World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 2182 - 1056: Sudden Clarity! The Secret of the Moon
The Dragon Demon Planet is much larger than Earth, and its moon is also much farther away from it, which according to Lanling’s calculations, should be over seven hundred thousand kilometers away.
For Lanling, this distance is, of course, not a problem.
Lanling transforms into a beam of light, capable of flying at dozens of times the speed of sound, over ten thousand meters per second, and can cover this seven hundred thousand kilometers in just one day and night.
At about one million meters out, Lanling suddenly feels a wave of weakness.
At this moment, he knows he has completely departed from the energy field of the Dragon Demon Planet. Previously, he could control the entire planet and receive endless energy, but once outside of this field, he must rely entirely on the bloodline energy within his body.
Lanling stops and floats in the air, gazing towards the Dragon Demon Planet.
A planet with life looks incredibly beautiful from the sky. Especially the Dragon Demon Planet, which is also covered about sixty to seventy percent by seawater, shimmering mysteriously like an enigmatic emerald.
Seen from the sky, Earth is blue, while from the sky, the Dragon Demon Planet appears green.
However, the huge gap in the center of the Dragon Demon Planet completely ruins this beauty, which is the Land of the Fallen.
From the sky, the Land of the Fallen is even more clear, with a large piece right in the middle of the Dragon Demon Planet missing.
Of course, the Dragon Demon Planet still appears as a complete circle because the surface of the Land of the Fallen is shrouded in a strange blue-black color.
The Land of the Fallen is truly larger than Lanling imagined, with the missing part accounting for almost one-sixth of the entire planet’s volume.
Lanling floats in the air observing the Dragon Demon Planet, observing the Land of the Fallen for a full half hour.
"Whoosh..."
Lanling once again flies towards the moon.
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Twenty hours later, the moon has fully entered Lanling’s field of vision, growing larger and larger.
Of course, this is the moon of the Dragon Demon Planet.
In terms of volume, it’s about half the size of Earth, so it is also an incredibly large planet.
From the surface of the Dragon Demon Planet, two moons seem to exist. But in the air, it becomes apparent that there is only one moon, and the other seemingly is merely the moon’s reflection in cosmic space.
Floating tens of thousands of meters in the sky, Lanling looks down at the entire moon.
Solitary, cold, dark!
The entire moon has no life, no buildings, no vegetation, no water!
In short, it is a completely lifeless moon, with only endless darkness covering it.
"Whoosh..."
Lanling accelerates forward, then suddenly lands on the moon.
Here, darkness stretches as far as the eye can see, full of rocky terrain.
There are plains, twisted ravines, mountains over one hundred thousand meters high.
The terrain here is extremely complex, but Lanling immediately sees that every inch of rock is identical to those on Dragon Demon Island.
Every inch of rock contains incredibly powerful energy.
Back then, Dragon Demon Island, with just several to hundreds of square kilometers, was enough to form a powerful energy field, completely suppressing Lanling, the Chaos Emperor.
And here is the entire planet’s energy field, its volume many billions of times larger than Dragon Demon Island.
Arriving at the moon’s surface, Lanling truly feels incredibly small; his internal energy is a mere grain of sand in the ocean.
Even under the suppression of the moon’s energy field, the strength of his bloodline powers is somewhat difficult to unleash.
This is a true opposing plane!
Lanling walks on the moon, crossing ravines, plains, climbing mountains.
Attempting to find any trace of life, any sign of the Lunar Holy Palace.
But... nothing at all.
This shouldn’t be!
Lanling has seen the moon through the Eye of the Ghost King; amid desolation, there is a cluster of buildings, magnificent yet mysterious, which is the Lunar Holy Palace.
Based on the memory in his mind, Lanling painstakingly traverses the moon’s surface, searching for the cluster of buildings viewed through the Eye of the Ghost King.
He even relies entirely on his legs, measuring every piece of land on the moon to find the Lunar Holy Palace.
For this, Lanling even uses the clone technique.
Two, four, eight...
Eventually, Lanling evolves into thousands of clones, then disperses in different directions to start searching for the Lunar Holy Palace on the moon’s surface.
One day, two days, three days...
A total of thirty-five days have passed!
Lanling’s thousands of clones have covered every inch of the moon’s surface, leaving no ravine untouched, no mountain unscaled, no cave unexplored.
However... nothing!
The whole moon is silent, cold.
No trace of life, no buildings, no inhabitants.
Lanling even found the location of the cluster of buildings seen through the Eye of the Ghost King, a concave plain surrounded by mountains.
But when Lanling reached it, it was completely empty.
Could it be that the Lunar Holy Palace, like the Sky Holy Palace, is also in the moon’s core?
Thus, Lanling’s thousands of clones transform into energy beams again, penetrating the moon’s core from every direction.
The energy field here is so powerful that Lanling’s penetration is extremely difficult, consuming immense energy.
However, still no success!
From the surface to the core, there’s nothing. No spatial rift, no plane torn apart due to an energy battle, simply nothing.
The depths of the core are also empty.
...
For the past month, Lanling has thoroughly explored the entire moon from the inside out, yet still found nothing!
Truly, there’s nothing!
However, this result was not unexpected to Lanling. He came to the moon merely to pave the way, to experience the moon’s energy field firsthand.
He certainly knows that the Lunar Holy Palace cannot be found so easily.
Now, Lanling’s energy reserve has been depleted by eighty percent, and the remaining twenty percent is barely enough for him to return to Dragon Demon Planet. If he doesn’t return soon, he might never go back.
Although the moon contains immense energy, it is not his plane, not an energy he can devour.
After glancing at the moon one last time, Lanling transformed into a beam of light and left the moon, returning to Dragon Demon Planet.
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Upon returning to Dragon Demon Planet, Lanling did not go to Rage Wave Kingdom, nor did he seek out his wife and children. Instead, he went to the ancient city of Heavenly Demons, to the cenotaph of Emperor E Tian.
In the Heavenly Demon Hall, Lanling quietly contemplated.
"Shoo, shoo, shoo, shoo..."
One by one, Heavenly Demonesses emerged from the Book of No Child and the Gods Slaughter Demon Extermination Sword, innocently yet charmingly encircling Lanling.
"Master... are you sad?"
"Master, don’t be sad..."
Every Heavenly Demoness exhaled like orchids, desperately flattering Lanling, entangling themselves around him, kissing him, caressing him.
These Heavenly Demonesses were like attendants, more like pets.
Their gaze of attachment to Lanling was indeed much like an obedient pet’s attachment to its master.
Lanling opened the Wordless Heavenly Scripture in his hand, still finding nothing inside.
After Lanling conquered the Sky Holy Palace and sought to comprehend Emperor E Tian’s Wordless Heavenly Scripture, he gained nothing.
After Lanling left Dragon Demon Island and truly became an Emperor-level Powerhouse, he again sought to understand the Wordless Heavenly Scripture, yet still found nothing!
Previously, Lanling visited the moon and then attempted to understand the Wordless Heavenly Scripture, still to no avail.
This Wordless Heavenly Scripture, and the Crow Crying Sword, were truly empty, devoid of anything!
Seeing Lanling frown in distress, the Heavenly Demonesses seemed heartbroken, doing everything possible to please Lanling.
Lanling looked closely at these Heavenly Demonesses; each one was so beautiful, each one so pure and Wuxia.
They were energy life forms, yet they had flesh and blood, each face unique but equally beautiful. Every pair of eyes brimmed with spirit and goodness, seemingly devoid of any darkness.
Lanling closed his eyes and began to think.
Allowing the Heavenly Demonesses to cautiously kiss him on the face and all over!
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One must consider a problem!
From the surface of Dragon Demon Planet, there appear to be two moons in the sky. But upon reaching the sky, there is only one moon; the other moon seems to be merely an energy shadow of the moon!
So then...
Could the Lunar Holy Palace be within that energy shadow?
This is very possible!
But how to reach the moon’s shadow? Once you leave the Dragon Demon Planet plane, it disappears entirely.
Cannot see it, cannot find it?
So how can one reach it?
Suddenly, Lanling remembered another problem, an extremely bizarre and absurd fantasy once considered on Earth!
Someone suggested that Earth once underwent a massive split, roughly one-sixth of it separated from Earth. This one-sixth became the moon, while Earth, through powerful self-healing abilities, restored itself to complete and round once again.
Of course, this theory has no basis whatsoever.
However, this kind of wild imagination is quite suitable for Dragon Demon Planet.
Because Dragon Demon Planet indeed lacks a huge chunk, exactly one-sixth of the planet’s volume.
And the moon overhead happens to be one-sixth the volume of Dragon Demon Planet.
Of course, the part missing from the Fallen Zone is not round. However, after this part detached from Dragon Demon Planet, through long-term evolution, it could indeed become round.
Therefore, Lanling has reason to conduct a bold fantasy!
This world had no moon originally; a planetary explosion caused the Fallen Zone to appear. A one-sixth segment broke away, shooting into the starry sky at high speed, traveling over seven hundred thousand kilometers before the explosive force ceased, and this one-sixth segment was recaptured by Dragon Demon Planet’s gravity, becoming its satellite—the moon!
The moon is the part missing from the Fallen Zone.
Then, perhaps the path to the Lunar Holy Palace isn’t on the moon, but within the energy field inside the Fallen Zone!
Immediately, Lanling had a sudden realization!
Indeed, this is the secret of the moon!
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