Chapter 3064: Hope for Resurrection

"Lao Qi."

In the ancient wilderness of Taigu Honghuang, everything was dim and silent, save for the occasional calls echoing through the air. These came from Xiao Yuan Huang and Kui Niu, who hadn't stopped since Ye Chen had entered the vortex.

Unfortunately, there was no response.

Even if his consciousness survived, it took time to reshape the yuan shen and physical body. Even if Ye Chen had already begun to coalesce it, he might not be able to hear them, separated as they were by the vast void.

"Lao Dao, the rare edition! Bring out two copies."

Behind them, a crowd of old fellows had gathered around Ren Wang, surrounding him completely and chattering nonstop. Waiting idly was still waiting, so they might as well find something to do.

"It's gone."

Ren Wang stroked his beard, looking unphased on the outside, but his teeth were grinding audibly. It had been snatched by a certain Tian Di, which was no different from it being lost. If it was lost, there might be hope of recovery, but if Ye Chen had taken it, it was gone for good in this lifetime.

Soon after, screams of pain rang out.

Everyone present had basically been beaten, all by the Nu Di. As a gust of wind blew by, every emperor bore bruises and swollen faces. They just had to bring up that rare edition, of all things.

"Am I still alive?"

These words echoed from the vortex again, resounding for who knows how many years—perhaps centuries, perhaps millennia.

While only a few days had passed outside, time here was endlessly long. Ye Tian Di's consciousness remained muddled, still unable to distinguish reality from illusion, drifting in the realm of falsehood.

It wasn't until some unknown day that he finally formed a conscious body, then reshaped his yuan shen and true form, rebuilding his imperial body and sacred bones.

"Little treasure, I'm back."

Ye Chen stretched lazily, calling out "little treasure" with great affection. After enduring a trial, he had arrived in this unknown domain. By "little treasure," he meant that small child.

Hee hee hee!

Soon, the childish laughter responded, from that plump little thing. It came running from afar, its bright eyes sparkling with excitement, like a greedy child spotting a piece of candy.

"Come on, play with it."

Ye Chen spoke as he used dao techniques to summon a massive dragon, thousands of feet long, roaring as it lunged at the child. He couldn't fight it head-on; he had to use his wits. So, he created a dragon—let it eat that first, and if it wasn't enough, there would be more. The goal was just to buy time.

Roar!

The dragon's roar was deep and resonant, its enormous body coiling through the nine heavens, gleaming with golden light. In its presence, a person was like a mere ant.

Hee hee hee!

The child was quite playful, chasing after the dragon and leaping onto its body, immediately sinking its teeth in without a word.

"No rush, eat slowly."

Meanwhile, Ye Chen didn't waste a moment, quickly lifting the seal on the dao. He had reached his destination.

However, the supreme beings and divine generals sealed within the dao had already turned to ash, both their physical bodies and yuan shen completely destroyed.

Ye Chen wasn't surprised by this.

Before coming, their lifespans were nearly exhausted. Although he had sealed them in the dao, a form of time still existed, and they had all aged to death within the seal, not even leaving behind remnant souls.

For cultivators like them, if they had died in the outside world, it would have been final, even beyond the power of a Huang Di to reverse.

But here, revival was possible.

That's right, revival was possible.

Death wasn't the end; as long as traces of their existence remained, there was hope. In this ruleless unknown domain, rules could be reversed, and they could return to the world.

Ye Chen had planned for this all along.

The reason he sealed the supreme beings and divine generals in the dao was precisely for this purpose. Even though they had died of old age in the dao—perhaps their yuan shen had scattered or no remnant souls were left—he had used the dao to etch the traces of their existence.

By reversing the rules, their lifespans could be restored, and those traces could return as living beings. As a peak Tian Di, he was fully capable of this.

"Quickly, return to form."

With a light command from Ye Chen, he used those traces as a foundation to reverse the hidden laws.

Immediately, the traces became vibrant, giving birth to spirits and forming consciousness.

"Boss, you're incredible!"

The Hun Dun Ding exclaimed in amazement, watching in awe as people were brought back to life from mere traces of supreme beings and divine generals.

"It's this unknown domain that's truly miraculous."

Ye Chen replied, subconsciously scanning his surroundings. His previous visit hadn't been in vain; he wouldn't leave without thoroughly studying it.

Perhaps the eternal life that people pursued could be achieved here. As long as the unknown domain existed, one could endure forever, with lifespans endlessly renewable.

"Does that mean our Ye Fan can be revived too?"

The Hun Dun Huo asked hurriedly.

"In a certain sense, yes, it's possible."

Ye Chen nodded.

"This..."

The Hun Dun Lei flickered, feeling a bit dizzy. It was all too rule-breaking; this unknown domain was even more miraculous than imagined!

The Hun Dun Ding remained silent, hovering by Ye Chen's side and trembling slightly, perhaps deep in thought or contemplation.

Ye Chen's words weren't entirely certain, meaning that theoretically, Ye Fan and Yang Lan could be revived, but it wasn't guaranteed.

If it were possible, his true self would have done it last time.

And the Hun Dun Ding guessed correctly.

In reality, Ye Chen's idea was sound, but truly reviving them was something he couldn't do yet.

At least, not at this moment.

The difference was that Ye Fan wasn't like the current supreme beings and divine generals. Ye Chen had known in advance about this ruleless place and its ability to reverse rules, so he sealed the supreme beings and divine generals in his dao and etched their traces with it. That was how it worked.

"They will definitely be revived."

The Hun Dun Ding declared firmly, full of determination.

They will definitely be revived.

This was also the obsession of the Sheng Ti Zhi Zun. With no rules here, infinite possibilities existed.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

As they spoke, one figure after another took shape before him, including past supreme beings and numerous divine generals.

Normally, reshaping a form from a conscious body would take a great deal of time, as it had for him the first time, costing several millennia.

But in this unknown domain, he could reverse the rules and alter concepts. As long as the essence wasn't bound, those years that should have been spent could simply be skipped.

"Is this the unknown domain?"

"It's really without rules! This is freaking amazing."

"I seem to see that little child."

Voices continued, with the supreme beings and divine generals sighing in wonder, shocked and amazed. If they hadn't come here themselves, they wouldn't have known that deep in the void lay such a wondrous realm.

Calling it a wonderland wasn't an exaggeration. Just the revival of lifespans and the return of traces as living beings were enough to upend all understanding.

"Everyone, I don't need to help with the rest, right?"

Ye Chen said with a smile, summoning a phoenix and a white tiger, sending them charging toward the distance. It was because the child had finished the previous dragon and was coming back for more, so he had to keep it occupied.

"No help needed."

The supreme beings smiled and closed their eyes together. Here, without rules, they could reverse laws. As veteran supreme beings, if Ye Chen could do it, there was no reason they couldn't.

However, many of them felt awkward, like numerous divine generals who hadn't yet mastered the laws and thus couldn't reverse them. They just chuckled and watched Ye Chen.

Ye Chen had anticipated this. After all, they weren't supreme beings yet, so while supreme beings could do certain things, even if the divine generals were impressed, they could only watch.

He immediately cast his spell, reversing the laws and gradually restoring the divine generals' lifespans.