Chapter 158: Ancient God Land

"Even if Old Hunchback dies, I will drag the entire Giant Demon Race down to the grave with me!" A hoarse voice slowly drifted from the horizon. Amidst the vast expanse, a massive, emerald-green toad, dozens of zhang in height, appeared in the distant sky.

The toad landed in the distance, causing the ground to emit a thunderous boom. Even from a great distance, Wang Lin could still feel the tremors of the ground. Immediately afterward, the toad kicked its hind legs, and its massive body suddenly leaped up like lightning, instantly vanishing into the distance, only to reappear not far from the group.

While suspended in mid-air, it descended from the sky like a small mountain pressing down, crashing to the ground ten zhang away from Wang Lin and the others. With a loud boom, the surrounding mist was frantically stirred up and blown far away.

After the mist dispersed, the giant toad was revealed. Its back was covered with countless raised bumps, each slowly contracting, with faint ripples of cultivation energy pulsing within them.

The giant toad's eyes rolled, revealing a sinister, bloodthirsty glint. Sitting atop the toad was a person wearing green robes. He was short in stature, with a high, hunched back, resembling a hunchback. His eyes were triangular, his chin was short, and he had a pointed, monkey-like face. A ghostly light flickered in his eyes, and his face was covered in abscesses like the bumps on the toad. A foul, unpleasant stench emanated from those pustules, making his entire appearance look extremely ugly.

At this moment, he touched the abscesses on his face and laughed hoarsely, "Those old undying bastards of the Giant Demon Race hunted this hunchback for over three hundred years, but I poisoned them all, one by one. If it weren't for the fact that the millennium period is approaching and this place is about to open again, this Old Hunchback would definitely slaughter my way to the Giant Demon Race to avenge the pursuit."

As he spoke, he hunched his body and stepped on the toad. The toad, being spiritual, extended its scarlet tongue and touched the ground. The hunchback stepped onto the tongue and slowly walked down. As he walked, he coughed, his body moving languidly until he reached the ground.

After he landed, he waved his right hand casually. The giant toad immediately shrank, eventually becoming the size of a palm. It jumped onto his shoulder, lay down, and its belly rapidly contracted and expanded, emitting gurgling sounds.

Within three feet of him, the moment he stood, the ground immediately emitted a hissing sound, and wisps of black gas slowly drifted out from the ground.

Wang Lin remained calm, took a few steps back, and observed with cold eyes. He knew that this person was definitely skilled in using poison, so his vigilance rose once again.

Demonic Lord of Six Desires, Xu Liqing, frowned and glanced at the green-robed hunchback, saying in a deep voice, "It's been a thousand years, why has the stench of poison on your body become even stronger!"

Old Hunchback rolled his eyes and laughed sinisterly, "Old scoundrel of Six Desires, others may fear your Demonic Technique of Six Desires, but I do not. A thousand years ago, you and I were evenly matched; do you really want to fight again today!" As he spoke, he stroked the toad on his shoulder and laughed hoarsely.

The Demonic Lord of Six Desires stared coldly at his opponent, and chaotic ripples of cultivation energy immediately appeared between them. However, they both quickly turned away and retracted their cultivation energy.

Just then, the Ancient Emperor, who had been watching coldly from ten zhang away, said slowly, "Everyone is here. This time, I snatched the Ice Wind Shield from a fourth-rank Cultivation Country. We should be able to complete more than half of this first trial."

The Demonic Lord of Six Desires said in a cold voice, "I will resist the second half of the first trial!"

The hunchback surnamed Meng touched the abscesses on his face and said in a hoarse voice, "Leave the second trial to me, Old Hunchback!"

Duanmu Ji pointed at Wang Qingyue in the distant gravel zone and said in a deep voice, "This person is Wang Qingyue, who is skilled in the Five Elements escape techniques and will be of help to us. Additionally, this young friend is skilled in death curse techniques; the Divine Sense attack in the third trial will rely entirely on him."

The hunchback surnamed Meng swept his dim eyes over Wang Lin but did not speak.

The Demonic Lord of Six Desires walked toward the Teleportation Formation. With both hands, he formed strange Hand Seals and cast several beams of spiritual light. The entire Formation let out a loud boom and began to crack continuously from the inside out. Wisps of blue smoke drifted out from within the Formation until, when the smoke vanished, the Teleportation Formation completely shattered. Immediately afterward, he concentrated for a moment, then his body flickered, and he began to move rapidly within it.

With every step he took, he pressed a beam of spiritual light onto the ground. As his body moved faster and faster, the spiritual lights increased, until eventually, his body almost turned into afterimages. At a glance, it seemed as if countless Clones were appearing at every position of the Formation simultaneously.

Before long, all the afterimages disappeared, leaving only the original body standing in the middle of the Formation. He waved his hands, and a large quantity of precious Materials flew out from his Storage Pouch. Immediately afterward, a ball of purple flame spewed from his mouth. Under the burning of this flame, those Materials immediately melted into liquid one by one.

The Demonic Lord of Six Desires tapped with both hands repeatedly. These colorful liquids, in an orderly fashion and according to some rule, fell separately into the Formation. When the last stream of liquid entered the Formation, the entire Teleportation Formation suddenly emitted waves of rumbling sounds.

At the same time, a Teleportation Formation different from the previous one suddenly appeared before everyone. The symbols within this Formation were more than twice as numerous as before. Furthermore, ten beams of light rose from within the Formation, shooting straight into the sky.

Creatures resembling Wandering Souls appeared from time to time within these beams of light, moving rapidly around the beams and emitting silent screams. The Demonic Lord of Six Desires took a deep breath and shouted, "The Formation is about to open. Quickly throw in the Top-Grade Spirit Stones. According to our original agreement, I will provide four this time!"

As he spoke, four diamond-shaped Top-Grade Spirit Stones emitting a halo flew out from his Storage Pouch. As soon as these four Spirit Stones appeared, they were immediately pulled by an invisible force, flying toward four of the light beams and floating motionless within them.

The change here caught the attention of Wang Qingyue, who was fighting his own Clone in the gravel zone. He was already at a disadvantage; the Clone's endless attacks and cultivation level, which was one Realm higher, left him in a somewhat disheveled state. A moment of carelessness could cost him his life on the spot. He had been forced out of the gravel zone by brute force several times, but his eyes were becoming brighter and brighter, and the bloodthirsty look in them grew more intense.

After seeing the change in the Formation, he hesitated slightly, then his body quickly retreated, forcefully rushing out of the gravel zone. In an instant, he arrived beside Duanmu Ji, his eyes flickering as he stared at the four Top-Grade Spirit Stones in the light beams within the Teleportation Formation, a flash of greed passing through his eyes.

After he returned, the Clone in the gravel zone slowly dissipated, turning back into a few pieces of gravel that slowly moved in a circular pattern.

Wang Lin was also staring at the Top-Grade Spirit Stones, his heart pounding. He knew that the Cultivation Devil Sea was vast. If one did not use this kind of Ancient Teleportation Formation, crossing it would take too long, and there were many dangerous places along the way.

However, the only way to use this kind of Ancient Teleportation Formation was to have Top-Grade Spirit Stones. But Top-Grade Spirit Stones were too rare, which led to the few Ancient Teleportation Formations in the Cultivation Devil Sea that had been passed down since ancient times remaining in a state of abandonment all year round, and most of them had been completely ruined.

At this moment, the Ancient Emperor patted his Storage Pouch and carefully took out two Top-Grade Spirit Stones. After glancing at them, he threw them out with one hand, and the two Spirit Stones immediately flew into two of the light beams, floating motionless within them.

Duanmu Ji gritted his teeth and took out the last two Top-Grade Spirit Stones in his pouch. He looked at them with heartache for a few moments before throwing them out. Now, eight of the ten light beams had Spirit Stones floating in them.

The last person was the hunchback Meng. He patted the toad on his shoulder, and the toad's belly immediately swelled slightly. It suddenly opened its mouth, and two beams of light flew out from its mouth one after the other, instantly shooting into the light beams.

At this moment, all ten light beams were filled with Top-Grade Spirit Stones. The light beams suddenly dimmed, their two ends disappeared, and all the light condensed onto the Spirit Stones.

These ten Spirit Stones looked like ten suns emitting blinding light, slowly descending onto the Teleportation Formation. In that instant, the Teleportation Formation immediately shook and began to rotate slowly.

The Demonic Lord of Six Desires showed a trace of excitement in his eyes and shouted in a low voice, "A thousand years ago, nearly a hundred of us entered, but we didn't even truly enter the interior. The external Restriction alone made us struggle, and in the end, we returned defeated at the third trial. Only the four of us were lucky enough to survive. A thousand years later, our cultivation has all increased significantly. This time, we will definitely break the Restriction and enter to explore!"

Even the Ancient Emperor could not help but have his eyes gleam with light as he stepped into the Formation.

Following him were the hunchback Meng, Duanmu Ji, and the three youths who had come with the Demonic Lord of Six Desires. As for Wang Qingyue, after a moment of silence, he also followed them in. Wang Lin lowered his head, pondering, his eyes flickering, and walked in.

All seven people entered the Formation. The Demonic Lord of Six Desires gave a low shout, and the Formation suddenly activated. The ten Top-Grade Spirit Stones exploded one by one, and a massive wave of cultivation energy surged madly in all directions. Even the surrounding valleys were turned into flying ash under this wave, and even the gravel zone could not help but pause for a moment.

After a long while, the wave of cultivation energy slowly dissipated. The Teleportation Formation was unrecognizable, shattered and broken, unable to be used again.

Inside the Shattered Star Chaos was a plain. In the mid-air of this plain, there was an oval-shaped circle of light. Inside the circle of light, it was pitch black, and one could not see the details clearly.

Beneath this circle of light was a Teleportation Formation. At this moment, light flickered within the Formation, revealing seven figures.

The Ancient Emperor was the first to walk out. Staring at the oval-shaped circle of light above his head, a trace of fanaticism appeared in his eyes. He leaped up, instantly appearing outside the circle of light. After circling it a few times, he said in a deep voice, "For these past thousand years, no one should have come here; our original Seal is intact!"

After speaking, he extended both hands and waved them continuously outside the circle of light. From time to time, a strand of black silk would disperse from within it, drilling into his hand and disappearing.

Wang Lin clearly felt that Duanmu Ji, the Demonic Lord of Six Desires, and the hunchback Meng all breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.

He looked around. The plain inside the Shattered Star Chaos was boundless, with no visible edges, and the sky was dim. Wang Lin knew that this must be some kind of powerful Restriction.

Within this plain, it was completely silent, and one could not see anything unusual at all.

At this moment, the Demonic Lord of Six Desires swept a glance at Wang Qingyue and Wang Lin and said in a deep voice, "Welcome to the Shattered Star Chaos. Regardless of whether Duanmu has mentioned this place to the two of you before, I must emphasize it once again."

Passing through this oval light aperture will lead to a mysterious space.

According to the records from the Legacy items we obtained, there is an Ancient God corpse there.

An Ancient God's power originates from their body, and their body is extremely vast.

Even the weakest Ancient God has a body nearly the size of a Vermilion Bird Star.

I can tell everyone that the Ancient God here is an adult, and its body size is equivalent to countless Vermilion Bird Stars.

The reason why it is said that there are countless treasures here is that even if an Ancient God dies, their Divine Sense does not perish; it is merely in a state of slumber.

If one can enter its body and obtain its memories, then any Cultivation Technique stored in those memories would be an incredible Divine Ability if used today.

As for Magic Treasures, Ancient Gods do not use Storage Pouches because no Storage Pouch can hold treasures that an Ancient God can use.

Therefore, an adult Ancient God stores all their Magic Treasures within their body; if one is lucky, they can obtain them.

Furthermore, regarding Medicinal Pills, an Ancient God's cultivation cannot be separated from them.

The things they consume are far more precious than we can imagine.

However, they do not digest all of these Medicinal Pills; instead, a portion remains stored within their Meridians.

Our goal this time is the Nascent Soul Transformation Pill; this type of Medicinal Pill can be found within the Ancient God's Meridians."

Wang Qingyue's eyes flashed with keen light, his mouth twitched, and he stared at the oval light aperture in mid-air, lost in thought.

Meng Tuozi touched the abscess on his face and said hoarsely: "Six Desires, Duanmu, there are more people this time.

If we fail to break the Restriction, so be it, but if we are lucky enough to break it, how will the items obtained be distributed?"

Demonic Lord Six Desires glanced at Wang Qingyue and said in a deep voice: "For all those who eventually enter, the items obtained will be distributed one per person.

If it is a Nascent Soul Transformation Pill, then everyone will have to rely on their own ability."

Duanmu Ji chuckled and said: "It is too early to mention this.

We can discuss it after we truly break the Restriction."

Meng Tuozi swept his gaze over to the young man who had followed Demonic Lord Six Desires in and laughed wickedly: "Little friend, I wonder what help you can provide for us to break the Restriction?"

Demonic Lord Six Desires glanced at Wang Lin and said coldly: "Like him, he is useful for the third stage.

This person is a Cultivator from a third-rank Cultivation Country, Tianzhu, and is skilled in ghost and deity arts.

He might be effective against the creatures in the third stage.

I, Xu, traveled for several years before I finally found him."

"So that's how it is… hehe, the third stage.

We were stopped at the third stage back then.

I hope this time, we can break through this stage!" Meng Tuozi revealed a strange smile, his gaze sweeping back and forth between Wang Lin and the young man.

At this moment, the Ancient Emperor outside the oval light aperture was moving his hands with increasing frequency, and black threads appeared like fine rain.

His expression gradually became solemn.

Finally, he clapped his hands together and pushed forward.

Instantly, countless black threads suddenly dispersed from within the light aperture, transforming into a black Dragon.

After letting out a roar, its body rapidly shrank and landed in the Ancient Emperor's palm.

"It is ready, enter!" The Ancient Emperor took a deep breath, slapped his Storage Pouch, and after putting away the black Dragon, he took out two jade bracelets.

These two jade bracelets were one large and one small; the larger one was slightly red, and the smaller one was slightly gray.

Holding the two jade bracelets, the Ancient Emperor hesitated for a moment, then lifted his foot and stepped into the light aperture, his figure disappearing immediately.

Demonic Lord Six Desires narrowed his eyes, grabbed the young man, leaped up, and rushed into the light aperture, vanishing.

Immediately after, Wang Qingyue licked his lips and followed inside.

Finally, there were Duanmu Ji and Meng Tuozi.

After exchanging a glance, they looked at Wang Lin.

Wang Lin didn't say a word; his body flew up and stopped abruptly outside the light aperture.

He turned back to stare at Duanmu Ji, extended his right hand, and said in a deep voice: "Since we have arrived here, Senior, please fulfill your promise."

Duanmu Ji laughed and said: "There is no rush for this.

After we break the third stage, I will naturally give it to you."

Wang Lin looked at him coldly, without saying a word.

Meng Tuozi watched for a moment, chuckled, leaped past Duanmu Ji, ignored the two of them, and walked into the light aperture.

Duanmu Ji glared at Wang Lin, remained silent for a moment, then threw two Medicinal Pills out from his Storage Pouch and said in a deep voice: "Take them!"

After Wang Lin took them, he examined them carefully for a moment.

They were indeed as Li Muwan had described: the slightly smaller one was the Earth Transformation Pill, and as for the slightly larger one, it was the Nascent Infant Establishment Pill!

After carefully putting them away, Wang Lin entered the light aperture without a word.

The moment he entered, Wang Lin suddenly had the feeling of passing through a thin membrane.

The scene before his eyes made him gasp, and he stood stunned on the spot.

This place was astonishingly similar to the Extinction Realm where he had once been; it was also a boundless land of black Void Realm.

If there was any difference, it was that there were countless cone-shaped giant stones here.

These giant stones were held up by a magical force, suspended in mid-air, and were slowly moving forward.

The place where Wang Lin stood was exactly one of these cone-shaped stones.

This stone was about thirty zhang wide, and he was the only person on the entire stone.

Beneath the stone was an endless dark Void Realm.

Looking around, as far as the eye could see, everyone who had entered this place was the same, standing alone on one of the stones.

Under Wang Lin's observation, the four people—Duanmu Ji, Demonic Lord Six Desires, the Ancient Emperor, and Meng Tuozi—all had normal expressions and were not flustered in the slightest.

As for Wang Qingyue, he had a thoughtful look in his eyes, standing on the edge of the giant stone he was on, leaning forward to look down.

Finally, there was the young man; he was sitting on the stone at this time, staring blankly at his surroundings with a look of shock in his eyes.

Wang Lin took a deep breath and slowly spread out his Divine Sense.

There was no Restriction here to block Divine Sense, but considering that everyone around him was a person with heaven-defying cultivation, Wang Lin did not spread it out too far; he merely covered the stone he was on and then stopped.

At this moment, Demonic Lord Six Desires' voice slowly drifted over from a distance: "There is no danger here; it is just an entrance passage.

You only need to sit upright on the floating stone."

After hearing this, Wang Lin sat cross-legged on the ground, watching the stone beneath him slowly move forward.

He remained silent for a moment and, noticing that no one was paying attention to him, he reached his right hand into his bosom and touched the Storage Pouch he had obtained from the Fire-Burning Alliance.

His Divine Sense entered it like a clay ox entering the sea; the Storage Pouch did not react at all.

Wang Lin was slightly stunned, but now was not the time to investigate further.

He slowly withdrew his right hand and observed his surroundings.

Suddenly, Wang Qingyue, who had been standing on the edge of the stone looking down, suddenly shouted in alarm: "What is that!"

He saw that in the Void Realm below, two bright lanterns suddenly lit up, about several zhang in size.

Wang Lin swept his Divine Sense over and immediately felt a jolt in his heart; these were no lanterns, they were clearly a pair of eyes.

Immediately after, those eyes suddenly disappeared, but they reappeared very quickly.

However, when they appeared, they were even larger.

At this time, Meng Tuozi came to the edge of the stone, looking down with a gloomy face.

He waved his right hand, and a handful of blue powder drifted down from his position.

As the powder fell, specks of ghostly light gradually flashed from within the powder.

The further down it went, the brighter the ghostly light became.

When it fell to the place where those eyes were, a scene that made everyone gasp appeared before their eyes.

It was a huge snake-like creature.

Its size was impossible to estimate; the part seen by the ghostly light alone was no less than several thousand zhang, and its thickness was about a hundred zhang.

Its body was covered in purple-red scales, which flashed with an eerie luster in the ghostly light.

On its huge head grew nine long horns, and rows of sharp, ghastly teeth emitted a chilling glint as it opened and closed its mouth.

Meng Tuozi's face immediately became extremely ugly.

He withdrew his right hand, and those ghostly lights vanished without a trace in an instant; the Void Realm below was once again shrouded in darkness.

"At the very least, it is a Desolate Beast! It is equivalent to a Cultivator at the Great Perfection of the Soul Transformation Stage!" Meng Tuozi said slowly after a moment of silence.

"Do not provoke it.

When we came here last time, we were able to pass through safely.

I believe that this time, as long as we do not provoke it, we will certainly be able to get through!" Demonic Lord Six Desires said with a gloomy face and a flat tone.

Just as he finished speaking, a low roar suddenly came from the Void Realm below.

Immediately after, those huge eyes became larger and larger, and a foul wind suddenly came from below.

Everyone stood up at once.

Meng Tuozi immediately slapped his Storage Pouch, and several Medicinal Pills suddenly appeared in his hand.

He flung them out violently and shouted urgently: "Hold these in your mouths to prevent poisoning!"

Demonic Lord Six Desires leaped out, instantly appearing beside the young man who had come with him.

He grabbed him, tapped his body, took the Medicinal Pills, and fled rapidly into the distance.

At the same time, Duanmu Ji also looked toward Wang Lin.

After discovering that Wang Lin's expression was calm, he hesitated slightly and transmitted his voice: "Follow me!" Then his body immediately flew into the distance.

Wang Lin caught the Medicinal Pill thrown by Meng Tuozi.

He did not swallow it immediately but quickly glanced at the others.

After discovering that everyone else had swallowed theirs, he leaped out and held the Medicinal Pill in his mouth.

Everyone quickly leaped and fled from one cone-shaped stone to another.

Looking from afar, those stones were boundless, leading to an endless land.

Wang Lin followed closely behind Duanmu Ji.

The roaring sound coming from the Void Realm below became increasingly intense, and the surrounding stones showed faint signs of vibration.

At this very moment, a stone not far behind them suddenly shattered.

A huge head suddenly smashed into it.

As the stone shattered, the eyes of that head revealed a cold, chilling light.

Waves of foul wind came from behind.

Wang Lin held the Medicinal Pill in his mouth and moved his feet quickly, following the others as they leaped out rapidly.

As for the strange noise behind them, among the group, except for the young man who turned his head to look, not a single person looked back; they just focused all their efforts on rushing forward.

In this way, the difference in speed among the group was immediately apparent.

The fastest person was none other than Wang Qingyue, who was famous for his Five Elements evasion technique.

His body was in a semi-transparent state.

Unlike the others who leaped in arcs, he flew in a straight line.

If he encountered a stone blocking his path, his body would often disappear the moment it touched the stone, and when he reappeared, he was already on the other side.

The snake-like Desolate Beast stared coldly with its huge eyes at the people leaping ahead, letting out low roars.

Its body suddenly lifted, immediately revealing several thousand zhang of its body, and then it slammed down fiercely!