Xu Zimo lowered the saber in his hand.
He asked, "If you speak properly, we can let you go.
"Otherwise, I'll tear this gate apart directly."
"If you want to know something, at least ask first so I can answer," Iron Gate replied helplessly.
"Who is the Four Symbols Fire Ancestor?" Xiao Anshan was the first to ask.
"Your Fire Clan's ancestor, and you're asking me instead?"
Iron Gate replied, "Back when the Land of Origin was home to the oldest batch of the Fire Clan.
"The Four Symbols Fire Ancestor was among them."
"And what are you?" Shangguan Xian asked.
"The Four Symbols Fire Ancestor is already dead, yet you've survived until now?"
"I'll say this one more time. I am a divine gate. Back then, the Four Symbols Fire Ancestor used me to seal away a world."
Iron Gate replied, "I don't count as a living being.
"I am merely a slumbering consciousness.
"I share the lifespan of heaven and earth. So long as this world does not perish, I cannot die.
"Impressive enough for you?"
Hearing this, Xu Zimo pondered for a moment.
Then he asked, "What is behind you?"
"N-Nothing," Iron Gate hurriedly replied.
"If it's nothing, why are you nervous?" Xu Zimo asked.
This time, Iron Gate fell completely silent.
"Do you want to see whether your iron gate is harder, or whether my saber is sharp enough?" Xu Zimo said.
"We're all civilized people. Fighting and killing isn't good," Iron Gate hastily said.
"Behind this gate lies a world once imagined by the Four Symbols Fire Ancestor."
"Imagined?" Xiao Anshan and the others were stunned.
"That's right. As one of the first Fire Ancestors, the Four Symbols Fire Ancestor once envisioned the future of the Fire Clan.
"A world they would create with their