Chapter 1289: Towards the Central Region of Heaven

The avatar left Gu Cangtian's dwelling space, and after a few hours, they finally returned to the first tower city. After reaching the city, the avatar had to part ways with Alcraz.

"You should go back to the temple. Remember what will happen to you if you talk about me. That also includes what you saw and heard since yesterday," the avatar said to Alcraz through voice transmission.

"Yes, Your Majesty. I know. You don't have to worry," Alcraz replied.

"Good. I hope you safely pass through the future turbulent times. Good luck," the avatar said before parting ways with Alcraz.

Alcraz watched the avatar's back as it grew farther and farther away before disappearing among the bustling streets. He stood there for a moment before releasing a sigh.

'It looks like I will have to prepare an evacuation plan. The moment the resistance group starts their attacks, it will become quite chaotic. I need to make sure Yui and I can stay safe.'

He thought before walking back to the temple complex.

The avatar continued moving toward the teleportation gates, and not long afterward, he reached them and went through the same inspection. However, the guards already seemed to be expecting his arrival, as they did not seem surprised the moment his energy was checked.

The avatar had also expected this, as the guards must have already received the report regarding him.

After passing through the teleportation gate, he finally reached the southernmost city in the Sacred Temple Domain. This was the closest city to the Central Region of Heaven.

The moment he stepped out of the teleportation gate, he instantly saw a gargantuan black sphere resembling a black hole on the far horizon.

Finally, he saw it. The Central Region of Heaven of the Second Heaven.

Although from where he stood, the Central Region of Heaven already looked within his reach with only a day or two of travel, he knew that he was still a month away from it by cruiser.

He took a deep breath to calm himself. He felt tempted to simply go wild and barge straight into the Central Region of Heaven. That place was the key to total victory after all. Once he could create his domain there, then the Second Heaven would be his.

Moreover, at this moment, even from this distance, he could feel the call coming from the black sphere. It was the same feeling as the center of Heaven in the First Heaven.

But he knew he could not be careless here. This place was much different from the First Heaven.

While the First Heaven was still not entirely conquered and its heavenly laws were not as weakened as those of the other heavens, the Second Heaven had already been under Avergis' rule for a long time, and the heavenly laws here had become much weaker.

He did not know what kind of response Avergis would give the moment he created his domain in the Central Region of Heaven.

That was why, to make sure there would be no problems during the process of creating the domain, he needed to handle this matter cautiously. He needed to wait until the time was right.

The avatar walked toward the Central Region of Heaven. Along the way, he took a slight detour in search of a quiet path so he could activate his invisibility talisman without attracting any attention. After activating the invisibility talisman, he flew toward the southern city gate.

He saw the gate was heavily guarded, and he could even sense two Immortal Saints watching over it from above the city wall.

One of them was at middle Immortal Saint stage. His gaze swept across the people below with full focus before shifting toward the area outside the city.

The avatar could also sense the barrier covering the city that would immediately warn the guards if an intruder flew through it.

The avatar decided to leave the city through the gate on foot so as not to attract even the tiniest bit of attention. He was already near his target, and he did not want any attention directed toward him, even if it was only someone sensing something passing through the barrier.

There was nothing to obstruct him as he walked out of the city. He simply blended in with the crowd, even though he was already invisible.

As he walked, he noticed that every person was individually watched by the guards as if they wanted to remember every face that entered or left the city.

Those who wanted to enter had to pass the same kind of inspection as before entering the teleportation gate.

After walking a kilometer away from the gate, he finally decided to fly again. He then used his teleportation movement, which was much faster, especially now that he was already an Immortal Overlord stage cultivator.

The distance of each teleportation could cover a range even wider than the entire Barisan Continent.

However, he did not intend to keep teleporting all the way to the Central Region of Heaven. He only wanted to put as much distance between himself and the city as possible before taking out a cruiser.

After deciding it was far enough, he finally stopped and took out his cruiser. A rather large cruiser in the shape of a spaceship appeared from his storage ring.

This was one of the cruiser models from the Higher Heavens, capable of flying much faster and far more advanced than the ones found in both the First Heaven and the Second Heaven.

He jumped onto the deck, and with his control, he flew the cruiser toward the Central Region of Heaven. The avatar also activated one of the cruiser's features, which was invisibility. The moment he activated it, the cruiser turned invisible along with everything aboard it.

The avatar made the cruiser fly at its maximum speed, which was much faster than the speed of light. The cruiser bent space and entered a wormhole.

After entering the wormhole, the cruiser flew silently without leaving any ripples in space along the path it took. Even if anyone was nearby, they would not realize that a cruiser had passed by through the wormhole.

Only someone with a high comprehension of the Laws of Space, at least at the Demigod level, could sense it.

However, according to the information he had read from the temple master's documents, there were no cultivators in this area with a cultivation higher than the Immortal Realm.

The ones who had descended from the Higher Heavens were not in the area surrounding the Central Region of Heaven.

The only one with a cultivation much stronger than the Immortal Realm in the nearby Central Region of Heaven was the temple grandmaster.

Although the avatar did not know the grandmaster's true cultivation, the grandmaster stayed at the temple headquarters in the Central Tower City, the capital city of the Sacred Temple Domain.

He was far away from the avatar at this moment.

As the avatar continued controlling his cruiser, he quickly sensed several groups of Avergis' followers. In that short moment of time, he had already sensed a few groups.

In a split second, he sensed several Immortal Saint cultivators, which surprised him.

According to the information he had read from the temple master's documents, there should not have been any cultivators stationed along the route he was taking at this moment.

'Did something change since a few days ago?' he thought.

'It looks like it. It must have something to do with my attack on Rudraf City. They tightened their security. But why did they tighten their security in this region?' After a few moments of thought, he raised his eyebrows.

'I see... They must be wary of any of Tarius' followers coming from the Higher Heavens. They already feel threatened by the unexpected attacks from Tarius' followers. They have spread their security net to prevent any of Tarius' followers from the Higher Heavens from slipping past them after my attack on Rudraf.'

The avatar did not stop as he continued approaching the Central Region of Heaven. Now he only needed to maintain this course and speed for more or less a month.

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Time continued to fly by, and two weeks passed.

During these two weeks, the Second Heaven was shaken by a series of new attacks. Tarius' followers' attacks became more frequent, and they even targeted important cities across the Second Heaven.

There were already eight cities that had been attacked, all of them the capital cities of their respective domains, with many members of noble families and other famous powers being killed.

The situation truly caused panic among the powers across the Second Heaven because there had never been anything like this before.

They still could not understand how Tarius' followers could slip past their security and reach the capital cities of the domains.

It was as if Tarius' followers simply appeared inside the cities before carrying out a massacre.

Despite the efforts of every major power across the Second Heaven, including the temple, to prevent such incidents from occurring within their territories, they still happened in the end.

For the first time, countless nobles across the Second Heaven found themselves not knowing what to do to resolve this situation.

Among the common people, opinions were divided.

Some felt restless and angry over the attacks, and they leaned toward supporting the powers of the Second Heaven. Others, however, welcomed what had happened to those cities. Most of them had been victims of those people in power or had suffered under their tyranny.

They did not care who was responsible for killing those people. If it was Tarius' followers, then so be it.

However, besides those who supported or opposed the attacks, there were also many who were only worried about the future of the Second Heaven. They were concerned for their own lives.

Would the war against Tarius' followers spread to their places?

That would be the worst possible situation for them!

They did not want that!

They only wanted to live their lives as usual without being threatened by attacks from anyone.

As countless people across the Second Heaven felt tense because of Tarius' followers' attacks, the culprit himself, one of the avatars, was at this moment near a forest region in the northern part of the Second Heaven.

He had come to this place because he had heard that someone resided within this forest.

A hidden figure said to be known by only a limited number of members within the resistance group.