Chapter 688: Stepping onto the No Return Path

Ye Wuque climbed step by step toward the heavens, finally reaching the area of the No Return Path.

Here, it was completely different from the image in his memory.

Previously, the trial region of the Origin Ancient Road could only be considered the front segment of the No Return Path, not truly dangerous or a Terrifying Area.

Although there was also Dead Silence and Darkness, it still retained the sense of a trial, with rules to follow and life to be found.

But here—

is the true No Return Path.

It is the most terrifying place in the Zhutian Wanjie.

It is the burial ground of countless supreme beings.

Ye Wuque walked alone, moving slowly, yet his speed was great.

But the scope of the No Return Path, how vast it is.

That endless Darkness, like an eternally solidified ocean, stretched beyond sight.

That Dead Silence's aura, like an eternally unfrozen ice, seeped into every inch of the Void.

That eerie whisper, like the wails of countless lost souls, echoed in the Darkness.

Ye Wuque on the road still saw those terrifying capital watchtowers and the Big Tombs that buried many supreme beings.

The capital watchtowers still towered into the clouds, the horrific sight of countless stacked skulls still made one's scalp tingle.

The frozen expressions on those skulls still twisted, resentful, fearful, as if silently recounting ancient tragedies.

Among them was the Big Tomb that buried Ao Kun, the Golden Emperor Dragon King.

The golden Big Tomb, peerlessly noble, emitted a faint golden glow in the Darkness.

That was Ao Kun's final glory, the last mark he left on the No Return Path.

At first, Ye Wuque obtained the complete True Dragon Emperor Technique and a piece of True Dragon Bone within this Big Tomb, which later became one of his crucial trump cards.

Ye Wuque did not linger, continuing deeper.

When he passed Ao Kun's Big Tomb, he paused slightly, bowed a little toward the golden Big Tomb as a tribute.

Then he kept moving forward.

The road still exuded a bizarre and Dead Silence feeling, far more terrifying than during earlier trials, countless times greater.

The Darkness grew richer, as if viscous like a substance.

The Dead Silence deepened, making even the heartbeat sound especially harsh.

The whisper became clearer, as if murmuring right beside the ear.

It was obvious—Great Terror had erupted.

Ye Wuque moved swiftly, gradually arriving at the endpoint area of the earlier Origin Ancient Road trial, exactly the place once guarded by Ye Shizu, Jiang Tianyan, and Tianling Laozu.

There had once stood a simple and tranquil complex of buildings, nestled in an elegant land surrounded by mountains and water.

Ye Shizu, Jiang Tianyan, and Tianling Laozu had stationed there, guarding the gateway leading to the Deep of No Return Path.

At this moment, it was empty.

The complex remained, but the former tranquility was gone.

The air still lingered with the aftershocks of the great battle, and unhealed Liewen still scarred the Void.

Those meticulously arranged formations were mostly destroyed, leaving only broken runes flickering faintly in the Darkness.

Ye Shizu, Jiang Tianyan, and Tianling Laozu—none of them were here.

Clearly, they had all delved into the true depths of the No Return Path…

Staying here to guard could solve nothing.

Ye Wuque looked at the desolate complex, a complex wave of emotions rising within him.

Those three seniors had guarded this place for endless ages.

Now, they too have taken the path of No Return.

Awaiting them ahead is unknown terror, ultimate Darkness, a predicament from which they may never return.

Yet they still went.

Unflinchingly.

Ye Wuque took a deep breath and pressed further inward.

……

Exactly five years later.

Ye Wuque arrived at a region resembling the Death Star Sea.

Here, it was completely different from the places he had passed before.

The Void was no longer pure Darkness, but displayed a strange Gray White, like decayed ash drifting in the air.

Countless fragmented Stellar Debris floated in the Void, some slowly rotating, some completely still.

Here, all kinds of bizarre and terrifying things filled the air.

There was ominous Black Fog rolling in the Void, exuding a nauseating scent.

There were twisted SpaceTimeRifts, like gruesome wounds spanning heaven and earth.

There were eerie beings wandering in the Darkness, emitting hair-raising roars.

Bane Creatures were numerous and immensely powerful.

Those Bane Creatures took forms of withered bones, rotting corpses, or twisted shadows.

Sensing Ye Wuque's aura, they lunged like sharks that smell blood, frenziedly attacking.

Dense and countless, covering the sky and blocking the sun!

Ye Wuque's eyes hardened, he raised his hand, and struck a palm outward!

That palm strike was described lightly, yet it contained power that could destroy heaven and earth.

The pale gold palm seal, like the Great Sun Sweep, swept outward!

Where it passed, all Bane Creatures instantly turned to dust!

Whether ordinary Ominous Warriors or those Dao Realm, Supreme‑level terrifying existences—before Ye Wuque's palm, they are all like ants.

Under a single palm, billions of miles are cleared.

Ye Wuque withdrew his hand and continued forward.

Crossing that Death Star Sea, he discovered that this place was actually a mysterious Great Tomb.

The Great Tomb, unimaginably massive, spanned the Void like a continent.

On the tomb walls, countless ancient runes were engraved, each exuding a time‑worn yet powerful aura.

The profundity of those runes is such that even Ye Wuque must concentrate and scrutinize to barely discern them.

The tomb gate had been ruined, revealing a pitch‑black entrance.

From deep within that entrance came waves of eerie aura, along with a faint, barely perceptible Divine Thought Wave.