Chapter 37

This trip to the Purple Clan, I did not see Ziyang Shen.

Ziyang Shen has just been resurrected not long ago; he must be in seclusion.

But Ye Wuque believes that before long, the name of Ziyang Shen will surely echo throughout the Nine Heavens Ten Earths!

After bidding farewell to the Purple Clan, Ye Wuque did not linger.

Although the Purple Clan spared no effort to retain him, wishing to entertain him with the highest standards, he, his heart set on the Nine Heavens, politely declined all their hospitality.

Ziyouming and that Immortal Ancestor personally saw him off until the border of the Star Domain; before parting, they even rubbed onto jade slips all the ancient records within the clan concerning the "Nine Nether Forbidden Zone" and the "Eternal Night Black Hole," presenting them all to Ye Wuque and repeatedly urging him to be careful.

"Nine Nether Forbidden Zone……"

In the starry sky, the six-winged holy hawk transformed into a streak of extreme-speed light, racing toward the eastern region of Hengyu Land.

Ye Wuque sat cross-legged on the hawk's back, his fingertips rubbing the Jade Slip, savoring that name in his heart.

An inexplicable sense of familiarity and wariness quietly arose.

"Nine Nether……"

This prefix instantly made him think of a terrifying and frenzied great power……the Nine Nether Great World!

Since he walked out of the Forbidden Starry Sky Canglan Realm, he has roamed the Zhutian Wanjie, experienced countless life-and-death trials, and in many places has encountered the strange invasions from the Nine Nether Great World.

Those beings are cruel, mad, and bloodthirsty; wherever they pass, all things wither and turn into Dead Silence, behind which seems to hide an unimaginably vast conspiracy and an unfathomable terrifying power.

Even to this day, Ye Wuque still cannot fathom the full extent of the Nine Nether Great World; its strength and foundation are unfathomably deep.

The enmity between the two sides was already forged in their endless slaughter, irreconcilable.

"Could this Nine Nether Forbidden Zone also be related to that Nine Nether Great World?"

Ye Wuque's eyes narrowed slightly, and his sense of vigilance greatly rose.

If there truly is a connection, this place is certainly not a benign land; it is likely several times more dangerous than what the Purple Clan records indicate.

The six-winged holy hawk is extremely fast, tearing through the starry sky; after several months, a distinctly different Star Domain gradually came into perception.

The starry sky ahead is no longer brilliant and bright, but presents a tone of decay and gloom.

Distant stars are mostly dim and lightless, and many have even shattered, turning into huge debris floating in the universe.

A feeling of Dead Silence, icy cold, and suffocating oppression spread like a tide from ahead.

The forbidden land of the eastern region of Hengyu Land——the Nine Nether Forbidden Zone, we have arrived.

Stowing the six-winged holy hawk, Ye Wuque stood suspended in the air, gazing into the distance.

It is a shattered land that words cannot describe, as if a vast Star Domain had been forcibly shattered and ravaged by some unimaginable power, then casually discarded here, forming immense ruins after countless ages.

Gigantic star fragments float like islands, shattered mountain ranges span the Void, solidified magma seas gleam with a dim light, and farther away, twisting, light‑devouring spatial rifts and Energy Storm bands stretch like the gaping maws of man‑eating beasts, filling the field of view.

Death and silence are the eternal theme of this place.

Even though Ye Wuque is highly skilled and bold, his initial Divine Sense probe into it also evoked a scalp‑tingling, eerie feeling.

The Space structure here is extremely unstable, the laws even more chaotic and broken, permeated with a resentful, unwilling, madly lingering negative aura that constantly erodes the minds of intruders.

Without hesitation, Ye Wuque's body glowed with a faint golden light as the Undying Immortal Imperial Golden Body operated on its own, isolating all negative influences from outside.

With a single step, his figure vanished into the vast ruins of this forbidden zone.

Upon setting foot inside, the sense of decay and Dead Silence hit him even more strongly.

In the Void, fine dust floated about— the debris of shattered stars, mixed with… a faint scent of bone ash.

Ye Wuque moved slowly, his Divine Sense like the most precise radar, carefully scanning the surroundings to avoid spatial traps and hidden energy turbulence that are hard to detect with the naked eye.

According to the records on the Purple Clan's Jade Slip, the Eternal Night Black Hole lies at the deepest part of the forbidden zone.

The deeper he went, the more shocking the surrounding scenery became.

He saw the shattered remains of massive weapons comparable to mountains, rusted and mottled, yet still emanating a fierce killing intent, stained with dried‑up blackish blood that still made the heart pound.

He saw a floating continent, its endless ruins of palaces and towers all presenting a bizarre state— violently destroyed and corroded by a terrifying force— with no signs of life.

He even saw some……remaining corpses!

A huge being with only half its body left, its skin showing an eerie black luster, was pinned to a massive star fragment by a rusted giant spear.

Even though that being had died for countless ages, its remaining corpse still exuded a suffocating ferocious aura, and its form was far from an ordinary race.

Elsewhere, the skeleton of a terrifying monstrous beast, enormous beyond compare, bearing twelve tattered blood‑colored bone wings, lay half‑buried in solidified dark‑red magma.

In the skeleton's chest was a huge hollow, as if something had scooped out its heart, yet the lingering pressure still slightly warped the surrounding Space.

"These remains……"

Ye Wuque's gaze swept over them, and his heart was shaken.

The strength of these deceased in life absolutely far surpassed that of ordinary Immortals!

Moreover, their forms and lingering aura all bear a mad, dark trait that shares the same origin as the Nine Nether beings he has encountered elsewhere!

Meanwhile, some scattered, relatively small fragments still faintly reveal the traits of certain ancient races of Hengyu Land.

An astonishing conjecture arose in Ye Wuque's mind.

"Could it be that in the distant past, Hengyu Land and the Nine Nether Great World, right here in this region, erupted into an unimaginable……world war?"

The shattered stars before our eyes, the countless ruins, these ancient corpses so powerful they make the heart tremble……everything seems to be silently narrating the cruelty and horror of that war.

Even after countless ages have passed, this battlefield remains a forbidden zone; Grievance and killing intent have not dissipated, and the laws have been shattered.

Ye Wuque's mood grew somewhat heavy.

The threat of the Nine Nether Great World is far greater and more ancient than he imagined.

Their steps of aggression seem never to have ceased.

He continued deeper, the surrounding light grew ever dimmer, as if all light were being devoured by some existence.

The feeling of Dead Silence grew stronger; even the spatial turbulence and Energy Storm gradually faded, leaving only a pure, despair‑inducing void and darkness.

Finally, he stopped his steps.

Ahead lay an area that words cannot describe……an absolute darkness region.

It is not a physical entity; it is more like a huge, twisted, all-consuming "gap".

No light can escape from it; even a Divine Sense probing inside is like a stone sinking into the sea, instantly severed and devoured.

It quietly exists there, like a scar on the universe, emitting an icy Dead Silence that causes all things to end and makes even Immortals tremble.

Eternal Night Black Hole!

According to the Purple Clan's ancient records, the suspected Nine Heavens guide Ancient Path lies on the core edge of this Eternal Night Black Hole.

Ye Wuque took a deep breath, adjusting his condition to peak; the Imperial Golden Body's golden light retracted inward, yet it harbored terrifying power that could erupt at any moment.

He cautiously approached that absolute Darkness.

The closer he got, the more apparent the all-consuming suction became, as if countless cold hands were pulling him toward the eternal Darkness.

The surrounding Space was twisted to the extreme; occasionally, fragments of shattered law flashed like lightning, only to be instantly devoured by the Darkness.

Ye Wuque held his breath and focused, relying on his profound understanding of the Law of Space and his unmatched Flesh, he with difficulty resisted that suction, feeling his way along the twisted edge of the Eternal Night Black Hole toward its core region.

The process was extremely perilous; several times, hidden Space rifts suddenly appeared, almost dragging him into a place of no return, but he narrowly avoided them each time.

Finally, after what seemed like ages, in a pitch-black Darkness Void of extreme distortion where light was completely annihilated, he sensed an extremely faint yet unusually stable……Space fluctuation!

He followed that faint fluctuation with difficulty, golden light flashing in his eyes as he pierced layer after layer of Darkness.

Indeed!

At the limit edge where the Eternal Night Black Hole's power reaches, on a relatively stable twisted Space platform, an ancient array stands silently there!

The array is constructed from an unknown dark-silver metal, its surface etched with extremely complex ancient Space glyphs that seem to contain the ultimate principle of the Zhutian stars' motion.

Many places are damaged, but the core remains intact, emitting a faint Space radiance, stubbornly resisting the Eternal Night Black Hole's devouring force.

Exactly that— the ancient Teleportation Array suspected of leading to the Nine Heavens!

Ye Wuque was certain in his heart; he had finally found it.

His Dark Shadow flickered, and he landed on the array platform, examining it carefully.

Although the array is ancient and damaged, its core runes are intact; it seems that as long as sufficient energy is injected, it can be reactivated.

However, as he carefully sensed the array's residual aura, his gaze suddenly narrowed!

An extremely faint yet intimately familiar aura of icy, mad, and violent cruelty, like a poisonous snake, coiled around several key nodes of the array!

This aura…… he would never mistake it!

It is the aura of the Nine Nether beings!!

Moreover, this aura is still fresh; clearly, not long ago, Nine Nether beings activated this Teleportation Array here and went to the other side!

"Nine Nether beings…… they also passed through here, went to the Nine Heavens world?!"

Ye Wuque's pupil light instantly turned icy cold, a chilling killing intent rose from his heart.

This is the absolute forbidden zone of the Hengyu region's interior!

Nine Nether beings have actually infiltrated here soundlessly, and are using this ancient Teleportation Array to go to the Nine Heavens?

What do they intend?

Thinking of the Nine Nether Great World's consistent aggression and hidden massive conspiracy, Ye Wuque almost certainly knew this was no good!

Their actions in the Nine Heavens likely aim for something great!

A sense of crisis and urgency surged in his heart.

He hesitated no more, stepping into the core of the Teleportation Array.

No matter what awaits him above the Nine Heavens, no matter what schemes the Nine Nether beings have, he must go.

If given the chance, he will surely drag out these lingering evil entities and crush them!

Taking a deep breath, Ye Wuque's vast Divine Power surged forth like a golden torrent, wildly pouring into the ancient array beneath his feet!

Buzz——!!!

The Teleportation Array, silent for myriad ages, was instantly activated!

Countless ancient Space glyphs lit up one after another, bursting forth with blinding silver radiance that temporarily dispelled the surrounding Eternal Darkness!

A thick silver column of light shot up into the sky, tearing apart the edge Dead Silence of the Eternal Night Black Hole, completely engulfing Ye Wuque's Dark Shadow!

Space Power surged violently, the sensation of shifting stars and turning constellations came instantly.

The journey to the true Nine Heavens world begins here……now!