Sovereign of the Three Realms - Chapter 1887

Chapter 1887: 1887

The countless angles he took, near and far, changed the outline of the runic pattern each time . Moreover, the pattern itself seemed to be shifting . That was interesting .

“The mysteries imbued in these runes are more varied than I expected . ”

Inspiration flooded him . He had a good idea of what was up now . The shapes the pattern made gave meaning to the array of the runes . For example, swords signified killing . Dragons and tigers, excitement and power .

He analyzed everything he saw .

“A tree? What does its abundance mean?” Jiang Chen found the newest image odd . That couldn’t be a sign for danger .

The pattern shifted once more . A green plain, with all kinds of spirit herbs growing from it .

“The creator of these suspended runes is a tasteful individual . Drawing such beautiful images with them… that’s hardly common . ”

He beheld the pretty pictures with a mixture of astonishment and enjoyment .

“Hmm? Is that a bird? A pigeon perhaps, or a dove? If it’s a dove, that’s a sign of peace and safety, no? Maybe I should try something with it . ” Now that Jiang Chen had a plan, he became even more calm .

He patiently watched for further changes to the pattern, new images born out of the chaos .

After a long while, the dove appeared once more .

“Now!”

He decisively took the opportunity to fire himself into that patch of space, backed by the incredible speed of the Kunpeng Meteoric Escape .

Whoosh!

He crossed the expanse of the void in a single instant, before the dove could change to something else . He was finally free from the area of suspended runes .

Before he could land, the runes burned away like a shower of meteors . They blazed with radiance before disappearing into nothingness . There was peace all around him once more, as quiet as things had been before .

The suspended runes’ restriction was entirely gone .

“So I guessed right?” Jiang Chen wasn’t particularly pleased about his success . Things were exactly as they should’ve been .

And yet, the tacit sameness of the empty space all around him made his scalp tingle .

“Surely the protector of this fifth palace is a true master of dimensional abilities . That he’s created such a space here… perhaps he’s greater than all of his predecessors . ”

The Six Palaces of Heritage were sure to become more difficult as he went further in . As their purpose was to select an heir however, an opportunity would be left for the challenger .

He saw no reason to be discouraged . Even the most minute of clues could be found .

Above all, he was supremely confident in himself . If the Veluriyam Pagoda was to fall to anyone, it would be him .

Jiang Chen didn’t believe there had been any young geniuses capable of surpassing him in the previous hundred thousand years, nor would there be any after .

Calming his heart once more, he sat down cross-legged within the serenity of space . He was waiting for that slim window to arise . The quiet wouldn’t last forever .

The fifth palace would have a sign of some sort to guide him .

Rather than stumble about like a headless fly, it was better to remain in place to meditate and observe . He would find the lone path of escape that much faster then .

In no time at all, he heard the somber sound of an ancient bell ring . This toll was even dignified and austere than the last .

Jiang Chen braced himself .

The last time the bell had rung, suspended runes had appeared immediately . There was sure to be more this time as well .

The runes he expected didn’t appear .

Instead, he felt the space all around him heat up . Without warning, the landscape became a brilliant red, as if countless embers had flared simultaneously to life .

In the next moment, the entire place was engulfed in a sea of flame .

The fire consumed all with a grand majesty, transforming from radiance into a scorching inferno before long .

How could this be?

Where had the fire come from? Or the heat before it, for that matter?

Jiang Chen was shocked . The place he was in was so big! How could it simply catch on fire like that? Was there something he hadn’t noticed?

He quickly got his answer .

The blaze illuminated all with its light . His field of view broadened; he could see the boundaries of this place! There were actual walls here . Eight gates demarcated the enclosing walls, taking the eight bagua positions . They were bizarrely astounding to behold .

In other words, he was in a very large room rather than a boundless expanse of space .

In fact, all this looked more and more like a huge pill cauldron . He’d taken the place of a small piece of refining material, small enough to be totally negligible .

This was a terrifying thought!

His first stop in the fifth palace to be inside a pill cauldron had been the last of his expectations . He could predict a great many things, but he’d never experienced anything like this before .

A real live human being transported into a cauldron? And caught up in the process of refinement?

The young man was completely taken aback . This had entirely turned his assumptions about the fifth palace upside down!