Chapter 344: Five Elements Heavenly Palace!

Using the Eradicator of Realms to barely maintain a standing posture, Ling Feng panted heavily, unable to even lift a finger.

His right eye, the Heavenly Dao Eye, wept a tear of blood and was burning intensely as if it could incinerate his entire head at any moment.

It was then that Ling Feng realized that the Heavenly Dao Eye also had its limits. Overusing the divine inscription of the Heavenly Dao could cause self-harm.

"I've truly been pushed to my limits."

Ling Feng closed his right eye slightly, the piercing pain causing a throbbing ache in half of his brain.

At that moment, the scene before him changed again, and he found himself in a rather unique room.

In the next moment, the golden illusion that had appeared at the palace gate materialized before Ling Feng.

A gentle nine-colored light then entered Ling Feng's body, making him feel revitalized. His injuries healed significantly, and he even felt the faint sense of a breakthrough.

"Congratulations, you have successfully passed the trial of the Heart Refining Hall and become the master of this Five Elements Heavenly Palace."

The golden illusion raised its hand, revealing a delicate little tower only seven inches high. The tower had ten intricately carved layers, each one exquisitely crafted.

"Isn't it supposed to be the Five Elements Heavenly Palace? Why does it have ten layers?"

Ling Feng held the small tower in his hands. Despite its surprising craftsmanship, it seemed unremarkable.

"You will understand once you perform a blood contract."

The golden illusion continued mechanically, "The Five Elements Heavenly Palace is a top-grade sacred artifact, nearly reaching the level of a celestial artifact. It is impossible for ordinary people to refine directly. Therefore, the previous owner of this palace placed a blood recognition array on the tower. You just need to drip a drop of your essence blood on it to control this Five Elements Heavenly Palace."

"A celestial artifact!"

Ling Feng gasped. In the entire Tianbai Empire, even a fragment of a sacred artifact could fetch an astronomical price. A complete top-grade sacred artifact was something even the Tianbai imperial family likely couldn't produce!

"Here goes!"

Ling Feng couldn't contain his excitement. He pricked his finger, letting a drop of essence blood fall onto the tower while using his spiritual consciousness to communicate with the Five Elements Heavenly Palace.

Boom!

He felt a tremor in his sea of mind as countless pieces of information flooded his brain. After sorting through it all, Ling Feng's face lit up with immense joy.

The black donkey had indeed led him to an incredible opportunity!

With a thought, the small tower in his hand shrank until it was the size of a tiny speck, barely visible to the naked eye.

Another thought then made the Five Elements Heavenly Palace suddenly expand, breaking through the ceiling of the room, and stopping only when it reached a height of thirty zhang[1].

The Five Elements Heavenly Palace could indeed change size at will!

Ling Feng touched his nose as he saw a golden gate on the lowest level of the palace. With a thought, the gate opened immediately.

Walking through the door, he realized that the information transmitted to him was indeed accurate. This first layer of space was filled with dense metal elemental force. Various manifestations of the metal attribute and even the rules of metal were clearly visible.

In such an environment, cultivating metal-based martial arts and martial skills would yield twice the results with half the effort!

According to the information in his mind, this layer was called the Metal Elemental Realm. The following nine layers corresponded to the attributes of wood, water, fire, earth, and the three unique attributes of ice, wind, and thunder.

The last two layers were exceptionally rare, representing the yin and yang attributes.

Each Elemental Realm's space wasn't very large, only about the size of the Blood Arena that Gu Tengfeng had taken him to. At the center of each Elemental Realm stood a palace, which was why this tower was called a heavenly palace.

(P.S.: Essentially, each layer is a small world corresponding to a specific attribute.)

The Wood Elemental Realm was suitable for growing various spiritual flowers and herbs, acting as a top-grade medicinal herb garden. It could use the spiritual energy of wood to rapidly accelerate the growth of these treasured items.

Similarly, the Metal Elemental Realm contained various ores, all of which were invaluable in the outside world and could be used to forge treasured artifacts and sacred artifacts.

...

These were all immeasurable treasures!

As the master of this tower, Ling Feng only needed a thought to appear in any of the layers.

However, it seemed he could currently only enter the first five layers. The remaining five layers were sealed; he couldn't enter them with his mind, nor did he find any array leading to the sixth layer.

In fact, it wasn't just him. Even the great sages of the Five Elements Sect had never found a way to enter the sixth layer. Otherwise, the Five Elements Sect might have been renamed the Yin-Yang Sect long ago.

Everyone knew that the energy levels of the yin and yang attributes far surpassed that of the five elements. If the Five Elements Sect had been in control of the last two layers of the tower back then, history might have been rewritten.

Ling Feng was awestruck. Just by holding such a small treasured tower, he suddenly controlled five different spaces. Such a miraculous item felt almost unreal.

Taking a deep breath, Ling Feng calmed himself. He suddenly remembered that Yue Yunlan might still be facing the trial. With a thought, he exited the Five Elements Heavenly Palace, shrunk it down, and stored it away. He then turned to the golden illusion and asked, "By the way, what happened to the person who entered the Heart Refining Hall with me?"

"

Oh,

she's about to die."

The golden illusion replied mechanically, devoid of any emotional fluctuation.

"

Uh...

" Ling Feng frowned and hurriedly said, "I'm your master now, right? I order you to release her immediately!"

"As you wish, master."

The golden illusion bowed slightly and waved its hand, creating a rift in the air. A figure then fell out of the rift.

Ling Feng stepped forward to catch the falling figure, only to be met with a cold, gleaming sword light.

Ling Feng quickly sidestepped, shouting, "Miss Yue, it's me!"

"

Huh?

How did I get here?"

Yue Yunlan, holding a sword in her right hand, had tattered clothes stained with blood. Her pale face showed signs of exhaustion. It was clear that she had been struggling against the formidable Five Elemental Sword Guards.

Ling Feng smiled faintly, saying, "It seems I was a step ahead of you and became the master of the Five Elements Heavenly Palace."

Yue Yunlan bit her lip, sighed softly, and congratulated him. "Congratulations, Mr. Ling."

The Five Elements Heavenly Palace didn't rely solely on strength for success. It depended on combat talent and awareness. In fact, the Heart Refining Hall's trial mainly tested the challenger's use of the five elements. In this aspect, Yue Yunlan had done better than Ling Feng.

However, Ling Feng possessed an almost cheat-like ability, directly subduing the Five Elemental Sword Guards and brute-forcing his way through the trial.

"Thank you."

Ling Feng bowed to Yue Yunlan. Seeing her unsteady stance, he stepped forward to support her arm before injecting pure true qi into her body, revitalizing her.

"Thank you." Yue Yunlan gently pushed Ling Feng away, her face flushing slightly.

Ling Feng nodded and then looked at the golden illusion. "Since I passed the Heart Refining Hall's trial and obtained the Five Elements Heavenly Palace, can we leave now?"

"Yes, master!"

With a wave of its hand, the golden illusion made Ling Feng and Yue Yunlan disappear from the room. Simultaneously, the golden illusion's form dimmed. Without the Five Elements Heavenly Palace providing the power of the five elements, the array of the Heart Refining Hall would soon disappear and cease to exist.

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1. 30 zhang is roughly 100 meters, or 328 freedom units(ft). ☜