Chapter 1144: There's a Problem with the Heavenly Book

Porter Burch left not long after, the drained figure of yin and yang also slowly rose to his feet and turned to walk away.

Moments later, he arrived above the void to the due south of the Reincarnation Space, where there was a mountain shrouded in a cold mist, and atop the mountain a temple. This place was the first sacred site of the Reincarnation Space, the Palace of Heavenly Book, inside which, legend had it, resided the Book of Life and Death and the storied Heavenly Book.

Moreover, flying was forbidden at this palace, and anyone who wished to enter the Palace of Heavenly Book had to walk.

Indeed, there were stairs leading downward from the palace, each stair immense, totaling ninety-nine in all.

It may seem like there were only ninety-nine steps, but ordinary beings—even if they were Nether Emperors—couldn't complete them. Rumor had it that each of the ninety-nine steps was imbued with Gravity, progressively heavier as one ascended.