Chapter 582: Terrifying Land

The moment he stepped onto the No Return Path, Ye Wuque clearly sensed that he had entered a completely different world.

This is not an exaggeration, but the most genuine feeling.

Behind him lay the end of the Chaotic Void, the direction of the Origin Ancient Road.

Although equally vast and equally mysterious, there at least remain traces of a road, rules, order, and signs of living beings' activity.

And here—

there is nothing.

Ye Wuque walked slowly forward, his gaze sweeping the surroundings.

The path beneath his feet, rather than a "road," is better described as an endless dark wasteland.

There are no stars, no light, no sound, and even the most basic sense of space and time becomes hazy.

Strange black fog pervades everywhere.

The black fog appears and disappears, at times thin as gauze, at times thick as ink.

They are not static; rather, they seem to possess a strange life, slowly writhing, rolling, and spreading through the Void.

Each roll emits a soul‑shaking aura of despair.

Ye Wuque has previously sensed countless terrifying auras—ominous strangeness, the killing intent of the Other Shore, the oppressive pressure of Emperor Fiend, the oppression of the Dao Ancestor—but none could compare to the aura suffusing this black fog.

That is not simply "powerful" or "evil".

It is Despair Itself.

It seems as if this black fog is formed from the countless beings that fell here, their final despair and grievance before death condensed together.

It penetrates everywhere, attempting to erode the mind and spirit of every being that steps into this place, causing them to sink, become lost, and ultimately become part of this Endless Darkness.

Ye Wuque activates the Battle Sage Method Holy Law Origin, golden Blood Qi slowly circulating within his body, isolating those black fogs that try to corrupt him.

He continues forward.

Along the way, he saw countless unimaginable sights—

There was a massive abyss stretching ahead, bottomless.

From the abyss came intermittent, hair‑raising shrieks, as if countless terrifying beings were trapped within, never to transcend.

There were broken massive pillars, their source of collapse unknown, jutting obliquely into the darkness.

The material of those pillars was something Ye Wuque had never seen, neither divine metal nor ancient wood, but a substance that seemed to be condensed from "rules" themselves.

The pillars bore ancient runes, each emitting a terrifying pressure capable of subduing an Immortal King.

There was a shattered battlefield, as if a world‑shaking war had just occurred, with terrifying law fluctuations still lingering in the Void.

But that battlefield was already empty, only Dead Silence, bearing witness to the past carnage.

There were eerie whispers, source unknown, at times like the wails of countless beings, at times like the babble of ancient deities, at times like a demon's sneer.

Those whispers tried to disturb Ye Wuque's mind, leading him toward unknown terror.

Yet, how steadfast Ye Wuque's mind was!

He ignored everything and kept moving forward.

Until—

He saw ahead two towering, immensely dark massive shadows.

Ye Wuque halted, his eyes suddenly hardening.

It was a place he had seen before.

The two huge black shadows, like two towering peaks, stood on either side of the entrance to the No Return Path.

They rose deep into the darkness, as if to pierce the heavens of this realm.

But upon approaching, the terrifying truth became clear—

They were not peaks at all.

It was an Immortal Jing Guan Zhu stacked from the skulls of countless great beings!

Packed densely, layer upon layer!

Each skull varied in form—some divine, some demonic, some monstrous, some ghost, some beast, some human, and countless strange races whose names Ye Wuque could not name.

They were beheaded, their skulls piled here, forming a horrifying scene that could shatter any being's mind.

Death! Fear! Antiquity! Despair!

Each face, frozen for eons, was filled with distortion, resentment, terror—exactly the same as the expressions of corpses Ye Wuque had once seen in the shattered Star Realm before death.

Die without closing one's eyes! Never be reborn!

Even though Ye Wuque's current cultivation realm is vastly different from when he first beheld this sight—he has reached the Great Perfection of Tongtian, his combat power can ascend to the peak of the Dao Ancestor Realm, and across the Zhutian Wanjie he is considered a strong figure—but even so, confronting this Immortal Jing Guan Zhu again, he still felt that Great Terror and great despair!

These skulls represent beings that have been dead for an incalculable number of years!

Yet the grievance and killing aura they emit, their wails and shrieks seem eternal as if never extinguished for ten thousand ages.

It seems their grievance is so deep that even though their bodies have perished and their souls erased, that resentment and anger remain here forever, turning into an eternal ominousness!

Given Ye Wuque's current strength and insight, he could at a glance discern the pre‑death power tiers of these skulls—

The lowest‑tier skulls were densely packed, the most numerous.

Their forms varied, but the lingering aura was unmistakably that of an Immortal King!

These countless skulls are all Immortal King‑level beings!

And an Immortal King, placed in any corner of the vast cosmos, is a titan capable of governing a Star Domain and subduing a region!

But here, they are merely the lowest‑level entities, the foundation of this terrifying Immortal Jing Guan Zhu!

Above them are skulls with even stronger auras—beings that surpass immortality!

The Dao Void Realm, Dao Lord Realm, Dao Ancestor Realm, and perhaps even more powerful beings have their skulls stacked atop the Jing Guan Zhu, silently indicating that even such terrifying entities cannot escape a falling fate on the No Return Path!

Ye Wuque stared at these two Immortal Jing Guan Zhu, silent for a long while.

After a long while, he finally spoke softly, his voice tinged with an indescribable sigh.

"No Return Road Bones…"

"The many supreme beings rushed into the depths… and never reappeared…"

Those who were once astonishingly talented and whose might shook Zhutian clearly all perished within this infinitely terrifying No Return Path!

From these two terrifying Jing Guan Zhu, a glimpse can be seen!

Simply these two Immortal Jing Guan Zhu are enough to make many souls who set foot on the No Return Path for the first time lose their composure!

What such despair and Darkness is this? Unimaginable!

Ye Wuque drew a deep breath, suppressed the feeling in his heart, and pressed onward.

He knew Jing Guan Zhu was only the beginning.

Ahead, there is more.

Indeed—

He didn't walk far before he saw another familiar sight.

One Big Tomb after another.

Those Big Tombs, scattered on both sides of the No Return Path, varied in size and shape.

Inside each Big Tomb lies a supreme being who fell into the No Return Path!