Chapter 698: Old Madman Seen in Ziwei Ancient Star Domain
The Vajra Ring was bright and gleaming, shining with silver light as it rushed over from the distant sky, like a crescent moon ring shooting through the air, its divine radiance dazzling, brilliant beyond compare, extremely resplendent.
Ye Fan felt an immense pressure, as if facing a collapsing sky dome, his entire body on the verge of splitting apart, as heavy as Mount Tai pressing down. It had been over ten thousand years; after being struck into pieces of Source Stone, it flashed with light, instantly blazing, forming a passage that pierced into the distance.
Ye Fan vanished in a flash, quickly disappearing, entering into silent nothingness where nothing could be seen.
After a full half an hour, he finally emerged, and light appeared before his eyes, causing his heart to tremble. Spending this much time meant he had definitely crossed over eight million li or more—it was an ultra-distant ancient array.
"This world is truly vast. Any random abandoned ancient array platform spans eight million li at the drop of a hat. What a boundless world this is."
He felt that perhaps it was even more expansive than the Big Dipper Star Domain, truly frightening. It was hard to imagine what kind of star such a massive celestial body was.
In this world where even demons existed, he had long stopped measuring things by the physical laws of his homeland. He speculated privately that perhaps there were world-creating laws at work on this ancient star—domains within domains, endless territories.
Finally, after flying another tens of thousands of li, he left this great wilderness and saw a massive city on the horizon ahead.
It was a black ancient city, incredibly enormous, entirely built from ink-colored crystal stones, gleaming with dark light, like a magnificent heavenly city descending into the mortal world.
"So grand!" Even Ye Fan had to marvel. The city walls were over a hundred meters high, densely covered with array patterns, clearly a place of great importance at a single glance.
"Do you know? Something happened at the Eight Scenic Palace. Yin Tiande's younger brother was killed."
"What? Who would dare to act like this, provoking even the master of the Eight Scenic Palace?!"
"Yin Tiande defeated sect leaders from all sides ten years ago. How powerful must he be now? He dared to use the Undying Divine Phoenix Blood to baptize his brother's physical body—imagine how unfathomably deep his own strength must be!"
"The deceased Yin Tianzhi was also a super powerhouse, making all sect leaders extremely wary, his strength terrifying to the extreme. Who could have killed him?"
Inside this black city, which resembled a heavenly capital, some cultivators were discussing the matter. A demon tribe member transformed from a spirit bird had witnessed the battle that day, and news had leaked out.
"Let's not talk about that for now. We should hurry to see that ancient sage. Who would have thought such an ancient saint would appear in our Tianyuan City?"
"He's a strange man. He doesn't pay any attention to people's worship, as if he's searching for something. He's been lingering there for several days already."
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Hearing all this, Ye Fan's heart shook violently. This world was truly terrifying. He had just entered an ancient city and could already encounter an ancient sage.
He followed along as well. Many cultivators were heading outside the city, entering a barren red land devoid of any vegetation, as if lava had swept through it.
Here, stone mountains stood tall, strange rocks grew side by side, and not a single blade of grass existed. In the distance, some powerful cultivators appeared but dared not approach.
Suddenly, Ye Fan froze, hardly believing his eyes. He saw a tall figure, hair disheveled, standing among the stone mountains.
This was a stalwart man, two or three heads taller than an ordinary person, with a majestic bearing like an ancient god. His skin was bronze-colored, and his wild black hair obscured his true face.
Ye Fan couldn't see his features, but he was very familiar with this figure. He had once traveled with him to Sacred Cliff and opened the ancient coffin of the Great Accomplishment Saint Body. It was the Old Madman!
"How is this possible? How did he come here?!" Ye Fan pinched himself hard to confirm he wasn't hallucinating.
"It really is him!" His heart was filled with shock. After traveling alone through the desolate universe for seven years, how could he have imagined meeting an old acquaintance in the Ziwei Ancient Star Domain? It was utterly unbelievable!