# Chapter 1405: Blood Exchange
On the towering divine altar, over a dozen young supremes stood, each with an extraordinary bearing—some with an aura that devoured the starry river, others that suppressed heaven and earth, every single one exceptional.
Among them were Sacred Spirits, descendants of ancient primordial gods and demons, heirs of various deities, and those with Sacred Blood Physiques, hailing from different ancient domains, each the strongest on their respective ancient path.
Such individuals were all proud, believing themselves unrivaled, harboring aspirations of becoming a Great Emperor. None would bow to another; as fellow young supremes of the same generation, who would fear whom?!
Sanggu, Xinlan, Ye Fan, the Copper Ant King, the Earth Corpse, the Heaven-Devouring Ancient Beast... each surveyed the four directions with contempt, looking down upon the masses. No one would retreat.
"Let us exchange the strongest ancient blood," said the Metal-Eating Beast. His entire body was cyan, a metallic ancient beast with a fierce appearance and absolutely top-tier strength.
Strands of multicolored light appeared on the divine altar. Everyone spread their palms, revealing their respective collections. Instantly, surging blood energy rolled forth like smoke.
The strongest ancient blood—more than ten types in number!
Each type represented a kind of glory, having been supremely powerful in the past, causing the myriad heavens and countless domains to tremble. Now, the aura of ancient blood billowed like wolf smoke soaring into the sky, shaking this starry space.
In Ye Fan's palm was a fist-sized clump of blood, flickering with black light, accompanied by lightning and thunder, displaying myriad phenomena, its blood energy vast and overwhelming.
This was blood refined from the Ten-Thousand-Legged Demon Spider. Such a large ancient spider, at the Saint King realm, yielded only a fist-sized clump of ancestral blood—one could imagine how terrifying its ancestor must have been.
In the hand of Sanggu, descendant of ancient primordial gods and demons, was a clump of blue blood, like a giant gem, blue as a dream, intoxicating to the spirit—a fearsome ancient blood radiating undying power.
In the Metal-Eating Beast's hand was silver blood, like a hanging celestial river, with silver radiance cascading through his fingers, extremely sacred and peaceful.
Everyone drew in cold breaths. Not to mention the others, just the blood in these three's hands was enough to shock the world—all were supreme ancient bloodlines. In the distant past, those ancient ancestors had roamed heaven and earth, able to battle the gods themselves!
"The Ten-Thousand-Legged Demon Spider is a true ancient primordial god and demon, but now only its descendants remain. Not a single pure-blooded ancient spider exists anymore!"
"That blue blood belongs to an ancient Phoenix Bird!"
"It's... silver blood. Could it have been refined from a demon?"
People knew that the blood in their hands was the result of purification. Nowadays, it was almost impossible to find pure-blooded creatures of those races; otherwise, they wouldn't have been obtained so easily.
The strongest ancient blood was not merely nominal. Some ancient ancestors had created incomparably brilliant and glorious eras. If such races had pure bloodlines, they wouldn't become prey—they would be the ones hunting others!
The Golden Serpent Second Young Master revealed a cold smile and directly took out a gleaming white skull. It resembled a human's, but upon closer inspection, it wasn't quite the same. This skull was rough, with prominent brow bones, cheekbones, and mouth area, like an ape-man, not a true human.
"Slap"
The Golden Serpent Second Young Master slapped the top of the skull, and from its seven orifices flowed brilliant blood—white with a hint of pale gold, like gathered starlight, extremely dazzling.
He opened his mouth and inhaled, part of the ancient blood entering his mouth, his face showing intoxication. The blood on his lips and snow-white teeth was particularly horrifying and chilling.
"This is the supreme ancestral blood of the Long-Armed Divine Ape clan. According to legend, their ancestor was the most powerful of the heaven-and-earth divine monkeys besides the Battle-Saint Ape and the Six-Eared Macaque, existing outside the Five Elements! Unfortunately, the Battle-Saint Ape and Six-Eared Macaque have long been extinct, with hardly any left since ancient times. And the bloodline of the Long-Armed Divine Ape has long been impure."
The Golden Serpent Second Young Master took another sip of the ape blood, as if savoring the finest blood meal in the world. His cold eyes and intoxicated expression sent chills down everyone's spine.
The Heaven-Devouring Ancient Beast opened his palm, revealing a clump of green blood, like ghostly green flames dancing, emitting terrifying fluctuations. Some recognized it and were horrified—this was the blood of gods and ghosts!
The Earth Corpse took out a crystal, inside which was sealed a drop of Buddhist blood, golden and dazzling. This was blood left from his previous life; now the blood in his body had transformed into black, completely different.
At the fingertips of the Divine Clan Heavenly Maiden Xinlan, a starry river blazed brilliantly, containing an aura of world-creation. Strands of chaotic mist spread outward, terrifying and overwhelming.
"What?!" Everyone cried out, their faces full of shock.
At her fingertip was a crystal ball. Inside, the sealed blood contained lightning and thunder, world-creation, as if a world was evolving, surrounded by chaotic mist, magnificent and boundless.
"Could this be... Chaos Blood... Does such a being exist in this world?!" People were shocked, deeply moved.
"It's been said long ago that a being with Chaos Blood flowing in his veins once appeared in the deepest parts of the Human Ancient Path. No wonder the Divine Clan Heavenly Maiden walked the Human Ancient Path—she was pursuing that human! Could she have killed him?"
The appearance of Chaos Blood stirred up a huge uproar.
People sighed. This truly was a golden age. Even the legendary Chaos Blood from the mythological era had appeared, truly shocking.
"I encountered a living being, neither human nor divine clan, with only thin Chaos Blood flowing within. I'm sorry to disappoint you," said the Divine Clan Heavenly Maiden Xinlan.
She had slain a supreme humanoid creature, but it wasn't a true Chaos Bloodline. Refining all its blood yielded only an impure drop of Chaos ancestral blood.
Over a dozen young supremes successively presented the strongest ancient blood they had hunted. They shared one commonality—all were extracted ancestral blood. No one had slain a pure-blooded ancestral being; otherwise, who would kill whom was uncertain.
Among them, some were pure-blooded supreme beings, but no one offered their own blood, fearing others would study it and uncover their secrets and weaknesses.
Everyone exchanged blood. Each drop was precious, concerning whether they could enter the Mythological Ancient Path. The over a dozen young supremes on the divine altar wore solemn expressions.
In the end, the fist-sized clump of Ten-Thousand-Legged Spider blood in Ye Fan's hand was reduced to part of it, exchanged for over a dozen equally terrifying types of blood, flickering with various different radiances.
"These things are supreme treasures. If brought to the Eternal Star Domain, they could certainly be used to research fragments of Dao laws, or even extract some hidden bloodline inheritances," Ye Fan sighed. It was hard to turn back now.
Their group left the True Phoenix Tower and began preparing for entry into the Mythological Ancient Path.
More powerful beings refused to leave. The various heroes didn't have ten types of strongest ancient blood but still wanted to enter the Mythological Ancient Path. For now, they could only pledge allegiance to the over a dozen young supremes.
The city was in chaos. The various clans were restless, and bloody battles occasionally broke out. The city was far from peaceful.
"More than a dozen young supremes can enter the Mythological Ancient Path. The Overlord, the Azure Poem Fairy Maiden, and the Human King could all stand on the divine altar, but none have appeared. They must have their own plans," Ye Fan said.
Ten types of ancient blood had appeared, enough to advance, but the heroes didn't act rashly, still making preparations.
Ye Fan and his group naturally prepared for battle as well, conducting the most thorough investigations, seeking verification, and learning about the Mythological Era Nine-Layered Coffin and the Ancient Tree of Life in detail.
These two things were of great importance. Countless eyes were watching them. If the information was false, or if it was a killing trap, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Such things had happened before. In the Eternal Star Domain, Dao Yi, the Imperial Son, had once tricked and killed the Great Sage Yan Qi, driving the Ancient Imperial Prince of the Fire Qilin Cave to madness and defeat, forcing him to flee Eternal, his whereabouts unknown to this day.
"This matter... couldn't it be related to Dao Yi again?" Ye Fan muttered to himself. The Ancient Tree of Life was an immortality pill once owned by Dao Yi's father, holding special significance for him.
Ye Fan thought carefully and felt it shouldn't be related to Dao Yi. This person's character wasn't ostentatious. Back then, he only acted ruthlessly to protect Eternal when the ancient clans besieged the city, severely threatening its safety. Now, there was no reason to offend so many young supremes.
"It's no falsehood. This star domain truly has an Ancient Tree of Life. On the Mythological Ancient Path, a native once broke out clutching a branch of the Ancient Tree of Life, covered in blood, arriving at the Golden Ancient Path. It was confirmed to be a newly broken branch from the mother tree!" Pang Bo returned with evidence.
Ye Fan nodded and analyzed the various situations with Pang Bo, confirming it wasn't a killing trap. And even if it were a trap, they had enough trump cards to protect themselves and retreat.
"Does it really require ten types of strongest ancient blood to open the Mythological Ancient Path?" Pang Bo doubted. He thought of Yao Guang and felt uneasy.
Could it be that this person wanted to make a grand move, devouring ten types of strongest ancient blood, setting up such an array? If so, that would be too terrifying.
The Dragon Horse soon brought back news. Confirmed from the Human Clan Dao Protectors, the Mythological Ancient Path truly required such an opening—various ancient bloods poured onto the altar to open it and set foot on this path.
"Hmm, it seems everything is fine." Ye Fan's eyes were deep, gazing at the starry sky, pondering seriously for a long time.
As for the Mythological Era Nine-Layered Coffin, they had already verified it through the Ten-Thousand-Legged Demon Spider's consciousness. The spider had personally seen the divine coffin from the Nine Heavens enter this star domain and pursued it.
The other young supremes also carefully verified, spending great effort and heart's blood. Even the most arrogant among them personally went to confirm.
Such matters couldn't be careless. Not a single mistake could be allowed.
The Metal-Eating Beast, Sanggu, the Divine Clan, the Heaven-Devouring Ancient Beast, the Copper Ant King, the Sacred Spirit, and others all set off one after another, with large groups of followers—heroes who had pledged allegiance to them, wanting to travel together.
The Golden Ancient City suddenly became desolate. Over eighty percent of the people had set out, entering the Mythological Ancient Path, stepping into the most mysterious ancient region.
"Let's go. It's time for us to move as well." Ye Fan and his group, having confirmed everything was correct, walked toward the Mythological Altar.
Only on the Golden Ancient Path were there such most ancient altars. Currently, they were extremely scarce, with only a few remaining, located in different Golden Ancient Cities.
The Mythological Altar seemed to be forged from the corpses of gods and demons, its shape eerie. It was actually carved with a picture of fallen corpses—gods lying prostrate, blood flowing in rivers, the sun falling, the moon destroyed, stars in the heavens exploding.
On the ancient altar, this pattern was chilling and shocking. This was the first time Ye Fan and his group had seen such a thing.
Time was like a knife. Through such a long passage of time, the ancient altar bore countless mottled marks. When ten types of ancient blood were sprinkled, the carved ancient patterns seemed to come alive. The fallen corpses appeared to resurrect, gods roared, suns were destroyed, and stars sank.
This was a terrifying scene, vast and boundless!
With a rumble, Ye Fan and his group had no time to observe closely. They all disappeared from their original positions, teleported by the ancient altar to the Mythological Ancient Path, stepping onto the most mysterious ancient domain.