Chapter 1988 – The Third Holy Covenant
Lin Qiye couldn’t remember how many times he had fused the Heavenly Conglomerating Cloud Sword, and every time the time limit of the [Hand of Kingship] was reached and it was forcibly ejected, he wouldn’t hesitate to push it again and integrate it into his body.
A shadow of light flickered in deep space at an astonishing speed, a large area of nebulae receding behind him, and after each flicker, he was in a different space.
The side effects brought on by [Hand of Kingship] caused Lin Qiye’s consciousness to gradually blur, even the Hongmeng Spiritual Foetus couldn’t withstand such intense artifact enchantments and spatial leaps.
He was like an explorer carrying pressure and hope, moving forward in the abyss of despair, betting everything and obsessively trying to find a possibility to reverse everything.
This possibility was extremely slim, if it was in the past, Lin Qiye might have been able to find it, but it was different now ……
Now, he was out of miracles.
In the countless leaps in space, Lin Qiye’s consciousness gradually fell into chaos, and that claustrophobic darkness eroded his vision from the universe little by little, and in the end, his eyes completely fell into pitch black.
Lin Qiye, who had lost his consciousness, slowly floated towards the depths of the universe in a fixed direction, like a corpse floating on the surface of the sea.
Daxia.
”What did you say? The [Gate Key] has disappeared?” Upon hearing this message, Guan Zai’s brows furrowed tightly.
”Yes, after Sword Immortal beheaded [Black Goat], He disappeared.” A Vigilant replied seriously, “We’ve already cleared out the remaining Black Goat pups and are cleaning up the battlefield …… but [Key of the Gate] has indeed disappeared.”
[Key of the Gate] disappearing, should have been a good thing, Guan Zai’s greatest fear, is that after Zhou Ping returns to heaven, [Key of the Gate] directly open a killing spree ……
But now that he had heard the news of His disappearance, for some reason, Guan Zai’s heart instead became more vigilant.
The [Key of the Gate] was bound to destroy Daxia, but now He was in no hurry to do it, perhaps because there were more important things to do?
”Over at the other sanctuaries, is there any news?”
”No, all the sanctuaries are safe and have not been attacked by the enemy ……”
”Strange …… where could He go at this point in time?” Guan in thoughtfully.
In front of Jialin Pass, numerous figures were cleaning up that devastated battlefield, burning the corpses of every black goat cub to prevent contamination, and those human ceilings and gods that had eliminated the last part of the cubs were gradually converging towards this side of the pass.
Yuzuri Takubai, Wu Tongxuan, Athena, Wang Mian, Chen Fuzi …… Guan Zai’s gaze swept through the crowd one after another, and suddenly, he seemed to think of something.
”Where is Shen Qingzhu …… Shen Qingzhu?”
”Mr. Shen and Mr. Wuquan went to ring the bell.”
”Ring the bell?”
”Before Commander Lin went to the battlefield, he said that if any accidents happened, he would ring the Eastern Emperor Bell …… Now that both [Black Goat] and [Chaos] are dead, but the [Key of Door] suddenly descended, this should be considered an ‘accident’ in Commander Lin’s words ‘?
That’s why before the war over here was over, Mr. Shen led people straight to Qilian Mountain to ring the bell.”
Dong Huang bell, the third holy covenant ……
Guan in thought for a moment, “When did they leave?”
”Ten minutes ago.”
”Ten minutes …… With Shen Qingzhu and Wuquan’s speed, they should have arrived long ago.” Guan Zai’s eyes narrowed slightly, his gaze suddenly looking towards a certain direction, his expression was grave, incomparable.
”But why up to now …… we haven’t heard the sound of the bell?”
Qilian Mountain.
Two figures quickly crossed the sky.
”Arrived.” Shen Qingzhu’s gaze landed on the rolling mountain range, his gray feathered wings slowly closing in as his figure landed before one of the peaks.
”Brother Qingzhu, are we really going to knock now?” Wu Quan asked beside him, “Brother Seven Nights said before that we should wait until an accident occurs and the situation is urgent before we knock it …… now would it be a bit too early?”
”It can’t be delayed any further.” Shen Qingzhu spoke firmly.
”With Lin Qiye’s doppelganger down, and the Ancestral God Temple and Teacher all disappearing, no one in Daxia can stop the [Key of the Gate] …… Don’t forget that the [Key of the Gate] is an omniscient and omnivorous god that can foresee the future, and can see what’s to come after the activation of the Third Holy Pact, so He’ll surely try to come to stop us …… We have to rush to ring the Eastern Emperor’s Bell before He disengages from the battlefield!”
Hearing this, Wu Quan’s face suddenly became grave.
Almost forgetting about this tricky ability of [Key of Gate] ……
Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately raised his palm and pressed it towards the massive bronze bell above the mountain peak, possessing [Dominating Emperor] he could directly dominate the East Emperor Bell to vibrate without having to get close to it, which was currently the fastest way to ring the bell!
However, just at the moment his palm was about to press, the huge bronze bell that stood above the mountain peak suddenly blurred, as if the space around it was folded!
In Wu Quan’s perception, the Eastern Emperor’s Bell was instantly beyond his ability, and in the end, he could only press it.
Seeing that distorted space, Shen Qingzhu’s brows tightly furrowed.
Their speed was already fast, but even so, they still failed to catch up?……
In the twisted space, a portal of nothingness was outlined, and the black-robed [Key of Door] pushed it open without slowing down, standing on top of the nothingness at the top of the Eastern Emperor’s Bell, smilingly looking at the two of them at the bottom of the mountain, Shen Qingzhu.
”Worthy of being you Shen Qingzhu …… reacts much faster than others, unfortunately, your speed is no faster than time.” [Key of the Gate] leisurely spoke, “The East Emperor bell rises, the [holy covenant] answers the time, the old past returns, the Jedi ……
This third holy covenant, Lin Qiye set it up really well!
The old past returns, the Jedi …… these eight words have too many interpretations, the more vague its meaning is, it means that there are more possibilities, in the future that I have seen, there have been no less than six ways to fulfill it, and several of them can pose a threat to me.
Unfortunately …… the maiden with whom she has now made the holy covenant has run out of oil, and several of the ways of fulfillment that are most threatening to me cannot be realized at all. For example, the return of the Heavenly Court; for example, the resurrection of Zhou Ping ……
Of course, these two ways of fulfillment are too difficult, and it would still be possible if Yellande were to personally carry them out; she is but a human ceiling, and even if she puts her life on the line, she won’t be able to accomplish it.”
The sound of the [Key of the Gate], echoed in the mist, and Shen Qingzhu at the bottom of the mountain frowned more and more tightly.
Zhou Ping is the Great Summer Sword Immortal, a unique supreme deity on earth, wanting to resurrect him is naturally as difficult as climbing into the sky …… But the Heavenly Court was not destroyed, it just drifted into the universe after falling into a deep sleep, so why in the mouth of [Key of the Gate], it seems as if it can never come back?
”Since the several other ways of fulfillment can’t pose a threat to you, why do you still make a point of coming to stop us?” Wu Quan spoke in a deep voice.