This truly was a chance he had to seize-once lost, it would never come again.
With the [Demon King Mingluo Hunzhao] leaving the Demon King Palace, hadn't he practically handed Zhang Yuan an opportunity to sneak inside?
As a naturally greedy Celestial Person of the Dust-Dyed Realm, how could Zhang Yuan pass up such a fine opportunity?
After casting [Severing Past and Present, Leaving or Staying] on both himself and Xie Jingxin, Zhang Yuan led her past the demons and evil ghosts roaming between heaven and earth, drawing closer to the [Yin Net Tranquil-Illumination Palace] surrounded by a host of demons.
As they approached the center of this world, their view gradually cleared. Besides the unchanging flat gray earth and little hills, something else appeared on the ground: stone pillars as tall as a person, standing across the plain.
With less than five hundred li remaining to the [Yin Net Tranquil-Illumination Palace], Zhang Yuan stopped and stood before one of the stone pillars.
Most of these pillars were carved with patterns. Some were relatively simple, while others were intricate to the utmost.
"So many pillars," Xie Jingxin said.
Zhang Yuan nodded at her NPC-like remark, reached out to touch the patterns on the stone pillar, and half closed his eyes. He used his celestial person status to sense what the patterns meant. After a long while, he withdrew his hand, now knowing where these pillars had come from and what they were.
If his senses were correct, these stone pillars had once been living people. All of them were the remains of human cultivators who, over successive generations in the Crimson Firmament Roselight Realm, had found the [Yin Net Tranquil-Illumination Palace] and come to vanquish the [Demon King Mingluo Hunzhao].
Clearly, however, they had all failed. Every scrap of their