50: Chapter 50 Ancient Gods

Besides these murals, the surroundings only held an empty altar right in the dead center of the grand hall.

Aside from that, after taking a stroll around, Fang Yun didn't find anything else.

He looked toward the altar in the middle, his gaze shifting uncertainly, and ultimately decided to approach and observe it closely.

The altar was about three meters tall, cast from an unknown bronze-colored metal.

Having weathered the erosion of countless tens of thousands of years, the surface of the altar was already covered in mottled traces.

Yet it still had not decayed, and even faintly exuded an ancient and vast aura.

"Eve, run a scan."

A moment later, Eve's voice came over.

"Master, no aggressive power has been detected, but there is a special energy fluctuation inside this altar, which is consistent with the energy fluctuation of the murals outside the grand hall."

Fang Yun narrowed his eyes, and finally walked over slowly.

However, the moment he stepped onto the altar, an anomaly occurred.

Hum!

The altar, which had lain dormant for countless years, suddenly emitted a deep roar.

The entire grand hall began to vibrate slightly, and the ancient murals on the walls seemed to be awakened.

Streams of dim light lit up from the murals, and the mysterious runes within those murals, which had originally looked like lifeless objects, now began to flow slowly, like sleeping words awakening anew.

Fang Yun abruptly raised his head, watching the anomaly before him in shock.

The next second, the glowing runes on all the murals transformed into streams of golden light, slowly converging at the center of the altar like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea.

Finally, after the light vanished, an ancient rune slowly emerged, quietly suspended in the center of the altar.

It had no fixed form.

At times it resembled a flame, at times stars, and at other times some sort of living creature.

It was as if all the rules and forms of everything in heaven and earth had been compressed into this single rune.

With just a single glance from Fang Yun, his mind trembled with a roar.

That golden rune suddenly burst with dazzling light, transforming into a streak of flowing light that instantly merged into the center of his brows, while a massive amount of unfamiliar information frantically poured in.

A vicissitudinous and ancient voice, as if traversing countless years, slowly sounded.

"My clan... is named the Ancient Gods, born at the dawn of the starry sea."

"We were born as the darlings of heaven and earth; stars changed their trajectories because of our will, and the sun and moon adjusted their orbits because of our gaze."

"Space is nothing more than a few inches within the palm."

"Time is nothing more than flowing sand between the fingers."

"From the day of our birth, our clan has already stood above all things in the world."

"We once thought that there were no rules in this world our clan could not understand, no realms our clan could not reach."

"Until..."

"We touched that existence which should not have been touched."

Speaking to this point, the memories left behind from who knows how many hundreds of millions of years ago seemed to experience a slight fluctuation, which was enough to show how intense the impact of this matter had been on the original master.

Pausing for a moment, the words within the memory sounded once more.

"Latecomer..."

"This is the Origin Divine Rune, which records the source of our clan's power. I hope you can pass it down."

"If you can obtain this rune, it means our clan has already perished."

"However, the Dao of Divine Runes must not be severed."

As the final sentence fell, the entire space plunged into darkness.

But before the darkness vanished, Fang Yun vaguely caught sight of a figure.

That was a peculiar creature radiating golden light all over its body, likely the Ancient God Clan mentioned in the memory.

He sat cross-legged at the end of the starry sky, his body already transformed into countless golden divine runes.

Across the long river of time spanning hundreds of millions of years, his gaze looked toward Fang Yun, who had obtained the Origin Divine Rune at this moment.

He seemed to want to say something.

Yet in the end, he only left behind a disjointed sentence.

"Be careful..."

"Those... that still exist..."

"Ancient Gods..."

Boom!

Fang Yun abruptly opened his eyes, finding himself back in the bronze grand hall.

A golden rune slowly emerged above his forehead, and then faded into his body.

Meanwhile, an extra mysterious imprint appeared in his mind.

Fang Yun stood in place, remaining silent for a long time.

The Ancient God Clan, destruction, the Origin Divine Rune, and Ancient Gods that still existed?

Fang Yun's mind was currently a mess of tangled thoughts; what on earth was going on here?

He had simply been taking an assessment properly, so how did he muddle-headedly end up like this?

His only previous contact with divine runes was when he purchased Eve in the mall before, recalling the mall's introduction to the Divine Domain Spirit Envoy.

"Special creatures created by high-ranking deities who excel in the power of divine runes and the power of the soul."

Were these two references to divine runes the same thing?

However, before he could recover his wits, the surrounding space suddenly began to twist.

A force of teleportation formed upon him, a feeling Fang Yun was very familiar with—it was identical to when he entered the secret realm back then.

The next second, heaven and earth shifted, and he reappeared in the place where he had been chasing down the giant bear.

At this moment, the giant bear widened its ursine eyes, as if saying, Didn't you just go in?

This demonic beast had lived in this place for many years and was once the guardian spirit beast of the herb garden, able to enter and leave the herb garden at will.

The strange restriction here was also discovered by it unintentionally; once there was divine power fluctuation, whether human or other creature, they would directly vanish.

It simply wanted to use this discovered trap to trick Fang Yun, but what caught it completely off guard was that the opponent came out right after going in?

Seeing this cunning fellow trying to run, Fang Yun gave a grim smile: "Where are you running to?"

How could the heavily injured giant bear be Fang Yun's match? It was dealt with by Fang Yun in just a few moves.

Meanwhile, the crowd in front of the external screens clearly didn't notice any abnormalities. In their eyes, Fang Yun had merely stood in place for a few seconds before rising vigorously to slay the demonic beast.

They praised him one after another: "As expected of a monster talent, easily slaying a demigod demonic beast."

"This youth is actually terrifying to this extent!"

After finishing off the giant bear, Fang Yun suddenly discovered that an extra structure had appeared within his Divine Kingdom.

He had Eve remain vigilant of the surroundings while he hurriedly cast his consciousness into the Divine Kingdom.

Ancient Wonder: "Bronze Hall of the Ancient Gods".

"Wonder Effects: First, Ancient God Inheritance: The Bronze Hall records the initial divine rune system of the Ancient God Clan. When the God Lord enters the Bronze Hall, they can comprehend the Dao of Divine Runes. Unlocks the divine rune research system, increasing divine rune comprehension speed by +100%. Second, Divine Rune Deduction: Consumes Faith Value to deduce divine rune structures, enhancing divine rune effects and improving divine rune completeness. Divine rune crafting success rate +100%. Third, Ancient God Blessing: When the God Lord comprehends divine runes within the Bronze Hall, soul strength is increased by +100%, rule perception capability by +100%, and divine power control capability by +100%. All believers within the Divine Kingdom are affected by the ancient god aura, increasing cultivation speed by +50% and breakthrough probability by +50%."

Fang Yun was stunned; the ancient hall from this secret realm had actually come into his Divine Kingdom, and to top it all off, it was a wonder structure!

Wonder structures were special buildings that carried the core power of a certain civilization or a certain rule system.

Unlike ordinary buildings that only provided a single function, wonder structures often represented a unique direction of development, containing special power that surpassed conventional buildings.

Moreover, wonder structures usually possessed unique attributes; the exact same wonder structure would typically only exist once in the same era.

After briefly reviewing the changes within his Divine Kingdom, Fang Yun's consciousness returned, and he rapidly rushed toward the herb garden, where the Dragon-Elephant Legion was still waiting for him.