Legend of the Great Sage

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The Zhenwu Emperor’s abode was called the Desireless Heavenly Palace, while the Longevity Emperor’s abode was called the Heavenly Palace of Divine Clouds, but this heavenly palace did not have a name.
It was simply called the heavenly palace.

It was a palace of the heavens, the heavenly emperor’s abode, enjoying the embrace and protection of the other heavenly palaces.

Where it resided was the “centre”.
Only then did the four other heavenly palaces have their respective positions.

From here, the heavenly emperor ruled over all of life and the gods and buddhas in the heavens, from the distant past to the obscure future, for all of eternity.

At that moment, Li Qingshan temporarily cast aside all of his fears and worries and forgot about all of his fury and hatred, gazing at the palace in the clouds purely out of admiration.

The clouds rose and fell like mountains.
The seven-coloured cloud was like a tiny cotton ball, while the people on the clouds were as small as ants.

With the auspicious cloud’s approach, the heavenly palace seemed even more daunting, like a giant gazing down from the distant sky.

The Elder of Heavenly Tomes said to Li Qingshan, “Now you haven’t seen something like this, have you?”

“Heh!” Li Qingshan admitted to it calmly and smiled.
His eyes shone with a childish light.

He was like a mountaineer, braving the wind and rain, the thorns and thistles, facing countless hardships and dangers.
Now that he finally saw the mountain peak, how could he not feel any joy?

Even if it was possible for him to die here, he no longer had any regrets.

The Elder of Heavenly Tomes suddenly thought of the buddha’s Flower Sermon, but it was also slightly different.
That was the realisation of the wise, while this was the fearlessness of the bold.
However, they were just as innocent and clear, pure and undefiled.

“Sigh.” The Elder of Heavenly Tomes let out a sigh and pointed down.
“Look at what that is.”

Li Qingshan’s attention had been completely absorbed by the heavenly palace, such that he failed to notice that there was another heavenly palace on the land directly beneath the heavenly palace.

Not only was it identical in scale, but even its shape and structure was almost the same.
It was similarly magnificent and daunting, towering into the sky.

However, the heavenly palace on the land was extremely destroyed.
Countless buildings had collapsed with bridges broken.
Some of the palaces had virtually been flattened, hidden under the glow of the palace in the sky, sinking into the endless darkness.

If the heavenly palace above the sea of clouds was a glorious giant, then the heavenly palace on the ground was like a giant’s corpse, riddled with wounds.

Li Qingshan looked closely and discovered that these “wounds” also differed—some seemed like they had been smashed apart by water, while others seemed like they had been cut down by metal…

The position that belonged to the main hall was replaced by a miniature volcano, crushing a large part of the palace to pieces.
The rocks were covered in moss and vines.

Many of the buildings seemed like a large part had vanished into thin air, only leaving behind various spherical holes of differing sizes.
The faces of the cuts were exceptionally smooth.

The most startling part of it all were the cracks that criss-crossed the land, reaching deep into the earth.

The largest crack spread through the land like a bolt of lightning, tearing apart everything in its path, almost reaching across the “giant’s” chest and almost splitting the entire heavenly palace into two.

If he were to identify the cause of death, then that was probably the lethal wound.
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Li Qingshan could not be any more familiar with that kind of power.

“Brother ox!”

It was as if a boulder had been thrown into Li Qingshan’s heart.
It immediately surged away vigorously.
After all these years, he had finally caught up to the tracks he left behind in his advance.
The stalwart figure seemed to be right before his eyes.

See y’all in 2 years’ time.

Many people say LGS is dropped by the author.
This is not true.
The author simply writes very slowly.
The first chapter for this volume (chapter 1606) was released on March 12, 2017.
This chapter (chapter 1685) was released two weeks ago at the time of writing this, October 26, 2022.
People see that the novel hasn’t released any chapters for a year or two and assume it’s dropped, but that is just the pace the author writes at.

The author is clearly approaching the end of the novel as well.
I believe he’s written enough author’s words to communicate his devotion to the novel, so I am certain that he will complete the novel sooner or later.

The bad news is that the previous extended break that the author took was between chapters 1662 and 1663, which went from May 7, 2020 to May 9, 2022, so a break of 2 years.
This was the longest break that he took so far, so mentally prepare yourself for a break just as long before the next chapter comes out.