Chapter 661

Chapter 661: Assassination of the Honored Position, the Five Elements Open Heaven!

Unlike before, this time the transmission brought Yun Ye and Zixue Xin to an endless starry corridor.

Ghostly blue colors and flashing points constructed this illusory path, and as they walked, it felt almost unreal, as if they were weighed down by a thousand layers of resistance, making it hard to break free.

“This is the boundary of Heavenly Stem Cave Heaven. Even when entering from the Red Heaven realm, there is a buffer zone to prevent sudden intrusions into critical areas.”

“Even we need to apply first. Only after obtaining the cosmic array map can we head to Heavenly Stem Cave Heaven. Otherwise, we would crash into the void and be completely erased by Heavenly Stem Cave Heaven. Even someone as powerful as the Master of Heaven’s Cavern couldn’t survive that.”

Zixue Xin explained.

Yun Ye nodded.

He knew the power of Heavenly Stem Cave Heaven all too well; ten thousand years ago, even the combined might of all True Immortals could not harm it in the slightest.

And now, Heavenly Stem Cave Heaven had consumed countless universes, far beyond what it was ten thousand years ago, and the new Master of the Cavern could not be compared at all.

The two walked for a long time, occasionally catching glimpses of silhouettes, seemingly other practitioners arriving at Heavenly Stem Cave Heaven.

However, even with the Power of Opening Heaven and Earth that Yun Ye possessed, granting him the ability to glimpse the future, he still could not see through this.

The mass of Heavenly Stem Cave Heaven was simply too vast now. At this moment, even Yun Ye’s ancient and modern Future Spirit Law was struggling to be effective and would require an enormous amount of luck.

Even though Yun Ye had the luck of a Son of Dao, being in the spiritual realm wouldn’t allow him to bear the burden, so he had never used his Spirit Law to observe Heavenly Stem Cave Heaven.

"Whoosh!"

The sound of tides began to linger in their ears; it was the sound of the ocean of the world. Yun Ye and Zixue Xin fell down, momentarily confronted with the infinity of time and space.

Heavenly Stem Cave Heaven was a cosmic-type cavern, and with every growth, its space expanded wildly. When Yun Ye was in the Royal Path phase, its contained mass was already comparable to that of the universe. As of now, Heavenly Stem Cave Heaven had swallowed at least thousands of universes, an astonishing expansion in total mass.

After briefly gazing at the entire Heavenly Stem Cave Heaven, their perspective dropped dramatically, finally landing on an enormous star disk.

Here, the spirit energy was immensely abundant, and the scale of the space was measured in light-years, hosting countless races.

Yun Ye arrived at a barely visible corner of this star disk.

Looking up, he saw continuous celestial cities and boundless celestial light, combined with the cosmic starry scenery, and he couldn’t help but feel awed.

Once, he too had gazed up at the starry sky, lamenting the immense distance of the universe.

Though the Red Heaven realm wasn’t a universe and didn’t possess infinite distances, practitioners could cross continents in a single step and even leave the Red Heaven realm.

But those lofty True Immortals felt even more despairing than any infinite distance.

Even Royal Path practitioners, even the Master of the Cavern, would find everything meaningless if a True Immortal intervened; they had no standing to step out of the Red Heaven realm.

He never expected to see the Celestial Empire stepping out of the Red Heaven realm and charging towards the Multiverse; such a sight seemed impossible.

“The Seventh Star Heavenly Palace,” Zixue Xin said. “You should know a bit about the state of the worlds. If we must differentiate the worlds we’ve explored, we can use the terms plane, universe, and world to forcefully distinguish between them.”

“A plane refers to a group of worlds that are separated in multiple spaces but have consistent rules.”

“A universe is a world that continues to expand outward, with infinite space.”

“A world refers to places like the Red Heaven realm, where all power converges in a small area, allowing the energy levels to potentially be infinite.”

“The three forms of existence of these worlds are very different, but when it comes to being swallowed by Heavenly Stem Cave Heaven, there is no distinction. Once they fall into Heavenly Stem Cave Heaven, they are forced to adapt to the rules, resulting in tremendous changes.”

“The Seventh Star Heavenly Palace is a remnant fruit of a ‘world’; that world had land and sky that seemed endless, almost comparable to the universe, but after descending into Heavenly Stem Cave Heaven, its majority mass was obliterated. It formed a special rule of power that envelops this area, which barely preserved some regions. Otherwise, in such a massive star disk of Heavenly Stem Cave Heaven, it would have collapsed into a black hole long ago.”

“Now, the ‘plane’ and ‘world’ are referred to as Moon Palace and Star Palace respectively based on their specific characteristics, only the cosmic-type worlds can directly merge into Heavenly Stem Cave Heaven, thus they don’t have special names.”

Yun Ye nodded and then asked, “Why not completely devour them? The rules of these worlds should be able to be erased.”

“The main function of the palaces is to act as markers. Not completely devouring them allows them to serve as markers that extend the interference range of Heavenly Stem Cave Heaven. It is precisely because of these worlds that the Divine Empress can govern the Celestial Empire, and no one dares to disobey. The reason we descended to the Seventh Star Heavenly Palace is that worlds similar to the Hongmeng Purple Energy Realm surround it; to reach Hongmeng, we can only transfer through the Seventh Star Heavenly Palace,” Zixue Xin explained.

“As for the marker, perhaps the cosmic array map can serve as a substitute?” Yun Ye asked.

“This relates to resource consumption. Using the cosmic array map for transmission would indeed lead to the destination, but it would consume far too many resources. Even large organizations cannot afford it, let alone individuals. The existence of transmission costs is precisely why the five major schools have emerged as a selection model; otherwise, wouldn’t it be better for everyone to participate?” Zixue Xin shook his head.

“It seems we lack a ‘gate’. If we had a Heavenly Crown Artifact, perhaps we could create a ‘gate’ without any usage conditions,” Yun Ye suggested.

The Heavenly Crown Artifact, commonly known as a cheat, could indeed be realized if enough resonance was gathered.

“I never imagined Liu Sheng President would have such lofty ambitions. If you can awaken the Tomorrow Dao Weapon and reach the supreme level, perhaps in ten thousand years, it might just be possible. However, by then, it’s uncertain if you would still hold such thoughts,” Zixue Xin said, treating it as a joke, and Yun Ye didn’t elaborate further.

The scenery of the Seventh Star Heavenly Palace was quite unique, but the area they landed in was merely a transmission point with little else to discuss. The two quickly began the procedure to apply for a fixed-point transmission to a certain universe.

Within Heavenly Stem Cave Heaven, Dao Artifact wielders were indeed numerous, as abundant as hair on a cow, allowing for a comprehensive examination.

However, no Dao Artifact wielders appeared.

The members of the Divine Army simply verified their identities and confirmed that their transmission application had been approved before letting them pass, without checking for possible betrayals against the Celestial Empire or any other heavenly crimes.

This has become an unwritten rule of the New Heaven Celestial Empire; as long as one brings resources and universes back to Heavenly Stem Cave Heaven and no one raises grievances, the empire will not pursue any possible crimes. It is precisely due to this strategy that such absurd situations have arisen, with three school councils betraying the Celestial Empire.

With Dao artifacts in the sky and the Divine Empress suppressing all, there should have been no room for crime. Unfortunately, the enemies of the Celestial Empire were not the so-called three major factions but the lofty True Immortals.

True Immortals reign in the outer heavens, and even the Divine Empress cannot do anything about it. If they wish, they can completely destroy the Celestial Empire’s achievements in the outer heavens.

This is the key point!

After the examination, the two entered a shuttling state once more, finally leaving the Red Heaven realm and setting off towards the Approximate Universes of the Hongmeng Purple Energy Realm.

The transmission through the Multiverse Tower was extremely swift; crossing the distance of two universes took only an instant.

This was not due to the advanced technology of the Multiverse Tower, but simply because the void does not recognize time and space; one either can reach it or cannot, with no intermediate state. Thus, once the transmission was initiated, one second they were in the Red Heaven, and the next, they arrived in another universe.

Other World Gods wishing to approach the Red Heaven would expend immeasurable time, but the World God of Slaughter could arrive immediately upon being summoned by the great ritual. The reason was not because the World God of Slaughter was close to the Red Heaven, but because the chaotic void had no concept of time and space.

In the absence of coordinates, countless worlds overlapped, and many dimensions were separated, making it incredibly difficult to comprehend the complexity, not just up and down or left and right; it appears to be advancing towards the direction of the fluctuations, while in reality, it was still a hundred thousand miles away from the true coordinates of the Red Heaven realm.

The transmission beam of the Multiverse Tower pierced through the universe; while it was not an actual beam or passed through the universe, it appeared as such.

Yun Ye and Zixue Xin suddenly arrived at an aerial celestial palace, where numerous stone sculptures lined the space. Waves of unseen yet palpable consciousness continuously invaded their minds, and suddenly, an angry great deity appeared, seemingly ready to open heaven and earth and crush them.

“Buzz!”

The protection of the Master of Heaven’s Cavern manifested at that moment, providing shelter and dissipating the destructive soul impact.

However, neither of them showed signs of discomfort; this kind of protection was entirely ineffective.

“Ancient gods and demons opened heaven and earth, shaping the two realms of heaven and earth, and the Dao begins with gods and demons!”

“How magnificent and brilliant!”

“Hatred! Hatred! Hatred!”

“Hatred for the unfairness of the heavens!”

Many sculptures glared with furious eyes, gods and demons stood opposite each other, seemingly alive as they recorded a piece of history.

After the Opening Heaven and Earth, gods and demons were divided, and in a bid to return to singularity, they began an eternal war, shattering the world and scattering their powers once more.

The ninety-ninth level of heaven is filled with countless gods and demons.

This is a world without mortals.

Or perhaps, it hasn’t even developed to the point of having mortals before this world was invaded by the Red Heaven realm and was completely destroyed.

The bodies of the gods and demons were placed within the celestial palace of the heavenly court, using their powerful authority as coordinates for transmission.

“The Celestial Empire has left tombs for gods and demons everywhere, not completely killing them, but using them to warn us later comers.”

“Even powerful gods and demons have fallen at the hands of many heroes of Red Heaven. If we rest on our laurels, one day Red Heaven will also be trampled!”

Zixue Xin’s gaze sharpened for a brief moment, seeming to pierce through time and space, resonating with the many predecessors.

In today’s Red Heaven realm, most of the hearts lean towards the Celestial Empire.

Inner sage and outer king, that is the Tomorrow Dao of the Divine Empress!

She could not have reached this point step by step without her determination; who stands at the top without being unmatched and undefeated?

Who doesn’t have their own pride?

Zixue Xin usually seemed easygoing, but when she truly wanted to do something, she considered no one but herself. If it weren’t for the heavenly laws of Red Heaven, she might have directly tried to test Yun Ye.

“Boom!”

In a world devoid of life, a beam of light suddenly fell from the void.

At the same time, a distant yet invigorating aura rose up, stirring the entire world!

Honored Position!

Zixue Xin’s pupils constricted, a look of shock crossing her face: “Are you kidding? In the very first world we transferred to, an Honored Being is already taking action? Recently, no Honored Beings have been mobilized, and now one is forcibly crossing time and space to descend into the realm of gods and demons?”

Then, another beam of light fell, this time from the east.

Just like before, the aura of the Honored Being was not concealed; only this time, he was an ally, not an enemy.

Birds and myriad flowers came from the east, while demonic aura surged from the north; the two great powers converged in an instant, shaking the entire world and shattering it apart.

“The Honored Being of spiritual flowers among the myriad beings truly moved? Though I anticipated it, I still have to say… you’ve caused quite the trouble!”

Zixue Xin understood the urgency of their situation clearly; she raised the Chief’s authority array map, with the Tai Chi spreading and covering the celestial palace. She directly activated the transmission effect of the Multiverse Tower, shouting, “We must leave immediately! The Honored Beings hold the Power of Opening Heaven and Earth; if they unleash their full strength, they can destroy a vast universe. With our strength, even ten lives wouldn’t be enough to survive!”

As her words fell, a beam of light rose to the sky, pointing toward another universe.

The principle of the Multiverse Tower is a bridge; the passage had already been built, and the transmission speed was so fast that normal means could not impede it.

Without a second Honored Being, their escape was assured.

“Cut through the void, but do not take lives!”

“Destiny holds this calamity, and you still dare to escape?!”

Then, the ominous premonition proved true; the second Honored Being did not come through the transmission but lay in wait in the realm of gods and demons, suddenly taking action as they attempted to flee.

He was like a mighty spirit, a sword cutting through time and space, blocking the transmission light of the Multiverse Tower.

“Another Honored Being… and one with the authority over space.”

Zixue Xin never expected that this mission would be so troublesome, with two consecutive Honored Beings launching an assault. This was truly overestimating Qing Liu Sheng!

Qing Liu Sheng now only possesses potential, but potential does not always turn into strength. Even the most talented can falter along the way, falling from the clouds. Why would two Honored Beings risk their lives just to kill Qing Liu Sheng?

Can they really be sure that Qing Liu Sheng is destined to be invincible?

“Nowhere to escape!”

The silver-haired elder crossed a long distance, arriving before them in an instant, standing proudly in the celestial palace, with countless god and demon statues bowing down.

His form was strikingly clear as he unleashed all his power, a vast amount of information and strength that could cause those below the True Realm to perish on the spot.

Yet, the silver-haired elder was astonished to find Qing Liu Sheng unperturbed, seemingly unaffected in the slightest. As he focused his gaze, he quickly realized that the green Daoist robe he wore contained supreme Secret Energy that protected Qing Liu Sheng, making it seem as if he was not in this realm, untouched by worldly laws.

“A Divine Artifact supreme treasure, yet it is given to a mere spiritual realm youth. How infuriating! Nevertheless, today I shall behead you, marking the beginning of my great fortune!”

The silver-haired elder held the sword that could break through space, pure white and terrifying, as cracks in space spiraled outward, threatening to tear this world apart.

“You are… Yin Seng! You were clearly only in the True Realm, when did you advance to an Honored Position?”

Zixue Xin stared at Yin Seng, having some vague recollection of him.

This man was obscure in the cosmic battlefield; as the battlefield commander, she remembered countless cultivators, thus recognizing him. If she remembered correctly, Yin Seng should have no chance of obtaining authority; his qualifications and achievements were simply insufficient.

“Ha, Zixue Xin, when I was still in the True Realm, I doubt you were my opponent, but now you have no room to speak. Even just from my aura, you should have sensed the gap.”

Yin Seng casually waved the sword that could break through space, splitting the celestial palace in two and cutting off the possibility of transmission. His Honored Position aura grew ever more concentrated.

Faintly, a divine voice began to resonate, similar to the song of the Fourth Heaven.

For the Red Heaven realm to resonate with the song of the Fourth Heaven, one would need to suppress an entire continent with their own strength, forming the Fourth Heaven prototype, a mark of a quasi-Monarch.

But beyond the Red Heaven realm, where the world levels are all lower, the song of the Fourth Heaven essentially became a characteristic that every Honored Being possessed.

The heavenly song is, in fact, the embodiment of the power of the Red Heaven realm in the material world, appearing to serenade, while in reality, it is the resonance of the authority shaping the macro world.

The song of authority is a symbol of Red Heaven cultivators in the multiverse; even though Yin Seng did not come through transmission, this trait indicated that he was indeed an Honored Being of Red Heaven.

“…”

Zixue Xin quietly avoided this attack, her expression slightly grim.

As an unmatched being in the True Realm, she could withstand his aura without any divine artifacts, but the ever-increasing intensity of that aura made her feel exceedingly challenged. After all, she was only at the peak of the True Realm, still a step away from an Honored Position.

Even a genius of her caliber, to be honest, couldn’t slay an Honored Being.

In this age, those who can reach the Honored Position are incredibly powerful, at least at the level of the Ten Seats; otherwise, how could they attain such a precious position?

Even the authority of a weaker world, upon merging with the Red Heaven realm, could serve as a stepping stone to gain power far superior to the True Realm.

She turned to look at Yun Ye, and he looked back, smiling, “Zixue, what’s there to fear? He cannot deceive my Heavenly Eye. Although it seems like he has already achieved an Honored Position, in reality, he is merely using this world’s authority, only capable of acting in this realm. It hardly counts as a true Honored Position.”

“Kid, I want those eyes of yours!” Yin Seng suddenly struck, reaching out to seize Yun Ye’s eyes.

The ability to see through his essence could truly be called a Heavenly Eye; such an Eye Technique artifact was invaluable. This pseudo-Honored Being had an unworthy title and needed to lower his status to continue improving, starting by taking these eyes!

“Swish!”

Blue light flowed like water, and Yin Seng only grasped at some ripples, unable to break through; instead, his hand was seared black.

“…”

Yin Seng fell silent, for though he was a pseudo-Honored Being, his power was genuine, stemming from the gods and demons of this realm, endowed with the Power of Rules.

Not only had his Daoist Robe blocked the attack, but it had also surpassed the power of space, rebounding the injury back to him?

“I once thought that possessing an artifact would be your limit; I didn’t expect… it to still be a weapon activated by authority, allowing a mere spiritual realm youth to act recklessly before me. Who exactly are you? I haven’t heard that the myriad beings possess such a Daoist robe artifact.”

Yin Seng destroyed the Multiverse Tower but did not rush.

“Who am I? You should worry about how to survive; a pseudo-Honored Being dares to claim an Honored Position before the chief of Zixue Academy?”

“You are merely a pawn used to probe the way, far too weak.”

Yun Ye stated.

“What? Can a being of the True Realm truly battle with an Honored Being?”

Once Yin Seng realized something was off, the thought crossed his mind, but Zixue Xin had already coldly molded an unparalleled hand seal.

As if a Lotus Flower bloomed, Guanyin had appeared, and inconceivable power began to rise at that moment.

“Gold! Wood! Water! Fire! Earth!”

“Opening Heaven and Earth!!!”