Lin Qiye couldn't remember how many times he had merged with the Murasakibara Sword. Whenever the time limit of the [Hand of Kingship] was reached and it was forcibly ejected, he would activate it again without hesitation and merge it into his body.
A ray of light flickered in the deep space at an astonishing speed. Large nebulae receded behind him. After each flicker, he was in a different space.
The side effects brought by [Hand of Royal Power] made Lin Qiye's consciousness gradually blurred. Even the Hongmeng Spirit Embryo could not withstand such high-intensity artifact blessing and space jump.
He is like an explorer who is carrying pressure and hope, moving forward in the abyss of despair, betting everything, and persistently trying to find a possibility to reverse everything.
This possibility is extremely slim. If it were in the past, Lin Qiye might have been able to find it, but it is different now...
Now, he has no more miracles.
During countless space jumps, Lin Qiye's consciousness gradually fell into chaos. The claustrophobic darkness from the universe eroded his vision bit by bit. Finally, his eyes were completely plunged into darkness.
The unconscious Lin Qiye slowly floated towards the depths of the universe in a fixed direction, like a corpse floating on the sea.
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Daxia.
"What did you say? The [Key to the Door] disappeared?" Upon hearing this message, Guan Zai frowned tightly.
"Yes, after the Sword Immortal killed the Black Goat, he disappeared." A night watchman answered seriously, "We have already cleaned up the remaining Black Goat cubs and are cleaning up the battlefield... but the Key to the Gate is indeed missing."
The disappearance of [Key to the Door] should have been a good thing. What Guan Zai was most worried about was that after Zhou Ping passed away, [Key to the Door] would go on a killing spree...
But now that I heard the news of His disappearance, for some reason, I became even more alert because I kept it in my heart.
[Key to the Gate] must destroy Daxia, but He is not in a hurry to act now. Maybe it is because there are more important things to do?
"Any news from other shelters?"
"No, all the shelters are safe and have not been attacked by the enemy..."
"Strange...where can he go at this time?" Guan Zai thought.
In front of Jialin Pass, many figures were cleaning up the devastated battlefield, burning every corpse of the black goat kid to prevent pollution. The human ceilings and gods who had wiped out the last batch of the kids were also gradually gathering towards the pass.
Yuuri Takishiro, Wu Tongxuan, Athena, Wang Mian, Master Chen... Guan Zai's eyes swept over everyone one after another, and suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something.
"Shen Qingzhu... Where is Shen Qingzhu?"
"Mr. Shen and Mr. Wuquan went to ring the bell."
"Ring the bell?"
"Before Commander Lin went to the battlefield, he said that if any accident happened, he should ring the Donghuang Bell... Now [Black Goat] and [Chaos] are both dead, but [Key to the Gate] suddenly arrived. Should this also be considered the 'accident' that Commander Lin mentioned?
So before the war was over, Mr. Shen led his men directly to Qilian Mountain to ring the bell. "
Donghuang Bell, the Third Holy Covenant...
Guan thought for a moment, "When did they leave?"
"About ten minutes ago."
"More than ten minutes... With the speed of Shen Qingzhu and Wuquan, they should have arrived long ago." Guan narrowed his eyes slightly, and suddenly looked in a certain direction, his expression extremely solemn.
"But why haven't we heard the bells yet?"
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Qilian Mountains.
Two figures quickly crossed the sky.
"We're here." Shen Qingzhu's eyes fell on the continuous mountain range. His gray wings slowly folded and his figure landed in front of one of the peaks.
"Brother Qingzhu, do we really have to ring it now?" Wuquan asked beside him, "Brother Qiye said before that we should wait until something unexpected happens and the situation is urgent before ringing it... Isn't it too early now?"
"We can't delay any longer." Shen Qingzhu said firmly.
“Lin Qiye’s clone has fallen, the Ancestral Temple and the teacher have all disappeared, and no one in Daxia can stop the [Key to the Gate]... Don’t forget, the [Key to the Gate] is an omniscient and all-seeing god who can predict the future. He can see the future after the activation of the Third Covenant, so He will definitely try to stop us... We must ring the Donghuang Bell before He leaves the battlefield!”
Hearing this, Wuquan's face suddenly became solemn.
I almost forgot about the tricky ability of [Gate Key]...
Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately raised his hand and pressed the huge bronze bell on the mountain. With the power of [Emperor of Domination], he could directly control the ringing of the Donghuang Bell without having to get close to it. This was also the fastest way to ring the bell at present!
However, just as his palm was about to press down, the huge bronze bell standing on the mountain peak suddenly became blurred, as if the surrounding space was folded!
In Wuquan's perception, the Donghuang Bell was instantly beyond his ability, and in the end he could only press it in vain.
Seeing the distorted space, Shen Qingzhu frowned tightly.
Their speed was already very fast, but even so, they still couldn't catch up...
In the twisted space, a door to nothingness was outlined. The man wearing a black robe, [Key to the Door] slowly pushed it open, stood on the nothingness at the top of the Donghuang Bell, and looked at Shen Qingzhu and the others at the foot of the mountain with a smile.
"As expected of you, Shen Qingzhu... your reaction is much faster than others. Unfortunately, no matter how fast you are, you can't outrun time." [Key to the Gate] spoke slowly, "The East Emperor Bell rings, [Holy Covenant] responds, we return to the past, and fight for our lives...
Lin Qiye did a great job in establishing this third holy covenant!
Return, fight for survival... These eight words have too many interpretations. The more vague the meaning is, the more possibilities there are. In the future that I have seen, there are no less than six ways of fulfillment, and several of them can pose a threat to me.
Unfortunately... the girl who made the covenant with her is now exhausted, and the most threatening ways of fulfillment for me cannot be realized. For example, the return of the heavenly court; for example, the resurrection of Zhou Ping...
Of course, these two methods of fulfillment are too difficult. If Yelan were to do it herself, it would be possible, but she is just a human ceiling, and she cannot accomplish it even if she risks her life. "
The sound of [Key to the Door] echoed in the fog, and Shen Qingzhu at the foot of the mountain frowned more and more.
Zhou Ping is the Great Xia Sword Master and the one and only supreme god in the world. It would be extremely difficult to resurrect him...but the Heavenly Court was not destroyed. It just fell into a deep sleep and floated into the universe. Why, according to the [Key to the Gate], it seems as if he will never come back?
"Since the other ways of fulfillment cannot pose a threat to you, why do you have to come here to stop us?" Wu Quan said in a deep voice.