After listening to Ji Yuan Heavenly Demon's brief description, Long Chen imagined it again and basically knew what kind of world it would be.
At the very least, it would be more terrifying than the current Dragon Sacrificial Continent because there were gods there. There were two trillion living beings. Just the 100,000 planets that were comparable to demon stars could probably accommodate nearly one trillion people. This Spirit Essence Star Ocean should be very large, several times larger than the Dragon Sacrificial Continent.
Just the Spirit Essence Star alone was twice the size of the Dragon Sacrificial Continent.
The two gods of the Spirit Clan, Lord Spirit and Lady Su, should have traveled to the Dragon Sacrificial Continent from this Spirit Essence Star Ocean. Those two should be gods of the Divine King or Divine Emperor level, but it was unknown where they went, or perhaps they had already fallen.
In order to protect the Dragon Sacrificial Continent, Long Chen was likely to bring disaster to the lives of this world.
This was something that couldn't be helped. Perhaps the only way now was to strive to defeat Ji Yuan Heavenly Demon in the Spirit Essence Star Ocean. If possible, he could even unite with the gods of the Spirit Essence Star Ocean. After all, he and Mo Xiaolang were alone.
He just didn't know how many gods there were in the Spirit Essence Star Ocean and what level they were at.
"The Spirit Essence Star Ocean belongs to the lower-middle realm among the myriad realms, and the current Dragon Sacrificial Star Ocean belongs to the lower-middle realm. The myriad realms are roughly divided into five levels, and these two worlds are the fourth and last respectively."
Ji Yuan Heavenly Demon's calm gaze shifted from the boundless starry sky outside to Long Chen. His gaze was deep, distant, and seemed to penetrate through time. At this moment, he seemed to see through Long Chen's heart and said, "Long Chen, I know that you won't sign the troll contract obediently. Perhaps before we recover, he will try his best to escape or send us to the Death Reign. But what I want to tell you is that since this is a deal, don't try to take advantage of any loopholes. Obediently fulfill your obligations, and I won't mistreat you. I only have one goal, and that is to find the Dragon Sacrificial Human Gods of the ancient times to avenge this hatred that has been imprisoned for thousands of years."
Long Chen understood that Ji Yuan Heavenly Demon was a man of his word. His goal was very clear. Since Long Chen had agreed to sign the troll contract and be loyal to him from then on, he must not have any other thoughts before that. If it did not violate his principles, he would never do anything to Long Chen, because his goal was the Human Gods, not Long Chen.
The reason why he wanted Long Chen and Mo Xiaolang to be loyal to him was that he had lost two powerful generals, War Demon and Wuwu Demon. The three of them were still a little weak, so if Long Chen was obedient, he didn't even mind personally helping Long Chen and Long Chen become stronger.
He just needed to be loyal.
"I'm afraid I know where they are."
Long Chen suddenly said.
He did have doubts about the gods. Everything he saw in the Battlefield of the Gods was mysterious. On one hand, there was the corpse of the Deity Sea, and on the other hand, the Battlefield of the Gods had become the Divine Palace of White Bones. There were also things like Divine Generals and Divine Spirit Rain.
The look in Ji Yuan Heavenly Demon's eyes changed for the first time.
"You actually … know." That voice was full of coldness.
For a moment, Long Chen seemed to be in the river of time, and his lifespan was rapidly decreasing.
There was a reason why he said this. Perhaps he could use this Ji Yuan Heavenly Demon to break the strangeness of the gods. If the gods really descended, and they were gods of the Dragon Sacrificial Continent, they should be able to defeat Ji Yuan Heavenly Demon, and then Long Chen would definitely be free.
This was a dangerous attempt, but it was indeed an opportunity.
He said, "Unfortunately, it's a little too late. I've seen the gods before, in the Deity Sea of the Battlefield of the Gods in the Dragon God Domain. However, it was a corpse of a Martial God. In addition, someone had infiltrated the Deity Sea, and there should be all the corpses of the 72 Human Gods there."
Ji Yuan Heavenly Demon shook his head. "Impossible. The Human Gods can't die in the Dragon Sacrificial Continent … They still exist now, I can feel it."
Seeing that he wasn't excited, Long Chen said, "I don't know about that. In any case, I've told you what I've seen and heard."
Ji Yuan Heavenly Demon said, "Let's go to the Spirit Essence Star Ocean first. After I've recovered my strength and signed the Giant Demon Contract with you, I'll go back and take a look."
Hearing this decision, Long Chen was quite satisfied. If Ji Yuan Heavenly Demon succeeded in the Spirit Essence Star Ocean, he would be forced to become a Primeval Troll. According to the contract, he couldn't touch the living beings of the Dragon Sacrificial Continent, so he didn't have to worry about him going back to destroy that world. If he came back, he might still have a chance.
If he could kill him in the Spirit Essence Star Ocean, that would be even better. From then on, he would be rid of all future troubles.
"I have to thank you for telling me this news. It seems that after millions of years, the Myriad Worlds are no longer the world I'm familiar with. Perhaps you can't feel it, but a terrifying 'replacement of laws' is sweeping across the entire Myriad Worlds. I can feel it …"
The Ji Yuan Heavenly Demon closed his eyes, revealing a slightly frightened expression.
Being able to talk to him meant that he would most likely gain a lot from this Heavenly Demon of an era. When Long Chen heard the words' replacement of laws', he hurriedly asked, "What does that mean?"
Ji Yuan Heavenly Demon said, "The Myriad Worlds are changing. This change started from the Dragon Sacrificial Continent and swept across the entire Myriad Worlds. I can only say that even I'm not qualified to know exactly what's happening. But it's undeniable that an era ago, the Ten Great Ancestor Dragons of the Dragon Sacrificial World controlled the Myriad Worlds and stood at the pinnacle of the Myriad Worlds. They used the minor laws of the Dragon Sacrificial World to spread the major laws of the entire Myriad Worlds. But it's different now. The Era of the Dragon God has long since ended.
"The 18 major tribulations are one of the new laws, right?"
Although what he said was very mysterious, Long Chen could roughly make out the gist of it.
"It's already very good that you can think of this step."
Ji Yuan Heavenly Demon nodded, then said, "It's better not to say more. There are some things that no one can stop. There's no benefit in saying more, and it might even lead to a fatal disaster."
Long Chen was deeply shocked.
What kind of existence could make Ji Yuan Heavenly Demon shut his mouth and be unwilling to say more?
What was that invisible force?
His father had been killed by this formless power while he was exploring this transformation.
What Long Chen knew was still too little.
Ji Yuan Heavenly Demon was the embodiment of evil, but to be honest, he was really good to Long Chen and Mo Xiaolang. It was just that fate made them enemies.
After saying this, Ji Yuan Heavenly Demon left, leaving Long Chen and Mo Xiaolang looking at each other.
"Senior, do you know what he meant by replacement of laws?"
Long Chen asked.
The old dragon said, "I don't know. He's a Heavenly Demon that has lived for more than an era, a Primeval Troll that has existed since the end of the Era of Divine Dragons. Although I've lived longer, I only have about 20 million years of memories. Most of it was in deep sleep, so I've seen very little. I don't even know where the Dragon Sacrificial Human Gods are."
"This replacement of laws started from the Dragon Sacrificial Continent. In the beginning, it was the laws of the Dragon Sacrificial Continent that affected the laws of the myriad worlds. Now that the Dragon Sacrificial Continent has changed its laws, the ten great Ancestor Dragons and the entire Era of Divine Dragons have disappeared, the myriad worlds are also in the process of replacement of laws … How many secrets are there in this?"
These were all too far away from Long Chen.
Although Ji Yuan Heavenly Demon didn't want him to resist, this was impossible. He only had one way to go, because he couldn't be willing to become a Primeval Troll and be loyal to Ji Yuan Heavenly Demon.
"Cultivate."
In the next few months, he didn't encounter any more Starry Sky Tribulations, which meant that the chances of encountering one were not high.
But in reality, if he encountered one, without a sturdy enough destinable artifact and without sufficient strength, he might very well die in this endless starry sky.
After sailing for a few months, Long Chen finally understood the vastness of this world.
"It's really too big …"
Now, he should have traveled less than half the distance.
At this time, the connection between Long Chen and the Dragon Sacrificial Continent was already very weak, but his strength didn't decrease. The wishes of the living beings were still growing. It was hard to imagine that the entire Dragon Sacrificial Continent was grateful to Long Chen.
"The Nine Palace Tribulation is about to descend …"
After a few months of bitter cultivation, he finally reached this step.
In terms of speed, the growth of a few decades was really too fast compared to those old monsters that easily lived for millions of years.
For Ji Yuan Heavenly Demon that had been imprisoned for 10 million years, it was just an instant.
The Nine Palace Tribulation couldn't descend inside the epochal divine warship.
Once it did, the entire epochal divine warship might be considered Long Chen's, which would increase its power. Therefore, to survive the Nine Palace Tribulation, he had to go into the starry sky.
"Is this the final tribulation that must occur in the new rules?" Long Chen was already prepared. He was getting closer and closer to becoming a true god.
At this time, Ji Yuan Heavenly Demon, Demon Wa, and Shakya Heavenly Demon appeared in front of Long Chen at the same time.
"Nine Palace Tribulation."
Ji Yuan Heavenly Demon frowned.
Demon Wa said, "Big Brother, if he becomes stronger, he'll definitely have more wicked ideas and cause trouble for us. Why don't we kill him?"
Ji Yuan Heavenly Demon shook his head. "If we kill him, it'll be a loss. If he can become one of us, he'll definitely surpass Old Four at his peak. Let him be strong, it'll be beneficial to us. Being under the new rules, but being able to break them and gain the capital to become a god through faith is already not easy. In fact, he's even more free from the new rules than Mo Xiaolang. I'm looking forward to seeing him become a god."
"What if he's hard to control?"
Demon Wa asked.
"At least we can be friends." Ji Yuan Heavenly Demon smiled.
He didn't expect that he would have such a high opinion of Long Chen.
Demon Wa shook her head. "That's impossible. My current body belongs to someone Mo Xiaolang likes."
"Oh …" Ji Yuan Heavenly Demon recalled this and said, "It'll be fine as long as we sign the Demon Contract. At least, he won't be able to defeat us before we recover our strength."
With that, he casually opened the epochal divine warship and stopped advancing, allowing Long Chen to leave.
"Thanks." Long Chen rushed out of the epochal divine warship.
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