Chapter 267: Heading to Refuse-Sea City

The Heaven and Earth Profound Gate is vast, ancient, simple, and heavy; its origins were forged by the top powerhouses of this epoch.

As long as two Heaven and Earth Profound Gates are pushed open simultaneously, they will resonate with each other, and the two worlds will merge into one.

Chen Mo stood on the mountain peak, with the Cangxuan World Heaven and Earth Profound Gate before him.

At the foot of the mountain, many Heavenly Human Martial Artists from the All-Heaven Realm and Cangxuan World were waiting.

Previously, within the Return Ruins, Chen Mo had already discussed with Yu Lingyi the matter of pushing open the Heaven and Earth Profound Gates of both worlds simultaneously.

On this matter, both sides shared the same goal and did not have any major disagreements.

After pushing open the Heaven and Earth Profound Gates, the Heavenly Laws connecting the multiple worlds become more stable, but there are still boundless wastelands where the worlds connect.

These areas were regions submerged by the Mirage Sea, which have only now revealed themselves as the laws have become more stable.

And these desolate regions also serve, to a certain extent, as boundary lines between the various worlds.

Besides this, before pushing open the Heaven and Earth Profound Gates, both worlds must also make preparations, such as clearing out Demonic Path Martial Artists and Qi Refiners.

Moreover, the increase in foundation and carrying capacity brought about by the connection of worlds is by no means as simple as one plus one being greater than two.

Chen Mo and his side have three worlds, and while the other side only has two, with five worlds connected, the improvement in the foundation of the world's laws is multiplied.

The three Supernatural Martial Artists, including Bai Yuxia, felt it even less; they could sense that the Heavenly Laws were different, but they could not specifically say where the difference lay. To truly perceive it, they would need more time to cultivate and comprehend.

He was also displaying his own power; a Taiji Diagram composed of pure Yin-Yang Law departed from the Cangxuan World Ancestral Realm and arrived in the external Da Tiandi.

As time passed, this period of laws began to slowly rotate and change, and dissipated according to its fixed patterns.

But True One Realm Martial Artists may not remain in this world for long; most will likely head to that Da Tiandi to cultivate, just like him.

On this point, Chen Mo felt it most profoundly, especially through the comparison with the newly born Yin-Yang Law; he could further realize his own shortcomings.

If viewed from the geographical orientation of the Da Tiandi, they are not connected together.

This is only the fusion between Small Worlds; if he were to go to the Da Tiandi, he would certainly be able to perceive this situation more clearly.

Not only will it be easier for existing powerhouses to cultivate, but more powerhouses will also be able to break through their shackles and advance further.

Chen Mo estimated the time internally; in order for the two worlds to merge smoothly, they had agreed to push open the Heaven and Earth Profound Gates at the same time.

Chen Mo looked up and could still see the phantom of the other world emerging.

The Demonic Path is like insects in a sewer; after clearing out one batch, another will appear, because there will always be people willing to take risks.

And the three Supernatural Martial Artists, including Bai Yuxia, could feel even more the power as deep as an abyss and as vast as the sea contained within the Yin-Yang True Meaning.

The communication and connection between the two sides must be at least at the Innate Realm level. Martial Artists below the Innate Realm have no ability at all to cross the connected desolate regions.

Without the struggle for Heavenly Luck, the numerous worlds would naturally not waste energy on meaningless contention.

And Martial Artists below the Heavenly Human Realm mostly did not feel much, only Innate Martial Artists felt that cultivation seemed smoother than in the past.

Chen Mo gazed into the distance, looking across infinite space at the other world.

Chen Mo carefully experienced the changes and differences in the new laws after the world fusion.

Chen Mo did not preach, but merely displaying the marvelous application of the Yin-Yang True Meaning was enough for these Heavenly Human Martial Artists to gain some enlightenment.

"Boom!" The entire world was trembling, boundless law power was roaring and surging; the Heaven and Earth Profound Gate opened and began to connect with the other Heaven and Earth Profound Gate.

The time law was constantly decaying, and Chen Mo's hands were already placed on the Heaven and Earth Profound Gate.

As the Small World laws within his body completely dissipated, thousands of Yin-Yang laws flowed within Chen Mo's body, and the Yin-Yang True Gang manifested, surging between heaven and earth.

To push open the Heaven and Earth Profound Gate, he actually did not need to expend too much power; he only needed to prove to the Heaven and Earth Profound Gate that he had reached the True One Realm.

This law was not only within his world; Chen Mo also left an identical law within Yu Lingyi's body.

Chen Mo looked inward at his own Small World; within his Small World was a constantly changing time law.

But by utilizing the profoundness of space, the two worlds were not only connected, but even their laws were complementing and merging with each other.

Both sides made preparations, left sufficient time, and made an agreement before they were to push open the Heaven and Earth Profound Gates.

When the laws dissipated, both sides would push open the Heaven and Earth Profound Gates simultaneously.

The Heaven and Earth Profound Gate has the mystery of space; the two Heaven and Earth Profound Gates are essentially building a passage within the two worlds.

His own power was already fully surging, the mystery of the Yin-Yang Law was added to his body, and the Yin-Yang True Gang that Chen Mo had accumulated was now spilling outward as if it were endless.

Therefore, even if many worlds are connected into one, the various worlds still govern themselves separately.

But even so, just proving this point was enough to make him exhaust the strength of his current realm.

According to Chen Mo's estimation, with five worlds merging, this world could at least accommodate five True One Realm Martial Artists.

Unfathomable, unpredictable; just standing far away and sensing it was enough to perceive boundless pressure.

A Taiji Diagram appeared before Chen Mo's palms; the Taiji Diagram rotated rapidly, containing the profound Yin-Yang True Meaning within.

Both sides govern their own territories; except for forces and powerhouses above the Innate Realm being able to travel, trade, and exchange what they have for what they lack, there is not much impact on other matters.

As for the many Heavenly Human Martial Artists, the law changes they felt were a notch weaker, but they could at least still sense them.

At the foot of the mountain, just seeing this scene, the many Heavenly Human Martial Artists were all mesmerized.

And the Martial Artists at the Post-Heaven Pulse-Opening Realm had no sensation at all.

Immediately following, this pattern began to change drastically, expanding to ten thousand miles in size in an instant; any Martial Artist who had reached the Innate Realm, regardless of which world they were in, could sense and see this Yin-Yang figure.

This was something they had already agreed upon beforehand; although both worlds pushed open the Heaven and Earth Profound Gates at the same time, they might not necessarily connect.

Therefore, when opening the gates, both sides still made full preparations to deal with unexpected situations.

Chen Mo drew a Yin Yang Fish pattern between heaven and earth; if the person opening the gate on the other side was Yu Lingyi, then a response would be given.

If it was not, Chen Mo's world would have to make full preparations to deal with the other world.

The Yin Yang Fish pattern manifested, and immediately after, Chen Mo saw that in the other world, there was also a mass of flowing light shooting straight into the clouds.

In just a few breaths, that stream of light scattered in the clouds, seven-colored precious light intertwined, turning into a phantom of a Bodhi Tree.

This was the signal Chen Mo had previously agreed upon with Yu Lingyi; the appearance of this seven-colored precious tree meant that what they were doing this time had succeeded.

The two worlds merged, and it was an incredibly stable fusion.

Chen Mo revealed a smile, and could not help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart.

Everything regarding this matter is normal and proceeding in an orderly fashion according to plan; it seems my own luck is not too bad.

In this way, I do not need to waste too much effort on this matter, and for now, you can leave directly and head to the Return Ruins.

I did not provide too many instructions, as these matters had already been discussed beforehand.

After Chen Mo pushes open the Heaven and Earth Profound Gate, he will immediately return to the Heavenly Court Secret Realm and announce his seclusion.

In reality, he is taking this opportunity to head straight deep into the Return Ruins, preparing to use this as a springboard to head to Ju Hai City.

The reason why this matter cannot be made public is mainly because the fact that he is heading to Ju Hai City itself cannot be publicized.

Furthermore, the tone must tell the vast majority of people that the strongest powerhouse within the Heaven and Earth today is going to an unknown place.

It is better to just use the excuse of seclusion to brush it off; that is the most convenient way.

Letting only a small number of people know the inside story is the best choice.

Moreover, Chen Mo's cultivation has reached the True One Realm, and with the fusion of the new Heaven and Earth, his insights are the deepest; it is only logical for him to go into seclusion now.

Leaving the Ancestral Realm and returning to the Heavenly Court Secret Realm, Chen Mo first looked at the Beast Egg that was recovering to confirm that everything was fine.

Finally, he instructed Zhao Yu about his seclusion; after finishing these things, he then entered the Return Ruins Secret Realm once again.

Appearing alone in Wanren City, Chen Mo did not waste any more time and set off to move far away from the city.

He had already walked the path deeper into the Return Ruins once before, so walking it now was naturally faster.

Arriving at that secret location, he continued to go deeper into the Return Ruins according to the specific method.

Chen Mo soon arrived at the third layer of the Return Ruins; according to what the phantom of Zhang Qianlian said before, there is a Teleportation Array in the Thousand Layer Tower that leads to Ju Hai City.

Furthermore, the array is hidden; not only that, but there are multiple layers of protection on the periphery of the array, mainly to prevent people from entering by mistake.

All who can enter are True One Martial Artists of the alliance; besides Zhang Qianlian, there are three other True One Martial Artists in the Huantian Alliance, and now with Chen Mo, there are four.

Only the four of them can enter that Teleportation Array and use it to travel to Ju Hai City.

Chen Mo has the Token that he gave him earlier, so he can easily enter and exit that place; otherwise, he would have to continue deep into the Return Ruins and use the Token given by Fengdu Niangniang to find another Teleportation Array.

Chen Mo ascended into the high sky and rapidly approached the Thousand Layer Tower; although his speed was fast, his movements were not as ostentatious as last time.

The reason he was so brazen last time was because he was completely unfamiliar with the situation here and needed someone to guide him.

Now there is no need for such trouble, and he walked all the way into the deepest part of the Thousand Layer Tower.

The Huantian Alliance has not explored much of this place, and the functions of the vast majority of the buildings remain unclear.

The alliance had actually explored this secret location clearly, but as the Mirage Sea Catastrophe completely descended, much information was obliterated.

Coupled with the disintegration of the first layer of the Return Ruins earlier, the environment of the Thousand Layer Tower changed from the fourth layer of the Return Ruins to the third layer.

Changes occurred inside many buildings, and any information explored previously no longer had any meaning.

Therefore, in this era, the Huantian Alliance needs to re-explore, and this progress certainly cannot be called fast.

Especially since the scope of the Thousand Layer Tower secret location is already extremely vast, and each layer has different mysteries, the progress of exploring it is even slower.

Chen Mo walked inside the Thousand Layer Tower, holding the Token previously given by Zhang Qianlian.

There are countless pavilions and terraces all around; looking from the outside, every place might be a different scene.

But only when one truly goes deep into it can one feel that many pavilions are much the same, or even completely identical.

Even the wood grain on the surface of the pavilions is exactly the same; if it were not for this, with Chen Mo's strength, it would be impossible not to distinguish these pavilions.

Fortunately, the pavilion with the Teleportation Array has undergone special modifications; Chen Mo only needs to find it among these countless pavilions.

After passing through several identical pavilions, Chen Mo finally arrived in front of a different one.

Looking at the exterior alone, this pavilion is no different from the others, but the doors and windows are all tightly closed; more than that, an inexplicable force is rippling inside the entire pavilion.

Chen Mo can perceive that this force is blocking and resisting outsiders from entering; forcibly entering will inevitably suffer the suppression of the array here.

And this array was not evolved by the Thousand Layer Tower itself, but was laid out by the Huantian Alliance later.

Chen Mo took out the Token given earlier and stepped toward the inside of the building.

Sure enough, as the Token was taken out, a beam of red precious light erupted from the Token and struck the pavilion.

Immediately, the obstructive force of the array dissipated rapidly, and Chen Mo, holding the Token, stepped into the pavilion with great ease.

From the outside, this pavilion is four or five stories high and about three or four zhang in length and width.

Yet walking inside, it is another scene; the interior of the pavilion is vast, at least several tens of miles in radius.

Underfoot is pitch-black and oily black soil, the soil moist as if it had just been turned over.

But there is no life in the Return Ruins; no matter how good this black soil is, it is impossible for any life to be born, not even a weed can grow.

And in the very center of this black soil, there is an altar; the altar is made of ancient jade and is pale green throughout.

The exterior looks severely weathered and corroded, some parts even appearing as if they have already decayed.

The altar is a hundred zhang high and occupies an area of more than ten zhang in radius.

The altar is built very exquisitely, with a coiled dragon surrounding the entire altar, and stairs built on the body of the coiled dragon, leading directly to the highest point.

Chen Mo leaped up and flew directly to the top of the altar.

In the center of the altar, sure enough, an array is carved; this array is built very complexly and strangely.

Chen Mo felt it was incomparably complicated at a glance and frowned immediately.

Although his cultivation is suppressed now, his vision still remains at the True One Realm.

That something can make even him unable to see through it, and even feel it is cumbersome and complex, can only mean that the builder of this altar must at least have the strength of the In-Charge Realm.

And when building it, they used mysteries that he was completely unable to understand or comprehend, and this mystery has a huge gap with his own strength, which is why he felt it was obscure and difficult to understand.

Chen Mo landed on the altar; he did not know how the array here was built, nor could he comprehend how many mysteries were inside, but he was sufficient to use this law.

Xiantian True Qi left his body, and with the nourishment of ten thousand mysteries, the entire array was gradually activated.

The power Chen Mo used was actually just to activate the array; the true mystery of teleportation still relied on the power accumulated within the array itself.

Otherwise, relying on the Xiantian True Qi he is outputting now, wanting to charge this array, I am afraid that a hundred or ten years of time might not be enough.

Crystal clear green light rose up, and Chen Mo only felt that the Heaven and Earth were vastly different, and he himself was also changing.

Endless pressure surged over, as if it wanted to suppress his very Qi and Blood along with his physical form to the very bottom.

Fortunately, as he felt this pressure, Chen Mo's own strength was also increasing, and the restrictions of the Return Ruins were completely undone, which meant he had already broken free from the Return Ruins.

Boundless clear light condensed into a ball, firmly wrapping around Chen Mo; at this moment, he could perceive that the space he was in was constantly changing, and at an extremely fast speed.

That Da Tiandi must be far enough away from him, otherwise, with the marvel of spatial teleportation, it absolutely would not have taken such a long time.

Such a long and high-speed spatial teleportation was also a form of oppression for a Martial Artist.

Even Chen Mo could now feel the power constantly assailing him from all directions.

After a full quarter of an hour had passed, Chen Mo finally felt his speed slowing down.

This indicated that the teleportation was about to end, and he was already approaching Ju Hai City.

However, just at this moment, he heard an extremely agitated and strange sound.

(End of this chapter)