The Heavenly Gate of the Eightfold Heaven stood atop a snow mountain. Xiang Tian's sudden appearance gave the gatekeeper quite a fright.
But upon seeing Xiang Tian's appearance, the man immediately fell to his knees. "Greetings, Young Lord."
Xiang Tian nodded. The gatekeepers of the Eightfold Heaven had four eyes and six arms, belonging to an exceedingly formidable race of the Heavenly Realm. This race had no distinction between male and female, an exceedingly peculiar trait; they reproduced entirely through bodily division.
However, the gatekeepers' sole duty was to guard the Heavenly Gates, never interfering in worldly affairs. Without exception, they were all experts of the Divine Realm, yet the posts they held were merely gate gods of the various realms.
"I need a map containing information on every force in the Eightfold Heaven."
Hearing Xiang Tian's words, the gatekeeper condensed a point of light with his magic power and respectfully offered it before Xiang Tian with both hands.
After absorbing it, Xiang Tian looked in a certain direction.
"I must trouble you, Senior. Send me to Azure Turning Lake."
"This subordinate obeys!"
The Eightfold Heaven gatekeeper answered respectfully, and Xiang Tian was immediately teleported into a thicket by a lake.
This was a territory of the Xiao Clan. Azure Turning Lake was not large, yet its surface surged with turbulent waves. Wind Spirit Ore was abundant beneath it, and the lakebed was a wind vent. The sight simply defied all reason.
"Faster, faster! You people can't even haul up this little bit of ore? Did you cultivate yourselves into dogs or something?!"
Quite a few people stood by the lake, using ropes to hook the ore below and straining to pull it upward. Among them, a fat-headed, big-eared fellow shouted and gestured, directing the people beside him.
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