Chapter 1347: Chapter 515: All Living Beings Portraits

The vortex of both ascent and descent was like a meat grinder.

Any mortal creature that fell into it would inevitably be ground into a pile of blood and foam.

"Whoosh!"

Xu Xuan, using his body as a vessel, carried everyone to dive.

At first, the group couldn’t discern anything peculiar, only feeling that there were numerous obstructions below, slowing their progress.

Another distance descended, and Xu Xuan’s space law actually failed.

The team’s movement speed plummeted, no different from the pace of a turtle, giving everyone the feeling as if they were trying to cross countless mountain ranges on foot.

This sense of powerlessness, as if plummeting into an abyss, made the atmosphere of the team increasingly heavy.

"This won’t do..."

"Perhaps only true gods are qualified to dive to the bottom of the Four Seas Divine Pool, old turtle can’t do it anymore...Ugh!"

Gui Bang suddenly called a halt, promptly keeling over, vomiting white foam.

Shortly after, it actually fell unconscious.

GuaGua tried to rescue him but found it useless, unable to reverse the big turtle’s adverse condition.

"I can’t hold on either."

"Lord Han, we are not qualified to explore this place..."

Ye Yin was clutching his head, dizzy and disoriented, and then he suddenly fell to the ground, enveloping himself with a matt.

Beside him, Fly Moon, Kun Jie, Zhe Yu, Ye Liuying... and even Xu Xuan, were all groggy, devoid of any energy.

"As for me, I’m completely unharmed..."

"Big Tadpole isn’t of crown rank, and it seems unaffected too... What’s going on?"

GuaGua was hopping around, circling each being to confirm that everyone was merely in a state of unconsciousness, weakness, or debilitation, with no life-threatening peril, before he finally sighed in relief.

Ye Hanjun didn’t understand the principle behind it and could only speculate:

"My ’Instructor’ has been passed down from the Gate of Awakening and was once a part of this place to some degree."

"So, I’m fine."

"And Goose Immortal, Huazhu, Absolute String... because they are bound to me by a contract, so they are not hindered?"

"I have no idea."

GuaGua scratched his head in distress, saying:

"Do we have to part ways here?"

"Separated from us, we would lack divine-level combat power; if a tainted immortal god were to come back..."

"There are matters of urgency, you all go ahead with peace of mind."

Xu Xuan summoned his will to interrupt:

"Return to the surface, this indescribable discomfort might subside."

"Besides, both Zhe Yu and I are demigods; if we can’t beat an evil god, we can always run. Don’t worry about us."

"Go on... I’ll wait for your return!"

Ye Liuying gasped for air, slurred speech:

"The Ancestor once broke into this place and retrieved the heritage, there must be secrets unknown to all heavens and ten thousand races hidden here."

"If you can solve it, if you can gain an opportunity from it, the path of the Double Crowns may well become as easy as walking on flat ground..."

"...Take care!"

Ye Hanjun leaped down from the carpet, giving a resolute look to his companions.

"Rumble rumble——"

The Cross Thunder Sword, as if spiritually connected, hovered underfoot, diving down with him on it.

GuaGua was still standing on his shoulder.

To ensure an immediate response, It maintained its original form, its astonishing weight slightly pressing upon Ye Hanjun’s internal organs.

Then... the world around the ears was exceptionally quiet.

For a long time, GuaGua broke the silence, muttering softly:

"There are no marine species, no aquatic plants, everything is useless, just emptiness..."

It was getting a bit scared.

The deeper they went, the more the heart thudded even without the crisis of life and death, and bodily functions were becoming disordered.

Keep in mind, It was the God of Purity, flawless and invulnerable to all laws.

The fact that something here could affect It made the laws of this place truly strange and fearsome.

"GuaGua, do you have any special sensations?" Ye Hanjun suddenly asked.

"No, Big Tadpole, what’s wrong?"

GuaGua looked at him with a mix of curiosity and concern, asking carefully.

"Below, the calling grows stronger and stronger..."

Ye Hanjun murmured, his tongue suddenly pressing against his palate, falling silent.

Sword Thunder Child seemed to sense something too, stopped moving, with purplish-gold lightning expanding into a net, forming a 360-degree defense.

"What is this?!"

GuaGua suddenly widened its eyes.

At the bottom of the vortex — light appeared!

The light was like the dawn of the sun, the first strand of light dispelling the long night, darkness receded, and light surged.

It grew brighter and brighter until, at its peak intensity, both Ye Hanjun and GuaGua saw — two enormous doors standing erect among the rocks!

One door, forged of gray stones, surrounded by lush green grass and accompanied by misty fairy fog, was nothing short of an earthly paradise.

The other door, colorful on the front, deep black like ink on the back, with magma rock columns nurtured around it.

When those columns were activated, the scalding black-red magma resembled the infernal fires of demons and gods, requiring only the slightest touch to leave nothing but bones, with no life remaining.

"One brimming with vitality, the other filled with gloom."

"Could it be that these are the legendary Gate of Awakening and the Gate of Life’s End? Do both gates have connected passages at the bottom of the Four Seas Divine Pool?"

Ye Hanjun was tongue-tied, overwhelmed with emotion.

Impulsively, he activated the Law-Figure-World of the Pioneer Sect Leader.

In an instant, the Ancient Stone Gate stood erect behind him, its vastness and ancient desolation instantly made his human figure seem as tiny as dust.

"Rumble——"

Above the profound and boundless sky, right amidst the swirling myriad of stars, a Gray Sun manifested, wrapping around the stone gate, merging like milk and water.

At that moment, meteors Sprint, starlight flashing instantly, a chill permeated the skin, yet flames burned within the blood.

Ye Hanjun endured the strange sensation and fixed his gaze.

Three full moons, seven crescent moons, spun around his body.

Further out, those twinkling stars seemed to correspond one-to-one with the congregations of All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds.

"Shh!"

Without any warning, at the bottom of the Four Seas Divine Pool, the two dust-covered stone gates suddenly came to life.