288: Explore the ruins of the Hundred Ancestors!

Chen De picked up the intention crystal in his hand, held it before his eyes, and rotated it with his fingers, examining it.

He noticed that the purplish-red hue within the intention crystal had faded somewhat, appearing closer to colorless.

Moreover, Chen De felt that the intention crystal in his hand had become even purer.

At the same time, perhaps because it had become purer, the intention crystal's dissipation speed had also increased significantly.

Yes, dissipation.

The intention crystal Chen De obtained had actually been dissipating all along.

It was just that a highly concentrated, personified will within it had been constantly hindering its dissipation.

If Chen De were to remove all the personified parts from within, the intention crystal in his hand would likely completely dissipate in an instant.

Looking at the intention crystal in his hand, a streak of blood-red light flashed across Chen De's fingertip.

It transformed into a speck of light, rapidly merging into the intention crystal.

After completing all this, Chen De put the intention crystal down and placed it back into the groove.

After giving the researchers a few more instructions, he left the area.

After Chen De left, what no one noticed was a flash of purple light on the intention crystal in the center of the groove.

In its deepest core, an illusory figure emerged, formed by the convergence of the Celestial Will.

At this moment, the Celestial Will no longer took the form of Ming Ya, but rather the appearance he had just after removing his black robe, shrouded in mist.

A pair of purple gem-like eyes appeared on his head.

"That detestable bastard, he doesn't know where he's trapped it."

“And he’s constantly doing strange things to its vessel every day.”

“And he comes over from time to time, dispersing it just as it finally regains consciousness.”

“It has made it so that even now, the total time it has been conscious is less than a single day.”

Of course, the immediate priority now was not this, but how to leave this place.

It had successfully broken through to the Ancestor Realm; as long as it left this place, it would immediately be like a bird soaring high in the sky and a fish leaping in the vast ocean.

It could quickly recover its strength and cleanse the entire Celestial Firmament Continent.

However, to this day, its plan had not advanced an inch.

It didn't know what was going on, but during this time, it had tried to control the people in white outside through various overt and covert means, but it had no effect whatsoever.

It was like trying to influence a stone, completely unresponsive to its influence.

So it switched to a different target and tried again, but the result was the same.

No matter how much effort it put in, the plan simply couldn't take the first step.

Just as the figure was still contemplating, a wisp of blood-red light also flashed across the surface of the intention crystal.

The red light appeared so suddenly and swiftly that the Celestial Will had no time to react.

The newly condensed figure instantly disintegrated.

"Damn it..."

After a sound, the consciousness within the intention crystal once again fell into a deep sleep.

On the other side, Chen De, standing at the laboratory entrance, seemed to sense something, and the corners of his mouth curved slightly upward.

He then no longer lingered and left the place.

...

Next, what Chen De needed to deal with was the matter of the Hundred Ancestors.

From his investigation of the intention crystal, Chen De discovered many problems.

For example, it seemed that some methods had been used on the Ancestor Realm cultivators who had merged with the heavens.

The most crucial issue was their souls, which showed traces of manipulation.

The Celestial Will itself couldn't detect these problems, firstly because it hadn't systematically and completely cultivated the path of the soul.

It had the quantity, but could only passively use it.

Unlike Chen De, who had cultivated the God Cultivation system to the peak of the Void Gate Realm.

Secondly, these methods applied to the Hundred Ancestors might also be affecting the Celestial Aberration born from them, making it impossible for it to detect any of this.

Regardless of the reason, Chen De ultimately needed to investigate it.

Each Ancestor Realm cultivator was almost equivalent to a Heavenly Imperial Realm expert.

The secrets hidden behind this should bring Chen De considerable benefits.

From the information obtained from the intention crystal, both the Hundred Ancestors and the Eight Ancestors were inextricably linked to one place.

That place was the most mysterious location on the Celestial Firmament Continent to date—the Bai Zu Ruins!

Even in the Celestial Will's memory, its understanding of many places within was very incomplete.

This seemed very abnormal; as the Celestial Will, and possessing the memories of the Hundred Ancestors, how could it not know even this much?

As for whether there would be danger?

Just send someone in and wait outside.

Thus, Chen De swiftly rushed to the Bai Zu Ruins from the Celestial Will's memory.

Upon arriving, all Chen De saw was an endless flat plain.

Other than that, there was nothing.

This didn't mean Chen De had come to the wrong place, but rather that he had come at the wrong time.

The so-called Bai Zu Ruins were named as such because all the Ancestor Realm cultivators who had previously merged with the Celestial Will had done so here.

It is said that after countless Ancestor Realm cultivators merged with the heavens, their remnants intertwined, forming a peculiar space.

Within this space, one might sometimes encounter the power of the Hundred Ancestors, or obtain some martial skill inheritances, or certain...

Many people had gained benefits from the Bai Zu Ruins and achieved the status of powerful experts.

For example, when the Eight Ancestors were young, they had entered the Bai Zu Ruins.

In the Celestial Will's memory, the True Fire Breaking Fate Art was obtained from within.

It was later found in one of the Eight Ancestors' ruins by Xuan Yun, along with the Eight Ancestors Heaven-Shaking Devil Art.

The Bai Zu Ruins open once every ten thousand years, and only for a short three days.

The last time the Bai Zu Ruins opened was exactly five hundred years ago.

If it were an ordinary person, or even an ordinary Demon Domain Realm cultivator, they would certainly be out of options at this point.

They would have to patiently wait for over nine thousand years before they could enter.

But Chen De was different; Chen De inherited the powerful spatial talent of the Heaven Forsaken Demonic Spider.

Even as a peak Demon Domain Realm cultivator, Chen De's spatial abilities were comparable to those of a Demon Emperor Realm cultivator.

Of course, it might just be limited to the spatial aspect.

With such ability, Chen De was perfectly capable of forcing his way into the Bai Zu Ruins even before its scheduled opening time.

Chen De only needed to carefully sense where the spatial entrance was.

Chen De achieved this with ease.

The next step was to open this spatial entrance and go inside.

Since it had been found, this step would be even simpler for Chen De than the previous one.

Thus, Chen De confidently made his move.

And then, there was no 'then'.

Chen De's smile slowly froze as he re-examined the spatial portal.

This spatial portal was indeed not simple; it was not naturally formed but artificially set up.

Moreover, it was definitely consciously set up by someone, and that person's strength was absolutely extraordinary.

The spatial fluctuations of this portal were also very strange, giving Chen De a very mixed feeling.

Fortunately, this level was still within Chen De's manageable range.

This time, Chen De became serious.

He found an alternative path around the portal and threw a figure inside.

Even though he had some prior understanding of such unknown things, with so many obvious anomalies, Chen De would be too foolish not to pay attention.