Chapter 417: At the Bottom of the Canyon Lies Qin Shi Huang

"Xiang Hong, kid, why don't you just stay in Lord Tianhong's Divine City?"

On the road, after finishing the ancient scroll recording the Heavenly Judgment Canyon given by Lord Tianhong, the Heavenly Wicked Sword Immortal asked Gao Xiang Hong.

Jiuzhou Di Yi Xian's face turned solemn as he echoed: "That place is indeed dangerous. This old man and the Sword Immortal may not be able to protect you, and may even struggle to protect ourselves."

"No need. Life and death are fated, wealth and rank are with the heavens. Since the group leader has sent us, he probably won't let us die. Although it's dangerous, we've already drawn the mission. If we don't go, it'll be hard to explain to the group leader later."

Heavenly Judgment Canyon.

Legend has it that the Heavenly Judgment Canyon is a product left behind by the Calamity of Tribulation from the previous epoch.

That time, the world entered the end of ages. The Calamity of Tribulation arrived, and the boundless destruction of the Calamity descended. Heaven and earth changed color. Whether divine demons or immortal demons, Venerables and Saints alike all had to be annihilated within the Calamity of Tribulation.

In the end, under the Calamity of Tribulation, nothing remained, and new life was conceived from the ashes.

The Heavenly Judgment Canyon is a product left behind by the Calamity of Tribulation of the previous epoch. It is said that the Heavenly Judgment Canyon was cleaved open by the destruction of the Calamity of Tribulation falling down, splitting a bottomless canyon. Inside, the destruction of the Calamity of Tribulation still fills it to this day.

There are also rumors that at the bottom of the Heavenly Judgment Canyon lies a supreme treasure preserved from the previous epoch.

Anything that could survive the Calamity of Tribulation must be an invaluable treasure from the previous epoch, enough to make even Venerables envious.

There are even rumors that the reason the Heavenly Judgment Canyon is a product of the Calamity of Tribulation is that in the previous epoch, an ancient existence underwent extreme sublimation within the Calamity of Tribulation, breaking through into the realm of immortality, successfully withstanding the Calamity of Tribulation.

And the very place where it ascended to immortality was the Heavenly Judgment Canyon. That is why the Heavenly Judgment Canyon was not destroyed by the falling destruction of the Calamity of Tribulation, and was preserved.

At the bottom of the Heavenly Judgment Canyon, the inheritance and supreme treasure of that immortal existence remain.

Legends abound, but one thing is certain: every legendary immortal existence recorded in this world is said to have traces of the Heavenly Judgment Canyon in their deeds, and to be inextricably linked with the Heavenly Judgment Canyon.

For this reason, countless powerful beings have wanted to go and investigate.

"So this is the Heavenly Judgment Canyon."

Gao Xiang Hong looked at the scene before him, jaw dropping.

Looking ahead, there was a canyon of immense size before them, as if the heavens had cleaved down with a single slash, splitting the earth in two. The fissure was bottomless, with both sides savage and barren.

Rather than a canyon, it was more like a fissure.

A colossal, unimaginable fissure where the earth had nearly been split in two.

Just standing before the Heavenly Judgment Canyon, a sense of dread rose unbidden within. The aura of destruction assailed them, making one instinctively hesitate to advance.

"Let's go down."

Jiuzhou Di Yi Xian spoke.

The next moment, with the Heavenly Wicked Sword Immortal's nod, the two transformed their immortal power into light, enveloping the three of them, and leapt down, plunging into the Heavenly Judgment Canyon.

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The bottom of the Heavenly Judgment Canyon.

After enduring countless hardships and dangers, relying on Venerable-level strength—and the combined efforts of two Venerables—Gao Xiang Hong and the others finally reached the bottom.

"If I'd known, I wouldn't have drawn this mission. Nearly got myself killed."

Jiuzhou Di Yi Xian was caught between laughter and tears. Along the way, the Heavenly Judgment Canyon had no living creatures, but it contained destructive forces that even Venerables found momentarily difficult to withstand.

It could be confirmed that this was the destruction that descended when the world met its end and the Calamity of Tribulation arrived.

Now, this destruction was still preserved within the Heavenly Judgment Canyon, filling the entire bottom of the Heavenly Judgment Canyon.

If not for their Venerable-level strength and various life-preserving items, they really could have perished here.

Fortunately, upon reaching the bottom, the destruction that grew denser the deeper they went vanished. The bottom was like an isolation zone, beyond the reach of destruction.

Gao Xiang Hong looked up at the area not far above his head, where destruction surged like white-gold divine dragons roaming above, too numerous to count.

His face showed lingering fear. He felt that coming on this mission this time was truly risking his life—damn, it was too thrilling.

Still, it wasn't without gains. On the way down to the bottom of the canyon, they had found some supreme treasures left behind from the previous epoch.

"What's that?"

The Heavenly Wicked Sword Immortal stored a broken sword obtained from the canyon into his storage ring and noticed a dark gleam ahead.

The Heavenly Judgment Canyon was too deep, bottomless. Sunlight couldn't shine in at all. Fortunately, the destruction of the Calamity of Tribulation itself carried light, preventing Gao Xiang Hong from being completely blind.

Ahead, a thousand meters away.

In the dim shimmer, a ball of dark light underwent indescribable transformations—sometimes resembling a gateway, sometimes an ancient fierce beast, sometimes a palace, sometimes…

Ever-changing, mysterious and profound.

Faintly, amid the transformations of the dark gleam, the sound of surging waves could be heard, as if it were not a ball of light but water flowing gently, the sound of water ceaselessly roaring.

"An illusion? I feel like I've heard this sound before."

Jiuzhou Di Yi Xian hesitated. Although the sound of flowing water was generally much the same—all splashing—the sound of the water from the light orb's transformations felt familiar, somewhat different from the ordinary.

Not the sound of ordinary water.

"It's not an illusion. I have that same illusion too."

The Heavenly Wicked Sword Immortal replied.

Gao Xiang Hong scratched his head: "So you two seniors feel the same way too? I thought my hearing had gone haywire just now."

He looked around.

Apart from that mysterious and eerie dark gleam, there was nothing.

Just as they were puzzled by the familiar sound of the dark-gleam light orb, in their confusion—

The dark gleam transformed once more.

This time it transformed into the shape of a person. Although the dark gleam was dim, and the transformed figure looked like a person's shadow, one could still tell that the transformed figure was majestic, wearing an ancient Huaxia king's crown, standing with hands behind his back, looking down on all of heaven and earth.

His aura outshone the nine heavens and ten lands.

If not for the dim color of the light orb, it would have been truly lifelike, as if a peerless figure who stood proud above all heavens truly stood there, overlooking the myriad beings of the world.

Gao Xiang Hong, Jiuzhou Di Yi Xian, and the Heavenly Wicked Sword Immortal were all stunned.

The figure conjured by the dim light orb—that aura, that temperament, that spirit—was too familiar.

At this moment.

A solemn figure simultaneously surfaced in the minds of Tianxie Sword Immortal and the others.

This figure was precisely the one manifested by the light cluster.

They would never forget this figure—they had seen it not long ago, and it had left an extremely profound impression.

They had never anticipated this.

Why would this dark light cluster manifest this figure? After all, this figure does not belong to this world—he is a great figure from the Initial Realm.

"Qin Shi Huang!!"

Gao Xiang Hong cried out in shock, his voice distorted.

This figure is Qin Shi Huang!! That majestic, solemn silhouette—even without seeing his face, one could recognize it; his aura, his grandeur, were unmistakable.

"Why does this light cluster transform into Qin Shi Huang? Is the light cluster connected to Qin Shi Huang, or did Qin Shi Huang once come here?"

Jiuzhou Di Yi Xian was stunned repeatedly.

As he spoke, the dark cluster shifted again, manifesting a creature resembling a being coiled through the boundless universe.

"This is… Ying Long!!"

Gao Xiang Hong's face turned pale—wasn't this Ying Long the very one they had encountered in the Sky Eye World during the campaign against the ancient Babylonian gods!?

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