Shocking the Nine Heavens With My Sword
Chapter 547 - 526: Finally Entering Immortal City (2/4)

Chapter 547: Chapter 526: Finally Entering Immortal City (2/4)

The Flowing Cloud Shuttle was a small starship designed primarily for speed, lacking the capability for long-haul flights.

It wasn’t that it couldn’t make long-distance trips, but it required a constant replacement of the depleted Immortal Stones to ensure a continuous source of power.

Like larger starships, the Flowing Cloud Shuttle could also perform spatial transitions, much like a Star Gate, instantly crossing billions of miles. This was the principle behind the starship’s capability for Starry Sky-level voyages, something Immortals couldn’t achieve.

Not a single Immortal could carry out long-distance transitions, not even the Creation Emperor possessed such ability.

The Flowing Cloud Shuttle flickered with bursts of brilliance, each flash signifying a transition, drawing it a fraction closer to the Forty-Nine Immortal City.

One hour... Five hours... Seventeen hours!

A day and a night passed, and Yang Lanxin, at the helm, knew the state of the Flowing Cloud Shuttle better than anyone. Her pretty face couldn’t help but tense up because the starship’s power was nearing depletion!

In her space artifact, she had Immortal Stones—though those used by the starship were considerably larger, she had indeed made some preparations, enough for seven or eight replacements. But with the Mo Family’s starship hot on their tail, how could there be time to stop and replace the spent Immortal Stones?

The good news was that the Forty-Nine Immortal City was close at hand!

Merely half an hour later, Zhou Heng stared ahead, his eyes suddenly revealing an immense shock!

He beheld a spectacular scene!

In the vast expanse of the universe, forty-nine immensely large landmasses stacked upon each other, comprising thirteen layers in total, converging from all four directions. Each side had twelve landmasses layered atop one another, with the final landmass covering them all as the thirteenth layer.

Each landmass was so enormous that it was impossible to see the edges at a glance, shining brightly amidst the dark cosmos!

Although the top was interconnected, the bottom four landmasses were at least dozens of landmasses apart from each other, forming a four-faced pyramidal structure in its entirety.

It was awe-inspiring!

Without needing Yang Lanxin to explain, Zhou Heng knew this had to be the Forty-Nine Immortal City!

Each landmass was itself an Immortal City, larger than the entirety of Xuanqian Star.

"Our power is running low; we can only make it to North Hai City ahead!" Yang Lanxin called out to Zhou Heng.

She naturally wanted to return directly to Xihai City, but the current situation didn’t permit them to follow their own plans; they could only head for the nearest North Hai City. Although it was called a city, it was actually an incredibly vast landmass. Once they landed on the landmass, how could anyone find the two of them in the vast sea of people?

After a few more transitions, the Flowing Cloud Shuttle descended.

Zhou Heng couldn’t help but wonder why they didn’t fly directly inside before abandoning the ship?

"Every Immortal City is protected by a formation. Unless one possesses the cultivation level of the Creation Emperor, it is simply impossible to force entry!" Yang Lanxin explained to Zhou Heng, "The twelve layers of Immortal City to the east, west, south, and north can only be entered from the very bottom layer."

That explained it.

Zhou Heng nodded and as they spoke, the Flowing Cloud Shuttle had already landed. He picked up Yang Lanxin and hurriedly kicked open the hatch, rushing out. Now, even a second of time couldn’t be wasted!

This was a very large outpost, similar to the entrance of a city in the Mortal Realm, divided into pathways, each guarded by assigned personnel, all at the Moonlight King cultivation level.

Upon seeing Zhou Heng clutching Yang Lanxin and running over as if their tails were on fire, the guards laughed, especially since Yang Lanxin was in her plump appearance, with her body’s flesh rolling tumultuously at every move, a sight indeed difficult for some to stomach.

"What’s the rush? Is there a ghost chasing you?" one guard jokingly remarked, bursting into loud laughter.

"We need to enter the city!" both Zhou Heng and Yang Lanxin said.

"Let’s test your realm first!" the guard suggested.

Humming, Zhou Heng released his Bright Moon, not needing to show it all off since in the Hai Immortal City, merely being at the Moonlight King level sufficed for entry. And as an Immortal, he was qualified to bring others into the city, so it didn’t matter that Yang Lanxin’s spiritual power was sealed.

"Alright, you can go in!" The guard didn’t make things difficult for Zhou Heng and Yang Lanxin, mainly because Yang Lanxin’s plump appearance was too nauseating, deterring him from even attempting to extort or ask for a bribe.

The less he saw of her, the less troubled his heart would be. It was better to let them pass quickly and out of sight, out of mind.

Zhou Heng enacted the Swift Cloud Radiant Step, his figure flying rapidly, whisking away Yang Lanxin and vanishing into the distance in an instant.

"Has that man gone mad, treasuring a plump woman as if she’s a gem? Would anyone really fight over such a piece?" the guard who made the joke earlier said in bewilderment. But immediately, he sensed an immense pressure and turned to see an extremely beautiful woman staring at him.

This woman’s beauty was to the point of perfection, yet why did she emanate such an icy aura that made one shiver with cold?

"I want to enter the city!" Naturally, this beauty was Mo Yuyan. She didn’t wait for the guard to speak but actively demonstrated her proof as the Moonlight Emperor. Her Three Wheels of the full moon glowed brightly as she spoke, intending to pass through.

Although the guard was merely a Moonlight King, he represented the rules of the Forty-Nine Immortal City and didn’t fear Mo Yuyan—who would dare to confront the rules of the Forty-Nine Immortal City?

These were the laws set by the true masters of the Forty-Nine Immortal City, the supreme beings within Juexian City!

Anyone who dared to break the rules of the Immortal City was basically provoking these masters directly!

Seeking death!

Therefore, although the guard didn’t dare to extort an Imperial from the Moonlight line or take advantage of them, he could still throw some obstacles in their way. He coughed once and said unhurriedly, "Hold on, I haven’t seen it clearly yet!"

"You—" Mo Yuyan was furious. Wasn’t this blatant obstruction? She had just been forcefully dominated by Zhou Heng, and was already seething with rage that could set the heavens ablaze; now a mere Moonlight King dared to trip her up, igniting her murderous intent.

But killing someone was easy; the consequences, however, were not something she could bear!

Challenge the Laws of an Immortal City? She didn’t have such qualifications, nor did the Mo Family!

Mo Yuyan forcefully suppressed her rage and once again offered up the full moon, waiting a full ten seconds before asking, "Have you seen it clearly now?"

"Fine, go in," the guard waved his hand dismissively. After all, he was just a Moonlight King. He could disgust Mo Yuyan simply because he had the backing of the entire Forty-Nine Immortal City, but if he went too far, he would also be punished by the Immortal City.

When all was said and done, he was just a nobody.

Mo Yuyan, suppressing her rage, passed through the checkpoint, and the entire starship followed suit—since she had passed, naturally, she could bring the whole starship with her. Just as if she were a Creation Emperor, she could have directly taken this starship to the Zi Immortal City, or even Juexian City!

"Fourth Miss—" Dozens of shadows flew down from the starship. They didn’t know what had happened, only that their Fourth Miss had suddenly gone mad and was chasing someone down.

Mo Yuyan’s eyebrows knit together. The starship’s speed advantage could only be utilized in the Starry Sky. In the Immortal City, where gravity was bizarrely high, the starship’s speed could at best match that of a Moonlight King.

Zhou Heng and his companion had already run off to who knows where, and although North Hai City was called a city, in truth, it was a vast continent, boundless and immense. How could they find someone?

Wait, that thief had said they came from the Yang family in Xihai City, and yet here they were in North Hai City. Theoretically, there are only two ways to go from North Hai City to Xihai City: the first is simple, exit through this checkpoint, traverse the Starry Sky and head straight for Xihai City.

The second is to go straight up, reach Juexian City, then descend all the way down to Xihai City.

But to travel to Xihai City in the second manner would mean that Zhou Heng or someone with him would have to possess the Cultivation Level of a Creation Emperor, which was flat out impossible.

"Leave some people here. I’ve passed on the thief’s Divine Sense fluctuations to you. If he tries to leave, capture him immediately!" Mo Yuyan commanded.

"Yes!" Everyone was serious and respectful.

"Everyone else, start the search... Issue a reward, capture anyone who matches this Divine Sense fluctuation, and be rewarded with a hundred thousand Lower Grade Immortal Stones!" Mo Yuyan continued issuing orders.

"A hundred thousand Lower Grade Immortal Stones? Fourth Miss, isn’t that too much? For a mere Moonlight King, isn’t the price too high?" her subordinates immediately advised.

Mo Yuyan didn’t answer, she just swept a cold glance across the crowd, and the voices of opposition immediately disappeared.

In the Mo Family, she held such prestige.

That thief... he must be captured and his body torn into thousands of pieces!

...

When Zhou Heng truly entered the Immortal City, he immediately noticed the gravity was outrageously strong, far exceeding that of the mineral-rich continent they’d been on before.

Here, not even a Quasi-Immortal could fly!

Zhou Heng’s speed had greatly decreased, but he was not worried. This gravity was the same for everyone; his slower speed meant that everyone’s speed was reduced as well.

"Didn’t they say there’s no metal in the Immortal City? Then why is the gravity even stronger?" he asked Yang Lanxin, puzzled.

"It’s simple. The Spiritual Energy here is so dense that it’s nearly tangible, which is why the gravity is so strong!" she explained.

Zhou Heng nodded. Having shaken off the pursuers and temporarily safe, he continued on his way.

After several hours of running, the sky suddenly darkened.

Zhou Heng had thought that the Immortal Realm didn’t distinguish between day and night.

The logic was simple since all the planets in the Immortal Realm had been shattered, leaving only fragments of continents, which were indeed these so-called Immortal Cities—merely forty-nine supermassive continents put together.

They weren’t planets at all.

So, how could there be sunrises and moonsets?

When he had arrived on this continent, the sky had been bright, indistinguishable from the daytime of the Mortal Realm. Even though Zhou Heng found it strange, he thought that if that Big Shot could pile forty-nine continents together to form the Forty-Nine Immortal City, then what was so strange about making each continent as bright as day?

But now the sky had actually darkened!

Unlike in the Mortal Realm, where the transition from day to night was a very natural and slow process, here it was incredibly fast, almost in the blink of an eye, the day had turned to night.

The sky had no moon, but was adorned with countless stars, casting faint light. (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation votes and monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)