Primordial Star Scripture

Ye Chen was wondering why the eight people who entered the Giant Sword Space were all from the Beiming Clan and the Blood God Clan, when the Beiming Clan chieftain finished introducing the eight people's identities, he finally mentioned to Ye Chen and Jiang Yao the situation regarding the search for the "Eye of the Divine Sea."

"Two fellow Daoists, our eight people have turned this place upside down, but have not found the 'Eye of the Divine Sea.' We speculate that it is very likely related to the 'Ancient Buddha Painting' hanging on the wall above this small hall. However, this is merely speculation; we can't discern anything unusual from this ancient painting," said the chieftain of the Beiming Clan, his frustration evident.

They were much stronger than the tens of thousands of sword cultivators outside and had finally broken into this Giant Sword Space. However, after getting in, they couldn't find anything, which left them quite disheartened.

Not only the Beiming Clan chieftain was frustrated; the remaining seven, including the chieftain of the Blood God Clan and the other six, also had particularly ugly expressions on their faces.

They were considered powerful entities in the Minor Spirit Realm, but ever since they arrived at the Undersea Divine Palace of the Beiming Divine Sea, they encountered obstacles at every turn and found their own strengths lacking.

Even the chieftains of the Blood God Clan and Beiming Clan, both of whom were Eighth Tribulations True Gods, felt that their own strengths were utterly insufficient.

Previously, they were transported to an outer minor world and managed to enter this Giant Sword Space, briefly regaining some confidence. But finding nothing in this space further deflated their spirits.

At this point, they understood that even as powerhouses of the Minor Spirit Realm, as Eighth Tribulations True Gods and masters of Ancient Clans, they were powerless in the grand scheme laid out by the forces of the universe and greater beings.

Hearing that the Beiming Clan chieftain and his party had come up empty-handed, without even a clue about the "Eye of the Divine Sea," Ye Chen nodded.

If the Eye of the Divine Sea were that easy to find, it wouldn't be the most precious item in the Undersea Divine Palace, capable of allowing all martial artists to escape the great catastrophe.

Ye Chen glanced at Jiang Yao, and the two of them walked around the small hall, searching for any possible clues.

The hall had few items: a small meditation cushion for one to sit cross-legged, an incense table, two green lamps, and a Buddha painting.

These items had already been thoroughly examined by the eight people who came before, without any unusual findings.

But they had made their investigation, and of course, Ye Chen and Jiang Yao would carry out their own.

As Ye Chen approached the Buddha painting, initially, he did not notice anything unusual about the Buddha depicted with a faint smile. However, when he looked closely at the Buddha's eyes, he suddenly sensed a slight movement within the "Star Tower" in his Qi Sea.

"This image of the Buddha truly has something special about it!" Ye Chen was shocked inside.

Although the "Star Tower" calmed down after a slight tremor, Ye Chen had already noticed this subtle movement.

The Star Tower! It was something left to him by Zi Ji Star Lord, a supreme divine artifact containing the Primordial Star Scripture.

The fact that this Buddha painting could cause a reaction in the "Star Tower" indicated it was no ordinary item.

With immense focus, Ye Chen gazed at the Buddha painting.

As if the movement of the "Star Tower" caused a change in the painting, the moment Ye Chen looked at it again, the Buddha painting emitted a Buddhist light unseen to all but Ye Chen, who could both see and sense it.

This light enveloped Ye Chen completely the instant it appeared.

Ye Chen suddenly felt all the swordsmanship intentions, laws, and divine arts related to his sword cultivation incredibly agitated and started evolving on their own.

Even the three forbidden moves of Ye Chen's "Purple Lightning Divine Sword" he was comprehending—"Purple Light," "Extreme Lightning," and "Purple Lightning"—began to evolve in the presence of the Buddhist light.

It should be noted that Ye Chen had only managed to comprehend the second forbidden move, "Extreme Lightning," up until now. He hadn't grasped the ultimate forbidden move, "Purple Lightning," which could unleash all the hidden prohibitions of the "Purple Lightning Divine Sword." But now, before his eyes, "Purple Lightning" was performing its act as if an unparalleled expert was demonstrating the move, conveying its essence to Ye Chen.

In just an instant, Ye Chen had fully comprehended the third forbidden move of the "Purple Lightning Divine Sword," the ultimate move "Purple Lightning."

Full comprehension of "Purple Lightning" meant that Ye Chen could unleash the most powerful strength of the "Purple Lightning Divine Sword," nearly doubling its power to the level of a Heaven-reaching Divine Artifact!

This filled Ye Chen's heart with unparalleled excitement.

What Ye Chen did not expect was that after all the sword techniques he practiced had evolved under the Buddhist light, the light suddenly burst forth and completely absorbed Ye Chen from within the Buddha hall, causing him to vanish.

Not only did Ye Chen experience something unusual while viewing the Buddha painting, but Jiang Yao, who was sitting cross-legged on the small cushion, also sensed something off. As soon as she sat down, the feather given to her by Mrs. He for protection began to tremble. Like Ye Chen, all the swordsmanship she cultivated began evolving in her mind. Even the sword divine arts passed down to her by the nine Female Divine Venerables, which she had just begun to practice, were being cultivated.

Eventually, the small cushion emitted a divine light, enveloping Jiang Yao completely and causing her to disappear without a trace from within the hall, just like Ye Chen.

Ye Chen and Jiang Yao disappeared almost simultaneously.

The clan leaders of both the Beiming Clan and the Blood God Clan, along with their six other companions, were observing Ye Chen and Jiang Yao as they investigated several items in the Buddha hall. They thought that like themselves, Ye Chen and Jiang Yao would fail to find anything and have to leave dejectedly. However, they were shocked to witness Ye Chen, who was standing and observing the Buddha painting, and Jiang Yao, who was sitting cross-legged on the meditation cushion, suddenly disappear from sight.

"Where have the two fellow Daoists gone?!"

The eight individuals hastily retreated several steps, their expressions changing. Only after a moment did they approach the spot where Ye Chen and Jiang Yao had vanished.

Even the clan leader of the Blood God Clan seated himself on the meditation cushion just like Jiang Yao had earlier, but regardless of what they did, the feeling remained the same as when they previously investigated the objects, with no anomalies detected.

The items that seemed to have no anomalies had, just moments ago during Ye Chen and Jiang Yao's inspection, caused the two of them to disappear. This left the eight of them feeling quite bewildered.

Finally, a thought flashed through the mind of the Beiming Clan's clan leader, and he exclaimed, "The fourth layer of space! There must be a fourth layer of space hidden here, which is why we couldn't find the 'Eye of the Divine Sea.' The 'Eye of the Divine Sea' is likely within the fourth layer of space." Your journey continues with My Virtual Library Empire

"It seems that for some reason, our fellow Daoists Ye Chen and Jiang Yao have triggered the transmission prohibition of the fourth layer of space. They may have entered the fourth layer of space!"

The fourth layer of space!

As soon as the Beiming Clan's clan leader mentioned this, the other seven people felt a tremor in their hearts as well.

They never imagined that, on top of the already existing first layer of space in the Undersea Divine Palace, plus the second heaven-and-earth space on the thirty-second layer hidden beneath the Sea of Ten Thousand Swords that had absorbed tens of thousands of sword cultivators, and the third layer of space in the Giant Sword Space, there would also be a fourth layer of space hidden within the Giant Sword Space!

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"The fourth layer of space!"

Not only were the eight clan leaders of the Beiming Clan shaking with realization inside the Giant Sword Space, but Ye Chen, too, shouted in surprise as he felt a force pulling him and suddenly found himself in a vast, desolate plain after the world around him had spun and changed, bringing him back to consciousness.

This vast wasteland emitted an incredibly ancient and majestic aura. Remembering the Buddha's light that had enveloped him and the transformations of swordsmanship and the prohibitions of the Purple Lightning Divine Sword in his mind before he was pulled away, Ye Chen understood that this space, hidden deeper than the Giant Sword Space, was anything but ordinary.

Perhaps, the "Eye of the Divine Sea" may truly be hidden inside!

As Ye Chen was lost in thought, Jiang Yao's voice rang in his ears, "Ye Chen!"

Ye Chen saw that Jiang Yao was flying swiftly toward him from not far away.

Jiang Yao had also been pulled into this space!

Ye Chen rushed towards Jiang Yao. After explaining the strange occurrences they had each experienced in the small Buddha hall, both of them looked up towards the mysterious wasteland of the fourth layer of space.

Ye Chen and Jiang Yao knew that perhaps all the secrets were hidden right here.

Just as Ye Chen and Jiang Yao were preparing to thoroughly search the wasteland, a sound seemed to echo through heaven and earth, like the distant tolling of a Buddhist bell or the resonant cry of a great sword.

They saw three figures appear above the wasteland, not far above them in the sky.

People were present in this deeply hidden fourth layer of space, and not just one person, but three!

When Ye Chen and Jiang Yao saw the three figures, they were already filled with disbelief. But as they made out the figure on the far right, Ye Chen and Jiang Yao both cried out in shock, "Heavenly Saint Qian Ji!"

They couldn't have imagined that they would see Heavenly Saint Qian Ji, whom they had once seen as a shadowy figure in the Thousand Lotus Cave Abode, hidden deep beneath the thirty-second layer of the Sea of Ten Thousand Swords of the Undersea Divine Palace, and even deeper within the fourth layer of the Giant Sword Space.

In the first layer of the Undersea Divine Palace, Ye Chen hadn't found Heavenly Saint Qian Ji and thought that he, like those of the Divine Phoenix Clan who had been taken away by the Black Crow God King and disappeared, and like Heavenly Saint Di Kong who had vanished in the Mysterious Ice Cave, might have been blocked by a mysterious force greater than the Beiming Divine Sea and failed to arrive at the Undersea Divine Palace.

Ye Chen could not have imagined that he would see Heavenly Saint Qian Ji here.

No, he could no longer simply be called a Heavenly Saint. His realm had transformed into the True God Realm, and within that realm, he had reached the level of the Nine Tribulations True God.

This was truly unbelievable!

When they heard Ye Chen and Jiang Yao exclaim "Heavenly Saint Qian Ji" out loud, Thousand Extremes True God, no longer just Heavenly Saint, also looked at them curiously.

Thousand Extremes True God had not expected these two youths to recognize him.

However, at that moment, Thousand Extremes True God did not speak. He stood with utmost respect beside the figure in the middle, just like the little child on the far left.

The figure in the middle was a gaunt old man, dressed in monk's robes, with twelve incense scars on his head, and Buddhist beads in hand—clearly a Buddhist monk.

What shocked Ye Chen and Jiang Yao even more was that this monk's aura surpassed that of the Divine Venerable level, almost comparable to that of Mrs. He.

This monk was a powerhouse of the Sovereign Realm.

At that moment, this formidable Sovereign Realm figure looked at Ye Chen and Jiang Yao and then at Thousand Extremes True God beside him, and said with a smile, "Unexpectedly, you two youngsters happen to know my newly accepted disciple. It seems that we are indeed quite fated."