Free Web NovelChapter 567: Chapter 558: Celestial Palace
Ding Ling thought for a moment, took a bowl from the storage pouch and threw it into the abyss, then took another one and tossed it forcefully to the opposite side.
He observed carefully.
Saw that the bowl did not seem to shatter into ashes in the gray region.
He then took a rather long chain from the storage pouch, tied one end around his waist, and gave the other end to Li Canghai:
"If I show any sign of distress, remember to pull me back."
"Your Majesty, I think this isn’t safe."
Li Canghai’s face was full of caution:
"You are the supreme ruler, with a body worth a thousand gold, such dangerous tasks shouldn’t be undertaken by you. Let me do it instead."
"Are you immune to all poisons?"
Ding Ling asked.
Li Canghai shook his head.
"Is your cultivation higher than mine?"
Li Canghai still shook his head.
"Or do you think you run faster than me?"
"..."
Li Canghai felt embarrassed and ashamed, nodded and said:
"I understand. Your Majesty, please be very careful."
Ding Ling did not say more, took a deep breath, and performed Soaring in the Void to step into the air above the chasm. As soon as he stepped in, he felt his body sink, as if an invisible force was locking him, causing him to involuntarily descend. But luckily, with the True Qi of the Eternal Youth Technique in his body, he fiercely pushed, amplifying his body technique tenfold, instantly stabilizing his figure. He took a moment to carefully feel it, and confirmed it was safe.
Ding Ling signaled Li Canghai to release the chain, then he retrieved the chain and sped forward, treading the wind and waves.
He felt very fortunate at this moment for the enhancement he underwent in the Valley of Eternal Spring.
If not for this enhancement.
He might not even be able to cross this chasm.
The True Qi of the Eternal Youth Technique far surpasses the previous North Nether True Qi, of a higher level, paired with tenfold amplified strength, allowing him to counteract this invisible force’s binding, whereas the previous True Qi, due to slight qualitative differences, might have caused him to sink into the abyss.
This chasm crossing seems to have an invisible threshold.
Those whose True Qi level is not sufficient, have no right to step in.
The further he went, the more noticeable this feeling became.
It’s like stepping from a mortal plane into a higher plane, without reaching a certain level, entry is impossible.
"Indeed, this place is quite extraordinary."
Ding Ling crossed the hundred-feet chasm, bang! His legs heavily stepped onto the opposite earth realm, leaving footprints.
The opposite side was covered in endless gray dust mist.
The ground was filled with dust, Ding Ling’s foot stirred up dust swirling rampantly.
Wanting to leap up, he found his body unusually heavy, nearly impossible to jump, only able to utilize the Lightweight Skill to the extent of ’Walking on Snow’.
"This is indeed another plane world."
Ding Ling realized:
"This world’s solidity level is too high."
Ding Ling attempted to strike a Human Emperor Fist into the void, no aura appeared, the world’s solidity level far surpassed that depicted in the Celestial Dragon Eight Books by hundreds, thousands of times.
"Could this really be the Celestial Palace?"
Ding Ling murmured uncertainly.
He performed Ripple Step all the way, treading thick dust, swiftly arriving at the South Heavenly Gate.
Clearly seeing, from the opposite side, the South Heavenly Gate did not seem far.
But upon reaching this side, he could clearly sense the distance to the South Heavenly Gate was surely hundreds of feet, the visual distortion and disparity were too apparent.
"From the opposite view, even adding the hundred-feet distance of the chasm, at most it seemed over a hundred feet away. But standing here, it’s at least more than five hundred feet away!"
Ding Ling puzzled, could only define this world as possessing extremely high-level certain material laws, beyond his understanding.
Standing at the South Heavenly Gate.
He examined carefully.
Saw the gate seemed to have been severed, the cut surface smooth as new, and the other half fallen inside the South Heavenly Gate, piled with dust.
But this gate standing here was utterly jade-like, glassy, shining bright, like an adorned treasure, with two broken Tongtian Pillars each coiled with a gold-scaled sunlit Red-Beard Dragon. One dragon’s head was missing, the tail of another was gone.
The dragons coiled on these pillars were lifelike, vivid as if real dragons, only the body without a dragon head was exceedingly dim.
The Red-Beard Dragon without a tail still seemed to possess some vigour, subtly emanating hardly visible crimson rays.
Seeing this.
Ding Ling suddenly realized.
The pillar of this gate remains untouched by dust, surely because of the power of this Dragon Soaring Map without a dragon tail.
Approaching.
He saw the fallen plaque of the South Heavenly Gate on the ground.
Three words, dragon flying phoenix dancing, as if forged by laws, just a glance filled Ding Ling with a heavenly vision, a refreshing clarity.
"Impressive."
Ding Ling’s Vast Righteous Qi within slightly trembled, his mind instantly cleared, silently praised, these three characters on the plaque, abandoned for unknown years, still seemed to enchant one’s heart, evidently a precious item. Finding the plaque too wide to fit in the storage pouch, he thought to bring it out for careful study upon returning.
He proceeded forward.
Whoosh, whoosh!
Ding Ling tread the Ripple Step swiftly.
Passed the South Heavenly Gate, sighting three Broken Bridges ahead.
Imprinted on the bridges were vibrant feathered Red-capped Phoenix soaring, due to the bridge break, some losing heads or phoenix tails, the bridges with headed phoenix still shone bright, illuminating sky, green mist veiling bridge entrances.
This verdant mist mingled with the prior mist, Ding Ling immediately recognized it.
"This is the toxic haze over the deep pool where the Scarlet Venom Toad resides! Highly poisonous."
Ding Ling approached, reached out to test, indeed highly poisonous.
Upon contact, his skin started sizzling.
But Ding Ling was immune to all poisons, shortly adapted to this toxic haze, his skin quickly returned to normal.
"Seems I can now resist this toxic haze."
Ding Ling reassured himself, crossed the toxic haze, tread the broken bridge, arrived on the other side.
Among these broken bridges, the one with the headed Red-capped Phoenix remained radiant, forming a Rainbow Bridge, though fractured, Ding Ling still could tread the Rainbow Bridge to the other side.
"This is indeed the Celestial Palace. Such decoration, arrangement is beyond the terrestrial realm."
Mysteriously.
Ding Ling felt familiar with this Celestial Palace, like he had seen it somewhere?
Was it in some movie? TV drama?
Ding Ling shook his head, not contemplating more, continued forward.
After traveling merely a hundred or so feet, he saw a multitude of pavilions and palaces.
Compared to the pillars and broken bridges.
These palaces were far more damaged.
A scene of ruins, debris remains.
Ding Ling crossed numerous palaces, eventually arriving in front of a completely collapsed palace, here marking the world’s edge.
Beyond lay an expanse of gray region.
Ding Ling threw a fractured stone forward, sizzle! Just into the gray region, immediately corroded to pieces, turning into ashes.
"Indeed, the gray region of the Valley of Eternal Spring comes from here."
Ding Ling observed the endless gray region, boundless like the galaxy or sea.
And the Celestial Palace stood at this gray region’s edge, like a lone hero atop a cliff, facing countless troops, the sense of tragic resolve surged.
Ding Ling’s brow twitched, not lingering his gaze, but explored all around.
Only finding a broken Divine Weapon.
A long spear.
Upright in the ruins of Lingxiao Palace, Ding Ling tried hard to uproot but couldn’t, ultimately activating Longevity Venerable Qi, the long spear seemed to respond, allowing him to easily pull it out.
