LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 417 The Road to the Immortal Court
Ding Huan was surprised that the disciples inspecting on behalf of the Immortal Sects didn't check him when they saw the yellow card; they actually refrained from inspecting him.
However, in an instant, more than ten Divine Wills converged upon him, including those from immortals of the Daluo Realm.
Ding Huan didn't mind; he had wanted to see if his Tiangang Taoist Skill could trick these magical treasures, but they didn't dare to check him.
A sweep of Divine Will presented no threat to him at all.
"They didn't use magical treasures to check us, probably because we are from the Ancient Road Immortal Transport," Ding Huan whispered intentionally after they left Eternal Immortal Dao City, speaking to Hu Bujiu.
"Ha-ha."
Hu Bujiu chuckled and then said, "It's not because of the Ancient Road Immortal Transport but because of the Ancient Road Commerce.
Ancient Road Commerce is one of the ten major commerce entities designated by the Immortal Court. Even the great Immortal Sects don't possess an Immortal Court Card like the one our convoy Immortals hold."
Having stepped out of the North City gate, Ding Huan noticed that a spaceship was already parked outside.
To be exact, it wasn't a spaceship; it was a warship.
Ding Huan scanned the warship and found that it was equipped with a Level 5 Immortal Array, densely inscribed with various attacking and defense Array Patterns.
Following Hu Xiangyang onto the warship, Ding Huan felt somewhat speechless; with such a warship, why would there be a need to recruit people for an escort?
The warship was very spacious. Although Ding Huan's Divine Will scan found it locked by prohibitions, he could vaguely sense that the interior was lavishly furnished.
Of course, the luxury had nothing to do with Ding Huan and the other temporarily recruited laborers.
Ding Huan and ten others, including a young man who Ding Huan suspected was carrying contraband, were only allowed to station themselves on the edge of the ship.
Ding Huan was assigned next to Ye Meier, with the team captain Shi Nuozhou at the bow, and Hu Bujiu, though only average in ability, managed to stay near Shi Nuozhou—perhaps randomly or because he was an Immortal Array Master.
Ye Meier seemed aware that Ding Huan was timid, so she stopped talking to him and began setting up her own defense prohibition.
Despite the ship having its own protective Array, standing guards needed to arrange their own defense prohibitions around their positions.
Seeing Ye Meier set up a Second-Level Defense Immortal Restriction, Ding Huan casually set up a First-Level Defense Immortal Restriction for himself.
In less than 15 minutes, Ding Huan saw five or six people board the warship.
In the middle was someone wearing a hat with a visor that carried a blocking prohibition; without using his Divine Will, Ding Huan couldn't tell whether it was a man or a woman.
On either side of the person with the hat, there were two women, and Hu Xiangyang stood waiting on the upper side of the warship.
Once the group entered the internal storage of the warship, it trembled slightly and then soared into the sky.
Ding Huan couldn't be bothered with these details.
He took out the Jade Scroll of Pangu Great World and scanned it with his Divine Will.
Previously, he had thought this was a place referred to either as the Great Immortal Domain or Ancient Immortal Domain, a vast land where Heaven and Earth Rules were intact, forbidding unauthorized setting up of Gathering Spirit Immortal Arrays and that was all.
Now, he understood that what he knew was probably just a tiny fraction.
The Ancient Immortal Domain was just a small corner of Pangu Great World; comparing it to a drop in the ocean might seem an exaggeration, but it wasn't far from the truth.
Having heard about Heavenly Court from Tao Xiaomei, he had assumed that Heavenly Court governed the Ancient Immortal Domain, essentially the higher authority of the Ancient Immortal Domain.
Now he realized that there wasn't just one Heavenly Court as Tao Xiaomei mentioned, but five.
In fact, what Hu Xiangyang said was more accurate, referring to it as Immortal Court, which is actually the Immortal Realm's Heavenly Court.
The Immortal Realm's Heavenly Court is formed by the Human Clan Cultivators and is just one of the Five Heavenly Realms in Pangu Great World.
Apart from the Immortal Court, there were the Devil Court, Demon Court, Divine Court, and Dragon Court.
Logically, the Dragon Court should fall under the Devil Court, but that is simply not the case.
The Dragon Clan, strong in power, had long separated from the Demon Clan and independently formed their own Dragon Tribe Heavenly Court.
Seeing the Dragon Clan forming their own Dragon Tribe Heavenly Court, the Phoenix Clan, Kirin Tribe, Roc Clan, and Xuan Turtle Clan all aspired to establish their own heavenly courts.
Yet, their strength was lacking; except for the Phoenix Clan, which had separated from the Demon Clan, the rest remained under the Devil Court.
Though the Phoenix Clan had separated, they couldn't establish their own heavenly court like the Dragon Clan did, but they had somewhat more freedom in their speech.
This influence came through countless years of great wars.
In Pangu Great World, apart from these five great heavenly courts, there was an even broader region known as the Chaotic Domain.
In the Chaotic Zone, there were all kinds of races—Wing Clan, Blood Clan, Ghost Tribe, Sea Tribe, Elf Tribe, etc.
Thousands of races resided here, those who had nowhere else to go and could only enter the Chaotic Domain.
Those who survived in this place were seriously savvy; without real capability, they would have long disappeared into the annals of the Chaotic Domain's history.
In the Chaotic Domain, a particularly famous race was the Witch Clan.
According to legends in Pangu Great World, even the world itself was carved out by the progenitor of the Witch Clan, Pangu, but the fortunes of the Witch Clan continued to decline day by day.
The Witch Clan should have lived in the Immortal Court, but they were unwilling to be subservient to others.
At the same time, the Witch Clan believed they were more noble than those cultivating Humans; why should the Immortal Court be controlled by the Human Tribe? Therefore, they demanded that the Humans relinquish control of the Immortal Court to the Witch Clan.
Because of this, the Witch Clan and the Human Tribe fought for hundreds of thousands of years, finally, having no choice but to retreat to the Chaotic Domain.
Fortunately, while the great war between the Witch Clan and the Human Tribe was ongoing, other tribes were not idle either.
For example, tribes like the Phoenix Clan and the Kirin Tribe were fighting great wars against the Demon Clan, seeking independence from them.
Years of endless warfare made it impossible for everyone to care for each other.
The Pangu Great World was increasingly dilapidated in the endless wars but had always maintained a balance of power.
Now, this world was still at war, although it was much better than before.
The current wars were basically minor battles between cultivators.
For example, the battles between the Human Tribe and the Demon Tribe in the Immortal Demon Battlefield, and between the Demon Race and the God Tribe in the God and Demon Battlefield.
These wars did not involve the Heavenly Court; they were minor skirmishes.
Ding Huan put away the Jade Scroll, remained silent.
He didn't know whether this Immortal Court had any connection to the missing Immortal Gods on Earth or if he could enter the Immortal Court during this delivery?
The spaceship had a Level 5 Defense Array,
and Ding Huan's mastery of the Array Dao was at the peak of Level 4, ready to breakthrough to Level 5 at any moment.
Thinking that he couldn't cultivate on this spaceship anyway, Ding Huan simply started studying the Array Dao.
Using Array Flags was inconvenient, especially with Ye Meier right next to him.
Ding Huan repeatedly set up Void Array Patterns, using the Level 5 Protecting Array in front of him as a basis, continuously searching for the breakthrough points of this Level 5 Defense Immortal Array.
Ding Huan couldn't feel the speed of this spaceship, as the external situation was only accessible to Shi Nuozhou other than Ding Huan and his companions.
Ding Huan could only feel that the spaceship was very fast.
As time passed, Ding Huan's expertise in the Array Dao improved day by day.
That day, as usual, Ding Huan continued setting up the Void Array Patterns.
When he first found the critical point of this Level 5 Protecting Array, he knew in his heart that it signified his imminent breakthrough to a Level 5 Immortal Array Master.
As the Void Array Patterns fell one after another, the clear vast sky outside appeared beneath Ding Huan's Divine Will.
Ding Huan let out a breath, he had finally broken through to the realm of a Level 5 Immortal Array Master.
Time had passed so quickly, it had been at least five months since he left the Eternal Immortal Dao City.
Having spent months studying Array Dao without distraction, now he had some free time, he felt that time had passed extremely quickly.
The speed of the spaceship he was aboard, though not comparable to his iron pot, was at least top mid-tier among Flying Immortal Devices.
To travel for five months and still not arrive, the Immortal Court was indeed far from the Eternal Immortal Dao City of the Ancient Immortal Domain.
With his Divine Will touching the outside of the spaceship, Ding Huan quickly sensed something strange.
Why was the Immortal Spiritual Energy outside thinner than in the Eternal Immortal Dao City? The exterior scenery also appeared somewhat ruined.
To Ding Huan, this did not seem the route to the Immortal Court but rather one that would lead to somewhere like the Billions of Void Swamps.
Maybe it's just me who doesn't understand, perhaps this is what the route to the Immortal Court looks like. Otherwise, wouldn't everyone long to go there?
Ding Huan explained it to himself while starting to speculate about the upcoming events.
His cultivation level had improved, as had the Heaven and Earth Rules here.
Even though he managed to calculate events a month ahead, he was still going to be on this spaceship.
If he forcibly calculated further, everything became hazy.
This seemed like a long journey still to come, so Ding Huan decided not to speculate further and continued to observe the changes along the way on the spaceship.
Days passed, and Ding Huan increasingly felt that something was amiss.
The Immortal Spiritual Energy was growing weaker, and not only that, the sense of decay in space was also increasing; this spaceship seemed like it was heading towards hell.
Ding Huan opened the Prohibition, and looked toward Ye Meier's Prohibition.
Ye Meier was motionless, apparently in cultivation.
As Ding Huan stared at Ye Meier's Prohibition, thinking of how to start a conversation with her, her Prohibition suddenly opened:
"Hehe, little brother, feeling lonely on the journey?"
Ding Huan smiled and said, "Sister Meier, do you think the scenery outside our spaceship on the way to the Immortal Court is nice?"
Ye Meier was somewhat surprised by Ding Huan's sudden change.
Previously in her eyes, Ding Huan had always been shy and introverted. Now, not only was he boldly seeking her out, but he also started a conversation on an unrelated topic.