Qin Renhuang just became an immortal, and you told me this is the prehistoric time

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

Several terrifying beams of light, each a different color but all possessing earth-shattering power, shot into the sky from different directions of the Big Dipper, tearing through the void and relentlessly bombarding the direction Ying Xuan had left in, the location from which the spatial fluctuations originated! These were the fastest-reacting supreme beings from the forbidden zones, attempting to forcefully open or stabilize the passage!

However, their attack landed in that void, and apart from turning the already fragile space into a huge black hole that kept collapsing and swallowing everything, they failed to find any trace of a "path".

"Damn it! This path requires a special method to open and enter; brute force is useless!"

The supreme ruler was furious.

Just then, from the direction of the Immortal Tomb, the dry, hoarse voice of the Celestial Venerable of Immortality, which seemed to be able to penetrate all spatial barriers, slowly rang out, reaching the depths of the starry sky and resounding in the hearts of all the powerful beings in the Big Dipper.

"Fellow Daoist Ying Xuan...please wait! My Immortal Mausoleum is willing to exchange a complete and flawless supreme imperial weapon and a genuine fragment of an immortal scripture originating from the chaotic ancient era for...the method to enter the ancient mythological path! Please...grant my request!"

The voice of the Celestial Venerable of Longevity carried a rare hint of urgency and...regret.

He was filled with regret! Had he known that Ying Xuan possessed such a shocking secret, he should have shown greater sincerity during the transaction for the longevity elixir, or even asked directly! The Immortal Tomb has a long history and many unused treasures; if he had known this earlier, he would have been willing to pay double or even triple the price!

Unfortunately, since the destruction of the Undying Mountain, all the supreme beings of the forbidden zones have been wary of Ying Xuan to the core. They only think about how not to offend him and how to get rid of this plague god. Who dares to take the initiative to approach him and ask him questions? They are afraid that if they are not careful, they will follow in the footsteps of the Stone Emperor and Changsheng.

Now, the opportunity seems to be right in front of us, yet it also seems to be out of reach.

……

At the edge of the mythical ancient road, Ying Xuan naturally could not "hear" the shouts of the Eternal Heavenly Venerable across the endless starry sky.

He had just refined a ferocious beast and was riding his escape light, flying over a sizable, dilapidated star that emitted a faint, precious light.

His gaze swept across the surface of the star, where he saw massive mineral veins exposed in some places, shimmering with various divine lights, as well as even more powerful and pure spiritual energy fluctuations emanating from the depths of the star.

"Pity."

Ying Xuan sighed inwardly.

"If this were another world, I would definitely refine the entire star containing such rich mineral deposits and spiritual veins and bring it back to the Great Qin World. Whether it is used to enhance the world's foundation or to extract divine materials and immortal gold from it, it is a priceless treasure."

But at this moment, he was on the ancient mythical road, with no clear path ahead and potential changes behind him. It was not advisable for him to stay in one place for too long and undertake such a time-consuming and laborious project.

He reached out and grabbed at the surface of the star. The corpse of an ancient beast, as big as a small mountain, shaped like a dragon or a crocodile, had been dead for countless millennia, but its scales still shimmered with a cold metallic luster and retained a powerful aura. He forcibly pulled it into the space of the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Array.

Immediately, with a thought, the illusory images of 108 star islands swept through the array space, smashing the giant beast's corpse to pieces, absorbing and refining its remaining essence, and distributing it to the spiritual herbs on each island. The spirituality of the herbs was further enhanced, and the islands themselves became even more solid and substantial.

Having done all this, Ying Xuan no longer lingered and continued flying forward.

As he flew, he reflected on the two major battles between Purple Mountain and Undying Mountain.

"I have cultivated for quite some time and am nearing the threshold of Earth Immortal. I possess the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Formation, which is about to transform into an Immortal Artifact. This formation corresponds to the stars in the heavens and is a combination of offense and defense, making it unparalleled in trapping and killing. I have also cultivated several Heavenly Gang Dao Techniques, especially the Five Thunder Orthodox Technique, which is quite powerful. In terms of overall strength, I should be no weaker than the top few in this realm."

"However, after two major battles, I deeply felt that my own means of fighting the enemy were somewhat lacking."

Ying Xuan frowned slightly.

"Although the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends Formation is powerful, it is more inclined towards comprehensive domain control, refining and defense. Its pure attack power, when dealing with ancient supreme beings like the Stone Emperor and the Longevity Celestial Venerable who are thick-skinned and have strong recovery ability, needs to be worn down continuously, and it is difficult to kill them with one blow or quickly injure them."

"The Five Thunder Orthodox Method is extremely powerful, extremely yang and strong, and can overcome evil and break demons. However, it is naturally invincible when dealing with cultivators of the same realm by keeping a distance. But if it is to face a Supreme-level Body Cultivator head-on, the opponent's blood and qi will soar to the sky and the Imperial Law will protect the body. Although the power of thunder can cause damage, it is difficult to form a decisive advantage. Its power seems... somewhat 'weak'."

What I lack now is one or more top-tier, pure, and incredibly powerful offensive magical artifacts or supernatural abilities!

A glint of light flashed in Ying Xuan's eyes.

"A weapon that can deliver the decisive blow in close combat with a powerful enemy, tearing through their defenses and severely damaging their very essence! Or a powerful offensive technique that can unleash explosive power with extreme destructive force!"

In the world of Shrouding the Heavens, those supreme imperial weapons, such as the Void Mirror, the Eternal Furnace, and the Beginningless Bell, all possess world-destroying offensive power.

Although Ying Xuan does not pursue the exact same path, he needs to make up for his weakness in attack methods.

"The Mythical Ancient Road is said to hold countless legacies and treasures of powerful figures... Perhaps, I can find a powerful attack method suitable for me here!"

Ying Xuan gazed into the depths of the ancient road, where the area became even more hazy and dangerous, and a strong sense of anticipation rose in his heart.

"Boom!"

With a muffled thud, a ferocious beast, the size of a mountain, covered in thick, black scales, with a single horn on its head, sharp bone spikes lining its back, and exuding an overwhelming aura of malevolence, was forcibly pulled into the black and white vortex formed by the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends Formation amidst its desperate roars and struggles, and vanished completely.

Ying Xuan stepped into the array space, reached out and grabbed a handful of blood from the wound of the giant beast that was not yet fully refined. The blood was dark golden in color, extremely hot, and seemed to be burning with dark fire. It contained a vast amount of blood energy and a trace of ancient and savage laws.

He carefully sensed the properties of the blood and nodded in satisfaction.

"The blood of the Fiery Rock Dragon... Yes, this is the tenth one."

According to ancient texts obtained from the Undying Mountain, to truly activate and enter the core area deep within the Mythical Ancient Road, one needs to pass through a specific ancient altar. One of the keys to opening such an altar is to collect ten kinds of pure blood from different "supreme races" or "ancient bloodlines" as offerings.

Along the way, Ying Xuan encountered and hunted various powerful and rare star beasts in the outer areas of the Mythical Ancient Road.

These colossal beasts possess extraordinary bloodlines and formidable strength, perfectly fitting the requirements of a "supreme race" or "ancient bloodline." Hunting them is not only for collecting their blood, but also for using their life essence to strengthen the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Array, while simultaneously nurturing the spiritual herbs on the islands—a triple benefit. At this moment, within the array's space, the one hundred and eight star islands are lush and verdant, their spiritual energy swirling like a tangible mist. On these islands, countless spiritual herbs grow in competition, emitting dazzling spiritual light and an alluring medicinal fragrance.

Most of them were cultivated using various rare seeds traded from the Beidou Star Region of the Shrouding the Heavens World, and after being refined and absorbed by a large amount of the life essence of supreme beings and ferocious beasts.

These medicinal herbs have aged and their spiritual power has increased rapidly. They have now generally accumulated spiritual power for more than a thousand years, and many are even approaching the threshold of ten thousand years of medicinal age, making them veritable mobile immortal herb gardens.

"This trip has been very fruitful."

Ying Xuan was quite satisfied.

"Not only did we successfully collect all ten ancient bloodlines, but we also completely replenished the spiritual energy consumed during our last breakthrough, and even allowed these spiritual herbs to grow significantly again. This trip was definitely worthwhile."

He put away the ball of blazing rock dragon blood, and with a thought, his figure left the array space and reappeared in the cold and lonely starry sky.

Standing in the void, Ying Xuan did not rush to go any further.

He closed his eyes and unleashed his vast and boundless divine sense, which had been tempered many times and incorporated some characteristics of the Heaven-Covering Technique, spreading it out like mercury spilling onto the ground without reservation!
Wherever his divine sense passed, subtle spatial ripples, free-floating energy particles, hidden fragments of ancient restrictions, and even the faint fluctuations of distant stars were all clearly reflected in the lake of his heart.

"The Taoist techniques and physical skills of the world of Shrouding the Heavens have their own unique aspects in the application and enhancement of spiritual power."

Ying Xuan sighed inwardly.

"Such a wide-ranging and precise sensing would require the assistance of the world's core power in the Great Qin World to barely achieve. But in this world, I can cover such a vast area with just my own primordial spirit and the enhanced divine sense after the initial fusion with the Heaven-Covering Technique, and my perception is even more acute."

His divine sense, like an invisible giant net, meticulously searched the broken and ancient star field of the Mythical Ancient Road. Finally, after sweeping past a dense belt of star fragments, his "gaze" locked onto a direction!
There, an ancient city, radiating a soft, constant, yet majestic golden light, stands silently like a lighthouse in the night atop a colossal, continent-like remnant of a star!
The outline of the city was clearly visible in my divine sense. The city walls were tall and ancient, bearing the heavy marks of time.

Most importantly, the material that makes up the city walls and buildings is not ordinary bricks and stones, but a mysterious substance that shimmers with a metallic luster and has runes flowing in the air. Its sturdiness and the spiritual energy fluctuations it contains are comparable to top-grade weapon-refining materials!
"The Golden Ancient City!"

A hint of surprise flashed in Ying Xuan's eyes.

"found it!"

According to ancient texts, the key altars for entering the depths of the mythical ancient road were often located in the "golden ancient city" built by these ancient cultivators for resting, trading, and even holding certain ceremonies along the ancient road.

These ancient cities are precious relics in themselves, and the building materials and any items that may remain inside are of great value.

Ying Xuan didn't delay any longer. He transformed into a streak of light and sped towards the ancient golden city.

Before long, he arrived above the ancient city. Looking down, the city wasn't particularly large, but it possessed a profound and timeless grandeur, as if it had endured countless ages. The golden sheen on the city walls wasn't painted on, but rather emanated from the material itself, remaining brilliant despite the erosion of time.

The city was laid out in an orderly fashion, with wide streets, and one could still vaguely see its former prosperity. But now, most of the buildings were empty, covered with thick cosmic dust, making it appear lifeless and desolate.

However, Ying Xuan's divine sense keenly detected that there were still dozens of faint life auras in several corners of the ancient city and near the central square!

These auras were mostly mixed, bearing racial characteristics quite different from those of the Beidou human race of today. They were clearly descendants of certain races from ancient times, and for some unknown reason, they remained in this abandoned ancient city.

Their cultivation levels were generally not high; the strongest of their auras were roughly equivalent to the first or second level of the Sendai realm.

Just then, from a relatively intact stone hall near the central square of the ancient city below, a young cultivator emerged, clad in light silver armor, with a handsome face but an air of natural arrogance, and pale gold pupils.

He seemed to have noticed the commotion above and looked up.

When he saw Ying Xuan hovering above the ancient city, his aura only at the fourth level, a look of astonishment flashed in his pale golden pupils, which were quickly replaced by an offensive rage!

"A mere ant among humans at the fourth level of the realm!"

Judging from his bloodline aura, the silver-armored youth seemed to be a descendant of some kind of "god race." His voice was cold, filled with contempt and anger.

"How dare you place yourself above my Golden City? This is blasphemy! Your blood shall wash away this disgrace!"

As soon as he finished speaking, more than a dozen cultivators of different appearances, but all bearing obvious alien characteristics, emerged from the stone hall and several nearby dilapidated buildings.

Some of them had wings on their backs, some had curved horns on their heads, and some had skin covered with fine scales. At this moment, they all looked up at Ying Xuan, their faces showing expressions of mockery, cruelty, or curiosity, and they let out a burst of echoing laughter and shouts.

"Hahaha! Lord Eros is right! How dare a mere human brat run wild on our territory?"

"Kill him! It's been a long time since I've tasted human flesh and blood!"

"Look at his fair skin and delicate flesh. Although his cultivation level is low, his blood and energy seem to be very vigorous!"

A barrage of malicious and greedy gazes pierced Ying Xuan, who remained calm and composed above, like knives.

Ying Xuan lowered his head, looking down at the group of alien "remnants" below who were no more than the second level of the Immortal Platform, yet dared to taunt him, the fiend who had just refined the Undying Mountain and slaughtered the Supreme Being. His face remained completely expressionless.

He didn't even bother to speak.

With just a slight thought, the black and white jade pendant at his waist began to glow.

The next moment, a cool black and white light, like ripples on water, descended from the sky like a waterfall, silently sweeping across the entire ancient golden city!

Wherever the light passed, the expressions on the faces of everyone—whether it was the clamoring silver-armored youth of the Divine Race, Eros, or his laughing alien companions, or the dozens of alien cultivators hiding in other corners of the city who originally intended to watch the show or secretly plot—froze instantly!
Their vitality, aura, and even the fluctuations of their souls were extinguished with a soft hiss when the seemingly gentle black and white light swept over them!

There were no screams, no resistance, not even the slightest ripple of struggle.

In the blink of an eye, the entire golden ancient city was devoid of any sign of life! Those dozens of alien cultivators vanished completely, like dust wiped away, leaving only a few barely perceptible specks of dust where they had stood. (End of Chapter)