Chapter 500: Mysterious Earth

"What has become of this era? Why have so many powerhouses emerged from Burial Emperor Star all at once! Xiang Yufei, Wang Teng, Yao Yuekong, and even the earlier ones like Ji Haoyue, Jiang Yifei, and so on."

"Hehe, I heard that although Ye Fan and Pang Bo set out from Burial Emperor Star, they claim to be from Earth and call themselves the Twin Prides of Earth. I don't know what kind of place Earth is; how come I've never heard of it?"

"Earth, a mysterious and unfathomable place. Many who came from Burial Emperor Star didn't originally intend to embark on the Starry Sky Ancient Road so early; they were all forced by a person named Yin Qi."

"This Yin Qi also comes from Earth. He is not even fifty years old, yet he possesses the heaven-defying battle record of slaying a Great Saint. His peers are all in despair and have no choice but to step onto the Starry Sky Ancient Road, not daring to exist under the same firmament as him."

"Hiss, that can't be right. A Great Saint under fifty? Even the young Great Emperors of the past likely couldn't compare. If he were to walk the Starry Sky Ancient Road, who could be his opponent? It's just strange that I've never heard of his deeds."

"What kind of figure is Yin Qi? Even if he walked the Starry Sky Ancient Road, who would be worthy of him making a move? Perhaps in his eyes, he doesn't need to walk the Starry Sky Ancient Road to prove his Dao and become an Emperor."

"Have you heard? A group of pirates has appeared on the trial path recently, specializing in robbing trial-takers and ancient life stars along the way. It is said that many ancient life stars have been looted."

"I've heard too. It's a very strange combination—one man, one dog, and one horse—clamoring to rob everyone in the universe. News came not long ago that they ransacked the treasuries of three great clans at the twentieth pass."

"They also seem to be from Burial Emperor Star. Burial Emperor Star, Burial Emperor Star—just hearing the name, you know it's not a benevolent place."

………

Whether day or night, it is always gray and hazy, filled with mist and dim scenery, because this is where the sealed Demon Well is located.

It is just unknown how many of these many Heavenly Prides will remain by the end.

……

Snow-white bones and decaying corpses appear on the ground from time to time.

The slope of Dayue Slope is not steep and is shaped like a half-moon; perhaps this is the origin of its name.

In ten years, not only him, but others have also made rapid progress.

Yin Qi drinks wine quietly.

The rise of every powerhouse means countless weaklings paved the road with their bones.

Yin Qi leaves the Holy City and arrives at Cheng Sheng Star.

The world is filled with extremely dense Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, almost liquefied, swirling between the mountains like a thin mist. Everywhere there are various spirit herbs, and many cliff walls even have Treasure Medicine rooted in them, swallowing the essence of the sun and moon.

Ye Fan and Pang Bo have both become Saints; presumably, Black Emperor, the Dragon Horse, and Duan De have as well, otherwise, it would be impossible to ransack the treasuries of the three great families at the twentieth pass.

There are no living creatures here; even birds do not pass through.

As for Xiang Yufei and the others, their performance is also very eye-catching.

Deep in the mountain range, the roars of Holy Beasts come from time to time, making all birds and beasts tremble.

Some old vines, having grown for who knows how many years, coil around the mountains like dragons, spanning across several peaks.

The surrounding mountains are lush, with ancient trees reaching the sky.

Among these rising powerhouses, Di Tian, Human King, the Tyrant Body, Fairy Qingshi, and others are the most famous; they embarked on the Starry Sky Ancient Road very early.

The next day.

"Awoo..."

The trial path is a bloody path.

Yin Qi uses Thousand Mile Foot; one step covers thousands of miles, and he soon arrives at a strange place—Dayue Slope.

The terrain here is vast but very desolate, with not a blade of grass growing.

Soon, Yin Qi arrives deep in Dayue Slope and sees a magnificent ancient castle, like the dwelling of a God and Demon, imposing and majestic, engraved with the traces of time.

Furthermore, roars like those of Gods and Demons faintly emerge, which is very terrifying.

Yin Qi tries to approach, but each time the ancient castle turns into a phantom and disappears; he knows this is due to an Array Formation.

So, green mist flashes in his eyes, and he opens his Po Wang Eye.

He sees that the world is filled with endless evil Qi, manifesting as various terrifying killing arrays.

However, these cannot harm him.

A moment later, a tall stone gate appears in Yin Qi's sight.

This stone gate is hundreds of feet high, as if built specifically for Gods and Demons.

Passing through it, one can enter the sealed space of the Demon Well.

………

A mere stone gate cannot stop Yin Qi.

He enters Yin Shang, and with one spatial jump, he enters the small world behind the stone gate.

This small world was opened up by the Dao Venerable years ago, dating back millions of years; the power of the stone gate has long since faded, and while it can block a Great Saint, it cannot block Yin Shang.

Yin Qi looks around and finds it very quiet; there is a sword mark on a giant rock not far away.

This is a terrifying sword mark, likely left before the Taigu era.

Time can dilute everything; the sword Qi has long since been worn away, but it still radiates an undying fighting intent, sharp and overbearing.

White mist swirls here, like an Immortal Realm, but what Yin Qi sees as he walks is shocking—corpses and blood are everywhere, as if the battle had just ended.

In just a few miles, there are the remains of more than a dozen ancient Saints.

Some belong to the Demon Race, some to the Human Race, and there are also incomplete Stone Holy Spirits...

When he passes by, these corpses quietly turn into fly ash, making the scene look very eerie.

This is a land of abandonment, belonging to before the Taigu era!

So many years have passed, measured in millions of years; no matter what it is, it must be worn away, even the so-called immortal Saint bones.

Yin Qi continues forward, and a large black river blocks his path.

This is a River of the Underworld!

Standing by the river, bursts of cold, sinister Qi strike, filled with strong corrosiveness.

Below the level of a Saint, there is no escaping it.

Yin Qi travels along the River of the Underworld; from time to time, he can see one or two corpses floating by. The further he goes, the thicker the death aura becomes, making one feel as if they have entered the Underworld.

Having walked for hundreds of miles like this, Yin Qi finally reaches the end.

This is a region of ice mountains, with a biting chill.

It is precisely these glaciers that are constantly melting, converging into a Nether River flowing downstream; and within the ice mountains are frozen corpses, each wearing ancient attire, belonging to various races, with different manners of death, appearing eerie and hideous.

It is very clear that this should be a battlefield from the Mythological Era, where various parties were engaged in combat.

But suddenly, a freezing force arrived, and everyone was frozen in an instant, and even now, the glaciers have yet to fully melt.

Such a method, it is estimated, only a Great Emperor could possess.

Yin Qi soared into the air, looking down at the ice mountains.

The source of the Nether River is located in the center of the ice mountains, where there is a deep pool, pitch black.

The deep pool is as black as ink, bottomless.

Bursts of black water vapor rise up, and occasionally, corpses even surge to the surface.

A terrifying power permeates within the pool, like a source of destruction, filled with a powerful aura of death.

In the deep pool, there is a demonic well, constantly erupting with extremely dense corpse Qi, as if it had opened a passage to the Netherworld and Underworld.

Along the rim of the well are traces of ancient Dao, and in a trance, it is as if an old Daoist is there chanting scriptures, but it flashes and vanishes, leaving only ancient runes sealing something.

Found it!

A bright light flickered in Yin Qi's eyes as he drifted to the edge of the deep pool.

According to the records in the original work, this demonic well seals one arm of the Stone Holy Spirit Emperor; although the methods left behind by the Dao Venerable encountered some errors, causing the ancient well to become a demonic well, it still brewed some immortal liquid.

Yin Qi wants not only the immortal liquid but also the entire arm of the Stone Holy Spirit Emperor.

The energy contained within the arm of a Stone Holy Spirit Emperor who was about to attain the Dao is absolutely unimaginable.

A Great Emperor naturally possesses monstrously surging lifeblood.

A Stone Holy Spirit Emperor about to attain the Dao has lifeblood even greater than that of an Ordinary Great Emperor, because they are known for their thick lifeblood, being nurtured by the creation of Heaven and Earth over millions of years.