Chapter 473 - Ancient Tai Chu Realm
Chapter 473: Ancient Tai Chu Realm
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
An Lin felt like this couldn’t be delayed, and he immediately set off for the Moon Palace.
Once he was there, he would just latch onto Sister Chang’e’s mighty coattails and all would be well!
An Lin walked out of his dorm and was just about to fly into the air on his brick.
Heaven and earth suddenly began to ripple and a pillar of light fell from the sky before striking his body. This was a pillar of light that was imbued with spatial powers!
An Lin’s body trembled as he suddenly thought back to his purple fortune-telling outcome.
F*ck! Could this be an enemy attack? But who dared to attack him within the Heavenly Court?
And why was the attack so spontaneous? He had zero reaction time!
Just as An Lin was about to let loose a torrent of abuse at his unknown enemy, he was suddenly struck by a rush of dizziness.
A split second later, he had arrived in a cavernous white palace.
An Lin’s whole body tensed up, and he focused his attention to the extreme while he pulled out his Evil-Slaying Sword.
However, he suddenly faltered as he looked around him. There were a few dozen people standing within the palace. All of them possessed extremely powerful auras, but they were all looking around at their surroundings with confusion etched on their faces.
“An Lin!” A familiar voice suddenly sounded.
An Lin turned around to find a man in a suit of magnificent armor with a spear in his hand staring at him in shock.
“Senior Student Wang! Why are you here as well!?” An Lin exclaimed in surprise.
This man was none other than the former number one cultivator on the Immortal Rankings Board—Wang Xuanzhan!
Wang Xuanzhan made his way over to An Lin with blue blood dripping from his spear. “I’m not sure… I was battling the snow maidens in the Holy Glacial Lands when I was suddenly struck by a pillar of light, immediately following which I was teleported here. Why are you here?”
“Same story. I was struck by a pillar of light and then I ended up here… I thought it was an enemy attack that had teleported me to the enemy headquarters, but the situation doesn’t appear to be too bad… ” An Lin heaved a sigh of relief as he replied.
Wang Xuanzhan continued with a smile, “It should be the power of the Heavenly Court that summoned all of us here. There are a lot of familiar faces here, all of whom were renowned cultivators in the Heavenly Court. Do you see that blue-haired man over there? His name is Chen Daoyun; he was the number one cultivator on the Immortal Rankings Board three years prior to me, and he should be Soul Formation Final Stage now. And that short girl there, her name is Liu Chuchu; she was an upperclasswoman ten years above me, and she should be at the Soul Formation Pinnacle Stage now. I’ve seen her portrait on the University Famous Persons Register… As for those other immortals who often appear in the Heavenly Court, I don’t think they require any introductions….”
An Lin nodded as he looked around at the people within the palace. There were a total of sixty Soul Formation Stage cultivators, almost all of whom were Soul Formation Final Stage or above.
There were also five people the cultivation bases of whom he was unable to detect, but they were very easy to recognize. So easy to recognize, in fact, that they were known by everyone within the Heavenly Court.
One wore a red robe with a pair of eyes as bright as the sun and an immortal badge upon which was inscribed the words “Sun Patrol”. He was the Sun Patrol God.
Another one wore a black robe with a long chain behind him, which was enshrouded in a black mist along with the rest of his body. He was the Night Patrol God.
There was a well-built giant of a man who was three meters tall and wielded a massive crimson ax. He was the Giant Spirit God.
There was also a handsome swordsman who was one of the eight immortals of the Heavenly Court Sword Palace—Lü Dongbin.
Last but not least, there was an exquisitely beautiful woman standing atop a projection of a lotus with another lotus flourishing in her hands. She was Celestial Maiden He.
An Lin sized up these five people with a curious gaze. These were extremely renowned immortals within the Heavenly Court.
Lü Dongbin seemed to have detected his gaze, and he turned to An Lin with a polite smile.
An Lin’s heart skipped a beat. Lü Dongbin was so handsome!
Right at this moment, a purple-robed man with a solemn expression suddenly appeared on the white jade throne in the white palace.
Everyone instantly fell silent upon his arrival.
They all turned their eyes upon the man on the throne as if he were the center of the entire universe.
An Lin was quite familiar with the man on the white jade throne. He was none other than Emperor Ziwei of the Heavenly Court!
Emperor Ziwei turned his eyes upon everyone with a smile and spoke in a voice that sounded like it was omnipresent throughout heaven and earth. “Welcome. Apologies for the abrupt teleportation but I have some very urgent matters that require your efforts to attend to.”
He paused for a moment before continuing, “The Ancient Tai Chu Realm, which appears once every five hundred years, is going to appear ten years earlier than expected, which brings the appearance deadline to tomorrow!”
The palace instantly burst into an uproar.
Of course, there were also people like An Lin, who had no idea what was going on.
Emperor Ziwei provided a thoughtful explanation for people like An Lin.
“The Ancient Tai Chu Realm is a very ancient realm, and the current consensus is that it was the predecessor of the Tai Chu Continent itself. The Ancient Tai Chu Realm is constantly in the process of breaking down, so its current area is already less than one percent of the area of the Tai Chu Continent. During the process in which the realm breaks down, an item known as the Realm Essence Crystal would materialize, which is an extremely important material for constructing realms.”
While speaking, Emperor Ziwei swept his hand through the air and five crystals of different colors appeared before everyone.
An energy fluctuation that made everyone’s hearts palpitate began to radiate outward upon the emergence of the crystals, and the entire heaven and earth felt more viscous as if there was a certain sealing power in the air.
“As an extremely important material for constructing realms, Realm Essence Crystals only appear in crumbling worlds. These things aren’t very useful to you all, but they are extremely useful to the Heavenly Court, and we are willing to purchase them at high prices. One white Realm Essence Crystal can be exchanged for ten thousand spirit stones, one green Realm Essence Crystal can be exchanged for thirty thousand spirit stones, one blue Realm Essence Crystal can be exchanged for a hundred thousand spirit stones, one red Realm Essence Crystal can be exchanged for two hundred thousand spirit stones, and one golden Realm Essence Crystal can be exchanged for a million spirit stones.”
Everyone began to look at the crystals with scorching expressions while listening to Emperor Ziwei’s introduction.
Even filthy rich An Lin couldn’t help but swallow as he looked at the crystals before him. Just one golden crystal was worth the equivalent of a Return to Void Stage mighty figure’s net worth! This price was simply far too alluring.
“Due to the restrictions of the laws of a crumbling world, cultivators who are close to or above the Dao Integration Stage will experience severe backlash upon entry. Not even Return to Void Final stage cultivators will be able to enter the Ancient Tai Chu Realm. This is why we can only send cultivators of Return to Void Intermediate Stage and below into the realm. Within the Ancient Tai Chu Realm, there are two large sections. The Void Star Section can be accessed by Return to Void Stage cultivators, while the Ancient Divine Section can be accessed by Soul Formation Stage cultivators.
“At the moment, there are only sixteen ancient powers that have access to passageways into the Ancient Tai Chu Realm. The Heavenly Court has access to one of those passageways, which can allow five Return to Void Intermediate Stage cultivators and thirty Soul Formation Stage cultivators into the Ancient Tai Chu Realm.
“There are countless ancient inheritances and mystic treasures there, but it’s also an extremely dangerous place with spatial abnormalities, mutant beasts, and savage alien races. There have even been cases where teams sent in by the Heavenly Court were completely wiped out. You are the most powerful cultivators of the Heavenly Court within the restrictions of the realm, so I will give you an hour to decide whether you would like to enter the Ancient Tai Chu Realm. After that, I will work out a roster based on the applicants.”
Emperor Ziwei slowly closed his eyes at the conclusion of his sentence to wait for everyone’s decisions.
An Lin finally understood the situation after hearing Emperor Ziwei’s description.
If he hadn’t received the fortunetelling result earlier, An Lin would definitely want to explore this new realm.
But after seeing his purple fortune, how was he supposed to stick to his guns?
This was a clear f*cking trap for him to jump into!
Hehe… this is a rare opportunity, I should just leave it to the other seniors…
After all, there were sixty Soul Formation Stage cultivators in the palace, among which Emperor Ziwei could only pick thirty, so the competition was quite fierce.
An Lin decided to be the bigger man and leave the opportunity to everyone else!
Perhaps everyone would be grateful to him for his philanthropy…
Just as he was thinking this to himself, a “Ding Dong” suddenly sounded from the system.