The Heavenly Darkness God stared at Ye Chen and chuckled coldly. "In the river of time, you're in a state of [void-ification], so you won't be able to tear through the void and return to the Ancient World. I'll keep an eye on you, and I won't allow you to reunite with the Ancient War Lord!"
Ye Chen chuckled. "You're so free. Don't you think it's a waste of time?"
"Of course not."
The Heavenly Darkness God slowly approached Ye Chen. "I have plenty of time to waste. After a few hundred thousand years, the Ancient Gods will most likely pay the price, and the Dark World's plan to invade the Ancient World will also begin. At that time, the Ancient War Lord won't have you by his side, so he definitely won't be able to suppress the Ancient Gods. When they're both severely wounded, it'll be useless even if you rush back."
Ye Chen's eyes flashed, and he secretly clenched his fists. However, his expression was indifferent as he said, "Don't forget that my sword spirit is still in the hands of the Ancient War Lord. With the special connection I have with my sword spirit, even the flow of time and space won't be able to block it. I can report my situation to the Ancient War Lord at any time and have him come to my rescue."
The Heavenly Darkness God stared at him before suddenly chuckling. "Don't forget that we weren't born much earlier than you were. At our cultivation level, it's best to be calm and honest. Any schemes will only harm ourselves. Previously, when you took my son as a hostage, I intervened in the end because I suddenly guessed that you and him had already formed an alliance long ago. That was why he did this on purpose to repay your favor.
Don't forget how long I've been with my son. How could I not understand his personality?
Thus, don't think that we outsiders don't understand your connection with your sword spirit. In the flow of time and space, it's impossible to communicate. Otherwise, the Ancient War Lord would have already appeared. "
Ye Chen's expression darkened.
The Heavenly Earth God sighed. "Give up and follow us. As long as the nine of us become one, our strength will definitely rival that of the Ancient War Lord. If you become our weapon, your reputation as the Saber Emperor won't be tarnished.
After we destroy the Ancient Gods and the Ancient War Lord, we're even willing to give you a third of our territory. You know, although it's only a third, it's as large as the Ghost Realm, Immortal Realm, Chaotic realm, and Xuan Realm. "
This was undoubtedly a very tempting condition.
"You're the one who should give up."
Ye Chen looked at him coldly. "I am the only one in this world who can threaten you. Once I deal with them, it will be the end of me."
Empyrean God Divine Wind looked at Ye Chen and sighed softly. "You're right, but no matter how much you struggle, even if we have to force you in the end, we'll still make you our weapon. It's only a matter of time. We're not in a hurry."
Ye Chen let out a cold snort and threw a glance at the few of them. With a flash, he returned to the sky above Earth. With a move, he entered the river of time and returned to the eve of doomsday.
The Heavenly Darkness God and the others followed closely behind him.
Ye Chen didn't pay any attention to him. In this kind of "past" time and space, they definitely wouldn't dare to make a move. Otherwise, the backlash would be too great. Now that the ancient gods were about to revive, they definitely wouldn't allow themselves to be seriously injured.
Ye Chen was like a time traveler, floating in the sky above the city. He looked around and immediately saw the streets on Earth. The pedestrians were hurrying, the noisy cars, the neon lights, the snow-white zebra crossings, and the many straight and gorgeous buildings.
He loved life, and he loved everything here.
He saw himself in high school. He would sit at his desk in school and stare out the window in a daze. That was the most ignorant year of his life. Ever since he was young, he had always been sentimental. He liked peace and quiet, and he liked to think about things quietly.
When his parents' car accident happened, his academic results weren't too good. He was only above average in his class. Later on, when he wanted to study seriously again, he no longer had the financial means to do so. This was the greatest regret in his heart.
In his middle school class, there was a girl with a delicate figure. She wore a dark blue school uniform, and her thin, curved eyebrows looked as if they had been carved with a knife. Naturally, she was Ye Zhu.
The Heavenly Light Goddess, who was following behind Ye Chen, saw this girl, and her eyes flashed slightly. She slowly lowered her head.
Ye Chen stared at her for a moment before shaking his head. He turned around and flew out of the atmosphere. It was as if the Heavenly Darkness God and the others weren't beside him. He was traveling through the vast universe alone.
Since the Heavenly Darkness God and the others couldn't pose a threat to him, he could completely treat them like air.
The Heavenly Darkness God and the others followed closely behind him like shadows. They didn't dare to relax for even a moment.
Ye Chen quickly flew out of the Milky Way Galaxy. The entire universe seemed vast and boundless, and he couldn't see the end of it. He continued to fly, and even he didn't know where he was going.
When one entered a larger place, it was always easy to get lost.
Ye Chen soon stopped. He pondered for a moment before arriving at an abandoned planet in the universe. This planet was covered in red trees, and it was like a planet of flames. The soil was as barren as sand, and there were actually signs of life on it. There were some crimson scorpion-like beasts that were about two to three meters tall, and they were darting about in swamps and other places.
Ye Chen glanced at them before sitting down on a mountain peak by himself. As if he were meditating, he sensed the changes in his body. He had only recently obtained the Flames of Darkness, so his control over them wasn't flexible enough. At this moment, he was evolving them in his body. He split the Flames of Darkness into countless black fireballs and transformed the world in his body into a massive universe.
When one reached his cultivation level, even a single cell could transform into a universe.
The Flames of Darkness were split apart in his body and then transformed into the shape of planets that spread throughout his entire body. They each revolved on their own like a galaxy, and there seemed to be a strange force field between them that was continuously transforming. Every Flame of Darkness would sometimes become as sharp as a needle, and at other times become as sharp as a prickly ball. Their transformations were unpredictable, and at other times, they would transform into the shape of various ferocious beasts.
Ye Chen slowly familiarized himself with the derivations in his body.
The Heavenly Darkness God and the others stood beside Ye Chen, their brows slightly furrowed. They could tell that Ye Chen was cultivating, and this caused them to feel slightly depressed.
They exchanged glances with one another, and then all of them calmed down.
They knew that even if Ye Chen was cultivating, he would only have a few hundred thousand years of time. When the Ancient Gods appeared, the true battle would arrive. For someone at his cultivation level, a few hundred thousand years would pass in the blink of an eye. They had endless time, so they didn't care about this little bit of time at all.
What could he possibly cultivate in a few hundred thousand years?
The Heavenly Darkness God chuckled coldly in his mind.
Just like that, time slowly passed. Ye Chen, the Heavenly Darkness God, and the others stood on this mountain peak. Just like that, 10,000 years passed!
The climate on this mountain peak changed, the earth cracked, and the continent split into tectonic plates that drifted away. Countless creatures were destroyed by earthquakes and volcanoes. However, none of these affected them.
They had seen too many signs of such natural changes, and they had long since become accustomed to them.
Moreover, a true elite would face any situation calmly. Even if they hadn't seen it before, they definitely wouldn't make a fuss about it.
"Although I've become much more familiar with controlling the black flames during these 10,000 years, why am I still unable to fuse them into the Saber Emperor? Otherwise, with your high temperature tempering my body, I'd definitely be able to reach a higher level of enlightenment."
Ye Chen frowned, feeling slightly depressed. In his body, the black flames seemed to have a mind of their own, and they flickered and flickered.
Ye Chen sighed softly in his mind as he sensed the changes in his body. Suddenly, a thought occurred to him, and his eyes immediately lit up.
Whoosh!
His figure flashed, and he leaped into the river of time and space. Moreover, he had arrived in the Ancient World.
The Heavenly Darkness God and the others were constantly paying attention. The passage of 10,000 years hadn't caused them to relax. At this moment, seeing Ye Chen suddenly leave, they didn't say anything and immediately followed closely behind him.
After arriving in the Ancient World, Ye Chen estimated the time. It should be around "10,000 years in the past." At that time, Earth should still be in the early days of the Shang Dynasty.
Although he had returned to the Ancient World, he was in an "immaterialized" state. Apart from the Heavenly Darkness God and the others who had traveled through time and space with him, no one else could see them. They were like passersby in a time car.
The Heavenly Darkness God and the others calmly looked at him. They weren't worried that Ye Chen would activate his "immaterialized" state and attract the Ancient War Lord. To them, as long as he released his "immaterialized" state, the aura on Ye Chen's body would change the laws of operation of the Ancient World and trigger a powerful backlash.
Ye Chen's objective in coming to the Ancient World wasn't to release his "immaterialized" state.
His figure flashed, and he entered the Ice Snow Empire of the Ancient World.
"There are 298 civilizations in the Ice Snow Empire, and 32 of them are the strongest. The strongest in each civilization is at the peak stage of the God Emperor Realm."
Information about the Ancient World flashed past Ye Chen's mind. His figure flashed, and he arrived at one of the 32 civilizations — the Ice Snow Civilization!
The headquarters of the Ice Snow Civilization was a majestic city. It was flourishing, and the strongest of the civilization lived here. In the center was a crystal spire that was engraved with mysterious patterns. This was the highest-level military institution where the civilization's headquarters nurtured talents. Anyone who was tested to have extremely high talent at birth would be sent here to be nurtured.
"The power of civilizations can be gathered to form the Light of Civilization. Currently, I have less than 100 civilizations, and the Light of Civilization that I unleash is about the strength of the heaven-defying Tier. When I learn the Innate Talent of all 3,000 civilizations, I wonder what strange changes will occur."
Ye Chen's eyes flashed with a resplendent light. His figure flashed, and he directly passed through the crystal spire. The mysterious patterns on the crystal spire were used to prevent all outsiders from probing. At this moment, he didn't expend any energy, and he passed through it as if his soul was passing through.
The Heavenly Darkness God and the others frowned slightly, and they followed closely behind Ye Chen.
There were a total of 99 levels in this crystal spire, and there were people of different levels of talent on each level. They were all about five or six years old, and they were undergoing training in the large and spacious crystal training rooms inside.
Ye Chen directly went to the highest level.
The structure here was divided into training rooms, leisure rooms, and dormitories.
There were all kinds of equipment in the training rooms, such as extreme gravity rooms, pulling rings, simulation fighter jets, and so on.
In the leisure rooms, there was a place for entertainment. There were all kinds of virtual shops, as well as a massage club.
The dormitories were where people slept.
Every member of the Ice Snow Race was brought here at birth, and their bodies were soaked in potions that had no side effects. Every day, they were soaked in milk that was extremely nutritious. By the time they were three years old, they would already possess extremely powerful strength. When they were six years old, they would undergo formal training, and they would only be allowed to leave when they were 100 years old.
In the Ice Snow Race, they would only be considered adults when they were 100 years old.
(To be continued.
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