nycdaug Chapter 12821 The Infernal Affairs
Chapter 12821 The Infernal Affairs
Chapter 12821 The Infernal Affairs
A celestial book was released from above Ye Chen's head, radiating the brilliance of endless stars. In the blink of an eye, it formed a deep and brilliant starry sky, with the starry dome covering the sky and blocking the spread of the dark sun's calamity.
"I temporarily used a magic weapon to stop the spread of the disaster, but it won't last long. I must catch up with the Chaos Pill Emperor as soon as possible and take back Ji Xuanqiong."
Ji Xuanqiong is the second-generation Yin God and the core of Dark Sun. Only he can maintain the stability of Dark Sun.
Entropy Heaven Ancient Phoenix said, "Judging from the direction he fled, he should have gone back to the Great Pill Ruins. He must be going to the Pill Ruins Death Realm to try to retrieve the moth."
At that moment, the Ancient Phoenix of Entropy spread its wings and flew towards the Great Dan Ruins.
Ye Chen and Xin Dan sat on its back. Ye Chen released a wisp of spiritual energy, which flowed along his palm and into Xin Dan's body.
Xin Dan had previously been refined by the Chaos Pill Emperor, and her flesh and meridians were burned by Yin Fire. Fortunately, she was formed from the essence of Yang Chapter and contained a part of the Brilliant Yang Dao lineage within her body, so her foundation of the Great Dao was solid and she did not suffer fatal damage.
After receiving nourishment from Ye Chen's spiritual energy, Xin Dan recovered considerably. She opened her eyes, looked at Ye Chen, and smiled slightly, saying, "Thank you."
Ye Chen felt relieved and said, "It's alright, I'm glad you're okay."
Xin Dan smiled and asked, "What's your decision?"
Ye Chen asked in confusion, "What?"
Xin Dan said, "It's what I said before: I'll have you marry into the Great Sun Pure Land of Lapis Lazuli, and you'll become the new radiant sun. I and the Golden Mother of Myriad Transformations will be your wives."
She still couldn't forget about Ye Chen, and wanted him to become her son-in-law and inherit the Jiaoyang Dao lineage.
Ye Chen was taken aback and said, "At a time like this, you're still talking nonsense? I don't want that old woman, the Myriad Transformations Golden Mother, as my wife."
Xin Dan smiled and said, "What about me?"
Looking at her innocent and pure face, and her slightly pale lips after recovering from her injuries, Ye Chen couldn't help but feel a slight flutter in his heart.
"Kiss me."
Like a young girl experiencing her first love, Xin Dan gazed at Ye Chen, whispering seductive words, completely oblivious to the fact that Shang Tian Gu Huang was nearby.
"Stop fooling around."
Ye Chen felt slightly embarrassed and shook his head.
Xin Dan smiled slightly, put her arm around his, and rested her head on his body.
……
Soon, the group arrived at the outside of the Great Dan Ruins, where they saw a woman standing at the outer entrance. She was slender and had a look of anxiety in her eyes; it was Danxi.
Ye Chen exclaimed in surprise, riding the Entropy Heaven Ancient Phoenix closer, and asked, "Danxi, what are you doing here?"
"Ye Chen".
When Danxi saw Ye Chen arrive, she quickly stepped forward and said, "I was waiting for you outside the Dark Sun Land, but just now I caught a glimpse of the Chaos Pill Emperor rushing out from afar, and his aura was abnormally violent."
"I was worried, so I followed them all the way here, but when I got to the entrance of the Great Dan Ruins, the aura coming from inside was too terrifying, and I dared not venture any further."
Ye Chen noticed that Dan Xi's expression was a bit strange. It seemed that there was a deeper cause and effect behind her pursuit of the Chaos Pill Emperor.
Ye Chen thought for a moment, then realized and said, "That Chaos Pill Emperor, is he your father?"
Danxi's delicate body trembled, and she lowered her head without saying a word.
Her mother had an affair with the Chaos Pill Emperor, and gave birth to her. The Chaos Pill Emperor was indeed her father.
Facing the Chaos Pill Emperor, her feelings were naturally very complicated.
"Although he is indeed my father, I will help suppress him for the sake of the peace of Tianhuang Yuanhai."
Danxi gritted her teeth slightly, paused, and scanned Ye Chen's surroundings. Not seeing Haoyang, she looked surprised and said:
Where is Haoyang?
Her gaze sharpened, as if she had already glimpsed the secrets of heaven, and her voice trembled slightly: "He...he was killed by you? You inherited the Si Chen lineage?"
Ye Chen remained silent, then shook his head and said, "I had no choice."
Danxi sighed and said, "Never mind, I understand. This is not your fault."
Danxi and Haoyang were never on good terms. Haoyang had once called her a bastard. Now that Haoyang had been killed and devoured by Ye Chen, she was secretly pleased, but she was afraid that she would have trouble explaining it to Emperor Xi.
"Has Senior Xi Huang returned?" Ye Chen asked again.
Danxi said, "Hmm, His Majesty the Emperor has returned to seclusion, I'm afraid..."
At this point, he paused and remained silent.
Emperor Xi has already passed on the Daoist lineage, but he himself is nearing the end of his life and his life is likely to end soon.
"Let's not talk about that for now." Ye Chen raised his eyes and looked into the depths of the Great Pill Ruins, a trace of solemnity flashing in his eyes. "Now that the Chaos Pill Emperor has escaped, Ji Xuanqiong is still in his hands. We must suppress the Chaos Pill Emperor as soon as possible and take back Ji Xuanqiong."
Ye Chen released his divine sense to peer into the interior of the Great Pill Ruins and sensed an indescribable terrifying aura, mixed with violent pill energy, strange poison gas, and chaotic chill, which made his heart tremble.
In addition, all the protective formations of the Great Pill Ruins have been activated. Invisible restrictions intertwine to form a net that covers the entire Pill Ruins. Ordinary cultivators would be torn apart by the power of the formations if they even approached them, let alone entered.
Danxi said, "It won't be easy to get in. The Great Dan Ruins are now covered by layers of arrays and restrictions."
Seeing the flashing runes of the barrier ahead, Xin Dan frowned slightly: "These arrays and restrictions are indeed difficult to break."
Even with her cultivation level, it would take her a considerable amount of time to break through these restrictions. By then, the Chaos Pill Emperor would likely have already retrieved the moth, established the anchor point, and resolved the Light Bleaching disaster.
Once the Chaos Pill Emperor recovers his strength, combined with Ji Xuanqiong and the earth vein power of the Great Pill Ruins, he will surely be terrifying and unstoppable.
Ye Chen said, "It's alright, I'll break it open!"
He took a deep breath, his body radiating divine light, and drew the Heavenly Emperor Intercepting Sword.
"Bright daytime forging of the sword, break!"
In the next instant, Ye Chen roared, flicked his wrist, and a cluster of blazing flames instantly ignited on the sword. As he wielded his sword, a powerful intent of forging and destruction emanated from it, and he slashed forward.
This sword strike was none other than the "White Sun Forging Furnace Sword" that the Myriad Transformations Golden Mother had taught him.
This sword technique is different from ordinary sword techniques. It does not focus on killing, but on destroying and breaking through defenses. It is very effective against various protective formations and restrictions.
Even the Void Glazed Wall of the Great Sun Glazed Pure Land was cleaved open by this sword technique in one strike. Now, dealing with the array restrictions of the Great Pill Ruins is naturally a piece of cake.
boom--
Ye Chen swung his sword, and a blazing sword light, carrying the power of destruction, crashed into the protective array of the Great Dan Ruins.
The formation trembled violently, and cracks spread rapidly. The seemingly indestructible restrictions crumbled like paper under the power of the White Day Forging Sword.
"go!"
Ye Chen gave a low shout, beckoned to Dan Xi, and pulled her onto the back of the Entropy Heaven Ancient Phoenix, and together they flew into the Great Dan Ruins.
However, as soon as everyone entered, they were stunned by the scene before them.
The once ethereal and fragrant Great Dan Ruins is now unrecognizable. The sky is as dark as ink, the earth is cracked, and wisps of dark abyssal calamity surge and swirl in the air like venomous snakes, constantly eroding everything around it.
Clearly, it was the abyssal aura emanating from Ji Xuanqiong that leaked out, polluting the environment of the entire Great Pill Ruins.
Looking around Dadanxu now, there's not a single person in sight; everyone seems to have disappeared.
"The calamity from the abyss is truly terrifying."
Danxi trembled, fearing that the calamity might leak out and pollute the Tianhuang Source Sea.
Waaaaah—
The howling wind echoed in waves, and the abyssal storm swept across the heavens and earth, with the Entropy Heavenly Phoenix flying swaying precariously within it.
It shrieked, "No, the energy here is too violent, I can't hold on any longer, we have to get out of here immediately!"
It tried to turn around and fly away, but gusts of abyssal storms, and even black tornadoes, roared in and completely engulfed it.
Ye Chen, Xin Dan, and Dan Xi, who were on the back of the Entropy Heaven Ancient Phoenix, felt themselves thrown off, and were then swept up by a black tornado.
In an instant, all Ye Chen could see was the chaotic black windstorm, and all he could hear was the howling wind. He could no longer sense where Xin Dan and Dan Xi were. He felt like a lone boat on a vast ocean, about to be swallowed up at any moment.
Ye Chen felt a chill run down his spine and hurriedly activated the power of the Heavenly Emperor's Destiny Star and the Si Chen Dao lineage to forcibly stabilize his body. Divine light protected his body, resisting the pull of the storm.
After a long while, Ye Chen finally broke free from the suction and landed on the ground.
He steadied himself and looked around, only to find himself all alone on a desolate, ashen wasteland.
The wasteland was barren, covered with charred ash that felt soft and rotten underfoot, and filled the air with the pungent smell of erysipelas.
As soon as Ye Chen regained his footing, he sensed that something was wrong.
Wisps of pale black poisonous mist, like ghosts, surged from the ashes and frantically eroded him.
The moment these poisonous mists touched his body, they instantly seeped into his skin, resonating strongly with the abyssal energy within him, and began to wreak havoc inside him.
The poison traveled rapidly through his blood vessels, causing sharp pains wherever it passed. Strange black and white markings gradually appeared on his skin, intertwining and looking extremely bizarre.
"Oh no! The air is poisonous!"
Ye Chen's expression changed. He had previously inherited the Daoist lineage of Emperor Xi, and with divine light surrounding him, the poison from the demonic pill of the Qiong Cang Ancestor, as well as the poison from the Chaos Pill Emperor's Thousand Pill Poison Dragon Technique, were easily neutralized by the divine light of Emperor Xi.
But the misty aura of pills that permeated the surroundings was more ferocious than any pill poison he had ever encountered before. It could even penetrate the defenses of the Divine Light of the Stars and erode his physical body and soul.
Just then, the ground beneath their feet suddenly trembled violently, and huge cracks spread rapidly, spewing out even more dense poisonous mist, quickly enveloping the entire wasteland.
Ye Chen's heart sank, and he instantly understood.
This was not a poison technique used by the Chaos Pill Emperor, but rather the release of poisonous gas that had accumulated over countless years within the Great Pill Ruins' earth veins.
These toxic gases, having accumulated over millions of years, have become incredibly potent, far more terrifying than ordinary erysipelas.
"We can't just sit here and wait to die!"
Ye Chen gritted his teeth and immediately activated the Yang Chapter Technique. The Heavenly Emperor's Destiny Star hung high above his head, radiating brilliant golden light. The divine light of the Xihuang Sichen lineage enveloped his entire body, barely resisting the erosion of the pill poison.
He knew perfectly well that he had to finish this quickly!
If he were trapped here for a long time and allowed to be corroded by the poison, even with the protection of the Sichen Dao lineage, he would not be able to hold on for long and would eventually be completely devoured by the poison.
Ye Chen closed his eyes and released his divine sense with all his might, like an invisible net spreading towards the depths of the Great Pill Ruins.
A moment later, he pinpointed the approximate location of the Danxu Death Realm.
At the same time, they also sensed the powerful and terrifying auras of Chaos Pill Emperor and Ji Xuanqiong in the core area of the Pill Ruins Death Realm.
As for the auras of Shangtian Guhuang, Xindan, Danxi, and others, they were like stones sinking into the sea; no matter how he investigated, he could not detect even a trace of them.
Or to be more precise, their auras were all masked by the terrifying auras of the Chaos Pill Emperor, Ji Xuanqiong, and the Great Pill Ruins ley lines.
"Let's go to the Danxu Death Realm first and suppress the Chaos Pill Emperor!"
Ye Chen only wanted to finish the battle quickly, so he didn't hesitate any longer. He flashed and transformed into a golden light, rushing towards the direction of the Danxu Death Realm.
His body was protected by divine light, resisting the poisonous mist that kept attacking him along the way.
As they sped along, the surrounding environment became increasingly eerie, and the erysipelas grew stronger.
Ye Chen's face gradually turned pale. Although the poison in his body was barely suppressed, it was still slowly eroding his meridians, and the black and white markings became clearer.
Before long, Ye Chen arrived at the outer edge of the Danxu Death Realm, which was the place where the Ancient Phoenix of Entropy Heaven had lived before, but now it had become a desolate wasteland.
With a thought, he realized that this was only the outer perimeter of the Danxu Death Realm, and the true core area was still deeper inside.
Holding the Heavenly Emperor Intercepting Sword, Ye Chen was on high alert as he slowly walked towards the core area of the Danxu Death Realm. He carefully probed with his divine sense and discovered that the Danxu Death Realm was divided into three layers, forming an inverted pyramid structure. The further down he went, the more distorted the rules of alchemy became, and the more terrifying the aura became.
The surface is an endless expanse of ash soil, accumulated over millions of years as remnants of medicinal pills. Stepping on it feels as soft as rotten flesh, with a sticky sensation underfoot and a pungent smell of medicinal poison.
The sky is filled with crimson clouds, seemingly dazzling and beautiful, but in reality, every ray of light is a deadly poison. Once touched, one will be instantly corroded by the poison, and one's soul and body will be destroyed.
As soon as Ye Chen stepped into the surface layer, he saw countless figures wandering in the scorched earth. These figures were strangely shaped, their bodies shrouded in pale purple poison, their eyes empty, and they exuded a strong aura of resentment and venom.
"The Fallen Spirit!"
Ye Chen immediately recognized that these strange creatures were vengeful spirits formed from the failed attempts to refine pills throughout the ages. Nourished by the poison of the pills, they were violent and would attack anyone they saw.
"evil creature!"
Seeing the numerous vengeful spirits rushing towards him, Ye Chen let out a low shout and unleashed the Heavenly Emperor Intercepting Dao Sword. With a flash of sword light, he slashed at a Fallen Core Spirit beside him.
The fallen spirit let out a shrill scream and was about to pounce when it was struck by the sword light, instantly turning into a wisp of black smoke and dissipating into the air.
Ye Chen swung his sword repeatedly, unleashing a series of sharp sword lights that turned countless Fallen Spirits into ashes.
During the battle, Ye Chen unexpectedly discovered that these Fallen Pill Spirits were particularly afraid of the Yang Chapter Divine Power within his body. As soon as the Yang Chapter Divine Light appeared, the Fallen Pill Spirits would be so frightened that they would retreat repeatedly, proving utterly vulnerable.
With the power of the Yang Chapter and the Heavenly Emperor's Intercepting Sword, Ye Chen overcame all obstacles and broke through the surface of the Danxu Death Realm, stepping into the second level.
"The Infernal Prison..."