The chaotic void before him also proved just how correct Five Emperor Sovereign's decision had been when he sent Liu Bai away in advance.
Although Liu Bai had suffered greatly while drifting through the void, at the very least, he had managed to preserve his life.
After entering this fallen land space, Liu Bai immediately sensed a kind of summoning.
There was no need to think to know that it came from the Five Elements Spiritual Talisman.
After cultivating the Innate Five Elements Art, Liu Bai's own spiritual energy had become extremely compatible with the Innate Five Elements Spiritual Talisman. This was also the source of his confidence in subduing it.
However, throughout the process, Liu Bai did not withdraw the protection of the Immortal True Form Diagram's spiritual light because this chaotic space gave him an extremely dangerous feeling.
The surrounding chaotic spiritual energy was far from ordinary. Even as an Earth Sovereign, he did not dare to be careless.
As though submerged in seawater, Liu Bai's flying speed was severely restricted. It took him an entire day before he finally followed the summoning and found the Five Elements Spiritual Talisman floating within space.
This was the only region untouched by the chaotic spiritual energy. Although it was merely a hundred feet wide, Liu Bai could safely step into it without worrying about the erosion of the chaotic spiritual energy outside.
At the very center of the space floated a five colored spiritual talisman radiating brilliant light. The radiance spread outward and could even resist the chaotic spiritual energy that Liu Bai greatly feared.
Liu Bai's eyes immediately brightened. Looking at the spiritual talisman before him that contained terrifying spiritual energy fluctuations, even his breathing became hurried.
"Three years…"
Back then, Liu Bai had obtained many treasures from Five Emperor Sovereign, and every one of them had been supreme treasures.
However, those treasures had been like valuables locked away upon a high shelf, only to be admired from afar but impossible to truly use because the keys to unlock them had not been in Liu Bai's hands.
Even so, those items had already helped Liu Bai greatly. At the very least, being able to establish a connection with Mandala had been thanks to the Immortal True Form Diagram.
Liu Bai stretched out his hand. The Five Elements Spiritual Talisman that had been floating in the air trembled before voluntarily descending into his palm.
Originally, Liu Bai had wondered whether Five Emperor Sovereign had left behind any message within it, but there was nothing at all. This also proved that the ancient Sovereign had completely vanished from this world.
Letting out a sigh, Liu Bai directly sat cross legged in the air. He placed the Five Elements Spiritual Talisman between his hands and began refining it.
Meanwhile, within a void of the Greatlaw Territory.
An enormous pyramid floated outside space itself. Ancient runes covered the massive tower body, and those runes seemed to be transformed from stars. Every flicker of light from them triggered terrifying spiritual energy tides.
Mandala gazed at the runes upon the pyramid's surface. Golden light surged within her eyes as though she were calculating something. This calculation continued motionlessly for an entire month.
Then, one day after that month had passed, Mandala's delicate body suddenly trembled as she abruptly raised her head.
Her dazzling golden pupils stared fixedly at the pyramid. The stars upon it suddenly began to shake, then detached themselves from the pyramid and gathered in the sky. Starlight blossomed brilliantly, eventually forming what looked like a star map.
Looking at the mysterious star map, even Mandala's usually calm little face revealed a trace of joy. Her gaze suddenly turned westward as though piercing through endless space.
"The Ancient Heavenly Palace is finally about to appear?"
Just as Mandala sensed something through the Starlight Demon Suppressing Pyramid.
At the extreme western region of the Skylaw Continent, there also existed a land of absolute frost.
The entire world there was trapped within icy coldness. The chill was so terrifying that even ordinary Sovereign Realm experts could not withstand it. Violent astral winds swept across the heavens and earth, and if one were caught within them, even Fifth Grade Sovereigns would be torn into pieces.
And at this very moment, above this desolate frozen land rarely touched by human presence, the stars in the sky suddenly seemed to grow brighter. Rays of starlight descended one after another, and wherever the starlight swept across, countless cracks quietly emerged within the starry sky.
From within those spatial fissures, an ancient and barbaric aura pierced through space and time before spreading out overwhelmingly.
Occasionally, when space distorted, one could vaguely glimpse an ancient heavenly palace shrouded in clouds through the cracks in the sky.
That boundless grandeur was enough to move even Earth Sovereign level super experts.
At this moment, every Earth Sovereign expert across the Skylaw Continent sensed the changes in the world. Many top level power leaders near the westernmost region quickly discovered the source of this phenomenon.
"This aura it is the Ancient Heavenly Palace?! It is actually about to appear?!"
After their initial shock, countless people were instantly overjoyed.
Having lived on the Skylaw Continent for so long, they naturally knew the secrets regarding the Ancient Heavenly Palace.
Unfortunately, for all these years, no one had ever discovered the slightest clue about it. Now that the Ancient Heavenly Palace was about to appear, the news would undoubtedly stir a massive upheaval across the entire continent.
Meanwhile, in the northern region of the Great Thousand World.
This was a continent of flames.
The continent was crimson red in color. Its size was far inferior to the Skylaw Continent, which was one of the super continents, yet within the Great Thousand World, its fame surpassed that of the Skylaw Continent.
Because this continent possessed another name, the Endless Fire Domain.
It had a single master, and countless experts across the Great Thousand World respectfully referred to him as the Flame Emperor.
A man who had risen from a lower plane yet established the Endless Fire Domain within merely a hundred years. His reputation shook the entire Great Thousand World as he dominated one region.
As for his own strength, he naturally stood among the peak experts of the Great Thousand World.
To countless experts within the Great Thousand World, he was undoubtedly a legend. Even in this era where Heavenly Sovereigns gathered in great numbers, he remained the most dazzling among them.
Of course, if Liu Bai were here, he would immediately recognize the man's name, Xiao Yan!
Once the Child of Destiny of the Dou Qi Continent, one of the lower planes of the Great Thousand World, he was a man born from the fate of the entire continent itself.
At this moment, Xiao Yan was sitting in a flower pavilion playing chess with his teacher Yao Lao. For experts of their level, increasing their strength had already become extremely difficult, and it was not something achievable through secluded cultivation alone. Thus, their lives had become even more carefree and leisurely.
However, just as Xiao Yan held a chess piece while hesitating over his next move, he suddenly raised his head and looked toward the distant sky.
"What is it?" Yao Lao naturally did not think his disciple was trying to cheat, so he asked curiously.
"The Ancient Heavenly Palace has appeared. I merely sensed it," Xiao Yan replied with a faint smile.
Not only the Endless Fire Domain, but in truth, although the Ancient Heavenly Palace possessed an enormous reputation, the treasures within it only attracted top powers below Heavenly Sovereign level or Earth Sovereign experts.
For peak experts like Xiao Yan and super powers like the Endless Fire Domain, the attraction was minimal.
In fact, this could already be seen in the original story. Although the Skylaw Continent's numerous super powers had agreed not to personally interfere in the continent's conflicts, they still nurtured many hegemon level factions behind the scenes.
Leaving aside the comparatively weaker eastern, western, southern, and northern regions, the Northern Region alone possessed three hegemon level powers. Each of them had over ten Great Perfection Earth Sovereigns, while their leaders were Half Step Heavenly Sovereigns.
Not to mention the five great hegemons of the Central Region.
If they personally joined the competition, how could people like Mandala and the Xia Emperor, who were merely Greater Earth Sovereigns, possibly have any share in it?
As for why Xiao Yan, as the Flame Emperor, reacted this way, it was naturally because of another reason.
"The Ancient Heavenly Emperor?" Yao Lao asked in surprise.
When speaking of the Ancient Heavenly Palace, the only person worthy of remembrance was this legendary expert from the ancient era.
Xiao Yan nodded, interest appearing within his eyes as he said with a chuckle, "Indeed. The Ancient Heavenly Emperor, who was known as one of the Nine Emperors during the ancient era."
Yao Lao's expression also became somewhat solemn upon hearing this.
This person's reputation was extraordinary. Even among Heavenly Sovereigns, he stood at the peak. It was said that during the ancient war against the Feind Race, the number of Fiend Race kings who died at the Ancient Heavenly Emperor's hands could not even be counted on two hands!
"A figure like this can truly be called a heroic giant. If I had lived during the ancient era, I would definitely have wanted to befriend him," Xiao Yan could not help sighing with emotion.
Unfortunately, his rise within the Great Thousand World had only taken place over the past few hundred years, far too distant from that era.
However, after sighing with emotion, Xiao Yan's gaze turned toward the depths of space.
"That Ancient Heavenly Palace contains many mysteries. Now that it has appeared, fierce competition is unavoidable. Competition itself is not a problem, but as far as I know, the Ancient Heavenly Emperor seems to have fallen during the final battle at the hands of a Devil Emperor. Afterward, that Devil Emperor also vanished without a trace…"
Clearly, what concerned Xiao Yan was not the treasures of the Ancient Heavenly Palace, nor the inheritance of the Ancient Heavenly Emperor, but the possible demonic calamity that might emerge…
If the people of the Skylaw Continent truly released that devil, then a horrifying demonic disaster would likely sweep across the entire Skylaw Continent and perhaps even spread even further!
Yao Lao's expression changed as well upon hearing this, and he hesitated before saying, "Aren't you perhaps overthinking things a little…"
After all, tens of thousands of years had already passed. Even if demonic thoughts remained behind, they should not reach the level of threatening an entire continent.
After all, there were many such ruins throughout the Great Thousand World. Every time, countless experts would enter them, and encountering demonic remnants was common. Yet none of those incidents had ever developed into something completely uncontrollable.
The experts of the Great Thousand World were not fools either. Just like before in the Divine Tomb Garden, when facing those nearly indestructible fiends, since they had been sealed away, the experts who sacrificed their lives would naturally have left behind safeguards.
Otherwise, after all these years, the Great Thousand World would already have been driven into chaos by endlessly erupting demonic disasters.
Xiao Yan gently shook his head.
"I hope I am merely overthinking things…"
After pondering for a moment, he looked outside the stone pavilion. Beneath the sunlight stood an incomparably beautiful woman dressed in a green skirt. Elegant and graceful, she was so beautiful that even time itself seemed frozen.
"Xun'er, go bring that girl Xiao Xiao over. Didn't she want to go out and play? This time, we'll let her go out, but she may only go to the Skylaw Continent."
Hearing this, the beautiful Gu Xun'er smiled gently. Her smile was capable of toppling kingdoms.
"You really do know how to order people around…"
After teasing him with a smile, Xun'er stepped out of the flower pavilion.
Xiao Yan smiled faintly before once again turning toward Yao Lao in front of him.
"Teacher, shall we start over?"
Yao Lao was momentarily stunned. Lowering his head, he discovered that at some point, all the chess pieces on the board had already been burned into ashes, completely ruining the game. He immediately shook his head helplessly with a bitter smile.
It seemed he needed to retract his earlier thoughts. His disciple truly did know how to cheat.
Naturally, Xiao Yan was not the only one who sensed all of this. For example, Lin Dong, the master of the Martial Realm who guarded the southern region of the Great Thousand World opposite the Endless Fire Domain, also sensed the situation regarding the Ancient Heavenly Palace.
However, as though he had not noticed any danger at all, he merely closed his eyes once more.
Still, when a sneaky figure secretly slipped out of the Martial Realm, he did not stop her and instead attached a strand of divine sense to her body.
During this process, a trace of helplessness also flashed across Lin Dong's usually stern face.
There was no helping it. Even though he was the Martial Ancestor, dealing with such a mischievous daughter who could never sit still still gave him headaches.
As news of the Ancient Heavenly Palace's appearance gradually spread and began circulating throughout the Great Thousand World at an astonishing speed, Jiu You finally returned to the Greatlaw Territory together with Mo Ling and the three people led by Zong Qingfeng, who had already arrived in the Northern Region.
When Mandala saw that only Jiu You had returned, she was momentarily stunned before frowning and asking about Liu Bai.
Now that the Ancient Heavenly Palace had appeared, this matter was of utmost importance to the Greatlaw Territory. Yet at such a critical moment, Liu Bai, the second strongest expert of the territory, had mysteriously disappeared?
In response, Jiu You merely curled her lips into a confident smile.
"Domain Lord, don't worry. When Liu Bai returns this time, he will definitely give you a huge surprise!"
Mandala's delicate little face was filled with confusion. She had no idea what sort of surprise Liu Bai could still possibly give her.
Although every so often Liu Bai would always shock everyone with his cultivation progress, it had not even been half a year this time. He could not possibly jump straight into the Earth Sovereign Realm, right?
At most, he would probably reach Great Perfection Ninth Grade Sovereign. Perhaps if things were slightly more surprising, he might become a Half Step Earth Sovereign. In that case, he would indeed be able to gain considerable rewards upon entering the Ancient Heavenly Palace.
More importantly, whether she could reclaim her original body and recover her peak strength would all depend on that brat!
With such thoughts in mind, Mandala no longer paid further attention to the matter. At this stage, she had far too many things to deal with. She needed to arrange matters regarding this upcoming expedition and also communicate with the other three members of the alliance.
The Northern Realm Alliance was much weaker than in the original story, so in Mandala's eyes, their competitiveness had naturally decreased as well. Therefore, they would definitely need to act even more cautiously moving forward!
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