Chapter 728 -730: The Opening of Dragon Gate
Hundred Miles Quicksand had already disappeared…
The Earth, nourished by the Time Wave, needed not much time to heal itself, even if it was covered in countless scars.
All things were like this, possessing a natural force of self-healing, the world seemed to have truly completed a metamorphosis, and spiritual energy burgeoned more cultivators everywhere; of course, there also arose more demonic holy spirits…
After this catastrophe, the Ancestral Dragon City-State had also become a spirited city. Even without venturing into the perilous outside world to seek spirit veins, one could cultivate within the city-state and progress several times more quickly than before.
Powered by the World Dragon Gate, Li Chuan felt not only would the spiritual rhyme gradually catch up to Tianshu God Domain, but it also might surpass it.
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The Ancestral Dragon City-State had now become a tranquil city contested by various Lower God Organizations. It would not be long before the powerhouses of the Tianshu God Domain came upon hearing the news, and their hearts would also rise with the desire to plunder.
To safeguard this last little piece of homeland, Zhu Minglang also had to enhance his strength hastily, for who knows if the next enemy faced might be an existence even more terrifying than the Sparrow Wolf God!
“Since we’ve decided, let’s not delay any longer and set off as soon as possible,” Zhu Minglang said.
“Alright, finally I can go out and enjoy the different delicacies from various places again!” Fang Niannian nodded excitedly.
“This is Ten Thousand Years Silver Fir Holy Dew,” Nan Lingsha handed Zhu Minglang a delicate small liuli bottle, speaking faintly.
“Ten thousand years???” Zhu Minglang nearly dropped his jaw.
This Time Wave transformed the Nan Family’s Silver Fir Sacred Forest even more dramatically, producing Ten Thousand Years Silver Fir Holy Dew. This item should be considered divine, right?
Substances of ten thousand years basically belonged to the rank of the gods; even if it might not help a cultivator break through to the Godly Realm, it must be akin to items like the Heart of God!
Wasn’t this a bit too easy to come by? Zhu Minglang always felt like his painter aunt Li Xinghua was still keeping many things from him.
Moreover, she seemed completely disinterested in these godly spirit resources, and she gave them away as if she didn’t need them at all.
“Is this a parting gift?” Zhu Minglang said, gazing at the precious offering.
“Oh, just go,” Nan Lingsha took the liuli bottle back upon hearing those words and put it back into her sachet with an otherworldly air.
“…” Zhu Minglang was no fool and quickly plastered on a smile, addressing the frosty-faced Nan Lingsha, “Just joking with Miss Lingsha. On our journey to Tianshu God Domain, as the Dragon Shepherd of our team, I will definitely protect you thoroughly. Leave all the fighting and killing to me, Zhu Minglang… oh, you like that too. Anyway, with courage and loyalty, let’s together plunder the resources of those who claim to be from the Upper Realm!”
Nan Lingsha was also a straightforward and simple person; if you said the right words, she would give you the item.
“Li Xinghua made the Soul Burn Sacrifice, her sleeping periods will become longer in the coming time, we need more Ancient Lantern Jade, Tianshu God Domain will have more,” Nan Lingsha said.
“Isn’t that one piece enough?” Zhu Minglang asked.
“Yes, she used a prophetic ability not inferior to that of gods. Although our souls are much stronger than before, the amount of Ancient Lantern Jade needed far surpasses the past,” Nan Lingsha explained.
Zhu Minglang nodded.
Ancient Lantern Jade was indeed a treasure, the more the better.
“En, let’s set out after Yunzhi wakes up,” Zhu Minglang said.
In contrast to last time, Li Xinghua, having used the Soul Ignition Sacrifice, will enter a lengthy period of sleep just like Li Yunzi previously and the time Li Yunzi wakes will significantly increase.
Li Yunzi cared the most for her sister Xinghua in her heart; she too wanted to set out for Tianshu as soon as possible to find more Ancient Lantern Jade.
As for the Ancestral Dragon City-State, with the uncrowned king Zhu Heavenly Officer and the former Saint Que Emperor Hong Geng present, there shouldn’t be any major issues unless another godly figure appears.
Moreover, both Zhu Heavenly Officer and Hong Geng were probably seeking methods to advance to the Godly Realm through the metamorphosis brought by the Time Wave.
The Supreme Court was still growing slowly, and resources were not infinite.
Zhu Minglang chose to leave the Supreme Court and head for Tianshu, also not wanting the few who could ascend to the Godly Realm to compete in a finite environment. If those people from Tianshu dared to come down to the Lower Realm to pillage, then why shouldn’t Zhu Minglang dare to raid their domain?
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Having packed the essentials and with ample supplies ready, Zhu Minglang bid farewell to some familiar faces within the city-state and then prepared to set off with the Sisters Li Nan.
Along the turquoise streets, the bustle of carts and horses echoed, and the clamor of people thrived. After the Ancestral Dragon City was graced with the power of protection, it became even more prosperous, sometimes even the broad roads seemed crowded.
Walking among the crowd, Fang Niannian bought some snacks for the road like little silkworm beans, little melons, and little fruits, and tossed big bags of them onto the back of her beloved Stove Dragon.
Li Yunzi and Nan Lingsha, each several meters apart, exuded a powerful coldness from their stunning figures, repelling people miles away, and also keeping each other at a distance.
Whenever it was like this, only Fang Niannian would chatter incessantly while Zhu Minglang had grown accustomed to the situation, so he would read when it was time to read, walk the dragon when it was time to walk the dragon, and say whatever needed to be said.
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Early in the morning, just as they were about to leave through the city gates, Zhu Minglang’s gaze swept over the roof corners of the city wall and saw the Dragon Gate directly aligned with the rising sun!
Bathed in golden sunlight, the Dragon Gate seemed even more sacred and extraordinary. Zhu Minglang often felt that the Dragon Gate was akin to the sun, something that all things needed to draw sustenance from, as well as rely on to defy fate…
It was hard to tell if it was the morning sun reflected in his eyes or if the Dragon Gate emitted a blinding brilliance, but Zhu Minglang felt dazzled as it seemed as though the mysterious Dragon Gate slowly opened a gap!!
The golden curtain of the heavenly waterfall parted, and from afar, it looked like the gate to the Heavenly Court was opening in the mortal world. The world inside the gate, both incredibly familiar and utterly foreign, shined with a captivating halo. Merely gazing at it seemed to fill a person’s every desire.
If you wished for eternal life!
If you wished to defy fate!
Aspiring to unparalleled supremacy across all worlds!
Everything within it conveys a single notion, that whatever you desire in your heart can be realized within this Dragon Gate!!
The most important aspect is that it’s not just some hallucination induced by the natural world, enticing as it may be; it exudes a convincing strength and solemnity beyond doubt.
Just as the sun and the moon are suspended high above the sky at its behest, how could one’s tiny desires not be fulfilled?
This Dragon Gate…
What kind of existence is it really!
Why do I feel an unquestioning instinct, as if a newborn following its parents?
“What’s wrong?” At that moment, Li Yunzi stopped in her tracks and gazed intently at Zhu Minglang, asking perplexedly.
Zhu Minglang’s eyes reflected the sun and the Dragon Gate; he couldn’t hear the commotion around him, nor Li Yunzi’s inquiry.
Nan Lingsha also noticed something amiss and glanced at Zhu Minglang, then immediately turned her gaze eastward, towards the mirage-like Dragon Gate.
The Dragon Gate remained serenely aloft, set against the backdrop of the crimson-gold sun!
“The gate has opened!” Nan Lingsha exclaimed.
“That…”
Before Li Yunzi could finish, a golden beam of light shrouded Zhu Minglang. Suddenly, he became ethereal as if his soul had left his body!
On the bustling street, people came and went, as Zhu Minglang’s form gradually faded within that majestic golden light—as if a color ink painting was being diluted with water, like a reflection dispersing in the ripples.
Until the beam of light coming from the World Dragon Gate abruptly disappeared, Zhu Minglang vanished into thin air on the turquoise avenue of Ancestral Dragon City-State, disappearing between Li Yunzi and Nan Lingsha!!
“I still wanted to buy some candy. Wait for me… Eh, where did the Eldest son Zhu go??” Fang Niannian turned around, only to find no trace of Zhu Minglang.
Li Yunzi and Nan Lingsha exchanged looks.
They had not expected things to happen so suddenly, nor did they expect the chosen one to enter the Dragon Gate in such a manner!
Equally shocked, they found themselves at a loss for words for a long time.
“Has he entered the World Dragon Gate?” Li Yunzi asked.
“Yes.”
“Is there another way for us to enter?” Li Yunzi continued.
“Find the person who opened the Dragon Gate,” Nan Lingsha replied.
With an apple in her hand, Fang Niannian listened to the conversation between the two fairy-like sisters, not understanding a single word.
After a long while, Fang Niannian finally said, “Does that mean we can’t reach the Tianshu God Domain now??”
“The passage of time inside is different from our world outside. We must continue on our path; he will be unharmed,” Nan Lingsha said.
Li Yunzi looked in the direction of the World Dragon Gate, her brows tinted with worry.
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The dazzling sensation lasted for what seemed an eternity.
Zhu Minglang even felt as if he had plunged into the sun itself, the light so intense that he couldn’t open his eyes.
He felt no fear because of the previous imbuement of intent; Zhu Minglang was well aware that this was a summoning by the World Dragon Gate.
However, Zhu Minglang had not anticipated that he would be dragged into the Dragon Gate in this direct manner, regardless of what he was doing just a moment before. As soon as the Dragon Gate opened, the chosen one was summoned into it.
If there were Divine Chosen fairies bathing, would they too be dragged into the Dragon Gate without negotiation when the appointed time arrived?
Without a concept of the passage of time, after letting his mind wander for a while, Zhu Minglang finally felt the dazzling light fade away. It was as if he had passed through the brilliant solar flames, crossed the sun’s surface, and entered a new world. Zhu Minglang even clearly sensed that his body was resting somewhere, while his soul traveled freely!
There wasn’t a cold and solemn voice of a godly creator in his mind.
Nor were there any other overly awe-inspiring or spectacular vistas of divine realms on his journey.
Zhu Minglang found himself standing on a mountain.
In front of him, the mountains undulated and stretched, some so high they reached Cloud Heaven, their peaks invisible, like pillars that supported the sky. The range extended endlessly, like boundless earth…
Zhu Minglang saw smoke rising from a distant village.
He saw ancient mythical beasts racing across the high mountain.
And he saw colorful dragons threading through the canvas of the sky in Cloud Heaven.
These scenes were not entirely unfamiliar to him, but there was an indescribable strangeness to them—as if something was missing, or something extra had been added.