As the Universe Turns - Chapter 137

Chapter 137 Ancient Ruins
After an unknown amount of time, Xiao Chen suddenly woke up from his suffocation. After he woke up, he didn’t know where he was. He only remembered being buried by the yellow sand and then sinking underground. Where was he now?

“Uh …”

With a slight movement, he felt a heart-wrenching pain spread out from his limbs and bones. After a while, the pain gradually subsided, and the surrounding scene gradually became clear.

“This is …”

After seeing the surroundings clearly, Xiao Chen couldn’t help but be stunned. There were many dilapidated palace buildings floating nearby, and the light shone in from somewhere. The yellow sand on it moved slowly like flowing water, unable to cover it.

Could this be a world beneath the Desert of Death?

Xiao Chen slowly stood up and carefully walked forward. This place was deathly lifeless. It was like a lost world from the Primeval Era that had been buried beneath the boundless yellow sand. No one had discovered it yet.

“No, no …”

Looking at the dilapidated ancient buildings around him, Xiao Chen suddenly remembered something. The records of the ancient land of Xianyuan could only be traced back to 10,000 years ago at most. However, the floating buildings in front of him clearly looked like they had been left behind more than 10,000 years ago, or even 20,000 years ago, or tens of thousands of years ago …

Could this be an ancient ruin?

“No … no.”

Xiao Chen’s expression became exceptionally solemn. He looked at the dilapidated buildings and peaks nearby. Some of these buildings and peaks clearly seemed to have been cut off by someone with a single sword. The cut was even and neat. What kind of divine ability was it to cut off a mountain range with a single sword strike?

However, this ruin was left behind tens of thousands of years ago. He only knew from the records of the ancient land of Xianyuan that ten thousand years ago, people did not know how to cultivate, nor did they know all sorts of magic power divine abilities that could move mountains and fill seas. Later on, it was cultivated by the descendants of Qing Emperor …

“No … it’s not like this!”

At this moment, he finally remembered something. The records of the ancient land of Xianyuan were only 10,000 years old, and just 10,000 years ago, the people at that time did not know how to cultivate, but that did not mean that the people at that time would not be able to cultivate in the future.

On the contrary, tens of thousands of years ago, the experts in the world had already reached their peak. That was a glorious era, a peak era, an era that caused the gods to tremble!

However, even in such a glorious era, there was still no escape from the annihilation of heaven and earth. That era had come to an end and nothing could be left behind. Only a remnant was left here at this moment …

Xiao Chen looked at the ancient ruins around him. Could it be that what he had guessed at this moment? If it was really as he had imagined, then why would a peak era like the one tens of thousands of years ago be annihilated? Why was there not even a single record? It was as if he had completely disappeared from history …

He continued to probe forward, and what he saw along the way strengthened the thoughts in his heart.

It was hard to imagine that such a huge ancient ruin was buried here. If he told the people outside everything about this place and told them that tens of thousands of years ago, there was a glorious era in the world. When that happened, what kind of storm would happen to the entire ancient land of Xianyuan?

Most of the people in the world thought that cultivation really started ten thousand years ago. Most of them thought that ten thousand years ago, people would only cultivate in spring and harvest in autumn, and the sun would rise and the sun would set. However, who knew that the most powerful cultivator had appeared in the world tens of thousands of years ago?

All of this seemed so unbelievable, but this ancient ruin in front of him was the best proof.

Xiao Chen suddenly remembered that the ten mysterious people on top of him were probably looking for this ancient ruin, but he didn’t know their identities.

However, regardless of who they were, it could at least be said that there were other people in this world who knew that there were many experts in this world tens of thousands of years ago. That was the most glorious era, and it was also an era that had already been annihilated.

Xiao Chen suddenly felt suffocated when he arrived in front of a ruined palace ruin. It was as if there was an extremely oppressive aura coming out from within, almost suffocating.

He stopped in front of the ruins and thought that when he was up there, Su Ye suddenly woke up and told him to leave this place quickly. Su Ye was an eternal soul, more sensitive to subtle auras and dangers than he was. Could it be that there were still tens of thousands of years ago left in the ruins?

Xiao Chen’s heart skipped a beat as he arrived in front of the ruins. Ever since the first day he stepped into the Profound Sect, he had never felt such oppression. What exactly was inside?

He slowly walked closer. Although he knew that the most important thing now was to think of a way to leave this place and not rashly barge into some unknown dangerous place, he didn’t know why, but he wanted to go in and take a look. It was as if there was something hidden inside that pulled him here step by step.

“Su Ye? Are you there?”

A divine will was transmitted to the Fuxi zither. After a long time, no sound came out. Xiao Chen’s eyebrows gradually knitted together. It seemed that Su Ye would not wake up for a while.

He looked at the pitch-black palace again, and in the end, he carefully walked inside step by step.

When he arrived at the palace, the suffocating aura became even heavier. Xiao Chen had already withdrawn all the aura from his body and carefully followed the aura into the passageway.

The corridor was pitch-black, as if it had no end. It had walked for an unknown amount of time, and the deeper it went, the darker the light became.

Xiao Chen took out a jade slip and barely managed to shine some light. The stone walls on both sides of the corridor were already weathered, but some ancient totems and characters could still be vaguely seen.

He couldn’t recognize these totems. The characters were also ancient characters from a long time ago. They had become blurry and weathered over time. He couldn’t recognize them now, but he had already confirmed his previous speculation. Tens of thousands of years ago, there was a glorious era in the world.

After walking for about an incense stick of time, he was getting closer and closer to the source of the aura. It seemed as if two auras were faintly interweaving. Xiao Chen had never been more cautious. His footsteps slowed down a lot, and three more Blood Transformation Needles appeared in his hand.

Xiao Chen arrived in front of a shattered Secluded Hall and saw two silhouettes standing inside. The aura was emitted from the two of them. Xiao Chen immediately hid behind the stone door and carefully scanned them with his divine sense. However, he seemed to discover that the two of them were already dead.

Now that he was very keen on life and death, he could be sure that the two of them had already died a long time ago.

Only after confirming this did he dare to walk out boldly. When he saw those two people clearly, he couldn’t help but feel even more shocked. Could it be that these two people were actually people from tens of thousands of years ago?

Even though he had been dead for tens of thousands of years, his body was covered in dust, and even though the peerless precious armor he was wearing had been torn apart, his body was still inextinguishable, and even his aura remained. Even after tens of thousands of years, this aura was still suffocating.

What kind of peak realm did these two people reach back then?