While Su Chen was busy collecting the sword fragments, Lady Providence had already entered the Heavenly Palace. There was a mystical, platinum door here. The door stood on its own, and its surroundings were completely empty. There were no walls to obstruct it, making it seem like one could easily bypass it and enter the Heavenly Palace.
However, things obviously weren't as simple as they seemed.
Su Chen was multitasking. While he collected the sword fragments, he placed a portion of the divine glyphs on Lady Providence's body. He'd already begun to observe the mysterious flow of energy contained within the ancient door.
There were no formations or restrictions on the door.
However, it gave Su Chen a strong sense of danger.
If she took a single wrong step, even a Saint King like Lady Providence would be in danger.
Lady Providence had naturally realized this as well.
Her spiritual power was very special. She could sense minute changes in energy. This was a mysterious principle she'd comprehended from the Dao of Heaven. It was also because of this that Su Chen's ability to stop time was ineffective against her.
"Do you have a way to break it?"
Su Chen was silent for a moment, then said, "I can't guarantee anything, but I'll try my best."
Su Chen threw the wrapped sword fragments onto the icy ground, then focused his divine glyphs and began to decipher the ancient door. First of all, he had to understand the material composition of the door. Only then could he find a way to break it.
Strangely, no matter how Su Chen examined it, he couldn't determine the source of the door. However, Su Chen was certain that it was a solid object, unlike the previous door, which had been created through spatial manipulation.
Since it was a solid object, it had to be composed of the known elements of the universe. As a grandmaster artificer, Su Chen's knowledge of the elements was comparable to that of an elemental material scientist from a ninth-rank civilization. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that there was no elemental material in the entire Primordial Universe that Su Chen couldn't name.
However, the elemental composition of this door was very subtle ….
In terms of its composition, it didn't belong to the Primordial Universe at all, but it obviously didn't belong to the Demon Abyss either. Su Chen had just returned from the Demon Abyss. He knew that the Demon Abyss and the Primordial Universe originated from the same source. They were both born from the primordial chaos. Although one was pure and the other turbid, they were essentially the same.
Neither the Primordial Universe nor the Demon Abyss ….
Su Chen could only think of one possibility.
This door, or rather the Heavenly Palace, had existed before the creation of the universe.
An existence born from the primordial chaos!
Su Chen immediately relayed his discovery to Lady Providence, who was shocked as well.
She frowned and said seriously, "Just now, I used my divine sense to examine it. The material of this door is indeed something I've never seen before. As for whether or not it's from the primordial chaos, neither you nor I have ever seen the primordial chaos, so we naturally have no way of verifying it. But now, it seems that the origins of this Heavenly Palace are even more ridiculous than I imagined. Perhaps we shouldn't have barged in here."
When he saw that Lady Providence was about to leave, Su Chen immediately said, "Don't be in such a hurry. Let me try."
With that, Su Chen's divine marks disappeared. While Lady Providence was still trying to figure out what was going on, Su Chen's true body had already crossed the barrier of space and appeared beside her.
"Are you sure you want to do this?
This isn't a joke. If this door contains some kind of killing formation we don't understand, and you try to force your way through, I'm afraid I won't be able to save your life in time. "
Su Chen said calmly, "Don't worry, Lady Providence. I wouldn't joke around with my own life. Before opening the door, I'll make sure to take all the necessary precautions."
With that, Su Chen began to inscribe a formation of divine marks. One after another, divine marks flowed out from his body, permeating every inch of space before finally connecting to Su Chen's body.
This was the Shadow Shifting Formation. Its function was very simple. As long as Su Chen was in danger, the formation would be activated, allowing Su Chen to exchange calls with another object on the spatial level. To put it bluntly, it was a high-level substitution technique that could help Su Chen escape from some dangerous situations.
Divine Talisman Masters had many life-saving methods. This was also the source of Su Chen's confidence.
As long as he was given enough time to prepare, Su Chen could do many things that even a Saint King like Lady Providence couldn't.
Seeing Su Chen's resolute attitude, Lady Providence didn't continue to dissuade him.
However, she was still very curious. Even she couldn't do anything about this door. Even if Su Chen was a ninth-grade Immortal Talisman Master, his Divine Glyph couldn't do anything about this door. How could he open this door?
Now that everything was ready, Su Chen didn't waste any time. He took a deep breath and directly used the Great Leapfrogging Immortal Art.
As soon as the immortal art appeared, Lady Providence's eyes flashed with astonishment.
"Could it be an immortal art that Senior Brother taught him?
I've come across a few immortal arts before, but immortal arts are the hardest to cultivate. They require extraordinary innate talent. At the very least, one needs an innate full spiritual root to be qualified to comprehend immortal arts. In the entire Primordial Universe, cultivators with such talent are as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns …. "
Su Chen didn't think too much about it. Although he'd only reached the first level of the Great Leapfrogging Immortal Art, an immortal art was still an immortal art. Even the first level was enough.
As soon as he used the Great Leapfrogging Immortal Art, the ancient door in front of him could no longer obstruct Su Chen's path. He transformed into a beam of white light and disappeared. At the same time, he appeared on the other side of the door.
He'd successfully broken through. Although the door's origins were extraordinary, it was still nothing in the face of an immortal art.
However, Su Chen didn't let his guard down. Once he entered the Heavenly Palace, the true challenge would begin.
In an instant, Su Chen sensed different dangerous auras closing in on him from all directions.
Demon swords.
Demon swords forged from the bones of demon kings attacked Su Chen one after another. Some were in the light, some were in the dark, some were real, and some were illusory.
Powerful killing intent had already sealed Su Chen away.
However, in the face of the Great Leapfrogging Immortal Art, any kind of seal was useless.
At least a hundred demon swords whistled through the air. Su Chen didn't panic in the face of danger. His figure constantly flickered, dodging the attacks of the demon swords as he stepped deeper into the Heavenly Palace.
He was probing the range of this killing formation, searching for the eye of the formation in order to find a way to break through it.
At the same time, he had to dodge the attacks of over a hundred demon swords brimming with killing intent and break through the formation. This was a test of Su Chen's powerful willpower. In addition, constantly using the Great Leapfrogging Immortal Art drained Su Chen's spiritual energy at a terrifying rate. Su Chen could only hold on for a minute at most.
Although he had a resurrection card in hand, in his current state, he didn't even have the time to use it. If he stopped for even an instant, over a hundred demon swords would pierce through his body. Even his sea of consciousness might be pierced.
Even with Lady Providence's extraordinary mental fortitude, she couldn't help but worry for Su Chen when she saw this scene.