" Fengdu City has just been created, so the four forces that came to explore probably don't know much about it either. Never mind, let's go deeper inside and take a look."
Xu Long sighed and continued forward.
Shortly after Xu Long entered Fengdu City, a woman also arrived at the outer perimeter.
She has a graceful figure and charming demeanor.
Although her face is not clearly visible, it is still possible to tell that she is a rare beauty.
"Following the guidance of the Main God, there exists here that can allow me to advance further. What lies beyond the Power of Extreme Yin, Absolute Yang? The divine being itself?"
The woman was none other than Lin.
After overcoming numerous obstacles and countless difficulties, she finally achieved her wish, advancing her Pure Yang Physique to the Utmost Yin Physique. She then used Xu Long's power to summon the remnant souls of gods wandering in the void, granting them the Power of Extreme Yin, Absolute Yang.
She thought she had reached the end, but the Main God told her that she could go even further.
Lin doesn't believe in love or friendship; she only believes in power.
Therefore, in pursuit of ultimate power, she followed the guidance of the Main God and came to Fengdu City to seek the opportunity to take the final step.
"You'd actually come to such a bizarre place, wouldn't you? I wonder if you'll still be able to act so arrogantly after seeing me now."
Lin thought of the man who had taken her virginity and toyed with her multiple times, and a murderous glint flashed in her eyes.
After crossing the area inhabited by the White Bone Insect, Xu Long finally saw what he both longed to see and feared to see.
It is about 1,000 meters high and more than 100 meters thick, with three awe-inspiring and chilling characters on top.
Ghost Gate!
After entering the Ghost Gate, one enters the Yellow Springs Road, and at the end of the Yellow Springs Road lies the River of Forgetfulness.
Legend has it that the Red Spider Lily grows on the River of Forgetfulness, blooming every thousand years and shedding its leaves every thousand years, its flower and leaves never meeting in any lifetime.
There is a bridge over the River of Forgetfulness called the Naihe Bridge, and next to the bridge is the Three Lives Stone, which can reflect one's past and future lives.
Cross the Naihe Bridge, and you will Homeward-Gazing Terrace.
An old ghost Meng Po brews a soup day and night. After drinking it, the ghosts forget their past lives and can be reincarnated in peace.
"Once you enter the Ghost Gate, nine out of ten never return!"
After passing through the Ghost Gate, lies the Yellow Springs Road; for the living who come here, there is only death.
However, the Great Emperor of Fengdu City, and his subordinates have also disappeared without a trace.
Only a few weak, lowly White Bone Insect remain here, incapable of causing any trouble.
Stepping into the Ghost Gate, I saw neither ghost messengers nor ox-headed or horse-faced demons.
It was empty, utterly silent.
Once you step into the Ghost Gate, there is no turning back.
Of course, this is only because of insufficient strength. If it were as powerful as the Great Emperor of Fengdu, it would have directly knocked down the Yellow Springs Road the Ghost Gate, collapsed the Naihe Bridge, and even overturned the River of Forgetfulness.
Legend has it that the Yellow Springs Road represents the life of the deceased, and constantly moving forward means constantly discarding the past.
Only when you let go of everything can you reach the end.
The Yellow Springs Road is incredibly long, seemingly without end.
Xu Long could not sense any presence, not even the White Bone Insect.
The disappearance of the Great Emperor of Fengdu and the deaths of the powerful figures within the city have stripped this mysterious place of its power.
But as he continued to move forward, Xu Long felt as if he had lost something.
Xu Long instinctively turned his head to look behind him and was immediately stunned.
Where is there Yellow Springs Road? Where are the Ghost Gate?
All that remains is the ever-swirling mist and scenes I'm almost forgetting.
Childhood playmates, loving parents, and a girlfriend who heartlessly abandoned him...
Unfamiliar classmates, beautiful older sister, lively and adorable Bao'er...
Whether happy or sad, all the memories come flooding back.
Xu Long's expression shifted between light and shadow, all his thoughts culminating in a sigh.
A tear rolled down from the corner of her eye, evaporating before it even hit the ground, just like the chaotic and messy past, vanishing forever.
Three lifetimes of mistakes beside the Three Lives Stone
Sighing helplessly by the Naihe Bridge.
It's hard to distinguish right from wrong on the path of yin and yang.
Love and hate are separated by the Yellow Springs.
" The Yellow Springs Road truly lives up to its name!"
Xu Long murmured something, and the confusion on his face quickly turned into determination.
The past is gone, the future is yet to come; everything is subject to change.
He cannot change the past, but he can seize the present.
Turning around, the vast and endless Yellow Springs Road had disappeared, and what appeared before me was a wide river.
This is the River of Forgetfulness, a river that has long since dried up.
At the bottom of the water are countless skeletons, most of their bodies submerged in the silt, leaving only their heads gazing at the sky and their hands reaching into the void.
There were no Red Spider Lily on the riverbank; it was bare and desolate.
Walking along the river, Xu Long saw a large bridge.
Indistinct and shadowy, as if existing in an illusion.
Beside the bridge stands a majestic stone tablet with three large characters written in a vigorous and unrestrained style, conveying a sense of desolation.
The Three Lives Stone!
Legend has it that the Three Lives Stone can reveal one's past and future lives.
The departed souls reminisce about the past here, take a look at their hometown from the Homeward-Gazing Terrace on the other side of the bridge, and then drink the Meng Po's Soup to wash away their memories of this life.
Xu Long approached the Three Lives Stone and carefully examined this legendary object.
Its surface is very rough, and there is no energy fluctuation at all; it looks no different from ordinary rocks.
After observing for a long time without discovering anything extraordinary, Xu Long decided to cross the Naihe Bridge.
However, at that moment, everything suddenly changed.
Beneath the sky, a magnificent palace stands atop the mountain.
Countless giant beasts knelt on the ground, offering their most precious treasures to the gods they worshipped.
A colossal serpent with nine heads, ten thousand feet long; a divine Shenron with wings on its back, ten thousand feet long; a beautiful Nine-Tailed Fox; Phoenix draped in seven colors...
Countless legendary and terrifying divine beasts looked solemnly at the powerful deity atop the mountain.
Peaches that bear fruit after nine thousand years, apricots that ripen after ten thousand years, a gourd that grows alone on the spiritual root of heaven and earth, the bark that has shed from the Jianmu...
Countless rare treasures were laid out on the ground, but the deity did not even glance down at them.
His gaze was fixed on the sky, his eyes reflecting the sun, moon, and stars.
Heaven and earth, the universe, all things, and all living beings...
Xu Long was like a passerby, looking at those legendary terrifying mythical beasts, countless rare treasures, and the sun, moon, and stars in the sky, but he could not see the appearance of that deity.
"Who was that... my past life...?"
Xu Long remained silent for a long time before letting out a long sigh.
Turning my head to look at the Three Lives Stone again, one side was the one I had seen before, while the other side was a vast expanse of white.
It's as if it's telling him that there's only the past, no future.
Or will I be completely annihilated in this lifetime?
What are you trying to tell me? That I should give up?
Xu Long raised his head and stepped towards the Naihe Bridge.
He never believed in fate; even knowing he was doomed, he would still take a gamble.
Regardless of who he was in his past life, or whether there is a future, he will never give up.