Perfection: The Eastern Emperor Bell manifests, I am the Golden Crow Heavenly Emperor

Chapter 34 The Original Gate
After tens of thousands of years of secluded cultivation, his cultivation has reached a bottleneck, and he needs an opportunity and external pressure to break through.

These relics from the fallen era are undoubtedly a huge temptation.

Moreover, the personal invitation from the Immortal King Wuzhong represents the great sincerity and trust of the Ancient Realm.

He pondered for a moment, then gave instructions to Jin Qing.

"Inform the messenger from the ancient realm that I will be going there in person soon."

"Yes, Immortal King!" Jin Qing replied respectfully, then looked somewhat worried.

"Immortal King, this journey..."

"It's alright." Lu Xuan waved his hand. "The clan is protected by a ten-day formation, making it difficult to breach. During my absence, we can close off the ancestral land and focus on development."

He looked at the ten True Immortals and encouraged them, "You should guard your homeland well. When I return, I hope to see further progress in the formation."

"I will obey the Immortal King's decree! I will certainly live up to the Immortal King's expectations!"

The ten men responded in unison, their voices resounding through the heavens.

After making the arrangements, Lu Xuan took a step forward, his figure already merging into the void, heading towards the coordinates agreed upon with the Primordial Ancient Realm.

Lu Xuan traversed endless star fields and once again arrived at that primordial ancient realm.

Compared to tens of thousands of years ago, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth here has recovered considerably, and new greenery has appeared in the broken mountains and rivers, but the sense of vicissitude and tragedy has not diminished.

The Immortal King Wuzhong personally greeted him outside the realm and led him to a hidden valley in the core of the ancient realm, which was sealed by layers of spacetime restrictions.

Within the valley, the Six Paths of Reincarnation Immortal King, the True Dragon King, the Immortal Monk King, and the Ancestral Sacrifice Spirit were all present.

After tens of thousands of years of recuperation, the Six Paths Reincarnation Immortal King's injuries seemed to have stabilized somewhat, but the cracks on the Reincarnation Cave were still shocking, clearly indicating that the injury to his origin was difficult to heal.

The ancestral spirit remains in the form of that towering willow tree, its verdant divine light flowing silently as it guards the land.

"Fellow Daoist Lu Xuan, how have you been?"

The Immortal King Wuzhong cupped his hands in greeting, and the others followed suit, their expressions a mixture of solemnity and anticipation.

"Fellow Daoists."

Lu Xuan returned the greeting, his gaze sweeping across the center of the valley.

It wasn't a magnificent building; there was only a seemingly ordinary stone wall.

On the stone wall, the vague outline of a portal can be faintly seen.

The door was tightly shut, seamless, as if it had merged with the stone wall itself; its existence was almost imperceptible unless one paid close attention.

However, this seemingly inconspicuous stone wall exuded an ancient aura that made Lu Xuan's heart tremble, carrying a hint of... ominousness.

The Chaos Bell within his body emitted an extremely faint warning hum!
"This is the place."

The Immortal King Wuzhong pointed to the stone wall, his tone solemn.

"It took us thousands of years, combining the oldest records in the ancient world, to pinpoint this location."

Based on the fragmented inscription, the portal on this stone wall is highly likely to be the legendary—Primordial Gate!

The Gate to Primal!

The name ignited the fervor in the eyes of several ancient world giants present.

In the oldest legends of the ancient world, the Gate of Primordiality is the entrance to a supreme secret realm that connects to a lost era and contains the secrets to becoming an emperor and even the origin of the World Sea!
"The restrictions on this door are extremely strange,"

The Six Paths Reincarnation Immortal King spoke weakly, his Eye of Reincarnation fixed on the stone wall.

"It cannot be broken by force; it seems to require a specific key or... a resonance with the ultimate Dao to activate and open it. We have tried for many years, but all have failed."

The clear, melodious voice of the ancestral spirit rang out.

"The aura behind the door... I feel a sense of familiarity, yet it is also incredibly distant and dangerous. It seems to be related to some kind of origin on the other side of the Boundary Sea." The Immortal King Wuzhong looked at Lu Xuan with anticipation.

“Fellow Daoist Lu Xuan has a special lineage, wielding the power of chaos. Perhaps you could try to activate this gate.”

All eyes were on Lu Xuan.

Lu Xuan didn't speak. He slowly stepped forward and approached the stone wall.

The closer he got, the more obvious the warning from the Chaos Bell became. At the same time, the inheritance mark of Donghuang Taiyi within his body also heated up slightly, seemingly resonating with a very faint Daoist aura on the gate.

He stretched out his palm, but did not touch the stone wall. Instead, he hovered it in front of him and slowly closed his eyes.

Divine senses, like the finest tentacles, cautiously probed the blurry outline of the portal, sensing the ancient Dao patterns flowing upon it.

In an instant, what appeared before Lu Xuan was no longer a stone wall, but a boundless and vast ocean!
At the edge of the ocean, a darker and more terrifying other side can be vaguely seen!
This feeling... is from the same source as what he sensed at the edge of the Boundary Sea, and what the Chaos Bell subtly warned him about! It's even clearer and more direct!
He suddenly opened his eyes, golden flames flashing in them, and his face showed an unprecedented solemnity!
"This isn't a door to some secret realm!"

Lu Xuan's voice, filled with certainty, echoed in the silent valley.

"This is... a passage across realms! A passage that directly crosses the boundary sea!"

"What?! Crossing the Boundary Sea?!"

"Directly to the other side of the border sea?!"

The expressions of the Immortal King Wuzhong and the others changed drastically!

The Boundary Sea is vast and boundless, fraught with unpredictable dangers. Even giants like them dare not say they can cross it safely.

Is it possible to cross this door directly?

"not only that!"

Lu Xuan spoke in a deep, serious tone, pointing to the blurry outline of the portal, his voice carrying an unprecedented sense of warning.

"What lies behind this door is far from benevolent! I sensed extreme darkness, chaos, and... a terrifying primordial force capable of eroding and assimilating everything! That aura is purer, more ancient, and more... despair-inducing than the darkness of other realms!"

"If I'm not mistaken, behind this door lies the source of the dark turmoil on the other side of the Boundary Sea! The source of the great terror that led to the fall of the Emperors!"

"The Age of Fallen Emperors... The Source of Darkness..."

The Six Paths Reincarnation Immortal King muttered to himself, his eyes filled with terror.

"Fellow Taoist, are you sure?"

The Immortal King Wuzhong's expression was more serious than ever before.

"Sure!"

Lu Xuan was resolute.

"My lineage is particularly sensitive to this kind of aura. This gate is not a chance for advancement, but... a gate of calamity! If it is forcibly opened, it will likely not bring the opportunity to become an emperor, but a dark torrent that will destroy everything! At that time, not only the ancient realm, but the entire myriad realms may be swept up in it!"

Lu Xuan naturally knew what lay behind the Gate of Origin. In the original story, Liu Shen and Xiao Ta entered the Boundary Sea after stepping through this gate.

The Willow Goddess even abandoned her physical body and entered with her primordial spirit.

Finally, we entered the ancient land.

His words extinguished the newly ignited passion for exploration in everyone's hearts, replacing it with a chilling cold!

The opportunity they had sought for thousands of years had led them directly to the most terrifying source of destruction?!
The valley was deathly silent, with only the broken stone wall standing quietly. The blurred outline of the gate on it seemed to everyone to have transformed into a ferocious maw ready to devour people, exuding an ominous aura that sent chills down their spines.

After a long while, the Immortal King Wuzhong exhaled a long breath of turbid air, and his eyes regained their deep, calm look.

"Thank you for clearing up our doubts, Fellow Daoist Lu Xuan. If it weren't for your explanation, we would have almost caused a great disaster."

(End of this chapter)