The Abandoned Young Master of a Wealthy Cultivation Family

Chapter 5124 The Thick Earth Palace

Under the protection of Su Bai's Sword Master's Order, the divine ship "Dawn" finally flew out of the Red Robe Palace, a ruin of sword intent where sharpness was exposed, and, following the star map in Amo's memory, stealthily headed towards the shadowy area deeper in the Boundary Sea.

If the Red Palace is a sword that cuts through all things, then the area in front is a shield that bears all things, and a mountain that suppresses all heavens.

As the divine ship drew closer to that coordinate, the surrounding spatial environment underwent drastic, even illogical, changes.

The raging temporal storm has mysteriously vanished here. In its place is a suffocating sense of heaviness.

This heaviness is not simply physical gravity, but a suppression by a higher-dimensional law.

It was as if an invisible hand had forcibly compressed and collapsed the rules of this world, forming an absolute gravity domain.

"Squeak---Squeak!"

The divine ship's shields emitted a rumbling sound as if it could not bear the weight. The dark gold outer shell on the surface of the ship, made of star-red gold, began to deform slightly under the invisible pressure. The originally smooth rune array became distorted, and even the transmission of divine power became sluggish.

Even more terrifyingly, the eerie blue tail flames spewed out by the divine ship were pulled downwards by this terrifying gravity, bending and even taking on a flattened arc shape.

Here, light no longer travels in a straight line, but is forced to fall towards the center point, creating a visual black hole effect.

"My God! What kind of place is this?! It feels like my soul is being squeezed out of my body!"

Qian Duoduo let out a pig-like scream as she was crushed and slammed onto the deck.

His face was pressed tightly against the cold metal ground, his limbs spread out like a meat pie, every inch of his fat flowing outwards under the force of gravity. He desperately activated the defensive magic he possessed, but the gravity ignored his defenses and penetrated straight to his bone marrow.

"The laws of gravity here... have reached the level of 'immortality'! At least ten thousand times stronger than outside! No, a hundred thousand times stronger!"

Jiuzhen's face was as pale as paper, but with his amazing perseverance and profound cultivation at the third level of the Divine Realm, he still managed to maintain his standing posture by leaning on the worn-out longsword.

His knees were trembling violently, and his bones were making a creaking sound, as if they might break at any moment.

"Too powerful... Is this the Daoist abode of a Tai Zhen Realm expert? The mere residual shockwaves of the laws are enough to make us gods feel as if we are carrying a mountain!"

Su Bai looked solemn, but he was not overwhelmed by the pressure.

"Buzz!"

Inside his body, the "Nine-Story Dao Tower," his natal artifact that had long since merged with his spine, rotated slightly, emitting a clear and melodious roar.

A gentle yet resilient chaotic force field emanated from his body, enveloping the Luo sisters and Amo beside him and relieving them of most of the pressure.

"This is the territory of the 'Hou Tu Palace'."

Su Bai said in a deep voice, his gaze piercing through the darkness as he looked ahead, “The Human Emperor cultivates the ‘Ultimate Power,’ which is the Great Dao that breaks everything and bears everything. His Dao Field is itself an unparalleled weapon that suppresses all heavens. Only those with a sufficiently strong physique and will are qualified to set foot here.”

Finally, under Su Bai's control, the divine ship, like a snail struggling under a heavy load, painstakingly passed through the invisible gravity barrier and arrived at its destination.

What came into view was a black continent floating in the void.

This continent is not large, about a thousand miles in circumference, and is composed entirely of an unknown type of black rock.

But this continent feels a billion times heavier than a supernova.

It floated there silently, like an anchor point in the universe. The surrounding space, unable to bear its weight, collapsed and twisted, forming a huge, slowly rotating black vortex, as if even the flow of time slowed down when it passed through this place.

"We've arrived...this is it."

Amo pointed to the black continent, his voice low and carrying a hint of nostalgia that transcended time, "The Human Emperor's 'Hall of Thick Earth' is right here. He said the soil was too light to grow good crops, so he specially brought a piece of 'Primordial Breath Soil' from the Upper Realm to fill the bottom."

"Primordial Breath Soil?!" Jiuzhen and Qian Duoduo gasped simultaneously.

That's the legendary divine soil that can grow on its own and whose single grain can fill the ocean!

Su Bai maneuvered the divine ship to a slow descent.

The moment his feet touched the black earth, Su Bai felt his legs sink, as if he were carrying two ancient divine mountains on his back.

The terrifying gravity surged from the soles of his feet straight to the top of his head, slowing his blood flow and making his heart pound heavily like thunder.

"So powerful! The laws of gravity here have solidified into a tangible form. Every step we take is a struggle against the rules!"

Su Bai's eyes flashed with a sharp light. He was now at the peak of the Divine Realm, and his physical body had been forged into a supreme artifact. Even so, he still found it difficult to walk here. This showed just how terrifying the Human Emperor's physical cultivation had reached back then.

However, when everyone looked around, they were all stunned.

"Where is the palace? Where is the palace?"

Qian Duoduo lay on the ground, struggling to lift her head like a turtle, looking around.

Before him lay nothing but an endless black plain and ancient, crack-like patterns on the ground.

Forget about palaces, you can't even see a single brick or pillar.

It was so desolate here, like a wasteland abandoned for millions of years, with only the wailing sound of the wind blowing through the black rocks.

"Impossible..." Amo scratched his head, looking bewildered. "I remember it being right here. A huge black palace, with two stone lions at the entrance... Uncle Emperor used to sit at the entrance sharpening his hoe... How come it's all gone?"

"Could it have been shattered in the great battle back then?" Jiuzhen guessed, a hint of regret flashing in her eyes.

"Do not."

Su Bai shook his head, squatted down, and gently stroked the ground with his fingers.

The black rock was cold and hard, yet it exuded a gentle, Daoist charm, and showed no signs of damage.

“There are no signs of battle here. Moreover... this gravity field is too intact. If the dojo were destroyed, the laws would have already dissipated. This is more like a kind of... concealment.”

There's only one possibility.

Luo Yunyou, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke.

She walked to the front of the crowd, took a deep breath, and under immense gravitational pressure, formed a strange and complex hand seal with her hands, pressing them against her brow.

"The secrets of heaven are concealed, and the Great Dao is hidden. Our ancestors did not make the Daoist temple disappear, but... hid it away."

"Hide it?" The crowd asked, puzzled.

"Sister, you mean..." Luo Yunsheng seemed to have thought of something, and her beautiful eyes lit up.

Luo Yunyou did not answer; her eyes suddenly snapped open.