"City Lord, I will go with you."
Hong Si's appearance caught Chen Fan off guard. "The Qin family army..."
"They will stay."
Hong Si said, "Their cultivation is too weak, and they won't be of much help following you. Moreover, by staying, they can guard Wenlan City for you."
Chen Fan didn't care about Wenlan City, but the Qin family army was willing to guard this land for him.
"..."
Chen Fan thought for a moment and smiled, "Alright."
When Ti Nuke appeared, Chen Fan was speechless for a long time.
"What's wrong?" Ti Nuke asked.
"You're going too?"
"Of course."
Ti Nuke smiled. "I've never been outside before, and I'm very curious about the scenery beyond this world."
A simple explanation that wasn't really an explanation.
Chen Fan felt he had a decent understanding of Ti Nuke after interacting with him for some time.
How to put it, he wasn't a good person, but he wasn't a bad person either.
In this era, such a description was already very high praise.
Even if Chen Fan were to describe himself, he would only get the description of not being a good person.
"Alright then."
Ti Nuke decided to stay.
The Fire Demon arrived, looking somewhat hesitant.
"You should stay."
He understood the Fire Demon's thoughts and smiled. "Also, take care of the Lanting and Wenmos families. These two families have shown me kindness."
When he first arrived in Dameria, it was thanks to these two families that he was able to obtain the Gravity Orb so quickly.
Another point, with the Fire Demon staying, she could suppress some of the demon beasts in the southern region.
The young girl-like Fire Demon nodded vigorously, tears seeming to well up in her eyes. "City Lord, will you come back?"
When the Fire Demon first escaped, Chen Fan was the first person to be kind to her.
"Perhaps."
Chen Fan didn't dare to give a definite answer.
Who knew the outcome of this journey?
No one else stepped forward; they watched from afar, their eyes filled with reluctance.
"Boom."
In the Western Region, in the direction of the Dark Church, a powerful aura surged towards the heavens.
The Dark Pope unleashed his Heaven and Earth Dharma Idol. "The Dark Church bids farewell and wishes the City Lord a safe journey."
They had also heard news of the Immortal Gate, but no one wanted to leave.
The same was true for the Hall of Gods and the Skull Society.
After the Boundless Supreme left back then, he never returned, and no one could guarantee what lay beyond the gate.
"Haha."
Chen Fan's laughter echoed through the heavens and earth, "Everyone, I am leaving. I hope that after I depart, you will look after Wenlan City."
In the Northern Region, the Skeleton King brothers appeared and looked at each other across the distance. "City Lord, rest assured. I dare not guarantee anything else, but as long as my brother and I are here, Wenlan City will be safe."
Zeus of the Hall of Gods also spoke, "Naturally so."
It was more important to send this God of Slaughter away right now.
Who would bicker over such a small matter?
"Heaven's Calamity, Imperial Butterfly, White Bone Forest, my brothers, let's go..."
"Good."
There was no grand send-off.
There was only a sense of ordinaryness, and in this final moment, people felt a touch of solemnity.
This journey, perhaps like the Boundless Supreme's, meant they might never return.
"Wusheng, clear the way."
Since Chen Fan couldn't force his way into the Immortal Gate, he could only rely on the sword of the Boundless Supreme.
Clang.
The sword light was dazzling.
With a single sword, the sky was pierced, and it stabbed into the Immortal Gate.
"Creak."
It sounded as if a door was opening.
The Immortal Gate was indeed opening.
As expected, the sword of the Boundless Supreme could truly open the Immortal Gate.
"Haha."
The laughter was defiant, filled with an unstoppable dominance.
"Boom."
The Immortal Gate opened a crack wide enough for one person to pass through.
Before Chen Fan could enter, a hand reached out first.
The hand was as white as jade. Just a single hand made people instinctively captivated.
In this world, there could be such a beautiful hand.
A voice filled with joy echoed through the heavens and earth, "Those who open the Immortal Gate privately shall be killed without mercy."
Boom.
The hand radiated a heavenly light, as if a rain of immortals had fallen.
The raindrops carried a dense killing intent.
"Kill."
Chen Fan unleashed his full power, the essence of metal enveloping the Tenchōun Sword. This sword, honed to its utmost sharpness, struck the hand.
The sound of metal clashing against metal resounded.
The hand was unharmed, not even a scratch.
But it was pushed back a certain distance.
"I'm here too, hahaha..."
Old Demon Chu's demonic energy surged, forming a giant fist from boundless demonic clouds, which slammed down fiercely.
Boom.
The heavens and earth trembled, and the jade-like hand was pushed back further.
Ti Nuke, Hong Si, Wusheng... all attacked.
Heaven's Calamity, Imperial Butterfly, and White Bone Forest hadn't intended to intervene, but now that they were tied to this chariot, not acting would mean Chen Fan might kill them when he returned.
Chen Fan, as he was leaving, certainly wouldn't leave them behind.
They had to go.
Rumble.
The heavens and earth shook, and the Immortal Gate trembled.
Finally, the jade-like hand was repelled by their combined efforts.
What the Boundless Supreme achieved alone, they accomplished together.
With one last look at the continent, at those reluctant gazes.
"Enter."
Old Demon Chu was the first to step forward and disappear within.
Wusheng followed closely, and then everyone else stepped in.
In the end, only Chen Fan remained.
"Fellow Daoists,"
Chen Fan spoke again, "I am not very familiar with sealing methods. After I leave, you can continue to seal this place. If you wish to enter another day, you can unseal it. Remember, those who have not reached the Supreme realm must not enter this gate. I sense danger within."
With that said, he turned and entered the Immortal Gate.
...
Silence descended upon the heavens and earth.
They were gone.
He had come from the distant East and, in a short span of six months, had forcefully ascended to one of the five major powers.
He then annihilated the Angelic Holy See, wreaked havoc in all directions, and finally opened the spatial gate, slaughtering demon beasts.
In the final moments, he could have wiped out all the demon beasts, but he showed a flicker of compassion and left a region for the demon beast race.
Now, he was leaving again.
Embarking on another journey.
"Will he return?" the Skeleton King brothers murmured to themselves.
Although they had been enemies in the past, these brothers sincerely admired Chen Fan.
He possessed the dominance to conquer the world, the composure to disregard worldly opinions, and a final spark of kindness in his heart.
He was an Easterner shrouded in mystery.
Zeus's voice reached the Skeleton King brothers, "This continent will have another legend from now on."
The title of City Lord would undoubtedly be etched into the legends of this continent.
"Let us join hands to seal the Immortal Gate," said a voice rising from Wenlan City. It was Madam Howard.
Madam Howard had not left.
However, before Chen Fan departed, he had promised her that once he gained sufficient strength, he would return to fulfill his original vow.
A young man's promise was worth a thousand pieces of gold.
She believed that the young man would keep his word and return one day with supreme might.
The Dark Pope appeared, "Let us seal it."
No one objected.
The Immortal Gate had to be sealed.
Perhaps in the future, they too would open the Immortal Gate and venture into that unknown world, but not now.
The powerful figures joined forces, sealing the empty Immortal Gate, and once again vanished into the heavens and earth.
However, there were those who firmly believed that the gate would one day open from within, and that person would surely return.