Chapter 2: Departure
Rut continued, “In the Gobada Plane Prison, ninety-nine percent of people die from the harsh environment and the constant killing. But even so, the number of experts in the Gobada Plane Prison is still astonishing. Those experts all share one wish!”
“To leave the plane prison!” Beirut said solemnly.
“In a material plane, once one reaches the Saint domain, they are qualified to leave the material plane and head to the higher planes or divine planes. But in the plane prison, even if one reaches the Highgod level, they are not qualified to leave.” Beirut said with a sigh.
Linley, Desri, and Olivier all recalled the scene just after the Bosha Dam was split open.
“We’re back!”
“We’re back!!!”
Those wild, ecstatic shouts were still ringing in their ears. From those voices, Linley and the others could fully sense the excitement and elation of the experts who had burst out of the plane prison.
“Once imprisoned, can they never come out?” Linley asked.
“Of course not.” Beirut shook his head. “There are three ways to escape from the Gobada Plane Prison after being imprisoned. Moreover, according to the rules, once they escape, even the plane warden has no right to imprison them again.”
“Three ways?” Linley was somewhat surprised.
A place like that, not only could one get out, but there were actually three ways to do it!
“The first method is to cultivate to the Highgod level, then tear open a spatial rift within the prison plane and charge directly into the spatial turbulence to take your chances. A Highgod can survive for a relatively long time in spatial turbulence. If you’re lucky, you might escape to another plane. If you’re unlucky, you die in the spatial turbulence.”
Linley’s heart trembled.
Cultivate to the Highgod level, then take your chances in the spatial turbulence?
Spatial turbulence, that was the most dangerous place of all. Going there was simply asking for death.
“Of course, although this first method is simple and easy to understand, very few dare to use it.” Beirut continued. “The second method is because the Yulan continent plane and the prison plane are two sides of the same coin. Aside from being connected at the spatial gate, there are several places where the two planes’ spaces touch.”
“Where two planes’ spaces touch is called a spatial weakness!”
Beirut smiled. “It’s like two pieces of paper overlapping here. If an expert in the prison plane tears open a spot at this location, they can create a temporary passage. They can charge through in an instant, and the passage will close up again just as quickly.”
“That Dylin, Pomant, and the other experts who have appeared on the Yulan continent in recent years all came to the Yulan continent plane through this method.”
Linley understood in his heart.
“Actually, every spatial weakness is sealed and cannot be easily broken through.” Beirut sighed. “The Gobada Plane Prison and our Yulan continent plane have a total of nine spatial weaknesses, and all nine are sealed. But Linley…”
Beirut looked at Linley. “When you were young, entering the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts, didn’t you once pull out a sword?”
Linley immediately recalled the scene in the Misty Valley back then. There, he had also triggered the Dragonblood Warrior bloodline within him and discovered the Violet Blood Soft Sword. At the time, Grandpa Doehring had been shocked when he saw the giant magic array into which the Violet Blood Soft Sword was inserted.
That magic array was even stronger than a Saint-level magic array.
“Lord Beirut, you mean?” Linley’s eyes widened in shock.
Beirut nodded. “Right. You pulled out that sword, and the magic array centered on that Violet Blood Divine Sword was naturally damaged. The prison plane has a large population, and there were naturally people near the spatial weakness. Dylin was nearby. He was the closest to the spatial weakness and the only God-level there, so he naturally discovered it first and came to the Yulan continent.”
“It was me. It was actually me!!!”
Linley’s mind was in turmoil.
The Day of Destruction, tracing back to its source, was actually because he had pulled out the Violet Blood Soft Sword back then. Now, the massive influx of experts from other planes was also related to him.
He began to understand in his heart why Dylin’s child, the Three-Headed Six-Eyed Golden Lion, had once thanked him.
“This spatial weakness is very hard to detect. It was only later that people gradually began to escape from there to the Yulan continent.” Beirut sighed. “I wasn’t in a hurry to seal it back then. I just thought, let those poor people imprisoned in the Gobada Plane Prison occasionally escape a few.”
Beirut felt the loneliness of being at the top.
In a place like the Yulan continent, who could be his opponent? When he discovered that Linley had unintentionally damaged the sealing formation, Beirut instead watched like it was a show, wanting to see how many could escape.
“The first method is suicide, the second is luck.” Linley and the other two felt pity for those imprisoned in the plane prison.
“What about the third method?” Linley pressed.
Beirut instead glanced at Olivier. “The third method is when the population in the plane prison is seen as too large. Then, occasionally, they first destroy the sealing magic array, open the spatial gate for a bit, let a few people out, then close the spatial gate and repair the sealing array, just like what was done just now. But this kind of thing only happens once every few billion years.”
Linley, Olivier, and Desri felt a bit relieved.
Since those big shots also occasionally opened the spatial gate on their own, it seemed Olivier’s actions this time weren’t a major offense.
Just an early opening, that’s all.
“Those who escaped should thank you.” Beirut said coldly, looking at Olivier.
Olivier remained silent.
“If it were an intentional opening, the spatial gate would definitely be surrounded. At least, I would know exactly who came out, and not a single one would escape.” Beirut said. “Lowgods and Demigods are fine; my divine sense can detect them. But if some experts with astonishing strength, Highgods, conceal themselves so that my divine sense can’t detect them, that’s not difficult. Then things get a bit troublesome.”
Beirut wasn’t afraid of Lowgods or Demigods causing trouble.
What he feared was Highgods causing destruction!
“In such a short time, for a Highgod to coincidentally be on the other side of the spatial gate… maybe it won’t be that coincidental.” Linley said.
“Forget it. I can’t be bothered to care anymore.” Beirut snorted coldly. “When O’Brien, Catherine, and the others come back, let’s see how they clean up this mess. All three of you, remember this. Be careful lately. At your Lowgod level, there are quite a few in the Yulan continent now who can kill you!”
Linley and the other two could only listen.
“All of you, go back.” Beirut moved and vanished directly.
Only Linley, Olivier, and Desri remained in midair.
“Olivier, that sword strike of yours was really something. You let out a whole bunch of experts at once.” Desri said with a teasing smile. Desri was relaxed; he could hide in a small mountain village and, as long as he didn’t provoke anyone, he probably wouldn’t have trouble.
Olivier’s face was grim. “Linley, I’m sorry.”
Linley smiled bitterly.
Among the three, he was in the worst position. Olivier had suddenly released so many God-level experts. Some of them would surely want to enjoy worldly power. How much trouble would his vast Baruch Empire face?
Linley himself wasn’t sure.
“We’ll just have to take it one step at a time.” Linley said. “Both of you, I’m heading back to Dragonblood Castle first.”
“I’ll go too.” Olivier said. “This trouble is my fault. If anything happens to the Baruch Empire, I can’t stand by idly.”
“The three of us together will have a greater deterrent effect on others.” Desri smiled.
Linley didn’t refuse. In the Yulan continent now, the three of them could only be considered a small force. There were many stronger than them. Only by sticking together could they barely survive. The three of them flew directly towards Dragonblood Castle.
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At Dragonblood Castle, a group of people, including Delia, were anxiously waiting. Delia felt a bit guilty in her heart: “I’ve been refining the divine spark for over ten years and still haven’t succeeded. When something like this happens, Linley always has to handle it himself.”
Delia also wanted to help Linley!
“I hope Linley is okay.” Delia prayed in her heart.
“Lord Linley is back!” Gates was the first to shout. Delia’s eyes lit up immediately. Wharton, Taylor, and a large group of people came to greet them. Linley, Desri, and Olivier landed.
“Linley, did you succeed?” Delia immediately asked, and the whole crowd fell silent.
Linley smiled and nodded.
“Haha, I knew Father would definitely succeed!” Taylor shouted excitedly.
“But…” Linley’s voice rang out again.
“Father, is there more good news?” Taylor’s face was full of smiles, but Linley said very seriously, “This time, although we killed Pomant, just a short while ago… a large number of experts descended upon the Yulan continent. Among them, quite a few God-level experts could probably kill Pomant with just a finger.”
Dead silence!
Taylor, Delia, and the others had expressions of shock on their faces. Pomant, weak as he was, was still a God-level expert. Kill him with just a finger?
“Everyone, don’t go out lately. Just stay inside the castle.” Linley instructed.
“Yes.”
The people in Dragonblood Castle also felt that the Yulan continent had now fallen into a precarious state. At this moment, just being able to protect themselves was already difficult enough.
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Arctic Icefield.
An old man with white hair, wearing a blue robe, floated atop an iceberg. It was the plane warden, Hodan.
“Haha, so many experts all at once?” Hodan’s face was full of smiles.
“To all Saint-level and God-level experts, I, the plane warden Hodan, invite anyone who wishes to go to the four higher planes or the seven divine planes to come to the Arctic Icefield immediately!” Hodan’s voice echoed in the minds of every Saint and God-level being on the Yulan continent plane.
Among the experts who had escaped from the Gobada Plane Prison to the Yulan continent, many wanted to go to higher planes.
They had been trapped in that dangerous prison plane for far too long.
……
“Second Brother, are you really leaving?” Two golden-haired human experts floated in midair. One, slightly thinner, said urgently, “Second Brother, although we’ve been trapped in that plane prison for over a hundred million years, I know you really want to go to other planes. But haven’t you heard? Ten thousand years ago, a major event happened in our homeland. The treasures in that Necropolis of the Gods are plentiful! There are divine artifacts, divine sparks! If we go to other planes, we have no background. Even if there are treasures, they won’t come to us.”
The burly golden-haired expert shook his head. “Third Brother, we’re already very lucky to have escaped from Gobada. You still want to go to the Necropolis of the Gods? Treasures aren’t that easy to get. Alright, Third Brother, I’m going to the Infernal Realm. If you finish your business here and want to find me, come to the Infernal Realm.”
The golden-haired expert said no more and flew directly north.
The thinner golden-haired man watched his second brother leave and muttered, “Second Brother, just you wait. The next time we meet, I’ll definitely be a Highgod.”
……
A vast procession of figures flew over the North Sea. Among them were Demigods, Lowgods, and of course, even more Saints.
“Why are there so many?” Among this group of experts was a solemn-faced, golden-haired middle-aged man in a robe. His bearing clearly showed he was used to being in charge. He had only been cultivating for a little over a hundred years and had just recently stepped into the Saint domain.
“Does our Yulan continent have this many experts?” The middle-aged man’s heart trembled.
Just the ones he could see numbered over two hundred, and in the distance, there were still faint figures. Occasionally, the aura of experts flying past overhead at incredible speed made his heart tremble.
“This speed…” The middle-aged man was stunned.
A large number of experts flashed past him, disappearing into the northern horizon. Almost every one of them was ten times faster than him, or even more. As for the many God-level experts, the middle-aged man could only vaguely sense figures darting past.
“Haha, after over a million years, I’m finally going to a higher plane!”
“How many years? Haha, finally, my wish is fulfilled!”
……
Shouts of excitement and elation still rang out from time to time in the sky.
“Over a million years?” This middle-aged man, who had only cultivated for a little over a hundred years and had just entered the Saint domain, swallowed hard as he watched the figures moving ten times faster than him, or even more. “I… I’d better stay on the Yulan continent and cultivate more. Those higher planes and divine planes… they’re too terrifying.”
This middle-aged man was so frightened that he immediately turned around and flew back to his hometown.
Not long ago, this middle-aged man had just bid farewell to his family and friends, urging his juniors to work hard.