LDP S3: The Jewel of the Underworld

Ch. 1 — Sky Gate Door.

An object resembling a comet shot at high speed out of Earth's orbit.

If you pay more attention to detail, it turns out that the object is not a comet but two cultivators who are flying at a very high speed. Yep! The two of them were Heilong and Li Ziqi.

The two of them would go towards the higher realms of the Human Realm which was the God Realm. A place that was a paradise for cultivators.

Heilong looked very excited during the trip. Because, this was an opportunity for him to once again set foot in the God Realm. Previously, he had only seen an image of the God Realm through the memories left behind by Li Xuan.

Li Ziqi glanced at Heilong who was busy observing the stars around them then said. “Didn't you see stars from Earth a lot. Then why look so amazed just because you see a star?”

Heilong let out a long sigh and replied. “I'm not admiring these stars. But, I'm admiring the creator of all the stars that adorn this sky.”

“...” Li Ziqi simply fell speechless. During this time, he often explored the sky and traveled all over the Universe. If calculated, already thousands of stars that he had stopped but he never had a mind like Heilong.

Heilong then pointed to several stars of different colors. “Do you think that different star colors are just a decoration to beautify the beauty of the sky?”

“The color of a star symbolizes how hot the air temperature around that star is. The hotter the temperature of a star, the rarer the living things that can survive around this place.” Li Ziqi could answer easily. This is the most basic understanding of a star.

“Your answer is not wrong. But there is something less.” Heilong then pointed to a star with the brightest color. “The brighter the color of a star, the more it will be destroyed and give birth to a new star. It was a sign that nothing was everlasting and everything would disappear when it was at its peak. So never fall asleep when we are at the top of life.”

Heilong's reply made Li Ziqi gain a bit of enlightenment about the path of life. Sometimes a person forgets death when he is at the peak of power so that he turns into a King who is cruel and thirsty for power. They do not realize that power and treasure are only an illusion of the world that will be lost when death picks up.

“Your age is not more than a hundred years but your thinking is like a human being who has lived for thousands of years.” Li Ziqi stopped arguing with Heilong and sped up her flying pace. He knew that he would never win an argument with this man.

Heilong immediately followed Li Ziqi by speeding up her flight. Currently, he was already a little used to the state of the sky that had no gravitational force. So, there was no problem to determine the direction in this kind of speed.

**

Two Hours Later.

The two of them finally arrived in front of an extremely majestic gate. The entire part of the gate was made of extremely sturdy ice crystals and exuded such a powerful aura.

“Have we reached the palace of the Supreme God?” heilong asked because he had absolutely no idea about the state of the God Realm.

“The Supreme God's Palace is still far from this place. After all I will not take you to the Supreme God Palace. We are currently at the Gate of the Northern Sky.”

Li Ziqi looked around as if she was looking for someone. This gate should not be empty. The God of the North Gate Guard should always guard this place for 24 hours unless he gets a special call from the Celestial Emperor or the Supreme God. The God of the Gate Guard is required to appoint another God to temporarily replace his duties as long as he is not in place.

Swost ...

An ice spear emerged from the gate and shot towards Heilong.

With great agility Heilong managed to dodge the attack. However, the intense cold pressure caused Heilong to retreat a few steps away from the Northern Gate.

Heilong looked towards Li Ziqi and wanted to ask for an explanation of what was really going on in this place. However, Li Ziqi had disappeared from where she had last stood.

“Where does the woman go at a time like this? Don't-don't the attack that just had something to do with him.”

Heilong became even more alert as he again felt an extreme chill start to move closer to him at an incredible speed.

A sufficiently vast domain of ice energy had currently confined Heilong and made the movement even heavier.

Heilong finally detonated the Qi he had to suppress the chill that was trying to freeze his body.

“The boy turned out to have quite the ability. It was only fitting that he was able to defeat the Demon King of the Human World.”

The figure of the man standing above the gate looked even more excited when he saw Heilong was able to survive within his ice domain attack. However, he had no intention of stopping his attack on Heilong. I don't know what the intentions of this man really are.

Boom ...

Heilong's robe fluttered in the air as if it was blown by such a fierce storm as the Qi radiated from his body continued to surge strongly like a volcanic eruption. He then took out his heirloom sword and attacked this ice domain from within.

The heirloom sword that Heilong had in hand began to dance in a certain rhythm. Every time he swung his sword in a certain direction, then such a powerful sword intent force would attack the ice domain mercilessly and leave a deep enough mark.

Heilong continued to swing his sword in various directions and made the ice domain that encased him filled with elongated cracks and looked like it was about to collapse.

**

“Until when will you keep testing it?” Li Ziqi appeared beside the mysterious man and reprimanded him.

“Of course until I acknowledge his strength. Someone who will be the successor of the Guardian God must of course have power over me. Because, I do not want people who choose the title of Protective God will only humiliate that title,” replied the man in a displeased tone.

“Hehe .. You will lose. I remind you to immediately end this attack before all the inhabitants of the God Realm see you defeated by a newcomer.” Li Ziqi laughed crisply at the arrogance of this mysterious man figure who was none other than the Northern Gate Guard God.