Chapter 1143 - 574: Key of the Gate (2)
Well, who cares about all that now? As long as it sticks together and can be used, that’ll do, right? It’s a matter for the distant future—let’s just survive for now.
Of course, it’s still too early to say he’s survived, since the Seven-section Sword is already slashing down, and the sword power is almost blocking every escape route, leaving no room for retreat. Moreover, as Chen Xuantian sealed off the elixir power of the Blood Mist Pill, his intelligence began to rapidly decline from its peak.
But that’s okay, there’s still time.
So, taking advantage of the last remnants of his wisdom, Chen Xuantian tossed aside the Sword Box, pinched the leaf-like flat sword tip between his index and middle fingers, and conducted his third research task.
Key of the Gate.
The key to opening the gate. Back then, Huangfu Yi’s system referred to this sword in that way.
But how exactly does the sword open the gate? Where does the gate lead to once opened?
For others, merely looking at this leaf-like sword would probably be incomprehensible.
But Chen Xuantian can.
Because he once, by borrowing Tie Dan’s light, passed through a similar gate. Yes, that time Tie Dan went to the Peak of Jiuxiao without him. Ahem...
Anyway, because Xiaoyao Dao’s teachings are vast and profound, at that time Tie Dan took quite a while, battling nine times just to reach the peak, so back then Chen Xuantian followed Kun and directly headed to the other side of the gate.
He traveled all the way to the moon, saw the Taiyin Immortal Palace, saw the Heavenly Demon Ranch, saw the Wet Chicken, saw the Star Route, catching a glimpse of humanity’s end.
Thus, Chen Xuantian knew precisely what this Key of the Gate signifies.
Simply using it as a sword to slay a few immortals, kill some demons is truly an underutilization.
Holding this key means mastering the laws that transcend time and space, dominating the worldly realm, reaching the ultimate gate. This is far more significant than any dragon, any pearl, any calamity, any Cloud Platform. But such a thing was casually thrown over by the female official...
This doesn’t make sense, do the company’s Heavenly Demons not know what this sword is? This kind of magic treasure far exceeds the specifications of the Taiji World, isn’t it made by the company? Besides, they said this treasure sword was used by an old acquaintance—who is this person? Peng Ju? Lingxu? Yuqingzi? Why throw it to him?
Sigh, the elixir power has faded, intelligence has declined, can’t figure it out, don’t understand, a million whys—but it doesn’t matter anymore.
No matter what, the key’s function is to open gates, and now the key is in hand—the question is, where is the gate?
Sigh, can’t figure it out, can’t figure it out! No matter where the gate is, there is a gate within the heart; open it and that’s that!
But how exactly to open it?
That’s simple; the system already mentioned it—just split it open.
Yes, Sword Control Technique.
Back then, although Huangfu Yi relied on the system to open admin privileges, he also learned a set of Sword Control Skill to control the sword and slay dragons later on.
Of course, using it like that is as ridiculous as swinging a nuclear warhead like a club to smash someone.
But who cares! As long as it explodes, doesn’t that do the trick!
Thus, Chen Xuantian, mimicking this like copying the essence from a gourd, took advantage of this momentary flash of brilliance, with his mind exploding with clarity, and in the final instant, understood with a flash of insight, as the sword light approached his face, mastered that ’not time to be revealed’ Sword Control Skill.
Then, borrowing the infinite elixir power from the Blood Mist Pill, refined a mouthful of pure sword energy, attached it to the sword, and then released the sword.
Unity of Heart and Spirit, Human Sword Unity, thoughts arise from the heart, the sword moves with intent.
Key of the Gate, thrown out from the fingertips, like a dart launched with Power, transforms into a streak of silver light in the blink of an eye, breaking through the True Martial Seven Section Sword Force to pierce a path. And Chen Xuantian, grasping the moment of understanding, simultaneously turned with escape light, Human Sword Unity, chasing the light of the key straight out, breaking through the array.
In an instant, the silver brilliance flashed heavenward, transforming the sword into a rainbow, directly pierced into Yu Shangu’s Shenting acupoint.
Sesame, open the gate.
The gate opened.
Yu Shangu split open from the middle, transforming into a gate.
Key of the Gate, sword within the key, light within the sword, a flash of stars carried Chen Xuantian through the gate, stabbed through the gate, and a dazzling starry sky appeared before him.
Indeed, it’s not the blood veil, but the starry sky.
Looking up, it’s an unfamiliar vista of stars, glittering so brightly that Chen Xuantian thought to himself he really tripped on some intense highs, completely immersed in the illusion realm crafted by the elixir power.
But strangely enough, this doesn’t seem to be the night sky Chen Xuantian has seen before, nor is it even a constellation visible from Earth.
At a glance, besides the unfamiliar Star Map, there’s a massive planetary entity nearing close, huge like a wheel, its surface covered with thick, tawny and white swirling clouds, with a fierce counterclockwise moving descending current within, like a giant red spot...
Wait, Jupiter?
This bizarre illusion of Jupiter flickered past Chen Xuantian’s eyes like a revolving lamp, yet in the next instant, Chen Xuantian felt a huge pull from the Void, as though he had collided with an invisible glass ceiling, as though he was unqualified to pass through this gate to the next scene, as though some invisible shackles held him from behind, casting his Divine Sense from the starry sky and down into mortal dust once again.
For a moment, before his eyes, a riot of colors, starry whirls reversed, and then he was once more replaced back into the scene of steep and towering Cloud Platform and Ninth Peak. Once again pushing him back into the trap of gravity.
Hence, when he regained his bearings, Chen Xuantian found himself blankly lying in a pool of water, with his mind entirely blank, not knowing what happened, not knowing who he was, only feeling tied within a heavy Skin Sack, his mind seemingly stuck with paste, living like a fool.