Chapter 202: Ascending to the Upper Realm, Three Thousand Great Dao Provinces

"Brother Shi Hao, farewell!"

Mengchen, slowly ascending into the sky, cupped his hands toward Shi Hao in farewell.

Beside him, Xiyao, Xiaohuang, and Heizi also cupped their hands in a gesture of farewell along with Mengchen.

Qingyi's expression was calm; as she raised her eyes, her gaze pointed straight toward the end of the horizon, revealing a look of joyful yearning.

"Mengchen, take care on your journey." Shi Hao waved to see them off with a brilliant smile.

Gradually, Mengchen and the others rose to the high sky. He looked at the three of them and said heavily, "Liu Shen, Small Tower, Gang... Gangzi! Farewell!"

"Good! Take care on your journey. I hope you and Shi Hao can grow smoothly in this lifetime!" Liu Shen said faintly.

Afterward, Small Tower laughed loudly and said, "Hahaha...! Kid! We won't be around anymore; once you reach the Upper Realm, you'd better be a bit more restrained! But don't let those who bully you get away with it either. Once you have grown, go ahead and boldly and ostentatiously take your revenge! Destroy their Great Dao lineage, and occupy their territory and women."

"Uh...!" Hearing Small Tower's words, Mengchen, Qingyi, Xiaohuang, Xiyao, Heizi, and the others each had colorful expressions.

This Small Tower really is enough of a 'Small Tower' in how it acts!

"Small Tower! I have learned much!" Mengchen said with an awkward smile, cupping his hands toward Small Tower in farewell.

"Shi Hao! I am leaving!!" Liu Shen looked toward Shi Hao below.

"Liu Shen, you... take... care!"

Liu Shen waved to say goodbye, yet without even saying the words 'take care', Liu Shen flew into the Original Gate.

"I am leaving too!" Small Tower swayed in the void and said to Shi Hao below.

"Small Tower, take care!" Shi Hao waved to say goodbye.

"Good! We shall meet again if fate allows!" As the words fell, Small Tower transformed into a stream of light, following Liu Shen's figure and entering the Original Gate.

"Mengchen! Farewell! Take care!"

Vajra Pestle finally spoke with difficulty.

It had broken its word! It had originally said it would protect him all the way as he grew, yet at this moment, it had to abandon the weak him to go and venture into the unfamiliar Upper Realm where the strong were as numerous as clouds.

Thinking of this, Vajra Pestle felt unbearable, but there was no other way; he had to do this, otherwise, the Mengchen who grew up might only be a fledgling bird under its wings, ultimately unable to fly to the other shore.

"Shi Hao! Goodbye, you must cultivate diligently with Mengchen in the future and transcend." Afterward, Vajra Pestle said to Shi Hao below.

Shi Hao waved in response: "Goodbye! You, Small Tower, and Liu Shen! All of you must take care!"

"Goodbye!"

As the words fell, Vajra Pestle also transformed into a streak of golden light, entering the Original Gate to pursue Liu Shen and Small Tower.

Following Vajra Pestle's entry, the Original Gate slowly shrank, finally disappearing without a trace.

Mengchen and the others looked down; the distance from the ground grew increasingly remote, and their speed of ascent accelerated accordingly.

Looking up, it was like a brilliant golden Great Dao, with Runes shining shockingly, as if piercing through space and crossing the river of time.

"Swoosh..."

The brilliant pillar of light completely vanished from the Lower Realm world, causing this high sky to return to clear air.

Shi Hao raised his eyes to look at the sky and murmured, "Brother Mengchen, wait for me!"

"Liu Shen! Small Tower, and Senior Vajra Pestle, wait for me; sooner or later, I will come to find you."

Afterward, he remembered that there was still a powerhouse existing here—that Undying Being!

His gaze looked toward the high sky with slight solemnity; now that Liu Shen and the others had left, he did not know if this Undying Being would become a threat.

"You do not need to look at me like that; you and I have a massive connection! I will not harm you, and even less will I be like those hypocritical villains of the Upper Realm who slaughter the innocent beings of the Lower Realm."

The Undying Being in the high sky noticed Shi Hao's gaze and perceived much.

The Undying Being continued: "I am also about to go to the Upper Realm. Let's go! Before I leave, I want to make the Lower Realm devoid of gods; at that time, no one will be able to threaten you again."

"Good! Brother Undying! Then I shall accept your favor." Shi Hao said. Since the other party had no hostility and was even willing to help him, he changed his form of address.

Following this, the two of them, each wearing Kunpeng wings, flew toward the distant sky.

Inside the golden, glittering Great Dao, Mengchen, Qingyi, Heizi, Xiyao, Xiaohuang, and the others continued to go deeper.

In a trance, stars flickered from time to time, and galaxies rotated; the scene was hazy and breathtaking.

"Boom!"

It was unknown how long they had walked on this Great Dao when suddenly, various symbols flickered, and Qi, concentrated to the extreme, appeared; those galactic visions all vanished. "We are about to reach the Upper Realm!"

Qingyi's willow-leaf brows relaxed, a smile bloomed on her beautiful, ethereal face, and her light, ethereal voice rang out.

She felt a familiar aura; they were about to ascend to the long-lost Upper Realm.

Only the Upper Realm would have such concentrated Qi; the fact that concentrated Qi was leaking out within the spatial passage meant that they were not far from the destination.

"As we go deeper, this Qi is becoming more and more concentrated. Are we about to reach the Upper Realm? This Upper Realm is indeed suitable for cultivation." Heizi exclaimed.

Waves of abundant Qi drifted past, brushing against the temples and robes of Xiyao, Qingyi, and Xiaohuang, causing their long hair and dresses to flutter, forming an incomparably graceful scene.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

Hearing the sound of wind whistling, they knew the exit was about to arrive.

Sure enough!

Not long after moving forward, a white light, lustrous like jade, appeared ahead.

"That is the intersection between the spatial passage and the outside world; once we walk out of there, we will appear in the Upper Realm." Qingyi pointed there and said.

They walked quickly, and soon they reached the front of the white light curtain; as long as they stepped out, it would count as truly ascending to the Upper Realm.

At this moment, Mengchen's heart was filled with excitement, and he was full of unknowns regarding the Upper Realm!

"Hoo..., let's go!"

He let out a long breath, adjusted his excited heart, and called for the others to step out in unison.

Just after they took their steps, the passage behind them began to tremble, the Runes that originally composed the passage began to rush about chaotically, and a blinding light burned.

However, regardless of the chaotic rushing of the Runes or the burning of the blinding light, it did not cause them any harm, but was directed only at the outside world.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

A series of deafening roars shook the heavens and the earth; Runes surged wildly toward the ground, triggering massive explosions here as various lights of Runes rose up, and powerful energy rushed in all directions.

All around, low hills collapsed, giant boulders rolled down, and trees and grass were snapped.

These deafening roars were as if the Upper Realm were welcoming the arrival of Mengchen and the others, like salvos of ceremonial cannons moving the heavens and the earth.

The five of them landed successfully; the place where they landed was a mountain with its lower half severed, broken by the Runes just moments ago.

Looking out, this place seemed to be a vast, boundless mountain forest region, devoid of any buildings, containing only towering ancient trees and soaring mountain peaks.

Sweeping with his divine sense, there was unexpectedly not a single living creature within a radius of a hundred miles, and the spiritual energy was dense to the extreme, far beyond what the Lower Realm could compare to.

"Is this the Upper Realm? The spiritual energy is actually this abundant!" Mengchen took a deep breath, showing an expression of enjoyment.

"I checked casually before, but I didn't find a single living creature within a hundred miles; I shall probe thoroughly once more!" Mengchen said, his divine sense instantly expanding outward.

Having just arrived in the Upper Realm, he was too unfamiliar with this place; the best course of action was to find a living creature to understand things first.

However, after a thorough investigation, he still did not see even half a shadow.

"How is this possible? There is actually still nothing? The range I just checked is equivalent to half of the Xuanyu." Mengchen exclaimed in great surprise.

Hearing this, Xiyao, Heizi, and the others also revealed looks of disbelief.

Half of the Xuanyu, what kind of concept is that?! In the Lower Realm, if you threw a stone over, you could crush a large swath of living creatures.

Here, in such a large area, how could there not even be a shadow...

"Uh...!" Xiaohuang revealed an expression of astonishment.

Afterward, she showed a smile and said respectfully: "Master, this is the Upper Realm! How could the Xia Jie Bayu compare to it?"

Following that, Xiaohuang said with a look of recollection: "I remember that the Upper Realm was originally a whole, but it was shattered by supreme experts into nineteen Small Worlds during the ancient times, which is how the so-called Jiutian and Shidi came to be; therefore, where we are right now should only be one of the Jiutian and Shidi."

This was all that Xiaohuang knew before she was sealed by her mother; now that ten million years of time had passed and she had returned to the Upper Realm, she did not know where this was either.

Hearing this, Qingyi smiled faintly and spoke: "This is the Three Thousand Dao Provinces of the Jiutian and Shidi! Among the Jiutian and Shidi, only the Three Thousand Dao Provinces border the Xia Jie Bayu; everyone who ascends from the Lower Realm to the Upper Realm can only arrive at the Three Thousand Dao Provinces."

"Three Thousand Dao Provinces?!" Mengchen, Xiyao, and Heizi pondered the words.

The three of them looked at Xiaohuang from time to time, then at Qingyi, their eyes full of curiosity.

One of them had been sealed since the ancient times, and the other was a Saintess who had originally come down from the Upper Realm, so their knowledge was naturally extensive.

Relatively speaking, Mengchen, Xiyao, and Heizi appeared a bit more naive; it could be said that they were completely ignorant of the Upper Realm.

(End of chapter)