A breakthrough!
Zhang Qingyuan opened his eyes and let out a long breath.
The already vast and powerful True Essence inside his body had nearly doubled, surging without end like a boundless sea and causing the surrounding space to ripple again and again.
Feeling this even greater strength,
a sense of ease rose within him.
A breakthrough!
His strength had risen to another level.
He was also one step closer
to the Cave True Immortal Realm!
With his current strength, perhaps even without using a trump card like Buddha Kingdom in Palm, he could contend against the True Essence Ninth Layer Zhang Meng from before!
And after using those Trump Cards,
killing him would no longer be impossible!
His strength had increased again,
so naturally, he was delighted.
Only after quite some time did Zhang Qingyuan suppress the excitement in his heart.
The breakthrough was an unexpected harvest.
He had not forgotten the purpose of this journey.
After steadying his emotions,
he began to survey his surroundings.
The great battle
had left the ground shattered, riddling the area with pits and hollows as enormous fissures spread in every direction.
Yet not far away,
that Ancient Gate stood there, utterly still, unchanged in the slightest.
From beginning to end,
the impact of the battle had not affected it at all!
"How am I supposed to open this?"
Zhang Qingyuan walked up to the gate,
only to suddenly realize a problem.
On that day, he had indeed learned quite a few things from Wei Tianxing, but they had only concerned Gongsun Lan's scheme and the unusual movements of Zhang Meng and the others. Their purpose was to go and open a certain gate, then enter and meet that person.
But as for the actual details,
such as what exactly the gate was,