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

"That's about enough. If we keep drawing more, we risk damaging the very essence of these medicinal herbs, affecting their future potential and regenerative abilities."

Ying Xuan muttered to himself.

He has just broken through to the Dragon Transformation Realm and needs time to familiarize himself with and stabilize the power of this new realm. It is not advisable for him to rush things.

He slowly finished his practice, opened his eyes, his gaze gleaming with a clear light, and his aura was even more profound and weighty than before.

With a thought, the jade tablet of the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends Formation in the Sea of ​​Bitterness flew out again, transforming into a stream of light and hanging back on his waist.

Ying Xuan rose, standing in the void, gazing into the depths of the ancient mythical road. Before him, in the far distance, he could vaguely see a colossal monument, towering like a mountain, its entire body dark and seemingly formed from the remains of countless stars… a colossal monument stretching for ten thousand miles!
On the giant monument, there seem to be blurry ancient characters and patterns, exuding a desolate and majestic aura, like a gate or a boundary marker.

"Is that... the true entrance to the ancient mythical road?"

Ying Xuan realized that everything he had experienced before was perhaps just a "buffer zone" or "test zone" on the outskirts of the ancient road.

Without hesitation, he transformed into a streak of light and sped toward the colossal monument.

He moved with incredible speed, and in no time, he had reached the giant monument. The monument was far taller than anyone could have imagined; standing beneath it, one felt like a speck of dust looking up at a mountain. The blurred patterns on the monument were even more awe-inspiring upon closer inspection, seemingly depicting a grand epic of warring races, the fall of gods, and the rebirth of heaven and earth, though severely eroded by time, making it difficult to discern the whole picture.

Ying Xuan didn't stop. He soared up and flew directly over the top of the giant monument!

Just as he soared over the top of the giant monument—

"call--!!!"

An indescribable, thick, and overwhelming stench of blood, carrying the smells of rust, decay, and endless resentment and slaughter, suddenly rushed out from the world behind the giant monument, like a tangible tsunami!

Ying Xuan's expression changed instantly!
The pungent, nauseating stench of blood assaulted Ying Xuan's senses. He frowned, his internal energy and spiritual power instinctively accelerating their circulation. A faint layer of starlight rose from his body, protecting him from the decaying and violent aura of the blood-soaked wind.

He steadied himself and stared intently ahead.

Behind the giant monument, instead of the deep passage or strange secret realm one might have imagined, lay a much wider, seemingly boundless, desolate world composed of countless broken stars, fragments of ancient land, and some kind of dark red "soil."

The sky was an unchanging dark red, like congealed blood. On the earth, jagged rocks and ravines stretched as far as the eye could see, and in many places, traces of fierce battles remained—claw marks thousands of feet deep, scorched earth stretching for miles, and huge, decaying skeletons everywhere.

At this moment, this desolate and lifeless world seemed to come alive suddenly because of the arrival of Ying Xuan, this "intruder"!

"Roar--!"

"Awooo—!"

"Hiss—!"

Countless grotesque and violent monsters swarmed out from the ravines, stone forests, and piles of bones!

Most of them resembled a hybrid of a monstrous fish and a demonic dragon magnified a thousand times, covered in thick, differently colored horny scales, with a single horn or bone spikes on their heads, jagged teeth in their mouths, and scarlet eyes filled with pure bloodlust. They rushed towards Ying Xuan's location like a tidal wave!

These monsters varied in individual strength, but their numbers were simply too great! As far as the eye could see, they were a dark mass, almost filling the entire field of vision ahead, their roars shaking the heavens and the earth, even the dark red sky seemed to tremble in response.

Ying Xuan's divine sense, like the calmest radar, instantly swept across this monstrous horde.

He keenly observed that the monsters that charged at the forefront and were the most numerous mostly had an aura equivalent to the level of the Sea of ​​Wheels, the Dao Palace, or even the initial stage of the Four Extremes. Although they looked frightening, to him they were nothing more than ants that he could easily destroy.

Behind the monster horde, on several towering stone mountains or huge skeletal nests some distance away, several figures with exceptionally powerful auras stood faintly.

They are much larger, and the energy fluctuations they emit are more obscure and terrifying, at least equivalent to the second level of the Sendai realm or even higher among the Beidou human race! Those are the targets worth paying attention to.

However, Ying Xuan's gaze was first drawn to the towering monument that had just been flown over behind him, a monument as majestic as a mountain!

He had only caught a fleeting glimpse of it when he flew over it before, sensing its antiquity and majesty. Now, standing on its "back side," observing it more closely, especially under the scrutiny of his powerful artifact-refining eyes, the "essence" of this colossal monument made his heart leap!
"This material... is definitely not natural rock!"

Ying Xuan's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and his divine sense, like the finest carving knife, scanned the surface and deep structure of the giant stele.

"The entire piece is made of a high-purity 'Starry Obsidian Gold' mixed with dozens of top-grade refining materials such as 'Void Sinking Silver' and 'Earth Mother Qi Stone,' and was forged and cast using an extremely sophisticated ancient technique that may have been lost to time! The fact that it has been able to stand in the environment of the Mythical Ancient Road to this day, enduring the erosion of time and the impact of energy... its size, its material purity, and its refining technique are all astonishing!"

He instantly estimated in his mind that the total amount of top-grade refining materials contained in this colossal monument was probably... far exceeding the total reserves of all metals and minerals he currently possessed in the Great Qin World! It might even be several times, dozens of times more!
This is an unimaginable, mobile treasure trove! It is a "guidepost" left by ancient powerful beings to indicate directions or mark boundaries on the mythical ancient road!
"Take it! It must be taken!"

An overwhelming thought seized Ying Xuan's mind. As for how to refine such a massive amount of material? That was a problem to consider later! First, he needed to acquire it!
Without any hesitation, just as the horde of monsters was about to pounce on him, he suddenly turned around to face the towering monument, the black and white jade pendant at his waist shining with an unprecedented brilliance!
"Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends, withdraw!"

With a low shout, a black and white light, even larger and more solid than when the ancient corpse was collected, surged out from the jade tablet like the primordial chaos at the beginning of the universe, instantly transforming into a giant light shield that covered the entire ten-thousand-mile-long monument!
"Buzz—!!!"

Space groaned under the strain! The towering, seemingly eternal monument trembled violently under the black and white light! The indistinct ancient runes on the monument seemed to be activated, emitting a faint light in an attempt to resist, but ultimately they could not withstand the ultimate power of the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Array, which was specifically designed to contain space and matter!

The light suddenly contracted inward!
The next moment, the place was completely empty! The ancient monument that was tens of thousands of miles high and had existed for countless millennia was actually uprooted by Ying Xuan from this land of the mythical ancient road and put into the array space!

At the same moment the giant monument disappeared, the countless monsters that had rushed in like a tidal wave had already reached Ying Xuan's side! The closest one, which resembled a saber-toothed fish and was over ten zhang long, opened its huge mouth full of fangs, bringing a foul stench, and bit down hard at Ying Xuan!

"Roar! Another reckless little insect has wandered into the ancient hunting grounds!"

The monster spoke in a human voice, filled with violence and disdain. Its giant, scarlet eyes curiously examined the tiny creature before it, whose aura was merely at the "Dragon Transformation Realm," as if wondering why it did not flee.

However, what responded to it was a bolt of pure white lightning that appeared out of nowhere, only the thickness of a finger, yet dazzlingly brilliant!

"laugh!"

The lightning bolt struck its gaping maw with perfect accuracy, and then... that was it.

This monster, whose strength was roughly equivalent to the peak of the Dao Palace realm, suddenly stiffened its massive body. Its scarlet eyes instantly lost all their luster, and the ferocious aura surrounding it dissipated like a punctured balloon. Then, its entire body silently turned into the finest ashes from the inside out, drifting into the bloody air.

Ying Xuan didn't even glance at the monster that had turned to ashes. His figure had already transformed into a bolt of lightning that tore through the air, rushing straight towards the distance behind the monster horde at a speed far exceeding the reaction limits of these low-level monsters—that was the location of those powerful auras!

The owners of these auras are all powerful figures comparable to the elders and living fossils of the holy families in the Big Dipper Star Region, and are considered "saint" level beings in the outside world! These are the targets he values ​​and who can provide enough "fuel" for refining the giant monument!

His speed was beyond imagination, instantly traversing a vast distance to arrive above a "bone mountain" composed of countless enormous skeletons.

Below, a colossal creature, over three thousand feet long, resembling an enlarged alligator turtle with its carapace covered in ferocious bone spurs and an aura like a dormant volcano, seemed to be awakened by the commotion of the disappearance of the giant monument and Ying Xuan's rapidly approaching aura. It slowly raised its hill-like head, and its pair of dark yellow vertical pupils, like small lakes, coldly locked onto the tiny figure in the air.

"receive!"

Without any further words, Ying Xuan activated the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Formation once more! With a flash of black and white light, this terrifying behemoth, whose strength had definitely reached the peak of the second level of the Immortal Platform Realm, or even touched upon an even higher threshold, was forcibly pulled into the formation space before it could even let out a full roar!
Upon entering the array space, the weapon-refining technique that Ying Xuan had already preset was instantly activated!

The colossal beast, three thousand feet tall, was thrown into a specific "smelting area."

Dozens of the 108 star islands crashed into the giant beast along a specific trajectory! Sharp starlight and yin-yang energy swirled around the edges of the islands, like the sharpest celestial blades, instantly cutting and pulverizing the giant beast's indestructible scales and flesh!
Under the power of the array, the enormous beast's body was like a piece of meat thrown into a shredder, instantly transforming into a thick, viscous, and churning dark red blood light with a diameter exceeding a hundred miles! This blood light contained the beast's vast blood and vital essence cultivated throughout its life, as well as some refined fragments of laws!
The moment this enormous ball of blood-red light formed, it did not disperse to nourish the spiritual medicine. Instead, as if it had a life of its own, it suddenly pounced on the colossal monument that had just been taken into the array space and still exuded an ancient and heavy aura!

"boom--!!!"

The instant the blood-red light touched the giant monument, it was as if sparks had splashed into an ocean of oil! The surface of the giant monument, made from dozens of top-grade divine materials, was actually "ignited" by this blood-red light containing powerful life energy and fragments of laws!

It is not a real flame, but a "flame of law" produced when matter and energy react violently, purify, and sublimate! It presents a strange color that is a mixture of blood red and dark gold!
Under the burning of the crimson flames of the law, the seemingly seamless structure of the colossal monument began to undergo visible changes! On the surface of the monument, the impurities, dust, and even some of the lower-grade auxiliary materials that had been eroded over time could not withstand the pressure and melted and vaporized like wax, being purified and expelled by the power of the formation!
Immediately afterwards, the giant monument began to slowly "soften," gradually transforming from a solid state into a strange "liquid" or "energy state"!
The purest essence of Starry Obsidian Gold, the origin of Void Sinking Silver, the essence of Earth Mother Stone... the essence of dozens of top-grade divine materials, like a metal solution that has been stripped and smelted.

Transforming into streams of different colors, each radiating a dazzling light and a heavy aura, these "divine materials" flowed out from the gradually shrinking stele, like rivers flowing into the sea, actively surging towards the 108 star islands!

The islands, upon contact with these top-grade divine essences, were like parched land receiving sweet rain, greedily absorbing them! Each island emitted a joyful hum, its size slowly expanding and solidifying at a visible rate!
The island's texture became more resilient, its resonance with the power of the stars became clearer, and its internal structure was being optimized and strengthened under the nourishment of the divine essence! The foundation and essence of the entire Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Array were being rapidly enhanced by this unprecedented infusion of divine essence!
Ying Xuan's figure only lingered within the array space for a moment. After confirming that the refining process had started smoothly, he immediately withdrew. Outside, there was still more "fuel" waiting for him!
Sure enough, the disappearance of the giant monument and the instantaneous "disappearance" of the powerful beast have thoroughly alarmed the true rulers of this "ancient hunting ground"!

"Roar--!!!"

"Awooo—!!!"

Several earth-shattering, terrifying roars came from different directions, filled with shock, anger, and overwhelming killing intent! Immediately afterward, several enormous black shadows, so large they blotted out the sky, tore through the dark red air, carrying a terrifying pressure that distorted space, and appeared in Ying Xuan's field of vision!

A winged black tiger, nearly five thousand feet long, with a body as black as ink, wings on its back, a blood-red "king" character pattern engraved on its forehead, and the faint sound of wind and thunder coming from its ribs!
A terrifying blood dragon, nearly ten thousand feet long, covered in dark red scales, with a single horn on its head, four claws growing from its belly, and surrounded by crimson lightning and bloody storms!
A strange golden python, over seven thousand feet long, with scales as if forged from the purest gold, elegant yet deadly, leaving golden ripples in the void as it swam!
Several other colossal beasts, each with a different form but equally formidable aura, slowly approached from other directions, subtly forming an encirclement!

Any one of these colossal beasts would be large enough to eclipse the stars! Slaughtering just one, its flesh and blood would likely be enough to feed the entire population of the Great Qin world for years to come! (End of Chapter)