CHAPTER 1038: CHAPTER 1035: RETURN JOURNEY

Ye Xuan, Zhou Youwei, Qiankun Ancestor, Yao Yueqing.

The four left.

And as they left Dao Chu Cliff.

The last line of defense left at Dao Chu Cliff disappeared, shrouded in endless clouds and mist.

In a single moment, Dao Chu Cliff seemed to disappear from the Human World.

Even the Space-time Gate leading to Dao Chu Cliff vanished at this moment.

At this moment, Ye Xuan and the others had returned to the Returnless Bridge.

This time, only the Nine-tailed Fox, Qiongqi, Zhu Yan, and Suan Ni descended.

As for the other six Fierce Beasts that had appeared earlier, they were nowhere to be seen.

Presumably, the sudden turn of events caused them to enter slumber ahead of time.

Judging by the state of the four Fierce Beasts this time, they too were about to enter slumber.

The four Fierce Beasts carried the four of them across the Returnless Bridge, back to the Space-time Gate leading to the Chaos Ancient Dao.

Arriving here, Ye Xuan became solemn.

The Golden Vertical Eye appeared twice, causing him to feel an indescribable pressure.

He didn’t know if it would descend again this time.

That sense of crisis made Ye Xuan very uncomfortable.

After entering the Chaos Ancient Dao, Ye Xuan hurried the three forward at the fastest speed.

To Ye Xuan’s relief, they encountered no ancient creatures as they ran toward the start of the Chaos Ancient Dao.

This was just as Ye Xuan had suspected.

It seemed those ancient creatures were also in hibernation.

And the Golden Vertical Eye did not appear.

"Hey? Brother Xuan!"

At this moment, the young Array Emperor was bored, but upon seeing Ye Xuan and the others, he was overjoyed and waved in greeting.

"Didn’t you just leave an hour ago? How are you back already?"

The young Array Emperor asked, puzzled.

"An hour?" Yao Yueqing was startled; it had taken them at least seven days to leave and return, how could it be an hour?

"Yes, you only left here an hour ago." The young Array Emperor nodded.

"Weren’t it mentioned before? The following risks are not in the same time-space." Qiankun Ancestor said grumpily.

"But we spent three or four days walking on the Chaos Ancient Dao?" Yao Yueqing was still puzzled.

"You know, this is the Chaos Ancient Dao." Ye Xuan smiled.

"You mean the time flow in the Chaos Ancient Dao is chaotic too." Yao Yueqing opened her mouth wide in amazement.

"To be precise, there is no such thing as time flow in the Chaos Ancient Dao." Qiankun Ancestor smiled.

"I see."

Yao Yueqing and the young Array Emperor suddenly realized.

"Who is this Fairy?" The young Array Emperor looked at Zhou Youwei, who was next to Ye Xuan, and asked curiously.

"What’s the look? This is Zhou Youwei, my household mistress. One more look and I’ll gouge your eyes out." Qiankun Ancestor slapped the young Array Emperor on the back of his head, cursing.

"Ah?" The young Array Emperor was shocked, quickly saying, "So she’s the sister-in-law."

"Let’s go."

Ye Xuan pulled Zhou Youwei and stepped onto the Space-time Gate first.

The group followed behind.

Compared to when they came, the return journey was evidently much easier.

Due to the changes in Dao Chu Ancient Land, the dangers in various hazardous checkpoints were reduced to the lowest.

For Ye Xuan, it was almost like walking on flat land, effortlessly.

"Huh?!"

Passing through the Space-time Gate, the young Array Emperor was bewildered, "How is this the Bronze Palace? Shouldn’t it be the Soul Valley?"

It turned out.

They passed through the Space-time Gate, skipping over the Soul Valley directly to the Bronze Palace.

"As said before, the last three major risks do not exist in the same time-space." Qiankun Ancestor smiled.

All along, Ye Xuan didn’t linger much, leading the group swiftly ahead.

He needed to hurry to the Crow Grave.

He felt certain changes would occur at Crow Grave.

By then, what he needed to remain untouched through Crow Grave might see a sudden change.

Inside the Bronze Palace, there were countless Fierce Demons.

But with Qiankun Ancestor as protector and Ye Xuan leading the way, they avoided misfortune quickly traveling through the Bronze Palace, reaching the Divine’s Nest.

Inside the Divine’s Nest, there were still many remaining spirits.

However, these remaining spirits were difficult to resist when facing Qiankun Ancestor.

But the battle still attracted countless spirits in a siege.

Ye Xuan directly deployed the Red Bright Nine Heavens Map, dispelling those spirits with the aura of the Ancient God Taiyang.

Without mishap, they arrived at the Futian Ridge.

This time, they weren’t so lucky, not finding the six-armed Zhu Yan.

The group could only travel on foot steadily.

Facing gravity, moving forward.

After spending five days, they finally returned to the Crow Grave.

"Indeed..."

As they exited Futian Ridge, Ye Xuan looked at the Crow Grave shrouded in black clouds and murmured.

In the distant sky, black clouds shrouded, as if a Heavenly Tribulation was about to descend.

An indescribable oppressive feeling arose involuntarily.

"What’s happening." The young Array Emperor shivered, seeing the scene.

This time, Qiankun Ancestor did not joke with the young Array Emperor because he knew something was about to occur.

And definitely not something good.

"What are you thinking, Youwei?" Ye Xuan looked at the beauty beside him and asked softly.

Throughout the journey, Zhou Youwei became taciturn, barely speaking.

"Nothing." Zhou Youwei smiled lightly, shaking her head to indicate she was fine.

But anyone could see Zhou Youwei surely had something on her mind.

Ye Xuan held Youwei’s hand tightly, calmly saying, "I’m here."

Feeling Ye Xuan’s presence, Zhou Youwei felt much more at ease and nodded gently.

Actually, she was only feeling confused and a bit scared of herself.

She hadn’t felt this earlier at Dao Chu Cliff.

But on the way back, she realized she was too strange.

The ten dangers of Dao Chu Ancient Land were fraught with peril.

When she entered Dao Chu Ancient Land, she was merely at the Heavenly Human Realm, how did she reach the end?

That terrifying dream, like a nightmare, lingered around her, keeping her from relaxing.

Especially earlier at the Heaven Suppressing Ancient Sect facing Ye Xuan, her own behavior scared and alienated her.

Ye Xuan holding Zhou Youwei’s delicate hand, said softly, "Let’s go."

He knew what was troubling Youwei.

But the changes this time made Ye Xuan believe that Youwei was still Youwei.

Nothing else mattered; that was enough.

Once they passed Crow Grave, returning to Empty Ancient City, finding the old Immortal shop owner for answers would become clear.

The five stepped into the Crow Grave region.

Upon entering, they saw a stretch of Crow Graves ahead.

The nearest Crow Grave to them suddenly changed.

The graves opened to the sides, and a pale hand reached out as the crow perched on the grave awakened, looking at the five with blood-red eyes, remaining silent.

"Three Ancient Void Coins."