The Celestial Curtain: Trapped in Swallowing Starry Sky, Livestreamed to Douluo
Chapter 1

Sky Screen Descends! Mysterious Livestream Begins!

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Douluo Continent.

The Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Empire faced each other across north and south, while Spirit Hall towered over the age.

Then, on this day, without any warning, a thunderous, majestic voice suddenly exploded across the skies of Douluo Continent!

"Boom—"

The immense sound shook heaven and earth, exploding beside the ears of every living being on Douluo Continent.

As the sound rang out, countless people raised their heads, their eyes filled with disbelief as they looked toward its source!

Immediately afterward, the winds and clouds in the sky churned in reverse. A gigantic transparent screen spanning the entire continent slowly emerged, and lines of text appeared upon it.

[Mysterious Land livestream activated. Any person chosen by the Sky Screen may travel to the Mysterious World of a higher dimension!] [There are methods for a Life-Level Leap, terrifying divine weapons capable of severing galaxies, and Starry Sky Behemoths billions of times more powerful than Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts!] [As long as you survive for one year in the Mysterious World, you may return to your original world with the treasures and cultivation techniques you obtained!]

The majestic voice contained not the slightest emotion as it delivered its cold proclamation.

Yet the vast amount of information contained within struck hard at the hearts of every person on Douluo Continent, leaving them dazzled and entranced.

Soon afterward, the entire continent erupted into an uproar!

"A Mysterious World? A higher dimension?"

"Billions of times stronger than Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts? How could that be possible?! Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts are already invincible existences! Could they be the legendary divine beasts?"

"You can bring treasures back as long as you survive for a year, and even undergo a complete transformation... Could that be the legendary Divine Realm?"

Soul Masters and commoners throughout the continent discussed it fervently. Some only wished to live peaceful lives and dismissed the Sky Screen's appearance, while others hoped to be chosen by it and seize this tremendous opportunity.

Quite a few desperadoes even licked their lips, their eyes gleaming with greed.

Their thoughts were even more radical. Even if they were not chosen, ambushing and killing those selected by the Sky Screen after they returned seemed like another way to obtain such an opportunity!

Spirit City, Pope Palace.

Bibi Dong wore a brilliant golden gown and a purple-gold crown. Her peerless face was currently filled with shock.

The instant the screen appeared, she had tried to probe it. Yet as the supreme ruler of Spirit Hall and one of the peak experts of Douluo Continent, she had been completely unable to discern the truth behind the screen in the heavens.

The moment she merely thought of attacking the screen, her Soul Power was tightly sealed. She could not even activate her martial soul.

The screen was undoubtedly real.

At the very least, it was the work of some deity from the Divine Realm!

"Life-Level Leap..."

Bibi Dong's red lips parted slightly, and the hand gripping her scepter unconsciously tightened. She was currently undergoing the Rakshasa God's trial and knew full well how difficult it was to become a god.

As her understanding of the godhood trial deepened, she increasingly came to understand the essence of becoming a god.

Level ninety-nine Soul Power was the limit of native life on Douluo Continent. To break through that limit and continue increasing one's strength, one had to complete a Life-Level Leap.

That was the essence of godhood.

Becoming a god was, fundamentally, a Life-Level Leap.

If this Mysterious World truly existed, did that not mean a great path to heaven, even easier to reach than inheriting a deity's position, lay right before her?

"Elder Chrysanthemum, Elder Ghost, immediately issue the order to closely monitor the Sky Screen's movements."

"Once someone from Spirit Hall is selected, gather intelligence on that Mysterious World at all costs!"

"Especially... intelligence regarding the Life-Level Leap!"

Light flickered in Bibi Dong's eyes.

Though she was confident she could pass the godhood trial and become a true deity,

no one would mind having another path to heaven in hand. At the very least, it could be kept as a fallback should she fail.

Heaven Dou Empire, Shrek Academy.

On the training field, Flender, Zhao Wuji, and the others all stopped what they were doing and stared at the sky in shock.

After the brief shock, Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang was the first to regain his senses. With his hands clasped behind his back, he gave a light cough and declared with certainty, "Nonsense meant to deceive!"

He then turned to Tang San and the others beside him and said solemnly, "Little San, do not be fooled."

At his words, everyone present looked toward Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang.

Yu Xiaogang said seriously, "How could there be a higher-dimensional world in this world?"

"Even if the Divine Realm exists, there could not possibly be creatures billions of times larger than Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts. That violates the natural limits of living beings."

"In my view, this is either an advanced spiritual-type Soul Beast using an enormous illusion-type Soul Skill, or an unregulated Title Douluo causing trouble and deliberately creating panic."

Flender looked at Yu Xiaogang as though he were an idiot.

Creating panic?

Those advanced Soul Beasts capable of casting such a massive illusion would need cultivation of at least a hundred thousand years, perhaps even several hundred thousand years. In Spirit Hall's eyes, they would be walking Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings with Soul Bones attached. They would be too busy hiding to possibly expose themselves voluntarily.

As for a Title Douluo casting it, that was even more impossible!

Title Douluo were powerful, but such an enormous illusion was absolutely beyond the means of a single Title Douluo, unless several Title Douluo joined forces.

And if that were the case, it would definitely be an organized operation. In all the world, only Spirit Hall possessed such resources.

Furthermore, there were only a handful of Title Douluo in all of Douluo Continent. Every one of them was known by name, and not a single one possessed abilities related to illusions.

Flender opened his mouth, but in the end, he said nothing.

Yu Xiaogang's cultivation was low, and he did not know the limits of a Title Douluo's power. It was understandable for him to say such things. He could hardly say outright, "Xiaogang, your cultivation is too low. It is normal that you do not know these secrets."

If he really said that, the Golden Iron Triangle would probably fall apart on the spot.

"Understood, Teacher."

Hearing Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang's seemingly logical analysis, Tang San nodded obediently, fully agreeing on the surface.

Yet Tang San harbored a trace of doubt. Even though Yu Xiaogang spoke with such certainty, he did not entirely believe him.

Tang San only ever believed what he saw with his own eyes. He only believed in the Purple Demon Eye!

Thus, Tang San activated his Purple Demon Eye. Purple light flickered in his eyes as he attempted to see through the illusion in the sky.

The next second, Tang San felt a sharp pain in his eyes!

"Hiss!"

A wave of intense pain surged from his eye sockets, making Tang San gasp sharply.

At the same time, while enduring the stabbing pain in his eyes, a towering wave rose in his heart.

The Sky Screen is real. It isn't an illusion!

This was also the first time Tang San had doubted Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang's judgment.

It seemed that this Grandmaster, so widely praised by everyone, was not as wise as Tang San had imagined. He could make mistakes too—mistakes that were even wildly wrong!

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