Chapter 530: Ancient Treasury

As soon as Ye Lin's three pieces of good news and five pieces of bad news were out, Zhuge Ni immediately put on a mask of agony.

This was clearly eight pieces of bad news! And each one was worse than the last!

"Ye Lin... is this your revenge for my past arrogance and conceit?"

Zhuge Ni's eyes turned red, and tears streamed down incessantly.

"Don't misunderstand, I'm not such a beastly person; I just felt that, even though you aren't biological, you still have a right to know!"

Although Ye Lin said this, he couldn't suppress the corners of his mouth at all, and he even couldn't help but let out a snort of laughter.

"Sorry, I thought of something happy; my wife is about to give birth."

"Anyway, I'll be heading off now. I wish you happiness every day—you must be happy, Ni Ni!"

Ye Lin waved his hand and hurriedly dragged Zhuge Yi away, leaving only Zhuge Ni behind, crying her heart out.

After walking far away, Ye Lin could no longer suppress the smile on his face.

Once he let go of Zhuge Yi, he threw a flurry of punches at the sky.

"Refreshing!!!"

He had wanted to do this for a long time; he just never had the chance.

Now that he had pulled this off, all the pent-up frustration in his heart had completely dissipated.

He wasn't even breaking his promise to Zhuge Qianxing; he had just saved Zhuge Ni from the hands of the Demon Emperor.

In Ye Lin's interpretation, the five words "protect Zhuge Ni" simply meant keeping her alive.

"Why do you hate her even more than I do?"

Zhuge Yi looked at Ye Lin with a strange expression.

Logically speaking, shouldn't she, the biological daughter whose life had been swapped, hate Zhuge Ni more?

"You don't understand! If it weren't for your dead-beat father, I would have already smashed her to death with a forbidden spell."

Slap!

As soon as the words fell, Zhuge Yi landed a slap on Ye Lin's face.

"Don't you dare insult him!"

"Next time for sure!"

Ye Lin took out the Seven-Star Lamp.

"Alright, now that we've arrived at Qingcheng and have someone with the Zhuge family bloodline, why isn't it lighting up? Was this Seven-Star Lamp made using *Boruto*?"

"Give it to me."

Zhuge Yi sliced her palm, and blood gushed out.

She took the Seven-Star Lamp from Ye Lin's hand, and the moment her palm touched the lamp body, all the blood was absorbed into it.

In an instant, a faint flame seemed to be ignited by an invisible force, emitting a series of strange rays of light.

Ye Lin stared fixedly at the lit Seven-Star Lamp; a moment later, the flame burned brighter and brighter.

A wisp of blue smoke drifted off in one direction; the smoke was extremely eerie, and neither the wind nor Ye Lin sweeping his hand through it could have any effect on it.

The blue smoke seemed to have a destination of its own, quietly drifting off in one direction.

"There is something in this direction," Zhuge Yi said.

"I know, let's go!"

Ye Lin hoisted Zhuge Yi up and chased after the direction the blue smoke was drifting.

This chase led them straight out of Qingcheng.

The demonic creatures near Qingcheng had long since been scared away; Ye Lin's previous strike of thunder was enough to scare the demonic creatures into wetting themselves.

Ye Lin chased the blue smoke all the way, but as he chased, he suddenly realized something was wrong.

Because he had walked this road before!

Only, the last time he walked this road, Guo Qin and Zhuge Qianxing were by his side.

"Could it be..."

Ye Lin's breathing quickened, and he immediately activated the Dance of Instants, using his full speed to chase in the direction of the blue smoke.

After passing through a dense forest, there was a valley filled with white mist.

Ye Lin froze in his tracks, because inside the valley, at the end of the blue smoke, stood a stone gate that reached into the clouds!

Carved upon that stone gate were patterns of the sun, moon, stars, mountains, rivers, dragons, phoenixes, and qilin, appearing both mysterious and solemn as it stood abruptly in the valley.

"The Gate of Apocalypse..."

Ye Lin's expression turned grave.

He remembered very clearly that once Zhuge Qianxing had taken him through the Gate of Apocalypse, the gate had vanished completely.

Yet now, this gate had appeared before him once again.

Could it be that the ancient treasury referred to in Zhuge Qianxing's sixth silk pouch was this Gate of Apocalypse before him?

But without the Ancient Key of Apocalypse, what use was it even if he found the Gate of Apocalypse?

Just as Ye Lin was lost in thought, accompanied by a low and long mechanical sound, the Gate of Apocalypse before him slowly opened, revealing the narrow passage behind it.

The Gate of Apocalypse had actually opened on its own without the Ancient Key of Apocalypse!

The passage was incredibly deep and pitch-black, with no end in sight.

However, Ye Lin had already walked this passage once before; he didn't hesitate, just took a deep breath, and walked straight in.

Aside from the Demon Venerable, there shouldn't be anyone else in this world who could pose a threat to him.

The passage behind the gate was the same as when Ye Lin first came; there was nothing there, until he reached the end, where a modern metal door appeared.

"Behind the Gate of Apocalypse? How could it be like this?" Zhuge Yi's heavy pupils were also filled with shock.

"I don't know, but prepare yourself; something even more shocking is behind this door."

Ye Lin took Zhuge Yi through the metal door, and the two arrived at a ruined version of Qingcheng.

Everywhere was ruins and broken walls; the world was desolate, dust filled the air, and there were no signs of life.

"A mirror world?" Zhuge Yi's face was filled with disbelief.

"Maybe, or maybe not."

Ye Lin looked at the ruined Qingcheng before him and slowly rose into the air.

When he first came here, his strength was too weak, and he didn't dare to explore recklessly.

Since he had the chance to enter the Gate of Apocalypse a second time, he had to figure out what exactly was going on inside.

His spiritual power flowed and spread like liquid; with Ye Lin's current spiritual power, he covered the entire city of Qingcheng in the blink of an eye.

After confirming that there was nothing in this ruined version of Qingcheng, Ye Lin continued to explore further.

Soon, he saw many familiar cities, but these cities were just like Qingcheng—devoid of any life, turned into a desolate ruin.

He flew for a long distance, and all that appeared were ruins.

Ye Lin even made a trip to the Sang Kingdom, only to find that the situation there was the same: all ruins.

This world was clearly identical to the world they lived in, yet it was filled with ruins everywhere.

Ye Lin stayed in the world behind the Gate of Apocalypse for a long time, but he didn't find anything.

"Let's split up."

Zhuge Yi suddenly spoke.

"We will each head in opposite directions and neither of us should turn back; no matter what, this world should have an end, right?"

"That works!"

Ye Lin nodded.

"You have a mark I left on you; if there is danger, just call me."

After making the decision, Ye Lin sped off alone in the opposite direction of Zhuge Yi.

At his current speed, traveling ten thousand miles a day was no exaggeration.

Ye Lin kept walking in one direction until he reached the end of this world.

And when he arrived at the end of the world of the Gate of Apocalypse, Ye Lin froze in his tracks.

A bone-chilling coldness shot up his spine all the way to the top of his head!

Even with Ye Lin's current strength, a look of terror could not help but surface in his eyes.

"How could it be like this? Is this the secret of the Gate of Apocalypse?"