Jiu Ti's heart was filled with unwillingness, but he could only helplessly leave. As his figure faded away, only five people, including Xuan Luo, were left beside the sea storm.
"All of you should leave as well. Even this venerated self has to deal with the sound of the final day. Even if all of you stay, you will not be able to step on the opening of the God Realm of Tai Ji this time around … This is something that this old man only noticed a few days ago."
Gu Dao looked at the sea storm and slowly closed his mouth.
Xuan Luo and the others silently clasped their hands toward Jidao. When they saw Jiu Ti and the others helplessly leave, they knew that this opening was not something they could participate in.
Just as they were about to leave, Wang Lin got up and walked toward Xuan Luo.
"Master."
Xuan Luo raised his head and looked at Wang Lin with a smile on his face.
"Master's reincarnation is imminent. Disciple will enter the Archaic God Realm twice this time. If I can come out safely, I will protect Master's reincarnation … If I can't, then with this, I can ensure Master's safety."
Wang Lin looked at Xuan Luo and reached out with his right hand. A jade immediately appeared, and he respectfully handed it to Xuan Luo.
Xuan Luo took the jade, but he didn't immediately look at it. Instead, he looked at Wang Lin. After a long time, he softly said,
"Protect yourself …"
Wang Lin nodded.
Xuan Luo closed his eyes. When he opened them again, he turned around and left with Song Tian and the Ancient Ji Dao Sovereign. They turned into three rays of light and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
At this moment, only Wang Lin and Gu Dao remained outside the sea storm.
Time slowly passed. In the blink of an eye, it was dusk. There was only one hour left before the opening. The roar from the sea storm reached its peak. The vortex formed by the sea storm rotated rapidly. At first glance, it looked like it was still, as if it wasn't rotating at all.
However, the more it was like this, the more it showed that its speed had reached a shocking level.
As the whirlpool spun, the seawater outside the sea storm seemed to be sucked in by the whirlpool. The seawater quickly left the range of the sea storm and headed straight for the whirlpool.
The whirlpool was like a black hole that swallowed everything. It continuously sucked in large amounts of seawater, causing the size and range of the sea wall to rapidly shrink.
"When all the seawater in this place is sucked dry, the Divine Realm of Tai Ji will open …" Gu Dao looked at the sea storm and spoke slowly. His voice traveled into Wang Lin's ears as it rumbled.
"I stepped into the God Realm of Tai Ji to revive my wife. You … What is it for?"
Wang Lin looked at the vortex rapidly devouring the sea. It won't be long before the sea storm completely disappears, so he slowly said.
For an answer! "Gu Dao turned his head and looked at Wang Lin.
"After I inherited Ji Zu's memories, I found a doubt in his memories. I'm going to help him confirm this doubt … I've been waiting for this day for a long time, and your arrival is the opportunity for me to find the answer to this question!"
"The answer …" Wang Lin mumbled.
"If I find the answer, perhaps I will be able to leave the land of the Ancient race and go anywhere I want to go." A complicated look flashed in Gu Dao's eyes.
"You have the head of the Celestial Ancestor. You should have seen it. Before the Celestial Ancestor died, he was at peace and did not feel any pain … The Ancient Ancestor is also dead … I can sense his death in his memories. With hesitation, disbelief, and choice, he walked towards death.
"Both of them used their deaths to search for an answer. At the same time, they also left behind the source of the Immortal and Ancient race's legacies. Perhaps it's to protect them," Jidao mumbled.
Booming sounds rang out nonstop in the area. The whirlpool continued devouring, and less than half of the sea storm remained. A large amount of seawater disappeared into the whirlpool, disappearing without a trace.
Before long, all the seawater would disappear.
"The Ancient Ancestor and the Celestial Ancestor discovered a secret they could not believe. They hesitated, doubted, and in the end, to search for the truth, they walked towards death. Now, I will also search for the answer."
Gu Dao withdrew his gaze from Wang Lin. He looked at the rapidly shrinking sea storm and spoke in a hoarse voice.
Wang Lin fell silent.
An hour gradually passed. When all the seawater in the sea storm was devoured by the whirlpool, the booming sounds still echoed in the sky. Before Wang Lin and Gu Dao, the nine huge pillars that reached into the sky shone with a dazzling nine-colored light. The gate to the Immemorial God Realm formed by the nine pillars slowly opened!
The moment it opened, a ripple spread out from the gate. It spread out at an unimaginable speed. In an instant, it swept through the entire vast basin towards the land of the Ancient race and the land of the Immortals.
When the ripples swept across the vast basin, the wind in the area stopped moving. Song Tian and the others, who were flying off into the distance, stopped in midair, motionless.
On the ground, on the continent of the Ancient race, be it mortals or cultivators, all living beings froze in place as the ripples swept past.
Fire, rivers, and all other things were completely still and motionless.
In the Ancient Extreme Land, there was a region where rain was falling. At this moment, the rain was frozen in the air, motionless.
The celestial clan was the same. Jiu Ti's group of three, Gemini, the Celestial Emperor, the countless cultivators, mortals, and celestial beasts all froze.
The five elements of the world, the operation of all laws, everything froze at this moment.
The entire Immortal Astral Continent was completely silent at this moment.
Only at the center of this boundless basin, the door formed by the nine pillars, was slowly opening. A moment later, it was completely opened. Nine-colored light lingered within it, faintly revealing a passageway that led to an unknown place. "
"The opening this time is indeed very different from before …" Gu Dao murmured. The power inside the ripple could stop everything below the Heaven Trampling Realm.
Gu Dao's eyes lit up and without hesitation, he charged toward the nine-colored light that opened the gate before Wang Lin. He gradually disappeared without a trace.
At this moment, Wang Lin was the only one left outside the gate. He closed his eyes, and when he reopened them, he walked toward the gate and step by step entered.
After Wang Lin walked into the Tai Ji God Realm, everything on the Immortal Astral Continent returned to normal. What was strange was that almost no one noticed that moment of stillness.
The cultivators couldn't, the Ancient clan members couldn't, and even the Grand Empyreans didn't notice that they had lost about 10 breaths of time.
These 10 breaths of time were lost from the world, from the five elements, from every mortal, from every cultivator, from the Ancient clan, and from the eight Grand Empyreans.
It seemed to be sucked away by a strange force. This force took away 10 breaths of time for everything on the Immemorial God Realm and disappeared into the gate to the Immemorial God Realm.
When the entire Immortal Astral Continent returned to normal, the nine pillars in the vast basin gave off a burst of light and disappeared without a trace.
With the disappearance of the nine pillars, the door to the Immemorial Celestial Realm also disappeared.
When the gate in the center of the vast basin disappeared, the roar of the sea came from the huge whirlpool that remained. Endless seawater poured out of the whirlpool and poured into the vast basin.
The sea water fell and thunderous rumbles echoed. Several hours later, the vast basin became a sea once more. The sea was boundless, and the roars of the waves dissipated and were replaced by the sound of the sea returning to normal.
Everything returned to normal. It was the same in the land of the Immortals, and it was the same in the land of the Ancients. The stillness from before returned to normal, including the two figures in an elegant house in Black Stone City belonging to Shi Ji.
The house wasn't big and the furnishings inside were simple, but it gave off a warm feeling. There was an old woman lying on the bed. Her face was covered in wrinkles, but one could still see how beautiful she was when she was young.
Beside the old lady was a woman. She wore white clothes and her appearance couldn't be seen. Only her beautiful hair could be seen. Her back was very beautiful, but there was a trace of sorrow lingering in her beauty, causing others to involuntarily feel a sense of pity in their hearts.
It was like a fish in the water. You couldn't see tears, but when she looked at you from the bottom of the water, you could feel the taste of her tears.
The old woman was filled with reluctance as she softly said, "Dong Mei … I'm going to accompany Aunt Chang … Don't cry … After I leave, you'll be the only one left … You and I are different, I'm just an ordinary clan member with a limited lifespan … But you have the ancient bloodline and can cultivate … You … Take good care of yourself."
She was Song Zhi … After all, Song Zhi was just an ordinary member of the Ji clan. 500 years of lifespan was her limit.
"I know there is a story behind you … I've seen you alone many times, crying and looking at the sky in a daze … I even remember when I talked to you about what happened in the Ancient Dao imperial city. When I talked about the man named Wang Lin and his story with Li Muwan, you forced a smile.
"Dong Mei … Promise me, if you can't forget, don't force yourself to feel bad," the old woman murmured as she looked at the female companion she had grown up with.
She would always remember the first time she mentioned the name "Wang Lin" to Dong Mei. Dong Mei's startled expression and melancholy.
She also remembered that 500 years ago, when Wang Lin sent her back, not only had he told her about Li Muwan, but he had also told her about a woman named Li Qianmei.
"A reincarnated person … Dong Mei, is Li Qianmei the same person …" The old woman didn't say this but looked at the beautiful woman before her and slowly closed her eyes.