529: Secret of the Blood Road

Wu Mingyue's gaze toward Lin Ye was filled with both shyness and joy.

For the first half of her life, Wu Mingyue had always been focused on raising her Cultivation and seizing power.

Once she developed a sliver of affection for Lin Ye, that feeling began to expand continuously, until it became what it was now.

The two stood facing each other.

After a moment of silence, Wu Mingyue suddenly gathered her courage, took a forceful step forward, and threw herself into Lin Ye's arms.

Lin Ye was stunned for a moment, then wrapped his arms around her.

"Lin Ye, I know you want to step onto that path of Dao validation. I will accompany you, and I will wait for you."

"Our engagement ceremony can be held later, on the day you validate the Dao!"

Wu Mingyue's tone was extremely firm.

From the day she realized she liked Lin Ye, she had already made up her mind. Not only would she have the Wu Dynasty and the Righteous Qi Sect form an alliance, but she also intended to help Lin Ye validate the Dao at any cost.

Lin Ye nodded and held the person in his arms a bit tighter.

However, his mind was currently in a tangle.

After all, these past two days with the Empress Dowager...

Just as the Empress Dowager had said, how was he to face Wu Mingyue?

Forget it, he would deal with it when the time came.

Wu Mingyue, nestled in Lin Ye's embrace, had a trace of confusion on her peerless face. When she had entered the room earlier, she had caught the scent of her mother, the Empress Dowager. She had assumed her mother had come to the room to see Lin Ye, which was why the fragrance remained.

But now, while in Lin Ye's embrace, why could she still smell that faint fragrance?

Could it be...

No!

Wu Mingyue shook her little head, casting that strange thought away.

After lingering together for a long time, the two returned to the main hall.

At this moment, the Empress Dowager, already dressed in her phoenix robes, had arrived.

The moment she saw Lin Ye, her phoenix eyes were filled with a touch of shyness and love, but she concealed it in an instant.

"Mother, you've come out? How has your health been these past two days?"

"Hmm..."

Hearing Wu Mingyue's concern, the Empress Dowager nodded slightly. "Imperial daughter, do not worry. I was only feeling unwell due to my Cultivation Technique. Two days were enough for me to recover."

"That's good."

Wu Mingyue nodded.

Just then, a group of maidservants walked in. Each of them was holding a tray, and on the trays were placed various rare fruits. One could tell from the aura emanating from them that...

These items were definitely not ordinary.

Any one of them would be something people would fight madly for outside.

"Let's eat first. We can discuss the Blood Road while we're at it."

The three arrived at the side hall. The maids placed the rare fruits on the table. Lin Ye sat in the middle, with the Empress Dowager and Wu Mingyue accompanying him on his left and right.

"Try this!"

"Lin Ye, try this!"

The Empress Dowager and Wu Mingyue both placed a piece of spiritual food onto Lin Ye's plate at the same time. The two women looked at each other and smiled. The Empress Dowager's beautiful eyes darted away, while Wu Mingyue remained open and natural, feeling nothing amiss. In her eyes, this was simply her mother caring for Lin Ye.

Lin Ye did not refuse either of them.

He ate all the spiritual food on his plate.

Under the care of the two women, Lin Ye ate heartily. Those spiritual foods were indeed extremely rare. He was already at the Peak of the Saint realm; although his spiritual power did not increase, his physique was becoming increasingly formidable.

Even the black spiritual power within his Qi Sea was becoming more powerful.

After eating for a while, Lin Ye asked, "What is this Blood Road outside the Territory you mentioned earlier?"

Hearing this, Wu Mingyue put down her chopsticks and explained softly, "It is a path leading outside the Territory. The reason it is called a Blood Road, according to ancient records, is that before the ancient era, the Ten Thousand Domains fell into a great crisis of destruction."

"It seems that some race from outside the Territory invaded the Ten Thousand Domains. Dao traditions ceased to exist, and countless billions of Cultivators were reduced to food. That was an extremely dark race."

"Just when the Ten Thousand Domains were about to be destroyed, a powerhouse appeared who spanned the Time River. With thunderous power, they completely annihilated that race!"

"The corpses of that race gradually transformed into a path in the starry river. It was a road composed everywhere of blood and bone, so naturally, it was called the Blood Road."

"To validate the Dao and become an Emperor, one must traverse that Blood Road and contend with others from the Ten Thousand Domains. If one reaches the end of the road, one can naturally glimpse the Great Dao."

"Of course, some people have already attained the Dao halfway!"

"However, the methods of attaining the Dao differ. Some have said that if one can completely break through that Blood Road and destroy the gate at the end, it seems one can achieve Immortal Ascension. Of course, that is only a legend."

"..."

While Wu Mingyue was explaining, Lin Ye was stunned.

Before the ancient era? A dark race invading the Ten Thousand Domains? A powerhouse spanning the Time River? It seemed the one who did all those things was him!

He had exterminated the millions of Spirit Race members who invaded the Ten Thousand Domains. He hadn't expected that their corpses would remain and become a Blood Road.

Lin Ye had no doubts about the claim that reaching the end could lead to attaining the Dao.

After all, among those millions of Spirit Race members, the number of Supreme powerhouses was countless. It was inevitable that they would leave behind many Opportunities and Emperor's might. It made sense that later generations could gradually attain the Dao through those Opportunities and the aura of the Great Emperor.

But Lin Ye knew that the gate at the end of the Blood Road must never be opened!

What Opportunity for Immortal Ascension! That was clearly the realm where the Spirit Race resided!

If that gate were really opened, the Spirit Race would reappear in the Ten Thousand Domains.

Although the great era of the Ten Thousand Domains was now reviving, and various sleeping taboo existences had awakened, even so, they likely stood no chance against the Spirit Race.

After all, those so-called "Supreme" beings of the Spirit Race seemed to be creatures at the absolute Peak of the Dao.

Lin Ye had only caught a glimpse of them back then. If not for the protection of the bronze coffin, even if he had attained the Dao, he would likely have had his Divine Soul destroyed in an instant!

Therefore, if that gate were truly opened, the Spirit Race would inevitably reappear, and closing the gate at that point would not be so easy.

Furthermore, for this information to be so distorted by people, and even linked to Immortal Ascension, was simply inconceivable.

The ones deceiving the people of the Ten Thousand Domains were certainly not simple. Could it be the remnants of the Spirit Race? It certainly wouldn't be the Underworld Race. The Underworld Race had always been like the Spirit Race, wanting to contend for these Ten Thousand Domains.

They naturally wouldn't be kind enough to help the Spirit Race.

"When will the Blood Road outside the Territory open?"

"Soon."

Wu Mingyue said softly, "The great era has now fully begun. The various races and all kinds of ancient Prodigies are awakening one after another. It will be another bloody battle then, but you..."

Feeling the aura of the Peak Saint realm on Lin Ye.

Wu Mingyue said with a sigh, "It seems their awakening shouldn't be able to stop you, right? They might have to hide from you."

The Empress Dowager on the side covered her mouth and chuckled.

Who knew Lin Ye would grow so fast? His targets were no longer his peers, but old monsters who had been Cultivating for who knows how long.