Nine Revolutions Star Technique-Chapter 452 - 455: Night Parade of Hundred Demons

"Get out here!"

With this shout.

The entire Heavenly Return Valley suddenly trembled.

Before Yao Qing could react, she felt a surge of powerful energy suddenly engulf her!

In the face of this force, her proud Power of the Supreme Celestial Saint was almost completely powerless, thoroughly suppressed. She was involuntarily blown away!

A dizzying spin.

When she opened her eyes again, Yao Qing realized she had fallen before Ye Qingchen.

"You..."

Yao Qing gritted her teeth, true Qi surged out, intending to strike.

However.

Ye Qingchen merely retracted his right hand and looked down.

Just one glance, and Yao Qing felt a chill throughout her body, as if even her blood had frozen. The true Qi she had gathered dissipated, her battle intent vanished entirely, and she could only lower her head deeply.

"What’s really going on in this Heavenly Return Valley?"

However, the thunderous blow she had imagined did not come; instead, Ye Qingchen’s calm voice reached her ears.

Yao Qing’s face flushed and paled alternately, and finally, she could only let out a long sigh and bow her head:

"This Heavenly Return Valley appeared suddenly in the Western Region a hundred years ago, it’s a massive array! These walking corpses were once explorers who entered the valley, buried here, with bodies preserved, eventually turned by the Yin Evil Qi! Even the walking corpse you just destroyed was one of them!"

Indeed!

Ye Qingchen nodded slightly.

All this wasn’t much different from his previous guesses, but he wasn’t after this information; he needed the real secret of Heavenly Return Valley.

Previously, Yao Qing rushed into the valley without triggering any array nor provoking the walking corpses, suggesting the Celestial God Sect had explored this Heavenly Return Valley multiple times. Otherwise, he would have already killed Yao Qing, how could he leave her alive?

"A suddenly appearing valley?" Ye Qingchen rubbed his chin, "If I’m not mistaken, we’re currently on the valley’s outskirts, right? What’s inside?"

"I’m not sure either..." Yao Qing trembled, "The depths of Heavenly Return Valley are hundreds of times more terrifying than where we are, it’s a gathering place for Yin Spirits. Our Celestial God Sect has explored several times, all were repelled!"

Finishing, she glanced at Ye Qingchen, seeing a trace of doubt on his face, she swallowed hard and added, "We suspect it’s a Soul Refining Array set by an Evil Venerable, used specifically for ghost cultivation. But I’ve scoured historic records and found no trace of this Evil Venerable. So I suspect this Evil Venerable might not be from our Western Region!"

"Oh?"

Ye Qingchen squinted his eyes, a faint light flashing in his gaze.

He gazed at the depths of Heavenly Return Valley, lost in thought.

"Qian Qiuxue fell here a hundred years ago, I wonder what became of her. But since I’ve come to Heavenly Return Valley, I must explore it for the sake of Hundred Leaves Celestial Saint’s last wish."

Thinking of this, Ye Qingchen flicked his sleeve and strode directly toward the valley’s depths, "Come along with me, don’t think of escaping!"

"Mr. Ye, the valley is a gathering ground for Yin Spirits..." Yao Qing exclaimed, terrified, but seeing Ye Qingchen continue without pause, she had no choice but to follow with trepidation.

Tap! Tap! Tap!

As they proceeded deeper.

The walking corpses scattered throughout the valley seemed to have vanished.

The entire world seemed to quiet, leaving only the sound of their footsteps.

"What is that?"

Ye Qingchen looked up.

Seeing that, as they stepped into the inner valley, the surrounding Yin Evil Qi became so dense it was like an ink-black mist, rolling and swirling within the valley.

From afar, it seemed to connect to the Nine Netherworld, continuously exhaling dark energy.

Indeed.

The oppressive force inside the valley was massive, almost the instant Ye Qingchen stepped in, he felt the immense pressure crash onto his shoulders like a mountain.

At the same time,

The Yin Evil Qi surrounding them sensed Ye Qingchen and Yao Qing, swirling around them like maggots on rotting bones.

"Buzz!"

With a flick of his wrist, a cloud of dark mist appeared in Ye Qingchen’s palm.

This dark mist, feeling the pressure of Ye Qingchen’s astral force, twisted continuously like a spiritual snake or a venomous python, fiercely struggling as if alive.

"This surrounding..."

Crushing the dark mist with a grip, Ye Qingchen looked around.

This deep part of the valley.

It’s utterly barren, desolate to the extreme.

But one could see scattered bones lying about in a chaotic jumble.

These bones belonged to human cultivators, as well as monster beast remains, presenting a chilling and terrifying sight.

However.

What shocked Ye Qingchen most was the vast palace he vaguely saw amidst the swirling black mist. That palace was entirely built with white bones.

The enormous palace roof featured the skull of a monster beast, its two massive horns piercing the sky like daggers! Even from afar, it gave off an earth-shattering aura!

But just as Ye Qingchen prepared to observe carefully, the palace suddenly flickered and vanished.

"Did you see that palace just now?" Ye Qingchen quickly asked.

"Palace?" Yao Qing looked bewildered, her expression a mix of surprise and doubt, and she eventually shook her head, saying, "Mr. Ye, in all our explorations, we never found any palace!"

Her reaction wasn’t feigned; she truly hadn’t seen the palace just now.

Was it an illusion?

Or?

Ye Qingchen rubbed his chin.

Bear in mind.

In the Western Region, the forbidden zones have been recorded in histories for centuries. Yet this Heavenly Return Valley appeared just over a hundred years ago, seemingly out of nowhere.

Ye Qingchen originally intended to search for traces of Qian Qiuxue, but now it seemed this Heavenly Return Valley was even more mysterious than he imagined!

"Mr. Ye..."

At that moment, a chilling wind blew through, and the already cautious Yao Qing reacted like a cat whose tail was stepped on, her body hair standing on end.

Her voice trembled, as if she had seen a terrifying presence, "Yin Spirits, the Yin Spirits are here!"

"Yin Spirits?"

Ye Qingchen looked up sharply.

Only to see.

Countless clouds of black mist had gathered around him, transforming into countless shapes, like thousands of human faces, like demons emerging from Hell.

As far as the eye could see.

The entire Heavenly Return Valley was now filled with innumerable Yin Spirits!

They.

Had completely surrounded them!

The vast Heavenly Return Valley had now become a Ghost Realm!

Night Parade of Hundred Demons!