After thinking about it for a moment, I realized that this is indeed the case.

No one understands the power of the Ancestral God better than the Three Pillar Gods. If he were the Three Pillar Gods, seeing that the Ancestral God is about to recover his strength, he would destroy the Earth before that happens... and now that Daxia is ready for the battle, it is undoubtedly the best time for the Ancestral God to return.

"By the way... Even if the revived faith allowed the Ancestral Temple to return to Earth, how did you make it happen to be right in front of you?" Ji Nian seemed to have thought of something and asked in confusion, "Did you discuss this with them in advance?"

"That's not the case. I just pulled the causal thread between me and the Ancestral Temple, and it came here on its own." Lin Qiye thought for a while, "Maybe the Dark Ancestor felt my call?"

"...Are you so shameless?" Jin Yi couldn't help but complain.

Unexpectedly, this time Lin Qiye did not refute, but lowered his head, as if he was thinking seriously about something...

Two figures and a huge temple quickly disappeared at the end of the horizon.

…

Island.

"So...are you ready for the death I have prepared for you, my dear An Qingyu?"

There was no fear in An Qingyu's grey eyes. He looked straight into Chaos' eyes without saying a word.

[Chaos] was about to say something else when his brows suddenly frowned and he turned to look in a certain direction.

“Ancestor God?!”

A rare look of surprise appeared in his eyes.

Then, He seemed to have figured something out, and said thoughtfully, "The Second Holy Testament... So, your goal in dispelling the fog on Earth is the Ancestral God? I underestimated you..."

"It seems that your plan has been disrupted again." An Qingyu keenly caught the change in Chaos's expression and spoke lightly.

"Plan? What plan do I have?" Chaos sneered, "However, Lin Qiye did give me another surprise... This makes things even more interesting!"

He paused for a moment and said thoughtfully: "However, if the Ancestral God also returns to this battlefield, then the combat power of the Ke system seems to be a little insufficient... If Lin Qiye really gets the upper hand in the end, wouldn't it be not exciting enough?"

An Qingyu looked at Chaos, who was laughing and frowning in front of him, with an extremely calm expression, as if he didn't want to pay any attention to this moody madman.

[Chaos] thought for a moment, then his gaze fell on An Qingyu again, his eyes narrowed slightly.

"Very good...it seems you are lucky."

"What? You're not going to kill me?" An Qingyu said expressionlessly.

"I've changed my mind." Chaos shrugged. "If you die, the Key to the Gate will never be able to revive... It's not easy for me and Nicholas to deal with the Ancestral God alone. In this case, why not let you make the last use of your remaining energy."

Without waiting for An Qingyu to say anything, Chaos grabbed his shoulders and, with a flash of his body, came to the ruins of the Gate of Truth.

An Qingyu was already extremely weak, and suddenly moving at such a high speed, he felt dizzy. Before he could stand firmly, a hand pushed him to the edge of the wreckage of the Gate of Truth.

He held the cold stone door with one hand, slowly raised his head to look at the dark tall man, and spoke in a deep voice:

"what you up to?"

"Before I left, I told you that you had to see the revival of the Key to the Gate within four years. Now the deadline has long passed." Chaos spoke slowly.

"From now on, you can only do one thing here... merge your soul with the Gate of Truth, completely fill its gap, and let the [Key to the Gate] cross the long river of time and awaken again in your body."

"Are you going to put me under house arrest?"

"So what?" Chaos said calmly, "Don't forget, you are just a fragment of the Gate of Truth... Repairing the Gate of Truth is your mission, and it is also the reason why I brought you back."

An Qingyu stared into Chaos' eyes for a long time before slowly speaking:

"I see."

"Let's start now... I'll watch you here." [Chaos] leaned against a huge rock, squinted at An Qingyu, and said slowly.

An Qingyu didn't say much, he knew he had no choice. He sat cross-legged under the ruins of the magnificent Gate of Truth.

He bit his fingertips and gently wiped the corner of his eye, and a hint of blood appeared in his deep gray eyes.

Boom——!

Almost at the same time, the remains of the Gate of Truth shook violently as if it had received some kind of call. The shadow of the gate overlapped with the wreckage, and hazy mist surged out from the gate, enveloping itself and An Qingyu.

Starlight lit up from the void and intertwined into ribbons, connecting An Qingyu to the Gate of Truth. A mysterious luster flowed on the surface of the wreckage, and the illusory shadow of the portal was slowly filling in the missing parts of the wreckage.

An Qingyu's body trembled slightly, and a hint of gray appeared on the fingertips of his right hand, as if they were stained with lime, spreading upwards little by little.

Seeing this scene, the corners of Chaos' mouth gradually rose.

An Qingyu's soul has been connected to the Gate of Truth. Now the Gate of Truth is unilaterally absorbing his soul to complete itself. In a dozen days at the least and a month at the most, his soul will be completely integrated into the Gate of Truth. At that time, the [Key to the Gate] will be able to use his body as a medium and wake up in this world again.

Once this process begins, it will be irreversible for An Qingyu, because the power of the Gate of Truth is far stronger than his soul, and he is destined to be the one being taken in.

"Very good." Chaos said with a smile, "I hope that when we meet next time, you will already be the real Key to the Gate..."

As soon as he finished speaking, [Chaos] raised his hand and grasped the nothingness above his head. The surrounding space suddenly distorted, and the blue sky seemed to be covered by dark red. The entire island was hidden in another space and completely disappeared from the sea.

After doing all this, [Chaos] turned around and walked out, and his figure disappeared from the spot in an instant.

The dark red sky looks like blood.

An Qingyu was trapped in the wreckage of the Gate of Truth. He looked in the direction of the factory in the distance and muttered to himself:

"This day has finally come..."

In the endless gray fog, his eyes slowly closed, and he remained motionless like a stone statue.

…

Daxia border.

"We are almost there." Lin Qiye stopped above a sea area. "The Black Goat didn't catch up with us. The danger is over."

Hearing this, Ji Nian finally breathed a sigh of relief...

"This job is...more exciting than anything I've done in the past few years."

Ji Nian stretched himself, as if remembering something, and looked at Lin Qiye with shining eyes, "I have completed what I promised you! When will you deliver the five shots?"

"...Wait a minute, I have something else to do."

In memory of: (fuck)

"You're not trying to cheat, are you?!"

"Don't worry, I'll keep my word." Lin Qiye looked back at the magnificent Ancestral Temple and was silent for a moment. "Before that, I still have some doubts...that need to be answered."