244 The Firmament Citadel (1/2)
The Firmament Citadel like the Verdant Palace was a hanging citadel that lay at the outer reaches of the imposing circular Ancient Fortress.
Yi Ping found himself standing at the edge of the citadel walls and the winds were lashing furiously. It was not long before several auroras of wavering blue and green lights lit the skies above.
He was so in awe of the beautiful lights that he gasped, ”It is so beautiful!”
The Heaven Goddess Zero looked at him coldly, ”These are the northern lights. The northern lights are nothing compared to the warmth of the celestial sun that only shines in the Immortal Realm. You certainly know how to mock us!”
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Even the Dark Goddess Xia Hsien was looking unhappily at Yi Ping and the World Ruler Fu Xi had paused in his tracks to look sternly at Yi Ping!
The Goddess Lessica and the Alluring Goddess Theresa had paused in their tracks to look curiously at Yi Ping and the Heaven Goddess Zero!
Yi Ping looked back at the Heaven Goddess Zero and said coolly, ”Maybe I should get this right first. I have no idea what the celestial sun of the Immortal Realm looks like. I have never been there before. Also, the northern lights here are really beautiful to behold. I have meant no offense to anyone!”
The Heaven Goddess Zero said unhappily, ”But you are from the Immortal Realm!”
Yi Ping smiled weakly as he sighed again, ”I have already explained that the Immortal Realm that you have known had been split into the Three Known Realms…”
The Heaven Goddess Zero hummed coldly, ”I am not so foolish to believe your nonsense!”
Again Yi Ping heaved another sigh, ”I give up. Believe it or not, it is none of my business…”
All of a sudden he paused in his tracks as he thought, ”Why did the Great God Pangu sunders the Immortal Realm into three? We have the Immortal Realm, the Celestial Realm and the Mortal Realm now. Surely it is not just to identify the potential practitioners?”
All of a sudden an insight struck him as a thought dawned upon him, ”Don't tell me that it is to protect the Immortal Realm from the Desolate Immortals? If war breaks out then at the very least, the lower denizens will be safe…”
Very little was known about the Immortal Realm by the celestial practitioners in the Celestial Realm. That was a mystery even to the ancient celestials; they were only hinted of the existence of a higher realm by the appearance of the Stellar Sanctuary.
Even the real immortals that were in the Celestial Realm such as the Goddess Isa, the Goddess Celestial Alice and the Goddess Aiel did not reveal that they were immortal practitioners from the Immortal Realm. All they could reveal about the Immortal Realm was that it was unspeakable to reveal the existence of the Immortal Realm!
Yi Ping thought, ”It seems that everything leads to the Immortal Realm. I wonder what is in the Immortal Realm and what it really looks like?”
His curiosity was suddenly piqued by the Immortal Realm that he had never seen!
The only thing that he had known about the Immortal Realm was that it was partitioned into NineHeavens and that the higher heavens were inaccessible to the less attain immortals. Even though the Celestial Realm was also quite inaccessible but at the very least, it still gave the impression that it was linked by lofty mountains and seas of clouds.
The Goddess Celestial Alice had also hinted to him that it was entire possible for celestial practitioners to travel to the Immortal Realm via the great mountains of the Celestial Realm that lay beyond its borders. Whether any celestial practitioners had actually reached the Immortal Realm from there, there was no mentioning by the Goddess Celestial Alice. Her only hint was that that border was highly dangerous and it was inhabited by the Great Beasts.
All of a sudden the World Ruler Fu Xi stopped in front of a pavilion that was situated to a golden bridge that led to an overhanging monstrous citadel.
He turned around and said, ”This is my domain already. We can talk at ease now.”
Yi Ping hesitated for a while. It was because he was aware that there were hundreds of Desolate Immortals lurking in the shadows even though none were in visible sight. And out of these hundreds of Desolate Immortals, a dozen of them had been following them ever since they had left the Verdant Palace.
The World Ruler Fu Xi said coolly, ”I know what you are thinking. They are my followers.”
The Alluring Goddess Theresa smiled, ”You have better sent some of them to my Oracle Palace to protect me. It won't be too long before the Great Lord Xuan Yuan attacks my domain!”
The World Ruler Fu Xi smiled wryly, ”You should have already thought of that. Moreover, we have a thousand years of holy armistices. Anyone that breaks this sacred armistice will invite punitive actions by all the others.”
The Heaven Goddess Zero was getting impatient as she pointed at Yi Ping, ”Alright, tell us everything that you know. How did you come from the Immortal Realm?”
Yi Ping looked at her petite face and smiled weakly, ”I will surely tell you all that I know but not if you keep talking to me in this manner.”
Then he looked at the Alluring Goddess Theresa to say, ”After all, I need her help to return to where I am from.”
As he turned to hint to the Alluring Goddess Theresa, he noticed that the Goddess Lessica and the Dark Goddess Xia Hsien were looking at him with interest.
The Alluring Goddess Theresa had already seated herself as she smiled alluringly, ”I will surely be able to send you back. Tell us where you got your sword and how did you come to be here?”
Yi Ping calmly sat down as he looked at the heavens above with a heavy sigh, ”That is a long story. I have actually come from the lowest realm of the Three Known Realms. This realm is what we call the Mortal Realm or the Material Realm. I am just an ordinary mortal. But one day, I am able to traverse from the Mortal Realm to the Celestial Realm…”
He began to describe the appearance of the Stellar Sanctuary and how it held the key to the Immortal Realm. So he entered and had found the Fantian Sovereign within the Stellar Sanctuary. After storming to the very top of the Stellar Sanctuary, he found his soul being ripped through the void and the next thing he knew, he had found himself in this place.
For the very first time the World Ruler Fu Xi began to look at him intently and said solemnly, ”The Stellar Sanctuary has been unleashed upon the Immortal Realm? Impossible!…”
Even the Alluring Goddess Theresa had turned ashen as she muttered, ”Now it makes sense. Assuming that what he says is true, the Immortal Realm has indeed splintered into three realms now. If the Stellar Sanctuary is to materialized in the Immortal Realm then it will be known to us through the Ancient Fortress for the two are sister artefacts from the Great Cosmos Beyond.”
Yi Ping was surprised as he thought, ”They did not know that the Immortal Realm has been partitioned into three realms?”
The World Ruler Fu Xi nodded as he looked at Yi Ping intently, ”The Stellar Sanctuary possesses many secrets from the Great Beyond. Among the many secrets, is the elusive Universal Creation Force.”
The Heaven Goddess Zero nodded as she looked at Yi Ping, ”Therefore it also makes sense that he is able to traverse the cosmos and arrive here.”
The Dark Goddess Xia Hsien touched her lips and muttered, ”Hmmm, interesting…The Stellar Sanctuary, the Universal Creation Force, the Fantian Sovereign…”
Yi Ping quickly said, ”That is exactly what has happened to me after I have reached the top of the Stellar Sanctuary.”
The usual smiling countenance of the Alluring Goddess Theresa gave way to a startled solemn expression as she looked at the World Ruler Fu Xi as she gasped, ”Impossible! He has actually scaled all the way to the top of the Stellar Sanctuary?!”
Even the World Ruler Fu Xi was solemn as he appeared to ponder deeply.
Yi Ping turned to say to the Alluring Goddess Theresa, ”So now, do what you have promised me and send me back to where I have come from.”
The Goddess Lessica stared blankly at Yi Ping, ”My lord, you have really overcome the legendary trials of the Stellar Sanctuary? Is that true? Really?”
Yi Ping turned to say to the Goddess Lessica, ”I can't say for sure but I have indeed scaled to the top of the 100th floor of the Stellar Sanctuary and have talked to the guardian of the Stellar Sanctuary.”
The Alluring Goddess Theresa said coldly, ”Not only you have my clan heritage artefact sword the Fantian Sovereign but you have also overcome the trials of the Stellar Sanctuary…”
The World Ruler Fantian interrupted with a cold smirk, ”Back then I did not think that Pangu was serious when he wanted to partition the Immortal Realm into three realms to spare it from our wrath. So he has really given up his immortal body to accomplish it. To think that I am still waiting for our immortal fight.”
The Heaven Goddess Zero shrugged her shoulders as she looked at Yi Ping before she smiled to the World Ruler Fu Xi, ”Lord Brother, if the Great Lord Pangu is around I don't think you will be able to overcome him. Or else we won't be banished to the outer world.”
The Dark Goddess Xia Hsien smiled. ”My sister, we are caught unaware the last time. Moreover this won't be the same as the last time. Even if Pangu is a Tenth Positioning Immortal, he won't be able to fight off so many Ninth Positioning Immortals at the same time. After all the only Ninth Positioning Immortals that we have the last time was the Great Lord Xuan Yuan and the World Ruler Fu Xi.”
Yi Ping said solemnly, ”I have already revealed to you what I have already known. So please send me back now!”
The World Ruler Fu Xi ignored Yi Ping and said to the Alluring Goddess Theresa, ”What do you think of him? Can you see through him?”
The Alluring Goddess Theresa replied coolly as she stared piercingly at Yi Ping as though she could see through t, ”He is indeed different and is not of our race. He has no golden skeleton within him yet he is as strong as us. What is this reason?”
The World Ruler Fu Xi nodded and said, ”He is able to hide the flow of his aura from most but his animus is as strong as any of us. This empower doesn't come from his skeleton but through the strengthening of his vital energies within him.”
The Alluring Goddess Theresa said, ”With a strong animus aura, naturally our vital energies will be manifold and strengthened accordingly. Therefore we meditate to strengthen our animus. Only then will our immortal positioning increase in rank accordingly!”
The Dark Goddess Xia Hsien nodded and gave Yi Ping a curious look, ”That's right. But it seems that this Great Lord Yi Ping here is different from us. His strengthening technique seems to be on his vital energies first before his animus. This is so interesting. Why is that so?”