Chapter 1645 - 1610: Ancient Continent, Hengguang Empire

Yang Xiao walked out of the Purgatory Dungeon with Xiao Qingliu.

Xiao Qingliu asked:

"Yang Xiao, the energy impact from that ice worm just now was exceptionally powerful, even someone like Elder Peng, who is at the Peak Emperor Level, found it hard to resist. How were you able to withstand it?"

Why was Yang Xiao able to venture boldly into the Ice Lake Tunnel to capture such a large ice worm?

Because Yang Xiao wore the Golden Armor War God Armor.

The Golden Armor War God Armor requires someone at the Emperor Level Advanced Realm to activate the armor's super defense. After Yang Xiao broke through to the Emperor Level Advanced Realm, he put on the Golden Armor War God Armor and indeed gained super defense.

The massive impact from the explosion of that giant ice worm was truly exceptionally powerful, and even wearing the Golden Armor War God Armor, Yang Xiao was left dizzy and blurred. If it weren't for the Golden Armor War God Armor, Yang Xiao would definitely have been blown away or killed on the spot.

Yang Xiao smiled and briefly told Xiao Qingliu about the Golden Armor War God.

Xiao Qingliu exclaimed with surprise:

"I never imagined you'd have such an amazing encounter after going out. It's truly enviable."

"Don't envy me. When you break through to the Emperor Level Advanced Realm, I'll give you the Golden Armor War God Armor."

Xiao Qingliu felt a wave of sweetness inside, holding Yang Xiao's arm, and softly said:

"You better keep it for yourself, so I won't worry about you getting into trouble or encountering danger outside. I don't really need it anyway. Besides, you've given me the Spirit Transformation Pearl to use, and I'm already very satisfied. I can't help you much, and I can't take all the good things for myself.

As long as you're truly good to me, I'm satisfied."

After saying the last sentence, Xiao Qingliu's cheeks flushed with a hint of red.

After all, she was a girl, and even genuine expressions of affection made her a bit shy.

Yang Xiao felt a wave of sweetness inside after hearing Xiao Qingliu's words, holding on to Xiao Qingliu's slender waist as they walked forward.

...

Yang Xiao, Xiao Qingliu, and Xiao Bai gathered at Vice Dean Le's thatched hut to discuss matters related to the Ancient Continent.

Yang Xiao took out the jade pendant that Dean Jing Shan had given him a year ago. It had four characters - "Spider Cave" - written on it.

"Xiao Bai, since you've come from the Ancient Continent and are more familiar with its situation, this Spider Cave, do you know its exact location?"

Xiao Bai shook his head and replied:

"The Ancient Continent is vast, with a complex geographical environment and high-level Demon Beasts. It's common to encounter Demon Beasts at the Emperor Level Realm, and occasionally even Saint Level Supreme Lord Demon Beasts, which are extremely dangerous,

so if you plan to go, you must first be mentally prepared. Never assume you can sweep through the Ancient Continent; ensuring your own safety in face of danger is paramount before taking any action.

Moreover, while there are many treasures on the Ancient Continent, high-level treasures often have corresponding Demon Beast guardians. Even if you've discovered the treasure's location, don't be too greedy, and if something seems off, you must decisively abandon and escape.

I've witnessed far too many humans on the Ancient Continent who ended up being slain by Demon Beasts due to their greed for treasures - countless."

Xiao Qingliu suddenly suggested:

"Since Shendu College has a tradition of exploring the Ancient Continent, I believe, over the thousands of years, there must have been exchanges among those who've entered the Ancient Continent. There would certainly be maps and guidebooks about the Ancient Continent, why not search for such materials in the Shendu Library?"

Yang Xiao nodded upon hearing this and said:

"That's right. Let's go to the library and see what we can find."

The three of them went to the library and searched for books related to the Ancient Continent. After a day of collecting, they managed to gather a dozen or so books introducing the history of the Ancient Continent.

Together, they sat down and read through these books one by one.

From these introductory books on the history of the Ancient Continent, Yang Xiao learned some details.

Thousands of years ago, the Ancient Continent was the origin of the Dwarf Star's Genetic Evolution Civilization. On the Ancient Continent, there was a powerful human empire known as the Hengguang Empire.

The King of the Hengguang Empire was an Extraordinary Expert at the Saint Level Supreme Peak, just one step away from the Divinity Transformation Realm.

Pursuing immortality and becoming a god, this Emperor's genetic evolution path turned evil.

The crystal core energy of Demon Beasts was no longer sufficient to satisfy the Emperor's needs, so he devised an evil method that involved cultivating a technique to devour human cultivators, absorbing their evolution energy to enhance the Genetic Evolution Space.

In the beginning, the Emperor secretly devoured human evolvers, not daring to expose his evil actions.

However, there's no wall that doesn't leak, and eventually, one day, when the Emperor devoured an Emperor Level evolver, he was discovered.

Thus, the Emperor's subjects and the populace began to resist his rule.

Enraged, the Emperor commenced mass killings, devouring tens of thousands of human evolvers.

To oppose the Emperor's brutal evil, several Hengguang Empire Elders united, organizing a group of transcendent genetic evolvers to wage a grand battle against the Emperor.

This grand battle raged for seven days and seven nights, the entire Imperial Capital was awash with blood, and over a million ordinary civilians perished amid the destruction wrought by both sides.

In the end, both sides suffered greatly.

And just when neither side had the strength to continue fighting, intelligent and spiritually aware Demon Beasts within the Hengguang Empire united, invaded the Imperial Capital, and killed all the combatants.

Following this, the Demon Beasts began their slaughter of the Hengguang Empire's populace in revenge for their years of conquest and killing of Demon Beasts.

Soon, the entire Hengguang Empire fell under the control of the Demon Beasts.

The remaining populace began to flee in droves.

Wherever the people fled, the Demon Beasts pursued them relentlessly.

To prevent the Dwarf Star Continent from falling under the control of Demon Beasts, several masters of the Hengguang Empire teamed up to activate a Defense Barrier originally established to protect the Hengguang Empire, destroying its shutdown mechanism, thus ensuring the Hengguang Empire would forever remain within the Defense Barrier's coverage, preventing these terrifying Demon Beasts from escaping the Hengguang Empire and wreaking havoc upon the entire Dwarf Star Continent.

The disaster that befell the Hengguang Empire abruptly severed the greatest Genetic Evolution Empire on the Dwarf Star, isolating it from the world, bringing significant trouble to the other countries on the Dwarf Star Continent,

for many of their prior genetic evolution cultivation relied on the Hengguang Empire, which was now sealed off, leaving everyone unable to find superior cultivation skills.

Over thousands of years, other nations on the Dwarf Star developed significantly in genetic evolution.

Yet, they all remained nostalgic for the Hengguang Empire.

To acquire the valuable Genetic Evolution Methods of the Hengguang Empire, several empires on the Dwarf Star dispatched experts, banding together, discovering a flaw in the barrier, and entered the sealed Hengguang Empire.

By this time, the Hengguang Empire was already a ruin, with the entire continent dominated by powerful Demon Beasts, and humanity had been completely wiped out.

To facilitate future exploration of the Hengguang Empire, the leaders of the Dwarf Star decided to construct a Transmission Array between the two places.

Once the Transmission Array was completed, everyone needed to use special encrypted credentials to enter it, while the Demon Beasts, lacking such special credentials, naturally couldn't open the Transmission Array.

After understanding these matters related to the Ancient Continent, Yang Xiao sighed deeply.

"Why do humans yearn for immortality? The desire for immortality is akin to a bottomless abyss, devouring human rationality. In devouring others, it will eventually devour oneself."

"Have you two made any discoveries?"

"I have a map of the Ancient Continent here, but don't know if it's genuine.

Xiao Qingliu said excitedly.