Chapter 1367 - 1343: The Ancient Secret! (First Update)

At this moment, Ren Feng only felt that his entire being had entered a completely different state; everything about him had changed, and this feeling was even more intense than back when he comprehended within the Heaven-Slaying Sword's soul!

Just like before, in front of the Primordial Emperor's portrait, Ren Feng's eyes turned into a mass of chaos, as though they could pierce through space and time, constantly pushing forward along the axis of time.

The scene reflected in his eyes was no longer blue sky, white clouds, and floating islands, but in an instant traversed straight into the Ancient Era!

He saw the entire life of the Primordial Emperor, from the moment he stepped onto the path of Martial Arts, to the rapid growth of his entire martial journey, something that could only be described as peerless through the ages!

He was a genius, a true genius. In merely just over a hundred years, he rose directly from the weakest ordinary mortal to the existence of a terrifying Emperor!

These scenes and messages were being poured madly into Ren Feng's mind. During this time, Ren Feng saw countless images of the Ancient Era—those cultivators and powerhouses, and all sorts of demonic beasts, things he had simply never even heard of.

Moreover, the Earth back then was enormous, several times larger than the Earth now; sects stood everywhere upon it, and all kinds of experts emerged one after another.

Ren Feng even followed the Primordial Emperor and others, flying straight out of Earth and heading toward other places in the universe.

That feeling was utterly mind-shocking!

It was his first time seeing that there truly were people who could traverse the starry skies. Even with his current strength at the Yin-Yang Realm, he fundamentally could not do such a thing!

And it wasn't just that—the speed of the Primordial Emperor and the others was too terrifying. That wasn't traversing the starry sky; it was outright teleportation!

Even the distance of an entire star system wouldn't take them very long at all.

Could the powerhouses of the Ancient Era truly be this strong?

Those scenes and messages continued to be infused into Ren Feng's mind at an extremely fast speed. In truth, it was only a few seconds, but for Ren Feng it felt as if an entire century had passed.

During this span, he came to understand the Ancient Era much better. Basically, the Primordial Emperor's life could be divided into three parts.

The first part was the Primordial Emperor's rise—within only a short span, he reached an overwhelmingly powerful level of strength, a power far beyond Ren Feng's understanding and, even in the Ancient Era, exceedingly extraordinary.

During this period, the Primordial Emperor battled other sects again and again, founding the Primordial Sect, allowing it to grow rapidly in a short time and become one of the top factions on Earth!

It was at that time that the name of the Primordial Emperor began to resound throughout the world; ten thousand sects came to pay homage, countless experts bowed in respect, and the Primordial Emperor's momentum was unmatched.

The second part was the Starry Sky War!

The Primordial Emperor and other experts brought many people with them, directly setting out to open up new territories, traversing the starry sky. It was in this part that Ren Feng learned that within this universe, other forms of life also existed!

There were demonic beasts, cultivators, and all kinds of races, and the Primordial Emperor was indeed terrifying to the extreme. He expanded the Earth's sects out into other regions of the universe, allowing the Human Race to become one of the foremost races among several nearby star systems.

This second part completely cemented the Primordial Emperor's name, and Ren Feng watched, his heart surging with excitement.

The third part, however, was what unraveled one of the Ancient Era's great mysteries.

Previously, Mu Han had said that the cultivators of the Ancient Era were actually like the dinosaurs of the Jurassic period—after a certain span of time, they vanished entirely, leaving people utterly baffled as to the reason. Yet within this third part, the cause made Ren Feng's heart jolt.

In his eyes, the Primordial Emperor was sitting together with several others; every one of them possessed extremely formidable strength and cultivation.

"You've confirmed it?" the Primordial Emperor spoke.

"We've confirmed it," another person said, his expression grave. "According to the current trend, in the universe we inhabit, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi will soon dry up. When that time comes, the Heaven and Earth Laws will bind us; everyone will find it impossible to advance even a single step."

"What's the cause?"

The few of them looked at each other. "We don't know the cause. It does not stem from the number of cultivators, but rather from other reasons—it is speculated to be related to other planes."

At these words, the Primordial Emperor frowned. He fell silent, while Ren Feng, in the midst of this hazy confusion, was deeply perplexed. Plane? What is a plane?

"The Plane Teleportation Array has already been constructed. It can break through the barriers. From the information obtained through the use of the Array, we can barely discern that it is a Martial Arts World, and their average strength is far greater than ours."

"Your Majesty, if the situation continues like this, within less than a million years, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi of this universe will dry up to an unbelievable extent. At that time, all who cultivate Martial Arts will find breakthroughs incredibly difficult on the martial path; there may even be shackles that bind them."

"If this situation persists, it will become a vicious cycle. Once the Human Race's strength is insufficient, we will face counterattacks from other races. Furthermore, if there is an invasion from another plane—though that possibility is extremely slim—once it occurs, the Human Race will have only one road: extinction.

"For the sake of the future of the entire Human Race, for the safety of the Human Race, we must go to that plane."

The Primordial Emperor did not respond. He merely sighed softly. "As vast as the universe is, the Human Race is but as tiny as dust."

The next instant, the scene shifted rapidly, and what appeared in Ren Feng's eyes was an incomparably grand sight.

It was a vast plain. The sky and the ground alike were densely packed with countless experts. At the very center of that plain was set a majestic grand Array, its aura exceedingly shocking!

The complex patterns upon the ground were enough to make a person's eyes spin.

The Primordial Emperor and the other experts, along with the innumerable powerhouses behind them, stood in front of that grand Array.

"On this trip, we do not know whether we can return." The Primordial Emperor spoke calmly. "If we cannot come back, then Bai Ruo shall oversee the situation. Our only hope is that the Human Race remains safe."

In the next moment, under the gaze of everyone present, the grand Array activated. The Primordial Emperor and the gathered experts all flew into the Array, their figures vanishing.

Between Heaven and Earth, violent energies were surging. One powerhouse after another dove into the Array's radiance, while the Human Race not far away watched this scene, their expressions immensely complicated.

Some wept, some grieved, but the elite of the Human Race had already departed for another world.

This was a one-way Plane Teleportation Array. Once transmitted over, the chances of returning were minuscule. The Primordial Emperor was well aware that this journey might mean no coming back, yet he went regardless—because he was the Primordial Emperor, the pinnacle powerhouse of the Human Race, and the safety of the Human Race rested upon his shoulders.

Once the Human Race encountered shackles on the martial path, unable to advance an inch, then the Human Race would be in grave peril.