Ye Chen walked out of the spatial vortex. His body was a little shaky as he gasped for air. Looking at the small square in front of him, he vaguely recalled the time when he carried out the Heavenly Dao Inheritance Mission here. Back then, he was in high spirits. He did not expect that time would pass so quickly. In the blink of an eye, he had become an old man on the verge of death.
The corner of his mouth twitched slightly as if there was a bitter smile. He walked up to the stone door. There was a button on the stone door that looked like a stone eye. A red light shot out from it and scanned Ye Chen's body.
"Why don't you have a heart?" An old metallic voice sounded from within the stone door.
Ye Chen shook his head and sighed, "Let me in first."
Ka!
The stone door opened with a bang, revealing a passageway. The metallic old voice said, "Your life force is rapidly decreasing. You can at most last for ten more hours. Why are you so injured?
Could it be that the Heavenly Dao Secret Manual was exposed? "
Ye Chen replied in a low voice, "I did it myself."
As he spoke, he walked through the stone door. When he heard the door close behind him, he raised his head and looked ahead. This place was the same as before. There was no change at all. It was vast and spacious. In the distance, there was a divine mountain surrounded by spiritual energy. It stood tall and majestic, giving off an ancient and majestic feeling.
Swoosh!
A figure quickly flew over from afar. He was dressed in black. His black hair fluttered in the wind. His eyes were sharp and deep, giving off a cold feeling.
"So this is me …" Ye Chen looked at the doppelganger. Through the doppelganger's vision, he could see his current appearance. He had turned into an old man with silver hair and wrinkles. The difference between him and his doppelganger's young and handsome appearance was extremely clear.
This doppelganger was a product created by splitting off a wisp of his soul. It still maintained a youthful appearance and was full of vitality. However, once his main body died and his soul extinguished, this doppelganger would naturally collapse and disintegrate.
As Ye Chen thought, the clone hurriedly went forward to support his body. In a flash, he arrived in front of the Heavenly Path Mountain. At the entrance of the first level, the golden-armored figure that looked like a mechanical warrior looked over coldly. When it scanned Ye Chen's bones, it could not help but be shocked. "Why is his life aura so weak?"
Ye Chen let go of the clone and slowly straightened his body. He raised his head and saw that the Heavenly Dao Manor was majestic and sacred. Although it had been buried deep underground for countless years, it didn't lose any of its sharpness.
There was a faint sadness in his heart as he thought to himself, "Back then, Teacher Tian Dao was the enemy of the entire world. Such a ferocious and overflowing figure actually fell in the end. Who in this world can live forever?"
When he thought of this, he could not help but accept life and death. He smiled slightly and slowly bent down, sitting cross-legged with some difficulty. Then, he stretched out his trembling hand and carried out the little white rabbit from the space of his inner armor. The little white rabbit had been sleeping ever since he saw it the last time. At this moment, it didn't even notice that he had carried it and was still snoring softly.
Ye Chen's expression was gentle as he placed the little white rabbit on his knees. He stroked its soft white fur and felt the warmth of its body. He couldn't help but recall that back in the Ice Age on Earth, it was all thanks to this little fellow's might that he was saved. Later on, when he was infected with a virus, it was also its help that expelled the virus from his body.
"I, Ye Chen, owe too many favors in my life.
Master Heavenly Shaman King is willing to bet his entire life on a chance for me to appear!
Master White Fang, in order to save me, led away a strong enemy alone. Now, I don't know where he is.
Master Heavenly Dao gave me the Heavenly Dao Scripture, allowing me to stand tall in this ancient world filled with experts … Wan Renxiong might be a dark creature, but he left behind a treasure like the Demon Palace. If it wasn't for the Demon Palace, my achievements wouldn't be as great as today … "
"It's a pity that I won't have the chance to repay this favor."
Ye Chen's expression was bleak as he looked into the distance in a daze. He felt that the changes in the world were nothing more than this. Yesterday, he was still a peerless genius at the peak of Bai Ling Mountain, the champion of the younger generation. Today, he was just an old man waiting for death.
What was left behind in the years that passed?
When death was right in front of him, who was it that he could not forget?
"You have to live well …" Ye Chen silently said in his heart. He raised his head to look at the sky. Suddenly, he had a thought and opened the runic space. The runic airship jumped out from within. The old Green Rune Person's excited voice immediately sounded, "Awoo, we're finally out!"
"Eh?"
He quickly discovered the abnormality. Looking at the young doppelganger beside him, he asked in surprise, "Little Chen Chen, who is this dying old man beside you?"
The doppelganger glanced at him with eyes full of killing intent and said, "It's me!"
"It can't be?" The old green rune man's face was full of shock. He said, "It's you?
You're pretending to be an old man? "
The doppelganger glanced at him and said, "Shut your mouth!"
The old green rune man covered his mouth with his hand. His neck shrank back and he floated back to the rune flying ship. He piloted the ship and parked it beside the spacious square, not daring to fly around casually.
The Demonic God Palace enlarged to a hundred zhang and was like a house. It sat beside the plaza and a purple light flashed on top of it. A purple fragrance wafted out from it. She was wearing a noble purple robe and had fair skin. Her cheeks were delicate and pretty, and her black eyes were watery. She was a little beauty.
"Master," Zi Xiang's figure flashed and came before Ye Chen. She said with an anxious expression, "Are you alright?
Why is it like this?
Where's your heart! "
Ye Chen's expression was gentle. He reached out and stroked her soft hair. He said, "Don't worry, life and death are up to fate. After I die, you can find a new master yourself."
"Master, you …" Zi Xiang's tears were blurred as she sobbed softly.
Ye Chen patted her little shoulder with a smile. Then, he looked at the distant Heavenly Path Mountain, somewhat lost in thought.
Not far away, the old green rune man carefully snuck over. Seeing Zi Xiang crying so sadly, he immediately had a bad feeling. He said in a small voice, "Little Chen Chen, are, are you alright?"
The doppelganger glanced at him.
The old green rune man quickly moved several thousand zhang away, withdrawing back into the rune flying ship. He muttered with a bitter expression.
Ye Chen silently sat cross-legged and did not speak for a long time. After a while, he suddenly felt that his body was somewhat hot. He could not help but be surprised. He hurriedly used his inner vision to investigate. He immediately discovered that there was a reddish-gold heart floating on the right side of his chest. There were many mysterious patterns on its surface, and it emitted pure energy.
He had discovered this heart before, but he did not have the time to pay attention to it. Everything that had happened on White Spirit Mountain had completely diverted his attention to the battle and Bai Yijun. He simply did not have the time to think about the mysterious heart in his body. Now that he saw the gentle energy emitted by the heart, he could not help but have a thought. He hurriedly controlled the divine power in his body to surround the heart and pull it to the left.
There was an empty gap on this side of the heart. Now that the heart had been transplanted, there were immediately several blood vessels that were connected to the heart meridians that were automatically connected to the heart.
However, as soon as these blood vessels were connected, they trembled slightly and were swept away by a weak current. At the same time, Ye Chen felt a heart-wrenching pain appear in his body. His entire mind was buzzing, and for a short while, it became blank.
After a while, he gradually regained consciousness. Ye Chen was still in shock. He could only feel that the reddish-gold heart was floating in the left side of his heart. Although it had stopped at the gap where the heart used to be, the surrounding meridians did not dare to connect to it. They were all swept away by the tremendous energy contained in the heart.
Ye Chen frowned and thought for a long time. Then, he shook his head and sighed. He bitterly smiled and said, "I knew it was not that simple. This heart contains a lot of energy, and it has a powerful will. It conflicts with my body, so I cannot merge with it."
He let out a long sigh. At this moment, he suddenly discovered that there were many mysterious patterns on the reddish-gold heart. These patterns gave people a mysterious but natural feeling, as if they were describing something.
Ye Chen's heart suddenly jumped. "Could it be that the patterns on this heart are the Universal Law Diagrams?
As long as I can comprehend them, I can become a God Spirit? "Thinking of this, he immediately focused his mind to check it out.
While he was checking his whole body, the patterns on the heart seemed to become active. They began to multiply in his mind from the word "one," slowly deducing the universe's heaven and earth.
Mysterious and magical!
Ye Chen couldn't help but be lost in his thoughts. Until he felt a tearing pain in his body, he came back to his senses and woke up from this wonderful state.
Although he had only comprehended a little, this moment of observation had given Ye Chen a strong impact. He had overturned the structure of the more than three hundred star diagrams that he had comprehended in the past. He had entered a new realm. The patterns on the heart were describing something more mysterious. Just by looking at it for a while, and comparing it with the more than three hundred star diagrams that he had comprehended, he felt that the difference was like the difference between a university and a kindergarten.
He didn't have time to carefully weigh the mysteries of the two. He lowered his head and looked at the pain. He immediately saw that his skin was dry and cracked, as if it had lost its moisture. It was a shocking sight that made his scalp tingle.
Ye Chen was stunned for a moment. In his daze, he seemed to have seen the moment before he was reborn. He was lying quietly in the mouth of the Blood Horned Beast, feeling the feeling of his body being minced bit by bit by its sharp teeth. He didn't expect that after so many years, he would once again helplessly watch his body slowly die …
It was hard to tell whether he was sad or happy. After a while, he slowly raised his head. His expression was surprisingly calm as he looked at the majestic Heavenly Path Mountain in front of him. His eyes flashed and he suddenly said to Zi Xiang beside him, "Give me some wine."
Zi Xiang was startled and said, "Master, you …"
"Wine!" Ye Chen said in a low voice.
Zi Xiang glanced at him and didn't dare to disobey. With tears in her eyes, she waved her hand and a few wine gourds flew out from the Demonic Palace. There were also beautiful white porcelain bottles. The bottlenecks were opened one by one, and the fragrant wine fragrance drifted out, intoxicating people.
Ye Chen mustered his strength and stood up with some difficulty. He waved his hand and a yellow wine gourd flew over. He flicked his finger and the cork flew away. He swept the wine gourd to the ground and said loudly, "Master Tiandao, Master White Fang, Master Heavenly Witch King, I'm unable to repay your kindness in this life. I can only propose a toast!"
As he said, he raised his head and drank a mouthful of strong wine. The wine was sweet in the mouth, but when it flowed into his heart, it was like burning charcoal entering his stomach. The intense pain was unbearable.
Perhaps it was because his life was coming to an end, but he was open-minded. He laughed wildly and said loudly, "Wan Renxiong, although you're a dark creature, you've helped me before. I'll propose a toast to you too!"
As he said, he spilled the wine on the ground. Then, he raised his head and drank a big mouthful. He laughed loudly. There was no sadness in his voice, only boundless heroism. "I, Ye Chen, have not lived in vain!"
As he said that —
Thump!
The wine gourd fell to the ground. His chest was stained with wine. He fell backward and raised a cloud of dust.
"Master …" Zi Xiang said sadly.
(To be continued.
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