Heavenly Gang Corridor

After leaving the Azure Cloud Sect, Bai Ye's destination was clear.

Dust Star Valley.

That was the secret realm said to hold the "Divine King Inheritance."

"A Divine King Inheritance... Can a realm as weak as the Heavenly Profound Continent truly possess such a high-level legacy?"

He murmured inwardly, not holding high expectations.

In his view, the so-called Divine King Inheritance was most likely an exaggeration.

In reality, it was probably no more than a Heavenly God Realm or Divine Venerable Realm inheritance.

After all, in the historical records of the Heavenly Profound Continent, the strongest figures were merely rumored to be at the Heavenly God Realm.

Even the True God Realm was extremely rare, let alone the Divine King Realm, which was considered a top-tier level even in the Upper Realm.

Following the Star Chart within the Mysterious Black Tortoise Shell, Bai Ye journeyed toward Dust Star Valley.

The location of Dust Star Valley was not within the Wild Domain.

Instead, it lay at the border between the Wild Domain and the Profound Domain, hidden deep within the Heavenly Gang Corridor that separated the two domains.

The Heavenly Profound Continent was divided into eight domains, separated by surging void gales that formed the "Heavenly Gang Corridor," spanning hundreds of thousands of miles.

This region was a Forbidden Zone for cultivators. The gales were laced with spatial fissures and chaotic fragments. A single misstep by a Profound Comprehension Realm cultivator would see them torn apart by the gales, their Dao Body unable to be preserved.

Only Nascent Soul Realm cultivators, relying on their abundant Spiritual Energy and formidable Dao Bodies, could barely move along the corridor's edges. To venture deeper required preparation for a journey where death was far more likely than survival.

Several days later, Bai Ye arrived at the boundary between the Wild Domain and the Profound Domain.

The sight before him completely overturned his understanding of the word "corridor."

It was no narrow passage, but a vast, boundless expanse of void—like a black ocean formed entirely of gales!

Within the hundreds of thousands of miles of void, dark gales rolled like raging waves, emitting deafening roars!

Where the gales passed, the void was torn into fine fissures, within which dangerous chaotic light flickered!

Occasionally, golden lightning bolts struck out from the gales, hitting distant meteors and instantly blasting them to dust!

In the distant sky, the gales intertwined with nebulae, forming a profound darkness that seemed to devour all light, inspiring awe and fear.

This was the Heavenly Gang Corridor.

At once an ocean of boundless vastness and an abyss of lethal danger!

"System, check in."

Bai Ye silently commanded.

"Ding! Special location 'Heavenly Gang Corridor' detected. Triggering super reward!"

"Congratulations, host. You have obtained a Heavenly God Tier 3 soft armor—the 'Star Cloud Soft Armor'!"

A silver-white soft armor materialized in his hand.

The armor was as thin as a cicada's wing, its surface embroidered with intricate star cloud patterns. It felt as smooth as silk to the touch, yet within it, one could sense the heavy Divine Power it contained.

This was the first time he had checked in and obtained a Heavenly God-tier treasure, and a hint of joy rose within him.

With a thought, the armor transformed into a stream of light, instantly merging with his body surface, perfectly integrating with his Divine Body without hindering his movements in the slightest.

At the same time, a gentle yet resilient barrier of Divine Power formed on his skin, isolating the stray gale force around him, granting a profound sense of safety.

"So this is a Heavenly God-tier divine artifact. With this, even a Meridian Condensation cultivator could easily cross the Heavenly Gang Corridor!"

Bai Ye praised.

After making his preparations, Bai Ye's form flickered, and he stepped into the Heavenly Gang Corridor.

The moment he entered, he felt an obvious suppression.

When he extended his Primordial Spirit, it encountered an invisible resistance. His spirit, which could normally cover a territory of ten thousand miles, could now only probe a hundred miles at most.

Moreover, his perception grew blurred, making it difficult to detect movements in the distance.

"Truly not simple."

Bai Ye thought to himself.

He activated the Movement Character Secret, his form transforming into a faint golden stream of light, weaving nimbly through the surging gales as he raced toward the Dust Star Valley indicated by the Star Chart.

The dark gales continuously battered the barrier on his body surface, yet they could never breach the defense of the Star Cloud Soft Armor.

He was like a small boat, steadily advancing through the raging storm of gales.

Three days passed.

In the perilous environment of the Heavenly Gang Corridor, time slipped by in an instant.

Relying on the extreme speed of the Movement Character Secret and the formidable defense of the Star Cloud Soft Armor, Bai Ye cut through obstacles all the way and finally arrived at the core area indicated by the Star Chart.

This was the deepest part of the Heavenly Gang Corridor, where the terror of the environment far surpassed the outer reaches.

The dark black gale winds were no longer chaotic, raging waves, but had condensed into pillars several zhang thick, rampaging through the void like towering heavenly pillars!

Silver-gray spatial fissures coiled around the surface of these wind pillars. Occasionally, a floating meteorite would collide with one, only to be instantly shredded into powder, leaving not even a trace of debris behind.

What was even more unsettling was the faint aura of Chaos Qi permeating the air. This energy could corrode a cultivator's Primordial Spirit, and even Bai Ye, at the True God Realm, had to circulate his Primordial Spirit to resist it.

In the distance, the void appeared as a twisted, dark purple, as if it might collapse at any moment, revealing a deeper layer of nothingness.

In such an environment, let alone Nascent Soul Realm cultivators, even Tribulation Crossing Realm experts would meet their end with the slightest misstep.

"Finally found it."

Bai Ye's gaze pierced through the raging wind pillars, landing on the void ahead, a glint of understanding flashing in his eyes.

Suspended there was a massive meteorite.

Or rather, it was less a meteorite and more a small continent floating in the ocean of gale winds.

Its entire body was a deep brown, its surface covered in ravines and craters of varying depths, clearly having endured countless years of wind erosion and collisions with void debris.

This "Meteorite Continent" stretched over thirty li in length and was a good ten li wide. At its edges, rocks were constantly torn away by the gale winds, plunging into the abyss below with a dull, rumbling roar that echoed for a long time.

The continent's surface wasn't bare rock; it was also scattered with mineral crystals that flickered with faint spiritual light.

These were "Gang Wind Crystals," formed over long periods nourished by the gale winds and Chaos Qi, rare materials for refining spiritual artifacts.

But at this moment, Bai Ye had no mind for such treasures. His attention was entirely captured by a solitary gate standing abruptly in the center of the continent.

It was a gate carved from a single piece of pitch-black rock, six meters high and three meters wide. The stone was as hard as divine iron, its surface gleaming with a cold luster.

There was no superfluous decoration on the rock, yet faintly etched into it were a few blurry Ancient Runes. Under the caress of the gale winds, these runes occasionally flashed with a weak silver light, emitting a heart-stopping spatial fluctuation.

It stood there, isolated and alone, in the center of the Meteorite Continent, utterly out of place amidst the desolate, shattered surroundings, as if it had existed there since ancient times, a witness to the eons of change in the Heavenly Gang Corridor.

Bai Ye's form flickered, and he landed on the rocky ground of the Meteorite Continent. The rock beneath his feet was cold and hard, retaining the rough texture left by the scouring winds.

He walked up to the gate and took out the Mysterious Black Tortoise Shell from his storage ring.

The moment the shell left the ring, it seemed to sense the gate's call. It spontaneously emitted a faint golden light, broke free from Bai Ye's hand, and slowly floated into the air, flying towards the pitch-black gate.

Shua!

When the shell reached three feet in front of the gate, it suddenly erupted with a dazzling, blinding golden light!

This light was no longer the faint halo from before; it was as brilliant as a small sun. Golden currents flowed along the cracks on the shell's surface, illuminating the ancient patterns with perfect clarity.

Then, the shell transformed into a streak of Golden Light and shot straight into the pitch-black gate!

There was no expected sound of collision. The moment the shell touched the gate, it slowly seeped into it, like a drop of water merging into the sea.

As the shell merged, the Ancient Runes on the gate's surface were instantly activated. Lines of golden patterns spread from the base of the gate to its top, flowing continuously as if alive, emitting a vast spatial force.

Boom!

The gate let out a low rumble and slowly swung inward.

A gap appeared first, from which surged an extremely dense spatial force, causing the surrounding air to twist. Even the rampaging gale winds were drawn by this power, forming a small cyclone that revolved around the gate.

As the gap gradually widened, a faint purple glow shone from within. One could vaguely sense the vast, pure spiritual energy contained inside, but the interior remained impossible to see clearly.

Bai Ye frowned slightly and extended his Primordial Spirit to probe the gate's interior.

But the moment his Primordial Spirit touched that purple glow, it lost contact, like a clay oxen entering the sea. No information was relayed back, as if it had been completely cut off by an independent space.

"It really is an independent Secret Realm space."

Bai Ye thought to himself. After a moment's deliberation, he made his decision.

He had come here precisely to seek the inheritance. Even if danger lurked within, with his current strength at the peak of the True God Ninth Layer, he was more than capable of handling it.

Without further hesitation, Bai Ye stepped forward. His figure instantly passed through the purple glow and vanished into the gate.

The moment he entered the Secret Realm, the pitch-black gate slowly closed inward. The golden runes gradually dimmed, eventually returning to their original, pitch-black state.

On the Meteorite Continent, only the raging gale winds continued to howl, as if nothing had ever happened.