Chapter 12665 ​​Strange Appearance

Chapter 12665 ​​Strange Appearance
“I suspect that this snow mountain is a corner of the Chaos Burial Ground. The entire snow mountain is made up of the bones of ancient gods, which is why it is so stable. The huge explosion that just occurred could not shake this mountain.”

Just now, the explosion of the Thunder Source Crystal mixed with the Tribulation of Ascension to Godhood was terrifying. It shattered and annihilated billions of miles of heaven and earth, but only this Crimson Gold Snow Mountain remained intact, which was truly bizarre.

If this mountain is formed from the pile of countless ancient gods' corpses, then it wouldn't be surprising.

"The cold you feel is likely not the cold of wind and snow, but the chilling cold of the ancient god's corpse!"

"It won't be easy to climb to the top despite this chilling cold!"

Nightmare Demon Mountain Path.

Ye Chen looked up at the mountaintop, which was bathed in golden light: "Even if it's not easy, we have to climb it!"

"I had no choice in the way I came along!"

He continued climbing, the cold growing ever more intense, even slowing down the flow of his blood and qi.

The mountain gradually became extremely steep, and beneath the surface snow lay smooth, mirror-like, cold rocks covered with a thick layer of solid ice, making it difficult to find a foothold.

The frigid air greatly suppressed Ye Chen's divine power, forcing him to use his most primal hands and feet to climb upwards little by little.

After climbing for a while, Ye Chen suddenly heard a heavy, labored breathing sound, like a bull panting heavily.

Even amidst the howling wind and snow, it could be heard clearly.

"Someone?"

Hearing the panting sound, Ye Chen's heart skipped a beat, and he became alert again.

Could someone have climbed the mountain before him?
He saw a protruding platform ahead, and the panting sound was coming from that platform.

After struggling to climb up, Ye Chen arrived at the platform, but his gaze was drawn to a depression in the mountain wall.

The depression was hidden behind a huge ice crevice, and upon closer inspection, a massive stone coffin was found resting in the depression!

"Is there a coffin?"

Ye Chen became increasingly vigilant, drew his Heavenly Emperor Divine Sword, and cautiously approached.

Nightmare Mountain chuckled, "Who knows, it might be the coffin of some evil god."

In the chaotic era, many ancient gods dwelled in the "Tomb of the Gods".

In this world today, many beings outside of the world have also joined the ranks of the "Tomb of the Gods".

The "Tomb of the Gods" faction itself is also hunting down evil gods and demons everywhere.

Therefore, the corpses of evil gods and demons in the "Tomb of the Gods" are not just piled up like mountains. If this snow mountain is a corner of the Tomb of the Gods, then it is only natural that a coffin would appear.

However, a panting sound could be heard coming from inside the coffin, as if some living creature was lurking inside, which was abnormal.

As Ye Chen approached, he indeed saw the tombstone mark "Divine Tomb" on the top of the coffin, confirming that it was indeed a coffin from "Divine Tomb".

The entire coffin was cast in stone, covered with solid ice, and carved with ancient runes. A faint wisp of black mist swirled around it, exuding a chilling aura of death.

Ye Chen saw that there was originally a talisman sealing between the coffin lid and the coffin body, but over the years, the talisman had decayed and broken, and a crack had appeared between the coffin lid and the coffin body.

A series of labored, dying breaths, like those of a wild beast, emanated from the coffin. The sound was strangely familiar.

Ye Chen frowned, his heart filled with doubt. He used his internal energy to protect his body, held the sword in his right hand, and slowly pushed open the coffin lid with his left.

Click!
Some ice blocks covering the coffin lid fell off, and Ye Chen quickly opened the lid halfway. Looking down, he saw that there were two people lying inside the coffin.

One of them was a mummified corpse, withered and emaciated, its hair like tangled weeds, lying quietly.

But the other one was alive. As soon as Ye Chen opened the coffin lid, it glared angrily, roared, and sprang out of the coffin like a frightened cat, its claws slashing fiercely at Ye Chen's face.

Ye Chen was prepared and immediately swung his sword, slicing the man in two with a swift, tearing motion, as easily as cutting butter.

The blade sliced ​​through the flesh, but the texture was unexpectedly soft, as if he were cutting through a lump of rotten flesh rather than a body of flesh and blood.

After the man was cut in two, the two pieces of his body fell to the ground, and a highly poisonous and foul-smelling evil aura hissed out. The two pieces of flesh and blood slowly wriggled and actually pieced themselves back together, and the man stood up again.

"The Great Emperor Ziwei!"

Now Ye Chen could see clearly that the person was actually the Ziwei Emperor!
At this moment, the Ziwei Emperor was in a strange state. He was like a lump of mud, devoid of the life force of a living person and the divinity of a pillar god.

Ye Chen glanced at him and immediately understood that he had been deeply corrupted by the Chaos, and had even been pierced by the War God Spear of the Heavenly Emperor, nearly losing his life. Even if he survived, he would be exhausted and on his last legs.

Even in his final, exhausted state, the Ziwei Emperor could no longer maintain his consciousness. With black slime flowing all over his body and his features twisted like a vicious dog, he had clearly gone mad and become a monster.

Whoosh!
The Ziwei Emperor swayed, roared again, and swung his claws to attack Ye Chen.

This was a monstrous, beast-like attack, completely chaotic, seemingly fierce, but full of flaws.

Ye Chen dodged to the side, and with a backhand slash, he cut the Ziwei Emperor in two again.

Gulu!
The flesh and blood of the Ziwei Emperor wriggled and merged back to their original state like mud, and then pounced on Ye Chen again.

"Heavenly Death Abyss Sword!"

Ye Chen unleashed the Heavenly Emperor Divine Sword once more, its pitch-black sword energy surging forth, crushing darkness with darkness, and slashing fiercely at the Ziwei Emperor. The ferocious Abyss Sword Energy tore at his body like an apocalyptic storm.

"Ahhh-"

The Ziwei Emperor let out a sharp, painful roar as his body disintegrated and vanished, unable to withstand Ye Chen's sword strike.

He was exhausted, like a lamp running out of oil and a spent force. He had already exhausted all his strength in the previous battle with the Emperor, and was finally severely injured.

In truth, even if Ye Chen hadn't made a move, he wouldn't have lived much longer.

Ye Chen's eyes were cold and desolate as he watched the body of the Ziwei Emperor vanish into nothingness before his eyes, leaving only a wisp of dark golden liquid suspended in mid-air.

This is the divine source of the Ziwei Emperor!
"There's still divine source here?"

Ye Chen's eyes flickered. He had thought that the divine source of the Ziwei Emperor had been extinguished, but he did not expect that there was still a lot left.

He glanced at the stone coffin beside him and vaguely sensed that the Ziwei Emperor's ability to preserve his divine source might be related to this stone coffin!

If the Ziwei Emperor hadn't entered this stone coffin, his divine source would probably have been extinguished long ago.

At this moment, the remaining divine source was also very turbid in color, appearing as a dark gold, with strange chaotic black energy swirling around it, and dim starlight floating and sinking.

It should be noted that even if the Witch King summoned the Netherworld Insect Mother and was invaded by the Netherworld Insect Mother's chaotic evil energy, the divine source he left behind was still pure gold.

The divine source of the Pillar God is not so easily corrupted. This is the most core existence of the Pillar God, and it does not even completely belong to the Pillar God himself. It bears the imprint of the primordial light.

However, the divine source of the Ziwei Emperor was dim and turbid, which showed how serious the erosion of chaos he had suffered was, and how it had polluted his very origin.

Ye Chen dared not devour this polluted divine source.

Within the Reincarnation Graveyard, Nightmare Demon Mountain glanced at the divine source and revealed an expression of apprehension and disgust, not even wanting to touch it.

However, it was still the divine source of a pillar god emperor, and after the pollution was cleaned up, it still had great value.

"I guess you got a good deal."

Ye Chen planned to put away the divine source first. He had gotten a bargain this time, obtaining the divine source of the Ziwei Emperor with almost no effort.

It truly is a case of the snipe and the clam fighting while the fisherman benefits!
wow-

But at that moment, the divine source emitted a ray of light, revealing a weak and frail figure, which was none other than the Ziwei Emperor!
Seeing that the Ziwei Emperor was still alive and had even manifested his figure, Ye Chen immediately became alert, took two steps back, and raised the Heavenly Emperor Divine Sword.

"Lord of Reincarnation, wait!"

Upon seeing this, the Ziwei Emperor immediately called out to stop them.

Upon seeing that the Ziwei Emperor's eyes were clear, as if he had regained consciousness, and noticing that his illusory figure was extremely faint and posed no threat, Ye Chen felt somewhat relieved. However, he still did not lower his sword and said:

"You're not dead yet?"

The Ziwei Emperor gave a bitter smile and said, "Actually, I am already dead. This is my last regret."

"Fortunately, it was you who killed me, not the Emperor."

"My last wish is that at least someone can carry on my legacy."

Ye Chen frowned and said, "What last wish? And why should I help you?"

The Purple Emperor glanced at the golden light atop the snow-capped mountain, sighed, and said to Ye Chen:

"Consider it helping yourself."

"If you don't want to die in the chaos, then go find that person, the one who can suppress everything and reopen the world."

"That person is also one of the twelve heroes in Emperor Taiyi's prophecy. He is the one with the Pure Heart and the Eyes of the Night."

"He has seen the darkest nights, but he has always maintained a pure heart. He is the most important of the twelve heroes besides the Sword of Doom!"

"The Sword of End can bring about the end of the world, but it cannot bring about a new dawn."

"Find him, only he can usher in the dawn of a new world."

The Ziwei Emperor spoke at length, his figure growing weaker and weaker, but he still managed to stretch out his finger and draw the image of that person for Ye Chen.

"Who are they? Pure Heart, Eyes of Darkness? They're not from..."

Ye Chen was greatly surprised.

The Purple Emperor explained, "Well, some people say that Pure Heart and Dark Eyes are two sisters from the Northern Distance Academy, but that's not true. That's just a facade because the heroes haven't appeared yet."

"A part of their aura obscures the cause and effect of the world, but it is not the truth."

"The true innocence and darkness in the prophecy belong to him."

The Ziwei Emperor finally finished sketching, using his last strength and last light to outline a person for Ye Chen.

He was a young man with a pair of clear, dark eyes, his gaze pure and bright. He had handsome features and an air of heroic spirit, like that of a young emperor.

That was the aura cultivated from years of wielding supreme power and holding a high position, yet his eyes were so clear and pure.

To be worldly-wise without being cynical.

Having come to know the vastness of the universe, I now cherish the verdant grass and trees.

Ye Chen was shocked the moment he saw the young man.

Because the boy depicted by the Ziwei Emperor bore a striking resemblance to Ren Feifan!

"Senior Ren!?"

Ye Chen blurted it out.

The Ziwei Emperor said, "No, he is the son of the Heavenly Emperor, the son of the Great Heavenly Emperor."

Ye Chen was even more astonished: "The son of the Great Heavenly Emperor?"

The Great Emperor Ziwei said, "Yes, I once glimpsed some ancient secrets. Perhaps it was because I knew things I shouldn't have known that I suffered an additional calamity compared to ordinary pillar gods during the Great Calamity of Burning Heaven."

"The calamity of chaos".

"This is the world's punishment for me, for daring to pry into taboos."

"cough……"

At this point, the Ziwei Emperor coughed violently. Whether it was due to depleted spiritual energy or because he had violated some taboo, his voice became labored.

"Find him, find the Son of the Heavenly Emperor."

"We will all die in chaos, and only the Son of Heaven can resurrect us at the dawn of the new world."

"I would give my divine authority, my stars, everything I have—"

With a gaze that was both sorrowful and desolate, yet filled with helplessness and devout anticipation, he took one last look at the image of the Heavenly Emperor's son:
"—Dedicated to him..."

After uttering those last three words, the figure of the Ziwei Emperor completely disintegrated, shattering into tiny specks of starlight that evolved into runes and totems, hovering above the turbid divine source.

The already murky divine source became even dimmer and more murky after these starlight floated out.

"The Purple Star Control Technique".

Ye Chen only needed one glance to see that the endless starlight runes and totems, when gathered together, formed a divine secret manual called the "Purple Star Control Technique".

This book, "The Purple Star Control Technique," contains all the knowledge that the Purple Star Emperor acquired throughout his life, and contains various secret methods related to stars.

All the secrets of the stars are contained in this manual!

Before his death, the Ziwei Emperor offered up this divine technique, which allows Ye Chen to master all the Star Techniques without having to devour the turbid divine source.

Ye Chen watched quietly, lost in thought.

Along with the Ziwei Emperor, the image of the Heavenly Emperor's son also vanished.

Ye Chen remained silent for a while, then, based on his memory, he reconstructed the appearance of the Heavenly Emperor's son.

"Is it a coincidence? Why does this Heavenly Emperor's Son look so much like Senior Ren?"

Ye Chen was filled with emotion; he couldn't believe it was such a coincidence.

There may be some kind of connection between the Heavenly Emperor's Son and Ren Feifan!

Unfortunately, the Ziwei Emperor vanished too quickly, leaving many secrets that Ye Chen was unable to uncover.

What kind of taboo did the Ziwei Emperor glimpse back then?
Before the chaos was created, how many secrets were there that we didn't know about?
Ye Chen calmed down and silently sorted things out for himself.

First of all, the legendary Great Heavenly Emperor was the most powerful figure who was born before the creation of the world, in the chaotic era.

Legend has it that the Great Heavenly Emperor was just a hair's breadth away from successfully creating the world, but unfortunately, he ultimately failed.

Before his demise, he severed all his secrets, and very few people knew of his existence.

But recently, with the resurgence of chaos, his radiance has also revived somewhat, and the heavenly secrets that were once severed have also quietly revived.

Now, quite a few powerful individuals have already discovered the whereabouts of the Great Heavenly Emperor.

That powerful being is no less powerful than the Primordial Beginning and the Abyss!
"The Great Heavenly Emperor has a son, and this son of the Heavenly Emperor looks very similar to Senior Ren."

"That's strange..."

Ye Chen frowned, trying to glimpse the true face of the Great Heavenly Emperor, but no matter how hard he tried, he could only see a hazy golden light. Within the golden light was a majestic and imposing figure, whose face was completely hidden in the light and could not be seen.

"Ho...ho..."

Just as Ye Chen was pondering, he heard a heavy, labored breathing sound coming from the stone coffin beside him.

"Ok?"

Ye Chen immediately became alert, his gaze returning to the stone coffin, his eyes narrowing as he glimpsed some of the secrets of heaven.

The previous Emperor Ziwei was seriously injured and fled to the snow mountain. At that time, his consciousness was completely corrupted by chaos and lost. He climbed the mountain on instinct and crawled toward this stone coffin.

This stone coffin is from a "divine tomb," which represents burial and peaceful rest.

The dying Ziwei Emperor, desiring peace, desperately crawled here, moving even faster than Ye Chen.

"Why is there breathing coming from inside the stone coffin again?"

"Could it be that the corpse in the stone coffin is about to come back to life?"

Ye Chen gripped the Heavenly Emperor Divine Sword tightly, first returning the "Purple Star Control Technique" and the remaining divine source of the Purple Star Emperor to the Reincarnation Graveyard, and then carefully walking step by step toward the stone coffin.

He remembered that inside the stone coffin, besides the Ziwei Emperor, there was also a withered corpse!
He slowly approached and saw wisps of chaotic evil energy swirling around the snow-capped mountain, flowing slowly towards the stone coffin like a stream.

Ye Chen had already opened the stone coffin, and it was now absorbing the chaotic energy from the snow mountain. The sound of the airflow was whooshing, mixed with the heavy breathing coming from inside the coffin, which sounded quite eerie.

Ye Chen's heart clenched, and his throat tightened: "That withered corpse in the stone coffin...could it really have come back to life?"

He held his breath, tiptoed to the coffin, and peered out—to his astonishment, the mummified corpse, which had originally been nothing but skin and bones, had somehow grown some flesh and blood!
The withered body swelled up, and new flesh was filling the wrinkled body inch by inch, but the head remained shriveled and lifeless.

The sight was so eerie it sent chills down my spine.