Chapter 135: The Heavenly Emperor's Terror, Ascending The Heavenly Gate

At Jiang Minghuang’s words, everyone was taken aback.

“What did Granny Tianwu do before she died?”

“It seems… she didn’t do anything!”

“She tried to resurrect the Unorthodox Empress, exhausted herself and died—she couldn’t even utter the last word. Indeed, she did nothing else.”

“Yes, yes, she died very suddenly, without even saying her last words.”

The assembled cultivators carefully recalled the scene of Granny Tianwu collapsing from exhaustion and dying in that earlier scene.

They found it hard to understand what Jiang Minghuang had deduced.

Jiang Minghuang did not beat around the bush and said plainly, “This detail just occurred to me as well: in her final moment, Granny Tianwu’s gaze was fixed on the Heavenly Emperor, and she even pointed toward the sky.”

Pointed to the sky?

Many still did not catch it.

As Jiang Minghuang said, this detail had gone unnoticed by many.

After all, Granny Tianwu had died so suddenly. Everyone’s attention was more on their own shock because she failed to utter the last word and Bai Qing’er did not revive.

Moreover, Granny Tianwu’s state was dire. She had collapsed to the ground and her gesture of pointing to the sky was not obvious.

Still, some cultivators reacted, “Does Emperor Jiang mean Granny Tianwu pointing at the sky was telling the Heavenly Emperor that the Heavenly Palace holds a chance to resurrect the Unorthodox Empress?”

“Exactly. This should be why the Heavenly Emperor went to the Heavenly Palace. When the Heavenly Emperor just said he would go to the Heavenly Palace, I only belatedly realized it myself,” said Jiang Minghuang.

Through the two of them speaking, many cultivators belatedly caught on.

But once they realized it, their shock only deepened.

“Such a detail escaped even us. How could the Heavenly Emperor have noticed it?!” a cultivator exclaimed in shock.

Granny Tianwu’s death had been too sudden and too surprising.

After all, prior to this everyone believed the Unorthodox Empress could be resurrected thanks to Granny Tianwu’s help.

When Granny Tianwu fell and the Unorthodox Empress did not revive, everyone felt incredulous and utterly surprised.

Under such circumstances, even outsiders like them would struggle to notice Granny Tianwu’s final actions.

But the Heavenly Emperor—the one most deeply affected by the Unorthodox Empress’s failure to revive—had noticed such a detail!!

The more they thought about it, the more terrifying it became!

In that moment, the assembled cultivators felt the Heavenly Emperor’s dreadfulness even more.

Ye Chen felt it even more so.

Especially when he saw, in the current vision, that dark sparrow carrying the Heavenly Emperor flying toward the Heavenly Palace.

That so-called Saintess of the Witch Clan seemed to be unusually devoted to the Heavenly Emperor, as if she owed him something.

From beginning to end, that dark sparrow had never appeared before. Now it became a source of deep unease and puzzlement in his heart.

The cultivators gradually calmed their shock and once again turned their gaze toward that Bronze Ancient Mirror.

A cultivator spoke, “In the ancient times, although the Heavenly Palace did not wield the same authority as it does now, it was still a mighty force towering above the nine heavens! The Heavenly Emperor is going there just like that? Can he enter the Heavenly Palace that easily?”

Beixuan Continent had thirty-three layers of heaven, and in ancient times the Heavenly Palace stood above all thirty-three layers.

From this geographical position alone, one could tell the Heavenly Palace’s standing on the Beixuan Continent!

Such a sacred place would not allow outsiders to come and go at will.

Not to mention, the Heavenly Emperor was going there to seek a chance to reverse death and revive someone!

Such a chance, even within the Heavenly Palace, would be a fearsome piece of fate. Why would the Heavenly Palace allow the Heavenly Emperor to enter to seek it?

At this moment everyone became curious about what would happen when the Heavenly Emperor entered the Heavenly Palace.

Would the Heavenly Emperor find that chance to revive the dead? And who had actually saved the Unorthodox Empress?

Besides that, many cultivators looked up toward Mu Nanzhi, the principal consort of the Heavenly Emperor in the nine heavens.

“If I’m not mistaken, the Empress Dowager probably met the Heavenly Emperor around this time, right?” a cultivator said.

Mu Nanzhi was the daughter of the old Heavenly Emperor and later married the current Heavenly Emperor.

However, the grievances between them were said to be as deep as the sea. Otherwise, how could this person, once so close to the Heavenly Emperor, choose to fall out with him?

From watching the Heavenly Emperor’s past, it was clear he had many female confidantes in his life, yet only Mu Nanzhi became his principal consort!

This showed how deep the bond between this woman and the Heavenly Emperor was!

It also revealed how terrifying their mutual hatred must be!

Ye Chen gazed deeply at Mu Nanzhi in the nine heavens.

At this moment he only hoped there would be no more misunderstandings between this woman and the Heavenly Emperor!

Gu Youwei, Jiang Minghuang, Bai Su, Changxi, and now Bai Qing’er—having gone through so much back-to-back, he was truly frightened!

But after carefully considering the cause-and-effect between the two, his heart calmed considerably.

…

Inside the mirror.

Gu Changqing bore a bronze ancient coffin on his back, standing proudly on the dark sparrow’s back as they flew beyond the thirty-three layers of heaven.

The Saintess’ true form was a dark sparrow.

Moreover, she could freely control its size.

At its current size it resembled the roc from mythic tales.

Its back spanned thousands of miles, its wings like hanging clouds—when it beat them it flew across countless thousands of miles.

Its speed was tremendous. Few beings on the Beixuan Continent could match it.

The Beixuan Continent had thirty-three heavenly palaces. The higher one went, the more exalted the status.

As Gu Changqing journeyed, he passed innumerable noble families and heavenly clans.

monsters who dwelt in the Upper Realms in ancient times.

Bearing the bronze ancient coffin, Gu Changqing stood proudly on the sparrow’s back.

After an indeterminate time, Gu Changqing finally saw, in the depths of the sea of clouds, a towering and majestic immortal gate.

It was an extremely awe-inspiring Heavenly Gate, supreme celestial might overflowing, brilliant radiance surging, suppressing ancient and modern alike.

Countless divine dragons were carved upon the gate, resplendent in gold and jade—magnificent beyond compare!

It was like a fearsome chasm between heaven and earth, making one feel insignificant and afraid to take a single step inside.

Upon that overwhelmingly grand gate were written three vigorous, dragon-like characters.

South Heavenly Gate!

Beneath the South Heavenly Gate, tens of thousands of heavenly soldiers stood side by side, forming two solemn walls that led to the deepest parts of the Heavenly Palace, and each heavenly soldier was at least a terrifying powerhouse.

Their combined momentum converged as if to pierce the sky!

Their foundational strength was so overwhelming it sent shivers through the soul.

Whoo…sssh…

As the sparrow beat its wings, terrifying gales rose at the horizon, churning the sea of clouds.

Gu Changqing leapt down from the firmament, standing proudly outside the South Heavenly Gate with the bronze ancient coffin on his back.

In that instant, countless heavenly soldiers turned their heads in unison, and a terrifying wave of killing intent enveloped Gu Changqing!