Chapter 558

"Your speculation has some merit," Li Yuan nodded: "This piece of metal was excavated from the palace deep in the Puppet Star... and the Puppet Star was placed there by the Ancient Domain natives."

"Why would they leave a star map? The probability of it being a trap is very high," Li Yuan judged.

Regarding the Ancient Domain and the Ancient Domain natives, Li Yuan and Liu Bing still knew very little, so they naturally had to be cautious.

After all, in terms of strength, Li Yuan could now only barely rival a first-tier Celestial God, and it was difficult for him to fight for long.

"This star map likely hides some traps and killing moves on the way to that so-called 'Sovereign Palace'," Li Yuan smiled.

"However!"

"Even if it is a trap, the map marked on this star map should be true for ninety-nine percent of the area," Li Yuan smiled: "Only by mixing truth with falsehood can one make people believe it; it can still serve as a reference."

Sovereign Palace?

Li Yuan had no interest for the time being.

"Now that we've obtained this, we should hurry on our way."

Liu Bing immediately waved her hand.

Whoosh~ An invisible force dispersed, and the Zhuang Long Void God and his companions appeared in the void.

"This is?"

"That black lake?"

"Are we still on this star? Didn't we escape?" The Zhuang Long Void God and his companions looked around, feeling somewhat panicked.

They did not know what had just happened.

In their subconscious, they had encountered a powerful opponent suspected to be a 'Celestial Puppet', and even with the strength of Li Yuan and Liu Bing, it would be a narrow escape.

But looking at it now, it was actually calm and peaceful?

"Brother Zhuang Long," Li Yuan smiled: "Heavenly Ice True God and I have already resolved the trouble, but we still need to head to the depths of the Ancient Domain, so let us part ways here."

"Resolved?" The Zhuang Long Void God was shocked, but replied: "Yes, we are just a burden following you."

"Hmm."

"You can just roam the outer regions; it will be much safer," Li Yuan smiled: "Brother Zhuang Long, take care, see you in the God Domain."

Hum~

A spatial ripple passed, and Li Yuan and Liu Bing had disappeared without a trace.

"Zhuang Long."

"What should we do?" The others looked at the Zhuang Long Void God.

"True God Li Yuan is unfathomable," the Zhuang Long Void God sighed sincerely, then said: "This star is so large, perhaps it hides other treasures. You all search carefully... I will break through to the True God realm first."

His previous breakthrough in blade technique had already allowed him to step into the True God realm.

And having cultivated for long years, his internal space had long since grown to the limit of the Void God realm... naturally, he would break through to become a True God directly.

After becoming a True God, his strength would soar, and only then would he have hope of obtaining more treasures.

Rescuing the Zhuang Long Void God and subduing the Celestial Puppets did not take Li Yuan and Liu Bing too much time.

And by comparing the star map they obtained with the information Liu Bing knew.

Li Yuan and Liu Bing's subsequent travel speed was even faster. Although they encountered small troubles a few times, and even encountered powerhouses from the Abyss God Court and the Ten Thousand Dao God Court once each, Li Yuan did not need to make a move; Liu Bing solved them directly.

In the end, the two arrived at their destination two hours earlier than expected.

"Is this the edge of the Starry Sky Mountain Range?" Li Yuan looked at the distance, his eyes glowing with a faint light.

If it were an ordinary Void God or even a True God, they would not be able to spy on the full picture of the Starry Sky Mountain Range.

But Li Yuan fully activated the 'Eye of Heavenly Gloom', and through the chaotic and distorted time and space, he could vaguely see it.

A mountain range stretching for an unknown number of hundreds of millions of miles hung in the dark starry sky, just like a magnificent starry sky dragon lying across it. This was absolutely an incredible wonder.

However, this 'Starry Sky Dragon' seemed to have been cut in half at the waist by a massive battle blade. The cross-section of the mountain range was likely hundreds of millions of miles wide... With Li Yuan's strength, he could only vaguely see these scenes.

"Big Brother, Senior Dongfang and I encountered the True God Jiu Ying here, and in the end, we were forced to scatter and flee," Liu Bing explained from the side: "That True God Jiu Ying's target was me, so he didn't pursue Senior Dongfang."

Li Yuan nodded slightly.

Alliance Leader Dongfang had extremely high talent and aptitude; otherwise, he would not have been accepted as a personal disciple by the Blood Feather God Monarch shortly after joining the God Court.

In terms of strength, Alliance Leader Dongfang was now a True God limit powerhouse, no less than True God Nie Hu.

However!

Dongfang Ji could only be considered a 'top-tier True God' of the Mohe Star Domain, while that True God Jiu Ying was a top-tier divine beast 'Jiu Ying' and had awakened nine star pulses. Looking at the entire God Domain, he was one of the most top-tier existences among True Gods... his true combat power could rival a Celestial God.

If True God Jiu Ying chose to pursue Dongfang Ji, it would be very difficult for Dongfang Ji to survive.

"The space here is too chaotic," Li Yuan sensed his surroundings and tried to perform the Time Retrospection spell.

But he found.

It failed!

With Li Yuan's sensory ability, he could detect spatial cracks and spatial vortices constantly appearing in the void... If an ordinary True God were to act here, it would likely be a step-by-step death trap.

It was very clear that the area near this Starry Sky Mountain Range was no longer suitable for Void Gods or ordinary True Gods to roam.

"Big Brother, we can't trace back time, how can we investigate?" Liu Bing said worriedly.

"Don't worry."

"Since I've come, I have my own ways," Li Yuan said. Suddenly, his eyes brightened, and he could not help but laugh: "It's finally done; with this, my confidence is even greater."

"What's done?" Liu Bing was stunned.

Li Yuan smiled without answering. Within his vast and boundless Heart Void Realm, countless void realm lives were living... After his soul will had all stepped into the Celestial God level.

Li Yuan's Heart Void Realm had also ushered in a great expansion and transformation... It had now constructed nine life planets, as well as a massive amount of dead stars, operating flawlessly, just like a real starry sky.

Detailed and meticulous!

Even if many True God consciousnesses fell into this world, it would be difficult to distinguish between reality and illusion.

And at this moment, Li Yuan's Heart Void Realm had ushered in another transformation.

"Heart Void Realm."

"The 'Six Realms of Heart Illusion' only has the first five realms complete; the cultivation method for the sixth realm, 'Sovereign Heart', is incomplete," Li Yuan was calm in his heart: "My operation over these past few hundred years, tempering my heart will, has already reached the fifth realm, 'Mastering the Six Roots'."

Regarding the 'Sovereign Heart', with Li Yuan's current realm, even if the 'Six Realms of Heart Illusion' were incomplete, he already had many of his own understandings.

This was the continuous transformation and growth of his heart will!

On the other hand, for hundreds of years in the Spirit Wood Universe, Li Yuan had been constantly researching the 'Heart Illusion Divine Canon' and the Heart Realm God King inheritance... causing his attainments on the soul path to be constantly improving.

Growth lasting hundreds of years... sensing laws in the Spirit Wood Universe was restricted, but researching soul mysteries was not.

It was just that at that time, limited by his 'demigod body', his soul growth had reached its limit.

Until he returned and stepped into the Void God realm, his soul quickly grew to the Celestial God level... The basic transformation caused Li Yuan's countless insights from the past few hundred years to erupt, and the Heart Void Realm had been growing rapidly.

Now, it was finally done.

"The highest absolute art of the Heart Realm God King's life's work, 'Heart Realm'," Li Yuan sighed to himself: "Even if it's just the entry level, looking at the Celestial Gods, it is absolutely a relatively strong soul method."

"The first step, the birth of a true void realm life."

Accompanying Li Yuan's thought operation, in an instant, in his Heart Void Realm, on those nine major planets, billions of lives began to be endowed with true seven emotions and six desires by Li Yuan.

Just like the 'creation of the world and man' in some ancient myths.

The current Li Yuan was also endowing his Heart Void Realm with further 'reality'.

"I have experienced five aspirations, realized seven emotions, and mastered six roots... only by understanding everything can I endow the seven emotions and six desires to the void realm lives I have created," Li Yuan whispered to himself.

Hum~ Hum~ Hum~ The power of the heart, transcending time and space, instantly enveloped the entire Heart Void Realm.

In an instant.

Everything was completed!

All the 'human lives' on the nine major planets had all truly possessed 'emotions'.

The entire world had vaguely become different.

"Without me, the world will also be very wonderful," Li Yuan revealed a smile; he observed everything in the Heart Void Realm.

In the past.

The Heart Void Realm seemed to operate realistically, but it was all under Li Yuan's guidance... everything in the world was a puppet in his hands, listening to his operation.

Now, even if Li Yuan did not pay attention to the Heart Void Realm, the countless living beings inside would operate normally. They were the same as lives in the real world, having joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, love, hate, and enmity... except that they were constructed by the power of the void realm, and they were no different from real lives.

"The void realm is another world."

"If in the future, my Heart Void Realm evolves into a 'Heart True Realm', even if I die, the entire 'Heart True Realm', although illusory, would still be like a real world, capable of existing for an incomparably long time..." Li Yuan sighed to himself.

What is true? What is illusory?

Sometimes, it is very difficult to distinguish clearly.

"The second step, 'Condensing the Heaven and Earth Seal'." Li Yuan thought in his heart, trying to operate the entire world.

Although many Celestial Gods' Heart Void Realms could also give birth to real void realm lives, that was because their souls were too strong, and they were born naturally after the Heart Void Realm transformed.

Just like the expansion of many True Gods' 'internal spaces', it was a means bestowed upon them by heaven and earth.

They could not truly understand it.

But Li Yuan was different from those Celestial Gods!

He guided the birth of real void realm lives based on his own insights... he could perfectly control his own Heart Void Realm.

"With the same level 74 soul, when unleashing soul attacks, the power is vastly different," Li Yuan revealed a smile.

Just like the same nine-star True God, the foundation is the same, but because of different law insights, the strength will be vastly different.

The soul path is also like this.

"'Heart Realm'." At the core of Li Yuan's Heart Void Realm, a 'Heaven and Earth Seal' had quickly formed.

The heart is infinite, and the void realm is like a seal.

Once the seal is out, it suppresses everything! It crushes all soul obstacles!

With this, Li Yuan finally entered the God King-level secret technique 'Heart Realm', reaching the first realm, 'Heaven and Earth Seal'.

"With this 'Heaven and Earth Seal' as the core, any soul attack unleashed will soar in power," Li Yuan was incomparably satisfied.

"The first realm is already so strong."

"When I cultivate to the second realm, 'True Realm Star', and the third realm, 'Boundless Heart Sea' in the future, what will it be like?" Li Yuan was quite expectant in his heart: "The Heart Realm God King, having cultivated to 'Boundless Heart Sea', was already quite famous in the God King realm."

It sounds slow, but the operation of the heart is fast, and it is not a material change. In the blink of an eye, Li Yuan's Heart Void Realm had transformed and condensed the Heaven and Earth Seal.

"Causal line!"

Through the Heaven and Earth Seal, Li Yuan could vaguely perceive the 'mysterious and vast place' outside the void realm. It was an illusory world with countless chaotic and complex messages... he quickly captured some of them.

They were all related to himself.

"A clear causal line points to Xiao Bing."

"Another one points to the depths of the Starry Sky Mountain Range; it is Alliance Leader Dongfang..." Li Yuan sensed vaguely.

The Heart Void Realm had grown to his level. If one's insight into soul mysteries was profound, one could already sense the existence of causal lines.

If one went a step further, one could unleash 'causal attacks'.

"Xiao Bing, go this way." Li Yuan's eyes glowed with a faint light, and following the causal line between himself and Dongfang Ji, he took Liu Bing and chose a direction.

Starry Sky Mountain Range, deep region.

A massive figure was moving along the surface of the mountain range, constantly advancing through the distorted space.

Its whole body was covered in feathers as black as night, occasionally flashing with purple light. Its wingspan was tens of thousands of feet long, and the edges of its wings were as sharp as knives, cutting through space.

Every time it flapped its wings, it would cause those spatial cracks to collapse suddenly... What made one's heart tremble the most were its scarlet eyes, which revealed an indescribable terror.

This was the Jiu Ying!

In terms of bloodline strength, it was a top-tier divine beast comparable to the Sacred Blood Heavenly Snake and the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon... as long as it reached adulthood, it could reach the True God limit powerhouse. This was also a top-tier divine beast born only in the Abyss God Court.

Death and destruction were its synonyms.

Being able to use 'Jiu Ying' as its own name, there was no doubt that True God Jiu Ying was the number one genius of his race in this generation.

"Sovereign Palace?"

"The clue I just obtained, according to the hints above, there is actually a treasure land called the 'Sovereign Palace' deep in this Ancient Domain?" True God Jiu Ying felt a burning sensation in his heart.

A great treasure!

Life is limited. Why did he descend to this mortal domain? Besides the fact that the Ancient Source God Monarch paid a great price to invite him to eliminate Liu Bing... on the other hand, it was also because he wanted to seize the treasure.

After all, his goal was to become a 'God King'... even with nine star pulses, the hope of becoming a God King was extremely slim.

He had to seize every opportunity.

Suddenly.

In a valley not far away, spatial ripples suddenly appeared, and two figures flew out of thin air.

With True God Jiu Ying's strength, he naturally sensed the existence of the other party instantly.

"Hmm?"

"It's Heavenly Ice True God." A monstrous killing intent erupted in True God Jiu Ying's eyes.

He recognized Liu Bing at a glance.

Li Yuan and Liu Bing also stopped.

"Big Brother, that is Jiu Ying," Liu Bing's eyes also flashed with a trace of solemnity.

She never expected that shortly after entering the depths of the Starry Sky Mountain Range, she would encounter True God Jiu Ying again.

"Heavenly Ice True God, you actually dare to enter the Starry Sky Mountain Range? I let you escape last time; this time you will definitely die," True God Jiu Ying's voice resounded through the void for a hundred thousand miles through space.

"Haha!"

"You want me to die? This time, you are the one who will die!" Liu Bing sneered, not showing any weakness.

"Such a big mouth? You have a helper? Just an eight-star True God," True God Jiu Ying glanced at Li Yuan.

Li Yuan's attire had changed greatly since he was a demigod, so True God Jiu Ying naturally could not recognize him and could only judge by the strength of his life aura.

"Die!"

True God Jiu Ying moved instantly, his wings covering the sky and the sun, causing the entire space to vibrate like a tide.

"Last time, I was alone and could still escape. Here, there are six Celestial Puppets assisting," Liu Bing thought to herself: "Crucially, there is also Big Brother!"

PS: Thank you for your understanding, brothers! Mother and daughter are safe, and everything that needed to be taken care of has been taken care of. Normal updates will resume tomorrow.

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