Chapter 683: Entering the Ancient Starry Sky Road

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"I am on this side of the starry sky, you are on that side, separated by vast distances, eternal brilliance, endless remoteness, never to meet again."

"Late at night, I gaze alone at the starry sky, silently wishing you well."

These words, accompanied by a bright smile and crystalline tears, bloomed on Ji Ziyue's face. Her smiling tears were heartbreaking to witness.

Ye Fan's heart convulsed painfully. Yet, he had no other choice. He wanted to return; missing this opportunity might mean never having another.

Not missing this meant missing some people—a helpless dilemma. This world was so balanced: what you gained, you also lost.

Ye Fan turned and walked forward, step by step, without looking back. He heard the sound of tears falling behind him, but he did not stop.

"Little Ye Zi, where are you going?" Li Heishui and Wu Zhongtian asked.

"Brother Hei, take care. I'm going on a long journey. My home is on the other side of the starry sky. Meeting you all in this life has been my greatest gain."

Ye Fan stepped forward, looked at Li Heishui, Wu Zhongtian, Liu Kou, and Jiang Hairen, and waved vigorously.

"Why is this happening?" The Monkey asked, puzzled.

"Brother Monkey, as the sole descendant of the Old Battle Saint Emperor, you hold supreme status. In the future, ancient beings will surely emerge and bring chaos to the world. I hope you can look after my friends. May you ascend to become an Emperor in the future!" Ye Fan spoke earnestly.

"Rest assured, as long as I am here, no one will dare to harm them!" The Monkey declared, straightforward and domineering.

The Black Emperor said, "Kid, are you crazy? You're really leaving, getting on that broken coffin pulled by nine dragons? What a joke! Not even ancient saints dare to travel so recklessly!"

"Dead dog, live well from now on. Be more reliable. Don't let me confirm how much of a scoundrel and unreliable mess you are in an unknown star field."

"Damn it, kid, how can you talk like that? You bless others, encourage them, reminisce with them, but when it comes to me, you just scold me?!" The big black dog bared its teeth, utterly displeased.

"Because you are so unique, that's the only way I can talk to you," Ye Fan sighed softly.

"You can trust me to handle things," the big black dog boasted shamelessly, then added, "By the way, are you really from the other side of the starry sky? Crossing star fields is extremely dangerous; it's best not to gamble with your life."

"Live well, raise Nannan, and take good care of her," Ye Fan instructed, then stroked the little girl's head.

"Big Brother, I don't want you to go!" Little Nannan's eyes were already red. She clutched Ye Fan's trousers, looking up with her tear-filled, pitiful face.

"Be good, Big Brother will come to see you later," Ye Fan said, trying to make her let go.

"How much later?" The little one seemed to sense this might be a final farewell and burst into tears. Tears rolled down her face in streams as she hugged Ye Fan's leg, refusing to let go.

"Black Emperor, please take good care of her from now on and don't let her suffer any grievances." Ye Fan pointed, and a clear light flew out, placing Little Nannan onto the Black Emperor's back.

Then, he strode away, without looking back, and rushed into the depths of the Ancient Forbidden Land.

Little Nannan was heartbroken and cried loudly, weakly waving her small hands behind him.

"Ye Zi..." Pang Bo shouted.

"Take care, all of you!" Ye Fan yelled.

"Ye Fan..." Li Heishui, Wu Zhongtian, and the Monkey were shocked. A friend by their side, from the other side of the starry sky, was now leaving.

"Little Ye Zi!" Ji Ziyue called softly, two lines of tears on her face. She offered a smile and gently waved her arm.

Ye Fan suddenly stopped. Ten years in this world, scene after scene, past events rapidly flashed before his eyes. He truly couldn't bear to leave, feeling immense reluctance to depart like this.

Boom!

In the distance, a thunderous sound came from the deepest part of the Ancient Forbidden Land. The five-colored altar shone with brilliant light. The interwoven runes became increasingly dazzling, and the constructed Bagua diagram gradually became clear.

The nine dragon corpses and the ancient bronze coffin were all trembling, ready to pierce through the void at any moment. Ye Fan had no more time.

He took one last deep look at everyone, forcefully uttering two words: "Goodbye!" Then, he rushed into the depths of the Forbidden Land, no longer looking back.

"He's crazy! Why did he rush into the Forbidden Land?"

"What's wrong with the Saint Body? Why is he rushing into the Life Restricted Zone alone?!"

"What is he doing? Daring to go forward risking death, is he trying to reclaim the small bronze coffin?"

At the edge of the Life Restricted Zone, many people were shocked and utterly bewildered. To them, this was simply an act of courting death.

Ye Fan moved with great speed, pouring divine life spring water into his mouth. He vanished forward like a beam of light. Behind him, he heard the reluctant shouts of old friends, but he had no time to respond.

Clang!

The nine-dragon coffin trembled, its metallic clang resonating through the heavens like a thousand armies, swords and spears clashing, tearing through thirty thousand miles of sky.

A strong wind swept through, sending countless fallen leaves swirling. The entire Ancient Forbidden Land exuded an aura of desolation. Ye Fan rushed past, quickly arriving before the nine sacred mountains.

This place was submerged in misty brilliance. Even the power of the Desolate had weakened, unable to significantly strip Ye Fan of his life essence as he approached at extreme speed.

Above the great abyss, the five-colored altar lay horizontally, bearing the dragon corpses and the ancient coffin. Above it, runes converged to form the Bagua, connecting to the depths of the unknown universe.

"Something's wrong!"

Ye Fan noticed an anomaly: the runes were incomplete. The formed Bagua diagram had flaws and was not whole, which was why it couldn't truly open the ancient starry path.

"That's it, the five-colored altar is incomplete, and the Bagua it forms is also missing parts."

Was he to fail at the cusp of success? To be stranded just as he was about to embark because of such a problem was truly disappointing.

Boom!

Suddenly, from beneath the abyss, as dark as hell, another aura surged upwards. Five-colored divine light shot forth, and pieces of jade, stone slabs, and other fragments flew out.

"These are pieces of the shattered altar's jade!"

Ye Fan was surprised. He hadn't expected the damaged five-colored altar could reassemble itself to form an almost perfectly intact ancient platform, suspended in the sky.

Outside the Life Restricted Zone, people were astonished. Many living fossils stared intently. Who had shattered the altar in the past, causing it to fall into the great abyss?

Various jade pieces flew up, rushing towards the ancient platform, restoring it and making it whole. This was a very fast process, as if it was coming back to life.

One ancient jade piece after another floated up, like crystalline petals, filling the sky.

Ye Fan stared intently at the altar. He noticed that a crucial piece was missing from the very center of the ancient platform, making it translucent in front, with light passing through.

"How could this be? What kind of battle took place here back then to destroy such a divine artifact? Did a Great Emperor come here?"

Dong!

With a final great thud, the altar was completely assembled, lacking only a millstone-sized central jade pillar. However, this did not prevent it from opening the void.

In the sky, the gigantic Bagua, forged like divine metal, shimmered with a metallic luster. At the same time, space warped and light became hazy. The Bagua symbols corresponding to Qian, Kun, Xun, Dui, Gen, Zhen, Li, and Kan emitted strange fluctuations, like an ancient code glittering.

Ye Fan knew this was the process of locating spatial coordinates, a precursor to departure. He had to rush up.

However, the five-colored altar was very high above the ground, located directly above the abyss and completely out of reach. In this Life Restricted Zone, no one could use their magical power; even the greatest hero could not fly.

He glanced at it, then steadily retreated, moving away from the sacred mountain. He prepared to use extreme speed to run up the mountain peak and, with the aid of inertia, leap into the air.

Just then, his heart tightened. Several ancient figures appeared on the mountaintop, dressed in attire from countless ages past, as if they had walked out of antiquity.

"The Heavenly Revolving Saintess! That flawless, peerlessly beautiful woman is the Eastern Wasteland's most beautiful woman from six thousand years ago!" someone at the edge of the Restricted Zone exclaimed.

"He belongs to the same sect as the Old Madman, I can't believe he became a Desolate Slave!"

"Look quickly, the others' clothing is even older! They are at least tens of thousands of years old, all peerless masters!"

"What, that's... a peerless Divine King from my Ji family!" A living fossil from the Ji family gasped, recognizing a white-haired elder who matched the portrait of a missing elder from their family records.

Above the great abyss, the two yin-yang fish within the Bagua had opened like portals, leading to the ancient cosmos, with starlight shimmering within.

This was an incredibly strange and shocking sight: the ancient path leading to the other end of the starry sky, where the vast, boundless cosmos was already visible!

"There's no time left, I must go through!"

Ye Fan began to accelerate, then grasped the Myriad Things Mother Qi Cauldron in his hand. If there was danger, he would not hesitate to summon the ancient saint from within, determined to board the bronze coffin and not miss this chance.

"Ah..."

He let out a loud cry that shook rivers and mountains, causing countless trees to tremble and endless leaves to fall. It swept out of the Restricted Zone like a tribulation.

"The Saint Body has gone mad!" This was the thought in many hearts.

Although Ye Fan could not use his magical power, his physical body was unparalleled in the world. His speed increased, and finally, his physique seemed to ignite.

He shot up the mountain peak like a beam of light. Above, several figures clad in ancient attire watched him expressionlessly.

"Rise!"

Ye Fan bypassed them, pushed off the cliff face, and leaped into the void!

This was an incredibly daring attempt. If he failed to reach the five-colored altar, he would certainly plunge into the endless abyss below.

One must know that from ancient times until now, no one had ever been heard of successfully entering the Ancient Abyss and coming out alive. Even ascending the sacred mountain would turn one into ashes, let alone venturing into that abyss.

Fortunately, the ancient figures did not intervene. He leaped upwards without being obstructed.

However, at that very moment, the nine-dragon coffin moved, slowly entering the dark and mysterious passage formed by the Taiji Bagua diagram, coexisting with endless starlight.

Ye Fan was just ten feet short of reaching the altar. Unable to ascend, he began to fall towards the Ancient Abyss.

"My heavens, is that still a human? Without using magical power, simply relying on speed to leap into the air, to that height... it's terrifying!"

In the distance, people were astonished. Ye Fan had soared too high, beyond the limits of his physical body, like a Sky Roc.

"He's falling! He's going to fall into the abyss..." Everyone watched in dismay.

Ji Ziyue, Pang Bo, Li Heishui, and others were heartbroken. If he fell, he would surely die; even the Old Madman had gone insane there!

"Little Ye Zi!"

Clink!

Ye Fan shook his hand and threw out an iron chain, casting it onto the five-colored altar. Then, with a powerful swing, he leaped up again, like a Kunpeng spreading its wings, and ascended the ancient platform.

The nine massive dragon corpses had all entered the ancient starry path, and even the bronze coffin was mostly inside, with only its tail end remaining.

Ye Fan soared, instantly straddling it, and landed on the coffin with a thud, firmly gripping its rust-flecked ancient patterns.

He took one last look back, gazing at his old friends as past scenes resurfaced:

The Monkey, sweeping aside enemies with his dark-gold staff and dominating the scene; the black-faced Li Heishui; the innocent, well-behaved, and adorable Little Nannan; the unreliable and somewhat scoundrelly Black Emperor; Ji Ziyue in her purple robes, gazing up at the starry sky...

Farewell. It would be difficult to meet again!

Boom!

The nine-dragon coffin, carrying Ye Fan with it, disappeared into the ancient starry path, vanishing from this world!

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