Free Web NovelChapter 283: Chapter 32: I Am Very Reliable
"This is probably the first time I’ve ever seen a proper, large-scale Space-Time Passage with my own two eyes."
Carrying his Dragon Horn Long Spear on his back, Su Zhou stood on a peak in the Kunlun Mountains, gazing up at the hazy spatial fluctuation high in the sky.
When the Math Saint began broadcasting the countdown for the passage’s opening to everyone through a headphone-shaped Communication Spiritual Artifact, he had already activated his Spiritual Vision, attentively observing every minute change in the Spiritual Qi of the surrounding space.
"Ten, nine, eight... three, two, one."
As the countdown reached zero, the hazy and mysterious other world, which had been on the other side of space-time, gradually drew closer, finally overlapping completely with the space above the peaks of the real Kunlun Mountain Range. In that instant, it was as if a giant mirror with a radius of over four hundred meters—one that seemed capable of growing even larger—had been embedded in the atmosphere. Its edges shimmered with a hazy, translucent Spiritual Light, creating a dreamlike, mesmerizing sight.
This giant, mirror-like Space-Time Passage did not reflect normal light, of course, but the scenery of another world.
Visible on the other side of the passage were towering, majestic pavilions that were nevertheless slightly dilapidated, as well as enormous mountains, lakes, and distant, dense forests. The entire world looked as if it had been lost for millennia; amidst the desolate ruins, one could faintly sense the lingering breath of civilization. freewёbn૦νeɭ.com
"Zero."
As the Math Saint uttered the final word, the ’mirror’ shattered. Violent winds began to circulate between the two sides, and the massive exchange of Spiritual Qi even generated clouds out of thin air. The clouds enveloped the entire mountaintop and sky, making everyone feel as if they were standing in their midst.
At the same time, all the Spirit Beasts that had been captured by the emergency response team and imprisoned in the camp began to cry out. It was unclear whether they were expressing their joy at finally sensing their ’King,’ or their fury at being held captive.
The dense clouds generated by the Spiritual Qi exchange gradually dissipated. Afterward, what appeared before everyone on the other side of the Space-Time Passage was a triple-layered jade mountain gate, covered in dust, vines, and weeds.
At the top of this mountain gate, the two characters for ’Kunlun’ were faintly inscribed in a simple, ancient clerical script. The gate’s material was exceptionally strange; it was translucent, yet its surface held a hint of pure cyan, as if it had been condensed from the very air of a cyan sky—it was no mortal creation.
The mountain gate was exceptionally massive and towering, standing a full one hundred and fifty meters tall and about one hundred meters wide. Inscribed upon it was a giant tiger with nine human heads, along with the patterns of many other ferocious beasts, though most of them were obscured by dust and difficult to make out.
A gate this huge could be easily passed through even by the giant beasts from a kaiju film. Perhaps only an existence as colossal as the Dragon King’s skeleton at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean would be unable to pass through this gate—but then again, such a being probably wouldn’t need to.
Through the gate, one could faintly see five tall mountain peaks in the distance, presumably at the center of this Secret Realm. The peaks were arranged with four guarding a central one. Palaces upon palaces were built on each mountain. The Central Mountain was narrow at its base and wide at the top, resembling a gigantic metal pillar in its entirety, and the palaces on its summit were particularly numerous, almost forming a city. frёeweɓηovel.coɱ
[This is Kunlun Mountain. In the time of the Yellow Emperor, it had five cities and twelve towers, to await the Divine Beings at the appointed time. It was called ’Welcoming the Year.’]
Upon seeing this scene, everyone present couldn’t help but recall this record from the ancient texts.
Now, however, never mind five cities and twelve towers, most of the palaces were extremely dilapidated, some even reduced to rubble. Moreover, Su Zhou could tell from the shape of the ruins that many of them had clearly been flying structures in the past, which had later crashed to the ground.
"How the times have changed."
Everyone present was so awestruck by the sight of the Kunlun Secret Realm that no one spoke. Only Su Zhou was nonchalant enough to voice his feelings—a sentiment that echoed in the hearts of most.
The grand Zhengguo Divine Continent, the center of the world in the supreme myths of the ancient West Kunlun, the foremost of the Divine Mountains... to see it now, so dilapidated and withered, truly gave one a desolate sense of immense change, of an era’s passing... Time is indeed merciless.
"This is the Kunlun Secret Realm, the center of the world in ancient myths, one of the earliest gathering places of the Immortal Gods in the history of the Divine Land. It is also the place where myriad demons and the Hundred Gods converged during the golden age of the Mimic Dao!"
Bai Canglang gazed at the scene within the Secret Realm, his expression calm. However, the veins on his arms were visibly throbbing, proving that his composure was merely superficial. As the current Leader of Zhengguo’s Mimic Dao practitioners and a candidate for the next Patriarch of the Northwestern White Tiger Bai Family, it was impossible for Bai Canglang to remain calm upon seeing this Secret Realm. It represented the most glorious heritage of the Mimic Dao, a place of legacy that could perhaps return their path to its former zenith.
He took a deep breath before exclaiming emotionally, "It is said that this place once had the Three-legged Golden Crow and the Cyan Bird serving as attendants, fetching food and wine for the Queen Mother of the West, while Lu Wuying and Yingzhao guarded the great gates. Their legacies have long since been lost, but here, they may yet still exist."
’Ah, who knows how many figures from myth and legend have visited this place and ascended those peaks.’
’However, as powerful as the Immortal Gods were, they did not achieve an eternal, Immortal state. Perhaps the very strongest among them did, but their subordinates—the Immortal Gods who made up the mythical Celestial Court of old—never reached that realm. The enormous skeleton of the Dragon King at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean is clear proof of that.’
’And so, after several thousand years, all the Immortal Gods left this world. But they didn’t just abandon humanity and their homeland—the legacies they left behind, and the keys to the numerous Secret Realms, are clear proof of that.’
