Infinite transcendence began with Covering the Sky.

Chapter 171 The Lord of the Ancient Heavenly Court

Outside the desolate and forbidden land, clusters of celestial palaces appear and disappear, seemingly standing atop a high mountain, stretching endlessly.

Looking into the distance, Qi Zhe could see ancient palaces, shrouded in mist, as if a celestial palace had fallen to earth, full of mystery and the unknown.

Qi Zhe murmured, “Ancient Heavenly Court,” his expression wistful.

This celestial palace is a corner of the ancient celestial court, standing on the eastern wasteland for countless years, and its architectural style is extremely similar to that of the Divine Ruins.

Qi Zhe also knew that this celestial palace once contained a failed Nine-Turn Immortal Pill, whose medicinal power was enough to transform a person, but unfortunately it had already been taken away.

Looking back to the end of the mythological era, the Emperor was ambitious and ruled over the nine heavens and ten earths. He first used the Kunlun Immortal Mountain to refine the Immortal Cauldron.

Later, he used the elixir of immortality in human form and rare treasures on the path to immortality to refine the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill. After the pill was completed, he invited many supreme beings to jointly govern the Heavenly Court and explore the path to immortality.

Upon hearing the news, the Celestial Venerable of Immortality and others emerged, thus extending the two-thousand-year-old imperial destiny and creating an era in which multiple emperors coexisted.

Unfortunately, the Emperor's purpose was not pure; he wanted to sacrifice all the Supreme Beings to become an immortal himself. After his last exploration of the path to immortality, he was attacked by all the Emperors.

Thus, the Heavenly Court collapsed, and entire celestial palaces fell to the ground. The Southern Heavenly Gate and numerous palaces collapsed in the western part of the Eastern Wilderness, becoming the Divine Ruins, one of the seven forbidden zones for life.

One of the palaces is located outside the desolate forbidden land, where the failed attempt by the Emperor to refine the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill is kept, containing great fortune.

Now that Qi Zhe has seen that palace, he naturally thinks of many things, and his mind wanders for a moment.

After a moment, Qi Zhe came to his senses and said to Yao Xi, "I have already seen the hidden celestial palace. Come with me."

As he spoke, Qi Zhe flew towards the celestial palace. Yao Xi quickly followed, asking, "Did you really see it?"

“I see it, it’s in the distance,” Qi Zhe said upon hearing this.

The palace appeared to be located on a distant mountain, not far from them; they could reach it with a short flight.

Unexpectedly, Qi Zhe and Yao Xi flew for a long time, but still could not reach that celestial palace.

This situation is very strange, as if an infinite field has locked down the mountains and land here, making it difficult to get close to that high mountain no matter what.

Yao Xi naturally noticed this change as well, and exclaimed in surprise, "There are problems with the terrain and the land. No wonder so few people have been able to enter it throughout history!"

After saying that, she summoned the white jade bead and began to fly forward, hoping to get closer to that celestial palace.

Unfortunately, in Qi Zhe's Heavenly Eye, Yao Xi started spinning in circles after flying a short distance, and soon returned to Qi Zhe's side.

Seeing this, Qi Zhe also began to speculate, thinking that the void here must have been distorted by the power of the Immortal Palace.

"Rather than saying that the celestial palace is hidden in the void, it is more accurate to say that the void around it is distorted, which is why it is impossible for people to detect or approach it."

Qi Zhe's Heavenly Eye could see through the void, breaking through all the fog and finding the hidden celestial palace.

However, the terrain changes constantly, and without breaking through it, it is absolutely impossible to approach that celestial palace, even if one possesses items from that former palace.

Qi Zhe had figured everything out, and then landed in the mountains to search for clues about the terrain. Seeing this, Yao Xi had no choice but to stop and land with Qi.

Yao Xi sighed, "What a pity, even possessing the precious pearl is useless."

This mountain range is not far from the desolate forbidden land, surrounded by towering trees and inhabited by many wild beasts. As soon as Qi Zhe landed, he began to use his learned source techniques to comprehend the terrain. Although what he saw was relatively limited, it was enough for his cultivation level.

He realized that the source of this change in terrain was within the Immortal Palace, and he had no way to solve it with his abilities, simply because it was related to the Emperor.

But that doesn’t mean it’s impossible to get close. Many people who have come out of the desolate forbidden land can see that celestial palace, and some have even gone inside.

This suggests that under certain special circumstances, the distorted void can be restored, thus revealing the opportunity to enter the celestial palace.

"It might be related to the ancient forbidden zone." After thinking for a long time, Qi Zhe could only shake his head, knowing that trying to use the ancient forbidden zone might not work.

However, Qi Zhe also felt that it might not be necessary to crack the code. He stood still and began to make one attempt after another, trying to find a way out using the source technique.

One by one, strange source runes were imprinted on the void space. As Qi Zhe moved forward, he discovered that his runes were distorted, and he vaguely realized something.

"Both the runes and the void are distorted, but if we know how they're distorted, perhaps we can enter through that distortion!"

Qi Zhe had an idea, and then called Yao Xi to follow him, saying, "We can't solve this problem, but we can make the best of a mistake and move forward!"

Upon hearing this, Yao Xi's expression turned strange. Watching Qi Zhe imprint runes into the void one by one, she couldn't help but ask, "When did you learn Source Technique?"

Without turning his head, Qi Zhe replied, "I learned it a long time ago. Later, I encountered Master Yuan's methods and after some study, I can be considered to have made some progress."

In his early years, Qi Zhe repeatedly robbed Nangong Xin, learning many of the Nangong family's source techniques. Later, he also comprehended the Source Celestial Master Divine Array on Snake Mountain.

He might not be good at cutting rocks to find treasure, but he was very confident in exploring the terrain to solve dangerous situations, simply because he had studied this area for a long time.

Yao Xi could only remain silent upon hearing this. Qi Zhe had been away from the Yao Guang Holy Land for a long time, and had encountered many fortuitous events along the way. Learning the Source Technique was indeed nothing special.

Qi Zhe's prediction was correct. He made continuous attacks in the twisted mountains near the Immortal Palace, and after half a day, he saw that the Immortal Palace in the distance had been magnified.

The celestial palace was located on a high mountain, and no matter how close he got, it always maintained a fixed distance from him.

It hadn't grown larger in Qi Zhe's field of vision, which meant the distance hadn't changed at all, but now that it was getting bigger little by little, it meant that Qi Zhe was getting closer to it.

Upon discovering these things, Qi Zhe worked even harder, constantly imprinting runes into the void, wobbling and staggering forward in the distorted void of heaven and earth.

"It's so close." Even Yao Xi finally saw the celestial palace and realized that the continuous celestial palaces recorded in the ancient history of the Eastern Wilderness were no longer a mystery.

Three days had passed, and Qi Zhe, looking back at the mountains behind him, deduced that this distorted void was only a hundred miles wide, which surprised him greatly.

"Fortunately, the distorted void wasn't too large, otherwise we probably would have had to walk for a long time," Qi Zhe sighed.

The distorted void of heaven and earth was only a few hundred miles wide, but Qi Zhe, who was in it, knew that the road he had traveled was more than ten thousand miles, possibly even hundreds of thousands of miles.

Yao Xi nodded upon hearing this, then pointed to the celestial palace in the mountains and said, "I seem to see countless Dao patterns shimmering within it."

Her expression was filled with joy, because only by truly setting foot on this high mountain could she feel its extraordinary nature and clearly see the supreme Dao patterns shimmering within.

Those Dao patterns were carved on the boundless palace, almost every one of them was terrifying, with supreme Dao power intertwined within them.

Qi Zhe sensed that aura and couldn't help but exclaim, "There's the aura of a Great Emperor permeating the air; it might be an Emperor-level Dao Pattern!!"

(End of this chapter)