In the void, a mass of black mist first erged out of thin air and then rapidly expanded in its rolling motion. Within a few breaths, the surging black mist expanded to a diater of a kiloter.
After expanding to a kiloter, the surging black mist was tinged with a blood-red aura. Gradually, as the rolling aura expanded more and more, it grew so large that it seed to have no visible boundaries.
Its size was definitely no less than tens of thousands of miles.
The expansion of the rolling aura continued for a full 15 minutes until the rolling aura completely transford into a thick dark red blood-colored demonic qi. Suddenly, a phantom of a palace appeared amidst the blood-red demonic qi, faintly discernible.
At that exact mont, the blood-red demonic qi ceased its surging motion.
But at that very mont, the small Demon Soul Hall hanging on Ye Zhen’s chest suddenly beca unbearably hot.
The high temperature was so intense that Ye Zhen let out a cry of pain.
After the cry, Ye Zhen imdiately realized sothing. Subconsciously, Ye Zhen’s Divine Sense sank into the Demon Soul Hall hanging on his chest.
The always silent Demon Soul Hall was now filled with a thick layer of blood-colored demonic qi, especially the Demon Spirit Phantoms that Ye Zhen had sealed in a great hall. They were all howling and exceedingly active at this mont.
What surprised Ye Zhen even more was that the War Soul Blood Flag in the central hall of the Demon Soul Hall was also emitting a bright blood-red radiance, flickering as if responding to sothing.
When Ye Zhen’s Divine Sense sank into the War Soul Blood Flag, an indescribable feeling arose in Ye Zhen’s heart, causing him to instinctively look at the ancient Demon God Hall faintly visible in the boundless blood qi in the void.
In an instant, Ye Zhen seed to have an illusion for a mont, as if his War Soul Blood Flag had beco one with the ancient Demon God Hall in the boundless blood qi.
That feeling was too strange.
When Ye Zhen returned to his senses, Bai Zizai was looking at Ye Zhen with an incredibly strange gaze, "Ye, the aura on your body seed to be constantly changing just now. What happened?" Bai Zizai was full of curiosity.
"Nothing..."
Ye Zhen casually responded. Naturally, Bai Zizai did not believe him, but there was nothing he could do since Ye Zhen would not say.
"Elder Bai, you seem very familiar with the ancient Demon God Hall? Have you been inside?" Ye Zhen wanted to inquire so information about the ancient Demon God Hall from Bai Zizai.
"I don’t know!"
Bai Zizai elegantly tossed three words to Ye Zhen, leaving Ye Zhen both amused and annoyed. Everything about Elder Bai was great, except for his bit of pettiness.
"Elder Bai, everyone has their secrets, just as I do not explore your past. There are so things I absolutely won’t say no matter what!" Ye Zhen paused and spoke.
Bai Zizai snorted coldly, "Matters concerning the ancient Demon God Hall are also an old man’s secret. Is that unacceptable?"
"Forget I said anything!" Feeling frustrated, Ye Zhen didn’t pursue the matter any further. "Let’s continue the pursuit of Ming Tang. According to what you said earlier, as long as Ming Tang doesn’t move, we can catch up to him within three hours."
The atmosphere between the two abruptly beca oppressive, leaving only the whistling wind in the air. Bai Zizai continued to sense the direction of Ming Tang as they traversed through the air.
However, it was clear Ye Zhen didn’t wish to speak to Bai Zizai, only responding with nods or hums.
After over an hour, Bai Zizai could no longer hold back. "Kid, don’t you know to respect your elders? Can’t you just say sothing nice to the old man? Just a soft word, and I’ll divulge a bit about the ancient Demon God Hall!"
"Divulge a bit?"
This ti, it was Ye Zhen’s turn to smirk, "No need, after dealing with Ming Tang, I’ll explore it myself!"
"Explore it yourself? Ye, do you know how dangerous that Demon God Hall is? The slightest mistake can destroy the spirit and soul of a martial artist!
Even for Dao Entrance Realm experts, any bit of greed can lead to imdiate demise!
It wouldn’t matter if you died, but if you die, how am I supposed to leave this cursed place and head to the Primordial Continent?" Bai Zizai said.
"That’s your business. If I die inside, I wouldn’t be thinking about such things. Whether or not you make it to the Primordial Continent depends on your own luck and fortune!" Ye Zhen retorted coldly.
Bai Zizai’s long eyebrows shot up, "Hey, are you serious, boy? Do you believe that I can’t end you and perform a Soul Search right now..."
"Ah!"
The mont the scream rang out, Bai Zizai was instantly engulfed in flas, flailing in panic, only managing to extinguish the Green Fla Skyfire after a chaotic struggle.
Despite this, his ethereal white beard and robes were reduced to ashes, and even the skin on his back beca thoroughly charred.
It was at that mont just when Bai Zizai spoke, that Ye Zhen, standing behind him, activated the Green Fla Skyfire.
"You, you brat, you’re serious!" Bai Zizai hastily put on a set of clothes, pointing at Ye Zhen and cursing angrily.
"You were about to end and perform a Soul Search, should I just wait to have my soul searched?" Ye Zhen snorted coldly.
"You rascal, that was just an old man’s joke!" Bai Zizai scolded.
"I know, that’s why all you’re burned was your beard and clothes. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been the Green Fla Skyfire burning you, but the Soul Refining Divine Light directly blasting you!" Ye Zhen replied.
Upon hearing this, Bai Zizai’s expression tightened involuntarily. The power of Ye Zhen’s Soul Refining Divine Light was sothing he deeply feared.
Even though it couldn’t kill him outright, it would certainly cause severe injuries to his Divine Soul. If Ye Zhen used the Soul Refining Divine Light to heavily wound him first, it wouldn’t be too difficult for Ye Zhen to finish him off afterwards.
Bai Zizai shuddered fiercely, shivering as he pointed at Ye Zhen cursing, "You brat, you’re really... Ah, forget it, I’m old, I can’t play this ga with you youngsters anymore..."
"While there’s still ti, let this old man tell you a thing or two about the ancient Demon God Hall."
"When it cos to knowing the ancient Demon God Hall, no one on the entire True Profound Continent dares claim first place other than this old man! The sole reason being that this old man has ventured inside six tis, retreating unhard five tis!
Moreover, this old man’s current early-stage second level Dao Entrance Realm cultivation is thanks to the ancient Demon God Hall!"
Ye Zhen’s expression flickered noticeably. Going inside six tis ant that since the ancient Demon God Hall appears every sixty years, Bai Zizai’s age must exceed three hundred sixty years.
And to enter the ancient Demon God Hall, one’s cultivation had to be at the mid-stage of the Establishnt Realm at the very least. Accounting for the ti spent cultivating, Ye Zhen estimated that Bai Zizai’s age should be around five hundred.
However, what piqued Ye Zhen’s curiosity most was Bai Zizai’s last statent.
"Elder Bai, can the ancient Demon God Hall enhance cultivation?" Ye Zhen inquired.
"The ancient Demon God Hall doesn’t directly enhance a martial artist’s cultivation, but it is akin to a complete little world, complete with the laws of the Heavenly Dao..."
It took more than an hour for Bai Zizai to give Ye Zhen a general account of the Ancient Demon God Temple.
This Ancient Demon God Temple appears once every sixty years, and each ti it appears, countless Martial Artists desire to enter it.
However, what lies on the periphery of the Demon God Hall is the rolling blood-colored demonic energy, which is incredibly sinister.
Unless protected by Guardian Spiritual Power augnted by Dao Patterns, any other Martial Artists will instantly dissolve, regardless of their Spiritual Power, upon the slightest contact.
Any Spiritual Artifact or Soul Artifact that gets a trace of blood-colored demonic energy on it will imdiately lose its Spirit Nature and turn into scrap.
Moreover, this blood-colored demonic energy also possesses supre corrosive power on a Martial Artist’s flesh. Even a King at the Peak Ninth Stage Establishnt will have their flesh and bones dissolved in ten seconds upon direct contact with the blood-colored demonic energy, leading to their demise.
Under such circumstances, there are two ways to enter this Ancient Demon God Temple.
One way to enter is through the Demon Cloud Fruit, which grows in the Land of Extre Yin rich in Demonic Qi. Crushing the Demon Cloud Fruit can release a Demon Cloud Shield that completely wards off all blood-colored demonic energy.
The other way to enter is exclusive to experts at the Dao Entrance Realm and those at the Half-step Dao. They can activate the power of Dao Patterns they comprehend and protect themselves by repelling the blood-colored demonic energy, allowing them to pass through the barrier and enter into the Ancient Demon God Temple.
However, this thod is still not entirely safe. Occasionally, so weaker Half-step Dao or Dao Entrance Realm experts fall victim to the blood-colored demonic energy and perish.
The deeper the understanding and mastery of Dao Patterns, the safer it is.
These are the two thods Bai Zizai ntioned for entering the Ancient Demon God Temple. So, why do so many warriors scramble to get inside the Ancient Demon God Temple?
What exactly is in the Ancient Demon God Temple?
It is said that the Ancient Demon God Temple contains nurous Cultivation Secret Manuals of the Demon Clan, and even the Cultivation Secret thods and legacies of ancient True Demons.
According to Bai Zizai, there indeed are Cultivation Secret Manuals from the Demon Clan.
The Blood Demon Sect, which once ravaged the True Profound Continent and almost destroyed half of it, originated from a King at the Establishnt Realm who obtained the Blood Demon Great thod in the Ancient Demon God Temple, later becoming the Blood Demon Ancestor of the True Profound Continent and establishing the Blood God Sect, which swept through much of the continent.
However, that is the only recorded instance in the past millennium that a Cultivation Secret Manual from the Demon Clan was obtained from the Ancient Demon God Temple. As for the legacy of the ancient True Demons, it has never appeared since the Ancient Demon God Temple first erged.
According to Bai Zizai, the Ancient Demon God Temple has been appearing for nearly ten thousand years, even appearing more than a hundred tis if it erges every sixty years. All sorts of Cultivation Secret Manuals and the like have been thoroughly extracted by now.
Therefore, fundantally, the majority of Martial Artists, especially those at Peak Ninth Stage Establishnt, Half-step Dao, and Dao Entrance Realm, enter to perceive and comprehend the Heavenly Dao for breakthroughs.
Inside the Ancient Demon God Temple, there are complete Heavenly Dao Laws, providing a chance for those Martial Artists to ponder and achieve breakthroughs.
Essentially, over seventy percent of the Half-step Dao and Dao Entrance Realm Martial Artists on the True Profound Continent are a product of this.
Like Bai Zizai, besides two other special opportunities, most of his Cultivation after reaching the Peak Ninth Stage Establishnt was enhanced in the Ancient Demon God Temple.
In essence, this is the most alluring aspect of the Ancient Demon God Temple.
Beyond that, there are treasures.
The Ancient Demon God Temple itself produces so rather rare Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, including the Demon Cloud Fruit, which is also produced within and is a significant source of the Demon Cloud Fruit.
Like Bai Zizai, whenever he gets a chance to enter, he picks so Demon Cloud Fruit, which is imnsely valuable.
Of course, the most crucial point is that every appearance of the Ancient Demon God Temple attracts swarms of Martial Artists, among whom—especially those below the Dao Entrance Realm—over half perish inside the Ancient Demon God Temple.
Thus, corners of the Ancient Demon God Temple are scattered with countless bones, each concealing a storage ring, and sotis Spiritual Artifacts or Soul Artifacts!
Normally, those below the Peak Ninth Stage Establishnt, or even so from the Vein Forging Realm, enter primarily for these.
Should they stumble upon a set of bones, they might gain the lifeti savings of a powerful Martial Artist.
If they find two or three, then...
However, what truly stirs Ye Zhen is the extre peril within the Ancient Demon God Temple ntioned by Bai Zizai.
The Ancient Demon God Temple houses vast Demon Clan armies, ranging from ten-mber squads to enormous armies of hundreds of thousands.
Being ensnared by a Demon Clan army numbering over ten thousand spells certain death, even for a Dao Entrance Realm expert.
Moreover, there are the intangible and formless Demon Spirit Phantoms, possessing formidable Divine Soul Attack ability.
Even a Dao Entrance Realm expert might suffer if caught off guard, and a large swarm of Demon Spirit Phantoms could bring about their demise.
Ye Zhen is particularly intrigued by these Demon Spirit Phantoms.
While Demon Spirit Phantoms are terrifying for others, to Ye Zhen, they are a potent source of nourishnt that, once refined by the Mirage Dragon Pearl, beco the purest form of Divine Soul Power.
Not only can it enhance Divine Soul Cultivation, but it can also restore Divine Soul Power and even heal Divine Soul Injuries at critical monts.
"Elder Bai, we need to rush; we must eliminate Ming Tang as quickly as possible and then head for the Ancient Demon God Temple!" Ye Zhen said after listening.
"Of course!"
Bai Zizai nodded vigorously, "The Ancient Demon God Temple only lingers in the void for three months each ti!
It’s only because there’s an opportunity to visit the Primordial Continent this ti; otherwise, I’d have already dashed into the Ancient Demon God Temple.
An invaluable Cultivation opportunity that occurs only once in sixty years—I don’t want to waste a single breath!"
"Quick, we must hurry. At our current pace, I feel it might only take half an hour to reach Ming Tang’s current location!" Bai Zizai stated.
Before he could finish, Bai Zizai suddenly cried out, "Uh-oh, this bastard’s aura has suddenly moved again, possibly because he discovered us!
However, his movent speed has slowed significantly."
"Yes, his speed is gradually increasing..." Bai Zizai, eyes closed in concentration, suddenly revealed a perplexing look, "Hmm, his aura is currently fluctuating greatly, as if this guy is injured..."
"Right, here should be the place where Ming Tang lingered for a while earlier..."
Before they could finish speaking, Ye Zhen and Bai Zizai suddenly froze, a trace of sadness simultaneously appearing in their eyes.
Beneath them lay what seed to be the mountain gate of a sizable Sect, now reduced to bare earth by green flas, and the air was filled with the nauseating stench of burnt human flesh...
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