The bell tolled seven times, which was the summons for the cultivators from the four rivers to go see the Celestial.


    The sound of the bell, coupled with the dazzling sunlight reflecting off of the golden sea water, made for a spectacr scene.


    In the middle of the main ind, the three mountain peaks caught the sunlight and reflected it, making for a particrly eye-catching scene. At the same time, the silent pressure weighing down grew more intense.


    At about this time, the special guards who were tasked with leading the groups of cultivators into the main ind appeared outside of the various residences. The person who hade to lead Bai Xiaochun was a beautiful female cultivator, and was not the same person that had led him to the residence the day before.


    It was impossible to tell which river branch she had originallye from. However, considering that Bai Xiaochun was a deva, she treated him with the utmost deference. Even though she was an initiate special guard here on Heavenspan Ind, she still didn’t dare to act inappropriately in front of a deva.


    The initiate special guards were only in the Core Formation stage, but even Nascent Soul experts would treat them politely. Despite that, the guards would not dare to use their status as an excuse to treat a deva improperly.


    After all, devas were very important people to the Celestial, far more important than an initiate special guard.


    The woman led Bai Xiaochun along a winding path deep into the mountains.


    Their destination looked like a celestial paradise,plete with singing birds and blooming flowers. Lush vegetation grew everywhere, and spiritual energy abounded. There were also spirit beasts that dashed to and fro among the greenery.


    Furthermore, Bai Xiaochun noticed quite a few varieties of extremely rare spirit nts!


    In the outside world, they would be almost impossible to find, but here on Heavenspan Ind, they grew everywhere!


    He was quite taken aback. He even noticed some shocking medicinal nts which were supposedly extinct. If he took one of those nts outside, everyone in the world would go crazy....


    “Such extravagance....” he thought. Although he had seen many extraordinary things in his life, he still had to swallow down his astonishment, and work hard to resist the urge to reach out and harvest some of the nts.


    As he walked along, he saw more and more rare spirit nts, and also... extraordinary magical items!


    Some of them even had spirit automatons, and flew about in groups as if they were alive. It was truly a shocking sight.


    asionally, rivulets and streams could be seen, within which flowed water that wasn’t golden, but rather, violet.... Based on what Bai Xiaochun could sense, the spiritual energy in that violet water surpassed even the golden sea water!


    He could also sense auras near the streams and rivulets that were shockingly impressive. From what he could tell, they belonged to nts, magical items, or possibly... deva-level spirit beasts!


    Everything that he saw reinforced his assessment that this was a shocking and extravagant ce. Although Arch-Emperor City in the Wilnds had been impressive, it couldn’tpare to this at all.


    This really was a celestial paradise!!


    The initiate special guard who was leading him nced over asionally to size him up. When she saw how shocked he was, she felt very pleased. She was proud to be an initiate special guard, and thirsted for the day when she might get a promotion to being a full special guard.


    Bai Xiaochun didn’t notice her change in attitude. All he could think about was how he was on a virtual mountain of precious items. Just about everything around him could increase his cultivation base or add to his longevity. He almost couldn’t resist the urge to reach out and touch them.


    Eventually, they reached the very depths of the ind, a location very close to the three mountain peaks. At one point, Bai Xiaochun got the distinct sensation that they had just passed through some invisible barrier.


    A sound met his ears like a rushing waterfall, and he looked up to see somethingpletely unexpected!!


    Waterfalls poured down from the summits of the two mountains on the right and left. It was almost like water cascading from the highest heavens, which then collected in a hugeke in the middle of the ind!!


    The very center of Heavenspan Ind wasn’t a t in.... It was actually an enormouske!


    It was ake of violet water, and the three towering mountain peaks rose up from the very middle of it! The waterfalls from the two side mountains fed theke, and created not only a thunderous roar, but also, a vast quantity of water vapor.


    Numerous pces could be seen within the mists, which rose up along with the three mountain peaks.


    There were so many luxurious pces constructed on the three mountains that Bai Xiaochun couldn’t even count them all.


    There was an enormous statue on the central mountain peak, which Bai Xiaochun instantly recognized. It depicted... the Celestial!


    At the feet of the statue was thergest and most magnificent pce in all of the Heavenspan Realm!


    The Pce of the Celestial!


    The entire area hade to be known by a special name.... The Pce of the Dao!


    Bai Xiaochun waspletely shaken. Because of how much mist filled the area, the Pce of the Dao was difficult to see clearly. However, it was still possible to make out countless pce maids and numerous special guards, all of them standing silently with looks of proud arrogance in their eyes.


    The female cultivator led Bai Xiaochun to a huge public square at the edge of theke, just across from the main mountain peak. From this location, it was possible to look up and see the huge statue of the Celestial, which seemed to prop up the very heavens.


    There were already quite a few cultivators gathered in the square, all of whom were looking up at the statue, eyes burning with veneration.


    Big Fatty Zhang and Bai Xiaochun’s other friends were there, all of them seemingly overwhelmed with emotion. When they and the other cultivators from the eastern Heavenspan River noticed Bai Xiaochun, they hurried over.


    “The Pce of the Dao is the most extravagant pce I’ve ever seen in my life!”


    “Did you guys see the medicinal nts? I saw an immortal asura orchid on my way over! Heavens! Those orchids only grew in ancient times! Supposedly, if a mortal ate one, he would immediately rise to the Core Formation stage!!”


    “That’s nothing. I saw a two-headed dragon! Did you hear me? A dragon! With two heads! You almost never see those in real life!”


    Everyone was very excited, and couldn’t stop talking about everything they had seen.


    The truth was that the Pce of the Dao really was a profoundly shocking ce.


    Bai Xiaochun looked up at the huge statue of the Celestial, which was remarkably lifelike. Based on what he remembered of the Celestial, this statue looked exactly like him in every way.


    In fact, he happened to notice that there on the statue’s forehead... was a lock of blood-red hair!


    He suddenly shivered. At the same time, he heard a voice speaking loudly from among the nearby cultivators from the Nine Heavens Cloud Lightning Sect. It was the twin Master Cloud Lightnings!


    “Do you see that blood-hair on the exalted Celestial’s forehead? ording to the legends, that’s actually a precious treasure of life force, forged by the Celestial himself. It contains boundless power, and is a rarely-seen type of good fortune containing unfathomable mysteries!”


    The instant Bai Xiaochun heard the twin Master Cloud Lightnings introducing that blood-hair to the other cultivators, his anxiety and guilt grew.


    He couldn’t help but have a bit of a guilty conscience. Besides, if the Celestial found out that he had actually absorbed the blood-hair... he might very well refine Bai Xiaochun to rece it!


    “That blood-hair wasn’t as amazing as the twin Master Cloud Lightnings makes it sound. All it did was push me to the great circle of the Undying Bones!” All of a sudden, he thought about what would happen if his rtionship with Du Lingfei went to the next step, and the Celestial ended up as his father-inw.


    If it was his father-inw who found outter that he had absorbed that hair... it probably wouldn’t be as big of a deal....


    Having reached this point in his train of thought, he blinked a few times, and then looked around for Du Lingfei.