"Your father... is waiting for you here too..."
That voice was rich and majestic, carrying an unquestionable imperial aura as it echoed endlessly through Chu Tian's sea of consciousness. Every word was like a heavy hammer, striking precisely at the softest, deepest bonds within his heart.
Human Emperor! Father!
For any member of the Human Race, upon hearing such a supreme summons and news of a beloved relative, they would likely have cast aside all caution without hesitation and plunged headfirst through that enormous bronze gate.
A momentary haze appeared in Chu Tian's eyes. His taut dark-golden body stalled slightly, and his feet, which had been desperately resisting the black hands' pull, involuntarily shifted forward by half an inch.
"Hahaha! That's it! Go in! Become the most perfect vessel for my lord!" Seeing this, Lingxi's eyes erupted with fanatical excitement. As long as Chu Tian stepped through that gate, everything would be over!
Yet, at the very instant Chu Tian was about to take that fatal step!
"Bzzzz—!!!"
Deep within Chu Tian's dantian, the Primordial Chaos Furnace, which had been silently operating all this time, suddenly erupted with an unprecedented roar! The purple-gold origin of the Hongmeng Heavenly Path, like a mad dragon whose tail had been stepped on, frantically issued a piercing warning!
This warning arose from the rejection of the universe's very origin, an instinctive resistance against extreme danger!
At the same time, Starry Son, who lay dying in the arms of the Heaven Abyss Holy Son, suddenly summoned his last shred of strength and shouted hoarsely, "Chu Tian! Don't believe it! It's fake!"
The Heaven Abyss Holy Son also abruptly came to his senses. His eyes bloodshot, he roared, "Chu Tian! Wake up! Back then, on the Starry Sky Ancient Road, when the Human Emperor Phantom descended,