"Go!"

At the moment the Celestial Ruins appeared, Jiang Liqian gave a reminder.

Without any hesitation, she charged towards the shadow.

Lin Chen followed closely behind, also soaring into the air.

At the same time, throughout the Cloud Wilds,

hundreds of figures rose into the air, heading towards the shadow in the sky simultaneously.

These people had received the news in advance and wanted to be the first cultivators to enter the Celestial Ruins.

Among them, the weakest were already at Divinity Transformation Perfection.

Lin Chen even saw several Returning Void Ascendants and one or two Integration Celestial Beings...

Fortunately, many wanted to be the first to rush into the Celestial Ruins.

Everyone’s goal was to enter the Celestial Ruins first and gain an advantage.

Therefore, Lin Chen and Jiang Liqian went unnoticed.

The direction of the opening of the Celestial Ruins was directly above them.

Among all the cultivators, Lin Chen and Jiang Liqian occupied the most advantageous position.

Therefore, they were the first to rush into the Celestial Ruins.

...

Upon passing through an invisible barrier and rushing into that silver-black hole,

dazzling and brilliant light filled the entire space, blinding Lin Chen instantly.

Fortunately, it lasted only for a moment.

Jiang Liqian’s voice came to his ears, "Senior Brother, stay close to me..."

Lin Chen opened his eyes and saw this seemingly boundless space filled with various lights.

Every light was an irregular fragment.

Like shattered glass, they were one-way.

At the same time, intense turbulent wind filled the air, stinging Lin Chen’s skin.

No, it wasn’t wind, it was space-time turbulence.

So, Lin Chen immediately activated his Protective True Essence.

Jiang Liqian glanced at Lin Chen to ensure he was ready, then began searching in the space.

Navigating through countless lights and irregular fragments.

Lin Chen kept his Divine Sense highly vigilant, a stabbing sensation occasionally coming from between his brows.

This was because he sensed a threat, and these threats naturally came from these fragmentary worlds.

Each fragment represented a time and space, a Celestial Ruin.

Lin Chen kept up with Jiang Liqian at high speed.

However, he also spared some attention to observe these Celestial Ruins.

But the Celestial Ruins seemed to have no pattern, impossible to judge their corresponding era from the outside.

Lin Chen turned around and saw more and more figures rushing into this space.

Perhaps hundreds, or maybe thousands of people.

These cultivators were at least at Nascent Soul Perfection.

All were elites of Yunzhou, and many came from the Spirit Realm, all to seize the opportunity to enter the space first.

...

Lin Chen followed behind Jiang Liqian wordlessly.

From his perspective, Jiang Liqian remained composed, her Divine Sense constantly probing everything around them.

Seemingly still searching for the Jiang Country Celestial Ruins.

In this vast space, finding the location of a specific Celestial Ruin was extremely difficult.

Moreover, the Celestial Ruins were constantly changing and moving.

Distinguishing that one Celestial Ruin among thousands was not easy.

According to Jiang Liqian, once a Celestial Ruin was entered by cultivators after it opened, its location would immediately change.

Evidently, it doesn’t allow too many people to enter a single Celestial Ruin.

Thus, the later it gets, the harder it is to find a Celestial Ruin.

This is why all cultivators try to enter the Celestial Ruins space early to gain an advantage.

Lin Chen and Jiang Liqian were already among the first batch to rush into this Celestial Ruins.

But after searching for a whole day and a half, they still hadn’t found it.

At this time, Jiang Liqian’s expression turned somewhat grim.

"Senior Brother, there’s a change in the situation... I fear someone has already entered the Jiang Country Celestial Ruins; otherwise, it shouldn’t be this hard to find..."

"I have the coordinates of the Jiang Country Celestial Ruins; we can try a bit more..."

"If we can’t enter the Celestial Ruins within three days, we’ll have to forcefully exit."

Jiang Liqian quickly explained.

Lin Chen nodded after hearing this, "Alright, let’s try again."

Thus, Lin Chen and Jiang Liqian continued searching for the Jiang Country Celestial Ruins in this space.

After searching for another half day, Lin Chen suddenly sensed something.

He looked in a certain direction.

In that direction, a silver rhombic fragment caught his attention.

It seemed to have an inexplicable resonance and attraction for Lin Chen.

"Junior Sister Jiang, what era is that Celestial Ruin from?" Lin Chen instinctively asked.

Jiang Liqian took a glance and then shook her head.

"I don’t know; there are too many Celestial Ruins in the Celestial Ruins space, at least over thirty thousand."

"And of those that have been explored, only about a thousand... The rest either haven’t been returned from or are death zones."

"In any case, that Celestial Ruin isn’t the Jiang Country Celestial Ruin..."

Lin Chen nodded upon hearing this, suppressing the curiosity in his heart for the time being.

So, the two continued searching.

After another half day,

fortunately, Lady Luck finally favored the two of them.

Until when the last half-day remained, a Celestial Ruin appeared before the two of them.

Jiang Liqian carefully sensed this Celestial Ruin and immediately showed a look of joy.

"That’s right, this is... the Jiang Country Celestial Ruin!"

The two exchanged a glance and entered this Celestial Ruin together.

...

When Lin Chen opened his eyes again, he found himself in a small mountain village.

Lin Chen took several breaths’ time to confirm the surrounding environment.

This was a remote mountain village with a population of just over a hundred people.

But what astonished Lin Chen was that everyone in the village, whether old or young, possessed Spirit Roots.

Not the lowest Pseudo Spirit Roots, but the worst talent being Three Spirit Roots, with not a few Dual and Single Spirit Root cultivators either.

Additionally, aside from a few young children, everyone in the village had some cultivation.

Even those with low cultivation were at the Foundation Establishment Stage, and Lin Chen even saw a few Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators.

"The people in this village, their cultivation... seems strange!"

Lin Chen’s first thought was he had stumbled upon an isolated village.

Given the combat capability of this village, it could likely form a top power in Qing State.

But immediately, Lin Chen realized that this was probably just an ordinary small mountain village.

"Something’s wrong... the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy here?"

Lin Chen suddenly thought of something.

Initially, he hadn’t noticed, but after performing a few techniques, he found the spiritual energy here overwhelmingly abundant.

How abundant was it?

Lin Chen and Jiang Liqian had spent tens of thousands of Spirit Stones to rent a Blessed Land Cave Mansion.

Their spiritual energy was already extremely astonishing.

But the spiritual energy here was at least three times that of the Blessed Land Cave Mansion!

"Junior Sister Jiang once mentioned that the spiritual energy density of the Spirit Realm... is twice that of the Blessed Land in the Cloud Realm."

"Doesn’t this mean the spiritual energy here is even denser than the Spirit Realm?"

"Wait... Am I currently in the past Spirit Realm?"

Lin Chen blinked his eyes, feeling his luck was exceptionally good.

According to Jiang Liqian, the Celestial Ruins represented the cultivation realm of a past time.

And the timeline Lin Chen and Jiang Liqian entered was when Jiang Country dominated the Spirit Realm.

But the issue was it wasn’t certain they would directly arrive in the Spirit Realm.

The greater possibility was arriving directly in one of the Five Great States.

In comparison, the chance of direct arrival in the Spirit Realm was only about one in ten.

Evidently, arriving directly in the Spirit Realm would progress things much faster.

"I don’t even know where I am currently."

"I’m also unsure where Junior Sister Jiang is right now."

Lin Chen contemplated thoroughly.

According to his and Jiang Liqian’s plan, their meeting point was the capital of Jiang Country in the Spirit Realm, Jiangdu.

After entering the Celestial Ruins, Lin Chen and Jiang Liqian had separated.

They each had to find a way to meet in Jiangdu.

"Hmm, I should first determine if I’m currently in the Spirit Realm."

With this thought, Lin Chen got up and walked towards the small mountain village not far away...