Serpent Ancestor

Not long after, Xu Hei and the others collected the wooden boxes and exchanged the information within.

”Wait!”

Suddenly, Hai Teng looked back and said seriously, ”We... seem to be trapped here.”

Xu Hei quickly turned to look.

Behind them was nothing but endless darkness, like a deep universe, with no trace of the path they had come from.

”No way back?”

Xu Hei took a couple of steps back and threw a punch, but it felt like hitting a void, not causing the slightest ripple.

The space around them became extremely unstable, constantly shaking.

In front and behind, numerous spatial rifts appeared, sometimes near, sometimes far, sometimes large, sometimes small, drifting around the three of them without any pattern.

”We really are trapped here!” Xu Hei’s face darkened slightly.Since the Thousand-Eyed King could leave, there must be a way. But he was at the Void Shattering Stage, and it was just a primordial spirit, so it was naturally easier for him to get out.

”Look over there!”

Suddenly, Han Te pointed to a spatial rift.

Xu Hei focused his gaze and saw wisps of black gas drifting out from the rift, spreading rapidly in all directions.

Han Te hurriedly took out a coat and wrapped himself in it, enlarging the iron pot on his back several times to cover himself.

”Seal your body quickly, don’t come into contact with that black gas!” Han Te shouted.

Without a word, Hai Teng stirred up waves of seawater, creating whirlpool storms that repelled everything outside.

Xu Hei took out the Demon God Cauldron and climbed inside.

”What is this...”

When Xu Hei’s divine sense touched the black gas, he immediately felt a piercing pain that reached his soul, startling him into withdrawing his divine sense.

In just that moment, a portion of his primordial spirit was annihilated.

”This gas can destroy primordial spirits!” Xu Hei was shocked.

It reminded him of the divine sense formation of Guanghan Palace.

But the power of this black gas was many times greater, completely on a different level!

So, the cultivators who died here were all killed by having their primordial spirits destroyed?

That explained why the Thousand-Eyed King could leave alive, as he happened to be a Void Shattering Stage primordial spirit and could withstand it!

As time passed.

The number of spatial rifts increased, and a large amount of black gas spread out, covering the space.

The three of them relied on their own abilities to protect their primordial spirits and remained unharmed.

But in such a situation, all they could do was protect themselves. Trying to figure out the situation here and find a way to escape was nothing but a pipe dream.

Xu Hei suddenly thought of the Star-Seeking Beast.

He released the Star-Seeking Beast from the Demon God Cauldron to explore the outside world, then quickly brought it back.

Through the Star-Seeking Beast’s vision, Xu Hei discovered that the distant spatial rifts were converging, forming a massive spatial rift!

”What is this?”

Xu Hei was greatly shaken.

Every once in a while, he released the Star-Seeking Beast to observe the outside world.

The massive spatial rift was slowly expanding, absorbing all the smaller rifts around it, growing larger and larger.

This scene seemed familiar to Xu Hei, but he couldn’t recall where he had seen it before.

”The Leaf King once said that only after ten years can one leave.”

”Could it be that we have to wait for this giant rift to form a spatial passage?”

Xu Hei pondered.

This speculation seemed reasonable, but the black gas was so strange, and who knew what kind of place lay on the other side of the space, spewing out such terrifying things.

Xu Hei observed the conditions of Hai Teng and Han Te; both had magical treasures to protect their primordial spirits and were unharmed.

Hai Teng had somehow produced three dragon-shaped pillars, placing them in a triangular formation that completely isolated the black gas, which impressed Xu Hei.

”Let’s wait patiently. It’s a good opportunity to comprehend the Nine Extremes Return to Origin and some Divine Abilities that I might use as references,” Xu Hei thought to himself.

...

Time flew by.

Three years passed in waiting.

In three years, the black gas had completely covered the area, and any divine sense that spread out would be immediately annihilated.

Fortunately, the black gas had no corrosive effect on their magical treasures, only attacking primordial spirits.

This allowed the three of them to hold on until now.

”I have thoroughly comprehended the Nine Extremes Return to Origin and opened nine apertures, each located at one end of the nine dragon veins.”

”My Spirit Stone reserves are sufficient. If given time to retreat, I might attempt to use this secret technique to break through!”

Xu Hei was excited.

In these three years, he not only comprehended the Nine Extremes Return to Origin but also cultivated nine apertures according to the recorded method.

Next, he just needed to infuse Spiritual Qi to cultivate the nine apertures into nine crystals, merging them into one to succeed.

Based on Xu Hei’s experience, this method was definitely feasible, at least worth a try.

”However, my current Spirit Stone reserves are only enough for one attempt. If I fail, it will all be for nothing,” Xu Hei thought.

As usual, he released the Star-Seeking Beast to explore the outside world and then brought it back.

This time, when Xu Hei saw the Star-Seeking Beast’s vision, he was stunned.

”This is...”

Xu Hei stared at the spatial rift revealed in the vision, dumbfounded.

In the distant sky was a massive rift tearing through the heavens, with a void at its center. Visible whirlpools spread out, forming a vortex-like spatial passage.

The spatial passage led to an unknown end on the other side.

This was undoubtedly the way to leave Dark Star, and it had already formed!

But why did this spatial passage look so familiar? Xu Hei couldn’t believe it and released the Star-Seeking Beast again for another exploration, finally confirming it.

His eyes were filled with shock.

”So this is... the entrance to the Outer Battlefield!”

Xu Hei connected all the clues in his mind and suddenly realized.

Among the other six cultivation stars, each had an entrance to the Outer Battlefield!

Why wouldn’t Dark Star have one?

Dark Star had extremely strong gravity, and as the most unique one, Xu Hei had automatically ignored the Outer Battlefield, not expecting it to be no exception.

Xu Hei nodded heavily.

”So that’s it, the Outer Battlefield opens once every ten years, which matches the Leaf King’s legend of ten years.”

”Just wait ten years, and you’ll definitely catch the opening time of the Outer Battlefield.”

Xu Hei was thrilled.

Once inside the Outer Battlefield, he could use its special properties to travel to other cultivation stars, which was the perfect plan to leave!

However, the Outer Battlefield had rules; those above the Divine Transformation Stage were prohibited from entering and would be repelled by space.

But this wouldn’t be a problem for Xu Hei. As long as he deceived the heavens and crossed the sea, sealing his cultivation at the Elemental Infant stage, he could enter smoothly, just as Night Owl had done.