Primordial Star Scripture

"Senior, do you want me to act as your assistant and accompany you to brave the Ice Fire Divine Cave?" Ye Chen asked the Three-Eyed Skeleton.

Since the Three-Eyed Skeleton knew so much about the Ice Fire Divine Cave, he should have been prepared to take on the challenge himself. Wouldn't it be best for him alone to take the treasures within? Why would he bring others along?

This was something Ye Chen couldn't quite understand.

The Three-Eyed Skeleton looked at Ye Chen as if he saw the confusion in his eyes and explained, "Although I am familiar with the Ice Fire Divine Cave, I am not entirely confident that I can take the treasures within by myself."

"Young lad, with the True God Talisman, your strength is not inferior to mine. If we work together, we might stand a chance of obtaining the treasures."

"Moreover, my coming here has another purpose apart from taking treasures from the Ice Fire Divine Cave—that is to assassinate someone."

"That person, you know him too. He is Jin Lieyang from the Xuanjin Continent."

"With your help, I'll be more confident in successfully assassinating Jin Lieyang!"

Jin Lieyang?!

Upon hearing that the Three-Eyed Skeleton intended to assassinate Jin Lieyang, Ye Chen instantly recalled their first encounter in the Forbidden Ancient Lands when the Three-Eyed Skeleton had asked him and several other Heavenly Saints about Jin Lieyang.

Back then, Ye Chen realized that the Three-Eyed Skeleton must have had some connection with Jin Lieyang.

However, Ye Chen had not expected the Three-Eyed Skeleton to be set on assassinating Jin Lieyang!

What puzzled Ye Chen even more was the fact that the Three-Eyed Skeleton was a Four Tribulations True God. Even if he was injured and hadn't fully recovered, he still possessed the strength of a Three Tribulations True God.

And Jin Lieyang was merely a late-stage Heavenly Saint, so for a Three Tribulations True God to assassinate a late-stage Heavenly Saint shouldn't take much effort. Why then did he say he needed help to be more confident?

Could it be that Jin Lieyang also had hidden strength or powerful True God Talismans on him?

Before Ye Chen could voice his doubts, the Three-Eyed Skeleton spoke directly, "If it were the beginning, perhaps I would have gone to face Jin Lieyang alone. Even if he had the means of the Xuanjin Holy Land, I would have ways to counter them. But eight days ago, when I arrived at this third treasure site, Jin Lieyang also entered after just one day, and to my surprise, I saw he was followed by a Void Sky True God, and a Three Tribulations one at that! This situation did catch me off guard!"

"With you by my side, young friend, if you could hold off that Three Tribulations True God for a moment, I could focus on Jin Lieyang. This would greatly increase the chances of a successful assassination!"

"After all, I believe that Jin Lieyang must have some prepared measures."

A Three Tribulations True God with Jin Lieyang?!

Ye Chen was taken aback.

You see, when he entered the Divine Heritage Cave, he had not seen any Three Tribulations True Gods. If this True God had indeed entered the treasure site, it meant that he had entered the Divine Heritage Cave concealed within Jin Lieyang's treasure space.

But treasure spaces shouldn't be able to bring in Void Sky True Gods, unless the treasure space was a medium-grade divine artifact or high-grade divine artifacts like the Ice Snow Jade Pendant, which could allow entry into the Divine Heritage Cave.

However, medium-grade and high-grade divine artifacts were exceedingly rare treasures, and in the Minor Spirit Realm, only immensely powerful True Gods possessed them. It was highly improbable for either Jin Lieyang or the Three Tribulations True God to have such artifacts, and even Ye Chen obtained the Ice Snow Jade Pendant only by chance through the inheritance of the Ice-Sealed God King.

To say that Jin Lieyang or that Three Tribulations True God had also received a God King Level inheritance and owned medium-grade or high-grade divine artifacts was highly unlikely!

If they did not enter with such divine artifacts, then there was only one possibility left—that the Three Tribulations True God also had a Treasure Cave Key and used it to enter while in the treasure space.

Ye Chen didn't know whether that Three Tribulations True God had entered with a divine artifact or a Treasure Cave Key.

But at this moment, it wasn't the time to ponder over this matter. Regardless of how that Three Tribulations True God had entered, the key point was that he was now here.

"Senior wants me to hold off a Three Tribulations True God?" Ye Chen laughed, "The risk is too great. Besides, even though you have shown me some kindness, you almost killed me in the Forbidden Ancient Lands."

"If you want my help, please reveal your background to me in detail. Only then may I consider it."

"I also want to know what kind of grudge or favor you have with Jin Lieyang, senior."

"I also want to know why you chose not to fight me to the death in the Forbidden Ancient Lands and even helped me several times afterward."

"I'm even more curious about what the most valuable treasure in the Ice Fire Divine Cave actually is and whether it's worth the risk to join you in venturing there, not to mention dealing with that Three Tribulations True God."

Ye Chen voiced all the doubts that were in his heart.

Without fully understanding the situation, Ye Chen would certainly not choose to help the Three-Eyed Skeleton.

After all, whether it was to stop Jin Lieyang's Three Tribulations True God or venture into the Ice Fire Divine Cave, there was likely a life-threatening danger involved, so naturally, Ye Chen had to be extremely cautious.

Hearing Ye Chen's words, the Three-Eyed Skeleton looked deeply at him for a few moments before bursting into a loud laugh, "Young man, my friend, you really are a person of meticulous thoughts who doesn't take risks without full preparation. All right, since I'm asking for your help and you want to know these things, I will tell you everything!"

"As for my origins, it's quite simple. My friend, take a look at this!"

With a "whoosh," the Three-Eyed Skeleton flicked his fingertip, and a burst of five-colored sword light appeared at the tip of his finger.

Upon seeing this sword light, Ye Chen exclaimed in surprise, "The Great Five Elements Sword Light? Senior, are you really from the Beiming Clan?"

Earlier, when Ye Chen had brought out the Great Five Elements Sword Light technique, and the Three-Eyed Skeleton had ceased fighting him, Ye Chen had suspected that the Three-Eyed Skeleton might come from the Beiming Clan, which was why he refrained from truly fighting to the death with him.

But seeing the "Great Five Elements Sword Light" technique in the hands of the Three-Eyed Skeleton still shocked Ye Chen enormously.

"From the Beiming Clan?" The Three-Eyed Skeleton chuckled bitterly as he shook his head, "No, while it's true I have some connection to the Beiming Clan, having cultivated there before, I am not actually a clansman of the Beiming Clan. My true origin lies in the Xuanjin Continent, and my identity was that of the Saint Heir of the Xuanjin Continent, predating Jin Lieyang by five generations!"

The Three-Eyed Skeleton revealed something completely unexpected to Ye Chen!

"You originate from the Xuanjin Continent? And were a Saint Heir even before Jin Lieyang?" Ye Chen was astounded as he looked at the Three-Eyed Skeleton, and then he suddenly thought of the third eye of the Three-Eyed Skeleton.

The location of that third eye, on the forehead between the eyebrows, wasn't that where the Holy Crystals were hidden by the Saint Heirs and Holy Maidens of the Five Elements Continent? Could it be that the third eye of the Three-Eyed Skeleton was originally hiding the Holy Crystal of the Xuanjin Holy Land? Is that why the third eye still had that crevice?

Seeing what Ye Chen was thinking, the Three-Eyed Skeleton let out a "swish" sound as his skeleton form flew out of the mid-stage Heavenly Saint young man he had been inhabiting and revealed himself.

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The Three-Eyed Skeleton pointed to the third eye on his forehead and said, "That's right, this place once concealed the Holy Crystal of the Xuanjin Holy Land. After my ascension to the Minor Spirit Realm, I left the Holy Crystal to the next Saint Heir. And now, that Holy Crystal is in the hands of Jin Lieyang. After the Holy Crystal vanished, I transformed this acupoint into a third eye, one with the power of a divine sword!"Nôv(el)B\\jnn

"After I ascended to the Minor Spirit Realm, I started cultivating within the Beiming Clan. My friend, the reason why I recognized the origin of your Beiming Secret Tome, and also why I know the 'Great Five Elements Sword Light,' is not because it's a technique known to all Beiming Clan people but because it was the very secret tome my master truly cultivated!"

"It was because I saw that you had received my master's legacy that I refrained from fighting you!"

"Your master's legacy? The True God who dropped the divine sword was your master?" Ye Chen was completely shocked; he had never expected that the divine sword he had encountered when it fell to the world would have such a great connection with the Three-Eyed Skeleton!

At this point, the Three-Eyed Skeleton also seemed to remember many things, and his voice became somber, "My master was a Six Tribulations True God. My friend, since you have received the divine sword's inheritance, you should know that the Beiming Clan and another ancient clan of the Minor Spirit Realm, the 'Blood God Clan,' have a deep-seated enmity, constantly fighting over control of the 'Beiming Divine Sea'!"

"My master once left to patrol the 'Beiming Divine Sea', and since then I never saw him again. It was only from you that I learned his divine sword had fallen to the lower realm, and he's likely to have perished at the hands of some True God of the Blood God Clan!"

When mentioning the Blood God Clan, the Three-Eyed Skeleton's eyes were filled with hatred, "Not only did my master meet his end, but even my current state is inextricably linked with the Blood God Clan."

"After the Minor Spirit Realm opened, Jin Lieyang left Xuanjin Continent to visit there, and he also specifically came to visit me in the Beiming Clan. Being a Saint Heir of generations after me, I naturally took great care of him."

"But what I didn't expect was that Jin Lieyang would collude with the Blood God Clan, later betraying my whereabouts to them. During one of my travels, I was immediately pursued and attacked by three powerful True Gods of the Blood God Clan. If it weren't for a supreme treasure on my person, I might have truly perished under their chase."

"Jin Lieyang thought that his conniving plots had killed me, never imagining that I was still alive, and that I had come to this Divine Heritage Cave!"

"What he even less expected was that I had discovered the reasons behind his treachery. He colluded with the Blood God Clan simply to exploit their power for cultivation, so he could successfully venture into the Ice Fire Divine Cave that opens once every 3,300 years, to obtain the ultimate treasure within—the five 'Thunder Lightning Bamboos'!"