NOVPUBDragon Gate Secret Order!
This was precisely the greatest reliance Yu Ke had dared to come alone to pay his respects to Giant Mountain Divine Venerable.
At this moment, the luminance of the fish swimming upstream against the current, engraved upon this Dragon Gate Secret Order, grew dim, and fine cracks began to appear on the exquisitely detailed fish scales all over it.
The enormous expenditure brought about by resurrection was also no small burden for the Dragon Gate Secret Order.
Reflecting on the memories flashing through his mind, and that vision of a local deity resurrected, Yu Ke couldn’t help but feel complex emotions as he exclaimed,
"All of this, it’s all real!"
Since being defeated by Falling Clouds Taoist, Yu Ke, three years ago, and witnessing his grandfather Yu Changming fall to the sword of Falling Clouds Taoist, he had plummeted from a revered sacred sage to a mere external sect elder. 𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒑𝒖𝙗.𝒄𝒐𝒎
Despite his unwillingness to accept this, he wanted to witness Little Clarity Void Grotto Heavens crucifying Falling Clouds Taoist for the dignity of the sect.
But who could have imagined that the 10 Realms Soul Pursuit Method would fail and Little Clarity Void Grotto Heavens, wary of the potentially existing Falling Clouds Sect, would forsake the hunt because they did not wish to throw caution to the wind and abandon the pursuit.
This situation drove Yu Ke to despair, as he was well aware that the gap between him and Falling Clouds Taoist was only going to grow wider, leaving no chance for revenge.
Yu Ke began to drown his sorrows in Spiritual Wine, spending his days in a drunken stupor. He continued this way for over a year, until a few days ago when a special segment of memory suddenly appeared in his mind.
In that memory fragment, he personally witnessed Shen Yuan overwhelmingly outmatching his contemporaries to become the Supreme Taoist, while Great Yin’s Mortal Emperor severed the connection with the Upper World through the Human Emperor’s Absolute Heaven and Earth Passage.
As the dark Netherworld opened its gates and the Donghuang Divine System was destroyed, the era of Spirit Energy Exhaustion arrived. He followed a disciple of Little Clarity Void Grotto Heavens into the grotto heavens, attempting to weather the thousand-year Spirit Energy Exhaustion era.
However, the era of Spirit Energy depletion far exceeded a millennium. Seated in desolation within his grotto residence, he recalled the messages from the Supreme Taoist, eventually succumbing to the invasion of inner demons, perishing within the grotto heaven.
At the moment of Yu Ke’s demise, his True Spirit left the Primal Chaos Realm and ascended to a higher dimension, seemingly transforming into a fish among the boundless rivers, striving upstream within the tumultuous tides.
He was unclear as to why he was swimming upstream, simply acting on instinct, following the movements of other fish around him.
This continued for an indeterminate amount of time until a figure suddenly emerged within the raging currents, proudly standing above the river, confronting the very firmament.
The river’s chaotic currents engulfed Yu Ke in its waves. He lost consciousness and was swept into the river, only to awaken to the sight of a hangover from Spiritual Wine.
Yu Ke was terrified by the memory that had unexpectedly appeared in his mind. In the history of the Primal Chaos Realm, it was not uncommon for the 6 Desires Mighty Demon to take the form of a severely wounded ancient powerful expert or to implant a segment of false memories claiming to come from the future, thereby beguiling and manipulating people.
In such scenarios, cultivators are often fooled by the 6 Desires Mighty Demon into believing that they are destined to rise as a savior, ultimately leading to appalling disasters.
The moment Yu Ke discovered the memory within his mind, he thought of reporting it to the higher-ups of the sect.
But when he realized that he was now just an ignored external sect elder, Yu Ke hesitated within his heart.
He returned to his grotto residence and began sorting out the content of the memories by himself, discovering a Dragon Gate Secret Order upon his chest.
Combining this Dragon Gate Secret Order with the information from his memories, Yu Ke vaguely understood that it involved a colossal opportunity. As long as he could change his tragic past, he would be able to surpass the Dragon Gate and reach a higher level.
Moreover, the Dragon Gate Secret Order was blessed by the Time Major Path, allowing for reversal of life and death before the power of Time within it was exhausted.
However, all this came at a price, the source of the power of Time in the Dragon Gate Secret Order was none other than Yu Ke’s own lifespan.
A Spirit Refining True Being has a lifespan of three thousand years, plus various life-extending secret methods and treasures that can push it near four thousand years.
But after Yu Ke obtained the Dragon Gate Secret Order, it directly sapped most of his lifespan, leaving the distinguished Spirit Refining True Being with less than a millennium to live, turning his hair snow-white overnight.
The existence of the Dragon Gate Secret Order led Yu Ke to start believing that the memories were not the fabrication of the 6 Desires Mighty Demon, at least the 6 Desires Mighty Demon didn’t possess the power to take his lifespan at will.
He followed the information from his memories and preemptively opened a Secret Realm, from which he obtained several Taoist artifacts and a Cult-suppression Secret Tome from the grotto heavens.
This result made Yu Ke thoroughly believe the information within his memories.
He began to ponder on how to change his miserable fate, thus fulfilling the condition to cross the Dragon Gate.
Upon realizing this, the image of Shen Yuan flashed first through his mind.
After the trials in the Primal Chaos Nifty Pagoda, he had fallen from his status as a reserve Sacred Sage to his current state of obscurity, and would eventually die in the inner demon and external calamity a thousand years later.
Whereas Shen Yuan progressed triumphantly, becoming the famed Supreme Taoist in the future.
Yu Ke believed it was Shen Yuan who led to his tragic fate and thought that to cross the Dragon Gate, he must eliminate Shen Yuan.
Yu Ke was well aware that Shen Yuan’s current strength was far beyond his own; seeking revenge was tantamount to suicide, and he would need external assistance. However, Little Clarity Void Grotto Heavens had already given up the pursuit of Shen Yuan internally.
Thus, Yu Ke turned his attention to another target, the Eastern Glory Divine System, which would conflict with Shen Yuan a hundred years later, ultimately leading to the destruction of the entire Divine System.
Following his memories, Yu Ke located a Blank Heavenly Court Decree that would not emerge until a hundred years later and brought it to the Eastern Glory Divine System, hoping to request the Eastern Glory Divine Monarch to eliminate Shen Yuan.
