.Even the mighty Lord Huang Junyan swayed slightly.Because he still needed to focus on saving others, his first direct confrontation with the Daoist Venerable's palm was from a position of weakness.Th...Ji Kongfan, who had stood still for two years, suddenly raised his hand.

In his hand appeared a dagger. He gently thrust it toward the massive palace walls before him, which were covered in ancient scars.

Although this is a lower-level battle domain, the heavy sky gate here is exactly the same as those in mid-level and high-level battle domains.

The mere grandeur of the palace was enough to awe everyone, placing a heavy pressure upon them. So much so that many dared not gaze upon it for too long.

However, Ji Kongfan didn't just look at it for over two years; he even took out a dagger and stabbed it towards the palace wall.

It seemed to everyone that Ji Kongfan wanted to attack the palace walls.

Actually, if that were really the case, at most it would just shock the lower-realm cultivators and wouldn't make the middle-aged beautiful woman or those Heavenly Gate guards feel surprised.

After all, the ignorant are fearless.

There are countless lower realms, and countless cultivators. Among them, there are naturally some bold individuals.

While not every visit to the Heavenly Palace by cultivators from the Lower Realms has ended in violence, there have been occasions where cultivators directly attacked the palace walls.

But Ji Kongfan's dagger extended, not to attack the palace wall, but to pierce one of the countless lines densely covering the city wall! Moreover, Ji Kongfan's palm firmly grasped the dagger, following that line, and slowly drew it across.

Just like copying a painting, when the dagger reached the end of the lines, his fingers suddenly rose! "Crack, crack, crack!"

Accompanied by a piercing screech, this dagger, following the lines etched upon it, carved out a brand new path on the palace wall.

This scene alone shocked the middle-aged woman and those guards! Only they knew best, the defense of this palace wall was truly terrifyingly solid.

Although it couldn't be said to be impregnable, it was covered in the marks of battle. However, for an ordinary cultivator to leave a mark on it would be absolutely impossible.

At least the strength of a Dharma realm is needed to achieve this.

If one's strength isn't up to par, then unless one possesses a high-grade artifact and cultivation of an extraordinary level, it is impossible! Therefore, after the shock subsided, these guards' gazes all turned towards the dagger in Ji Kongfan's hand, their eyes gleaming with greed.

Obviously, they all believed that Ji Kongfan's strength would absolutely not reach the Yufa Realm.

That naturally means that the dagger in Ji Kongfan's hand is most likely a domain weapon! Domain weapons are extremely rare in the entire celestial realm, and now one appears in the hands of an underdomain cultivator.

Needless to say, the astonishment and thoughts of these guards at this moment are imaginable.

Before they could figure out how to grab the dagger and claim it for themselves, they all suddenly felt a tremor beneath them. The palace they stood on seemed to sway slightly.

Because the frequency of this shaking is extremely small, it also makes it difficult for them to be certain.

They looked at each other, and a look of suspicion crossed everyone's faces, wondering if they had imagined it.

As Shizumu told Gen'un, these guards were once all part of the legendary Skyward Path.

Although they gave up their freedom in order to survive, they are all undoubtedly strong individuals. At their level of cultivation, they would not casually experience illusions.

And, it was still a collective hallucination.

Moreover, beneath them lay a Heavenly Pass, an impregnable barrier that prevented all spiritual beings from the Linggu Domain from penetrating.

If something really unexpected happened, they wouldn't be able to handle it.

Thus, they too hastily dispersed their divine senses, scanning the entire palace.

After scanning the area, no one found anything unusual about the palace. The crowd then stopped paying attention to this matter and turned their gaze back to Ji Kongfan and the dagger in his hand.

The middle-aged woman also sensed that flicker, but she didn't pay it any mind. Her gaze was fixed on the trail Ji Kongfan drew across the palace wall.

This trace is only three inches long, just a slightly curved slanting line.

Although it contains traces of celestial energy fluctuations, there is nothing else particularly special about it.

And Ji Kongfan still held the dagger, resting it at the end of the curve, as if he was not yet satisfied, wanting to leave some more traces here.

Around them, cultivators from various sub-domains also gradually came to their senses. Faced with Ji Kongfan's actions, they felt puzzled and couldn't help but discuss it among themselves.

An elderly man frowned and said, "What is he doing"

"Could it be that he wants to leave his mark on this Heavenly Gate, proving that he was once here"

An old woman beside him rolled her eyes and said, "If you put it that way, he might as well carve his name onto the palace wall with a dagger and write 'Been here' under it. That would not only prove he was there but also make him famous for centuries!"

"Haha!"

The old woman's words instantly caused the people around her to burst into laughter.

However, a group of people did not laugh, namely Ye Guchen and Si Jing'an and others! They came from the same lower domain. As for Ji Kongfan, they couldn't say how well they knew him, but at least they were clear that with Ji Kongfan's character and strength, it was impossible for him to do such a childish thing.

Not only that, but they also didn't know what Ji Kongfan wanted to do.

Only Shura gazed at Ji Kongfan, his eyes flickering with light.

Moments later, the dagger in Ji Kongfan's hand moved again, continuing along the curved slash he had just made, drawing another.

No one stopped Ji Kongfan's actions.

Because the duty of the Heavenly Citadel Guardians is to wait until all cultivators have entered the Heavenly Citadel before taking action to maintain order.

As long as cultivators haven't entered the Heavenly Gate, then even if they truly attack the Heavenly Gate, and even if they break through the palace gates, they will only be observers and won't intervene.

Just like that, Ji Kongfan seemed to transform into a painter. He held his domain artifact dagger as his brush and used the walls of this heavenly palace as his canvas. He continuously drew lines and trajectories on them that no one could understand.

After a long while, the middle-aged beauty shook her head, retracted her gaze from Ji Kongfan, and a look of sympathy appeared on her face. She let out a slight sigh and said: "The innocent are often punished for their virtues!"

Turning away, the middle-aged woman, with pity etched on her face, left this lower battlefield.

As she walked, she also took out a communication jade slip to inform her third disciple that she no longer needed to rush over.

Although she didn't know until she left that Ji Kongfan was her third disciple's most likely candidate to pass through the First Heavenly Pass, in her heart, this cultivator was already dead! In front of so many cultivators, especially in front of the cultivators guarding the Heavenly Pass, writing and painting on the palace walls and leaving traces wasn't a big deal.

But Ji Kongfan actually took out a domain instrument dagger, this is the thing that will lead to his death! The middle-aged beautiful woman knew very well the personalities of these people guarding the Heavenly Gate, and she also knew how important a domain instrument was to cultivators from all heavens.

Therefore, she knew that once the Heavenly Gate opened and the cultivator entered it, he would inevitably be targeted by the guards with various excuses until he was killed. He wouldn't even have a chance to truly attempt the challenge.

Even, it is very possible that even the one who presides over Heaven's Gate would personally take action! "Next, let's go to the Unranked Battleground. That's where the most people are, with a total of five."

And the third brother was there too, which would allow me to see those five people with my own eyes and determine if they truly had exceptional talent!

Just as the middle-aged woman left through the spatial formation, outside a heaven's gate, seeing Ji Kongfan who was still "painting", a look of shock appeared on Asura's face. He muttered, "I know what he's doing!"eemed to have a good relationship with the Dao Shen Dian, in reality they were also engaged in secret power struggles.Even to some extent, the Jiudao Sect can also be seen as a potential enemy of the...