Chapter 157: Masters Gather in Force

"Umm..."

"Lin An, what are you doing?"

Soon, Ye Fan's attention was pulled back from the battle not far away, and he saw Lin An searching for something among the corpses.

"I told you, there is a supreme treasure here, and it is the most important part of the Dao Scripture—a page of golden paper, hidden inside one of the corpses on the ground!" Lin An explained.

"Really? Then we better hurry and look!"

Ye Fan quickly joined the ranks of searching for the Dao Scripture.

Even Elder Wu Qingfeng had said that the Dao Scripture indeed contained the most crucial part, which was of utmost importance to everyone.

The masters from the Divine墟 Paradise not far away had also come for the sake of the Dao Scripture. Probably none of them would have expected that the scripture they longed for day and night was hidden among these flying corpses.

Ye Fan did not doubt Lin An's words.

Ye Fan turned over a few corpses and observed them carefully. Then, he noticed an abnormality on the corpse of a savage beast; extremely faint wisps of golden light were flowing out from its wound, almost imperceptible unless looked at very closely.

"Could it be..."

Ye Fan reached out his finger and probed into the wound. Feeling as though he had touched something, he pinched it out with two fingers.

Suddenly, dazzling rays of light shot upward, so brilliant that Ye Fan could barely keep his eyes open. It was a sheet of golden paper, radiating endless divine splendor and dazzling brilliance.

This page of golden paper was heavier than metal. Densely packed upon it were countless ancient characters, so minuscule that they were almost impossible to make out, yet every single ancient character shone like a star, resplendent with light.

Ye Fan's heart instantly began to beat wildly, and his throat felt somewhat dry. He had to squint his eyes against the divine radiance emanating from the golden paper.

This page of golden paper was truly extraordinary, as if condensed from the essence of rainbow light. It glowed brilliantly, dazzling to the eyes, and felt weighty in the hand, many times heavier than metal.

Lin An also quickly approached, carefully examining the golden paper in Ye Fan's hand.

"Just a single page, and it probably contains tens of thousands of characters..." Ye Fan squinted, carefully studying the resplendent golden paper in his hand. Yet even with all his visual strength, he could only make out a vague outline; the engraved characters were simply too tiny. Both the front and back were completely covered in characters, dense and packed, with every single character resembling a star radiating divine light, piercingly bright.

At this moment, he thought of Pang Bo, whose face had a greenish hue. When Pang Bo sent those corpses flying toward them, the glance he cast back seemed to carry a deeper meaning.

"Could it be that he deliberately knocked it over here?" Ye Fan instantly thought of this possibility.

Wanting to see the truth of the matter, Ye Fan focused his mind, communing with his golden bitter sea, and pushed his eyesight to the absolute limit to find out what was recorded on this golden book. Faint threads of golden light rose from within his bitter sea along his body, gathering in Ye Fan's eyes and causing his pupils to shimmer with specks of golden radiance.

"The Wheel and Sea Scroll!"

At the very beginning of this golden book, three larger ancient characters could be clearly seen. They looked like three bright moons fixed in place, pure and bright, with flowing radiance. Looking further down, the characters became much smaller. Though he could barely make out the font, it caused a stabbing pain in his eyes. Those ancient characters bloomed with divine light, shooting out like golden needles; the more he tried to look, the less he could see, leaving his eyes swollen and in agonizing pain.

In just an instant, Ye Fan's eyes turned crimson and extremely sore, involuntarily shedding many tears. He hurriedly looked away, the specks of golden radiance fading from his pupils, and it took him half a moment to recover. This startled him. Under normal viewing conditions, although the ancient characters could not be clearly seen, they would not cause a stabbing pain in the eyes. Yet gathering wisps of divine power into his eyes to gaze at this page of the *Dao Scripture* had nearly harmed his pupils, which was quite astonishing.

"This page of the *Dao Scripture* is truly extraordinary..."

Unwilling to give up, Ye Fan rested for a little while, then focused his mind once more, communing with his bitter sea and exerting his visual powers to the utmost. However, this time he did not look at the beginning, but instead went straight to the final characters on the back.

"The Wheel and Sea Scroll is complete!"

The last four ancient characters, much like the three at the beginning, were noticeably larger and very easy to make out, resembling a bright moon rising over the sea with scattered rosy clouds.

Ye Fan hurriedly looked away, his heart beating violently. This was indeed the Wheel and Sea Scroll that Lin An had mentioned.

Elder Wu Qingfeng of the Divine墟 Paradise had once said that as long as cultivators refined their Wheel of Life and bitter sea to the ultimate limit, they would benefit for a lifetime and become peak powerhouses. One could thus imagine the importance of the Wheel and Sea Scroll.

The Divine墟 Paradise had only mastered a single passage of scripture from this volume—a fragment of a fragment, accounting for less than ten percent—which could only serve to help newly initiated immortal sprouts communicate with their bitter seas, lacking any subsequent cultivation methods. This had always been a source of great regret for Ye Fan.

In the end, Ye Fan handed the golden paper over to Lin An.

With his current realm, he simply could not fluently read this Wheel and Sea Scroll. Only Lin An would be able to translate the entire Wheel and Sea Scroll, and by then, he too would be able to cultivate it.

Lin An took the golden paper from Ye Fan's hand, and the system immediately prompted him, asking whether he wished to comprehend the Wheel and Sea Scroll.

Without a second thought, Lin An agreed to learn it. Soon, the entire Wheel and Sea Scroll of the *Dao Scripture* appeared within Lin An's mind.

Following that, Lin An transmitted the complete Wheel and Sea Scroll to Ye Fan.

"Boom!"

Right at that moment, a violent explosion came from behind them. In the distance, the ancient palace in the sky could be seen swaying, releasing countless streaks of rosy light that swept away all the surrounding super fierce beasts, ferocious monsters, and the elders of the Divine墟 Paradise.

"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!"

At that very instant, from the distant horizon came the sound of air being torn apart, as streaks of divine rainbows—as many as several dozen of them—flew toward the location.

"Rumble..."

随后, like a thousand horses galloping, behind the dozens of divine rainbows came the roars of savage beasts, with rolling mists and clouds veiling the sky. Dozens of savage beasts came riding the clouds and mist, each carrying a cultivator on its back. Although stepping through the sky, it produced the sound of rumbling thunder, as if tens of thousands of troops were charging into battle together.

Those savage beasts were all archaic remnants, covered in dense scales and looking utterly ferocious. The cultivator sitting atop the central savage beast held a large banner in his arms that fluttered in the wind with a heaven-shaking might. Four large characters were inscribed upon it: *Vajra Sacred Land!* (Or: *Flawless Sacred Land / Yaoguang Sacred Land*)

The pomp and momentum were immense: thirty-six divine rainbows in front, and twenty-apiece savage beasts carrying twenty-seven powerful cultivators behind. Although there were only a few dozen people, it felt like an army of thousands charging forward; the sky itself was trembling, as if an endless host of heavenly soldiers and generals was descending to slaughter.

The sky resounded with shouts of men and roars of beasts, rolling clouds and mist churning, and a murderous aura piercing the heavens like a surging ocean. Ye Fan was greatly shocked; this sheer number of powerhouses was twice that of the Divine墟 Paradise.

"The Yaoguang Sacred Land, is that the sacred land to which the Divine墟 Paradise is attached?" Ye Fan muttered to himself. Whether in ancient China or on this side of the starry sky's shore, the two characters for Yaoguang carried profound significance.

"The Yaoguang Sacred Land is certainly putting on quite a display!" At that moment, a cold voice came from another direction. That patch of the sky "rumbled" as eighteen ancient battle chariots rolled forward, murderous auras piercing the firmament and causing the vault of heaven to rumble and tremble.

"The ancient family passed down since the Archaic Era—the Ji family!" Upon seeing the eighteen ancient battle chariots, the pupils of the people from the Yaoguang Sacred Land all constricted. Everyone grew vigilant, a killing intent surged, and their momentum abruptly soared.

Both sides stopped, each occupying a section of the sky, confronting each other from afar.

"Contend by strength alone!"

These were the resounding words from both groups. After confronting each other for a moment without starting a war, they simultaneously charged toward the magnificent ancient palace above the crater.