Chapter 2341: Celestial Palace! Appear!
Master Guangcheng had far too many secrets. Why did he not have a physical body? How did he possess such enormous power? Why was he in his current state? And most importantly, what in the world had happened that he knew so much, knew secrets about Heaven that not even Luo Supreme knew?
Master Guangcheng had revealed none of this.
But Wang Chong quickly calmed down. His first priority was finding the Celestial Palace’s location. The rest could be left for later.
Moreover, Wang Chong trusted in Little Nightmare’s judgment, trusted the Yellow Emperor’s teacher!
Bang!
As the energy surged in, Wang Chong felt himself inflating like a balloon, his mental powers constantly climbing. In just a few seconds, he had managed to reach an unfathomable level.
With a buzz, Master Guangcheng activated a formation, and a black and gold Eight Trigrams Formation took form around Wang Chong.
“Hurry! I’ve blocked Heaven’s senses, but it can’t be for long. Find the Celestial Palace’s location!” Master Guangcheng gravely said.
Wang Chong’s heart trembled as he focused his mind. At the same time, an enormous wave of Psychic Energy spread out over the entire capital.
His senses swept over both the heavens and the earth.
Wang Chong’s Psychic Energy was extremely powerful, and it was already enough to cover an incredible range, but there was something different this time. The flow of air, small motes of dust, the grooves and grain of the wood making up the houses on the ground, the people breathing, the flaring of their nostrils, the flow of underground rivers, the crawling of worms and ants… all of these details appeared in Wang Chong’s mind.
It wasn’t just the details in one place, but every single detail that was appearing in his mind.
At this time, Wang Chong was like a supercomputer, rapidly processing all the details.
And just like Master Guangcheng, Wang Chong was finally able to sense the Celestial Palace’s power. That golden energy was omnipresent, in the walls, streets, and human bodies.
Borrowing Master Guangcheng’s power, Wang Chong was finally able to sense its existence, not just on the surface, but within as well.
Wang Chong finally understood what the power of the Celestial Palace was. This golden light was constantly assimilating anything it was in contact with, and behind this assimilation was a frightening pull that sucked up everything like a sponge.
Once the assimilation was done, the Celestial Palace would absorb everything, and just like Master Guangcheng had said, everything here would be wiped away, all life ceasing to exist.
“It’s not enough! Still not enough!”
Wang Chong clenched his teeth, tensed his body, and unleashed more energy.
Wang Chong currently had a vast amount of energy under his command and could now sense the power of the Celestial Palace, but this was still far from enough.
Although he could see the golden light, he couldn’t see its source, let alone the Celestial Palace’s existence.
Other than the golden light, Wang Chong could sense nothing else. There was no difference from his last few scans, and he still could not find the Celestial Palace.
As if sensing Wang Chong’s anxiety, Master Guangcheng spoke into Wang Chong’s mind.
“Calm down. The Celestial Palace is Heaven’s most important ritual tool. He could not have left it without a single seal. If you put your mind to it, you can definitely find it!”
Wang Chong’s mind somewhat cleared up.
“Space! Heaven must have used the power of space to block out everyone’s senses. Otherwise, it shouldn’t be this hard to find!”
A thought occurred to Wang Chong, and he immediately sent out his Psychic Energy once more, but this time, he also sent it into the depths of space.
Wang Chong’s Psychic Energy already covered the capital, reflecting everything within in his mind, but now, it was like the image turned from a piece of paper to a box as Wang Chong sent his Psychic Energy into the depths of space.
What he could sense instantly multiplied.
The world Wang Chong could sense also changed. It was no longer a plane, but something akin to a beehive.
Still, Wang Chong could not find the Celestial Palace!
“It’s still not enough!”
“It’s not enough! Still not enough!”
“Not enough! I need even more power!”
Wang Chong increased his Psychic Energy again and again.
After what seemed like a second and like countless epochs, just when Wang Chong felt like his psychic senses had reached their limit, there was a rumbling. It felt like he had broken some innate restriction as he finally sensed something new.
Rumble!
Far above Wang Chong, in the depths of spacetime, he sensed a powerful pulse of energy, a vast tsunami that was accompanied by a thunderous rumble.
Wang Chong instinctively looked up at this enormous energy source.
This was a ‘fortress’ of unimaginable size, located far above the capital in the depths of spacetime and wrapped up in layers of energy.
It was so brilliant that it seemed like the sun had descended to the mortal world where humans could behold it.
The ripples of spatial energy were like the tide going in and out, and they were far stronger than what any Grotto Heaven realm expert could produce. Any martial artist who saw this would be awestruck and feel puny and insignificant.
The Celestial Palace!
At that moment, Wang Chong immediately knew that he had found what he was searching for.
This was Heaven’s personal ritual tool!
It had come so suddenly that Wang Chong’s mind was completely blank for a moment, taken completely by surprise.
Big!
Incredibly big!
Hanging high above his head, the Celestial Palace in the depths of spacetime radiated blazing light that competed with the sun.
Hidden in the beehive structure of the depths of spacetime, it had been very difficult to detect.
Still, Wang Chong found it hard to believe that such a massive structure had been hanging over his head, found it hard to believe that his numerous searches had failed to discover it.
“Unbelievable!” Wang Chong muttered, unable to calm himself down.
This was the source of everything!
His ultimate objective!
But as he saw it, he knew that trying to get close to it would not be easy. This was because too much high-level spacetime energy was gathered around and within the Celestial Palace!
There were actually different levels to spacetime laws.
When their number and quality reached a certain level, they would produce a crushing effect. The Celestial Palace had already reached this level.
Its spacetime energy had far surpassed the Grotto Heaven realm, and Heaven had applied more power to it, a power that any other martial artist would find unimaginable.
Heaven had applied this power when he was at his prime, before he had been sealed.
This was also why Wang Chong, with his current cultivation, had failed to find the Celestial Palace’s location despite being able to sense its power.
Besides that, while that edifice in the sky didn’t seem far from the ground, in reality, spatial laws had rendered the concept of geographic distance meaningless.
What was nearby could be at the end of the world, and the end of the world could be nearby!
Between the ground and the Celestial Palace was not distance, but boundless spacetime!
And even though Wang Chong could see the Celestial Palace, he could also tell that the passage to the Celestial Palace had been completely locked down.
Wang Chong had initially believed that with his Grotto Heaven realm cultivation, he could use his spacetime power to reach the Celestial Palace no matter where it was. But now, he had an extremely strange sensation.
Though he could see it, he couldn’t obtain its exact location in the depths of spacetime. It was as if the information on the Celestial Palace’s surroundings had been completely wiped away, rendering it impossible to calculate spatial distance, let alone jump there.
It was like how everyone could see the sun but not reach it.
Master Guangcheng’s voice began to speak into his ear. “This is the power of the Celestial Palace. It blocks out spatial senses, and even if you can control spacetime energy, you will only be able to get closer and closer yet still not reach it.
“The Celestial Palace has a seal that Heaven set down when he was at his prime. The law set down by a Divine Martial realm expert can repel all Grotto Heaven realm experts. In normal circumstances, it would be impossible to get close.
“The laws of space are too profound, and it is essentially impossible to reach the Divine Martial realm. You can see it, but you can’t touch it, let alone obtain it. Any attempt to use spacetime energy will be twisted to another location, perhaps even into the depths of space. This is the power of a god.”
“What do I need to do now?” Wang Chong sternly said, remaining calm.
He recalled Master Guangcheng saying that there was a passage that led directly into the Celestial Palace.
“Calm yourself and sense carefully. Only Heaven and those permitted by Heaven can enter the Celestial Palace, so I cannot answer you on this. But in the western world, Heaven opened it once, and it was called the Heaven-Reaching Tower by the Arabs. In the Central Plains, it was called the Heaven-Reaching Path. Besides these two names, there is no other detailed information.
“Heaven has set down a corresponding seal in the Celestial Palace. So long as that entrance exists, you should be able to sense it with your Dragon Qi.
“You must be quick. Heaven has already sensed something. If you miss this chance, you won’t get another one,” Master Guangcheng gravely said.