Chapter 1169: Heart
The instant he saw the Dark Gate, Fang Yuan learned quite a bit from it, including the Dao Ancestor's guess about what lay beyond its current realm!
That was to refine an entire universe and become its master!
After all, a universe's lifespan was immeasurably long. And even after it perished, a new universe would be born in its place. They seemed to pass through endless cycles, yet never truly vanished.
Refining a universe was no easy feat, of course. The Dark Gate had lived through the births and deaths of several universes without succeeding, a clear example of just how difficult it was. And despite Fang Yuan's long travels, he had never encountered a single universe master.
But no matter what, it was still a path forward, a possibility!
"It's just... this cycle will eventually be broken. The Huaxia Universe is the best example... Guixu isn't an ordinary universal collapse. It's a state in which no new universe can ever be born."
Watching the Dark Gate and the Three-Phase Key fight tooth and nail over a chance to refine a universe, turning against one another in the process, Fang Yuan found it strange.
But naturally, he wasn't about to reveal what he had learned.
"Go!"
The Three-Phase Key's true form pressed closer and closer to the Dark Gate without the slightest energy fluctuation. Its three vortexes fused into one, taking the shape of a gigantic key.
At the sight of it, the Dark Gate reacted with grave solemnity. Countless shadowy gates appeared around it, majestic and vast, forming layer upon layer of barriers. Within them, worlds seemed to rise and fall.
Even several auras belonging exclusively to Outer Gods were rushing over to reinforce it.
"Those are... the Dark Gate's Outer God Offspring... It's summoning its