After Zhou Yan slaughtered the mechanical puppets, his understanding of the chip deepened, but some core secrets he shouldn't think about, Zhou Yan has never tried to ponder.

Within the Luo Shu River Map, information can be shielded, and the ancient warship also possesses the ability to shield information.

This point is enough to show that both have certain similar characteristics.

However, the information transmitted from the chip may not be true, and the ancient warship's ability to shield heavenly mechanisms is not necessarily false.

After all, at such a level and stage, simple things beneficial for contemplation become difficult to appear.

Zhou Yan pondered for a moment, then stopped considering this series of matters and continued traversing the Sword Burial Domain, searching for the Immortal Mountain.

However, the domain world is vast, with numerous complex and broken ancient arrays, making it extremely difficult to find a piece of void space.

Existing with the Giant Bone Demon, Zhou Yan has no way to communicate with the Heavenly Demon Yin Spirit, even if the demons or Yin Spirits already possess judgment abilities and basic intelligence, Zhou Yan cannot obtain any information from them.

Zhou Yan's search felt like looking for a needle in a haystack, incredibly difficult.

Zhou Yan knew his approach seemed somewhat obsessive.

He also knew that such times should be used to become stronger, rather than being so obsessed and seeking the truth of the Virgin.

Yet Zhou Yan still did so, as if it were a kind of venting, a negative indulgence.

Sometimes, even knowing that some things may not be right, walking a predetermined path for a long time naturally makes one unwilling to continue.

At this moment, Zhou Yan was in such a mindset. He didn't want to continue the predetermined path; he just wanted to follow his heart, walking without care. Because ultimately, he reached the last road, where finally, the Nine Origin Reincarnation has begun to descend.

No matter how he walks, it seems irrelevant.

Because everything seems already too late.

Zhou Yan carefully sensed each ancient relic and analyzed every ancient array carrying spatial aura, attempting to repair and teleport.

This search lasted for a full month.

In this month, Zhou Yan experienced several very perilous teleportations, either entering the camp of the Giant Bone Demon or the secret land of the Ancient Demon Clan. If not for his exceptional form-changing technique, Zhou Yan would have already been besieged and killed.

No matter how strong he was, he couldn't withstand the attacks of the old Giant Bone Demon at the half-immortal level, nor could he defeat the ancient Demon Emperor like a living fossil.

After countless dangers, Zhou Yan changed strategies, appearing in the form of a Combat Body, transforming into the Ancient Demon Clan, using the Ancient Demon Clan as a starting point.

With such an identity, Zhou Yan hunted members of the Ancient Demon Clan, using the Soul Searching Technique to search their memories after killing them, directly seeking the information he wanted.

Under such means, Zhou Yan also slaughtered over a thousand of the Ancient Demon Clan.

That day, Zhou Yan encountered an ancient emperor's blood qi member of the Ancient Demon Clan, whose body carried familiar netherworld aura.

This Ancient Demon Clan member was a Netherworld Fire Dragon Beast, with dragon breath aura that approached the purity level of Zhou Yan's Dragon Soul Combat Body's dragon qi.

Zhou Yan exerted his combat power of level 13, expending nearly a thousand moves, to subdue the Netherworld Fire Dragon Beast and search its memory.

From the fire dragon beast's memory, Zhou Yan learned part of the matters regarding the Sumeru Immortal Mountain, and realized this Netherworld Fire Dragon Beast seemed connected to the Netherworld Palace.

Therefore, after sealing with the Heavenly Pivot Ancient Town, Zhou Yan included it within his Soul Sea, locking it into the Luo Shu River Map.

Afterward, Zhou Yan extracted a drop of essence blood from the Netherworld Fire Dragon Beast and used the form-changing technique to transform himself into the appearance of the fire dragon beast.

Zhou Yan's form-changing technique, combined with the chip's capability, has now advanced further, possessing extremely strong effects, even half-immortals or ancient immortals might not discern his authenticity.

In such a circumstance, Zhou Yan permeated himself with the pure ancient dragon soul aura, appearing even more like the Ancient Demon Emperor than the Netherworld Fire Dragon Beast.

After doing all this, Zhou Yan took the fire dragon beast's scales and an ancient pitch-black heavy blade weapon and enhanced himself.

Following all preparations, Zhou Yan then organized the memory of the Netherworld Fire Dragon Beast.

This Netherworld Fire Dragon Beast, named 'Ming Hao,' was the adoptive son of Ming Cheng, the city lord of the Netherworld Blood City, an ancient land of the Ancient Demon Clan, and indeed had an extraordinary origin.

Yet much of the memory was inaccessible to Zhou Yan; only a portion of superficial trivial memories could be searched, amongst which were details about the Sumeru Immortal Mountain.

Some trifles, precisely because they are disregarded, are easier to search, while all else—family, friendship, love, cultivation path—because too profound, instinctively guarded with strong defenses, Zhou Yan's Divine Soul Sensing cannot breach, cannot obtain the corresponding information. Therefore, the rest of the memories are unknown to Zhou Yan.

But knowing this is already sufficient.

Zhou Yan's hard work over two to three months has finally yielded results, which he deems worthwhile.

He gained a goal, immediately moving forward in a unique direction, traversing for nearly three days, entering a very ordinary hilly area.

In a place within the hills, there was a hint of a unique space node aura. This aura could activate a transmission point using Dragon Soul Bloodline Power.

Zhou Yan, having the Dragon Soul Blood Qi of Ming Hao, directly captured a drop of Dragon Soul Bloodline Power and threw it in.

The space indeed opened, and a magnificent space-time door floated out very mysteriously. Zhou Yan did not hesitate and walked right in.

Upon entering, the void shifted slightly, then a feeling of the world spinning emerged.

But this sensation lasted only a moment. After that moment passed, this feeling disappeared, and Zhou Yan felt an ancient, heavy aura.

In the air, strands of violent, ferocious Blood Qi wafted around. The dark light made this place seem like Hell, instilling a sense of fear in one's heart.

However, this place was the Ancient Ancestor Land of the Demon Race, known as the Netherworld Blood City.

Upon arriving here, Zhou Yan immediately noticed that this place's aura was somewhat similar to the former Netherworld Ancient City, but while the Netherworld Ancient City was in the Netherworld, the Netherworld Blood City was in the Ancient Demon Clan's territory.

It's clear that the Netherworld is markedly distinct from the Demon Race; the two have an essential difference.

Zhou Yan descended here, and immediately many from the Ancient Demon Clan flew out of the ancient city. Many of these Ancient Demon Clan members halted as they passed Zhou Yan, bowed respectfully, and continued flying.

And Zhou Yan calmly traversed the Netherworld Blood City, heading straight for the Netherworld Main City.

The Netherworld Blood City itself wasn't large.

But the city's structure was very familiar to Zhou Yan because it was the construction of the Netherworld Palace in the old Netherworld City.

How could Zhou Yan forget the Netherworld Palace in the Netherworld City?

He was searching for the Sumeru Immortal Mountain, seeking information on Mo Yuyao, only to find the Netherworld Divine Palace relics left behind by the Ancient Demon Clan.

But did the Ancient Demon Clan give rise to the Netherworld Clan, or did the Netherworld Clan transform into demons? This connection likely traces back to the distant ancient times.

Zhou Yan didn't know these details. As he entered the Netherworld Main City Lord's mansion, he encountered no obstruction; instead, the guardian great powers of the Ancient Demon Clan saluted him along the way.

Zhou Yan walked as if in his own home, and this wasn't just the feeling of the Fire Dragon Beast Ming Hao, but also Zhou Yan's own sentiment.

With this familiar feeling, Zhou Yan arrived at the City Lord's mansion, entering a normally forbidden cavern dwelling.

Upon entering, a familiar, cold, severe voice immediately reached his ears.

"I sent you to investigate matters of the Ancestor Dragon Domain, and how are you back so soon? Or is there something you can't resolve again? If you keep being so unambitious, your entire Ancient Dragon Soul Bloodline will just be wasted!"

The voice was stern, emotionless, and full of accusation.

Yet, to Zhou Yan, it sounded endearing.

Moreover, the flying sword at his brow known as Ru Yu showed no sign of trembling.

Clearly, this person, or rather this demon, was not a dried corpse, nor a clone.

In fact, there wasn't a single clone among the Ancient Demon Clan, as Zhou Yan had not sensed even a unique trace on them, nor did the presence of Ru Yu's flying sword reveal any unusual fluctuations on encountering them.

"Are you listening to me? Do you know how many resources have been spent to cultivate you? And also how I've seldom reprimanded you, afraid you would feel inferior due to your hybrid origin. Yet time and again, you disappoint me."

"Moreover, barging into my cavern without permission, if you continue like this, you'll end up as prey on the battlefield, at someone's mercy."

A figure in a mysterious black robe had already walked out of the cavern. The passage was manifesting the Netherworld Power, a unique mystical force.

This cavern was imbued with an even more mysterious aura due to this power.

Zhou Yan still didn't speak.

The person had already come near him.

Sighing, he said: "Ming Hao, if you have something to say, speak it. After it's handled, go and take care of the matters I've assigned you."

"Hm, I understand. But this time, I've come only to find out where the Sumeru Immortal Mountain is."

Zhou Yan spoke in the unique tone of the Fire Dragon Beast Ming Hao, leaving no flaws.

But after he spoke, the black-robed person suddenly looked up, eyes flashing like lightning as they locked onto Zhou Yan, flickering with an unusual light, yet he nodded, saying: "How's the information on Qingyan and Yanyan you were gathering?"

Zhou Yan was slightly stunned, although he didn't show it. It's as if the black-robed figure sensed something with a shared understanding.

The person sighed and said, "You finally found your way here. Although I didn't want to get involved with you at all, Qingyan has become your wife, and Yanyan has grown up. How could I not acknowledge you? Zhou Yan, how long do you intend to hide?"

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