Heaven's Gate Forbidden Zone

Beyond the World Membrane, everything seemed to be void. Divine sense could neither touch nor perceive anything.

Even spiritual qi no longer existed, and naturally neither did any so-called demonic qi.

Indeed, only through the connection between the world itself and the other Exquisite Realm Domains could one sense that space also existed beyond this realm domain.

Gu Yuanqing's expression was calm. He had naturally looked beyond the Exquisite Realm Domain before, but never as carefully or as clearly as he did today.

What lay before him differed somewhat from his original conjectures, but the Way of Space had never been so simple. Perhaps his cultivation was still too shallow to perceive its mysteries.

It was like the black aura he had obtained from the Heavenly Demon Sword Master's incarnation. Only through Object Control could he suppress it, while he himself found it difficult to sense or manipulate it. It was all due to the gap between their levels of power.

After a long while, he slightly withdrew his divine sense and observed the World Membrane.

He compared it with the edges of North Spring Grotto-Heaven and the membrane of his own Heavenly Human World, carefully sensing their differences.

He used this to verify his own Way of Space. Such things could not possibly bring great progress in an instant, but cultivation itself was a journey forward through unceasing comprehension!

Meanwhile.

Within Qingping Dao Palace.

The Heavenly Demon Sword Master sat cross-legged. His body looked increasingly aged, yet his eyes had gained a measure of brightness.

A Bronze Ancient Lamp sat before him.

Daoist Qingxu and Chi Jinyu had each manifested a phantom, and the three sat facing one another in a triangular formation.

At times, the three debated fiercely; at times, they sank into deep contemplation; at times, they