If I let you practice martial arts, you'll compress your vital energy ten thousand times?

"Don't pull it all out..."

"The chains broke..."

"The door will open."

The figure nailed deep inside the Zero Gate spoke with a voice as dry as two stones rubbing against each other.

Blood Shadow's six arms suddenly stopped.

The main black chain has been mostly pulled out.

Only the last piece remained, still piercing through that person's heart and connecting to the deepest part of the Zero Ancient Gate.

Chain surface.

The layers of door patterns kept wriggling.

The outermost layer belongs to Pei Xuanmen.

The middle layer connects to the No. 0 Ancient Gate.

At the deepest part is that person's own flesh and blood and the authority of the Star Gate.

The three were already intertwined.

It looks like a chain.

In reality, they are three completely different structures.

Pei Xuanmen used it to control the lock cylinder.

It is used to keep the No. 0 Ancient Gate closed.

The third survivor, nailed behind the door, endured the backlash of the entire door for seventy-six years with his own life.

Pull out the chain.

People can live.

The door will open.

Leave the chains behind.

The door can be closed.

Everyone must die.

A smile appeared on the aged face on the No. 0 ancient gate.

His only remaining right eye was fixed on the blood-red shadow.

"Pull it out."

"The Gate Swallower".

"Don't you love taking doors apart?"

"Only one piece left."

"Pull it out."

"I'll give you everything behind this door to eat."

Deep inside the door crack.

Darkness slowly crept in.

That wasn't an ordinary doorway flood.

Instead, it was the sect leader's gaze, traversing countless black gates, that was directed toward this ancient passage.

As long as the main chain is completely detached.

The lock cylinder is malfunctioning.

Then the Zero Gate will truly open.

Blood Shadow did not continue to exert its power.

The other side of the door.

The dark golden starry sky in Lin Yuan's eyes had fully unfolded.

Inside the main chain, the three door patterns are peeled away layer by layer.

Pei Xuanmen's control patterns resembled countless black insect antennae parasitizing the surface of the chain.

The locking mechanism of the Zero Ancient Gate is hidden inside the chain.

As for the deepest part.

It was an extremely faint, silvery-white line of blood.

Blood ran along the chains through the man's heart.

And from behind him, it connects to the keyhole in the center of the Zero Ancient Gate.

Gu Changye leaned against the deck of the Broken Star Boat.

The chest injury has not yet stabilized.

But when he saw the structure at the other end of the Extreme Star Gate, his eyes quickly cleared.

"The chains must not be pulled."

"They can't stay either."

Zhou Xuanheng looked at him.

"What do you mean?"

Gu Changye coughed up a mouthful of blood.

"Unplugged, door open."

"If we don't pull it out, Pei Xuanmen can kill the lock core at any time using the chains."

"The only way..."

He looked up at Lin Yuan.

"Change the lock."

The old face on the Zero Gate smiled even more deeply.

"Change the locks?"

"Seventy-six years ago."

"The forty-nine gatekeepers of the human race forged the gate with thirty-seven lives and locked it with twelve levels of authority."

"Finally, they nailed him here."

"What will you use to exchange?"

"That young monk?"

Pei Xuanmen's gaze pierced through the Extreme Dao Star Gate.

It landed on Lin Xiaoya.

"She's suitable."

"Just let her through the door."

"Replace the old lock cylinder with a clean door."

"The No. 0 Ancient Gate can remain closed for at least another hundred years."

Lin Xiaoya's face turned slightly pale.

But they did not retreat.

She could sense it.

The person behind the door, pierced by chains, was barely breathing.

If not rescued immediately.

It won't last long.

Lin Yuan glanced at Pei Xuanmen.

"She won't change."

"Then who will do it?"

Lin Yuan raised his hand.

The Extreme Star Gate trembled slowly.

Within the dark gold door frame, countless star patterns converged towards the center.

"My door."

Pei Xuanmen's right eye suddenly contracted.

Lin Yuan did not replace the lock cylinder with Lin Xiaoya.

There was no alternative, living person to fill the gap.

He wanted to replace the main chain that kept the Zero Ancient Gate closed with the Extreme Star Gate itself.

"Your door has just condensed."

Pei Xuanmen's voice suddenly turned deep.

"There is no door."

"There is no real boundary to support it."

"It can cross domains."

"But it can't suppress the Zero Ancient Gate!"

Lin Yuan did not answer.

The reconstructed twelve-ring gate array core reappeared in his palm.

The ring rotates.

Twelve dark gold anchor lines firmly anchored the door frame, lintel, and lock holes on both sides of the No. 0 ancient door.

Then.

Inside the Extreme Star Gate, a dark gold chain slowly extends out.

It is not a physical entity.

Instead, it is a star gate authority composed of the Extreme Star Domain, the Extreme Star Soul, and the Extreme Blood Shadow Soul Core.

One end of the dark gold chain was connected to Lin Yuan.

On the other end, it traveled tens of thousands of miles and fell into the hands of Blood Shadow.

Blood Shadow gripped the dark gold chains with both arms.

The other six hands still gripped the black main lock tightly.

One black and one gold.

Two chains intertwined in the door gap.

Seeing this, Gu Changye immediately understood.

"Don't remove the old lock first."

"We can't push the new lock in yet."

"They must be completed simultaneously."

Zhou Xuanheng said in a deep voice:

"For every inch the old lock moves out, the new lock must move in an inch."

"There cannot be any gaps in the middle."

"If you're even a fraction of a second slower, the Zero Gate will open."

The two chains do not belong to the same system.

One lasted for seventy-six years.

Another one was just formed from the Extreme Star Gate.

Achieving perfect synchronization is virtually impossible.

not to mention.

Pei Xuanmen wouldn't just stand by and watch them change the locks.

The smile on Gu Men's aged face vanished completely.

"Destroy Starlink!"

The remaining right half of the door frame suddenly trembled.

A jet-black rib, hundreds of feet long, pierced out from inside the ancient gate.

It wasn't aimed at the Blood Shadow.

Instead, it aimed at the dark gold star chain that had not yet entered the keyhole.

As long as Starlink breaks.

Changing the locks will inevitably fail.

All eight arms of the Blood Shadow were held in place by two chains.

Unable to free up a hand to defend.

Lin Yuan stood at the other end of the Extreme Dao Star Gate.

The first wisp of crimson flame slowly rose from his shoulder.

The third phase has not yet been fully implemented.

Only a very small portion of the Pure World Red Lotus Karmic Fire was ignited.

Lin Yuan raised his hand.

Pass through the Extreme Star Gate.

His five fingers gripped the dark rib.

boom!

The door bone collided head-on with the dark gold palm.

Lin Yuan's hand had several cuts.

The right side of Pei Xuanmen's door frame also shook at the same time.

"Tens of thousands of miles apart."

"How many more times can you block?"

Pei Xuanmen exerted its strength once again.

On the surface of the pitch-black ribs, countless faces opened their eyes simultaneously.

A piercing, soul-wrenching scream pierced through the Extreme Star Gate.

The twelve Star Armor Guards on the Starbreaker shuddered.

The two with weaker cultivation levels both bled from their ears and noses.

Zhou Xuanheng immediately activated the Star Law Barrier.

But those voices don't reflect reality.

Instead, they followed the gate's power and entered the Extreme Star Gate directly.

A dark golden starry sky seemed to shimmer in Lin Yuan's eyes.

All the remnant soul trajectories were locked simultaneously.

Pei Xuanmen wanted to use these remnant souls, trapped for seventy-six years, to pollute the Star Gate.

Lin Yuan, however, followed the ribs and peeled them away from the door patterns in the opposite direction.

A human face.

Ten.

One hundred.

They detached from the surface of the black ribs.

Unconscious.

It lacks a complete divine soul.

All that remains are lingering regrets that should have long since vanished.

Dark gold starlight enveloped the lingering remnants, sending them out of the Extreme Star Gate.

It was not swallowed.

They were simply released back into the human world.

The dark ribs instantly felt half as light.

Lin Yuan tightened his grip.

Click!

The door frame was cracked in the middle.

The Extreme Star Furnace devoured the energy in the opposite direction along the crack.

[Devouring and Refining the Right Side True Body Bone of Pei Xuan Sect]

[In the process of stripping away the remnants of human souls]

[Current number of Qi and Blood Physical Compression Counts: 1126000]

Pei Xuanmen's aged face twisted violently.

"you--"

Lin Yuan pulled the broken bone outwards.

The entire hundred-foot rib was forcibly pulled out of the right door frame.

[Current number of Qi and Blood Physical Compression Counts: 1130000]

The right half of the face of the No. 0 ancient gate collapsed.

His only remaining right eye exploded.

Most of his aged lips were torn off.

Pei Xuanmen's will could only retreat to the gate.

But he still hasn't disappeared.

In the center of the lintel, an even more distorted, aged face reappeared.

"Without my intervention..."

"You can't change the locks!"

"The old lock and Starlink can never be perfectly synchronized!"

Lin Yuan looked at Lin Xiaoya.

"Locked for only a moment."

Lin Xiaoya immediately understood.

Her brother didn't ask her to lock the entire No. 0 Ancient Door.

It's not about having her replace the person behind the door.

Instead, it was to lock the slightest gap that might appear when the two chains alternated.

It does not need to withstand the pressure of a 76-year-old door.

All you need to do is capture a single moment.

Lin Xiaoya closed her eyes.

The white lock pattern on the forehead began to light up little by little.

Her face was still pale.

The damage from last night's main battle is far from being fully recovered.

But this time.

She did not force herself to touch the entire ancient door.

White light pierced through the Extreme Star Gate.

It only lands at the junction of the old lock and the star chain.

Very small.

It's only the size of a fist.

Lin Xiaoya said softly:

"I'm ready."

Deep inside the door crack.

The old man, who had been nailed there for seventy-six years, looked at the dark gold star chain.

For the first time, a noticeable fluctuation appeared in his dry eyes.

"You only have one chance."

Blood Shadow's Eight Arms tightened slightly.

The old man continued:

"I still have three blood-locking mechanisms in my body."

"The first line of defense connects to the heart."

"The second path connects to the divine soul."

"The third name."

"When the chain is released."

"Pei Xuanmen will sever three blood-locking barriers simultaneously."

People die.

"Even locks can break."

Gu Changye immediately looked at Lin Yuan.

"We must find his name first."

Zhou Xuanheng frowned.

"His file has been erased seventy-six years ago."

"The General Headquarters and the Gatekeeper's Office have no names in any of their records."

"How do I find it?"

The old man slowly raised his head.

He looked at Lin Xiaoya.

"She can see the lock."

"You can also see the locked names."

A white light emanated from Lin Xiaoya's forehead and vibrated gently.

In a white dream.

In addition to three black chains running through his body, the old man was also wrapped with a thin, almost completely transparent thread.

The other end of the thin thread.

It connects to a worn-down stone plaque on the lintel of the No. 0 ancient gate.

The stone tablet originally had inscriptions.

But Pei Xuanmen scraped it off stroke by stroke.

Lin Xiaoya looked at it for a long time.

Only three blurry outlines can be seen.

The first character.

Like "season".

The second character.

Like "return".

The last word has almost completely disappeared.

The old man looked at her.

"Don't rush."

"The name wasn't erased by Pei Xuanmen."

"I gave it up myself."

Why?

"A name is also a coordinate."

The old man's voice was weak.

"If I still had my name seventy-six years ago..."

"The sect leader can then use the names to find everyone outside the sect who is connected to me."

"family."

"disciple."

"Fellow disciple."

"So I locked my name inside the door."

Lin Xiaoya stared at the last blurry word.

The white lock pattern gently fell.

It was not forced open.

Only along the crack of the lock could one see a trace of a single stroke.

Like dust.

It also resembles Chen.

The old man suddenly smiled.

"I remember now."

"Ji Guichen".

The three words fell.

The No. 0 ancient gate suddenly shook.

The characters reappeared on the worn-out stone plaque above the door.

The first generation of the Chief Array Master of the Gate Guard.

Ji Guichen.

Names are back in their places.

The third layer of protection stabilizes the blood supply.

Ji Guichen closed his eyes.

"Let's begin."

Lin Yuan raised his hand.

"Change the locks."

A white light suddenly shone on Lin Xiaoya's forehead.

"close!"

White lock patterns fall at the junction of the two chains.

That small patch of space froze instantly.

Blood Shadow's six arms simultaneously pulled out the pitch-black main lock.

The other two arms then pushed the dark gold star chain deeper into the keyhole.

The old lock was pulled back an inch.

Starlink has entered an inch.

Blood gushed from Ji Guichen's chest.

The first barrier to blood flow was broken.

The Extreme Star Domain immediately surged in along the star chain.

It takes over the heart's role in bearing the pressure at the gate.

The old lock was moved back another inch.

Starlink advances another inch.

The second layer of protection began to crumble.

The Blood Shadow Soul Core throbbed violently.

The Supreme Star Soul, following the dark gold chains, supported Ji Guichen's shattered soul.

The last inch.

Pei Xuanmen's remaining will, hidden within the main lock, erupted completely.

The pitch-black chain transformed into a venomous snake, biting back towards Ji Guichen's head.

Lin Yuan made a grabbing motion with his five fingers in the air.

The Extreme Star Furnace erupted.

That last wisp of will was forcibly torn from the chains.

swallow!

[Master of the Devouring and Refining Sect, Control Access]

[Current number of Qi and Blood Physical Compression Counts: 1133000]

"pull!"

Blood Shadow's six arms exerted their power simultaneously.

Stab it--!

The pitch-black main lock that had been entangled in Ji Guichen's body for seventy-six years was completely pulled out.

Almost at the same moment.

The dark gold star chain completely entered the lock hole of the No. 0 ancient door.

The twelve-ring reverse formation tightens simultaneously.

The Ultimate Star Gate is the lock.

The Extreme Star Domain forms a chain.

The Extreme Blood Shadow Soul Core serves as the coordinates at both ends.

click!

The No. 0 Ancient Gate closed again.

The darkness surging deep within the crack of the door was completely blocked behind it.

Ji Guichen's body lost all the support of the chains.

Falling downwards from inside the door.

Blood Shadow stepped through the crack in the door.

All eight arms extend simultaneously.

Before the Zero Ancient Gate completely closed, they carried him out from inside.

boom--!

The ancient gate is closed.

The dark gold star chain was taut.

The entire folding corridor was shaking.

The white light on Lin Xiaoya's forehead went out.

The body fell backward.

Lin Yuan caught her with one hand.

the other side.

Blood Shadow carried Ji Guichen through the Extreme Star Gate and returned to the Star-Breaking Ship.

Zhou Xuanheng immediately stepped forward.

The silver-black starlight fell upon Ji Guichen.

But as soon as he touched it, his face darkened.

"Physical depletion."

"Less than 10% of his soul remains."

"His heart has also been eroded by the pressure of the gate for seventy-six years."

"Will I survive?"

Ji Guichen opened his eyes.

"He won't die for now."

Gu Changye lay down beside him and chuckled softly.

"It seems to be someone who came out of the door."

"Everyone likes to say that."

Ji Guichen turned to look at him.

"Who are you?"

"Gu Changye".

"Never heard of it."

Gu Changye: "..."

Ji Guichen ignored his expression.

He looked towards the other end of the Extreme Star Gate.

The No. 0 Ancient Gate has been closed again.

Pei Xuanmen's true body spine was stripped away.

The left and right door frames were also mostly torn off.

Only in the center of the lintel, a blurry, aged face still twitches.

However, it has lost control of the master lock.

The door cannot be opened for the time being.

Ji Guichen, however, did not relax.

"Your Starlink can only temporarily replace me."

Lin Yuan asked:

"how long?"

Ji Guichen felt the pressure inside the Zero Ancient Gate.

"Three days."

"Three days later."

"The power behind the gate will travel along the star chain and erode your ultimate star gate in the opposite direction."

"Then we'll have to disconnect Starlink."

"Open the Zero Gate."

"Or...?"

He looked at Lin Yuan.

"Enter Zhongzhou within three days."

"Found the main body of the ancient gate."

"Destroy the core behind the door."

Lin Yuan retrieved the Extreme Dao Star Gate.

The dark gold door frame slowly disappeared.

Only a very thin star chain trail remains within the Extreme Star Soul.

"Three days."

He looked up towards the direction of Zhongzhou.

The Starbreaker Ship accelerated again.

The silver-gray hull transformed into a long line piercing through the sea of ​​clouds.

That's enough.