"Is that... the entrance to the second level, Mars Heaven?" Lin Chuan murmured softly as he gazed at the towering tree in the distance.
Although he had seen Jianmu's phantom countless times in the lower realm, witnessing it in person still filled Lin Chuan with awe. It seemed as though this tree was the only thing between heaven and earth. It stood at the pinnacle of the world, holding up the sky like a heavenly pillar.
"Every level of the Heavenly Palace can only be entered through Jianmu, so it's easy to tell which way to go. If you don't want to cultivate on this level, you can head straight to the next one," Ye Qingyang explained from beside him.
"Do you think the Azure Emperor will try to stop us this time?" Lin Chuan asked.
"That's hard to say. Based on what happened before, unless someone wanted to challenge the Azure Emperor, they only needed to pass through the forest he arranged. But this time, the Supreme One Clan is involved, so it's impossible to say what might happen." Ye Qingyang shook his head.
"Actually, with our current strength, if we don't want to return to Longevity Heaven, we only need to challenge one of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. Defeat them, take their place, and we can remain in the Ninefold Heavenly Palace. That's the only way to stay," Chen Xuanyi said softly.
Lin Chuan nodded. He knew quite a bit about the Ninefold Heavenly Palace.
Whenever the Ninefold Heavenly Palace opened, cultivators from Longevity Heaven could enter to cultivate as long as they possessed a Heavenly Palace Token. But when the Ninefold Heavenly Palace was due to close, everyone had to return to Longevity Heaven. Otherwise, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors would act and kill