Chapter 669: Chapter 462: Keys to the Boundary, Three Martial Ancestors

Open the Boundary.

Chu Zheng’s expression was slightly dazed; he was not afraid of slaughter. The Dao path is fraught with bloodshed and chaos, and such has long been the norm. Walking this path, he has accumulated numerous blood debts, building altars with bone.

But the words “seize fortune” lightly spoken by Shi Ri Yu were not referring to ordinary battles and magic duels, but rather… a catastrophe.

He calmed himself, thoughts racing like lightning, considering many possibilities.

Since Shi Ri Yu could speak with such calm and certainty about this method, it could not possibly be mere nonsense; there must be a definite assurance and basis for believing he could accomplish this task.

Among these bases might be the contingency left by the Ancestral Dao, or some other reason, but he must truly possess the ability to open the Boundary.

Therefore, what Chu Zheng needed to consider at this moment was not whether he could open the Boundary, but the enormous impact of the Boundary’s opening that could overturn the universe.

Seizing fortune can only mean killing!

This is an ironclad rule: Heavenly Fortune will not arise from nothing, nor will it transfer easily. The only way to forcibly acquire enough Heavenly Fortune to support his journey into the Ancestral Realm is through large-scale harvesting of living creatures carrying fortune.

Even Eighth-Order creatures only bear a portion of fortune. Only by entering the Ninth Order can they borrow some Heavenly Fortune Power, causing fortune to fluctuate.

Regardless of the means employed, the outcome is inevitably the death of countless living creatures, fortune piled upon a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.

The act of opening the Boundary itself is a disaster comparable to an apocalypse in magnitude.

What is the Boundary? It is a barrier separating the Vast Universe and other Myriad Heavens and Realms (especially from the Great Universe/Immortal Domain)! It is the “dike” maintaining the current fragile balance! It is not only a spatial barrier but also a natural shield of laws, energy, and even fortune!

In an instant, Chu Zheng’s mind flashed back to the tremendous battle triggered by a fragment broken off the Immortal Domain’s Boundary.

That was just a breach, akin to a small crack in a dike.

In such circumstances, the Immortal Alliance and Myriad Realms, who were then engaged in combat, almost stopped fighting immediately.

All the hatred and all the struggles for benefits paled in comparison to such an annihilation-class threat, including those in the Ancestral Realm who had to temporarily lay down their weapons, confronting the breach together.

This was merely a small fragment of the Boundary connecting to the Immortal Domain.

If, to seize fortune, all the Boundaries separating the Vast Universe and Myriad Heavens were to be fully opened, it would no longer be a question of how many lives would perish; it would be an extinction-level disaster using the Star River Realm as a standard, a true calamity for all heavens.

Its severity might even surpass the catastrophic changes at the end of Ancient Times.

Behind the calm words of Shi Ri Yu lies a disregard for all living beings, treating them as mere grass.

This decision is not one easily made, for it would implicate countless innocent lives.

The paths left by the Ancestral Dao, each of them is a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.

To struggle on the Dao, one cannot avoid this step.

Shi Ri Yu’s six words “open the Boundary, seize fortune” painted a scene of mountains of corpses and seas of blood, etched like a brand in Chu Zheng’s Sea of Consciousness. The roads left by the Ancestral Dao, whichever they are, are paved with endless bones on a bloody path reaching the heavens! This cruel understanding pushed Chu Zheng’s heart to the depths of despair.

To struggle on the Dao, one indeed cannot avoid this hurdle.

Whether it is the Martial Hall’s persistent pressure or the living creatures before him in the universe, all ultimately point to the Dao War.

And in Ancient Times, the Ancestral Dao had already paved the current path.

A chilling realization replaced previous shock and cold; Chu Zheng slowly exhaled a breath of Turbid Qi, as if expelling all doubt and useless pity from his heart at this moment.

When he looked up again, his eyes were like the Myriad Years Cold Pond, without a ripple; his demeanor was calm to the point of indifference:

“How can the Boundary be opened?”

Since it is unavoidable, instead of dwelling on consequences now, understanding how to open the Boundary is the proper course.

As for whether to open it eventually, whether to sacrifice the realms in blood, kill to seize fortune, or seek another way, it must wait until he has enough strength to control the situation, until he steps into the Immortal Emperor Domain, or becomes a Primordial Golden Immortal, and only then is not too late.

Now, even if carrying some Heavenly Fortune, he remains insignificant before this group of Ancient Ancestors.

Forcefully opening the Boundary, a matter involving both realms, is certainly not something a person who hasn’t truly touched the threshold of the Ancestral Realm can lead.

He needs a stronger cultivation foundation to gain the qualification to make a move in this eternal chess game.

Shi Ri Yu was not surprised by Chu Zheng’s instantaneous transformation; it was the decision the Ancestral Dao ought to make.

Without any hesitation, he turned his hand, and in his palm lay two hand-length keys.

The keys were made of neither gold nor iron, presenting a gentle and restrained jade-like sheen.

One key was covered in web-like cracks, its luster dim, as if it might crumble completely at any moment, while the other one was damaged even more severely, with only half a broken piece remaining, the fracture smooth as a mirror.

Shi Ri Yu’s eyes fell on the first cracked jade key, explaining softly:

“These are the two secret keys of the boundary you left behind years ago.”

He paused, pointing to the fragmented key: “This one was used over two hundred years ago.”

“Was the last breach also opened by you?!”

Chu Zheng was immediately astonished. He initially thought the breach in the boundary of the Immortal Domain, which had triggered the storm and forced a halt to the conflict with the Myriad Realms, was related to the Ancestral Dao’s complete demise and the dispersal of the forces maintaining the boundary. Yet he had never anticipated that it was Shi Ri Yu who opened the boundary.