The strange "Rune," as soon as it appeared in Ye Chen's perception, the next moment, Ye Chen felt an overwhelming power emanating from the "Rune"—a power that Ye Chen once sensed hidden within the "Rune," stronger than the Divine Master, possibly powerful enough to destroy the entire True Spirit Divine Kingdom!
This formidable power poured into Ye Chen, instantly breaking his state of imprisonment, propelling Ye Chen towards the eighteen-story high secret cave, resembling a tall tower, that had been blasted from the seabed!
This scene utterly startled the Sovereigns of the Extreme Spirit Clan beside Ye Chen.
One must know, the terrifying starry sky demon had previously immobilized Ye Chen and everyone else, including the Nine-Star Elder Sovereign Tian Jue Sovereign.
Now, with Tian Jue Sovereign still imprisoned, Ye Chen suddenly escaped the imprisoned state, naturally leaving the Extreme Spirit Clan Sovereigns astounded.
He even thought, "Could young friend 'Jiang Li' have escaped the imprisoned state?"
"Is it possible that the means left by the 'Master,' possibly greater than the Divine Master, standing behind him, aided him?"
Tian Jue Sovereign had long suspected that at least one 'Master' of great power stood behind Ye Chen.
At this moment, with Ye Chen breaking free from imprisonment faster, Tian Jue Sovereign arrived at this conclusion.
Not only Tian Jue Sovereign, but other Extreme Spirit Clan Sovereigns seeing Ye Chen breaking free also thought Ye Chen might harbor terrifying means.
This thought delighted the Extreme Spirit Clan Sovereigns.
After all, Ye Chen was on their side against the threat from the starry sky demon, and the stronger Ye Chen was, the greater their chances of survival.
For a moment, all the Sovereigns of the Extreme Spirit Clan turned their gaze towards Ye Chen, eager to see what would happen after he broke free.
Seeing Ye Chen fly towards the eighteen-story tower-like secret cave, the Extreme Spirit Clan Sovereigns recalled something.
Before, the starry sky demon had emerged from a black cave like an eye, from the seabed once this eighteen-story tower-like secret cave was blasted out.
The Extreme Spirit Sovereigns didn't know what the eighteen-story tower-like secret cave represented or why Ye Chen flew there.
However, the Extreme Spirit Clan Sovereigns were unaware that they had guessed wrong from the start.
They believed Ye Chen relied on someone powerful standing behind him to escape imprisonment, though Ye Chen did have an important figure behind him—a Star Lord from the Cosmic Sea even beyond a "Master" they imagined.
Still, Ye Chen hadn't fully learned the means left by Zi Ji Star Lord, which wasn't aiding him in breaking free.
Even Ye Chen himself was unaware of what being drawn by the power of the strange "Rune" towards the eighteen-story tower-like secret cave signified.
Amid the Extreme Spirit Clan Sovereigns' speculation, Ye Chen could only let the force drag him to the eighteen-story tower-like secret cave, unable to resist.
At the same time, the starry sky demon, having devoured the entire Sea of Taboo, was preparing to attack Extreme Spirit Martial Land and Extreme Spirit Sea but paused seeing Ye Chen suddenly break free from its imprisoning power.
In that brief moment of pause, Ye Chen was brought by the strange "Rune" entirely before the eighteen-story tower-like secret cave, his body adhered to the stone wall outside!
Then, something unexpected happened to Ye Chen once more.
The moment Ye Chen's body touched the stone wall outside the eighteen-story tower-like secret cave, the overwhelming power of the strange "Rune" flew out from him, rushing like a great river toward the eighteen-story secret cave.
Then, a shocking scene unfolded.
The eighteen-story tower-like secret cave began shattering layer by layer from the top, until only the last two layers remained!
As it shattered to the last two layers, the Sovereigns watching Ye Chen trembled with horror, and when the first six layers completely shattered, the Extreme Spirit Sovereigns inwardly cried, "The internal scene presented during the shattering of the eighteen-story tower-like secret cave is incredibly akin to the first six layers of the 'Eighteen Mysterious Caves' we once ventured in."
"The 'Eighteen Mysterious Caves' were originally hidden within the Sea of Taboo—is this, blasted from beneath the Sea of Taboo, the very 'Eighteen Mysterious Caves'?!"
Considering this possibility, the Extreme Spirit Clan Sovereigns again felt their hearts in their throats.
They knew the long-lost 'Sovereign Yinsha' of their clan might be within the 'Eighteen Mysterious Caves,' and uniquely, 'Lord Yan,' who once saved their clan, might also reside within.
If the shattered eighteen-layer tower-shaped secret cave now really is the "Eighteen Mysterious Caves," then very likely, they will be able to see "Sovereign Yinsha" and "Lord Yan" again!
"Sovereign Yinsha" aside, if "Lord Yan" truly appears, with the strength they've heard "Lord Yan" possesses, perhaps they can help solve this impending "Starry Sky Demon" crisis!
Though many thoughts raced through their minds, all of this happened in just a fleeting moment. At this time, when the Extreme Spirit Clan's Sovereigns had not even considered other places, the eighteen-layered tower-shaped secret cave had already shattered down to the penultimate layer.
When the penultimate layer shattered, from inside, three female figures emerged directly.
One of the Sovereigns of the Extreme Spirit Clan was shocked in his heart upon seeing one of the three female figures, exclaiming, "'Sovereign Yinsha,' that's 'Sovereign Yinsha!' She's actually inside here! Could this eighteen-layered tower-shaped secret cave really be the 'Eighteen Mysterious Caves'?!"
At this moment, the overwhelming power inside the bizarre "rune" on Ye Chen's body all poured into the tower-shaped secret cave, and the weird "rune" that Ye Chen sensed finally disappeared. At that moment, Ye Chen was ejected from the absorbing state of the tower-shaped secret cave.
At this moment, Ye Chen also saw the three female figures emerging from the penultimate secret cave layer.
Upon seeing one of the figures, he also exclaimed, "General Yinsha!"
One of these three female figures looked exactly like a Combat Doll he once fought against in the Demon Tomb, who else could it be but the General Yinsha that Huyan Divine Master had told him about?!
Ye Chen could never have imagined that he hadn't even gone to the "Eighteen Mysterious Caves" yet found General Yinsha under these circumstances, in this eighteen-layered tower-shaped secret cave that had been blasted out from the seabed!
This also made Ye Chen realize that this eighteen-layered tower-shaped secret cave absolutely was the "Eighteen Mysterious Caves" he originally intended to visit!
Although he didn't understand why the "Eighteen Mysterious Caves" had been blasted out from the seabed and then appeared a black cavern similar to the eye of the Starry Sky Demon, the appearance of General Yinsha had already eased a heavy stone from Ye Chen's heart.
No matter today's circumstances, at least he finally met the goal he came to the "True Spirit Divine Kingdom" for, he finally found General Yinsha!
At this time, "Sovereign Yinsha," among the three women in the penultimate layer, hadn't even reacted to the sudden events when she heard Ye Chen shout "General Yinsha," she directly looked towards Ye Chen and asked, "Who are you? How do you know me?"
Ye Chen hadn't had time to answer "Sovereign Yinsha's" question when the eighteen-layered tower-shaped secret cave had already shattered down to the final layer.
And when this final layer also shattered, another figure was revealed.
As this figure emerged, the Sovereigns of the Extreme Spirit Clan in the void near the shore exclaimed in shock, "Lord Yan," while Sovereign Yinsha and the other two women quickly turned back to look at this figure, all three women also calling out, "Lord Yan!"
At this moment, Xiaojiu, who was hiding on Ye Chen, directly transmitted to Ye Chen, "Lord Emperor Yan, Ye Chen, this is Lord Emperor Yan who infused me with countless knowledge!"
Although Xiaojiu had never seen the true form of "Lord Emperor Yan," he had only sensed a resemblance to the divine aura of "Lord Emperor Yan" when he saw the divine statue left by "Lord Yan."
But now, seeing "Lord Emperor Yan" in person, Xiaojiu was infinitely certain that this must indeed be the "Lord Emperor Yan" who had left countless knowledge for her Nine Spirits Sparrow clan!
Xiaojiu called out "Lord Emperor Yan," while Sovereign Yinsha and others called out "Lord Yan," which made Ye Chen's gaze directly lock onto this newly appeared figure.
This figure was a burly, wide-faced and dignified middle-aged man, with a particularly striking feature of fiery red hair. Ye Chen could sense that the flame power condensed on each of this man's hairs absolutely surpassed all the power in this universe!
"'Lord Yan,' 'Lord Emperor Yan,' just as I suspected, these two great figures are indeed the same person!"
While Ye Chen, Xiaojiu, the Sovereigns of the Extreme Spirit Clan, General Yinsha, and the other two women were all excited due to the appearance of "Lord Emperor Yan," "Lord Emperor Yan" himself looked incredibly solemn.
His voice, transmitted directly to everyone's ears.
His first words were directed towards Ye Chen, and they heard him say, "Thank you, my young friend, for bringing the power I left behind from the 'Ancient Forbidden Grounds' to the 'Sea of Taboo'!"
Then, Lord Emperor Yan advised everyone, "Now great trouble is upon us, originally, that 'Starry Sky Demon' and I were mutually suppressing each other; I suppressed his attempt to enter this universe through the 'Eye of the Demon,' and he confined me and the three Yins in the 'Eighteen Mysterious Caves!'"
"Originally, I wanted to use the power left by this young friend to escape from the 'Eighteen Mysterious Caves' and then deal with this 'Starry Sky Demon,' but I wasn't in time to act before it came through the 'Eye of the Demon' to here! This indicates that the power of this 'Starry Sky Demon' has increased further, and I may not be able to deal with it even with the power left behind."
"Everyone, first enter my Defensive Light Shield, if I can't handle this 'Starry Sky Demon' that escaped from the 'Eye of the Demon,' then our only option will be to escape first and seek further assistance!"
As he spoke, Lord Emperor Yan swept divine power from his hand, directly removing the binding force on the Sovereigns of the Extreme Spirit Clan, and then a Defensive Light Shield appeared simultaneously around the three, Ye Chen, and Sovereign Yinsha.
After securing Ye Chen and the others, Lord Emperor Yan directly looked at the "Starry Sky Demon" that devoured the entire "Sea of Taboo," standing in the dark domain where the "Sea of Taboo" had vanished!