Chapter 2247: Revisiting the Heaven

Before long, a special gravitational pull appeared on the Great Emperor's Seal, like a beacon calling to them.

"So there's spatial turbulence between the God Realm and the Firmament," Zhang Xuan mused. "It turns out the Firmament's ritual wasn't a teleportation after all, but rather a way to pinpoint a coordinate, ensuring people wouldn't get lost..."

Zhang Xuan realized. He had thought that with their ritual, he and the others could use a special power to directly teleport to the Firmament. Now, it seemed it wasn't that easy. Cross-realm teleportation was beyond even the Great Emperor's Seal of Lingyuan Heaven.

"Having coordinates is good enough," Zhang Xuan thought, "At least we won't get caught in the turbulence and never get out..."

He sighed in relief. Zhang Xuan's sword intent whistled once more, piercing a hole in the realm barrier. Enveloping the two people and one chicken within, he stepped lightly and entered.

Chaotic spatial currents flowed continuously, striking the light shield and causing it to shimmer. Zhang Xuan felt his True Qi rapidly depleting. He tried to accelerate towards the coordinate point but found he could barely move. Spatial turbulence, like a water vortex, contained forces pulling in all directions in a chaotic state. Moving in a single direction was difficult even for an Emperor, let alone a Divine King. If he hadn't possessed True Qi transcending the Heavenly Dao, he would likely have been torn to shreds the moment he entered, with not even his soul remaining, let alone advancing.

"I've been to this place," Luo Qiqi said. "You tell me the direction, and I'll take you there."

"Alright!" Knowing the capabilities of the person before him, Zhang Xuan didn't decline and explained in detail the direction indicated by the Great Emperor's Seal.

The girl stepped forward, her delicate body shimmering as she transformed back into the Serene Sky Orb. With a whoosh, it tore through space and shot forward.

"Just what level of treasure is the Serene Sky Orb?" Zhang Xuan wondered. Following closely behind, Zhang Xuan couldn't help but feel curious as he saw the spatial turbulence stabilized and a steady path opened. Whether in the God Realm or spatial turbulence, as long as it involved space, this orb could easily suppress and stabilize it. This ability was something even some Emperors might not possess! He truly didn't know the origin of Luo Qiqi's true form. No wonder she could enter the God Realm and reach Divine King pinnacle in just over a month, without any cultivation barriers. It seemed bringing her along this time was the right decision. Otherwise, even if he had reached the Divine King level and his 'Wind Ceaseless' sword art could resist spatial turbulence and gray currents, he still wouldn't be able to enter the Firmament!

In the spatial turbulence, time was indiscernible. After an unknown period of flying, the Serene Sky Orb stopped and transformed back into the girl. "We've arrived..." she said.

Zhang Xuan sensed it and indeed found that the coordinate point sent by the Firmament's altar was right before them.

"Let's go in..." He nodded, about to rush in, but then realized the entire world before them was shaking unstoppably, as if on the verge of shattering.

"The Firmament's space is too fragile," Luo Qiqi explained. "It's like ice that has just formed in early winter; a child walking on it wouldn't cause an issue, but an adult standing on it couldn't be sustained. We are all Divine King level, far exceeding the current Heavenly Dao. If we force our way in, it might cause the Heavenly Dao to collapse, ultimately leading to widespread suffering and death."

"It seems we can only suppress our cultivation..." Zhang Xuan nodded. When he first reached the Divine Spirit realm, he already felt the Firmament's Heavenly Dao repelling him. Now that he had reached the Divine King realm, his strength was tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of times greater than before, and it was naturally even less accepting. Forcing entry would indeed cause its Heavenly Dao to directly collapse.

Taking a deep breath, Zhang Xuan condensed all his power within his dantian. Crackling sounds emanated as his cultivation dropped visibly. In the blink of an eye, he reached the False God realm. Not only his True Qi, but even the power of his physical body and soul were suppressed. At this moment, apart from his understanding of power being at the Divine King level, in every other aspect, he was identical to an ordinary False God. Even an Emperor would find nothing unusual.

Seeing that he had suppressed his cultivation, Luo Qiqi also acted quickly, using spatial power to completely seal her own cultivation, similarly transforming into a False God.

As for the little yellow chicken, after hesitating for a moment, it looked over. "Just give me the gourd piece back..." Previously, it had been sealed within a gourd, and Zhang Xuan had kept the piece after it broke open.

"Alright!" Handing the gourd piece to it, the yellow chicken lightly swayed and entered, transforming back into a gourd. Its cultivation was also suppressed and could no longer be discerned.

With preparations complete, Zhang Xuan said nothing more. The two people and one gourd strode into the coordinate point before them.

Rip! Immense spatial pressure suddenly assailed them, followed immediately by countless bolts of heavenly lightning rumbling down. It seemed that even though they had suppressed their cultivation, the Firmament's Heavenly Dao still detected the entry of outsiders and launched an attack. The two people and one chicken all sustained significant injuries under the continuous assault before finally enduring the lightning.

Only then did they realize they had appeared above a vast sea. Du Qingyuan and Wu Chen were both suspended above the sea, their faces pale. Not far away, an altar emitted a faint glow. He looked around; it was precisely the Uninhabited Sea where Luo Ruoxi had descended previously. The divine blood from their injuries dripped into the ocean, forming countless Divine Blood Stones, while some were swallowed by daring immortal beasts, allowing them to miraculously break through to the False God realm. Seeing this scene, Zhang Xuan finally understood why even an Emperor-level expert like Luo Ruoxi would sustain injuries upon entering the Firmament. To avoid shattering the Heavenly Dao here, they could only suppress their cultivation. With lowered cultivation, it was difficult to resist this series of catastrophes.

"Greetings, Young Master!"

"Greetings, Master Zhang!" Du Qingyuan and Wu Chen came forward. They had received news that the Spirit God had descended but hadn't expected it to be him. When did he become the Spirit God?

"Let's go!" Too lazy to explain further, he led the others, tearing through space, and in the blink of an eye, they returned to the Stargazer Palace.

"Developing quickly..." Hovering above the Stargazer Palace, Zhang Xuan surveyed his surroundings, seeing cultivators everywhere, each as fierce as a tiger. He nodded in satisfaction.

"Over the past ten years," Du Qingyuan said, "more than thirty people in the Firmament have broken through to False God, and over two hundred have reached the Immortal Monarch realm. As for other levels, they are countless."

Although just over a month had passed in the God Realm, a full ten years had passed in the Firmament. Under normal circumstances, ten years was nothing. But with Zhang Xuan defeating Master Kong, the countless resources of the Hall of Divinity were re-integrated, and the Hall of Divinity no longer had Divine Spirits guarding it. False Gods and Immortal Monarchs rapidly increased like bamboo shoots after rain. The number of experts appearing in just ten short years was far greater than in the previous four thousand years combined.

Nodding, Zhang Xuan's spiritual sense spread throughout the entire Stargazer Palace. After it had spread for a moment, he suddenly paused. "Are those Yu Feier and Hu Yaoyao?"

A pair of beautiful figures appeared in his sight. They were none other than Yu Feier and Hu Yaoyao, whom he had known from the Master Teacher Continent.