Peerless Immortal Emperor in City

Chapter 931 - 909: Traversing the Immortal Realm (Two Chapters Combined into One)

The grassland where Changshengtian was sealed was extremely far from the Central Plains; even to the border it was a full more than three million kilometers.

Before Earth expanded with the revival of Spiritual Energy, its equatorial length was only forty thousand kilometers, and the distance between Earth and the Moon was merely a bit over three hundred thousand kilometers!

In other words, the distance from here to the border of the Central Plains was equivalent to more than ten times the distance from Earth to the Moon. The Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains were even vaster and boundless, far beyond imagination; to reach Tianyi Sect would probably require traveling close to five million kilometers.

This was truly an extremely distant journey. With Qin Heng's current Cultivation Realm, he still could not freely enter the Spirit Realm within a world of the All-Heavens level; doing so might draw the gaze of the Heavenly Dao and cause no small trouble, so he could only travel by flying.

But even though Qin Heng's current flight speed was already hundreds of times the speed of sound, it was useless. For more than three million kilometers, he would still need to fly non-stop for at least half a month!

Far too slow!

Fortunately there was Changshengtian, a genuine Deity, who could easily traverse the Spirit Realm. Although each jump in distance would not be too long, it was still much faster than pure flight.

Early the next morning, Qin Heng and Changshengtian arrived at the border of the Central Plains, namely Yunzhong County City, the great city where Northern Qi defended against the barbarian tribes of the North Desert.

Because the barbarian tribes of the North Desert would from time to time harass and plunder the large border cities of the Central Plains, and that barbarian king of the North Desert had already proved the Dao and become an Emperor, eyeing the Central Plains like a tiger watching its prey, military friction frequently broke out along the northern frontier.

Precisely because of this, Yunzhong County's inspection of outsiders was extremely strict. At the slightest irregularity, one might be directly labeled a suspect, seized without further ado, and thrown into a cell first.

This was not unreasonable; the barbarian tribes on the northern border were simply too crafty. Even under such tight inspections, quite a few barbarian agents still slipped into the city every year, either to gather intelligence or to assassinate important figures.

Therefore, the checks on those entering Yunzhong County City grew ever harsher. If not for fear of causing unrest and protests, the Prefect here would probably have wanted to inspect even the Divine souls of every single person.

"What do we do?" Changshengtian looked at the situation ahead, her willow brows lightly furrowed, and said, "The states of the Central Plains control entry and exit at the border far too tightly. Compared to ten thousand years ago, this is much stricter. How are we supposed to get through?"

"We just walk straight in." Qin Heng's expression remained unchanged, as if he had not seen the twenty-plus officers at the gate of Yunzhong County City checking the travelers at all. He simply pulled Changshengtian along and headed toward the city gate.

"You!?" Changshengtian was stunned on the spot. She sent a Divine Sense transmission to Qin Heng, saying in disbelief, "Are you insane? We don't even have legal Central Plains identities. If we get this close, we'll definitely be treated as North Desert barbarian spies and arrested!"

But no matter what she said, Qin Heng acted as if he could not hear her at all and kept walking toward Yunzhong County City. As a god he had enfeoffed, she had no ability to stop him.

She could only be dragged along by Qin Heng, watching helplessly as he pulled her right up to the gate of Yunzhong County City. The moment she felt the gazes of those soldiers, and saw the treasured mirror above the gate, she almost began to tremble in fright.

The treasure mirror hanging above the gate of Yunzhong County City was in fact a Po-Illusion Treasure Mirror, approaching the level of an Emperor Weapon. It could reveal the true form of those entering the city and prevent anyone from using a Stealth Technique or shapeshifting arts to slip through.

Besides that, every soldier here actually held a treasure capable of sensing abnormal entrants. She was certain that people like herself and Qin Heng, whose strength was powerful—fully at the Deity level or even stronger—would be discovered the instant they stepped in!

Changshengtian did not even dare imagine what would happen next.

In a heavily guarded border fortress like this, there were definitely more than one Deity stationed, and there might even be a powerhouse standing at the peak of Deities, who had glimpsed a few secrets of the Saint Emperor!

Once they were discovered, the experts in the city would certainly make a move, and then they would not escape even with wings!

Changshengtian could not understand Qin Heng's actions. She could not figure out why he had to charge straight in so recklessly. Couldn't he think of a plan before acting?

"You…" She finally could not hold back, but as soon as she spoke, she froze, staring wide-eyed in disbelief at her surroundings.

In her field of vision, the scenery and people on both sides became illusory and twisted, as if everything had fallen still. The sounds around her disappeared, and all things between heaven and earth paused.

The scene before her eyes suddenly turned into a scroll painting. Whether it was the pedestrians walking about, the soldiers inspecting at the gate, the trees swaying in the distance, or the leaves falling from the branches, everything came to a stop.

By the roadside, a cart driver was speaking, tiny droplets of spittle spraying from his mouth, but before they could land, they froze in midair. On the other side, a child was throwing a stone into the distance; the stone hung in the air, and the child's pose of throwing remained fixed.

It was as though everything, absolutely everything, had been frozen in place, all things motionless!!

Only she and Qin Heng were still able to move normally. Changshengtian realized that Qin Heng was still pulling her along. Within this static tableau, he strode quickly past the gate, down the street, heading toward a tall tower in the center of the city.

That was the Human Dao Divine Pagoda that every major city of the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains possessed. It gathered the Human Dao fortune of the entire city, and then the Human Dao Divine Pagodas of all the major cities connected with one another, forming a dense Human Dao Web to oversee the world and govern the realm.