Chapter 562 - 517: The Heaven-Reaching Platform Hidden in the Void

Chapter 562: Chapter 517: The Heaven-Reaching Platform Hidden in the Void

This scroll, an Ancient Book handwritten by a disciple of Venerable Lou Lan, had been passed down through the generations within the lineage of the Star Palace’s Guiding Envoys.

Po Jun Star Monarch and his predecessors spent several thousand years verifying the authenticity of the Ancient Book.

And in Po Jun Star Monarch’s generation, it took a full three hundred years to finally pinpoint the location of the legendary Heaven-Reaching Platform.

Venerable Lou Lan’s Tier Five Flying Sword rests upon the Heaven-Reaching Platform.

"Venerable Lou Lan was at the peak of Divinity Transformation Perfection, after all. He was considered exceptionally powerful for his time, even during the Middle Ancient period, which was teeming with experts. Otherwise, legends about him wouldn’t have survived to this day."

Jumeng Star Star Monarch took the opportunity to voice his doubts.

"When a figure like that undergoes Ascension, it’s bound to cause a huge stir and become the focus of the entire Cultivation Realm... How could the Heaven-Reaching Platform and Tier Five Flying Sword he left behind possibly survive? They would have been plundered by others long ago."

As a Banished Immortal from the Upper Realm, Venerable Lou Lan hadn’t focused on building a power base in the Human World. He only had a few personal disciples.

After his Ascension, his Dao Companion and disciples, who only possessed Nascent Soul Cultivation, would have been completely unable to protect his inheritance.

He wasn’t one of the most dazzling Great Powers of the Middle Ancient period to begin with. Aside from the legend of ascending with his entire household, he had no other famous accomplishments, so research on him in the present-day Cultivation Realm is limited.

Therefore, everyone believed that Venerable Lou Lan’s lifespan had run out and that he had vanished without a trace at the end of the Middle Ancient period.

He had met the same fate as the vast majority of Descent Great Powers—trapped in the Human World until his death.

But Po Jun Star Monarch offered a completely different story. If they didn’t know he wouldn’t spout nonsense about something as critical as a Tier Five Flying Sword, they would have dismissed it as a joke.

Bai Zichen didn’t react as strongly. Having grown up in the Northern Domain, he knew little of these legends and tales.

’A Banished Immortal from the Upper Realm, a Divinity Transformation Great Power, Ascension to the Earth Immortal Realm...’

Such things were too remote from the Northern Domain, not matters they needed to concern themselves with.

A single Primordial True Monarch was already the most dazzling figure in the history of the Northern Domain.

But in the grand scheme of the Cultivation Realm’s history, such a figure was simply unremarkable.

A Banished Immortal whose true Realm had reached Refining Void, only to be constrained to Divinity Transformation Perfection by the Laws of Heaven and Earth—such a being was unprecedented in the history of the Northern Domain.

"This matter is indeed riddled with doubt, which is why the Star Palace didn’t pay much attention to the Ancient Book after first acquiring it... That was until one of our seniors had the chance to visit the Celestial Book Pavilion on the Moral Sect’s Yellow Court Peak. There, he found a short biography of Venerable Lou Lan, written by a Cultivator from the same era."

Po Jun Star Monarch enlarged the Jishui Map, circling a location with his finger.

An operation like this required the sincere cooperation of every Star Lord, so it was necessary to explain the full story clearly.

The Moral Sect’s lineage stretches back to Ancient Times. Despite its ups and downs, even at its nadir, it has always remained a first-rate Sect in the Cultivation Realm.

Its heritage is clear and its collection of texts is comprehensive. When it comes to written records, no other Sect in the Cultivation Realm can compare.

According to the biography in the Celestial Book Pavilion, after Venerable Lou Lan forced his Ascension, the Heaven-Reaching Platform instantly vanished as if it had never been there.

However, the biography made no mention of the Tier Five Flying Sword. The Heaven-Reaching Platform did pique the curiosity of some Cultivators, but they all gave up after searching for a while to no avail.

They concluded it must have been a Secret Technique from the Earth Immortal Realm that allowed it to vanish right under their noses.

That senior from the Star Palace compared the biography from the Celestial Book Pavilion with the manuscript from the self-proclaimed disciple of Venerable Lou Lan, and found that much of the content matched.

Venerable Lou Lan did indeed have a disciple named Daoist Mok, and among his own Treasures was a Tier Five Flying Sword named Qing Si.

Combined with other matching details and the fact that they had sensed the legendary Heaven-Reaching Platform using a specific Magical Artifact, they finally became confident in the veracity of the claim.

"In that case, I have no further questions... I wonder, are there dangers inside? What kind of trials will we face?"

Jumeng Star Star Monarch nodded slightly, clearly accepting the explanation.

"The Heaven-Reaching Platform was designed to make it easier to enter a Void Node and to bestow protective power upon an Ascension Cultivator. There’s no reason for it to have lethal restrictions. The reason it vanished is because it was sent into the void, so of course outsiders can’t detect it."

Po Jun Star Monarch tapped seven red dots on the Jishui Map and said with a solemn expression.

"I have prepared seven Sky-Breaking Talismans. We will all enter the Heaven-Reaching Platform together, break the Defense Restriction as quickly as possible, and retrieve the Tier Five Flying Sword. Firstly, the platform is located in the void and hasn’t formed a stable space, so we don’t know what we might encounter. Secondly, this has become a sensitive location. If we linger too long, it’s highly likely that Nascent Soul True Monarchs and Transformed Great Demons will be drawn to it."

"Unfortunately, the war between the two races had already started right after we confirmed the Heaven-Reaching Platform’s location. Delaying any longer is not an option; who knows how long this war will last. We must strike hard and fast. When the time comes, I will ask you all to act as my Dharma Protectors. I have my own methods for dealing with the Tier Five Sword Spirit."

After he finished speaking, Po Jun Star Monarch cast an imperceptible glance at the silent Ziwei Star Star Monarch.

’If the sword lure fails, then I’ll have to ask Ziwei to make a move.’

’With his unprecedented Sword Dao Talent, even a Tier Five Sword Spirit would have to treat him with special regard.’

’Even if it refuses to acknowledge him as its master, they could still communicate effectively and establish a cooperative relationship.’

’But it’s best if it doesn’t come to that,’ Po Jun Star Monarch thought.

’Otherwise, with the Tier Five Flying Sword in his possession and our reliance on him for his Sword Light Division Realm, wouldn’t he be the one calling all the shots in the Core Secret Realm?’

’Even though I, as a Guiding Envoy of the Star Palace, have the advantage of foreknowledge about the Core Secret Realm and various backup plans, I still have no confidence that I could overpower the Time God Sword.’

’This is a Demon Sword Cultivator who could defeat a Great True Monarch while he was only at the Early-Stage Nascent Soul Realm. Now that both his Cultivation and his Sword Dao Realm have advanced, his strength must be on a completely different level.’

’Perhaps it would take all the remaining members of the Star Palace working together just to keep him in check.’