# Chapter 1417: Six-Eared Macaque
That divine ape had its eyes closed, with a thunder-beak, its golden fur dazzling and brilliant. It sat cross-legged on a meditation cushion, motionless, truly as if cast from gold.
There really was a Six-Eared Macaque. This left Ye Fan dumbfounded. It looked far too similar to the Holy Prince, practically identical. If not for its six ears, he would have mistaken it for sure.
"Strange!"
How had it gotten in? Ye Fan's heart surged with waves, unable to calm down. This was truly astonishing. This was the Life Spring eye of an ancient Heavenly Venerable, yet this monkey was so heaven-defying that it could dwell here!
This was not something an ordinary divine being could accomplish. It defied common sense. Who could contend with the Numinous Treasure Array Diagram plus the four slaughter swords? Even someone wielding an Imperial Weapon would be unable to break through!
"Could it be that, like me, it also obtained the ancient artifacts and dao scripts left behind in the world by Numinous Treasure Heavenly Venerable?" Ye Fan muttered to himself.
The stone mirror platform rotated. It was not stationary but floated suspended in the Life Spring, ancient and natural. It flashed past, and the monkey's figure also disappeared.
Ye Fan shifted his position, but no matter how he adjusted the angle, he could not see clearly. A section of chaotic runes flickered, almost sealing off the mirror platform.
"Was it alive, or had it already passed away?" Ye Fan could not be certain. That being, like a clay or wood sculpture, seemed carved from stone and had not moved at all. The distance was too great to judge.
Six-Eared Macaque—a heaven-defying race that had vanished for who knows how many hundreds of thousands of years. To see one today made Ye Fan feel it was somewhat beyond belief.
Seeing this kind of creature in this place gave him a bad premonition. This was an extremely powerful race, one that could pierce the heavens. If it were truly still alive and leaped out, it would inevitably bring a great slaughter calamity.
Ye Fan observed carefully. Although the mirror platform was blurry, he could still see some things. The cave dwelling it manifested was grand and imposing, with a certain immortal aura. Wisps of immortal qi overflowed.
This did not seem like a building originally existing within the Life Spring, but rather something moved in later by someone. Because only those four immortal swords were qualified to be nurtured here; other treasures could hardly take residence in an ancient Heavenly Venerable's Life Spring.
Ye Fan looked closely and indeed noticed something unusual. That cave dwelling seemed to have been cut off from an immortal mountain and moved here. There were broken marks on it.
"Impressive. It seems that Six-Eared Macaque truly moved its cave dwelling here, treating this place as an immortal treasure land for cultivating the dao."
At this moment, that section of chaotic runes dimmed, finally making the cave dwelling somewhat clearer. Ye Fan hurriedly opened his Source Heaven Eye to observe closely.
"Oh? Dao talismans, divine patterns, and scriptures..."
On the inner walls of the cave dwelling, some places could be glimpsed. They were densely covered with various ancient scripts, mottled with traces of antiquity, filled with the aura of time.
Ye Fan's pupils froze. He saw some text belonging to the Salvation Scripture, containing a strange and immense demonic power. At the same time, there were other scriptures, but unfortunately he could only catch fragments.
"This doesn't seem like an outsider's residence, but rather one belonging to Numinous Treasure Heavenly Venerable himself." Ye Fan's gaze was strange.
After a moment's thought, he deduced a rough picture. The Six-Eared Macaque had encountered great fortune, obtaining a cave dwelling of Numinous Treasure Heavenly Venerable, cutting it whole and transporting it here.
Without a doubt, this dao ground was extraordinary. Otherwise, how could it peacefully sink within the ancient Heavenly Venerable's Life Spring, causing those four slaughter swords to sense a familiar aura?
"It should have passed away by now." After observing, Ye Fan made this judgment. In recent years, the Sea of Suffering had been very unsettled, yet no Six-Eared Macaque had emerged. He felt it was most likely a corpse.
He approached the stone mirror platform, wanting to use it to determine the location of that cave dwelling. If he could enter, he might encounter great fortune.
However, as soon as he drew near, he heard a faint trembling sound. Chaotic runes flickered on the stone mirror platform, mysterious and unfathomable. That cave dwelling became even more blurred.
Moreover, the four ancient swords below exuded a murderous aura. Although they did not ring, they still seized people's hearts. Clearly, killing intent had rushed over.
If not for the Human-Faced Ghost Lamp, he would most likely have been torn apart. These slaughter swords were truly mysterious and terrifying, capable of causing rivers of blood and millions of corpses at the slightest provocation.
"Even with Numinous Treasure Heavenly Venerable's bronze lamp, it's still not enough. There's no way to get close. It seems that cave dwelling truly has extraordinary significance, recognized by those four swords, surpassing the ancient lamp."
And at this moment, Ye Fan finally saw the four slaughter swords clearly. On their dark red sword bodies were scenes of immortals being slain—a man looking down upon the world, arrogantly overlooking all gods.
Could this be Numinous Treasure Heavenly Venerable himself? Ye Fan's mind shook. The four slaughter swords each had different patterns on their bodies. There were scenes of immortals being executed, scenes of seas of blood destroying the universe, and scenes of countless beings lying dead.
A fierce and tragic aura filled the sky. Each slaughter sword seemed to have drunk the blood of billions of living beings. Though they lay motionless, sunk there, they emitted an aura of heaven and earth splitting apart, as if the great universe was about to collapse.
The four swords represented destruction!
Moreover, Ye Fan realized that they were a single whole, containing only one deity, divided among the four sword bodies. Strictly speaking, this was just a single Imperial Artifact. Only when combined could they be invincible under heaven. Once separated, their power would likely sharply decrease.
However, no one in this world could separate them. Once the array diagram appeared, it was comparable to resurrecting an ancient Great Emperor personally controlling these slaughter swords.
"Possessing the four swords and the array diagram might truly make one invincible under heaven and earth, but they are difficult to obtain." Ye Fan frowned.
He recited the Salvation Scripture, held the Human-Faced Ghost Lamp, and sat cross-legged in that Life Spring, making his mind empty and clear. He attempted to communicate with the four slaughter swords, hoping to gain their recognition.
Unfortunately, the four swords were like an abyssal ocean, unfathomably deep. The scenes of immortals being slain on them were bloody, as if real, transforming into a dao mark pressure that forced Ye Fan back.
"No good. The killing aura of these four immortal swords is too intense. No one in the current world can control them. One needs to obtain the array diagram to take them away." Ye Fan sighed inwardly. He did not continue to take risks.
He avoided the four swords and dove downward. At the very bottom should be the ancient Heavenly Venerable's Life Wheel Disk, emitting a faint glow. It was densely covered with cracks, countless in number, and could not be approached. There was a tremendous oppressive force.
Ye Fan was truly shocked. For every year one lived, a crack would appear on the Life Wheel Disk, like the rings of a tree. After such a long time had passed, how was it still glowing and not collapsing?
He had a chilling feeling. Numinous Treasure Heavenly Venerable had left behind the Salvation Scripture because he had foreseen something—perhaps to suppress corpse calamity. He must have been an expert in this dao. Now that his Wheel Sea had not completely collapsed, it felt ominous!
"The greatest corpse calamity must not be himself..." Ye Fan's expression was uncertain.
Searching through ancient texts, according to the various Great Sages, once Numinous Treasure Heavenly Venerable forged his Imperial Artifact and combined it with the array diagram, he would ascend to immortality. But the result was not like that.
Ye Fan was certain that Numinous Treasure Heavenly Venerable had definitely lived more than one lifetime. The marks on that Wheel Sea far exceeded ten or twenty thousand years. He was not an ancient Heavenly Venerable with a "short" lifespan.
Unable to get close, he had to retreat. He searched the entire Life Spring but found nothing else.
The strangest thing was that cave dwelling, which had once housed a Six-Eared Macaque. Now he could not enter, which was frustrating.
Ye Fan collected a cauldron of Life Spring divine liquid, then burst out of the water with a splash. He scanned the ten directions. Seeing no one here, he instantly traveled ten thousand li to another area of the Sea of Suffering.
"Where are Pang Bo, Dragon Horse, and the others?" Ye Fan wondered. It had not been long since they separated, yet the whole group had disappeared.
There were some fluctuations left here. He carefully sensed them, then opened his eyes wide, shooting out two cold beams of light. "It's Golden Toad, Gray Flood Dragon, Heavenly Dog, and the others again. They go too far!"
It must be said that these three ancient beasts had keen spiritual senses. They had detected secret treasures on their group, targeting them just like the Golden Serpent Four Lords, refusing to let go.
Especially once, when Pang Bo was studying the Demon Emperor Ruler, they sensed a wisp of aura stirred up, arousing suspicion. From then on, they had been pursuing them all the way, determined to seize the treasure.
The immortal ruler had shattered into five sections. The deity within had perished, leaving only an instinct. Although two sections had returned to Pang Bo, he could not activate them recklessly, or they would harm both enemy and self.
Half an hour later, Ye Fan found them. Everyone was covered in blood. Half of Pang Bo's body had white bone stubs exposed; he had nearly fallen.
The Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon had only two tails left, its body nearly exploding, blood dripping. Dragon Horse, Golden Lion, and the others were not much better off, all having suffered severe injuries.
"After seeing Gray Flood Dragon, Golden Toad, and the other beast venerables, we immediately crossed the void. But we were ambushed by Devour Heaven Beast, Metal-Eating Beast, and the four lords of the Golden Serpent clan," Pang Bo said.
It was difficult for others to open a domain gate in the sea region, but they were an exception, as they had the Void Great Emperor's chessboard array patterns. Ye Fan had studied them carefully through Black Emperor's notes and prepared many sets.
Just as Pang Bo and the others entered, Devour Heaven Beast and the others secretly sabotaged them. The domain gate exploded, and they nearly got lost in the dark void. Their ancient ship was completely shattered.
"Our cultivation and dharma power are declining. Without the ancient ship, we cannot stand in the Sea of Suffering!" Dragon Horse showed a worried expression.
"Boom!"
A vast fluctuation came. A Gray Flood Dragon about ten feet long and a Golden Toad as huge as a mountain appeared first, chasing after them again.
"Gray mud eel, toad scum, just wait. We'll stew you sooner or later!" Dragon Horse said angrily.
Ye Fan stepped into the domain gate with them and disappeared from this place. A Great Sage's palm strike came crashing down, smashing the void.
In another expanse of ocean, Ye Fan took out the cauldron, which was filled with crystalline liquid. He observed it carefully, then frowned. "Good thing we didn't drink it back then. It indeed contains killing aura inside. Fortunately, it can be refined out."
Wisp after wisp of black mist rose, emitting a clanging sword sound. The Life Spring liquid was purified. Ye Fan handed it to Pang Bo, Dragon Horse, and the others. The effect was immediate—truly able to bring the dead back to life and regenerate flesh.
None of them needed to adjust their breathing. The ancient Heavenly Venerable's Life Spring directly restored their injured bodies.
"Truly a great medicine, of immeasurable value!" Both Pang Bo and the twelve saints marveled. After drinking this crystalline liquid, their cultivation and dharma power were restored, no longer suppressed by the Sea of Suffering.
Only the Life Spring of an ancient Great Emperor could dissolve the yin sha and dao suppression in the Sea of Suffering.
The group was naturally excited, asking Ye Fan about the results of his trip.
"What? There's a Six-Eared Macaque?!" The Black Bear Saint was shocked after learning this.
Hundreds of thousands of years ago, one of his distant ancestors had encountered a Six-Eared Macaque. Though he was a Great Sage, that monkey had slapped him into meat paste with one palm. Its demonic might was terrifying and heaven-reaching.
As Ye Fan listened to him recount the story in detail, he was startled to discover something.
That Six-Eared Macaque seemed to be moving. On its shoulder sat a little monkey, and above its head hung a huge cave dwelling as large as a mountain. No one knew where it was heading.
"My ancestor merely blocked its path in the starry sky, and that divine monkey of overwhelming might slapped him into meat paste..."
Ye Fan showed a strange expression and described the cave dwelling he had seen. The Black Bear Saint became excited and said indignantly, "It's exactly the same as the cave dwelling depicted in my clan's ancient texts!"
Everyone was stunned. What a coincidence. That divine and mighty Six-Eared Macaque had actually moved here.
"Hundreds of thousands of years have passed. Even if its cultivation reached the heavens and it was a Great Emperor, it should have died. All of you, come with me. We'll enter the Life Spring together to go into seclusion. That's a good place for cultivation," Ye Fan said.
He had the ghost lamp and the Salvation Scripture, which could protect everyone as they entered together. Cultivating in an ancient Heavenly Venerable's Life Spring was almost like cultivating in the Immortal Domain—a dao ground that all cultivators dreamed of but could never reach.
They no longer needed the ancient ship. They directly plunged into the Life Spring. All around were crystalline liquids, immortal mist rising, divine rays in ten thousand colors. From time to time, the sounds of the great dao rang out, causing their Immortal Platforms to resonate with the dao.
They could not directly drink this divine liquid, but they could slowly refine it and integrate it into their bodies.
"This place is indeed suitable for dao enlightenment. I just wonder how long we can stay." Pang Bo was shocked. Here, his forehead bone glowed, and the Green Emperor's ancient scripture automatically circulated. It was very special—a place for attaining the dao.
The ghost lamp spread a curtain of light, blocking the killing aura from reaching them, protecting everyone. The Salvation Scripture rang continuously. The four dark red slaughter swords below remained motionless.
"What a good place. I never thought... this lord could extract divine liquid to my heart's content here!" Dragon Horse was excited, wanting to roar to the heavens.
Because this was the Life Spring liquid left by an ancient Great Emperor. Crystalline and dazzling, every drop was a precious medicine that could bring the dead back to life and regenerate flesh. Unmatched in the world.
So much of it... simply unimaginable!
The only trouble was that the sword aura contained within the divine liquid was too terrifying. It needed to be refined a hundred times, or it might bring lethal disaster.
The Divine Bridge did not appear, and they could not enter the Other Shore. Ye Fan planned to go into long-term seclusion here. When he took out two items, even the twelve saints' eyes lit up, showing extremely hot gazes.
These were two seeds. One was no bigger than a walnut, sealed in Divine Source. It was a purple little qilin less than two inches long, lifelike, with a powerful life aura.
It had life and was actually trembling, trying to break through the Divine Source and rush out, even attempting to flee.
This was naturally the Qilin Divine Medicine seed. Over so many years, Ye Fan had never had the chance to plant it because the conditions were too harsh. Now, the ancient Heavenly Venerable's Life Spring was simply the best soil for its growth.
Ye Fan set up a dharma array, or he would really be afraid it might flee. Every immortal medicine was unique in heaven and earth. They had spirits and could reach the heavens, able to fly away on their own.
The Qilin seed, which had slept for endless years, truly awakened here. People heard the sound of Divine Source cracking and breaking. Then, endless divine rays flew over. It autonomously absorbed the essence of the crystalline divine liquid, blocking the killing aura, and grew.
In just half a month, the Qilin seed grew to the size of a fist. Its roots became thick and long, drawing more Life Spring divine liquid. Its growth was good.
Everyone's gazes grew even hotter!
And at this moment, the other seed in Ye Fan's hand also changed. Buddhist sounds shook the ears, and behind Ye Fan, a Great Thunderclap Monastery appeared, majestic and tall, radiating divine radiance.