He did not forcefully tear down the barrier—the resulting shockwave would be too powerful and would definitely alert the guards at the borders of Twenty-second Heaven.
Instead, it permeated, assimilated, and integrated layer by layer with the unique inclusiveness of the chaotic origin, quietly blending into the labyrinth of those laws, like a river flowing into the sea.
Hao Ling watched in stunned silence.
He had lived for thousands of years and had traveled between the Twenty-second Heaven and Ash Earth many times. Every time he passed through that barrier, he had to expend a lot of divine power and depended on teleportation talismans specially made by his clan to get through with great difficulty.
But the young man in front of them merged into the barrier as easily as a fish into water, without causing the slightest ripple from the laws in force.
“Walk.”
David spoke calmly, and with a wave of his hand, a gray-purple light swept towards Hao Ling, and the two of them instantly disappeared into the depths of the barrier.
After a brief period of darkness, the view suddenly opened.
Rich spiritual energy flowed towards me, seeping into every pore as if it were a real substance.
David narrowed his eyes slightly, feeling the heaven and earth spiritual energy that was nearly ten times richer than the 21st level of heaven, and a faint thought flashed in his heart.
If one practiced here, the results would be twice as effective with half the effort. However, when he again extended his divine sense and swept across the surrounding thousands of miles of land and sky, his brows furrowed slightly.
Even though spiritual energy was abundant, signs of depletion of spiritual energy resources on earth were obvious.
In the distant mountains, the spiritual fields that were supposed to grow thousands of immortal herbs had long become barren and cracked.
In the canyon that was once rich in spirit stone veins, now only exposed layers of brown rock and weathered slag remained.
Those streams that were supposed to be filled with spiritual springs had long since dried up, leaving only dry, yellow riverbeds that meandered and stretched.
The air is filled with rich spiritual energy, but like water hyacinth without roots or water without a source, it has high concentration but lacks the power of continuous renewal.
“See?”
Hao Ling noticed David’s expression and said bitterly, “Even though the spiritual energy of the Twenty-second Heaven is very rich, it is just a remnant of the great battle of the past.”
The spiritual channels had been damaged, the immortal herbs had withered, and the spiritual stone mines had been exhausted; everything is just out and not in.
By relying solely on absorbing heaven and earth spiritual energy for cultivation, even a Gold Immortal cultivator would be hard-pressed to advance further within a thousand years, while a Great Luo Gold Immortal would find it much more difficult to make any progress.
Those small, resource-rich territories are our last lifeline.
David didn’t answer, his purple eyes twinkled with deep light.
He needed to find Jiang Xuelan and Xuanzhenzi as soon as possible.
And Ning Zhi and Sonya, I wonder if they have reached Twenty-second Heaven.
The void passage was unstable due to the lack of a certain power, and perhaps they had all been transported to another world.
However, David needs to find the person first; as for the Xuan Tian Soul Severing Jade, David was in no rush.
“Is there a Void Merchant Guild in this Twenty-Two Heavens?” David asked.
Hao Ling was silent for a moment, then nodded: “Yes. The Void Merchant Guild has branches in various major cities in the Twenty-second Heaven, but because resources are now scarce, the guild no longer engages in resource trading and only relies on selling various intelligence information to maintain its operations.”
That said, the Chamber of Commerce was backed by some reclusive old monsters, and not even the major divine races dared to easily provoke them.
“Take me.”
David’s tone was calm, but contained undeniable certainty: “I need to find out the whereabouts of several people.”
Hao Ling didn’t dare ask any more questions and immediately activated his divine power, which was mostly sealed, to lead the way.
The two of them turned into two streaks of light, one gray and one gold, sweeping across the barren and cracked mountains and rivers, then speeding towards the northeast.
After flying for approximately two hours, a magnificent city came into view.
The city walls were made of dark golden divine iron, towering up into the clouds, and their surface was covered in spots left by the erosion of time.
There were divine cultivators guarding the city gates, they wore fine clothes and had extraordinary bearings.
However, David could clearly feel that the divine power within these guards was generally mixed and unstable, clearly lacking stable resources for nutrition, and their cultivation was high in theory but unstable in practice.
Hao Ling stepped forward and exchanged a few words with the guard, whose gaze swept over David with a mixture of observation and wariness.
However, after sensing the controlled yet deep aura of chaos surrounding David, they did not make things difficult for him and allowed him to enter the city.
The streets of this city were wide, with buildings varying in height on both sides, most of which were built from a mixture of dark colored divine iron and a type of jade-like stone.
FAQ Novel
Q: Who is David?
A: David is referred to as the ‘savior of ash’ who liberated the land from millennia of oppression.
Q: What is the significance of the statue?
A: The statue stands as a lasting monument to David’s sacrifice and is a focal point for prayers and hope for the people of Ashlands.
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