System: After the fortune telling, my cultivation level skyrocketed.

Exclamations broke the silence on the warship's deck. Chen Xuan and the others turned to look, their faces blank. In the endless void ahead, there was only thick, boundless darkness, like solidified ink, swallowing all light and making it difficult even for divine sense to penetrate.

"Do you really think you can see the outline of the Imperial Pass border with your naked eyes?" The divine sense of the Purple Emperor God King exploded in everyone's minds like a resounding bell, carrying a hint of warning.

At this moment, Jue Wuqing's eyes shone with a tangible, dazzling light. Even though he had been here before, seeing this ancient and majestic pass again now, he could not hide his shock, and his immortal energy subconsciously fluctuated.

Upon hearing this, Chen Xuan and the others were all stunned. A terrifying suspicion arose in their hearts, and they immediately activated their divine powers, similar to the Eye of the Candle Dragon, their divine senses piercing through the darkness like searchlights.

Even so, apart from Chen Xuan, Dao Yi, and a few others who could barely make out the blurry outline of the border of the Imperial Pass, which resembled the spine of an ancient behemoth, all the others saw was the boundless darkness stretching across the void.

"Holy crap! This is the legendary Imperial Pass Frontier Defense Line?" Chen Xuan's eyes widened, and the Candle Dragon Eye was activated to its limit. The blurry outline gradually became clear in his eyes, and the shock in his heart was beyond words. "It is actually formed by darkness and based on eternity. Such a masterpiece is worthy of the Emperor's personal presence!"

"Heavens! If my martial uncle hadn't reminded me, I'm afraid I would never have imagined that this boundless darkness was the frontier city wall!" Dao Yi exclaimed in astonishment. The moment his divine sense touched the darkness, he felt a shiver originating from his very soul. "Just how thick is this city wall? It can actually block all light and divine sense from being detected!"

"It's unbelievable that such a formidable pass, seemingly cursed by heaven, could not withstand the invasion of the strange race during the Immortal Ancient Era." Xia Jiuyou's eyes widened in disbelief, his fingers unconsciously clenching. "Just how many secrets of the Immortal Ancient Era are hidden in this darkness?"

Lu Xueqi gazed at the all-consuming darkness, her mind filled with reveries of the past:

"During the ancient times, countless Immortal Kings, Dao Lords, and Supreme Powerful Beings fought at this pass. What a tragic and magnificent scene it must have been! Heaven and earth must have wept blood, and stars must have fallen!"

On the more than one hundred warships, regardless of which realm they came from, all the young celestial beings who were arriving here for the first time were filled with shock and awe, and even their breathing was subconsciously softened.

woohoo-

The fleet of warships changed direction and rapidly ascended.

As over a hundred warships drew closer, the once endless darkness of the frontier city walls was suddenly illuminated by a dazzling streak of light, like a shooting star. In an instant, countless layers of eternal Dao patterns flashed through the void, and an ancient and majestic aura surged forth like a tide.

The oppressive aura emanating from the Eternal Dao and the Heavenly Dao, even a mere wisp of it, struck everyone's chests like a massive hammer, turning their faces deathly pale, causing them to stop breathing, as if their internal organs were about to shift.

"Are we about to reach the frontier defense line?" Xuan Yi clutched his chest, his face as pale as paper, his voice trembling.

"What will it be like outside the border defense line?" As soon as these words were spoken, all the younger generation turned their gazes to Zi Chen and Jue Wuqing, their eyes filled with curiosity and trepidation.

However, the two did not answer directly—the fleet had already climbed rapidly to its limit and was about to reach the frontier defense line.

wow——

The moment the fleet finally flew over the frontier city wall, the wind stopped abruptly, and the world fell into a deathly silence, as if even divine senses were frozen by the darkness.

Beyond the city walls lies an endless, dark abyss with no boundaries and no reference points.

At the heart of the abyss, a massive dark vortex slowly rotated, emanating a terrifying suction force that devoured everything, distorting and pulling even light and spacetime, exuding a despairing stillness.