As Ji Yun Yue produced the token of the Family Head, the Demon King recognized it and promptly handed over the brightly colored Twin Flowers to the two of them.
Having obtained the Twin Flowers, the duo didn’t linger and immediately turned the Nine Desolates Boat around, hurrying towards Qiu Tian Dao that floated high above the center of the desolate sea.
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Meanwhile, as Li Hao and Ji Yun Yue went in search of the Twin Flowers, Ji Yunqing came swiftly flying with Li Tian Gang.
Ji Yunqing conveyed their purpose to the Elder on the lone peak and borrowed another small ship of Nine-Forged Divine Weapon Grade, with which they crossed the desolate sea towards Qiu Tian Dao.
After traversing tens of thousands of miles across the desolate sea, the towering Qiu Tian Dao appeared before the two.
Three chains stretched steeply from three different directions in the abyss up to the sky, binding and imprisoning Qiu Tian Dao.
“Without these three Abyss Sky Locks, the laws of the Saint Ancestors on Qiu Tian Dao would cause the island to keep rising until it reaches the secret realm’s firmament. There, it would face the scorching baptism of the sacred sunlight, and the people above would be burnt alive!” Ji Yunqing said.
Li Tian Gang’s eyes narrowed at this. This was the Ji Family’s place for imprisoning criminals; even such a place had a sense of miraculous beauty. Was this the power of a Saint?
The other ends of the Abyss Sky Locks extended into the desolate sea, where three spike-like peaks were embedded at three points in a circular abyss.
The thick chains were tightly stretched and embedded onto the sharp peaks, covered in green moss, showing the marks of time.
“They should have found the Twin Flowers by now. They’re up there.”
Ji Yunqing said, “Let’s head straight up.”
He jumped onto one of the sharp peaks, waited for Li Tian Gang to do the same, then turned around, stowed the Tongtian Ship, and took the lead by stepping onto the bridge-like chains towards Qiu Tian Dao.
The chains, thousands of miles long, stretched across the sky with a majestic presence.
Upon hearing Ji Yunqing’s words, Li Tian Gang looked up at the enormous island above, his eyes betraying his excitement.
Was he going to see their mother and son soon?
His heart surged with emotion, and he quickly followed up. As the two of them stepped onto the Abyss Sky Lock, on the other end of the sea, Li Hao and Ji Yun Yue, having picked the Twin Flowers, were also hurriedly making their way there.
“You wait here for me; I’ll bring Qingqing down.”
Ji Yun Yue said to Li Hao, not wanting him to venture into this dangerous forbidden area.
Li Hao shook his head: “We’ve come this far; let’s go together.”
Seeing Li Hao so determined, Ji Yun Yue felt somewhat helpless. She raised her hand, summoning a whip-like chain that wrapped around herself and Li Hao.
“Then let’s go. Be careful of the barren abyss below. There are special laws here; even someone in the Tao Realm can’t fly, and if you fall, you’ll lose your life,” she admonished.
Li Hao nodded, and the two stepped onto the chains, quickly climbing up one after another.
With their movement techniques, the steep chains were like an inclined ladder reaching towards heaven, occasionally leaping with great speed.
After covering dozens of miles and reaching the chains above the barren abyss, Li Hao felt a unique force enveloping his body, suppressing his internal energy so that he couldn’t use it, and even the Heaven and Earth Vein disappeared, being cut off.
No wonder it was said one could not cross above the abyss.
The suppression of laws up here was even stronger than that of the desolate sea.
He looked down, his expression becoming slightly more solemn, and thought of the second trial of the Tan Palace Academy: crossing a ten-thousand-feet iron chain to train one’s courage.
The courage of him and Ji Yun Yue was obviously not comparable to that of those in the Power Passage Realm, and although their expressions were solemn, it only made them move more cautiously and carefully without any fear.
The chains swayed gently, and from time to time, a fierce wind howled above them, but Li Hao and Ji Yun Yue’s climbing was exceptionally stable, unaffected by the wind.
On Qiu Tian Dao above, Ji Qingqing and Nurse Ning came out of the mountains, standing in front of the Abyss Sky Stele, waiting.
The two occasionally extended their Divine Souls to watch intently, and after a long while, Nurse Ning suddenly exclaimed excitedly:
“There! I see people!”
On the thick chains, thousands of miles away, there were two tiny dots jumping and climbing.