Chapter 457: Guangnan Heavenly King

"That guy's style, which guy's style?"

"Do you recognize that corpse?"

Li Heng raised an eyebrow and asked.

"If the person I saw is the same one as the corpse you saw, then I do recognize him. A Half-step Divine who had no hope for his future path due to an accident, known by the title Guangnan Heavenly King."

"You might think this title sounds very imposing and prestigious, but that guy was actually just a fellow who liked to slack off. Perhaps knowing his path was hopeless, he volunteered to go guard the Heavenly Gate."

Bai Laotou said with a sigh.

Li Heng pondered for a moment, then waved his hand, projecting what he had seen and presenting it before Bai Laotou's eyes.

"Look and see if this corpse is that Guangnan Heavenly King."

Bai Laotou took one look, his expression slightly stunned.

"This... it really is him, but why!"

"That Bronze Ancient War Spear pinning him to the Heavenly Gate is his own weapon! How did it become the murder weapon that killed him!"

He spoke in horror, indicating he could not understand.

"A weapon turned into a murder weapon? Interesting."

Li Heng smiled lightly.

"Let's go. Since we must pass through the Heavenly Gate to enter the Heavenly Palace, it's on our way. Let's go see why exactly this happened."

He flicked his sleeve and took a step forward, walking through the air; the Little Golden Dragon, Shaoyang Jun, and Bai Laotou all hurriedly followed.

Bai Laotou felt a sense of lament in his heart, his expression complex.

If he had felt no sense of reality regarding Li Heng's description earlier—like the mountains of white bones, the surging seas of blood, or the ruins of the Heavenly Palace—he hadn't taken them to heart.

But when he saw everything Li Heng had projected...

He felt lost in his heart; what on earth was going on?

The dignified Heavenly Court of the Central Great World, which radiated across the Great Void.

How could it have fallen to such a state?

He knew the Calamity was fierce and the Weird was mysterious. But they were Immortal Gods, and their Heavenly Court was no soft persimmon; how could they have ended up in such a state of total failure?

Especially since His Majesty was still presiding over the Heavenly Court.

His Majesty was, without a doubt, the number one in all the heavens!

The thoughts in Bai Laotou's mind swirled and shifted, eventually drifting toward Li Heng. He wondered, why could this fellow Daoist Li Heng so easily ignore His Majesty's methods?

Being able to pull him into the Central Great World earlier was one thing.

He could still think that the Great Void was vast, with strange people and extraordinary talents emerging endlessly, and that some powers might be able to temporarily, or by sheer luck, shield against His Majesty's methods—that was not impossible to accept.

But now, to be able to let him see a tragedy he shouldn't be seeing?

This had far exceeded his psychological expectations.

There must be some true means involved!

The Little Golden Dragon felt conflicted in his heart.

When he had been ordered by the Great Sage Covering the Sea to deliver a letter, he had passed through the Heavenly Gate, but he never imagined that a single departure would lead to such vast changes; upon returning, things were different and people were gone, and everything had already passed away.

A sense of desolation lingered in his heart.

Compared to him, Shaoyang Jun was not as sorrowful as the Little Golden Dragon; he was more excited. After all, this could be considered fulfilling the obsession he held in his heart before he died: entering the Heavenly Court.

Even if not as an Immortal God of the Heavenly Court.

Compared to the others, who each had their own thoughts, Li Heng was much more relaxed.

To him, the Central Great World and the Heavenly Court held no special significance, so whether they had passed away or were once glorious, he did not have many feelings about it.

He viewed the Heavenly Court more as a hunting ground where he could harvest Source Power.

Although he could not sense a single Calamity right now.

But Li Heng had a faint feeling that the Calamity definitely existed here, only he hadn't seen it; there were some things that if you didn't see them, you wouldn't encounter or touch them...

Soon, the group arrived at the location of the Heavenly Gate.

The Heavenly Gate was rooted amidst the clouds and mist, standing tall above the Nine Heavens. It possessed an indescribable power that made one realize at a glance that this was the portal to the Heavenly Court.

However, the Immortal God Heavenly Court had no surrounding walls, and the Heavenly Gate could not possibly encircle the entire Heavenly Court, so it appeared that one could walk into the Heavenly Court from outside the Heavenly Gate.

It made people feel as if the Heavenly Gate was just placed there for show.

But Li Heng knew that since this concerned Immortal Gods, it would not be that simple.

He closed his eyes slightly to sense it, instantly realizing that while the Heavenly Gate appeared to be a portal to the Heavenly Court on the surface, in essence, it was the consolidation of the concept of "leading to the Heavenly Court" into a single portal.

In other words.

To enter the Heavenly Court by normal means, one must pass through the Heavenly Gate!

Once someone tried to cut corners and go to the Heavenly Court without passing through the Heavenly Gate, they might end up in some strange, unknown, and unpredictable places, and could only rely on their own personal means.

"Guangnan, why are you watching the gate again?"

As soon as the group arrived at the Heavenly Gate, they could hear and see Bai Laotou smiling and greeting the space in front of him. But in Li Heng's line of sight, the area ahead was empty, with only the corpse pinned by the bronze long spear on the Heavenly Gate hanging silently.

"I told you not to slack off. A dignified Half-step Divine, even if there is no hope of reaching the Sacred Realm, shouldn't be running off to watch the gate. Who was it that swore to me back then that they would follow His Majesty forever?"

"You haven't even reached the Sacred Realm and you're already slacking off; do you have the qualifications to follow His Majesty! Besides, the Great Void is so vast; the so-called lack of hope for reaching the Sacred Realm is just a deduction based on the current situation. Perhaps there will be a turning point in the future?"

Bai Laotou chatted away with a whole lot of words.

The two acolytes beside him also nodded as if it were a serious matter.

Li Heng frowned, realizing something was not quite right.

He had originally thought that although both sides saw different scenes, one side must be fake and the other real.

As of now, the dilapidated Heavenly Court they saw was likely real, while the intact Heavenly Court Bai Laotou saw was likely fake; the Heavenly Court being intact might just be the vision of a dead man's obsession.

But now, is there a possibility.

Are both situations true?

Or perhaps, does an intact Heavenly Court truly exist?

While Li Heng was quietly thinking, Shaoyang Jun and the little golden dragon felt somewhat horrified. Although in a certain sense they were also dead, it shouldn't go so far as to chat with the Emptiness.

Especially since there was a corpse nailed to it, which was incomparably Weird.

"What? You dare to curse this old man?"

"I am certainly no coward; let me tell you, I have long wanted to resign from this damn position of Reception Envoy and run off to the Outer Realm Battlefield, which is ten thousand times better than you!"

Suddenly, not knowing what had provoked him.

Bai Laotou flew into a rage, cursing at the air.

"Fine, you don't believe me, right? You think I'm bragging? Very well, let's make a bet! I will head to the Outer Realm Battlefield to slay enemies, and you, fellow, will pick up your weapon again, cultivate, and stop slacking off!"

"Whoever fails to do it is a dog, do you dare!"

This old man pointed at the front, sneering incessantly.

At this moment, Li Heng spoke softly.

"White Reception Envoy, I think it's better not to, right? You wouldn't want to see him nailed to the Heavenly Gate by his own weapon, would you?"

At this time, he imbued his eyes with Source Power, piercing through to the essence within.

He actually saw that Heavenly King Guangnan!