Primordial Star Scripture

The dazzling golden beams that pierced through the void were none other than Ye Chen's newly cultivated Golden Light Divine Slash, one of the five great Divine Arts now within his grasp, polyethnic to the gold-attribute Divine Art.

Having refined a portion of the supreme Divine Fruit, the "Virtual Gold Holy Spirit Fruit," Ye Chen's gold-attribute Divine Art had reached about ten percent of its full potential.

Additionally, the gold-attribute Divine Art was always renowned for its powerful and sharp attacks.

Now facing the formidable defense of the "Purple Mist True Garment," Ye Chen certainly wanted to test just how effective his newly cultivated gold-attribute Divine Art was.

Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!

As Ye Chen activated the gold-attribute Divine Art, "Golden Light Divine Slash," the striking golden arcs emitted a terrifying sound that slashed through the void, instantly reaching Ao Lei's vicinity.

As a result, the golden arcs were once again blocked by the purple garment's radiance.

"Not only has it blocked the fire-attribute Divine Art, but it can also withstand the gold-attribute Divine Art."

"Even the gold-attribute Divine Art that hasn't been fully mastered is unable to breach this defensive garment."

While the Golden Light Divine Slash was unable to penetrate Ao Lei's defenses, Ye Chen was not disappointed; rather, he felt an unexpected surge of excitement.

Ao Lei had already become unable to escape. If the purple garment's radiance was sufficiently strong, then Ye Chen harbored the intention to seize this defensive artifact and refine it thoroughly for his own use.

However...

Before that, he still had to test whether this defensive garment was worth refining!

With a flip of his palm, the golden arcs of the gold-attribute Divine Art vanished from Ye Chen's hand. In the next moment, he abruptly unleashed the wood-attribute Divine Art, "Wood Emperor Stacking Skill."

In the time that followed, Ye Chen seemed to be experimenting, deploying various techniques.

He utilized not only the fire, gold, and wood-attribute Divine Arts, but also the water and earth-attribute Divine Arts that followed; he even employed the Great Five Elements Sword Light and other sword technique Divine Arts.

Moreover, Ye Chen even brought out the combined force of several Divine Arts, trying to breach the purple radiance surrounding Ao Lei's garment.

As Ye Chen tested his techniques, Ao Lei, who was continuously under attack, was going utterly mad.

Humiliation.

This was a humiliation that Ao Lei had never experienced before!

Although Ao Lei's Divine Artifact Garment, the "Purple Mist True Garment," could withstand all sorts of attacks from Ye Chen, there was not a trace of joy in Ao Lei.

Of course, he couldn't feel happy.

Ao Lei felt as though he was nothing but a target, unable to escape, forced to endure Ye Chen's relentless attacks, his constant experimentation.

This feeling was no different from being toyed with!

Ao Lei even momentarily hoped that Ye Chen would soon break through the defenses of the "Purple Mist True Garment" and kill him.

If this continued, he felt he might die of rage before even being killed.

Ye Chen, however, did not care much about Ao Lei's thoughts.

The more he tested, the more astonished Ye Chen became.

He had not expected the purple radiance of Ao Lei's garment to possess such an incredible degree of defense, so much so that nearly all of his techniques had been deployed, yet none could breach the garment's defenses.

"It's possible that this purple garment is not just an exceptional artifact but indeed a defensive Divine Artifact!"

Considering that the purple radiance garment might be a Divine Artifact, Ye Chen's heart began to pound wildly.

"This Ao Lei, possessing such formidable defensive clothing, why doesn't he have an attack magical treasure? If he were to possess an equally powerful attack treasure, it would be quite a challenge to take him down."

Ye Chen's thoughts raced.

After employing the last of his techniques to no avail, relying on True Qi techniques and Martial Divine Arts that could not affect the defensive garment, Ye Chen contemplated, "It seems I must use Divine Soul techniques to deal with Ao Lei."

"If I can't break his defenses, I could instead kill Ao Lei's Divine Soul from the inside. Once the garment becomes masterless, perhaps then it could be seized."

With this idea in mind, Ye Chen immediately communicated with the nine ice-sealed guardians.

Consequently, all nine guardians nodded, asserting the viability of his plan.

Bing Shiyi even volunteered eagerly, offering to take action on Ye Chen's behalf if his Divine Soul techniques proved ineffective against Ao Lei, willing to kill Ao Lei himself.

Even if Ao Lei owned a Divine Artifact-level Defensive Garment, Bing Shiyi claimed to have methods to bypass such defenses and kill Ao Lei directly.

However, now was not the time for Bing Shiyi to intervene.

Ye Chen flew directly above Ao Lei, who was entangled by the black fire dragon formed by the fire-attributed Divine Art "Heaven-Devouring True Fire," and reached towards the empty space above Ao Lei's head with his hand, as an immense force of Divine Soul surged violently towards Ao Lei.

Although the continuous thrashings had already made Ao Lei contemplate death, when Ye Chen actually came to kill him, he screamed in terror, "Ye Chen, what do you want to do, if you really kill me, my father will never let you go!"

Ye Chen completely ignored Ao Lei's screams!

This Ao Lei had first tried to kill him and even when he deliberately changed his flight direction, Ao Lei had followed him with four Heavenly Saints. Ye Chen would certainly not let such a person go!

As the immense force of Divine Soul surged towards Ao Lei, Ye Chen discovered that his Divine Soul's power had actually penetrated through the defense of the purple vestment's light shadow and directly into Ao Lei's mind.

"This Defensive Garment can block True Qi Techniques, but not Divine Soul Techniques!"

"Divine Soul Techniques can indeed bypass the garment's defenses and directly use Divine Soul to kill Ao Lei!"

As the immense power of Divine Soul penetrated Ao Lei's mind, Ye Chen immediately activated the Soul Searching Secret Skills, simultaneously searching Ao Lei's Divine Soul for memories and using the Soul Searching Secret Skills to strangle Ao Lei's Divine Soul.

This Soul Searching Secret Technique was a major killing move Ye Chen obtained from the Forbidden Divine Tome, a Divine Soul cultivation scripture from Heavenly Saint Moya.

Previously, it was with this Divine Soul Secret Technique that Ye Chen had found the mastermind behind Heavenly Saint Feng Lun's attempt on his life, hidden within Feng Lun's memories—Yin Qianjue.

Now, Ye Chen intended to use this Soul Searching Secret Technique to kill Ao Lei and, incidentally, to investigate this matter of the purple vestment's light shadow.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Ye Chen's Soul Searching Secret Technique was a saint-level Divine Soul technique. Ao Lei, who was in the late stage of spinning pill realm, could not defend against it at all. In just a moment, Ao Lei's entire Divine Soul was completely destroyed.

Although his physical body still existed, with his Divine Soul eradicated, Ao Lei was completely dead!

After destroying Ao Lei's Divine Soul and searching his memories, Ye Chen turned to the faint purple glow of Ao Lei's garment, his eyes suddenly widened: "This garment turned out to be a lower-quality Divine Artifact called 'Purple Mist True Garment,' obtained by the Myriad Beasts Alliance from the 'Divine Heritage Cave'!"

"Furthermore, the defense of this 'Purple Mist True Garment' plays a significant role in breaking through the crises of 'Divine Heritage Treasures' and entering the Divine Heritage Cave. No wonder Ao Lei was so eager to snatch the 'Treasure Cave Key.' He planned to use this Divine Artifact Garment to safely enter the cave!"

Ye Chen had not expected to uncover such a great secret from Ao Lei's memories.

Previously, at the final auction in the Sand Sea Palace, the last treasure, the key which grants access to the most mysterious and valuable 'Divine Heritage Cave' in the Five Elements Mountain, "Treasure Cave Key," had incited a frenzy among many attendees.

Back then, since there was only a ten percent chance of surviving the entrance to the Divine Heritage Cave, Ye Chen chose not to contend for the "Treasure Cave Key."

Ultimately, the "Treasure Cave Key" fell into Ao Lei's hands.

At the time, Ye Chen wondered why Ao Lei, who was rather prestigious, would take such a big risk to enter the "Divine Heritage Cave" with the "Treasure Cave Key."

Now, Ye Chen finally understood, Ao Lei did have a Divine Artifact Garment that could boost his safety chance up to fifty percent when entering the "Divine Heritage Cave."

Fifty percent was already very safe for exploring secret realms, and such a risk was definitely worth taking.

Now that Ye Chen understood why Ao Lei possessed such a powerful Defensive Garment yet had no Attack Magical Treasure, it turned out he had specially prepared this treasure to enter the "Divine Heritage Cave."

With this realization, Ye Chen's heart skipped a beat.

Since Ao Lei could enter the "Divine Heritage Cave" with the "Purple Mist True Garment" and "Treasure Cave Key," and Ao Lei was now dead, all these treasures could be of use to him.

Does that mean he could also enter the Divine Heritage Cave?

"The Divine Heritage Cave, it is rumored to contain shocking Divine Arts, real Divine Artifacts, Divine Fruits, Divine Liquids, and even the divine legacy of True Gods, with unprecedented secret techniques to challenge the nine supreme heavenly tribulations of the Void Sky True God..."

"Previously, it seemed too risky and not worth the danger, but now, with the 'Purple Mist Garment,' perhaps I could have a look there!"

Of course, Ye Chen hadn't made a final decision yet about whether to go to the "Divine Heritage Cave" or not; after all, his most important task was to advance through the middle and late stages of spinning pill in the Five Elements Mountain.

But whether he went or not, these treasures should be properly kept on his person first.

With that thought, Ye Chen hesitated no further. Having killed Ao Lei's Divine Soul, the faint purple light of the garment that enveloped Ao Lei's clothing had become unclaimed, and Ye Chen, following the ritual method for claiming garments from Ao Lei's memory, pinched a magical sign with his hand and directly took the purple light into his possession.

Once the hidden restrictions of the Purple Mist Garment's light shadow were removed, revealing the garment's true form, Ye Chen's eyes lit up.

Its true form turned out to be a purple droplet.

Upon proper consecration, this purple droplet could transform directly into a mist of purple fog that enveloped the user's entire body and finally clung to the outside of the clothing, exhibiting a defense garment's light shadow.

"This garment is a defensive artifact, and although it is a lower-quality artifact unable to block Divine Soul techniques, it is very effective against True Qi Techniques and attacks from Martial Skills and Divine Arts!"

With a thought, Ye Chen placed the Purple Mist Garment's true form—the purple droplet—into the Ice Snow Jade Pendant.

Then, pointing a finger at Ao Lei's physical body, Ao Lei's Storage Magical Treasure also flew towards Ye Chen. As Ye Chen's Divine Sense soaked into the Storage Magical Treasure, he noticed the ultimate treasure from the previous auction, the black iron box that contained the "Treasure Cave Key," prominently within the Storage Magical Treasure!

Besides the black iron box, the Storage Magical Treasure contained over ten thousand top-grade spirit stones and other treasures.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

After scanning these treasures, Ye Chen put the entire Storage Magical Treasure into the Ice Snow Jade Pendant. Then, with a point of his finger, the black true fire instantly incinerated Ao Lei's entire corpse to nothingness.