Everyone had assumed the Palace doors would be thin, but they turned out to be surprisingly thick-so heavy that they scraped against the ground with a grating noise as they opened.
Clearly, the Palace doors were made from a special kind of stone.
The doors opened very slowly, taking more than a dozen breaths to swing fully open.
Everyone was stunned, and not a single person was willing to step into the Palace.
The pitch-black entrance resembled a monster's gaping, blood-red maw, waiting for prey to walk into its trap.
A distinctly palpable pressure emanated from within the Palace. Though it had little effect on them, it was undeniably there.
Strangest of all, the cultivators' divine sense could not pass through that pitch-black entrance. In other words, their divine sense was blocked outside.
Only Su Jiu and Chu Luohen noticed something: the entrance itself was the site of a barrier.
An inconspicuous golden sheen flowed along the doorframe, its light gathering toward the center. Against the black background, however, it barely stood out. The thin membrane formed by that golden sheen was the barrier.
"Th-this... what is this now?"
Ever since entering the Inner Region of the Hongsheng Heavenly Road, most of the cultivators here felt as though their entire worldview had been smashed to pieces. They had also come to realize how shallow their understanding of this world was.
Someone laughed. "Where are those people who were so eager to get inside just now? Since you're in such a hurry, why not go scout the way first?"
But who dared answer that? Even divine sense could not penetrate it. Who knew what they would encounter once they went inside? As far as they were concerned, going in first was tantamount to throwing their lives away.
After a moment's thought,