The disciples from various families looked on with envy and jealousy as they watched the Nine Clan’s descendants and Dragon-Tiger Mountain disciples each step onto the teleportation altar.
A mirage-like spatial storm swirled above, and each person disappeared instantly, reappearing inside the South Heavenly Gate.
"They’ve made it across!"
"They really made it across!"
"There’s hope now!"
"..."
A group of cultivators shouted excitedly, as if they themselves had made it through.
The disciples from Yaochi Sacred Land, Broad Cold Palace, and Heaven-Piercing Palace went to negotiate, hoping to get a share.
The elders of the Nine Clans discussed and agreed with them.
However, the Unity Realm Stage experts of these three families must go inside the South Heavenly Gate to guard the altar.
At that ti, only by collaborating from inside and outside could they ensure foolproof success.
The experts from the three families were speechless since inside the South Heavenly Gate was shrouded in mist and fraught with danger, life and death uncertain.
Asking them to guard inside was almost like sending them to their deaths.
Nonetheless, for the sake of their disciples,
They chose to agree, bringing their disciples one by one through the teleportation altar.
Other sects or families didn’t have such good fortune and had to swear oaths in front of the altar, which finally allowed them to transfer.
After the Li Family brothers crossed, Li Yuanba, inside, glared out at a group of old n and cursed in frustration, "Old fools, they’re senior mbers of Celestial Realms City, yet they have the gall to demand things from us juniors. I really want to smash their heads in."
His older brother Li Yuancheng stopped him, saying, "Keep it down, they can still hear you through the gate."
Li Yuanba shrugged and said, "What are we afraid of? They don’t dare co in!"
The elders from the Nine Clans glared at them with displeasure, wanting to go in and teach them a lesson if they weren’t Li Family disciples.
Li Yuanba vented angrily, "We might as well have followed that demon chief."
Li Yuancheng and Li Yuanrui both chuckled bitterly; they were supposed to be leading their troops but had co here behind their father’s back.
Only Third Brother Li Yuanqing remained with the Ma Army and did not co along.
With these people leading the way, the loose cultivators following imdiately swore oaths in front of the altar, entering the South Heavenly Gate.
Even the kings of the Demon Clan temporarily yielded to these people.
They had their own plans: get inside first and figure things out later.
The Immortal King Palace was vast, always providing alternate routes to explore.
As the first palace of the Nine Domains, it opened every ten thousand years, attracting millions of cultivators each ti.
As people entered, they finally understood why the elders of their family sects were so fixated on this place.
Under the yellow mist, an eye-opening grand hall that soared beyond sight appeared opposite, layered and towering like a hall once occupied by giants.
Standing beneath it, one felt minuscule.
A bridge spanning over a thousand ters connected various halls and towers, joining the surrounding peaks into one, collectively guarding a nine-tiered palace at the center.
Giant trees over a hundred ters high stood lush and green, with trunks a dozen ters thick, their leaves maintaining a verdant color despite the corruption of Netherworld Qi.
Other vegetation had turned black, ominously resembling things from the netherworld.
Soone pointed excitedly ahead, "The Nine Queues Hall, this was the living quarters of the ancient Immortal Emperor."
"There must be treasures inside!"
"Everyone, let’s go!"
"..."
A group of cultivators rushed toward the Nine Queues Hall ahead.
Inwardly puzzled, they wondered why the elders said this place was fraught with danger, yet they encountered no problems so far?
So cultivators, emboldened, even dared to split up.
A cultivator shouted, "There’s supposed to be a Peach Garden here, but where is it planted?"
Another replied, "The central halls are administrative places; the Peach Garden should naturally be on the adjacent mountain peaks."
"There’s no danger here, let’s spread out!"
"Let’s go, seize the opportunity!"
"..."
A group of loose cultivators hollered carefree, having no sect influence to back them; they could only grow by seizing opportunities.
Their ranks were always filled with stories of soone falling into a cave and discovering a predecessor’s legacy before soaring to fa, becoming a paragon.
These tales endlessly inspired wave after wave of loose cultivators to embark on adventures through generations.
In the end, over five million cultivators passed through the teleportation altar, and once at the Immortal King Palace and dispersed, the place seed relatively empty.
Only the area in front of the central grand hall bustled, with over a million cultivators gathered there.
Nine Queues Hall, nine-tiered palace.
Each tier soared over a hundred ters, layered upward like a pagoda standing central.
In front of this hall was a rainbow bridge over a kiloter long.
The rainbow bridge was shrouded in mist on both sides, its depths unfathomable.
A large plaza stood at the bridge’s entrance.
At the bridge’s gate, two one-hundred-ter-tall giants stood.
One held two copper hamrs, the other a giant axe, both clad in golden armor guarding the place.
Everyone looked startled and dared not cross the bridge.
Fear gripped them that the giants might co alive and cleave them with an axe.
Soone shouted, "They’re just stone statues, nothing to fear. Look closely—they’re carved from stone."
Another chided, "Then why don’t you try it?"
The person jested, "How could a small fry like go first? The seniors should go ahead."
In the crowd, one fearless individual stepped out, wielding two copper hamrs, and scolded loudly, "Afraid of this, afraid of that, what nonsense opportunity are you seeking!"
He led the way across the bridge, revealing himself as the fourth of the Li Family, Li Yuanba.
Li Yuancheng anxiously pulled at him, hurriedly advising, "No, wait until we understand things."
Li Yuanrui also hastily blocked his brother.
Just then, Jin Wu, the Saint Heir from Machinery Star, exclaid, "Bunch of cowards, let test the way for you!"
His storage ring glead, releasing a cha over ten ters tall.
Jin Wu took out a cylindrical object, inserting it into the ch’s heart.
The cha’s eyes opened at once, its limbs flexed and moved.
Its full-tal body creaked endlessly, holding a massive blade and moving freely like a human.
Jin Wu ordered, "Cross the bridge!"
The cha warrior slightly nodded and proceeded toward the bridge.
When it neared within ten ters of the bridge, everyone’s hearts leapt.
Fearing an accident, Jin Wu commanded, "Leap across!"
The cha lunged forward, soaring thirty ters in one bound, carving an arc through the air, and landed with a thud on the bridge.
The two giants remained motionless, easing everyone’s fears, and they exclaid, "See, no problem! It’s just two stone statues, they won’t move."
"Everyone, cross the bridge!"
"Quickly, cross the bridge!"
"..."
A wave of people surged forward, taking just a few steps before the bridge suddenly emanated a mysterious light, enveloping the cha.
The cha had no ti to react before exploding into pieces within the light, scattering fragnts over the sides.
The crowd was taken aback again, "Stop, sothing’s fishy with this bridge!"
A swarm halted at the bridge’s head, staring in astonishnt.
Jin Wu lanted, "My cha, it was the latest alloy model, indestructible even by Human Immortal weapons, how did it shatter so suddenly!"
A careful cultivator found a stone stele nearby.
As the stone stele had weathered through ages, it was significantly eroded.
However, the gist remained discernible, reading, "I am Ye Lingtian, Sect Master of the Sky Sword Sect. This bridge is the Bridge of Immortal Fate, only those fated can cross. We, a group of a million, arrived here, and ultimately only one hundred crossed. I venture forth uncertain of life or death, thus leaving this inscription to warn future generations."
User Comments
0 comments from readers