War Sovereign Soaring The Heavens

After arriving near Ax Mountain City, Duan Ling Tian immediately sent Ling Jue Yun a message to inform Ling Jue Yun of his arrival.

Ling Jue Yun replied, “Head to the center of Ax Mountain City. You’ll see a plaza with a few counters in the open. Go to one of the counters and tell them you’re checking in for a stay after you mention my name. They will lead you to me.”

Duan Ling Tian entered Ax Mountain City as instructed by Ling Jue Yun. The entrance to the city was bustling with people entering and leaving the city. After he entered the city, he saw the streets were similarly bustling with people and horse carriages. The shops on both sides of the main street were busy with people as well. Clearly, the businesses were doing well. This was especially true for shops that sold Origin Stones. Shops that sold medicinal pills and Celestial Talismans were second only to the shops selling Origin Stones. Apart from that, there were other shops selling Celestial Weapons, refining ingredients and forging materials, and Floating Image Pearls. The shops that sold refining ingredients and forging materials were, naturally, ingredients and materials used to forge Celestial Weapons, refine Celestial Pills, and inscribing Celestial Talismans. As for the shops selling Floating Image Pearls, Duan Ling Tian guessed they must be selling Floating Image Pearls that could record battles between strong powerhouses. After all, in the Devata Realms, it was common for people to watch battles between powerhouses recorded in Floating Image Pearls to help their comprehension of the laws.

As Duan Ling Tian walked down the main street, he thought to himself, “It seems like I could comprehend the law of fire’s Burning Profundity relatively fast even without the Chaos Divine Flame’s help because of the Floating Image Pearl that contained a battle that was given to me by the sect leader.”

Floating Image Pearls were considered quite precious in the Profound Nether Mansion’s territories. Sun Liang Peng, the Sect Leader of the Simplicity Celestial Sect, was generous enough to give him Floating Image Pearls. Although the sect’s library contained many Floating Image Pearls that contained recordings of battles between powerhouses using different laws, since the law of fire was popular in the Simplicity Celestial Sect, Floating Image Pearls related to the law of fire were difficult to come by due to high demand. Under such circumstances, Sun Liang Peng had given him Floating Image Pearls from his private stash. Moreover, Sun Liang Peng had given him 12 Floating Image Pearls that contained recordings of battles between powerhouses who had comprehended the law of fire. Out of the 12 recordings, nine of them contained footage related to the Burning Profundity and other profundities from the law of fire.

“The Floating Image Pearls the sect leader gave me mostly contain battles of powerhouses using the Burning Profundity and the Explosion Profundity. The powerhouses seldom used the other profundities from the law of fire.”

The value of a Floating Image Pearl lay with the fact that one could see powerhouses casting and using profundities from laws.

Out of the twelve Floating Image Pearls that were given to Duan Ling Tian, there was only one powerhouse that could use six profundities from the law fire. That powerhouse was none other than Sun Liang Peng, the Sect Leader of the Simplicity Celestial Sect. That Floating Image Pearl that recorded Sun Liang Peng’s battle was the most valuable among the twelve. As for the next powerhouse in the Floating Image Pearl that could cast the most profundities could cast four profundities from the law of fire.

As Duan Ling Tian walked by shops selling Floating Image Pearls, making his way to the center of Ax Mountain City, he murmured to himself, “I’ll return to have a look at the shops selling Floating Image Pearls after I meet Ling Jue Yun.”

In the center of Ax Mountain City, there was a plaza. A more than 10 meters tall stone monument was erected at one side of the plaza. Three words were etched on the stone monument: Above Cloud Pavilion.

“The Above Cloud Pavilion?” Duan Ling Tian narrowed his eyes imperceptibly. He had read about the Above Cloud Pavilion in the Simplicity Celestial Sect’s library. It was the biggest inn and had the most inns in the Profound Nether Mansion and was owned by one of its subordinates. There was an Above Cloud Pavilion in every city in the Profound Nether Mansion’s territory.

Duan Ling Tian mused inwardly, “This city must have a Transporting Formation connected to other Devata Realms…”

In the Profound Nether Mansion’s territories, the Transporting Formations in the city did not necessarily belong to the Profound Nether Mansion. However, since the cities were under the Profound Nether Mansion, the mansion, naturally, had a claim on the Transporting Formations to other Devata Realms as well!

In fact, the Transporting Formations in the Profound Nether Mansion’s big cities could accurately send one to one’s intended Devata Realm. Unlike the Transporting Formations in smaller cities, one would be randomly sent to another Devata Realm. This was because the Profound Nether Mansion wanted to boost the economy of the bigger cities in its territories.

“I should’ve known… This city is so secluded. By right, it shouldn’t be so busy. If not for the Profound Nether Mansion, how could it prosper?” Duan Ling Tian shook his head and entered the plaza before heading to one of the counters.

Duan Ling Tian was rather fortunate. The counter he approached was rather empty while the other counters had a long line.

A pretty young girl stood behind the counter and smiled at Duan Ling Tian before she asked, “Greetings, my lord. May I know if you’re here to check-in?”

Duan Ling Tian nodded before he revealed his name and Ling Jue Yun’s name. Then, he looked at three words ‘Above Cloud Pavilion’ again and figured out this was probably like the reception area or lobby on earth.

“My lord, your friend is staying in the First Sky Courtyard in the Above Cloud Pavilion. He has informed us about your arrival. Please let me show you the way.” The lady flipped through a book on the counter before she lifted her head and smiled at Duan Ling Tian.

As soon as the young girl finished speaking, Duan Ling Tian saw a middle-aged man dressed in long robes heading toward his direction from afar.

When the middle-aged man arrived, the young lady said, “Please escort the lord to the First Sky Courtyard.”

The middle-aged man nodded before he looked at Duan Ling Tian and smiled stiffly. “My lord, please follow me.” After he finished speaking, he took flight immediately.

“Alright,” Duan Ling Tian replied before following suit.

Duan Ling Tian thought to himself, ‘The First Sky Courtyard. The courtyards in the Above Cloud Pavilion are divided into the Sky Courtyard, the Earth Courtyard, and the Human Courtyard. The First Sky Courtyard is a Sky Courtyard. A night’s stay costs about 1,000 prominent Celestial Crystals. A 100-day stay would cost 100,000 prominent Celestial Crystals. That’s roughly the price of a King Grade Celestial Weapon.’

Duan Ling Tian was rather taken aback when he first learned about the cost of staying in the Sky Courtyard of the Above Cloud Pavilion. However, with the wealth he had accumulated and the possessions he recently obtained from the Blood Skull Gang’s assassins, he could more than afford to stay in the Sky Courtyard of the Above Cloud Pavilion. He just could not help but shake his head at the exorbitant price despite being able to afford it.

‘Although it’s expensive, it’s worth it. The Sky Courtyard of the Above Cloud Pavilion guarantees the safety of their guests. It has the protection of Five Elements Celestial Kings and similar Formations used by the Three Sects and Two Clans. Even a Ten Directions Celestial King wouldn’t recklessly charge into the Sky Courtyard. It’s a rather safe place to stay. The Earth Courtyard is a grade lower, but they have Three Talents Celestial Kings to protect their guests. However, they don’t have the Formations in the Sky Courtyard. Enemies stronger than a Three Talents Celestial King could easily breach the defenses in the Earth Courtyards. As for the cheapest courtyard, the Human Courtyard, they have One Basic Celestial Kings there. However, the One Basic Celestial Kings aren’t there for the guests’ protection. The One Basic Celestial Kings are in charge of maintaining order and making sure guests paid for the inn’s properties they destroyed,’ Duan Ling Tian thought to himself.

Since Duan Ling Tian had read about the Above Cloud Pavilion in the Simplicity Celestial Sect’s library, he was rather knowledgeable about the Above Cloud Pavilion.

“Just like its name, the Above Cloud Pavilion is situated above the clouds.” Duan Ling Tian followed the middle-aged man and flew through the clouds.

There were islands floating above the clouds that were located in three different levels, vertically and on top of one another. Basically, there were three levels of three clusters of islands. Each level was separated by about 100 meters. The higher the islands, the lesser islands there were.

‘The highest point with the least islands must be the Sky Courtyards…’ Duan Ling Tian speculated inwardly.

When the middle-aged came to halt in front of one of the islands located at the highest point, he said, “My lord, we’ve arrived at the First Sky Courtyard.”