Chapter 455: Wind and Clouds Stir! The Heavenly Path Appears

Over the span of hundreds of millions of years, the Ancestral Realm War, occurring once every five hundred years, has become a grand event known to all in this world.

Whenever the Ancestral Realm War approaches, even demigods in remote corners, despite not knowing of the existence of the "Ancestral Realm Token," will gradually hear tales of the war.

It is as if an invisible force behind the scenes shrouds the world, secretly guiding and wishing to lead more demigods to participate.

With only ten days left until the new Ancestral Realm War, undercurrents are naturally surging, and the high echelons of all major powers are paying close attention.

The core of the Eastern Nether Sacred Land, the "Eastern Nether Sacred Realm."

A river hundreds of kilometers wide and ten thousand kilometers long—this is the most famous "Eastern Nether River" of the Sacred Realm, which has a history of a million years and holds many mysteries within its waters.

"Rumble~" In one area, a massive whirlpool suddenly appeared in the river, followed by churning waters, and a bare-chested youth flew out, his entire body diffusing golden light.

"Roar~" Under the golden light, countless complex golden patterns faintly emerged on his skin.

As the aura of these patterns was released and converged, they faintly formed an ancient phantom of a strange beast behind him, emitting an ancient and surging aura.

The strange beast phantom almost enveloped the youth, exuding a shocking aura of slaughter that made one tremble with fear.

Whoosh!

Silently, a figure in green robes appeared in the void. His aura was ethereal, like a banished immortal, and he smiled as he looked at the golden-light youth: "Lian Yun, you have finally entered the hall and mastered this combat ultimate art to the True God level."

"Master." Upon seeing the visitor, the golden-light youth immediately restrained his aura and bowed respectfully: "It is all thanks to Master's help. Not only have you guided me for a long time, but you also bestowed upon me the True River of Laws and many rare treasures, allowing this disciple to achieve today's success and take this crucial step."

The figure in green robes was none other than the supreme leader of the Eastern Nether Sacred Land—Lord Dongjun.

"External objects are merely auxiliary."

"To achieve success, it still depends on yourself." Lord Dongjun said: "I helped you with all my might, even allowing you to cultivate for an extra five hundred years, all for the 'Ancestral Realm War.' Now that there are only ten days left until this Ancestral Realm War, I hope you will not let down the Sacred Land or yourself."

"This disciple understands." Demigod Lian Yun said solemnly: "This disciple will certainly strive to take first place."

He had absolute confidence.

As an eight-star-pulse demigod who had also comprehended True God-level moves for years, his overall strength had become terrifying.

It was just that, having not appeared for many years and not even participating in the Eastern Nether Sacred Land's ranking battles, few people in the world knew of his existence.

"Seize first place?"

"It won't be easy." Lord Dongjun shook his head: "This Ancestral Realm War is different from the one you participated in five hundred years ago. You have been in secluded cultivation for too long... Here is some intelligence the Sacred Land has recently collected; take a look first."

Whoosh! Lord Dongjun waved his hand, and a wisp of invisible light flew into Demigod Lian Yun's mind.

A vast amount of information surfaced in his heart.

"Jing Kui of Juexing Ancient City? Xu Yuan? Dong Pan?"

"Tianshe Ancient City, the Holy Blood Heavenly Snake has emerged?"

"Changqing Ancient City..." A flash of surprise crossed Demigod Lian Yun's eyes: "Master, how could so many powerful figures emerge in this session?"

Among the intelligence collected by Lord Dongjun, there were over a hundred demigods from various major powers in the world. Although the vast majority were likely inferior to him, none could be underestimated.

The most powerful few were even on par with him.

In most Ancestral Realm Wars, such strength would be enough to contend for first place.

"The world is changing."

"Millions of years ago, the entire world had already undergone a great change, but it has become increasingly turbulent recently." Lord Dongjun shook his head.

Demigod Lian Yun held his breath as he listened.

What kind of existence was his Master? He stood at the pinnacle of the world, yet he said the world was changing?

Could it be that some major event was about to happen in the world?

"It is enough for you to know a little roughly; it has little to do with you for now." Lord Dongjun looked at Demigod Lian Yun and said softly: "In the future, if you can become a Heavenly God, you will naturally know. You have the aptitude of a Heavenly God... I do not ask you to take first place in the Ancestral Realm War; as long as you obtain the Ancestral Realm Token, it will be a success."

"Yes." Demigod Lian Yun said immediately.

After seeing the intelligence on the geniuses of various major powers, although he believed he was the strongest and had the ambition to take first place, he did not dare to boast.

He knew his Master did not like to hear empty talk.

But to obtain the Ancestral Realm Token? Demigod Lian Yun believed he still had absolute certainty.

"Additionally, if there is an opportunity, kill 'Xu Yuan' of Juexing Ancient City. In the fair duels of the Ancestral Realm War, no one can say anything." Lord Dongjun said softly: "I do not want him to live."

"Xu Yuan? The one whose soul attacks are very powerful? This disciple has noted it." Demigod Lian Yun said: "The 'Nine Transformations of Shaking Gold' contains auxiliary soul defense moves, and with the soul will I have honed for hundreds of years, blocking his soul attacks will not be difficult."

"His physical attacks should not be worth mentioning." Demigod Lian Yun said.

In his view, only a few years had passed; how much could Xu Yuan have grown?

"Teacher?"

Demigod Lian Yun asked in confusion: "Although this Xu Yuan is a monstrous talent, he is ultimately just a demigod. Why is he worth Teacher mentioning him specifically?"

"No need to ask more, just do as I say." Lord Dongjun frowned.

Demigod Lian Yun's words stirred up unpleasant memories in his heart.

Back then, the death of True God Heiren was a humiliation to him and the entire Eastern Nether Sacred Land.

Heavenly Gods value face highly.

Personally taking action to deal with Xu Yuan? Lord Dongjun disdained to do so, and doing so would also trigger a war between the two major powers.

But if Demigod Lian Yun were to kill Xu Yuan publicly in the Ancestral Realm War, that would be a truly satisfying revenge.

By then, True God Jiang Yuan would have nothing to say.

"Yes, Master."

The three Starry Sky Ancient Cities are the masters of this world, but Tianshe Ancient City is far away beyond the heavens and rarely involves itself in the continent. Therefore, Juexing Continent is effectively a struggle for hegemony between two powers.

Besides Juexing Ancient City, there is Changqing Ancient City, and the two major powers have always been engaged in secret confrontations.

Changqing Realm is the core of Changqing Ancient City, located in a mansion deep within the ancient city.

This mansion is quite vast, with spring-like weather all year round.

A man in white is earnestly studying a complex object designed before him.

His eyes are bloodshot and red, his hair is disheveled, and his face is slightly pale, but his hands have not stopped for a moment, constantly carving. A large number of complex threads are continuously born and fall onto the jade plate, which emits waves of law fluctuations.

Suddenly.

"Rumble~" The jade plate in front of him suddenly flared with light, and a surging aura diffused. The white-clad man, however, did not care at all about the aura that was enough to make an ordinary Void God feel threatened.

"Haha, finally done." The man in white, looking like a madman, revealed a satisfied smile: "Done."

But this smile only lasted for two seconds.

Suddenly, the man in white frowned.

"Poof~" He stretched out his hand, and light was released from it, landing on the jade plate, causing it to shatter directly, and that surging aura dissipated instantly.

"The ninth array map? Mu Zhong, are you still not satisfied?" A gentle voice sounded.

An old man in white robes appeared behind him.

"Teacher." The man in white turned to look and bowed slightly: "Why are you here?"

"I have been here for a long time." The old man in white robes smiled: "Seeing you focused on engraving the array map, I did not disturb you. This array map is already quite perfect; why destroy it?"

"Not enough."

"The array I want to create can be not strong enough, but it cannot have flaws." The man in white said.

The old man in white robes nodded slightly. His disciple was good at everything, except for his excessive pursuit of perfection.

"The Ancestral Realm War is about to arrive; you know that, right?" The old man in white robes said.

"Ancestral Realm War?" The man in white frowned: "Teacher, I don't like slaughter; you know that."

"Haha, entering the Ancestral Realm doesn't necessarily mean you have to kill enemies." The old man in white robes laughed: "The Ancestral Realm is vast, with many treasures and classics left by the founder of the Ancestral Realm, among which are the essence of Source Force arrays... I can no longer teach you."

"Among the Heavenly Gods born in my Changqing Ancient City over the long years, few have become Heavenly Gods by studying arrays... You should go to the Ancestral Realm to find some opportunities to continue progressing." The old man in white robes stroked his long beard.

"Alright."

"Since Teacher has spoken, I will participate and give it a try." The man in white nodded.

In the endless starry sky beyond the Juexing Continent lies the territory ruled by the 'Divine Dragon Clan'.

Here, it is not far from Tianshe Ancient City.

The Divine Dragon Clan ranks second among the nine "Divine Beast Clans" of Tianshe Ancient City, second only to the Heavenly Snake Clan.

Today, there are many figures in the Divine Dragon Sacred Hall, all maintaining their dragon forms, though they have all shrunk in size.

At the highest point, coiled an existence that was pitch-black and possessed a fierce, powerful aura. Its aura was as vast as a cosmic abyss, causing the group of demigod Divine Dragons below to fall into fanatical reverence.

"Holy Ancestor."

"Holy Ancestor." This group of demigod-level Divine Dragons knew that the black Divine Dragon was the supreme existence of the Divine Dragon Clan—Heavenly God Mohai.

"The Ancestral Realm War is about to begin."

"You are the top existences of the younger generation of my Divine Dragon Clan." Heavenly God Mohai looked down at the demigod-level Divine Dragons of various colors below.

In reality, these demigod-levels are not all pure-blooded Divine Dragons; many are "mixed-blood."

It is just that any Divine Beast clan "accepts all rivers." As long as one possesses a certain concentration of bloodline, they are recognized as clansmen, and if they can display shocking talent, they will also be cultivated with all their might.

After all, if the requirements for bloodline were too harsh, the number of any Divine Beast clan would likely be pitifully small, and they would eventually head toward extinction.

"I have only three requirements for you."

"First, seize as many opportunities as possible in the Ancestral Realm." Heavenly God Mohai said slowly: "Second, seize the Ancestral Realm Token."

All the demigod-level Divine Dragons listened.

"Third, do everything in your power to defeat 'Liu Bing' of the Heavenly Snake Clan." Heavenly God Mohai said in a low voice: "Remember, although the Holy Blood Heavenly Snake is strong, it is not guaranteed to become a Heavenly God and can be defeated."

"Yes."

The dozens of demigod Divine Dragons below said fanatically.

The infighting between the Heavenly Snake Clan and the Divine Dragon Clan has long circulated in the Starry Sky Ancient Cities; this is almost a tradition.

Inside Tianshe Ancient City.

"Bing'er." A beautiful young woman with a few green scales on her face, wearing green gauze, revealed a smile: "I know you are not from this world of ours."

"Master." Liu Bing, in the form of a green snake, was greatly shocked in her heart.

Humanoid creatures are the darlings of the world.

Therefore, the cultivation of all races almost deliberately evolves toward the human direction.

But the more powerful the divine beast, the harder it is to transform... Pure-blooded divine beasts generally need to become Void Gods to transform into human form. Of course, if they are fighting, they will mostly transform back into their original bodies.

"Don't be surprised."

"Master is a Heavenly God and holds the inheritance artifact, so many things cannot be hidden from me." Heavenly God Qinghong smiled: "However, you are a Holy Blood Heavenly Snake, this is true, and this is also the reason why I did not expose you before. You should be from the 'Heavenly Snake Clan' in the God Realm."

"Our two clans are originally from the same source."

"It's just that when the world changed back then, our branch was isolated from the God Realm and has multiplied until now." Heavenly God Qinghong said: "You came from the God Realm... it should be for the Ancestral Realm War."

"Yes." Liu Bing nodded honestly.

"Hmm, this kind of thing has not happened for the first time." Heavenly God Qinghong nodded: "Master asks you, how is the 'Heavenly Snake Clan' in the God Realm?"

"It has already been destroyed." Liu Bing did not hide it.

"Destroyed?" Heavenly God Qinghong was stunned; this exceeded her expectations.

"Then you?" Heavenly God Qinghong hesitated.

"This disciple dares not hide it from Master. Tens of thousands of years ago, the clan was destroyed, and this disciple was sent out by the Venerables of the clan who fought to protect me." Liu Bing said quickly: "Later, I was able to join the Chaos Divine Court, and this time being able to come to this world was all arranged by the Chaos Divine Court."

"Chaos Divine Court?" A flash of surprise crossed Heavenly God Qinghong's eyes: "That is one of the top major powers in the God Realm. No wonder you could come to this world of ours."

Liu Bing breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.

In reality, this set of rhetoric was decided after she and Li Yuan discussed it.

At that time, after the two communicated via soul transmission, Li Yuan proposed a possibility: since the high echelons of Juexing Ancient City could detect the abnormality of her origin, there was no reason for the "high echelons of the Heavenly Snake Clan," who were also rulers of the Starry Sky Ancient Cities, not to know about this.

"That's fine."

"You come from the God Realm and will eventually leave, but if our Heavenly Snake Clan bloodline can be rebuilt in the God Realm, that is also a good thing." Heavenly God Qinghong smiled: "In this Ancestral Realm War, you must do your best and strive to obtain the Ancestral Realm Token."

"Perhaps it will be helpful for your subsequent awakening of the Nine Star Pulses."

"In the future, if you become a Heavenly God, perhaps we master and disciple will have a day to meet again."

"Master." Liu Bing felt grateful in her heart.

Over the years, Heavenly God Qinghong had treated her extremely well.

In Liu Bing's heart, if Li Yuan was the number one relative and absolutely trustworthy.

Then Heavenly God Qinghong was ranked third.

On Juexing Continent, in a provincial city of an ordinary divine kingdom.

"Come, come, let's drink."

In a luxurious restaurant, a youth is drinking with a group of newly acquainted friends.

"Old Ning, Old Fox."

"Have you heard? It is said that the Ancestral Realm War is about to arrive. At that time, the world will be filled with ten thousand rays of light, and countless 'Heavenly Paths' will be born from the legendary Ancestral Realm." A burly man with a beard said excitedly: "Any demigod can receive the guidance and step onto the Heavenly Path to give it a try."

"Heavenly Path?"

"The legendary Heavenly Path? I only learned about it recently." These demigods were all curious; most of them were young and had never seen it.

"That Heavenly Path has life-threatening dangers." The youth, already slightly drunk, shook his head and laughed: "Brother Niu, with our strength... I feel it's better not to try."

"Isn't it good to drink and be carefree?" The youth looked up and drank again.

"Old Ning, aren't you curious at all?" The burly man with a beard couldn't help but say: "This Ancestral Realm War happens once every five hundred years. If we miss it this time, I'm afraid we won't encounter it a second time in this life."

"Haha."

"In this life, there are many things we won't encounter a second time." The slightly tipsy youth laughed: "Do we have to try every single one? That would be too tiring."

Suddenly.

Hum~

An invisible message was transmitted to the slightly tipsy youth's mind: "Ning Chi, are you ready? I have already contacted the other seven people who descended from the Divine Court, and they are all prepared."

"Understood." The slightly tipsy youth replied directly: "Ancestral Realm War... this world is only comparable to a star domain. If it weren't for the fact that the Ancestral Realm was opened by that great existence in the history of the Divine Court and has the opportunity of the 'Juexing Divine Pill,' I wouldn't even bother to come."

"Don't be too careless."

"Among the demigod geniuses who descended this time, besides our Chaos Divine Court's Gold-Clothed members, seven 'Thousand Star members' of the Wan Dao Divine Court have also descended... If we lose to them, that would be truly shameful." The mysterious message said.

"Understood."

On the other side of Juexing Continent, in the territory of the Bixia Sacred Land, in a small border city.

A girl wearing rags, dirty all over, holding a broken knife, is leisurely watching two children playing chess by the roadside.

"This Xuan Snake Chess, the rules are really interesting." The dirty girl revealed a mouthful of white teeth.

"This Juexing Continent, although it has no technology, is vast, and the number of lives living here is no less than a star domain. No wonder the Divine Court had to pay such a high price to trade with the Chaos Divine Court." The dirty girl thought to herself: "And specifically sent us in."

"Ancestral Realm Token?"

"I wonder how many powerful ones there are among the native demigods on Juexing Continent." The dirty girl took a step, and her figure blurred as she drifted hundreds of kilometers away.

If Li Yuan were here, he could judge from the mystery of the spatial fluctuations that the dirty girl should have already condensed the Spatial Intent.

Juexing Ancient City, Divine Fire Hall, in a pavilion in Li Yuan's mansion, he is leisurely drinking tea with several friends.

"In this Flying Heaven Ranking Battle, you actually moved up a few places again."

Li Yuan smiled: "Xiao Xuan, your progress is so fast; in time, you might not be unable to catch up with your big brother."

"Hmm." Jiang Xuan's eyes were very bright and quite excited.

In the trial battle more than six years ago, she finally passed the test successfully and was able to enter the Divine Fire Hall... After cultivating for these years, her strength has improved significantly.

The demigods are about to participate in the "Ancestral Realm War," so the Divine Fire Hall did not hold another demigod ranking battle, only the Flying Heaven Ranking Battle.

"Big Brother Xu, in this Ancestral Realm War, you must pay more attention to safety." Jiang Xuan said: "I heard that the Ancestral Realm has the danger of falling. Throughout the ages, many Divine Fire Hall members have died inside."

"Hmm, I will be careful." Li Yuan smiled.

"Big Brother Xu has been ranked 11th among the demigod holy sons for many years." Jiang Shan on the side said helplessly: "Your big brother here was only ranked two thousandth last time. You worry about him but not me; I really don't know who is the real one."

"Hahaha." The group of demigods present couldn't help but laugh.

Suddenly.

"Dong!" "Dong!" "Dong!"... In the void above the mansion, ancient and melodious bell sounds suddenly rang out, as if transmitted from the path of the nine heavens.

This sound contained a special power and echoed throughout the entire Juexing Realm in the blink of an eye. Even the arrays of the Starry Sky Ancient City could not block it... and it even echoed directly in the various small worlds inside the ancient city.

From Heavenly Gods above.

Down to countless Void Gods, demigods, and even Flying Heaven-level beings, whether they were eating, drinking, mating, or in secluded cultivation... all heard this ancient sound, as if it went straight into the depths of every creature's heart.

Instantly, the group of Yuan Nation demigods and Flying Heaven-level beings above Li Yuan's mansion all quieted down.

"Sound of the Heavenly Path."

"Nine rings of the Heavenly Path! Going straight into the soul, unavoidable." Li Yuan, Yueshan, and their group of demigods instantly understood the reason.

When the last bell sound fell.

Whoosh~

The clouds and mist that originally shrouded the city above Juexing Ancient City suddenly dispersed, revealing ten thousand rays of light.

The void cracked, and blue stone roads resembling heavenly ladders appeared in the world, exuding an endless ancient aura.

In the entire Juexing Realm, a full nine blue stone passages appeared.

"The Heavenly Path has appeared."

"The Ancestral Realm War is finally about to begin." The group of demigods stood up and looked at each other.

At this moment.

"Come to the Divine Fire Hall immediately to gather." A low voice suddenly echoed throughout the entire Divine Fire Palace.

"Let's go."

"Go to the Divine Fire Hall." Led by Li Yuan and Yueshan, the group of demigod geniuses immediately flew out of Li Yuan's mansion in a mighty force.

Not just Juexing Ancient City.

At the same moment, in various divine kingdoms and large cities on Juexing Continent... in wildernesses, lakes, continuous mountain ranges, ancient abysses... above the islands of the endless sea...

On life planets beyond the heavens.

In many relatively closed worlds such as the Dragon Blood Realm and the Lonely Cloud World...

It was as if the origin power of this world was blooming with might, causing the mysterious "Heavenly Path" to appear in every corner of this world.

Any demigod can step onto the Heavenly Path to explore... Generally speaking, as long as one has the strength of a demigod limit, one can pass the Nine Passes of the Starry Sky and enter the Ancestral Realm.

The Ancestral Realm War treats all living beings in the world equally.

No power can stop a demigod from entering the Ancestral Realm War... This is where the greatest opportunity in this world lies.

Juexing Ancient City, inside the Divine Fire Hall.

Over nine thousand figures stood in the hall, extremely quiet, all looking at True God Chiyang.

"I don't want to say more."

"You all already know the rules." True God Chiyang looked down at everyone: "Except for divine artifacts."

"External objects like puppets, law secret treasures, etc., are not allowed to be used. You will receive reminders again after entering the Ancestral Realm."

"I know many of you have stayed at the demigod level for hundreds of years for the Ancestral Realm War."

"Then, now, do your best to participate in the war!"

"Seize the opportunities!"

"Seize the Ancestral Realm Token." True God Chiyang said in a low voice: "Lay the most solid foundation for your own True God path, and even the Heavenly God path."

"Set off, step onto the Heavenly Path, and enter the Ancestral Realm!"

Rumble~ The gates of the Divine Fire Hall opened.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Thousands of demigods turned into streams of light and flew out of Juexing Ancient City, quickly flying toward the several Heavenly Paths in the void.

It was not just True God Chiyang who was watching.

At this moment, in the various mansions and worlds of Juexing Ancient City, many powerful existences were watching this scene.

Inside the Law Enforcement Divine Hall.

"It's about to begin." True God Jiang Yuan's eyes were ethereal: "I wonder if my little junior brother can succeed."

"He has entered the Heavenly Path."

True God Jiang Yuan's gaze passed through layers of buildings and had already locked onto the figure at the end of the void.

Li Yuan, along with Jing Kui, Dong Pan, and others, had already disappeared together on a Heavenly Path.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 456 =====