High-Level Martial Era

Chapter 1748: Chapter 766: Long River Ruins

In the void, Li Yuan’s main battle true body gazed at the six true bodies still in static cultivation afar, pondering: “This time heading to Demon Heart Sea, my true body naturally remains in the homeland.”

This true body is fundamentally no different from the other true bodies, except it is the original, the one fused with the Source Seed, and most deeply connected to the Inner Universe. If other true bodies fall, it is up to this true body to breed new ones.

The mystery of the Source Seed, Li Yuan has yet to fully comprehend; it cannot be lightly moved.

To Li Yuan currently, the greatest benefit of the Source Seed lies in the ’Myriad Spirits Analysis’ of the Cosmic Lotus. Even though Li Yuan has opened the Myriad Spirit Dao, it still greatly aids him, an immensely potent cultivation treasure.

In terms of combat, the current utility of the Cosmic Lotus is much lesser.

“This time, I’ll dispatch three true bodies.” Li Yuan decided: “The main battle true body will carry Siyuan, Heavenly General Divine Armor, and Mystic Jade Sea, three top-grade Emperor Weapons, and also carry Red Heart Disc to guard the soul.”

Material attack, material defense, soul defense… coupled with Li Yuan’s own resilient divine body, in frontal fights, it is already considered close to the current pinnacle.

This time venturing to Long River Ruins, the main battle true body will be long exposed, with potential danger at any moment, thus preparation must be ample.

After all, the area to be reached, even within the depths of Long River Ruins, is the most mysterious among the sixteen Eternal Relics, and the level of danger can be deemed first.

Just an Eternal Road alone, through long ages, has seen countless Supremes enter it and never return.

“The second true body will wield top-grade Emperor Weapon Dark Annihilation Realm for soul attacks, mid-grade Emperor Weapon ’Cold Flame Lake’ for domain control, and Snow Heart Tower to guard the soul.” Li Yuan pondered: “Normally hiding within the Cave Heaven World, to emerge and aid in killing at critical times.”

One mind cannot serve two purposes.

If Li Yuan, with one true body, must employ material attack, soul attack, and domain restriction against foes, the result will be an inability to fully exert in any area.

Therefore, the best approach is for multiple true bodies to join forces, with hearts attuned for optimal cooperation.

“The third true body acts as backup; if encountering strong adversaries, under the outbreak of the ’Burning Heart’ ultimate skill, the Power of Void depletes quickly, making prolonged battle tough.” Li Yuan mused: “Once the Power of Void of the main battle true body is exhausted, this third true body shall take over.”

Compared to Emperor Realm Peak experts.

Li Yuan indeed has many disadvantages, relying solely on the Sub-Saint’s Ultimate Skill to fight with them, unable to fight long, yet their advantage is having enough true bodies.

“Normal Emperor Realm usually has three true bodies, while more may have five.” Li Yuan pondered: “Having nine true bodies is rare.”

“And among the Emperor Realm, one true body is surely long stationed in the homeland Cosmic Realm, as a life-saving trump card.”

“Thus, the Emperor Realm exploring Eternal Relics mostly have just one true body, those with two are few.” Li Yuan mused.

Being strong, one should play to one’s advantages.

Hoo! Hoo!

From afar, among the six true bodies in static cultivation, suddenly two true bodies flew close to Li Yuan’s main battle true body, following which the main battle waved its hand to store them in the Cave Heaven World.

“Let’s go!”

With a step forward, Li Yuan ripped through the void, heading outside the Cosmic Realm.

…

A day later, in a secluded part of the void in the Eighth Dark Domain, far from any Cosmic Realm, the environment was extremely harsh, with many high-hardness celestial bodies rotating at super speed, and numerous visible space rifts.

Under the influence of Cosmic Rules, many space rifts tear open and re-seal repeatedly, as if an invisible force is resisting the Cosmic Rules.

The harsh environment leads to the rarity of star beasts being born here.

Hoo~ As space oscillated, Li Yuan suddenly appeared on a barren star with a diameter over tens of millions of miles, instantly spotting two majestic figures not far away.

Those figures seemed vaguely positioned in another time-space.

“Master, Starry Sky.” Li Yuan directly used Causality Transmission.

Buzz~ Buzz~ Invisible waves surged, surrounding time flow sped up drastically, the two blurred majestic figures completely emerged, one clothed in white, the other in a starry robe.

They were Jue Xing Divine Emperor and Star Sky God Emperor.

After initially integrating numerous Divine Emperors from the homeland Cosmic Realm, Li Yuan had told Jue Xing Divine Emperor he soon would venture to Long River Ruins, when Jue Xing Divine Emperor expressed a desire to accompany.

As for Star Sky God Emperor? It was Heart Dream God Emperor who transmitted a message… advising Li Yuan to specially inquire about Star Sky God Emperor when departing.

Thus, they met now.

“You’ve come?” Jue Xing Divine Emperor smiled, his life breath calm and steady, like an endless mountain range, mighty and majestic. In terms of divine body breath alone, he was no weaker than many Emperor Realm Peak experts.

“Alliance Hierarch.” Star Sky God Emperor slightly bowed in respect, his breath even more ethereal and unpredictable, like overlapping space-times, able to traverse at any moment.

The Space-Time Path is very unique.

“Mm.” Li Yuan nodded, though grateful for Star Sky God Emperor’s gifts, he remained cautious towards Emperor Realm Peak experts who mastered the Space-Time Path.

The Space-Time Path, very unique.

Others could potentially endanger this true body of his.

“Alliance Hierarch, let’s first enter Long River Ruins.” Star Sky God Emperor said.

Li Yuan nodded; to the Emperor Realm, unless at key time-space to cultivate or breakthrough, they prefer not to converse long within Cosmic Space-Time.

Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! The three swiftly flew toward the dark depths of the area.

“This place is called the Sixteenth Rift Sky Sea and is the closest one to our Heart Dream Universe.”

“The entire Eighth Dark Domain has over a hundred Rift Sky Seas, all entrances to the Long River Ruins.” The Starry Sky Divine Emperor said, “In each Rift Sky Sea, the deeper you go, the more space rifts appear. In the depths, the pressure is terrifying, and ordinary Divine Kings may perish if they’re not careful. Generally, it takes a Second Rank Quasi-Saint to reach unharmed.”

“The deepest point is the entrance to the Long River Ruins!”

Li Yuan understood.

The entrance to the Immortal Heaven and Earth is the Gate of Immortality, where space is extremely stable. In theory, Heavenly Gods can all enter.

The Long River Ruins are much more dangerous. To enter, Cosmic Experts must be at least Second Rank Quasi-Saint strength. Of course, those daring enough to venture inside tend to have much stronger power.

Shhh~

Occasionally, a dreadful space rift appears in the void, creating an astonishing space distortion power. Even Divine Monarchs struck by it are doomed to perish… Yet these dangers are like a gentle breeze to the three in the Emperor Realm.

They forge ahead aggressively.

Passing through

“Hmm? So many paths?” Li Yuan said softly. He looked toward the deeper areas where space-time was incredibly chaotic, as if multiple space channels intertwined together.

“Yes.”

“This vast area is where the rules of the Long River Ruins collide with Cosmic Rules, space-time is perpetually chaotic.” The Starry Sky Divine Emperor said, “Even for us in the Emperor Realm, it’s best to avoid fighting in this region; it might trigger some terrifying dangers.”

“Because of the temporal chaos, when crossing the barrier between two worlds, arriving at the area of Long River Ruins is very difficult to fix, you might end up very far apart.”

“In fact, bad luck might have you directly appear in the perilous situation of the Long River Ruins…” the Starry Sky Divine Emperor explained.

Li Yuan understood.

If the Immortal Heaven and Earth has three Immortal Divine Halls and hundreds of Star Cities forming a relatively stable order, then the biggest feature of the Long River Ruins is disorder.

The region of arrival is not fixed.

On the surface, there’s no fixed organization above all cultivators… In short, chaos and danger are the main themes of the Long River Ruins.

“Alliance Hierarch and Jue Xing, you should relax.” The Starry Sky Divine Emperor said, “I will take you in, and I will try my best to stabilize space-time to bring us as close to ’Demon Heart Lake’ as possible.”

Evidently, the Starry Sky Divine Emperor knows Li Yuan’s destination is Demon Heart Lake.

Swish! Swish!

The Starry Sky Divine Emperor triggered waves of special space-time fluctuations, and the three continued to fly toward the deeper area, with surrounding space-time becoming even more chaotic.

Until it began forming temporal turbulence.

But in the area centered around the Starry Sky Divine Emperor, space-time remained relatively stable… This sight made Li Yuan feel impressed.

In terms of direct combat strength, Li Yuan considers himself on par with the Starry Sky Divine Emperor, perhaps stronger.

But in terms of traveling void and mastering space-time, he was certainly much weaker.

“Buzz~”

Like passing through a lake surface, Li Yuan felt he instantly detached from the influence of Cosmic Origin, stepping into another mysterious vast world.

An invisible pressure, like a huge stone, directly pressed on his heart.

“These river waters?” Li Yuan felt the massive flow of rivers around him, each drop extremely heavy, heavier than the water flow in the cosmic starry sky.

Countless rivers flowed swiftly, with great fury.

At least a Second Rank Quasi-Saint’s strength is needed to flow smoothly.

Space God Kings can only drift along in such turbulent currents and might face annihilation when encountering some rapids.

“Disciple, it’s your first time in the Long River Ruins, right?” The Jue Xing Divine Emperor said, “The Long River Ruins is called Long River.”

“Because of its environment, composed of threads of ’Void Rivers’.”

“The combined Long River Ruins comprises ninety-nine ’branches’ and the most massive Ancient Ruins Sea.” The Jue Xing Divine Emperor said, “Cosmic experts generally randomly appear in any branch.”

“Only by flying downstream along the currents can one enter the Ancient Ruins Sea.”

“Most cosmic experts explore in the Ancient Ruins Sea… In the endless ages, there are many mysterious ’ancient ruins’ here.” The Jue Xing Divine Emperor said, “This is the origin of the name Long River Ruins.”

Li Yuan listened silently.

Though he knew much of the Long River Ruins information, it was his first time arriving, and he needed to be cautious.

Suddenly.

“Splash~ Splash~~”

The previously calm river suddenly erupted with an extremely terrifying force, impacting Li Yuan, Jue Xing Divine Emperor, and the Starry Sky Divine Emperor from far away.

“Ambush? Bold!” There was a trace of killing intent in the Starry Sky Divine Emperor’s eyes.