The nine sacred mountains of the Ancient Desolate Forbidden Land had collapsed a long time ago, but now, this place was still lush with trees. There was a huge abyss at the center that went straight underground.
In the past two thousand years, the world continuously underwent shocking changes. The great forbidden areas were either flattened or disappeared. Only this last one remained.
After so many years, no one dared to set foot here. They were filled with reverence towards this place.
Many people already knew that during the final moments of the darkness chaos, the empress in the Ancient Desolate Forbidden Land awakened. She forcefully suppressed it and completely flattened it. This was a great merit.
Ye Fan's steps were firm. After entering this place, his expression gradually became a bit absent-minded. This was not the first time he came here. The achievements he had today were inseparable from this place.
Without the divine medicine here, how could he dissolve the sea of bitterness? How could he repair the scars of the great dao?
When he came here in the past, he was prepared to die. It was because this place stripped away one's lifespan, making it difficult for creatures to set foot here.
Now that he came here again, the essence energy in Ye Fan's body naturally flowed without a single strand leaking out. Someone at this level was finally unaffected here.
"Ye Fan requests an audience with the Great Empress!"
This voice wasn't very loud, but it clearly transmitted into the abyss and shook the entire Eastern Wasteland.
Everyone was in an uproar. Ye Fan had come, and he actually entered the most mysterious Ancient Desolate Forbidden Land. Many people were shocked to the extreme.
Were the two giants finally going to meet? No one thought that he came to flatten the forbidden area, because the empress was the only master of the forbidden area who had protected the human race and suppressed the darkness chaos.
Even though this was a dangerous place, as long as one didn't offend her, there naturally wouldn't be any danger. Everyone was afraid of her, but they also felt boundless respect from the bottom of their hearts.
"This … really makes one look forward to it!"
The meeting between the Divine Physique Ye Fan and the empress made the people of the world excited. They wanted to personally see what was going to happen. Unfortunately, they could only think about it and couldn't put it into action.
Many years had passed. The plants here were still abundant, but the center of the forbidden area had become even more dilapidated. The abyss had exploded in the past and was covered in cracks that had never been repaired.
After arriving here, Ye Fan didn't proceed any further. Instead, he sent another message, requesting to meet with him.
Silently, a Desolate Slave appeared. He was dressed in ancient clothes. He was Ancient Sage Xia Feng, and he had paid an audience with the Azure Emperor many times in the past. In the end, he fell into this abyss. With a blank expression, he gestured to Ye Fan, inviting him into the abyss.
"Big brother!"
Outside the Ancient Desolate Forbidden Land, Little Nan Nan looked on worriedly. She had a strange feeling about this place, and her heart was pounding. She was afraid that something would happen to Ye Fan.
"Don't worry." Komatsu comforted her. He was very quiet as he pulled little Nan Nan along and waited quietly outside the restricted area.
Ye Fan took a step forward, descending into the abyss. He immediately sensed a terrifying aura, and the essence energy in his body almost flowed out.
He couldn't help but sigh. The central region was truly strange, actually affecting great emperor level experts. It was shockingly mysterious and terrifying.
Finally, one day, he stepped into this place. His emotions were complicated, and he didn't even dare to think about it in the past. Ye Fan was very curious about this place. He really wanted to know how the empress had spent so many years underground.
At the bottom of the abyss, there used to be large ruins, but now, they had all become ruins. What era was this left behind? It was hard to say.
A huge stone door appeared in front of him. It was quiet and deep, as if it was connected to a vast celestial domain. A great empress seemed to be waiting alone on the path to immortality.
This was a strange feeling that emerged in Ye Fan's heart. This place was so quiet that it made him feel uneasy. Moreover, the aura was even more astonishing, as if it could steal the essence energy of a great emperor.
He glanced at Xia Feng strangely. This old sage's state was a little special. He was like a puppet, but he seemed to have some intelligence. It was precisely this special aura that allowed him to exist for so long.
The stone door opened with a rumbling sound, and celestial mist immediately surged out, revealing a strange world. This caused Ye Fan's eyelids to twitch. When he looked at it, he thought that he had arrived at the end of the path to immortality, the heavenly gate!
There was an indistinct celestial realm up ahead. It was within reach, but when one truly stepped in, it felt extremely far. This was something that was produced through great magical force.
This place was isolated from the rest of the world. Immortal dao laws swirled about, pure white immortal energy swirling about. The celestial domain was faintly discernible. A stalk of immortal medicine was casually planted at the side of the road. It was precisely that stalk -- Nine Wonders.
Now, it had already merged into one. It was a meter tall, like a tree, but also like grass. Its entire body was sparkling and flowing, nine different types of leaves growing on it. Even though it didn't have any fruits, it already bloomed into flowers.
Ye Fan stopped, feeling extremely moved. He stared at this stalk of immortal medicine at the side of the road, lost in thought. The reason he was able to have his current accomplishments was inseparable from this medicine.
The fragrance of its petals assailed the nostrils, flowing with brilliant colors. The entire stalk was divine and illusory. The mother stalk that had merged into one was countless times more brilliant than before, surrounded by a type of great dao profound mysteries.
Ye Fan suddenly understood. This stalk of immortal medicine produced nine stalks, and then merged into one. This wasn't done randomly, but rather the empress deriving some type of great dao!
He walked forward. His mind was shaken, because he saw an enormous dragon nest. Chaotic energy surged, several coffins rising and falling within.
Primal Chaos Dragon Nest!
After many years passed, Ye Fan thought that they had already disappeared from Big Dipper. He never expected that the empress would actually move them here. This further proved that she really was a vicious person!
After more than two hundred thousand years, she had always been here, not dying.
Now, Ye Fan truly felt that the empress was unsurpassed. Was she going to compete with Huang in the Heaven and Earth Trial? She definitely wasn't inferior by a single point.
She continuously rebirthed, burying her past self, storing the coffins in the Primal Chaos Dragon Nest. Just how heaven-defying was this?!
The Primal Chaos Dragon Nest that was viewed by the ten thousand archaic races to be on par with Purple Mountain, the Ancient Emperor Mountain, could actually only serve as her burial ground.
A golden True Dragon flew about. When it saw Ye Fan, it seemed to be startled, fleeing into the dragon nest like a wisp of smoke.
Ye Fan was speechless. This was precisely the True Dragon Undying Medicine that he almost caught back then.
It was quiet the entire time, Xia Feng like a ghost, not saying a single word from start to finish.
After a while, they arrived at the innermost depths. A simple and ancient bronze palace appeared, standing in the midst of an immortal realm. It was accompanied by clear springs and decorated with wondrous grasses and divine flowers. The ancient palace looked very grand.
Seeing the bronze immortal palace again, Ye Fan's heart rose and fell. He thought back to when he had just met Ji Ziyue and entered this palace together. Now that he thought about it, it felt like it was just yesterday. It made his heart ache.
At that time, he was still a small cultivator who didn't know the immensity of heaven and earth. Being able to come out alive was truly a miracle. However, he could no longer see the person who had entered this place with him.
He felt bitter and hurt in his heart. He stood there for a while before putting away his disappointment and following ancient sage Xia Feng into the bronze palace.
After passing through several palaces, they arrived at a boundlessly grand palace. It was no longer as dangerous as before, and auspicious energy seeped out. It was very smooth.
After arriving here, Ye Fan was greatly shaken. He saw more than ten Desolate Slaves and recognized one of them. He was practically stunned!
"Ziling!"
Ye Fan cried out hoarsely. He saw a person he never expected to see here.
Back then, they set sail from the other side of the Starry Heavens. The nine dragons pulling the coffin brought them to the other side. A total of more than ten people had crossed the Starry Heavens. More than two thousand years had passed, and they had found nearly all the living people except for one person.
Back then, they were forced to enter the Ancient Desolate Forbidden Land to gather herbs. When Zhou Yi, Wang Ziwen, Lin Jia, Liu Yiyi, and Zhang Ziling fled, they had barged into the immortal palaces left behind by the Ancient Heaven. They had stepped into different formations and arrived in different Starry Heavens.
The others had already found Zhang Ziling, but he was still nowhere to be found.
Ye Fan never imagined that he would reunite with Zhang Ziling here under such circumstances.
When Zhang Ziling heard the sincere call of friendship, he turned around, and a gleam flashed in his eyes. After hesitating for a long time, he nodded woodenly.
"How could this be?" Ye Fan could never have imagined that Zhang Ziling would fall into the Ancient Desolate Forbidden Land and become a Desolate Slave. After so many years, Zhang Ziling was still young. Time had not left any traces on his body.
Ye Fan sighed in his heart. Zhang Ziling's condition was very special. Although he was dead, he still had a bit of intelligence. Ye Fan believed that with his methods, he could reverse the situation. He was just afraid that after he returned to the world of the living, Zhang Ziling would immediately be reduced to dust by time.
He turned around and looked at the center. He finally saw the empress. She was sitting cross-legged in front of him. She was so beautiful that it felt unreal. She was otherworldly and indifferent. She was clearly in front of him, but it felt like he was in the Celestial World.
This was the ruthless Great Empress!
She was truly a peerless beauty. She looked so beautiful and graceful, but once she turned sharp, even the world would be destroyed. No one could stop her since ancient times.
If it were two thousand years ago, it would be hard to imagine that one day, Ye Fan would be able to meet this legendary Great Empress at such a close distance.
He did not know if she was still alive. She was filled with legends, and she was the most talented woman since ancient times. She was sitting there, alive and well.
"Greetings, Great Empress!"
Ye Fan said. At the same time, his heart pounded violently. The Great Empress was shrouded in mist. Behind her stood two women. They seemed to be Daoist children.
One was the Heavenly Jade Holy Maiden, whom he had seen before. The other one caused his emotions to surge up and down. It was actually Li Xiaoman! She had actually become a Desolate Slave in this world.
Ye Fan opened his mouth and felt a wave of bitterness. Back then, he was the one who had personally knocked Li Xiaoman into the abyss.
The Great Empress opened her eyes. She looked a little dazed, but after a moment, her eyes became clear. She did not say anything. She raised her hand, and a praying mat appeared. It was completely made of Dao Qi.
Ye Fan sat down very close to her. He restrained his thoughts. If news of him sitting opposite the ruthless Great Empress like this got out, it would definitely shock the world.
"I'm here to ask the Great Empress for guidance."
"How to live forever?"
"My friends are old. I don't want to watch them wither and pass away."
"I know. The Great Empress is the most talented person since ancient times. I'm here to ask you to teach me."
…
Ye Fan said a lot, but the Great Empress did not respond at all. Her expression was calm and indifferent, like a fairy carved from fine jade.
After a long time, the bronze immortal palace quieted down. At such a close distance, Ye Fan could clearly sense the other party's strength and unfathomable depths.
"That's right. The bloody 'immortal' character in the depths of the bronze palace was left behind by the Great Empress after something went wrong during her metamorphosis. Although her body exploded, her Essence Spirit did not die."
At this moment, Ye Fan thought of many things. Back then, the Great Empress had an accident during her metamorphosis, and her body had disintegrated. That hole should have been left behind by her.
Suddenly, the Great Empress pointed at the Desolate Slaves.
Ye Fan was stunned. Then, he suddenly understood. Giving his friends eternal life like this? They would rather die than agree.
"The path to immortality and the method to live forever. Is there really no such thing?" Ye Fan felt sad.
If there was a way, why would the Great Empress turn these people into Desolate Slaves? Only such a strange state could allow them to live forever with the world.
Ye Fan sighed. In this world, there was really no one who could be immortal. Even the Great Empress herself had nearly died during her metamorphosis.
"How can one not die? How can one live forever? Is the path to immortality a lie?" asked Ye Fan. He was not doing this for himself. He really did not want his friends to die one after another.
"The path that every generation has taken to become immortal is the path to immortality." The Great Empress finally spoke. Her voice was like the sounds of nature.
However, when she heard it, it was like thunder in Ye Fan's ears. His body trembled, and then his entire body turned cold.
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
