Chapter 405: The Void Corridor! The Truth

Chapter 405: The Void Corridor! The Truth

Upon hearing Gu You's reminder, Li Yuan instinctively wanted to return to the Ancient Deity Palace to increase his chances of survival.

A spatial rift? Space, being the foundation of all spirits, is extremely stable. Even if Void Deity Peak powerhouses were to fight to the death, they would typically only cause ripples in space at most.

It would take a True Deity's full effort to create cracks in space, and even then, these cracks would quickly heal due to the self-repairing nature of the heavens.

Therefore, encountering a spatial rift usually signifies extreme danger.

"I can't move, it's too late," Li Yuan realized, as the invisible spatial restraining force had completely sealed off this area of the void.

Even the internal space of the Nebula Skyship was completely suppressed.

"Is this the doing of the Abyss Demon Blood Cavern?"

"Or is it the manipulator behind the scenes? Could the manipulator be a True Deity-level powerhouse?" Numerous thoughts flashed through Li Yuan's mind.

If it were just a Void Deity-level being, even if they could directly annihilate Li Yuan, it wouldn't be necessary to create a spatial rift within his battle vessel, preventing him from even retreating into the Ancient Deity Palace.

"Such immense power."

"If they wanted to kill me, it would be easy. There must be a reason for creating this spatial rift." Li Yuan's heart was filled with endless yearning: "I must survive, I must!"

Having entered the Immortal Burial Ancient Domain and descended upon the mysterious Star Perception Continent, Li Yuan still had many unfinished tasks.

...

In what seemed like an instant, Li Yuan felt the Nebula Skyship tremble slightly, and the surroundings quickly stabilized.

With his understanding of spatial mysteries, Li Yuan could sense that he had probably altered space.

The internal space of the Nebula Skyship was no longer suppressed, but Li Yuan didn't rush to enter the Ancient Deity Palace.

"Is this a cave?" Li Yuan's Divine Sense spread out, and through the battle vessel, he could perceive that the outside seemed empty, likely an open area. Soon, his Divine Sense reached the end.

"This is the intersection of several passages, it should be a Teleportation Array," Gu You transmitted.

A Teleportation Array? Li Yuan was secretly surprised.

In the Divine Realm, different Star Domains were separated by vast distances. Even Celestial Deities would find it impractical to fly across the vast void, hence the need for Teleportation Arrays.

Stellar wormholes and stargates in the starry sky were essentially similar to Teleportation Arrays, and these two were naturally born from the operation of the heavens.

However, Teleportation Arrays were man-made.

Teleportation Arrays involved the profound application of Spatial Law, usually only achievable by Celestial Deities... For example, the Starlight Divine Court scattered throughout the Divine Realm was essentially a stable and massive 'Stellar Teleportation Array', allowing Starlight Divine Court powerhouses to quickly reach every corner of the Divine Realm.

Could there be a Teleportation Array here?

Could the manipulator behind the Abyss Demon Blood Cavern be a Celestial Deity?

"Sister, is it safe?" Li Yuan transmitted.

"It should be safe," Gu You transmitted back: "I sense no danger in all directions, you can try to control the skyship."

Whoosh!

A map quickly entered Li Yuan's mind, which was the terrain map that Gu You had scouted... At this moment, the area where the Nebula Skyship was located resembled the center of a gigantic spherical hall with a diameter of about ten kilometers.

This was also the reason why Li Yuan couldn't immediately perceive the boundaries.

The entire hall was simply too vast.

On the eight walls of the hall, countless secret runes seemed to be engraved, and their combination emitted mysterious fluctuations.

"No wonder Sister Gu You said it's similar to a Teleportation Array," Li Yuan thought to himself: "It's quite similar to the information Master Chu Bing provided."

In each direction of the hall, there were a total of sixty-four passages, each with a height and width exceeding a hundred meters, extending in different directions... Even with Gu You controlling the Ancient Deity Palace, they couldn't scout the ends of the passages.

"This hall, there's nothing special about it."

"Whoosh!"

With a thought, Li Yuan immediately controlled the Nebula Skyship and flew towards one of the passages.

As soon as they reached the edge of the passage:

"Sizzle~" The entire battle vessel encountered an invisible obstruction and couldn't move forward. Even with a slight exertion of force, the skyship began to tremble.

"Brother Xu Yuan, what's happening?" Princess Jiang Xuan, who was behind him, couldn't help but ask.

"Lord Xu Yuan," Xu Guo and the several Black-Armored Warriors were also tense.

They didn't have Li Yuan's keen perception, but the sudden change had made them aware that they were in trouble.

"Here's a map, take a good look," Li Yuan said as six streams of Divine Sense flew out and entered the minds of Princess Jiang Xuan, Xu Guo, and the others.

These streams of Divine Sense contained map information.

"What a massive hall."

"Where are we?" Xu Guo and the Black-Armored Warriors were all surprised.

"The intelligence within the Imperial Clan didn't mention such a place in the Abyss Demon Blood Cavern," Princess Jiang Xuan said, equally shocked.

"The skyship can't fly into the passage," Li Yuan said calmly: "If we don't want to be trapped here, we'll have to get off the ship and try."

Whoosh! The cabin door opened, and with a slight movement, Li Yuan flew out of the ship. Outside, it was pitch-black, without a trace of light.

However, Flying Heaven Realm and Demi-God Realm powerhouses relied more on their Divine Sense than their eyes.

"Boom!" The surface of the Nebula Skyship suddenly glowed with dazzling light, allowing Li Yuan to see the distant scenery clearly.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Princess Jiang Xuan and Xu Guo also quickly flew out, looking towards the passage dozens of meters away.

"Can't the battle vessel enter this passageway?" Xu Guo asked in confusion. "There don't seem to be any remains here. Could we be the first batch of trialists to arrive here?"

Everyone turned to look at Li Yuan.

"I need you to try it out." Li Yuan said in a low voice, "Someone has to fly into the passage first."

Xu Guo, Jing Xuan, and the others exchanged glances.

"I'll go." Xu Guo said without hesitation and transformed into a stream of light, rushing into the dim passage.

He encountered no obstacles.

But as soon as he stepped into the range of the passageway,

"Clap, clap, clap, clap!" It was as if a hidden mechanism had been triggered, and the entire passage suddenly lit up brightly. The surface of the passage seemed to be made of metal, and layers of light appeared one after another.

It was as bright as daylight.

"Your Highness, Xu Yuan, I received guidance." Xu Guo exclaimed in shock, "A voice told me to continue along the passage if I want to survive... Otherwise, I'll die."

Everyone was startled by his words.

Li Yuan remained calm and said directly, "Xu Guo, try to see if you can fly back."

"Yes." Xu Guo moved, intending to exit the passage, but just as he was about to fly out, he was stopped by an invisible obstruction, forcing him to stop.

"I can't fly out." Xu Guo couldn't help but say.

"You, try again to see if you can continue into the passage." Li Yuan pointed at a warrior in armor.

"Yes." The warrior immediately flew out, but before he could get close to the passage, he was stopped by an invisible obstruction and couldn't continue forward.

By now, everyone understood that each passage probably only allowed one person to enter.

As for the Nebula Skyship, it probably couldn't enter because there was more than one person inside.

"Jing Xuan, what do you think?" Li Yuan looked at the girl beside him.

"We have no choice but to take the risk, Xu Gege. I once heard that the Abyss Blood Cavern didn't have so many beasts in its earliest days, but it had a different trial method. It was only later that a great upheaval occurred... Perhaps the true face of the Abyss Blood Cavern that we face now is the result of that upheaval." Jing Xuan clenched her teeth and said.

"Hmm." Li Yuan seemed to be deep in thought.

"Then let's take the risk." Li Yuan's heart stirred, and the Nebula Skyship beside him suddenly shrank and was quickly put away by Li Yuan into his storage artifact.

"Xu Guo, these passages should all be the same. Follow the guidance and continue the trial." Li Yuan said.

"Okay." Xu Guo nodded and couldn't help but look at Jing Xuan, "Your Highness, please be careful and stay safe."

"I will." Jing Xuan nodded heavily and said, "Guo Shu, you also be careful and make sure to stay alive."

"Haha."

"If the Blood Demons couldn't kill me, Xu Guo will definitely survive and boast to the others." Xu Guo laughed.

In an instant, Xu Guo transformed into a stream of light and disappeared at the end of the passage.

In truth, everyone's heart was filled with worry.

If this is indeed the true face of the Abyss Blood Cavern, the fact that no information has leaked out for so long is already very telling.

The absence of danger now doesn't mean there won't be any danger later.

...

"Xu Gege."

"Once we separate here, we don't know if we'll meet again." Jing Xuan looked at Li Yuan and bowed slightly, "If we all survive... I hope you can come to the Abyss Kingdom's capital once, and I'll express my gratitude to you in person."

"Okay." Li Yuan nodded.

Time passed, and Jing Xuan, along with several warriors under her command, each chose a passage to enter.

The process was the same as with Xu Guo; once they stepped in, they would receive guidance and couldn't retreat, and others couldn't enter.

In the end, only Li Yuan was left in the huge spherical hall.

"Sister, which passage should I take?" Li Yuan transmitted his voice. Although he knew a lot of information, he had less actual experience.

"Don't take any, wait!" Gu Yu transmitted back.

Li Yuan was slightly startled, wait? But he still listened to her and patiently waited in the void.

Time passed.

After a while, the passages that the warriors had entered, which were originally bright, became dim one after another, turning the same as the other passages.

Only the passages of Jing Xuan and Xu Guo remained bright.

"What's this?" Li Yuan's heart was filled with vigilance.

"If my guess is correct, these warriors should all be dead." Gu Yu transmitted.

"Sister, why didn't you tell me earlier?" Li Yuan couldn't help but ask.

"I'm just guessing." Gu Yu transmitted, "To verify if these passages are safe or life-threatening, someone has to try... These people are paving the way for us."

"I know your personality."

"So, I took the liberty of not telling you." Gu Yu said, "Let's wait and see if Jing Xuan and Xu Guo will die."

Unknowingly, Gu Yu had already treated Jing Xuan and the others as pawns.

Time passed, and Li Yuan stood quietly in the void.

One moment, two moments, suddenly, the passage that Xu Guo had entered, which was originally bright, became dim.

Did Xu Guo die? Li Yuan sighed inwardly.

This was the reality of life and death trials, full of unpredictable dangers, where a slight misstep could lead to a fall.

"Their choice of passages was random, with no pattern. Flying Heaven Rank can die, and Demi-God Rank can also die... In terms of strength, Xu Guo is much stronger than Jing Xuan, but Jing Xuan survived until the end.

"In that case, we can infer that there are dangers within these passages, but the difficulty faced by the trialists may vary. Perhaps it's determined by their cultivation realm or their age... In any case, your chances of survival should be quite high." Gu You explained.

Li Yuan nodded slightly, impressed by Gu You's ability to make such judgments.

Another two hours passed.

The passage where Jiang Xuan was located remained lit up!

"Let's begin." Gu You transmitted her voice, "Before you start, you can try entering the Ancient Deity Palace to see if you can hide within it."

"Alright."

Whoosh! Li Yuan's heart stirred, and he had already entered the Ancient Deity Palace. In an instant, the Ancient Deity Palace turned to dust, and he slowly flew towards one of the passages... his speed was very slow.

Sizzle~ As the Ancient Deity Palace drew near, it was met with an invisible resistance, preventing entry.

"Doesn't work?" Li Yuan shook his head, and with a stir of his heart, he left the Ancient Deity Palace.

In the next moment, Li Yuan attempted to ride the Nebula Skyship, but still, he couldn't enter this passage.

"Can't I hide inside a battle vessel or a Dongtian-class treasure?" Li Yuan thought aloud and directly flew into the passage.

The moment he stepped in—

Whoosh! The entire passage suddenly lit up, and an invisible wave instantly entered Li Yuan's mind: "Trialists, proceed straight ahead at the fastest speed. No hiding in battle vessels or treasures is allowed. No use of Law Secret Treasures is permitted. No use of puppets is allowed. Only personal strength is allowed... Failure means death! Exceeding the time limit means death! Disobedience means death!"

A simple message,

Extremely brutal.

"Not even Law Secret Treasures are allowed? And there's a time limit for death, but they don't specify how long." Li Yuan was secretly startled.

Having witnessed Xu Guo and those armored warriors' experience, Li Yuan dared not be careless.

Boom! Li Yuan transformed into a stream of light and rushed towards the depths of the passage at full speed.

The winding passage seemed to stretch on for countless kilometers.

Along the way, Li Yuan also tried to destroy the walls, but even with his strength and the eruption of the Dark Star Divine Spear, he couldn't leave a trace on the passage walls... This place was definitely left by an incredibly powerful expert.

Deep within the passage, a large amount of silver liquid appeared on both sides, and these silver liquids quickly condensed into humanoid figures.

Each of them held battle knives, their faces covered in battle armor, resembling warriors.

In the blink of an eye—

The passage was filled with over a hundred Silver Robe Warriors, each exuding an extraordinary aura.

Boom!

Li Yuan's surface glowed with a terra yellow light, and he quickly approached, seeing the Silver Robe Warriors on the passage floor from afar.

At this moment—

Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! The hundred silver figures, which had been standing still, suddenly pounced and rushed towards Li Yuan from all directions.

Each of them exuded a terrifying aura.

"All 35th-level? Not living beings, but rather some kind of lifeform." Li Yuan thought, "No wonder those Flying Heaven warriors died... Jiang Xuan must have fought desperately to survive."

Along the way, Li Yuan had already discovered that Jiang Xuan's Law Proficiency had reached the sixth level of completion, and with her demi-god-level weapons and armor, her overall strength far surpassed Duanmu Hong's.

However, facing a hundred Flying Heaven-level warriors, even if she survived, it would undoubtedly take a significant amount of time.

"Die!"

With a stir of Li Yuan's heart, his body instantly transformed into a ten-meter-tall figure, and the domain of the Heavenly River descended, with nine Yellow Dragons roaring forward.

In an instant, the Yellow Dragons shredded and crushed over a hundred Silver Robe Warriors into countless silver fragments, which fell to the ground.

Li Yuan had disappeared at the end of the passage.

The numerous silver fragments turned back into silver liquid, merging into the passage floor.

"It seems like..."

"Just as Sister Gu You judged, the difficulty of these passages seems to be related to the trialists' cultivation level." Li Yuan thought to himself, and his confidence in surviving increased significantly.

...

The passage seemed endless.

Li Yuan had traveled for countless kilometers and encountered several obstructions from Silver Robe Warriors and Golden Robe Warriors, but for him, there was no difference, and he swept through them all.

Suddenly—

"Buzz~" Several sinister winds appeared in the passage, invisible even to Li Yuan's spatial perception. In an instant, they sliced through his body.

"Hmm?" Li Yuan felt his body tremble.

These sinister winds, even with Li Yuan maintaining the Omnipotent Divine Body, couldn't penetrate the defense of the Nine-Dragon Mystic Armor.

However, the material attack of these sinister winds was only superficial. Along with the tremble of his body, a soul fluctuation silently invaded Li Yuan's mental world, attempting to shake his soul.

"Whoosh~"

In Li Yuan's mental world, there was a giant green lotus platform.

As the soul fluctuation descended, the lotus platform suddenly bloomed layer by layer, the lotus leaves intertwining like giant scythes, instantly shredding and killing this soul attack.

A Void Deity-level soul secret treasure—the Thousand Heart Lotus Platform.

This soul secret treasure was rarely used by Li Yuan. It was a passive defense, and with Li Yuan's strong soul will, few enemies could shake his soul.

Once used, it is enough to prove the danger of the situation!

"What kind of soul attack is this?" Li Yuan was secretly alarmed, becoming more vigilant: "Where does this passage lead to?"

So far, it was all a mystery, and Li Yuan had no knowledge of it.

Suddenly.

"Brother, it seems we're almost at the end." Gu You's voice suddenly rang out: "But over there, there seems to be an invisible force blocking the way, I can't probe it, so you must be careful."

"I understand." Li Yuan nodded.

Just over ten seconds later, Li Yuan saw a light screen at the end of the passage, faintly revealing another hall beyond it. Without much hesitation, Li Yuan plunged straight in.

Everything came into view before him.

This was an extremely vast hall, with the passage Li Yuan had entered on one end, and another passage on the other.

"Hmm?" Li Yuan's pupils suddenly constricted, and he saw six sets of skeletal remains on the ground hundreds of meters away.

Some of the skeletons were reduced to mere ashes, while others had more intact bones.

Clearly, they had died at different times.

Five of the skeletons only had a single layer of armor, without any weapons or artifacts... Only the most central and relatively intact skeleton, sitting cross-legged, had battle armor and weapons.

"Looks like!"

"The treasures left behind by the previous five skeletons have all been taken away." Li Yuan muttered to himself: "To be able to pass through the front passage, their strength in the Flying Heaven Realm must be extremely powerful."

"It's a pity they still died here."

This scene made Li Yuan even more vigilant.

Huff! Li Yuan strode forward.

With a thought, the various treasures left behind by the last skeleton were all collected by Li Yuan.

But like the previous person, Li Yuan did not touch the inner layer of armor, leaving some dignity for the dead.

"Are there any treasures?" Li Yuan quickly inspected: "There are quite a few treasures."

There was a large pile of Demi-God rank weapons and armor, over a hundred pieces, discovered by Li Yuan.

There were also other treasures, such as formation arrays and pills.

"Normally, a person wouldn't leave behind so many treasures, they would definitely exchange them for other treasures."

"Looks like he collected the treasures left behind by the previous people." Li Yuan muttered to himself: "It's a pity he still died here."

"Some treasures have already decayed, it must have been a long time."

The weapons were not damaged.

Even divine artifacts, over long periods of time, would gradually decay... Inside storage artifacts, time doesn't stop either, and all things will slowly decay.

Of course, the degree of decay of the numerous treasures left behind by the deceased was not too high, indicating that not much time had passed.

"They must have died five thousand to ten thousand years ago."

Li Yuan slightly nodded. These weapons and treasures, if they could be sold alive, could also be sold, but at a much lower price than normal treasures.

All were collected.

"Why did they die here?"

"They didn't encounter any danger before their deaths, it's as if they willingly accepted death." Li Yuan's gaze swept across the entire hall, which was empty.

There was only a huge mural in the far distance, a metal platform integrated with the hall, and the passage at the other end of the hall, but Li Yuan dared not rashly venture there.

Without understanding the deaths of the previous six, he couldn't recklessly enter.

Suddenly.

"Huala~" A large amount of light shot down from above the hall, quickly converging to form a humanoid figure, eventually condensing into the figure of a black-robed elder.

"Hmm?" Li Yuan's pupils constricted, and he directly used Divine Palace Detection.

[Target's life level is 0]



It was a mere shadow.

"Trialist, it's a pity you came late." The black-robed elder's aura was ethereal, his figure slightly illusory, as he slowly walked towards Li Yuan, a hint of regret in his voice: "If you had come more than ten thousand years earlier, the numerous treasures left behind by the master would have belonged to you."

Li Yuan's heart trembled.

Late?

The master?

"May I ask, where is this place?" Li Yuan couldn't help but ask: "Is this a 'Heritage Site' left behind by the master, intended to accept a disciple with astonishing talent, to inherit his legacy?" The black-robed elder replied: "That was over thirty thousand years ago."

"The master surpassed the True Deity level, but had a formidable enemy, and was suppressed by the Ancient Deity Palace. Therefore, this matter wasn't widely publicized, only ten Heritage Sites were left behind."

Li Yuan now understood the situation, and his heart was filled with shock.

Here, it was actually a Celestial Deity's Heritage Site?

"The ten Heritage Sites are independent of each other, and I'm not clear about the other nine Heritage Sites, but this Heritage Site, over ten thousand years ago, someone had already succeeded." The black-robed elder said.

Li Yuan looked at him, amazed.

"Your strength is the strongest I've seen among the Flying Heaven Rank, and you're still so young. If the master were alive, he would definitely choose you as his disciple... It's a pity! You came late."

"The treasures are gone."

(End of Chapter)

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