymore after that!
He didn't need to take action himself; simply sending out his men was enough to keep the two of them busy.
Most of his generals were ancient monsters that Wang Teng had subdued in the Immortal Ancient Ruins, or puppets transformed after being corrupted by the Chaotic Devil Qi. Like hunting dogs that have smelled blood, they were hunting the two of them in various checkpoints of the Immortal Ancient Ruins.
" Ji Kun, they've caught up again!"
"Run! Run towards the fiftieth level! The laws there are chaotic, and they dare not venture deep in!"
Gu Chen gritted his teeth, swept his broken halberd horizontally, forcing back an ancient freak. Then he grabbed Ji Kun, pushed the Kunpeng Fragmentary Art to its limit, and transformed into a dark cyan afterimage, disappearing among the shattered star debris.
This pursuit was repeated countless times.
Several times, Ji Kun thought he was going to die.
The pursuers cornered them in a desolate meteorite crater, surrounded by a net woven from Chaotic Devil Qi, leaving them with no way to ascend to heaven or descend to earth.
"Ah... kill!"
Gu Chen shielded Ji Kun behind him, his body covered in blood and cracks spreading across his broken halberd, yet he did not retreat an inch.
"Don't worry, I promised the prince I would protect you."
Gu Chen's voice was hoarse, but his laughter carried a rough, ruthless edge. "If he comes back and finds you dead, I really won't be able to explain myself."
That time, it was a Sage King Realm puppet under Wang Teng's command that suddenly made a move.
A single claw tore through Gu Chen's protective aura.
The two were driven into a dead end when Feng Jiuge happened to pass by. A crimson flame cut through the void, saving them.
" Wang Teng has gone mad. He can't find the imperial prince, so he's taking his anger out on you all."
Feng Jiuge tossed two bottles of healing medicine to the two of them, frowning as she said, "You two had better leave the Immortal Ancient Ruins right away and hide in a corner of the Three Thousand Provinces! Let the storm pass!"
" Wang Teng's murderous intent could no longer be suppressed."
Gu Chen remained silent, took the medicine bottle, and said nothing.
Ji Kun's eyes were bloodshot. "I won't leave. The Imperial Prince will return."
Feng Jiuge sighed and didn't try to persuade her any further.
Another six months passed, and the number of pursuers sent by Wang Teng increased, from the initial few Great Saint to many Sage King.
Gu Chen led Ji Kun, escaping from the forty-fifth level all the way to the fiftieth level, traversing almost every ruin on the outskirts of the Mythical Ancient Road.
Meanwhile, at the end of that Legendary Ancient Road that had been silent for two and a half years.
At this moment, it was as if an ancient demon god, who had been sleeping, had opened his eyes.
A figure in white slowly rose from the three thousand Qingtong stone steps.
He did nothing; he simply stood there, and the dense array of the Three Thousand Great Dao Laws on the stone steps spontaneously receded to both sides.
"Call..."
Lin Fan exhaled a breath of turbid air, which condensed in the void without dissipating, transforming into a thin wisp of chaotic colored air that slowly dissipated.
He looked down at his palm.
In the palm of his hand, a wisp of chaotic Immortal Qi quietly lingered, like a seed solidified in amber.
Two and a half years.
He sat cross-legged on the three thousand Qingtong stone steps, refining himself to the extreme.
Peak Sage King Realm.
He had fully mastered the three great Ten Ferocious Beasts' Treasure Techniques, and the Six Paths of Reincarnation Heavenly Art had also reached a new level! His combat power had become unimaginably strong.
"Unfortunately, the second strand of Immortal Qi still couldn't be condensed."
He clicked his tongue, a hint of regret in his voice. "This thing really can't be left unattended; it requires extraordinary luck and fortune."
He glanced at the three thousand Qingtong stone steps beneath his feet.
The runes on the stone steps had faded considerably, as if most of their Dao essence had been exhausted by his three years of comprehension.
"This thing... I wish I could move it."
He crouched down and reached out to touch the remaining patterns on the surface of the stone steps.
The Chaos Qi tentatively probed deep into the stone steps, trying to see if it could lift the entire section of the three thousand bluestone steps.
However, the stone steps remained completely still.
Like a mountain rooted deep in the ages, the moment the Chaos Qi touched that ancient Daoist essence, it was like water crashing against a reef, gently bounced back.
"Tsk, can't move it."
Lin Fan clapped his hands, stood up, and didn't dwell on it much. "Forget it, a few years of studying it is already enough."
He walked forward, stepping onto the three thousand blue stone steps, but suddenly stopped.
His gaze fell upon the top of a stone staircase.
There, there was a fragment the size of a palm.
The fragment is grayish-white, with a very faint line engraved on its surface. The line seems to have been mostly worn away by time, yet it still exudes a faint Daoist charm.
" Dao Comprehension Stele?"
Lin Fan was taken aback, then squatted down and picked up the fragment.
It felt cool to the touch, and a familiar scent wafted through my palm.
With a thought, he took out another fragment from his storage ring.
The two fragments fit together perfectly, with the edges seamlessly connected, like two pieces of a shattered ancient mirror finally recovered.
"I didn't expect such an unexpected bonus!"
"We're still missing a large chunk."
Lin Fan looked down at the pieced-together fragment in his palm, lost in thought, "This thing... it'll be quite something once you collect it all."
He gathered the fragments and stood up. "However, now is not the time to look for fragments."
He looked up, his gaze passing through the golden clouds above the ancient road, and towards the distant sky shrouded in gray-white mist.
"It's time to go out and see the world."
He started walking towards the exit of the ancient road.
At the end of the ancient road, a golden gate of light floated in the void, radiating a soft glow.
He stepped through the portal of light, and his figure disappeared into the golden light.