Atlas of Heaven and Earth
Chapter 518: Heavenly Gate

Seeing Chen Chuan still standing there unharmed, the Insect Lord suddenly opened its mouthparts, and in an instant, another burst of air surged out.

Chen Chuan's eyes flashed, and instead of dodging, he blocked with both arms in front of him. He was pushed back more than ten meters by this Strength before stopping, leaving two deep grooves plowed in the ground.

But that was all; it didn't have the destructive power of the intangible sonic wave from before.

He had already realized that the previous attack was actually a combination. The attacked, when assaulted by the swarm, even if capable of defending, would inevitably focus their main defense on the surface of their body, and then, when their vision was obscured and their senses confused, they would be hit by that wave of sonic shock, which would almost certainly be fatal.

However, this airwave was probably just to push him away, to make it easier to launch the next attack.

As he expected, the Insect Lord once again puffed up its chest, its wing membranes stretching outwards, but he wouldn't give it any more chances. He turned the Snow Emperor Blade in his hand and rushed forward.

The distance of several dozen meters flashed by in an instant. With a flash of light, the Insect Lord's movements froze, and it suddenly lost its balance, tilting to one side. The Snow Emperor Blade had directly severed one of its limbs.

Without the swarm surrounding it, Chen Chuan could attack without restraint, and such a large target was far less agile than him, hitting almost every time.

The Insect Lord sensed the danger and emitted a series of ear-piercing screeches, while flapping its wing membranes, driving its body up from the ground.

While this exposed its abdomen, it was also covered in thick armor.

Chen Chuan , however, switched the knife to his left hand and extended his right hand, seemingly slowly but actually quickly, supporting it on the Insect Lord's head. The Insect Lord vibrated in mid-air, its compound eyes bulging outwards, then tilted and fell to the ground.

This move, Penetrating Strength, was taught to him by Chen Bitong specifically to deal with giant insects with strong shells. It could directly penetrate Strength into the interior to explode, and this time it directly shattered the tissues inside the head.

But even so, after falling, it still struggled to fly up, flew out dozens of meters, and then crashed down from the sky, its back slamming to the ground with a loud thud. It still kept flapping its wings and twitching, making a great commotion, before finally stopping after a while.

At this moment, the surrounding scenery began fading, gradually disappearing, and he returned to the training ground once again.

Chen Bitong stood not far away and said, "Captain Chen , your training Examination has been passed. The final test exceeded the content originally arranged for you. I added it temporarily. I will write this in the Ministry of Defense report.

Also, as I said before, I will give a reward to those who pass the Examination."

Saying this, he gestured to his assistant Fang Zhixin on the side, who stepped forward and handed a metal box to Chen Chuan . "Captain Chen , please take it."

Chen Bitong said, "This is something I got once in the Convergence Zone. It has the effect of strengthening and repairing the Spirit. It's useless to me, so I'll give it to you as a reward this time."

Fang Zhixin looked at it with envy. This was a good thing, but he was convinced that Chen Chuan deserved it. He was the only one who could follow the training course from beginning to end.

Chen Chuan took it in his hand and thanked him, saying, "Thank you, Master Chen ." He then asked, "Master Chen said that this is only the first phase of training. I wonder when the second phase will begin"

Chen Bitong said, "The time is not yet certain. If it is opened again, I will let Zhixin notify you, but it may be a long time later."

Chen Chuan said, "In that case, then this student will take his leave."

He bid farewell to the two and walked outside, but when he reached the door of the training ground, he turned back and said, "Master Chen , I have been following teacher for so long, but I still haven't had the opportunity to ask Master Chen for guidance. It's really a pity."

Chen Bitong looked at him and said, "There will be opportunities."

Chen Chuan nodded and left from here. He walked out of the building, opened the car door, and looked up again. After thinking for a moment, he sat in and drove away.

On the way, he contacted Councilor Pei and reported today's process, then turned directly back to the Mysterious Palace Tower.

Back in his dormitory, he put the box aside and didn't rush to open it. Instead, he contacted Manager Zhuang to check Zhao Ming's progress. The progress was very smooth. After five days, he was just entering the next stage.

However, this stage required being in a petri dish and staying there for a long time, so he couldn't go to the site to see it.

But he could see Zhao Ming's current state through the Boundary Token, and the Wingblade Company would send him the daily progress and the growth rate of the Mutated Tissue, and also said that if he changed his mind, it would still be in time at the initial stage.

He walked to the window. Not long after he returned, it started to rain. The weather outside was gloomy, and Central City was shrouded in a rain of fog, but the various advertisements and neon lights still couldn't cover it up, looming inside.

Occasionally, he could still see flashes of light like lightning.

He couldn't see the Port from here, but he could see the figures of airships coming and going, with a higher frequency than before. As the moment of Yi Mother Split approached, the atmosphere would become more tense.

He contacted Teacher Xue , and soon the connection was made. Teacher Xue's voice came out: "Chen student "

Chen Chuan said, "Teacher Xue , I have almost mastered the Soul-Shaking Hammer and Empty Heart Seal. This student would like to ask, can I start the next lesson"

"You have mastered it? That's good, tomorrow at nine in the morning..."

Chen Chuan said in his heart along with him, "I will be there on time." After the other side finished speaking, he immediately followed up: "This student will be there on time."

Teacher Xue said with a smile, "Then that's it."

Chen Chuan made an appointment with him and returned to the training room, sat down cross-legged, and began today's necessary Cultivation.

In fact, in his opinion, the most important thing that Teacher Xue taught was "nourishing the method", which could continuously nourish and accumulate the body and Spirit. Coupled with the support of Special drugs, his physical fitness could continue to improve.

Counting it, because his resources were still sufficient, and he was still in the growth stage, the growth and stagnation periods of the Mutated Tissue were not obvious.

But he could feel it. As he went higher, the growth process of the Mutated Tissue became slower and slower. This trend was not obvious yet, but if it continued like this, after a few years, it might take several months or even half a year to improve as quickly as it does now in one or two months.

So before knowing how to solve this problem, grasping the opportunity to improve during this period was the best thing to do.

The next day, April 1st.

Chen Chuan came to the training ground on the seventieth floor. It had been raining all night and still hadn't stopped. The sky outside looked gloomy, with only silent light curtains flashing there.

He turned back and sat down, practicing SpiritSkills on his own. When it was close to noon, he opened his eyes and found Teacher Xue smiling and sitting in front of him, but he didn't know when he had come.

He was about to get up, but Teacher Xue reached out and pressed down, coughed, "No need to be polite, a lot of time has been wasted, let's start this."

Without waiting for Chen Chuan to speak, he straightened his expression and said, "Chen student , when you were meditating just now, I felt it, your progress has reached my requirements, so the following things can be told to you."

Chen Chuan sat up straight, showing a focused listening expression.

Teacher Xue said, "Chen student , with your current position, you should already know about Yi Mu's upcoming Splitting, right"

Chen Chuan nodded, thinking that it was indeed related to this.

"As I said, this is an opportunity for you."

Teacher Xue's voice suddenly became extremely serious.

"The Field Entity in Central City, like Yi Mu , which are relatively special, are modulated and cultivated by various technologies from various countries, but before that, there were various Field Entitys that moved back and forth between the two worlds in old times. It is believed that the earliest Fissures were expanded by these creatures.

And when some of the larger ones undergo self-Splitting reproduction, they invisibly bring the two worlds closer and form a special Fissure.

This situation, placed in old times, was called ‘Open the Heavenly Gate’."

"Open the Heavenly Gate..."

Chen Chuan pondered this term, looked up and asked, "May I ask Teacher Xue , does the appearance of this Fissure lead to the Convergence Zone, or..."

Teacher Xue said, "Good question. You should know that the Convergence Zone is just formed by the fusion of two worlds, and the spiritual fields of the Field Entitys in each Central City are linked together to form the World Ring.

And this ‘Heavenly Gate’ is a relatively distant place that the Field Entity can reach."

At this time, he raised his head slightly and slowed down his voice, "And the reason why the term ‘Heavenly Gate’ is used to describe it is because once this kind of connection is established, although it will bring in countless external contaminations, the essence of other worlds will also arrive together.

Any Martial Artist , as long as they have embarked on the path of SpiritCultivation, if they can seize the opportunity and use the correct method, they can obtain certain benefits from it.

The so-called ‘spiritual elixir inhalation and exhalation, consuming and drinking for longevity’ in the old National religion is like this.

It's just that even the old National religion, when facing the opened Heavenly Gate, must prepare proper religious rituals, calculate the appropriate heavenly positions and times, and even the Field Entitys are carefully selected to ensure that there are no problems to the greatest Limit.

Because when those Martial Artists who intend to embark on the path of transcendence directly face the Heavenly Gate and choose to absorb the essence, they will inevitably feel external contamination. Those who are lucky may survive and thus gain the possibility of reaching a higher level.

Those who are unlucky..."

He shook his head, "Death may be a good result, but most of them will be transformed into something, or be occupied by those beings on the other side.

But due to the existence of the World Ring, most of the external contaminations that are harmful to Martial Artists will be blocked outside, and the safety is greatly improved compared to the past. However, with this Influence, most of those essences will also be blocked."

Speaking of this, his tone became more solemn, and he looked at Chen Chuan and said, "So what I will teach you next is how to break through the obstacles to the greatest Limit and absorb those essences."