High Martial Arts Era

Chapter 743 Star City Tomb Sea
At the edge of Li Yuan's vision, there was a colossal celestial pillar that stretched across the entire starry sky.

The celestial pillar stretches for countless light-years, with each end leading to the unfathomable depths of the starry sky, swallowed by endless darkness. Its surface is a tapestry of black and gold, etched with countless mysterious patterns... Even across the immeasurable distance, these patterns remain clearly visible.

The aura it exuded seemed eternal and indestructible, inspiring a sense of awe in Li Yuan.

At first glance, it looks like a weapon left behind by an incredible being, and even after countless years, it still shines brightly, illuminating the entire world.

"The Immortal Pillar of Heaven," Li Yuan murmured to himself.

He knew that the pillar of heaven was the legendary pillar left behind by the creator of the immortal world, the 'pillar supporting the sky' of the entire immortal world, also known as the Immortal Pillar of Heaven.

This is a legend that originated from the three immortal temples, and it should be true.

"Whoa whoa whoa~"

The countless mysterious patterns on the surface of the Immortal Pillar continuously release rings of magnificent divine light. These divine lights contain astonishing power, and as they surge outward, they gradually transform into various flames, waters, golden light, and mists... Flames flow around the pillar like rivers.

The water flowed freely across the void, like a ribbon of colorful clouds...

The golden light is spiritual, omnipresent, and dazzling...

The mist spread... The ice, like cones, hung in the void, refracting countless light and shadow... These many strange phenomena made this starry sky magnificent and beautiful.

However, this is only the surface.

Of all the stars in the sky, what shocked Li Yuan the most were those enormous, broken star continents that surrounded the immortal pillars.

Each star continent is incredibly vast, and if you look closely, you can discover many ancient cities within them... This is Star City!
Every vast, broken continent is a star city.

"Legend has it."

“When each Star City Lord falls, the Star City becomes ownerless. Under the influence of the invisible rules of the Immortal World, they will eventually drift to the Immortal Pillar.” Li Yuan gazed into the distance, feeling a strange shock in his heart: “Here, one after another Star Cities that have passed away in the history of the Immortal World are buried.”

“Star City is like a sea… This starry sky is also known as the Star City Tomb Sea,” Li Yuan thought to himself.

This is one of the most mysterious areas in the entire Immortal Realm.

It is also recognized as a place of origin and destruction... Many star cities gradually drifted closer to the Immortal Pillar.

The closer a Star City gets to the Immortal Pillar, the more decayed and dilapidated the Star City continent becomes, with many parts even falling apart until they are eventually completely annihilated by the endless divine light released by the Immortal Pillar.

Li Yuan alone has observed more than three thousand star cities.

There are only about two hundred star cities in the Immortal World today, most of which were born in the last 10 billion years... This shows how ancient the star cities in the Star Tomb Sea are, probably born hundreds of billions of years ago.

"Li Yuan."

The voice of Xiaomu echoed in Li Yuan's mind, saying with great emotion: "Whether it is a star city created by the Sovereign or a star city created by the Supreme, without exception, every star city will eventually be destroyed under the action of the Immortal Heavenly Pillar, turning into the most primitive energy flow and returning to the Immortal Heaven and Earth itself. This is the original rule of the Immortal Heaven and Earth."

Li Yuan understood.

The Immortal Realm is vast and boundless, with perfect operating rules; it is indeed incredible... It is hard to imagine that this realm was created by a powerful individual on its own.

Is this the Eternal Realm?
"Little Tomb, is your treasure hidden in this starry sky?" Li Yuan asked curiously.

"Fly to the left," Little Tomb said. "Find the Honghe Supreme Star City; the gift I gave you is there."

Honghe Supreme Star City?

Just from the name, you can tell that it must be a star city jointly established by the two supreme beings of Honghe Yumeng.

……

Li Yuan continued forward, traversing the void time and time again.

After a long time, he finally entered the Star City Tomb Sea.

In the numerous star cities on the outermost edge of the Sea of ​​Graves, the continent remains largely intact and is surrounded by countless strange energies and lights, still radiating endless light. However, the entire continent no longer exudes any vitality...

"Ok?"

"There are actually quite a few Quasi-Saints?" With his powerful senses, Li Yuan instantly detected the presence of powerful figures in some dilapidated Star City continents not far away.

And this was only one area that he could observe.

What about the other abandoned star cities?
From this, we can infer that there must be quite a few Quasi-Saint level experts and even Emperor level experts gathered in the Star City Tomb Sea.

“When each star city is at its peak, it gathers a large number of Emperor Realm experts and low-level Quasi-Saints. Once the Lord of a star city falls, whether it is due to the end of the universe or due to extremely special reasons, it will cause the entire star city to irreversibly perish. The destruction of a star city will also leave behind many rare treasures.” Xiao Mu transmitted his voice, “which will attract a large number of powerful people to come and search for treasures.”

"Therefore, in history, any star city that has just been destroyed has the most treasures, which will attract countless powerful beings from the immortal world to gather and search for treasures, including those at the peak of the Emperor Realm and even the Sovereign Realm."

"These powerful individuals come quickly and leave quickly."

“Under normal circumstances, a star city will only be destroyed every tens of millions or hundreds of millions of years.”

"Therefore, most of the time, the entire Star City Cemetery Sea is relatively peaceful," Xiao Mu explained.

Li Yuan suddenly realized.

The abandoned star cities in the Starry Tomb Sea have been mostly searched by generations of powerful figures, with very few treasures left behind, making it difficult to attract top-tier experts to stay here for an extended period.

Those who remain here for a long time are mostly quasi-saints.

“Little Tomb, does that mean Honghe Supreme Star City was also searched by a large number of powerful figures?” Li Yuan couldn’t help but ask, “If the treasure you left behind was hidden inside Supreme Star City, is it still there?”

"It should still be there." Xiao Mu smiled. "Don't worry too much."

"In fact, when each star city is destroyed, most of the powerful beings within it are not from the same universe, and they will evacuate normally," Xiao Mu explained.

Li Yuan pondered.

Just like Tianluo Star City, if the Tianluo Universe were destroyed and the Tianluo Ruler were to perish, many powerful figures from divine palaces like the Red Lotus Palace would be unharmed, but they would be unable to remain in the star city.

These living powerful individuals would naturally take away all the treasures they carried with them.

"The Supreme Star City is even larger and contains many formations left behind by the Supreme."

"Once Star City enters the Starry Sea of ​​Graves, it will be protected by the invisible rules of the immortal world, making many areas of the continent impossible to forcibly destroy..."

“Even if the Supreme One has passed away, without violating the formless rules of the immortal world, the Sovereign cannot directly shake the Supreme One’s formation. And the Supreme One… generally disdains to come to the Star Tomb Sea.” Little Tomb said solemnly, “Therefore, the Supreme Star City is often well preserved.”

"These supreme formations won't fail?" Li Yuan wondered.

Even the most powerful imperial weapons will eventually decay under the erosion of time.

Let alone formations?

“Haha, the Supreme Formation will eventually fail, but that will take a long time. It’s only been a little over two billion years since Brother Beihe and the others passed away. Honghe Supreme Star City should be the youngest ‘Supreme Star City’ in the Star City Tomb Sea.” Little Tomb laughed: “That’s why I’m so confident.”

Li Yuan couldn't help but think of it.

When Tomb Raider first mentioned the treasure he left behind, he also said that after only billions of years, the treasure he had prepared should still be safe and sound.

"Whoosh!"

Li Yuan transformed into a streak of light and gradually flew deeper into the sea of ​​tombs. The deeper he went, the more an invisible pressure enveloped this starry sky, sealing off time and space, making time travel increasingly difficult.

Ultimately, even with Li Yuan's strength, he could only fly slowly.

"Whoosh~" "Whoosh~" The mist, golden light, flames and other substances that drifted in the void would occasionally hit Li Yuan. The golden light could easily annihilate stars... but it had no effect on Li Yuan.

"Fly slowly."

“It will take most of the day to fly to the area where Honghe Supreme Star City is located.” Li Yuan was very patient.

As he traveled, he remained vigilant, concealing his aura and trying his best to avoid detection by numerous Quasi-Saints and even Emperors along the way.

Although I'm not afraid, it's always good to have less trouble.

Most of the day later.

Li Yuan appeared in the sky above a vast and magnificent continent. Looking down, he saw countless ancient cities suspended above the continent, seemingly integrated with it, telling tales of its past prosperity.

In the heart of the continent, there are two supreme palaces. Even though they are separated by the vast starry sky, Li Yuan can still feel the aura emanating from those two palaces... surpassing all the cities and palaces on the continent.

"The Supreme Hall?" Li Yuan murmured to himself.

He seemed to see it.

Once upon a time, the Star City Continent was extremely prosperous, with all emperors revering the two supreme beings and millions of quasi-saints cultivating in this realm... What a magnificent scene that was! But as time passed, only this abandoned and desolate Star City Continent remained.

“That is the palace of Bogu.”

"That's Dongxiu's place of seclusion. He was an exceptionally talented little fellow, but unfortunately, he was born too late..."

“That’s Wei Qi’s…” Xiao Mu’s voice rang out, even trembling slightly: “Big brother, I’m back, I’m back in Xingcheng.” Li Yuan sighed inwardly.

Bo Gu, Dong Xiu, Wei Qi... these names were not unfamiliar to him from the information he knew. They were all rulers and peak Emperor Realm experts under the Northern River Supreme, and they all came from the Honghe Universe.

After all, the Honghe Universe was destroyed by only a little over two billion people, and many powerful figures from the same era are still alive, such as the Immortal Emperor and the Heavenly Luo Ruler, so there is naturally a lot of relevant information.

From the way Xiao Mu was addressed, Li Yuan understood that Xiao Mu must be incredibly excited at this moment, which also showed the depth of his feelings for the Supreme of the Northern River.

Right.

Back then, Xiao Mu followed the Northern River Supreme from weakness to becoming a Supreme, and witnessed the Honghe Universe Alliance rise to its peak and eventually perish. Over billions of years, how could their bond not be deep?
After a long time.

Xiao Mu's voice returned to normal: "Li Yuan, it's been over two billion years since I returned to Xingcheng. I was a bit out of line. I thought it would take at least ten billion years."

“It’s normal to be moved by the scenery,” Li Yuan said.

"Enter Star City," Xiao Mu transmitted telepathically. "The Honghe Token you possess is at the God Emperor level, so you should be able to travel unimpeded and directly to the two Supreme Palaces."

“If any powerful figures from other forces dare to intrude, they will be attacked by the Supreme Formation,” Xiao Mu said.

"Oh? That makes things much easier." Li Yuan smiled.

So, the Honghe Token obtained from Beichen Star back then has such a mysterious use?

Whoosh! Li Yuan strode into this ancient and desolate starry continent. He could sense that there were many formations containing terrifying power hidden in this ancient continent.

He could even sense several powerful beings, seemingly Emperor-level puppets.

This is only what Li Yuan can sense.

Li Yuan believed that there were probably many hidden forces beyond his perception range... After all, this place was once the Supreme Star City, and even though it had been abandoned, the remaining forces could probably still pose a threat to the Overlord.

However, when Li Yuan released the aura of the Honghe Token, those hidden forces were no longer hostile.

The journey was smooth.

...In one area of ​​the Supreme Star City, there are undulating purple palaces, with mist swirling within them, and powerful waves of energy emanating and impacting all directions.

But no matter what they did, they couldn't get past this palace complex.

"Damn it."

"Mok, why do you have to stop me? If I can break the formation, you will also be free." A roar that soared into the sky rang out.

boom!
A blue figure exuding an almost eternal Daoist aura rushed out from one of the purple palaces. He was disheveled, with a lot of blood flowing from his forehead, and looked extremely disheveled.

He was staring intently at the palace shrouded in mist.

"Purple Crow".

"I am only here to guard this place on the orders of the Supreme One. Your strength is too weak..." Suddenly, a huge beast head emerged from the vast fog. Its eyes were indifferent: "You should leave. If you hadn't once been a member of the Universe Alliance, I would have killed you long ago just for your repeated trespassing."

"Or, if you have the strength of the peak Emperor Realm, you can also overcome my obstacles."

The blue figure was none other than the Purple Crow God Emperor, the only Emperor-level being in the Purple Crow Universe.

"asshole!"

"If I had the strength of a peak Emperor Realm expert, would I be wasting my breath talking to you?" The Purple Crow God Emperor was quite annoyed, yet somewhat helpless.

In the past, he was a member of the Honghe Universe Alliance, but later the entire alliance collapsed... He was not a member of the Honghe Universe Realm and was not affected.

after that.

He then took advantage of his position as a member of the Honghe Yumeng to continuously try to uncover the many treasures and legacies left behind by the Honghe Yumeng.

After all, although the Honghe Universe was destroyed, how powerful was the Honghe Universe Alliance? It had established stable bases in various parts of the Dark Domain, and even in many eternal ruins.

Honghe Supreme Star City was his primary target.

Over the course of more than two billion years, he has found many treasures... However, he has not obtained any of the most important rare treasures deep within Star City.

suddenly.

"Hmm?" The Purple Crow God Emperor suddenly turned his head.

A figure in green robes was sensed flying through the void, heading straight into the depths of Star City...

"That was a Quasi-Saint? A figure in blue? It seems there's some causal connection between us?" Emperor Ziwu asked incredulously, "Mok, how was he able to enter the depths of Star City directly?"

Previously, the Purple Crow God Emperor had tried many times, but he was always suppressed by powerful formations when flying in the void.

Even with his Emperor-level strength, he couldn't withstand it.

“His authority is high enough.” The enormous beast head in the vast fog said in a deep voice, “If you have a God Emperor-level Honghe Token, you can also go straight into the core area of ​​Star City.”

"what?"

"A God Emperor-level Honghe Token? When the Honghe Universe was destroyed, all the core members of the Universe Alliance were killed. Who could possibly obtain a God Emperor-level Honghe Token?" God Emperor Ziwu couldn't believe it.

Moreover, he clearly sensed that the purple-clad figure was not an Emperor Realm expert.

How can someone who is not at the Emperor level have such high authority?
And vaguely, it seems to have some causal connection with myself?
Countless thoughts flashed through my mind.

Immediately, the Purple Crow God Emperor thought of someone and muttered to himself, "Could it really be the Heart Source Quasi-Saint? But wasn't his true body trapped in the Divine Wheel Sea? How could he appear here?"

However, apart from Li Yuan, the Purple Crow God Emperor could not think of anyone else.

Back then, in the North Star, the Ten Star Vein God 'Qian Yu' who was killed by Li Yuan was a disciple of the Golden River God King under his command.

"If he truly is a Quasi-Saint of the Heart Source, I can obtain ten billion Eternal Crystals by sending the message to the Supreme Star City of Cold Journey," the Purple Crow God Emperor thought to himself.

He was just an ordinary God Emperor and had no confidence in capturing Li Yuan.

"I should pass this message on to Yun Jing," the Purple Crow God Emperor thought to himself. "If he really is a Quasi-Saint of the Heart Source, then I can say that I have repaid Yun Jing for the karma he incurred back then."

He was a solitary god-emperor, therefore, he was unaware of the 'hundred billion bounty' on Hanxing Supreme Star City's whereabouts.

His relationship with the Abyss God Emperor is special.

He once owed the Abyss God Emperor a debt of karma... Now that he has the opportunity to repay that debt, he would rather give up the ten billion Eternal Crystals reward from the Cold Journey Supreme Star City.

"but."

"It can't be completely confirmed either... Let's wait for Yun Jing to confirm it himself; he has high enough authority in Star City," the Purple Crow God Emperor thought to himself.

He watched Li Yuanyuan leave without disturbing him.

……

As Li Yuan continued his journey, he noticed that there were quite a few Quasi-Saints and Emperors venturing into the Supreme Star City.

He didn't pay much attention to it.

No matter how hard he tries to hide his whereabouts, as long as he's vying for treasure, he'll inevitably leak the news... By the time the experts from Cold Journey Supreme Star City arrive, he should have already slipped away.

It spanned almost half of Star City.

Li Yuan finally arrived at the two magnificent and endless palaces in the center of Star City, which were the Supreme Halls.

"Even with a God Emperor-level Honghe Token, it seems I don't have the authority to just barge in." Li Yuan stood beneath the massive palace, gazing into the distance.

The two supreme halls exude a vast and majestic aura.

It seemed to be the array and energy source of the entire Supreme Star City... Li Yuan dared not forcibly touch it.

He had a premonition that if he used brute force, the consequences would be severe.

"Haha, Li Yuan, let me out quickly." Xiao Mu's voice rang out: "These two palaces are the Northern River Supreme Hall and the Hongying Supreme Hall... I know how to open the Northern River Supreme Hall."

"But I cannot open the Supreme Palace of the Primordial Shadow. It was left behind by the Supreme Primordial Shadow. Looking across the vast universe, I'm afraid no one can open it anymore. Only after countless years, when the entire Star City is completely shattered and many supreme formations fail, will later generations have a chance to know what treasures the Supreme Primordial Shadow left in the palace..."

But at this moment.

Boom~~~~
A silver light, uncontrollably, shot up from Li Yuan's body and landed directly on the gate of one of the majestic palaces, immediately causing the entire palace to erupt with endless dazzling divine light, and countless mysterious Dao patterns intertwined.

"Rumble~" The doors of this supreme hall slowly opened.

"What the hell!"

"The Supreme Hall of the Primordial Shadows, how come it's open so suddenly?" Xiao Mu was dumbfounded.

(End of this chapter)