"Did you see that hill?"
After flying close to the ground for nearly a million miles, Ye Xuan pointed to a seemingly inconspicuous hill in the distance and asked.
"Seen it."
Tong Wuji and Tushan Chen both nodded.
"Tong Wuji, go to that hill later." Ye Xuan said, "Once you step on the hill, you will enter a world full of staircases. One of them has only ninety-nine steps, the hundredth step leads to endless darkness. As you walk into the darkness, you will see an ancient Array Map. At that ti, inject your Mana into it to activate the array."
"Can you do it?"
Ye Xuan looked at Tong Wuji.
Tong Wuji’s face was solemn, and he said earnestly, "I will do my utmost to live up to Emperor Ye!"
Ye Xuan nodded, "After you finish these tasks, you can choose to walk out of that darkness to climb the highest steps. The higher you climb, the greater the benefits to you."
"If you reach the peak, you will have the chance to enter the Quasi-Emperor Realm later."
Ye Xuan smiled faintly.
Tong Wuji’s eyes lit up instantly, and he clasped his hands and bowed, "I will follow the Emperor’s orders faithfully."
In his heart, Tong Wuji was excited beyond asure.
Emperor Ye is trying to ntor him!
Even though he is already a core mber of the Black Blade Sect, he still has a distance to the higher-ups.
If he can do well this ti, becoming a leader of the Black Blade Sect in the future is not out of the question!
"Go ahead."
Ye Xuan nodded.
Tong Wuji flew towards the hill.
"And what about ?" Tushan Chen looked at Ye Xuan, blinking those enchanting fox eyes.
He believed Ye Xuan would have tasks for him as well.
"Follow ."
"Alright."
The two flew in another direction.
An incense stick later, they crossed a great river and stopped by its banks.
Opposite them was a vast desert.
However, this desert was indeed quite striking.
Endless quicksand rises and falls within the desert, as if a vast sea.
At tis, the quicksand transforms into towering Divine Towers, at tis it coalesces into three-footed Ancient Cauldrons, and at tis it morphs into ancient warships...
It’s hard to imagine that beside a desert lies a rushing river.
This is the Great Ruins, ever-changing.
Everything you see might be false.
Or perhaps, it is all true.
The spot where Ye Xuan and Tushan Chen stood was at the junction of the river and desert.
"In the deepest part of the desert, there is a Sky-reaching Tower with ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine levels. You need to climb level by level. Once you reach the top level, you will see a drop of water. At that ti, use the Power of World to envelop the drop of water for a duration of an incense stick."
Ye Xuan pointed to the deepest part of the desert and said slowly.
Tushan Chen looked in the direction Ye Xuan pointed, vaguely seeing a tower within the vast desert, seeming to reach the Nine Heavens.
Unfortunately, the Nine Heavens above are shrouded in darkness.
When the World Tree erged earlier, the feeling was as if the entire Great Ruins were opened up.
Now it seems that was rely an illusion.
Actually, Tushan Chen didn’t know that it wasn’t an illusion, but rather the Forbidden Power of the Great Ruins limiting the World Tree.
"When you’ve completed what I said, you can use the Guiding Divine Light from the top level of the Sky-reaching Tower, and head outside of the Great Ruins."
Ye Xuan continued.
Tushan Chen looked at Ye Xuan, sowhat expectantly, and asked, "Can I break through to Quasi-Emperor?"
Ye Xuan cast a glance at Tushan Chen, "Is Quasi-Emperor useful?"
Tushan Chen coughed intensely, sowhat helplessly, "Emperor Ye..."
Ye Xuan waved his hand, "Go ahead, don’t always aim for Quasi-Emperor. Soday you’ll follow on the Emperor Road to strive for the Great Emperor Realm."
Tushan Chen, who seed dispirited earlier, imdiately perked up as if injected with adrenaline upon hearing Ye Xuan’s words, earnestly saying, "I understand!"
With that, Tushan Chen rushed into the desert resolutely.
Ye Xuan inserted his hands into his pockets, squinting as he watched Tushan Chen’s back, with a half-smile.
Monts later, Tushan Chen let out a surprised cry as a puff of sand suddenly swept him up, then smashed him into the desert, only to throw him up and let him fall once again, quite tumultuously.
Seeing this, the corner of Ye Xuan’s mouth curved upwards, his eyes filled with amusent.
Tushan Chen’s bone age is not very advanced, yet his strength is extrely formidable, on par with Tong Wuji.
But it must be known, Tong Wuji joined the Black Blade Sect tens of thousands of years ago after the incident at Xuantian Ancient Country, thus having such powerful strength is justifiable.
Yet Tushan Chen’s bone age is less than ten thousand years, yet he has beco a strong figure akin to Tong Wuji, ascending to the throne of Qingqiu Fox Clan.
However, precisely due to this, Tushan Chen has certain areas where he lacks honing.
This desert contains many dangers.
The reason Ye Xuan didn’t warn Tushan Chen was to let him learn a lesson.
Monts later, Tushan Chen realized what was happening, quickly stabilizing the situation and heading towards the Sky-reaching Tower.
Seeing this, Ye Xuan finally turned and left.
Sound of running water!
At this mont, the river rolled, and a ferocious and mighty dragon head erged from the river’s surface, then bowed towards Ye Xuan, emitting a dragon’s roar.
This was a gesture of respect towards Ye Xuan.
Ye Xuan stepped onto the dragon head.
Once he was stable, the red Divine Dragon swiftly moved along the riverbank.
Ye Xuan stood on the back of the Red Dragon, smiling.
This dragon is not a True Dragon, doesn’t even have dragon blood.
It’s just an ordinary carp.
Thirty million years ago, when Ye Xuan prepared to enter the Great Ruins, he passed by a Mortal Dynasty and on a whim bought a red carp from a fisherman.
Upon entering the Great Ruins, Ye Xuan threw this red carp into the river to see what changes would occur to a mundane creature in the Great Ruins.
When he arrived at this river, Ye Xuan called with his Emperor Soul, but received no response.
Just now, he got a response.
Then, the red Divine Dragon arrived.
The carp from back then transford into a dragon.
Though it doesn’t have dragon blood, nor is it a True Dragon.
But its power is unfathomable.
Because Ye Xuan could sense the Great Ruins Forbidden Power within the Red Dragon.
The only disappointnt Ye Xuan felt was that although the Red Dragon recognized him, it still couldn’t speak or transform.
This seems to be a law of the Great Ruins.
Whether it’s the Blood Sea Snake or the Mountain Transforming Dragon, or even the Great Ruins Demon Vine.
Their powers transcend, yet they continue to appear lifeless.
The Red Dragon carried Ye Xuan, drifting downstream.
When it reached the waterfall, the Red Dragon ascended amidst clouds and mist, carrying Ye Xuan to soar through the sky.
An hour later, the Red Dragon carried Ye Xuan, arriving at a mountain cliff’s peak.
The Red Dragon acted gently, resting its dragon head beside the mountain cliff’s peak, allowing Ye Xuan to smoothly step down.
After Ye Xuan stepped off the dragon’s head, the Red Dragon affectionately nudged Ye Xuan.
Ye Xuan pet the Red Dragon’s mane and said with a smile, "Go ahead, live well."
The Red Dragon’s eyes lacked their usual savagery, only innocence.
Just like when Ye Xuan brought it into the Great Ruins.
Exactly the sa.
Never changed.
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