This is—someone descending through an artifact projection from a forbidden ground! Gu Yuanqing's heart stirred. Last time, a crack opened in the Boundary Gate, and power from the Guixu Alliance seeped through. Perhaps they found the spatial coordinates of the God Ruins long ago.
Gu Yuanqing turned to glance at the phantom of the Great Void Creation Wheel above the altar beside him.
He had never considered that someone could descend into the God Ruins through a forbidden ground.
But now that he thought about it, it made sense. Just like the Heavenly Angling Technique empowered by the North Spring Realm, it was essentially an application of the Way of Space.
He himself, for instance, could shatter the void and reach another world using only the Way of Space, without relying on the Heavenly Angling Technique. He simply could not achieve anything as wondrous as Heavenly Fishing.
And forbidden grounds were inherently connected to rule divine artifacts. As long as their locations were anchored, similar spatial arts could naturally be used to descend through them.
Gu Yuanqing opened his Brow Divine Eye. Starlight flowed as he gazed at the Nether Edict Forbidden Ground.
Still, from what I know of rule divine artifacts and forbidden grounds, only someone at the God King level should be capable of this. It seems the ancient God King who once controlled the Town Abyss Underworld Edict was one of the Return to the Ruins. That also matches the pair of eyes I sensed on Ye Xuanxiao back then.
As a Heavenly God, Wei Zhao should know something about this and should have considered the possibility. Presumably, he had taken precautions. If he had not—that would be truly pathetic.
Thoughts raced through Gu Yuanqing's mind as his gaze moved back and forth between the Boundary Gate