Chapter 455: The Central Great World

As a Reception Envoy, this Bai Laotou naturally possessed a special passage.

He merely waved his large hand, and a Void Sky Ladder slowly emerged. Walking upon it, every step taken was equivalent to traversing the distance of a World.

At the same time, he relied on this to quickly approach the Central Great World.

When the group was about to arrive at the boundary wall of the Central Great World.

A loud boom was heard.

The Heavenly Abyss they had left behind experienced a great disturbance, causing the Void to tremble; even they, at such a vast distance, felt the intense tremors.

Shaoyang Jun and the Little Golden Dragon were startled.

Even from so far away, they could feel that the Heavenly Abyss had become incomparably dangerous. If it had been a nine-in-ten chance of death before, it was now ten-in-ten with no hope of survival!

Seeing this, Li Heng smiled slightly.

"Didn't I say it? Good words cannot persuade a ghost destined to die."

"Let's go, let us see this Central Great World."

He ignored the disturbance appearing in the Heavenly Abyss, took a step forward, crossed the boundary wall of the Central Great World, and entered it; Shaoyang Jun and the Little Golden Dragon hurriedly followed.

In the blink of an eye, the Heaven and Earth had changed.

It was just that this Heaven and Earth was very abnormal.

It seemed to be evening; the setting sun in the sky was close to the endless mountain ranges, a scene of dusk. However, beyond that, this sun was dripping blood.

Bright red blood dripped from the sky, drop by drop.

Finally, it landed on the earth of the Central Great World.

And on the earth, there were seas of blood formed by the dripping gore, mountains of white bones where living beings had died, and dilapidated Gong Dian that had long since become ruins.

Looking out and sensing carefully, a feeling of desolation permeated the air.

It seemed as if the World had already died.

And above the Central Great World, high in the Nine Heavens, the cluster of Gong Dian belonging to the Immortal God Heavenly Court became increasingly distinct, no longer faint or flickering. However, it was also increasingly terrifying.

Li Heng saw it.

At the portal suspected to be the Heavenly Gate, a Bronze Ancient War Spear had pierced through the skull of a corpse, pinning it to the plaque of the Heavenly Gate, where it hung silently, devoid of life.

The Little Golden Dragon and Shaoyang Jun became somewhat dazed.

Although they had made the corresponding preparations, everything before their eyes was simply too impactful; it was so tragic, so terrifying! What exactly happened here back then?

The Immortals died, the demons were extinguished, and everything headed toward death.

Then what is the point of us lingering on in our death throes?

Under the impact on their minds, they asked themselves this, and even truly felt a faint urge to commit suicide.

But at this moment, Li Heng's voice rang out, acting like a sudden enlightenment that brought them back to their senses.

"Interesting, interesting; it is filled with Calamity and filled with the aura of Inauspiciousness, yet not a single Calamity or Inauspiciousness can be seen."

"However, White Reception Envoy, do you not intend to come in?"

Li Heng raised an eyebrow, his gaze passing through the boundary wall of the Central Great World to look at Bai Laotou and the two others still outside, and he spoke slowly.

Bai Laotou was somewhat bewildered at this moment.

He spoke slowly.

"Fellow Daoist Li, we have discovered that we cannot enter."

The two attendants beside him also nodded.

"What, you cannot come in?"

The Little Golden Dragon was shocked upon hearing this, but the next moment he revealed a suspicious expression and spoke. "Bai Laotou, you wouldn't be trying to trick us into coming in, would you!"

Bai Laotou felt helpless upon hearing this; he had known it would come to this.

"I truly did not do that. I swear by the Great Void that if I intentionally tricked you into entering, may my soul be extinguished and my body perish!"

He swore a poisonous oath directly.

"But the problem is, you are already dead people to begin with."

Shaoyang Jun also spoke gloomily.

"This..."

Bai Laotou faltered at these words.

He very much wanted to retort that whether he was a dead person or not was not yet certain. But after thinking about it, even if he retorted, it would not help the current crisis of trust.

He could not help but look at the true leader, Li Heng.

"Fellow Daoist Li, you should have some judgment in your heart, right? I absolutely did not trick you, and if I am not mistaken, you can also leave the Central Great World completely right now."

Li Heng nodded; the boundary wall of the Central Great World was like the surface of water, and he was currently half-in and half-out of the Central Great World.

The Little Golden Dragon and Shaoyang Jun also tried it and found that it was indeed the case; the boundary wall of this Central Great World posed no obstacle to them at all, and seemed to welcome them very much.

"But White Reception Envoy, on what basis did you reach this guess, thinking we would not be trapped inside?"

Li Heng said with a smile.

Bai Laotou sighed.

"Actually, I had a conjecture in my heart. I originally wanted to wait until we reached the Heavenly Court and perhaps even had an audience with His Majesty before saying anything, but now it seems I won't have the chance."

"It seems you anticipated that you might not be able to enter?"

Li Heng raised an eyebrow and said.

"Yes, but that was only in my worst-case scenario."

"I didn't expect it to actually come true now."

Bai Laotou's expression was extremely bitter, as if this situation was not something he wished to see.

"Perhaps it is as you said, I am truly dead, having fallen on the remote Outer Realm Battlefield. However, you also know that there are many definitions of death: physical death, soul death, True Spirit death, or even having all traces of one's existence erased—total death."

"And I suppose I didn't fully die in some aspect, and because of some purpose or some matter, I was used by His Majesty—that is, the Heavenly Emperor in your words—to do something."

"For instance, being specifically responsible for receiving geniuses, but once you enter the Central Great World, that falls outside the jurisdiction of me, the Reception Envoy, and then I cannot enter."

Li Heng pondered for a moment and spoke.

"An Earth-bound Spirit?"

Bai Laotou nodded.

"That name is quite apt; it fits my situation of being trapped in a certain place and only able to move within a certain range."

"But why would His Majesty do that? The True Realm has fallen and the Heavenly Court is shattered, so what need is there for a Reception Envoy? Could it be to usher in a Disaster?" the little golden dragon asked, confused.

"That is something you will need to ask His Majesty yourselves. This is precisely the reason I want to take you to see His Majesty."

"Rest assured, although I do not know why, I vaguely feel that even after suffering such a great upheaval, you will still be able to see His Majesty within the Heavenly Court," Bai Laotou explained.

"I see. Then I would like to ask a question: when you look at the Central Great World from the outside, what scenery can you see?"

Li Heng raised a question.

"Judging by your tone, is the situation in the Central Great World very bad?"

Bai Laotou could not help but frown.

But the next moment, he shook his head.

"Perhaps I will disappoint you, but the Central Great World I see is very normal. The Great Sun hangs high, shining upon the many divine cities on the earth, and the Heavenly Court above the Nine Heavens is filled with immortal aura, its grandeur still extraordinary."

"I even saw that at the Heavenly Gate, there is a fellow who likes to guard the gate strolling around, looking relaxed and at ease; did you not see it?"

Bai Laotou cast his gaze toward the Heavenly Gate that Li Heng saw.

That Heavenly Gate with a corpse nailed to it.