Skyward City
After flying for hundreds of thousands of miles, Li Changqing finally arrived at a human town.
It's no wonder it's called the Undying Mountain; there's absolutely no trace of human habitation in the surrounding area.
It seems that the reputation of the Undying Mountain as a forbidden zone for life is well known, and no one wants to go near such a place.
Upon arriving in the town, Li Changqing first confirmed the current timeline, confirming that the Elder of the Light Jewel Holy Land had not lied to him.
Afterwards, Li Changqing found a shop, obtained the Big Dipper map, and headed straight for the largest city nearby, Skyward City, intending to travel to the Southern Region through the Domain Gate.
The Big Dipper is so vast that even within the Eastern Wilderness, the distances between the southern, northern, and central regions are extremely far.
Li Changqing is currently in the Central Domain. Even if he flies at full speed without stopping, it will take him several months or even longer to reach the Southern Region. Therefore, it is still faster to cross the Void through the Domain Gate.
His target is the Taixuan Sect, the core inheritance of Clumsy Peak, Nine Secrets: Jie, one of the Nine Secrets.
The Nine Secrets represent the pinnacle of nine realms in Daoism, each created by a renowned Celestial Heavenly Venerable.
The Heavenly Venerable is an honorific title for the nine most powerful enlightened beings of the mythological era, whose secret techniques were incomparably powerful and extraordinary.
For example, the Nine Secrets: Zhe is a top-tier healing technique that can rapidly restore both the physical body and the primordial spirit when damaged. At a high level, it can even regenerate from a drop of blood.
The creator of the Nine Secrets: Zhe is the Heavenly Venerable Changsheng, who is currently in seclusion within the Immortal Mausoleum, one of the seven forbidden zones of life, or rather, asleep, awaiting the opening of the Immortal Ascension Road in the Desolate Forbidden Land.
The Nine Secrets: Xing represents the pinnacle of speed; at its peak, one can even touch the realm of time with a human body.
The creator of the Nine Secrets: Xing was the Heavenly Venerable Xiaoyao, who, like the Heavenly Venerable Changsheng, was in seclusion. However, the Heavenly Venerable Xiaoyao was in seclusion in the Reincarnation Sea, which is also a forbidden zone for life.
In addition, there is the Nine Secrets: Zu, which represents the ultimate in array formation.
The Nine Secret: Bing in its ability to control all things as weapons, and even manipulate enemy weapons for one's own use.
It is the ultimate offensive technique, capable of evolving all known offensive methods, the "Nine Secrets: Dou" that can evolve into all kinds of techniques, also known as the Battle Saint Law;
Those who primarily cultivate their primordial spirit can glimpse fragments of the future and foresee the Nine Secrets: Qian of good fortune, misfortune, and crisis.
There are also riddles involving the character Nine Secrets: Lin) and Nine Secrets: Shu.
The Nine Secrets: Jie on the Clumsy Peak of the Taixuan Sect was created by the Emperor Zun, one of the nine Heavenly Venerables of the mythological era and the founder of the Ancient Heavenly Court.
The Nine Secrets: Jie is extremely simple and straightforward; it doesn't even require comprehension or cultivation. Once triggered, it can instantly unleash ten times the combat power.
However, at a lower cultivation level, whether or not it can be triggered depends entirely on luck.
If you're lucky, it only takes one run to trigger; if you're unlucky, you can only hope for the best.
Furthermore, the Nine Secrets: Jie cannot be triggered when within the Eight Forbidden Domains.
Once one crosses the Eight Forbidden Domains and enters the Divine Forbidden Domain Zone, and further enhances the Nine Secrets: Jie, their combat power will soar to an extremely terrifying level.
In the Shrouding the Heavens, being able to trigger a certain number of forbidden restrictions is one of the standards for measuring genius.
The meaning of "several restrictions" is that one can fight enemies across several minor realms. For example, the Eight Forbidden Domains Realm allows one to fight enemies across eight minor realms.
The Divine Forbidden Domain allows one to fight across more than nine minor realms, and only Great Emperors can reside there permanently.
Whether one can enter the Divine Forbidden Domain depends on a cultivator's foundation, comprehension, and cultivation level.
Moreover, entering the Divine Forbidden Domain Realm requires the resonance of Five Secret Realms; therefore, only cultivators from the Immortal Platform Secret Realm can enter the Divine Forbidden Domain.
Li Changqing was also puzzled. How could the Taixuan Sect, a sect that didn't even have Saints or Saint Weapon, possibly protect such a top-tier secret technique as the "Nine Secrets: Jie"?
Moreover, with so many Desolate Ancient Families, Sacred Ground, and Imperial Dynasties in the Big Dipper, and so many forces founded by Great Emperors, possessing extraordinary foundations, it's astonishing that no one has shown interest in the Nine Secrets: Jie. Should we say they are too kind-hearted, or do they simply not understand the value of the Nine Secrets: Jie?
Anyway, that's pretty awesome.
Li Changqing's goal was to first obtain the Nine Secrets: Jie of the Taixuan Sect Clumsy Peak. After all, among the Nine Secrets of the Big Dipper, the Nine Secrets: Jie of the Taixuan Sect was the simplest and did not require high strength.
Moreover, judging from the timeline, Clumsy Peak should not have declined yet, and its traditions are still intact.
As for the other Nine Secrets that Big Dipper can obtain, Li Changqing plans to explore them after he has sufficient strength.
The Nine Secret: Bing of the Qin Sect of Central Plains — Li Changqing doesn't even know exactly where it's hidden now;
Jiang Taixu, who had mastered the Nine Secrets: Dou, was trapped in Purple Mountain. That place was too dangerous, and he could not go there rashly.
The Nine Secrets: Xing is inside the stone coffin containing the corpse of the Great Sacred Ground at Saint Cliff. Although that place is not a forbidden zone for life, it is still quite dangerous. The Great Emperor Wu Shi suppressed an avatar of the Immortal Emperor, which was formed by the Faith Power, at Saint Cliff. This avatar possessed Supreme combat power.
In addition, there is the Nine Secrets: Qian, which is found in the Northern Plains, within the legacy of the Chaotic Ancient Great Emperor.
Now that Wang Teng has not yet been born, Li Changqing may go to Northern Plains to explore and compete for the inheritance of the Chaotic Ancient after he has enough strength.
Upon arriving at Skyward City, Li Changqing went directly inside.
As long as he doesn't reveal his full power, others will only think he's a cultivator from a Fourth Secret Realm.
After all, according to the cultivation system of Shrouding the Heavens, Li Changqing only had the cultivation level of the Four Extremes.
Skyward City is a city of cultivators, with numerous practitioners. Major Desolate Ancient Families and Sacred Ground of the Big Dipper all have influence here, making it quite prosperous.
Walking along the bustling street, Li Changqing scanned the various shops around him, some selling spiritual herbs, and others of all kinds of restaurants...
Some shops even display various kinds of stones, which look quite ordinary.
You can find Source Stone from these ordinary stones, and if you're lucky, you might even find other more wondrous and precious treasures.
Li Changqing had thought that gambling on stones was only something that happened in the Northern Region, but he didn't expect that there were places to gamble on stones in the Central Domain as well.
However, there aren't many stone shops, and they're not very big. The prices for the stones are also relatively cheap, so the gambling stone scene isn't as bustling as in the Holy City.
Shaking his head, Li Changqing had no interest in this and headed straight for the Domain Gate at the very center of Skyward City.
The largest Domain Gate in Skyward City is controlled by the Dao One Sacred Ground. Although families such as the Jiang Family and the Ji Family also have Domain Gates in Skyward City, their Domain Gates are not for ordinary cultivators to use.
Only ordinary cultivators within Domain Gate Dao One Sacred Ground Land can use it; they only need to pay a certain amount of Pure Source.
As you travel to the very center of Skyward City, you are greeted by a vast complex of buildings, with pavilions and towers layered upon each other, luxurious yet not vulgar, exuding the grandeur of Sacred Ground, with guards flying overhead from time to time.
This is the Dao One Sacred Ground's headquarters in Skyward City.
There were two guards at the entrance, both of whom were fourth-level cultivators.
The two guards, relying on their status as disciples of the Dao One Sacred Ground, were extremely arrogant, and every cultivator who wanted to enter the Dao One Sacred Ground's residence had to be questioned by them.
Many cultivators were waiting at the entrance. They dared not speak out because of the power of Dao One Sacred Ground and because they wanted to Dao One Sacred Ground's Domain Gate to travel to other places in Big Dipper. They could only endure it.