CHAPTER 1245: CHAPTER 1176: DIVINE TREASURE, ANCIENT TOMES, ABYSS

By the time they were retransmitted above the ocean outside the Nine Bends Demon Realm, over fifty million people were still somewhat dazed.

Did they just come out like this?

Is the exploration of Nine Bends Demon Realm over?

"Grandfather, you came out so soon?"

At this moment, outside the Nine Bends Demon Realm, a large group of people was still guarding. These people were those who, fearing the danger of the Nine Bends Demon Realm, came out early after the second and third demon realms.

Gu Yanyan was among them.

Gu Yanyan came out from the second demon realm after experiencing the terrifying danger of the Valley of Death. Originally, she thought she would have to wait a long time to see her grandfather come out of the Nine Bends Demon Realm.

Unexpectedly, it wasn’t long before she saw her grandfather appear outside the Nine Bends Demon Realm again.

Not only her grandfather, but even her admired Ye Chen brother, and the five Star Lords, also appeared outside the Nine Bends Demon Realm.

Could it be that the exploration of the Nine Bends Demon Realm ended so quickly?

Gu Yanyan was not the only one full of doubts; all others who came out early were equally perplexed.

And when they learned that eventually, a sudden change occurred in the Nine Bends Demon Realm, forcing everyone still challenging the fourth demon realm to be transmitted out, they were all extremely shocked.

After all, in so many years, there had never been a change like this in the Nine Bends Demon Realm!

"This time the Nine Bends Demon Realm was indeed strange."

"Unexpectedly, they only reached the fourth demon realm at most."

"It’s good that it ended early; continuing further would likely result in many more deaths."

"Yes, for us, even if we could venture further, we should decide to come out. But for the five Star Lords, it’s a pity they came out so early."

Countless people stood outside the Nine Bends Demon Realm, looking at the once again sealed Nine Bends Demon Realm, discussing it spiritedly.

Star Lord Fang Chong and Star Lord Ning Luo, among others, had somewhat ashen expressions.

Even though the danger was greatly increased this time, they managed to navigate through safely and obtained significant gains; naturally, they hoped to continue the exploration.

After taking a few deep breaths, the five Star Lords finally freed themselves from the unexpected shock and disappointment.

"Let’s go, let’s return to the abyss."

The five Star Lords, who usually hide in the most mysterious abyss of the Sea of Exile. Now, the Nine Bends Demon Realm can no longer be explored, so they decided to return directly to the abyss.

But before leaving, these Star Lords couldn’t help but glance a few more times at Ye Chen.

After all, Ye Chen’s performance was indeed unforgettable for them.

Some Star Lords even suspected that the Nine Bends Demon Realm’s early end might be related to Ye Chen. After all, Ye Chen was the only one in the fourth demon realm who obtained the Heaven-reaching Extreme Path. Maybe something happened with him that led to the premature ending of the Nine Bends Demon Realm.

However, without understanding the specifics of what happened, they could only look at Ye Chen suspiciously, not asking much more.

After giving Ye Chen a few looks, Star Lord Fang Chong and others vanished from the void.

However, Star Lord Ning Luo among the five did not leave with them.

This extremely beautiful and enchanting female Star Lord walked up to Ye Chen and said with a smile, "Ye Chen, are you interested in taking a trip to the abyss?"

"You can come and visit my cave abode."

"The mysteries of the abyss are no less than those of the Nine Bends Demon Realm."

Star Lord Ning Luo actually directly invited Ye Chen to the abyss.

Abyss?

Ye Chen’s eyes flickered.

Ye Chen, of course, intended to visit the abyss.

At the grand auction in the Ancient Peace Pavilion, the wooden sword Ye Chen obtained was related to the Immortal Chaos Wood, one of the three major materials needed to unlock the Chaos Cauldron.

The map hidden in the wooden sword had clearly guided Ye Chen that the Immortal Chaos Wood was hidden in a specific area of the abyss.

To acquire the Immortal Chaos Wood, Ye Chen definitely needed to take a journey to the abyss.

However, with a flicker of thought, Ye Chen knew that it was not yet the time to head directly to the abyss.

First, according to the treasure map, the area where the Immortal Chaos Wood was located was inhabited by a group of Heaven-Shocking Great Demons. Among these Great Demons, there were even some at the Star Lord level, and Ye Chen would have to wait for a special day when these Heaven-Shocking Great Demons left the area before venturing there.

As of now, it wasn’t the time when those Heaven-Shocking Great Demons would leave.

Second, Star Lord Ning Luo was also an extremely dangerous person. Ye Chen was not familiar with her, certainly not to the point of recklessly accepting her invitation to venture deep into the abyss and visit her stronghold.

Third, and most importantly, Ye Chen made enormous gains in the Nine Bends Demon Realm, which he hadn’t had time to digest yet.

For instance, the three ancient tomes left by Star Lord Jiang Yuan had not been carefully examined by Ye Chen.

And the Divine Stick treasure obtained from the Dragon Palace had not been carefully felt for its divine might.

Even the Ancient Origin Ice Bead, which had transformed and experienced a resurgence after breaking the demonic influence, had not had its divine might tested by Ye Chen.

Ye Chen still had a lot of preparations to do.

After completing all these tasks, it’s not too late to go to the Abyss!

Thinking of this, Ye Chen looked at Star Lord Ning Luo, clasped his fists and apologized directly, "Thank you for the invitation, senior, but I still have important matters to attend to, so it’s inconvenient for me to go to the Abyss right now. I will certainly visit you in person another day. Please pardon me, senior."

"Don’t want to go to the Abyss now?" Hearing Ye Chen’s refusal, Star Lord Ning Luo showed a regretful expression, but as if she thought of something, waved her hand and said, "It’s all right, your current strength, I dare not impose penalties on you."

"You flatter me, senior." Ye Chen would not put on airs in front of Star Lord Ning Luo.

After all, no matter how many techniques Ye Chen had, his real combat power was still far inferior to that of Star Lord Ning Luo.

"Okay, when you do want to go to the Abyss, just remember to find me." Star Lord Ning Luo directly tossed a wooden tablet to Ye Chen, "On this is the location of my cave in the Abyss, you can follow the guidance on it to find me then."

After saying this, Star Lord Ning Luo beckoned to Chining Xiaoxiao: "Xiaoxiao, let’s go."

Seeing the familiarity between Star Lord Ning Luo and Chining Xiaoxiao, Ye Chen knew his guess was correct; the two indeed had a relationship. Star Lord Ning Luo earlier sent servants to compete for the Heaven Hanging Pot, and it was indeed for this Chining Xiaoxiao.

"Ye Chen, make sure you remember to find me and Aunt Ning in the Abyss, okay?" Chining Xiaoxiao waved goodbye to Ye Chen, "I haven’t told you that I’m from the Cosmic Sea South Pole Region. When you go to the Nine Spirits Divine Hall in the Southern Polar Region, I can guide you."

Chining Xiaoxiao had participated in the grand auction at the Ancient Peace Pavilion and knew Ye Chen had bought the Nine Spirits Secret Order. She also knew the Nine Spirits Secret Order was a token issued by the Nine Spirits Divine Hall, the dominant power in the Cosmic Sea South Pole Region. She knew Ye Chen would definitely head to the Southern Polar Region and thus directly extended the invitation to him.

Seeing Chining Xiaoxiao’s enthusiastic invitation, Ye Chen nodded: "Okay, after I’ve taken care of my affairs, I’ll find you and Senior Ning in the Abyss, and I’ll look for you as a guide when I head to the Southern Polar Region."

Hearing Ye Chen respond this way, Chining Xiaoxiao nodded excitedly.

"You must remember to find me, Ye Chen, you’re now my most admired person."

With reluctance, Chining Xiaoxiao and Star Lord Ning Luo finally left this sea surface and headed toward the Abyss.

"Brother Ye Chen."

"Little friend Ye Chen!"

"Ye Chen, my fellow Daoist!"

Gu Yanyan, Gu Feng, and four Peak Lords, among many others, each bade farewell to Ye Chen. Gu Feng and the four Lords also extended enthusiastic invitations for Ye Chen to visit their territories, but Ye Chen declined all of them.

There were also Tianli Weiwei and others...

After busy farewells, Ye Chen finally bid farewell to a large group of people, and under countless gazes, he flew away from this sea area outside the Nine Bends Demon Realm.

Even long after Ye Chen’s departure, countless people were reluctant to leave this region, while many others continued discussing the occurrences in the Nine Bends Demon Realm.

Unnamed deserted island.

The island where Ye Chen first arrived when he was transmitted to the Sea of Exile.

After leaving the Nine Bends Demon Realm, Ye Chen came directly to this unnamed island again.

Then, Ye Chen sealed the island with a vast formation and laid down extremely powerful hiding prohibitions, finally sitting cross-legged at the center of the island.

On the way back, Ye Chen also sealed the wooden tablet given by Star Lord Ning Luo in a spatial treasure.

Ye Chen wasn’t sure if Star Lord Ning Luo had left any means on the wooden tablet to track him, so he decided to be cautious.

After dealing with various safety matters, Ye Chen let out a long breath and took out an item.

This item was a divine stick treasure that the Star Lord Level Dragon King had given to Ye Chen in the dragon palace of the Flash Change Demon Realm!

Previously, in the Flash Change Demon Realm, the Dragon King had asked Ye Chen not to refine this treasure within the Nine Bends Demon Realm.

Now, having left the Nine Bends Demon Realm, Ye Chen could finally take a good look at the divine might of this treasure.

Ye Chen’s Divine Sense directly penetrated into the divine stick, and within it, Ye Chen sensed the refinement method for this divine stick.

"Ruyi Qiankun Rod!"

"This divine stick bears this name."

"Accompanying this divine stick is also a seventy-two style rod technique!"

Ye Chen carefully perceived the rod technique, sensing the refinement method of the divine stick in his hand.

The more he sensed and refined it, the brighter Ye Chen’s eyes became.

Finally, Ye Chen exclaimed in shock: "This Ruyi Qiankun Rod is indeed a Star Lord Level treasure! Moreover, it is a major offensive power treasure!"

After carefully understanding and refining the divine stick for a long time, Ye Chen cautiously put away this divine object.

Then, Ye Chen took out the Sect Master Token and three ancient tomes left by Star Lord Jiang Yuan.

Looking at the front and back of the Sect Master Token, when he saw the four large words "Primordial Spirit Sect" on the back, Ye Chen sighed endlessly.

Star Lord Jiang Yuan, even within the Dominion Realm, was an unparalleled existence. He founded the awe-inspiring Primordial Spirit Sect that shocked the Cosmic Sea, but unfortunately, he was eventually betrayed by his followers.

By now, countless years had passed, and it’s likely that many future generations are no longer familiar with the name of the Primordial Spirit Sect.

Thinking of the Nine Bends Demon Realm left by Sect Leader Jiang Yuan, and thinking of the mystical and extraordinary realms within that Nine Bends Demon Realm, with its terrifying Star Lord Level demons, leaves one in awe.

Unfortunately, the Nine Bends Demon Realm is now sealed, and even if Ye Chen wanted to enter it again to see those Demon Kings, or meet the Dragon King who gave him the Ruyi Qiankun Rod, he probably wouldn’t have the opportunity.

"I should focus on cultivating the Secret Technique in the Sect Master Token and the three ancient tomes."

"Perhaps, if one day I have enough power, reaching the level of Star Lord Jiang Yuan, I can once again open the Nine Bends Demon Realm."

After muttering to himself, Ye Chen’s Divine Sense immersed into the Sect Master Token of the Primordial Spirit Sect.