The Shining Star Above The Heaven-Chapter 545: Outside of the Unreachable Continent

In an unknown place, there is a huge city similar to those found throughout the Barisan continent. However, this city stands out in several ways compared to the typical cities across Barisan. One of the most obvious differences is the average cultivation level of the people walking through the streets.

Many of them are at the Marquess or even Duke stage— something truly amazing, yet they seem like no big deal here. Even some cultivators at the Emperor stage can be seen passing by, some wearing armor marked with symbols never before seen on the Barisan continent.

Another striking difference is that in certain areas of the city, there is an aura present that is far stronger than that of an Emperor stage cultivator.

One such area is a huge and expansive palace located in the center of the city. The palace is separated by massive artificial waterways that seem to follow the outer edge of the palace grounds. Although these waterways are clearly meant to separate the palace from the rest of the city, and also serve a defensive purpose—they make the palace and its surroundings appear even more beautiful.

From within this palace, there are beings whose aura would shock anyone from the Barisan continent. Even Emperor stage cultivators might tremble just by sensing the presence of certain beings in this place.

Especially in one of the grand halls, where the strongest aura can be found. A man sits on his throne, reading a scroll in his hand. He is a handsome middle-aged man with blonde hair, dressed in regal robes and noble attire that clearly mark him as the highest authority in this place. Though he is not deliberately releasing his aura, it can still be sensed by everyone around him.

The man silently read the contents of the scroll before looking at another man in noble attire standing not far from him. This second man was also middle-aged, with brown hair and a sword at his waist.

"Are we sure about the source of this report?" asked the man on the throne. freeweɓnøvel~com

"Yes, Your Majesty. It’s confirmed. The large movement of devils along the western coast is unusual. Some of them appear to be preparing for something. It looks more like they intend to go somewhere, but unfortunately, we do not yet know their exact destination," replied the brown-haired man.

"But the only clue we have is that they seem to be preparing for a journey to somewhere in the Forbidden Sea," he added.

The blonde-haired man narrowed his eyes.

"Forbidden Sea? Could it be related to the Unreachable Continent?" he thought.

The Unreachable Continent was a title given to the lone continent that no one could approach, even with the strongest transportation available.

Actually, in the ancient past, that continent was just a normal continent like the others. The place was even neglected because of its poor environment. But due to a certain event in the past, all the major powers had already sent their people there. However, once they arrived, all contact was lost, as the sea surrounding continent suddenly became unstable.

Since that time, a type of natural barrier appeared, preventing all cultivators from approaching the place.

Anyone attempting to reach the Unreachable Continent is met with violent storms strong enough to tear through space itself. At times, spatial storms even appear, capable of killing high-level cultivators—even those at his stage.

In ancient times, their strongest cultivators attempted to enter the region and reach the continent, but all of them perished. From that moment on, the area was declared forbidden.

For many years, there were no signs or movements from the direction of the Forbidden Sea. However, all of that changed when, more than sixteen years ago, a massive dragon and phoenix suddenly appeared in the sky. The immense dragon and phoenix covered the sky, and the sight alone made his heart tremble.

It was the largest dragon he had ever seen in his life, and even its aura made him want to prostrate before it. It was also different from the dragons found on the Beast Continent. The same applied to the phoenix, whose size did not lose to the dragon’s.

The phoenix was elegant and beautiful despite its size, but the aura it shared with the dragon made him feel the same urge to prostrate.

He believed that the dragon and phoenix he saw at that time were what many would call divine beings. No one he had met had ever saw and sensed anything like them before. He had asked many others, and their answers were always along the lines of, "Those are beings beyond our level."

Since that phenomenon disappeared, many strange occurrences have come from the direction of the Unreachable Continent. At times, some of the other powers have sensed a sword slash traveling from that direction—he himself had sensed it once.

Because of the distance and the storm, he could not clearly determine the power behind that sword slash. But its presence alone proved that someone in that place was strong enough for people across the sea to sense it despite the storm.

Another thing is that there is a prophecy foretelling that something will happen to this world, and that the fate of the world will be decided by something coming from the direction of that continent. This prophecy is already known to every major power in the world and has become the subject of much discussion.

Especially those dragons and phoenixes from the beast continent—seem the most eager about the prophecy, as if they have their own version of it. He did not know what made them so eager, but a prophecy that will affect the world is not something to be taken lightly.

Many say it will have something to do with the devils, but no one knows how the devils might threaten the entire world.

Yes, they are strong sons of bitches, but at present, all the powers in the world maintain the status quo. The devils do not seem to want to make a huge move after the chaos they caused three million years ago, which was repelled by the united effort of the world.

However, this time, the devils seem to be planning something, and it has to do with the Unreachable Continent. This unsettled him, and as he thought about the prophecy, he suspected it might be connected. Such a large movement of the devils had not happened in a long time, and he could not ignore it.

He then stood up and walked past the brown-haired man, speaking as he passed.

"I will meet with the other powers. They must already know about this. We have to do something about the strange movement of the devils. There might be changes in the Unreachable Continent that we do not yet understand."

The brown-haired man followed the blonde-haired man as they exited the hall.

"I hope nothing bad happens in the future. Suddenly, I have a bad feeling about this," the blonde-haired man thought as they passed some royal guards who exuded the aura of Emperor stage cultivators.

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On the other side of the world, a vast forest stretched to the horizon. The sounds of many kinds of beasts filled the air. Inside the forest were many spiritual and wild beasts never seen on the Barisan Continent.

At this time, many beasts were going about their own business inside the forest when suddenly a huge shadow passed over them. They looked upward and trembled as they saw a massive, long dragon flying toward the east. It happened so fast they had no time to react before the dragon disappeared from their sight, continuing its flight eastward.

They wondered why the dragon had flown through the area, but they did not care and went back to what they were doing.

The dragon kept flying until it reached an area where other flying dragons were gathered. When those dragons saw the incoming lone dragon, they dared not approach and quickly flew away. The lone dragon continued flying until it reached a high mountain where many strong auras were present.

On one part of the mountain, there was a flat-topped peak. On it stood a few figures—human in appearance. However, the dragon horns on their foreheads gave away that they were actually dragons.

Some of them stood at the edge of the mountain, facing away from the lone figure seated in a meditation position at the center.

This lone figure, the strongest among them, was a young-looking man with long red hair, wearing regal robes. His aura was so powerful it made the other dragons tremble.

He appeared to be deep in cultivation, his eyes closed.

Not long after, he sensed the approach of a flying dragon—the same lone dragon from earlier.

As the flying dragon neared the top mountain, it instantly transformed into a human man with short blue hair and knelt respectfully not far from the red-haired man.

"Your Majesty, I have a report."

"Speak," the red-haired man said without opening his eyes.

"The devils seem to be preparing something big. They appear to be making preparations on the western coast of the Orian Continent. From our deductions, we believe they plan to journey west, toward the direction of the Forbidden Sea. They are even preparing some of their flying fortresses," the blue-haired man reported.

The red-haired man finally opened his eyes, revealing his red irises and serene gaze.

"The Forbidden Sea, huh? Then it must have something to do with the Unreachable Continent," he said.

He looked toward the horizon.

"They must also be aware of this. It seems we need to meet with the others to discuss it," he murmured.

Then he stood up and leapt into the air before transforming into his dragon form—a long, massive red dragon with a terrifying aura that made all the dragons present kowtow. He flew toward the eastern horizon until his silhouette vanished from their sight.

The dragons wondered where their king intended to go.

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