Ninefold Sky Road.
Shattered star remains lay scattered like countless grains of dust, carpeting every corner of this lifeless expanse of starry sky.
The glazed treasure ship silently threaded its way through them, without emitting the slightest ripple of power.
In the distant starry sky, rolling clouds of baleful mist suddenly emerged, like a heavenly chasm stretched across the void, cutting off the road ahead.
Within the haze stood a mysterious, towering structure, like an enormous city gate built amid the stars.
It was the first fortress on the route from the Ninefold Sky Road to the River of Destiny Origin.
It was also known as the "Ninefold First Pass."
Countless strange and obscure patterns of spacetime rules floated above that immense, majestic First Fortress. To continue onward, one had to pass through it; otherwise, there was no other way.
At this moment, many figures had long been stationed atop the First Fortress, numbering around a hundred.
"Every fortress on the Ninefold Sky Road is a spacetime node. To pass through, one must obtain the consent of its guardians."
On the glazed treasure ship, the Phoenix Ancestor, whose true name was Huang Shenxiu, spoke softly. "Otherwise, even a Dao Ancestor who tries to force their way through is destined to hit a wall."
"But this cannot stop me."
As she spoke, she suddenly raised a hand and flicked her sleeve.
Screech!
A secret talisman shot through the air and appeared above the First Fortress in an instant. It then exploded with a boom, sending hundreds of millions of silver rays raining down.
The silver rain was incomparably dazzling. Like an invisible giant hand, it tore open a huge rift in the spacetime rules covering the First Fortress.
Almost at the same time, the glazed treasure ship carried Su Yi and