Beyond the bronze gate lay another world.
Towering Divine Mountains rose one after another, rolling endlessly like Gods and Devils standing between heaven and earth, exuding a deep, oppressive weight!
Yet before Zhang Qingyuan could inspect his surroundings,
his gaze fell upon a figure on the plaza ahead, where enormous bronze pillars stood erect.
Someone had actually entered this place before him?!
Zhang Qingyuan was inwardly startled,
but that aura seemed somewhat familiar.
After taking a closer look, Zhang Qingyuan could not help blurting out:
"Xiao Jingyun, how are you here?"
The person before him
was none other than Xiao Jingyun, whom Zhang Qingyuan had encountered midway through the Forbidden Land during his trip to the Blood Demon Sect—the man said to hail from the legendary Cultivation World of Central Continent!
Xiao Jingyun's aura had, astonishingly, already reached the level of a Myriad Transformations Dao Venerable!
"So it is Brother Zhang. I trust you have been well!"
Xiao Jingyun wore a daoist robe, his aura ethereal as that of an Immortal. His pupils shone brilliantly like stars as he clasped his hands and laughed heartily at Zhang Qingyuan.
"Since we parted that day, Brother Zhang has caused quite a stir. You condensed a Glazed Golden Body, stood firm against the siege of three Myriad Transformations cultivators, then broke through amid battle and slew all three with a single sword!"
"The instant you broke through, you stood at the pinnacle of the Myriad Transformations Realm. Truly formidable!"
"When Xiao heard those reports, I did not dare believe them for a long time. I wondered whether the rumors had gone astray somewhere. But now it seems the rumors were indeed flawed—they had greatly underestimated Brother Zhang's strength!"
"With Brother Zhang's strength, not only in Yunzhou but even in Central Continent, indeed throughout