After a moment, he asked, “Where is the entrance to the Heavenly Trial Realm? And where is the Origin Furnace located?”
Ling Shuang shook her head slightly: “The entrance to the Heavenly Trial Secret Realm is not within the Heavenly Pivot Sect. The Patrol Division has a dedicated teleportation array that leads to an independent spatial secret realm.”
Before each Heavenly Trial begins, the entrance to the secret realm will open from inside the Heavenly Palace, and all cultivators awaiting the trial will be sent in together.
The Origin Furnace lies deep within the secret realm, heavily guarded by the elite forces of the Border Patrol Division, making it inaccessible to ordinary cultivators.
“What about the Heavenly Palace of the Border Patrol?” David continued to ask, “How much guard force does Hengxuan have within the Heavenly Palace of the Border Patrol?”
Ling Shuang pondered for a moment: “There are three hundred inspectors in the Heavenly Palace, all of whom are at the fourth rank of Immortal Lord.”
Three thousand border guards, all of the third rank of Immortal Lord. Thirty thousand border soldiers, all of the first to second rank of Immortal Lord. In addition, there are several layers of order formations, each capable of suppressing cultivators below the fifth rank of Immortal Lord.
Heng Xuan himself was stationed at the deepest part. He was a sixth-grade Immortal Lord, the highest combat power in the twenty-sixth heaven.
The entire Heavenly Palace is like an impregnable fortress; since its construction, it has never been breached.
Upon hearing this, David’s lips twitched slightly, the curve so faint it was almost imperceptible.
Ling Shuang noticed the slight smile on his face and was slightly taken aback: “What are you laughing at?”
“nothing.”
David withdrew the corner of his mouth, his tone indifferent, “I just feel that this Heavenly Palace and the main city of the aristocratic families in the Twenty-Five Heavens are essentially no different.”
It all relies on a set of rules, a set of formations, and a group of cultivators tamed by those rules to maintain its operation.
The stricter the rules and the more perfect the system, the more fatal its flaws will be.
Ling Shuang paused for a moment, seemingly pondering the meaning of his words. Then she changed the subject: “There’s one more thing you need to know.”
“explain.”
“Si Hengxuan, the head of the Border Patrol Division, was not born as a sixth-rank Immortal Lord.”
Ling Shuang lowered her voice even further, “A wisp of the Order’s soul is sealed within him. The reason he can mobilize most of the Heavenly Dao authority of the Twenty-Six Heavens is because of this wisp of soul.”
As long as his fragmented soul remains, he can continuously borrow the power of the Order. Even if you defeat him once, he will quickly recover.
Unless—you can separate the divided soul from his body, completely seal it, or destroy it.
David nodded slightly; he had already learned this when he fought against the Order Keepers in the Twenty-Fifth Heaven.
The divided souls of the Orderers can transmit information between different realms, and at the same time, they endow the carriers with extremely high regenerative abilities.
Back in the Twenty-Fifth Heaven, he only temporarily forced back the wisp of the Orderer’s soul that had appeared, without truly destroying it.
Now, in the Twenty-Sixth Heaven, he has the opportunity to do it even more thoroughly.
“I see.”
David spoke up, “The Heavenly Palace and the Heavenly Trial Realm are two different things. But they can be accomplished together.”
Ling Shuang frowned slightly: “What do you mean?”
“On the day of the Heavenly Trial in the Heavenly Trial Realm, a large portion of the Heavenly Palace’s power will be allocated to maintain the operation of the realm.”
On the day of the Heavenly Trial, the Border Patrol Division’s attention was also focused on the secret realm.
David stood up and slowly paced two steps in the cramped stone house, his purple eyes gleaming. “If we choose to make our move on the day of the Heavenly Trial, we can catch the Heavenly Palace off guard when its power is at its weakest.”
At the same time, the Heavenly Trial Realm can also coordinate attacks from within and without.
A glint flashed in Ling Shuang’s eyes, then her expression darkened again: “I’ve thought of this idea before, but there’s a fatal problem.”
On the day of the Heavenly Trial, all of the more than three hundred cultivators awaiting inspection who entered the secret realm were from the Border Patrol Division.
Although their cultivation level was not high, they had a large number of people and would immediately report to the Heavenly Palace if they discovered anything unusual.
Furthermore, the Heavenly Trial Realm possesses an independent array system connected to the Heavenly Palace. The Heavenly Palace can detonate the realm at any time, wiping out all entrants.
“That’s why we need an inside man.”
David’s gaze fell on Ling Shuang, “Someone who has already entered the Heavenly Trial Secret Realm and can be trusted by the Border Patrol Division.”
Ling Shuang was silent for a moment, then suddenly understood what he meant: “You want me to enter the Heavenly Trial Realm ahead of schedule?”
“Your cultivation is at the fourth rank of Immortal Lord, which is not outstanding among the inner elders of the Tian Shu Sect, but it is enough to suppress most of the inspectors.”
If you can enter the secret realm under the guise of ‘guiding the lineage,’ you can sever the connection between the formation and the Heavenly Palace immediately within the realm.