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"My Lord, have you really found out about the Willow Goddess?"

Zhu Chen perked up and immediately stepped forward to ask in detail.

The Peacock God nodded solemnly: "Although I am not entirely certain, it is most likely that it is that person. However, this matter is very complicated and involves the Immortal Palace, which is why few people mention it."

Zhu Chen didn't speak, but just stared blankly at the Peacock God, waiting for him to continue.

Seeing this, the Peacock God Lord didn't hold back and immediately began to speak: "About two years ago, there was a strange disturbance in the heavens and earth near the Sin State. According to the scattered information from a few reclusive old monsters who were active on the edge of the Sin State at that time, they witnessed an unparalleled woman. She was wearing a blood-stained willow leaf battle robe and was shrouded in a holy yet dilapidated radiance. With unimaginable power, she forcibly tore apart the boundary wall and crossed the domain from the lower realm!"

"The woman's arrival caused a violent upheaval in the laws of heaven and earth, causing the legendary illusory gate to appear, which alarmed many major sects in the three thousand Dao states at that time."

"Later, a group of ancient immortal sects, led by the 'Immortal Palace,' joined forces and dispatched hundreds of sect leaders to the edge of the Sinful State."

"They engaged in an epic battle with the wounded woman in willow branches. No one knows the outcome of that battle, but some say that the woman in willow branches later seemed to have entered an ancient, uninhabited area with the hundreds of cult leaders, and no one has seen them since..."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Chen's heart skipped a beat.

The woman in willow clothes described by the Peacock God should be the Willow God.

He had previously learned similar information from Xuanming, the genius of the Upper Realm.

The overlap of these two pieces of information now made him even more certain of Liu Shen's whereabouts.

"None of those cult leaders who went into the no-man's land with Liu Shen ever came back?"

Zhu Chen looked at the Peacock God and continued to ask.

The Peacock God shook his head: "That's not it. A cult leader has returned!"

Zhu Chen's eyes flashed: "Who is it?"

The Peacock God said, "It's that old fellow from the Immortal Palace. He was the one who led the team to besiege that lord back then. However, after returning, that old fellow immediately announced that he was going into seclusion and never stepped out of the Immortal Palace again. He was very secretive about what happened back then. Because of this, the identity and whereabouts of that woman in willow clothes have become the biggest mystery in the Upper Realm. Few people dare to investigate deeply for fear of angering the Immortal Palace."

Supreme Celestial Palace!

Zhu Chen's eyes turned slightly cold.

It seems that this old man knows something about Liu Shen's whereabouts.

"Does the God Lord know which no-man's land Liu Shen and the others entered back then?"

Zhu Chen continued, asking the most crucial question.

It's important to know that there are more than one uninhabited area in the vast expanse of China.

Some areas are even larger than some large states.

If you don't know the exact location, trying to find the Willow God is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

The Peacock God Lord pondered for a moment and said, "According to my extensive research and the records of some ancient fragments, the no-man's land they entered back then should be the 'Chaotic No-man's Land' located in the direction of the Imperial Pass, adjacent to the 'Heavenly Beast Forest' and the 'Divine Medicine Mountain Range'. It is rumored that that area is connected to some mysterious burial grounds of lost eras, where spacetime is disordered and extremely dangerous. Even supreme beings risk their lives if they venture deep into it."

A chaotic no-man's land!
Direction towards Diguan!

Zhu Chen memorized these two key pieces of information.

Having a specific direction is better than having no clue at all.

"Thank you, God, for telling me this!"

Zhu Chen solemnly clasped his hands in greeting to the Peacock God.

The Peacock God waved his hand, about to say something more.

But just then, "—BOOM!!!"

An indescribable, terrifying pressure suddenly descended from the sky without warning!

The void above Peacock City, like a fragile piece of cloth, was forcibly torn open by an incomparably tyrannical force, creating a pitch-black rift tens of thousands of feet long!

Chaotic energy permeated the crack, and a magnificent ancient bronze palace, exuding an aura of desolation and grimness, could be vaguely seen slowly emerging from it!
This ancient bronze palace is enormous.

The mere manifestation of a corner of the palace obscured half the sky of Peacock City. It was covered in rust and ancient, incomprehensible runes, and at this moment it was emanating a terrifying aura that could suppress the heavens and the earth.

"--boom!"

"--boom!"

"--boom!"

As the ancient bronze palace descended, the space within a radius of tens of thousands of miles was instantly sealed off by an invisible field.

Time seemed to slow down.

"—Thump!"

"—Thump!"

"—Thump!"

"..."

Inside Peacock City, apart from a few powerful beings above the Heavenly God Realm who could barely stand, all other living beings, whether they were Peacock Clan members or outsiders, were forced to kneel on the ground by this vast and overwhelming pressure. Their bones creaked and groaned, as if their very souls were trembling!

"The Celestial Palace?"

Zhu Chen grunted, golden light flashed on his body, and the ancient runes formed from the Primal True Understanding flowed rapidly. At the same time, the blood energy in his body roared like a vast ocean, unleashing all the power of his physical body. Only then did he manage to withstand the overwhelming supreme pressure, straighten his body again, and stare intently at the ancient bronze palace with lightning-like eyes.

The Peacock God standing beside him turned extremely ugly the moment the ancient palace appeared, his eyes filled with shock and anger.

"Immortal Palace, how dare you?"

With a furious roar, the Peacock God Lord unleashed a torrent of divine power. A powerful five-colored divine light suddenly shot into the sky, transforming into a gigantic peacock phantom. Its wings spread wide, temporarily holding back the terrifying pressure that enveloped the entire city and relieving some of the pressure on the people in the city.

Then, he took a step forward, and his figure appeared high in the sky, facing the bronze immortal palace that had been partially revealed.

"Supreme Lord of the Celestial Palace, you sealed off my clan's city without prior notice, using your power to intimidate us. What is your intention? Does the Celestial Palace intend to start a war with my Peacock Clan?"

The voice of the Peacock God contained boundless rage.

Although the Bronze Immortal Palace is the strongest immortal lineage in the Upper Realm, its Peacock Clan is not to be underestimated.

The people from the Immortal Palace have intruded into the territory of the Peacock Clan without cause, and have even so arrogantly suppressed the Bronze Ancient Palace from the sky. This is not just a provocation against the Peacock Clan, but an insult, a blatant insult.

As the chief deity of the Peacock Clan, if he doesn't step forward now...

Then their peacock clan will never be able to hold their heads high again in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths of the Upper Realm.

However, the Bronze Immortal Palace did not respond to the questioning of the Peacock God.

It hovered silently in the sky, its doors tightly shut, with only a suffocating pressure spreading out in waves, as if scrutinizing what lay below.

After a long while, an aged voice slowly echoed from within the ancient hall:
"My way is to do as I please. If you want war, then let us fight..."

...(End of chapter)