"The ball is over there at the door. It's just a stone that the watchdog has in his mouth."
After Kelān said this, the wind on Dharma Platform stopped for a moment.
Nezha's Communication Array was still hearing the dispatching sound from Tongtian. He didn't pay attention to it. The Wind-Fire Wheels under his feet turned half a circle, and he fell back to the side of Dharma Platform.
"Say it again?"
Kelān didn't look at him, his eyes were fixed on Gu Changqing's cuffs, where the black sphere had just been inserted.
"What I'm telling you is the truth, Your Highness Third Prince. This Forbidden Artifact is already considered a world-destroying level in Myriad Worlds, but in the Great Thousand Origin Realm's system, its position is just a toy for the guard at the door."
Nezha's mouth twitched twice, wanting to curse, but not knowing who to scold.
Gu Changqing didn't answer the question. He took out the sphere from his sleeve with his right hand, held it in his palm, and pressed his thumb on the surface.
The shell of the sphere was cold and smooth under the fingertips, and the temperature was more than one level lower than the surrounding air.
"System, scan the internal structure of this thing."
"Ding, scanning."
"Ding, there are three layers of energy cores stored inside Origin-Level Forbidden Artifact. The first layer is conventional Destruction level energy, the second layer is space tearing level energy, and the third layer is unknown energy. There is no corresponding entry in the database and cannot be evaluated."
"Third level?" Nezha came over and took a look, "How many levels did the big lizard activate just now?"
"Ding, Thief Race leader has only activated 73% of the first level of energy."
Nezha's face slowly turned green.
Seventy-three percent of the first layer almost blew Heavenly Net Star Domain into pieces, and there were two more layers behind it.
Kelān added next to it.
"If the energy of the third level is completely released, based on my father's estimation during his lifetime, it would be enough to wipe out an entire world line."
"Erase the world line?" Nezha's Fire-Tipped Spear poked the ground, "You mean erasing the entire world from beginning to end?"
"Not even Karma is left."
The commotion of the crowd in the distance came from underneath Dharma Platform. Tongtian and Heavenly Soldier were already maintaining Order. The believers whose soul marks had been taken away were lining up to wait for recovery. Some were crying, some were scolding, and more people were kneeling on the ground not knowing who to believe.
Gu Changqing tipped the ball into his palm, retracted his sleeves, turned around and said something irrelevant to Kelān.
"How many years has your father been guarding the door?"
The rotating miniature Star Map in Kelān's silver-gray pupils paused for a beat.
"Seventy-six thousand years."
"How did you die?"
Kelān's fingers touched the scales on his neck, and his lips moved twice before making a sound.
"The thing on the other side of the door hasn't been pushed open for 70,000 years. Seventh In ten thousand and one years, I changed the method and stopped pushing it. It started to seep out from the crack in the door. The first thing that seeped out was this ball."
"My father blocked the ball and paid for it with his life."
When she said this, she spoke at the same pace as reporting the weather, calmly, and even the rhythm of her breathing did not change.
"The ball was blocked, the crack in the door was not blocked, and Chip, debris, and those Formation templates seeped out from behind. Thief Race picked up these things and used them to cause trouble everywhere in Myriad Worlds."
Gu Changqing stood on the edge of Dharma Platform, looking down at the chaotic crowd on Clear Firmament Plains, his eyes swept over and then back.
"You came to the Firmament Realm, was it your own idea or was it sent by your superiors in the thirteen sequences?"
"It's from the top."
"Who's up there?"
Kelān shook his head.
"I only took over from the person from First Sequence. He gave me the task and I carried it out. I don't know who else is on top of First Sequence."
"What does First Sequence look like?"
"I have never seen her face. Every time I contact her, she is Mental Projection, and her voice has been processed."
Nezha rolled his eyes at the side.
"This organization of yours is like a joke. The thirteen sequences don't know each other, and no one has seen the face of the leader. They got together just to save 100 billion Vow Power and open the door. When the door is opened, you don't know what will come out."
Kelān looked at Nezha with a serious expression for the first time.
"Third Prince, the thing on the other side of the door does not need to be released. It has been walking out, but the door is blocking it, so it goes slowly."
"Walk slowly? How slowly?"
"Five hundred years after my father died, the crack in the door was three times wider than when he was alive."
Nezha said nothing.
Gu Changqing raised his hand, looked at his palm, and took it back.
"System, Karma Thread is still hanging?"
"Ding, the True-Name Karma Thread locking state is stable, and the terminal signal in the Savage Star Domain direction continues to exist."
"Have Tongtian and Yang Jian arrived?"
"Ding, Tongtian and Yang Jian have arrived at the edge of Sixty-First Star Domain. They are conducting long-distance reconnaissance and have not yet approached the core area of the terminal."
Gu Changqing jumped off Dharma Platform and landed on the plain mud, making a shallow pit under the soles of his boots.
"Kelān."
"Here."
"You said you don't want the door to open this way. What method is acceptable to you?"
Kelān walked to the edge from the third floor of Dharma Platform without jumping down. He squatted on the edge of the platform, the hem of his gray cloak dragging on the white jade floor.
"My father once said that the door is not meant to be opened, it is meant to be guarded. When it cannot be guarded, destroy it."
"Destroy the door?"
"Destroy that door and completely disconnect the two sides of the door. Things inside will never be able to get out, and people outside will never be able to get in."
"Can it be done?"
Kelān's silver-gray pupils turned rapidly, and Star Map turned into a ball of light spots inside.
"Theoretically, the equivalent amount of hedging of 100 billion Vow Power is required, which is as large as the cost of opening the door."
Nezha's eyebrows knitted together.
"It costs 100 billion to open the door, and it costs 100 billion to close it. So who built this door and what is it for?"
Kelān didn't answer the question, and his eyes fell on Gu Changqing's back.
Communication Array came on, and the voice of Tongtian came over, speaking faster than usual.
"Master, Savage Star Domain There's something going on over there."
Gu Changqing tilted his head.
"Say."
"The terminal position pointed by Karma Thread, Yang Jian and I scanned it from a distance. It is not a stronghold."
Tongtian paused for a beat.
"It's a city."