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

"If you see this."

"This explains the first gate of Tianyuan."

"It'll be open soon."

As the voice from the ancient records faded, the entire Beast King Platform fell silent.

Shen Ye stared at the face in the image.

Three-thirds similar.

They don't have exactly the same facial features.

It's not the eyes, but the gaze.

That quiet gaze, as if someone had personally buried an entire era.

The dark, golden pupils of the Heavenly Desolation contracted violently.

"The last Beast Tamer King..."

Peng Jiuxiao's face was pale.

"Didn't he die in the war that led to the collapse of the ancient beast-taming civilization?"

Tianhuang did not answer.

It simply stared at the empty throne behind that figure, its voice low and deep.

"It's not that he doesn't have beasts to control."

"It stopped later."

Shen Ye's eyes flickered slightly.

The scene continues.

The last Beast Tamer King stood before the enormous Heavenly Gate.

Beyond the Heavenly Gate lies not a battlefield for all races.

It's not any secret realm.

Instead, it was an endless darkness.

In the darkness, countless doors opened and closed.

It's like something is observing the world from behind the door.

The Beast Tamer King spoke slowly.

"The latecomers."

"I don't know who you are."

"I don't know which tribe you come from."

"But since the Beast King Platform is willing to hand over this record to you, it means you haven't followed my old path."

The Throne of Ten Thousand Beasts behind Shen Ye trembled slightly.

All five beasts raised their heads at the same time.

Night Feathers and Black Sun burned quietly.

The candlestick is reflected in the shadow.

Despite being covered in wounds, Long Yuan still stood at the forefront.

The Heavenly Tribulation Eye was half-open.

Guixu stared at the Heavenly Gate in the image and whispered:

"Cooked".

Shen Ye looked at it.

Guixu added a sentence:

"I'm very hungry."

The Beast King in the picture seemed to have heard these words from ten thousand years ago.

He looked up and gazed beyond the record.

"The First Gate of Heavenly Abyss was not opened by any of the myriad races."

"We own it."

These words were spoken.

The Beast King Platform trembled violently.

Peng Jiuxiao's expression changed drastically.

"What?"

Tianhuang closed his eyes.

It's as if they had suspected it all along, but were unwilling to admit it.

The Beast Tamer King's voice continued to ring out.

"At the height of the ancient beast-taming civilization, they sought the origin of all beasts."

"We thought there were even more ancient beasts behind the door."

"The higher royal road."

"A more complete contract."

"So, we opened the first door."

In the scene, the Heavenly Gate slowly opens a crack.

Countless beast tamers stood in front of the gate.

Behind them stood a vast, sky-covering array of beast-taming troops.

But when the door opened, it wasn't a beast that came out.

It's a door.

One door after another.

They have no physical form.

But it can rewrite the course of history.

Swallow the name.

The contract was swapped.

Shen Ye's eyes turned slightly cold.

porch.

It turns out it arrived from the very first door.

The Beast Tamer King raised his hand.

The image shows an army of ten thousand beasts charging towards the Heavenly Gate.

But those doors seemed to disperse like mist, disappearing into the shadows, bloodlines, and contracts of the beasts.

A beast tamer had just given the order.

His tamed beast suddenly turned around.

It's not betrayal.

Instead, the contract was renamed.

At that moment, the entire army was thrown into chaos.

The Beast Tamer King's voice was calm, yet it suppressed a deep pain.

"We rule over all beasts through contracts."

"The porch was established by starting with the contract."

"We use the throne to subdue all beasts."

"The porch learned to sit on the throne."

"We thought we were closing the door."

"But every time a beast is sacrificed, it teaches it how to take away the beast."

Shen Ye finally understood why there were no beasts behind the Beast King in the scene.

He was not born without animals.

In the end, it was all gone.

Tianhuang's voice was hoarse.

"In order to close the first gate, he severed all contracts."

"And so, the ancient beast-taming civilization lost its last king."

In the scene, the beasts behind the Beast King disappear one by one.

It's not as simple as death.

Instead, he personally sent it into the Heavenly Gate, turning it into a nail to seal the gate.

In the end, only an empty throne remained.

The Beast Tamer King sat down.

The throne is burning.

The first door closed.

But before the door closed, a pale hand reached out from the crack.

The hand tapped the throne three times lightly.

thump.

thump.

thump.

Shen Ye's eyes instantly turned cold.

He had heard that voice countless times.

Blood Gate.

The Throne Gate.

Porch nails.

They all come from the same source.

The Beast Tamer King looked at the hand and slowly said:

"I closed the first door."

"But he didn't kill what was behind the door."

"It has memorized my throne."

"They also remembered my face."

The Beast King in the scene turned around and looked at Shen Ye.

The resemblance became even more pronounced at this moment.

Shen Ye asked:

Why do we look alike?

The record, of course, will not provide a real answer.

But the next moment, the Beast Tamer King seemed to have anticipated that the newcomer would ask this question.

他 说:

"If you are similar to me, do not panic."

"That's not bloodline."

"It's a door mark."

"Those who come from outside the gate and refuse the old throne will all bear a similar mark on the First Gate."

Shen Ye's eyes narrowed.

They came from outside the door.

Only he himself truly understood those four words.

Old Jiangcheng.

A rented room in my past life.

A rift between two worlds.

His time travel was not accidental.

At least, it wasn't purely accidental.

Guixu looked up at him.

"You're an outsider too."

Shen Ye remained silent for a moment.

"Um."

Guixu thought for a moment.

"Are you tastier than a door?"

Shen Ye glanced at it.

Gui Xu immediately shut up.

The Beast Tamer King's record continues.

"The latecomers."

"If you still have a tamed beast by your side."

"Don't follow my example."

"Don't use them to fill the door."

"Don't use an empty throne to close the door."

"I prefer empty spaces in the porch."

The Throne of Ten Thousand Beasts behind Shen Ye lit up slightly.

Five animal patterns are arranged side by side.

It's like a response to that statement.

The Beastmaster raised his hand, and three lock marks appeared on the first door in the scene.

"I sealed off the first gate with three layers of security."

"The first lock is on the Beast King's Platform."

"The second lock is in the crack of the old city."

"The third lock is within yourself."

Shen Ye frowned slightly.

On oneself?

A system notification suddenly popped up.

[Record of Tianyuan First Gate detected.]

[Analysis in progress...]

[Confirmed: A faint first gate mark exists within the host's body.]

[Source: Crossing the Rift.]

[Status: Suppressed by the Divine Contract of Myriad Beasts.]

[Warning: After the Beast King Platform returned to its original position, the first gate has sensed the host's coordinates.]

[New main storyline begins: The First Gate of Tianyuan.]

[Task 1: Secure the first lock on the Beast King's Platform.]

[Task Two: Return to Old Jiang City and find the second lock on the Old City Rift.]

[Task 3: Analyze the entry points within the host's body.]

[Final Mission: Prevent the reopening of the First Gate of Tianyuan.]

Old Jiangcheng.

As expected, there's no escaping it.

He found the Ruins of Return there.

There, he also acknowledged his identity as a time traveler.

It seems that this is not the end.

It's the second lock.

The figure of the Beast Tamer King began to fade.

"The Beast King Platform has returned to its original position, and the first lock will light up again."

"But it will also awaken the first gate."

"You have a maximum of seven days left."

In the scene, the darkness behind the enormous heavenly gate suddenly surges.

A pale hand pressed against the crack in the door.

Then came the second one.

The third one.

Countless hands reached out from behind the door.

It felt like waiting for ten thousand years.

The Beast Tamer King glanced at Shen Ye one last time.

"remember."

"The gates shall sit on your throne."

"Don't leave it empty."

The screen falls apart.

The light from the Beast King Platform faded.

The system notification sounded again.

The first lock on the Beast King's Platform has been reopened.

[Remaining stable period: 7 days.]

If the second lock is not secure in seven days, the first crack in the Heavenly Abyss's First Gate will open.

Shen Ye put away the seal, his face still pale.

Having just slain the Devouring King, his Throne of All Beasts was damaged, and all five beasts were also injured.

But now, there isn't much time to rest.

Seven days.

They rushed back to Old Jiang City from the ancestral home of the demon race.

We still need to find the second lock.

Time is very tight.

Peng Jiuxiao suddenly spoke.

"Shen Ye."

Shen Ye looked up.

Peng Jiuxiao was silent for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said:

"The ancestral court of the demon race can give you a path back to Dongxia."

The expressions of the surrounding demon prodigies changed.

"Young Master!"

Peng Jiuxiao said coldly:

"Shut up."

He looked at Shen Ye, his voice turning somber.

"The Devouring King is the fault of the ancestral court of the demon race."

"It's also the fault of the demon race that the ancestral decree was contaminated by the porch."

"This time, I admit it."

Shen Ye glanced at him.

"condition."

Peng Jiuxiao took a deep breath.

"If the first gate opens, the ancestral court of the demon race will also be drawn in."

"Go to the old Jiangcheng and secure the second lock."

"The ancestral temple of the demon race will guard the first seven-day lock for you."

Tianhuang looked up, his dark golden vertical pupils gazing at Peng Jiuxiao.

There was no mockery the first time.

Shen Ye nodded.

"Can."

Peng Jiuxiao then said:

"But don't misunderstand."

"I'm not convinced by you."

Shen Ye said:

"what ever."

Peng Jiuxiao's lips twitched.

On the Beast Emperor Platform, a cyan-gold ancestral road slowly opened.

At the end of the ancestral road, one can vaguely see the wind and snow outside the Demon Suppression Pass.

Before stepping onto the ancestral path, Shen Ye glanced back at the Beast Emperor Platform.

Tianhuang whispered:

"The Crown Bearer".

"Taiwan is here."

"It will not stop within seven days."

Shen Ye nodded.

"Wait for me to come back."

Gui Xu, perched on Shen Ye's shoulder, stared at the end of the ancestral road and suddenly whispered:

"Over there in the old Jiangcheng."

"The door is awake."

Shen Ye's eyes narrowed.

next moment.

A familiar voice drifted from the snowstorm at the end of the ancestral road.

It wasn't Zhou Xuan.

It wasn't Wei Cang.

It wasn't Lu Qingshan either.

It was Lu Chenzhou.

His voice was urgent.

"Shen Ye."

"Something has happened in Old Jiangcheng."

"All the shadows in the city."

"They're all knocking on the door."