Before Heaven and Earth Were Born

Lin Shen was all too familiar with that jade gate. Back when Little Stars had teleported him to a strange planet that resembled Divine Temple Star in some ways yet differed in others, he had escaped that strange planet through that jade gate.

That was the Immortal Courtyard Gate. Yet the scene within the Immortal Courtyard was not quite what Lin Shen had imagined.

He had seen only a long bridge, with statues resembling corpses suspended along both sides. Lin Shen still remembered it vividly.

Emperor Tian Shu shattered the deathly light and blasted through the void, and what emerged was actually the Immortal Courtyard Gate. Lin Shen had suspected that the Death Tribulation was connected to the Immortal Courtyard, but witnessing it for real still shocked him.

Yet the Immortal Courtyard Gate here seemed somewhat different from the one Lin Shen had seen on that strange planet.

Their forms were identical, but the Immortal Courtyard Gate Lin Shen had seen always gave off an eerie, terrifying feeling.

This Immortal Courtyard Gate, however, spilled golden radiance, wrapped in auspicious air, making it feel like a paradise of ultimate bliss.

Everyone stared at the Immortal Courtyard Gate emerging from the void. Light flickered intensely in Wei Er's eyes, and his mind seemed to be racing madly.

Streams of immortal energy descended, forming a stairway of clouds that continued stretching downward until it reached Emperor Tian Shu's feet.

"Today, I will see who exactly stands above this Death Tribulation, pulling the strings of all living beings." Emperor Tian Shu stepped onto it without hesitation.

The instant Emperor Tian Shu stepped onto the cloud stairway, flames surged from within his body, as though they intended to burn him into ashes.

Bolts of heavenly lightning crashed down upon him like roaring dragons, seeking to