—A fissure!

—The Great Gate!

—A fissure on the Great Gate!

In an instant, a single possibility came to Su Zhou’s mind: the destination of the Immortal Gods who had vanished in the distant past!

’The end of the Spiritual Qi era must have been when the Great Gate started having issues. The fissures in the starry sky had likely already appeared back then. The disappearance of Spiritual Qi from Earth, and even the entire Solar System, must have been caused by it leaking into other worlds!’

’And now, according to what Yara said, all the Great Beings are gradually awakening and preparing to break free, so the state of the Great Seal is beginning to reverse. Vast amounts of Spiritual Qi are flowing back from other worlds into our own, causing the Spiritual Energy Revival phenomenon.’

He didn’t even need to guess. The moment he heard that the Immortal Gods might have gone to other worlds, Su Zhou thought of his own transmigration to the Divine Wood World. If a Dragon’s Spiritual Vision could see those worlds, then the Immortal Gods, as the most powerful Cultivators, surely could as well.

’And their final struggle was likely to follow the path of the draining Spiritual Qi and, without the Celestial God Scale, make one last desperate gamble. They took the initiative to travel to those worlds beyond the Great Seal!’

"The Immortal Gods pursued the Spiritual Qi, traveling to other worlds—at least, it’s highly probable that’s what happened."

Seeing Su Zhou’s grave expression, the Daoist Saint thought he was confused and explained with a smile, "Su, there’s no need to ponder these things right now... In short, ever since the Immortal Gods disappeared, there have always been people attempting to call upon them, or upon the power of other mighty beings from the Otherworld. Or rather, while trying to summon our Immortal Gods, they accidentally made contact with beings from other worlds."

"The organizations these people formed have even received responses from these otherworldly beings. Although we all believe that the entities they summoned are not the Immortal Gods we’re familiar with, there’s no doubt that these beings from the Otherworld also possess extremely formidable power."

"In fact, the various monsters and anomalies that have appeared on Earth since the Spiritual Energy Revival are connected to them... Among those organizations, some want to summon the bloodlines or avatars of these Otherworld ’Immortal Gods’ to descend upon our world. Others are even more insane—they want to summon the True Body of an Otherworld Immortal God, shatter the current order, and even open a passage to the Otherworld."

At this point, Zhang Qingyun’s expression became extremely grave. "And that is not impossible."

While the Daoist Saint was relaying this information, Su Zhou turned to Yara in his Spiritual World and asked pensively, "It seems that both the Immortal Gods and Earth’s high-level Transcendents have noticed the fissures in the sky, suspecting they’re related to other worlds, and have grown vigilant."

"That’s not surprising."

Yara replied lazily, "Even if they didn’t know about the Great Gate and the Otherworld, who wouldn’t be afraid after seeing such enormous fissures? Weren’t you stunned for a few seconds yourself when you first saw them?"

"To be honest, if the Zhengguo Government really does possess some powerful Immortal God Inheritances, they might actually be able to explore a few of the more accessible Sealed Worlds in the future."

Meanwhile, Zhang Qingyun took a sip of tea, his expression returning to normal. He glanced at Su Zhou and, seeing that he wasn’t stunned by this information, nodded with some satisfaction. The young man had a strong grasp of the situation, which was why he was willing to divulge these secrets. At least Su wouldn’t resist reality or refuse to accept it.

Then, he continued, "The Immortal Gods of old did not leave Earth without a trace. The Order Array, the ruins scattered across various regions of the world—these are all their legacy. And the Cultivators of Zhengguo still possess the most complete inheritance of their Cultivation Methods."

"But most important are the Immortal God Ruins. They might contain paths and methods leading to the Otherworld, or rare resources that are now extinct, or even long-lost Magical Treasures and Cultivation Techniques."

At this, even Zhang Qingyun’s face grew solemn, though it was tinged with a hint of yearning. He sighed softly and stroked his beard. "Who knows how long this Spiritual Energy Revival will last? Who knows when the Spiritual Energy Era will end? Where did the Immortal Gods truly go? Do the ruins hold any clues to these questions?"

"Revolving around these ruins left behind by the Immortal Gods, our world, which has long known peace, may be plunged into conflict between the major factions. And those fanatical Mysterious Organizations will undoubtedly want to use those ruins to summon the new ’Gods’ they’ve discovered and shatter the current Order on Earth."

"Can’t they be developed peacefully?" Su Zhou couldn’t help but ask upon hearing this. "I don’t know exactly how strong the Immortal Gods were, but even before the Spiritual Qi dried up, they were undoubtedly among the most powerful Cultivators. The ruins they left behind can’t be easy to excavate, no matter how you look at it."

"We might not even be able to explore a single ruin completely, so why start a conflict instead of developing them peacefully? Once a ruin is successfully excavated, if a way to the Otherworld is found, that’s certainly not a project one country could handle alone... I mean, there’s no need to be at each other’s throats when nothing has even started, right?"

"You have a point, Su." The Daoist Saint agreed with Su Zhou’s sentiment, but he shook his head. "But is it ever that simple? It’s true, the world’s most powerful factions have all called for peaceful development, and we all genuinely want peace. But will peace truly come? The mysterious ruins left by the Immortal Gods, the Otherworld they vanished into... can we, in our current state, really afford to explore them rashly? Of course not. But with some things, if you don’t do them, someone else will."