Chu Tian pushed open Chen Yu'er’s bedroom door, and the floor was covered in blood red.
Focusing his gaze, he saw it wasn't a bedroom at all, but an entire ocean of flowers.
The flowers were arranged in a radial pattern, stunningly beautiful.
Chu Tian stepped inside and reached out to touch a flower bud.
“Did it really materialize…”
He squinted slightly, gazing into the distance.
At the end of the canyon, a sky-connecting water curtain cascaded down.
Chu Tian didn't linger, familiar with the path, he arrived before the water curtain. Stepping through, the water curtain parted in the middle, creating a gap just wide enough for him to pass.
Everything here was so familiar, exactly as it was in his memories.
Following the cloud ladder to the bottom, he arrived in a strange world.
It was still bright here. Chu Tian scanned his surroundings; there were no lights, nor was sunlight shining in. The entire world naturally emitted a dim yellow glow, as if light simply existed within the entire space.
In the distance stood a majestic pass, its colossal gatehouse piercing the sky. Three large characters were inscribed on the gatehouse.
They were not Chinese characters, yet Chu Tian could understand them. They read: "Gui Men Guan"!
The immense fortress, its top touching the sky and its base entering the earth, was immeasurable in height.
The city walls to the left and right also had no discernible end, as if they spanned this entire world.
When Chu Tian reached the entrance of this immeasurable Gui Men Guan.
He saw the black iron-like gate panels propping up the entire sky. On the panels were giant rivets, each of an immeasurable size to Chu Tian.
A sense of anticipation filled his heart.
Beyond the pitch-black light screen before him lay the interior of Gui Men Guan.
The last time he came here.
His memories also ended here.
A significant portion of his memory after entering was missing.
The illusion here was so potent, capable of excavating deeply buried memories from the mind and materializing them.
So… could it manifest the memory that was erased or sealed?
Without hesitation, he stepped forward, venturing directly into the darkness.
“Hmm…?”
Chu Tian’s heart sank. His vision was a hazy grey; he could see nothing clearly.
Since entering this place, every person, every scene, every building materialized in the illusion had been crystal clear, without the slightest flaw.
Even… the nameless passersby on the street… people he didn’t know, had their exact appearances materialized.
Could it truly not materialize it? Otherwise, why would it be a chaotic blur?
While astonished, Chu Tian began to recall the gentle voice in his mind.
“Time is running out, you need to return!”
“Time is running out…”
Chu Tian tried to remember something from this voice.
He recalled it again and again.
The voice, from ethereal and indistinct, gradually became clearer.
Gradually, a silhouette began to emerge before his eyes.
The chaos before him also started to change.
Chu Tian found himself seemingly standing on a very high platform, vaguely seeing many towering structures beneath his feet.
Seeing this, Chu Tian’s heart leaped with joy.
Gazing at the figure before him, it appeared exceptionally majestic.
Chu Tian stared at the person before him, trying hard to recall.
His mind began to throb with pain, and the lake in his divine soul space started to boil.
He always felt that the lost memory contained the most important person in his life.
As time passed, he saw the person before him speaking to him.
He could not hear, and gradually, the figure’s form began to solidify.
Clad in magnificent black armor that enveloped their entire body.
Chu Tian thought: No wonder they looked so majestic and strong, it was armor.
However, they wore no helmet, yet their face was completely shrouded in chaos, their features indistinguishable.
Seeing this, Chu Tian was naturally unwilling to give up.
As expected, the person’s face before him gradually became clear, their features faintly visible.
To Chu Tian’s surprise, this person was actually a woman.
Faintly, he could see that her long hair cascaded down her back, the ends reaching below her calves.
Though her face was still blurry, he could discern a peerlessly beautiful visage.
But just as this face was about to be fully revealed!
RUMBLE…
The entire world let out a thunderous roar.
A deafening sound, as if the sky was shattered and the earth was split.
The heavens and earth began to shake and tremble violently.
The area where Chu Tian stood seemed to be swept by an ultimate pressure, suddenly exploding!
“Hmm?”
Chu Tian seemed to hear a questioning sound from the woman before him.
Then he saw her take a step, moving closer to him.
“Alas…”
She seemed to sigh softly…
And Chu Tian lost consciousness.
After an unknown period, when Chu Tian’s consciousness returned.
The scenery before him shifted, and he found himself in an unfamiliar place.
What met his eyes was a vast expanse of fiery red.
The entire world was filled with lava.
Simultaneously, countless different beings appeared before his eyes.
The spot where Chu Tian stood was a volcanic crater, with churning lava below.
These beings, just like Chu Tian, had expressions of astonishment, scanning their surroundings.
After a brief silence, the group of beings began to move.
The clamor also started to rise.
“What’s going on? Where is this?”
“I don’t know, we were just fighting monsters on the fourth level.”
“I was on the third level.”
“I… on the fifth level!” a creature with wings on its back, like a demon king of terror, rumbled.
As soon as he spoke, everyone around him subconsciously backed away, clearly unwilling to get too close to this fellow.
“Flames filling the sky, a world of molten rock! Could this be the eighth layer of the Sacred Spirit Realm?”
Suddenly, a short human spoke up.
In an instant, the creatures around him stopped talking, their expressions filled with disbelief.
Because they, too, had discovered that according to ancient texts, the eighth layer of the Sacred Spirit Realm was indeed a world of molten rock.
It bore a striking resemblance to the scene here…
What had happened just now? Why were all of them transported here?
“I was on the fifth level, the world suddenly shook, the ground collapsed, the void fractured… what about you guys?”
The creature with wings on its back, like a demon king of terror, spoke again.
“The third level was the same…”
“The fourth level, it was like this!”
Many voices chimed in.
Hearing this, Chu Tian instinctively flinched.
He thought: Could it be because of him… that the world fractured?
And it affected several levels…
“Then that makes sense. I felt an immeasurable wave of laws sweep by, and the entire world began to collapse!” the demon king of terror stated again.
This guy, despite his terrifying appearance, seemed to have a decent personality.
Someone who had reached the fifth level showed no arrogance, chatting with everyone.
…
“Lord Nether Master, what just happened?”
Unbeknownst to Chu Tian, on the high platform he had seen in the illusion.
The woman with the peerlessly beautiful face had just put on her helmet.
Her long hair, reaching to the ground, instantly retracted, gathering within the helmet.
The entire helmet enveloped her completely, even her eyes being obscured by the two green flames on the helmet.
“It’s nothing… you may go down!”
The armored figure spoke in a very neutral voice, giving the order.
Although the person was surprised, they obediently retreated from the platform.
The armored figure looked up at the void, murmuring, “Where did you run off to? What did you encounter?
You actually attempted to etch the image of the City of Life and Death!
I hope… the power of order in the Underworld did not harm you!”