Chapter 0704: The Key to the Heavenly Palace Gate

Upon hearing this, the blond young man’s pale face turned ashen. He was about to speak when he met Huoyang’s icy gaze and quickly shut his mouth in fear.
Now, he finally understood how those higher-ranking gods used to tremble in fear in front of him.
In fact, the existence of the key to the Heavenly Palace Gate on this island was something he had only read about in ancient texts. Whether what those texts said was true was beyond his determination. If there really wasn’t such a key, what would happen to him?!
After speaking, Huoyang, along with Huang Long and Li Weiya, went to the edge of the island below.
As soon as the three of them approached the island, thick mist began to swirl inside it, and a force surged toward them.
Seeing this, Huoyang snorted coldly and didn’t take any action. Instead, his entire body erupted with flames, scattering that force.
The blond young man, Heili, couldn’t help but feel awe in his eyes.
Previously, their four great kings had also tried to enter this island, but they were blown away and severely injured by the force generated by the mist as soon as they got close!
Huang Long activated his Heavenly Eye and scanned inside the island through the mist. After a while, he retracted his Heavenly Eye and said, “Let’s go in!”
With that, the three of them dashed through the mist and entered, disappearing from the blond young man’s sight.
After breaking through the mist and entering the island, Huang Long and his companions arrived in front of a dense forest.
The forest wasn’t large, covering only a few dozen square miles, but it exuded a chilling cold aura. White ice formed on the grass outside the forest.
“This is the Wanlin Hanshui Formation!” Huang Long said, his eyes narrowing.
The Wanlin Hanshui Formation was actually a composite formation formed by combining the Wanlin Formation and the Hanshui Formation.
Although it wasn’t a primordial formation, its power was no less than that of a primordial formation.
Even an ordinary Supreme God would likely be frozen solid if trapped inside it.
“The Wanlin Hanshui Formation?” Huoyang soared into the air and said, “Let me break it!” Without waiting for Huang Long to respond, his entire body erupted with flames, creating a sea of fire that rushed straight toward the forest.
Everything in its path was burned to ashes. The ice on the grass outside the forest also melted instantly and vanished into space.
However, as the sea of fire approached the Wanlin Hanshui Formation, a wave of cold mist suddenly surged from within the forest, rushing toward the sea of fire like seawater.
The two forces collided violently. There was no loud explosion, only a low, hissing sound.
At the edge of the collision, flames splashed everywhere, and the cold mist dispersed.

However, after a brief collision, the two sides reached a stalemate. Although Huoyang was a divine king powerhouse, breaking through the Wanlin Hanshui Formation wasn’t easy at once, let alone doing so by brute force rather than identifying its core and using it to dismantle the formation. Huang Long and Livia didn’t intervene upon seeing this. Though the Wanlin Hanshui Formation was difficult to break, it wasn’t beyond Huoyang, a divine king powerhouse. Sure enough, when Huoyang saw that the sea of fire created by his own energy couldn’t withstand the cold aura of the Wanlin Hanshui Formation for a while, he grew furious. Above his head, the divine king aura emerged. As soon as the divine king aura appeared, the sea of fire surged violently, with flames shooting into the sky. The surrounding space turned into nothingness, and the cold mist resisting the sea of fire gradually retreated until it finally disappeared back into the cold forest. The sea of fire spread toward the cold forest, but when it reached its skies, the cold mist within the forest resisted like an indestructible divine stone, holding back the sea of fire that sought to burn it down. Hmph! Huoyang snorted coldly. The divine king aura above his head rose slowly again, and from within it, a crimson light burst forth and soared into the sky. Then, the power of the divine king was poured into the sea of fire, instantly suppressing the cold mist. As the sea of fire continued to press down, the cold forest and mist disappeared from top to bottom. Finally, when the forest vanished completely, Huoyang retracted the divine king aura into his body, and the sea of fire disappeared as well. Huoyang, the divine king, had finally broken through the Wanlin Hanshui Formation using brute force! However, his ability to break through the formation so easily was due to his advantage of being outside the formation. If they had been trapped inside a large formation like the one they encountered earlier, it would have been much harder to break it with brute force. Once the Wanlin Hanshui Formation was broken, a green grassland appeared. In the middle of the grassland stood a green tree, not very tall—only about ten meters—but what surprised Huang Long and the others was the brilliant fruit on that tree. The fruit had a strange shape, pentagonal, about the size of a fist, with a surface that shone like metal. Huang Long and the others flashed forward and arrived in front of the tree. “Is this the key?!” Livia said, looking at the beautiful fruit with joy in her eyes. “It should be!” Huang Long nodded. At that moment, Huoyang turned around, reached out into the void behind him, and pulled the blond young man, Heili, who was outside the island, right in front of him.

The blond young man, Heili, felt the world spinning around him. In an instant, the scenery changed, and he found himself in front of the three Yellow Dragons. Seeing them and then looking around, Heili realized what had happened and quickly bowed, saying, “My lords!”
“Take a look. Is this the key?” Huoyang didn’t waste words. He pointed at the brilliant pentagonal fruit on the green tree and asked directly.
Heili carefully glanced in the direction Huoyang indicated and was stunned upon seeing the dazzling pentagonal fruit.
According to ancient legends, the key to the Heavenly Palace Gate was indeed the fruit that grew on a green tree on this island.
This fruit was formed from the essence of heaven, earth, water, and the divine realm. If consumed, its benefits were obvious. So, the moment he saw this brilliant pentagonal fruit, a fierce thought flashed through his mind. But as soon as this thought arose, suddenly, the space around him tightened. Looking up, he saw Huoyang’s cold gaze and was terrified. He quickly stammered, “Yes, my lord! This is indeed the key to the Heavenly Palace Gate!” His whole body was drenched in cold sweat.
Huoyang stared intently at the blond young man for a while before looking away.
Heili felt relieved, thinking he had narrowly escaped death. He was filled with fear. Just moments ago, he had acted out of greed. If not for his quick reaction, he would likely be dead by now.
After Heili spoke, Livia stretched out her delicate hands and summoned the brilliant pentagonal fruit with a gesture, causing it to fly and land in her palm.
Looking at the fruit glowing brightly in her hand, Livia said with a smile, “This fruit is so beautiful. I never expected it to be the key to the Heavenly Palace Gate!”
Yellow Dragon smiled and said, “If you like it, keep it then!”
Once the Heavenly Palace Gate was opened and they left this divine realm, they could take this brilliant pentagonal fruit with them.
Huoyang had no objections. Although the fruit was nice, it wasn’t very useful to him as a God King. At most, it could serve as an ornament.
Livia nodded without hesitation and stored it in her own spatial artifact.
At that moment, Huoyang turned to look at Heili. A flash of light appeared in his hand, and a long sword appeared. He said, “Young man, since the key has been found, this supreme artifact is for you!” With that, he handed the sword to Heili.
The three Yellow Dragons then disappeared into thin air.
Heili held the long sword in his hand, standing there in shock. He glanced at the place where the three Yellow Dragons had disappeared, then at the sword in his hand.

After a while, Haley realized that the three Yellow Dragons had finally left. His life was saved, and he felt relieved. He carefully examined the long sword in his hand—was it a supreme divine artifact?! He had only heard of primary divine artifacts before, never of supreme ones.

“Beyond perfection, isn’t that the Supreme God?!” mused the blond young man, Haley. If it were the Supreme God, then what rank would this supreme divine artifact be?

“It can’t be worse than a primary divine artifact, right?” Haley thought to himself. Inspired, he swung the sword downward sharply. A beam of sword light shot out instantly, causing the space to resonate with a hum as cracks appeared!

Under Haley’s astonished gaze, the beam of light struck the island below, splitting it in two in an instant.

With a loud roar, the divided island sank into the sea floor.

“This… this!” Haley stammered, staring in disbelief at the sword in his hand. The power of this single strike was more than three times stronger than his strongest blows before!

Even the legendary primary divine artifacts couldn’t have such power, could they?!

“Could it be?!” A thought flashed through Haley’s mind as he considered a possibility. He gasped in shock, which also made him understand better the identities of those three people!

While Haley was stunned by the sword’s power, the three Yellow Dragons had already arrived at the so-called Heavenly Palace, as Haley had said.

This Heavenly Palace was actually a group of palaces floating above the Divine Realm. From afar, it stretched for tens of thousands of miles. These palaces appeared faintly amidst the sea of clouds, looking like a fairyland.

Yellow Dragon couldn’t help but think of the Heavenly Palace in the Pangu World.

Although this Heavenly Palace couldn’t compare to the one in Pangu’s world, it still had its own unique style.

The entrance to this Heavenly Palace was located at the center of the palace complex. The three Yellow Dragons instantly appeared right there.

Before them stood a copper gate thousands of feet tall, adorned with mysterious runes and various strange, grotesque monsters.

Yellow Dragon’s gaze fell on the pentagonal green tree symbol at the center of the gate. At the top of the symbol, where pentagonal fruits should have been, there was a small pentagonal hole—apparently, that was where the key would fit.

“Who dares to intrude in the forbidden grounds of the Heavenly Palace?!” A shout rang out, followed by several figures flying over.

This Heavenly Palace was rich in spiritual energy, making it an excellent place for cultivation. The four great kings of the Bulu Divine Plane had all fought to claim it, but it ultimately fell into the hands of Dong Wang Duoke.

These people were the powerful warriors under Dong Wang, high-ranking gods guarding the forbidden grounds of the Heavenly Palace.

The three Yellow Dragons turned around.

At that moment, the five figures landed in front of them.

“Then, is that the key to the Heavenly Palace?!” Suddenly, one of them exclaimed upon seeing the brilliant pentagonal fruit in Livya’s hand.