Chapter 796 - 790: Nested Layers

"What exactly is this place..." Entering through the gate, Lin Yuan frowned, surveying everything around him.

Beyond the gatehouse, there lay a scene of ruins and debris, the surroundings in utter disrepair.

From the ruined architecture all around, it was clear that this place had been through an unimaginable battle.

Could this be the main battlefield of the three thousand Demon Gods’ great war from long ago?

In various ways, Lin Yuan had some understanding of the Returning Ruins.

He knew that at its peak, the Returning Ruins boasted no less than three thousand Demon Gods.

Those who could be called Demon Gods were all Tier One powerhouses.

Three thousand Demon Gods, that means a full three thousand Tier One powerhouses.

The Void faction, when compared to Heaven and Earth, was already powerful enough.

But even at its strongest, the Void could not compare to one percent of the Returning Ruins.

As for Heaven and Earth, it didn’t even have the qualification to be mentioned alongside the Returning Ruins.

Yet, even the mighty Returning Ruins had become a wasteland.

What did the Returning Ruins experience, Lin Yuan did not know.

"Array!"

"Where exactly is that array hidden deep within the Returning Ruins?" Lin Yuan looked around, examining everything around him.

But everywhere here was a scene of ruins, with no sign of an array at all.

The depth of the Returning Ruins didn’t seem that large, and at Lin Yuan’s speed, he quickly scoured the surroundings.

He was one hundred percent certain that the array the old man mentioned was absolutely not here.

"Could it be that the old man was lying to me?"

"But if he were lying, what purpose would it serve to get me here?" Lin Yuan scratched his head, utterly confused.

As soon as this thought formed, Lin Yuan shook his head immediately, discarding the notion.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible."

"Even if the old man could deceive me, he definitely couldn’t deceive the Yin Celestial Son."

"If there is truly an array here, it must be because I haven’t searched deep enough and haven’t found it yet," Lin Yuan thought to himself.

Having searched in all directions, the only thing left was to dig deep into the ground.

With this in mind, Lin Yuan looked at the ground filled with ruins.

Could it be that the array the old man mentioned was hidden underground?

"No, this isn’t right!"

"Something’s off, something’s off!" Lin Yuan scrutinized the ground carefully, his frown deepening.

It might be due to the great war from back then.

The ground here was uneven, filled with craters and trenches from energy collisions.

If the array were underground, there should be some clues exposed.

The current ground appeared just like a battlefield ruin, with absolutely no sign of an array.

If it’s not the ground, then it must only be...

The sky?

Lin Yuan suddenly realized, quickly raising his head to look up at the sky.

The sky here was completely different from the rest of the Returning Ruins, a bright blue sky dotted with a few white clouds.

Lin Yuan carefully observed the sky, and soon noticed something unusual.

The white clouds drifting in the sky seemed to follow a particular, very orderly path.

Moreover, they neither gathered nor dispersed, just floating there the whole time.

The clouds in the sky seemed fake.

Too fake!

"The array the old man mentioned is most likely up in the sky!" With that thought, Lin Yuan leapt into the air, flying towards the sky.

Although Lin Yuan couldn’t be certain the array he was looking for was definitely in the sky, this area’s sky was definitely problematic.

Lin Yuan kept flying upward, flying, flying....

As his altitude increased, Lin Yuan entered another space.

This space was almost identical to the one just now, also a field of ruins, crumbling remains.

There was no doubt that this place had also experienced a great battle.

Just like when he entered the previous space, after Lin Yuan entered this space, he continued searching everywhere, even nearly digging up the ground.

But once again, Lin Yuan was disappointed.

He searched throughout the entire space and still couldn’t find the array controlling the Returning Ruins.

"Still nothing!"

"Where exactly, where...." Lin Yuan said, inadvertently looking up at the sky.

There, the sky in this space was like the previous one, scattered with a few clouds drifting along a set path.

Above this space, there was yet another space.

Layer upon layer, this was already the fourth layer.

Lin Yuan didn’t hesitate, continuing to fly upward.

Having found no array to control the Returning Ruins in the lower space, Lin Yuan could only continue searching upwards.

Through the cloud layer, he arrived at a new space.

Exactly the same, completely the same.

This new space was also like the previous two layers of space, still a wasteland.

With clear signs of fighting.

In this layer, Lin Yuan still didn’t make any discoveries.

At this time, he didn’t even need to lift his head, directly flying upward with determination.

Once again passing through the cloud layer, he arrived at a new space.

New space?

No discoveries.

Continue forward.

New space?

No discoveries.

....

...

Lin Yuan kept repeating the same actions he had done before.

However, despite the constant repetition, there were still no discoveries.

Upon entering a new space again, Lin Yuan cursed to the surroundings, "Thirty-three layers, if I don’t find it, I’m done!"

Layer upon layer of repeated searching, constantly performing the same actions, Lin Yuan was about to lose his patience.

However, when Lin Yuan entered the thirty-third layer of space and saw the scene, he couldn’t help but freeze in place.

The thirty-third layer of space was completely different from the thirty-two layers below, where the skies were false blue skies and white clouds.

But above the thirty-third layer was a chaos-filled void.

This meant that the thirty-third layer was the final layer, with no further spaces above.

Moreover, inside the thirty-third layer, it wasn’t just ruins and debris.

In addition to the buildings reduced to ruins, the most shocking sight upon entering the thirty-third layer was the multitude of small mounds of graves.

These small mounds didn’t have gravestones or offerings, it seemed they had never been worshiped.

These mounds in front of him brought an endless sense of loneliness and desolation.

These mounds had existed for an unknown amount of time, yet no one ever cared for them.

"Wait!"

Lin Yuan jumped with fright; he suddenly realized something: "Suppose these mounds contain the Three Thousand Demon Gods."

"If all three thousand Demon Gods perished in that battle long ago, then who buried them in these mounds?"

"Could it be the old man? But the old man claimed he has never been here."

"If the old man didn’t lie to him, it means there are still others like him among the Three Thousand Demon Gods from the Returning Ruins."