Starting with SSS-rank talent, I contracted the Forbidden Ferocity.

"The Gate of Heavenly Abyss is not on the battlefield of myriad races."

"It lies between the world you came from and this world."

As Lu Chenzhou finished speaking...

Inside the Hall of Heroes, all sound disappeared.

Shen Ye's eyes changed for the first time.

It wasn't that I was so shocked that I lost my composure.

Rather, it's the kind of coldness that comes from having your deepest secret suddenly revealed.

He looked at Lu Chenzhou.

He didn't speak.

Lu Chenzhou was also looking at him.

"When your spirit returns, that thing behind the door wants me to see you."

"I also saw something from the other side."

"What it saw was not the King of Dongxia Night."

"Neither is Shen Ye from this world."

"It's the crack that appeared when you came here."

Shen Ye's fingertips tightened slightly.

Since transmigrating, I've encountered the system, beast taming, the battlefield of myriad races, the Blood Gate, and the Heavenly Abyss.

For the first time, all the clues led back to him.

Xue Li's face turned pale.

"What do you mean?"

"The world he came from?"

Lu Qingshan frowned.

Wei Cang looked at Shen Ye.

"Shen Ye?"

Shen Ye was silent for a moment, then said:

"I am indeed not the original Shen Ye."

The atmosphere inside the Hall of Heroes suddenly changed.

Qin Wuji is not here.

But if they were there, they'd probably be stunned first, then ask, "So you were always this outrageous?"

Lu Qingshan did not immediately ask further questions.

Wei Cang didn't have it either.

They are all people who have experienced the front lines.

The human world holds too many secrets.

The existence of time travelers is astonishing.

But what's even more astonishing now is that the Gate of Heaven is related to Shen Ye's origins.

Shen Ye said:

"I come from another world."

"There are no beasts to control."

"There is no battlefield for all races."

"There are no high-level martial arts practitioners either."

Xue Li whispered:

No wonder.

She looked at Shen Ye with a complicated expression.

"No wonder the ancestral bloodline mark has never been able to completely assimilate you."

"Your blood belongs to this world."

"But your soul doesn't entirely belong here."

Lu Chenzhou nodded.

"That's why Tianyuan has his eye on you."

"You are not a normal coordinate."

"You are someone who survived and walked out of the gap between the two worlds."

"Tianyuan wants to use you to locate the gate between the two worlds."

Shen Ye looked at the ancestral blood mark on his wrist.

"Therefore, the three altars were not built to open the gate to the battlefield of all races."

Lu Chenzhou said:

"It's for calibration."

"The Blood Clan, the Bone Clan, and the Thunder Demon Clan believe they are worshipping the Heavenly Abyss and borrowing its power."

"But what Tianyuan really wants is to find a stable channel."

"The crack you left when you passed through is what it's looking for."

Outside the Hall of Heroes, the wind howled through the Demon-Suppressing Pass.

Shen Ye suddenly understood the system's earlier message.

Fifth Contract Clue: Heavenly Abyss Beast.

Before the Gate of Heaven opens, the fifth contract must be prepared.

This is not simply about making him contract a stronger beast.

Instead, we will use the fifth contract position to anchor Tianyuan.

Or conversely, to pull something from the abyss to one's own side first.

Shen Ye asked:

"What is the Fifth Contract?"

The system did not respond immediately.

A moment later, a notification appeared.

The conditions for activating the fifth contract slot have not been fully met.

[Current Clue: Celestial Abyss Beast.]

[An anomaly has been detected in the dual-realm soul source.]

[Recommended targets: Larvae of Boundary Beasts, Gate Beasts, Void Beasts, and Devouring Abyss Beasts.]

[Mission initiated: Find the Fifth Contract.]

[Task 1: Suppress the Ancestral Bloodline Seal.]

[Task Two: Enter the Echoing Zone of the Rift Between Worlds.]

[Task 3: Capture or contract a young Heavenly Abyss Beast.]

[Reward: Fifth Contract Slot unlocked, Beast King Contract strengthened three times.]

Shen Ye looked at the panel, his eyes darkening slightly.

The reverberating zone between the two worlds.

The echoes from the cracks he passed through still lingered.

Lu Chenzhou seemed to know what he was thinking and said:

"In the scene I saw, there was an abandoned city."

"Above the ruined city, there is an upside-down door."

"There's no one inside."

"There are only many broken starlight."

Shen Ye's heart skipped a beat.

The system prompt then completes.

[Location of the reverberation zone between the two worlds is being determined.]

[Related Location: Ruins of the Old Jiangcheng]

When Zhou Xuan arrived at the Hall of Heroes, he happened to hear this sentence.

"Old Jiangcheng?"

His expression changed.

"That place was sealed off three years ago."

Shen Ye looked at him.

"Why the lockdown?"

Zhou Xuandao:

"A spatial collapse once occurred in the old Jiangcheng."

"The official record states that the Abyss Secret Realm went out of control."

"The entire city has been emptied."

"Later, the military and the General Association jointly sealed it off and designated it as a restricted area."

Lu Chenzhou said in a low voice:

"It's not the Abyss Realm."

"It is the echo of the rift between the two worlds."

Xue Li murmured:

"Therefore, the true coordinates of the Gate of Heaven are not on the battlefield of all races."

"Within the territory of Dongxia."

This statement is even more somber than the one before.

If Tianyuan can open a gate from within Dongxia territory, then the problem won't be about the front line being breached.

The human heartland will directly become the gate.

Wei Cang made a decisive decision.

"Seale all archives of the old Jiangcheng."

"Raise the highest privilege level."

"Shen Ye is not allowed to act alone for the time being."

Shen Ye looked at him.

Wei Cang said coldly:

"Looking at me won't help."

"This is a huge matter."

"If you want to go to Old Jiangcheng, you must wait until the military has finished setting up the outer perimeter."

Shen Ye did not refute.

He knows what's important and what's not.

Now is not the time for one person to charge in alone.

Lu Chenzhou has just returned to the world.

The White Bone Forbidden Zone has just ended.

The ancestral bloodline seal still exists.

And the old Jiangcheng is very likely the source of his time travel.

It could also be the door that Tianyuan is truly about to open.

Lu Qingshan said in a deep voice:

"I will personally lead the operation in Old Jiangcheng."

Wei Cangdao:

"Your son just got back."

Lu Qingshan glanced at Lu Chenzhou.

Lu Chenzhou smiled.

"Dad, I'm alright."

"And I want to go too."

Lu Qingshan frowned.

"You have just returned to the world."

Lu Chenzhou said:

"I saw what was behind the door."

"Shen Ye needs me."

Shen Ye looked at Lu Chenzhou.

"Are you able to fight now?"

Lu Chenzhou thought about it seriously.

"Can fight at level 5."

"The sixth-tier enemy needs to run."

Shen Ye nodded.

That's enough.

Lu Chenzhou: "..."

"Aren't your expectations a bit too low?"

Shen Ye said:

"Just resurrected, don't be picky."

Lu Chenzhou smiled.

The oppressive atmosphere in the Hall of Heroes was thus eased slightly.

Three days later.

The capital city and Zhenmo Pass simultaneously issued the highest level of lockdown order.

The ruins of the old Jiangcheng have been reclassified as the highest-risk area.

The official explanation given to the outside world is that "the Abyss Secret Realm has been rekindled".

Only a few people truly know the truth.

Shen Ye did three main things over these three days.

Secure the King of Beasts Contract.

Suppress the ancestral bloodline seal.

Read the archives of the old Jiangcheng.

The archives show that there were a large number of unusual records when the old Jiangcheng space collapsed three years ago.

The sky is upside down.

Overlapping urban images.

Someone heard the sound of traffic from another world.

Some people saw tall buildings that lacked any spiritual energy.

Someone also recorded a repeated sound.

The door is not fully open.

Coordinates lost.

Shen Ye stared at the line of text and remained silent for a long time.

That might be the moment he traveled through time.

The system may not have bound him by accident.

Rather, he was chosen by some higher power when he passed through the rift between the two worlds.

Or rather, the system caught them.

Fourth day.

Outside the old Jiangcheng.

The military blockade has been set up.

Lu Qingshan, Zhou Xuan, Lu Chenzhou, Xue Li, Qin Wuji, Li Xuance, Chu Jinglan, and Meng Qianqiu were all present.

Wei Cang was stationed at the rear.

Shen Ye stood in front of the blockade line, looking at the abandoned city in the distance.

The sky over the old Jiangcheng was gray.

Above the city center, there is an upside-down, illusory doorway.

Below the door, the space undulates like the surface of water.

Jie Chen rested on Shen Ye's shoulder.

The Heavenly Punishment Eye and the Heavenly Punishment Lock lit up simultaneously.

A system notification appears.

[Arrived at the Echoing Zone of the Rift Between Two Realms.]

[The Fifth Contract quest is progressing.]

[Unknown nascent aura of a celestial abyss detected.]

[Direction: Center of the old Jiangcheng.]

Shen Ye stepped forward.

Qin Wuji grinned from the side.

"This time it won't be a battlefield of all races, will it?"

Xue Li stared at the inverted gate shadow hanging above the ruined city, her face pale.

"no."

"This place is more troublesome than the battlefield of ten thousand races."

Lu Chenzhou placed his hand on the hilt of his sword.

"Because this is not the front line."

"It's a crack in the door."

Shen Ye looked towards the center of the old Jiangcheng.

There, a very thin black shadow swept past under the upside-down door.

Like a beast.

It also resembles a door.

A system prompt then appeared.

[Suspected fifth contract target detected.]

[Target code: Gate Cub.]

Shen Ye's eyes lit up.

"Found it."

Deep within the old Jiangcheng.

The dark figure suddenly stopped.

It turned around.

Looking at Shen Ye across half of the ruined city.

Then, open your mouth.

He uttered a human word.

"You're finally back."