541 The Secret Gate (2/2)

”The Gate of Heaven will open?”

Chen Fan furrowed his brow as a name suddenly came to him. ”Have you ever heard of a sect called the Snow God Palace?”

”You have heard of them as well?” Li Changsheng was caught by surprise.

”The Snow God Palace was indeed formed by sages who came out of the portal. They are mostly female. Each generation, their Sect Master would be at the Immortal State as a minimum. My Ancestral Master used to know one of their sect masters. He said the members of the sect were extremely aloof and powerful.”

”I see.” Chen Fan sneered.

Lu Yanxue was taken away by members of the Snow God Palace. Lu Yanxue's Spirit Root was so subtle that an average cultivator would have never taken notice of it.

The Elder from the Medicine God Valley Sect told Chen Fan that the Snow God Palace was located deep in the Great Glacial Mountain, but now it seemed that the piece of information was likely to be false. He figured that Li Changsheng had to know much more than an elder of a small sect.

”One of my friends was taken away by the Snow God Palace two years ago.”

”What?”

Li Changsheng was elated by the news.

”They have shown up? Does it mean that the Gate of Heaven is indeed open? The time to reach immortality has come!”

Li Changsheng's face bloomed like a flower despite his stately and impassive demeanor moments before.

”Immortal Master Chen, we must find this gate. The next time it opens up would be a hundred years from now,” Li Changsheng urged.

Chen Fan remained silent.

At his level, as soon as he found the Gate of Heaven, he could force it open at any time.

His initial goal of seeking out the Gate of Heaven was to reach another planet for cultivation, but now the task gained a new meaning. He had to find the Snow God Palace and rescue his friend.

Chen Fan snorted under his breath, ”I don't care who you are and where you are from… if you dare to harm a hair on Lu Yanxue's head, I will annihilate your entire sect!”

”I wonder, why didn't your Ancestral Master coerce the visitors from the other side into revealing the location of the portal?” Chen Fan asked.

”They tried,” Li Changsheng said, grimacing.

”Most visitors were in the Immortal State. The weaker ones were all accompanied by their senior counterparts. Despite their lower level of attainment, they were as powerful as Earth Level Deities. Worse, they possessed deadly Dharma Artifacts that helped them during combat.”

Chen Fan nodded slightly.

These descriptions matched the characteristics of Immortal Cultivators.

Chen Fan had brought Immortal State Warriors to heel while he was only in the early-stage of the Divine Sea. He had just defeated an Earth Level Deity while he was only at the mid-stage of the Divine Sea a few days before. Although these visitors from the realm of Immortal Cultivators were weaker than him, they were invincible for the average cultivators on Earth.

”Since you already knew about the Gate of Heaven, I have nothing else to say. Please give me a heads up if you wish to seek out the Gate of Heaven. I would really appreciate it,” Li Changsheng said.

”Will do.” Chen Fan nodded slightly.

After Li Changsheng had left, Chen Fan pondered for a long time, only to shake his head in the end.

He reckoned that he shouldn't get ahead of himself; reaching the Connate Spirit stage should be his priority before seeking out the Gate of Heaven. He would be able to handle the Earth Level Deities from the Gate of Heaven once he attained that stage.

He sat down on the North Qiong Pavilion's roof and started to cultivate.

The True Essence inside of his system increased slowly but surely. Even without the aid of another Spirit Source, he should be able to reach the Connate Spirit stage soon.

”Donnn!”

Soon after, Chen Fan heard a commotion inside the pavilion.

He rose to his feet, then drew a large gulp of air before he flashed out of sight, to then reappear inside the pavilion. He saw An Ya standing in the middle of the room as energy coursed through her veins. It dawned on him that she had reached the mid-stage of Ethereal Enlightenment. She had been testing her newfound strength and made a huge dent on the wall.

”Xiao Fan…”

An Ya looked at Chen Fan, eyes filled with joy and surprise.

”Congratulations, Sister An.” Chen Fan cracked a smile.

An Ya had previously achieved the Foundation Establishment stage, so she was the first to finish her cultivation. After a while, Wang Xiaoyun and Fang Qiong also completed their cultivation.

Both of them had reached the early-stage of Ethereal Enlightenment.