# 2021
Chapter 2005: Battle with [Key to the Gate]
The moment Lin Qiye vanished, the [Key to the Gate] pressed its palm against the void. A spherical space centered on it collapsed violently, compressing infinite distances into a thin gray shard—as if within reach, yet separated by distant spacetime.
But in the next instant, ink-like darkness crawled across that gray shard. A blade of light burst forth from within, colliding with the overlapping space in a crisp explosion!
Lin Qiye held his sword in one hand, his form emerging from that ink-like darkness. His eyes narrowed slightly:
"Spacetime can't stop me."
A strand of karmic thread drifted from within Lin Qiye, passing through the layered spaces as if ethereal, touching the form of the [Key to the Gate]. Instantly, that sword light transferred into the overlapping space!
For Lin Qiye, who had attained the status of God of Causality, space held no meaning. If he willed it, he could instantly teleport to anyone or anything connected to him by karmic ties. Even if he had no prior connection to someone or something, a single glance was enough—he could use [Causeless Cause] to create a strand of karma from nothing.
In other words, the current Lin Qiye could ignore space entirely, arriving at any place he had ever seen, even if only in a photograph.
The karmic connection between Lin Qiye and the [Key to the Gate] ran far too deep. No matter how much the [Key to the Gate] folded space, it couldn't prevent Lin Qiye's arrival.
The pinprick-like eyes of the [Key to the Gate] narrowed. A gate instantly materialized before it!
CLANG—!!
The golden blade struck the surface of the Gate of Truth, producing a thunderous roar.
This strike failed to damage the Gate of Truth, but under the [Key to the Gate]'s power, it opened. A colossal eye formed from swirling starry skies emerged from within!
Before Lin Qiye could react, temporal ripples spread from beneath the [Key to the Gate]. The time around him froze instantly, his entire body standing like a statue before that starry giant eye!
Lin Qiye frowned. The instant that eye looked at him, he vanished from the location via his karmic thread.
When he reappeared, he was already above the [Key to the Gate]!
But the giant eye showed no intention of letting him escape. Its boundless pupil swept across the battlefield, precisely locking onto Lin Qiye's position. Infinite truth gathered within that gaze—enough to drive any intelligent being to madness!
Lin Qiye could feel the terror of that gaze. He could only continuously teleport via karmic threads, instantly arriving at the depths of the universe.
Yet even so, that gaze pierced through spacetime from the void around him!
"Can't shake it off..." A fierce glint flashed in Lin Qiye's eyes. He stopped evading, took a deep breath instead, and met that starry giant pupil beyond the Gate of Truth with his own faintly glowing eyes!
In that instant, Lin Qiye felt once again that indescribable connection between himself and this universe. A strange aura climbed into his eyes, colliding violently with the infinite truth of the starry giant pupil!
BOOM—!!!
The moment these two gazes met, invisible ripples swept across the universe!
In the next moment, countless stars caught in that clash of gazes exploded simultaneously, like密集的太阳点缀在漆黑深空，将黑暗都驱散一角！
随着小半片星云被炸成废墟，那道来自Gate of Truth后的星空巨眼，骤然收缩，一股惊恐的情绪从中流露而出，蛛网般的裂纹顷刻间遍布其上！
即便宇宙中没有传出任何声音，Lin Qiye的脑海中，依然回荡起一阵凄厉的嘶吼！
与此同时，尚在地球的【Key to the Gate】脸色骤然一白，猛地喷出一口鲜血，灵魂迅速萎靡起来……
"这怎么可能？祂竟然能以一眼撼动真理？？"
【Key to the Gate】针孔般的眼眸中，满是难以置信。
祂尚未从灵魂的萎靡中恢复过来，一缕因果丝线迅速收缩，祂的身形瞬息被拖过浩瀚宇宙，来到了Lin Qiye所在的那片深空之中！
"地球太小了，施展不开……我们换个地方打。"Lin Qiye双唇开合，低沉的声音在【Key to the Gate】脑海中响起。
翻涌的鸿蒙灵气，在Lin Qiye的身下爆开，一道行星大小的黑暗巨拳从虚无中勾勒而出，轰然砸向【Key to the Gate】的面门，在这巨拳的对比下，【Key to the Gate】的身形宛若蝼蚁！
但这只黑暗巨拳尚未砸到【Key to the Gate】，便以肉眼可见的速度滞缓下来，那黑袍身影周围的时间近乎凝固，【Key to the Gate】的脸上浮现出一抹疯狂。
"你能克制我的空间，那时间呢？？"
在这凝固的时间长河中，一只同样浩瀚的星空巨手，从Gate of Truth后冲出，将那定格在原地的黑暗巨拳碾成碎片！
随着【Key to the Gate】双手抬起，那只巨手便分化为无数粗壮的触手，包裹住同样被时间暂停的Lin Qiye，随后周围的时间便开始以惊人的速度倒退！
一年，五年，十年，百年，千年……
这倒流的时光，曾在祁连山上将Shen Qingzhu与Wu Quan死死压制，但此刻被星光触手包裹的Lin Qiye，在时间长河的冲刷下却没有丝毫的改变！
【Key to the Gate】见到这一幕，双拳紧紧攥起……祂看到Lin Qiye的肉体之上，一段凝成实质的因果丝线，像是打了个结，将他的灵魂死死的锁在那段循环往复的因果之中！
鸿蒙灵胎，寿与天齐，无论【Key to the Gate】再怎么拨动时间，都不可能将Lin Qiye的肉身淹没在时间长河中……而Lin Qiye的灵魂，则自成一段因果，在这时光中不断巡回，抵御住了时光的倒流。
砰——！
终于，那深红身影在倒流的时光长河中，一步踏出，【终焉王律】瞬间张开，倒流的时光骤然一滞！
随后，那屹立在时间长河中的深红身影，一剑挥出，璀璨的金芒直接劈开了倒流的时间长河，身形瞬间闪烁至【Key to the Gate】的身后！
"把An Qingyu的灵魂……还回来！！"
Lin Qiye一掌拍在【Key to the Gate】的额顶，澎湃的鸿蒙灵气狂涌而入，密密麻麻的因果丝线顺着指尖同样钻入祂的体内，像是巨茧般包裹住那强大的灵魂！
【Key to the Gate】双眸怒睁，一道灵魂怒吼响彻宇宙，周身的时空急速扭曲，一黑一红两道身影如同流星般洞穿无垠空间，再度坠回地球之上！
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高考加油！