# Chapter 3304: Entering Lianxi's Dream
The Gaiya Realm fell into great chaos.
Xuan Yi's cultivation was formidable, far surpassing a Tai Xu peak Great God. The divine abilities and combat techniques he unleashed continuously descended across the vast void. Sometimes he summoned stars with diameters exceeding a million li, hurling them straight toward Gaiya Realm, creating devastating tidal fluctuations.
The counterattacks launched by the realm-protecting divine formation were repeatedly evaded by him.
Within the realm, the earth trembled incessantly. The sky suffered impacts, and rumbling sounds came from time to time.
The creatures of all races were terrified, prostrating themselves on the ground, praying for divine protection.
Once a divine war broke out, living beings were like ants, unable even to know what was happening, their hearts filled only with fear.
After the Middle Ages, Gaiya Realm had never before suffered an attack of this level.
Taking advantage of the chaos, Zhang Ruochen easily entered the ancient space road leading to Paradise Realm. The Radiant Divine Mirror did not detect him; it was dealing with Xuan Yi.
As for the deity guarding the ancient space road...
Zhang Ruochen walked directly past him, yet the deity could not detect any fluctuation in Zhang Ruochen's aura at all. This was the initial manifestation of the Wuji Divine Dao breaking free from the rules of heaven and earth.
Knowing there were tigers in the mountains, he still chose to walk toward them.
Zhang Ruochen dared to charge into Paradise Realm precisely because he had absolute confidence in his own strength.
The ancient space road of Gaiya Realm could lead to the territories of various clans in Paradise Realm, with roads branching in many directions. At the edges of the ancient road was a chaotic expanse.
Zhang Ruochen unsealed Zhuque Huowu and said, "I believe that Lady Huowu will keep her promises. So, I won't take half of your divine soul!"
"Aren't you afraid that I might take this opportunity to escape, or even stab you in the back?" Zhuque Huowu said.
Zhang Ruochen said, "If Lady Huowu were to do something so disappointing, then all the ghost clan cultivators of Xinghuantian, including more than twenty ghost clan true gods, would surely be reduced to ashes."
After the threat, Zhang Ruochen also offered benefits, saying, "This Realm Venerable has never regarded Lady Huowu as a prisoner; on the contrary, I greatly admire you. I very much wish to turn hostility into friendship and forge a bond of friendship."
Zhuque Huowu would not be fooled by his high-sounding words and remained unmoved.
But Zhang Ruochen's next words made her think carefully.
"I have a secret method that can help Lady Huowu step into the Infinite Realm. I cannot guarantee success, but compared to you going to Lihentian alone, it would be much easier. You can choose not to believe me, but if you choose to believe, you will not only gain my friendship but also an additional opportunity." Zhang Ruochen said.
Going to Lihentian to assault the Infinite Realm, even if a Heavenly Venerable were to help, the assistance they could provide was very limited.
How could she believe his words?
Yet Zhang Ruochen indeed had too many mysterious qualities about him, having accomplished too many unbelievable things.
When it came to assaulting the Infinite Realm, Zhuque Huowu's heart was moved.
She asked, "What do you want me to do to help you?"
Zhang Ruochen took out a formation-suppressing altar and handed it to her, saying, "Go and wait near the Radiant Divine Temple. If someone activates the realm-protecting divine formation or the offensive power of the Radiant Divine Temple, use the altar to delay them temporarily. Of course, I will try to avoid such a situation from happening!"
Zhuque Huowu accepted the formation-suppressing altar and walked straight toward one of the ancient space roads, disappearing into the chaos.
She didn't need too many instructions from Zhang Ruochen. She was an ancient god who had experienced countless battles and knew how to act.
An ancient god of this level of cultivation was rare and hard to find. If Xinghuantian could have a few more like her, Zhang Ruochen wouldn't even need to take the risk of coming to Paradise Realm in person.
Zhang Ruochen took out another formation-suppressing altar and handed it to Moon God, asking her to go to Shangqiu.
Although the Elf Divine Temple and the Titan Divine Temple were the second and third-ranked divine temples in Paradise Realm, Shangqiu had a contemporary All Heavens, which made Zhang Ruochen even more wary.
"Even emptying the wealth of a great world might not be enough to build a single formation-suppressing altar. You have more than one?" Moon God said.
Even a single piece of formation-suppressing stone was priceless and extremely rare.
A formation-suppressing altar built from a large number of formation-suppressing stones was naturally invaluable.
"If Lady Moon God likes it, then this formation-suppressing altar is yours!" Zhang Ruochen said, appearing completely indifferent, fully displaying the generosity of a wealth-distributing youth.
Recently, he had obtained a vast amount of wealth and resources from Hell Realm, making him truly wealthy and generous.
Moon God did not stand on ceremony either. She accepted the formation-suppressing altar and walked toward another ancient space road.
Only Xiao Hei remained on the ancient road.
He stretched out both hands, looking very expectant...
Zhang Ruochen said, "Your cultivation is too far behind. You don't have such important tasks, and you don't need precious treasures. Your task is to create as much chaos as possible in Paradise Realm without exposing yourself. This should be something you're good at!"
Xiao Hei showed a displeased expression and said, "This Emperor has a divine venerable rank talisman; hiding my form and aura is no problem. But without a few powerful killing weapons to create chaos, how can I tie down the gods of Paradise Realm?"
Zhang Ruochen hesitated for a moment, then took out a few pigeon-egg-sized pellets and said, "These are poison pills refined from the corpse poison inside Huang'e Divine Lord. When one explodes, it can rapidly spread over a thousand li. Any living being below the divine realm that touches it will turn into a rotting corpse. Use them carefully!"
Zhang Ruochen was not foolishly merciful; he just didn't want to deliberately slaughter the innocent.
Xiao Hei received them as if they were treasures, quickly and carefully putting them away, laughing, "Don't worry, this Emperor knows his limits. I'll only throw corpse poison at the various divine temples."
Zhang Ruochen alone stepped onto the ancient space road leading to the Tongtian Divine Temple.
As one of the three most powerful divine temples of the Kunlun Realm in the past, the Tongtian Divine Temple was truly majestic, not inferior to the Truth Divine Temple or the Merit Divine Temple, and was the size of a planet.
It sat upon the earth, its walls piercing the sky. Even though mountains stretching for hundreds of thousands of li stood all around, in comparison, they were no different from plains.
Zhang Ruochen's pupils emitted Truth light, and immediately he saw countless dense divine patterns and formation inscription patterns appearing in the invisible space.
Some of these divine patterns carried the unique aura of the Shang Clan, each one like a heavenly dragon spanning the sky. Without guessing, one could tell they were the handiwork of Shang Tian.
The divine patterns left by a contemporary All Heavens required even more caution than the methods left by ancient Heavenly Venerables.
At noon.
The blazing sun hung high, and the sky was clear for ten thousand li.
Zhang Ruochen stood under a tree, closed his eyes, and used the Wuji Divine Dao to carefully perceive, wanting to determine whether Chi Xingtian and Shen Ba Princess were inside the Tongtian Divine Temple.
But he failed.
The divine patterns and formations layer by layer diminished Zhang Ruochen's perception. The Tongtian Divine Temple itself had an unsearchable mysterious structure, refined by successive sages of the Kunlun Realm, with all four Confucian Ancestors having participated in its creation.
Zhang Ruochen did not rashly charge in. He was very patient and continued to wait.
At dusk, Zhang Ruochen saw a figure inside the Tongtian Divine Temple. It was Lianxi.
She was wearing white armor, her whole body radiating holy light, leading a team of saint realm cultivators from the Judgment Hall on patrol.
Xuanyuan Lian had mobilized the gods of the Radiant Divine Temple to guard the Tongtian Divine Temple and protect Chi Xingtian and Shen Ba Princess, including the gods of the Judgment Hall.
Zhang Ruochen formed hand seals with his fingers and performed the "Cloud Dream Thirteen Chapters" that he had learned from Bai Qinger.
After completing her patrol and returning to the divine temple, Lianxi suddenly felt a wave of drowsiness wash over her. She sat down on a seat and fell asleep.
Inside the dream, she appeared in the Seven Star Imperial Palace. She looked around, and the scene was very familiar.
Every blade of grass, every tree, every lamp, every chair—all were exactly as before.
Her consciousness was clear, as if she had crossed time and space.
Lianxi was, after all, a Supreme Realm Great Saint. She quickly calmed down, realizing this was the method of a god, and said, "To pull me into a dream, you must have already arrived in Paradise Realm. Show yourself!"
Zhang Ruochen appeared silently in the room.
"Greetings, Realm Venerable Ruochen." Lianxi bowed, very calm, but within that calmness there was a faint, inexplicable joy, as if she had been waiting for this day.
Waiting for the day Zhang Ruochen would come to her on his own initiative.
Even though she knew that Zhang Ruochen's visit was not for her at all.
Zhang Ruochen could see through Lianxi's subtle emotional fluctuations and said, "I want to know the specific situation inside the Tongtian Divine Temple. Can you tell me?"
"You came to me, which means you trust me. I can tell you everything I know. Right now, all the cultivators belonging to Xuan Yi and the Shangqiu lineage within the Tongtian Divine Temple have been captured."
"The three strongest experts stationed in the divine temple are: Quan Zhongsheng, a Tai Xu peak Great God from the Judgment Hall; Puer Bas, the number one genius of the Dwarf Clan in a hundred thousand years; and Queen Daixue of the Elf Clan. The Tongtian Divine Temple has long been set up as a heaven-encompassing net, prepared to deal with Xuan Yi."
"If you have already arrived in Paradise Realm, do not try to rescue anyone. Leave immediately."
Lianxi spoke very naturally, without any sense of being coerced, like a maidservant reporting information she knew to her young master, afraid of missing anything.
Then, under Zhang Ruochen's further questioning, she also spoke of the various arrangements within the Tongtian Divine Temple.
But she was, after all, a Great Saint and did not know much. Many areas she could not enter.