663: The Abandoned Land, Yang Haotian's Conspiracy

At this moment, the Formation of this Ancient Ruins was already on the verge of collapse.

The Formation Great Master named Zong Kun had beads of sweat gradually overflowing from his forehead; it was clear that his consumption was immense.

"Everyone, retreat! The Formation of the Ancient Ruins is about to collapse!" Zong Kun's expression changed drastically, and his figure turned into a streak of white light, instantly shooting off into the distance.

At the same time, the Cultivators surrounding the cave also flew towards the distance immediately.

Seeing this, Yang Lingchen also followed in the middle of the crowd, rapidly retreating towards the rear.

"Rumble…!"

Following a heaven-shaking loud noise, the entire cave collapsed, followed by rolling dust and smoke, as a surge of ancient, turbid Qi swept out in all directions.

When all the dust and smoke dissipated, a massive spatial passage appeared before everyone's eyes.

From within this massive spatial passage, mysterious energy was constantly radiating outwards; this mysterious energy carried an element of primordial power, giving people an invisible sense of oppression.

For a moment, all the Cultivators halted their steps, no one daring to take a step closer, as if there were a primordial Vicious Beast inside this massive spatial passage.

"Since everyone dares not enter, This Young Master will go first." Di Wuye's figure was like a bolt of lightning, instantly vanishing into that spatial passage.

Seeing this, Yang Moye was not to be outdone; his figure flashed, and he likewise submerged into the spatial passage.

The other Heavenly Dao Ultimate Realm experts also rushed into the spatial passage immediately.

At this time, the surrounding Cultivators began to stir; some Cultivators at the Late Stage of the Heavenly Dao Realm also began to walk towards the spatial passage.

Yang Lingchen frowned, and after pondering for a moment, he also followed and walked inside.

Since he had already come, he certainly could not return empty-handed.

With someone taking the lead, others naturally followed; soon, tens of thousands of Cultivators had entered this mysterious spatial passage.

When Yang Lingchen stepped into this space of the Ancient Ruins, a mysterious and ancient aura rushed towards him.

Within this mysterious space, the air was filled with the dust of ages, as if time had solidified; the entire space was surrounded by ancient and dilapidated palaces, and everywhere there were huge stone pillars and stone carvings. These stone carvings towered into the clouds, emitting a majestic aura, as if recounting the glorious past of this place.

At this time, Yang Lingchen arrived in front of a huge altar; it was empty all around, giving him a feeling of a chilling aura. It was clear that everyone had been teleported to different locations.

"What kind of damn place is this?"

Looking at the huge altar before him, a trace of fear rose in Yang Lingchen's heart.

Intuition told him that this place was extremely dangerous.

Around the altar, there were countless blood grooves, and within these grooves, a trace of a bloody aura permeated.

Clearly, this was a Blood-Devouring Formation.

"Stinky brat! You have such a cruel heart!"

Just at this moment, an ethereal voice resounded; this voice was like heavenly music, carrying a trace of irresistible pressure.

"Who?" Yang Lingchen's heart trembled, and he looked around, but discovered nothing.

"Stinky brat, we meet again." At this time, that clear and pleasant voice resounded in Yang Lingchen's mind once more.

He saw a crystal coffin emitting supreme pressure rush out from Yang Lingchen's Vast Heaven Jade, and immediately after, a girl of dreamlike beauty gently pushed open the crystal and walked out.

"It's you? You're not dead?" Yang Lingchen's eyes couldn't help but twitch, and his body slowly retreated a few steps, watching the Exquisite Woman of dreamlike beauty before him with vigilance.

"Yang Haotian, don't think that just because you have undergone Rebirth through Reincarnation, I wouldn't be able to recognize you."

The Exquisite Woman's beautiful eyes radiated a chilling Killing Intent, and the invisible oppression pressed Yang Lingchen, making him unable to move at all.

"Beauty, did you mistake me for someone else? I am not Yang Haotian!" Yang Lingchen hurriedly spoke.

"You still dare to quibble when death is at your doorstep."

The Exquisite Woman's eyes turned cold; she saw her jade hand gently flick, and immediately a terrifying force instantly locked onto Yang Lingchen's throat.

"It's a misunderstanding! Beauty, this is absolutely a misunderstanding! I have nothing to do with that bastard Yang Haotian; he is my mortal enemy. Please listen to my explanation."

Yang Lingchen hurriedly began to beg for mercy; at this point, how could he care about anything else? He rambled on, cursing Yang Haotian relentlessly.

"Very well, This Seat will give you a chance to explain." The Exquisite Woman carefully examined Yang Lingchen for a moment before saying, "You say you are not Yang Haotian, then I ask you, where did your Vast Heaven Jade come from?"

"The thing is, I am actually just a dao body refined by Yang Haotian, and I have absolutely no relation to that jerk."

Immediately after, Yang Lingchen told everything, including the matter of his own dao body and the fact that he had undergone Reincarnation nine hundred and ninety-nine times.

"Yang Haotian, oh Yang Haotian, you truly are ruthless enough." The Exquisite Woman murmured, then turned her head to look at Yang Lingchen, "Stinky brat! If you hadn't met This Seat, do you know how miserable your ending would have been?"

"What do you mean?" Yang Lingchen frowned and asked.

"Hmph, you really are ignorant enough." The Exquisite Woman sneered and said, "Do you know why Yang Haotian had to refine seven dao bodies?"

"How would I know that?" Yang Lingchen said.

"Actually, all seven of you dao bodies are just his chess pieces! Once you have finished devouring each other, that is when he will close the net." The Exquisite Woman said.

"Could it be that he is not dead yet?" Yang Lingchen's expression changed slightly.

"Of course he is not dead; in fact, your fates have always been under his control." The Exquisite Woman sneered and said.

"Then what is his purpose in doing this?" Yang Lingchen asked.

"His purpose in doing this is naturally to escape this Abandoned Land." The Exquisite Woman said.

"The Abandoned Land? What does that mean?" Yang Lingchen asked.

"The Abandoned Land, also known as the Cursed Land, was a place in the ancient times used by the Immortal Realm to imprison those who were unforgivably evil."

"All living beings within this region cannot exceed the Heavenly Dao Ultimate Realm in cultivation level; therefore, this place can also be said to be a massive prison. No matter how you undergo Reincarnation, you can never escape the curse of the Abandoned Land and will never be able to leave this region for life after life."

"The reason Yang Haotian refined seven dao bodies was to devour you all, strengthen his own power and talent, and then in one fell swoop, break through the curse and blockade of the Abandoned Land."

"Is the Immortal Realm outside of the Abandoned Land?" Yang Lingchen asked, "Could it be that you come from the Immortal Realm?"

"This Seat does indeed come from the Immortal Realm." Speaking of this, the Exquisite Woman's expression became incomparably ugly.

"Then how did you develop a feud with Yang Haotian?" Yang Lingchen asked curiously.

"The feud between This Seat and him is a long story." The Exquisite Woman began to recount it.

Subsequently, through understanding, Yang Lingchen learned that this woman was named Xing Xiyao, and she was the Pavilion Master of the Star Pavilion, a top-tier Sect in the Immortal Realm.

Originally, in order to hunt down a fanatic from a demonic Sect, she accidentally entered the Abandoned Land.

And due to traveling through the Universe and the Void Realm, although she ultimately killed the other party, she was also severely injured because of it and began a slumber that lasted for tens of millions of years.

However, before falling into slumber, she subdued Yang Haotian, who was the number one expert in the Archaic Star Domain at that time, and taught Yang Haotian quite a few Cultivation Techniques from the Immortal Realm.

But Yang Haotian, harboring a wolf's ambition, launched a sneak attack while Xing Xiyao was slumbering after he had achieved success in his Cultivation, and stole her treasure, the Vast Heaven Jade.

Xing Xiyao was, after all, a top-tier expert from the Immortal Realm; at the first moment of being attacked, she also launched a counterattack, but due to being severely injured and then attacked, her body suffered heavy damage once again.

With no other choice, she could only choose to flee, eventually hiding in the Archaic Star Domain, but before falling into slumber, she set up a spatial Formation.

Later, due to the passage of time being too long, that spatial Formation also gradually began to collapse, and ultimately, Yang Lingchen obtained her crystal coffin.

And now, this Ancient Ruins was exactly the place where Xing Xiyao was sneak-attacked by Yang Haotian back then.

Therefore, when Yang Lingchen arrived at this place, Xing Xiyao was awakened by the altar she had set up back then.