Primordial Star Scripture-Chapter 945 - 895: Despair and Hope (2nd Update)

One incense stick of time later.

The leading Sovereigns of the five Divine Kingdoms, together with challengers who safely emerged from Heavenly God Mountain, departed from its domain and returned to their respective Divine Kingdoms.

Ye Chen, the Ancient Emperor of the Yan Clan, and six other challengers who safely emerged from the Wanmu Mountain Divine Kingdom were led by Sovereign Zeyang, Sovereign Tian Mei, and Sovereign Jia Lan, flying back to the Supreme Divine Institute.

In the flying Divine Light of Sovereign Tian Mei, Ye Chen let out a long sigh.

He recalled his earlier conversation with the three Sovereigns of the Black Dragon Mountain Divine Kingdom.

The three Black Dragon Mountain Sovereigns wanted to know what had happened to Lin Shan inside Heavenly God Mountain.

However, regarding the matter of the "Purple Ore Mystery Realm," Ye Chen could not reveal anything.

Ye Chen could only inform the three Sovereigns that Lin Shan was trapped in a certain location within Heavenly God Mountain and could only escape after becoming an existence surpassing a Sovereign.

Upon hearing this news, Ye Chen immediately saw the three Black Dragon Mountain Sovereigns reveal expressions of disappointment.

The three Sovereigns even remarked, "We've heard before that Heavenly God Mountain has various Secret Grounds. One might survive while trapped there in the short term, but escaping is absolutely no simple matter. Lin Shan would need to cultivate to surpass a Sovereign to break free? That's essentially impossible."

From their tone, Ye Chen could discern the three Sovereigns had completely abandoned any hope for Lin Shan's escape—they had utterly given up on him.

It wasn't surprising the three Sovereigns of the Black Dragon Mountain Divine Kingdom thought this way.

After all, when Lin Shan entered Heavenly God Mountain, he was merely a Divine King. Even if he gained something within the mountain, he barely broke through to the Earth Divine Venerate Realm—a gap too vast to bridge to ascend beyond a Sovereign.

The path to cultivating from Earth Divine Venerate to an existence beyond a Sovereign entails crossing the barriers of Earth Divine Venerate, Heavenly Divine Venerate, Immortal Divine Venerate, all the way to Supreme Sovereign Realm.

Failing to overcome any of these stages would result in immediate death!

Even among the three Black Dragon Mountain Sovereigns present—ranked as Eight-Star and Nine-Star Sovereigns—none dared to claim they could break through and become an existence surpassing a Sovereign.

In comparison, Lin Shan's chances of reaching that level were hardly one in a billion.

This naturally led the three Sovereigns to completely lose faith in Lin Shan's escape.

They even outright considered Lin Shan as already dead within Heavenly God Mountain.

In their eyes, even if Lin Shan someday managed to achieve the status surpassing a Sovereign and escaped Heavenly God Mountain, it would be an unknown number of years before that came to pass. By then, these three Sovereigns would either have already broken through to the Divine Master Realm or perished, and they would have no connection to Lin Shan.

Thus, in the end, the three Black Dragon Mountain Sovereigns inquired no further about Lin Shan, merely shaking their heads.

Seeing the expressions of the three Sovereigns, Ye Chen knew they had utterly abandoned Lin Shan.

This allowed Ye Chen to deeply experience the meaning of the phrase "the warmth and coldness of human relationships."

If Lin Shan had successfully escaped Heavenly God Mountain as Ye Chen did this time, the three Black Dragon Mountain Sovereigns would likely have treated Lin Shan as a treasure, fostering him with utmost care.

Yet, now that Lin Shan was trapped, he was entirely abandoned.

This is reality!

Ye Chen could even foresee that the Black Dragon Mountain Divine Kingdom would stop concerning itself with Lin Shan's affairs in the future, or even with those of his family.

Being trapped in Heavenly God Mountain was virtually equivalent to death; they wouldn't wait idly for tens or hundreds of thousands of years for an uncertain hope.

"Though I have little connection with Lin Shan, he entrusted me with something that granted me the precious 'Skywind Medical Scripture.'"

"No matter what, I must fulfill Lin Shan's entrustment and rescue his sister, Lin Fei'er."

After leaving Heavenly God Mountain, Ye Chen planned to use the "Purple-Blue Thunder Flower" and "Purple-Blue Thunder Stone" to cultivate the "Star Blue Divine Garment" as quickly as possible.

After that, he intended to embark on his journey to the True Spirit Divine Kingdom to fulfill Huyan Divine Master's wishes by finding General Yinsha!

The journey would be perilous, so he had to prepare thoroughly!

On the way to the True Spirit Divine Kingdom, Ye Chen planned to first visit Lin Fei'er in the Black Dragon Mountain Divine Kingdom to ascertain the nature of her severe illness.

Lin Shan had mentioned Lin Fei'er's condition wasn't immediately life-threatening, granting Ye Chen some flexibility with his timing.

Originally, Ye Chen intended to adequately prepare for his journey, then head to the Ten Thousand Beasts Domain to check whether Jiang Yao and Long Li had emerged from the "Zixuan Treasure Palace." Only afterward would he visit Lin Fei'er and finally proceed to the True Spirit Divine Kingdom.

However, the expressions of the three Black Dragon Mountain Sovereigns made Ye Chen realize they likely wouldn't even bother visiting Lin Shan's homeland or his family. Their actions might be limited to merely conveying Lin Shan's demise in Heavenly God Mountain to the Lin Family.

Ye Chen could imagine how devastated the Lin Family would be upon hearing this news.

Thinking of this, Ye Chen promptly drafted a letter, entrusting the three Black Dragon Mountain Sovereigns to deliver it to Lin Shan's family.

In the letter, Ye Chen stated his identity and clearly indicated that he intended to rescue Lin Fei'er.

With this letter, it would at least offer some hope to the Lin Family, a flicker of hope for Lin Fei'er.

Furthermore, Ye Chen adjusted his plans.

After cultivating the "Star Blue Divine Garment," he would immediately set out to find Lin Fei'er.

According to Xiaojiu, cultivating the "Star Blue Divine Garment" would take around three days.

First resolving Lin Fei'er's matter, then heading to the Ten Thousand Beasts Domain to check on Jiang Yao and Long Li, before moving on to the True Spirit Divine Kingdom.

This way, the Lin Family's worry would be alleviated sooner!

The three Black Dragon Mountain Sovereigns, out of regard for Sovereign Tian Mei, agreed to deliver Ye Chen's letter to the Lin Family.

However, they made it clear they were doing this for Sovereign Tian Mei's sake, not Lin Shan's, deepening Ye Chen's sympathy for Lin Shan, trapped within Heavenly God Mountain.

Within Sovereign Tian Mei's flying Divine Light, Ye Chen gazed toward the distant horizon: "If one day, I too am trapped and doomed somewhere, would my own family face the same despair and helplessness?"

"No, I must continue to grow stronger! Even if I am doomed someday, I will ensure countless people will never dare to disregard my family or my loved ones!"

Determined, Ye Chen clenched his fists.

Having completed his endeavor at Heavenly God Mountain, Ye Chen successfully broke through to the Superior Heavenly Divine Venerate Realm, honed the Wind Divine Pattern of the "Eternal God Body" to Great Accomplishment, cultivated his Divine Soul to a Blue level, and obtained countless treasures. He had decisively fulfilled Sovereign Xuechen and the Northern Territory King's second requirement.

Despite his immense gains, Ye Chen's heart remained tense without a shred of relief.

Two major tasks still awaited him!

One was fulfilling Huyan Divine Master's wish, and the other was meeting the final requirement—the "Stellar Domain Genius Battle"—set forth by the two Sovereigns.

Of particular importance was accomplishing Huyan Divine Master's wish.

Currently, Ye Chen was still afflicted by the Curse Power left behind by Huyan Divine Master. With less than two and a half years left within the five-year deadline to fulfill the Divine Master's request, failure to locate General Yinsha in time would result in his death from the Curse Power!

This left Ye Chen no room for relaxation whatsoever!

Ye Chen still hoped to bring his parents into a Divine Kingdom in the future; he certainly didn't want them to worry about him like Lin Shan's family, nor to be plunged into despair!

As Ye Chen's mind raced, Sovereign Tian Mei, Sovereign Zeyang, and Sovereign Jia Lan finally returned with Ye Chen and the seven others to the Supreme Divine Institute.

After conversing briefly with the Ancient Emperor of the Yan Clan, who departed the Supreme Divine Institute to return to his Sect, Ye Chen returned to his own cavern residence to begin cultivating the "Star Blue Divine Garment" and preparing for his impending journey to the True Spirit Divine Kingdom.

As news of Ye Chen's safe return from Heavenly God Mountain spread, countless disciples of the Supreme Divine Institute learned of his exploits. Back when Ye Chen was merely a Lower Divine King, he had swept away numerous rivals.

Now, having returned from Heavenly God Mountain after breaking through to the Superior Divine King Realm, his power had likely reached an unfathomable level.

Instantly, countless disciples sought to visit Ye Chen.

Pressed for time, Ye Chen politely declined all these visits.

He only met briefly with the Little Provincial Princess, gifting her three sets of elite-level Mysterious Heavenly Divine Art that he had acquired within the "Sevenfold Waterfall."

Then, Ye Chen plunged himself into seclusion.

Three days later, after successfully cultivating the "Star Blue Divine Garment," Ye Chen departed the Supreme Divine Institute once more, teleporting directly to the Black Dragon Mountain Divine Kingdom where Lin Fei'er resided.

...

Within Frost God City in the Black Dragon Mountain Divine Kingdom, numerous Martial Artists were abuzz with a rumor.

"Have you heard? Lin Shan, the prodigy from our city who went to train at the Black Dragon Divine Palace, failed to return from Heavenly God Mountain!"

"What? Lin Shan didn't make it out of Heavenly God Mountain? He died there?!"

"According to information from the upper echelons of the Divine Kingdom, Lin Shan didn't perish outright but is trapped indefinitely within Heavenly God Mountain. His death seems inevitable; in any case, he won't be coming out!"

"What?! When I heard Lin Shan went to Heavenly God Mountain, I thought the Lin Family was finally catching a stroke of luck, producing an extraordinary figure. Who would've thought it would end this way!"

"The Lin Family's Lin Shan trapped in Heavenly God Mountain, their Lin Fei'er fallen gravely ill with her cultivation regressed—how tragic for the Lin Family."

"Speaking of Lin Fei'er, she really is a stunning little maiden. Such a pity, such a pity…"

Amid the chatter, the Lin Family of Frost God City was engulfed in despair.

The Lin Family had naturally heard the news about Lin Shan being trapped in Heavenly God Mountain.

Upon hearing these words from a Heavenly Divine Venerate who delivered the news, Lin Shan's parents fainted on the spot.

How could two elders possibly bear such a blow?

Not only was Lin Shan their deeply cherished son, but they couldn't accept the outcome of him being trapped forever in Heavenly God Mountain.

Even their hope for Lin Shan to return with the pills to cure Lin Fei'er had been dashed.

With Lin Shan in trouble and Lin Fei'er also gravely ill, the two elders were absolutely devastated.

The Heavenly Divine Venerate delivering the news merely handed the Lin Family a letter and then left.

From the letter and the news brought by the Heavenly Divine Venerate, the Lin Family learned that a Superior Divine King named Ye Chen intended to rescue Lin Fei'er.

But the Lin Family didn't believe a Superior Divine King could save Lin Fei'er.

Previously, Lin Shan had invited an Immortal Divine Venerate, yet even that figure had been unable to rid Lin Fei'er of her Cold Poison!

How could a mere Superior Divine King hope to achieve such a feat?

The Lin Family was shrouded in sorrow.

Meanwhile, in her sickbed, Lin Fei'er clutched Ye Chen's letter, her small hand trembling as she thought of her brother Lin Shan, her face streaked with tears.