Chapter 988: Leaping to the Heavens

A page of a letter flew within a stream of light, shattering the long river of time and breaking free!

Was this a scene from hundreds of millions of years ago? It was truly astonishing, especially for a mere page of paper to possess such penetrating power.

Moreover, weapons were in pursuit, terrifying beams of light descended, and supreme runes attempted to suppress it. Yet, the paper remained unscathed as it flew onward.

Eventually, various beams of light collided, like terrifying runes from two opposing factions clashing and battling billions of miles away, with the repercussions reaching the letter page.

Furthermore, Chu Feng was shocked to discover a blurry, indistinguishable figure.

A dusty, grey hand, as if sculpted from clay, appeared amidst the fragments of time. It flashed into existence and then vanished, its target unknown.

The aura it emitted at the final moment was suffocating, causing hearts to pound and souls to tremble.

It wasn't until that dusty, clay-like hand vanished that tranquility returned to the area.

Even the letter page, the stream of light, and the power of time all faded and became indistinct.

Chu Feng fell silent, his eyes fixed on the spot. What kind of past was this? What ancient era did these events belong to? Was it a crucial juncture in the history of evolution?

The scene had unfolded too quickly, completed in a mere flicker of vision, leaving people barely able to react. Chu Feng couldn't gauge the level of the evolutionary combatants involved, or if it was merely the lingering aftermath of a battle.

Even with the stone box protecting him, he felt immense pressure!

He closed his eyes, savoring everything he had just witnessed. He believed it was an incredibly important moment in evolutionary history, but unfortunately, he lacked the power to participate or deduce the ultimate truth.

Opening his eyes again, golden symbols flickered deep within his pupils. Chu Feng used his Fiery Golden Eyes to penetrate spacetime, hoping to see what was hidden deep within the fragments of time.

But to his surprise, he found that since becoming a divine general, his Fiery Golden Eyes had failed for the first time. It wasn't that he could see through it just by wanting to; the place was utterly silent.

The more he tried to observe, the more white mist enveloped the area, submerging the power of time and the letter page.

Perhaps its appearance was random, or perhaps it only appeared that one time and then simply vanished.

Yet, the letter page clearly contained words and dense characters, but he had only heard a single sentence. This was far from enough; he wanted to know the details.

Chu Feng estimated the distance and continued to retreat. He experimented to determine what range was safe to enter without the protection of the stone box.

Soon after, he realized he had overthought it; a hundred *li* was sufficient!

The smooth cross-section of the so-called 'city severed by a single sword strike' indeed contained an inexplicable 'power,' but it remained contained, not erupting outwards.

Only by getting too close would it be slightly triggered, making it unbearable for people.

Chu Feng gasped, a cold shiver running down his spine. A single sword strike severing the Eternal City was simply earth-shattering; what he had felt earlier was merely the tip of the iceberg!

He could hardly imagine what would happen if someone truly activated the 'power' hidden within the smooth cross-section of the half-city. A shiver ran down his spine at the mere thought.

Would it cause the entire plane to collapse?

Would it lead to a grand chaotic explosion?

What would ultimately remain of this shattered universe?

Chu Feng shook his head and stopped dwelling on it.

He knew that incredibly glorious eras truly existed in ancient evolutionary history. If this place was one of those junctures, one of those nodes, then it was equally magnificent, shaking the past, present, and future.

After carefully observing for a long time and studying for half a day, Chu Feng finally departed, convinced there was nothing more to see.

He headed towards the surface.

On the surface, a group of people were frowning, having studied the wooden city for a long time without finding any solution.

Moreover, casualties had occurred not long ago; even some geniuses from the Yang Realm groaned in pain, their arms severed and bleeding profusely and uncontrollably.

Someone attacked the wooden city, and even from a great distance, they were met with a backlash. Their attack was amplified tenfold and reflected back.

Chu Feng was speechless. At first glance, that genius seemed unlucky, but considering what Chu Feng had personally witnessed of the horror deep underground, it was a miracle they had even survived using force here.

"Ye Hao, we are powerless," Hong Xuan said. "We can't help you protect these people to get through. We can only retreat."

Among the group, some wore cold sneers, believing that the trial was effectively over, and regardless of success or failure, their agreements and vows would be fulfilled.

At that point, they could make their move against Ye Hao.

Back then, they were bound by rules and regulations, expecting a fair fight among peers. Instead, this scoundrel knocked them all down with Purple Crystal Divine Lightning. It was utterly shameful, and it was time for reckoning.

Not to mention others, even Fairy Fieling and her close friends looked displeased, wanting to beat up this Ye Hao. He had blasted them, leaving them scorched black, and then called them ugly. This was simply outrageous, beyond what even a fairy could tolerate!

Chu Feng remained calm and said, "It's not over yet. If you can't do it, I can lead everyone across!"

"What kind of joke are you playing?" a genius from the Yang Realm scoffed. "Even we are powerless, what makes you think you can get through?"

"Because I am the victor! I knocked you all down; you are all my captives!" Chu Feng declared arrogantly, clearly enjoying provoking them and exposing their weaknesses.

"You..."

"What 'you'?" Chu Feng retorted, waving his hand. "Follow me, all of you!" And everyone followed him.

He opened a hole in the ground, leading hundreds of people deep underground, naturally maintaining a sufficient distance from the cross-section of the half-city.

Even so, by the end, people clearly saw that this was a remnant city split open by a single sword strike, and they felt their hearts tremble.

"Let's go!" Chu Feng laughed loudly. "The trial is about to end, and we're leaping to the heavens!"

He was joking, implying that crossing this city would make them Heavenly Immortals.

Everyone was a bit bewildered. They were moving rapidly underground, having crossed beneath the city, and were actually about to succeed.

Generally, in such a desperate place, such a city, both above and below ground would be sealed, making escape impossible even with wings. Yet today, they were actually about to successfully pass the trial.

No one had expected it was a remnant city with flaws underground.

Some disciples from the Yang Realm became restless. Some of them had seen the blurry letter page in the fragments of time, their eyes burning with fervor, wishing they could rush over immediately and seize it.

Chu Feng spoke sternly, "I warn you, don't mess around, or you'll get us all killed!"

Some geniuses from the Yang Realm raised an eyebrow, not entirely convinced. They wanted to stop and observe carefully, but were prevented by Hong Xuan and Fieling.

This place made them feel uneasy; it was better to cross over first.

"Alright then," the unconvinced disciple nodded, "let's get through. Once we reach the end, we can come back and study it."

And so, they traversed the entire path, taking a full half-day to reach the end and pass through.

Considering how fast they were, yet it took them so long, one could imagine how massive this half-remnant city was.

"We made it! We're out!" someone exclaimed. "Hey, there seems to be a light gate ahead, connected to the outside world. Are we really out?!"

"Haha, I can't believe it," another cheered, "we actually completed the trial!"

Some people shouted in joyous surprise as they sensed the aura of the shattered universe, realizing they must be about to leave this secret realm.

At this moment, looking back again, Chu Feng's body stiffened, his scalp tingling.

Hong Xuan, Fieling, Zi Luan, Yuan Mo, and the others were also shocked, standing dumbfounded like clay sculptures or wooden figures, terror in their eyes as they gazed back.

The problem still lay within those fragments of time.

It was a dilapidated mirror, emitting chaotic energy, suspected to be a supreme treasure. It reflected a corner of the truth from the past, recording what had once happened!

It reflected a towering figure, holding a sword, which they swung out fiercely, intending to cleave open all heavens for eternity!

"This mirror..." a genius from the Yang Realm stammered, "does it record everything from the past? Look... look carefully, don't miss anything. We must report this to the Heavenly Venerate!"

The geniuses from the Yang Realm trembled, their lips quivering.

Then, people saw that person swing with fierce momentum, cleaving through all obstacles. What he severed was spacetime, karma, and the root of all things!

At that moment, eternity was broken, and all heavens of eternity were cut off.

Chu Feng was horrified. It was a silent scene, yet it was even more terrifying and grander than the letter page he had seen earlier. A shocking ripple swept through the past, present, and future!

A mirror, recording events from hundreds of millions of years ago, was related to this city, to junctures in evolutionary history, and to terrifying nodes.

This was Chu Feng's conjecture. His eyes were deep and profound, and tumultuous waves surged in his heart.

"Look quickly!" someone exclaimed. "This city is in the mirror; it's related to this city!"

It was as if terrifying waves were approaching, threatening to shatter people's minds.

But these were all illusions; in reality, there was no sound at all. The dilapidated mirror reflected only silent scenes from the past.

That person was too blurry, enveloped in an inexplicable energy mist that even caused chaos to dissipate. The sword light in their hand tore through past and present; what they cleaved was truly spacetime, and what they severed was karma.

Within that vast spacetime, on a magnificent land, there were countless cities the size of this wooden city. In that context, this wooden city seemed like merely a small fortress.

That sword strike cleaved spacetime, and a glint of sword light brushed the wooden city, causing half of it to break off and plummet with a rumbling sound, thus creating this very location.

"This so-called cross-section, this so-called giant city," someone gasped, "is just a city that broke off when a glint of sword light from a supreme sword strike of the past brushed it? How terrifying was the true battlefield then?!"