54: Push Door

Before anyone realized, night had quietly crept in.

A silver moon cast its glow, illuminating the large characters formed from fox fur, making them appear dreamlike and illusory.

“The Martial Emperor has arrived?”

Chu Feng narrowed his eyes. He calculated the time; the date he had divined earlier using the Great Fate Talisman indicated that there was still one day until the next Heavenly Mandate Protagonist arrived.

With his terrifying cultivation, if he wished, his Emperor Divine Thought could instantly spread throughout the entire Xuan Realm.

After receiving Nangong Qin's message, he casually swept his gaze, finding everything calm. Aside from the Demon Subduing Magic Arrays on the three passages not yet being repaired, everything in the Xuan Realm was peaceful.

A simple thought was enough to understand what was going on.

He casually dispersed the large characters in front of him: “A small fox, how laughable. To mistake my unintentional release of pressure for the Martial Emperor, your eyesight is truly lacking.”

He then held the white jade stone in his hand and replied to the message: “I know you are anxious, but don't be anxious yet. Everything is under control.”

After briefly reassuring Nangong Qin, Chu Feng was not in a hurry to leave. This time, harvesting Gu Yan, this leek, to its roots yielded too many rewards.

For example, the newly activated Achievement System.

Chu Feng's gaze fell on the bottom of the System panel, where a sub-page category had been added—[Achievements].

The display interface was very simple, currently showing only two achievement messages.

[Slay one Heavenly Mandate Protagonist (This achievement is upgradeable), obtain the title of 'Fledgling Villain'.]

[Fledgling Villain (Title)]: Wearable title. When worn, a special effect is activated—when obtaining a heavenly fate treasure chest, there is a chance for a double critical strike.

[Elementary Collector (This achievement is upgradeable): Recruit female protagonists into the harem (1/99999), Charm +10, passive effect, effective without wearing.]

“This title is really tacky.”

“I am the Ancestor of Ten Thousand Demons, Emperor Chu. How can this be called 'fledgling'?”

“I won't wear it, not even a dog would wear it.”

Chu Feng complained, then looked at the maximum value for female protagonists in the Collector entry, his mouth twitching.

Damn it, do you call this a harem?

Even if I, this future Great Dao Husband, personally designated three thousand Great Dao to all incarnate and fill the harem, it wouldn't even be a fraction of this. The achievements in this villain System are outrageous enough!

The Achievement System was very simple. Chu Feng understood how to continue gaining achievements with a glance. It was still the same phrase: kill protagonists, snatch heroines, walk the protagonist's path, and leave the protagonist with no path to take.

Chu Feng casually put on the title of 'Fledgling Villain', and a small bronze door appeared in his palm.

The Eternal Gate, as an Origin-type extreme dao emperor weapon, was not simple. He had kept it until the very end for research.

The Eternal Gate, having lost its artifact spirit, was like a body without a Soul; its appearance had subtly changed.

The ancient aura still existed, but the doorposts had some spiderweb-like cracks, looking somewhat damaged.

The biggest change was at the center of the door frame, where a slowly rotating stellar sphere appeared. Inside the sphere was a layer of colorful, clear liquid, quietly suspended within the sphere.

However, this liquid was very shallow, occupying only one-tenth of the sphere's space, barely covering the bottom.

“This Xuan Realm is truly miserable.”

As the master of the Eternal Gate, Chu Feng clearly knew what the liquid inside the sphere was. He sighed.

The Eternal Gate, as a source treasure manifested from Origin, meant that the liquid within the stellar sphere was the Origin of the Xuan Realm.

Chu Feng only understood a little about Origin.

It could be summarized in two sentences.

If the Origin is strong, the Realm is strong.

If the Origin is weak, the Realm is weak.

Now, the Xuan Realm's Origin was just this tiny bit.

The seemingly prosperous Xuan Realm was actually strong on the outside but weak on the inside, primarily a failure.

In reality, it was not surprising. In a vast Xuan Realm, those who usually played in Peak matches were generally Great Completion Kings.

As for powerhouses of the Saint and Great Saint levels, one could tell from the treatment he received when he appeared earlier that they were directly given a full display of their status.

As for Saint Kings, honestly, Emperor Chu's Divine Thought had swept across the entire Xuan Realm, and there was indeed one in a restricted cemetery, but it was mindless, merely a walking corpse.

And this was the current state of the Xuan Realm: little Origin, which was not surprising.

“If I, this villain, hadn't jumped out, according to the normal plot development, Gu Yan, this Heavenly Mandate Protagonist, would have gone through countless setbacks, ascended to the Peak of the Xuan Realm, and then made the Xuan Realm great and strong, leading it to glory.”

“What a pity.”

Chu Feng clapped his hands: “Snap! Now it's gone.”

He was not particularly interested in how much Origin the Xuan Realm had, nor did he have any intention of making the Xuan Realm great and strong.

As a native of the Dragon Kingdom, a pragmatic spirit flowed in his bones. Focusing on his career, severely punishing the Heavenly Mandate Protagonist, and avoiding being counter-killed was the Righteous Path.

“Then let me see what this Heavenly Mandate Protagonist's Golden Finger, the ultimate existence within the door, truly is.”

Chu Feng tossed it directly, and the small bronze door in his hand suddenly grew larger, emitting misty immortal fog, hazy and dreamlike.

He approached and roughly pushed open the Eternal Gate with his palm.

Creak, creak, creak…

The moment Chu Feng's palm pushed the door, the bronze door trembled, emitting creaking sounds.

This tightly shut door was suddenly pushed open a crack by Chu Feng's immense strength. The colorful liquid within the stellar sphere on the door frame began to rapidly decrease at a visible rate.

Chu Feng pushed open a crack with a diameter of 18cm. From within the crack, countless pure white rays of light emerged, like a massive dense fog, making it impossible to see anything.

Although he couldn't see clearly, sounds came from his ears.

Ethereal immortal music, ancient Buddhist chants, soft whispers… all intertwined.

Chu Feng's eyes moved. As he listened to the immortal music, the moment his figure was enveloped by the dense light, he felt a terrifying thing.

His power, already at the Late Stage of a Great Emperor, was surging madly!

The moon hung high in the night, and time passed extremely quickly.

Bathed in these various phenomena, he was like a rocket, his body crackling, reaching the pinnacle of sublimation!

Chu Feng was somewhat surprised. He glanced at his panel; his Realm had actually advanced from the Late Stage of a Great Emperor to the Peak in that instant.

“The ultimate within this door is not simple.”

“No, the door hasn't even been pushed open yet. Just a slight anomaly from within the door allowed a Great Emperor to advance. It should be that the Xuan Realm itself is not simple.”

Chu Feng stopped. He did not continue to push the door.

The liquid within the stellar sphere was almost at the bottom.

Moreover, in its current state, the Eternal Gate should not have been able to be opened at all.

He was able to push it open using brute force.

As he pushed the door, the Eternal Gate continuously emitted sharp explosive sounds, and the cracks on the doorposts also grew more numerous.

If he continued to push, let alone pushing the door open to see the so-called “ultimate,” even this source treasure, which he had so painstakingly retrieved, would be scrapped on the spot.

Chu Feng closed the door, put away the Eternal Gate, and pondered: “Clearly, pushing the door consumes the Xuan Realm's Origin. To fully open the door, there must be enough Origin. Brute force won't work.”

He suddenly thought of another point: “Speaking of which, the Xuan Realm's Origin has almost been completely consumed by me. Will the Xuan Realm be affected?”

Just as Chu Feng had this thought.

Boom!

A loud noise.

Chu Feng's gaze sharpened, looking towards the southeast.

Only to see a purple-black flame soaring into the sky!

Not just from this direction, but also from the northwest, southwest, north…

“Oh no!!!”

“The Demon Subduing Magic Array is broken!!!”

From every direction, purple-black flames were soaring into the sky, accompanied by terrified shouts.

In that instant, all 77 Demon Subduing Magic Arrays in the Xuan Realm suffered a great catastrophe, collapsing and disintegrating!

PS: Yesterday's bonus update.