As the Universe Turns - Chapter 1056
Chapter 1056 Profound Realm In Cloud
“Alright, Liao Wuchen … we … how much longer do we need …”
Above the sky, the clouds were vast, and the Heavenly Peak City below could no longer be seen. Ling Luan had never flown to such a high place before. She was excited, but at the same time, she was also a little nervous, afraid that if she accidentally fell down, her body would be shattered.
A cultivator who fell from the sky and died would probably become Celestial Pogoda’s biggest joke in nearly a thousand years.
“Hold your breath and concentrate. Don’t speak.”
Xiao Chen brought her along. With a single step, his cultivation rose by another hundred feet. His cultivation had reached his level. He was truly heaven entering the sea, and he could not do anything with his manpower. Even at such a high altitude, without using any formations, he was able to fly up with just his own abilities.
The higher the temperature, the lower the temperature. Ice fragments had gradually condensed on their bodies. Cold Qi constantly invaded their surroundings. This place did not seem to be the Lustless Heavens. Above the Lustless Heavens, there was plenty of spiritual energy. However, this place seemed to have a faint restriction of heaven and earth.
Ling Luan’s face had already turned a little purple from the cold. Even with her True Qi and Spiritual Energy protecting her body, it would be difficult for her to completely resist the bone-chilling coldness of being “invincibly cold at high altitudes” for a moment.
“Rumble!”
When the two flew up another thousand feet, a large cloud of lightning suddenly appeared. It was dark and there were lightning chains constantly appearing inside. It looked extremely terrifying. Obviously, this was not an ordinary cloud of lightning. It was most likely some sort of heaven and earth restriction.
“Alright, Liao Wuchen …”
At this moment, Ling Luan’s face revealed a faint look of shock. Normally, she did not feel that when she came to this place, she did not expect it to be so terrifying.
“Don’t be afraid. Hold on to me.”
Xiao Chen grabbed her with one hand and sliced his finger with the other, instantly covering a layer of Genuine energy, protecting the two of them and piercing into the thundercloud.
Lightning flashed and thunder rumbled in the surroundings, but those lightning bolts were unable to penetrate his Genuine energy Barrier. In fact, the moment they met him, the lightning bolts seemed to have gained intelligence and automatically moved aside.
Right now, his cultivation was no longer comparable to before. This time, he had benefited a lot from going to SorrowlessValley. If it was before, it would not have been easy for him to ascend to such a high level of clouds.
Ling Luan was so frightened that she closed her eyes and grabbed onto his arm tightly, even trembling as she spoke. “We, are we here yet?”
“We’re here.”
Xiao Chen swiped his finger and broke through the last layer of the Lightning Cloud Restriction. Everything in front of him suddenly became clear. He saw the faint clouds, the floating islands, the flowing waterfalls, flowing down. It was really no different from the Immortal Realm.
“Wow … is this the Profound Cloud Realm?”
Ling Luan opened her eyes and was immediately attracted by the spectacle in front of her. She did not expect that after passing through that terrifying lightning domain, it would actually be such a land of immortal energy and spiritual charm. She even thought that she had already arrived at the Immortal World.
“Liao Wuchen Liao Wuchen, look over there!”
She pointed at the floating islands and shouted excitedly. The islands surrounded each other, and water flowed down from the center. The water mist rose, forming brilliant rainbows. The scenery was indescribably beautiful.
“Shh …”
Xiao Chen immediately made a gesture of silence. To him who had been in Lustless Heaven all year round, no matter how beautiful the scenery was, there was nothing strange about it. On the contrary, there was a very strange Spiritual Energy nearby.
“Ah …”
Seeing his serious expression, Ling Luan immediately covered her mouth. Only then did she realize that she had come up here to look for Four Daoists. How could she have forgotten about her business after coming up?
There was a Spiritual Energy on it. Anyone with some cultivation would not have to worry about falling after coming up. The two of them looked around for a while and saw floating islands everywhere. The clouds were vast. They didn’t know how big the Profound Realm was, nor where Daoist Gudeng and the others were right now.
“Liao Wuchen, have you sensed the auras of a few Daoist Priests?” After searching for a while and seeing no trace of Four Daoists, Ling Luan asked in a low voice.
“Follow me.”
Xiao Chen moved and took her forward. At this moment, he seemed to know where Daoist Gudeng and the others were.
The two of them traveled through the clouds for about half an hour before finally arriving at a large mountain. The mountain was not very high, but it was clearly supported by extremely strong Spiritual Energy to be able to float ten thousand feet above the sky without falling.
“It’s on that mountain.” Xiao Chen’s eyes narrowed as soon as he finished speaking, he withdrew the aura from his and Ling Luan’s bodies and flew up the mountain.
For some reason, the closer he got to the mountain peak, the more his heart skipped a beat. He whispered, “It’s been half a month since Ling Luan came down. Is something wrong?”
“Shh, don’t talk.”
Perhaps it was because Ling Luan’s cultivation wasn’t high enough, so he couldn’t sense it. However, when Xiao Chen was ten kilometers away, he had already sensed two mysterious forces confronting each other. It seemed like Celestial Pogoda, Four Daoists, and the other Palace Elders of Divine Martial Palace were undoubtedly there.
“Let’s go.”
After withdrawing his aura again, Xiao Chen brought Ling Luan up to the top of the mountain. When he reached the top, Ling Luan could feel that the two opposing forces were actually like storm eyes. They looked calm, but they were actually extremely terrifying forces. No one could approach them. Once they approached the Eye of the Storm, they would definitely be shattered to pieces!
Xiao Chen held her down. The two opposing forces were extremely powerful. Even he couldn’t rashly barge in.
At this moment, an old man’s voice sounded from the top of the mountain, “Taiwu, why are you so persistent?” Now that our cultivation has reached our current realm, why are we asking for nothing more than eternal life? Eventually, we will break free from the shackles of life and death. One day, we will be able to break through the outer realm and step into the Immortal Palace without being bound by the Heavenly Dao … Are you different from me? “So what if I sacrifice something for this long life?”
Hearing this voice, Ling Luan was slightly stunned. He whispered to himself, “This voice is most likely the Third Hall Elder of Divine Martial Palace, the Xuan Yue Sect …”
Xiao Chen remained silent by the side, but he thought to himself, “It’s longevity again. Indeed, everyone is fascinated. Even if their cultivation reaches their level, they are still unable to break through the Samsara of Life and Death in this world.”
Right at this moment, another familiar old man’s voice sounded, “Xuan Yue Sect, now that the Dark Devil has appeared in your heart, can it be that you still don’t know it? Rather than falling into the Devil Sea in the future, why don’t you restrain your horse while it’s still on the precipice?”
“Fall into the Devil Sea? Retreat from the precipice? Haha!”
The Xuan Yue Sect laughed loudly, and then its voice became cold and fierce again, “We cultivators, why are you cultivating so hard?” If it wasn’t for the sake of longevity, then what was the point of all of this? Lonely Lamp, do you dare to say that in your heart, you never thought of living forever? “You just don’t dare to admit what you really think in your heart. Now, I will speak for you. All you need to do is obediently obey and you will be able to obtain this longevity. This is something that countless people in this world cannot ask for!”
“Sigh …”
‘”Fellow Daoist Daoist Taiwu, we haven’t seen each other for a hundred years, but I didn’t expect that your inner demons would be so deeply planted” said Xuan Yue with a sigh.
“Heart demon? Haha!”
The Xuan Yue Sect raised their heads and laughed loudly. They said sternly, “I beg for eternal life to be a demon in your heart. Then what is it that you are all wholeheartedly devoted to becoming saints?” The four of you always have a dignified appearance. However, back then, in order to prevent that ancient devil that might not even exist from breaking through the seal and coming out to destroy the entire Celestial Pogoda, didn’t you also send all those disciples to that place? Now that you don’t even know their life or death, what qualifications do you have to keep saying that you want to protect Celestial Pogoda’s disciples? Haha! It’s ridiculous, it’s simply ridiculous! ”
Below the mountain peak, Ling Luan’s face was shocked. What did Xuan Yue Sect mean by those words just now? What kind of Ancient Devil didn’t even exist? What destroys the whole of Celestial Pogoda? What kind of place, those disciples … who were those disciples? Could it be those senior brothers and sisters of the Heavenly Word Realm that disappeared more than a hundred years ago …
Xiao Chen’s expression gradually became serious. Sure enough, Celestial Pogoda had a secret. When he came here 20 years ago, he had noticed something strange. All the disciples of the Heavenly Word Realm 100 years ago had disappeared. Celestial Pogoda had inherited it for thousands of years and had almost as deep a foundation as Xuanqing Sect. Why was there only Daoist Gudeng and the other four?
“Liao Wuchen, what did the Xuan Yue Sect just say?”
Ling Luan’s expression was somewhat dull as she hesitantly pulled at Xiao Chen’s sleeve and sent him a secret message.
Xiao Chen slowly opened his eyebrows. He looked at her and shook his head. He sent back a secret message, “This person’s words may not be completely trustworthy. Anyway, don’t tell anyone what you heard just now after you go down.”
“En …”
Ling Luan nodded her head and blinked her big, watery eyes at him. Although she did not know his intentions, it was as if she was listening to her brother’s words.
“Sigh …”
Upon hearing Four Daoists’s sigh, Xiao Chen raised his head to look at the mountain peak. Although he could not see Four Daoists’s expression at this moment, he thought it must be painful.
“Humph!”
The Xuan Yue Sect snorted coldly and said coldly, “Cut the crap. Now that True Monarch Xuanxiao has promised us the Art of Longevity, as long as you hand over Celestial Pogoda, what’s the difficulty?”
“Fellow Daoist Xuan Yue, don’t you understand? What does True Monarch Xuanxiao want Celestial Pogoda to do? Do you know how many people will die if Celestial Pogoda is handed over to him? He wants to take countless people …”
“Humph! I don’t care how many people die. So what if blood flows into a river? What does it have to do with me? If anyone obstructs my path to longevity, then die. Even the four of you are no exception!”
“Junior Brother … be careful!”
“Boom! Boom!”
Suddenly, an extremely powerful force surged in all directions, instantly shattering the clouds for ten kilometers. At this moment, Xiao Chen had already condensed Genuine energy to protect Ling Luan beside him.
Ling Luan leaned against him and looked at the top of the mountain. Her face was slightly pale. The power just now was so strong …
“Xuan Yue Sect! Do you really want to be so stubborn? This is the Mysterious Cloud Realm. If you accidentally destroy the Spiritual Energy Formation, you and I will not be able to escape death today!”
“Humph! If the array formation is broken, then you, Celestial Pogoda, will fall first. What does it have to do with me? If you can live forever, what does it have to do with the lives of millions of people in this world? Even if blood flows into rivers and corpses are buried in millions, you must hand over Celestial Pogoda today!”
The power on the mountain peak grew stronger and stronger, causing the surrounding sea of clouds to surge violently. After an unknown amount of time, a faint male voice finally sounded from outside the mountain peak, “If it is a long life paved with human blood, then I wonder how far you can go on this long life path.”
“Who is it!”
Hearing this voice without warning, the Xuan Yue Sect immediately turned around and saw two silhouettes appearing not far away. One was a cold, faint white-haired man, and the other was a cute, jade-like girl.