CHAPTER 1178: CHAPTER 1117: SEA OF EXILE

Ye Chen discovered that he was standing inside a giant palace.

The walls of the giant palace were inscribed with countless strange patterns, which Ye Chen couldn’t understand at all. However, just from the divine light emitted by these patterns, he could tell that they contained an unimaginable power.

This power was even more terrifying than the universe-level power contained in the treasures he had used earlier!

Could there be star lord-level power hidden within this giant palace?!

Ye Chen looked at the inner walls of the giant palace in shock.

However, this terrifying power seemed to belong to the giant palace itself, hidden within the strange patterns, and Ye Chen couldn’t mobilize it at all, not even to observe it closely.

"Where is this?!"

"Could it be the Fourth Layer of Heaven in the Chaotic Heavenly Hall?"

Ye Chen looked at the scroll that brought him here, unable to understand.

At this moment, the scroll that had originally emitted a green glow had dimmed, as if transporting Ye Chen here had consumed a lot of energy, and it could not be used for the time being.

"I don’t even know what kind of treasure this scroll is, or why it transported me out of the Third Treasure Cave of the Third Layer in the Chaotic Heavenly Hall."

As Ye Chen pondered, he put the scroll away.

While putting it away, Ye Chen seemed to sense something, and his heart suddenly jumped.

In an instant, countless treasures appeared in his hand.

These were treasures from the Refining God Chart, as well as treasures Ye Chen had obtained in the Chaotic Heavenly Hall.

But at this moment, these treasures seemed to have their spiritual light locked, unable to be used at all.

Ye Chen even flipped his palm to reveal the universe-level Life-saving Scroll given by the Ancestral God Temple when he first entered the Primal Beginning Universe, but now even this was locked and unusable.

Ye Chen found that in the Refining God Chart, only the non-Primal Beginning Universe treasures used by the Cosmic Emperor before heading to the Primal Beginning Universe were still usable.

Simultaneously, among the treasures Ye Chen owned, only those that were not from the Primal Beginning Universe could be used.

This discovery greatly alarmed Ye Chen’s mind and spirit.

Ye Chen thought of a possibility: "Could it be that I’ve been transported away from the Primal Beginning Universe?!"

"Am I no longer in the Chaotic Heavenly Hall?!"

The Primal Beginning Universe is a special universe where its treasures are exclusive and can only be used there.

Now, all the treasures related to the Primal Beginning Universe on Ye Chen were unusable, while other treasures remained unaffected. This could only mean one thing—Ye Chen was no longer in the Primal Beginning Universe!

Thinking of this possibility, Ye Chen could no longer remain calm.

After all, Jiang Yao and Long Li were still in the Primal Beginning Universe!

Ye Chen originally planned to visit Jiang Yao and Long Li after exploring the Chaotic Heavenly Hall.

If he had indeed been transported out of the Primal Beginning Universe, who knows when he might return!

"I need to find out where I am right now!"

Ye Chen searched for information within the giant palace, but found it empty, as if it was just a place of teleportation, without anything else!

After meticulously searching, Ye Chen finally sensed a hidden spatial exit within the giant palace, and he flew directly towards it. In an instant, he flew out of the exit.

Upon reaching the outside, Ye Chen found himself standing on a desolate island.

The giant palace he had previously been in was now completely unsenseable.

When Ye Chen took out the teleport scroll again, he could sense the hidden space entrance with the help of the scroll. His form shifted, flying towards the entrance and returning to the giant palace once more.

"It seems that this scroll obtained from the Third Treasure Cave of the Third Layer is indeed used for teleportation. It transported me to this giant palace, and even after leaving the palace, I can return with the help of it."

"However, I cannot find a way to return to the Third Layer of the Chaotic Heavenly Hall."

"To understand why I was transported here, it seems I won’t figure it out by staying inside the giant palace. I can only go outside to thoroughly investigate."

With a shift in his mind and spirit, Ye Chen flew out of the palace space exit again, arriving back on the desolate island.

At this time, numerous treasures from the Primal Beginning Universe on Ye Chen were no longer usable, greatly reducing his reliance on items.

However, Ye Chen had already broken through to the Immortal Divine Venerable Realm, and his combat power alone was enough to contend with powerful Divine Masters. Even without relying on treasures, Ye Chen was fearless across countless universes.

Moreover, Ye Chen was not empty-handed.

The Refining God Chart contained many treasures left behind by the Cosmic Emperor that were not from the Primal Beginning Universe and were still usable, although fewer compared to the Primal Beginning Universe treasures. But in critical moments, they were enough for Ye Chen to handle many crises!

Upon arriving on the desolate island, Ye Chen swept out his divine sense, immediately covering the entire area of the island, extending beyond its borders.

In an instant, Ye Chen clearly understood the situation on the island.

He is currently located on a deserted island, where not a single living creature is found—this is a dead island.

If Ye Chen didn’t know that a mysterious giant hall was hidden on this dead island, he would have deemed this place an abandoned wasteland.

Of course, right now, the deserted island couldn’t provide Ye Chen with more information. The urgent task at hand is to go to a place where people exist and inquire about the situation of this region.

Earlier during his exploration, Ye Chen had already discovered that the dead island was situated in a vast ocean, and despite Ye Chen’s Divine Sense reaching its peak, he was unable to fully explore the ocean.

Ye Chen’s Mind and Spirit stirred, and instantly, his entire being transformed into a ray of Divine Light, flying towards the vast ocean beyond the deserted island.

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

The size of this ocean completely surpassed Ye Chen’s imagination!

It was simply infinitely vast!

Bear in mind, with Ye Chen’s current strength, flying over a Star Continent consumes little time—yet now, after flying for several hours, he hasn’t seen the boundaries of this ocean, which inevitably astounds Ye Chen greatly.

During his flight, Ye Chen also spotted numerous deserted islands.

Those deserted islands, resembling the one Ye Chen was previously teleported to, were devoid of any life upon sweeping with his Divine Sense, and they each were dead islands.

After flying for several hours without any discoveries, others might have gone mad with fear, but Ye Chen’s expression grew increasingly calm.

No matter what, he would find out precisely what region he was currently in.

No matter what, he would devise a way to leave this region and return to the Primal Beginning Universe, to avoid Jiang Yao and Long Li anxiously worrying about his disappearance!

During his flight, Ye Chen was evaluating the gains he had acquired in the Primal Beginning Universe.

After achieving a breakthrough in the Primal Beginning Universe, Ye Chen’s realm had stabilized at the Immortal Divine Venerable level, with the next step being a leap towards the Sovereign Realm!

The breakthroughs of Earth Divine Venerable, Heavenly Divine Venerable, and Immortal Divine Venerable further brought Ye Chen three immensely powerful Heaven-Earth Innate Divine Methods—Stellar Terrestrial Spin, Chaotic Heavenly Divine Light, and Immortal Spirit Seed!

The Stellar Terrestrial Spin could bring Ye Chen a significant amplification of combat power, although Ye Chen hadn’t fully cultivated the Stellar Terrestrial Spin’s combat power amplification to its peak, it had already reached a fourfold increase in combat power, allowing Ye Chen to solely rely on his own combat power at the Divine Venerable Realm to contend against mighty Divine Masters!

The Chaotic Heavenly Divine Light granted Ye Chen formidable recovery ability, quickly restoring combat power depletion; although Ye Chen had just begun cultivating, it already provided Ye Chen with incredible benefits.

The Immortal Spirit Seed was truly a life-saving Divine Method; Ye Chen had been exploring in the Chaotic Heavenly Hall earlier and hadn’t had the chance to properly cultivate it, necessitating focused cultivation thereafter!

Besides these three life-saving Divine Skills, Ye Chen’s other techniques, like Heavenly Sword Divine Art, Great Sun Pitha Divine Sound, Eternal God Body, Heavenly Forbidden Flame, Spatial Rift, etc., when activated under the combat power amplification methods of Stellar Terrestrial Spin, were enough to make Ye Chen stand proud across numerous universes, no longer fearing Sovereign-level figures, and not even feeling intimidated by Divine Master-level individuals.

Even against Overlord-level Cosmic Emperor-level figures, Ye Chen solely relying on his own combat power might fall short, but he possessed many Treasures to counter them.

Moreover, this isn’t the Primal Beginning Universe.

Ye Chen hasn’t broken through to the Divine Master Realm and cannot currently enter the Cosmic Sea from the outside.

The region he is in now may simply be a common universe, without numerous strong figures.

"Seek information about this region and simultaneously cultivate various techniques!"

"Also, utilize the three profound transformations—Change of Devouring Fire, Wind Swallowing Transformation, and Water Absorption Transformation—I comprehended in the Chaotic Heavenly Hall to enhance the power of my three Great Divine Powers: fire, wind, and water!"

"Most importantly, further cultivate the Tai Yu Chapter to accumulate more Origin Star Apertures, striving to complete the sixth Chapter of the Primordial Star Scripture early and step into the cultivation of the seventh Chapter!"

As Ye Chen was flying and contemplating, suddenly, in the next moment, he abruptly halted his motion in the Void.

At the instance when Ye Chen halted his motion, abruptly, a gigantic tentacle shot out from the ocean below him at incredible speed, aiming to strike Ye Chen.

Sensing the terrifying attack approaching, Ye Chen wasn’t frightened but delighted: "Hmm, finally I discovered a living creature!"

Bang!

Facing the formidable tentacle shooting towards him, Ye Chen thrust his hand downward with a sudden grasp.

Instantly, a gigantic hand even larger than the tentacle formed directly in the void, seizing downward into the ocean with unrivaled force.

With a thunderous boom.

Ye Chen directly pulled out a colossal sea beast, thousands of zhang in size, from the ocean!

This was a sea beast resembling a sea lion and had reached a realm equivalent to Eight Stars Sovereign level, possessing a Spiritual Intelligence more formidable than many humans.

It ruled over a region, and this time specially came to this sea area for cultivation. Initially, seeing an Immortal Divine Venerable flying through the void, it intended to swallow this Immortal Divine Venerable to replenish its energy, but unexpectedly, the Immortal Divine Venerable’s mere action exceeded its imagination, directly capturing it from its cultivation domain!

At that moment, the sea beast knew that the human in front of it was a superpower.

The sea beast emitted a human voice, pleading for its life to Ye Chen: "Senior, spare my life. Little Demon disturbed Senior, I beg Senior to show mercy!"

Ye Chen looked at the Eight Stars Sovereign sea beast trembling with fear before him, continuously kowtowing and pleading, and asked calmly: "Tell me, what is the name of this boundless ocean, and how far is it from the Primal Beginning Universe?"

"Answer properly, and if I’m satisfied, I will allow you to leave."

"Senior doesn’t know the Sea of Exile?" The sea beast was shocked upon hearing Ye Chen’s question, "Could it be that Senior is not from the Sea of Exile, but accidentally entered the Sea of Exile from elsewhere?"