Zhang Ruochen’s mind was filled with questions, why were there eighteen Ghost Gate Passes in the starry sky? And what was hell? Who actually built the Ghost Gate Pass?
Zhang Ruochen looked towards the back of the Ghost Gate Pass, only to see that a Yellow Springs Star River stretched across the universe, as far as the eye could see.
“Can I go and break into the Ghost Gate Pass now?”Zhang Ruochen asked.
“No, your cultivation is too weak and you are not qualified to break through the Ghost Gate Pass. Even the first level of the Ghost Gate Pass can make you go up in smoke.”The other party said.
Zhang Ruochen said, “How high must one’s cultivation be to break through the Ghost Gate Pass?”
“It must be at least the realm of a Saint King.”
Hearing the words “Saint King”, Zhang Ruochen’s heart immediately stirred.
Knowing that only the cultivators of the Kunlun Realm divided the Saint Realm into Half Saints, Saints, Saint Kings, and Great Saints, wouldn’t that mysterious senior who lived in the palace be one of the seniors of the Kunlun Realm?
Zhang Ruochen asked, “Is the senior a certain sage of the Kunlun Realm?”
“Sort of!”
“May I ask for senior’s name?”Zhang Ruochen bowed respectfully.
To be able to guard the Ghost Gate Pass here, one would not be an ordinary person, and must have been a great figure in the Kunlun Realm at one time.
“It’s all in the past, there’s nothing to say.”
Since the other party didn’t want to say it out, Zhang Ruochen didn’t continue to pursue the matter and instead asked, “Why is senior here guarding the Ghost Gate Pass? Who actually built the Ghost Gate Pass? And what was the purpose of building the Ghost Gate Pass? And what is hell?”
“With your cultivation, you are not qualified to know this.”The other party said.
Zhang Ruochen was a bit depressed, no matter what, with his current strength, he was able to fight against Saints, and was definitely at the top of the heap in the Kunlun Realm.
However, coming here, the other party simply looked down on him and didn’t want to tell him anything more.
Zhang Ruochen didn’t want to return without any success, so he inspired the Sword Dao Realm of Human Sword Unity, using his body as a sword, transforming into a sword light, wanting to force his way into into the Ghost Gate Pass to find out what was going on.
Couldn’t even break through the first level of Ghost Gate Pass?
Zhang Ruochen didn’t believe it.
Just as Zhang Ruochen was about to approach the light gate, a large hand thousands of miles long stretched out from the palace and slapped downwards, striking Zhang Ruochen’s body.
“Boom!”
Zhang Ruochen only felt a blackness in front of his eyes, and then, the sky spun around and he didn’t know what exactly he had experienced, and when he saw the light again, he felt that he was plummeting downwards at a rapid pace.
He tried to control his centre of gravity and stop the downward trend, but he was simply unable to do so.
“Rumble.”
Zhang Ruochen crashed into the ground, smashing out a large pit, tripping to the bottom of the pit as if his body was falling apart.
Gradually, Zhang Ruochen regained consciousness and squinted his eyes to the sky above, “What is this being …… slapped into?”
“Brother Dust!”
“Zhang Ruochen.”
The voices of Yellow Smoke Dust and Xiao Hei rang out one after another.
Immediately after, Zhang Ruochen painstakingly propped up his body, moved his muscles and bones, and realised that he had not suffered too many serious injuries before he looked over towards Xiao Hei and Huang Yichen, and said with some confusion, “I’m back in the White Standing Star again?”
Yellow Smoke Dust and Little Black were both slightly stunned for a moment.
Afterwards, Xiao Hei said, “Just now, we saw a meteor crossing the sky and crashing into the ground, and we wanted to come over to check it out, but we didn’t expect it to be you. Did the teleportation fail?”
Zhang Ruochen shook his head, a look of disbelief appearing in his eyes as he muttered to himself, “What kind of powerful character was it that slapped me back to the White Changxing Star?”
Everything that happened just now was like a dream, it was unreal, and until now, Zhang Ruochen felt incredulous.
Huang Yichen asked, “Brother Dust, what exactly did you experience? Did you reach that square-shaped blazing sun?”
Zhang Ruochen’s heart was filled with thousands of questions as he slowly stood up and thought carefully, and in the end, he told them what he had just seen and heard.
“What …… ghost gate ……”
Yellow Smoke and Little Black were just as shocked as Zhang Ruochen earlier.
Afterwards, Little Black rushed towards the spatial teleportation array, wanting to personally go to the Ghost Gate Pass to have a look, but Zhang Ruochen stopped it.
Zhang Ruochen solemnly said, “I think it’s better not to go any further, in case you annoy that gatekeeper, the consequences will be unimaginable.”
Xiao Hei calmed down and asked, “Are you saying that the other party slapped you back to Bai Changxing with a single slap, and moreover, you haven’t suffered any injuries? How is this possible? Even a Great Saint could not be that powerful.”
Zhang Ruochen nodded and said, “I suspect that there is a wormhole that connects the Ghost Gate Pass and the White Constant Star. That gatekeeper, just slapped me inside the wormhole, not directly slapping me back to the White Constant Star.”
Both Little Black and Yellow Smoke Dust were more in agreement with Zhang Ruochen’s deduction, if, indeed, there was a great power capable of slapping a person 100 million miles away, that power’s cultivation, I’m afraid, would have already reached a terrifying and overwhelming level.
Zhang Ruochen looked towards Xiao Hei and said, “Xiao Hei, you’re very knowledgeable and well-read, have you ever heard any legends about the Ghost Gate Pass before?”
Little Black pondered carefully, then, shaking his head, he said, “No.”
Zhang Ruochen was slightly disappointed and said, “Saint Monk Sumeru was able to set up several Legendary Formations all the way to the Ghost Gate Pass, thus indicating that his old man must have known about the existence of the Ghost Gate Pass. You are his contemporary, how come you haven’t heard anything at all?”
Xiao Hei was also thinking about the matter regarding the Ghost Gate Pass, and like Zhang Ruochen, had countless questions that he desperately wanted to know the answers to.
If it wasn’t worried about angering the gatekeeper, it would definitely want to make a trip to the Ghost Gate Pass in person.
Huang Yichen said, “Was the Ghost Gate Pass born naturally and stood in the universe, or was it a pass built by the Saints of the Kunlun Realm?”
“It would be strange for the saints to be able to build a Ghost Gate Pass, this emperor suspects that it is likely to be a miracle of God, only the power of a god is so profound and unfathomable.”
Little Black added, “If it was a gate born naturally, standing in the stars since ancient times, it’s impossible for this Emperor not to know about it legends.”
“Could it be related to the Sumeru Saint Monk?”Zhang Ruochen said.
Earlier, Zhang Ruochen rushed towards the Ghost Gate and when he was about to get close, he noticed that around the light gate, the spatial structure was a bit weird, and with the light gate as the centre, the entire starry sky looked as if it was locked by an invisible force.
This was why Zhang Ruochen suspected that there was a possibility that Sacred Monk Sumeru was involved in the construction of the Ghost Gate Pass.
“Old Vultures of Sumeru is still very capable, so it’s not certain that it’s really related to him.”Little Black said.
They continued to explore and failed to explore the results, and in the end, they could only bring their doubts with them and prepare to return to the Kunlun Realm.
In the Kunlun Realm, it was said that it might not necessarily be possible to find some clues.
“Since I was able to teleport to the White Standing Star based on the spatial coordinates, I should be able to return to the Golden Yao Market Realm by reversing the formation.”
Zhang Ruochen had read about the Reversal Formation at the top of the Space-Time Mysteries and began to study it carefully.
Half a day later, Zhang Ruochen mastered all the techniques of the “Reversal Formation”, so he took Little Black and Huang Yichen with him and walked into the teleportation formation, embarking on the road back to the Kunlun Realm.
Before activating the formation, Zhang Ruochen took one last look at the Ghost Gate Pass and the Yellow Spring Star River in the sky, always feeling that there was a forgotten history there, and perhaps one day, that history would resurface again.
“Wow–”
The array was activated, and Zhang Ruochen left the White Standing Star.
When they passed through the Golden Flare Market Realm, they didn’t stop and returned to the asteroid near the Green Dragon Market Realm.
Finally arriving beneath the familiar starry sky, with a feeling of a wanderer returning home, Zhang Ruochen and Huang Yichen both let out a long sigh of relief.
Zhang Ruochen said, “Next, we have two options.”
“First, we can head to a nearby wormhole and go through a spatial jump to return to the Chaotic Ten Thousand Realms Mountain before returning to the Kunlun Realm.”
“Second, we can continue to reverse the spatial teleportation array, and say no more, we can also return to the Kunlun Realm.”
“Both options, there are not small risks. By choosing the first option, we may be intercepted by forces from all sides.”
“Choosing the second option, it’s very likely that the other end of the spatial transmission array isn’t the Kunlun Realm, or, the spatial transmission array at the other end has already been damaged.”
“Choosing the first option is relatively safer, I’m able to perform the Formless and Phaseless Thirty-Six Changes and change into Gu Linfeng’s appearance, so I can say that I won’t necessarily be able to muddle through.”
Huang Yichen said, “Let’s choose the second option! Although it’s risky, but if we can find the starting point of the Sacred Monk of Sumeru, say not necessarily, we can find some clues about the Ghost Gate Pass. In the depths of that starry sky, it’s impossible for a gate of light to appear for no reason, there must be a reason. I’m curious to know, what exactly is the answer?”
Little Black said, “This Emperor also supports the second option.”
Zhang Ruochen shared their thoughts, and so, without any further hesitation, he activated the Spatial Teleportation Formation once again.
It was unknown how long had passed, and when the light from the Spatial Teleportation Formation dissipated, they arrived in a cold, dark, and serene world.
Not a single light could be seen around them, and they couldn’t even see five fingers when they stretched out their hands.
Moreover, their cultivation was suppressed, and the Saint Qi in their bodies, as if it was frozen, could only operate slowly.
“The rules of heaven and earth here are completely different from the Kunlun Realm… Oh no, it’s very likely that we’ve arrived at an unfamiliar world.”Little Black said with some regret and chagrin.
Zhang Ruochen took out a Light Attribute Spirit Crystal and held it in his hand, observing the surroundings with an incredulous look in his eyes as he said, “How is it possible …… It’s too unbelievable ……”
Huang Yichen asked, “Brother Dust, what have you discovered?”
“This is the Kunlun Realm.”Zhang Ruochen said.
“Kunlun Realm? The rules of heaven and earth here are quite bizarre and not used at all with the Kunlun Realm, how could it be in the Kunlun Realm?”Little Black said.
Zhang Ruochen said, “This is the first echelon of the Endless Abyss, I’ve been here before, you didn’t dare to come down, so of course you don’t know.”
“The first gradient of the Endless Abyss?”Little Black let out a strange cry.
“The starting point of the Spatial Teleportation Array, how could it be here?”Zhang Ruochen was puzzled.
Zhang Ruochen had once come to the First Echelon of the Endless Abyss to save the Sacred Book Talented Lady and, at the same time, probe the secrets of the Blood Beasts, so he was already familiar with this place and it was impossible for him to recognise it wrongly.
“Ow!”
A deafening whistling sound rang out, a layer of sound waves that swept over like waves of water.
It shook Zhang Ruochen, Huang Yichen, and Little Black, all of them flying out.
“Rumble!”
A blood beast with wings, like a mountain, flew from mid-air, down to the ground, its sharp claws cracking the earth, and a thousand-pound stone, flew out in all directions.
That blood beast was quite terrifying, somewhat like a dragon, but with three heads, making people feel palpitations.
“Who are you people and why have you come to the Endless Abyss?”
On the back of the blood beast stood a man in black with a hood on his head, making it impossible to see his appearance or age.
Hearing his voice, Zhang Ruochen felt something familiar, then, recalling it, a shocking colour flashed in his eyes.
He was the Blood God Sect Master.
It should be the light emanating from the Spatial Teleportation Array that had lured him over. However, how could the Blood God Sect Master appear in the Endless Abyss, and moreover, be able to harness a Blood Beast?
