Chapter 1016: The Secret of the Black Stone Palace

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

The troops of the Monster Race and Demon Race wanted to kill Fang Zhengzhi so badly.

However, they realized that something was wrong as they could no longer see Fang Zhengzhi as more monsters and demons crowded towards the center.

As Nangong Mu saw this, he was stunned as Fang Zhengzhi and Yun Qingwu had completely vanished.

Did they vanish?

“Scram!” Nangong Mu roared furiously. He knew that Fang Zhengzhi would definitely not be killed so easily by the troops of the Monster Race and Demon Race.

There was only one possibility.

Fang Zhengzhi used the Heavenly Rebirth Dao to escape as the troops of the Monster Race and Demon Race surrounded him. After all, there were too many of the monsters and demons.

It was not difficult for Fang Zhengzhi to escape in the chaotic scene.

“Where is he?!”

“Where did he go?”

“Is he dead?”

“Oh no, I think Fang Zhengzhi fled with Young Lord!”

The troops of the Monster Race and Demon Race regained their senses after hearing Nangong Mu’s voice. However, it was too late.

Fang Zhengzhi disappeared.

He disappeared into thin air.

“Fang Zhengzhi, you won’t be able to escape!” Blood flowed in Nangong Mu’s eyes and the gigantic red Tree of G.o.d vanished and flowed into his body.

He could not wait to kill all of the troops of the Monster Race and Demon Race.

However, he could not do it now as he had to make use of them to fight against the Human Alliance.

He thought he would definitely win initially but Fang Zhengzhi still managed to escape. Moreover, he escaped along with Yun Qingwu. How could Nangong Mu tolerate that?

“Fled? Did I flee?” Just as Nangong Mu was furious, a voice came from above him. It was very sudden and it caused his body to shake vigorously.

“What?!” Nangong Mu could recognize the voice. He moved back without even daring to take a look.

However, despite that, he felt a sharp pain on his right arm.

The Blazing Qilin Spear had penetrated his arm. Blood spurted out of his arm and the figure above him blended into a beam of azure blue radiance.

“I didn’t die? See you again!”

“…”

“See you again?!” Nangong Mu looked at the blue radiance that vanished from his original position and his eyes twitched uncontrollably.

It was too risky.

Fang Zhengzhi’s strike missed him by an inch.

If he did not look up because of curiosity, Fang Zhengzhi’s spear would have penetrated his skull instead of his arm.

Chills went down Nangong Mu’s back when he thought of this.

Speaking of sneak attack…

Fang Zhengzhi was an expert at that because n.o.body would expect Fang Zhengzhi to return for another strike even though he did not succeed.

“Fang Zhengzhi, you haven’t changed!” Nangong Mu gritted his teeth but he knew that Fang Zhengzhi had really left this time.

“Chase him!”

“Roger!”

…

Behind a rock at a distance away, Fang Zhengzhi reappeared from the azure blue radiance and quickly carried Yun Qingwu from the ground before retreating to the back.

Mu Qingfeng, Mo Shans.h.i.+ and the rest had already left for a while

However, they did not give him any signals. That meant that they should have at least reached the next position and was no longer trapped on the cliff.

Behind him, there should be a way out.

Just as Fang Zhengzhi was speculating about this, he felt pity because he was so close to stabbing Nangong Mu earlier on. He could have successfully stabbed Nangong Mu if Nangong Mu had reacted a second slower.

Was he not destined to die yet?

Fang Zhengzhi did not know whether it was because of the blessing of the ancestors of the Nangong n.o.bles. However, Nangong Mu was really powerful and would not have died with one strike.

Moreover, for the battle earlier on, Nangong Mu had absorbed the power of another G.o.dly State expert and had achieved an extraordinary level in terms of power.

Even though Fang Zhengzhi obtained the “Guangling Painting” that was combined from the 28 Maps of Access to Heaven, it was still difficult for him to kill Nangong Mu straightaway while he was amongst the troop.

However, despite the pity, Fang Zhengzhi was not surprised by the outcome as, after all, he still had a chance to do that in the future.

“We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it!” Fang Zhengzhi stopped thinking about it. He turned and ran towards the back, holding the Blazing Qilin Spear in one hand and carrying Yun Qingwu on the other hand.

He was extraordinarily fast.

Soon after, Fang Zhengzhi saw the inverted cliff that Mu Qingfeng mentioned about

It was a cliff with a silver waterfall. However, the waterfall flowed from the bottom to the top and the water fell to the sky.

“Cliff… Logically speaking, am I supposed to jump down?” Fang Zhengzhi looked around him at the patch of gra.s.s and saw many footprints.

They should be left behind when the Human Alliance walked past.

However, apart from the footprints, there were no other markings. One could not see the end of the cliff and at a distance away, there were many inverted mountains floating in midair.

It was a beautiful scenery but Fang Zhengzhi had no mood to admire it.

That was because he had to look for clues that Mu Qingfeng left behind for him. However, after searching thoroughly, he found nothing but a small puddle of water beside the cliff.

“Water?” Fang Zhengzhi looked at the waterfall and the inverted cliff which was blocked by the clouds. “Could it be that I have to jump into the waterfall instead of jumping off the cliff?”

It was a brazen guess.

However, based on what he saw, it was possible as there did not seem to be an end to the flow of the waterfall.

The inverted cliff and the waterfall that flowed up to the sky.

However, judging from the current situation…

The waterfall was like a band that connected heaven and earth. It seemed like the only possible path that connected to another location

At this moment, Fang Zhengzhi had already made a decision but decided to spread out his Black-Golden Wings so he would not suddenly fall from midair.

“Since my entire body is stained with blood, let’s take a shower together, Yun Qingwu!” Fang Zhengzhi shouted and leaped into the waterfall.

The water was a little cold.

It was extremely clear too. There were silver sparks and it looked like a waterfall formed from stars.

However, that was definitely not the most important thing. The most important thing was how Fang Zhengzhi felt the Black-Golden Wings behind him being kept back into his body as he leaped into the waterfall.

“What is happening?” Fang Zhengzhi would definitely not keep his wings as he wanted to fly a little longer with Yun Qingwu.

However, the reality was as such.

The next moment, Fang Zhengzhi felt the waterfall wind around his body like a ribbon and he completely lost his energy.

It was a strange scene.

Fang Zhengzhi could not even say anything before he was wrapped by the waterfall and thrown to the sky as though he was free-falling.

However, he was free-falling towards the sky.

“Where on earth am I? Why is my Origin Energy sealed?” Fang Zhengzhi had never encountered something like this before since he was born.

Moreover, he could breathe without a problem in the waterfall. This was evident from Yun Qingwu’s calm expression.

Yun Qingwu did not face any difficulty breathing due to the rapids.

It was too strange.

Fang Zhengzhi had a feeling that there was a huge secret in the Black Stone Palace.

Not only was it a huge secret but it also encompa.s.sed a powerful force.

Fang Zhengzhi had some suspicion from the moment he stepped into the Black Stone Palace and saw the black stones on the ground as he had only seen those stones in the galaxy before.

Thereafter, when he saw the nine gigantic black chains, he was even more certain that the Black Stone Palace was definitely not ordinary.

However, due to the appearance of the troops of the Monster Race and Demon Race, Fang Zhengzhi temporarily stopped exploring the Black Stone Palace and began to fight against the troops of the Monster Race and Demon Race instead.

However, now…

The scenes he had seen before came flas.h.i.+ng back when Fang Zhengzhi experienced the mysterious force again.

It was really strange.

However, Fang Zhengzhi did not have any concrete clues. Not only did he not have any clues about who had built the Black Stone Palace, but he also had no clue about how the black stones ended up there.

As for the words carved on the stone tablet, they were even more strange as it recorded about the mending of the sky and what happened after that incident. That meant that it was written by someone who survived the Cosmic Disaster.

However, why would the person who survived the Cosmic Disaster have black stones from the galaxy world?

That was an extreme contradiction.

Moreover, the Black Stone Palace had suddenly appeared under the cliff of the Heaven Dao Pavilion. Judging from the time, the Black Stone Palace probably came from the galaxy world.

That made it even more unbelievable.

The galaxy world had shut down after the Cosmic Disaster, how could something happen in the afterlife possibly fall into the galaxy world?

There were so many questions that drove Fang Zhengzhi crazy.

Splas.h.!.+ The sound of water flowing rapidly kept sounding beside Fang Zhengzhi.

The water from the waterfall that surrounded him and Yun Qingwu fell on their bodies and rinsed the blood and sweat from their bodies.

It felt as though they were taking a shower.

Wait a minute!

Shower?!

Fang Zhengzhi’s eyes lit up suddenly. He was unsure if the waterfall led to another place, but he knew that before one entered a Holy venue, it was a cultural habit for one to shower and change clothes.

That was to show respect for the Holy venue.

For instance, this was performed when paying respect to ancestors or praying for rain.

Of course, apart from that, there were many other rituals which required the same move. However, no matter what, they all shared a similarity — it had to be Holy.

“Holy… that’s right, it had to be holy. Could it be possible that this waterfall led to somewhere holy?” guessed Fang Zhengzhi.

However, this guess made him question too.

If the Black Stone Palace really originated from the galaxy world, what exactly was considered Holy?

Was there anything or place more holy than the G.o.dly State experts who survived the ancient battlefields?

It was so difficult for him to make a guess.

Fang Zhengzhi stopped pondering over this question as he would only be able to find out after he landed.

…

The waterfall connected to the sky and it was endless.

Fang Zhengzhi’s Origin Energy was sealed in the waterfall. He could not use any force and could barely hug Yun Qingwu such that she did not get washed away by the water.

Therefore, he was not traveling at a very fast speed.

He could only go with the flow of the water.

After a long while, Fang Zhengzhi felt that his body was entirely cleansed by the water and Yun Qingwu’s skin had become warmth and smooth.

At this moment, he suddenly felt that the flow of the water around him became less rapid.

Then…

He felt his energy return to his body as he suddenly fell into a pond

“Bloop bloop…” Air bubbles were produced from Yun Qingwu’s nose and mouth. She struggled and looked as if she was suffering from the water that had entered her body.

“We are finally out of the waterfall!” Fang Zhengzhi felt the change in Yun Qingwu and immediately swam towards the top of the pond. However, he felt something amiss as he swam.

The top of the pond seemed to be endless.

The higher up he swam, the colder the water became and the darker it became.

“No! Up is down and down is up!” Fang Zhengzhi quickly figured it out. The rules in the world never changed.

Earlier on, he instinctively swam up towards the surface of the water.

However, in reality, the higher up he went, the deeper he was.

After figuring this out, Fang Zhengzhi changed his direction and swam down while paddling in the water.

His level of cultivation enabled him to stay in the water for more than an hour without any problems. A small mistake in judgment did not hurt him.

However, Yun Qingwu looked like she was suffering.

Water kept entering her mouth and she was unable to breathe. Her face turned purple and she began to struggle.

Then, her mouth opened and looked like she was saying something.

Fang Zhengzhi could not hear her clearly but judging from her mouth shape, he had a feeling that Yun Qingwu was making a deduction.

“Was Yun Qingwu having illusionary visions because she could not breathe in the water and had dreamt about the scene in the black-golden box again?” Fang Zhengzhi knew that it was extremely probable for that to happen.

That was because Yun Qingwu was in a coma and it was extremely easy for her state of mind to mess up if she fell into a pond while she was in a coma.

Oh no!

If Yun Qingwu was able to hold her breath, she would be able to last in the pond. However, once her state of mind became messed up, she would open her mouth and start making deductions.

By opening her mouth, the water would naturally flow into her mouth as though she was drowning.

If she was conscious when drowning, she could still last a while longer. However, once she panicked and choked on the water, she would suffocate and die very quickly.