The news of the Ancient Secret Realm shook the entire universe, but with 10 God Ruin Years—nearly 1.5 Void Ember Years—of preparation time, Qin Heng's pace remained unchanged.
Void Son's avatar arrived at the outskirts of the Nine Heavens Heavenly Palace. Without stopping, he stepped straight inside.
While his Divine Sense Body was still speaking with the Evergreen Saint Emperor, he had already passed through layers of star-dust mist and reached the true entrance.
The Nine Heavens Heavenly Palace was an independent dimensional world created by a True God. Though it had long fallen into ruin, a magnificent gate still stood clearly visible at the heart of the star-dust mist.
Fourteen incomparably massive boulders surrounded the gate. Any one of them alone was as large as Jupiter, and linked together, they formed an oval portal.
At the center of the gate was a sunken spatial funnel. It looked like nothing to the naked eye, yet it emitted intense spatial fluctuations and led to another plane.
Qin Heng's avatar passed through the star mist and arrived here. As his divine sense swept the surrounding starry sky, he found that almost no Cosmic Energy was flowing. He could not help sighing at how desolate this place was.
There should originally have been some clans stationed here. Ruins of buildings could be seen atop the fourteen enormous rocks, along with a few traces left by sharp weapons and great techniques.
There was no wind or water in the vacuum to wear them down, and the nearby star dust could not approach. Thus, even after countless years, the place looked exactly as it had right after the great battle.
"An Eternal Expert must have acted here, but they held back and did not strike with full force. Otherwise, the destruction would have been far