Chapter 916: Divine Origin

Long Zhan formed hand seals with both hands, and a wisp of black qi emerged from his shadow, directly entering Long Teng's body.

After the black qi entered Long Teng's body, his aura instantly grew much stronger.

"This is my last shred of soul power; keeping it is useless, so I might as well give it to you. With this soul power, you should be able to recover thirty to forty percent of your strength. Coupled with the Spirit-Containing Stone, you should be able to return to your peak state before long," Long Zhan said calmly.

Ye Yuan, standing nearby, was inwardly startled. This remnant soul of Long Zhan was clearly already extremely weak, yet it still possessed such power.

The might of a Divine Path powerhouse was truly unimaginable!

"Thank you, Lord Long Zhan!" Long Teng bowed respectfully.

Long Zhan waved his hand and said, "My soul power is exhausted; I only have a trace of lingering thought left. Whether I scatter with the wind or return to my original body, I am also looking forward to it! Kid, do not forget your promise!"

With that, Long Zhan's body grew increasingly ethereal until it finally vanished.

At that moment, a hard object the length of a short rod slowly flew out of the void and came into Ye Yuan's hand.

Seeing this object, Long Teng immediately became excited: "The Sacred Dragon Token! It really is the Sacred Dragon Token! It has been missing for over a hundred thousand years; I never thought it would be buried in this Heaven-Slaying Pit! What exactly happened back then?"

Ye Yuan asked curiously, "This thing is really your dragon clan's treasure? To me, it doesn't look much different from a fire poker."

It was no wonder Ye Yuan was curious; this thing that looked like a short rod was truly too inconspicuous.

It was entirely black, with traces of damage on its surface, and it emitted no fluctuation of primal power. Compared to its earth-shattering appearance, the difference was too great.

Could such a piece of junk really be called the dragon clan's supreme treasure?

"Nonsense! The Sacred Dragon Token is a divine artifact; how could you or I fathom it? With a divine artifact appearing in the world, I fear... chaotic times are truly coming!" Long Teng said gravely.

The Divine Path had withered, and all divine artifacts had been buried in history.

Now that a divine artifact had reappeared in the world, Long Teng had a bad feeling about it.

"Speaking of divine artifacts, what is the Haotian Stone Tablet? And the Soul-Calming Pearl? Huh... I'm completely at a loss!" Ye Yuan said helplessly.

Long Teng was speechless; divine artifacts were equally mysterious to him.

Not to mention him, even Fang Tian had not figured out what the Haotian Stone Tablet really was.

"Forget it, let's get out first. Since it's a good thing, I'll keep it for now. But... how do we get out?" Ye Yuan said in exasperation.

That guy Long Zhan had vanished just like that, leaving them trapped in this cave.

Long Teng said, "This place should be an independent space. To get out, we have to break the space here."

"Huh, the Dragon God's Roar was so powerful, yet it couldn't break this space. In our current state, we simply can't get out!" Ye Yuan said helplessly.

The sound wave attack of the Dragon God's Roar was extremely fierce, even causing the space to tremble. But it still hadn't broken this space.

Although Ye Yuan's strength had greatly increased, he knew he didn't have the ability to shatter this space.

Long Teng pondered for a moment, then suddenly said, "According to clan records, the Sacred Dragon Token has the power to shatter the void! Wasn't it also hidden in the void before?"

Ye Yuan's eyes lit up at this, and he took out the Sacred Dragon Token again.

He infused his primal power into the Sacred Dragon Token, but there was no reaction at all.

"Indeed, is it just a fire poker?" Ye Yuan said helplessly.

Long Teng shot him a glare and said irritably, "A divine artifact is something used by Divine Path experts. To activate the Sacred Dragon Token, you need divine essence!"

"Divine essence? What's that?" Ye Yuan looked completely clueless.

"Divine essence, simply put, is the energy used by Divine Path experts! When mystic energy enters the body and is refined by a Divine Path expert, it transforms into divine essence!" Long Teng explained.

Ye Yuan wasn't surprised that Long Teng knew these things. The dragon clan was one of the most ancient races and surely knew things unknown to the outside world.

But counting this time, it was only the second time Ye Yuan had heard the term 'mystic energy'.

"But... where am I supposed to get divine essence? Without it, isn't this thing in my hand just a fire poker?" Ye Yuan said helplessly.

"Divine essence? Don't you already have some on you?" Long Teng suddenly looked at Ye Yuan with a knowing smile.

Ye Yuan was startled, then suddenly realized, "You mean... those strange energies in my energy sea?"

Long Teng laughed, "Exactly! These divine essences are extremely precious. They were all painstakingly obtained by Fang Tian in the Godfall Mountains back then, each drop invaluable. Who would have thought they'd end up benefiting you, kid."

Ye Yuan was speechless. So he had been carrying a treasure all along without knowing it! Those strange energies were actually divine essence used by Divine Path experts!

However, martial artists below the Divine Path couldn't unleash the true power of divine essence.

For Ye Yuan, the only use of divine essence was to unleash martial skills instantly.

If those Divine Path experts knew he was using divine essence like that, they'd probably crawl out of their graves in fury.

Fortunately, Ye Yuan knew how precious it was and had barely used it since obtaining it.

Ye Yuan glared at Long Teng in annoyance, "You knew all along and never told me! Aren't you afraid I'd squander all this divine essence?"

Long Teng smiled, "You got it, so it's yours. How you use it is your business."

Ye Yuan had no retort. He took a deep breath, carefully mobilized a few drops of divine essence, and infused them into the Sacred Dragon Token!

Suddenly, the Sacred Dragon Token emitted a dazzling light. Before Ye Yuan could even activate it, a terrifying aura spread out, just like when it first appeared!

"Sizzle..."

Ye Yuan abruptly activated it and smashed it against the void. In an instant, the space around him cracked inch by inch!

"Boom!"

The entire space collapsed, and Ye Yuan and Long Teng's figures were sucked away by some mysterious force.

"Puff, puff, puff..."

On the second floor of the pavilion, dozens of lamps went out all at once.

Seeing this, Shao Kai suddenly stood up, frowning, "What happened? Ye Yuan... he's not in trouble, is he?"

"Brother Ye is too powerful to be in trouble," An Ren said.

With a whoosh, the space rippled slightly, and Ye Yuan's figure reappeared in the pavilion.

Seeing Ye Yuan, An Ren laughed heartily, "See what I said? The person who can bring Brother Ye down hasn't been born yet!"

An Ren's admiration for Ye Yuan had reached the point of blind faith.

But Shao Kai's expression changed, "Ye Yuan, you... broke through again?"

In just a few days in that space, Ye Yuan had broken through three minor realms and was about to reach the Formless Realm!

Such a rate of progress was simply too astonishing.