SWDnovel Chapter 49 The Disappearance of the Void Heaven Palace
Chapter 49 The Disappearance of the Void Heaven Palace
Wang Tianlong felt a blur before his eyes, and the suffocating feeling of spatial compression around him suddenly disappeared. The next moment, he heard the long-lost sea breeze and the sound of waves beneath his feet.
He looked around in astonishment and found himself suspended above an unfamiliar sea, surrounded by a vast ocean with no other cultivators in sight. In the distance, he could vaguely see flashes of light, clearly belonging to other people who had been teleported out.
"This... this is teleportation? The restrictions of the Void Heaven Palace?" Wang Tianlong was first shocked, then an indescribable joy and relief welled up inside him!
It's truly a case of heaven never closing off all doors! Just when he was severely injured, relentlessly pursued by ancient demons and demon cultivators, and on the verge of death, such a dramatic change occurred in the Void Heaven Palace, forcibly expelling everyone! This was tantamount to pulling him back from the brink of death!
"Whatever the reason for the closure of the Void Heaven Palace, it's the best outcome for me!" Wang Tianlong instantly calmed down, suppressing his excitement. He immediately checked his condition: the wound on his left shoulder, eroded by demonic energy, was still excruciatingly painful; his meridians were severely damaged; his magical power was almost exhausted; and his aura was extremely weak.
"I must leave this dangerous place immediately! I need to find a completely safe place to heal!" He sharply scanned his surroundings, confirming that no other cultivators were paying attention to his area for the time being. Without hesitation, he fully activated the most advanced concealment technique in the "Wind-Treading Technique," while simultaneously channeling his remaining mana into his Sky-Treading Boots. His figure transformed into a wisp of light blue smoke that almost blended into the sea and sky background. Without looking back, he sped off towards a remote sea area far from the entrance of the Void Heaven Palace and away from the areas where the escape lights were flashing!
At this moment, he was carrying two pages of the "Heavenly Void Jade Book," a heaven-defying treasure, and was also severely injured. If he were discovered by any Nascent Soul cultivator, it would be a catastrophic disaster. The most urgent task was to hide himself.
Meanwhile, in the core area near the original entrance to the Void Heaven Palace in the Heavenly Wind Sea, the atmosphere was noisy and chaotic.
Thousands of cultivators who had been teleported out floated in the air like ants in a swarm, some in small groups, others alone. Each face was etched with astonishment, regret, resentment, or the relief of surviving a catastrophe.
"What happened? Why did the Void Heaven Palace suddenly close?"
"I've just found a treasure room, but the restrictions aren't completely broken yet!"
"My divine treasure! I'm almost there!"
"Who triggered some ultimate restriction?"
Discussions, complaints, and speculations rose and fell. Most cultivators, especially those who had gained little or encountered danger along the way, felt extremely regretful. Their eyes were fixed on the empty void, now only showing faint fluctuations of spiritual energy, hoping that the Void Heaven Palace would reappear.
Some cultivators who had gained something remained vigilant, discreetly distancing themselves from the crowd or gathering with their fellow disciples and allies, keeping a watchful eye on things. Some had obtained ancient treasures, some had gathered spiritual herbs, and some had acquired cultivation manuals on jade slips. Although these were not as valuable as the Heavenly Treasure or the Heavenly Void Jade Book, their trip was still worthwhile.
Top experts such as Xinggong Lingyunchen, Kunwu Xuanqingzi, the Flood Dragon Clan Chief, and Ice Soul Fairy were also hovering high in the sky, exchanging solemn glances. Their cultivation was profound, and their senses were even more acute. They vaguely sensed that the repulsive force from earlier wasn't triggered by a natural restriction, but rather...manipulated! However, this conjecture was too startling, and they didn't voice it aloud. They merely harbored their doubts and secretly observed anyone suspicious.
The ancient demon Hei Ming hid in the shadows at the edge of the crowd, his face terrifyingly gloomy. Not only had he failed to seize the Heavenly Void Jade Book, but he had also exposed part of his strength and even had his demonic essence damaged by that damned restriction. His cold gaze swept across the crowd, seemingly searching for Wang Tianlong's whereabouts, but Wang Tianlong had already fled far away, disappearing without a trace.
As time went on, some cultivators, realizing their efforts were hopeless, eager to digest their gains, or worried about being targeted, began to gradually transform into streaks of light and leave this place of trouble. Others, however, remained undeterred and continued to linger in the nearby seas, trying to find any clues that the Void Heaven Palace might have left behind.
Just above the Tianfeng Sea, while a group of Nascent Soul cultivators were still in shock and making various guesses, the void where the original entrance to the Void Heaven Palace was located underwent another astonishing change.
The area that had originally retained faint spiritual energy fluctuations and seemed to have a slight spatial ripple suddenly began to twist and sway violently, like a pebble being thrown into a reflection in water!
Then, under the incredulous gazes of everyone, the magnificent, mysterious Void Palace, which had attracted almost all the top forces in the human realm to explore, slowly reappeared! But this time, it was not solid, but rather presented a semi-transparent, illusory state, like a mirage, floating in the sky.
"Look! The Void Heaven Palace has reappeared!"
"What's going on? Is the entrance about to open again?"
"Wait! Its appearance... is so strange!"
Exclamations erupted from the crowd as countless divine senses swept towards the illusory palace like a tidal wave.
However, something even more shocking happened. The enormous illusory image of the Void Palace only lasted for a few breaths before it began to blur and become transparent from the edges, as if being slowly wiped away by an invisible hand, and finally completely dissolved into the endless void!
There was no earth-shattering roar, no violent spatial storm, only a deathly silence. In just a few breaths, the ancient ruins that once stood here, attracting heroes to vie for supremacy, vanished completely from everyone's perception, as if they had never existed in this world at all!
"Gone...disappeared?!"
"How is this possible! Such a large palace, just gone like that?"
"Is it spatial teleportation? Or... complete concealment?"
The cultivators were in an uproar. Whether they were Nascent Soul cultivators or Transformation Realm experts, they were all shocked by this unimaginable method. Ling Yunchen of Xinggong, Xuan Qingzi of Kunwu, and others had extremely solemn expressions. They used all their divine senses to cover the sea area within tens of thousands of miles, and even used secret treasures to detect spatial fluctuations, but they could no longer sense any trace of the Void Heaven Palace!
It simply vanished into thin air, returning to the endless void without leaving any trace.
"Such a brilliant method... This is definitely not the work of a natural restriction. It seems more like... someone has completely taken control of the Void Palace and hidden it away!" Ling Yunchen said in a deep voice as he looked at the empty void.
"Indeed. To conceal the entire hall so effortlessly, without even us noticing a thing, this person's control over the laws of space and their authority over the Void Heaven Palace must have reached an unbelievable level." Xuan Qingzi stroked his beard and nodded, a deep sense of apprehension and contemplation flashing in his eyes. "Who could it be...?"
Amidst the crowd, the Ice Soul Fairy remained calm, as if everything unfolding before her had nothing to do with her. Only in the deepest recesses of her eyes did a barely perceptible hint of composure and joy, a sense of complete control.
And at the very core of the Void Heaven Palace, which has "disappeared" from the human world, lies the Star Gazing Platform.
The Ice Soul Fairy's clone was closely connected to the "Void Heaven Palace Core". Through the central core, she could clearly "see" the shocked, bewildered, and unwilling expressions of the cultivators outside, and she could also sense their futile attempts to probe with their divine senses.
Ice Soul Fairy's lips curled into a faint smile as she spoke, "If I hadn't just taken control of the central hub and couldn't completely isolate all fluctuations, that brief moment of manifestation could have been avoided. But it doesn't matter, now that the Void Heaven Palace has completely disappeared into the void layer, unless a powerful being above the Void Refinement stage personally arrives, there is absolutely no way they could discover it."
With a slight thought, the entire Void Palace slowly moved within the interlayer of this space, moving away from the troublesome area of the Heavenly Wind Sea and disappearing into the deeper, more hidden depths of the void.