I Have the Martial Arts Heavenly Eye in the Storm Riders

"This... is the Heavenly Gate?"

Huai Kong frowned. The inside and outside of the door were exactly the same. What was the purpose of this stone door?

Just as I was wondering—

Suddenly, the Mother Goddess moved ahead.

"Keep up."

She spoke coldly, without turning her head, and then leaped straight into the abyss!

"Mother of God?!"

Huai Kong was shocked and quickly leaned over to look down.

The goddess's figure moved with breathtaking grace, like a falling leaf, and she seemed about to plunge into the raging sea—

Just then, a seabird cried out as it flew by. The goddess lightly touched the bird's back with her toes, used the momentum to rise again, and flipped in mid-air. Her movements were so graceful that they left no trace on the snow and moved with light steps on the water.

"call--"

Amidst the howling sea breeze, the goddess landed steadily on a lone boat on the sea.

This display of lightness skill sent chills down Huai Kong's spine.

Without further hesitation, he took a deep breath, lifted himself up, and leaped off the cliff.

The wind howled desperately in my ears as we plummeted downwards at an incredible speed.

Halfway down, seeing the force of the fall was too strong, Huai Kong immediately gathered his inner energy and heavily tapped his toes on a protruding sharp rock on the cliff, using the force to cushion the impact and dissipate most of the downward force.

When he was less than ten feet from the sea, a seagull flew by. He gathered his inner energy again, lightly touched the bird's back with his toes, and used the force to glide again. His figure was like an eagle swooping down on a rabbit, and he landed steadily on the stern of the lone boat.

The boat rocked slightly, then quickly returned to calm.

Huai Kong looked closely and saw a ferryman standing at the bow of the boat, wearing a straw raincoat and a bamboo hat.

The man had his back to him, holding a long oar, his breathing deep and steady.

Standing firm and unmoved amidst the storm, as steady as a rock.

Huai Kong subconsciously tried to see the person's face clearly, but the straw hat was pulled down very low, only revealing a section of the chiseled chin and a faint scar.

A master, and the kind that's unfathomable.

Huai Kong felt a chill run down his spine. Tianmen was indeed a place where hidden talents lurked; even a ferryman possessed such cultivation.

He couldn't help but take a second look—the ferryman's movements with the long oar seemed casual, but with each stroke, the small boat shot off like an arrow, without even a splash on the water.

This effortless skill, if placed in the Central Plains martial arts world, would be enough to establish a sect and dominate a region!

Under the ferryman's guidance, the small boat cut through the raging waves and sped off like an arrow into the vast ocean.

"Divine Mother, there is something I do not understand."

Huai Kong finally couldn't suppress his doubts and cupped his hands in a gesture of respect, asking...

"The scene behind this stone door is exactly the same as the outside, so why must we go through this door to enter?"

The goddess stood with her hands behind her back at the bow of the ship, letting the sea breeze flutter her brocade robes, her voice as cold as ice:

"This is a rule set by 'Heaven'."

"Now that you've entered the Heavenly Gate, you must leave from here. Just do as I say and don't ask any more questions."

Huai Kong felt a chill run down his spine.

This Lord of the Heavenly Gate acts in absurd and bizarre ways, setting rules at will that everyone in the world must obey.

This arrogant attitude of viewing everything as a play is truly frightening.

The small boat had been sailing at sea for an unknown period of time.

The chill in the air grew stronger, and large and small ice floes drifted on the sea, occasionally crashing against the ship's side with a dull thud.

The cold wind was like a knife, stinging my face.

Huai Kong rubbed his hands together, exhaled a puff of white breath, and discovered that a thin layer of frost had formed on his eyebrows.

He secretly glanced at the goddess—

Her brocade robe fluttered in the cold wind, but she didn't move an inch, like an iron pillar nailed to the deck.

Then look at the ferryman—even more exaggerated, his raincoat was covered with a thin layer of snow, and he hadn't even shaken it off.

He was the only one here rubbing his hands.

Huai Kong silently put his hands behind his back.

"We've arrived," the Mother Goddess suddenly said.

Huai Kong looked up—his pupils suddenly contracted.

Where the sea meets the sky, a colossal iceberg that seems to stretch to the heavens and the earth stands tall!

The iceberg is crystal clear, radiating a cold, blue light. It is vast and boundless, like an insurmountable chasm between heaven and earth.

"This... is the location of the Heavenly Gate?" Huai Kong murmured to himself.

The small boat did not stop, but instead crashed straight into the solid iceberg—it looked like the boat was about to be destroyed and the people on board were going to die.

The goddess suddenly raised her right hand.

A surge of extremely cold and powerful true energy suddenly erupted from his palm!

The immense and unparalleled palm force roared out like a raging torrent, slamming fiercely onto the iceberg!

"Boom—"

The millennia-old ice, as solid as gold and iron, crumbled inch by inch like rotten wood under the crushing force of the Divine Mother's powerful true energy.

In the blink of an eye, a huge ice hole, large enough to allow a small boat to pass through, was blasted out of the smooth, mirror-like ice wall!

With a powerful thrust of his arms, the ferryman propelled the small boat like an arrow straight into the heart of the icy mountain through the cave entrance.

After passing through the thick layer of ice, a breathtaking view suddenly opened up before us.

"Ah?!" Huai Kong exclaimed in surprise.

Inside the iceberg, there was a hidden world!

This is an enormous ice cave, its walls as smooth as mirrors, reflecting a faint blue light.

And in the very center of the ice cave—

A magnificent and spectacular ice staircase spirals upwards, leading straight to a place hidden deep within the dome, like a divine ladder to heaven!

Around the ice staircase stood countless enormous ice pillars, like jade pillars supporting the sky in a temple, upholding this world.

"This... is the path to the heavens?"

Looking up at the rotating ice staircase, I was overwhelmed with awe.

"Huai Kong, follow me up the Heavenly Ladder."

With a gentle wave of her long sleeves, the goddess gracefully landed on the crystal-clear ice staircase.

Huai Kong took a deep breath, his gaze sharp, and followed closely behind:

"Now that I've entered the Heavenly Gate, let me see for myself what's up there!"

The two climbed the winding ice stairs.

A moment later, Huai Kong stepped onto the first level of the Heavenly Ladder.

On the ice wall ahead, four powerful and ancient characters were clearly carved:

"The Realm of Immovable Humans".

Looking around, one can see countless lifelike ice sculptures standing in this layer of ice cave.

The ice sculptures all stood with their heads bowed, facing the top of the Heavenly Ladder, as if they were worshipping some supreme being with utmost devotion.

Huai Kong's gaze swept over the ice sculptures, and suddenly his body trembled, his pupils shrinking sharply.

"That is..."

Among the thousands of ice sculptures, he actually saw a familiar face—Wu Er!

"Wu Er is also at Tianmen?" Huai Kong was shocked.

He walked over quickly and examined it closely.

The ice sculpture was incredibly lifelike, perfectly capturing even the arrogant, fearless air between Wu Er's brows, and even his signature roguish smile on his lips—

This is a skill that no ordinary craftsman could produce.

"That bastard... even his smile is so annoying after entering the Heavenly Gate."

Huai Kong smiled slightly and shook his head.

But then, his smile faded and his brows furrowed.

What exactly did Wu Er go through at Tianmen?

Seemingly seeing through Huai Kong's thoughts, the Goddess continued walking, her voice drifting over:

"The Heavenly Gate is divided into three realms: the Immovable Human Realm, the Free and Unfettered Earth Realm, and the Supreme Void Heaven Realm."

"Among the three realms, the Void Heaven Realm, where Indra resides, is the most revered."

She pointed to the ice sculptures around her:

"Anyone who can enter the realm of immortals will have their appearance frozen into an ice sculpture by Indra with his divine power, thus granting them eternal life."

After hearing this, Huai Kong felt a chill run down his spine towards Di Shitian, whom he had never met before.

To freeze the faces of living people into ice sculptures, forcing them to worship them day and night—this method...

He truly regarded all living beings as worthless, and was extremely domineering.

The two continued upwards, and after passing through the Immovable Human Realm, the surrounding scenery suddenly changed.

The once neat and solemn icicles have all disappeared, replaced by countless crisscrossing, chaotic, and enormous icicles, interwoven with each other to form a bizarre and dazzling space.

Four large characters are engraved on a towering ice pillar:

"Freedom of choice".

The brushstrokes are fluid and powerful, conveying a sense of grandeur and strength.

"I never expected there to be such a hidden world inside." Huai Kong looked around and marveled.

"This is the dwelling place of me and my priests—the Realm of Freedom."

The goddess paused, turned and looked coldly at Huai Kong, her voice chilling to the bone:

"It's colder here than the human world, devoid of emotion and desire, and allows no worldly thoughts whatsoever."

Before the words were finished—

A terrifying cold current surged in from all directions like a tidal wave, instantly engulfing Huai Kong.

The cold was so intense that it felt as if it were freezing one's soul.

Even a tough guy like Huai Kong couldn't help but shiver.

The ladder to heaven is steep, and the higher you go, the colder it feels, like a steel knife scraping your bones.

The cold here is beyond what ordinary people can comprehend; a person's breath will freeze into ice crystals in mid-air and fall down before it even dissipates.

"Concentrate."

The goddess walking ahead suddenly stopped, turned around, and grabbed Huai Kong's large, rough, and thick hand without saying a word.

Huai Kong was jolted awake and stood frozen in place.

It was a slender, soft hand, yet extremely cold.

He never expected that the usually aloof and indifferent goddess would take the initiative to hold his hand, a grown man, for the first time ever!

In the instant Huai Kong was stunned, the Goddess's soft, boneless fingers unconsciously tightened around his palm.

A vast and continuous stream of true energy flowed into his body through their tightly clasped fingers.

This true energy belongs to the extreme cold path of the Sacred Heart Technique, but the Divine Mother's control over the true energy has reached a state of perfection. She has cleverly formed a layer of lightless energy shield outside Huai Kong's eight extraordinary meridians, completely isolating the deadly cold outside that can freeze mortal bones into ice shards.

Huai Kong felt a relief in his chest, and his blood, which had been almost frozen, began to flow again.

He looked at the goddess's cold and beautiful face so close to his, somewhat puzzled, and was about to say thank you.

A flicker of panic flashed in the goddess's eyes, as if she were afraid of having her long-hidden thoughts exposed, and she quickly withdrew her hand as if she had been electrocuted.

She didn't even dare to look Huai Kong in the eye. She quickly put on a cold and stern face, pretending that nothing had happened, and turned around and walked upstairs.

Huai Kong was left standing there, completely bewildered. He scratched his head and quickly followed.

No one knew that the usually cold-blooded goddess's palms, which were behind her back, were actually slightly warm.

The two continued their ascent to the top of the Heavenly Ladder, treading on the solid ice that had remained frozen for millions of years.