"Young Master, I've tracked that person!" the divine-looking man announced, dialing his communicator. "Hmm? Good. I'm busy dealing with a beast right now; give me the coordinates!" "Yes! That person is inside the sixth entrance of Tianwu Mountain; I can't get in." the divine-looking man murmured. "Oh, alright!"

After the communicator clicked off, the divine-looking man looked at Ye Chen standing at the entrance of Tianwu Mountain, a cruel sneer curling his lips. "You brought this on yourself. If you had behaved, I might have let you live a few more days!"

Inside Tianwu Mountain.

In the rune spaceship, Ye Chen powered down the imitation Universe Disc. The device consumed an enormous amount of energy—ten True God Stones per minute! Ten minutes of use was equivalent to depleting an Elementary Divine Artifact! This thing, like the ship itself, was affordable to buy but crippling to use.

"Boss, what do we do now?" Little Black asked anxiously.

Kaba frowned, gazing at the divine-looking man outside, and stated in a low voice, "This person must have been sent by that brat Luo Hang. The Luo'er family is indeed powerful enough to dispatch a Middle God expert just to find you. If it were an Elementary God expert, we might still have a chance to defeat them, but now, we can't even leave Tianwu Mountain!" "We will be automatically expelled from Tianwu Mountain in one month."

Ye Chen frowned. Although he had anticipated this situation when he saved Kaba, he felt no regret. Having cultivated his state of mind to the seventh stage of the Sage level, his perspective on matters was perfectly clear. Given the circumstances back then, not saving Kaba was impossible. A true powerhouse is one who carves a path through thorns, fears nothing, presses ever forward, and maintains an iron will to achieve ultimate success! Cunning was necessary. In ancient Earth history, King Goujian of Yue was willing to lick the boots of his enemy to avenge his kingdom—that was the heart of a powerful individual! However, the path of cultivation demands growing stronger through adversity! How vast and boundless is the entire Ancient Continent? With such a great heaven and earth, where could one not go? Though the Luo'er family is immense, they are but a drop in the ocean of the Ancient Continent. Sometimes, recklessness and bravery are separated by only the finest thread.

Ignoring the words of Little Black and Kaba, Ye Chen pondered internally. "There are only two options right now. The first is to use the token for Mount Tiandao to warp directly through Tianwu Mountain, then proceed to the teleportation array in Bixiu City. From there, utilize Zhan Tian's transfer to arrive back on the Ancient Continent, choosing a different destination point midway, avoiding Tianzhou City entirely." "If we do this, the ambush by that Divine Consort expert will be neutralized." "The second option is to wait for tomorrow when the Celestial Beast Superman Mode recovers, activate it, and then instantly teleport away, dispatching Little Black afterward to escort the people of the spiritual civilization from Tianzhou City." "Regardless, leaving is not difficult."

Ye Chen felt no great anxiety because he had contingencies; this was the difference between courage and rashness. "Let's rest first and see if there are any other treasures within Tianwu Mountain," Ye Chen said, his expression composed.

Little Black looked stunned. "Then what do we do when the month passes?" "Do you have a plan?" Kaba frowned, staring intently at Ye Chen.

Ye Chen nodded slightly. "No need to worry."

Little Black and Kaba exchanged glances, their hearts easing. Since Ye Chen said not to worry, no major disaster would truly occur.

The old man with the green talisman chuckled. "Your worries are entirely superfluous. You two still don't understand this menace’s mind; it’s filled with nothing but wicked schemes."

Ye Chen shot him a glance.

"Everyone, put on your sets." Ye Chen waved his hand, tossing 38 sets of Peak Pseudo-God equipment he had looted to Little Black and Kaba and the others. Including himself, Kaba had a total of five puppets. Little Black and the other Black Cicada Worms numbered six in total. All of them donned the Peak Pseudo-God sets. Ye Chen himself swapped his higher-grade Magic Forest Set, storing it in the spaceship's compartment for his sister and others to use later.

"Tsk tsk..." Kaba, wearing the brand-new Pseudo-God Set, felt invigorated. Looking at Ye Chen, he was filled with emotion, recalling the suffering he endured at the hands of that brat Luo Guo. If he hadn't met Ye Chen, the endless future would likely have been spent enduring that suffering. Thinking of it sent a chill down his spine, and he felt secretly fortunate.

Just then, swoosh!

A spaceship pierced through the mist in the distance, wreathed in fire as if moving the entire world along with it. Dense laws permeated the air, radiating profound energies that, at Ye Chen’s level, were invisible—only a vast aura could be sensed. Only true God-level experts could discern the mysteries within these laws.

"Fire!" On a soft beast-hide sofa inside the ship, a stern young man elegantly held a cup of crimson wine. Flanking him were four beautiful, scantily clad women, playing with fruit and occasionally feeding him a piece into his mouth.

Whoosh~

The spaceship’s intelligent system swiftly deployed its cannon barrels, targeting the rune spaceship for attack.

"Enemy assault!" the old man with the green talisman shouted urgently. "That's a God-level ship too!"

A glimmer flashed in Ye Chen’s eyes. He flipped his hand and activated the imitation Universe Disc. The space within a one-kilometer radius became an extension of Ye Chen’s will, as if he could contract or release it with a mere thought. Based on his spatial perception, Ye Chen felt that if a Peak Pseudo-God expert were inside this space, a single thought from him could crush that person's body until they exploded!

The shell, inscribed with secret law patterns, hurtled toward Ye Chen with seemingly irresistible force. It quickly entered the domain, its speed sharply reduced.

"Seeking death!" Seeing Ye Chen act, the old man with the green talisman quickly followed suit, engaging the rune spaceship's cannon. He found the cannon's movement speed increased tenfold, moving as easily as if swimming. He instantly fired a white laser beam, carrying thick divine power, aimed at the incoming shell.

Boom! A deafening explosion erupted. The resulting shockwaves traveled through the temporal domain of the imitation Universe Disc, weakened and dampened through layer after layer, finally washing over the rune spaceship with greatly diminished power, causing no damage whatsoever.

On the other side, the leisurely Luo Guo suddenly changed expression, shocked. "How does he have a Domain Divine Artifact?" "He didn't have one before!" "He must have acquired it inside Tianwu Mountain!" "This bastard, such incredible luck! Heaven is unfair!"

He clenched his fist, remembering how he was forced to retreat in disgrace by that detestable Super Divine Beast, obtaining nothing, while this man acquired a Domain Divine Artifact. A raging inferno of fury welled up inside him. He stared fixedly at the rune spaceship, his eyes turning somewhat savage.

"Activate maximum firepower and destroy them outright!" Luo Guo commanded cruelly. "Preparing to switch to maximum firepower..." "Countdown commencing..." "Fire!"

The God-level spaceship shuddered slightly. Kilometer-wide volumes of flame-like runes circled its massive form. Countless mysterious laws enveloped the entire vessel. The bow recessed, and from within, an elongated cannon barrel extended! Dense laws, spreading like turtle shell patterns around the barrel, resembling a circuit diagram, converged at the tip. There, laws intertwined, condensing into a massive, blinding red light that shot out toward the rune spaceship.

Whoosh!

This crimson beam pierced the void, etching black streaks across the emptiness of Tianwu Mountain as it spun toward the rune spaceship.

"Not good!" the old man with the green talisman roared. "He’s opened maximum firepower! It consumes ten million Pseudo-God Stones—we cannot withstand it!"

"Jump!" Ye Chen commanded coldly. Within the imitation Universe Disc’s spatial domain, the entire space bucked and swayed violently. Spatial jumping was usually impossible within Tianwu Mountain due to the binding forces that prevented Elementary God-level ships from tearing open a jump point. Standard spatial jumps involved accelerating past light speed and then tearing space for the transition. God-level ships, however, used their innate law power to forcefully tear open a spatial passage for transit. A Middle God spaceship could still manage this here, but an Elementary God ship was helpless. However, now, under the coverage of the imitation Universe Disc, the space within a kilometer became Ye Chen's domain. The moment the rune spaceship's jump system activated, it tore open a spatial channel.

This was the power of a Domain Divine Artifact!

Whoosh!

Just before the blood-red beam arrived, the rune spaceship flashed and vanished. The entire red beam struck a nearby peak, causing the mountain to tremble slightly, raining down debris and revealing its core, which remained utterly unmoved. The red beam left not even a trace on the black rock at the mountain’s core.

Ten kilometers away, spatial ripples flickered, and the rune spaceship reappeared.

"Holy cow...*" the old man with the green talisman shrieked. "That short jump consumed a hundred thousand Pseudo-God Stones! That’s insane!" Flying ten kilometers would only cost a few dozen Pseudo-God Stones.

Ye Chen instructed, "Retreat for now!"

The old man with the green talisman hastily piloted the rune spaceship toward the dense, misty mountains and disappeared from view.

Luo Guo stood stunned for a moment, then hurled the wine cup in his hand to the ground, gnashing his teeth fiercely. "Damn it, he dared to evade! A nobody with no backing and no fortune, who stumbled into luck, dares to act presumptuously in front of this Young Master!" "You can run, can't you?"

He activated his communicator, his voice icy cold. "I've run into some trouble. Send the Luo God Guard Legion over to help search for a person inside Tianwu Mountain!" "Yes, Young Master. How many Luo God Guard Legions should we dispatch?" a sweet voice responded from the communicator. "Ten!" Luo Guo stated coldly.

The communication ended. He stared at the spot where Ye Chen had vanished and growled, "I, Luo Guo, decree that you die today. Even a True God won't keep you alive until tomorrow!"