New Chapter: The World Beyond the Door
The golden vortex, carrying mist, spun faster and faster, growing larger and larger, until it finally evolved into a moon gate, opening a passage.
"You opened this door, so where are you planning to take me? I'll go there myself?" Wang Xuan looked at the Mysterious Mobile Phone. The door was in the bronze chamber, just a stone's throw away. He could take one step and go in.
"It's better to make a proactive choice than to be forced into it in the future!" the Mysterious Mobile Phone suggested.
Having come this far, Wang Xuan decided not to bother with it anymore. He stepped inside, passed through the golden vortex gate, and instantly arrived in some unknown void. He immediately saw a path approaching from afar.
He was taken aback. This route was composed of runes, which looked very sacred and even carried the aura of Tao. After several trials and errors, it changed its trajectory and came in his direction.
"Is it looking for me?" Wang Xuan asked.
The Mysterious Mobile Phone, "Of course, as you walked through the fog and came from the darkness into the light, it gradually caught your trail and quickly appeared."
Wang Xuan sensed something was amiss and said, "What do you mean? If I don't show up, it can't actually find me?"
"I've told you before, the world is balanced, but one side of the scale has already tilted. You've gained a lot, and you've already incurred debts. If you don't take the initiative to resolve them now, they will accumulate over the years and eventually explode. By then, it will be too late to regret it, and a great disaster will befall you."
Wang Xuan ignored it and did not agree with its theory. If it weren't for the slight possibility that it might involve an old friend, he would not have gone through that door.
However, what reassured him was that the constantly correcting path seemed peaceful, shrouded in ethereal mist, and showed no signs of malice when it reached a certain distance.
It is a golden road, stretching through deep space, and is extremely sacred. According to the Mysterious Mobile Phone, it is a path of cause and effect, connecting to the destination.
"The future looks bright, that seems good." —The Mysterious Mobile Phone
Wang Xuan nodded and breathed a sigh of relief.
The Mysterious Mobile Phone said, "Of course, don't think of the world as so wonderful; anything is possible."
Suddenly, Wang Xuan was startled. Had the prophecy of the Mysterious Mobile Phone really come true?
"Hmm?" When he used his Spiritual Heavenly Eye to observe the end of the road, he saw pools of scarlet blood and a large, gleaming guillotine that had been waiting there for a long time.
His hair stood on end, and he said, "This trajectory is wrong. I have a bad feeling about this."
Buzz!
The void trembled slightly. As the path was being tested and gradually approached this place, a starry river appeared in another direction, and a cloud of auspicious starlight appeared abruptly in the distance.
"Is this another path of cause and effect?" Wang Xuan asked in surprise. Who was looking for him?
At this moment, under the starlight, the Star River Cleansing Body Scripture and the external landscape within his body simultaneously revived and began to operate automatically, making him realize what the cause and effect of this was.
"I have mastered the True Saint Scripture, so what kind of being has sensed me?" He could hardly believe that this could be a cause and effect.
However, it is said that the true saint has perished.
The nine-colored nebula was brilliant and sacred. Judging from its appearance, it was about to guide him away. Could it be that the true saint was not dead? Was this some kind of inexplicable feeling, as if it wanted to take him as a disciple?
After all, almost no one can master the last three levels of this scripture, while he has only mastered the first level.
Xiangyun arrived nearby and lingered there, presumably searching for him. Only then did Wang Xuan notice that behind Xiangyun, a murderous aura surged and blood mist billowed, following them.
"Holy crap!" He felt a chill run down his spine. What kind of cause and effect was this? What kind of creatures could the scriptures possibly involve?
These things have nothing to do with him. The Star River Cleansing Body Scripture was given to him by Zhuo Yanran, and the Star River Outer Scenery Diagram was "given" by Zhu Hai.
The Mysterious Mobile Phone was also surprised and said, "You have quite a lot of Karma Thread. You can even do this. It's probably because the deceased True Saint left behind some karmic connection. You practiced his scriptures and got entangled with it."
"!" Wang Xuan didn't want to say anything.
"Don't worry, I doubt anyone will pay special attention to you. Look, the Nine-Colored Auspicious Clouds have widened their distance again, haven't they?" According to the Mysterious Mobile Phone, someone is after the Daoist tradition and inheritance left behind by the deceased True Saint, and Wang Xuan was simply implicated.
The first two Karma Thread are sometimes near and sometimes far, and they haven't reached us yet; they're still lingering.
"Whoosh!"
A flash of cold light, and an object slid past Wang Xuan's ear. It was a large, gleaming hook, several feet long, that suddenly appeared out of thin air and almost hooked his head, nearly catching him and carrying him away.
"Holy crap, someone's trying to hook me!" Wang Xuan was shocked, his heart trembled, and he took a few steps back.
He avoided the gleaming hook. Was this supposed to be a man-fishing hook? It was more like a dragon-fishing hook; it could anchor a Sperm Whale Dragon in an instant!
It gleamed with a cold light and carried a Daoist aura. A thick fishing line was attached to its end, disappearing into nothingness. It looked exactly like the Karma Fishing Rod he had used before, with an invisible and traceless fishing line and hook, but it was larger than the fishing tackle he had used before. Today, he had been fished out of his own hands!
What path of Karma Thread is this? He fishes all day long, but today he himself is fished, becoming the prey, and is about to be taken away by the anchor.
Wang Xuan absolutely refused to settle this karmic debt. The Mysterious Mobile Phone was a complete rip-off; what kind of fate was this? He seriously suspected he'd been tricked.
He couldn't help but step back, but where was the door? The golden vortex had vanished!
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
That gleaming, large hook kept anchoring him in this spot, constantly appearing and disappearing around him, its cold light flashing, incredibly sharp, and terrifying to look at, making his scalp tingle.
If you get caught in the anchor, your body will be completely exposed, with a huge bloody hole!
Wang Xuan avoided it; he had blacked out this line of fate and would never touch it again!
"What's going on?" Wang Xuan asked the Mysterious Mobile Phone while dodging the persistent hook, wondering why it looked so similar to the Karma Fishing Rod and fishing platform he had obtained.
"You obtained a set of fishing rods that survived from the Old Saint period, but that doesn't mean they're all of them; naturally, others also possess them," the Mysterious Mobile Phone replied.
"Where's the door?" Wang Xuan asked.
"It's off," the Mysterious Mobile Phone informed.
Before Wang Xuan could say anything, a rope fell from the sky. It was very peaceful, hanging down and remaining still, connected to the sky filled with thick blue clouds.
Another Karma Thread, and who are these people? This puzzled Wang Xuan, who had no idea what kind of fate this was.
The rope fell, so close it was almost touching, and then it stopped moving, as if you could climb up to the sky and go to a mysterious, unknown Beyond the World.
The Mysterious Mobile Phone said, "Didn't you say that you've been untouched by worldly affairs lately, and have no karmic ties? But I see one fate line after another appearing before my eyes. What exactly have you been doing?"
"How should I know!" Wang Xuan replied irritably, then urged it, "Open the door for me right now, I'm going back!"
He felt that this matter was outrageous and was prepared to stop it and go back to avoid danger.
"Watch out!" The Mysterious Mobile Phone didn't respond to his request to open the door, but it proactively warned him, reminding him that a new Karma Thread had arrived.
It was a Silver Net, covering the sky and encompassing the void, rushing towards him at lightning speed.
"Holy crap!" Wang Xuan fled. This was too fierce. He wanted to say, "Is there no Heavenly Principle?" Taking the bait was bad enough, but they even used Fishing Net. Who is this, and whose fate has been affected?
"You have way too many Karma Thread attached to you," the Mysterious Mobile Phone sighed, whether it was a genuine lament or a sarcastic remark.
"Shut up and open the door!" Wang Xuan wanted to beat it up. If the phone were a person he could hit, he would have grabbed it and given it a good beating.
He was dodging at top speed. This place was too dangerous. The huge fishhooks could catch dragons. The nine-colored auspicious clouds, along with the evil aura behind them and the towering blood mist, had engulfed one direction. There were also Fishing Net covering the sky.
Suddenly, everything went black before his eyes, and he realized he was in deep trouble—he'd been stuffed in a sack!
Wang Xuan was shocked and furious. It was a huge cloth bag that fell from the sky and stuffed him inside. It was even surrounded by Imperial Dao runes, which sealed the entrance in one go. It was terrifying.
He was about to activate the killing formation diagram and use the Dao Control Banner, intending to break out.
"Don't move. This is a priceless treasure, a forbidden item from the Supernatural Great Universe." The Dao Control Banner, which had been dormant for many years, spoke, without reviving or showing any fluctuation, secretly informing Wang Xuan.
"You can communicate with me without worrying about being detected by it," the Dao Control Banner explained. It had obscured the secrets of this space, and the bag containing the prohibited item could not be detected.
"Then hurry up and run!" Wang Xuan gripped it in his hand and communicated directly.
Dao Control Banner thought to himself, "It's too late to escape now. We'll need to break out of the bag first. Its owner shouldn't be far away, and that will alert him. It's better to lie low for now, wait for the bag to open, and then kill its owner."
Its ferocity has returned, just like it did back then.
"How are you recovering?" Wang Xuan asked with concern. Back when he crossed realms and traversed the Great Universe, the Dao Control Banner had nine cracks, which was quite terrifying.
"It's alright, I've almost recovered. The nine cracks have been refined into nine orifices, and they've merged with the rules of this Supernatural Great Universe. I feel pretty good about it, but it took longer than I expected, and it's still not quite perfect."
Wang Xuan was moved. High-level humanoid beings all possess nine orifices, and the Dao Control Banner has also become like this. It must be a truly astonishing transformation.
"Damn it, how did this tattered bag get out? This is completely unexpected. The blurry, indistinct traces of fate I saw earlier shouldn't have included it." The Mysterious Mobile Phone spoke from outside, clearly talking to itself.
"I... want to stab it to death!" Wang Xuan couldn't hold back anymore. Things had taken an unexpected turn, and according to the Mysterious Mobile Phone, it had vaguely seen several Karma Thread traces of fate, but hadn't told him.
"I'll try again when I have the chance. I'd like to stab it a couple of times and see how it fare," Imperial Dao Spear replied.
The Mysterious Mobile Phone to itself. "Damn it, he took a wrong turn. This is an unplanned Karma Thread, completely different from what I predicted. Fate is unpredictable and full of variables."
Wang Xuan was furious, but there was no sound from outside the bag; it had fallen silent.
"And what about it?" he asked the Dao Control Banner.
"I'm back." The first weapon of the Mother Universe calmly informed him, even sending him some blurry images.
In the void, a golden vortex appeared, carrying chaotic energy. The Mysterious Mobile Phone floated, took a picture in the direction of the bag, and then slowly returned.
Wang Xuan was devastated. That Mysterious Mobile Phone had sent him on his way, and then it just leisurely... did nothing at all.
It didn't even follow, transcending the Three Realms and the Five Elements, as if nothing concerned it anymore.
At the same time, through the perception given to Wang Xuan by the Dao Control Banner, he realized that the bag Shatter Void at an incredibly terrifying speed, and only the Super Contraband Item, the Dao Control Banner, could sense what was happening outside the treasure bag.
"Are there other creatures in the bag?" Wang Xuan was startled. After calming down, he carefully examined the space. It was enormous, like a small part of the starry sky, with such a vast interior.
He realized that this cloth bag was something special.
He gazed into the distance with his Spiritual Heavenly Eye and saw some terrifying creatures that were extremely ferocious and enormous, some with eyeballs as large as mountains.
Some creatures were incredibly frenzied, even insane. They had clearly attacked the bag, covered in blood, with bloodshot eyes, and their bodies were stuck to the bag, bound by the Imperial Dao Texture patterns, unable to move.
They are all different species, all very ferocious, and some of them are creatures I've never seen before and can't name.
Wang Xuan flew eight hundred miles into the depths of the bag, stopping to observe in some places. Then he frowned, wondering what was the point of capturing so many mad beasts and monsters.
"We've arrived," the Dao Control Banner reminded them. The bag was moving too fast; in the blink of an eye, it returned to its destination.
Wang Xuan gripped the Dao Control Banner and wore the Battle Formation Diagram, ready for a bloody battle at any moment.
According to the fierce flag, they should first launch a sneak attack and kill the owner of the cloth bag.
He mingled among various strange beasts and crazed monsters, preparing to slip away in the chaos and strike deadly.
With a whoosh, sunlight streamed through the opening of the bag, and a glowing rope automatically loosened its grip.
"That rope is also a prohibited item!" Dao Control Banner secretly reminded Wang Xuan.
Wang Xuan swallowed two large mouthfuls of icy Supernatural Factor to calm himself down. Where exactly was this place? He secretly transmitted his voice, "How about we first determine whether they are friend or foe, good or evil, before we miss our chance to kill them?"
"The situation outside is far from simple," Dao Control Banner replied.