160: Chapter 160 The Demon Lord's Maniacal Laughter Shatters the Realm of Death, The Jade Pendant Deviates from Its Course on the Other Shore

“Rumble!!!”

The dome of the World of the Living Dead, that haze of Chaos that had not seen the light of day for tens of millions of years...

...was violently torn apart today by a primeval giant ship that had fallen completely into a frenzy!

Driven by Qin Mu's Peak Divine Bridge Realm true essence, and blessed by the ultimate power of Ye Xiu's Immortal Four Half-Saint cultivation...

...the moon boat, as massive as a mountain range, was like a prehistoric behemoth that had been imprisoned for ten thousand years, finally breaking free from its shackles!

The azure tail flames spewing from the stern stretched for tens of thousands of feet, instantly vaporizing the waters of the Yellow Springs along the way.

The hundred-foot-tall Nether Bronze Gate, carved with hideous ghouls, was like fragile tofu in the face of the moon boat's terrifying impact.

“Bang!”

Accompanied by a loud crash that struck terror into the hearts of the Ten Yama Kings, the bronze gate shattered with a bang, turning into a sky full of sickly green powder!

“Yama, I've kicked down your door!

If you send people to annoy me again, I'll overturn your entire Reincarnation Hall as well!”

Ye Xiu stood at the wind-swept bow, his bright red Dragon-patterned wedding robe looking like a clump of ultimate karmic fire burning in the Void Realm.

Holding his wine gourd, he arrogantly flipped the middle finger at the receding Fengdu Ghost City below, then threw his head back and let out a wild laugh that shattered the Laws.

“Whoosh!”

The moon boat crashed through the boundary of Yin and Yang, completely rushing out of the World of the Living Dead.

It plunged headfirst into the vast and boundless [depths of the Void Realm], which was filled with endless spatial storms and chaotic Laws.

The Void Realm was a death zone that even the false gods in the heavens dared not lightly step into.

Here, there was no concept of up, down, left, or right, only spatial turbulence strong enough to instantly tear a God Realm expert to shreds.

However, at this moment, the moon boat was enveloped in a faint layer of azure immortal light.

That was a Half-Saint barrier condensed by Ye Xiu using the Origin of the Azure Emperor Scripture!

When those spatial storms, capable of ripping stars apart, collided with this barrier...

...they could not even stir a single ripple before being overbearingly assimilated and crushed.

“Exhilarating! Truly exhilarating!”

Inside the ship's core, the 'Hall of Defense', Qin Mu gripped the helm of the moon boat tightly with both hands, his entire body trembling with excitement.

A silvery moonlight burned in his clear eyes, and his Peak Divine Bridge cultivation made him feel for the first time what it meant to "hold the stars in one's hand."

He was no longer piloting a mere boat, but a mobile continent capable of rampaging through the Universe!

“Brother Ye! We have now broken away from the coordinates of the Major Thousand Worlds and entered the deep Void Realm!”

Qin Mu's voice spread throughout the ship via the Formation:

“But...

Wuyou Township's coordinates are hidden by layers of Void Realm illusions, and the distress Divine Thoughts left by the Village Chief and the others are intermittent. Which direction should we steer?!”

Ye Xiu stood at the bow, the wild wind whipping his long hair.

His heterochromatic gold-and-silver eyes narrowed slightly as he scanned the bizarre spatial turbulence around them.

Even for the Divine Thought of an Immortal Four Half-Saint, precisely locating a deliberately hidden independent world in this chaotic Void Realm would take an immense amount of time.

But time was what they lacked most! The Village Chief and Youyou were both inside; arriving a moment later meant a moment more of danger.

“To hell with whatever illusion Formation it is!”

Ye Xiu snorted coldly, condensing a Pure Yang Sword Qi out of thin air in his hand:

“Just keep sailing forward. Whichever direction has the strongest Formation fluctuations, I will slash it open with a single strike!

If we can't find the entrance, I'll blow this entire Void Realm to smithereens!”

Just as Ye Xiu was preparing to use the most brutal method to "forcibly demolish" the entire Void Realm...

“Buzz—”

A highly peculiar glimmer, carrying the throb of a Bloodline, suddenly lit up from within the Hall of Defense.

“Brother Ye! Wait! Something is happening!”

Qin Mu exclaimed in surprise, suddenly looking down at his chest.

There hung a simple, ancient jade pendant of extremely mysterious Origin that he had worn since childhood!

This jade pendant represented his life Origin and his supreme Bloodline as a "descendant of the Great Emperor Founding Emperor"!

At this very moment, this jade pendant, which had previously shown no reaction, actually produced an extremely strong resonance in the Void Realm.

It detached from Qin Mu's chest and floated slowly in mid-air, bursting with a majestic, clear light so brilliant that it even overshadowed the divine glow of the moon boat!

The clear light intertwined in mid-air, actually transforming into an extremely complex Void Realm star map.

And at the center of the star map, a crystal-clear track of light pointed directly toward an unknown coordinate deep within the Void Realm!

“This jade pendant... is showing us the way!”

Qin Mu's eyes widened, and he shouted in disbelief.

Ye Xiu stood up and, with a flash of his body, instantly appeared inside the Hall of Defense.

He stared at the glowing jade pendant, a sharp glint flashing in his heterochromatic gold-and-silver eyes.

“Bloodline resonance? It seems this thing has sensed the aura of its ancestor.”

A playful, cold smile curled on the corner of Ye Xiu's mouth. “Founding Emperor, that old coward, can guard against the spies of the Heavenly Court, but he cannot guard against the guidance of his own Bloodline.”

“Qin Mu, forget about those distress Divine Thoughts.

Follow the direction pointed by this jade pendant, step on the gas all the way, and move forward at full speed!”

“Yes!”

With the coordinates guiding them, Qin Mu had no more misgivings. The Azure Lotus Divine Bridge within his body erupted with an earth-shaking roar.

He poured all of his true essence into the power core of the moon boat in one go!

“Rumble!!!”

The moon boat violently whipped its tail in the Void Realm, following the light track guided by the jade pendant.

Like an azure meteor surging upstream, it crashed through layer after layer of spatial barriers!

One layer, ten layers, a hundred layers!

In the face of the moon boat's unreasonable physical collision and Ye Xiu's Half-Saint Laws, countless extremely exquisite Void Realm illusion Formations shattered inch by inch like fragile glass!

After sailing for an unknown amount of time, just as Qin Mu's Divine Bridge true essence was about to run dry...

“Buzz!!!”

From the depths of the Void Realm ahead, which was as thick as ink...

...there suddenly came an extremely desolate and tragic ancient sigh, as if carrying the blood and tears of an entire era.

The light of the jade pendant shone to its absolute limit at this moment, as if cheering, yet also as if mourning.

“Brother Ye! We've broken through the illusion Formations! There's something ahead!”

Qin Mu roared loudly.

Ye Xiu stepped out of the Hall of Defense and stood at the bow once again.

He raised his head, and his heterochromatic gold-and-silver eyes, which had always looked down upon the world, narrowed slightly the moment he clearly saw the entity ahead.

That was not Wuyou Township.

That was not a paradise-like pure land with beautiful scenery.

That was actually... a ship!

A ship ten times, a hundred times larger than the moon boat beneath their feet!

Quietly floating at the end of the Void Realm like a truly boundless continent—the ultimate starry sky giant ship!

Before this unspeakable giant ship, even the moon boat that carried the sun and moon seemed like a tiny sampan moored next to an aircraft carrier.

It was too massive!

So massive that countless ruined cities, dried-up mountains and rivers, and broken Dragon veins actually lay upon its deck!

But this ship was dilapidated to the extreme.

Its hull was covered with bottomless sword scars of heavenly wrath;

Its mast had been snapped in half by some terrifying force; and on the vast expanse of the deck...

...piles of white bones could be seen everywhere, along with tattered battle flags embroidered with the words "Founding Emperor" hanging limply in the deathly silent void winds.

An extremely intense aura of despair, desolation, and escape rushed over them from this giant ship.

At this moment, in Ye Xiu's mind, the cold and mechanical prompt of the System exploded like thunder:

[Ding! Ancient Mythical-grade ruins detected—Ark of the Other Shore!]

[System Prompt: This is the ultimate escape vessel built after the defeat of the Founding Emperor era to evade the pursuit of the Heavenly Court and preserve the spark of the Human Race!

It carries the rise, fall, and despair of an entire era!]

“The Ark of the Other Shore?”

Qin Mu rushed out of the Hall of Defense and stood blankly beside Ye Xiu, staring at the boundless ruined ship in front of him, his voice trembling:

“Brother Ye... Is... is this Wuyou Township?

Is this the Founding Emperor pure land that the Village Chief and the others have been searching so hard for?”