Chapter 2342 - Heavens Misgivings! (2/2)
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“Impossible!”
At this time, Wang Chong was rapidly moving through the Heaven-Reaching Path, the entire experience leaving him greatly stunned.
This passage to the Celestial Palace appeared like a pillar of light from the outside, but within, it was much more complicated, and the exact location of the Celestial Palace was much farther from the capital than it seemed.
Inside the passage, Wang Chong suddenly understood why it was known as the Heaven-Reaching Tower in the western world. No—perhaps it was better to call it the ‘Heaven-Reaching Tree’.
The internal structure of this passage was like a tree with countless branches, each branch extending into the depths of spacetime.
If not for the Dragon Qi guiding him, he would have easily gotten lost in this passage, ultimately losing himself in the unknown depths of spacetime.
“The Founding Tree!” A voice rang out in Wang Chong’s mind.
“What?”
Wang Chong subconsciously asked.
“You don’t get it? This is the legendary Founding Tree that is said to lead to the heavens!” Li Xuantu sternly said.
He had remained in hiding in Wang Chong’s halo divine tool all this time, and when Wang Chong entered the passage, he could see what was going on through Wang Chong’s eyes.
The Celestial Palace’s power engulfed the capital. If Heaven succeeded, the House of Li would be completely wiped out, together with the ancestral tombs of the House of Li.
Li Xuantu had made no comment on this, but he was still a part of the Li Clan, so he could not just sit back and do nothing. His quarrels with Li Taiyi were personal quarrels, but the fate of the House of Li concerned the fate of the entire realm. It could not be ended here.
“The legends said that the Founding Tree is a passage that connects the heavens and the earth, the only passage that can be used by the Celestial Emperor to travel between the heavens and the mortal realm. Wang Chong, you were born in a great clan. Did you never read about this?” Li Xuantu sternly said.
(TN: The Founding Tree, the 建木, is a mythical tree that is described in Chinese classics like the Classic of Mountains and Seas, Master Lu’s Spring and Autumn Annals, and the Huainanzi. It is described as a tree that the gods use to ascend and descend from the heavens.)
“…You’re saying…?”
Wang Chong pensively creased his brow.
“The holy tree is not a tree. The so-called Founding Tree is really this spacetime passage before us. The descriptions in those ancient texts match with what we’re seeing right now,” Li Xuantu said, appearing somewhat apprehensive toward the end.
Wang Chong seemed to realize something.
Boom!
At this moment, the passage fiercely shuddered as if it had been struck. Besides that, Wang Chong sensed that a storm of energy was rapidly approaching from behind him.
Heaven!
Wang Chong, Li Xuantu, and Little Nightmare, who was attached to Wang Chong’s body, all paled.
Just like Master Guangcheng had said, they could not hide from Heaven. He might be a little careless and not realize promptly, but he would still be able to sense what was going on eventually.
“Run!”
With no time to think, Wang Chong pushed his Stellar Energy and Dragon Qi to the limit, accelerating toward the Celestial Palace.
Heaven’s terrifying energy rapidly approached, and a cold and callous voice clearly rang out in their ears.
“You are… throwing yourself into the net!”
Rumble! The spacetime passage trembled, seemingly about to collapse.
“Master, what do we do?”
“This is his ritual tool! There’s no way we can outrun him!”
Li Xuantu and Little Nightmare both scowled.
Master Guangcheng was right. This operation was far more dangerous than they had imagined, and their chances of survival were basically zero. With Heaven’s speed, he would catch them before they could even get inside the Celestial Palace.
Wang Chong’s heart was madly thumping, his skull almost about to explode from the sense of danger weighing down on him.
“It’s not that simple. From a certain perspective, we’re already inside the Celestial Palace. In this passage, Heaven can’t use the power of the Celestial Palace.”
Countless thoughts ran through Wang Chong’s mind, and at this dangerous juncture, he remained calm and collected.
“Your meaning is…?”
Li Xuantu and Little Nightmare were both confused.
Master Guangcheng had already mentioned this, so why had Wang Chong mentioned it again? And what did that have to do with their current situation?
“You still don’t get it? This is a passage that Heaven built for himself, and the passage is linked to the inside. In other words, damaging the passage will also affect the insides of the Celestial Palace, perhaps even destroy them!” Wang Chong said, his eyes suddenly erupting with a sharp light.