Chapter 1546: The Eternal Palace

Chen Ling was angry, but he hadn't lost his head.

The moment he saw the bruise on Mo Yao’s cheek, he had actually ruled out the possibility that Wuji Jun had ordered his subordinates to abuse him. After all, judging by Wuji Jun’s attitude just now, he didn't want to make an enemy of him, so there was no reason to lay a hand on his subordinate.

But guessing the truth and making a statement were two different things.

Diamond 8 had been abused in the Eternal Realm. Chen Ling couldn't just brush it off with a light "Oh, I see." He was the Red King of the Twilight Society; everything he did had to be considered from the perspective of the Twilight Society.

As Chen Ling said, regardless of whether Wuji Jun did it on purpose, he needed an explanation... or rather, the Twilight Society needed one.

He had to be angry enough to deter other enemies who might want to target Twilight Society members. He wasn't deliberately making things difficult for Wuji Jun; he was protecting other Twilight Society members, ensuring they would experience such things as little as possible in the future.

He wanted everyone to know that anyone who abused a Twilight Society member would pay the price!

Wuji Jun seemed to have anticipated Chen Ling’s reaction. He didn't pay attention to the wound left by the earlier slash, nor the cracked street behind him, but looked directly at the knights standing around:

"Those who were present when Shi Rui hit someone, step forward."

The surrounding knights felt as if they had fallen into an ice cellar!

But they looked at each other and stepped forward stiffly... There were exactly four of them, two on each side, as if they had been deliberately arranged there from the start.

"I have said that private punishment is forbidden in the Eternal Realm," Wuji Jun’s gaze swept over the four of them coldly. "When Shi Rui hit someone, the four of you were present. Why didn't anyone stop him? Why didn't anyone report it to me afterward?"

The four knights were speechless for a moment... When they were in the Wuji Realm, they were Shi Rui’s confidants. How could they dare to say a word against their boss when he did those dirty deeds... Moreover, they had taken their fair share of hush money from him.

One of the knights opened his mouth, struggling to come up with an excuse, but in the next second, Wuji Jun raised his hand casually.

Pop, pop, pop, pop—

Four explosive sounds rang out from their helmets. Their heads were crushed and deformed by the helmets, just like Shi Rui’s had been!

Scarlet blood splattered, covering the steps in front of the Eternal Palace. The citizens who saw this scene gasped, then covered their eyes, and a few even vomited on the spot.

"Are you satisfied with this explanation?" Wuji Jun asked slowly.

Killing Shi Rui in front of Mo Yao was to appease Mo Yao so he could clarify things to Chen Ling; killing Shi Rui’s subordinates in front of Chen Ling and the others was to provide an explanation to the Twilight Society.

Shi Rui’s reckless punch now required five lives to fill the void before it could be settled.

Chen Ling naturally knew where the line was drawn. Since Wuji Jun had covered all bases, he wouldn't keep pressing the issue and calmly put away the bone-carving knife.

"Please," Wuji Jun said, coming to his side and gesturing.

Chen Ling glanced at him and continued walking toward the Eternal Palace.

Wuji Jun also stepped up the stairs.

With the first step, the deep slash on his body healed instantly, as if his body required no time to recover, or perhaps Chen Ling’s strike hadn't hurt him at all... The gruesome wound he had displayed was also part of the "explanation."

With the second step, the street behind him that had been split open seemed to come alive, filling and repairing itself within a second, becoming smooth and flat. Even the candle flames on the walls on both sides were relit, and light returned to the street.

As Chen Ling, Wuji Jun, and Mo Yao entered the Eternal Palace one after another, the doors closed automatically...

Finally, with a dull, thunderous sound,

the street fell into dead silence.

……

After entering, Chen Ling was stunned.

Before his eyes was not the ordinary corridor or luxurious palace he had imagined; this wasn't even a "building" in the physical sense... Countless materials were born and vanished around him, and various colors of reaction light flickered, as if he were inside a kaleidoscope, constantly rotating and dizzying.

Only when Wuji Jun stepped in afterward did everything here reorganize instantly according to some established pattern.

An obsidian corridor extended beneath their feet, magnificent and gorgeous reliefs were constructed overhead, and glass-like flames ignited on the walls on both sides... All matter was like a game map that had just finished loading, spreading in an orderly fashion toward the end of his vision.

"This is the 'factory' that produces all the materials for the Eternal Realm. It operates every moment. Clothing, housing materials, tables, chairs, bedding, instant meals, synthetic meat... everything comes from here."

"But if there are visitors, a part of it will take on the characteristics of a 'guest room' for accommodation."

Wuji Jun pointed to the dense, varied hotel doors along the corridor and continued,

"Choose a living style you like, push the door open, and in the next second, the materials inside will generate the corresponding room."

Chen Ling was incredibly surprised to see this.

No wonder Wuji Jun could supply the entire Eternal Realm with resources; his mastery of materials science had reached such a level... The efficiency of generating items here was far higher than any fully automated factory before the Great Cataclysm. Whatever he wanted to generate here was entirely within Wuji Jun’s single thought.

Even if they only dug up a few handfuls of soil from the Gray Realm, they could reshape and synthesize all kinds of exquisite items here. As long as the material world did not completely vanish, the Eternal Realm would never face a resource shortage.

In a sense, Wuji Jun had become the closest existence to a "Creator" on this planet.

"Thank you, but we don't intend to stay here," Chen Ling said.

"We have seen enough of the Eternal Realm... Now that we have retrieved our member, we won't stay the night and waste the Eternal Palace’s production capacity."

Chen Ling’s purpose in coming was to take Diamond 8 away. The abundance and prosperity of the Eternal Realm had indeed shocked him, but having walked this path, he had roughly figured out the situation here... Plus, after witnessing this incredibly magical Eternal Palace, there seemed to be nothing else worth seeing.

No matter how good the Eternal Realm was, it was still Wuji Jun’s territory, and they had to go back eventually.

Wuji Jun shook his head immediately:

"No, this is not yet the complete 'Eternal'... What I want you to see is more than just this."

This wasn't the complete Eternal?

Just how many trump cards was Wuji Jun hiding here?

Chen Ling’s curiosity was piqued, and he couldn't help but ask:

"Oh? What else is there?"