In the center of this pyramidal structure was a circular hall. A celestial sphere hung from the ceiling of the hall, while the surrounding walls were covered in strange patterns, their purpose unknown.
Ye Qingyan walked into the hall and saw the statue in the center, which had been cut in half. She asked in confusion, "This statue isn't of the two people I saw in the illusion. Could this not be the Creator God?"
"No, this should be the vanished Creator God," Ye Ling said softly, examining the half-remaining statue.
Ye Qingyan exclaimed in surprise, "The vanished Creator God?"
Ye Ling nodded. "Yes, you could say that everything happening now originated from this vanished Creator God. I didn't expect to see her statue here."
Ye Qingyan asked, "So the inheritance that was originally here was left by her?"
"No..." Ye Ling shook his head. "She disappeared before the Remnant Evil Tribe swept across the world, so she couldn't have had time to leave an inheritance. The inheritance here should be from someone else, but we'll need to investigate who exactly."
As he spoke, Ye Ling glanced around the surroundings, but found no fragments of the broken statue. Inside the statue in the center of the hall, Ye Ling only sensed a faint residual power.
It was clear that whoever had been here before had erased all traces.
The residual power within the statue was not strong enough for Ye Ling to identify the origin of the inheritance.
Seeing Ye Ling circle the hall, Ye Qingyan couldn't help but ask, "How is it? Any clues?"
"Wait a moment..."
Ye Ling tried to release the Great Dao of Time and Space again, attempting to reverse the time within the structure to repair the damaged statue. However, he discovered that the time and space in this place were extremely chaotic, making it impossible to reverse time.
Realizing this, Ye Ling retracted his Dao and shook his head. "No... this place has been cleaned up, and even time and space have been deliberately disrupted. The fellow who took the inheritance here was quite cautious and didn't want me to catch him."
Hearing Ye Ling's words, Ye Qingyan's brow furrowed. She said solemnly, "What should we do now? Should we leave?"
After all, this was a sealed space. If the enemy hiding in the shadows wanted to set a trap, this place was perfect for it.
Ye Ling, however, said, "No need to leave. The time and space here have been separated from the outside. If the other party really makes a move here, it will save me the trouble of creating temporary time and space."
"Alright..."
Seeing that Ye Ling had no intention of leaving, Ye Qingyan began to wander around the spacious hall herself, observing the strange patterns on the walls.
Noticing Ye Qingyan's fascination with the patterns on the walls, Ye Ling reminded her, "Be careful. The patterns on these walls have a hallucinatory effect. Don't get drawn in."
"Mm... I'll be careful," Ye Qingyan replied.
Ye Qingyan nodded slightly, her gaze sweeping across the patterns on the wall. Suddenly, she felt the mark on her wrist become hot again.
"What is this..."
Ye Qingyan looked at her wrist and saw that it was glowing again.
Just as Ye Qingyan was about to tell Ye Ling about this, she found the scene around her distorting. Then, she saw the patterns on the walls begin to move!
"They're moving!"
Ye Qingyan exclaimed as she watched the moving patterns. Her gaze followed them, and she saw all the moving patterns on the walls converging on a single point that appeared on the wall.
"Qingyan!"
Just as Ye Qingyan was staring at the point of light in a daze, Ye Ling's hand suddenly landed on her shoulder, and the moving patterns around her returned to their original state.
Pulled out of the illusion, Ye Qingyan regained her senses.
Seeing Ye Qingyan's bewildered look, Ye Ling said, "You were drawn into an illusion again."
Hearing Ye Ling's words, Ye Qingyan was still somewhat dazed. She looked at the mark on her wrist and murmured, "What I saw just now... was it all an illusion?"
Seeing Ye Qingyan staring at the mark on her wrist in a trance, Ye Ling's heart stirred slightly. He asked, "What did you see in the illusion?"
When Ye Ling asked, Ye Qingyan did not hide anything. She said, "The rune mark on my wrist reacted again, and the patterns on the walls also started moving."
"The patterns on these walls moved?" Ye Ling suddenly realized something was amiss and quickly pressed further.
"Yes! The patterns moved!"
Ye Qingyan pointed to the spot where she had seen the patterns converge. "I just saw a point of light appear there, and the moving patterns were all converging towards that point. But before I could go and check, I was pulled out of the illusion."
"A point of light?"
Ye Ling looked at the spot Ye Qingyan indicated and instantly teleported there with her. He discovered a hole smaller than a pinprick, concealed by the surrounding patterns, making it extremely difficult to find.
"Perhaps the illusion you just saw wasn't related to the Xu family..."
Upon discovering this tiny pinprick, Ye Ling immediately placed his hand on the wall and injected his soul power into it to investigate the situation inside the wall.
However, the investigation revealed something that greatly startled Ye Ling!
Behind this wall lay a cosmic barrier connecting to the outer universe!
Moreover, the cosmic barrier here was exceptionally thin, as fragile as paper!
If one were to strike from the inside, even a cultivator in the True Martial realm could probably break through this cosmic barrier. Even from the outside, a Dao Extreme cultivator would be more than enough!
"There's such a fragile barrier here?"
Ye Ling was filled with a sense of dread upon discovering the existence of this barrier.
If it hadn't been him who discovered it, but rather the Supreme Being from the outer universe who had taken the inheritance earlier, the inner universe might have already been carved up by outer forces.
Seeing Ye Ling's unusual expression, Ye Qingyan couldn't help but ask, "Ye Ling, what did you discover?"
"I didn't find any treasures, but I did find a big problem..." Ye Ling withdrew his hand and said gravely.
Under normal circumstances, upon discovering this fragile cosmic barrier, it would simply be a matter of slowly repairing it.
But now was different...
With a Supreme Being from the outer universe lurking in the shadows, capable of launching a surprise attack at any moment, Ye Ling had no time to repair this cosmic barrier!
What was even more critical was that he couldn't let that Supreme Being discover this secret. If the Supreme Being were to break through this cosmic barrier recklessly, the arrival of outer forces would be accelerated!
Ye Ling had not even dealt with all the internal troubles yet. If a large number of powerful beings from the outer universe were to invade the universe at this time, the consequences would be unimaginable!
Seeing Ye Ling's troubled expression, Ye Qingyan realized they might have encountered trouble. She asked Ye Ling, "What should we do now?"
"Roar..."
Ye Ling sighed heavily. Just as he was about to calm down and think, roars echoed from outside the hall.