Near Sunset City, there was more than one Star Gate. These Star Gates were not far apart from each other, and Yi Tianxing chose the closest one. The locations of these Star Gates had already been investigated by Jiuming and others, then carefully mapped out.
Once again standing before the Star Gate, Yi Tianxing stared at the bizarre portal that looked like a black hole. A trace of something unusual flashed in his eyes.
"Passing through this Star Gate leads directly to the Eternal Night World. This Star Gate is indeed extraordinary — it can directly transport across dimensions. I wonder what kind of world the Eternal Night World is, and how it compares to the Eternal Continent."
Yi Tianxing looked at the gate, a thought flashing through his mind.
Before coming to the Battlefield of Gods and Demons, he never imagined the true enemy was not just other races, but enemies from another world — even from a previous era. Yet many on the Eternal Continent didn't even know the origins of this enemy.
Naturally, curiosity about the Eternal Night was unavoidable.
Standing before the Star Gate, Yi Tianxing reached out his hand toward it.
"Of course, I can't enter."
The moment he touched it, he immediately felt a powerful barrier from within the Star Gate preventing him from entering. Clearly, as the Clown had said, this Star Gate rejected cultivators from the Eternal Continent.
"The Clown gave three methods, but in reality, only one is really an option."
Yi Tianxing pondered silently. Entering the gate was impossible. Attacking it externally to destroy it was also out of the question at the moment. The third method was to forcibly pull the Star Gate out from the eternal space between the Eternal Continent and Eternal Night. Its location was like being trapped in an interdimensional space — existing between illusion and reality, visible but untouchable.
Forcing the Star Gate out was no easy matter — it required power enough to pierce the heavens and earth's barriers and break the limits of time and space, landing right on the Star Gate.
"But no matter what, I have to try."
Yi Tianxing thought. The very reason for this visit was to see if he could pull the Star Gate out. Once that happened, everything else would become much simpler.
After all, that was a billion God-Demon Merit Points. If obtained, the human race's ranking on the Hongmeng Myriad Spirits List would surely soar, perhaps even reaching the top.
"No matter what this Star Gate is, it has the power of teleportation — it's a spatial treasure. When two spatial forces collide, I want to see if I can force it out."
With a thought, a silver-white spatial gate appeared before him.
Without hesitation, it charged straight at the Star Gate.
When two different spatial forces meet, the result is always mutual crushing — like breaking one formation with another. The only question is which one is stronger.
It's like opposite charges attracting, same charges repelling.
"Charge!"
Yi Tianxing commanded firmly.
The spatial gate, following his will, crashed decisively against the Star Gate.
Boom!!
The spatial gate was a heavenly treasure, already transformed and upgraded to a mysterious-grade treasure, backed by a miniature world's power. Upon collision, both the Star Gate and spatial gate burst forth dazzling divine light.
Two distinct spatial forces intertwined.
The space around the Star Gate began twisting visibly, as if the entire space were collapsing — terrifying and awe-inspiring.
"It's effective. When two different spatial forces collide, the stronger will crush or even absorb the other. The spaces have begun to overlap."
Watching the changes, Yi Tianxing's heart leapt. The Star Gate, originally hiding in an interdimensional space, was becoming clearer and turning toward reality. It was about to fully manifest inside the Battlefield of Gods and Demons.
"Connected."
Suddenly, Yi Tianxing was surprised.
During the spatial overlap, the Star Gate's protective barrier dissolved completely. The restriction that prevented cultivators except those from Eternal Night from entering was gone.
This change was immediately detected by Yi Tianxing's consciousness. Without hesitation, he sent his mind through the opened space channel to probe the other side.
In an instant, it was like passing through a deep, pitch-black tunnel.
Time could not be measured in that tunnel — maybe a moment, maybe millions of years. But in consciousness, time did not exist.
After passing through, a scene appeared in his mind.
But just a glance was enough — an invisible repulsive force immediately pushed his consciousness back, forcibly ejecting it. The passage quickly distorted and shattered at incredible speed.
Though only a fleeting moment, Yi Tianxing's face showed deep shock.
"How dare you!!"
A cold, furious shout came from inside the Star Gate.
Following it, a pitch-black tentacle slithered out from the Star Gate and instantly transformed into a black spear, hurtling toward Yi Tianxing.
From the spear radiated a strong aura of destruction — as if everything under its blow would be annihilated, nothing could withstand it, even souls would be wiped out.
The speed was indescribable.
In a flash, the black spear was right before him.
"No good!!"
Yi Tianxing felt a strong danger rising in his heart — this was a feeling that he could fall at any moment. The attack came too fast, too fierce. He was somewhat prepared, but had not expected such overwhelming power.
Chaos Battle Dragon Robe!!
He had no time to counterattack; defense was instinct.
At the instant danger was sensed, the Chaos Battle Dragon Robe fully activated, covering his body. Vivid dragons appeared, emanating powerful energy.
Five protective dragons connected to his five elemental life orifices, linked with the Five Elements power. Together they formed a Five-Element Dragon Shield glowing with five colors and countless mystical Dao rhythms, circulating in a perfect cycle.
This protective shield was virtually impenetrable, even by powerful Fate Diagram spells, unless crushed by overwhelming force.
Bang!!
The black spear struck the shield, releasing terrifying destructive energy. The dark divine light corroded the shield; the five protective dragons shattered visibly.
The shield was pierced and collapsed onto the Chaos Battle Dragon Robe, which also suffered a rupture in its chaotic aura.
The spear headed straight for his heart.
This strike, if it hit, would surely cause death or grievous injury.
The spear tip was dangerously close.
Ding!!
But it never touched his body.
At the moment the robe was broken, a divine light burst from Yi Tianxing's body.
Suddenly, a 23-layer Glazed Pagoda appeared outside him, enveloping him.
The black spear slammed into the pagoda, producing crisp sounds, streaming light, and countless mystical runes flickering and fading.
The pagoda blocked the spear.
Tiny cracks appeared on the pagoda's body but instantly healed, shimmering with chaotic light.
"I'm always the one who hurts others, no one hurts me. No matter what Star Gate you are, you are just food for me, to be devoured."
Seeing the black tentacle's spear repelled, Yi Tianxing's face turned cold.
The Star Gate, now fully manifested from the interdimensional space due to the battle with the spatial gate, was clearly visible.
Without hesitation, with a thought, the Hongmeng Heavenly Emperor Pagoda charged at the Star Gate.
Boom!!
The void around twisted, ripples spreading out.
Countless lights flickered on the Star Gate, stars flowing, terrifying power causing cracks to appear.
The 23-layer pagoda space, at this moment, unleashed the power of 23 miniature worlds, crushing down.
The pagoda's body itself was made of the hardest substance in the world, able to carry chaos and contain heavens — born from Fate.
Once unleashed, its destructive power was unimaginable.
"Crash!!"
The pagoda flew up and smashed violently at the Star Gate.
Crack!!
Cracks spread rapidly across the Star Gate.
"Hit again!!"
The pagoda soared again and slammed down.
At this moment, the pagoda seemed like the seal of a heavenly emperor, wielding wrath, smashing rudely into the Star Gate.
Once!
Twice!
Three times!
In the blink of an eye, after the fourth strike, the entire Star Gate shattered with a fierce cracking sound.
It broke into pieces glittering with star light, ready to scatter everywhere.
However, the pagoda wouldn't let such a big prize escape.
Without hesitation, it swallowed all the fragments, pulling them inside.
"Star Core!!"
As the Star Gate shattered, a huge Star Core appeared in its place.
It was about the size of an adult's head, emitting a dense star energy interwoven with mystical Dao patterns.
The Star Core appeared and immediately tried to escape.