Chapter 180: The Heaven and Earth Profound Gate Opens! (A 6000-Character Chapter)

The Ancestral Temple, a temple where the Human Race offers sacrifices to their ancestors.

Unlike other places, no Array is set up within the Ancestral Temple; all the structures are made of the simplest bluestone.

The Mirage Sea not only devours all living things, but various heavenly spiritual materials also struggle to survive under its erosion.

The most ordinary bluestone and soil, conversely, are not affected; thus, within the Ancestral Realm, apart from the most core Arrays, the vast majority of other Arrays were set up in this era.

And buildings intended to last for a long time, such as the Ancestral Temple, are built using the simplest materials.

Even the spirit tablets enshrined in the Ancestral Temple are carved from bluestone.

By carving characters into stone, as long as this information does not involve the Mirage Sea, the time it can persist is quite long.

Yet, as endless years have passed, many inscriptions have long since become blurred and indistinct.

Therefore, whenever a new era flourishes, these stone tablets are remade.

However, in this process, it is inevitable that much information is lost.

"Everyone, the situation is exactly as described; the matter of opening the gate should be done sooner rather than later."

Chen Mo's gaze swept over everyone present; apart from the many Innate Experts, Empress Xu and the Emperor of Dali were also here, as he had just informed them of what the ancestral spirits had said.

"In short, there is no time to delay. I will immediately go to push open the Heaven and Earth Profound Gate, and I hope you all will return and make preparations quickly. The time left for us will certainly not be much."

Chen Mo continued to speak; the reason he summoned everyone was to announce the matter of pushing open the Heaven and Earth Profound Gate.

To let them go back and make some preparations, rather than doing nothing at all.

The fusion of two worlds is by no means a matter of a single day or night; both sides need time to adapt before making contact.

"Indeed, the benevolence, evil, strength, and weakness of the other world merging with our Cangxuan World are still unknown; we should return and make preparations early."

Chu Tianxiu spoke in a deep voice, and then the many experts began to discuss how to deal with the other world.

In this era, this is the first time their world has pushed open the Heaven and Earth Profound Gate, with only Chen Mo, an expert of the Creation Realm, presiding.

Yet the other world might be pushing open the Heaven and Earth Profound Gate for the second or third time, and their strength could be far greater than theirs.

If both sides are evenly matched, then everyone might naturally be good people, or at least friendly on the surface.

But if the strength is unequal, then what might happen is even harder to say.

"That is correct. According to what I have checked in ancient books, when two worlds fuse, the Heavenly Law stabilizes, and at that time, more experts will inevitably be born.

But the number of the Human Race that one world can support and sustain is limited; if the other side's strength is far greater than ours, then what might happen is hard to say," the Dao Lord of Daoxuan Mountain said.

Currently, many top Innate Experts cannot break through to the Heavenly Human Realm because the difficulty is too high.

The Heavenly Law is somewhat incomplete, so breaking through is not that easy; not everyone is as gifted as Chen Mo.

If the two worlds fuse and the Heavenly Law stabilizes, then many existing top Innate Experts will have the opportunity to attempt to break through to the Heavenly Human Realm.

Furthermore, with the Law stable and complete, it will also be a great help in cultivation for many experts of the Innate Realm.

Of course, this influence can only affect Martial Artists at the Innate Realm and above, or Qi Refiners of the same level.

For Martial Artists below these realms, there is no significant impact.

Moreover, even if the Heavenly Law is complete and stable, not all top Innate Martial Artists will necessarily be able to break through to the Heavenly Human Realm.

It just means their probability of breaking through is greater than before.

The many experts discussed for a long time, mainly revolving around what the situation would be if the other world were stronger than them.

Generally, there are three possibilities: first, the other side is friendly, and the two worlds exchange what they have—this would naturally be best.

Another is that the other side is not friendly and intends to directly invade or conquer this world.

Furthermore, judging others by themselves, many experts also believe there is a third possibility.

That is, the other side first pretends not to see their world, while the Demonic Path of the other world descends at this time to slaughter and plunder wantonly in their world.

Once the Demonic Path has plundered most of the accumulations of their world, the righteous experts of the other world will then step in to suppress the Demonic Path.

In this way, not only would the accumulations of their world over many years fall into the hands of the other world, but they would even have to thank the other side for extending a helping hand.

Although plundering them carries great risk, as long as they can escape in time, it would also be a considerable harvest for the Demonic Path of the other world.

And by letting the Demonic Path act as the vanguard, they could also take this opportunity to see how strong their world is, in order to determine their attitude toward them afterward.

This possibility is, of course, quite high, because many Innate Experts secretly hold the thought that if the other world were weaker, they would use this method themselves.

There is also a more extreme possibility: that the other world has been completely occupied by the Demonic Path, and the reason for pushing open the Heaven and Earth Profound Gate is to use their world as sustenance for the other side.

This probability certainly exists, but it is not very high. And if that were truly the case, it would be difficult for them to put up any effective resistance.

"Everyone, this matter is by no means my affair alone; it is a matter for the whole world. I hope you seniors will return to your own mountain gates and ancestral lands and take out a few of your hidden trump cards."

Chen Mo spoke in a deep voice, and the many Innate Experts agreed one after another.

Among the many factions present, not all have only been passed down in this era; many have stood firm for several eras.

They naturally have some hidden treasures that can be activated at critical moments.

Stepping away from the Ancestral Temple, Chen Mo ascended to the highest point of the sacred mountain once more; the many Innate Experts did not leave, but stood quietly watching this scene.

The Abbot of Kucha Temple held prayer beads in his hand, his face as calm as an ancient well, yet from the prayer beads turning faster and faster in his hand, one could see his inner excitement and tension.

Chu Tianxiu gripped the shoulder of his good friend Zhao Xuanxin tightly, the force in his hand increasing unconsciously.

In ordinary times, Zhao Xuanxin would have already been grimacing and cursing at him to let go.

But at this moment, he could not care about such things; his eyes were fixed tightly on Chen Mo's movements, not daring to be the least bit careless.

The Dao Lord of Daoxuan Mountain held a palm-sized Warm Jade Turtle Shell; although this was not the ultimate trump card of Daoxuan Mountain, it was still the top supreme treasure that could be found in their era.

Using this turtle shell for divination could measure fortune and determine calamity.

However, at this moment, no matter how he calculated, he could never obtain a specific result.

He knew this was because his own cultivation was insufficient; in such a major event concerning an entire world, he could not calculate anything at all.

Yet he was still trying.

But seeing Chen Mo walk to the front of the Heaven and Earth Profound Gate, he stopped all movements and, like all the Innate Martial Artists, watched this scene quietly.

At this moment, no one even dared to breathe loudly, for fear of disturbing Chen Mo, who was far away on the mountaintop.

The Heaven and Earth Profound Gate was still wreathed in ribbons of precious light; seeing Chen Mo walk over, the Ancestral Spirit also manifested its form from within it.

"Are you here to open the gate?" it asked in a condensed voice, its tone devoid of much emotional fluctuation.

"Yes," Chen Mo nodded.

The Ancestral Spirit instructed, "Since you practice a Body Refining Method, you should stimulate your Qi and Blood and exert your own strength to the utmost to push open the Heaven and Earth Profound Gate.

The Heavenly Law of this world has been eroded, so the difficulty of opening the gate is somewhat greater than before. I will find a way to assist you, but you must also give it your all."

Chen Mo nodded in response, his own Qi and Blood already being stimulated step by step, growing from his normal state of 180,000 jin all the way to 500,000 jin of Qi and Blood strength.

Bursts of golden-red Blood Qi erupted from his skin, the Blood Qi surging into the heavens, reaching a height of a hundred zhang.

Within the golden-red Blood Qi, countless Dao Marks shone in mutual reflection, blooming with blood-colored precious light, dazzling and eye-catching.

The many Innate Martial Artists watching this scene from the mountainside could not help but feel bursts of palpitations; they could perceive just how formidable this power truly was.

Chen Mo's entire body was now already crimson, as he stimulated his own strength to the maximum.

500,000 jin of Qi and Blood strength was not yet his limit; if it did not succeed, he would try again.

In an instant, the heavens and earth changed drastically; phantoms of azure dragons appeared, merging into Chen Mo's Qi and Blood to provide him with a blessing.

Immediately following, as if a hundred phoenixes were crying out in unison, a phoenix phantom with a wingspan of over ten zhang appeared and merged into Chen Mo's Qi and Blood.

Fortune turns, and the heavens and earth exert force together.

Chen Mo pushing open the Heaven and Earth Profound Gate was a good deed beneficial to this world, and the heavens and earth naturally welcomed this situation.

Therefore, the heavens and earth helped him as much as possible; whether it was this azure dragon or this Red Phoenix, both were manifestations of the Heavenly Law appearing externally.

"Open!" Chen Mo shouted in a deep voice, both his left and right arms surrounded by dragon and phoenix phantoms, his Divine Store Power fully stimulated.

The Heaven and Earth Profound Gate, which had been sealed for who knows how long, finally showed movement!

The entire sacred mountain was shaking; this fluctuation of power was far beyond what an ordinary person could withstand.

Except for those Innate Martial Artists, the vast majority of people had long since retreated to the foot of the mountain.

In fact, even those Innate Martial Artists could not help but feel awe when they sensed this fluctuation of power at this moment.

This was still only because this momentum was not deliberately targeting them; if it had been deliberately targeting them,

then perhaps in a single instant, their spines would have been crushed, and they would have been forced to lie flat on the ground.

Chen Mo gritted his teeth and exerted force; he could feel bursts of resistance on the gate behind him, and even the crashing of Mirage Sea Water.

The Heaven and Earth Profound Gate was the portal of this world; pushing it open meant opening the gate to this world.

With the Mirage Sea outside, it would inevitably block him.

There was also the most important point, which was that the Heavenly Law was incomplete.

For this reason, Chen Mo had to erupt with even more formidable power; even with the incompleteness of the heavens and earth, he had to complete it.

Taking a deep breath, the Qi and Blood strength within Chen Mo's body surged, and even his five internal organs were trembling and humming.

900,000 jin of physical strength erupted; this was power far exceeding his physical limit, and Chen Mo could even taste a hint of blood in his mouth.

This was the taste of his own fresh blood; he had not tasted it for a long time.

Pushing open the Heaven and Earth Profound Gate required long-lasting strength, so he could not exert it in a single instant, but had to take it slowly.

"Crack, crack, crack!" Several crisp sounds rang out; Chen Mo could already feel that the Heaven and Earth Profound Gate was gradually opening.

The powerhouse who originally refined this Heaven and Earth Profound Gate, in order to allow later generations to push open the Heaven and Earth Profound Gate more simply and conveniently,

had left behind the simplest method: as long as one initially refined it, then pushed open these two doors, that would suffice.

This was mainly because Chen Mo was of the Human Race, so the strength he exerted did not need to be very strong; as long as it reached the basic threshold, the Heaven and Earth Profound Gate would stimulate its own power.

But if it were changed to another race, then no matter how powerful the strength exerted, the Heaven and Earth Profound Gate would not open even if it were shattered.

The Heaven and Earth Profound Gate opened a crack, and Chen Mo could vaguely feel the surging Mirage Sea Water from the outside washing over him.

"Boom—!" The heavens and earth shook, and wave after wave of unimaginable power descended; the entire Ancestral Realm was vibrating.

Chen Mo peered outward; there were living beings appearing within the Mirage Sea, some of which were humanoid, while others were strange and varied.

There were even great kun, ten thousand zhang in length, resembling towering mountain peaks; a single strike would stir up boundless Mirage Sea Water.

But these living beings were all astonished, and then quickly left, not stopping him from opening the gate.

Aside from the Mirage Sea, Chen Mo could also vaguely feel the attraction force of another world, though it was too small.

In this vast Mirage Sea, there was no knowing how many worlds there were; at this moment, it just so happened that a world was pushing open its Heaven and Earth Profound Gate at the same time as his.

This force of attraction and pulling became increasingly powerful as the gate gradually opened wide.

Chen Mo looked at that world from afar, but could not see it clearly yet.

The Heaven and Earth Profound Gate opened completely, and the attraction and pulling force between the two worlds became increasingly formidable.

Two worlds that were originally an unknown distance apart were being forcibly merged into one in the concept of space.

As the Heaven and Earth Profound Gate was pushed open, he could feel this world shaking; his Divine Eye circulated to break through the secret realm's spatial barrier, gazing at the distant horizon.

The land of this world that had originally been submerged by the Mirage Sea now emerged once again; there were grasslands, deserts, and even vast oceans.

These regions had originally been gradually eroded clean by the Mirage Sea, but now that the Heaven and Earth Profound Gate was pushed open, the Heavenly Law of the two worlds began to gradually merge, and under the dispelling of the law, the land that had been eroded emerged once again.

Looking more closely, strands of cyan Heavenly Luck were gathering between the heavens and earth.

Chen Mo pushing open the Heaven and Earth Profound Gate to extend this world's time by several hundred years would naturally earn the favor of the will of heaven.

From then on, his actions in this world would be smooth sailing, blessed by the Heavenly Luck of the heavens and earth.

"Boom—!"

Bursts of sound came; Chen Mo could see that the two worlds were gradually merging and intersecting; this required a certain amount of time and could not succeed in an instant.

In the areas where the two worlds had not yet merged, there was still much residual Mirage Sea Water.

This Mirage Sea Water could instead be counted as a layer of barrier, providing a buffer for the two worlds over the next few months.

"The Heaven and Earth Profound Gate is open!" Chu Tianxiu shouted excitedly, wishing he could jump up to celebrate!

The heavy stone that had been pressing on his heart had now finally been completely removed!

"Hahaha!" The Dao Lord, ignoring the turtle shell for the moment, laughed heartily without a shred of detachment.

Even the Abbot of Kucha Temple could not help but let a smile appear on his face, and the rotation of the prayer beads in his hands became more rhythmic.

The many powerhouses all cheered with excitement; the matter at hand could be called the greatest event in the world today.

"Seniors, you should return quickly to prepare for the merging of the other world," Chen Mo reminded them.

"Very well, we shall make preparations upon our return." Zhao Xuanxin spoke first, then left with several Innate Martial Artists of the imperial clan, Zhao Renmin, and Xu Taihou.

The remaining Innate Martial Artists bowed to Chen Mo before leaving one after another to prepare.

The merging of the two worlds was unpredictable, and they had to plan ahead.

After giving these instructions, Chen Mo walked to a newly opened cave dwelling on the mountainside and began to sit in meditation.

He could perceive that he had sustained internal injuries.

His Qi and Blood had previously erupted beyond his limit, and he had been scoured by the Mirage Sea Water, leaving him in a very poor state.

Fortunately, having now pushed open the Heaven and Earth Profound Gate, he was able to access many resources of the Human Race.

Chen Mo did not have time to examine them in detail; he found a high-quality Healing Pill and swallowed it.

This pill contained infinite vitality, which merged into his internal organs to treat his physical injuries while suppressing the power of the Mirage Sea.

Chen Mo entered a state of fetal breathing to further recuperate.

Only when the medicinal power was exhausted and he had fully recovered did Chen Mo regain his focus.

Without any hesitation, he decisively began a new round of Mortal Transformation.

As the flow of Blood Qi built the foundation for his physical growth, Chen Mo, having undergone many transformations, was now able to initially control the flow of Blood Qi within the Transformation Pearl.

Under his guidance, this Blood Qi surged into his limbs and bones, his ears and feet, and then his entire body.

The Zaohua First Heaven realm required one to incorporate Heaven and Earth Dao Marks into the body, transforming the entire physical form into a divine treasury.

When this realm is cultivated to perfection, a Martial Artist has Dao rhymes flowing and Heavenly Law blessing their every move, and their physical body reaches perfection—if not quite Ten Thousand Laws Cannot Invade, they can at least ignore many methods.

Chen Mo guided the Blood Qi to nourish his physical foundation, and as the heavens and earth shook, countless Dao Marks were drawn into his body.

A cyan-purple beam of light rose from his body, shooting straight into the clouds.

Favored by the will of heaven, while ordinary Zaohua Martial Artists faced great risks when incorporating Heaven and Earth Dao Marks—even fearing the descent of heavenly lightning tribulations—

Chen Mo had no such worries; his body flowed with countless precious lights, golden rays dancing and interweaving in resonance with the Heaven and Earth Dao Marks.

His body changed continuously, resembling glazed divine gold, his bones crystal clear like beautiful jade; if one looked closely, one could see countless Heavenly Laws connected within his bones.

A practitioner of the Creation Realm seizes the creation of heaven and earth; within Chen Mo, Dao techniques interwove and flowed as if they were one.

His physical body seemed to form a world of its own, isolated from this heaven and earth.

Chen Mo could perceive that 3,600 Dao Marks were not his limit.

Ordinary Martial Artists could only accommodate so many because their bodies could only bear that much.

But this was far from his own limit, so he continued to draw upon the Heaven and Earth Power to incorporate more Dao Marks.

With every additional Dao Mark incorporated, his body had to withstand even greater pressure.

Yet for his physical foundation, this was not a major problem.

As he climbed upward from 3,600, the pressure Chen Mo felt grew increasingly intense.

He did not stop until he reached 8,600.

Everything has a limit, and going too far is as bad as not going far enough; even though he could continue to incorporate Dao Marks,

he was already nearing his limit, and to pursue it further might cause his body to collapse, which would be counterproductive.

At this moment, Chen Mo's body could hardly be called a pure physical body; between his flesh, tendons, bones, and even his internal organs, Heaven and Earth Dao techniques flowed.

Dao Marks were engraved within his body, and Heavenly Laws flowed, connecting the changes of all phenomena.

This was the perfection of the Zaohua First Heaven realm; to break through to the next step, he would need to completely link these Dao Marks into one.

This was by no means easy and could not be achieved by relying solely on the Transformation Pearl.

Furthermore, this transformation had also increased his power of Qi and Blood, growing from 180,000 jin to 250,000 jin.

The vast majority of this growth came from the transformation of his own Qi and Blood resulting from incorporating the Dao Marks.

The growth obtained from the Transformation Pearl's transformation was not much, but after eleven transformations, Chen Mo noticed that the Transformation Pearl was different from before.

Originally, the Transformation Pearl was completely transparent and colorless, but now it was covered in many mysterious patterns.

Chen Mo wrapped the Transformation Pearl in Blood Qi and instantly understood its intent.

His body had undergone many transformations, and simple Blood Qi could no longer easily affect it.

To further transform his body, besides needing sufficiently pure Blood Qi,

he must also accumulate enough power of Heavenly Laws to bathe his body in their scouring; only then could he undergo further transformation.

However, achieving this was not easy.

One must either obtain rare Heaven and Earth spiritual objects as supplements or accumulate it slowly by oneself.

In the Creation Realm, since he could incorporate Heaven and Earth Dao Marks into his body, he could naturally also send the power of Heavenly Laws into the Transformation Pearl.

It was just that this progress was not fast; if he relied on his own accumulation, the next transformation would take at least three years.

Chen Mo took out a Blood Essence Stone; it also contained the power of Heavenly Laws, though in extremely small quantities.

In this way, if he wanted to rely solely on Blood Essence Stones to charge the Transformation Pearl, the quantity required would be truly massive—at least tens of thousands.

This was no small number; even emptying the entire world might not be enough to gather so many.

But things that did not exist in the world today existed within the Heaven and Earth Profound Gate; the accumulations of the Human Race from this era and even several previous eras were stored within it.

As the one who pushed open the Heaven and Earth Profound Gate, Chen Mo could not necessarily take these resources at will, but he could obtain a significant portion.

Likewise, when their era drew to a close, all resources would be collected and sent into the Heaven and Earth Profound Gate, waiting for the Human Race of the next era to use.

Furthermore, there were many other things within the Heaven and Earth Profound Gate, such as cultivation techniques and various types of information and intelligence.

These matters could not be easily revealed to others, and even the ancestral spirits would not know them under normal circumstances, but he himself could explore them.

Chen Mo exhaled a long breath of stale air; this Mortal Transformation breakthrough had not only brought his physical cultivation to the perfection of the first stage of the Creation Mirror.

Chen Mo was also able to perceive that his True Qi cultivation had successfully reached the Xiantian Fifth Layer.

However, compared to the improvement in his physical body, the improvement in his True Qi was hardly worth mentioning.

Chen Mo stood up, his gaze involuntarily falling first upon the Putan beneath him.

After being nurtured by his practice several times, this Putan, previously obtained from the Mirage Realm, now radiated a glowing luster, and even more Heaven and Earth Power was being guided and gathered.

Chen Mo could feel that after his long-term nurturing, this Putan was now gradually recovering, exerting a portion of its original efficacy.

Sitting cross-legged upon it could help a Martial Artist gather Heaven and Earth Power and allow the Martial Artist to calm their mind.

This was only a portion of its efficacy; as he continued to nurture it, the power of this Putan would become stronger and stronger.

Chen Mo put it away into his Storage Ring and once again activated his Divine Eye to look into the distance.

The two worlds were still in the process of merging, but now it was basically complete.

It stood to reason that in at most another month or so, the two worlds would be completely merged.

As for the specific situation of the other world, he truly could not see it clearly; the reason was none other than the distance being far too great.

If it were not for the fact that a world is truly too vast and immense—so large that it is impossible to ignore—even with the Divine Eye, Chen Mo would likely find it difficult to see the situation thirty thousand li away.

He stepped back up to the very top of the Divine Mountain, where the Heaven and Earth Profound Gate remained in an open state.

Only when the two worlds were completely merged would it close again.

And if one wanted to push open the Heaven and Earth Profound Gate again to allow it to merge with another world, then even more powerful strength would be required.

The Ancestral Spirit manifested its form at this moment; compared to last time, its condition was clearly much better.

A moon-white figure coalesced; although the facial features could not be seen clearly, it no longer looked like just a ball as it had before.

"Senior Ancestral Spirit, may I ask how long this junior has been in seclusion?" Chen Mo asked in a focused voice.

"Three months and eight days. Based on the current situation, in another twenty-odd days, the two worlds will be completely merged."

The Ancestral Spirit spoke slowly; unlike its previous indifference, it had recovered more consciousness this time, and its tone clearly contained some emotion.

"The two worlds will merge. I will first try to find a way to see if I can communicate with the Ancestral Spirit of the other world, to try my best to keep the two worlds at peace.

But it is hard to say what the specific situation will be; you all must still be careful and make preparations," the Ancestral Spirit exhorted carefully.

While it would certainly try its best to communicate with the Ancestral Spirit of the other world, conflicts of interest could not be resolved by simple communication alone.

"This junior understands. I would like to enter the Heaven and Earth Profound Gate now to take a look and retrieve some of the accumulations of my Human Race," Chen Mo said.

"Very well." The Ancestral Spirit naturally would not refuse this. "Use your Qi and Blood power to communicate with the space inside the Heaven and Earth Profound Gate, and you will be able to step inside."

Chen Mo reached out to touch the Heaven and Earth Profound Gate, sensed the internal space, and with a movement of his mind, the scenery before his eyes suddenly changed.

First, to dispel a rumor: the author does have an outline.

Secondly, according to my conception, the word count of this book should be between 1.5 million and 2 million words.

Although I admit that my updates are indeed relatively slow, I will absolutely not abandon the book; please trust me!

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