Having many children brings many blessings; the struggle for power begins with marriage.

After pondering for a moment, Immortal Venerable Xiyue said to Lu Chen, "I intend to go in and take another look."

Although she suspected that the powerful being might not have actually died, Immortal Venerable Xiyue trusted her intuition and believed that there must be an opportunity for her in that small world.

Now that the Heavenly Evolution Immortal Realm already has an Immortal Emperor, and the Heavenly Evolution Immortal Realm's fortune is limited, the method of becoming an emperor by relying on fortune is no longer feasible, so she can only find another way.

She possesses an unconventional method to become an emperor, but she still needs some fortuitous opportunities to break through and become a true nine-tailed celestial fox. If she relies solely on cultivation, she doesn't know when she will be able to successfully break through and become an immortal emperor.

Even if that small world is full of dangers, as long as there is an opportunity for her to transform into a nine-tailed celestial fox, it is worth the risk.

Seeing that Immortal Venerable Xiyue still wanted to go in, Lu Chen said, "Alright, I'll go in too. If I really encounter the remnant soul of that great being, I will immediately inscribe the Chaos Spirit Ruins Sealing Heaven Array."

Xi Yue Immortal Venerable is, after all, a woman who meets the system's requirements, and Lu Chen couldn't just watch her take risks without doing anything. He would definitely help her if he could.

Moreover, he can instantly sever the connection between his consciousness and that body. Even if there is a powerful remnant soul inside that wants to destroy his soul, it would be extremely difficult.

As for possessing his body, his body was merely that of a mortal immortal, so possession wouldn't have any effect on him.

The two then closed their eyes again, and soon their consciousness returned to their clones.

When their consciousness returned to their clones, they found that the mountains of corpses and seas of blood they had seen before had completely disappeared, and what they saw before them was a magnificent palace.

The two immediately turned their heads to look around, but found no remnant souls.

Immortal Venerable Xiyue tried again to use her divine sense to explore the palace in front of her, but she still could not use her divine sense to explore. Without being able to use her divine sense to explore, she could not know what was inside the palace.

Immortal Venerable Xiyue then said to Lu Chen, "Let's go and take a look at those palaces."

"it is good."

The two then walked towards the palace complex in the distance.

At this moment, the main road leading to the palace, crafted from celestial gold, emitted a golden glow, seemingly guiding the two.

Upon seeing the path radiating golden light, Immortal Venerable Xiyue and Lu Chen realized that there must be a spirit within this palace.

It could be a remnant soul, or it could be a weapon spirit; in any case, something is controlling everything in this small world.

However, this is not surprising, as remnant souls or artifact spirits almost always exist in secret realms and places of inheritance left behind by powerful beings.

Normally, the remnant soul or artifact spirit will dissipate only after the inheritance has been taken away.

The two quickened their pace and entered the palace along the golden path.

There are many palaces here, just like those immortal gates, but Lu Chen and his group did not enter those palaces. They simply continued to move forward along the golden road below.

After walking for almost a month, the two finally arrived at the end of the golden avenue, where a magnificent palace stood.

On either side of the palace stand two golden statues, each over a hundred feet tall. One statue is of a human, while the other looks like a phoenix.

Lu Chen and Immortal Venerable Xi Yue stood at the palace entrance for a while, but did not immediately step into the palace.

They had a premonition that there was some danger within the palace, and that something behind the palace had deliberately lured them there.

After standing at the palace gate for a while, Lu Chen said to Immortal Venerable Xi Yue, "Do you want to go in and take a look?"

Immortal Venerable Xiyue calmly said, "Since you're already here, why not go?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Immortal Venerable Xiyue took a step forward and walked directly toward the magnificent palace in front of her.

Seeing that Immortal Venerable Xiyue had entered, Lu Chen followed suit. He was also eager to know why the thing behind the palace had led them to this place. Soon, the two entered the main hall.

The entire hall was empty; there was nothing inside.

This……

The two were stunned for a moment when they saw the empty hall.

The thing behind the palace led them here, but there was nothing there.

What would that bring here?
Are you just teasing them?
Lu Chen looked around the main hall and soon noticed that there were also some runes engraved on the pillars of the main hall. Those runes seemed to be similar to the runes on the stone tablet below the Heavenly Ladder.

Suddenly, a sense of familiarity welled up inside him, as if he had seen those runes somewhere before.

Just then, the runes on the pillars of the main hall emitted a dazzling light, and then the phantom of a phoenix gradually solidified.

Upon seeing the phoenix phantom, Immortal Venerable Xiyue and Lu Chen immediately became vigilant.

The next moment, the phoenix phantom looked at the two and spoke in human language: "I have finally waited for the people of my homeland!"

Upon hearing the phoenix phantom's words, Lu Chen and Immortal Venerable Xi Yue were immediately filled with confusion.

People from my hometown?

Who are the people from its hometown?
Lu Chen quickly realized what was happening. He looked at the phoenix remnant soul in front of him with suspicion, wondering if the person from the phoenix's hometown was himself.
After all, he was the only one who received the notification when he was on the Heavenly Ladder, and the runes on those stone pillars had clearly resonated with him before being activated, and then the phoenix remnant soul condensed together.

Lu Chen then spoke directly, asking, "Who are you?"

The phoenix's remnant soul stared at Lu Chen, then said in disbelief, "A mortal...a mortal immortal???"

"How come you're only at the mortal immortal cultivation level???"

Seeing the incredulous expression on the Phoenix Remnant Soul's face, Lu Chen chuckled and said, "This small world only prohibits Immortal Venerables from entering, but it doesn't prohibit those below the Immortal Venerable level from entering. My cultivation is below the Immortal Venerable level, so why can't I enter?"

The remnant soul of the phoenix fell into deep thought, seemingly pondering something.

Lu Chen and Immortal Venerable Xi Yue turned their heads at the same time, glancing at each other out of the corner of their eyes. Immortal Venerable Xi Yue then transmitted her voice and asked, "Do you recognize it?"

The phoenix remnant soul clearly cared more about Lu Chen, so Immortal Venerable Xiyue suspected that the phoenix remnant soul might know Lu Chen.

Lu Chen replied, "This is my first time entering this small world, and it's also the first time I've seen it. How could I possibly know it?"

Immortal Venerable Xiyue didn't ask any further questions. She turned back and stared at the phoenix remnant soul in front of her, wary of what it might do next.

After a while, the remnant phoenix soul finally spoke, "Alas, well, it's already not easy to meet someone from my hometown."

Lu Chen then spoke up and asked directly, "You mean, you and I are from the same place?"

Phoenix said, "Yes, we are all beings from beyond the heavens."

"To be precise, we come from a place called the Spirit Realm."

Hearing this, Lu Chen was not too surprised. He had long suspected that his identity was not just that of a native of the Heavenly Evolution Immortal Realm.

Lu Chen then asked, "How can you be sure we're from the same place?" (End of Chapter)