115: Old Heaven
Everyone looked surprised.
In this Emperors Prison, where flying is forbidden, Li Yan was actually able to directly send people over to the Human Emperor Path.
Not to mention his two disciples, OHazy moon and Zenmatsu, even the Overseer Serpent was shocked by Li Yan's methods.
For so many years, only those at the Ancient God level could break free from the Restriction of the Emperors Prison.
Could Li Yan also ignore the Restriction of this place? Who exactly was he?
The Overseer Serpent's eyes showed solemnity; he found himself increasingly unable to see through this young man.
"Your Excellency..."
The Overseer Serpent hesitated, as if he had something to say but dared not speak it.
Soon, the Overseer Serpent's face, which was larger than a mountain, moved closer to Li Yan.
Li Yan raised an eyebrow: "What, Senior, didn't you say that no matter what method I used, as long as I passed, it would be fine?"
"No."
The Overseer Serpent slowly uttered this single word.
He slowly opened his gaping maw, seemingly intending to swallow Li Yan and the others whole.
At this moment, Li Yan was a little annoyed; this great serpent had said that no matter what method he used, passing was enough.
But now he was going back on his word?
His mind quickly pondered the next countermeasure, how to deal with this great serpent.
But the great serpent flicked out its forked tongue, and at the end of the tongue was a jade talisman.
He seemed to want Li Yan to take the jade talisman?
Li Yan reached out and took the jade talisman to look at it.
[Old Heavenly Court]
These four large characters were written on it, but he did not know what purpose they served.
The jade talisman was made of a very special white jade, not Materials from the Lower Realm.
Watching the great serpent suddenly hand him this jade talisman, Li Yan, although somewhat puzzled, could feel the serpent's implied difficulty, which it could not speak of.
It seemed to be trapped in this Emperors Prison by something; it was also a prisoner within the Emperors Prison.
After giving the jade talisman to Li Yan, the Overseer Serpent said coldly: "If it is fated, you might be able to find that place."
"You have passed the test; please step onto my head, and I will take you out of the Emperors Prison."
The Dragon Tiger Immortal beside him looked surprised: "It's over already? I saw many more checkpoints behind."
A rare strange smile appeared on the great serpent's human-like face.
"If you want to try a few more checkpoints, you can."
"Bone Book Stele Forest, Reverse Fate Lake, God-Slaying Long Stair, Thoughtless Wasteland."
"I can take you to experience them."
Upon hearing this, the Dragon Tiger Immortal quickly covered his mouth.
Are you kidding? The names of those checkpoints sounded more difficult than the last.
And to experience all the projects in the Emperors Prison? That would truly be an old man hanging himself, tired of living.
OHazy moon Sword Immortal and Zenmatsu Fairy both glared at the talkative Dragon Tiger Immortal.
The old prankster repeatedly waved his hands: "No, no, Junior was just speaking casually."
Who would go out of their way to experience those checkpoints in the Emperors Prison? That would truly be a serious illness.
Li Yan, however, asked curiously: "We only passed two checkpoints; we can leave now?"
The great serpent's attitude towards Li Yan had also changed somewhat.
It patiently said: "You are not people of deep sin; you only need to experience two tribulations to leave."
"But don't be happy too soon; you will have a chance to experience those eighteen checkpoints later."
The great serpent's cold joke was not funny at all.
Li Yan chuckled lightly, not making any response.
Eighteen checkpoints? How is it similar to the eighteen layers of Hell? It's just that the activities inside are a bit different.
This great serpent saying that he would have a chance to come again later was somewhat of a Hell joke.
And also.
Deep sin?
Who determines that?
Is it the Heavenly Dao? Is it the controller of the Emperors Prison?
Who gave them the right to arbitrarily judge a person's sin?
What crime did I, Li Yan, commit that I needed to enter the Emperors Prison?
All these questions might only be answered by finding the [Old Heavenly Court].
The jade talisman the great serpent just gave him seemed to be hinting for Li Yan to search for it.
Li Yan's face hardened as he looked at the jade talisman in his hand.
"Old Heavenly Court, huh..."
He put the jade talisman back into his Storage Ring, walked forward, and stepped onto the great serpent's head.
The great serpent lowered itself, allowing Li Yan and the others to step onto its head, then slowly rose upward, carrying Li Yan and his group out of the Emperors Prison.
And this great serpent, whose strength was unfathomable, seemed to have its body trapped in the Emperors Prison.
Even if it had the power to destroy the heavens and earth, it could only be imprisoned forever in this Emperors Prison.
It was both an Overseer and a pitiful creature imprisoned in the Emperors Prison.
After sending Li Yan and the others back to Mi Mountain, the great serpent said nothing, slowly submerging underground.
And the deep chasm opened by its impact also slowly closed.
The sinkhole on the ground was smoothed out within a few breaths, as if nothing had happened.
If Mi Mountain City hadn't been razed to the ground, everyone would have thought that the recent trip to the Emperors Prison was just a dream for a few people.
Looking ahead, at the original location of Mi Mountain City.
The several-thousand-meter-high Mi Mountain City was leveled by the great serpent.
In these Ten Thousand Mountains, Mi Mountain had become a vast plain.
Only then did the few people awaken from their daze.
OHazy moon and Zenmatsu Fairy exchanged glances: "Revered Master, what exactly was that great serpent? And which deity controls that Emperors Prison?"
Li Yan shook his head; what he knew might not be as much as what they knew.
As someone who Transmigration more than thirty thousand years later, there was no record in the ancient texts of the Age of Dharma Decline.
[Emperors Prison] [Overseer Serpent] [Old Heavenly Court]
One unfamiliar term after another, Li Yan had never even heard of them.
In no ancient text had these terms ever been mentioned.
Especially that mysterious Old Heavenly Court, why did the great serpent want him, Li Yan, to find it?
And by whom was that great serpent imprisoned in the Emperors Prison?
Facing the questions that surged like a tide, Li Yan chose to take one step at a time.
He looked at his two disciples: "OHazy moon, Zenmatsu, the Upper Realm also does not have these records of the Lower Realm."
"Revered Master is almost ready to leave; during the time I am gone, I will need the two of you to search for those things for me."
Li Yan chose to hand the difficult task of finding the Old Heavenly Court to his two disciples.
They were Great Ascension Stage Immortals; they would certainly find it faster than he, Li Yan.
OHazy moon and Zenmatsu looked at each other: "Revered Master, if you descend again, your disciples will wait for you here."
"We will build a new city at the old site of Mi Mountain City!"
Once he left, it was unknown how many years it would be before they could meet again.
The two female disciples, fearing that their Master would not be able to find them, decided to rebuild a new city in this original place.
Moreover, after Mi Mountain City was taken by the great serpent, the Ancient God Tomb was also sent into the Emperors Prison.
Thus, this place could be considered safe.
At least there would no longer be a God Tomb underground; it should be much safer than other places.
Seeing the promise his two disciples made to him, Li Yan nodded with satisfaction.
This time, without the influence of the Ancient God Tomb, the new Mi Mountain City should not have any more strange occurrences.
But the problem arose...
If he returned to thirty thousand years later, and the city was full of OHazy moon's and Zenmatsu's disciples.
What would these disciples and grand-disciples think when they saw him, their Ancestral Master?
But soon, Li Yan felt something was wrong.
Why had so much time passed this time, and he was still in this dream, not having returned to reality?
History had changed, yet he had not left; had he overlooked something?