Close to midday, the snow-white foreign bird, pulling the holy car wrapped in starlight, travelled towards the top of the Wind Dome in the Inner South Garden.
Only seven silhouettes followed the Sacred Vehicle, Zhang Ruochen, the bearded man, the blind man, and the bodies of the other four, were all wrapped in crystalline star armour, and rode a metallic Sacred Beast shaped like an Earth Dragon, carrying bowl-thick battle spears in their hands.
As the metal holy beasts walked, a loud sound would come out from the ground.
According to the rules of the Temple of Truth, only cultivators from the great worlds that ranked in the top one thousand of the Saint’s Merit List could enter the Inner Four Courts. However, with the energy of the Thousand Star Civilisation, it would not be difficult to arrange a suitable identity for Zhang Ruochen and bring him into the Inner South Garden.
“I see that there aren’t many Thousand Star Civilisation cultivators attending the God Sealing Platform Assembly, why are we the only ones going to the Wind Dome?”Zhang Ruochen asked.
On the right, the blind man with a dry and thin figure was not talkative, as if he had not heard Zhang Ruochen’s voice.
On the left, the bearded man explained to Zhang Ruochen, saying, “The Wind Dome is not a place where anyone can go, and for a weak person to barge in is no different from sending them to their death.”
The so-called Wind Dome Top was actually a barren hill, only a few hundred metres high, not majestic and magnificent at all.
Coming to the bottom of the Wind Dome, looking upwards, one could see a dilapidated ancient hall situated there, without any vegetation around it, it appeared to be lonely, and it actually gave people a feeling of vicissitude.
From the bottom of the mountain, to the ancient hall of the stone steps, fast buried by the soil, a closer look, only to see some traces left behind endless years ago.
The vast majority of the strongest people from the various ancient civilisations converged at the bottom of the wind dome.
Other than the camp that the Heaven’s Beginning Civilisation was in, all the other ancient civilisations had only sent out a few beings. Each one of them was a top-level powerhouse, with their cultivation reaching at least the four-step Saint King realm.
Behind the White Feather Peacock Car, the seat of the Heaven’s Beginning Immortal, the number of living beings gathered was more than the other ancient civilisations present combined.
Almost all of them were not cultivators of the Heaven’s Primordial Civilisation, nor were they assistants invited by the Heaven’s Primordial Fairy, but rather, they had gathered there on their own initiative, coming from all different great worlds.
These beings, all of whom had gone to break into the Wind Dome because of that oath of the Heaven’s Beginning Immortal, were overwhelmingly young people who had lost their heads, but of course, there was no shortage of truly strong people among them.
Without having to pay any reward, there were so many cultivators who would sell their lives for her, and naturally, the Heaven’s Beginning Immortal would not expel them.
Apart from the various ancient civilisations, Zhang Ruochen also saw the figures of some Divine Transmission Disciples. These Divine Transmission Disciples were all born in various Ancient Civilisations or were friends with a certain Ancient Civilisation.
When the Great Exalted One arrived, Zhang Ruochen and the other space cultivators were placed together, standing at the centre of a group of cultivators from the Ancient Civilisation’s faction, and there were also two silver giants holding battle axes to protect them.
Obviously, the matter of attacking the palace complex and dealing with the ancient ferocious creatures would not be left to them.
Only when they were truly used would they be allowed to make a move.
The number of space cultivators was scarce, and it wasn’t strange to have such treatment.
In addition to their six space cultivators, there were also some formation masters that were gathered nearby, belonging to the protected group.
The Great Zun was covered in a radiant golden light and had the general aura of a general alliance leader as he laughed out loud and said, ”The cultivators from the Paradise Realm Faction and the Demon God Realm Faction have already broken in as early as an hour ago. Since everyone has arrived, we will also come out.”
It wasn’t the case that the earlier one broke in, the earlier one could grab the divine spring.
Instead, the cultivators who broke in first would be the first to fight against the ancient ferocious creature, undoubtedly clearing the way for the cultivators who went in later.
It seems to be just a hill that is a few hundred metres high, but, when climbing upwards, it gives people a huge oppressiveness, as if there is an invisible holy might pressing down on them, or …… divine might.
Entering the temple, the view immediately became vast, the clouds in front of them were misty, and the holy qi was vast.
If not, the ground was full of holy blood and the remains of ancient ferocious creatures, it is not certain that the crowd would have thought that they had come to a fairyland. Obviously, not long ago, a great battle had broken out here, and all the ancient evil creatures had been cleared away.
From the position of Zhang Ruochen’s lapel, the True Myriad Little Daoist poked his head out with a hint of astonishment in his eyes, using his spiritual power to say to Zhang Ruochen, “The folding space here was actually opened?”
“Hmm.”Zhang Ruochen nodded.
In the distance, the palaces were one after another, interspersed with towering peaks, with some unknown regions shrouded in black Yin Qi.
In the depths of the palace clusters, creepy hissing sounds rang out from time to time, or dull battle roars came from the area, which was too vast to make it impossible to tell from where all those sounds were coming from.
A Saint King being with a pair of fleshy wings on his back soared up, wanting to fly to a high place to check out what was happening in the depths of the palace complex.
“Roll down immediately, are you looking for death?”The Great Exalt roared.
That Saint King Being’s face paled in fear, and he hurriedly retracted his wings, wanting to retreat back to the ground.
Suddenly, a black crack appeared above that Saint King Being’s head, like a troll’s mouth, biting off half of its body in one bite.
“Boom.”
Only two bloody legs remained, falling down from midair.
As the black crack was revealed, a harsh, gloomy wind blew between heaven and earth, whimpering, and even cultivators at the Saint King realm felt their scalps numb at this moment, and their legs unconsciously trembled.
The entire scene was silent, and the crowd didn’t dare to utter a single breath.
It was only after a moment that the black crack disappeared.
Looking at the two bloody legs on the ground, many of the beings who were holding on to their luck were now in a state of retreat, not daring to continue forward.
Beside Zhang Ruochen, a voice rang out, “What exactly was that black crack just now, could it be a spatial rift?”
The person who spoke was one of the six Space Cultivators, Li Qinghai.
Monk Pu Shan shook his head and said, “It shouldn’t be. The other end of the spatial rift is nothingness, yet, the inside of that black rift just now is gloomy.”
That little girl from the Space Temple, Devil Little Mushroom, revealed a look of fear and said, “As long as we don’t fly into mid-air, the black rift shouldn’t appear again, right?”
Gu Feng narrowed his eyes and laughed, “Hehehe, girl, what’s the point of being so scared, if you don’t come to Master Gu’s side, Master Gu will protect you.”
The fear on Devil Little Mushroom’s pretty face intensified as she moved in the direction where Li Qinghai and Zhang Ruochen were, hiding behind the two of them for fear of being approached by Gu Feng.
Gu Feng was originally staring at Devil Little Mushroom’s chest, but suddenly, his line of sight was blocked by Zhang Ruochen, and a gloomy look appeared in his eyes as he said, “Kid, the first time I saw you, I really didn’t realise that you could actually cultivate the Spatial Way as well. How about showing everyone what you can do?”
“There’s nothing to show …… Well, Great Exalted One and Heavenly Primordial Fairy and the others are leading the way, so it’s time for us to head deeper!”
Zhang Ruochen didn’t bother to pay attention to Gu Feng and walked straight forward.
Li Qinghai followed Zhang Ruochen and warned, “Brother Lin, Gu Feng seems to have a preconceived notion about you, you must be wary of him, this person is notorious for being ruthless and will do anything.”
“Thanks for the reminder.”
Zhang Ruochen developed a hint of goodwill towards Li Qinghai, and then, exchanging words with him, he said, “Since Brother Li is not a disciple of the Spatial Divine Hall, how did he embark on the path of cultivating the Spatial Way?”
Zhang Ruochen rarely encountered Space Cultivators and was still quite curious about them.
Li Qinghai smiled and said, “Although I am not a disciple of the Spatial Divine Hall, an old ancestor in my family was once a rather powerful spatial cultivator of the Spatial Divine Hall.”
“The old ancestor has always wanted to find a mantle heir in the family, however, the way of space is just too difficult to comprehend, and without supreme talent, it would be impossible to comprehend a spatial rule at the Ninth Transformation of the Fish Dragon and incorporate it into the Sacred Soul.”
“It was only by a fluke that I managed to do so, and then I was designated as the successor by the Old Ancestor.”
Zhang Ruochen asked, “Since your ancestor was a Space Cultivator of the Space Divine Hall, why haven’t you worshipped the Space Divine Hall?”
Li Qinghai shook his head and smiled, “Truth be told, the old ancestor said that my talent above the Spatial Way was too poor, and that cultivating the Spatial Way could only be used as an aid, not as a main cultivation. Otherwise, in this lifetime, there is no way to impact the Great Sage realm.”
Beside him, Devil Little Mushroom said, “Yes, yes, it’s too difficult to major in the Spatial Way and try to raise my cultivation, and up until now, I’m still stuck at the one-step Saint King realm.”
Zhang Ruochen turned his head and glanced towards Devil Little Mushroom, instantly, the little girl’s pretty face turned red as she lowered her head and said in a pitiful manner, “That pervert, Gu Feng, has been plotting against me all this time, I can only follow the two big brothers in order to have some sense of security, you two big brothers, you must help me!”
Li Qinghai immediately patted his chest and said boldly, “Little Mushroom, don’t worry, with Big Brother Li around, no one will be able to bully you.”
Zhang Ruochen was just silent, as if he was thinking about something.
No matter what, she was still a Saint King, was she that timid?
Beings like Qing Mo who were naturally timid were still rare after all.
“This woman is most likely deliberately pretending to be that way, wanting to use me and Li Qinghai to help her deal with Gu Feng.”Zhang Ruochen thought so secretly.
It was only human for Devil Little Mushroom to do so.
It just appeared to be a bit more calculating, and anyway, she should definitely not be treated as a simple little girl, otherwise, at the critical moment, she might suffer a great loss.
The cultivators of the Ancient Civilisation faction, after penetrating more than ten miles into the palace complex, finally encountered the ancient ferocious creatures, and both sides exploded into a fierce battle.
Prior to this, all the holy fruits near the palaces had been harvested and the holy medicines had been dug up.
However, at this moment, when Zhang Ruochen looked ahead, he saw some lofty and grandiose palaces with tall, emerald-green Sacred Trees growing, their trunks into augurs, gulping down the Sacred Qi of Heaven and Earth. On the trees, there were holy fruits, emitting a distant fragrance.
Some of the cultivators were dealing with the ancient ferocious creatures, while others went to attack the formations on the periphery of the temple, wanting to pick the holy fruits inside.
Zhang Ruochen was a little moved and wanted to pick them as well.
Because, he could see that the holy fruits borne on those holy trees were extraordinary, and if he could swallow a few of them, his cultivation would definitely increase greatly, and he would have a chance to break through to the four-step Saint King realm here.
