Primordial Star Scripture

The martial artists from the Barbaric Wilderness Continent were seething with indignation after the Ninth Ancient Stele was snatched away.

The twenty or so martial artists sitting under the Ninth Ancient Stele, some were meditating with their eyes closed, others were looking mockingly at the group from the Barbaric Wilderness Continent, whispering to each other.

"The warriors from the Barbaric Wilderness Continent really overestimate themselves, daring to compete for the Ninth Ancient Stele."

"Hmph, don't they know that this stele and the Tenth Ancient Stele are the two most precious steles of the 'Five Elements Divine Temple'? Historically, only those warriors from powerful continents could comprehend underneath these steles, anyone else would definitely be driven away."

"In the past, these two steles were always occupied by martial artists from the Five Elements Continent or the Myriad Beasts Alliance. This time, for some unknown reason, neither of these two major forces sent any real powerhouses here. Therefore, naturally, it's our turn for continents like the Purple Dawn Continent and the Heavenly Vast Continent to occupy them!"

"The Heavenly Vast Continent has good relations with the Heavens Continent and has a subordinate continent, the Heaven's Pole Continent. Their martial artists are cultivating under the Tenth Ancient Stele. Our Purple Dawn Continent also has two subordinate continents, adding up to six late-stage Heavenly Saints coming this time from the Purple Dawn Continent alone. This time, the number one powerhouse from our Purple Dawn Continent, a top late-stage Heavenly Saint, 'Elder Minghua', has arrived at Five Elements Mountain. He is expected here in the next few days!"

"These barbarians from the Barbaric Wilderness Continent think they can compete with our Purple Dawn Continent just because they have a Skyscraper Palace Master watching over them? They really don't know their place."

"Heh, isn't that the truth? Look at them, still unconvinced, waiting for a strong contender from their continent to take their side. Hmph, even if the Skyscraper Palace Master of their continent comes personally, once he sees our 'Elder Minghua' from the Purple Dawn Continent, he'll have to be extremely courteous and respectful, take their side? They must be dreaming!"

"Unless the Palace Master Yuan Li from their Barbaric Wilderness Continent personally comes here, perhaps we might give Palace Master Yuan Li some face and allow them a few spots to cultivate here. But that Skyscraper Palace Master is simply not qualified."

In the rivalry and alliance of the thirty-three continents,

the disputes among the martial artists from the thirty-three continents are dictated by the strength of the peak powerhouses and the overall power of their continents!

The group of martial artists from the Purple Dawn Continent sitting under the Ninth Ancient Stele clearly did not take those martial artists from the Barbaric Wilderness Continent, a continent with weaker strength, seriously.

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The frustration of the martial artists from the Barbaric Wilderness Continent under the "Eighteen Ancient Steles" of the Five Elements Divine Temple and the cultivation and mockery of the Purple Dawn Continent martial artists under the Ninth Stele were all unknown to Ye Chen.

At this moment, he was still on his way to the Third Mountain of the "Five Elements Divine Temple."

After leaving the quintessential pools and void pits of the Five Great Heavenly Laws on the Second Mountain, Ye Chen flew for another seven days before he finally crossed the void chasm between the Second Mountain and the Third Mountain and reached the midst of Third Mountain.

"The Five Elements Mountain, with its five mountains, is really too massive; just traveling consumes so much time!"

"I only delayed half a day in that Forbidden Ancient Lands, plus over half a month observing the Five Great Heavenly Laws on the Second Mountain. Including the time it took to travel across the First and Second Mountains, I've already spent a month and three days here within the Five Elements Mountain!"

"There's only a total of three months for the adventure within the Five Elements Mountain."

Ye Chen stood at the foot of the enormous Third Mountain, lamenting how quickly time was being consumed within the Five Elements Mountain.

"Fortunately, I have finally reached the most important Third Mountain. The 'Five Elements Divine Temple' is the most crucial place for my cultivation on this trip to the Five Elements Mountain."

Ye Chen looked up at the towering Third Mountain, unable to see its peak, only gazing upon the mountain ranges rising like gigantic pillars before him.

Reaching the Third Mountain was often the furthest many martial artists would go exploring within the Five Elements Mountain.

The Fourth Mountain presented dangers far greater than that of the First, Second, and Third Mountains, and explorers rarely journeyed to it if not for the "Divine Heritage Cave" within it.

As for the Fifth Mountain, it was such a terrifying place that even the most supreme beings from the thirty-three continents could not explore it, and no one dared to step foot there.

Ye Chen never considered going to the Fifth Mountain.

Despite having received a "Treasure Cave Key" from Ao Lei, he was still hesitant about visiting the Divine Heritage Cave on the Fourth Mountain.

It would all depend on his cultivation progress within the Third Mountain.

With almost two months left, Ye Chen felt time was flying by swiftly, but he simply smiled lightly.

Almost two months should be enough for him to cultivate properly in the "Five Elements Divine Temple" at the Third Mountain.

"That 'Five Elements Divine Temple' is towards the northern side of the Third Mountain's waist. It will take about three days to reach there from the foothills, so I'd better hurry!"

Now at the verge of breaking through to the mid-stage of Rotating Pill, Ye Chen could hardly wait to see what the legendary place, where one could comprehend the five supreme Heavenly Laws, the "Five Elements Divine Temple," was like, and whether it would help him achieve a breakthrough!

After taking a good look at the vast Third Mountain from its base, Ye Chen sped off towards the direction of the "Five Elements Divine Temple."

Within the Third Mountain, the Five Elements Phantom Beasts were far more formidable than those on the First and Second Mountains.

There were many more late-stage Heavenly Saint level fantastical beasts present as well.

Of course, the pattern in which the Five Elements Phantom Beasts appear is unfathomable. Some people suddenly encounter many formidable Phantom Beasts and are directly killed by them, while others have better luck, encountering only weaker Phantom Beasts and are able to travel smoothly.

Ye Chen's luck, whether it ran out in the Forbidden Ancient Lands or not, was certainly bad.

On his way to the "Five Elements Divine Temple," he encountered five groups of powerful late-stage Heavenly Saint Phantom Beasts on the first day.

Fortunately, Ye Chen had nine great Ice-Sealed Guards with him, and he also obtained a sacred-grade, top-quality secret painting treasure "He Lingerie Chart" from a fallen late-stage Heavenly Saint powerhouse in the Forbidden Ancient Lands, which eventually enabled Ye Chen to get through the deadly encirclement of those late-stage Heavenly Saint Phantom Beast groups with more shocks than dangers.

After encountering the five groups of powerful late-stage Heavenly Saint Phantom Beasts on the first day, Ye Chen had a smooth journey for the first half of the second day. However, in the afternoon, when Ye Chen flew into a mountain valley, he frowned again.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Because Ye Chen directly sensed that he had not detected any anomaly in this mountain valley before, but upon flying in, he suddenly found a mysterious black-robed late-stage Heavenly Saint figure fighting fiercely with ten late-stage Heavenly Saint level Phantom Beasts!

This black-robed late-stage Heavenly Saint being was also extraordinarily powerful, managing to hold his own against ten late-stage Heavenly Saint level Phantom Beasts.

Ye Chen could clearly feel that among the ten late-stage Heavenly Saint level Phantom Beasts, three had combat power not inferior to Bing Shisan! One of them, a Fire Lion Fantastical Beast, was almost at the same level of combat power as Bing Shier!

The late-stage Heavenly Saint who was battling the ten Phantom Beasts, from the investigation of the nine Ice-Sealed Guards and Ye Chen's own observation, was probably even more powerful than Palace Master Yuan Li.

He was just slightly weaker than the first among the nine Ice-Sealed Guards who were with Ye Chen, Bing Shiyi.

This person could absolutely be called a peak late-stage Heavenly Saint powerhouse, probably one of the strongest beings in one of the Thirty-Three Continents.

However, Ye Chen didn't recognize this person.

Ye Chen only saw that even though this black-robed late-stage Heavenly Saint was likely one of the strongest beings of a continent, under the siege of ten late-stage Heavenly Saint level Phantom Beasts, especially under the attack of the three top Phantom Beasts, he was clearly at a disadvantage. If not for his tremendous strength, he would have fallen amidst this Phantom Beast onslaught much earlier.

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Even though he was still holding on, it was doubtful that he could last much longer.

When Ye Chen inadvertently flew into this peculiar mountain valley and stumbled upon this great battle, the late-stage Heavenly Saint in the black robes, already in deep frustration, exclaimed,

"I've been to the Third Mountain five times, and I've never been so unlucky as to encounter a siege by ten high-level Phantom Beasts!"

"If I knew this would happen, I wouldn't have taken this shortcut. Now I'm in big trouble. Under the combined attack of these ten Phantom Beasts, even I find it hard to resist!"

"To think, 'Minghua,' rampaging across the Thirty-Three Continents, would I perish here?!"

Fighting against the ten Phantom Beasts and feeling increasingly overwhelmed, the black-robed Heavenly Saint already considered escaping. But the ten Phantom Beasts didn't give him any chance to flee and kept him tightly surrounded.

The ten Phantom Beasts coordinated flawlessly. Without killing the leading Fire Lion Fantastical Beast, escaping was impossible.

The more he fought, the more he felt dismayed. Just as he was about to give up upon not being able to hold on any longer, he suddenly sensed someone else had broken into the mountain valley.

The black-robed Heavenly Saint's heart surged with joy.

If a powerful helper arrived, he might be able to escape this deathly predicament!

When the black-robed Heavenly Saint sent out a wisp of divine consciousness to check who had entered the valley and saw Ye Chen, his heart plummeted.

The newcomer was actually a young boy at the early stage of Rotating Pill!

"It seems that the heavens want to abandon me. It's my extreme misfortune to be besieged by these ten Phantom Beasts. Someone finally comes by as I did, only to be a Rotating Pill!"

"Pity that I am about to die. There seems to be no chance of survival this time. This is the way of the martial arts world. Even though I rampaged across the Thirty-Three Continents, I'm about to fall here!"

The black-robed elder's heart completely sank in that instant, and he was filled with good intentions as he approached death.

"This Rotating Pill is also unlucky. Alas, I'll try to fight. If I can't escape, let's not let him die here, too!"

The black-robed elder, while fighting the Phantom Beast group, shouted to Ye Chen who had just entered the valley, "Run! If you don't run now, it will be too late!"

Because he was distracted to observe the newcomer, the black-robed Heavenly Saint, under the assault of the ten Phantom Beasts, was even more forced to keep retreating, completely at a disadvantage despite making a last stand.

The moment he shouted, he was about to be driven into a corner. If driven to a dead end, the black-robed Heavenly Saint, who was already at an absolute disadvantage, would definitely die without a doubt!

Just as the black-robed Heavenly Saint was about to sigh in despair and almost ready to give up resisting, suddenly, two flashes of light appeared by his side!

The two flashes of light instantly killed the three most powerful Phantom Beasts among the ten!

When the black-robed Heavenly Saint looked towards the two flashes of light, he was astonished to discover that the one who struck down the strongest Fire Lion Fantastical Beast was the very same early-stage Rotating Pill young boy he was warning to escape!