But just as they were marveling, a strange ripple slowly appeared!
The ripple swept over them, seeming to tug at their minds! Under its influence, even the fierce-looking Hun Tiandi involuntarily formed a hand seal. Dou Qi surged from him and flowed into the Tou She Ancient Jade!
The Ancient Jade, which had been divided into eight pieces, immediately fused into a jade ring under Hun Tiandi's guidance!
The moment the ring formed, it shot toward the distant stone gate!
Seeing this, Zhukun grew anxious and moved to seize it!
But Ren waved a hand and said coldly, "Stop. Let him do it!"
Zhukun was puzzled. "Your Majesty, this..."
Before he could finish, the Tou She Ancient Jade fired a dazzling beam of light straight at the distant stone gate!
The array patterns covering the gate blazed with light!
As the light spread, the ancient gate, sealed for ten thousand years, slowly began to stir. Fine cracks appeared across it.
The cracks gradually widened, and the ancient stone gate finally began to open!
The gate that had barred Zhukun for countless years was finally open!
Zhukun felt a surge of excitement. The others could not help feeling moved as well. As cultivators of the Dou Qi System, they had always dreamed of becoming Dou Gods! And rumor held that the secret to becoming one lay beyond this gate!
It was only natural that they felt both awed and excited!
Unlike the others, Ren looked grave. His sharp Double Pupils fixed on the space beyond the gate as he murmured, "In a moment, get as far away as you can!"
His words snapped Zhukun and the others out of their reverie. They stared at him in confusion!
Zhukun asked quietly, "Your Majesty... what's going on? Could Tou She Ancient God