"Is no one able to reach the ninth level?" Lin Chuan frowned. "Then how do you know the Floating Spirit Divine Palace has a ninth level?"
"Ancient legends say that there is a ninth level here, but so far, we really haven't found a passage leading to it. Some people speculate that the legends counted the Floating Spirit Domain outside as the first level, so what we now call the eighth level is actually the ninth. But that theory hasn't gained widespread acceptance. Quite a few people still stubbornly believe that the Floating Spirit Divine Palace has a ninth level—it simply hasn't been discovered yet!" Ni Huanzhi explained.
"Then I'd like to look for this passage to the ninth level," Lin Chuan said after pondering for a moment.
"Suit yourself. You're hardly the only one with that idea," Ni Huanzhi said with a smile.
Lin Chuan nodded. The reason he wanted to find the passage to the ninth level was not because of the legends, but because the intelligence Great Sound Pavilion had given him explicitly stated that the Floating Spirit Divine Palace did indeed have a ninth level!
An even more important reason came from Lin Chuan's perception of this place. Although the natural attribute chakra on the eighth level was much denser, he still had not found its source. He could vaguely sense that the immense chakra originated underground, which meant it was very likely in the legendary ninth level!
"Let's go to the center of the divine palace," Ni Huanzhi said softly. She immediately led Lin Chuan and Big Orange toward the vast palace complex in the distance.
As they sped along, Lin Chuan discovered that there were many Ghost Beasts on the eighth level. Bloodthirsty Ghost Beasts were the most numerous, and they were exceptionally powerful—at