Chapter 1286: The Gate of World Lock!

The Ye Yuan before him gave Lu Linfeng a feeling of being above the clouds.

If this wasn't divine realm strength, what was?

Moreover, Lu Linfeng had a faint feeling that the aura that had saved him was exactly the same as the Heavenly Dao!

Fang Tian looked at Lu Linfeng with a hint of sympathy and said, "You guessed right. Ye Yuan has indeed broken through to the divine realm—the only divine realm expert in the Divine Domain!"

Lu Linfeng trembled all over, his gaze at Ye Yuan filled with strangeness.

For today, he had prepared for who knows how many years, expended how much effort.

Before today, Lu Linfeng had always been very confident.

He was confident that his idea was the most brilliant in the hundred thousand years of the Divine Domain.

Not to mention definitely breaking through to the divine realm, but he was absolutely the most promising.

In the end, he failed!

That was nothing in itself, after all, over these hundred thousand years, too many had failed.

But before him, there actually appeared a divine realm expert!

Nothing could be more disheartening than this.

Ye Yuan knew that appearing at this moment was not the best timing, but his connection with Lu Linfeng ran deep.

Strictly speaking, he was half a disciple to him.

Allowing Lu Linfeng to be killed by the heavenly tribulation—Ye Yuan could not do that.

"Impossible! Even I failed, you... how did you do it?" Lu Linfeng said, utterly dejected.

These words sounded arrogant, but Lu Linfeng indeed had the capital to be arrogant.

He used array dao to derive his own Heavenly Dao—this talent, this boldness, this strength—no one else could match except Ye Yuan.

Even Fang Tian was inferior to Lu Linfeng in some aspects.

Ye Yuan smiled and said, "You walk the path of array dao; I walk the path of alchemy dao. You use arrays to derive the Heavenly Dao; I use alchemy to complete the Heavenly Dao. That's all."

Lu Linfeng's gaze sharpened, and he murmured, "Use alchemy to complete the Heavenly Dao, use alchemy to complete the Heavenly Dao! That's... all?"

He naturally understood Ye Yuan's words; in fact, Ye Yuan's path was similar in essence to his.

Only, he had failed, while Ye Yuan had succeeded!

Lu Linfeng keenly sensed the subtlety in Ye Yuan's words: one derived the Heavenly Dao with arrays, the other completed it with alchemy.

They seemed similar, but were actually poles apart!

Ye Yuan's words were very subtle, yet they gave Lu Linfeng a sudden enlightenment.

Ye Yuan was telling him that his idea was too impractical, which was why he failed.

Lu Linfeng couldn't help recalling that terrifying heavenly tribulation, and his heart raced with fear.

He suddenly felt something was off. The divine realm was strong, but just now, he himself had touched the threshold of the divine realm, and it seemed still barely enough to handle this tribulation.

"Ye Yuan, that heavenly tribulation just now... even if you are in the divine realm, it couldn't have been so easily resolved, could it?" Lu Linfeng probed.

Fang Tian smiled and said, "Ye Yuan is no ordinary divine realm expert! You've been in seclusion, so you probably don't know what's happened in the Divine Domain. Ye Yuan is now the controller of the Divine Domain, above all beings."

"Con... controller?" Lu Linfeng's pupils contracted; he was shocked by the title.

Ye Yuan looked at him and smiled, "Old ghost Lu, don't lose heart. With your talent, as long as you cultivate step by step, you still have a chance to attain the Great Dao again. My intervention just now was merely to repay your teaching grace."

Lu Linfeng's face was ashen, and he said self-deprecatingly, "You speak from a position of comfort. Attain the Great Dao again? Easy for you to say! This path is blocked; all my years of effort have been wasted."

Ye Yuan smiled and said, "All paths lead to the same destination. How could your efforts be wasted? Just cultivate with peace of mind; in the future, you will have the chance to reach the Guixu realm. Then, this method of deriving the Heavenly Dao through arrays will shine brilliantly! I've said my piece. Old ghost Lu, take care of yourself!"

With that, Ye Yuan, Fang Tian, and Tian Li vanished from the spot.

Lu Linfeng shuddered, staring at the direction where Ye Yuan had disappeared, lost in thought for a long time.

Ye Yuan's few short words revealed a lot of information!

Could it be that Ye Yuan really had a way to bring back the vanished Heavenly Dao of the Divine Domain?

Very likely!

Ye Yuan's current realm was beyond his comprehension.

Moreover, from Ye Yuan's words, it seemed that after the Guixu divine realm, there was an even higher realm!

But these were too distant for him.

Ye Yuan's words rekindled Lu Linfeng's hope.

He had been backlashed by the Heavenly Dao, his strength greatly diminished, but Ye Yuan's intervention had minimized the damage from the Heavenly Dao, preserving his foundation.

As long as he diligently cultivated, he could still return to his peak.

...

Three months later, at the easternmost edge of the Divine Domain, at the end of the Hidden Sea Region, lay a thick layer of mist.

That mist gave an extremely dangerous feeling; even Ye Yuan's eyes showed a hint of wariness.

Several figures stood in the air: Ye Yuan, Fang Tian, Tian Li, Yue Mengli, Bai Guang, Long Teng, and others had all come to see Ye Yuan off.

Behind Ye Yuan were four phantom images—the Four Symbols Spirits!

"What, scared? The realm barrier here protects you; the violent spatial turbulence can't get in. Once you pass through the Gate of World Lock, it's endless spatial turbulence beyond! Do you... still dare to go?"

A voice came from the void—it was Kunwu.

Ye Yuan took a deep breath and said, "Senior, no need to persuade me further. I've made up my mind!"

"Heh, a stubborn brat who won't give up until he hits the wall! Fine, if you want to court death, no one can stop you," Kunwu said in a tone of exasperation.

Ye Yuan slowly turned and bowed to the Four Symbols Spirits, saying, "I trouble the four seniors!"

The Four Symbols Spirits were the totemic powers of the four clans, without consciousness, but they were under the command of the Sacred Dragon Token, which was why Ye Yuan could bring them here.

With that, Ye Yuan offered up the Sacred Dragon Token, and a sacred aura instantly radiated across the entire sea.

The Four Symbols Spirits each took their positions in the east, south, west, and north, standing in the air around the Sacred Dragon Token.

Suddenly, four clear cries soared into the sky. The Four Symbols Spirits simultaneously opened their massive mouths and spewed out powerful fluctuations of laws, converging toward the void.

"Gate of World Lock, open!"

Four beams of light shot into the sky, finally converging in the void above.

An ancient and weathered aura came from the void.

A massive stone gate manifested!

With the appearance of this stone gate, everyone felt as if their souls were about to scatter.

This overwhelming aura was truly crushing.

Ye Yuan emitted an aura belonging to the Heavenly Dao, enveloping everyone, and that crushing feeling instantly dissipated.

Everyone stared at the ancient and weathered gate, utterly shocked.

"So this is the Gate of World Lock? Such a powerful aura! Without the divine realm, one simply cannot withstand this terrifying pressure!" Fang Tian exclaimed.

"I wonder how those divine path experts from back then knew about this exit. Those selfish bastards—better if they all perished in the spatial turbulence!" Bai Guang said indignantly.