"You brought people from other timelines to your ancestral continent?"
Ye Ling looked at Tai Yuan speechlessly, asking, "What were you thinking?"
Tai Yuan scratched his head awkwardly and said, "At first, I didn't know what was happening. Suddenly so many people with the same bloodline appeared, so naturally, I was curious, so I..."
"You..."
Hearing Tai Yuan's words, Ye Ling didn't know what to say.
Logically, people from different timelines should not be able to meet. However, due to the invasion of that dark power, the major timelines became chaotic, and it became possible for people from different timelines to meet.
But no one knew what would happen after they met.
Ye Ling had planned to investigate the current state of the universe after finishing his affairs in the domain.
He hadn't expected Tai Yuan to bring the samples directly to him.
Tai Yuan knew he had caused a great disaster and could only say, "Emperor, I didn't know the situation. But things are quite serious now. Why don't we go and take a look first? We can analyze the specific situation then."
Ye Ling nodded slightly, "Alright, open the spatial passage to your ancestral land, and we'll go take a look."
"Okay!"
Tai Yuan replied excitedly and immediately released the spatial passage he had already constructed!
However, the moment Tai Yuan opened the spatial passage, a large number of black hands rushed out of it, accompanied by chilling screams!
"This is!"
Seeing those black hands, Ye Ling's expression changed drastically. He immediately acted to destroy the spatial passage Tai Yuan had constructed and cleared all the black hands in the secret room!
Tai Yuan never expected things to turn out this way and quickly explained to Ye Ling, "Emperor, listen to me, these black hands are not mine..."
Ye Ling said in a deep voice, "I know this is not your fault. I suspect these black hands were ambushed long ago, waiting for you to open the spatial passage to invade."
Tai Yuan swallowed and said in disbelief, "Emperor, you mean these powers are targeting the inner universe?"
"Yes, the inner universe is a unique existence among countless timelines. Although I don't know why yet, the inner universe must have some special characteristics that attract those dark powers to attack it."
Ye Ling nodded and recalled what had happened before.
Countless black hands first lifted the era they were in, and then merged all the rivers of time.
This inner universe seemed to be the core of all timelines.
Just this point made Ye Ling realize the importance of the cosmic barrier even more!
The existence of the cosmic barrier was not just to block external erosion!
Yue Qingning also frowned, "What should we do now? Tai Yuan's spatial passage was corrupted by dark power. If we construct a spatial passage, we will also be targeted by those dark powers."
Ye Ling said, "There's no good solution. Let's just fly there. Fortunately, the Chaos God Race is still within the outer domain, so it won't take us much time to get there."
Tai Yuan sighed heavily. Although he was anxious and eager to return to the Chaos God Race, there was no other way at the moment. He could only say, "This is the only way. I'll lead the way."
With that, Tai Yuan couldn't wait to leave and teleported out of the cosmic barrier, heading in the direction of his ancestral land.
Ye Ling and Yue Qingning followed closely.
Outside the domain, on the continent of the Chaos God Race.
The Chaos God Race was also a large race with a formidable reputation in the outer domain. Apart from the Residual Evil Race, there were really not many races in the outer domain that could compare to the Chaos God Race.
Precisely because of this, the continent of the Chaos God Race was also extremely vast, ten times the area of the Eastern Profound Continent!
However, at this moment, the continent of the Chaos God Race was shrouded in a layer of black mist, and the continent was lifeless everywhere, with no living people visible.
Ye Ling arrived outside the continent of the Chaos God Race and saw the lifeless continent. He asked Tai Yuan, "Was your ancestral land like this before you went to the inner domain?"
Tai Yuan's face turned exceptionally ugly, "No... When I left, my ancestral land was still normal. What is happening now?"
Yue Qingning said, "It seems to have been corrupted by that dark power..."
Upon saying this, Yue Qingning immediately transmitted a message to the disciples of the Heavenly Clear Dao Palace, ordering them to close the mountain gates and prohibit all disciples from going out, to avoid becoming like the Chaos God Race now.
Ye Ling said to the two of them, "This continent looks a bit dangerous now. You two wait for me outside. I'll go in and take a look first."
Yue Qingning said worriedly, "Can you do it alone? Tai Yuan and I are not weak. We can go in together and look out for each other."
Ye Ling said, "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing, and there will be no danger. If you two wait outside, I can be more at ease."
Tai Yuan respectfully saluted Ye Ling, "The Chaos God Race is entrusted to you, Emperor... I wish you great fortune in your martial arts."
Yue Qingning no longer insisted and said softly to Ye Ling, "Be careful."
"Yes."
Ye Ling nodded to Tai Yuan and Yue Qingning, then flew towards the continent of the Chaos God Race.
At this moment, the sky above the continent of the Chaos God Race was a hazy gray, and faint black mist filled the surroundings, making the entire continent look devoid of life.
Ye Ling landed on the ground and quickly scanned the surroundings with his divine soul, only to find that his divine soul could only extend to ten million miles. Beyond that, it would be blocked by the black mist!
Considering that Ye Ling's divine soul could easily cover the inner and outer domains, the fact that these black mists could limit his divine soul to a range of ten million miles was already quite terrifying!
What shocked Ye Ling even more was that within the ten million miles scanned by his divine soul, he found no living beings!
Not only were there no members of the Chaos God Race, but there wasn't even an animal!
No matter how sparsely populated the Chaos God Race was, this situation was impossible!
The World-Ending Spirit Fire said, "Kid, the Chaos God Race is in big trouble. It seems... the entire race has been wiped out."
Ye Ling frowned, "We can't jump to conclusions yet. Let's search the entire continent first!"
With that, Ye Ling began to fly around the continent of the Chaos God Race, manually searching the entire continent!
However, even after Ye Ling searched the entire continent, he still found no living beings!
The entire continent of the Chaos God Race was empty!
The World-Ending Spirit Fire followed Ye Ling as he searched the continent of the Chaos God Race and exclaimed in shock, "This looks like a major event has happened... The Chaos God Race is a large race in the outer domain, and there are two or three Chaos Sovereigns and Great Dao Immortal Lords stationed in their ancestral land. How could they have been wiped out so silently?"
"Even if it was a massacre, there should be some corpses left, right?"
Ye Ling frowned, "It seems things are not as simple as we thought. But no matter what, we have to tell Tai Yuan this news first, as he is the patriarch."
Just as Ye Ling was about to leave the continent of the Chaos God Race to deliver this bad news to Tai Yuan, Yue Qingning suddenly transmitted a message, "Ye Ling, the Heavenly Clear Dao Palace has also had an accident!"
"The Heavenly Clear Dao Palace had an accident?"
Hearing Yue Qingning's transmission, Ye Ling's expression changed slightly. He immediately teleported outside the continent of the Chaos God Race and asked Yue Qingning, "What's the situation on your end?"
Yue Qingning said anxiously, "I was just issuing a lockdown order to the disciples, but I didn't expect that the disciples of the Heavenly Clear Dao Palace and I have completely lost contact!"
"How could this be?"
Hearing Yue Qingning's words, Ye Ling's brow furrowed. He immediately extended his divine soul towards the outer domain to locate the Heavenly Clear Dao Palace, only to find that the Heavenly Clear Dao Palace, like the continent of the Chaos God Race, was shrouded in black mist, and there was not a single living person in its mountain gate!
Not only the Heavenly Clear Dao Palace, but countless civilizations of all sizes in the outer domain, the vast majority of them had become like this!
The entire outer domain...
Most of it was shrouded in black mist, and in all the civilizations covered by the black mist, all living beings had disappeared without exception!
Tai Yuan and Yue Qingning were both filled with anxiety and asked Ye Ling, "What is the situation now?"
Ye Ling did not hide anything from Tai Yuan and Yue Qingning, and said in a deep voice, "There are no people left in the continent of the Chaos God Race or the Heavenly Clear Dao Palace. Everyone has disappeared..."
"Disappeared?"
Hearing Ye Ling's words, Tai Yuan and Yue Qingning were struck by lightning, and both stood there stunned, unable to react for a long time!
Ye Ling had anticipated Tai Yuan and Yue Qingning's reaction. He sighed and said, "I don't know exactly what happened yet, but based on the current situation, even the Chaos Sovereigns and Great Dao Immortal Lords could not escape. And judging by the concentration of the black mist in the outer domain, the Chaos God Race here should be the source."
Tai Yuan's face became even more unsightly, "So, I brought the disaster here?"
Ye Ling comforted Tai Yuan, "You can't blame yourself for this. Don't blame yourself too much. The inner universe should be the only safe place now. I'll send you two back first, and I'll handle the matters in the outer domain alone."
Tai Yuan quickly regained his senses and said to Ye Ling, "No, Emperor! I can't just leave like this. Not only are my people on this continent, but there is also the inheritance of the Demon Emperor, which was specifically left for you, Emperor. If we leave like this, perhaps that inheritance will be destroyed!"
"This disaster started because of me, and I must take responsibility."
Yue Qingning also said at this time, "Indeed... Regardless of what those black mists in the outer domain are, the inheritance of the Demon Emperor is an extremely precious item. It may contain supreme power. With the power of the Demon Emperor, we might be able to overcome this crisis."
Although Yue Qingning's realm was not as high as Ye Ling's, her grasp of the overall situation was no less than Ye Ling's!
The dark power that had appeared posed a far greater threat to the inner and outer domains than the Residual Evil Race. To resolve this crisis... Ye Ling's strength naturally needed to be as strong as possible!
Hearing Tai Yuan and Yue Qingning's words, Ye Ling could only say, "Alright, let's go to the Chaos Continent one more time. But you two stick close to me and don't stray too far, to avoid any accidents."
"After all, the Chaos God Race is the source of the black mist, and you are very likely to be swallowed by the black mist."
"Okay, I'll be careful!" Tai Yuan quickly nodded, "I'll lead the way!"
With that, Tai Yuan eagerly flew towards the continent of the Chaos God Race.
Tai Yuan was the patriarch of the Chaos God Race. Although he appeared quite calm on the surface, his heart had long since broken down upon hearing that everyone in the Chaos God Race had disappeared.
This time, he risked his life to take Ye Ling to retrieve the inheritance. On one hand, it was to fulfill his duty, and on the other hand, he wanted to see for himself what had happened to the Chaos God Race!
Seeing Tai Yuan's anxiety, Ye Ling quickly said to Yue Qingning, "Qingning, let's hurry and catch up. Tai Yuan seems to be acting strangely. Don't let him do anything foolish!"
"Okay!"
Yue Qingning nodded quickly and flew towards the continent of the Chaos God Race with Ye Ling.
If someone were to look at the continent of the Chaos God Race from a great distance after Ye Ling flew into it, they would find...
The black mist shrouding the Chaos God Race had faintly transformed into the smiling face of a ferocious ghost, as if waiting for its prey to arrive...