At this moment, Chen Ping was floating in the void. When he slowly opened his eyes, he found himself in an unknown starry sky. Countless meteors streaked through this starry sky, and all of them were burning with flames.
Chen Ping’s own body was also burning. However, he felt no pain at all. It was as if this body no longer belonged to him.
Boom!
Suddenly, a deafening roar echoed. Then, in the direction Chen Ping was looking, the countless meteors shattered instantly. They burst like fireworks, dazzling and brilliant.
Chen Ping’s face was full of confusion. He could not understand what kind of power could shatter those countless meteors.
“Under this void flame, you actually managed to wake up…”
At that moment, a cold voice came from nearby.
Chen Ping quickly turned towards the sound. He saw a man standing about a hundred zhang away from him.
The man wore a long robe and had a stern face. His hands were clasped behind his back, giving off an aura of authority without anger.
Seeing the man, Chen Ping felt his heart skip a beat. An inexplicable pressure made him feel a chill in his chest.
“Senior, what is this place?”
Chen Ping asked politely in a hurry.
When he did not know the other’s identity or strength, being courteous was the most important thing. Otherwise, pretending to be tough could lead to death.
The man looked at Chen Ping and smiled faintly. “This is not any place…”
The man’s words left Chen Ping very puzzled. He could not comprehend them at all. However, he did not dare to ask further, fearing he might anger the other.
“Senior, may I ask who you are?”
Since he did not know what this place was, Chen Ping decided to probe the man’s identity.
If the man was from a hostile force, Chen Ping would need to find a way to escape. He could not stay here and wait for death.
The man seemed to see through Chen Ping’s thoughts and smiled. “Do not be afraid. I will not harm you. I am from the Divine Hall.”
Upon hearing that the man was from the Divine Hall, Chen Ping’s heart tightened. After all, he had some bad blood with the Divine Hall. However, he had a good relationship with its Fourth Hall Master.
So, Chen Ping asked tentatively, “Senior, I have a good relationship with your Divine Hall’s Fourth Hall Master. Her name is Ling Xi…”
“Ling Xi?” The man seemed to think for a moment, then shook his head. “I do not know her…”
“That cannot be, right? You do not know the Divine Hall’s Fourth Hall Master?” Chen Ping looked surprised. “Could you be a low-level cultivator in the Divine Hall?”
Chen Ping sized up the other. Clearly, the man’s aura did not seem like that of a low-level cultivator.
But if he was high-level, how could he not know the Fourth Hall Master?
“Hahaha, do you think I look like a low-level cultivator in the Divine Hall?” The man burst into laughter.
“No!” Chen Ping shook his head. “Could you be an ancestor of the Divine Hall, so you are not familiar with the current members?”
This was the only explanation Chen Ping could come up with. Since the man was from the Divine Hall, not low-level, and did not know the Fourth Hall Master, he might be an old-timer from the past. Over the passage of time and changes in personnel, it was normal for elders not to recognise newcomers.
“You are very clever.” A flash of surprise passed through the man’s eyes. He had not expected Chen Ping to guess correctly.
“However, I am not some ancestor of the Divine Hall. This is because I founded the Divine Hall myself.”
As soon as the man finished speaking, Chen Ping was stunned. He had not imagined that this somewhat stern-looking man before him was actually the founder of the Divine Hall. The entire Divine Hall had been created by him.
“Then, are you not the first Divine King of the Divine Hall?”
Chen Ping asked breathlessly.
“You could say that…” The man nodded, then asked, “How did you come here?”
“I do not know either. I just opened a void passage from the Seventh Heaven to the Eighth Heaven. As soon as I entered the passage, flames started burning all over my body. When I opened my eyes again, I was here.”
Chen Ping explained.
