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"What's going on?"

"Why was this mid-stage Heavenly Saint young man killed by the teleportation array?!"

Ye Chen was full of doubts.

For a split second, Ye Chen wondered whether the Treasure Cave Key the mid-stage Heavenly Saint young man held was a fake, causing the teleportation to fail and leading the Divine Heritage Cave to kill him as an intruder.

However, Ye Chen clearly sensed when the mid-stage Heavenly Saint young man took out the Treasure Cave Key, it was exactly the same as the one in his hand, and it also emitted that inexplicable aura unique to the Divine Heritage Cave.

It couldn't possibly be fake!

Without understanding this matter, Ye Chen feared stepping onto the teleportation formation next; his heart was uneasy, and he dared not stand on it lightly!

Otherwise, if he were to be killed before even starting the treasure hunt, that would truly be a situation where even tears wouldn't come out!

While Ye Chen was full of doubts, the two late-stage Heavenly Saint beings, one fat and one skinny, hesitated for a moment and then stepped onto the teleportation formation one after another, being teleported away.

This made Ye Chen even more puzzled.

Even the little prince from the Nine-Star Palace, Ding Xiaojia, who was scared stiff, was completely bewildered.

At this time, the Three-Eyed Skeleton, who had been silent, spoke up, "Hehe, what a pity the young man died."

As if aware of what Ye Chen and Ding Xiaojia were wondering, the Three-Eyed Skeleton sneered, "The Treasure Cave Key in the young man's hand was indeed real, no doubt. However, his Treasure Cave Key was one that had been circulated a thousand years ago."

"Many people think as long as they have the Treasure Cave Key, no matter when it was circulated, they can enter the Divine Heritage Cave. But what these people don't know is that any Treasure Cave Key not used for over a thousand years is already invalid."

"Trying to enter the Divine Heritage Cave with it not only prohibits entry but also results in being killed by the cave."

A thousand years unused, the Treasure Cave Key is invalid?

Upon use, one is directly killed by the cave?

The words spoken by the Three-Eyed Skeleton completely stunned Ye Chen.

"If the Treasure Cave Key is invalid, why could it still guide that young man here? The mighty being who established this Divine Heritage Cave, with his immense power, could easily destroy a thousand years unused Treasure Cave Key, right? By leaving the Treasure Cave Key to guide people here only to kill them in the end, isn't that harming them?" Ye Chen couldn't help but ask the Three-Eyed Skeleton.

The Three-Eyed Skeleton gave Ye Chen a look, "The intentions of the mighty being who established this Divine Heritage Cave, who could know? From the beginning, the Divine Heritage Cave contained countless treasures but also countless death traps. If you want the treasures, you must risk death!"

At that moment, Ding Xiaojia also asked the Three-Eyed Skeleton, "Since you knew about this, why didn't you speak up to warn him?"

"Warn?" The Three-Eyed Skeleton, transformed into a mid-stage Heavenly Saint young man, laughed, "What a joke, why should I warn anyone."

"In this Divine Heritage Cave, each person who comes in is a competitor. If you obtain one more treasure, it may mean that someone else will not get it. Many people wish for more people to die, so they have less competition for treasures!"

As if recalling something, the voice of the Three-Eyed Skeleton was unusually cold!

"How do I know which time period my Treasure Cave Key came from? It could have passed through many hands for all I know." Ding Xiaojia hesitated, daring not step into the teleportation light.

The Three-Eyed Skeleton simply glanced at him indifferently, paying him no mind, and directly stepped toward the teleportation light.

Just when Ye Chen thought the Three-Eyed Skeleton would also be teleported away, the Three-Eyed Skeleton stopped just before stepping into the teleportation light, turned around, and walked back to Ye Chen.

He stretched out his hand toward Ye Chen, "Boy, let me see your Treasure Cave Key."

Ye Chen had not expected this move from the Three-Eyed Skeleton.

After a brief contemplation, Ye Chen took out the Treasure Cave Key from his hand.

The Three-Eyed Skeleton closely examined the Treasure Cave Key in Ye Chen's hand, then said, "This Treasure Cave Key should have been circulated within the last three hundred years. There's no issue entering the Divine Heritage Cave."

Ye Chen had not expected the Three-Eyed Skeleton to take the trouble to check the period of his Treasure Cave Key!

This was indeed a surprise to Ye Chen.

The Treasure Cave Key Ye Chen held had been obtained from Ao Lei, who in turn had purchased it at the grand auction. According to the Deputy Pavilion Master, who presided over the auction, this Treasure Cave Key had been circulated just before the last opening of the Divine Heritage Cave, which indeed was within the last three hundred years.

As Ye Chen was still surprised by the Three-Eyed Skeleton's actions, the Three-Eyed Skeleton gave Ye Chen another look, took out a Law-patterned Jade Token, pressed it to his forehead, and recorded some Divine Sense onto the jade token, before tossing it into Ye Chen's hands.

Afterward, the Three-Eyed Skeleton, without looking back, directly stepped into the teleportation light and was teleported away.

Ye Chen, holding the Law-patterned Jade Token the Three-Eyed Skeleton had thrown to him, sensed it with his Divine Sense and an expression of disbelief appeared on his face. Finally, Ye Chen smiled and stored the Law-patterned Jade Token inside the Ice Snow Jade Pendant.

At this time, the only ones left in the Divine Transmission Hall yet to be teleported were him and the little prince from the Nine-Star Palace, Ding Xiaojia.

Ye Chen gave Ding Xiaojia a gentle smile and then walked into the teleportation light as well.

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Although both the Three-Eyed Skeleton and the former Deputy Sovereign of Destiny had said that the Treasure Cave Key in his possession had been passed down within the last three hundred years, Ye Chen still felt some inexplicable nervousness.

What made Ye Chen even more anxious was that he had to bring the Nine Ice Guard into the Divine Heritage Cave with him.

Rumors had it that anyone who entered the Divine Heritage Cave without the Treasure Cave Key, whether martial artists or demon beasts, would be exterminated.

Entering the Divine Heritage Cave while hidden in a spatial artifact certainly wouldn't work.

However, Ye Chen learned from Ao Lei's information about the Divine Heritage Cave that unless the spatial artifact was a middle-grade divine artifact that even the Divine Heritage Cave couldn't detect, entry would be impossible.

But a middle-grade divine artifact, that was a supremely powerful thing that only true Gods or Divine Kings could employ. And such beings, how could they regard the Divine Heritage Cave as something worth their attention?

So basically, no one attempting to venture into the Divine Heritage Cave could directly bring others inside with a spatial artifact, unless the people inside also had a Treasure Cave Key.

Knowing this, Ye Chen immediately inquired about the grade of the Ice Snow Jade Pendant from the Nine Ice Guard.

Indeed, the Ice Snow Jade Pendant did not disappoint, being a legacy of the Icebound Divine King, the Nine Ice Guard declared it to be a top-grade spatial divine artifact!

Therefore, Ye Chen prepared to bring the Nine Ice Guard into the Divine Heritage Cave, carrying them inside the Ice Snow Jade Pendant.

With regards to both the timing of the release of the Treasure Cave Key and whether he could successfully bring the Nine Ice Guard into the Divine Heritage Cave, Ye Chen naturally had some worries since he hadn't actually set foot in the Divine Heritage Cave yet.

In the end, the things Ye Chen worried about did not occur.

Just as Ye Chen stood upon the transmission array, his mind anxiously unsettled, the light from the transmission array flashed, and just like Huo Mei'er and Jin Lieyang before him, Ye Chen also disappeared smoothly through the transmission.

In the end, only Ding Xiaojia was left alone in the Divine Transmission Hall.

"Hmph, that person could sense the time when the Treasure Cave Key was released, yet he didn't help me check!"

Ding Xiaojia felt extremely frustrated.

He looked at the Treasure Cave Key in his hand and then at the transmission array, alternating his gaze.

After hesitating for a while and preparing to step forward, he thought of the mid-stage Heavenly Saint young man who had been killed by the transmission array earlier. Remembering the young man's fear, surprise, and utter shock, Ding Xiaojia hesitated.

In the end, he remembered what was written on the enormous stele outside the Divine Heritage Cave: the transmission time for the first segment of the Life and Death Path was only one hour, and missing the window meant missing the transmission. Ding Xiaojia then gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, and stood within the transmission array.

At the moment of successful transmission, he took a long breath of relief and, without even having time to wipe the sweat from his forehead, disappeared as the last person from the Divine Transmission Hall.

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After an inexplicable bout of dizziness, when Ye Chen regained consciousness, he found himself standing in the middle of a vast golden desert.

This place was the first checkpoint of the Life and Death Path, the Desert of Death!

Only by traversing this Desert of Death could one pass the first checkpoint and move on to seek treasures in the next location.

Ye Chen looked at the Desert of Death and felt that the entire desert, just like the gathering continent he had seen before the Five Elements Mountain, the Heavenly Evolution Continent, was boundless and golden yellow in color.

Moreover, Ye Chen sensed that there was a flight prohibition in this desert, making it impossible to fly within it.

To traverse this vast desert, one could only walk across it on foot!

"The total time allowed for treasure hunting in the Divine Heritage Cave is only fifteen days."

"If one cannot cross this vast desert within fifteen days, they will die right here. Of course, to reach the subsequent areas to hunt for treasures, one must pass through here even faster than fifteen days! After all, there are still the second and third checkpoints of the Life and Death Path waiting ahead!"

"I wonder what dangers lie within this great desert."

Looking at the boundless desert, Ye Chen did not immediately set off but instead lightly moved his hand. The Law-patterned Jade Token, given to him by the Three-Eyed Skeleton before departing, appeared in his hand again.

"That Three-Eyed Skeleton, I do not know why, but he keeps helping me. Could it really be because of the 'Secret Tome of the North Ming' from the North Ming clan?"

Within the Law-patterned Jade Token, the Three-Eyed Skeleton had left information about a very important treasure for Ye Chen.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

The Three-Eyed Skeleton said that he had entered the Divine Heritage Cave five times and knew it like the back of his hand.

The Three-Eyed Skeleton told Ye Chen that in the first treasure-spot after the first segment of the Life and Death Path, there was an item known as the "Netherworld Ant," an incredibly peculiar Spirit Insect that can produce a substance immensely beneficial to Rotating Pill Realm warriors—a type of Ant Crystal called "Red Sun Crystal."

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According to the Three-Eyed Skeleton, after consuming a "Red Sun Crystal," warriors in the Rotating Pill Realm would find it remarkably effective for comprehending the Five Great Virtual Heavenly Laws to their fullest extent.

Seeing that Ye Chen had reached the mid-stage of the Rotating Pill Realm and was pushing towards the late stage, the Three-Eyed Skeleton specifically informed Ye Chen about this treasure.

The Three-Eyed Skeleton also said that to capture the "Netherworld Ant" capable of producing "Red Sun Crystal," one must find a certain item in the first location, the Desert of Death, which may help in successfully capturing the "Netherworld Ant" later on.

This item, hidden within the Desert of Death, is known as "Warmsun Sand."