The Ruin

“Yes, sir!” The two guards didn’t dare to delay, immediately leading the way and flying towards the distant lake. “How did you two discover the ruin?” As he flew alongside the two guards, the foxy young man asked via telepathy, a hint of doubt in his voice. The Ruin. The Ancient God Ruins, billions of years ago, was where the most powerful group of Undying Beings on Xueluo Continent, all the great existences, joined forces to resist the invasion of extraterrestrial races... That battle was a river of blood, turning an area spanning hundreds of billions of kilometers into complete desolation. Even after billions of years, this ruin still teemed with endless malevolent energy, a testament to the sheer brutality of that war! Every Undying Being could establish their own God Kingdom, naturally possessing vast treasures. After that war... The Undying Temple once had a period of frantic ruin-hunting, sweeping through the entire Ancient God Ruins like a dragnet, collecting a vast number of treasures from various ruins! However... although the Undying Temple dispatched specialized Undying Beings to collect treasures, the Ancient God Ruins was simply too vast! Secondly, the land was too deep! The Xueluo Continent’s surface diameter was approximately 9 trillion kilometers, while its soil depth reached nearly a hundred billion kilometers. To thoroughly sift through and search such a deep layer of soil... Even a group of Undying Beings would miss something! Yet, over billions of years, new ruins were rarely discovered. After all, for countless ages, ninety-nine percent of the ruins had been unearthed, leaving only a few extremely elusive ones. ... The three plunged directly into the lake, continuously descending towards the bottom. This vast lake was tens of thousands of kilometers deep, incredibly profound. “My Lord, discovering that ruin was also our luck.” “Indeed, it was luck.” As the foxy young man descended into the lake, he transmitted, “Explain in detail.” “We were preparing to hunt some aquatic wild beasts at the bottom of the lake for some roasted meat, but who would have thought... while we were there, we suddenly felt the soil layer beneath the lakebed violently shake, causing the seabed to crack open into a canyon. Some ancient, decaying weapons even appeared. We didn’t dare to hesitate, so we immediately came to report.” “The moment we discovered it, we immediately came to inform My Lord.” Both of them said in succession. A smile appeared on the foxy young man’s face as he listened. He was a Sector Lord specially cultivated by the Undying Temple, naturally possessing far greater knowledge. He understood immediately... “It must be that a storage device for a world, established by an Undying Being or a Sector Lord, has ruptured, causing a world to be exposed and forcing the lakebed’s soil layer to crack open,” the foxy young man mused. He knew that once cultivation reached the Sector Lord level, one could use the power of a world to construct a personal world, or even a ‘world within a world’. And such a world could be shrunk to fit inside a villa. It could even be shrunk to fit inside a specially crafted grain of sand. How small it could shrink depended on the precious materials used! Some precious materials, perhaps no bigger than a sesame seed, could house an entire world. While the materials for creating ‘space rings’ might be cheap, carving out space was extremely difficult and troublesome. Therefore, many wealthy Sector Lords, and even Undying Beings, would rather spend a fortune to acquire rare materials to store a personal world as their storage space! After all, a personal world could be stored in a grain of sand and carried anywhere. However... A God Kingdom was different; it was far vaster and more troublesome. “It must be an Undying Being!” “Sector Lords all possess an inner world. They can directly place items within their inner world. Only Undying Beings! Undying Beings no longer have inner worlds, only God Kingdoms. Storing items within a God Kingdom is very cumbersome for retrieval and placement. Therefore, carrying a personal world... which offers ample space and storage, is incredibly convenient,” the foxy young man mused. “However, even the most precious materials used to store a personal world cannot last forever without decaying. After billions of years... it finally decayed and broke, causing that personal world to directly appear, and the land it displaced cracked open. That’s how these two fellows discovered it, haha, my luck is truly excellent.” The foxy young man excitedly arrived at the bottom of the lake. In the deep, dark lakebed, he unleashed his world power. “Indeed!” “It truly is a personal world.” The foxy young man extended his world power deep into the soil layer beneath the lakebed. After a brief investigation, he was instantly ecstatic. *Whoosh!* The foxy young man immediately burrowed into the soil layer, beginning his journey of collecting treasures from the ruin. ... Half a day later, inside the palace on the lake island. The foxy young man stood before the railing, gazing into the distance, utterly pleased. “I never thought I, Ku Yan, would also obtain a ruin’s treasure. Hmm, from my current investigation, it appears to be a storage world carried by an Undying Being. Although the treasures within aren’t as numerous as I imagined, they still amount to hundreds, nearly a thousand times my current wealth.” He was rich! The legends were true; discovering a ruin was this exhilarating! As a Sector Lord, he already possessed considerable wealth. But now, his fortune had instantly multiplied by nearly a thousandfold. “However, I can handle other weapons and materials. But this Jade Gold Statue is truly useless to me.” The foxy young man flipped his hand, and a statue about 30 centimeters tall immediately appeared. It was carved entirely from a translucent golden material, and just looking at it, one could faintly feel a heart-palpitating aura. The statue depicted a beast, resembling a giant lizard with a long tail, stout hooves, and a single horn on its forehead! A fierce aura emanated from this mysterious ancient sculpture. “The Jade Gold Statue, this must be the legendary Beast God Statue. I heard there are 18 Beast God Statues in total,” the foxy young man shook his head. “However, this Beast God Statue only has commemorative value; it serves no other purpose.” Beast God Statue. An item worshipped by the Undying Temple, there were 18 in total. However, that terrifying peak battle long ago caused most of the Beast God Statues to be lost, and three of them remain unfound to this day. “Though it’s useless to me, offering it to the Temple would be a great merit, and I could receive substantial rewards,” the foxy young man smiled faintly. He then sent a message to the Undying Temple via his communicator... The message was simple. It stated that he, Ku Yan, had accidentally obtained a Beast God Statue and wished to offer it to the Temple. ... Communications traveled at light speed, reaching the Undying Temple in about a day and a half. Within the Undying Temple... although this Beast God Statue was merely an item of worship with no significant practical use, its symbolic meaning was extraordinary. Therefore, the Undying Temple immediately ordered the nearest special envoy team to retrieve the Beast God Statue and instructed Sector Lord ‘Ku Yan’ to come to the Temple to receive his reward. ... A special envoy team led by Yu Ke, aboard their deep purple spaceship, arrived above the lake island. “Ku Yan.” Yu Ke, clad in white robes, slowly descended from high above, followed by two special envoys. “Haha, Yu Ke.” The foxy young man flew out from the lake island, laughing as he went to greet him. “What a coincidence.” “I am under divine orders to deliver the Xueluo Medal to Lord Ba Qi,” the white-robed Yu Ke said. “Currently, there are only two special envoy teams stationed in the Ancient God Ruins, and I happen not to be too far from you, so I was ordered to make a detour to collect the Beast God Statue.” “Lord Ba Qi?” The foxy young man exclaimed in surprise, “You’re going to Lord Ba Qi? I heard Lord Ba Qi has been cultivating in seclusion amidst the malevolent energy for a long time and has already fused with the eighth Xueluo Crystal.” “Yes,” the white-robed Yu Ke nodded. “Let’s go. I’ll join you this time and take the opportunity to meet Lord Ba Qi. I’ve long heard of Lord Ba Qi’s name but have never had the chance to meet him,” the foxy young man said eagerly. Compared to Ba Qi... he was significantly inferior in both age and status. Firstly, the foxy young man was merely a Third-tier Sector Lord. As for Ba Qi, he had been at the peak of the Sector Lord level a very long time ago. And he was the number one genius of the past billion years! Moreover, if he wished, he could break through to become an Undying Being in a short period! In terms of status, Ba Qi was in no way inferior to an Undying Being... otherwise, he wouldn’t have two Sector Lords in his guard squad alone, and even a formidable wild beast, Qi Niu, as a sworn brother. “Let’s go,” the white-robed Yu Ke nodded. Immediately, the group flew into the deep purple spaceship in the sky, and the vessel then sped off at an astonishing pace directly towards the giant pit. ... Time flowed on. Luo Feng waited silently in the Giant Pit Mansion. “Blood God Ba Qi told me it would be six to ten days. In Earth time, that’s at most two months. But now, two months have passed.” Luo Feng, clad in the standard Blood God Guard attire—bronze combat armor—sat cross-legged on a stone bed, a hint of anxiety in his heart. His current presence here wasn’t very effective. But if he returned, he could still encounter many opportunities. Compared to the vast cosmos, Xueluo Continent was ultimately too small. *Boom!* The very air vibrated, and a surge of power directly reached Luo Feng. “Ninety-seven!” A powerful voice echoed directly through the Giant Pit Mansion, causing Luo Feng to immediately get off the stone bed and respectfully say, “My Lord.” The Giant Pit Mansion was tens of thousands of kilometers from the palace at the bottom of the pit. A Sector Lord’s naturally emitted world power couldn’t spread that far, so it had to be deliberately channeled in one direction to reach. Under Blood God Ba Qi’s control, his world power even made the air vibrate. “Come to me,” the powerful voice commanded. “Yes, sir,” Luo Feng respectfully replied, secretly delighted. It seemed it was time to receive the Xueluo Medal. *Whoosh!* Luo Feng transformed into a streak of green light, flying out along the cave passage, then diving down towards the bottom of the endless abyss. In moments, he had reached the very depths of the abyss. ... Palace, Fifth Floor. Luo Feng arrived at the fifth floor of the palace and immediately saw Ba Qi, clad in blood-red robes, seated on the throne, and beside him, the towering wild beast Qi Niu. “Greetings, My Lord, Lord Qi Niu,” Luo Feng knelt on one knee. “Rise.” Blood God Ba Qi smiled faintly. “Wait a moment; the special envoy from the Blood God Palace will arrive soon. He’s bringing the Xueluo Medal, and... this time, you’re very lucky.” “Very lucky?” A hint of doubt appeared on Luo Feng’s face. Blood God Ba Qi chuckled, “Haha, because this time the special envoy is bringing another Sector Lord, ‘Ku Yan.’ That Ku Yan stumbled upon great fortune and obtained an ancient treasure from the Undying Temple... a Beast God Statue! The ‘Beast God’ depicted in the Beast God Statue is a legendary existence. Since they’re coming, I’ll let you witness this Beast God Statue for yourself.” “Oh? A Beast God Statue?” Luo Feng felt a flicker of doubt in his heart, but outwardly, he boomed, “Thank you, My Lord!”