Against The Heavens

"Once again, off we go."

"Let"s stir up some trouble."

How many times hadn"t the two of them said these words before entering hidden realms or other dangerous locations? To finally get to say them again, it filled both of them with boundless joy. They both stepped off the platform and plummeted downwards, directly into the whirlpool, holding hands just in case the whirlpool tried to separate them. Langshen quickly followed after them, stepping into a ripple in s.p.a.ce and appearing directly above the whirlpool, all three of them entering it at the same time.

They felt a strong force tear at them while they were pa.s.sing through the upper portion of the whirlpool, but it vanished the moment they pa.s.sed through the spatial membrane. There was no flash of light or coc.o.o.n of s.p.a.ce, they simply appeared in a completely different place the moment they pa.s.sed through the membrane.

Directly beneath them was a large island, a vast city covering the entire island. The city was built almost like a pyramid, the closer you got to the center of the city the more elevated it became, a hexagonal palace made from ocean blue stone standing at the tallest part of the city. The island was surrounded by a vast ocean that spread out as far as the eye could see, various islands that had different environments spread out all over the area.

Li Yang and Fang Ying were currently falling towards the city, giving them a good view of the surrounding ocean. They could see several shadows within the water, some as small as a person while others were as large as some of the islands, several kilometers in each direction. Clearly, one had to be very careful if they wanted to traverse this ocean and move from island to island. They could see that the other people who had entered the Ocean G.o.d"s Graveyard before them were currently within the city beneath them so it seemed like everyone would end up in this location upon entering this place.

The two glanced at each other before nodding their heads, pushing each other slightly so that their direction changed. Rather than fall towards the eastern outskirts of the city, they were now falling towards the southern outskirts of the city, a bit away from the other people. Langshen let out a subdued howl as they were a short distance away from the city, surrounding the three of them in a thin coc.o.o.n of s.p.a.ce and teleporting them directly down to the city, saving them the trouble of having to decrease their speed before landing.

The two inspected their surroundings after arriving in the city, checking out the buildings and the road beneath them. The roads followed a spiraling pattern around the entire city, tilting upwards so that it could follow the elevation of the city. The murky blue buildings followed a rather strange architecture, they were all perfectly square and the same size, slowly growing larger as one got closer to the center of the city. They looked like large building blocks that had been hollowed out and spread around to form a city. After inspecting their surroundings, Li Yang glanced at Fang Ying out of the corner of his eye.

"Do you want to follow the other groups to the palace at the center of the city or should we check out some of the other islands first? No point in going after the Divine Beasts just yet, it"s better to wait for the other people to discover them and form groups to take them down."

Li Yang had only discovered the Divine Beasts thanks to his bloodline, it would take a bit of time for the others without Divine Beasts bloodlines to discover the Divine Beasts. Trying to find the Divine Beasts now would only lead to him and Fang Ying having to spend a lot of time waiting for the others to find them, it was better to spend their time searching for resources and increasing their strength. Fang Ying tapped her chin slightly, her gaze moving between the palace at the center and the other islands in the distance, her lips slowly curving up into a teasing smile as she glanced at Li Yang.

"Let"s head for the center tower first, the best resources should be there. If we don"t increase your strength there"s a chance that you"ll just drop dead at the first signs of battle."

Li Yang"s cultivation was currently only at the middle stage of the Ascending Heaven realm, and while he did have the strength of someone at the Soaring Immortal strength, it was indeed a little low, especially when they had no idea what sort of enemies they might face. Li Yang looked at Fang Ying"s smile, clicking his tongue.

"Tch, you can only say that because you"re three years older than me. Had we been born at the same time I guarantee that my cultivation would be higher than yours, even with you being the favorite of the Tian clan."

Fang Ying wasn"t just three years younger than him, she had awakened her memories three years before him as well, giving her plenty of time to increase her strength. She was also a member of the Tian clan, the resources she had access to were far better than Li Yang"s. Fang Ying giggled lightly, grabbing hold of Li Yang"s hand and following the road to the center of the city, waving her free hand in a nonchalant manner.

"Right right, whatever makes you sleep better at night. Don"t worry, I"ll make sure to protect you from all the scary people."

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Located at the center of the Cloud Wilderness, the largest wilderness and one of the five most deadly places on this planet, was a ma.s.sive city. The city mixed a wide variety of architectures, some buildings were made from normal material, some buildings were built directly into the trees, while other buildings were constructed inside mountains located around the city. This city was known as Myriad Roars city, the capital of the Demon race, the rulers of the Cloud Wilderness.

The people of the Demon race were in fact just people born between a Demonic beast and a human, most of them weren"t all that different from normal humans. But they had still gathered together here in the heart of the Cloud Wilderness, forming a nation of their own that lived in relative harmony with the Demonic beasts of the Cloud Wilderness, neither hunting the other.

At the northern end of the city stood a tall and thick tree, almost resembling a pillar that connected the earth with the clouds. Built amidst the crown of this tree was a large rectangular mansion that was a deep silver in color, glimmering in the light of the sun. A wrinkly orange-haired man was making his way through the hallways of the mansion, which were carpeted with a golden carpet made from a soft type of fur that had been shed by a rather rare Demonic beast known as the Gold-Furred Tree King.

The man stopped in front of an ornate door carved with the images of a Nine-Tailed Fox and a Green Dragon gazing at a distant moon. The man kneeled in front of the door and lowered is head, speaking out in a low voice.

"My prince, some of our spies have sent back an important report."

This man was the spymaster of the man residing in this mansion, the Silver Dragon Prince of the Demon race. Unlike his brother, the Golden Dragon Prince, the Silver Dragon Prince seemingly had no interest in taking over as the ruler of the Demon race, he focused all his time on cultivation and gathering information. The Demon race didn"t interact much with humans, they didn"t even have that many scouts or spies in the human race. It was only after the Silver Dragon Prince started to grow up that the Demon race sent out more spies and gathered more information about the human race, all based on the orders of the Silver Dragon Prince. The spymaster didn"t have to wait long for a response, the door swinging open of its own.

"You may enter."

The room beyond the door was a very simple circular room, it only contained a single chair and a small table. Other than this chair and table, every other inch of the room was filled with books, only a small path from the door to the room free of books. Sitting in the chair was a handsome youth with a somewhat burly body and chiseled features, he had silver hair tied into a neat bun and piercing golden eyes filled with a tranquil pride. The Silver Dragon Prince put aside the book he was currently reading, looking at his spymaster while taking a sip from the jar of wine placed on the table next to the chair.

"Alright, Old Shisen, what have you got for me?"

The words of the Silver Dragon Prince were calm and casual, but just listening to them made it feel like they were digging into your very soul. The spymaster, Old Shisen, quickly stood up and entered the room, kneeling again in front of the chair and delivering his report.

"The spies we placed into the clans and sects have reported that the Ocean G.o.d"s Graveyard has opened once more. Countless people have already flooded into it, some of our people among them."

The Silver Dragon Prince gave a slight nod of his head, but he didn"t seem too interested in the news. He knew about the Ocean G.o.d"s Graveyard and how significant it was for it to open, but since they already had spies amongst the people that had entered the place, he didn"t care too much about it. Old Shisen quickly continued his report, giving as many details as he could.

"The Puppet G.o.d sect tried to hide this information and keep it for themselves, but thanks to a girl from the Tian clan and a boy from the Yuan clan, the information was quickly spread. This is one of the stranger parts of the information. The girl is called Fang Ying, the princess of the Tian clan and the fiancee of Tian Zheng, and before sending out the news to everyone she could, she fled from Tian Zheng with another man, the other person who spread the news. The boy"s name is Li Yang and our spies say he is from the Yuan clan, but he doesn"t have any grand status in the clan, he didn"t even get one of the guaranteed tokens to enter the compet.i.tion, he won his in one of the smaller tournaments. According to the spies, the two fled practically as quickly as they met each other, one of the spies in the Tian clan even said that it looked like Fang Ying loved this boy."

Old Shisen stopped talking and raised his head slightly, his eyes opening wide when he saw that the Silver Dragon Prince had crushed the cup he had been holding, the wine staining his silver robe. The Silver Dragon Prince looked at Old Shisen with a piercing gaze, quickly speaking.

"These two people, do you have a description of them? Any images? Anything?"

Old Shishen had never seen the Silver Dragon Prince this agitated, he had always been calm and cool, no one able to understand what was hiding behind his faint smile. He didn"t dare waste any time, quickly taking out a jade orb and filling it with his Qi.

"We have an image of both of them, it was taken mere moments before the two of them fled from Tian Zheng and Xiong Xieren."

The jade orb lit up, using Qi to draw an image in the air above it. The image showed Li Yang and Fang Ying right after killing Zi Yanwu, right after the people from the Tian clan and the Puppet G.o.d sect arrived. Clearly, one of the people in the two groups had been a spy for the Demon race and had used a special jade to capture the scenery in front of him. The Silver Dragon Prince looked at the image, his mouth twitching for a bit before he suddenly broke out into loud laughter.

"Hahaha! I knew it! I f.u.c.king knew it! Seems like it"s time for things to get lively again now, eh?! That"s three down, only three to go!"

The Silver Dragon Prince stood up from his seat, a wide smile covering his entire face. He completely ignored the stunned look on Old Shisen"s face, storing the jug of wine on the table into his interspatial ring and stepping over the books to leave the room, waving for Old Shishen to follow him.

"Old Shishen, prepare our backchannels and do whatever it takes, I want to be part of that compet.i.tion before this day is over!"

Old Shishen was even more stunned upon hearing this. The Silver Dragon Prince, who seemingly found conflict distasteful, was going to take part in the Huo clan compet.i.tion? But Old Shishen could not go against the orders of his prince, he quickly nodded his head and got to work. The news quickly spread through the city, and before long, everyone knew that the Silver Dragon Prince, Zhao Feng, was on the move.