Chapter 303: Realm Leap

The Thirty-Three Heavens can also be referred to as the Thirty-Six Heavens.

In Daoism, the Grand Clarity Realm Dachi Heaven, the Supreme Purity Realm Yu Yu Heaven, and the Jade Clarity Realm Qingwei Heaven are collectively known as the Three Pure Heavens.

The Daluo Heaven, meanwhile, sits at the apex of the Thirty-Three or Thirty-Six Heavens.

However, in Li Heng's understanding, Daluo is truly too numerous; his ambitions do not stop at Daluo, so he reluctantly chose to open up a Dao Palace above the Thirty-Six Heavens.

Still, that same point remains.

As long as there is sufficient Source Power, the theory is feasible. Then he cannot be considered as having lofty, unrealistic goals.

He also never thought of achieving it in one step; these 850,000 points of Source Power could not possibly truly open up a complete Thirty-Six Heavens Model.

Under the guidance of his Visualization Divine Ability, the Source Power manifested in Li Heng's Purple Mansion of the Primordial Spirit, continuously opening up the San Shi Liu Chong Tian; however, when it opened to the sixth heaven, the Seven Luminaries Moyi Heaven, it came to a halt.

As for the thirty heavens above the sixth, although they also manifested, they were not as vivid as the first six and remained in an illusory state.

Nevertheless, it could be considered a complete Thirty-Three or Thirty-Six Heavens Model, achieving his expected goal; what remained was to fill them in to make them real.

After all, the Source Power was insufficient.

Just for the first six heavens, the opening of each heaven consumed 80,000 points of Li Heng's Source Power, totaling 480,000 for the six, and his current total of Source Power had dropped to 370,000.

He could no longer continue opening them.

To continue opening them further would mean exhausting his entire fortune.

Li Heng knew this.

These first six heavens still contained the Desire Realm Six Heavens, and above that were the Form Realm Eighteen Heavens; crossing to a higher tier would likely consume even more Source Power.

Although he did not know if this theory was mixed with other systems, he did not want to gamble. It would not be too late to open and fill them once he had enough Source Power.

Moreover, just from opening the first six heavens, he felt his cultivation base surge, reaching a truly terrifying level, breaking free from the boundaries of the Dharma Aspect and thoroughly attaining the Heavenly Human level.

He deeply suspected something.

Perhaps this was the correct way to open the Dharma Aspect Realm. Could the other Dharma Aspects of this world have taken the wrong path?

After all, whether it was the great realm of the Dharma Aspect or the various minor realms within it, the underlying intent was quite high; it could fully support higher-level expansion and interpretation.

With a shift of his mind, the Great Sun Dharma Image and the Earth Dharma Image manifested in the Purple Mansion of the Primordial Spirit; the Boundless Earth supported the San Shi Liu Chong Tian, and the Haohan Dari shone within it.

Above these San Shi Liu Chong Tian, a faint, illusory supreme Dao Palace appeared; although thirty heavens remained in an illusory state, it could still be called a magnificent sight.

Li Heng nodded in satisfaction; the harvest this time was bountiful.

Although the progress of his Great Sun and Earth visualizations remained slow, he was too busy with these matters to find time for visualization, so he could only leave these tasks to his Divine Dao clone located in the Reincarnation of the Underworld.

But now it seemed this was worth it.

The first six heavens opened using Source Power and his own efforts were already enough to make him this powerful.

If he were to open the ones above and make the remaining thirty illusory heavens real, would it not directly exceed the boundaries of this world?

How terrifying is this?

After his reflections.

Li Heng calmed his mind and cast his gaze toward that Dao Palace; he did not intend to fully open this Dao Palace, only manifesting a phantom image.

The Thirty-Six Heavens were not yet fully opened.

If his Dao Palace were to be fully manifested and opened, it would be equivalent to setting his foundation in stone.

That was not advisable.

Even if the Dao Palace was not fully manifested, he could still make his strength grow continuously by constantly opening the subsequent thirty heavens.

It would not be affected.

Now, if he didn't have enough money, he had to go make money; if he didn't have enough Source Power, he had to go get Source Power. Li Heng calculated the time; according to the efficiency of that group of cultists, they had already set off for the destination he mentioned.

Then he also had to go prepare in advance.

With a shift of his mind, the Void shattered, and Li Heng stepped out.

Leaving only this empty space behind.

The Void broke open, outside Dali Beijun.

At a certain spot in the vast Uninhabited Forbidden Zone where Li Heng and the Monk-Daoist had traveled before, the Void broke open, and Li Heng's figure appeared here.

Whether in terms of realm or combat power, he was now enough to rival the Heavenly Humans of this world, so even though he set off later, he could still be one step ahead and arrive at the destination early.

Li Heng's mind stirred.

A Mysterious Ancient Residence that originally drifted between the Present World and the Yin World quietly emerged. Li Heng raised an eyebrow; this ancient residence he had overlooked did not seem simple either.

The way it appeared was not merely through spatial means.

If his strength hadn't greatly increased this time, he truly wouldn't have been able to see the partial core of this Mysterious Ancient Residence. Although he had refined this ancient residence before, he had known the "what" but not the "why."

Thinking of this.

The strength and identity of the true owner of this ancient residence in the past were worth deep consideration. When Li Heng chatted with Lie Dangkong and Yu Fuhai, he had also heard of some old monsters who had lived for several epochs.

He just didn't know if the owner of this ancient residence was of such status.

If so.

Where had these old monsters gone to disappear?

A whim struck him, and his thoughts could not help but jump to that "Ghost Place" which appeared with high frequency and had been mentioned by many people.

Some old monsters who had not yet emerged.

Could they have all gone there?

But what was their purpose? To find a great opportunity, to find the source of the Calamity, or to find the True Reality that the Ghost Place led to?

Once his strength was high, the thoughts that had originally been suppressed in his heart were suddenly released, and his mind became active, associating one thing with another, allowing a vague guess to appear in Li Heng's mind.

He thought for a moment.

Once he found some time, he would go confirm this guess and see what on earth that Ghost Place was, to be so mysterious.

His Divine Sense expanded, reaching everywhere.

Very quickly, he actually detected the border of Great Li.

This point also surprised him somewhat.

Was his Divine Sense coverage already this vast?

One must know that the place he chose was deep within the Uninhabited Forbidden Zone, extremely far from the Great Li border—a full ten thousand miles away—yet he had not expected to detect it nonetheless.

This meant that.

Every movement within a ten-thousand-mile radius could not escape his control.

However, this Uninhabited Forbidden Zone was indeed true to its name; although his Divine Sense covered a ten-thousand-mile radius, he did not see any living beings, seeing only a silent scene devoid of any vitality.

Moreover, he also perceived.

Within this Uninhabited Forbidden Zone, in places not covered by the Luck of the Zhuzhu Dynasty, the degree of mutation in the Heaven and Earth Principles and Order Rules that constituted Heaven and Earth had become even deeper; one could already clearly feel a distorted, eerie aura. If an ordinary person were to come here, it would be equivalent to entering a gas chamber.

Li Heng frowned slightly.

After he had cast that distorted Heaven into Reincarnation, he had originally thought it would slow down the speed of the Heaven and Earth distortion. But now it seemed that although it was slower, it was not by much.

In the lands outside the borders not covered by national Luck, the Uninhabited Forbidden Zone had already seen such mutations, making it unsuitable for ordinary people to survive. Thus, the lands of the Zhuzhu Dynasty covered by national Luck were not far from this situation either.

He shook his head, knowing he had to hurry.

Suddenly.

Three different auras appeared one after another within the range of his Divine Sense perception.

They were here.

Hui Xuan from Baima Temple, who had once missed his chance with the Buddha Child, stood in the Uninhabited Forbidden Zone outside Great Li and frowned.

Was this companion being too cautious?

To actually place the organization in a place like this—a land outside the borders with no national Luck, an Uninhabited Forbidden Zone? Could he not have chosen a better place? This place was not conducive to cultivation.

Jian Chen of the Ten Thousand Sword Pavilion arrived on his sword, looked at the vast yellow sand beneath him—the Uninhabited Forbidden Zone—and remained silent. How should he put it? He felt they needed to change locations.

Qinglong of the Great Yue Embroidered Uniform Guard arrived riding a Flood Dragon Python spirit beast; looking at this gathering destination, he found it somewhat hard to accept. Was such a bitter and cold land outside the borders really suitable?

Ten thousand miles—it was not too far, but it was not too close either.

Li Heng stayed where he was and waited for a while, finally seeing three tiny black dots flying from afar. As the distance closed, the black dots became black shadows, growing larger and larger, until finally, the figures became clearly visible.

As the three arrived, Li Heng also sensed one after another, within the range covered by his Divine Sense, a series of auras appearing; clearly, these were other members who had also rushed over.

However, it was obvious that these three were the strongest, the main event.

"Fellow Daoist Shaojun, is this the place you chose?"

Hui Xuan pressed his palms together and said with a frown.

"To tell you the truth, companion. If we hadn't confirmed that your aura was real, that you are our companion, I would have thought a major power was lying in ambush here to wipe us all out."

Qinglong said with some dissatisfaction.

As for Jian Chen, he did not speak.

After all, he was a sword cultivator; cold and aloof.

Even if he was polluted, he was still like this.

Previously, in that dark space, this Jian Chen had not spoken either; it was this Qinglong who had been at odds with Li Heng.

Hearing Qinglong's words, Li Heng wanted to give him a like.

As expected of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, a smart person.

Although he was polluted and had a screw loose, he trusted his companions absolutely; no matter how smart he was, it was useless, and he could be easily manipulated. Otherwise, why would a normal person run to such a godforsaken place for an appointment?

In reality, Li Heng did not view this group as a threat.

The only ones he truly viewed as enemies.

Were the inexplicable True Gospel.

He was very curious.

How did the so-called True Gospel come to be? And how did it provide these fools with so-called enlightenment and baptism? Was the essence of the True Gospel at the level of the World Origin, outside this Heaven and Earth, or perhaps in that Ghost Place?

"Do not be impatient, everyone; let's wait for the others to arrive before we talk."

Li Heng smiled slightly, keeping them in suspense.

"Companion, are you really sure this is safe? Although the three of us ensured there were no tails behind us, the other companions are a bit weak in strength; perhaps they have already been followed."

Qinglong frowned again and said.

"Rest assured, it is of no consequence; I will protect everyone."

Li Heng said sincerely.

Everything he said was the truth.

These were all prey he intended to harvest, and he did not want to harvest them just yet; he had to let them grow fat first. How could he bear to let them die at the hands of others? That would be too much of a waste of resources.

The three were confused.

Although they did not look down on this companion, Shaojun.

But was this Shaojun's strength not just mediocre?

Very soon, others arrived one after another.

For example, Ye Xiaoer, who was closest to this place.

In the end, everyone had completely arrived; including Li Heng, there were a total of thirty-six people—truly a gathering of talent.

"Everyone, the reason I chose this place was to cover our tracks and not expose our whereabouts. But unfortunately, the whereabouts of some companions were still exposed, and there are tails following behind."

Looking at the crowd, Li Heng said with a smile.

Hearing this, Qinglong frowned; he had known it.

However, out of absolute trust in his companions, most of his dissatisfaction was directed at those tails that had followed them.

"Hmph, I knew there was something fishy."

An old man appeared in the Void, standing with his hands behind his back, his robes fluttering, his figure faintly merging with Heaven and Earth; he was clearly a Heavenly Human.

"Bai Wushuang, the reason you gave for leaving White Emperor City back then was to slay demons and eliminate devils; those were the very words you said to this old man yourself, yet now you have run to this Ghost Place to gather with these people!"

This old man looked down from above and sneered.

The Thirty-Six Thieves... among the thirty-six people, a person dressed in a plain white robe had a deathly pale expression; this was clearly that Bai Wushuang.

"Bailaogui, I didn't expect you to come as well."

A figure appeared; it was a cold man with a hoarse voice, who was also clearly a Heavenly Human.

"Since you, Du Laoguai, have come, how could I not? Ever since this junior of mine advanced to the Dharma Aspect, he has been acting strange, as if he were a different person."

Bailaogui seemed completely unsurprised and said indifferently.

After this.

Several more Heavenly Humans appeared, as if a nest of Heavenly Humans had been poked. In the end, a full nine Heavenly Humans appeared, and the aura of each Heavenly Human was locked firmly onto Li Heng and the others.

"Alright, everyone is gathered."

Li Heng nodded.

The nine Heavenly Humans were astonished by this.

"Are you the one who is the leader?"

That Bailaogui asked aloud.

Li Heng nodded, "That is correct."

"What exactly is the purpose of you all gathering together?"

Bailaogui asked again on behalf of the other Heavenly Humans.

"You do not need to know."

Li Heng waved his hand, and the Dharma Law of Reincarnation appeared; the figures of these nine Heavenly Humans vanished instantly, as if they had never existed.

The remaining thirty-five people stared blankly, unable to believe it.

What was going on?

These were nine Heavenly Humans!

"I have said it before, I will protect you."

Li Heng looked at the crowd and said calmly.

"Why do you possess this level of power?" Qinglong asked in confusion.

The others nodded one after another.

If this companion of Shaojun already possessed this level of power, how could he have been hunted down by the old fogies of the Hundred Saints Academy?

Li Heng's expression turned solemn upon hearing this.

"You ask well."

"Because I have received the true blessing of the True Gospel."

"Back then, I escaped death by a hair's breadth and received the recognition of the True Gospel; he bestowed this power upon me, allowing me to guide you forward!"