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Chapter 608 The Fourth Layer of Deep Space, The Great Tomb of the Heavenly Dao

On Mount Chiyang, where the sun never sets, the Emperor Sword constantly absorbs all kinds of information from deep space.

At that moment, Zhou Nan sensed something, snapped his fingers, and another flying sword message card appeared in front of him.

"I learned the true name of the Third Deep Space, Haoyue. It was initially a starry sky behemoth, and later a divine behemoth. It is shaped like a giant whale, with one eye and no fins. It has no emotions and has a moon mark parasitizing its body, representing chaotic spacetime. It likes to repair spacetime and devour spatial turbulence. It should be controlled by a powerful will and locked in the deep space, becoming the third layer of the deep space. When the Crimson Sun transforms into a sword, one can reach its eyes. By following its gaze, one can reach the fourth layer of the deep space."

Zhou Nan relayed this information to Zheng Guogong Badas and Jian Jiujiu, among others. He had found a way to enter the fourth layer of deep space: by passing through the pupils of the Haoyue Beast and following its gaze.

As for that pupil, in this third star system, it should be a white planet. Zhou Nan already knows its location, but traveling through the chaotic spacetime, affected by the time fog and space fog, he doesn't know how long it will take to arrive.

Zhou Nan was actually quite curious about that [Haoyue].

This behemoth is incredibly powerful, its inner world comparable to the universe, boundless and limitless. It must be a strange beast, whose existence is only beneficial to the entire starry sky, its instinct being to repair spacetime and stabilize the universe.

But this beneficial beast is imprisoned, nailed to this deep space, enslaved and exploited, which is truly heartbreaking.

Zhou Nan desperately wanted to rescue this cosmic beast, but unfortunately, he didn't have the strength to do so yet, and he didn't care how to rescue it.

"Never mind, let's leave it for later!"

After a brief sigh, Zhou Nan resumed his serious cultivation.

His current cultivation speed is faster than ever before, and he can feel the progress every day.

After about two months with Zhou Nan, the ancient giant tortoise, guided by the sword light emanating from the Emperor Sword, approached a white planet.

The planet appeared to be composed of white jade, glowing with a fluorescent light. Its surface was extremely smooth, as if it had been polished. As for its size, it should be similar to Earth.

On Mount Chiyang, the sun transformed into a giant sword, which shone with golden light. Zhou Nan leaped up and stepped onto the giant sword, flying towards the white planet as if riding a sword.

That planet was the single eye of the Haoyue behemoth.

When Zhou Nan flew out of Chiyang Mountain, the powerful beings inside the Ancient God Giant Turtle, such as Badas and Jian Jiujiu, sensed it. They flew away from the Ancient God Giant Turtle and followed behind Zhou Nan.

The single eye of the Haoyue Beast is different from that of ordinary planets. It has no gravity, but rather a repulsive force. The closer you get, the stronger the resistance you feel. Ordinary creatures simply cannot get close.

Zhou Nan didn't force his way onto it. After feeling the resistance, he stopped, stood on the Emperor Sword, cupped his hands towards the single eye of the Haoyue Beast, and said loudly, "Divine being Black Card Emperor, please open your eyes, Haoyue, and send us to the Fourth Deep Space!"

His voice carried a vast amount of deep space data, data that was invisible to others and could only be received by certain strange creatures, such as the Haoyue Beast. The information conveyed by that data was far more than the information attached to Zhou Nan's shout.

This can be described as a form of communication between divine beings. Zhou Nan knew that the Haoyue Beast would definitely receive it and understand it.

Sure enough, after only a dozen breaths, the white planet began to tremble, gradually transforming into a white vortex that resembled an eye.

"Moo!"

A sound like a bull's roar came out, and Zhou Nan knew it was the response from the Haoyue Beast, which had indeed agreed to his request.

The next moment, a hole of light appeared in the single eye of the Haoyue Beast. Zhou Nan knew that it was the passage to the fourth deep space, so he cupped his hands in greeting and then led everyone to fly in. The ancient god giant tortoise carrying the Chiyang Mountain also entered.

The light cave was deep and long. Zhou Nan and the others flew inside it for a full month before they finally flew out. Once they left the light cave, they left the third layer of deep space and found themselves in the fourth layer of deep space.

In the fourth layer of deep space, it is like a beautiful world, with clear blue skies, magnificent mountains and rivers, without any trace of the deep branches of deep space.

Badas, Jian Jiujiu, and the others were immediately drawn to the surrounding scenery and began to explore curiously.

Zhou Nan turned around and bowed to the void. In his mind, there was a vague image: a white, whale-like, one-eyed behemoth was bound by chains, with seven dark, huge bone spikes piercing its body. It was nailed to the void, showing a painful expression.

He knew that it was the Haoyue Giant Beast.

"When I am able, I will definitely return your freedom!"

Zhou Nan muttered something to himself, but the response from the Haoyue Beast echoed in his mind. It wasn't human language, but Zhou Nan understood its meaning: it was warning him to be careful of a humanoid creature carrying a blue longsword.

However, it seems that the Haoyue Giant Beast was unable to transmit any specific information about that creature, and it seems that the Haoyue Giant Beast's knowledge of it was also very limited.

"A humanoid creature carrying a blue sword—could it be the one that imprisoned the Haoyue Beast?"

Zhou Nan silently paid attention in his mind, and at this moment he began to receive information from the fourth layer of deep space. He closed his eyes, and after a moment he opened them, his eyes shining brightly.

This fourth layer of deep space is a vast continent, containing four great tombs: the Tomb of Hongtian, the Tomb of Yangtian, the Tomb of Cantian, and the Tomb of Heitian.

Those are the tombs of the four Heavenly Lords.

"It seems that deep space is indeed related to the Heavenly Dao. This fourth layer of deep space actually hides four Heavenly Daos."

Zhou Nan was slightly shocked, but what made his eyes light up was not the four large tombs, but a lotus flower between them that was as large as a planet.

The lotus flower, without stem or leaves, bloomed in full glory, swirling gently and floating above the earth.

Zhou Nan sensed the presence of "Li Hanqiang himself" within him.

This was what the fourth layer of deep space origin told him, and it couldn't be false. Zhou Nan knew that the lotus flower must have been left behind by "Li Hanqiang himself," and perhaps Li Hanqiang himself was even inside it.

This discovery naturally delighted Zhou Nan. If he could find Li Hanqiang and obtain his mandate, he would have fulfilled the commission of the Dragon Slayer Emperor Li Hanqiang. With the Divine Thought Perpetual Motion Card, there was not much difference between staying in deep space or returning to the Dragon Slayer Empire.

Zhou Nan quickly informed Badas, Jian Jiujiu, and others of this discovery. After a brief discussion, they decided to head towards the location of the giant lotus.

However, the journey is quite long, covering billions of kilometers, and that's the straight-line distance.

To travel directly there, one must pass through the Tomb of the Broken Sky, a place far from benevolent, containing a terrifying will that may be one of the rulers of this fourth layer of deep space. Taking a detour would add half the distance to the journey.

"Let us forge ahead!"

"The Duke of Zhenguo possesses the Great Emperor's Divine Weapon, the Seal of Heaven-Turning, which is the true embodiment of the Great Dao. He can handle anything with it, so why should he fear the mere Tomb of the Remnant Heaven?"

"I suspect that the giant lotus is the Emperor's life lotus. Let's go there as soon as possible. If the Emperor is truly in this realm, we have nothing to fear, after all, the Emperor has already ascended to the heavens!"

Most of the powerful figures from the Dragon Slayer Empire chose to travel directly there, so Zhou Nan went along with their wishes. He returned to Crimson Sun Mountain and had the Emperor Sword transform into a crimson sun, radiating red light to guide the way.

Three months later, the group arrived at the outer perimeter of the Tomb of the Broken Sky.

The Tomb of the Broken Sky is a vast ruin, occupying a huge area. There are some creatures in it called the Wandering Souls of the Broken Sky. They are semi-transparent spiritual beings with the upper body of an old man and the lower body of tobacco. They wander aimlessly in the Tomb of the Broken Sky like wandering souls.

These creatures possess intense malice and will attack any foreign creatures that enter the Tomb of the Broken Sky. They can employ a method similar to possession, forcibly taking over the bodies of outsiders.

These creatures vary in strength; according to Zhou Nan's exploration, the weaker ones are around level one or two hundred, while the stronger ones are around level seven or eight hundred.

They are not afraid of physical attacks, but they are very wary of energy attacks.

Zhou Nan and his group were not afraid of these remnant spirits and killed many of them along the way.

Three days after entering the Cantian Tomb area, Zhou Nan was attracted by a giant stele.

The front of this giant stele has two large characters, which are "Tiancan".

The reverse side also bears the inscription: "Heaven's imperfection is Heaven's way. Heaven's way is to take from the surplus and give to the deficiency. There is also Earth's deficiency. The way of the people is to take from the deficiency to give to the surplus!"

Zhou Nan wasn't interested in the words on the stele, but rather in the data it contained.

It was a kind of data that was comparable to, or even more extensive and orderly than, the data of the "Flourishing Civilization," the "Beast Civilization," and the "Great Civilization."

Zhou Nan would never let go of such data once he encountered it.

He spent three days collecting all the receipts from the stele, and added a new book, "The Heavenly Cripples Scripture, Part Four," to the database!

This wasn't a name Zhou Nan chose himself; it was the name the data itself was given.

Alternatively, it can be understood that the data is a cultivation civilization or cultivation method, namely the "Heavenly Remnant Scripture," but it only records a part of the content of the "Heavenly Remnant Scripture." There are eight other parts of the "Heavenly Remnant Scripture," which are stored behind eight giant Heavenly Remnant steles. There is also a general outline, which is hidden in the core of the Great Tomb of Remnant Heaven.

"This Heavenly Crippled Scripture is a legacy of the Heavenly Dao! It's a cultivation method that diminishes the excess and replenishes the deficiency. Once mastered, it can become the Heavenly Crippled Law..."

Zhou Nan suddenly became interested in the "Heavenly Crippled Scripture".

This "Heavenly Remnant Scripture" can enrich my database, enough to allow me to create many new cards, which is quite meaningful to me.

Of course, this "Heavenly Remnant Scripture" is probably an even greater treasure for others, because it represents the method of attaining enlightenment. After practicing it, one can attain the Heavenly Dao of the Remnant Heaven, which is probably a cultivation method that countless people dream of.

Therefore, many people also seek enlightenment in front of the Tiancan Stone Tablet.

The main force's journey was thus slightly halted for a period of time. Later, some people from the Dragon Slayer Empire practiced the techniques in the Heavenly Cripple Stele, resulting in them losing arms and legs, going blind, and going deaf, becoming disabled. It was only then that Badas, Jian Jiujiu, and others ordered that no one should easily practice the Heavenly Cripple Scripture.

Zhou Nan later revealed some of his methods. Using the data from the Heavenly Crippled Scripture, he created skill cards such as [Skill - Heavenly Crippled Kick], [Skill - Heavenly Crippled Finger], [Skill - Heavenly Crippled Skill], and [Skill - Seven Injury Fist]. These skills allowed those who had disabled themselves to repair their defects through cultivation and gain powerful martial arts skills.

As a result, a large number of people from the Dragon Slayer Empire came to Chiyang Mountain in search of cards.

It wasn't until some people truly mastered techniques like the "Heavenly Crippled Kick" and the "Heavenly Crippled Finger," and demonstrated their immense power, that Zhou Nan, the tenth supreme master of the Dragon Slayer Empire, finally gained great prestige. Many experts from the Dragon Slayer Empire also began to believe in his formidable strength.

Because of the Heavenly Silkworm Stele and the [Heavenly Remnant Scripture], Lei Chi and his group changed their plans for a period of time and searched for more stone tablets within the territory of the Great Tomb of Remnant Heaven.

After nearly a year, Zhou An finally collected all nine parts of the "Heavenly Crippled Scripture," only lacking the most core general outline.

"The general outline of the Heavenly Cripple Scripture may be in the underground mausoleum of the Heavenly Cripple. This is the tomb of the Heavenly Dao, and there may be opportunities there, but of course, opportunities and risks coexist."

Zhou Nan led the group to the entrance of the underground mausoleum. The dark passage seemed to lead straight to the abyss, and a cold aura emanated from it.

"I can sense a will within this underground mausoleum; it should be a living entity. This journey is risky. Would you all be willing to come with me?"

Zhou Nan was definitely going to the underground mausoleum. The [Heavenly Remnant Scripture] was only missing its general outline, and in order to complete it, he naturally had to go down there.

Badas, Jian Jiujiu, and the others also wanted to go down. The [Heavenly Remnant Scripture] was also very important to them, as it was a treasure of the highest quality. If they could collect the complete set, this trip would not have been in vain.

So, Zhou Nan and a group of level 700 Dragon Slayer Empire powerhouses entered the underground mausoleum.

Upon entering the mausoleum, oil lamps automatically lit up, and a sound like chanting sutras filled the mausoleum, causing many people to cover their ears.

Zhou Nan was unaffected. Guided by the holy sword, he headed straight for the center of the mausoleum. A day later, he saw a gaunt man sitting cross-legged in front of a huge bronze coffin.

That person was indeed skin and bones, but he possessed willpower. After Zhou Nan and the others appeared, he shook his head and slowly stood up.

"This is the place of reincarnation of the remnant heavens. Before the remnant heavens return, there is a decree from the deep space: any intruders will be killed without mercy!"

The gaunt figure stood up, and his eyes immediately turned blood red.

At that moment, everyone realized that he was not human, but had a long, thin tail with an arrowhead shape at the end.

At this moment, Zhou Nan also detected Le Ta's information, which turned out to be [Crippled Heavenly Lord] with a score of 999!

The title "Heavenly Lord" also exists in the Dragon Slaying Empire, where Xuan Tian reigns supreme, and there are nine Heavenly Lords under him.

According to the Dragon Slayer Empire, a Heavenly Lord is an existence capable of attaining the Heavenly Dao. However, since the Heavenly Dao is unique in a given time and space, there can only be one Heavenly Dao. Those who fail to attain the Heavenly Dao can become Heavenly Lords.

The nine Heavenly Sovereigns of the Dragon Slaying Empire are all Level Thousand beings with immense strength.

Just as this [Remnant Heaven Lord] awoke, far away, at the center of the fourth layer of deep space, in the heart of that enormous lotus flower, a black-haired man who had been sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed opened them. He carried a sheathed longsword on his back, his face was pale and beardless, and he said softly, "Someone has invaded the Tomb of Remnant Heaven..."

(End of this chapter)