Chapter 864 The Black Gate of Jie Mountain, Difficult to Handle

Heaven and Earth.

Jie Mountain.

The tendrils sprouting from the dark gate below, like climbing vines, covered the entire Jie Mountain.

These roots sank into the ground from the foot of the mountain, intertwined with the earth’s veins.

Lin Yuan, Yin Celestial Son, and Yang Jing stood at the foot of Jie Mountain, feeling helpless as they watched this scene.

Even as the Lord of Heaven and Earth, Lin Yuan couldn’t forcibly pull out the dark gate at this moment.

Removing the dark gate would mean disturbing the earth’s veins.

A disturbance in the earth’s veins would overturn the entire world.

Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, typhoons, extreme cold, and extreme heat—various extreme weather events might ensue one after another.

Even cultivators find themselves at a loss in the face of the forces of nature.

While they can endure high and low temperatures, there is a limit.

If the temperature reaches tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of degrees, even a Tier Two Powerhouse would be reduced to ashes.

“Forcibly removing it is absolutely impossible!” Lin Yuan shook his head resolutely as he looked at the tendrils spanning into the earth’s veins.

Forcibly removing the dark gate would be like performing a highly risky surgery on the world.

Originally, without this surgery, though uncomfortable, it could survive for a long time.

But if the surgery fails, it would be fatal.

As one of the Three Thousand Demon Gods of Returning Ruins, Luo Hou is undoubtedly the most formidable Tier One ever.

This is his scheme, the magic he cast.

Lin Yuan is now locked in a duel of magic with him, and Luo Hou is not easily dealt with.

The magic Luo Hou wielded cannot be solved by the brute force of removal.

“Let’s first deal with the Chaos Star Beasts that have escaped, to prevent massive damage.”

“As for this dark gate, we’ll look for another way to resolve it,” Yin Celestial Son suggested.

Lin Yuan nodded, agreeing with Yin Celestial Son’s approach.

Just as Yin Celestial Son, Lin Yuan, and Yang Jing were about to leave Jie Mountain and tackle the escaped Chaos Star Beasts.

“Boom!”

A deafening explosion echoed around, and a violent energy shockwave swept the surroundings.

The mountaintops within a ten-mile radius were sliced off, and the flowers, grass, and trees on the mountain turned to ash.

Lin Yuan, Yin Celestial Son, and Yang Jing did not dare delay and immediately rushed towards the mountaintop where the explosion took place.

On the mountaintop.

One could see that the Six Paths of Reincarnation Seal of Yin Celestial Son had already been broken, and numerous tendrils emerged from the dark gate.

The explosion was caused by the breach of Yin Celestial Son’s Six Paths of Reincarnation Mark.

Clearly, the mysterious Luo Hou had acted again, breaking Yin Celestial Son’s seal to release more Chaos Star Beasts.

Fortunately, when the explosion occurred, Lin Yuan, Yin Celestial Son, and Yang Jing were already at the foot of the mountain and could reach the scene immediately.

Otherwise, who knows how many Chaos Star Beasts would have escaped.

“Trying to run?”

Yin Celestial Son roared angrily, with a sweep of his sleeve, a scarlet energy enveloped the tendrils extending from the dark gate.

This scarlet energy belonged to the Asura Path within the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

In terms of destructive power, the Asura Path’s energy is unquestionably the most potent within the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

A Tier One Powerhouse is, after all, a Tier One Powerhouse.

Under Tier One, all are ants, a truth that has always remained unwavering.

It was evident that the Chaos Star Beasts extending their tendrils from the dark gate were Tier Two Chaos Star Beasts.

However, these Tier Two Chaos Star Beasts stood no chance against Yin Celestial Son, completely defenseless.

The scarlet Asura Path energy touched the tendrils of the Chaos Star Beasts.

In an instant, the tendrils of those Chaos Star Beasts transformed into pools of blood.

“Sizzle.”

“Sizzle, sizzle.”

Amidst bizarre sounds, the Chaos Star Beasts with severed tendrils retreated back into the dark gate.

With Yin Celestial Son guarding the dark gate, even with the seal broken, the Chaos Star Beasts dared not emerge.

Should they exit, Yin Celestial Son would quickly dispatch them.

Given that, why bother coming out?

“Luo Hou, you’re in there, right?”

“Want to come out and talk?”

“What exactly is your objective?” Yin Celestial Son’s eyes gleamed as he addressed the dark gate, certain that Luo Hou inside could hear him.

Soon, an ancient voice emanated from the dark gate: “Yin Celestial Son, you are a wise man, why ask when you already know?”

“You know I cannot depart.”

“If you want to discuss, you can come in to talk.”

“You’re far superior to that useless Demon Lord. Why not ally with me? We could share that realm together.”

Which realm?

Without a doubt, the realm Luo Hou referred to was the world above the Returning Ruins he once saw.

Suddenly, Yin Celestial Son understood Luo Hou’s ambition to conquer the Returning Ruins, Heaven and Earth, and the Void—the Three Realms.

He aspired to return to that world.

Back then, Luo Hou exhausted eighty percent of the Returning Ruins’ power to construct the Path of Transcendence, yet could not reach that world.

This time, to ensure his constructed Path of Transcendence could reach that world,

Luo Hou wanted to first conquer the Three Realms to become the Lord of the Three Realms.

Then, burning the foundations of the Three Realms to construct the Path of Transcendence would undoubtedly reach the world he envisioned.

“Luo Hou, I understand your goal now.”

“You’re delusional!” Yin Celestial Son’s voice brimmed with fury.

If Luo Hou realized his aim, countless deities and all the world’s races would face utter annihilation.

Luo Hou is too ruthless, seeing life as mere grass. He would sacrifice anything for transcendence.

“Clever, truly clever.”

“You’re much smarter than that idiot Demon Lord.”

“That fool was incited by your instigation to rebel against me.”

“He should know that everything he has, I gave him. Without the rebirth I granted him, he would have long since perished without a trace.” Luo Hou gnashed his teeth in anger when mentioning the Demon Lord.

The Demon Lord had returned to Chaos, and once back, he turned passive, doing nothing.

By doing nothing, not even Luo Hou could influence him.

Moreover, Luo Hou could only subtly influence the Demon Lord, incapable of forcing him to do anything.

Because Luo Hou was in a unique state and couldn’t easily reveal himself.

Once exposed, his secrets would be uncovered.

In a unique state, Luo Hou’s power wasn’t truly formidable.

Whether it be the Demon Lord, Yin Celestial Son, or the Heavenly Emperor of Returning Ruins, anyone seeing through his secret would find it easy to defeat him.

This is why Luo Hou pushed the Demon Lord to act on his behalf while he stayed hidden in the shadows.

If his secret were revealed, the air of mystery would vanish, losing his sole advantage.

From the shadows, he posed a threat, but stepping into the light would dissipate it entirely.

Luo Hou painstakingly nurtured the Demon Lord, but now the Demon Lord had reached his rebellious phase again.