The Former Sky

The stream gradually flows into the valley, disappearing into a deep cave deep within the valley.

Wisdom Immortal directed Li Jinyao to row in that direction. The small boat entered the cave, and the surroundings gradually darkened, becoming pitch black, so dark that one could not see their own hand in front of their face.

After walking for a while, Bai Qiuran suddenly heard Li Jinyao, who was sitting opposite her, ask nervously, "Sword Ancestor, can you still hear my voice?"

He then realized that the surrounding darkness seemed to have some peculiar effect; even his Spiritual Sense was significantly affected in the darkness, making exploration much more difficult than usual.

He could still sense Li Jinyao sitting opposite him, but Li Jinyao was probably no longer able to sense his presence.

"Able."

Bai Qiuran responded.

"That's wonderful! I thought we'd gotten separated."

Li Jinyao's voice became serious.

"I was just about to use a light spell, but I found that neither Radiance Art nor Fire Element spells work in this darkness. How strange."

Bai Qiuran also tried it and found that it was indeed the case. However, when he tried to activate the Fire Seal, the Undying Flame that burst out from the Fire Seal successfully ignited in this darkness, but it could only illuminate a small area less than one meter in diameter on the small boat.

Seeing the faint light in the darkness and the White Hair man sitting opposite her, Li Jinyao breathed a small sigh of relief and continued rowing.

In the darkness, they couldn't see their surroundings, only the sound of Li Jinyao's Oar splashing water. However, Bai Qiuran felt that the cave seemed to be getting wider and wider. The two of them, following the stream forward, unknowingly arrived in another space.

A gentle breeze suddenly blew in from all around, and Bai Qiuran and Li Jinyao perked up.

"It seems the export route is almost here."

As Li Jinyao spoke, she increased the speed of the Oar.

The small boat sped up, the surrounding darkness dissipated, and the two noticed a faint light coming from their surroundings. They couldn't help but look in the direction of the light.

Then, the two of them held their breath.

Before them lay a magnificent cosmic sky, with countless Stars shining brightly, illuminating their Stars.

The small boat the two were riding on had somehow ended up floating on a Milky Way that stretched across the starry sky. Looking back in the direction they had come from, there was also a starry sky there, while the valleys and streams they had passed through on their way here had long since disappeared.

A star appeared diagonally below the two of them, and the boiling heat emanating from it, as well as its enormous surface area, secretly alarmed them.

This is genuine.

Bai Qiuran and Li Jinyao thought to themselves at the same time.

"So, how about it? Isn't this place of the Land Where Gods Fell a bit rustic?"

Wisdom Immortal asked with a cold snort.

"We clearly came in through a stream, so why are we now in the sky?"

Somewhat flustered, Li Jinyao asked, "I didn't feel any spatial changes either?"

"Because this sky, including that dark power from before, belongs to the power of the former Heavenly Gods."

Wisdom Immortal replied, "The Heavenly Gods are the embodiment of all things and rules in nature, and the Dao Follows Nature. Even the techniques the Heavenly Gods death are far more sophisticated than the Spatial Arts of our Holy Dynasty. Therefore, it is normal that you cannot sense spatial fluctuations; it is a natural process."

"That's amazing."

Li Jinyao looked at the starry sky around her.

"Senior Wisdom Immortal, where exactly is this starry sky?"

"This is the original sky."

As Wisdom Immortal spoke, Li Jinyao gripped the handle and rowed Oar boat, which floated above the Milky Way and traveled among the Stars.

"Most of the Heavenly Gods were born and lived here. They were the embodiment of laws, nature, and the Stars, ruling the world in place of the Heavenly Dao. But after our Human Race and Monster Race races joined forces to defeat them, this sky fell from its original height, crashed to the ground, and was buried here by countless millennia of the Vast Sea... Now, this is the graveyard of Heavenly Gods and _books_, a veritable Land Where Gods Fell."

Stars streaked past, and Wisdom Immortal's gaze fell upon Stars. He said, "These Stars were once living beings. Their Consciousness and energy coalesced into the Star Gods among the Heavenly Gods. But now they are all dead, merely energy-rich rock spheres."

As the Milky Way gradually widened, the small boat the two were riding in possessed some mysterious power. With a gentle stroke of Li Jinyao's True Essence, it would drift for countless miles, allowing the two to travel rapidly through interstellar space.

"This place is so beautiful..."

Watching a streak of shooting stars streak across the sky, Li Jinyao's girlish heart began to flutter. She glanced at the man opposite her, only to find him solemnly holding Wisdom Immortal's head, scanning every star that streaked across the sky.

He looked more like a constable from a mortal government office investigating a case.

Sigh, at a time like this, I truly admire Sect Master Su.

Li Jinyao couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

"The Milky Way is coming to an end."

Wisdom Immortal suddenly reminded her.

The two looked in the direction the small boat was heading, and sure enough, the Milky Way, which floats in the universe, converged here. In this confluence of the Milky Way, there was a platform carved from white jade. On the platform, a jade staircase rose into the sky and stretched into the depths of the starry sky.

"That's the Divine Realm Heavenly Court, where the Heavenly Gods once resided."

After observing for a while, Wisdom Immortal said, "Let's move closer; we can go up from there."

Li Jinyao gently brought the small boat to the edge of the jade platform, and then Bai Qiuran threw out a rope to tie the boat to a white jade stake on the platform. Then, the two of them climbed up the jade ladder towards a higher place in the sky.

The jade staircase seemed impossibly high, but when the two climbed it, they found themselves ascending at an incredible speed. Although they were walking at a normal pace, each step inexplicably covered a distance of tens of miles.

"The roads here are governed by spatial rules, likely left behind by the Heavenly Gods in the past to facilitate their travels."

Wisdom Immortal said, "By the way, little girl, you should feel much more relaxed now that you're here, right?"

Li Jinyao paused for a moment, then replied, "Indeed, the erosion can no longer be felt here."

"There is no resentment here anymore; this is merely the Tomb of the Heavenly Gods."

Wisdom Immortal said softly.

As the two climbed, magnificent pavilions and towers, with carved beams and painted rafters, gradually appeared in the sky. Some of these palaces were severely damaged, with many half-collapsed, and some were even just pieces of rubble floating in the starry sky. But just by looking at these precious materials, Bai Qiuran and Li Jinyao could imagine how beautiful this place must have been in the past.

Finally, the long jade staircase came to an end, and a huge White Jade Gate appeared before the two of them.