pjbooks Chapter 168 The Main Gate Closes, Dragon Abyss Conferred Godhood
Chapter 168 The Main Gate Closes, Dragon Abyss Conferred Godhood
The main star gate is completely closed.
At that moment, the silver-white crack that stretched across the sky above Longyuan trembled slightly.
Then, the last glimmer of blue light was swallowed up by the door frame.
There is no second anchor.
There are no bronze goalkeepers.
There was also no black hand of the sect leader pressing down on the door frame.
Only a silent, silver-white star gate remains, hanging once again in the depths of the night sky.
It was as if everything that had happened before was just a nightmare.
The fragile outer ring positions, the tilted starship, the bronze fragments scattered everywhere, and the battle cracks that stretched across the night sky all told everyone—
Not a dream.
The Bronze Gate really did descend.
The image of Feng Wangmen really did appear.
The sect leader has indeed extended a hand into reality.
But in the end.
They were all blocked by one person.
……
Under the main star's command.
Lin Yuan stood in the center of the Dark Gold Starfield.
Within a radius of a hundred feet, there was no source tide, no gate pattern, and no external force that could forcibly penetrate.
This area seems to have been cut out from reality.
Yet it hasn't truly escaped reality.
The dark gold starlight flowed slowly.
The celestial body serves as the boundary.
The Star Soul is Heaven.
The Blood Shadow Soul Core, like a second dark gold star, hangs at the other end of the star field.
Lin Yuan could clearly sense that all the power within the star field was circulating on its own.
It does not rely on heaven and earth.
It does not rely on the main star's gate energy.
It is not even subject to the suppression of Zhou Xuanheng's Star Law Marquis Domain.
This is completely different from Houyu.
Hou Yu is a realm that favors martial artists.
The royal domain is where the rules of heaven and earth submit to the king.
Within the Extreme Star Domain, there is no heaven or earth to which one can lean, nor are there any rules to which one must submit.
Because this star field itself belongs only to Lin Yuan.
He is the sole source here.
The system panel floated deep within my consciousness.
[Current number of Qi and Blood Physical Compression Counts: 1000000]
The Extreme Starfield has stabilized.
[Current initial range: 100 zhang in radius]
[Can absorb, refine, and suppress stargate permissions not exceeding the host's carrying capacity limit]
[The main body and the ultimate blood shadow can separate power, soul, and injuries through the star field.]
[Next qualitative leap: 1100000]
[Reward Preview: Extreme Star Gate]
Lin Yuan looked at the last item.
Extreme Star Gate.
The locked trajectory behind the door is converted into cross-door coordinates.
This allows the Extreme Blood Shadow to project and descend from a distance.
A million times ago.
It has always existed behind the door, following the anchor point, dreams, and the main star gate to arrive in reality.
After a million times.
This road is no longer just one-way.
The sect leader may come.
He can go too.
A faint golden light flickered in Lin Yuan's eyes.
Deep within consciousness, an extremely distant, pitch-black trajectory floats silently.
That was the path left by the sect leader when he withdrew his hand.
There are countless black doors in between.
It's not something we can truly overcome right now.
But the coordinates have already been memorized.
Once it reaches 1.1 million times, the Extreme Dao Star Gate will be condensed.
The sect leader was no longer a shadow hidden behind countless doors.
……
The Dark Gold Starfield slowly contracted.
Hundred feet.
Fifty feet.
Ten zhang (approximately 33 meters).
Ultimately, it was all absorbed into Lin Yuan's body.
The stagnant winds outside started to flow again.
Dust continued to fall from the shattered battlefield.
The array lights of the distant starship also lit up again at this moment.
Blood Shadow stood beside Lin Yuan.
The soul core in his chest throbbed slowly.
thump.
The cracks on its body have completely closed.
The six arms that were shattered by the sect leader's authority have been restored by the power diversion of the Extreme Star Domain.
Then, the blood shadow gradually faded away.
It did not dissipate.
Instead, they returned to the shadow beneath Lin Yuan's feet.
Everyone witnessed this scene.
Blood-faced Ancient Cultivator stood beside Lin Yuan.
Then, he returned to his shadow.
The last shred of hope and misjudgment shattered completely at this moment.
Bloodface is not Lin Yuan's protector.
It wasn't some ancient cultivator hiding in the shadows.
It was not some protective seal residing in his body.
That was his clone.
His knife.
His shadow.
Lin Yuan is the true form.
……
The entire city of Longyuan remained silent for a full ten breaths.
Then.
The first cheers rang out from the Zhenxing Army's first line of defense.
"Main gate closed!"
The soldier's armor was mostly torn apart.
Her left arm hung limply.
His face was covered in blood.
But he still raised his sword high with his right hand and roared at the top of his lungs:
"Longyuan has been defended!"
next moment.
The entire outer ring defense line was in complete uproar.
"We held on!"
"The second anchor has been destroyed!"
"The Bronze Goalkeeper is dead!"
"Main gate closed!"
The voices converged, traversing the shattered battlefield, reaching the academy, the inner city, and the underground refuge zone.
Countless people hiding underground huddled together.
Someone burst into tears.
Someone collapsed to the ground.
Some people kept asking:
"Did they really hold on?"
"Isn't the thing behind the door coming down?"
Once it was confirmed that the main star gate had stabilized again, the emotions that had been suppressed all night were finally released.
The sound of crying.
laughter.
Cheers erupted.
mixed together.
It swept across the entire Longyuan City like a tidal wave.
But when countless people looked up at Lin Yuan, who was under the main star's tutelage, all the cheers instinctively subsided for a moment.
In awe.
Shocked.
incredible.
A mix of emotions lingered in everyone's eyes.
A boy wearing a tattered old school uniform.
A joke from the first level of the Qi and Blood Realm.
It transformed into its original form, the Blood Face.
He became a gate-swallower.
He became the person who personally shattered the shadow of the King's Gate, severed the gate master's authority finger, and saved the entire Dragon Abyss City.
This is too big a leap.
It's so big that many people still find it unreal.
……
The starship descended slowly.
Zhou Xuanheng stepped out of the bow of the ship.
His silver-black robe was torn in several places, and there was still blood on the corner of his mouth.
But he did not treat his injuries.
Instead, they went to a place a hundred feet away from the forest.
stop.
Zhou Xuanheng did not use his Star Law Perception to investigate further.
They also did not attempt to enter the star field that Lin Yuan had just reclaimed.
Having experienced this battle, he now understands very well.
Some things cannot be recorded simply because the General Headquarters wants to.
It's not that just because he wants to investigate, he has the right to continue investigating.
Zhou Xuanheng looked at Lin Yuan.
A moment later, he raised his right hand and placed it on his chest.
This is the formal etiquette that the Star Gate General Administration uses when addressing those of similar meritorious service.
It's not about superiors addressing subordinates.
Rather, it was the guardian of the Star Gate's recognition of another person who had saved a Star Gate city.
"Zhou Xuanheng, the Star Patrol Envoy of the Star Gate General Office".
"On behalf of Longyuan City, I thank Lin Yuan."
The sound traveled through the Star Law Array and spread throughout the outer battlefield.
Countless people were deeply moved.
Zhou Xuanheng.
Later in the period of being enfeoffed as a marquis.
The Grand Marshal's Star Patrol Envoy.
Previously, he was investigating Lin Yuan, monitoring Lin Xiaoya, and even almost had a conflict with Lin Yuan outside the Star Family Courtyard.
But at this moment, he formally bowed his head to express his gratitude.
This is not admitting defeat.
It means to acknowledge.
To acknowledge who truly changed the outcome of this battle.
Lin Yuan glanced at him.
"Stop looking at Xiaoya."
There was no discussion of war achievements.
There was no mention of gratitude.
They did not take the opportunity to ask the government for anything.
It all comes down to this one sentence.
Zhou Xuanheng remained silent for a moment.
This time, he didn't mention any wartime regulations, nor did he mention the authority of the General Headquarters.
There won't be a next time.
Lin Yuan withdrew his gaze.
Zhou Xuanheng looked at him and continued:
"All previous orders from the General Headquarters to conduct mandatory investigations, restrictions, and observations against you have been rescinded."
"Lin Xiaoya is no longer on the list of those subject to mandatory supervision."
"If she is willing to accept the protection of the General Headquarters, the General Headquarters will provide resources."
"If you are unwilling, the General Headquarters will not force you."
Lin Yuan did not answer.
Because these things are how they should be.
Zhou Xuanheng didn't say anything more.
He turned and gave the order to the deputy astronaut:
"Modify all files of Lin Yuan and Lin Xiaoya."
"Lin Xiaoya's protection level: highest level, no forced contact allowed."
"Lin Yuan's ranking..."
He paused for a moment after saying this.
In the existing system, it seems that there is no level that can accurately identify Lin Yuan.
Qi and Blood Realm, Level 1?
That's true.
However, writing these words in the combat power column is no longer a mistake.
It's a joke.
Mid-stage of being granted the title of Marquis?
The blood shadow had already been slain.
Late stage of being enfeoffed as a marquis?
Even when the Bronze Gatekeeper was on the verge of becoming a King, Lin Yuan was still able to dominate him.
King?
He has neither a royal domain nor a normal kingly realm.
But he shattered the Fengwang Gate's shadow head-on.
They even severed a portion of the sect leader's complete authority to be granted the title of king.
In the end, Zhou Xuanheng only said four words:
"Unable to assess."
The deputy envoy of the star patrol was startled and lowered his head, saying:
"Yes."
……
Marquis Zhenxing walked over, dragging his battle sword.
He didn't say much.
He simply stopped in front of Lin Yuan.
He then gave Lin Yuan a salute from the Zhenxing Army.
"Dragon Abyss Star-Suppressing Army".
I owe you a city.
Lin Yuan said calmly:
"The door was meant for me and Xiaoya."
Marquis Zhenxing shook his head.
"Even without you, the sect leader would eventually settle down somewhere else."
"The only difference is that there were no gate-devourers in Longyuan back then."
He looked up at the now-closed main star gate.
"And no one will be able to break down the gates for this city."
Lin Yuan did not continue the argument.
Marquis Zhenxing did not remain either.
He knew that Lin Yuan was injured.
What's needed most right now isn't celebration, questioning, or having all the high-ranking officials of Longyuan City gather around to express their gratitude.
Instead, it was quiet.
"We'll discuss the battle achievements and the aftermath of the White Pagoda incident after you've rested."
After speaking, Marquis Zhenxing turned around and gave the order:
"Seal off the outer ring of the main star gate."
"Clean up all remaining door patterns."
"The list of the dead will be compiled before dawn."
"All wounded should be sent to Zhenxing Military Medical Center first."
Celebration is celebration.
Many people died in this battle.
The outer ring positions were almost completely destroyed.
The real cleanup has only just begun.
……
Qin Guanlan did not approach Lin Yuan.
He stood at a distance, watching Zhou Xuanheng and Zhenxing Hou bow one after the other.
Qin Zhu stood behind him and whispered:
"Young Master, shall we go over there too?"
Qin Guanlan shook his head.
"No need."
"Going there now will only make it seem like the Qin family is eager to distance themselves from the situation."
Qin Zhu said:
"But the Longyuan branch has a grudge against him..."
"The Longyuan branch has already paid the price."
Qin Guanlan glanced at the Qin family elders in the distance, whose faces were ashen.
"Qin Zhao is dead."
"Qin Yue is dead."
"Qin Xuanxiao is also dead."
"His decision not to continue destroying the Qin family of Longyuan indicates that that chapter has been turned."
"As long as they don't get stupid enough to flip it back."
Qin Zhu nodded slowly.
Qin Guanlan continued:
"Give 30% of the healing resources brought by the Qin family's main lineage to the Zhenxing Army."
"Don't sign my name."
"In addition, seal away the fragments of Qin Xuanxiao's soul lamp."
"This matter must not be used to incite revenge."
"Yes."
After receiving the order, Qin Zhu couldn't help but ask:
"Young Master, what level is Lin Yuan at now?"
Qin Guanlan watched the figure descending towards the Starry Courtyard.
"Zhou Xuanheng has already given the answer."
"Unable to assess."
He paused.
"But when Qin judges him in the future, she only needs to remember one thing."
"Don't stand opposite him."
……
Inner ring of Longyuan Academy.
The evacuation order has not yet been lifted.
Almost all the students stopped in their tracks, looking up as Lin Yuan landed in the Starry Courtyard.
Song Li's eyes were red.
She has a lot of questions to ask now.
I'd like to ask if Lin Xiaoya was injured.
I want to ask Lin Yuan why he was able to hide for so long.
I also want to ask if the so-called Blood-Faced Ancient Cultivator was him from the very beginning.
But when that figure actually got close to the academy, she didn't dare to go forward.
Ji Qinghe stood to the side and said softly:
Don't go.
Song Li whispered:
"I just wanted to see Xiaoya..."
"Let's go tomorrow."
Ji Qinghe looked at the wounds on Lin Yuan's body that were not yet fully closed.
"He doesn't need to watch tonight."
Song Li paused for a moment, then nodded.
Ning Wushuang stood further away.
He looked at the broken freshman list monument in the university square.
Qin Zhao's name was once ranked third.
Ning Wushuang ranked second.
Chu Tianheng ranked first.
Lin Yuan's name wasn't even qualified to be written on it for a long time.
Looking back now.
That monument is like a huge joke.
Ning Wushuang asked in a low voice:
Will the new student ranking be re-established tomorrow?
Chu Tianheng stood beside him.
"meeting."
"Universities always need to rank everyone else."
"What about Lin Yuan?"
Chu Tianheng looked towards the Starry Sky Courtyard.
"Don't write it."
Why?
"It's offensive no matter where you write it."
……
The Black Tower of the Celestial Patrol Bureau.
Gu Changye finally sat down.
His black notebook has turned to a new page.
It was filled with everything that happened tonight.
Bloodface has been publicly confirmed as Lin Yuan's clone.
The bronze gatekeeper will fall.
The second anchor collapsed.
The shadow of the King's Gate was shattered head-on by the Great Brahma Body of Annihilation.
The sect leader's authority over the shadow was severed.
Millions of times.
Extreme Star Domain.
By the end, he had lost the ability to continue analyzing.
Only one sentence was left:
From this day forward, Longyuan City will no longer speculate on how strong Lin Yuan is.
The subordinate stood to the side and asked in a low voice:
"Sir, why?"
Gu Changye closed his notebook.
"Because we can't guess."
"Also because I dare not guess."
He leaned back in his chair and looked at the main star gate, which had completely returned to calm.
A moment later, the smile on his face slowly faded.
"However, this battle is not truly over yet."
The subordinate's expression changed slightly.
"The Bronze Goalkeeper is dead, and the Second Anchor is gone too."
"The sect leader has also retired."
"Is it not over yet?"
Gu Changye shook his head.
"The sect leader's last words were not a threat."
"It's a notification."
"It has decided to pay the price and come in person."
The subordinate's throat was dry.
"How long will that take?"
Gu Changye did not answer.
Because nobody knows.
The sect leader is too far from Earth.
Countless gates and star fields separate them.
However, the higher up one's position, the more time can no longer be judged by ordinary standards once the decision is made to pay the real price.
Maybe a year.
Maybe in January.
It may happen faster than anyone expects.
Gu Changye looked towards the Starry Courtyard.
"Lin Yuan knows as well."
"That's why he remembered the way."
……
Starry Courtyard.
Lin Xiaoya stood in front of the courtyard gate the whole time.
As Lin Yuan landed, she immediately ran two steps forward.
But after seeing his tattered clothes and wounds, I stopped abruptly.
She looked up and asked softly:
"Does it hurt?"
"good."
"You always say it's okay."
Lin Xiaoya's eyes were a little red.
But she didn't cry.
She knew her brother didn't like people talking about his wounds.
So she only asked the question she most wanted to ask.
"Are you full this time?"
Lin Yuan looked at her.
That's enough this time.
Lin Xiaoya finally smiled.
"That's good."
She followed Lin Yuan into the courtyard.
After walking a few steps, he couldn't help but touch his forehead again.
"elder brother."
"Um."
"When you were closing the door, didn't I help you too?"
"Um."
Lin Xiaoya's eyes brightened a little.
"I just said 'close it'."
That's enough.
She asked in a low voice:
"Really?"
Lin Yuan stopped and glanced at her.
"In that instant, without you, its fingers could not be severed."
Lin Xiaoya was stunned.
She hadn't expected that her tiny, almost invisible force of locking the door would actually work.
It is not being protected.
She wasn't hiding behind her brother.
But when she closed the door at the last minute, she left that last bite for her brother.
She looked down at her hands, and after a long while, she said seriously:
"I'll lock it faster next time."
"It will also be locked more securely."
Lin Yuandao:
"Go to sleep first."
Lin Xiaoya: "..."
Her serious mood was abruptly interrupted.
But this time, she was not disappointed.
"it is good."
"Brother, you need to rest too."
Lin Yuan hummed in agreement.
……
After Lin Xiaoya fell asleep.
Lin Yuan sat down in the courtyard again.
After a million cycles, the Extreme Star Domain slowly circulated within his body.
The injury is healing.
The cracks in the physical body, the damage to the soul, and the pressure on the Blood Shadow Soul Core were all gradually healed through the internal circulation of the star field.
The efficiency is much faster than in the past.
But Lin Yuan did not focus on his injuries.
He looked up at the main star gate.
The door is already closed.
The surface has been restored to its silvery-white color.
There is nothing unusual about it.
However, in the perception of the Extreme Star Soul, a pitch-black trajectory still stretched across countless distances, pointing to the deepest part behind the door.
The sect leader is there.
and.
The trajectory is moving slowly.
It's not near the main star gate of Longyuan.
Instead, they are searching for another path that is more suitable for reality.
Lin Yuan's eyes flickered slightly.
The sect leader had learned his lesson once.
Next time, they might not enter through the main star gate again.
……
at the same time.
Deep behind a door, some unknown distance from Earth.
Countless black gates floated in the void.
Each door was so tall that the end could not be seen.
Between the doors, hundreds of millions of pitch-black chains were intertwined.
The end of the chain.
A massive figure, too large to be fully discerned, slowly raised its right hand.
The index finger area is missing a portion of the permission projection.
The wound is not bleeding.
Only a dark gold trace remained at the broken edge of the door.
Countless door patterns surged from all around, attempting to erase that mark.
But every time it is touched, it is torn apart by the residual devouring power.
The sect leader looked at the dark gold wound.
I haven't spoken for a long time.
The bronze gatekeeper is dead.
The second anchor is gone.
A glimpse of his gaze was swallowed up.
Even the portion of the King-Sealing Authority that he himself extended into reality became the final bite for the Gate Devourer to complete his qualitative transformation.
Beyond the endless black gate.
One by one, the sleeping figures of the door slowly opened their eyes.
They sensed the sect leader's anger.
"Sect Master."
"Should we set up another anchor?"
Should a higher-ranking goalkeeper be called up?
"Should we unleash a torrent of energy to crash against that star?"
The sect leader did not answer these questions.
It simply raised its other hand.
He grabbed onto an extremely thick, pitch-black door chain beside him.
This door chain connects to a distant, slowly rotating royal-level main gate.
Each King-level main gate represents a stable cross-domain path controlled by the gate master.
Its value far exceeds that of a bronze goalkeeper.
It is also far superior to an ordinary real-world anchor.
next moment.
The sect leader tightened his grip.
Click.
It tore off that king-level door chain with its own hands.
Countless black doors trembled simultaneously.
The shadows around them all bowed their heads.
"Sect Master!"
Breaking the chain of the King-level gate means abandoning a cross-domain path that has been cultivated for countless years.
This means that the sect leader will lose a portion of the territory.
This also means that it can burn all the spatial permissions accumulated in this chain of doors into the price of forcibly shortening the distance.
The sect leader held the broken door chain in his palm.
The pitch-black flames burned silently.
An extremely distant, yet rapidly becoming clear, celestial coordinate appeared deep within the myriad gates.
Earth.
"Sending another goalkeeper is useless."
"Even if we anchor again, we'll still be swallowed up."
The sect leader slowly stood up.
With just this one movement, hundreds of black doors around them tilted backward at the same time.
"I am here in person."
"This time."
"The gates of Dragon Abyss will not be opened."
Amidst the pitch-black flames, a realistic star map slowly unfolds.
The sect leader's gaze passed over Long Yuan.
It fell toward another ancient doorway on Earth that no one had yet discovered.
That door mark lies dormant in the deepest part of human territory.
It hasn't been opened for many years.
"From the human world."
"Open the door."