The Shining Star Above The Heaven-Chapter 953: Unexpected

Aldrian stood on top of the long abyss, with white fog partially obstructing the view of the darkness below. He tried to look into the abyss, but he could not see the bottom because of the fog and, of course, because of how deep it was.

The abyss also stretched far, and from what he had heard, it was more than a thousand kilometres long.As for its depth?

Even his domain still did not touch the bottom. His domain, which had a diameter of eight hundred kilometres in all directions, still could not reach the true depth of the abyss.

'Just like its name, the bottomless abyss,' Aldrian thought.

It was as if the abyss itself could reach the world's core, and he wondered if that was truly the case. He also wondered what caused those who had entered the depths of the abyss to never come out again.

He sensed everything using his domain sense, and he did not detect any trapping formations within the abyss. There was no hidden danger from formations, as far as his domain could reach.

Without waiting any longer, he decided to start his descent. He teleported to the edge of his domain that covered the abyss. The moment his figure reappeared within it, darkness was the only thing he could see.

However, he ignored it and built another domain before teleporting again. Then he built another domain and teleported once more. He repeated this process several times. He could sense that the faith energy kept getting clearer, which was a sign that he was getting closer.

But as he kept descending, it truly made him curious.

How deep was this abyss?

What made this abyss?

There was also another thing that he found out. He stopped his descent and then tried to stretch his hand out of his domain. His palm was already outside his domain, and when he tried to use his comprehension of laws to control the elements around his palm, what he received was… nothing.

He could not use any pure, normal elemental energy. Not only elemental laws, but he could sense that anyone in this place could not do things that should have been easy for a cultivator, such as flying or releasing energy to strengthen or protect their body.

He could sense that something was restricting the body, making anyone unable to release their energy and utilize it like a normal cultivator. Any energy inside the body could not get out, and they also could not use any surrounding energy.

Basically, anyone who reached this place would be rendered a normal mortal, unable to utilize any energy inside or surrounding their body.

The only exception was his golden energy or when he was inside his domain. He could still release his golden energy, which meant that whatever caused this phenomenon could not suppress his use of golden energy.

Also, when he was inside his domain, he was already within his own world, one that he could command at will. His domain also had its own rules, all of which made him truly like a god, meaning that he could not be suppressed inside his domain.

This strange phenomenon made him curious. What caused this kind of phenomenon? Was this some kind of hidden formation, or was there something else that made this possible?

From what he knew from his memories, there were two possibilities for this phenomenon to occur. One was a formation, and the other was a natural material that could cause this kind of effect.

As for a natural material, he could think of one called the Iron of Punishment from the Dark Sovereign Realm. If anyone came near this Iron, they would lose their ability to utilize energy for anything. Even gods would be affected by it, which was why it was one of the most feared materials in the universe.

As for formation, there were some gifted formation masters in his memories who could create formation that produced the same effect as the Iron of Punishment. They used formation to seal all energy within it, leaving no energy that could be utilized by any cultivator inside.

Because of how complex and difficult the requirements to create such a formation were, only a few could accomplish it. If the entire abyss was covered with this kind of formation, then the one who created it was someone who was truly a master among masters. He could not help but think of one person from his memories and wondered if that person was the one who built this formation.

As he continued descending for another minute, he finally could sense the bottom. He teleported to it, and once he reached it, he created flames to visually check his surroundings. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

There was nothing noteworthy, aside from insects, anthropods, and arachnids that lived in the depths, along with special moss capable of growing in such an environment. He then looked in one direction when he sensed faith energy flowing nearby and walked toward it.

After some time, he finally saw something other than moss or the abyss's inhabitants. There were skeletons scattered in many places. He thought that these skeletons must have been those who tried to reach the bottom of the abyss but, unfortunately, did not know that there was a phenomenon that caused them to lose control of their energy.

With the height of the abyss, even a peak pseudo-immortal cultivator would be dead if they fell, or, even if they had trained their body through body cultivation to the extreme, they would still be fatally injured.

If they somehow were still alive in this place, they could only be trapped here forever, as they could not climb back up in their condition and could not use energy.

After walking for fifteen minutes, Aldrian finally found what he was looking for. The flow of faith energy led toward the place in front of him.

However, he was surprised because he found something very different from what he had imagined. What he saw was actually a large mansion. A mansion in the depths of the abyss, surrounded by darkness, something that looked as if it had come from a hallucination.

But, the mansion in front of him was real, and the moment he saw its style, Aldrian fell into confusion. That was because the mansion reminded him of another person, and not the formation master he had thought of.

In fact, this person was not a formation master at all, but a master of something else, alchemy. The mansion reminded him of an alchemist from the past who also had this style of mansion as his home in the higher heavens.

The presence of this mansion here made him confused. Who was the one who truly shaped this place? The formation master, or an alchemist?

He raised his eyebrows at the possibility that both of them might have worked together.

Aldrian then entered the mansion grounds, passing through the main gate. He looked at his surroundings, and although there was almost no greenery here except for moss, all the style and shape of the garden were the same as that person's mansion.

After a few minutes of walking, he finally reached the main double doors of the mansion, and there was a small symbol on the doors. When he saw the symbol, he smiled and almost confirmed the identity of this person.

He observed the doors for a moment and could sense that there was another hidden, extremely complex seal formation spread throughout the entire mansion. The formations were connected to the ground itself and covered the entire mansion grounds.

Their purpose was to ensure that even if someone could reach this place, they would never be able to enter the mansion.

With the strength of the formation, he did not doubt that even someone stronger than a peak pseudo immortal cultivator would be unable to break the seal.

Aldrian was truly amazed and nodded to himself as he became more confident about the identity of the one who created this formation. He simply smiled and then looked at the doors once more.

He needed something to open the sealing formation, and he did not need to think for long. There was one thing that his followers would always make sure of, that this kind of place was accessible only to him.

He injected his energy into the sealing formation, and the moment he did, light shone from the doors and across the entire surface of the mansion. Even the whole garden shone for a moment before the light dimmed.

Then, a few seconds later—

Click! Crack!

The sound of the door's locks opening could be heard, and the doors slowly opened with a crackling sound.

Aldrian, already curious about the mansion, finally could see the inside of it.

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While Aldrian entered the mansion, outside the abyss fog area, Meilan and Rei were still in their positions as Aldrian had left them. They were obeying Aldrian's instruction to stay within three meters of their current location.

Meilan was cultivating, while Rei looked at their surroundings, guarding her and also enjoying the unusual scenery of the dense forest and the dangerous fog not far from her.

As her gaze seemed focused on the greenery of the forest, she suddenly sensed something and looked toward the opposite direction of the fog. She narrowed her eyes for a moment before widening them in shock.

She hurriedly looked at Meilan.

"Meilan, they are coming," she said in a hush.