Of course, although everyone was confused, the path was before them, and how could they stop? In the dark depths ahead, they didn't know what monsters lurked, and they didn't want to meet them.

And so, the group walked towards that ancient road. Saying it was a road, it was actually just a dim path, not very wide, winding and twisting, and no one knew where it led.

As the group entered, the sound from the dark depths suddenly became violent, as if about to burst out. Even the dry bones on the ground began to shatter one after another, and fragments of dark shadows were devoured.

"Hurry!"

They dared not delay and did not stop at all, heading towards the depths of the path as quickly as possible.

After they had traveled forty or fifty *li*, light shone from ahead, flickering uncertainly, very gentle, and a rich spiritual energy swept over them, making them feel peaceful.

After traveling a few more *li*, a world of light appeared before them, no longer dark. Soft light flowed, a scene of peace and holiness. Spiritual energy stirred, light and color flowed, and there were various visions in the void, transforming into celestial cranes and divine birds, dancing and soaring in the air.

"Another illusion?"

Zhan Yu was shocked, but the treasure in his primordial spirit did not move at all. Even when he illuminated it with the eyeball, there was nothing unusual. This was a real scene!

In this place hundreds of *li* beneath the ground, there was actually a blessed land!

There was no doubt that cultivating here would be twice as effective with half the effort. Although there was no vitality, there was vast spiritual energy and mysterious Dao rhythm, transforming into visions, explaining the Dao and its principles.

"Beneath the ground, there is a whole other world!"

Kong Wu was also stunned. All of this was very abnormal, but this ancient land was definitely real. It was full of strange peaks and rocks. Although there were no living beings, it was definitely a treasure land.

They traveled through this ancient land, and after walking a few *li*, they finally reached the deepest part of this ancient land.

Here, there was actually a huge portal, with a lifelike bas-relief carved on it.

It was a strange life form, its head shaped like a wolf's head, with a pair of ancient, gray horns, and a vertical eye between its eyebrows. Its body was covered in scales, and long hairs grew in the gaps between the scales, as red as blood.

But the most shocking thing was that it had nine tails growing behind it, each ending in a ferocious beast's head. They were actually nine dragon heads, terrifying and ferocious, with a monstrous power!

"Could this... be a Jiu You Ao (Nine Nether Hound)?!"

Jun Dao was shocked. They knew some secrets about the Jiu You Ao, but had never heard that the Jiu You Ao's nine tails were actually nine dragons!

"Could it be... no wonder, so that's it!"

Kong Wu's eyes shone with divine light. When he saw this bas-relief, all the previous mysteries were solved.

"Nine dragon veins, representing nine tails. This race is going against the heavens, and they aren't afraid of offending the True Dragon race."

He spoke simply, but the others understood. This underground area presented the appearance of dragons guarding it, but it was actually built according to this bas-relief, using nine dragon veins to represent the nine tails of the Jiu You Ao.

But in their opinion, this was undoubtedly provoking the True Dragon race. However, in their memory, the Jiu You Ao race did not have much prestige.

"Let's not worry about that for now, but at least it confirms that this is indeed the ancient land of the Jiu You Ao race!" the Fallen God Child said, his eyes burning, "Open it, I want to see what the ancient land of this race is like!"

Jun Dao nodded. Now that they had confirmed that this was the ancient land of the Jiu You Ao race, they were confident. The bone book recorded how that freak had entered it.

"Open!"

From the eyeball, a faint blue light shot out, landing on the bas-relief, specifically on the vertical eye between the eyebrows of the Jiu You Ao.

The next moment, the vertical eye on the bas-relief seemed to split open, using the vertical line within it as the boundary, and this giant door slowly opened.

Brilliant light burst out from within, like colorful streamers, dazzling and sacred.

When they gradually adapted to this light, they were once again shocked by the scene behind the door.

Behind the door, it was as if they were inside the body of some creature. Flesh grew on the walls of the huge cavern, and there were even gurgling blood vessels!

Moreover, they also discovered that what flowed in these blood vessels was not the magma they had seen before, but real blood, flowing as rapidly as mercury. It was supreme precious blood, unimaginable!

As for where they were, it was a cliff, below which was a golden lake. Countless auspicious lights and divine rainbows radiated from it, with five colors intermingling, and various lights constantly flowing.

They felt that every drop of water in the golden lake possessed endless divine power, contained dragon energy, and every drop was a great medicine, an unimaginable sacred liquid.

However, this was not the most amazing thing, because in the center of this golden lake, they saw a crystalline heart, as flawless as the most perfect jade in the world, shining with unimaginable divine brilliance!

That heart, like a small mountain, was hung in the sky above the lake by countless blood vessels, and at the same time, many blood vessels plunged into the lake. As the heart beat, the golden lake water also flowed upward, flowing in the heart, constantly washing and removing all impurities.

"The heartbeat we heard before was real?"

At this moment, they were stunned again. This ancient land blurred the concept of reality and illusion. What they saw might not be real, and what they heard might not be false. They could encounter danger at any time, but they could also miss the truth at any time.

However, now that their primordial spirits were protected by secret treasures, they could not hear the heartbeat, after all, it was too dangerous. No one knew what scene they would see if they fell into an illusion here.

"What should we do next?"

Zhan Yu's breathing became a little rapid. Even though they were all prodigies and had seen many grand scenes, it was difficult for them to remain calm now. This was a great opportunity, how could anyone be calm?

"I don't know."

Jun Dao shook his head. The bone book only recorded the location of the ancient land of the Jiu You Ao race and how to enter it. As for what exactly was in the ancient land, it was very vague, otherwise they would not have been tricked before.

"Explore on your own," the Fallen God Child said, taking the lead and landing on the edge of the golden lake, standing on the flesh.

Jiang Xuan and the others each chose a direction and landed as well, standing on the flesh, their eyes gleaming with strange colors. This flesh had already developed divine abilities and contained dragon energy. It was real precious flesh, even more precious than the dragon vein flesh they had obtained before.

Just then, a prodigy couldn't wait, cutting off a piece of flesh. It shone with precious light, and mysterious blood flowed within, very mysterious. Even just looking at it from a distance, they could feel the amazing Dao rhythm within.

"Careful!"

However, before he could be happy, and before others could act, a wave suddenly crashed down on the golden lake, which was originally calm and without waves.

Boom!

That prodigy reacted extremely quickly, sensing the danger, and directly unleashed his strongest technique, like a divine mountain stretching across, able to block everything.

Dong!

However, when the wave crashed down, each drop was like a star, possessing immeasurable divine power. That divine mountain was not worth mentioning at all, and it collapsed and disintegrated in less than a breath.

"No!"

The wave swept over, and before the others could even come to his rescue, that prodigy had already been swallowed and swept away, leaving only a mass of flesh and blood in place.