Truly My Lucky Star — How Miserable the Celestial Ancient Races Are
Truly My Lucky Star — How Miserable the Celestial Ancient Races Are
Inside the Skyward Schloss, the Great Elder’s white robes fluttered, countless scenes surfacing within his eyes, giving him an immortal, Daoist bearing.
At this moment, he stood atop a mountain peak, his gaze piercing through layer upon layer of grey mist, seeing many of the scenes within the Celestial Ancient Continent.
He already knew everything that had happened inside the Celestial Ancient Continent.
After understanding the whole sequence of events, he couldn’t help but feel a chill run through him.
“With methods like these, Gu Changge is forcing every last one of the Lost Clans down a road to death. Truly vicious. This old man still underestimated him.”
The Great Elder spoke with a complicated gaze.
Beside him stood an elderly man of medium build.
This old man wore filthy clothes, his face ordinary and dark-skinned, looking just like an old farmer from the mortal world, with a mouthful of big yellow teeth.
At the old man’s waist hung a rust-covered vegetable cleaver, with several chips broken out of its edge.
Utterly unremarkable, without a single distinguishing feature.
But what shook one to the core was that this farmer-like man was actually standing shoulder to shoulder with the most exalted figure of the Skyward Schloss, the Great Elder himself, conversing with him in a familiar manner.
Hearing the Great Elder’s words, the old farmer couldn’t help but grin. “After all, he is the Qilin Son of my Gu Family. What’s so surprising about methods of this level?”
“This junior Gu Changge — though this old man has never met him, I’ve heard quite a bit about him from the clan during this time...”
“For him to do something like this isn’t unexpected at all.”
As he spoke, the expression on his face was rather thought-provoking.
“Has Daoxiong’s mind already been made up?” The Great Elder fell silent for a moment, then suddenly stared into the old farmer’s eyes and asked.
“There’s nothing to decide or not decide. Right now, my clan’s Young Master has been bullied inside the Celestial Ancient Continent, nearly killed even. For this old man to want to go in — isn’t that only proper? Or are you saying you’ll block even this?”
The old farmer said with a smile, baring his big yellow teeth, but within his words there was an air of “if you dare stop me, I’ll make my move.”
The dominance of the Longevity Gu Family was renowned throughout the entire Beyond.
Hearing this, the Great Elder smiled bitterly. “Daoxiong, do you truly not see through this matter? Or are you deliberately playing dumb? This whole affair is clearly Gu Changge scheming against the entire Celestial Ancient Races.”
“I don’t care. My Gu Family’s Young Master was training in the Celestial Ancient Continent and was actually ambushed by one of its races wielding a Transcendent grade weapon. This matter has already provoked my clan’s fury. That we haven’t flipped the Celestial Ancient Continent upside down is already merciful.”
The old farmer chuckled. “The other lineages and factions have all sent experts descending into it. Why do you block only me? Do you have some grievance against my Longevity Gu Family?”
The Great Elder fell silent. That was not a question he could easily answer.
A grievance against the Longevity Gu Family?
Who knew what manner of monsters and demons the Longevity Gu Family would produce next.
“Are you still going to stop me?” the old farmer asked again, still chuckling.
The Great Elder frowned.
If he said yes, this farmer-like Gu Family Ancestor before him would absolutely strike at him immediately.
Of this, he had no doubt whatsoever.
Though he did not fear the man, the Celestial Ancient Continent was currently rife with incidents, and many lineages and great sects were descending upon it.
If he were to fight this old farmer, it would inevitably give the other lineages and factions an opening to exploit.
Back then, he had made a pact with someone: if the races within the Celestial Ancient Continent secluded themselves from the world, he was to provide them a measure of protection.
That pact had held until now.
But now, with one series of maneuvers, Gu Changge had given the many outside lineages an opportunity to interfere, catching even the Great Elder somewhat off guard.
Letting Gu Changge in there had been nothing short of unleashing a calamity!
“Daoxiong, with your level of power going in, are you planning to overturn all the Celestial Ancient Races?”
After a moment, the Great Elder asked in a deep voice, his expression growing grave.
“Besides, if I remember correctly, you are not the Ancestor of Gu Changge’s branch, but of Xianer’s branch...”
As he spoke, a strange glint flashed through the Great Elder’s eyes.
He knew about the bone-digging incident, and this Gu Family Ancestor before him surely knew of it too.
This Gu Family Ancestor had not awakened in all these years.
Recently, sensing something, he had walked out from the clan grounds — his branch’s standing within the Gu Family was now far inferior to what it once was.
How could such a matter fail to draw his attention?
As for what happened in the Gu Family back then, one need only ask — no one would dare hide it from him.
So his purpose in heading to the Celestial Ancient Continent was absolutely not to aid Gu Changge or seek justice for him.
In the Great Elder’s view, this Gu Family Ancestor was most likely going to protect Gu Xianer, worried that she might fall victim to Gu Changge’s poisonous hand.
But...
Gu Changge was now the Successor of the Skyward Schloss. At the very least, during this training expedition, he represented the face of the Skyward Schloss.
Even though he had not the slightest fondness for that fellow Gu Changge, at a time like this he still had to find a way to stall for him.
“Gu Changge is my Gu Family’s Young Master. You’re overthinking it. How could this old man raise a hand against him? Killing one’s own kin is something utterly forbidden in my Gu Family.”
Hearing this, the old farmer still smiled, as if he didn’t care about that matter at all.
Yet a sharp gleam flashed through his eyes and vanished.
The Great Elder’s expression didn’t change, but he understood the implication behind those words.
Killing one’s own kin — wasn’t that exactly what Gu Changge had done to Gu Xianer back then?
The meaning was already plain enough.
Clearly, though this Gu Family Ancestor claimed not to care, he still harbored resentment over the matter.
Still, with his assurance, the Great Elder felt considerably relieved.
Gu Changge shouldn’t be in mortal danger.
But losing a layer of skin was probably unavoidable.
At this point, the Great Elder’s eyes narrowed slightly, and he chose a compromise.
“This time, this old man shall accompany Daoxiong on the trip.”
The farmer-like Gu Family Ancestor didn’t seem surprised at all. Instead, he smiled meaningfully. “It seems Daoxiong cares about that fellow Gu Changge even more than my Gu Family does?”
The Great Elder snorted coldly. “Say what you will, that fellow is still the Successor of my Skyward Schloss, the candidate for the next Palace Master, a disciple of my Skyward Schloss.”
For someone of his upright temperament, principles mattered more.
Gu Changge was detestable, true, but in the end he was just a junior who liked playing petty tricks and provoking people.
Beyond that, he actually held considerable appreciation for Gu Changge.
“Hehe...”
The old farmer laughed noncommittally at this, then waved his tattered sleeve.
The Great Elder’s eyes narrowed slightly.
In the void behind the old farmer, a mighty pressure suddenly descended, and a blurry passage appeared, as if piercing through the cosmos and the starry sky.
Boom!
An incomparably radiant gate of light blasted open.
Immediately after, waves of immortal music spread out, dense immortal qi billowing forth, as if from another world entirely.
One after another, immortal-armored divine soldiers rode out atop ancient pure-blooded ferocious beasts, their killing intent soaring to the heavens, shaking the firmament, their auras glacial.
Every single one of them wore battle armor gleaming with immortal light, as if they had been through countless wars, their gazes like heavenly blades that made the void tremble.
Without a doubt.
This was an invincible army of the Longevity Gu Family.
The instant they appeared, it was as if thousands upon thousands of troops came galloping from every direction, terrifying sounds of wind and thunder filling heaven and earth.
So much so that the other lineages and factions in the midst of descending upon the Celestial Ancient Continent were all startled.
“They actually deployed a force of this caliber. It seems the Longevity Gu Family’s regard for this matter has reached such a level...” Even the Great Elder was stunned, somewhat shaken.
Every single member of this force was at the Enlightened King Realm!
And clearly battle-hardened at that — iron-blooded and unbreakable, their killing intent shaking the heavens.
“This force wasn’t dispatched by this old man. Gu Changge requisitioned it with his authority as Young Master.”
“This time, they won’t be taking orders from this old man.”
Hearing these words, the farmer-like Gu Family Ancestor shook his head.
Requisitioned by Gu Changge?
What exactly was he trying to do?
In that instant, the Great Elder was even more dumbfounded, completely unable to fathom Gu Changge’s intentions.
“Daoxiong, let us go.” With that, the old farmer took the lead, and with a single step, the thick mist shrouding the skies above the Celestial Ancient Continent scattered away in an instant.
Taking this powerful and terrifying force with him.
The Great Elder sighed softly and followed.
The races of the Celestial Ancient Continent — this time, he feared he could no longer shelter them.
And scenes like this were playing out all across the Skyward Schloss’s territories.
Rumble!
At every moment, battleships could be seen descending from the sky.
Numerous lineages and great sects rushed over from the Boundless Heaven, descending upon this place in force.
The slice of the pie that was the Celestial Ancient Continent, after Gu Changge’s scheming, had attracted countless people.
Now they had a legitimate excuse.
Before, they had been sneaking around, using the younger generation as a front.
Now they came directly with their experts in tow — one could say they’d torn off the mask entirely.
...
Celestial Ancient Continent, the Black Sky Hawk Clan’s territory.
After thoroughly looting the place clean, Gu Changge finally left, quite satisfied.
He had not allowed the Black Sky Hawk Clan to spread any word about him.
This was very important. At least until his plan was complete, Gu Changge would not permit the Black Sky Hawk Clan to have even the slightest open connection to him.
This counted as one of his little arrangements, and very soon, it would play a lethally effective role.
After all, the Black Sky Hawk Clan ranked among the top powers of the Celestial Ancient Races.
To be controlled by him so effortlessly...
At the critical moment, a betrayal from the shadows would absolutely inflict enormous damage on the other races.
“Ye Ling’s matter is settled. Next comes my own business. The Celestial Spirit’s emergence should be within these few days. Time to find where that girl Yue Mingkong has hidden herself.”
After returning to his palace, Gu Changge sent out followers to locate Yue Mingkong’s exact position.
He didn’t know when the Celestial Spirit would emerge, nor where it would appear.
But for him, finding Yue Mingkong was enough.
As a regressor, Yue Mingkong definitely knew his ultimate goal, so given her personality, she would certainly find a way to snatch it and obstruct him.
And during this period, Yue Mingkong had happened to vanish without a trace.
A smile appeared at the corners of Gu Changge’s mouth. Without even thinking, he knew she must have gone to find the Celestial Spirit’s location.
Using his own fiancée as a treasure-hunting rat at a time like this — Gu Changge felt not the slightest guilt.
Of course, once Yue Mingkong found out, she’d be furious enough to want to kill someone.
She had already been very carefully avoiding Gu Changge, not intending to draw his attention.
But she could never have imagined that her every move was actually within Gu Changge’s calculations.
And soon, the followers Gu Changge had sent out returned, bringing news of Yue Mingkong.
Yue Mingkong herself probably never imagined that Gu Changge had planted his own people at her side.
Gu Changge, shrewd and calculating as he was, planned ten steps ahead for every step he took.
What’s more, he had always known Yue Mingkong was a regressor — how could he not scheme around her?
There was even less chance Gu Changge would let such an opportunity slip by.
The moment he learned Yue Mingkong was also coming to the Celestial Ancient Continent, he had made this preparation.
“The Mountains of Horizons?”
Within the palace, he paced with his hands behind his back, information about this mountain range surfacing in his mind.
Since Yue Mingkong was there, then in all likelihood the Celestial Gate would manifest there.
The location where the Celestial Spirit would ultimately emerge was thereby confirmed.
“If not for Yue Mingkong, I’d probably have to wait until it surfaced on its own to learn where the Celestial Spirit would emerge. Speaking of which, that girl Yue Mingkong really is my lucky star. All along the way, she’s eliminated so many troubles for me, saved me so much effort...”
Thinking of this, Gu Changge couldn’t help but reveal a smile of keen interest.
It wasn’t that he truly wanted to scheme against Yue Mingkong.
It was just that some things had become habit.
Then, Gu Changge narrowed his eyes. To keep Yue Mingkong from growing suspicious of him...
He’d best come up with an excuse, staging a scenario where he happened to run into her at the Mountains of Horizons.
“Attend me!”
he called out.
At this time, the puppets Gu Changge had obtained from the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being could finally be put to use.
Soon, several divine rainbows shot into the sky from within these ruins.
...
“Uncle!”
At the same time, within a vast mountain range.
A group of young prodigies led by Ye Langtian and Ye Liuli waited respectfully.
As rumbling sounds came from the void...
One carriage and battleship after another crushed across the sky, arriving at this place.
Standing atop them was a middle-aged man standing proud and tall, his gaze brilliant, his cultivation having impressively reached the Quasi-Sacred Realm.
Behind him was a host of powerful Ye Clan members.
The middle-aged man was named Ye Miao, Ye Langtian’s uncle.
He was also the expert who, after receiving their message, had rushed over from the outside world as reinforcement, to seek justice for Ye Langtian and the others.
This represented the attitude of the Ancient Immortal Races.
“The clan already knows of this matter. In the time to come, the Celestial Ancient Continent will become a battleground for all parties. No one will be spared...”
Ye Miao nodded, sweeping his gaze over the Ye Family prodigies before him, and said with a smile.
“So our training is all suspended from now on, right?” Ye Langtian asked.
“Yes. Your safety will be protected by us. The Celestial Ancient Races have gone too far, treating us as beneath their notice. Today, it’s time they learned the might of our Ancient Immortal Races,” Ye Miao said, his gaze flashing.
This was also the attitude of the various outside lineages. No matter what, the safety of each clan and sect’s prodigies had to be guaranteed first.
Life and death were fair game during training — if their prodigies died in the midst of it, they would have nothing to say.
But under the Celestial Ancient Races’ deliberate, line-crossing slaughter, the meaning was entirely different.
“Uncle, this time the Celestial Ancient Races were actually targeting the Gu Family’s Young Master. The rest of us are actually fine — they wouldn’t dare go too far against us...”
Ye Liuli spoke up at this moment, anger on her beautiful, lustrous face.
Gu Changge’s resistance against the Successor of Demonic Arts was a great merit for all living beings.
The Feathered Clan’s methods had been too shameless, which was what provoked public outrage.
In her view, everything Gu Changge did was actually for the sake of all under heaven.
This made even her — who had been bullied by Gu Changge several times — unable to help but see him in a new light.
Toward the Feathered Clan, she felt not the slightest goodwill.
Hearing this, a strange glint instead flashed through Ye Miao’s eyes, and he shook his head. “If not for Gu Changge’s scheming in this matter, I’m afraid we wouldn’t have found an excuse to interfere. You all underestimate how terrifying that fellow is.”
“Besides, you needn’t worry about Gu Changge’s safety. The Longevity Gu Family reacted to this matter very swiftly — reportedly furious — and has already dispatched an extremely powerful force as reinforcement. The Feathered Clan is likely doomed this time...”
His words left Ye Langtian, Ye Liuli, and the others stunned.
In their view, everything Gu Changge did had been forced upon him by circumstance. They had never thought so deeply into it.
“Gu-xiong’s methods... truly leave one in awe...”
Ye Langtian finally caught on at this point, a thick sense of defeat welling up in him.
In cultivation he was far inferior to Gu Changge, but in methods and scheming, he was also being ground into the dirt.
If not for his uncle’s reminder, he probably never would have realized any of this.
“Thanks to Gu Changge’s fortune, our Ye Family can also take a share of the spoils in this...” Ye Miao said, his expression turning cold.
He looked toward the depths of the Celestial Ancient Continent, where the territories of the great powerful races were gathered. Very soon, the most terrifying great war would erupt there.
The waters of the Celestial Ancient Continent had been muddied.
Similar scenes were playing out in other places as well.
The Golden-Winged Roc Clan, the Undead Lake Clan, the Longevity Wang Family, and many other supreme sects and lineages were all deliberating over this matter.
And outside the Celestial Ancient Continent, one Copper Ancient Battleship after another, ancient flying vessels, and a Devil Mountain came crashing down with rumbles.
Within them stood figures dense with demonic qi, one after another, vast divine senses sweeping down like boundless oceans, covering thousands of kilometers.
“The Primal Demonic Temple!”
“Why have those vicious bastards come to join the fun...” Many Cultivators were shocked, their faces paling somewhat in fright, hastily retreating.
The Primal Demonic Temple — that was what many Cultivators and lineages called them.
Though the Primal Demonic Temple styled itself the Primal Celestial Temple, its conduct had always been ruthless and domineering, and above all, fiercely protective of its own.
They had always held to the creed: if you kill one of mine, I exterminate your entire family.
This had resulted in no one daring to casually provoke the Primal Demonic Temple.
They were a pack of vicious bastards, and powerful Lunatics at that.
“The maternal power behind the Gu Family’s Young Master seems to be the Primal Demonic Temple...”
Outside the Skyward Schloss, someone said in a trembling voice, finally realizing.
What happened inside the Celestial Ancient Continent had actually been known to the outside world all along.
Because there were specific methods to transmit word of it out.
During this time, the Celestial Ancient Races’ “outrageous bullying” had naturally caused an uproar.
“Thinking about it this way, those Celestial Ancient Races are really pitiful.”
“Of all people to offend, they just had to offend the Gu Family’s Young Master.”
For a moment, quite a few Cultivators shuddered, suddenly feeling some sympathy for the Celestial Ancient Races.
Going by the Primal Demonic Temple’s usual style of conduct, this time the Celestial Ancient Continent would absolutely be turned completely upside down.