501: Dead Silence Gate

Lu Xingchen bowed to the two of them and said in a deep voice, "Seniors, you are helping me so much, you truly think highly of me. If you ever have any requests in the future, I will certainly assist you!"

Ning Zhifeng waved his hand, "You and Wanqing both carry the Human Race's Luck, so helping you is only right. I will take Wanqing's Physical Body first to prepare the Materials for the Nirvana technique. You must get the heavenly demon heart and the Yao God Blood as soon as possible!"

Lu Xingchen nodded heavily, "Understood!"

With that, Ning Zhifeng stopped talking and took Lin Wanqing's Physical Body away.

Only Zhong Ruiyi, Lu Xingchen, and Dongfang Yuqing remained in the room.

Zhong Ruiyi said softly, "Xiao Chen, please wait here for a moment. I will go get the human emperor brush!"

"Okay!"

Only Lu Xingchen and Dongfang Yuqing were left in the room.

Dongfang Yuqing patted Lu Xingchen's shoulder, his usually cold tone carrying a rare hint of warmth.

"Xingchen, I know you're in a hurry, but don't rush. We are in constant war with the Demon Race, and we're allies, not friends, with the Yao Race. Obtaining the heavenly demon heart and Yao God Blood will be far from easy. You must first ensure your own safety and not act rashly!"

Lu Xingchen nodded heavily, "I know that. But Brother Dongfang, can you tell me why your Realm suddenly skyrocketed? I don't want to lose my good brother after just losing my loved one."

Dongfang Yuqing said in a deep voice, "This is my greatest secret, but seeing as you helped me out of the Evil Soul Sect's predicament, I can tell you."

"I signed a life-exchange contract with the Evil God."

Upon hearing this, Lu Xingchen was completely stunned.

"Huh? Evil God? Do we have such a figure on Tianyuan Continent?"

Dongfang Yuqing continued, "Not on Tianyuan Continent, but in other worlds. The Evil God told me that beyond Tianyuan Continent, there are other worlds, and the Divine Realm is the greater world that controls Tianyuan Continent."

"Those top powerhouses who achieve the Martial God Realm on Tianyuan Continent will be escorted to the Divine Realm by Divine Realm envoys, beginning the second chapter of their lives. Otherwise, how do you think the Divine Artifacts scattered across Tianyuan Continent came to be?"

Lu Xingchen nodded slightly.

"A multiverse? That's not incomprehensible. So, what exactly is the life-exchange contract you signed with the Evil God? Is the prerequisite for borrowing power your life?"

"Yes!"

"The Evil God came to Tianyuan Continent through an Incarnation and chose me, exchanging four chances to act for my Physical Body. Because his Physical Body was destroyed in a great war in the Divine Realm, and without a Physical Body to rely on, his Soul Power would gradually dissipate."

Lu Xingchen immediately grasped the crux of the problem.

"How many times have you borrowed his power?"

Dongfang Yuqing gave a bitter smile, "Three times. The first time was to help me avenge my family, the second time I obtained the evil god sword, and the third time was just now."

Lu Xingchen's face darkened slightly.

"Then you must be very careful; you absolutely cannot use it a fourth time, or you will be taken by Possession!"

Dongfang Yuqing smiled bitterly, "It's not that simple. Human desires are like rolling stones down a mountain; once they start, they can never stop."

"I just hope now that my fourth chance can be used for something valuable!"

Lu Xingchen sighed lightly, unsure what to say.

Without the life-exchange contract, the Human Race would have already lost the Five Gods Duel.

Who knew if more dangerous situations would arise in the future? He couldn't bring himself to stand on the moral high ground and demand that Dongfang Yuqing stop using the power of the contract.

Just as the two were looking at each other, Zhong Ruiyi walked in and handed a golden brush to Lu Xingchen.

"This is just a temporary loan! After you successfully revive Her Excellency Xin Huo, you must return it to me."

Lu Xingchen took the human emperor brush, bowed again to Zhong Ruiyi, and said softly, "Thank you for your trust, Hall Master."

"Hall Master, you previously said you would use all the resources of the Human Emperor Hall to help me grow. Now it's time to fulfill that promise!"

Zhong Ruiyi nodded slightly and said softly, "To obtain the other three Divine Artifacts, you indeed need powerful strength. We have a Rank Nine Spirit Formation and other Cultivation Holy Lands in our Human Emperor Hall; you are free to go there."

Lu Xingchen shook his head slightly.

"That's too slow; I can't wait!"

Upon hearing this, Zhong Ruiyi frowned and said in a deep voice, "Xiao Chen, being overly eager and reckless in Cultivation is not a good thing."

Lu Xingchen said in a deep voice, "Since Hall Master has given me the human emperor brush, it shows that you trust me greatly. In that case, I will tell you my biggest secret."

"Everyone knows that the Human Race War God can grow stronger in battle, but each War God's mechanism for getting stronger is different. My mechanism is 'get stronger by killing enemies'; as long as I kill enemies, I can gain experience points, and once the experience points are full, I can raise my Realm."

"My absorption efficiency is one-tenth, which means that to advance from a One-Star Martial Saint to a Two-Star Martial Saint, I need to kill ten Two-Star Martial Saints."

Upon hearing this, Zhong Ruiyi was greatly surprised.

"So that's it! So you're saying this because you want me to gather Human Race Saints to sacrifice for you and raise your Realm?"

"But if you want to reach the same Realm as me, it would require hundreds or thousands of Martial Saints to sacrifice, and all our Human Race Saints combined don't even number a hundred. I'm afraid we can't help you."

"Furthermore, getting them to voluntarily sacrifice themselves is no easy task."

Lu Xingchen smiled bitterly, "I know that. But Hall Master is already a top-tier figure in the Human Race, and if even you have no solution, I don't know what to do."

Zhong Ruiyi fell into contemplation, and after a long time, she hesitated before speaking.

"There's one place that might be able to help you!"

"What place?"

"The Gate of Deathly Silence!"

"Tell me more."

Zhong Ruiyi took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "Next to our Tianyuan Continent, there is a special space called the 'Gate of Deathly Silence'. This space autonomously absorbs the negative energy of Tianyuan Continent; the negative energy generated during wars, betrayals, deceptions, and other events is all absorbed by the Gate of Deathly Silence, and then energy bodies are produced."

"These energy bodies possess independent consciousness and combat power. Once the power accumulated by the Gate of Deathly Silence is sufficient, it will attack Tianyuan Continent, bringing catastrophe to the world."

"Before His Excellency Human Emperor ascended to the Divine Realm, he discovered the Gate of Deathly Silence. He initially wanted to completely destroy it, but that would only treat the symptoms, not the root cause. Those negative energies would gather again, forming a new Gate of Deathly Silence."

"So, His Excellency Human Emperor Sealed the passage between Tianyuan Continent and the Gate of Deathly Silence, leaving behind the Gate of Deathly Silence, and required us to regularly clear out the energy bodies within the Gate of Deathly Silence."

"This secret is known only to successive Hall Masters and the Saints of the Offering Hall; even Ning Zhifeng and the Chosen One do not know about it, to avoid causing panic among the populace."