First Loot His Entire Foundation — You Think I'm on the Third Floor, but I'm Actually on the Tenth
First Loot His Entire Foundation — You Think I’m on the Third Floor, but I’m Actually on the Tenth
“That shifu of yours comes from the Beyond. His knowledge and vision far surpass every cultivator in this realm. No one else could see how special you are — yet he alone could.”
“That’s why, at first glance, he saw how extraordinary you were.”
“And Yao Yao, don’t you wonder why he’s so nice to you for no reason at all? I know these words will hurt you, but I still have to say them...”
Jiang Yang spoke slowly, his expression somewhat heavy, intending to expose Gu Changge’s true face to Yao Yao.
He didn’t know what Gu Changge had said to Yao Yao.
But at this moment, whether it worked or not, he had to make the innocent, kind-hearted Yao Yao notice the problem with that shifu of hers.
“You can’t cultivate right now, yet he still treats you so well, keeping you by his side... he actually has ulterior motives.”
“You have to believe that in this world, no one is good to you for no reason.”
“That shifu of yours is a hypocrite, a true villain... he’s definitely planning to take you back to the Beyond and refine you into a pill or something.”
“I found all of this in the ancient records of Celestia Holy Land last night.”
At this point, he sighed, and as if worried Yao Yao would ask questions, he added an extra explanation of how he knew all this.
In truth, these words weren’t slander.
They were the conclusion Jiang Yang had reached after careful deliberation.
From the methods Gu Changge had displayed when he struck in the great hall that day, he could tell Gu Changge was no good person.
Would someone like that really take Yao Yao as a disciple for no reason, expecting nothing in return?
In Jiang Yang’s judgment of people, there was a huge problem here.
This so-called Exalted Immortal had impure motives and treacherous intentions.
Hearing this, Yao Yao’s little face froze, turning somewhat pale, and her small hands couldn’t help but clench tight.
But quickly, as if thinking of something,
her face filled with fury and coldness as she rebuked,
“You’re lying! How could Shifu possibly be what you say...”
“Stop slandering Shifu!”
As her words fell, Yao Yao’s expression suddenly changed.
Weng!!
At the center of her brow, a peach-blossom-like mark, dazzlingly brilliant, began to emerge and glow, radiating a terrifying, sky-shaking aura.
Her entire being was suffused with an indifference that overlooked all things — eternal within reincarnation, regarding all creatures of heaven and earth as straw dogs.
Heaven and earth may collapse, yet she would not perish; ten thousand ages may be destroyed, yet she would endure.
...
Meanwhile.
Deep within Celestia Holy Land, immortal mist surged, countless Array Patterns interwove, and radiant light rain fell — like a land of Flying Immortals.
Within a quiet, profound corridor.
“Don’t try to make any noise, or you’ll die even faster.”
Gu Changge wore a faint smile as he unhurriedly walked deeper inside.
The numerous Array Patterns on both sides began erupting with sky-piercing killing intent and runes, transforming into all kinds of dreadful weapons that clanged and rang, seeking to annihilate him.
But with a wave of his sleeve, a monstrous aura descended like the vast firmament itself, dense and countless like a torrential rain, grinding all those runes into nothing.
“Pu!”
The two Sacred Noble Realm elders before him, in utter shock and horror, were sent flying backward, blood spraying from their mouths.
Merely touching that aura had inflicted grievous wounds — who knew how many of their bones had shattered.
“You... how dare you force your way into this place...”
The two Sacred Noble Realm elders struggled to crawl up from the ground, unable to believe the scene before them.
Out of nowhere, Gu Changge had barged into the deepest reaches of Celestia Holy Land.
This was where their foundation lay.
Normally, the two of them guarded it, vigilant against any outsiders breaking in.
Gu Changge’s identity was entirely familiar to them — he was that mysterious Exalted Immortal who had come to Celestia Holy Land recently.
But why would he, perfectly fine, sneak into the deepest part of their Holy Land? What exactly was he planning?
They couldn’t figure it out at all.
At this moment, they were completely suppressed by Gu Changge’s aura; even their souls trembled, on the verge of shattering, utterly unable to move.
In this state, let alone resisting, they could barely even twitch.
The two were in utter despair, unable to believe it.
“I told you to keep quiet. You might have lived a little longer.”
Gu Changge spoke casually, flicking his finger to strike a sword note — with a chi sound, a strand of Sword Qi containing terrifying sharpness, like a Bronze Celestial Sword, flew from his fingertips and instantly pierced through both men’s brows.
Their souls were annihilated.
Then, runes condensed one after another into a Grand Flask, bobbing up and down, black light cascading down, swiftly devouring the entirety of their essence, qi, and spirit.
For him to sneak into the forbidden depths of Celestia Holy Land was no challenge at all — describing it as walking on flat ground would be no exaggeration.
Since the two of them insisted on blocking his path, Gu Changge naturally obliged them.
As for the wisp of their souls connected to their Soul Lamps, Gu Changge deliberately restrained it with the Grand Flask, not planning to devour it just yet.
Otherwise, the whole of Celestia Holy Land would likely erupt in fury and alarm right now.
“The Celestia Sacred Emperor’s phantom should be sealed here.”
“While Jiang Yang is away, I’ll first secretly refine his greatest current reliance — his face will probably turn green with rage.”
“And if there’s a Sacred Emperor Grade weapon, that would be even better.”
Gu Changge wore a meaningful smile as he continued down the corridor.
With everything properly arranged,
the Reincarnation of the Mortal One was, in his eyes, already no different from Ye Ling and Lin Tian back then — his life and death casually within Gu Changge’s grasp, while they remained utterly oblivious.
Gu Changge was now waiting for the Mortal One’s many uses to be squeezed completely dry before proceeding with the final harvest.
Before that, he would first strip away the Reincarnation of the Mortal One’s sharp claws and fangs, rendering all his methods useless.
Jiang Yang could never imagine that Gu Changge would take advantage of his absence from Celestia Holy Land to enter its depths and destroy every bit of his foundation.
Soon, Gu Changge casually broke through numerous runic formations and finally arrived at the place where Celestia Holy Land sealed away its foundation.
It was an ancient, grandiose great hall.
At its highest point, a vast aura rose and fell — like a mist, like chaos, or perhaps like divine chains of rules and order.
“In a place like the Heavenly Star Realm, there’s actually such a method. It seems this Celestia Sacred Emperor really did leave behind considerable help for the Mortal One. These are all divine items for building cultivation foundations — there’s even a huge pile of Astral Chaos Sand...”
Gu Changge swept a glance over the many sights within the hall.
The Chaos Energy surging overhead was actually a river of Astral Chaos Sand, unimaginably heavy — a single grain weighed as much as hundreds of millions of jun, enough to crush a mountain flat.
Such a thing was hard to find even in the Beyond.
It was even more impossible for it to be born in the Heavenly Star Realm.
Yet now, there was a huge pile of it here.
Besides that, there were quite a few wondrous roots, sacred fruits, dragon marrow, immortal jade, and the like — an immensely deep reserve. Any single piece leaking outside would drive any cultivator into a frenzied scramble.
“All these good things were left for Jiang Yang — now I’ll gladly accept them on his behalf...”
Gu Changge revealed a faint smile. With a roll of his sleeve, terrifying spatial power erupted, and even the river of Astral Chaos Sand above the hall was taken away by him.
Soon, the place became completely empty, as if it had been ransacked.
Finally, Gu Changge locked his target onto the Divine Source within the hall, suppressed beneath an ancient, intricately patterned golden cauldron.
“Celestia Sacred Emperor...”
Within his gaze, threads of black light began to flow, appearing incomparably cold and eerie.
Weng!!
Without hesitation.
He struck directly!
From all directions, several banners swiftly plunged down, and a hazy, heaven-deceiving intent enveloped the area, preventing any aura from leaking out!
At Gu Changge’s Dantian,
a Grand Flask abruptly emerged, its terrifying black light like a black hole manifesting, seeking to devour the entire universe!
Within that Divine Source was sealed a terrifying figure, sitting cross-legged with eyes closed.
It looked blurry, incomparably tall, like a deity, clad in armor flowing with a cold aura, with a pair of horns growing from its head.
There was a thin crack in the Divine Source, causing its aura to leak out.
Gu Changge reckoned that the aura Jiang Yang had triggered back then came precisely from here — which was why the entire Celestia Holy Land revered him like a god.
Now, he struck directly, intending to devour it as nourishment for himself!
“Who is it?”
The instant Gu Changge made his move, the figure within the Divine Source opened its eyes — its cold expression like a vast expanse of starry sky contained within, incomparably profound.
Then it flew into a rage!
It hadn’t expected that someone would dare strike at it while it slumbered.
This was simply outrageous audacity.
However, the next moment, when it clearly saw the Grand Flask suddenly descending from above, its expression changed again!
From coldness to shock, disbelief, and traces of fear and dread!
“Impossible... the Grand Flask...”
Recognizing the pitch-black flask before it, its voice trembled slightly.
Even its soul seemed to quiver.
As a Sacred Emperor, even a mere wisp of a phantom contained immense might — ordinary Perfect Prodigies could never be its match!
But now, the moment it saw this Grand Flask, its entire being felt frozen solid.
Bone-chilling cold from head to toe.
This thing had actually emerged into the world again — and it was coming to suppress and kill it!
So much so that the Celestia Sacred Emperor didn’t even notice Gu Changge suddenly charging in, Demon Halberd in hand!
By the time it reacted, monstrous demonic qi had already engulfed it.
The entire Divine Source cracked in response, the strike cleaving directly down onto its body like countless stars exploding — the shockwave was too terrifying.
Its shoulder nearly burst apart.
If Gu Changge hadn’t concealed the aura of this place with Array Patterns,
the shockwaves would likely have already destroyed every building nearby.
“You... you’ve actually appeared, Successor of Demonic Arts...”
The Celestia Sacred Emperor trembled, staring fixedly at Gu Changge, its voice unable to remain calm, as if trying to see through him.
Gu Changge’s face was veiled by a layer of mist.
Utterly blurry.
Only a pair of eyes, cold as if devoid of any emotion — more like he was looking at a lifeless object.
This made its heart palpitate even more, recalling the many legends from before its birth.
The Successor of Demonic Arts ravaging All of Heaven and Its Thousand Worlds.
That was an era of despair for all races and all living beings — a stretch of gray darkness with no hope in sight.
“Hand over your Source obediently. Don’t make pointless resistance.”
Gu Changge said indifferently. Though before him stood a Sacred Emperor, his tone was as if looking down from above, carrying contempt and coldness.
“A mere junior, yet you dare spout such arrogance. How did you find this place?”
The Celestia Sacred Emperor raged, quickly realizing that the Gu Changge before it was merely a junior putting on a bold front.
His true cultivation was only at the Sacred Realm!
Yet he dared use such a tone with a Sacred Emperor?
Moreover, its existence concerned the Reincarnation of the Mortal One — and now even the Successor of Demonic Arts had come knocking on his own initiative.
That meant the Reincarnation of the Mortal One was likely doomed.
This made the Celestia Sacred Emperor increasingly worried and uneasy, but it was only a wisp of a phantom — there was very little it could do now.
Boom!
“How I found this place — does that matter?”
“What matters is that you and the Reincarnation of the Mortal One will both die soon.”
Gu Changge said indifferently, then struck directly.
The moment the Eight Barren Demon Halberd fell, it seemed to split the universe apart — light exploded, divine chains of rules trembled — intending to suppress and devour this Sacred Emperor phantom right here.
As the Grand Flask descended, sheets of runes poured down like rain from the heights, submerging everything.
Soon, heart-palpitating roars of unwillingness erupted from within.
As if some existence was making its final desperate resistance, its roars shaking heaven and earth.
But it was shrouded in thick Grey Fog.
Even the sound couldn’t escape, and all the terrifying aftershocks were devoured entirely by the Grand Flask hanging high above — not a trace leaked out!
It was like a terrifying Great Millstone of World Destruction; as black light cascaded down, it emitted the vast, heavy rumbling of worlds turning one after another.
Finally, the commotion here gradually subsided.
Without any surprises.
The Grey Fog dispersed.
Gu Changge’s figure walked out from within, though his eyes were closed, as if still savoring the aura from moments ago.
He shook his head slightly.
“Tsk.”
“The taste of this Sacred Emperor phantom truly far surpasses the many Sources I’ve devoured recently.”
“However, this is the perfect opportunity to pin this whole pot on the Celestia Sacred Emperor’s head.”
Soon, thinking of this, Gu Changge opened his eyes.
His cultivation had now broken through to the peak of the Sacred Realm, just one step away from the Sacred Noble Realm.
He was quite satisfied with this speed.
Only, the Celestia Sacred Emperor’s weapon hadn’t been found.
Presumably it wasn’t suppressed here, but somewhere else.
Now that the news of the Celestia Sacred Emperor’s sealed phantom had vanished, it conveniently gave him one more explanation to use.
When the time came, he could directly tell Yao Yao that her brother Jiang Yang had actually undergone Body Possession by the Celestia Sacred Emperor.
The Celestia Ancestor phantom Jiang Yang first triggered was nothing more than a wisp of aura it released.
This would also explain why the people of Celestia Holy Land paid no mind whatsoever to Jiang Yang’s abnormalities.
After all, to Celestia Holy Land, Jiang Yang was their disciple — even if he’d been possessed, he was still their disciple, tied to their glory.
Who would care about such minor details?
But for Yao Yao, it was completely different.
Just then, Gu Changge, who was about to leave this place, paused slightly.
His gaze turned deep and dark — he saw the scenes witnessed by the Demonization within the Jade Pendant he’d left on Yao Yao.
Especially as Yao Yao’s aura abruptly changed, that peach blossom petal beginning to glow, radiating a terrifying aura.
His smile turned rather intrigued for a moment.
“Hm? He actually said those things to Yao Yao? It seems my guess was right after all.”
“Good thing I prepared in advance and confessed quite a few things to her — precisely because I anticipated you’d say this to her.”
“Jiang Yang, oh Jiang Yang, you think I’m on the third floor, little knowing I’m already on the tenth. Every countermeasure you have, I know them all...”
“As the Reincarnation of the Mortal One, you truly disappoint me.”
Gu Changge smiled, entirely unsurprised by this.
Because Jiang Yang had no idea that Gu Changge’s target, from beginning to end, was him — not Yao Yao.
Yao Yao was merely a front he used to deal with Jiang Yang.
So Gu Changge had already told Yao Yao very bluntly:
at first, his plan to take her as a disciple was purely because he saw her extraordinary aura and felt her origins were anything but simple.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been so kind as to deliberately stop in a small village.
Regarding this explanation of Gu Changge’s, Yao Yao had expressed understanding at the time, without sadness or hurt.
She was sensible and clever, and she knew Gu Changge couldn’t possibly take her as a disciple for no reason.
Everything was done with returns in mind.
Then Gu Changge told her very bluntly that when he discovered she truly couldn’t cultivate, he really had entertained the thought of abandoning her.
Those words made Yao Yao’s little face go pale at the time.
But fortunately, Gu Changge quickly pivoted.
With regret and a touch of helplessness,
he said that since he’d already taught her for so long, he might as well keep her around — it was no trouble, and she was obedient and sensible anyway.
When she grew older, she could pound his legs and knead his shoulders — that would be quite nice.
Hearing this explanation, Yao Yao beamed with joy again, revealing a happy expression.
Moreover, Gu Changge had added at the time that Yao Yao’s origins were probably even more terrifying than he’d imagined — she might even be some great figure in the future — so he’d better cozy up to her while he had the chance.
Who knows, he might even get to cling to her thigh.
Though these were half-joking words,
Gu Changge had in fact confessed quite a lot to her.
Yao Yao was very smart and could understand all this.
So under this premise, Jiang Yang now saying those words to Yao Yao was no different from outright sowing discord.
At this moment, Yao Yao trusted Gu Changge the most.
On top of that, she harbored boundless fury and hatred toward the one who had possessed her brother’s body.
That the power of the Dao Fruit would suddenly trigger —
Gu Changge wasn’t too surprised. His smile held a trace of amusement.
“Now I’ll just sit back and enjoy the show. Jiang Yang, oh Jiang Yang, as the Reincarnation of the Mortal One, let me see what methods you have to withstand an enraged Yao Yao...”
Through the eyes of that Demonization,
Gu Changge had already seen quite a few scenes.
Then, his pace unchanging, he swiftly left the place, the void blurring around him as he rushed toward the ancient city outside Celestia Holy Land.
...
On the street.
As Jiang Yang finished speaking,
Yao Yao’s expression abruptly changed — that all-overlooking aura practically covered the entire world.
Heaven and earth trembled, winds and clouds reversed, and every cultivator and living being felt a dread and terror from the depths of their hearts, unable to resist the urge to kneel prostrate on the ground.
“Yao Yao...”
Grandma Yin Hua, beside her, sensed this change immediately, her expression shifting drastically.
Jiang Yang reacted quickly too, his expression rapidly changing, somewhat incredulous.
Weng!!
He sensed the aura of danger. Runes converged in his hand, becoming a great expanse of brilliant ancient characters densely filling the air, moving to resist!
But at this moment, Yao Yao’s eyes were like an ancient, merciless, vast universe — nothing but coldness upon coldness.
She floated up into the void.
As her small hand lifted, a terrifying pressure descended as if heaven and earth themselves were overturning, seeking to erase all living beings!
“Not good...”
Supreme Elder Zhao Yi, behind Jiang Yang, changed expression and moved to block it all, but before her technique could even be unleashed, she violently spat out a mouthful of blood.
Yao Yao casually struck a palm, as if hitting the void itself, churning up monstrous waves!
She screamed as she was sent flying backward, half her body exploding, blood mist scattering — utterly miserable!
A Sacred Noble Realm existence, grievously wounded in an instant.
“How can this be...”
On the other side, Jiang Yang’s expression also changed rapidly as he desperately dodged backward, his speed extreme, the great momentum beneath his feet seemingly merging into his body.
Judging by speed alone, he was actually no slower than Zhao Yi had been when she struck just now.
But his means of resistance were considerably weaker.
Crack!
It exploded right there in the void.
Jiang Yang, too, spat out a mouthful of blood with a wah, struck across the body by Yao Yao’s slap, instantly smashing into a large swath of buildings, kicking up a huge cloud of dust — his fate unknown.
Having done all this, Yao Yao seemed to have exhausted all her strength and fell from the void.
Her large eyes were open, dazed.
As if she didn’t know what she had just done.
Only, she didn’t fall to the ground — she landed in a warm embrace.
Looking at the figure that had suddenly appeared behind her, Yao Yao murmured,
“Shifu...”