Chapter 0557: The Chaotic Air Current Layer

Huang Long’s actions seemed to offend the dignity of Tianchen Mountain. The red-glowing area on its surface emitted a dazzling light, which, as it circulated, deflected Huang Long’s attacks while simultaneously sending waves of overwhelming force back at everyone.
Frightened, everyone rushed back and joined forces to suppress that formidable power.
Tianchen Mountain returned to calm.
The crowd glanced at Tianchen Mountain, then at Huang Long.
As an entity from the Chaos Divine Plane, no one had ever dared to threaten Tianchen Mountain.
However, Huang Long ignored the strange looks from the crowd. With a thought, he summoned the Chaos Bell. The bell appeared high in the sky, and its thunderous sound echoed as the primordial yellow and dark energy surged toward Tianchen Mountain.
As before, the red glow on Tianchen Mountain’s surface released another wave of immense power, attempting to block the primordial energy. With a resonant hum, the crowd was shocked to see the red glow scatter under the force.
After breaking through the red glow protecting Tianchen Mountain, Huang Long opened his right hand, causing the mountain to tremble violently. As it shook, the surrounding space began to crack.
To Huang Long’s surprise, despite lacking the red glow for protection, Tianchen Mountain’s innate resistance was even stronger than he had expected. It was like a self-aware divine artifact—taking control of Tianchen Mountain wouldn’t be easy.
Yet Huang Long didn’t give up. He channeled all his celestial energy, strengthening the power in his hand. After more than an hour of stalemate, Tianchen Mountain finally emitted a hum, rose into the air, and reduced to the size of a palm before falling into Huang Long’s hand.
Even after falling into Huang Long’s grasp, Tianchen Mountain continued to tremble, trying to escape.
“Master, do you really intend to take Tianchen Mountain away?!” Ork Natt stammered, staring at the mountain in Huang Long’s hand.
Susan, Nyaa, and Humphert also looked at Huang Long in disbelief.
Huang Long glanced at them and nodded calmly, “Let’s go back.” He had his reasons for taking Tianchen Mountain away.
Since Tianchen Mountain was related to the Chaos Divine Plane, Huang Long wanted to study it closely to find a way to reach that plane.
Of course, Huang Long knew that the Tianchen Temple was a separate dimension, not within Tianchen Mountain, so he couldn’t use it to stop Mori’s actions in the temple.
A day later, Huang Long and the others returned to the Nether Sea.
There, Huang Long merged the primary divine essence he had obtained with the elders of the Five Elements Divine Sect and the powerful warriors under Greg of the Nether Sea.

However, the three supreme deities—Dark Lord Gebor, Water Lord EErlf, and Gold Lord—had disappeared, leaving only 114 supreme deities remaining. All 114 supreme deities submitted to the Yellow Dragon, who thus became the true ruler of this intermediate divine realm. Mori was gone, and Elvis and the others were dead. This intermediate divine realm had stabilized. Nyaa and the others also returned to their respective supreme deity spaces. Aside from the 24 people led by Borg remaining in the Abyssal Sea, Bradd, Yamo, Wayne, and the others also left the Abyssal Sea and were assigned by the Yellow Dragon to govern various divine realms or continents. After leaving the Abyssal Sea, Bradd returned to the Ancient Forest of the Netherworld. Looking down at the Nimeng Mountains, he sighed deeply, still remembering how he had been rescued from the valley’s rock forest by the young master back then. “Kunnier, it’s time to settle our old accounts!” Bradd glanced in the direction of the Riga Mountains before disappearing from his spot. The next moment, he reappeared above the Riga Mountains. The Riga Mountains remained as gloomy and rainy as they had been hundreds of thousands of years ago. Bradd scanned with his divine sense, frowned, then sneered, “Kunnier, do you really think leaving the Riga Mountains is enough?” His divine sense revealed that Kunnier was not in the Riga Mountains; he must have hidden elsewhere. Over the years, as the Yellow Dragon had made his presence felt across various divine realms, Bradd and Borg and the others, as his subordinates, had also become well-known in those realms. Bradd knew that Kunnier must have learned of his current identity and thus hidden away. Before long, news spread from the Ancient Forest that the Riga Mountains had disappeared. …… In the Royal Palace of the Abyssal Sea. “Is there really no other way to enter the Chaos Divine Realm?” The Yellow Dragon frowned deeply. After returning to the Abyssal Sea, he had studied Tianchen Mountain but failed to find a way to reach the Chaos Divine Realm. Perhaps, the only way was to gradually unlock the layers of the Supreme Divine Artifact in the Tianchen Temple before entering the inner sanctum, where a path to the Chaos Divine Realm might lie. “But then, how did Mori get here?” the Yellow Dragon wondered. Mori surely hadn’t come to this intermediate divine realm through the Tianchen Temple. “Could it be?” An idea flashed through the Yellow Dragon’s mind. He stood up, then broke through space and entered the spatial turbulence.

Huang Long guessed that the Chaos Divine Plane was a higher-level divine plane, existing in the same space as intermediate divine planes like the Netherworld and lower-level divine planes like the Mortal Plane, merely in different dimensions. The Mortal Plane was the lowest layer, followed by intermediate divine planes such as the Netherworld, with the Chaos Divine Plane above them.

After entering the spatial turbulence, Huang Long soared upward. For a long time, everyone believed that this spatial turbulence consisted only of chaos, with no other elements, but what lay above it remained unknown to them. Huang Long asked Nia, who also couldn’t explain it clearly, only saying that the spatial turbulence stretched endlessly—no matter how far one flew, there was still nothing but chaos.

“Nothing but chaos?” Huang Long’s eyes flickered. Within the spatial turbulence, Huang Long soared upward like a dragon breaking free from the sea. However, it seemed to confirm Nia’s words—after flying countless trillions of miles in a day, all he saw was still chaos. Occasionally, primordial crystals could be seen passing by in the turbulence.

Could it be true?! Huang Long frowned. At his current speed, it would take him a day to reach the Netherworld. Yet he didn’t give up and continued flying upward. Two days, three days, ten days—time passed quickly. All he saw was still chaos. A month passed, and it remained the same. Three months later, just as Huang Long thought his guess must be wrong, suddenly his body felt heavy. “Huh!” Huang Long exclaimed in surprise, realizing the gravity around him had increased significantly. Delighted, he sped up again.

Another half year passed, and Huang Long seemed to enter another dimensional space, where gravity rose again, slowing his speed. He found that the gravity here was similar to that of Tianchen Mountain. More months went by, and suddenly his body relaxed as he entered a special dimensional space. This space had no spatial turbulence and resembled a divine plane, except without continents. High in the sky, only floating white gases existed, forming clouds that resembled mushrooms—very beautiful. What puzzled Huang Long was the source of the light, which was as bright as during the day in a divine plane. It felt as if he were in a dreamlike realm. He expanded his divine sense over an area of a billion miles but found no other creatures, so he flew in a chosen direction.

A day later, finding nothing else, Huang Long stopped and looked up at the high-altitude mushroom clouds. After some thought, he used a jade talisman to send a message to his family, informing them that he was entering seclusion to prevent them from coming to search for him in the realm of the gods. Once he had made his arrangements, Huang Long continued to soar upward, passing through the layers of mushroom clouds. One after another, these mushroom-shaped clouds were left behind by Huang Long. Yet, even as he moved through these cloud layers, another month passed, and still no end was in sight. Fortunately, navigating through these cloud layers was much better than dealing with the previous spatial turbulence; at least the various shapes of the mushroom clouds made it less monotonous. More than two months later, Huang Long stopped and stared at the churning gases high in the sky, stunned: “Chaos energy?!” Above, vast masses of grayish-white gas rolled like an ocean, occasionally spewing out violent currents of turbid water and hurricane-like sandstorms. Watching the chaotic energy swirling in the sky, Huang Long felt as if he had returned to the chaotic world before Pangu created the universe. His expression grew grave as he beheld this fierce chaotic energy. Back then, the Hongmeng Zixiao Palace held its lectures beyond the thirty-three heavens. To reach it, one had to pass through the chaotic energy layers, and even powerful Great Luo Golden Immortals could suffer severe injuries or even die if they were not careful. With a thought, Huang Long activated the immortal energy within him. A cloud of celebration appeared, carrying the Chaos Bell. The energy from the bell flowed downward, protecting the space around Huang Long. After preparing thoroughly, he cautiously took off and headed toward the chaotic energy layers. As soon as he approached them, the chaotic energy began to swirl violently, like stirred paste, with terrifying destructive forces pressing down on him. The Chaos Bell emitted a bright glow, blocking the incoming chaotic energy with its protective light. Huang Long’s body jolted as he entered the chaotic energy layers. Inside, the chaotic energy became even more fierce, pressing down on him relentlessly. The protective glow of the Chaos Bell dimmed significantly and flickered like a candle in the wind. Seeing this, Huang Long activated the immortal energy within him, pouring more magic power into it, which restored the glow and stabilized the situation. Once inside the chaotic energy layers, Huang Long looked around and saw nothing but violent chaotic gases, flames, turbid currents, and constant hurricanes. He continued to soar upward, but compared to before, he was much more cautious and flew much slower.