Chapter 1119 – Heavenly Kingdom

　　”How long has it been?”

　　Lin Qiye looked at the gradually dimming sky and turned his head to ask.

　　”Half an hour.” An Qingyu replied.

　　”Half an hour ……,” Lin Qiye’s brows furrowed slightly, “On Tug’s side, what kind of accident happened?”

　　According to reason, with Shen Qingzhu’s mentality, discarding distractions to enter the Pure Land of the Mind shouldn’t be a difficult thing to do, half an hour’s time and he still hasn’t come in, either there was some kind of accident on the ship, or the distractions in his mind are very complicated …… In terms of Lin Qiye’s understanding of Shen Qingzhu, he’s still more inclined to the former.

　　”There was no accident, there are too many distractions in his mind to enter.” Michael’s eyes swept the void and spoke faintly.

　　Lin Qiye’s trio froze in place at the same time.

　　Tugger had too many distractions?

　　How was this possible?

　　That was the Tugger who had fought for his life all the way through, crawling between life and death!

　　If one were to say who had the most mature mind in the entire team, everyone would choose Shen Qingzhu first, and Lin Qiye really couldn’t think of what kind of distractions would be able to hold back this man who even put life and death at risk.

　　Lin Qiye and An Qingyu glanced at each other, both saw the incomprehension in the other’s eyes, only Jiang’er quietly floated in the air, as if she had thought of something, and was lost in thought.

　　”We don’t have much time, he can’t get in, so I’ll let him wait on the ship, and after we get the [Ark of the Covenant], you guys can meet up with him again.”

　　Michael casually sketched a string of characters in the air, transforming into a flash of golden aura to vanish into nothingness, disappearing without a trace.

　　After doing this, He lightly vibrated His wings,, and a golden aura surged out like a tidal wave, curling around the three Lin Qiye behind him, and then flew towards the center of the clouds under the dim sunlight.

　　Above the sea.

　　Amidst the endless darkness and mist, the exploration ship rocked with the tumbling waves, and within the dead silence of the cabin, a figure still stubbornly sat cross-legged on the ground, the dim candlelight reflecting on his cheeks, and a bean-sized bead of sweat dripping down to the ground.

　　Shen Qingzhu frowned tightly, his face slightly pale due to excessive mental exertion, as the ship shook violently, the candle flame on the table burned to the end and instantly went out, endless darkness enveloped the entire cabin.

　　Rough breathing echoed within the cabin, and a moment later, Shen Qingzhu slowly opened his eyes, unprecedented fatigue surfacing on his face.

　　He took two deep breaths and glanced at the time in the center of the cabin, his fists clenched tightly as he was about to try to enter the Kingdom of Heaven once again, just at this moment, a golden aura shot out from the void and hovered in front of Shen Qingzhu.

　　It was a string of characters that Shen Qingzhu did not recognize, but the moment it appeared, a thought was transmitted into his mind.

　　”No need to try again, wait here.”

　　Shen Qingzhu froze in place.

　　Cluster-!

　　The golden character burned out in the air, the golden point of light dissolved, and Shen Qingzhu’s pale and dismayed face sank into the darkness once again.

　　The creaking sound of the ship’s hull echoed in the dark cabin, Shen Qingzhu stood in place like a statue, and after a long time, he smiled to himself, leaned against the door, and sat weakly on the floor.

　　He took out a cigarette from his pocket and picked it up and lit it, spitting out a mouthful of smoke in a seemingly relaxed manner, but his left fist was unconsciously clenched.

　　He looked up at the mist tossing at the stern of the ship and fell into silence.

　　Dang–!

　　After an unknown amount of time.

　　A dull sound of a fist slamming on the deck echoed between the dead silence of the cabin.

　　Heavenly Kingdom.

　　A golden aura flashed in the sky one after another, speeding towards the depths of the Heavenly Kingdom.

　　Michael’s speed was so fast that Lin Qiye and the others, who were enveloped in the golden aura, could only see countless blurry remnants flying by beneath them before arriving at a flat, barren clearing.

　　Lin Qiye stepped on top of the cloud energy with both feet and looked around, only to see that a white cloud was encircling this empty land, like a slowly rotating white round tower, connecting from the clouds underneath their feet all the way up to the dim sky, and this empty land wrapped in white clouds was nearly a hundred kilometers wide at a rough glance, resembling a city.

　　”This is the Kingdom of Heaven?” An Qingyu spoke in surprise.

　　”This is the Holy Lord’s residence, and the circle outside the clouds is truly the Kingdom of Heaven that belongs to the departed souls.” Michael calmly explained.

　　Lin Qiye froze.

　　Such a large piece of land, and it was still just Yelander’s residence? Then just how big was the entire Heavenly Kingdom?

　　Associating it with the residual shadows that had just flown past in front of his eyes, Lin Qiye’s eyebrows rose slightly, with the speed of the blazing angels all needing to fly for so long …… the size of this heavenly kingdom, I’m afraid it far exceeded their imagination.

　　”The Kingdom of Heaven is not material, so size and area, the physical quantities used to measure objects, are meaningless here, from the perspective of the mind, the Kingdom of Heaven itself is infinite.” Michael swung his wings and flew towards the center of the clearing, his gaze sweeping over the surroundings as if he was really searching for something.

　　It was truly mysterious.

　　Lin Qiye once again sighed in his heart, and the figure that walked out of the sixth ward appeared within his mind, and his heart moved slightly:

　　”Yelan …… your Holy Lord of the Western Holy Religion, where did he go?”

　　Michael’s figure gave a slight lurch, “He left.”

　　”Left?”

　　Hearing these two words, Lin Qiye momentarily didn’t know what to make of them.

　　Michael stopped and looked up at the sky, extending his hand and gently pointing upwards:

　　”He’s there.”

　　Lin Qiye’s three looked along with His pointing, there was nothing else but the infinite sky, they were first stunned, then as if they thought of something, they said in unison:

　　”The moon?!”

　　Michael nodded slightly, “A long time ago, when the Cthulhu Gods had just descended to Earth, some of the Earth’s Supreme Gods realized the end and joined forces to try to obliterate them, but their power was too bizarre, so the Gods could only switch methods and try to expel or seal them.

　　In the end, several Supreme Gods managed to lure the Cthulhu Gods to the moon, and after a great battle, the Holy Lord smashed the moon, and at the cost of himself and the Heavenly Kingdom’s origin, he took on the form of a crescent moon and forcibly sealed the Cthulhu Gods.

　　Since then, the Kingdom of Heaven fell, and I have been following the Holy Lord’s orders and have been stationed on top of the moon to prevent the Cthulhu Gods from breaking the seal and endangering the Earth.”

　　After hearing these words from Michael, Lin Qiye and the others were wildly shaken, their mouths uncontrollably wide open ……

　　”That seal on the moon, it was left behind by your Holy Lord?!” Lin Qiye’s eyes were filled with disbelief.