Chapter 274 Spatial Rift

Shen Wen stood at the edge of the crater, looking down at the churning red magma below.

The place Jin Shi had told him about was right here.

"Another volcano. Everything good on this continent seems to be related to fire!"

Shen Wen muttered softly to himself, and with a movement of his body, he shot directly into the crater.

Blistering heat waves rushed toward him. The high temperatures, sufficient to incinerate an ordinary Dou Zong into ashes, automatically dispersed around his body, unable to get close at all.

His current strength was no longer comparable to what it had been years ago.

His figure continued to sink. The surrounding firelight grew brighter, and the sound of churning magma exploded in his ears like muffled thunder.

However, Shen Wen's attention was not on the magma. His gaze was fixed on a certain spot below where a faint, obscure energy fluctuation was emanating.

Space Power.

And it was no ordinary Space Power.

Shen Wen raised an eyebrow slightly and accelerated again. His body, like a streak of light, pierced through the magma layer and sped toward the source of that energy fluctuation.

As he went deeper, the surrounding high temperatures actually began to weaken, replaced by a strange sense of pressure.

It was pressure from the spatial level, as if the surrounding space was being constantly squeezed and distorted by some force.

If an ordinary person were here, they would likely be torn to shreds by the distorted space in an instant.

But Shen Wen stopped, his brow furrowing deeper.

"This Space Power..."

He murmured softly, a flicker of surprise and suspicion flashing in his eyes.

The space ancestral talisman within his body vibrated slightly at this moment, emitting an extremely active fluctuation.

Space Power that could cause the ancestral talisman to react like this was certainly no small matter.

But this wasn't what truly surprised Shen Wen. What really shook his mind was another power within his body.

Heavenly Dragon Qi.

This power, related to the Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art, actually began to tremble slightly upon entering this place, emitting a faint sense of resonance.

When he had originally cultivated his Azure Dragon Body, he had used tai xu ancient dragon essence blood.

In other words...

This place was related to the Void Ancient Dragon.

"Void Ancient Dragon?"

A sharp light flashed in Shen Wen's eyes.

"Interesting."

The corners of Shen Wen's mouth curled into an arc as he once again sped downward.

As he continued deeper, the surrounding spatial pressure actually grew smaller. The sense of distortion and squeezing gradually vanished, replaced by an extremely stable spatial fluctuation.

This change made Shen Wen even more certain that there must be something extraordinary below.

A moment later, the ground beneath him suddenly gave way.

The surrounding magma and rock all disappeared, replaced by an extremely vast underground space.

There was no blistering fire here, nor any churning magma—only a silent void.

But Shen Wen's pupils contracted slightly.

This space wasn't right.

The spatial energy in the surroundings was concentrated to the extreme. Moreover, this spatial energy was not static; it was pulsing gently with a very regular rhythm.

Contracting, then expanding.

Like breathing.

Shen Wen followed the source of these spatial energy pulses with his gaze and soon saw a rift in the center of this space.

It was a spatial rift about ten feet long, pitch-black and deep, as if leading to another world.

And that extremely dense spatial energy was constantly surging out from this rift, then being pulled back in a strange rhythm.

Shen Wen stared at that rift. The Heavenly Dragon Qi within his body vibrated even more violently.

That throb from the depths of his Bloodline caused a strange look to flash in his eyes.

Shen Wen slowly walked toward the rift. With every step he took, the surrounding space would ripple slightly, as if responding to his arrival.

The feeling was wonderful, as if the space was welcoming him, yet also as if it were warning him not to approach any further.

Walking until he was only thirty feet from the rift, Shen Wen stopped.

At this point, he could clearly feel the power emanating from the rift.

That power was vast and ancient, carrying an indescribable majesty, like a sleeping behemoth. Even a faint leak of its aura was enough to make an ordinary expert's mind shatter.

Dou Sheng.

And not just any ordinary Dou Sheng.

Shen Wen's gaze flickered. After a long while, he slowly exhaled and muttered softly, "A Dou Sheng level Void Ancient Dragon... or perhaps, something related to the Void Ancient Dragon?"

He rubbed his chin, a look of interest flashing in his eyes.

The Tianmu Mountain Range. Who could have imagined that deep underground, something related to the Void Ancient Dragon was hidden?

"Interesting, truly interesting."

Shen Wen stared at the rift. What exactly was hidden within that rift, at the source of this power?

Was it a fallen Void Ancient Dragon Dou Sheng?

Or a lost treasure of the Void Ancient Dragon Clan?

Or perhaps...

A sharp light flashed in Shen Wen's eyes as he stepped toward the rift.

No matter what it was, since he had encountered it, there was no reason to leave empty-handed.

Furthermore, for it to cause such a strong resonance with his Heavenly Dragon Qi, the thing inside must have a very deep connection with the Void Ancient Dragon Clan.

"Zi Yan is the Dragon Emperor of the Void Ancient Dragon, and I'm currently her guardian, so it's only right for me to go in and take a look."

Shen Wen naturally gave himself a reason and stepped into the spatial rift.

What met his eyes was not the chaotic void he had imagined, but a narrow passage condensed from dense Space Power.

On both sides of the passage, silver-gray energy flowed slowly like water, and countless tiny spatial runes could be seen flickering within it.

He walked forward. His pace was not fast, but every step was extremely steady.

After walking about a hundred yards, an invisible force suddenly swept over him.

That power was vast and ancient, carrying an inexpressible pressure, as if a sleeping behemoth had rolled over and cast a casual glance at the little bug that had intruded into its territory.

Shen Wen's footsteps paused slightly.

He could clearly feel that this power was scrutinizing him.

It wasn't an attack, nor was it an expulsion; it was... scrutiny.

As if it were judging whether he was qualified to continue forward.

Just as that power was about to take further action, an aura suddenly surged from within Shen Wen.

It was the aura of the Azure Dragon Body.

The Azure Dragon Body, cultivated using tai xu ancient dragon essence blood, naturally emerged at this moment, creating a subtle resonance with the sweeping force.

At the same time, the space ancestral talisman in his palm also lit up slightly. A silver-gray light flowed, emitting an equally ancient and profound spatial fluctuation.

The two powers intertwined, merging with the aura around his body.

The sweeping force paused slightly.

In the next moment, the originally faint sense of rejection completely dissipated, replaced by a nearly gentle acceptance.

Shen Wen could even faintly feel the goodwill coming from that force, as if saying: "So it's one of our own, go on in."

He raised an eyebrow and didn't linger, continuing forward.

At the end of the passage, light suddenly flared up.

Shen Wen stepped out of the passage, and the scene before him suddenly opened up.