"I've been to the heavens! I've been to the heavens!" Old Ancestor Kunpeng proudly interrupted Great Emperor Ziwei. "There's a saying among fellow Daoists in the Primordial World: 'Kunpeng rises with the wind in a single day, soaring ninety thousand miles.' Ninety thousand miles is already one layer of heaven!"
As he said this, Old Ancestor Kunpeng felt quite capable of himself, looking immensely proud.
But if he had known what Beichen meant by "the heavens," he wouldn't have been so smug and oblivious!
When Beichen asked this, Zhen Yuanzi and the kind-hearted Hong Yun exchanged a puzzled glance.
They had once listened to lectures in the Zixiao Palace, which stood beyond the thirty-six layers of heaven, in the Heaven Beyond Heaven. So how could Beichen ask whether they had ever been to the heavens?
Clearly, the heavens Beichen was talking about were not the same as the heavens they had in mind!
Hong Yun gave an awkward laugh. "Grand Elder Kunpeng, you're always so shrewd and clever. How did you end up saying something as carefree as 'soaring ninety thousand miles'?"
Old Ancestor Kunpeng's face reddened. He, too, realized something was off.
Though his words sounded impressive, they had seriously undermined his dignity.
A supreme expert who had once crossed the thirty-six layers of heaven to listen to lectures, bragging about leaping ninety thousand miles—as if crossing one layer of heaven in a single jump were anything special?
As if anyone couldn't do that!
For a while, Old Ancestor Kunpeng lost interest, muttering under his breath, "Even the wisest can make a mistake!"
Beichen wasn't in a hurry to set off. Instead, he couldn't help gazing toward the Sun Star and the Moon Star.
This time, he had wanted to bring Dijun and the others along, so they could