Beyond Heaven-Bearing Gate stood Duan Gate, with very little distance between them.
Li Changsheng reached it in a single stride, and Duan Gate shattered with a thunderous crash.
His gaze sharpened as he looked at someone ahead.
Between Duan Gate and Meridian Gate stood a young man of peculiar appearance. He wore a loose black robe embroidered with gold thread and had handsome features, yet the skin all over his body resembled crystal, shimmering like colored glass, almost transparent.
His temples bulged high, like a bull whose horns had been sawn off.
Everything around him had crystallized, including the "gold bricks" beneath his feet.
These gold bricks were, of course, not made from divine gold, but fired from various supreme materials. They were no less sturdy than magic artifacts, and, called gold bricks, were extraordinarily precious.
Yet several hundred gold bricks beneath the young man's feet had now turned into crystals-not fragile quartz, but structures like diamond.
"Imperial Preceptor?"
Li Changsheng already knew who this man was.
The Current Imperial Preceptor-third on the Heavenly Ranking, Yu Kunlun, "Settling Mountains and Rivers with Spell Arts."
A peerless Heaven's Pride who practiced dual cultivation of technique and martial arts, having cultivated his spell arts to upper first-rank and his body-tempering martial arts to first-rank as well.
Li Changsheng then clasped his hands behind his back, a mocking smile touching his lips. "Stand aside. Your true body isn't here. A body skulking behind a false face is no match for me."
The Imperial Preceptor's expression did not change. "This is my true body. What false face am I hiding behind?"
His voice was shrill and hoarse, like metal sheets scraping together.
"You can fool the world, but how could you fool me?"
Li Changsheng shook his head. "If your true body were here,