A Bronze Gate stood silently between heaven and earth.
Lifelike reliefs covered its surface. Hideous skeletons brandished their claws as though they might tear free of the gate, only to be pinned fast by an invisible force.
Five figures stood beneath it.
"Five days have passed. Why haven't Li Tian Shi and Qi Tian come out of the formation?" Meng Shentong asked, pacing with displeasure written across his face.
Beside him, the Purple Robe Marquis shook his head. "Perhaps something unexpected happened!"
"Hmph!"
Meng Shentong gave a soft snort. He did not believe anything could have happened to Li Tian Shi.
The Yellow Wind Great Array was strange, certainly, but its purpose was to divide space and suppress Divine Sense. It seemed designed specifically to trap certain creatures.
For Nascent Soul True Persons like them, crossing it was not difficult.
Besides, they had the Hundred Thoughts Sachets Li Tian Shi had specially refined to guide them. They would not lose their way too badly.
Glancing at the old woman busy before the gate, Meng Shentong stopped pacing. His gaze rose involuntarily to the Bronze Gate that towered toward the heavens.
"Is this the Life and Death Gate?"
Without turning around, Red Leaf Granny said, "It isn't the complete Life and Death Gate, only one half of it: the Dead Gate, said to lead to the Netherworld."
Meng Shentong raised an eyebrow. "It looks exactly like the gate we passed through to enter the Yin-Yang Realm."
"That one was merely an imitation of this gate. Its power was less than one percent of the original's."
Meng Shentong looked surprised. "That much of a difference?"
Red Leaf Granny straightened and turned around, worry on her face.
"How could it not be? The complete Life and Death Gate is a Spirit Treasure!"
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