Ye Chen stopped thinking further and headed towards the great hall.
Meanwhile, atop a towering building near the Divine Alliance that pierces the clouds.
Upon the Red Spirit Tiles, a giant beast with flames at its feet raised its head, absorbing the Solar Lunar Essence from the First Divine Country.
On top of the beast sat a young girl in a white dress and face veil.
A strong aura of cold radiated around the girl, even covering the Red Spirit Tiles atop the building with a layer of frost.
"Old witch Ling Yun, can we leave now? We’ve hardly come to the First Divine Country, surely you’re not going to hold on to Ye Chen again."
Bai complained slightly.
Their visit to the First Divine Country was supposed to handle major affairs.
Yet, the self-proclaimed mistress arrived here at the first opportunity and stayed half a day.
Wei Ying, her expression serene, extended her slightly chilly hand: "The information I wanted, how did your investigation go?"
Bai gingerly handed a jade scroll to Wei Ying: "Old witch Ling Yun, through some channels and notes from the ancient books in your storage ring, I learned that before the fall of the Juehan Palace, a former mistress frequently visited the First Divine Country."
"Additionally, she had been to the Ye family."
"As for what was talked about, no one knows."
"There is one more place which seems peculiar; it was mentioned several times in ancient writings about a location in the First Divine Country."
"Cold Abyss Peak."
"But I have asked most people from the First Divine Country, and none have heard of it, not even the Prophecy Pavilion knew of this place."
"It’s as though someone has erased this place from the annals of history..."
Wei Ying scanned the content of the jade scroll with her spiritual sense; her cold eyes narrowed, and unexpectedly, a smile appeared on the otherwise cold face.
"It seems, this Cold Abyss Peak is precisely where the secrets of Juehan Palace are hidden."
...
At the same moment, beneath Blood Lake in the Nine Heavens Divine Dragon Palace.
The Reincarnation Star Stone, carrying Xia Ruoxue, slowly stopped.
They had reached the deepest point.
Before Xia Ruoxue lay a city in ruins.
The ruins appeared as if cleaved in half by a sword.
The ground was shattered into fragments, covered in seaweed due to age.
This seemed like a forgotten city.
"Star Spirit, is this the place you mentioned?"
"Does this relate to Ye Chen?"
The Reincarnation Star Stone floated before Xia Ruoxue, contemplating the scene before speaking: "Indeed, this is the place. Once, a woman annihilated a city here in one strike, countless others fell."
"In ancient times, this was an Imperial City of the Nine Heavens Divine Dragon Palace."
Xia Ruoxue’s delicate brows rose: "How does this relate to Ye Chen?"
The Reincarnation Star Stone hesitated for a few seconds, wanting to speak but remaining silent.
Xia Ruoxue sensed something unsaid, her lips moved slightly: "You’re hiding something from me."
The Reincarnation Star Stone shuddered violently: "Sister Xue, no, don’t ask, there are things I can tell you when the time is right."
"Let us venture inside; if my guesses are correct, what we seek is inside."
The next moment, Xia Ruoxue and the Reincarnation Star Stone moved toward the interior.
Stepping into the ruins, Xia Ruoxue sensed desolation.
The feeling of desolation seemed to seep from the depths of the soul.
Moreover, Xia Ruoxue felt the blood within palpitate for entering this place.
Suddenly, her pupils contracted as she rushed a hundred meters in one stride to approach a massive wall twenty meters high.
In this wasteland, almost all structures lay in ruins, except this wall, unchanged.
Impervious.
Naturally, what attracted Xia Ruoxue was not the wall itself but the scene depicted upon it.
The scene was littered with corpses.
Yet, several figures stood.
Among them, Xia Ruoxue found two particularly familiar!
For that man and woman had a resemblance to Ye Chen and Ji Siqing.
Though different in aura and slightly varied in appearance, the feeling was unmistakable!
Besides the two, there was another woman!