Seeing Gao Feiyan acting like this, Lin Fan couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Gao Feiyan immediately realized that she had been played by Lin Fan.

"You bastard!"

Gao Feiyan shouted loudly and angrily.

At the same time, Gao Feiyan charged straight towards Lin Fan, ready to lay hands on him.

Lin Fan quickly dodged.

"Alright, stop messing around, let's go, continue forward!"

Lin Fan waved his hand to stop Gao Feiyan, who was still trying to rush over, and continued, "I'm sure there'll be surprises up ahead!"

"I won't go," Gao Feiyan said. "I'm afraid I might die up there if we keep going forward!"

"Ha ha!"

Lin Fan laughed again and said, "Don't worry, with me here, you won't die!"

"Really?" Gao Feiyan asked.

Lin Fan nodded and said, "Really!"

The two of them continued forward.

While moving forward, perhaps out of fear, Gao Feiyan stayed close by Lin Fan's side, even sometimes brushing up against him, allowing Lin Fan to distinctly catch the scent of her perfume.

Annoyed, Lin Fan said, "Do you really need to stick so close to me? I used to think you were a fearless tomboy, but it seems I was mistaken."

"Hmph!"

Gao Feiyan huffed, displeased, and retorted, "Is it any of your business?"

Lin Fan smiled, wanting to say something more.

But then...

Suddenly, Lin Fan came to a halt!

He looked towards a certain spot.

Gao Feiyan, seeing Lin Fan go quiet, also looked over to where he was staring.

Gao Feiyan saw that Lin Fan was looking at a peculiar character that was completely unrecognizable but gave off a feeling of solemnity and sacredness.

"What's that character?" Gao Feiyan asked. "It doesn't seem to be from our era, so what are you looking at it for? You can't understand it anyway!"

Lin Fan still said nothing, his gaze remained fixed on that character.

Gao Feiyan was right; Lin Fan indeed didn't recognize the character.

But...

What puzzled Lin Fan was that the moment he saw the character, he realized that although he did not recognize it, he could understand the meaning within and the direction of the strokes, which seemed to be vaguely related to cultivation.

Of course, the reason Lin Fan had this feeling was entirely because of the Universal Image.

It was as if the Universal Image had translated the meaning of the character and conveyed it directly to Lin Fan's soul.

After a while, Lin Fan thought to himself, "It seems that the adventures within this Heavenly Palace are related to these strange characters!"

At this point, Gao Feiyan asked Lin Fan, "What's the matter with you, really?"

Lin Fan came back to his senses, shook his head, and said, "It's nothing, let's keep going!"

They continued on.

Along the way, nothing particularly special was encountered except for occasionally seeing some corpses, and Lin Fan had noticed many of those peculiar characters, all of which he carefully memorized.

"I thought there were treasures inside the Heavenly Palace; turns out there's nothing!"

Gao Feiyan voiced some dissatisfaction, "Had I known it would be like this, I wouldn't have come at all. What a letdown."

It was evident that Gao Feiyan was very discontented at this time.

Lin Fan remained silent.

Yet Gao Feiyan continued to walk forward.

"Wait a second!"

Lin Fan suddenly stopped Gao Feiyan.

Gao Feiyan asked, "What's the matter?"

Lin Fan said, "Just now, for a moment, I sensed the breath of life."

"What?"

Gao Feiyan was taken aback, staring at Lin Fan incredulously and said, "Are you mistaken? Everyone who comes here is already dead, how could there still be the breath of life?"

Lin Fan said, "Don't speak for now!"

Just as Lin Fan's voice faded away, a figure suddenly appeared in the corridor not far away.

"Ah?"

Gao Feiyan was shocked as she looked at the figure, saying, "Is there really still someone alive?"

It was an old man whose hair had completely fallen out.

"So many years have passed, has someone finally entered again?"

After glancing at Lin Fan and Gao Feiyan, the old man turned and left, ignoring them.

Gao Feiyan quietly asked Lin Fan, "Who is that? Why do I feel that he is very strong? Extremely strong? I even feel like his strength is comparable to the Empress?"

Lin Fan shook his head and did not speak.

Lin Fan also felt that the old man was extremely powerful.

Incomprehensibly so.

"What should we do? Should we continue forward?" Gao Feiyan asked Lin Fan.

After hesitating for a moment, Lin Fan said, "Let's go, continue forward!"

"But what if there's danger ahead?" Gao Feiyan said.

Lin Fan replied, "Even if there is danger, we have to move forward. We no longer have any way to retreat!"

"Alright!"

Gao Feiyan also steeled herself and followed Lin Fan, continuing forward.

After walking in the corridor for a short while longer, the two of them came upon a massive valley.

The valley was so immense, and the scenery inside was breathtaking, with birds singing among the fragrant flowers, and picturesque mountains and clear waters, just like a fairyland.

Logically, under normal circumstances, anyone who comes to such a place would feel very comfortable and refreshed, but Lin Fan and Gao Feiyan did not feel at ease.

Because...

In this valley, besides the beauty of a fairyland, there were people?

And there were many people - there could be thousands of them!?

Every single one of these people was an expert, a supreme expert. When Lin Fan and Gao Feiyan looked at them, they felt they were unfathomable.

"Good heavens!"

Gao Feiyan couldn't help but exclaim, "They're so powerful, these people are truly formidable. Every one of them has strength not inferior to Empress Hu Mei'er. Before, I thought Empress was an unmatched entity, but now I feel that these people before me are truly strong. Some of them might even have surpassed the Empress."

At that moment, Gao Feiyan's heart was filled with nothing but shock and awe.

Previously, Hu Mei'er was the ultimate goal of her cultivation. She thought that as long as she reached the level of the Empress, she could be unrivaled in the world.

But now...

Having seen these experts, Gao Feiyan realized that the Empress paled in comparison to these figures, and she finally understood that there are always higher mountains.

Then Gao Feiyan said, "These supreme powerhouses, if placed in the Holy Soul Domain, each could be a dominant ruler. Yet why would they willingly stay in this unknown place? Could there be something here that attracts them? Unbelievable, it's truly inconceivable!"