On the Path to Heaven.
They rested where they were for the night, then set out directly early the next morning.
The Nine-Zhang Heaven Li Su was headed for was quite far away. Even if they encountered no trouble at all, the journey alone would take about three days, passing through two safe points.
Safe points were very special waystations on the Path to Heaven.
They had been established by some of the few intelligent lifeforms within the Path to Heaven, places specifically meant for trading with outsiders.
Though the Path to Heaven was unimaginably vast, certain supplies were in severe shortage—metal, energy, even water.
It rarely rained here.
Sometimes, it would not rain even once in a hundred years. Water was therefore an extremely important resource.
Li Su and the others had brought plenty of these supplies, since every station had different needs.
Since the first two stations lay along the way, the group did not split up. On the Path to Heaven, it was unsafe for outsiders to travel alone; they could easily draw the attention of its native inhabitants. Thus, until they neared the Five Elements Realm Kong Qing was heading to and the Cold Realm Ao Qiong was heading to, they would remain together.
A party of more than ten people was not small, and among them was even a Ten-Fire-limit Taiyi.
Even so, not long after entering, Li Su and the others sensed that they were being watched. Malicious gazes kept sweeping over them.
Fortunately, their group was quite formidable. Though those watching them bore ill intent, they did not make a move, merely observing them from the shadows.
"That should be the Shadow Clan."
Hongjin introduced them to Li Su. "They are one of the three hundred alien races of the Path to Heaven.