In other words, Ning Beichen had always been in a blessed land, and he hadn't gone to any other world at all.
However, it wasn't entirely wrong to call it another world, because the dimension of this blessed land did not belong to his original world.
If he hadn't come to the ancestral court, Ning Beichen might never have known this secret in his life.
Thinking of this, Ning Beichen suddenly had a thought: he wondered if the world he lived in was also another, larger blessed land.
However, Ning Beichen only speculated briefly, and soon he felt it was unlikely. The reason was simple: his world was called the ancestral star, and this alone meant it couldn't be someone else's blessed land.
Of course, whether it was or wasn't, Ning Beichen didn't care too much. Even if it was, he couldn't change anything.
Moreover, his world didn't need him to change it.
"Thank you, Senior Divine Dragon."
Ning Beichen cupped his hands at the divine dragon, which was missing a horn, looking a bit embarrassed.
But it was the other party who attacked him first, and again and again. Otherwise, Ning Beichen wouldn't have attacked in anger.
"You don't need to be polite. I can only send you this far. I cannot enter the ancestral court, but I will be outside. If you have any commands, just call out loudly, and I will appear."
The divine dragon said in a low, rumbling voice.
Soon, the divine dragon left without saying much to Ning Beichen, leaving him completely bewildered.
The divine dragon had been aggressive towards him at first, and then its attitude suddenly changed.
Ning Beichen didn't believe he had beaten it into submission, because their fight had never truly begun. If they had fought to the death, the outcome would have been uncertain, as the other party was a mythical creature.
However, Ning Beichen was soon captivated by the ancestral court and stopped pondering the divine dragon's strangeness. Looking at the majestic palace on the mountain, Ning Beichen leaped into the air, his toes tapping, and used the Cloud-Ascending Steps to fly towards the palace.
In a blink of an eye, Ning Beichen landed on the square in front of the palace gate. Strangely, the square was empty.
Moreover, Ning Beichen hadn't seen anyone come out to question or stop him since he arrived. This reminded Ning Beichen of his experiences in other blessed lands, which were the same.
It could be said that all blessed lands were like this, with their inhabitants mysteriously absent.
Ning Beichen looked around. He saw statues on both sides of the square. These statues had human appearances and were dressed in ancient clothing, both male and female, appearing lifelike. If they weren't statues, Ning Beichen would have suspected they were real people.
Ning Beichen looked at all the statues from beginning to end, feeling a sense of reverence for them, and then walked to the main gate of the palace.
The gate had no mechanisms and opened with a gentle push.
Ning Beichen walked in. The hall was quite simple inside. There were many futons, and around them were extinguished lotus lamps. These lamps floated in the air, stacked layer upon layer, like a waterfall.
From these, one could imagine the bustling scene of the past. Unfortunately, it was now deserted and no longer as glorious as it once was.
Ning Beichen sighed, wondering what had happened to cause all these blessed lands to fall into desolation. No matter how powerful they were in their prime, none had escaped.
Ning Beichen walked to the front of the hall, where there was a large golden lotus throne. Ning Beichen guessed that this golden lotus throne was where the master of the ancestral court sat to preach and answer questions for disciples.
But who was the master of this ancestral court?
Ning Beichen moved past the lotus throne and entered a side hall, where he found a portrait hanging.
As soon as Ning Beichen saw the portrait, he was greatly surprised.
Because the portrait was of a man who looked very similar to him. The only difference was that the man in the portrait appeared to be middle-aged. Otherwise, Ning Beichen would have thought the person in the portrait was himself.
"What's going on?"
Ning Beichen's brows furrowed. The person in the portrait was not himself, but seeing it gave Ning Beichen an indescribable feeling.
"Could the person in this portrait have a relationship with me? A brother? Father? Grandfather?"
Various thoughts flashed through Ning Beichen's mind.
But it seemed impossible. He didn't know what era the person in the portrait belonged to. Perhaps hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of years ago. What could it have to do with him?
Ning Beichen, at most, was only in his early twenties. Perhaps he just looked similar to himself, and there was no blood relation.
Ning Beichen decided not to bother, but for some unknown reason, he took the portrait and put it on himself.
Perhaps it was because the person in the portrait looked too much like him, and Ning Beichen still wanted to figure it out.
After taking the portrait, Ning Beichen inspected the side hall but found nothing else.
However, after leaving the side hall, Ning Beichen came to a place where bamboo slips were stored, which made Ning Beichen's face light up with joy, and he rushed over to examine them.
As he browsed, Ning Beichen became extremely excited because these bamboo slips were all about things beyond the Transcendent level, which was exactly what Ning Beichen needed most.
It was a pity that Ning Beichen's phone had run out of power, and there was no way to charge it here, so he could only flip through them and try to memorize them.
Taking them away was impossible. The entire room of bamboo slips, weighing over ten tons, was something Ning Beichen couldn't possibly take with him. He could only rely on his memory.
He spent many days like this, and Ning Beichen had only finished half of them, with the other half yet to be read.
Ning Beichen stopped and began to contact Haitang, explaining the situation to her.
Ning Beichen's speculation also provided a new line of thought for Haitang and Liu Yilin.
If this was truly a blessed land, there must be an exit. Haitang asked Ning Beichen to find some jade items in the blessed land to perform a spiritual summoning, and then Haitang would try to find the entrance and exit through the spiritual summoning.
Ning Beichen ignored the bamboo slips inside the house and went to look for jade items.
Not long after, Ning Beichen found some jade vases and the like in another room. He then began to use the jade vases as a medium to perform the spiritual summoning.
Following that, Haitang used some sort of shamanistic magic on her end and actually brought Liu Yilin to appear before Ning Beichen, making Ning Beichen excitedly hug the two women.
The two women were also very excited, hugging Ning Beichen and crying out, especially Haitang, who hadn't expected her attempt to be so successful.