Chapter 118: Someone's Still Waiting for Us

Boom! Boom! Boom...

With the opening of the ancient Immortal Emperor's great gate, countless scorching, dazzling divine lights surged skyward, illuminating the heavens and myriad realms, the movement and stillness were immensely massive!!

That divine light carried terrifying pressure, and the surrounding space was twisted and shattered by that pressure!

Li Zhangsheng waved his hand casually, a layer of energy enveloped Xiao Jue, Liu Yiming, and Mu Xuanyi, protecting them!

Otherwise, relying only on their current meager cultivation, in the face of this massive pressure wave, they would likely be reduced to ash in an instant!

"Why such a big commotion?" Liu Yiming looked at the divine lights soaring skyward, also sensing the terrifying pressure spreading around, and clicked his tongue!

This ancient Immortal Emperor's cave, if there were no strong cultivators nearby, a weak cultivator like Mu Xuanyi, even if obtaining the ancient Emperor's key, would likely, when inserting the key into the slot, be unable to withstand the pressure wave emitted by the cave and vanish.

"It seems the opportunities in this ancient Immortal Emperor's cave aren't something just anyone can lay claim to," Mu Xuanyi thought anxiously.

"Fortunately a senior brought us here; otherwise, with my current cultivation, even obtaining the ancient Emperor's key wouldn't grant me the opportunities inside the ancient Immortal Emperor's cave."

Xiao Jue looked up, following those countless divine lights upward; the lights stretched on, endless, and after a long while they finally faded!

"With such a huge commotion, could it attract others?" Xiao Jue murmured.

The Immortal Emperor, the supreme being of the celestial realm, leaves behind opportunities in his cave that are immensely abundant; obtaining them can launch one straight to the heavens!

If others learned that a ancient Immortal Emperor's cave had opened in the Hongmeng Celestial Domain, it would likely spark a storm of bloodshed immediately!

"Let them come; can they really snatch the opportunities inside this ancient Immortal Emperor's cave from us?" Liu Yiming said indifferently.

With Li Zhangsheng by his side, he now feels confident and fears no one!

Li Zhangsheng's gaze fixed on the space beyond the opened ancient portal!

Behind the spatial gate, vast space ripples shimmered, each ripple containing spatial laws!

"Let's go, let's enter." Li Zhangsheng rolled his hand casually, leading Xiao Jue and the others, and they instantly darted into the space ripples!

After entering, a surge of spatial turbulence erupted around!

Li Zhangsheng and the others' bodies kept rotating!

At times they zipped horizontally, then vertically, then upside down!

"Damn, this makes me dizzy." Liu Yiming couldn't help but complain, his mind already a mess!!

Soon, they appeared above an isolated secret realm!

The sky here was a hazy gray, suffused everywhere with an ancient, desolate aura!

Li Zhangsheng even smelled a strange, dead silence!

That aura was somewhat familiar to Li Zhangsheng.

When he first entered the immortal path, he was transported to a shattered, barren world, where Li Zhangsheng encountered a Foreign Demon and slashed it down!

That Foreign Demon exuded this eerie dead‑silence aura!

Li Zhangsheng's divine sense expanded.

Soon, Li Zhangsheng's divine sense swept across the entire secret realm of the ancient Immortal Emperor's cave!

Within this secret realm, there are four layers of worlds, each a independently forged heaven and earth,

and Li Zhangsheng and his companions are currently within the first layer!

This layer contains many cultivation resources.

Li Zhangsheng waved his hand casually!

Boom—boom—boom!

In an instant, the whole world suddenly lit up with boundless celestial light, and the earth rumbled loudly!

Hundreds of colored crystal stones burst from the ground, spreading across the heavens and earth!

Each stone radiated terrifying energy fluctuations, its aura so massive that Xiao Jue and the others felt a slight tremor!

"Sect Master, what are these colored crystal stones? They seem to contain immense energy," Xiao Jue asked curiously.

Li Zhangsheng lifted his hand casually, and a colored crystal stone floated into his palm; after examining it briefly, he said, "This is an Imperial Tier Celestial Crystal!"

Li Zhangsheng had seen records of this crystal in the books of the Yiling Immortal Sect!

Imperial Tier Celestial Crystals possess massive energy, usable for refining and boosting cultivation, and can also power ultra‑long‑range teleportation arrays; each is extremely precious, generally stored only by Immortal Emperor‑level lineages!

"Imperial Tier Celestial Crystal? Sounds high‑level," Liu Yiming said, also eyeing the crystal in Li Zhangsheng's hand.

"These are the highest‑grade energy celestial stones of the celestial realm; legend says only Immortal Emperor‑level lineages store them," Mu Xuanyi explained, her mind shaken as she gazed at the hundreds of Imperial Tier Celestial Crystals around.

"Collect them first," Li Zhangsheng said calmly, then curled his hand, and those Imperial Tier Celestial Crystals flowed into the ring on his hand.

Immediately after, Li Zhangsheng's gaze shifted to the distant mountains, and he smiled, "This ancient Immortal Emperor's cave does have abundant resources!"

Mid‑sentence, Li Zhangsheng lifted his hand again!

Between the distant mountains, ancient celestial herbs sprang from the ground, their fragrance sweeping all directions, and Li Zhangsheng gathered them all into his ring.

After collecting the outer resources, Li Zhangsheng led Xiao Jue and the others deeper inside!

Soon, they arrived before a vast, boundless ancient training ground.

Next to the ancient training ground stood a broken stone tablet inscribed with "Celestial Foundation Purification Training Ground".

"Celestial Foundation Purification Training Ground? Seems like a cultivation site," Xiao Jue muttered, looking at the five characters, "The name suggests... could this ground cause a person's foundation to transform?"

Li Zhangsheng's divine sense swept over the vast ancient training ground, within which a murky law energy permeated!

In the center of the training ground, some characters were also carved!

"Celestial Foundation Purification Training Ground"

"Can compensate for innate deficiencies and cultivated flaws, making the foundation more stable."

"Elevates cultivation aptitude and insight!"

"Interesting," Li Zhangsheng said with a amused smile, "You go in and test the effect!"

"Alright!" Xiao Jue and the others nodded.

Then the three of them walked in!

Buzz!

They were instantly enveloped by a surge of energy.

A moment later…

Xiao Jue and Liu Yiming emerged, beaming with radiance.

"Huh, how strange," Liu Yiming said, sensing the changes in his body and smiling:

"I feel my body undergoing many changes, completely smooth and transparent, as if I've undergone an indescribable metamorphosis."

"Me too," Xiao Jue said with a grin. "Some techniques that were previously incomprehensible became instantly clear, as if I had attained enlightenment!"

Mu Xuanyi also stepped out, watching Xiao Jue and Liu Yiming, both looking satisfied, a hint of doubt on her face: "Why don't I feel anything?"

"This training hall is meant to strengthen foundation and comprehension," Li Zhangsheng said lightly to Mu Xuanyi. "I guess your bloodline and insight are already strong enough, so the hall has no effect on you!"

"Let's go, that's all there is in this first layer world; let's see the second layer world."

Saying that, Li Zhangsheng casually rolled a scroll, leading Xiao Jue and the others across a barrier into the second layer world!

There are hardly any cultivation resources in this second layer world!

However, a vast training hall stands at the very center, with faint distorted ripples surrounding it!

"The Ten Thousand Methods Enlightenment Hall?" Xiao Jue asked curiously, looking at an ancient stele before the hall. "Sect Master, what is this hall used for?"

"The entire hall is a time‑class treasure," Li Zhangsheng said. "The flow of time inside is a hundred times faster than outside!"

"What?!"

Xiao Jue, Liu Yiming, and Mu Xuanyi all showed shocked expressions upon hearing it!

"The time flow is a hundred times faster than outside, obey!" Liu Yiming gasped. "So training inside for ten thousand years would only be a hundred years outside—quite against the heavens!"

"That's the only hall in this layer world; nothing else to see, let's go," Li Zhangsheng said, giving the hall a casual glance before turning his gaze to the third layer world, smiling: "Someone is still waiting for us…"