Chapter 485: Taiwei Hall

"Go find His Majesty?"

"You know His Majesty's whereabouts?"

The Spirit of the Heavenly Palace's eyes lit up instantly, and it asked with pleasant surprise.

"Didn't I already say it just now? That layer of the past." Li Heng shook his head and said indifferently.

The Spirit of the Heavenly Palace was disappointed at once, and its eyes dimmed.

So it was that matter?

It had thought he truly knew the whereabouts.

This was fine too; that past layer might indeed retain information and leave behind traces of His Majesty. If one could track down His Majesty's whereabouts from His Majesty's traces, that would be excellent.

However...

The Spirit of the Heavenly Palace was silent for a moment, then looked at Li Heng and spoke.

"Fellow Daoist Li, I am the guardian of the seal and cannot get away; I cannot accompany you all to that past layer. Please understand."

"Can't you split off an avatar?"

Beside him, Heavenly King Guangnan asked in surprise.

The Spirit of the Heavenly Palace shook its head.

"I am both the guardian of the seal and a prisoner within it. To leave rashly, whether it be my true body or an avatar, would be inappropriate, and it might even cause damage to the seal."

"But if you all go on this trip and learn news of His Majesty, if possible, you could come and tell me. I would be extremely grateful."

Li Heng nodded and agreed.

In any case, there were no mandatory conditions, and he would always return; after all, this place was an excellent Source Power Hunting Ground, and he could not let it go.

Afterward, the group bid farewell to the Spirit of the Heavenly Palace and departed from this layer.

After returning to the present layer, Li Heng climbed directly up the High Tower and obtained the item Xuanyang needed to strengthen the Lighthouse's light; in reality, it was also a ball of light, a very pure ball of light.

Li Heng sensed it carefully and estimated that if the power of this Light Orb were to erupt, it could absolutely spread for an infinite distance, truly capable of illuminating the Ten Directions Worlds—a source of light.

It was no wonder Xuanyang had said back then that this was one of the hopes.

It could guide the way for living beings lost in the Unknown.

"Xuanyang's Life-Bound Spiritual Light, so that's how it is. I didn't expect that when the Great Tribulation arrived, he would still leave his own Life-Bound Spiritual Light here, to help other Immortal Gods delay time?"

"But is he not afraid that his own Dao path will be severed?"

Seeing this, Heavenly King Guangnan shook his head and sighed.

"According to Fellow Daoist Li, his current state is very poor—neither living nor dead, neither dead nor alive—but he is ultimately already hovering on the edge of death. How could he still have the heart to consider the problem of his Dao path?"

Bai Laotou also said slowly.

Li Heng did not answer, looking at the Xuanyang who was following by his side, whose mind had already been twisted by his own Disaster.

Although the Spirit of the Heavenly Palace had already said this Xuanyang was beyond saving, he felt that he could save him. But in a certain sense, he should not save him now.

After thinking for a moment, he shook his head and decided to talk about it later.

After going back, he would ask Xuanyang what to do.

Creating two Xuanyangs would be quite awkward.

"Alright, the matter here is finished, time to go."

Having finished these things, Li Heng did not delay and called for the group to leave. The group also hurriedly followed, their figures moving further and further away from these ruins of the Dao field, their shadows stretching very, very long.

Li Heng and the others did not intend to enter the past layer immediately.

Because they discovered that the past layer and the present were spatially one-to-one; entering the past layer at this location in the present would also result in appearing at this location in the past.

Therefore, they could completely walk to their destination first, and then enter the past layer from the destination; this could also avoid many troubles, such as those phantoms of Immortal Gods in the past layer blocking the way.

After all, Li Heng had no heart to explain things to these phantoms now; he sought to resolve it quickly.

And so, very soon.

The group arrived unimpeded at the highest point of this Heavenly Court, the place where the many Immortal Gods of the Heavenly Court used to pay respects to the Heavenly Emperor and hold discussion meetings: Taiwei Hall!

Like that layer that was sealed and stilled.

This Taiwei Hall had not turned into ruins and remained intact. However, when the group stepped inside, they discovered it was empty, as if someone had moved house; even a Mouse would feel distressed seeing it.

"Although the Heavenly Court in the present layer is not the whole truth, and the truth is scattered between the past layer and that sealed, stilled layer, isn't this place too empty?"

Heavenly King Guangnan asked, puzzled.

"Indeed, indeed, the Nine Dragon Heavenly Evil God Pillars used for decoration in the four corners are nowhere to be found. It is fortunate they were only for decoration, otherwise the entire Taiwei Hall would have collapsed."

Bai Laotou stroked his beard and sighed.

"Even the things that should be at the center above are gone."

Li Heng pointed his finger toward the front and above.

The group also looked over there and was stunned for a moment; especially Heavenly King Guangnan and the other Immortal Gods were shocked, and then revealed extremely angry expressions.

Even His Majesty's throne was gone!

"I suspect this place has been visited by thieves."

Li Heng said.

This was not impossible.

After all, the Heavenly Court in the present layer did not have much danger, nor were there any Immortal Gods stationed there; most, if not all, of the Calamities and monsters had already been sealed into that sealed, stilled layer.

"Who is so bold as to dare steal things from the Heavenly Court!"

Heavenly King Guangnan was furious.

"Who knows? Perhaps they didn't even know this was the Heavenly Court, thinking it was just an ancient relic, an ancient ruin?"

Li Heng shrugged and answered indifferently.

In any case, he was not a person of the Heavenly Court and felt nothing about this matter.

Moreover, even if the Heavenly Court and the Immortal Gods were glorious in the past, the rolling passage of time would eventually bury everything; not everyone knows of the past glory and honor of the Heavenly Court.

"Forget it, there is nothing left here, let's go."

"Let's enter the past layer from here to take a look."

Li Heng waved his hand and said.

He had figured it out.

These Heavenly Court Immortal Gods had an extremely strong sense of anti-theft awareness.

This Heavenly Court Ruins on the current layer was perhaps just something the Immortal Gods of the past had deliberately exposed and set out. The true resources were either hidden in other layers, such as the sealed static layer or the past layer, or had long since been taken away by these Immortal Gods.

Otherwise, even if thieves had visited.

It would not be empty to this extent.

It was just short of tearing down this Taiwei Hall.

Li Heng casually drew a circle, communicating the past with the present, connecting the two layers, and stepped one foot inside; the others also hurriedly followed, entering into the past layer.

"My beloved ministers, how do you think this matter should be handled?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, this subject believes we should dispatch troops to conquer and bring that group of barbaric Outer Realm People into the civilization of our Heavenly Court; only in this way can our Heavenly Court's Saint Virtue be manifested."

"Reporting to Your Majesty, that group of Outer Realm People is extremely mysterious; this subject believes we should directly issue an extermination order to completely sever the past, present, and future of these Outer Realm People, so as to manifest the magnificent Heavenly Might of our Heavenly Court."

"Reporting to Your Majesty..."

In Taiwei Hall, many Heavenly Court Sacred beings stepped out from both sides, each expressing their own opinions and reporting to the Heavenly Emperor above.

Until the next moment.

Li Heng stepped out and appeared in the great hall.