Chapter 399

Six people arrived before a high platform of vermilion gates, the surrounding sea of clouds vast and grand.

Zhang Jian's gaze fell upon the other five fellow disciples at this moment.

The six in total were four men and two women, each with subtle aura fluctuations, their primordial spirits deep within exuding a fierce spiritual pressure.

Zhang Jian knew most of the other five only by nodding acquaintance.

The only one he truly knew was Zhuxing Zhenjun.

Zhuxing Zhenjun was a primordial spirit true lord born from the lineage of Qingyun Zhenjun, a primordial spirit true lord of quite ancient standing.

Besides him were Zijin Zhenjun, Linghe Daoist, Wulei Zhenren, and Siming Zhenjun—four primordial spirit great cultivators.

"Please, exalted immortal, lend us your aid!"

On the high platform, as the Bone-Burning True Lord cast his spell, an invisible light like a waterfall poured down from the depths of the void, and a great spatial vortex was born within the invisible torrent.

Seeing this vortex arise, the six primordial spirit true persons' expressions turned solemn, and they instantly transformed into streams of light, filing into it one after another.

Zhuxing Zhenjun and Zijin Zhenjun entered first, Zhang Jian third stepped into the vortex's depths, followed by Linghe Daoist, Wulei Zhenren, and Siming Zhenjun; moments later, the spatial passage in the depths of the firmament gradually vanished.

Seeing this, the Bone-Burning True Lord's gaze remained calm.

Each time the Sunset Moon Cave Heaven opens, there is a slaughter.

This time it is accompanied by the terrifying celestial phenomenon of the toad devouring the moon; inside, things will only be more complex.

However, this time the Tongshan Dao lineage's entering primordial spirit cultivators all have life-preserving means, so there should be no major problems.

The Bone-Burning True Lord's eyes flickered.

At this time of the Tongshan Dao lineage entering the world, they are indeed short-handed and cannot afford to lose primordial spirit cultivators.

……

The six primordial spirit cultivators are not experiencing the might of the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Gate for the first time.

The six figures plunged into it, as if shuttling through light and shadow of the ages, with the surrounding Milky Way racing far away.

In this stream of light, Zhang Jian's vast primordial spirit consciousness more than once saw vast shadows wandering around the starry sky, howling as they rushed into the distance.

These are the starry sky behemoths born in the interstellar river.

The starry sky behemoths are also a branch of the ancient remnant species.

After the decline of the ancient remnant species, they diverged into two major directions: one part fell into the world between heaven and earth, transforming into various spirit beasts, no longer pursuing the primordial demon god path, but instead refining intelligence and comprehending the laws of heaven and earth to attain the supreme Dao.

Most of these call themselves demons.

The other part chose to wander the starry void, taking starlight as their core, gradually forming another extreme path of physical evolution, called the starry sky behemoths.

……

After a moment, accompanied by countless lights scattering, the six pierced through vast expanses of dark void storms, and when they opened their eyes again, their forms had already appeared upon a platform.

It was a fragment eternally floating in the void.

Roughly only several zhang in size, like a drifting miniature island.

At the moment Zhang Jian's form appeared, his eyes instantly swept the surroundings.

Boom—!!

All around was the terrifying roar of storms; his substantiated primordial spirit consciousness could see countless stellar gales and stellar rays mixed within the void storm, swirling around the dark void, these pitch-black void storm currents flowing by, their power immensely terrifying, not inferior to primordial spirit-level immortal arts' bombardment.

Zhang Jian focused his gaze, and in the depths of the darkness he could see some stellar refracted light, and faintly sense fragments of forbidden spell spiritual light, shadowy and indistinct, knowing that within lay magnificent, massive ruins fragments drifting in the endless dark depths.

These were ruins nearly like floating islands.

At this moment, the other five Tongshan cultivators beside him seeing this scene, each instantly grew solemn in expression.

The one in silver robes, Zhuxing Zhenjun, looked toward the crowd and said with a smile:

"Everyone, this is the outer region of the Sunset Moon Cave Heaven!

The outer region of the Sunset Moon Cave Heaven, its middle layer itself is not particularly dangerous, so feel free to explore; if you encounter danger, use our emergency contact method!"

The one in purple robes, with a purple longsword on his back, resembling a sword knight, Zijin Zhenjun, smiled faintly: "Also good, everyone rely on luck; half a month from now, let us gather at the inner gate—then we shall join forces to explore the inner ruins!"

Zhang Jian pondered for a moment, then said: "Also good!"

The others had no objections.

Joint exploration, people working together, has its benefits and drawbacks.

But after all, we are fellow disciples, so we cannot be too calculating.

The six briefly discussed, then each transformed into a stream of light, flying and leaping toward the depths of the dark starry sky.

Zhang Jian stood in place, glanced into the distance, and his gaze could see vast expanses of starry sky still constantly inverting, with various gravities obviously distorted abnormally.

Some areas still had sparse, scattered sounds.

Obviously, the damaged restrictive spells of the ruins could no longer block the infiltration of those special star beasts.

At this moment, he also had a partial map of the Sunset Moon Cave Heaven in his mind.

The Sunset Moon Cave Heaven is vast in area; this cave heaven originally was not far from the Taiyin Star, but after an accident occurred, everything inside was distorted by terrifying gravity and gravitation.

Most of the ruins within the cave heaven have become fragmented.

They drift within this secluded void wasteland; what one can find depends entirely on luck.

However, according to what Zhanmo Zhenjun said, although the terrifying gravity and gravitation around the Taiyin Star have distorted most of the cave heaven's territories, there are still some areas protected by fearsome restrictive spells, remaining intact for now.

But these fearsome restrictive spell lights also attract some terrifying demons from the starry void, even to the point of foreign evil gods taking refuge, requiring special caution.

As his thoughts moved, a crescent moon appeared above his head, drifting and moving.

The Emperor's Treasure Mirror manifested, a grand mirror-light like a long rainbow sweeping directly across the dark void before him; his form transformed into a stream of light, vanishing in an instant into the dark starry sky.

In the dark starry sky, Zhang Jian operated the Golden Crow Escape Light, his form moving at extreme speed.

After entering this dark starry void, Zhang Jian discovered that this Sunset Moon Cave Heaven was far larger than he had imagined.

The outer region alone consists of more than ten massive stars.

These stars are dead and silent, yet still bear traces of life.

In the depths of the void, Zhang Jian's expression remained unmoving as he circulated the Golden Lotus Hidden Breath Technique throughout his body, while the Eastern Emperor's Treasure Mirror above his head reflected a portion of the stellar traces below, revealing the true forms of some ferocious beings within its surface.

Rustling shadows darted beneath the stars—these were gravitic one-eyed star rats, their skin dark and dull, about the size of calves, each bearing a single eye yet emitting a silvery-white glow, their mouths filled with terrifyingly sharp teeth.

Even the hardened building materials, laced with forbidden spiritual light, could not withstand their gnawing fangs.

Such strange beasts are fairly common stellar leviathans in the Milky Way, typically traveling in herds, favoring regions dense with starlight and chaotic gravity, feeding on stellar energy.

In the hierarchy of stellar leviathans, these creatures are classified as ultra-small individuals, of extremely low rank; solitary specimens are mostly comparable to Foundation Establishment cultivators testing their fate, but their leaders can rival Golden Core cultivators, while their kings are worthy of comparison to Yin God Venerables.

Besides these one-eyed star rats, Zhang Jian also sensed the presence of several other terrifying stellar beasts.

There were silver-horned moon pythons, their bodies covered in gray keratin and crowned with silver horns, and also the Taiyin Golden Centipede—creatures that shift unseen, bearing eight pairs of cicada-like wings—these are all alien species.

Even merely slaughtering them and gathering their remains would yield considerable wealth upon return.

Yet Zhang Jian found them somewhat unimpressive; after a moment, his expression shifted.

Upon the Eastern Emperor's Treasure Mirror appeared a grayish-white boulder, deeply buried in the stellar depths, though on the mirror's surface it only faintly manifested a trace of special cosmic law fluctuations.

"Treasure?"

A hint of a smile appeared in Zhang Jian's eyes.

Wielding the Eastern Emperor's Treasure Mirror, such a divine scrying artifact, he still held a tremendous advantage.

With a raise of his hand, an invisible spatial disturbance enveloped the boulder, and with a casual grasp, the stone instantly fell into his palm.

But almost simultaneously, that invisible spatial disturbance attracted a colossal wandering stellar leviathan from the void—a silver alien beast tens of zhang in length leapt from space and lunged to devour Zhang Jian in an instant.