Luo Zheng and his companions continued north through the Blazing Maple Forest. Along the way, the maple leaves on either side shimmered with green light, radiating gentle goodwill.
After they left the Blazing Maple Forest, the branches even moved without a breeze, waving goodbye to Luo Zheng.
"Squeak, I can say for certain that you're the first to receive this treatment," the Heaven Defying Rat King said beside him.
Behind the Heaven Defying Rat King trailed a bundle as large as a small mountain. Its outer covering had been sewn from tamecat hides. Using Sumeru Rings inside the Blazing Maple Forest was inconvenient, so they could only resort to more primitive methods.
"I can also say for certain that the Blazing Maple Forest hopes you never come back," Fuxi added.
Luo Zheng was probably one of the very few beings who could use energy inside the Blazing Maple Forest and still walk out unscathed.
There had been a few extreme exceptions before, but their circumstances had all differed from Luo Zheng's.
Luo Zheng looked back at the Blazing Maple Forest and asked, "If we follow the Blazing Maple Forest west, heading upstream along the Divine River, can we enter Shangqing Heaven and Yuqing Heaven?"
Hearing Luo Zheng's question, the Heaven Defying Rat King smiled faintly. "Of course not!"
"Why?" Luo Zheng asked again.
Since the Divine River flowed from its source in Yuqing Heaven, following it should theoretically lead them there. The Heaven Defying Rat King pointed west. "If you keep heading in that direction, you would indeed reach Shangqing Heaven, but only in theory. According to conjecture, the Three Pure Heavens were originally three independent worlds, joined together through extremely precise spatial
displacement."
"Doesn't that mean there are very few entrances? Like the Star Gate and Heaven's End Path?"