Chapter 579: God's Mansion Appears

With a whoosh, that person vanished in a flash, disappearing after a mere flicker.

"Do the 'Divine Manifestations' truly exist?" Duan De's face paled. Inside the small iron cage in his sleeve, nine exceptionally dazzling beams of light shot out from the spirit mouse's crown.

"Ancient deities were glorious and resplendent, but the Divine Manifestations born from them after death represent their evil aspect—an unconquerable devil!"

At that moment, no one else was paying attention or had seen it, as three Half-Step Grand Sages from the Xiao family were fiercely pursuing them, leaving no room for distraction.

"You little brat, Ye, I'll rip out your tendons, strip your bones, and light you up like a sky lantern!" Xiao Zhi's voice was chilling as he extended a large hand, unleashing a thousand-foot-tall purple-copper Eight Trigrams Furnace to strike down.

Surging purple flames instantly collapsed a large mountain, sending rocks and massive boulders flying through the air. This attack was incredibly menacing, as no one could fly now, making evasion extremely difficult.

"Clang!" Dongfang Ye swung his wolf-fang great club, sending massive boulders, tens of thousands of catties heavy, scattering in all directions. The barbarian's divine strength was astonishing, capable of uprooting mountains.

"Bang, bang!" Jue Youqing, pristine in her white robes, held a Bodhi tree branch. It was rugged yet imbued with vitality, shimmering with a hazy, colorful mist, like a small dragon holding a leaf. With a gentle sweep, entire swathes of boulders softly landed.

Everyone's expression changed. This pure and elegant woman's true strength was unfathomable. She merely defended passively without counterattacking, yet she made many members of the Xiao family apprehensive.

No one could fly; only Ye Fan possessed the "Travel" Secret. Everyone else's speed was slower than usual, forced to run on the ground.

"Rise!" Ye Fan stood between two almost conjoined cliffs. With a sudden roar, he lifted one with a single hand, raising both cliffs.

With a throw of his right hand, a stone cliff several hundred *zhang* tall smashed towards the three Half-Step Grand Sages. Unable to fly, they had no way to evade and could only unleash their weapons to shatter it.

"Boom!" Smoke and dust soared to the sky. The three Half-Step Grand Sages sneered as they activated their ancient precious mountain. Although it couldn't actually harm them, it did slow their advance.

"Buzz!" The void trembled as Ye Fan, radiating a myriad of lights, lifted another stone mountain. His blood energy surged, his vital essence like a tide, all pouring into this stone mountain.

His divine power was like an ocean, never drying up. As he fully activated a not-so-large stone mountain, the sight was somewhat frightening; the entire mountain glowed.

"Thud!" Ye Fan forcefully hurled it this time towards the Xiao family experts on the other side. There were no Half-Step Grand Sages there, only cultivators of the Dragon Transformation realm.

"A sun crossing the sky!" From afar, many spectators exclaimed as the stone mountain glowed incandescently throughout, truly like a giant sun streaking across the sky, utterly terrifying.

To conceal his true abilities, Ye Fan made his divine power turn cyan-gold, and even his body flickered with a cyan glow. His astonishing divine power poured into the stone mountain like a sea.

"Quick, retreat!" All the Xiao family members paled. Having no way to fly, and with such a stone mountain crashing down and emitting such terrifying energy fluctuations, it was truly frightening.

"He's not human; he throws mountains with a mere lift of his hand!" "His divine power is like the sea; he cannot be met in battle!"

They quickly discovered that this stone mountain was excessively terrifying; every inch was infused with boundless and endless divine power, submerging the sky.

"Boom!" The cyan-gold stone mountain crashed down. Many magical artifacts were shattered by the impact of the divine power, its radiance pouring down like a galaxy.

"Not good!" The three Half-Step Grand Sages were alarmed and each unleashed their magical artifacts, striking towards the stone mountain.

"Pop!" The stone mountain shattered, sending rocks flying everywhere, but the divine power became even more intense. It shot across the sky like a torrential downpour, falling like blades.

"Ah!" Finally, screams erupted. Some suffered a catastrophic disaster; over a dozen people were crushed into meat paste, erased from existence. The survivors trembled with fear.

"Ye Zhetian, I'll skin you alive!" Xiao Mingyuan's elder brother roared.

"To avenge Mingyuan, today I'll personally wield the blade!" Half-Step Grand Sage Xiao Zhi vowed fiercely, his face livid.

"Since you miss him so much, I'll find a way to let you brothers, and even uncles and nephews, reunite!" Ye Fan retorted.

At this moment, facing the Half-Step Grand Sages, he could only retreat and evade. However, he continuously shot arrows. The Myriad Sorrow Bow was as incandescent as the sun, and the divine arrows it shot could not be blocked.

"Puff!" Blood spurted out, blooming in the void. A head exploded, and a headless corpse fell to the ground.

"Puff!" "Ah!" Screams were incessant. Another person was pierced through the chest by a divine arrow; their torso broke, splitting into two halves.

Ye Fan's expression was indifferent, and he acted without mercy. The Xiao family had always troubled him, trying to kill him, so now he continuously shot down their experts.

"Boom!" Although Ye Fan knew he couldn't defeat the three Half-Step Grand Sages, he still wouldn't give up. He activated the "All" Secret, his combat power increasing tenfold, and continuously drew his bow, shooting arrows.

In the blink of an eye, he shot out eighteen divine arrows, all several miles long, accompanied by lightning and thunder, like eighteen comets crashing onto the earth.

"Boom!" "Whoosh!" It was an incredibly terrifying scene. The void cracked, and large black fissures spread everywhere. The three Half-Step Grand Sages instinctively evaded, not daring to engage.

The eighteen stone mountains collapsed one after another, struck by these eighteen arrows, ceasing to exist. Rocks flew everywhere; some crashed into the crowd, while others struck the clouds.

"The ancient Great Emperor's abode has emerged!" Many people exclaimed. After Ye Fan shot down the eighteen stone mountains, a vast underground palace appeared, like an ancient mausoleum or an immortal's abode.

"Due south, then west, supremely auspicious!" In that instant, the old blind man cast another divination, pointing out the way forward.

Ye Fan, Dongfang Ye, and the others immediately plunged into the underground palace. The three Half-Step Grand Sages followed closely behind, while the others, in an uproar, all rushed inside.

This was most likely the burial place of immortals, potentially containing ancient scriptures or even Extreme Dao Holy Weapons. No one was unmoved by the prospect.

"Ah!" Suddenly, a Half-Step Grand Sage from the Xiao family screamed, filled with terror.

The underground palace was very dim. Ye Fan and the others looked back, only to see a dark figure single-handedly gripping the Half-Step Grand Sage's neck, lifting him high into the air.

The Xiao family Half-Step Grand Sage kicked and struggled violently but couldn't break free at all. Ye Fan and the others watched in horror—that was a Half-Step Grand Sage, after all!

"A Divine Manifestation!" Duan De's voice trembled.

"Retreat, leave the underground palace! The lowest hexagram, a sign of great misfortune!" The old blind man urgently cast another divination.

"Ah!" The Xiao family Half-Step Grand Sage let out a final wail; his limbs hung limply, his divine sense dissipated, and he died.

The Divine Manifestation, which looked no different from a human, was terrifyingly powerful. It single-handedly strangled a Half-Step Grand Sage to death, filling all who witnessed the scene with dread.

Unfortunately, the light underground was dim, and it had its back to everyone, making it impossible to see clearly.

"Who is he, to have strangled a Half-Step Grand Sage to death? At the very least, he's a peak Saint Lord-level existence!" The others, unaware of the truth, were greatly surprised.

"You—Good, good, good! Go invite my father's former Grand Tutor!" Xiao Zhi, furious and alarmed, turned to leave. There weren't just a few experts; others were all busy searching for ancient scriptures.

"Ah!" Another Half-Step Grand Sage from the Xiao family was a step too slow and was gripped by the Divine Manifestation by the neck, with no effort, as if lifting a chick. He died with just one scream.

"Let's go, we must leave this place quickly, or no one will survive!" Duan De's face was pale, and his entire plump body trembled as he thought of the various rumors about the Divine Manifestation.

Ye Fan, Dongfang Ye, the old blind man, and Jue Youqing followed behind, quickly leaving the underground palace and rushing to the surface.

However, many people, unaware of the truth, thought the immortal's abode had opened and swarmed in, all hoping to obtain immortal fortune.

"Ah!" Screams rose and fell, continuously echoing. The underground palace was like an Asura field, with corpses piled up in stacks.

"This is bad! There's a devil in the ancient mausoleum, and even Half-Step Grand Sages are far from being its match! Quickly go report to the Emperor!"

At this moment, people finally realized something was wrong. No matter how they looked at it, it seemed like a non-human; it had no human warmth in its every move and could crush a Supreme Elder to death with a single move.

Fatty Duan was drenched in cold sweat. He said, "Just imagine me, Duan—born at five years old, roaming ancient mausoleums across the world for over twenty years. This is the first time I've encountered the legendary Divine Manifestation. Finally, I have a worthy opponent."

The others were both nervous and speechless. This fat scoundrel was truly shameless; he'd been robbing graves, yet he described it as "roaming ancient mausoleums across the world," even giving off the air of an unchallenged master feeling lonely.

"Hundreds are dead, quickly leave!" Terrified shouts came from behind. Everyone scrambled in fear, fleeing for their lives, no one daring to linger.

"That's not an underground palace, it's a mass burial ground! I saw the scene underground; there were swathes of ancient graves, and things were crawling out of them!" Someone who saw this scene yelled it out, making everyone even more uneasy.

Usually, if they encountered ghosts or spectral horses, they wouldn't care at all. But this was an immortal burial ground, and the non-human things emerging from it were absolutely not to be provoked.

"Damn it, I think I just saw a patch of old graves too." Duan De looked uncomfortable. He had spent years exploring ancient underground tombs, but even he felt uneasy now. "This damned place is very strange," he said. "A Great Emperor has been here, but it might not necessarily be an Emperor's abode."

"Endless cliffs, this is a Land of Nine Extinctions," the old blind man muttered. "Haven't I already deduced it? Everything will be extinguished here."

People couldn't help but recall the drawing Ye Fan had etched: an immortal lying on their side, as if a corpse placed here. This place might truly live up to its name, a burial ground for immortals.

"Boom!" Suddenly, there was a violent tremor in the distance, startling everyone. It was like ocean waves surging; a stretch of mountain rock undulated like ocean spray, then shattered.

"What happened?!" People were shocked. Incredibly, three hundred and sixty-five stone mountains collapsed simultaneously, like surging monstrous waves, one after another. Terrifying energy fluctuations swept many people high into the sky.

"Heavens, could a Saint have made a move? That's too terrifying!"

"Buzz!" The void violently trembled like a tattered painting, and then the three hundred and sixty-five stone mountains on the ground permanently ceased to exist, turning into dust.

Everyone's face turned pale; they could barely believe all this. Their chests felt heavy, and they almost suffocated.

Above that devastated area, over a dozen people stood in mid-air: the Emperors of the Four Divine Dynasties of the Central Plains, several Divine Monks from the Western Desert, the Demon Lord and Battle Lord of the Southern Ridge, and others. They could fly and were not restrained!

"Boom!" An ancient peak slowly rose from underground, magnificent and splendid, like a bright moon rising from the sea, captivating people's minds.

The divine peak didn't soar into the clouds, but it was majestic and grand, giving people the illusion of an emperor among mountains, imposing and awe-inspiring.

"The ancient Great Emperor's abode! They found the true entrance!" The old blind man's expression changed.

Duan De was also stunned for a moment. After carefully observing, he said, "There's always someone better. I thought only I had fully comprehended the study of tombs; I didn't expect that someone in these great powers also understood."

At the base of the great peak, there was a pair of huge stone doors. On them were carved two ancient characters, but no one recognized them.

"These are Primordial Divine Script!" someone exclaimed, while some elder figures frowned.

"I know why there's this devil, the Divine Manifestation," the old blind man muttered to himself. "Ancient deities from before the Primordial Era are buried here. It's an ancient abode beyond our comprehension!"

"A Great Emperor of the human race must have been here," Duan De said, his expression unpredictable. "They must have left some profound secret here, or verified something."

"Before the Primordial Era, were there truly immortal supreme deities?" Jue Youqing was startled, holding the green Bodhi branch, with the golden lotus imprint on her brow flowing with immortal light.

"Before antiquity, were there really immortals?" the barbarian asked, full of doubt and confusion. "What connection does this place have with the Immortal Realm?"

"Divine Manifestations... ancient deities... immortals..." Ye Fan muttered to himself. He suddenly recalled the divine consciousness sounds he heard before the ancient Ruined Hut tree, among which were the four characters "Undying Heavenly Emperor."

He looked up, staring at this ancient abode, his heart filled with shock. The Undying Heavenly Emperor had been here, and a Great Emperor of the human race had been here. Could there truly be some great secret?