Celestial Dragon Sword Venerable

"This altar leads to an unknown region and contains supreme Emperor Patterns," Ye Tianling said seriously, walking up to it. "Don’t try to inscribe any Arrays, or there will be trouble."

Wan Jimie and Que De had originally wanted to try, but upon hearing his words, they immediately gave up the idea.

Que De explained what had happened and recounted the inferences he and Ye Tianling had made to Wan Jimie.

Wan Jimie sank into deep thought for a long time.

"What about the direction and movement of the Nine Dragon Ridge?"

After a long time, Wan Jimie asked an extremely serious question.

"The direction is constantly changing, but its changes have several overlapping points. I’ve considered these points before, but I couldn’t determine their true meaning."

Ye Tianling thought for a moment, then manifested all the overlapping points with Runes, presenting them directly for Wan Jimie to see.

Wan Jimie’s expression grew heavy, and he began to perform an inference using a special Secret Technique.

His inference was different from both Que De’s and Ye Tianling’s. He was more in tune with this part of the world, seemingly sharing a Harmonization Dao-like rapport with it.

Soon, the network of the Nine Dragon Ridge appeared in Wan Jimie’s hands.

Nine peerless Dragon Veins appeared within his inference, but soon, these Dragon Veins began to undergo a series of changes.

Wan Jimie used his Bloodline Power to activate the Dragon Veins. As the power circulated through them, it would often explode without any warning when it was only halfway through.

This happened to one Dragon Vein after another.

This meant that the path Wan Jimie had deduced was a dead end.

The path could be taken, but once on it, an accident would suddenly occur—a calamity from the heavens, annihilating everything.

Ye Tianling and Que De exchanged a glance, a chill running through their hearts.

If not for Wan Jimie’s calculations, they probably would have walked right into a death trap with no chance of survival had they continued to investigate.

"Six of the Dragon Veins lead to certain death, with no way out. The remaining three are all traversable. However, it’s impossible for all three to be paths of life. The rest is up to you."

Wan Jimie withdrew his Bloodline Power, his face deathly pale. He had clearly expended a great deal of energy.

After speaking, he sat down cross-legged, swallowed a blood-red Elixir, and began his Cultivation to recover.

Que De stared at the projections of the three Dragon Veins, pondering for a long time. He tried to make a judgment using his innate Talent, but ultimately, he couldn’t reach a conclusion.

"All I can calculate is that among these three Dragon Veins, the route corresponding to the ninth one should be the least dangerous."

Que De said.

Although his inference didn’t drain him as much as Wan Jimie’s, it was still mentally and spiritually exhausting.

Finally, the two of them turned their gazes to Ye Tianling.

Ye Tianling activated his Celestial Dao Rule Domain and executed the Celestial Secret Inference Method.

Performing the inference using the body of the female corpse, Yanyan, yielded significantly better results, but it also came with a cost.

Now, seeing the profound dangers of this place, Ye Tianling didn’t dare to be careless.

After a good while, a hint of exhaustion appeared on Ye Tianling’s face. He said, "I’ve figured it out. It’s not the ninth path. Although the ninth Dragon Vein route is the least dangerous, it has the most crises.

The seventh path is the most dangerous, but it has the fewest crises. The eighth path is also dangerous, with quite a few crises of its own, but it’s the one we can actually pass through."

Ye Tianling had reached his conclusion, and neither Que De nor Wan Jimie doubted him in the slightest.

After resting for a moment, the three of them set off immediately.

Following the guidance from the changing Dragon Vein, the trio quickly passed through the altar area.

After crossing the altar, they embarked on the path of the eighth Dragon Vein.

This path was not easy. Along the way, the three of them broke through many ancient Talisman Arrays and passed through three perilous lands of life and death before finally reaching the end.

The end of the path was like the edge of a dark, starry sky—extremely mysterious.

But there, Ye Tianling’s group saw another altar.

A cold, faint light flickered on this altar. On its surface were several strange, blank Rune areas.

"This... needs to be activated with Dao Rhyme Fragments."

The moment Ye Tianling saw those blank Runes, he understood what was required.

But there were no Dao Rhyme Fragments here.

It was impossible for Que De and Wan Jimie to have come into contact with something like a Dao Rhyme Fragment.

Ye Tianling didn’t have any on him either, and the ones in his Space-Time Soul-locking Tower had long since been depleted.

To obtain more Dao Rhyme Fragments, they would have to leave this place.

Ye Tianling used his Sensing on the Soul Mark and discovered that on the War Dragon Academy’s rankings, prodigies like Ji Yun held around 100,000 Dao Rhyme Fragments, more or less.

"This place is missing some Flame Attribute Law Fragments. We have no path forward. We can’t get inside the Emperor’s Burial Land."

When Wan Jimie and Que De saw this, the light in their eyes dimmed.

To have exhausted countless efforts only to be thwarted at this step... it would be a lie to say they weren’t disappointed.

But a situation like this was also completely unexpected.

"Leave the matter of the Law Fragments to me. I have a way. Wait here while I go snatch some."

Ye Tianling said.

As he spoke, with a thought, he walked directly toward the altar.

The Array on the altar could be used for teleportation. As long as the Emperor Patterns weren’t activated, it seemed possible to use the altar to travel to other altars.

But how to actually teleport was an extremely difficult problem.

It wouldn’t be difficult for Ye Tianling to inscribe an Array for round-trip teleportation. But the influence of this World was quite unique. A single mistake could lead to eternal damnation.

However, with Yanyan’s body in his possession, Ye Tianling wasn’t too worried.

"These Law Fragments are clearly specific. The requirements are high; ordinary Law Fragments won’t fit. You can get them?"

Que De was a little suspicious.

Wan Jimie didn’t speak, but his expression was equally grave.

"I can. I’ve seen someone else use Law Fragments with this kind of aura. He currently has about one hundred fifty thousand of them. I just need to snatch one hundred thousand."

Ye Tianling said nonchalantly.

"One hundred fifty thousand Law Fragments? What kind of World do you come from? That’s insane!"

Que De and Wan Jimie both sucked in a sharp breath, green with envy.

To be able to obtain such heaven-defying benefits so casually! How were they supposed to compete in the Buried Soul Star Domain?

"It’s not as simple as you think. It’s a long story. We can talk about it later."

Ye Tianling didn’t explain, but began to inscribe Runes to teleport.

Soon, Ye Tianling’s figure disappeared from this World.

The next moment, Ye Tianling’s figure appeared in a similar place with an altar.

’I’m back.’

One look and Ye Tianling knew where he was. This was the first altar in Purgatory Purple Mountain.

Ye Tianling flew off the altar and once again encountered Divine Thoughts along the way.

But the moment those Divine Thoughts saw him, they immediately fled as far as they could without a second thought.

This was despite the fact that Ye Tianling was not in the form of the female corpse this time, but in his own body.

After he left the altar area, that feeling of desolate sorrow and lonely vicissitude immediately faded a great deal.

Purgatory Purple Mountain once again became shrouded in clouds and mist. The environment returned to normal, resembling a mysterious Immortal Mountain.

On the mountainside, Ye Tianling sensed a Guardian Array. Inside the Array, Qianyu was sitting cross-legged, engrossed in Enlightenment Dao.

Ye Tianling slowly walked over and stood quietly outside the Array.

After about a hundred breaths’ time, Qianyu sensed something. She immediately opened her eyes with extreme vigilance, her fine brows furrowing as she said coldly, "Ye Tianling, what is the meaning of this? Didn’t you say you wouldn’t disturb my Cultivation or launch a sneak attack on me? What do you think you’re doing now?"