Chapter 224 The Divine Realm, the Divine Palace
Chapter 224 The Divine Realm, the Divine Palace
This is……
Pei Qingyan was completely stunned. He couldn't describe the feeling; it was as if he was no longer himself, and he was completely confused about the situation before him.
As a silver dragon gradually appeared in his sea of consciousness, its pair of crystal-clear eyes staring at him, his legs went weak and he knelt on the ground, no longer daring to raise his head, his body trembling.
It was an invisible pressure that made Pei Qingyan lose control of his meridians, and fear arose spontaneously.
He finally understood why Zhao Si had been so terrified back then; it turned out that this was Bai Yan's true identity—the Primordial True Dragon…
But why did he come to the human realm? Although the three realms could not contain him, there has never been any news of a true god descending to the human realm.
"I need you to do something."
A cool, authoritative voice came from above, and Pei Qingyan, no longer daring to be disrespectful, quickly replied, "Yes, you said..."
"Protect someone for me."
As he spoke, a divine force entered Pei Qingyan's body. He was shocked but unable to resist. He allowed the divine force to envelop his body, and a consciousness gradually took control of him.
"Yes," Pei Qingyan replied, his voice utterly devout, daring not to show the slightest disrespect.
Oops.
Lu Bai outside was shocked and hurriedly looked at the place where Bai Yan had just stood. There was no one there anymore. If Tao Tao knew that something had happened to Bai Yan, she would go crazy.
His face turned very pale, and he quickly said, "Should we tell Miss Yue...?"
“But now the little master is in a playful mood and probably won’t notice this side.” Ah Huan looked up at Tao Tao. At this moment, Tao Tao was teasing the group of Nascent Soul cultivators. After she transformed into her original form, her true power was close to the Divine Transformation Realm. How could a few Nascent Soul cultivators possibly contend with her?
Moreover, Tao Tao didn't know how strong he was at first, and even held back a bit. Now that he knows, he naturally won't be stingy with his power.
The demonic cultivators realized they had kicked a hornet's nest and were in a great hurry, but Tao Tao didn't kill them. He just kicked them around like toys, which was simply an insult.
"We were blind to your greatness, please forgive us, senior..."
They were powerless to resist and could only plead desperately, hoping that Tao Tao would spare them and give them a quick death if necessary. At this moment, their spiritual power was locked, their meridians could not be mobilized, and their nascent souls could not break through their bodies to escape. They didn't know how much longer they would be toyed with.
Just as Tao Tao was having a great time, she glanced over at Bai Yan and suddenly realized that Bai Yan was gone. Her heart tightened, and she instantly appeared in front of Lu Bai and the others, transforming into human form. She asked sternly, "Where is A Yan?"
Her voice was icy cold, almost devoid of emotion, which startled the group. Ah Huan had never seen Tao Tao like this before and was momentarily at a loss, but the inexplicable intimidation made them dare not remain silent, so they could only whisper, "The master just came, and then..."
Ah Huan only saw a moment and knew nothing else, but as soon as he said that, Tao Tao went crazy and released his power, slapping the air in front of him. The air rippled and Pei Qingyan's barrier was shattered, revealing the two of them.
Seeing this, Tao Tao acted without saying a word. Pei Qingyan had just come to his senses and was still in a daze when Tao Tao grabbed his collar and punched him.
Pei Qingyan was sent flying. Tao Tao was about to chase after him, but Bai Yan grabbed her wrist. "I'm fine. Has everything been taken care of over there?"
Bai Yan's voice was like a clear stream, suppressing Tao Tao's anger. She immediately calmed down, staring blankly at Bai Yan and asking anxiously, "Ayan, are you alright? Did he do anything to you? He..."
"Although my cultivation level has declined, there is no one in the entire human realm who can harm me, so don't worry."
"That's good."
Tao Tao had just forgotten that Bai Yan was a true dragon. Even if his cultivation was gone, his bloodline suppression was still there. As he said, looking at the entire human realm, how many people could rival him?
Hearing this, Lu Bai and the others were dumbfounded. They didn't expect there to be something even more shocking. They knew that someone who could speak like that should at least be at the Nascent Soul stage, but wasn't his cultivation level lower than theirs?
The situation became increasingly complicated, but none of them dared to inquire about it.
Pei Qingyan, who had flown far away, slowly flew back. Tao Tao's palm strike had almost broken all his ribs, but fortunately, Bai Yan had improved his cultivation level, allowing him to heal quickly.
When he returned, Lu Bai and the others became nervous. Even Tao Tao looked at him warily, ready to make a move. But then Pei Qingyan stepped forward and knelt down on the ground with a thud, shocking everyone else.
What is this doing?
Then Bai Yan remained unusually calm and said, "Get up. Don't forget what I told you, or I will unleash divine punishment and make you vanish into thin air."
"Yes."
Seeing Pei Qingyan's piety, I could hardly believe my eyes. But so far, everything that had happened was so shocking that it seemed there was nothing surprising about it.
Seeing that Tao Tao had stopped attacking them, the demonic cultivators hurriedly tried to escape, but the ground suddenly began to shake violently, and a terrifying power arose. Bai Yan couldn't help but frown, "It's waking up."
"Is it that ice dragon?" Pei Qingyan's heart was in his throat, but he was no longer as afraid as before, after all, he had seen the god and received the god's blessing.
"Okay, let's get out of the way first."
As soon as he finished speaking, Pei Qingyan waved his hand, and a beam of spiritual energy enveloped them all, quickly rising into the air. At this moment, the giant ice dragon raised its head, opened its blood-red maw, and swallowed the fleeing demonic cultivators whole.
Then they heard a cracking sound. Just as Tao Tao and the others were shocked, the ice dragon suddenly turned its head towards them.
The instant their eyes met, a blazing light emanated from the ice dragon, instantly engulfing them. The surroundings became chaotic, and they could see and hear nothing, as if their bodies were falling into an abyss.
After an unknown amount of time, silver light appeared all around, as beautiful as stars. These seemingly tiny stars gathered together and formed a stunning bridge in front of us.
The moment they saw the bridge, they were all drawn to it, silently walking towards it, their hearts settling down, devoid of joy or sorrow, surprise or pain...
The moment they stepped onto the bridge, the surrounding scenery suddenly spread out like ink splashes, and the scene changed rapidly. Standing there, they seemed like a drop in the ocean, extremely small.
"This is……"
When the scene completely changed, Tao Tao couldn't help but speak. The scene here was very strange, unlike anything she had ever seen before. It was like a palace in the heavens, but most of the buildings were already damaged. There were floating pavilions and towers everywhere, and even the floating islands were full of ravines. The ground was also badly damaged. It should have been a beautiful scene, but unfortunately, it had become like this for some reason.
"The realm of gods, the palace of gods."
Suddenly, Bai Yan spoke slowly, a hint of excitement in his eyes.
The realm of gods!
The expressions on their faces varied, and for a moment they didn't know what to say. From the human realm to the divine realm, was it really not a dream?
Lu Bai was beyond words in his shock. He had only intended to retrieve a treasure, but ended up following Tao Tao and the others to the God Realm. Although the God Realm was in ruins, its sacred majesty was far beyond what the human realm could match. Moreover, those words were spoken by Bai Yan, so they were naturally highly credible.
"Ayan..." Tao Tao sensed that something was wrong with Bai Yan and opened her mouth, but Bai Yan ignored her and walked forward step by step. Tao Tao felt that something was wrong, but she still followed. The others were not familiar with the place and did not dare to do anything reckless, so they could only follow closely.
They traveled along the way, seeing many sights they had never seen before, and feeling endless regret.
The divine realm that everyone yearns for is now in such a state; who wouldn't sigh upon seeing it?
What exactly happened in the realm of gods? Why did it become like this? Who could possibly possess such power? And why, despite the chaos in the realm of gods, is the human realm unaffected? Logically, with the collapse of the realm of gods, the human realm should have ceased to exist by now.
Too many questions welled up in their minds. They still didn't know what was going on, so they could only silently follow Bai Yan. He was indeed familiar with this place; every road and every scene was vivid in his mind.
Looking at his expression, Tao Tao felt inexplicably worried. Their souls were connected, and she could feel Bai Yan's grief the most. Gods were usually emotionally stable, and it was rare for anything to make them like this. Now that the divine realm had perished, how could he not be sad?
But Tao Tao didn't know what words of comfort to say, after all, she couldn't truly empathize with her.
"What are those?" Some weapons floated over from not far away, and one could clearly feel the terrifying divine power emanating from them. Pei Qingyan was greatly shocked and said, "They are divine weapons. I never thought that the peerless divine weapons we had only heard of were actually everywhere here. As expected of the God Realm, it's just a pity..."
He fell silent at this point, filled with endless emotions. Perhaps it was because of Bai Yan's wisp of divine power that his emotions were increasingly affected. After entering the God Realm, the further he went, the more a sense of desolation inexplicably welled up in his heart, making him feel very uncomfortable.
Has the realm of gods truly perished? What about the immortal realm? What has become of it?
"A divine weapon!?" Thousand Wind Flowing Cloud Horse nearly choked on its saliva upon hearing this, but it absorbed a significant amount of divine power, causing a strange change in its body. It widened its eyes in horror and exclaimed, "It's over, what's happening to my body...?"
"It's an advancement. You'll soon be able to transform into human form." Pei Qingyan looked it over, greatly surprised. This place truly lived up to its reputation as the God Realm. Even a little bit of power was enough to save them tens of thousands of years of cultivation. Wasn't that a kind of luck for them?
As soon as he finished speaking, Qianfeng Liuyunma's body was enveloped by a force, and its body slowly began to change. It continued to change until it finally transformed into a young man wearing a cloud-colored robe, staring blankly at everyone.
He was at a loss, looking completely bewildered, and asked, "Why are you all staring at me?"
As he spoke, he suddenly felt something was wrong. He raised his hand to take a look, and good heavens, it was actually a human hand! What was going on?!
Qianfeng Liuyunma was completely stunned, standing there for a long time without reacting. At this moment, Pei Qingyan kindly took out a huge mirror from his storage bracelet and placed it in front of him. Qianfeng Liuyunma stared at himself in the mirror and couldn't help but widen his eyes.
"This, this is me? I've actually transformed into human form, and I look pretty good..."
This was his most long-cherished dream, and who knew it would come true so quickly. It really shows that following a good master is the right thing to do.
He looked excitedly at Tao Tao, wanting to share his joy, but found that Tao Tao had disappeared without a trace, along with Bai Yan.
"Where are the masters?"
As soon as Qianfeng Liuyunma said this, the others looked ahead and their eyes darkened. They felt something was wrong. They were not familiar with this place, and there was too much divine power. Their bodies could not contain it. Bai Yan had been slowly absorbing the divine power in front of them, which made them feel a little better. But Bai Yan was no longer there. What should they do?
"Quick, follow them! The divine power here is extremely strong; there's absolutely no way the few of us can withstand it!"
As soon as Pei Qingyan finished speaking, they quickly ran forward.
Only then did they realize that there was no way to use spiritual power here; even Pei Qingyan had used divine power to open the storage bracelet.
“If we keep walking like this, we don’t know when we’ll find them. Besides, nobody knows how big the God Realm is. Without a senior to lead the way, we’re afraid we’ll be…” Lu Bai’s face was pale. He had the lowest cultivation level here, but it seemed that there was no difference in cultivation level here, since they were all outsiders.
"We can't use our spiritual power, so we can only walk. But there's divine power everywhere here. If we don't hurry up and catch up, the divine power will invade our bodies. It won't feel good. We won't just explode and die, but our souls will be scattered."
Pei Qingyan wasn't exaggerating. He had already suffered terribly from just a wisp of divine power injected into his body. Although he absorbed it later, the process was unforgettable. He couldn't imagine what it would feel like to have such divine power enter his body.
Everyone believed him and quickened their pace, but the surrounding scenery was indeed stunning, and even though it was damaged, it still made people want to stop and admire it.
"I must say, it truly lives up to its reputation as the realm of gods. I have never seen such a sight before. The sky and earth are one color, the bright moon shines, and the scenery of mountains and seas is all within sight. It is a pity that it has withered away like this."
Ah Huan couldn't help but sigh. Although she had been to very few places, she had seen many landscape paintings. She knew that there were countless scenic spots in the human world, but she didn't know that the divine realm could offer a panoramic view of mountains and rivers.
Hearing her sigh, Pei Qingyan couldn't help but sigh as well. "Of course it is. Something big must have happened here, otherwise how could a god be stranded in the human world? But no matter what, we are already very fortunate to have come here, so we have no regrets."
“Indeed, I wonder how Miss Le and the others are doing.” Lu Bai also spoke up. Perhaps because of the surrounding scenery, they both felt a sense of desolation.
"With the gods by her side, she will be alright."
Pei Qingyan comforted him, saying that this was the first time he had ever done something like this, and even he himself found it unbelievable. Perhaps he had been baptized by divine power, which had dispelled all his resentment.
Just then, the surroundings suddenly began to shake, and a terrifying aura spread continuously.
"What's going on? Is the shrine about to collapse?!"
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