43: Chapter 43 Thunder Domain Temple, Long Qingyan

Chapter 43: Thunder Domain Holy Hall, Dragon Qingyan

Southeastern Sea Region of the Central Domain.

Amidst the boundless ocean, hundreds of closely clustered islands can be seen.

At the heart of the island cluster,

A towering structure, ten thousand zhang high, stood between heaven and earth. From a distance, it seemed to connect with the sky.

The entire tower was bathed in a sea of thunder, constantly undergoing its baptism.

Yet, the tower remained unmoving, as if completely unharmed.

The tower body had nine floors, each shimmering with a different color of light, and the radiance was dazzling.

The entire tower was bound by nine massive iron chains, each connecting to one of the nine surrounding islands, seemingly suppressing the tower.

Around this towering structure, countless smaller islands were also arrayed.

Various pavilions and buildings were erected on these small islands, and disciples in identical attire could be seen flying back and forth through the air from time to time.

This was precisely the Thunder Domain Holy Hall, one of the three super-forces of the Central Domain.

If Lin Yu were to be here, he would surely be astonished to find that the appearance of this towering structure was almost identical to Purple Firmament Thunder Lord’s floating divine palace, like twin brothers.

However, one was a divine palace, and the other was a towering structure.

Both were connected by divine chains of unknown material.

The most crucial point was that their attributes were the same—a world of thunderous law.

Inside the highest floor of the core divine tower,

A beautiful figure stood in mid-air, shooting out from within the tower to bathe in the sea of thunder, her gaze fixed on the purple ‘ocean’ in the sky.

She wore a long purple dress, her figure graceful, and her eyes revealed a coldness and majesty, as if all things in the world were under her control.

From afar, she resembled a Heavenly Maiden descending from the Nine Heavens, or a King arriving in the world. With every gesture, she could summon thunder from the Nine Heavens, possessing astonishing power.

“Alas, no matter how good the imitation, I can never truly grasp the mysteries of the starry sky!”

After a long while, the woman let out a sigh.

What good was it to be called the Nine Heavens Battle King by the world, or the Nine Heavens Heavenly Maiden? She remained beneath these Nine Heavens, unable to break through that one layer of shackles.

“I wonder how that tower is doing, and if it has met a fated person.”

She murmured to herself, various past events surfacing in her eyes.

Two thousand years ago, she followed in her ancestor’s footsteps and discovered the inheritance ground left by her ancestor before he departed the Eternal Continent, deep beneath the Northern Frontier.

He did not take too many things from within, only bringing out a small tower of unknown grade.

This was because her ancestor’s message stated that this tower originated from beyond the heavens, containing the power of Immortals. At the top of that tower, he had found traces of stellar power. If one could reach the highest floor, they might be able to connect with the rules beyond the stars and experience the might of an Immortal in advance.

However,

After she retrieved it, she secluded herself in the Northern Frontier to study it for over a thousand years, yet she could only enter the first floor. No matter what method she used, she could not step into the second floor.

Afterward, she gifted it to a close friend she had met during that period.

Since such a divine artifact could not be forced, retrieving it would be futile.

It had appeared in her ancestor’s inheritance ground in the Northern Frontier, and ultimately, she left it in the Northern Frontier.

Perhaps there was a divine will at play, and someone might unlock the mysteries within that tower.

And the towering structure behind her, connecting heaven and earth, was also a combination built to imitate the Star Tower and her ancestor’s residence.

She wished to use it to see if she could sense the stellar power her ancestor had mentioned.

However, the result was still unsatisfactory; it had form but no spirit, far from achieving the outcome she desired.

Yet, just as she was reminiscing about the past, her divine sense suddenly stirred, as if she had sensed something.

Her gaze seemed to pierce through the firmament, immediately looking towards the realm beyond the heavens.

“Golden Sun Shines Upon the World!”

She murmured softly, an expression of disbelief appearing on her peerless face.

One moment she was lamenting the difficulty of the Immortal Dao, and the next, an Immortal Dao anomaly suddenly appeared.

But then, something even more astonishing unfolded.

The replica Star Tower suddenly trembled, and at the same time, a semi-Immortal grade purple spiritual pearl placed at the top of the tower shot out like an arrow released from a bow, rapidly breaking through the air.

Its speed was so fast that it directly shattered the void, disappearing without a trace in an instant.

All of this happened so swiftly that even Dragon Qingyan, who was in the Heavenly Immortal Realm, did not have time to react.

Her brows furrowed slightly, and her profound gaze turned towards the Northern Frontier as she fell into contemplation.

Although her imitation could not sense the power from the starry sky, it seemed to have sensed the sudden appearance of the Immortal Dao anomaly.

It trembled the moment the anomaly appeared.

The core component, the nine heavens thunder pearl, even broke through the air and left, as if summoned by something.

However, she was not worried about losing the spiritual pearl.

Because it contained her refined aura.

In other words, it was an item with an owner, but she had not deliberately used it.

She could clearly feel that the pearl was flying towards the Northern Frontier.

And the region displayed by the Immortal Dao anomaly was also the Northern Frontier.

Coincidentally, the Star Tower was also left by her in the Northern Frontier.

Even more coincidentally, the appearance of the Immortal Dao anomaly actually caused the replica of the Star Tower to tremble.

One or two could be called coincidences, but how could so many coincidences happen at once in this world?

“Star Tower, it must be an abnormality with the Star Tower!”

Thinking of this, her eyes instantly burst forth with excited light.

Whoosh~~

Without the slightest hesitation, she sped towards the Northern Frontier like a bolt of lightning.

She immediately chased vigorously along the aura of the nine heavens thunder pearl.

This was a crucial clue!

From the southeastern corner of the Eternal Continent to the Northern Frontier, the journey was as long as a galaxy, spanning trillions of kilometers. Even for a Heavenly Immortal like her, traveling at full speed would take nearly half a month.

This also required her to travel at full speed in the depths of the void from time to time.

Otherwise, relying solely on flying magical artifacts, it might not even be possible to arrive in a month.

She could not be sure if the friend she had met hundreds of years ago was still in the original place; she could only rely on this nine heavens thunder pearl to search.

Whoever summoned this pearl was very likely the one who triggered the starry sky Immortal Dao anomaly.

Moreover, if her guess was correct, the Star Tower was very likely nearby.

Her heart was filled with excitement, like surging waves.

This was her closest moment to the Immortal Dao, and she had to find this person immediately.

Neither that old Daoist of Wu Wang Immortal Sect nor that inhuman, ghost-like monster of Qingming Ghost Domain had the advantage she did.

They could at most sense the direction of the Northern Frontier, while she had the nine heavens thunder pearl as a guide, making it highly probable that she could quickly find the target.

And the speed would be very fast.

The path to Immortality, she was determined to achieve it. Regardless of the chosen one who triggered the Immortal Dao anomaly or the Star Tower, she would find them and bring them back to her side.

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Piao Miao Sect, second floor of the Star Tower.

Lin Yu stared blankly at the extremely vast space before him.

Compared to the first floor, the space on this second floor was more than twice as large.

However, the cultivation environment was vastly different.