Behind the gates of the Pure Land, countless gods, demons, and spirits who were blocked outside this planet sensed the power that permeated the stars.
They peered through the cracks in the gates in shock, desperately searching for the source of that power.
"Let me use the Great Advancement Deduction technique to deduce it!" An old Daoist priest wearing a dark green high crown and a robe of clouds and mist began to count on his fingers.
Then his giant body trembled, and a piercing shriek escaped his lips: "It's him! That guy is back, it's over, damn it, it's over!"
"True Monarch Yunyang, what are you yelling about? Who is it?" Several Daoist powerhouses glared.
True Monarch Yunyang raised two fingers, trembled, and his mountain-like body dissolved into countless points of light.
He had vanished, annihilated, and achieved self-divine dissolution!
The surging spiritual energy behind the gate swelled again, as if the dense energy before the Big Bang was uncontrollable.
The gods exchanged glances. As extraterrestrial powerhouses, their return to this planet was a dimensional reduction attack. Who knew that the not-so-weak True Monarch Yunyang would self-destruct just by deducing something? Where did such a powerful enemy come from?
At this moment, the golden shadow had already enveloped half of the galaxy.
He held the sun in one hand and the moon in the other, with a halo of treasures composed of billions of stars above his head.
A strand of his hair drifted into the universe, traversed countless light-years, and shattered two giant stars in the distant space.
Then, in an instant, the golden shadow began to shrink, from being infinitely vast as it passed through the stars, to being incredibly tiny.
Finally, on the grassland outside the Dragon Gate River, a naked man appeared.
His body was so perfect, like a sculpted immortal.
His hair was pure silver, his face like a silver moon, his stature tall, his beard flying, like an immortal.
His age was indiscernible. He turned, and a most ordinary suit appeared on his body.
The man turned, flicked his clothes, and a trench coat appeared out of nowhere and was draped over him.
He took a step and appeared in the middle of the golden bridge.
Qin Yexuan was struggling to support himself, leaning against the golden bridge. After the mysterious power left, he was no longer the handsome young man. Instead, he instantly aged twenty years, becoming even more withered than before.
He now looked like a man in his thirties, with all the spirit gone from his eyes.
The mysterious man in the suit walked over, shook his head, and smiled: "If you were willing to merge with me, you would still be an immortal Great Xia official, still an invincible powerhouse above all beings. But you refused. Now you have fulfilled me, and I cannot restore your power."
Qin Yexuan smiled: "Why the nonsense? It's not over yet."
The mysterious man nodded and stood beside him: "This time there will be no more failure. I can feel Su Yuluo about to transform into a dragon, and that witch girl is also in my hands. When Xuanyuan Star realizes it's been tricked, I will personally open the Gate of Stars and obtain what should have been mine: the Spirit of Pangu!"
Qin Yexuan looked at him: "The thousand-year covenant, the last agreement, our agreement?"
The mysterious man chuckled: "With my status, would I break my promise? I promised you that I would not kill anyone related to you, be they male or female. But they had better not interfere with my revenge plan. I will tolerate them three times. If they are still my enemies for the fourth time, I will destroy them."
Qin Yexuan relaxed and sat down, looking up at the gate of the Pure Land: "So many gods and powerhouses, why did they besiege you back then? And make your great leader so miserable?"
The mysterious man sneered: "Nothing more than coveting my position and power."
Qin Yexuan sneered: "I don't think so. I heard it was because you found the Spirit of Pangu but refused to share it with them..."
The mysterious man said proudly: "Only the strongest in the universe can possess the Spirit of Pangu. Why should I share it with those idiots?"
Qin Yexuan sighed: "Then send me away from this accursed place. I have no strength now. The starlight that flashes when the gate opens could annihilate me."
The mysterious man smiled and flicked his sleeve.
The next moment, Qin Yexuan was thrown into the grass on the bank of the Dragon Gate River, rolling hundreds of meters and lying there covered in blood.
Then a slender figure appeared and knelt beside Qin Yexuan with a complicated expression.
It was none other than Fo Lian!
...
At this moment, behind the gates of the Pure Land, Xuanyuanzi was contemplating something.
Then, he let out a heavy sigh: "The one who can disintegrate True Monarch Yunyang in an instant without leaving any trace... it can only be him!"
At the word "him," Xuanyuanzi couldn't help but tremble.
The gods looked at him, and all thought of one person. For a moment, the great gates of the Pure Land began to clang and shake.
"Impossible!" A powerful being began to howl: "Hao... Haotian... we shattered his divine core together, and he was annihilated."
Xuanyuanzi shook his head: "No! In that chaotic battle, although we shattered his divine core, we were also trapped behind the great gate by his rules and could not return to Earth. It was a hard-won victory. Who can guarantee that he didn't prepare a clone on Earth beforehand? And then used this clone to recuperate for ten thousand years and return to take revenge on us?"
"Unless that clone can be immortal, live for ten thousand years, and be nourished by spiritual energy every day!"
But it was indeed possible.
Xuanyuanzi looked behind him, his expression changed: "If it's that old bastard, we only have one way: control the Spirit of Pangu and prevent him from obtaining it!"
"However, only those who solve the three great puzzles will have a chance to touch the Spirit of Pangu, and they must also find the scattered body of Pangu on Earth to truly obtain Pangu's power."
Xuanyuanzi made a decisive judgment: "The three great puzzles have been solved by my Xuanyuan clan, and I will naturally share them with everyone. Remember, Earth must not be damaged. We worked so hard to return, to restore spiritual energy, and return to the state where ancient gods and humans coexisted, isn't it all for Pangu's body?"
Below, the Xuanyuan Star had officially begun the ceremony.
The crystal coffin descended from the imperial palace and decomposed in mid-air. Su Yuluo inside directly rolled into the Dragon Gate River.
Instantly, a golden light appeared, and a graceful fish tail emerged from the river.
Su Yuluo seemed to have turned into a mermaid. Although her eyes were still closed, under instinctive reaction, she began to swim desperately towards the golden bridge.
Behind her, various fish appeared in the Dragon Gate River.
The largest was like a large ship, a golden carp a hundred meters long, the smallest, a silver fish only the size of a fingernail.
At least ten thousand carp chased Su Yuluo, rushing towards the Dragon Gate together.
Ten thousand golden carp leaped over the Dragon Gate, this grand spectacle reappeared on the Dragon Gate River outside Chaoge.
Xuanyuan Star watched nervously and fiercely pulled Zhu Tianqi: "Now, use the myriad personalities of your witch clan to activate this Hell Diagram and help me open the gates of the Pure Land. Keep the gates open at all times. Only the witch clan, with its myriad integrated personalities, can do this."
Zhu Tianqi gently took the Hell Diagram, a hint of mockery, as well as ecstasy and triumph in her eyes!
Xuanyuan Star continued to stare at the golden bridge above, urging her: "Hurry!"
With a sharp sound, a sword formed by spiritual energy pierced her back and emerged from her chest.
Zhu Tianqi had already achieved body refinement and displayed the strength of a terrestrial immortal, easily breaking through all of Xuanyuan Star's defenses.
She chuckled in Xuanyuan Star's ear: "Qin Yexuan said I couldn't kill you, so I'll spare your life. Silly girl, the real witch is Wang Jiaqian, who is on the golden bridge right now. You've been toyed with by Qin Yexuan!"
With a deafening roar, the crystal imperial palace exploded from within.
No one could see Xuanyuan Star's expression, only Zhu Tianqi floating above, her body flashing with purple demonic lightning and her long hair flying.
She held the Hell Diagram in her left hand, raised her right hand, and unleashed waves of "Heavenly Demon Power," shattering the imperial palace into pieces.
In the Hell Diagram, countless vengeful souls rushed towards the golden bridge, among them vaguely the parents of Zhu Xiaoqing...
On the golden bridge, the mysterious man smiled, turned, and grabbed. Wang Jiaqian, dazed, flew up from below.
At the same time, in the Dragon Gate River, Su Yuluo soared through the air, heading straight for the bridge.
The mysterious man patted Wang Jiaqian: "Witch clan, you can begin the ritual!"
Su Yuluo barely flew to the center of the golden bridge, below her were the ten thousand golden carp who had also leaped but could not reach such a height.
"The time is right, everything is ready. Qin Yexuan, that kid, didn't disappoint me. He calculated everything."
The mysterious man's eyes were filled with longing. This was an opportunity gained through ten thousand years of forbearance.
And at this moment of opening the gate, in a patch of grass on the bank of the Dragon Gate River, Qin Yexuan sat cross-legged, with Fo Lian supporting him. In front of him, there was also a golden bridge, which was actually an identical but miniature toy-like bridge!