Chapter 0259: Crisis

After the stone door beneath the hill opened, the Key of the Blue Whale Temple was shot into the black hole exposed by the door.
“Let’s go!” Huang Long and the others hesitated not for a moment and followed closely behind.
After entering the black hole passage with the Key of the Blue Whale Temple, a damp atmosphere hit them, carrying a strong scent of death.
As they went deeper, the scent of death did not diminish but intensified.
Huang Long’s eyes flickered.
From the information they had, thousands of years ago, the core of this Last Law Planet suddenly underwent fission. Apart from some powerful beings from the divine realms who managed to escape, all hundreds of billions of inhabitants perished.
As for why the core of the Last Law Planet underwent fission, Tian Yun had never provided an explanation.
Yet, it was strange that the scent of death, generated from the deaths of hundreds of billions of people, had not dissipated after thousands of years. Upon arriving at the Last Law Planet, Huang Long had a vague feeling that something deep underground was absorbing this scent of death.
Perhaps this was also the reason why the scent of death was so strong here?
However, as Huang Long entered the black hole passage and went deeper underground, this feeling grew stronger.
With his divine senses on high alert, after flying for several hours, the group had reached deep underground. Suddenly, their movements stopped, and blue light flashed around them as they entered a blue space.
“A parallel space?!” Long Yi and the others were astonished.
Once the Key of the Blue Whale Temple entered this parallel space, it seemed to be stimulated by something, causing the blue light to intensify, illuminating an area of hundreds of feet with a brilliant glow. Then, it shot out at a much faster speed than before.
Seeing this, the group, surprised, accelerated to keep up.
This parallel space was somewhat similar to the one where they had searched for the Key of the Blue Whale Temple in the Sea of Death. Upon entering, all signs of life were absent, creating a stark contrast with the outside world.
However, unlike the parallel space in the Sea of Death, this one lacked life, yet the sense of vitality was still extremely strong. Huang Long stretched out his divine senses, but nothing happened.
“Look!” At that moment, Xin Pu from the Phoenix clan’s voice rang out in delight. Huang Long turned in that direction and saw a palace appearing on the open ground ahead.
From afar, the palace appeared triangular, surrounded by blue light with countless stars shining within.
“The Blue Whale Temple?!” Long Yi and the others also showed signs of joy.

Although it’s still uncertain whether this palace is indeed the Blue Whale Temple, even if it isn’t, it should still be related to it. From the Death Sea in the Hengyuan Realm to Tianyun, they encountered obstacles such as theglass Domain Palace, the Realm King’s Palace, and the Youwu Domain Palace. Finally, they were trapped in the Dark Stars. It can be said that the entire journey was extremely difficult—using “endless hardships” to describe it wouldn’t be an exaggeration. Now, they have finally arrived! Suppressing their excitement, everyone followed the key to the Blue Whale Temple toward the palace. As they got closer, the palace turned out to be much larger than they had imagined—hundreds of zhang tall and dozens of li wide, layered one atop another. The starlight they saw was actually emitted by precious gems embedded in various corners of the palace. These gems were all the size of a fist and appeared pale yellow. “Are these Star Dew Gems?!” Seeing these dozens of gems, the Sea God Apton exclaimed in delight. Star Dew Gems form under specific conditions from the spiritual energy of stars. It usually takes tens of thousands of years to form one the size of a thumb, yet these gems here were already the size of a fist—how many years would it take to form them? These Star Dew Gems were far beyond comparison to those Yuan Crystal Stones. In the divine realms, even one the size of a thumb was worth ten Divine Stones! Upon hearing the Sea God Apton’s excited voice, Long Yi and the others were stunned, then all stared at these gems with eager eyes. Although they didn’t recognize these Star Dew Gems, they had heard of them and knew their value well. It seemed this journey had been worthwhile—if the exterior of the palace was adorned with treasures like Star Dew Gems, one could only imagine what was inside. Long Yi and the others grew hopeful. After leading everyone to the palace, the key to the Blue Whale Temple stopped mid-air, its blue light dimming. Seeing this, Huang Long reached out with both hands and sucked the key into his palm. “Let’s go in first. We can take these things with us when we come out,” Huang Long interrupted their thoughts and entered the palace. He naturally didn’t pay any attention to those Star Dew Gems. Long Yi and the others snapped out of their daze, exchanged glances, then suppressed their desires and followed Huang Long into the palace. On the first floor, the palace was vast, with a large hall in the center containing a pale yellow alchemy furnace. The furnace was five or six meters tall, had five legs, and its surface was covered with patterns of exotic beasts in motion. “The Void Sky Furnace?” Huang Long said upon approaching the furnace and reading the inscriptions on its surface.

“The Void Sky Furnace?” Long Yi and the others arrived in front of the pill furnace with confusion in their eyes. Clearly, they had never heard of this Void Sky Furnace either. Back then, although Clark was also an alchemist, to their knowledge, his pill-firing furnace was not the Void Sky Furnace.

After staying on the first layer for a while, Huang Long moved on to the second layer. The first layer contained nothing but that Void Sky Furnace, but with the Five Pits Divine Cauldron, Huang Long naturally had no interest in it. The second layer was similar to the first. This continued until the ninth layer. As they ascended layer by layer, there were no restrictions on any of them, and under Huang Long’s divine sense, everything on each layer could be found instantly. Yet, even on the ninth layer, Huang Long still hadn’t seen the legendary treasure that Clark had obtained on the Continent of Gods—a relic capable of restoring a damaged divine essence. The ninth layer was the second-to-last layer. The palace had a total of ten layers.

Just as everyone was about to enter the tenth layer, outside, Realm King Oster led Sofia, the Lord of the Void Domain, and others, gradually approaching outside Mingyang Valley. Inside Mingyang Valley, Huang Long’s original spirit, who had been sitting in seclusion to regulate his breath, suddenly opened his eyes. A glint appeared in them as he frowned. “They’ve finally arrived!” He then stood up, formed a magic seal with his hands, and instantly, lightning flashed across Mingyang Valley. A purple lightning barrier formed around it. On the surface of this purple barrier, streaks of lightning, like purple dragons, crackled continuously, emitting a destructive force.

Oster and the others approaching Mingyang Valley were shocked. “What an immense destructive power!” Sofia, the Lord of the Void Domain, exclaimed in awe. “Divine destructive power? No, that’s not all—there’s also lightning energy?!” Darnell, the Lord of the Crystal Domain, looked grave. “What’s going on?!” Bobo, the Lord of the Azure Radiance Domain, was filled with doubt. Could it be that Huang Long hadn’t entered the Age of Decline Planet?! But when they arrived, the secret chamber of the domain palace showed that someone had already used a magic teleportation array to reach the Age of Decline Planet. There could be no deception!

Oster glanced at everyone and then said solemnly, “Whatever is going on, we must not let that Huang Long escape this time. Do you really think he can still deal with us eight gods and twenty-one divine realms?” Darnell and the others immediately calmed down. Oster was right. Even if Huang Long was indeed a mid-tier god, he would still be defeated by their combined power. Oster continued flying toward Mingyang Valley, though although he said such things, his shock was no less than that of Darnell and the others.

When that destructive force was released just now, even he felt the pressure. It was a pressure that stemmed from deep within the soul. Before long, Realm King Ost and the others finally arrived at Mingyang Valley. Standing high in the air and looking down at Mingyang Valley, Realm King Ost frowned. “What kind of magical barrier is this?!” Bob, the ruler of the Qingyao Domain, was astonished by the purple lightning barrier surrounding Mingyang Valley. “I’ve long heard that the Yellow Dragon is skilled in some ancient magic arrays; it seems the rumors are true!” Sophia, the ruler of the Youwu Domain, added with a serious expression. Jelle, the ruler of the Leiyan Mansion, had told her that the Yellow Dragon was proficient in ancient magic arrays, but she had doubted it. Now that she saw it with her own eyes, she believed it. “Ancient magic arrays?!” Everyone exclaimed in shock. Realm King Ost glanced at Sophia, his expression darkening. Sophia hadn’t mentioned any of this to him, leaving him in a disadvantageous position. If she had informed him earlier, they could have prepared in advance and avoided so much trouble. Now that the enemy had already set up this unknown ancient magic array, none of them recognized it, so they could only attack forcefully to break through it. However, the fact that the Yellow Dragon knew ancient magic arrays only strengthened his resolve to eliminate him. Realm King Ost snorted coldly, “Ancient magic arrays? So what? Their power depends on the strength of the one who controls them. If we attack together, I doubt this magic array controlled by the Yellow Dragon can hold out for long!” With that, he drew a long sword, infused it with divine light, and charged at the purple lightning barrier below. Seeing this, Sophia and the others also attacked the purple lightning barrier. Although Realm King Ost and the others above couldn’t see clearly what was happening in the valley below, the Yellow Dragon’s essence inside Mingyang Valley could see everything above. Seeing Ost and the others attacking, it immediately exerted all its magical power, summoning starbeasts like the Fire Cloud Beast King to assist in activating the Dayan Divine Lightning Array. The Dayan Divine Lightning Array emitted intense lightning and roaring flames. Boom! With a loud explosion, the purple lightning above the barrier surged violently like ripples in water. Realm King Ost and the others were shaken by the recoil, causing them to stagger. “Keep attacking! This magic array won’t last long!” Despite being shaken by the recoil, Realm King Ost noticed that the purple lightning barrier below had weakened slightly. Delighted, he spoke up. At his command, Sophia and the others also realized the situation of the magic array below and felt relieved, attacking again.

Inside the palace in the Dying Era Planet, as Huang Long entered the tenth floor, his expression changed.
“Brother Huang Long, what’s wrong?” Long Yi asked upon seeing his expression, feeling a badfeeling in his heart.