Chapter 383: Delving into the Ancient Path

Ye Wuque has already sensed that this is fundamentally not Luo Beihuang's true body!

Moreover, it may not even be a complete, independently-willed Avatar; it is more like a high‑level probing puppet or a disposable Avatar carrier that bears part of Luo Beihuang's consciousness, power, and a preset action logic!

"A single Avatar can simulate power comparable to a six‑calamity near‑Immortal level…"

A colder chill deepened in Ye Wuque's eyes.

Luo Beihuang's true body, its actual strength, its grasp of that bizarre power system, and its current hidden state deep within the Ancient Path, are likely far more troublesome and dangerous than what this easily‑destroyed Avatar displayed.

This great adversary truly is not so easily killed outright.

He is like a venomous snake hidden deep in the shadows of the Ancient Path—cunning, cautious, exceedingly patient; the first contact was nothing more than a stone tossed to test reality.

But it was not entirely without gain.

Ye Wuque's gaze tightened slightly, a thought flickered.

"Hum…"

An unfathomable, mysterious fluctuation, as if linked to the roots of all things and the threads of Fate, silently rippled outward from his body.

Invisible and colorless, yet it caused the Void of this area to emit a subtle, barely perceptible resonance.

Xiangsi Imperial Art!

"Causality… tracking."

Ye Wuque whispered softly, and points of crystal‑clear light, as if condensed from the purest laws, flowed from his fingertips.

Ye Wuque whispered softly, and points of crystal‑clear light, as if condensed from the purest laws, flowed from his fingertips.

These light points flew toward the void origin where Luo Beihuang's Avatar had completely vanished, like stones tossed onto a calm lake, generating concentric ripples invisible to the naked eye yet truly existing on a higher‑dimensional plane.

In Ye Wuque's perception and sight, that Void suddenly became rich!

Countless ultra‑fine, multicolored, variably bright thread‑like shadows began to appear and spread.

They represent the various traces left by the brief skirmish just now.

The after‑effects of energy collisions, the tracks of spatial disturbances, the information streams from the Avatar puppet's collapse and dispersion…

Yet deep within these tangled traces, a few extremely fine, nearly ink‑black threads with a distinct twisted vibration slowly emerged, stubbornly pointing toward the same direction… deeper into the Nine Heavens Branch Path!

These ink‑black Causality threads are the most direct, fundamental Causality links between that Avatar, its forger, the power source, the conscious entity… and Luo Beihuang's true body!

Although the Avatar was destroyed, this link has become extremely weak, and Luo Beihuang has deliberately muddled and weakened it with a bizarre method, nearly severing it.

But "nearly" does not equal "completely".

Before the supreme secret art Xiangsi Imperial Art, which deals with Fate and Causality, any existing link—even a single finest thread—can be captured and traced!

"Found it…"

Ye Wuque's gaze locked onto those winding ink‑black Causality thread shadows that vanished into the darkness deep within the Star Sky Ancient Road, cold stars flickering in his eyes.

"Causality tracking… indeed feasible."

Although these Causality threads are weak and their direction vague now, unable to pinpoint Luo Beihuang's true body's exact coordinates, they clearly indicate a direction.

As long as Ye Wuque continues deeper along the Nine Heavens Branch Path, the Causality link will inevitably become clearer and stronger with proximity, eventually like a lighthouse in the Darkness, guiding him to the hidden venomous snake.

"Can't run away."

Ye Wuque dispelled the technique, and the mysterious fluctuations around him subsided.

He cast one last glance at this Star Domain, now more vast and Dead Silence due to the brief clash, his gaze profound.

Luo Beihuang's appearance is like a warning bell, also like a key.

It alerts him that on the Ancient Path, danger comes not only from the overt Heavenly Pride clashes and perilous relics, but also from hidden conspiracies and lurking foes.

Luo Beihuang is only the first; he will certainly not be the last.

And as a key, the duel with this Avatar and the successful capture of its Causality link to the true body signify that his destined showdown with Luo Beihuang has officially placed a move on the Ancient Path board.

"Nine Heavens Branch Path…"

Ye Wuque whispered the four words, his gaze turning toward the boundless Star Sky Ancient Road ahead, shrouded in chaotic laws and ancient, time‑worn aura.

This is merely the starting point, an insignificant little episode.

The true Ancient Path, the vast journey that connects Zhutian Wanjie and contains endless opportunities and slaughter, has only just unfolded before him.

They are all ahead.

In the darkness, Luo Beihuang's true body, and other possible shadows, also lurk and watch.

"Then… let's delve deeper."

Ye Wuque no longer lingered; his form shifted slightly, becoming a calm yet resolute black streak of light, no longer deliberately concealed nor meandering, but racing along the vast, primitive track of the Nine Heavens Branch Path toward its depths, toward the grand, tumultuous realm where myriad clashes and the Heavenly Pride of all worlds converge.

His black robe fluttered, as if merging with the Ancient Path's eternal silence and clamor.

Behind him, those ink‑black Causality thread shadows swayed faintly on the unseen Causality plane, forever pointing toward the depths of the Ancient Path, like a shadow that follows its form.