Instead, somewhere in the unseen, a Secret Aperture seemed to reveal itself.
The ninth Secret Aperture—Hidden Origin!
Tang Changsheng had cultivated for so long, yet he had never detected the slightest trace of the ninth Secret Aperture.
There was no other reason: the Hidden Origin Secret Aperture was too mysterious and unfathomable.
Of the nine luminaries of the Heavenly Star, the other eight Secret Apertures were all within the human body. Even Dongming, though said to be hidden, lay within the soul.
Only the ninth Secret Aperture, Hidden Origin, lay outside the human body. Records even called it the Gate of Heaven and Earth, the Gate of the Mysterious Female—an undying portal to the Immortal Realm.
Even now, Tang Changsheng remained in a state of Yin Exhaustion, Yang Emergence, but he still had not found the slightest trace of this ninth Secret Aperture.
Yet amid the tremors of that sound, this Gate of Heaven and Earth shook and revealed a trace of itself.
Boom!
Another blow rang out, as though someone had struck the gate with all their might. Tang Changsheng could not help trembling from head to toe...
At that moment, Ying Tiecheng underwent the greatest change. The light around him blazed ever brighter...
But True Lord Qian and True Lord Wu merely watched from the side. True Lord Qian even wore a smile tinged with both sorrow and relief, a sight that seemed exceedingly strange.
Just then, the Heavenly Gate opened wide. Azure heavenly light fell like rain, and countless immortal maidens, young attendants, Divine Clerks, and Heavenly Soldiers formed a long procession of welcome. "We welcome the Heavenly Lord!"
The next instant, Ying Tiecheng turned into a streak of light that shot straight into the sky.
As he departed, he swept his sleeve and gathered up every