*Whoosh!~* *Whoosh!~* *Whoosh!~*
There was a big spatial vortex swirling in the mid-air. There were many people below, so clad in armor overseeing and so normal people traversing to and fro from the spatial vortex. The armored cultivators seed to hold authority over here as they controlled the queue and had those who wished to cross the spatial vortex pay a hefty sum.
It appeared to be an Upper Realm Node, a spatial node that seed to be leading to the Second Layer of the True Immortal World.
It seed to be barely away from closing as it fluctuated heavily.
"No!!!"
Many people frantically rushed towards it, but the guards stopped them.
"The heaven and earth have ordained that you people have no luck. Stop entering. The channel inside will beco increasingly unstable, and you will be stuck in the void for an eternity or easily die."
The golden-armored man unleashed his undulations and cald the crowd. He seed to be a Peak-Level Sovereign Stage expert, and his undulations were clearly a bit denser than those of an average Level Nine Sovereign.
With his words, the crowd fell silent. Those who managed to make it into the spatial vortex within ti rejoiced, and those who couldn't, even after paying the toll, looked depressed beyond compare. The latter even cried.
So of them even sold and left everything to co here and start a new life in the Upper Realms. These nodes barely remained active for one or two days, and three days was already extrely good. As soon as they heard about the Upper Realm Node, they abandoned everything to catch the spatial vortex.
They knew it was extrely difficult to make it in ti but still tried because the Upper Realms were more fortuitous and more resourceful as much as there were risks. Becoming an Immortal Emperor or a Sovereign was given if one entered the Upper Realms. They believed that and made the trip. However, two days? An Immortal Emperor could barely complete the journey in a realm from north to south within two days, much less seek the Upper Realm Nodes located in other realms.
The Upper Realm node would close before they could make it.
There was a rumor that the longest an Upper Realm Node stayed open was for twenty-one days, but that was billions of years ago. No one believed it, but even if it didn't happen, it surely wasn't the average as most Upper Realm nodes only stay open for two days or three days max. So might only last a single day, but by that ti, the rulers of the realm wouldn't even find it, much less occupy, announce, and tax it.
Usually, Mystic Diviners employed or belonging to the realm would foretell the general location of these Upper Realm Nodes before they could appear, so it would already be occupied by the ti it appears or soon after it appears, but still, it's just a day, there was not enough ti for people to traverse other than nearby regions, so they usually wouldn't bother to get the hopes of people up.
There were also tis when they wouldn't be able to determine where the node would arrive due to karmic interference or spatial anomalies. In those tis, the local people might be able to enjoy the spatial vortex themselves, but this wasn't one of those tis.
This Upper Realm Node was open for three days, but they still failed to make it.
They felt miserable.
They could only watch as the Upper Realm Node closed, their expressions as though the entire world was coming down. The guards tried to clear the area but were unwilling to leave, still looking at it from afar.
Just as it was about to close completely, a white-robed man abruptly jumped from the distorting spatial vortex and landed on the ground.
"…!"
Nurous people were shocked, their jaws dropping. The guards also narrowed their eyes in shock. They had never seen soone make a last-second appearance as the instability would've caused them to be thrown elsewhere, sotis even appearing out of a new spatial vortex.
"Waah… barely made it in ti, or I would have to self-destruct the avatar and look for another Lower Realm Node again…"
The white-robed man was wearing a conical hat and a flowing veil around it that covered his features. From his gentle and soothing voice, he appeared to be a young man.
However, the guards were pretty much alert.
There were not a lot of scenarios when t with people coming from the Upper Realms. There were four main scenarios that they had seen ti and ti again.
One, they were peaceful and ca to do trade, even after resources that could only be found in Lower Realms.
Two, they were young geniuses who ca to explore or bully.
Three, people who are screwed by offending soone they shouldn't have and fled to the Lower Realms.
The fourth and last, they were absolutely vile and looking to gain karmic sin for their cultivation purpose.
They looked at the white-robed man and initially ascertained that he may not be absolutely vile based on his attire, but they could never know. Underneath the white robe could be a ruthless villain, but first and foremost, they were unable to determine his cultivation.
Even as he descended from the spatial vortex, there was not a single hint of undulation. Even their senses that rudely probed him picked up nothing. The conical hat he wore also disrupted their senses, not allowing them to see his true face.
They didn't continue with their rudeness as the head guard stepped forward and cupped his hands.
"Esteed cultivator, for what purpose have you descended the Lower Realm Node?"
"?"
The white-robed man turned to look at them, "I'm just a passerby who wants to explore and do so good. By the way, what realm is this?"
"This…" The golden-armored head guard wanted to ask more questions, but he found himself compelled to answer.
"This is the Startal Sovereign Lower Realm."
"Oh, the one located in the southern Lower Strata. Not a good or bad place to get to my destination. In any case, may fortune be with you, and don't forget to have healthy fun instead of being stiff all your life."
"Esteed cultivator, who are-"
The golden armored man probed once more, but by the ti he realized it, the white-robed man was no longer there.
"!!!"
It alard the guards as they began searching for him for over half an hour, but by that ti, the white-robed man was already halfway across the realm, flying through the clouds.
"The Eternal Twilight Lower Realm, which is said to be where he has hidden himself according to Empyrean Miller Skyrend, is three realms away. With my current speed, I should be able to get there within three to five days."
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