Arriving at the Gate of Reincarnation, Meeting Ancestor Witch Houtu

In the far west of the Primordial Wilderness, miasma blanketed the land, and Yin winds howled.

At the boundary between heaven and earth, a vast black vortex hung in the air. Within it, ghosts wailed and spirits howled without end. Dense deathly energy intertwined with the laws of reincarnation, forming an invisible barrier that kept ordinary living beings at bay.

This was the Gate of Reincarnation, the unavoidable passage through which all life in the Primordial Wilderness reincarnated.

Black fog churned along the vortex's edge. Countless vengeful spirits struggled and screamed within it, desperate to break free from the bonds of reincarnation, only to be dragged back by an invisible force of law. They turned into streaks of mournful soul-light and vanished into the depths of the vortex.

A streak of light shot through the sky and came to a slow halt before the Gate of Reincarnation, its Chaos Rosy Cloud fading away.

Lin Yue appeared, his Chaos Dao Robe fluttering in the wind. He clutched the Reincarnation Guiding Jade Pendant that Baize had given him. Intricate runes of reincarnation were carved into the jade, which radiated a faint light that shielded him from the surrounding deathly energy.

He raised his eyes to the vast black vortex, a grave look flashing in his gaze.

The pressure of the Gate of Reincarnation was far more terrifying than he had imagined. Even standing outside it, he felt a force tugging at the depths of his soul, as if it meant to pull his primordial spirit from his body and cast it into the vortex, stripping away all his memories and cultivation.

"What powerful laws of reincarnation." Lin Yue murmured, slowly releasing the Power of Heaven Opening Origin bestowed upon him by the Pangu phantom.

In an instant, an ancient, primordial aura of