Chu Tian rode his motorcycle and soon reached the city center.
Arriving here, he truly felt the difference from the outside world.
There were no ordinary people here.
This was an upscale villa area.
To have a villa in the city center, one could imagine how exorbitant the price would be.
Upon arriving, Chu Tian ditched his motorcycle and moved forward by crouching.
Simultaneously, he activated his Cheetah form and the Stealth skill.
The Stealth skill in reality was not true invisibility.
Instead, it involved suppressing one's presence to the extreme, utilizing subtle changes in surrounding colors, air, and humidity.
Like a chameleon, he could blend into his surroundings.
Chu Tian had once almost thought he needed to be naked to use this skill.
But he later discovered that when the Stealth skill was used in reality, it would alter his form within a certain range, so he could still wear clothes.
Otherwise… it would have been disastrous!
Chu Tian proceeded stealthily and soon approached a villa with the most relaxed defenses.
Elsewhere, there were people from the Shen Hai Palace.
But here, there wasn't a single patrolling guard.
"Should this be it?"
Chu Tian gazed ahead from the grass.
This place was the strangest, and it should be where the Palace Master resided.
With his superior strength, he naturally didn't require guarding.
Slowly approaching, Chu Tian indeed sensed two powerful presences within.
Without a doubt, it was the Palace Master who had escaped from under his nose, and that four-winged bird-man.
Quietly, he reached the base of the villa wall.
He placed his palms on the wall and began to climb towards the second floor.
Because he could sense that those two individuals were in the rooms on the second floor.
Sticking to the wall, he moved cautiously.
There were experts inside; a single mistake could lead to his discovery.
This was Chu Tian's first time doing something like this. If he weren't so curious about what the suddenly appearing bird-man was doing here.
He might have directly charged in, regardless of whether he could win or not. That was Chu Tian's motto.
Reaching the second-floor window, Chu Tian dared not release his divine sense.
He could only strain his ears to listen.
He had to admit, the Stealth skill was truly powerful, coupled with Chu Tian's use of the Divine Soul Secret Technique to conceal his presence.
With both effects, he clung to the wall near the window.
The Palace Master sat with his back to Chu Tian and did not detect him.
"Guld, did you come here just to show off to me?"
The Palace Master's tone was grim.
"Oh? Show off? No… I'm here to hold you accountable!"
The other person sat cross-legged on a sofa in the distance, a smile plastered on his face.
"Hold me accountable? Do you think I can't do anything about those people?"
The Palace Master sneered and curled his lips.
"Oh? What can you do? Those guys from the Dragon Country are very powerful." The four-winged bird-man spoke in accented Mandarin.
"What I can do is none of your business. Take what you need and get back to your Vatican." The Palace Master was blunt.
"Oh? The items are ready? Then hand them over. As for the problems here, I believe someone from above will contact you. Prepare to face their wrath, haha!"
The bird-man called Guld seemed to be relishing the misfortune.
"Hmph!"
The Palace Master grunted and stood up.
"Follow me back to the palace to get your things!"
Listening from outside, Chu Tian obtained extremely useful information.
This bird-man was from a place called the Vatican.
And the "above" he mentioned must be the Virtual God Realm.
Hearing these two pieces of information, Chu Tian felt his trip was worthwhile.
Just as he was preparing to test how powerful these two were, he heard the Palace Master say he was returning to the palace.
Moreover, as he spoke, he waved his arm.
A portal-like object appeared between the two of them.
Seeing this, Chu Tian hesitated.
In the moment of his hesitation, the two individuals stepped into the portal, one after the other.
"They escaped?"
"No, the bird-man went to get something. They'll have to come back later."
"Prepare for a surprise attack? Or follow them?"
Several thoughts flashed through Chu Tian's mind.
Finally, he gritted his teeth.
He flipped himself over and slipped in through the window.
Looking at the person-sized portal before him.
He steadied himself and took a step forward.
He decided to follow them.
No one knew where the Shen Hai Palace was located.
If he could dismantle it from within, wouldn't that save a lot of trouble?
This was Chu Tian's considered thought.
...
However, the two individuals who had just entered the portal.
Were standing side-by-side in a strange place.
It was a spacious great hall.
In the center of the hall was a crystal ball.
Chu Tian was inside it.
He appeared confused, looking around.
At this moment, the angel spoke.
"Someone is actually here! Who is this person? Why was I completely unaware of him outside our walls?"
The guy frowned, as if it were incredible.
"Hmph…" The Palace Master next to him snorted.
"He is indeed strong, but… he doesn't know I've been waiting for him!"
After the Palace Master spoke, the bird-man became even more confused.
"Who exactly is he?"
"His name is Chu Tian, a troublesome kid!" the Palace Master replied.
"He is Chu Tian?" The bird-man's eyes widened as he looked at the crystal ball.
"Oh? You're interested in him too?" The Palace Master glanced sideways, surprised that the bird-man also knew Chu Tian's name.
"He killed eight angels. Although they were merely the most lowly two-winged servants, no angel can be blasphemed! He is already on our kill list!"
Guld, the bird-man, stared at the crystal ball expressionlessly.
It was as if Chu Tian within it had already been killed eight hundred times.
"Hmph… two-winged servants? I wonder who else was like that before! Now that he has two more wings, he's forgotten his roots! You've got your items, so get lost!"
The Palace Master was extremely impolite, bringing up the other's past.
"You…" Guld's eyes widened in anger at being retorted.
The four wings behind him instantly unfurled, as if he were about to fight the Palace Master.
"Here, I am God… Do you dare to fight me?"
The Palace Master waved his hand!
Guld's trembling body was enveloped by a strange energy.
He instantly vanished from the great hall.
Then he looked at the crystal ball.
At this moment, a figure emerged from the shadows.
It was an elegant, short-haired, beautiful girl in a white T-shirt.
The Palace Master glanced at her.
The corners of his mouth slightly turned up.
"I didn't expect that by capturing a few small insects, I would obtain such information from your mind! Everyone only knows the name Shen Hai Palace, but not its true purpose. It is a trial ground from the mythical era. Only by passing and reaching the highest level can one leave here. You can play here for a while. Even if you succeed, I will have already dealt with your companions! If you fail… you will remain in that trial ground forever!"
After the Palace Master spoke, he vanished in a flash.
Only a bright white figure remained, standing motionless.
This girl was none other than Fei Fei, whom Chu Tian had met the previous day.
At this moment, Fei Fei stood there without speaking.
Her eyes were pitch black, with no whites or pupils.
...
The moment Chu Tian stepped into the portal.
He felt a familiar sensation of teleportation multiple times.
However, this teleportation sensation was extremely brief, nothing like the inter-domain or cosmic teleportations of the past.
When his vision cleared again.
He found himself in an unknown location.
"Damn it, where is this place?"
Chu Tian looked around.
The figures of the Palace Master and the angel were nowhere to be seen.
He immediately felt something was wrong.
Could it be that the portal had been tampered with?
Did they know he was coming?
Where had he been teleported?
How would he get back?
Thinking of this, his head started to ache.
"I've been tricked, how could this happen? How did they discover me?"
Chu Tian couldn't fathom how they obtained his information, it was from Fei Fei's memories.
And the Shen Hai Palace Master had simply predicted that Chu Tian would come to his residence.
Thus, he set up this trap.
Perhaps it was out of necessity, fearing yesterday's strength, or perhaps he simply didn't want to waste time.
By merely exiling him, he could then proceed with what he wanted to do.
The place Chu Tian was in was shrouded in fog.
However, a faint sunlight slowly began to appear.
Dimly, Chu Tian saw a very bright spot of light, like the sun, slowly rising.
During this time, the surrounding fog gradually dissipated.
As the morning sun rose and the mist completely cleared.
Chu Tian finally saw the surrounding terrain clearly.
His divine sense could also extend out.
But…
His powerful divine soul could only probe a range of ten meters.
This shocked Chu Tian immensely.
Ten meters…
How much had this been compressed?
His divine soul power, which was so strong, seemed pitifully weak here.
It wasn't that his divine soul power had been weakened, but rather that his divine soul power seemed to be just this weak.
"Another strange place, I haven't left Blue Star again, have I?"
Chu Tian was utterly speechless, his head aching.
Just then, suddenly…
Countless black dots appeared in the sky, and they were flying through the air.
Four teams were led by individuals holding strange objects in their hands.
One person held a giant green sword, its hilt resembling a dragon.
The blade extended from his hand.
This weapon was a hundred meters long, and the person was simply carrying it.
Another held a golden spear, like a long serpent, larger than the great sword, with a length of three to four hundred meters.
Another person held a flowing, multicolored imperial seal.
The last person was very ordinary, holding a brush about a foot long in his hand, radiating red light all over.
Seeing this scene, Chu Tian stopped to watch intently.
Seeing people here must mean they are natives, right?
The four individuals turned into four streaks of light.
They hovered in the void in the east, south, west, and north directions.
Within a hundred-meter radius of the basin, they raised their strange weapons and simultaneously shot them downwards!
A miraculous sight occurred.
The four strange weapons landed and were directly inserted into the ground, emitting light and piercing the heavens and earth.
The four people chanted some incantations and secret techniques.
And they continuously poured powerful spiritual energy downwards.
This process lasted for more than ten minutes.
In the central area of the basin, within the area between the four weapons, a purple vortex slowly appeared.
The vortex gradually stabilized. The person who had previously held the great sword.
Reached out a hand towards the sky, and a crystal-clear long sword, formed from spiritual energy, appeared in his hand.
With a low shout, he flashed and rushed to the sky above the center of the vortex. Looking at the center of the vortex, he directly slashed down with his sword!
"Open…!"
As the sword was slashed down, a milky white sword energy, spanning dozens of meters, suddenly split the sky and struck the center of the purple vortex.
The vortex's rotation speed jolted, and then a crack appeared in the center. Threads of heaven and earth essence seeped out of the crack, invigorating anyone who smelled it!
The crack continuously spread, initially only a few meters, then growing to over ten meters!
Streams of fresh spiritual energy leaked out.
Chu Tian, from a great distance, felt his body and mind tremble as the spiritual energy spread towards him.
"All disciples, immediately enter the second level of the Divine Palace…"
The sword-wielding man stood in the air, his voice low.
"Remember, once you enter there… if you feel your strength is sufficient, you must push upwards. Once you reach the eighth level, you can leave this world that is like a cage."
The person who had previously held the brush spoke next.
"Of course, if your strength is insufficient, quickly return. Do not risk losing your life."
The spear-wielding person cautioned.
"Yes…" The disciples from the four directions responded in unison.
"Go! Three days later, when the mist arrives, you must return, otherwise, no one will wait for you!"
...
The disciples gazed at the rift that had opened in the vortex.
The mist was hazy, and spiritual energy swirled around.
But everyone felt a bit apprehensive.
Chu Tian saw that these individuals were all around sixteen or seventeen years old.
It was normal for children of this age to be afraid. For a moment, no one stepped forward.
However, under the urging, they gradually entered.
Chu Tian, however, did not move. He was contemplating whether to go over and say hello, and ask where this place was.
After the last disciple entered, the four individuals simultaneously turned their gaze towards Chu Tian.
"Little friend, you are not from here, are you?"
The person holding the brush should have looked like a scholarly man.
But the person before him completely defied that impression.
He had a full beard, and his eyes, though not large, were very spirited.
Chu Tian felt awkward being addressed like that.
"Uh… I don't know how I ended up here."
He genuinely didn't know what was happening, so Chu Tian wasn't lying.
"Haha, then you're out of luck. You look quite young. Try to see if you can enter the secret realm. If you're lucky and reach the third level of the Heavenly God Sea realm directly, you can leave."
The person actually encouraged Chu Tian to enter.
"Emmm… excuse me, what is this place?" Chu Tian asked the question he wanted to know.
"This… can be considered a place of exile. I don't know if you're from the Ancestral Star, but perhaps you've heard of Shen Hai Palace."
"Shen Hai Palace? Of course, I've heard of it. I was tricked by that Palace Master!"
Chu Tian's interest was piqued when he heard them mention Shen Hai Palace.
"Because Shen Hai Palace itself is a trial ground from the mythical era. Where we are now is the first level."
The judge-like person explained patiently to Chu Tian.
"Shen Hai Palace is a trial ground? Then you people?"
"Us? Hehe, our ancestors did not enter the trial and thus did not leave. The first level is where we reside."
After the judge-like man finished his explanation, Chu Tian nodded.
He understood now. This was the interior of Shen Hai Palace.
What he hadn't expected was that there were natives here.