Stolen Life

He reached his hand inside, and a chill immediately washed over him.

It was a familiar sensation.

Chen Duan then turned to Carefree Heaven. "This is an entrance connecting to other worlds? Didn't you say we still had several hundred li to go?"

"Uh..." Carefree Heaven looked somewhat embarrassed.

"To be honest, I've never been here either. The location in my mind was only inferred from places marked by those before us. After so many years, with mountains and seas changing, it's only natural that the location may have shifted."

"You've never been here?" Chen Duan instinctively found that hard to believe.

"I really haven't!" Carefree Heaven hurriedly explained.

"Frankly, these places are taboo to us of the Three Free Heavens. The Realm Guard Directorate has decreed that the guardians of different worlds are not permitted to make contact with one another.

"All of us in the Three Free Heavens hope to return someday and make something of ourselves. Naturally, we wouldn't dare commit such a violation of principle.

"So we knew about this place, but never concerned ourselves with it. After all, even the boundaries between worlds have unavoidable loopholes. Since we couldn't avoid them anyway, it was better to let sleeping dogs lie. Rather than report it, we deliberately pretended not to know."

"You're the master of an entire world, yet you're this timid?" Chen Duan teased, his tone laced with mockery.

"Ah, it isn't that we're timid. You haven't seen how terrifying those people outside are. As for the Realm Guard Directorate—even the most insignificant foot soldier or scout is someone we of the Three Free Heavens wouldn't dare provoke!"

"Oh?" Chen Duan was immediately intrigued.

"Do you not dare provoke them because of their status, or because of their strength?" Chen Duan knew these people had