Chapter 739: Chapter 737: The Secret of the Sacred Body Curse, Its Connection to the Life Forbidden Area, and Ling Yuan’s Awakening

Jun Xiaoyao arrived at the end of the Sea of Reincarnation.

A stone gate stood above the sea surface.

Exactly the same as the one he entered through previously.

Jun Xiaoyao directly pushed the gate open and entered.

The moment he stepped through the stone gate.

Jun Xiaoyao discovered that a mysterious black mark had appeared on the back of his hand.

"Is it proof that I passed the test of the Reincarnation Eye?" Jun Xiaoyao pondered.

He didn’t pay much attention to it.

Beyond the stone gate was a dark continent full of dead silence, just as before.

Jun Xiaoyao ventured within, strolling leisurely.

Perhaps because he had passed the test, Jun Xiaoyao did not sense any dangerous aura.

And as he went deeper, he gradually saw some desolate palaces.

There were also blood-colored rivers and mountains made of piles of white bones.

A scene exactly like that of the Yellow Springs Hell.

"Indeed, it’s the Underworld; it really feels like the afterlife," Jun Xiaoyao chuckled softly, without a trace of fear.

At this moment, footsteps suddenly sounded from the front.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

It was like drums resounding, shaking the earth.

"What’s going on, how could there be human traces here?" Jun Xiaoyao was surprised.

He looked over.

Rows of troops marched across the fog-shrouded land.

They were clad in heavy armor, wielding weapons.

If one looked closely at their faces, one would clearly see they were like zombies.

Dehydrated, withered, sunken eyes, their skin a pale blue-white.

This scene was bizarre, enough to make one’s hair stand on end.

"Shadow Soldiers crossing?" Jun Xiaoyao’s eyes darkened.

Perhaps Jun Xiaoyao’s surprising aura startled those Shadow Soldiers.

They all turned their gaze towards him, their expressions equally numb, with two ghostly green flames burning in their eye sockets.

A piercing ominous aura and coldness were being released.

Being stared at by a thousand Shadow Soldiers like this, anyone’s mind would collapse.

But Jun Xiaoyao only frowned slightly, raising his hand subtly, and his mana surged subtly.

The gaze of those Shadow Soldiers landed on Jun Xiaoyao’s raised hand, seeing that black mark.

Then they withdrew their gaze, the ominous aura dissipated, and they continued to patrol the continent.

Seeing this, Jun Xiaoyao also relaxed.

It seemed this black mark was indeed a proof of identity.

"It’s said that the Underworld holds eight million Shadow Soldiers, and at its peak, a million would cross, as if the Underworld had descended upon the mortal realm, transforming a whole Star Domain into a Ghostly Realm." Jun Xiaoyao murmured to himself.

After that, he continued forward, encountering various eerie and terrifying scenes.

Like mountains of corpses and seas of blood, a hundred ghosts moving by night, and so forth.

Finally, he arrived at a vast Dark Palace.

It looked ancient beyond compare, weathered by the eons of time.

"Within the Black Abyss, it should be an assessment area of the Underworld, impossible to have the true core inheritance and treasures, but at least, it might contain information about the Sacred Body Curse."

Jun Xiaoyao mused as he began to explore within the Dark Palace.

Within were alchemy lands, cultivation lands, burial grounds, rebirth pools, and so on.

Jun Xiaoyao passed through, scavenging many resources.

Finally, Jun Xiaoyao arrived at a palace.

"This should be a place similar to a Scripture Pavilion."

Jun Xiaoyao stepped inside, finding no bookshelves or such.

There was only a stone stele standing in the center, engraved with countless tiny characters, impossible to discern.

Jun Xiaoyao approached, thought for a moment, and then infused it with the power of his Primordial Spirit.

Instantly, the entire stone stele began to emit a dim glow.

In Jun Xiaoyao’s mind, numerous pieces of information appeared.

Dense words floated before his eyes like points of light.

Jun Xiaoyao searched within them for clues about the Cursed Blood.

Later, he unexpectedly encountered some restrictions.

In other words, certain permissions were required to access them.

The mysterious black mark on the back of Jun Xiaoyao’s hand reappeared.

The stone stele immediately granted Jun Xiaoyao access.

"This is..."

After browsing, Jun Xiaoyao’s brows gradually knitted together.

Because within it, he found a crucial point.

Life Forbidden Area!

In the data he reviewed, Jun Xiaoyao discovered.

This so-called curse wasn’t solely created by the lineage of the Underworld.

Actually, at the very beginning, a mysterious figure came to the Underworld, requesting to join forces with it to curse the Holy Body.

That mysterious figure hailed from the Life Forbidden Area.

Within the Underworld, there was also the Source Ghost and Source Demon lineages, needing the True Blood of Ten Thousand Spirits for some experiment.

Holy Blood was a key component within, and also what they researched the most.

"Longevity Island..."

Jun Xiaoyao found key information within.

Life Forbidden Area, Longevity Island.

"One way or another, the Sacred Body Curse is inseparable from the Life Forbidden Area." Cruel light flickered in Jun Xiaoyao’s eyes.

Although the curse within his Inner Cosmos was already lifted.

But who knows if that eerie presence would return in the future?

Moreover, even if Jun Xiaoyao could resist.

What about the other Holy Bodies in the epochs to come? Must they forever suffer this curse?

"Since I already know the clues, that’s good. In the future, if I have the chance, I’ll pay a visit to the Life Forbidden Area."

Jun Xiaoyao made up his mind.

He was determined to thoroughly resolve the matter of the Sacred Body Curse in the future.

And he would settle accounts with the lineages of Source Demon and Source Ghost as well.

If others learned of Jun Xiaoyao’s thoughts, they would be utterly astounded.

The Underworld’s eeriness aside.

The Life Forbidden Area was a taboo land, shrouded in fear since ancient times.

Every Life Forbidden Area was unimaginably ancient, filled with mystery and terror, and even ordinary Supremes dared not step foot in them.

They were filled with all sorts of dangers, as well as astounding treasures, and it’s rumored that ancient taboo beings slumbered there eternally.

One might say, even Immortal Influences dared not recklessly invade the Life Forbidden Area, lest they face unprecedented calamity.

But to Jun Xiaoyao, it seemed like no big deal.

What he was determined to do, he would do for sure.

Be it pacifying the Ancient Burial Land, or flattening the Life Forbidden Area, conquering the Exotic Realm, or reaching the Sea of Realms.

These grand pursuits, one by one, he would accomplish.

Jun Xiaoyao searched once more, but did not find any more information on the stone stele.

Nor did he find out who exactly the mysterious figure who contacted the Underworld was.

After all, this was just a testing ground of the Underworld, there couldn’t be more detailed records.

Jun Xiaoyao exited the palace, after searching for a while he discovered nothing else.

Jun Xiaoyao found a dust-covered teleportation array.

In an instant, he was transported outside the ninety gates of the Ancient Road, onto an ancient star.

"This harvest isn’t bad at all." Jun Xiaoyao said.

He cultivated thirty-six Sumeru Worlds.

Condensed the twelfth Primordial Magnetic Immortal Qi.

Obtained the Seed of the Past, and gained the complete Three Lives Immortal Scripture.

He also gained a preliminary understanding of the Sacred Body Curse.

Considered a fruitful accomplishment.

"Next step, seclude myself to refine the Seed of the Past, condense the Past Primordial Spirit, then, walk to the end of the Ancient Road." Jun Xiaoyao gazed into the distance with hands behind his back.

From the Emperor’s Road to the Ultimate Ancient Road.

He was now not far from the end.

Jun Xiaoyao could faintly foresee, the competition would grow more intense as he progressed.

So he planned to adjust his state to optimal condition, improving all aspects as much as possible.

He went in search of a quiet place, preparing to enter seclusion.

Meanwhile, in the Sea of Reincarnation, Ling Yuan’s long eyelashes trembled slightly, and she slowly opened her eyes...