Chapter 678: Sneaking In

Zhang Nuo's disappearance this time spread throughout Wushuang Saint Emperor City in a short period, yet no one worried about him! Perhaps the Human Emperor had simply gone to travel the outside world, or perhaps he had gone to search for some treasure! It was even more likely that he had gone to visit friends!

None of the cultivators in the Holy City took Zhang Nuo's disappearance to heart! After a hundred, a thousand years had passed, people had even begun to slightly forget this once-unrivaled Human Emperor.

Only Su Haizhen and the others knew where Zhang Nuo had gone! That place was one that countless cultivators had once yearned for and strived toward, yet those who could truly go there were as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns! They could be counted on one's fingers!

Everyone in the Human Emperor Palace was working hard at their cultivation; they also wanted to be like Zhang Nuo and be able to ascend into the True Immortal Realm, but cultivation is difficult! More difficult than ascending to the blue sky!

Time can bring everything, and it can also take everything away. In the long years of cultivation, the longing Su Haizhen and the others felt for Zhang Nuo not only did not diminish, but instead grew daily.

Sometimes, they would look up at the sky, as if seeing Zhang Nuo appear in the clear blue, waving at them! When they closed their eyes and opened them again, they would discover that everything was just an illusion! Aside from deep longing, nothing else would remain.

After Zhang Nuo left the Holy City, he tore through the void and arrived at the Demon Realm. With his escape speed, he reached the Nei Hai of the Demon Thunder Sea in a few years. Right on the small island where he had originally obtained the Yin and Yang Qi, he met Jialouluo and Jiemie Heshang!

"I didn't expect you, Human Emperor, to arrive first. How is it? Have the matters in the Holy City all been handled?"

Jialouluo sat on the edge of the well, his expression very leisurely. Even though the time to enter the True Immortal Realm was imminent, he was still not anxious, even though only Zhang Nuo had arrived!

"Worldly affairs, what if they are resolved? What if they are not? Let them be!"

Shaking his head slightly, Zhang Nuo gave a bitter smile, slowly walked up to Jialouluo, and then looked up at the light curtain in the distance!

"It seems the Human Emperor has already seen through worldly affairs. That is good, as you have no more attachments and can give it your all!"

Nodding slightly, Jialouluo said indifferently. A few days later, cultivators arrived on the island one after another. It took over a year for all the cultivators from the trip to the Underworld to arrive, and the three Integration Stage experts from the Underworld also arrived on schedule!

"Since everyone has arrived, let us set off! However, I must say one more thing to everyone beforehand: this journey to the Immortal World is extremely dangerous. It is still not too late to withdraw now!"

"What are you saying, Senior? Since we have come here, it shows that our hearts are free of distractions!"

Zhuanlun Wang said with a loud laugh!

"Good! Then let us set off!"

A flash of firm resolve appeared in his eyes, and Jialouluo took the lead, flying toward the light curtain that separated the Nei Hai from the Wai Hai! Seeing this, the others immediately stood up as well! Several streaks of light sped across the sky! Before long, they arrived beneath the light curtain.

"As long as you fly upward along this light curtain, you will come into contact with the gale winds in the high altitude. As long as you can withstand the blockade of the gale winds, you will be able to successfully enter the True Immortal Realm!"

After Jialouluo explained the matters of entering the Immortal World to everyone, he was the first to rush toward the high altitude along the light curtain! Zhang Nuo followed closely behind him, and then the others also soared into the sky!

Zhang Nuo had long heard of the gale winds in the high altitude, but only when he truly came into contact with them did he feel their tyranny! The physical bodies of ordinary Integration Stage cultivators have been rebuilt by Heaven and Earth Origin Qi, and compared to ordinary people, they are countless times stronger!

Yet, under the power of these gale winds in the sky, they still had to release several Magic Treasures to protect themselves! Even with Zhang Nuo's physical body, which far exceeded those of the same rank, it was still very strenuous to resist the gale winds without using Magic Treasures!

At the edge of the sky, the gale winds were like blades, releasing powerful energy as they swirled! Several cultivators with slightly weaker strength had their Magic Treasures shattered one after another!

After several days, the group finally passed through the gale wind zone safely and arrived at a stratosphere. The air here was thin, and the temperature was low to the extreme; the breath they exhaled would instantly turn into tiny ice crystals. If a mortal were to come here, they would likely turn into an ice sculpture immediately!

Jialouluo looked around, then flipped his hand and cast a spell! The spell seemed to be frozen by the cold air, sinking very slowly into the void dozens of zhang away. In the blink of an eye, a small white dot appeared in that void!

Then, the small dot slowly grew larger, and finally, a circular hole appeared! The warm air flowing inside formed a stark contrast with the place where the group was staying!

However, the inside of the circular hole was a sheet of white spiritual light, making it impossible to see what was inside at all!

"Hurry and go in. If too much time passes, it is very likely to be discovered by people from the Anti-Immortal Faction!"

After turning his head to say this to the group, Jialouluo was the first to rush in, his entire figure instantly disappearing into the white light!

Zhang Nuo narrowed his eyes and, without a second thought, was the second to rush in. After just the time of a single breath, everyone surged into the hole! Afterward, the spiritual light of the hole flashed and disappeared directly!

Beneath a patch of sky in the True Immortal Realm, in spiritual fields that stretched as far as the eye could see, various spiritual plants were growing. In the middle of these spiritual fields, countless Puppets were working in the fields!

These Puppets were mostly humanoid, and the Spirit Power on their bodies circulated unceasingly. Just this Spiritual Pressure was not inferior to that of an Integration Stage cultivator! It was hard to imagine that the Puppets working in the True Immortal Realm had such power!

Above the spiritual fields, in mid-air a million zhang from the ground, two young and beautiful female cultivators were watching the many Puppets below without blinking. These two female cultivators looked to be only seventeen or eighteen years old; one was wearing a pale red palace dress, and the other was wearing a cyan palace dress!

Both of their cultivation levels were at the Refining Void Stage, but such a cultivation level was at most that of a servant in the True Immortal Realm!

"Sister Yue'er, what do you think the Immortal Lord and the others are researching? They haven't come down for a long time!"

The young girl wearing the cyan palace dress could no longer endure the dull and boring work, so she turned her head and said to the girl in the pale red palace dress beside her!

"How would I know? People of our status don't even have the qualifications to enter the Immortal Palace, let alone know about such things!"

The girl in the pale red palace dress said with a helpless, bitter smile.

"I really don't know when we will be able to advance to the Great Accomplishment Stage. If that happens, we will have the qualifications to enter the Immortal Palace. That would be much better than facing these Puppets all day long!"

The girl in the cyan palace dress blinked her beautiful eyes, looked at the various Puppets in the spiritual fields below, and felt quite annoyed in her heart!

"Lian'er, one cannot be impatient with cultivation! If you are too eager for success and suffer a deviation in your cultivation, that would be troublesome! We were able to live in the True Immortal Realm from the moment we were born, which is much better than those mortals in the lower realms! If they want to enter the True Immortal Realm, which one of them hasn't suffered all the hardships of the world!"

The girl named Yue'er, fearing that the girl in the cyan palace dress would let her imagination run wild, hurriedly tried to guide her.

"Lian'er naturally understands this principle, but we are all descendants of former True Immortals, and we were thrown here the moment we were born. If our parents were still alive, the result definitely wouldn't be like this!"

The more Lian'er spoke, the more angry she became, and there was even a hint of hatred in her eyes!

"Lian'er! Be careful! If you are discovered by the Patrol Envoy under the Immortal Lord, saying such things will lead to being cast down to the lower realms!"

After scanning her surroundings, Yue'er said in a low voice.

"Sigh! It's true, when the True Immortals of the Shunxian Faction were still here, they still took some care of us descendants of cultivators who fell because of the 'War of Seizing Heaven'!"

Lian'er ignored Yue'er's warning and muttered with her small mouth pouting!

"Forget it! So much time has passed, and some things are simply not for us to control! Let's just settle down and do our work!"

Yue'er's thoughts seemed to have been stirred as well; she looked hard at the high sky and then sighed softly!

Just as the two women were talking, a streak of light flashed across the high sky. Within the light, the sound of wind and thunder could be faintly heard. It was extremely fast, and in a flash, it disappeared into the clouds!

By the time the two women noticed, only a faint sound of thunder remained in the sky, but the figure had already vanished!

"Was that Lord Lei just now?"

"It should be him! No one else would use this tyrannical Thunder Art! Our conversation just now wasn't heard by him, was it?"

Yue'er's pretty face changed slightly.

"It shouldn't be. Someone with the status of Lord Lei, how could he eavesdrop on the conversation of servants like us? And looking at his hurried expression, he must have some urgent matter!"

Lian'er glanced at the high sky and said very affirmatively.

After this incident, neither of the two women spoke again, and they watched the Puppets working in the spiritual fields earnestly!

Above the milky-white clouds, a huge palace emitting faint spiritual light floated quietly in the high sky. This palace stretched for hundreds of thousands of miles, with countless halls and pavilions arranged in an orderly fashion! Although there were many, it did not look chaotic at all!

A streak of light flickering with electric arcs arrived at the entrance of the palace in a few flashes, at which point two guards wearing golden armor walked up!

When one of them saw the person within the escape light, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute!

"Lord Lei, you have returned!"

"En! Is the Immortal Lord present? I have urgent matters to report!"

The escape light faded, revealing a man of about fifty years old, with a lightning-shaped scar between his brows that made him look somewhat fierce!

"The Immortal Lord is in the Immortal Palace! Shall I go and announce your arrival?"

"No need! I will go see the Immortal Lord directly!"

Having said this, the man surnamed Lei strode toward the inside of the Immortal Palace! With just a single step, his figure immediately vanished into the distance, while a lightning-flashing Dao pattern appeared beneath the spot where he had previously stood!

"Who is this person? How can he directly have an audience with the Immortal Lord?"

At this moment, another golden-armored guard asked in confusion!

"He is one of the Immortal Lord's closest subordinates and seems to have an extremely special status; I don't quite understand the specifics, but it is best not to offend him!"

The previous golden-armored guard said with a grave expression.