The information Willow God had given Meng Chuan about the Immortal King who had once entered the Origin Gate cleared up his old doubts about it completely.
Everything suddenly fell into place.
The so-called Origin Gate probably was not truly primordial at all.
It was very likely a gateway someone had forged.
Beyond it lay a road with an unknown starting point, but its end might be in the Boundary Sea, perhaps even in its deepest reaches.
That road was naturally perilous. The Cult Masters of the Three Thousand Dao Provinces would spill blood the instant they entered.
Even the Starting Ground beyond the gate was no place for those Cult Masters.
Of course, that was also because those Cult Masters were far too weak.
Someone strong enough could continue down the road beyond the Origin Gate, seizing enough opportunities to grow stronger.
Until they traversed the entire road and transcended its end.
Or, like that Immortal King, died at the end.
Seen that way, how was this any kind of Origin Gate? It was clearly a gate of trials!
That was why, in Willow God's original story, she had been able to keep exploring after entering the Origin Gate with the strength she had then.
And eventually return to the Mortal World with overwhelming power.
The road beyond the gate unfolded in stages, so Willow God and Little Pagoda must have recovered gradually as they traveled it.
Given their strength, calling them invincible among their peers did not begin to describe them.
So in the Early Stage of that road, they would not die. Instead, they would draw on its opportunities to restore themselves.
Until they finally reached its end.
It was somewhat like the Starry Sky Ancient Roads of the various races in the later era of Shrouding