Eternal Life from the Golden Needle Technique

Chapter 532: Chapter 55: Floating Palace Complex

This was a vast and desolate dimension.

The entire world seemed to be rendered in a dim, ruinous, dark-yellow light.

The sky was a hazy gray.

On the ground,

mountains had collapsed,

and the earth was fractured.

Enormous cracks crisscrossed the landscape, running through the earth and mountains, creating a sense of utter fragmentation.

The grass and trees on the ground were all half-dead, withered and listless.

Looking up,

one could even see that space itself was like a shattered mirror, with fissures and gaps visible to the naked eye!

’So this is the Xiangshan Sect Gate Ruins, destroyed three hundred years ago!’

Shen Changchuan landed on the peak of a shattered mountain,

curiously surveying his surroundings.

At that moment,

high in the sky before him,

a magnificent complex of massive palaces, as vast as a mountain range, blotted out the sun as it floated in the sky!

The palace complex was so enormous

that the shadow it cast covered more than half of the sky in this dimension!

Looking up from below,

one could see that the palace complex resembled a giant planet, surrounded by a massive belt of debris, floating silently in mid-air.

It was a truly shocking visual spectacle.

Such a sight

caused even Shen Changchuan’s Heart Spirit to tremble!

’I wonder how this space was formed... What kind of power did those supreme experts possess during that great battle three hundred years ago to create such a scene!’

Shen Changchuan took a few deep breaths,

suppressing the turbulence in his Heart Spirit.

To him,

the people capable of creating the scene before him were too far removed from his current level.

The great power of those supreme experts had nothing to do with him for now.

Perhaps one day,

he too could reach such a revered height.

But for now,

he had to work hard.

He needed to obtain the resources for further advancement from this place and first try to reach the Divine Travel Realm!

Shen Changchuan’s figure flew toward the palace complex in the sky.

To avoid plunging headfirst into the alarming spatial rifts around him,

he had to slow down, remaining cautious as his Divine Sense constantly scanned his surroundings to bypass one distorted area of space after another.

By slowly and painstakingly charting a safe path through the air,

Shen Changchuan spent nearly half an hour

before his figure finally landed on the shattered open ground in front of the floating palace.

Shen Changchuan stood on the fragmented ground,

and looked up.

Gazing at the enormous, sun-blotting shadow before him, he was momentarily struck silent with awe.

If, when looking from below,

it had felt like a shattered planet floating in mid-air, exuding an unimaginable pressure,

then now,

standing before this palace complex,

Shen Changchuan felt like an ant facing a continuous mountain range—

a majestic, magnificent, sky-obscuring mountain range!

The majestic palace, towering to an immeasurable height, was built from massive blocks of pure white jade, forming immense walls. Atop these walls, magnificent, resplendent halls connected with the sky, radiating a sacred and majestic aura!

Even after several hundred years, and despite having endured an unimaginably great war that left the jade walls cracked and many palace buildings collapsed,

one could still perceive the unimaginable power the Xiangshan Sect once possessed!

’No wonder the Xiangshan Sect dared to backstab the Yuqing Immortal Sect back then... In those days, the Xiangshan Sect was truly a rare Top-Level power!’

Three hundred years ago, the Xiangshan Sect

had a Profound Pill Realm expert presiding over it!

This world before him

was likely related to the great battle between Profound Pill Realm experts from the past!

As he mused over this,

Shen Changchuan also tried to spread his Divine Sense and observe the void around him,

to see if he could learn anything from the traces left behind by the supreme experts who had once fought here.

But very quickly,

Shen Changchuan shook his head.

The shattered void above did indeed still contain the lingering auras from the clashes of those past supreme experts.

The problem was,

that Realm was simply too far beyond his own.

Before Shen Changchuan’s Divine Sense could even get close, it was obliterated by the terrifying aura, leaving not a single trace behind.

Observing with his naked eye from where he stood was even more futile.

It was like an elementary school student trying to read a university textbook.

It would be a miracle if he gained any insight at all.

Therefore,

after failing to make any headway,

Shen Changchuan quickly gave up on the idea.

’But where exactly is the Secret Realm I need, the one that can enhance my Comprehension?’

Gazing at the vast, fragmented palace complex set against the backdrop of a broken sky, this thought couldn’t help but flash through Shen Changchuan’s mind.

In his eyes,

a trace of confusion flickered.

Shen Chong had given him the entry point and the token to get in.

But,

there was no map!

...

「Meanwhile...」

In the outside world,

within a certain uninhabited desert.

Dozens of figures were scattered about, hovering in the air.

And in their midst,

a seemingly empty patch of the void shimmered like a reflection on water, showing a scene of a ruined space with a garden and pool.

It seemed that if one were to fly into it,

they would be able to enter the space with the garden and pool.

However,

of the dozens of people present,

not a single one made a move to enter.

Instead, they gathered around, setting up something under the direction of a young man holding a mysterious turtle shell and wearing dark sunglasses.

”The Divine Calculation Sect’s Plum Blossom Divination... every time I see it, I find it just as incredible!”

”If one had this kind of ability, they would never lack for opportunities on the Path of Immortal Cultivation!”

High in the sky,

a young man in a white scholar’s robe waved the feather fan in his hand,

his gaze fixed on the sunglass-wearing figure directing the crowd below as he exclaimed with feeling.

If any of the prodigies from the Outer Realm were here, they would surely recognize this person as Bai Yusheng—the very same who had recently hosted a banquet for them at the Gathering Immortals Tower in Tian Nan City, where he had speculated with everyone that the long-lost Xiangshan Sect Gate Ruins had fallen into Shen Changchuan’s hands!

”That’s true. We’ve been searching the Tian Nan Domain for over half a year with almost no progress, but with one calculation from them, they found a breakthrough!”

”With an ability like that, how could one ever worry about the hardships of the Immortal Dao?!”

The others nearby also sighed with emotion.

It was no wonder they reacted this way.

After all, members of the Divine Calculation Sect were masters of the Dao of calculation; with a simple divination, they could learn the locations of ruins and treasures.

With such a Skill, they believed, one would surely never lack for opportunities on the Path of Immortal Cultivation!

”Heh, you’ve all got it wrong!”

But just then,

a voice suddenly spoke up.

”Oh? And what is your brilliant insight, sir?”

”Hmph, if the Divine Calculation Sect could use this calculation Skill to gain benefits for themselves without any cost, they would have long since grown into a First-class Immortal Sect or Holy Land. Why would they remain cooped up in one place, with their knowledge passed down to only a single heir each generation?”