135: Hehuan Road
Deep within the Meteorite Sea, in a region where even the Star Origin Liquid appeared exceptionally viscous and deathly silent.
Ye Chen and Blood Exquisite had been pursued all the way by the Blood Shadow Guards led by Murong Jie, forcing them to break into a dangerous sea area shrouded by a natural spatial barrier.
"This way!"
Blood Exquisite was exceptionally sensitive to energy fluctuations and pointed out the direction.
The two broke through an invisible barrier, and the scene before them suddenly changed.
It was no longer a vast sea, but a fragment of a shattered continent suspended in the Void Realm.
In the center of the continent, a group of dilapidated palaces, which could still show their former grandeur, stood quietly, emitting the ancient and powerful aura of a Saint King's Law.
"A Saint King's ruin!"
A flash of light gleamed in Ye Chen's eyes.
Crisis is often accompanied by opportunity.
"Be careful, places like this have the most Restrictions."
Although there was curiosity in Blood Exquisite's eyes, there was more vigilance.
The two concealed their auras and cautiously approached the palace complex.
The periphery of the ruins was covered with powerful Restrictions and remnant killing formations, the power of which was enough to strangle an ordinary Saint Realm cultivator.
Relying on the strength of his Ancient Desolate Sacred Body, Ye Chen withstood several Restriction backlashes; his skin split and flesh tore, but his Qi and blood circulation allowed him to recover quickly.
Blood Exquisite relied on the strange characteristics of her blood god children, dividing into thousands to scout paths, trigger, and consume the Restrictions, often passing through with minimal cost.
After several days of difficult exploration and several dangerous battles, the two finally broke through the outer defenses and entered the main hall area.
The main hall was empty, save for a high platform in the center. Floating above the platform were three items: a jade bottle flowing with Chaos Qi, a bone shard branded with complex star patterns, and a feather garment resembling light gauze, shimmering with seven-colored clouds.
"Chaos Origin Liquid! The Star Saint King's Legacy bone book! And that feather garment... it's at least a top-tier Saint King weapon!"
Blood Exquisite's breathing became somewhat rapid; these items were of great use to both her and Ye Chen.
However, just as the two stepped onto the high platform and prepared to collect the treasures, a sudden change occurred!
The high platform itself suddenly lit up with countless pink runes, and a sweet, dizzying strange fragrance instantly filled the entire hall!
The fragrance was pervasive, passing directly through their protective divine light and drilling into their noses and mouths.
"Not good! It's a trap!"
Ye Chen's expression changed drastically. He immediately held his breath and circulated his Qi and blood, trying to force out the inhaled fragrance.
But the fragrance was extremely strange; it was not a poison, but rather an inducer that acted directly on the life Origin and Divine Soul.
Beside him, Blood Exquisite's face also paled. Her blood god children boiled around her, attempting to devour and decompose the pink fragrance, only to find that after coming into contact with the fragrance, they became restless instead, transmitting a chaotic feeling of desire.
"This is... the Joyous Inducer?! That Saint King cultivated the Joyous Dao!"
Blood Exquisite's voice carried a trace of shock and anger. She felt her body beginning to heat up uncontrollably, and various amorous scenes involuntarily emerged in her mind, her gaze uncontrollably drifting toward Ye Chen, who was beside her with vigorous Qi and blood.
Ye Chen felt equally uncomfortable.
He felt as if a ball of fire had been ignited within his body. The majestic and scorching Qi and blood of the Ancient Desolate Sacred Body now became an accelerant, burning his whole body until it was scalding, and his reason was rapidly being devoured by a most primal impulse.
He looked at Blood Exquisite beside him, her face flushed with a peach-blossom hue and her eyes misty; her enchanting figure now held a fatal attraction for him.
"Wake up!"
Ye Chen bit the tip of his tongue hard, the sharp pain allowing him to sober up briefly. He growled, trying to retreat and distance himself from Blood Exquisite.
But Blood Exquisite's state was even worse than his.
She cultivated the "Blood Scripture," which was inherently sensitive to powers like Qi, blood, and desire. At this moment, the effect of the Joyous Inducer erupting within her body was even more violent.
She looked at Ye Chen, her originally cold eyes now shimmering with moisture, filled with an indescribable temptation.
"Ye... Ye Chen..."
Her voice carried a tremor and a trace of longing she hadn't even realized herself, and her footsteps uncontrollably moved closer to him.
The three thousand blood god children around her became chaotic and manic because of her loss of mental composure, forming a restless blood-colored halo around her.
"Don't come over!"
Ye Chen growled, fully circulating his Sacred Body's Qi and blood to fight against that evil fire. A crimson glow shone through the surface of his skin, sweat instantly soaked his clothes, and his muscles were taut like stone.
However, Blood Exquisite had already gotten very close.
The sweet fragrance mixed with her unique maiden scent, constantly assaulting Ye Chen's line of defense for reason.
She stretched out her slightly trembling hand, seemingly wanting to touch Ye Chen's scalding chest.
Ye Chen suddenly raised his hand to push her away, but when he touched her cool, smooth wrist, both of them trembled all over, as if an electric current had surged through them.
"Boom!"
The last string of reason snapped.
Ye Chen let out a low growl, no longer able to suppress his instincts, and pulled the soft, yielding Blood Exquisite tightly into his arms.
The warmth and softness in his grasp, that astonishing sensation, made his mind roar.
Blood Exquisite let out a soft moan that sounded both painful and pleasurable. Instead of struggling, she wrapped herself around him like an octopus, her red lips clumsily searching for his.
On the high platform, the pink runic light flared brightly, submerging their figures.
That seven-colored feather garment moved without wind, quietly covering them from above, forming a hazy curtain of light that isolated the inside from the outside.
The Chaos Origin Liquid and the Legacy bone book floated quietly to the side, as if witnessing this "Legacy" ceremony meticulously planned by an ancient Saint King.
Outside the ruins, Murong Jie and his men finally found the entrance to the spatial barrier, but were unable to break through for the time being, and could only wait outside anxiously.
...
Deep within the Lin Clan's Forbidden Ground, the Chaos Qi had become so dense that it had turned into a solid substance, wrapping around Lin Dao like a giant cocoon.
Two years had passed in the outside world, but under the time flow rate of the Time-Space Tower, he had been in seclusion for who knows how many years.
His Physical Body sat cross-legged and motionless, but his aura was like a dormant volcano, containing earth-shattering power within.
The pressure of the Great Saint Realm Peak naturally flowed, causing the space in this Forbidden Ground to continuously produce subtle wrinkles.
And his consciousness was long gone from within his physical shell.
...
Chaos.
Boundless and endless, with no up or down, no past or future.
Here, there was only the most primal Chaos Qi churning and colliding, evolving earth, water, fire, and wind, only to return to Chaos once more.
Here, time and space lost their meaning, and only "existence" itself remained.
Lin Dao's consciousness floated in the center of this Chaos. He looked down at his "palm," condensed from pure thought, feeling the vastness and antiquity of this world.
"Is this the place of the Legacy triggered after the Primordial Divine Demon Body reaches Major Achievement? A projection of a corner of the Chaos Mother River?"
He realized in his heart.
The Primordial Divine Demon Body was not simply becoming a Saint through the Physical Body; its roots pointed directly to Chaos, tracing back to the beginning of the world, the source that birthed the three thousand Demon Gods!
Just at this moment, the Chaos Qi in front gathered crazily, condensing into a figure whose size was impossible to describe.
It was like the Incarnation of "power" itself, with knotted muscles, containing the supreme might to tear apart the firmament and reshape the universe.
There were no words, only a will, pure to the extreme, transmitted — Fight!