Yue Shanting forcibly suppressed the agonizing pain of his severed arm. Divine light flowed around his body, and the moment his injuries eased slightly, he transformed into a golden rainbow and shot toward the South Heavenly Gate, roaring, "Open the heavenly gate at once! I'm going to the Chiqing Realm!"
In the distance, the sea of clouds churned as a glazed immortal gate slowly emerged, spanning the heavens.
The heavenly gate was the Immortal Realm's primary passage leading directly to the lower realms.
"By order!"
A deputy general waved his hand.
Fifty thousand heavenly soldiers stepped aside. Misty radiance gathered around the heavenly gate, and its glass-like doors slowly opened, revealing a dazzling yet unfathomably deep tunnel beyond.
Through this gate, Yue Shanting could reach any one of the three thousand lower realms in but an instant, descending there in his true body without paying any price.
In the blink of an eye, Yue Shanting had reached the gate, his face twisted in a fury like that of an evil ghost.
"Giant Spirit God, this matter ends here. Return to your post immediately and fulfill your duties."
A distant voice drifted from the High Heaven Hall, carrying the resplendent majesty of heaven.
Yue Shanting stopped dead before the gate. He did not dare step through, yet could not understand. "Your Majesty, I acted at the Dharma Descent Platform by imperial decree, but... that man from the lower realm actually dared resist and even severed one of my arms. It is not that I am incompetent, but the Dharma Descent Platform's effects were limited, preventing me from using my full strength. And that man also had a..."
He could not understand.
It had clearly been the Heavenly Emperor's decree, ordering him to seize that divine inscription when the opportunity arose.
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