The Fish Finally Takes the Bait, the Exalted Immortal Suspected to Have Perished in the Sky Pool of Death
The Fish Finally Takes the Bait, the Exalted Immortal Suspected to Have Perished in the Sky Pool of Death
Hearing this, Gu Changge put on a look of surprise.
“Letting you go isn’t out of the question. But not now—though it won’t be much longer...” he said casually, his tone carrying a hint of indifference.
Yet hearing these words, the chill down Jiang Chuchu’s back only deepened, and her unease grew.
Didn’t that mean the Reincarnation of the Mortal One had likely already been found by Gu Changge? Was that why he was so confident, so certain this matter would soon be resolved?
At this thought, thick worry welled up in Jiang Chuchu’s heart.
No matter what, as the Saintess of Mortal Palace, she was born to stand on the opposite side of Gu Changge. She could never collude with him.
Even though Gu Changge’s words just now had shaken her Dao Heart.
“You underestimate the Mortal One’s methods. Gu Changge, even if you hold the upper hand now, once the Mortal One’s many contingencies come into play, everything will turn to nothing...”
Jiang Chuchu looked at him and said calmly, “As for letting me go? I don’t believe you’d be so kind. In the end, you’d surely find a way to kill me, to keep your true identity from being exposed...”
Hearing this, Gu Changge paused slightly, as if he hadn’t expected her to say such a thing.
Then he sighed. “Why do you distrust me so? What harm is there in letting you leave? Since you don’t believe me, I’ll let you out right now... though only for a short while.”
“If you behave, I might consider letting you out more often in the future.”
He wore the look of someone giving it serious thought.
“Are you telling the truth?”
Jiang Chuchu was somewhat astonished. She had only been testing him—she never expected Gu Changge to actually agree.
This suddenly stirred an inexplicable emotion in her heart... something like guilt, yet also like confusion. It was complicated.
Weng!!
The next moment, Jiang Chuchu’s vision blurred, and she had already left Gu Changge’s Internal World, appearing within an ancient, towering pavilion.
Outside, the sky was dim, the moon hidden and stars emerging.
“The aura of this place... this isn’t the Beyond...”
Jiang Chuchu’s expression shifted slightly. She immediately sensed the abnormality of this world’s natural laws.
Her heart began to sink.
Since Gu Changge had already come to the Overworld, it meant her guess had very likely become reality.
The location of the Reincarnation of the Mortal One had already been found by Gu Changge.
“Well? I didn’t lie to you, did I?”
“If you called me Master right now, I might just let you stay in the outside world a little longer...”
Gu Changge looked at her with a rather meaningful expression.
Since Gu Changge dared to let her out, he must have complete confidence and assurance, unafraid of her suddenly fleeing.
So, thinking of this, Jiang Chuchu’s expression remained exceptionally calm.
“It seems you’ve already left the Beyond, Gu Changge, and found the Reincarnation of the Mortal One?”
She spoke.
Sweeping her gaze over the grand architecture before her, she could tell their current location seemed to be an ancient city.
As for which realm it was in—
Jiang Chuchu had no way of knowing. Gu Changge had trapped her in the Internal World for too long, so much so that she had no idea how he had come here or how many arrangements he had made.
All of this made Jiang Chuchu’s heart grow ever more uneasy.
As the Saintess of Mortal Palace, at this moment she could only watch as the Reincarnation of the Mortal One faced danger, unable to intervene.
This feeling was like a thorn, making her brow ache.
In the unseen depths, a voice seemed to tell her to stop all of this, to stop Gu Changge.
“I really don’t know how the Mortal Palace brainwashed you. Offending me for the sake of the Mortal One—is it worth it?”
Gu Changge glanced at her calm expression, laughing casually as he stood with hands clasped behind his back atop the pavilion.
His deep-red cloak fluttered in the wind, his aura as deep as an abyssal sea, enough to make one’s heart palpitate.
Then, his hand slowly swept across the territory before them.
As if implying something.
“Do you see? This entire world is already firmly within my grasp. Tell me, how can the Reincarnation of the Mortal One possibly escape?”
His tone was confident, carrying a condescending disdain.
He didn’t even regard the Mortal One as worth his notice.
Hearing Gu Changge’s words, Jiang Chuchu’s face paled slightly.
But in secret, she gritted her teeth.
Faint fluctuations of ancient runes flashed across her palm, transforming into a strange aura that slowly dissipated into the void.
The only thing she could do now was use the Secret Technique of Mortal Palace to let the Reincarnation of the Mortal One sense her existence.
She believed that as long as the Reincarnation of the Mortal One had awakened some of his past memories, he would be able to discern the danger of his current situation.
More or less, it could be of some help to him.
“Alright, I’ve let you out for some fresh air today, and time is just about up. Otherwise, if you secretly pull some tricks and ruin my plans, that wouldn’t be good...”
At this moment, Gu Changge seemed not to have noticed Jiang Chuchu’s movements at all, continuing to speak as before.
Only the smile at the corner of his mouth carried a deeper meaning.
It seemed this fish had finally taken the bait.
Hearing this, Jiang Chuchu’s face paled, and her secret movements nearly faltered.
But before she could say anything—
Gu Changge casually waved his hand. With a weng, a rift appeared in the void before them, and Jiang Chuchu’s figure vanished, returning once more to the Internal World.
She knew resistance was futile.
So she didn’t choose to resist.
No one knew just how terrifying Gu Changge’s true strength had become. Jiang Chuchu’s perception had always been sharp, and she could feel all the more that heart-palpitating, powerless despair.
Her only hope now was that the secret technique fluctuation she had just sent out could be sensed by the Reincarnation of the Mortal One.
Both being of the Mortal Palace’s lineage, no matter how far apart they were, there should be some resonance.
“Wasted quite a bit of my breath, but it seems it was quite effective.”
After tossing Jiang Chuchu back into the Internal World, Gu Changge couldn’t help but reveal an intrigued expression.
During this period, his cultivation had already broken through to the Peak Sacred Realm. All in all, he had exchanged Fortuity points for a full sixty Absolute Detachment bones, covering his entire spinal dragon, skull, and the bones of his four limbs.
With all his methods and Transcendent abilities, even a Great Sacred Realm being might not be his match.
Not to mention his many powerful trump cards.
Jiang Chuchu was smart—naturally, she wouldn’t make pointless resistance.
On the other hand, when Gu Changge was shaking her Dao Heart, he had already heard the System’s notification.
The Fortuity points of Jiang Yang, that Fortuitous One, had decreased as a result.
Though Jiang Chuchu’s subsequent reaction was somewhat unexpected to him.
“It seems her reverence for the Mortal One is too deeply rooted. This is merely a reincarnation...”
An unusual look crossed Gu Changge’s face.
This also confirmed his guess—the Mortal Palace’s methods were indeed not so honorable.
“Now I have the evidence, and the timing matches up. No matter how cautious this Jiang Yang is, he’ll have to fall for it now...”
Gu Changge smiled.
From the very beginning, he had planned to have Jiang Chuchu appear in order to lure Jiang Yang over. But if he had asked directly, Jiang Chuchu would never have agreed.
That was why he had devised this method.
Jiang Chuchu would probably never imagine that her warning move had actually dug a pit for Jiang Yang.
In the time that followed, Gu Changge headed toward the Sky Pool of Death according to the information he had obtained earlier.
He knew the Mortal One’s contingencies were arranged there, but he didn’t care.
Aside from Celestia Holy Land, the Sky Pool of Death was absolutely the place Jiang Yang most wanted to go.
If he encountered danger then, he would certainly flee in that direction.
Gu Changge could just go there first and lay down his own arrangements.
Yue Mingkong certainly couldn’t kill Jiang Yang, but severely wounding him shouldn’t be a problem.
To make Jiang Yang’s Fortuity points drop to their lowest value, Gu Changge still had to find a way to make the Fortuitous Daughter Yao Yao and Jiang Yang truly fall out.
Actually, when he left Celestia Holy Land, the words he said to Yao Yao were already part of his scheming.
...
Meanwhile, on the other side, after Jiang Chuchu secretly cast the Secret Technique of Mortal Palace—
Millions of li away, within Celestia Holy Land.
Inside a cave dwelling, sensing the strange fluctuation in the void—
Jiang Yang, who had been sitting cross-legged with eyes closed, suddenly opened them, a sharp gleam flashing within.
He looked at the letter placed on the stone table, and a calm smile couldn’t help but appear at the corner of his mouth.
“It’s actually the aura of this secret technique...”
“Finally come, have they? If they’d shown their aura earlier, wouldn’t that have been fine? Why wait until now?”
Regarding the Mortal Palace’s secret techniques, he naturally knew them all too well.
Because apart from the successors of the Mortal Palace, no one else knew such techniques. In the Heavenly Star Realm, this aura was nothing less than the best proof of the Mortal Palace’s identity.
So this time, he no longer doubted.
As for why the other party hadn’t revealed their aura last time, Jiang Yang thought about it and figured it must have been out of excessive caution.
This pleased him somewhat.
Then Jiang Yang gave a few simple instructions, called for Supreme Elder Zhao Yi, and with a leisurely expression headed out of Celestia Holy Land, rushing toward the agreed location.
Once the Mortal Palace intervened in the Heavenly Star Realm, everything that followed would be much simpler.
Everything was back under his control.
As for Gu Changge, who had left Celestia Holy Land several days ago, he no longer took him to heart. A place like the Sky Pool of Death—once you went there, don’t even think about coming back.
...
“Grandma, what kind of place is the Sky Pool of Death? Shifu has been gone for four days, and there’s still no word from him.”
At the same time, at the mountain gate of Celestia Holy Land, a small figure with flawless, clear eyes like black gemstones revealed unease.
It was Yao Yao.
At this moment, she was gazing outside with a face full of hope and worry, wanting to see her shifu descend from the sky and return.
But for days on end, there had been no sign of him.
Although she felt that with how powerful her shifu was, the chance of an accident was small, who could predict such things?
Moreover, the words her shifu had spoken when he left that day had clearly sounded like a final testament, arranging his affairs.
“The Sky Pool of Death... that seems to be a very dangerous place, even more terrifying than some Life Forbidden Areas... But Yao Yao, don’t worry. Your shifu can casually annihilate even Mystic Mountains. The dangers of the Sky Pool of Death should be as easy as walking on flat ground for him.”
Hearing this, Grandma Yin Hua comforted her, though in her heart she was actually just as worried as Yao Yao.
Even the Exalted Immortal treated it with caution.
The danger of the Sky Pool of Death likely went without saying.
And now that Gu Changge wasn’t by their side, both she and Yao Yao knew in their hearts that Jiang Yang had undergone Body Possession—they just hadn’t torn off the facade yet.
Jiang Yang appeared by their side from time to time, showering them with concern and warm inquiries.
This made them even more uneasy.
The mysterious power within Yao Yao’s body was not under her control.
If Jiang Yang truly intended to harm them, the two of them simply couldn’t resist.
“Grandma, do you think Jiang Yang deliberately told shifu about it, just to make shifu perish there...”
Yao Yao said with a worried face, afraid something would happen to Gu Changge. If her shifu was gone, what would she do in the future?
Really do as her shifu had instructed—go find Jiang Yang and pretend she knew nothing?
“If anything happens to shifu, Yao Yao won’t let Jiang Yang off...”
She said softly, and at her brow, a peach blossom light flashed and vanished.
And in the blink of an eye, several days passed.
The Sky Pool of Death was true to its name.
It was a vast and boundless clear sky pool, situated at the peak of the Heavenly Divine Mountain, covering nearly eight thousand li in every direction.
Within it, light and shadow dazzled in layer upon layer, with many mists swirling about, appearing ethereal and sacred.
Below this divine mountain, one could see all kinds of rule patterns and divine markings, as if naturally formed, densely covering the mountain’s eight directions.
Majestic and ancient, it exuded a terrifying pressure.
In its deeper reaches, Chaos Energy permeated, like a land where heaven and earth were first split open.
Legend had it that an invincible being once ascended to immortality from this place and went to the Beyond. Later generations even said this being had become an Immortal, powerful to an unknowable degree.
All these legends draped the Sky Pool of Death in a veil of mystery.
Some even said the Sky Pool of Death contained unparalleled immortal power that could bring about transcendent transformation.
In the history of the Heavenly Star Realm, nearly every year, cultivators with little lifespan remaining would rush to this place to undergo nirvana, hoping to extend their lives and live another era.
Of course, all the cultivators who came, regardless of their cultivation, ultimately spilled their blood outside the Sky Pool of Death, utterly unable to take a single step closer.
Some even said an ancient existence dwelled within—one word could sever the heavens, one movement could split the earth.
“These past few days, tremendous commotions keep coming from within the Sky Pool of Death... accompanied by dazzling green radiance. What on earth has happened?”
“Could some immortal treasure be emerging from the Sky Pool of Death? What a pity—with our cultivation, we can’t even get close.”
On a mountain peak far from the Sky Pool of Death, quite a few cultivators and beings from the Sky Domain had gathered.
They looked over in utter shock.
Thick Chaos Energy roiled, accompanied by dazzling green radiance, its light shooting into the sky and illuminating all directions. Faintly, the crowd could even hear wondrous sounds like the creation of heaven and earth coming from within.
Though separated by a great distance, many people broke through under these sounds, their cultivation improving by leaps and bounds.
Many cultivators who missed these Dao sounds regretted it until their intestines nearly turned green.
So these past few days, the area around the Sky Pool of Death had become very lively.
Hong long long!
Divine chariots, warships, and flying vessels crushed through every part of the sky, making heaven-shaking commotions.
Many powerful cultivators rushed over, but those without strength could only stay at the outermost edge, unable to even approach.
Some forces with incredibly deep foundations brought Transcendent grade weapons, yet in the end, they could only barely approach the outermost edge of the Sky Pool of Death.
Occasional fluctuations from within made everyone’s blood and qi churn, nearly making them vomit blood and leaving them with no small injuries.
“With the strange happenings here, it’s said that even the Exalted Immortal currently at Celestia Holy Land rushed over. A few days ago, someone saw a golden divine light pierce through the void toward this place, like the Great Dao of heaven and earth itself...”
“That display was too frightening. A path appeared directly, tearing through everything, extending deep into the Sky Pool of Death. The figure upon it seemed to be that mysterious Exalted Immortal.”
“Really? It seems whatever has appeared in the Sky Pool of Death this time is no simple matter—even that Exalted Immortal was alarmed...”
“Yes, there’s no mistaking it.”
“At the time, a heaven-shaking battle seemed to erupt inside. That sound was too terrifying—even from far away, it made people’s legs go weak.”
Many cultivators discussed among themselves, talking about the great events that had occurred here these past days.
Matters concerning that Exalted Immortal, in particular, drew countless people’s attention.
Hong!!
Yet just as all the cultivators were discussing, a sky-piercing blood light suddenly burst from the depths of the Sky Pool of Death.
It was as if some accident had occurred there.
Terrifying roars and sounds of slaughter transmitted to the outside.
Faintly, the crowd saw, within the mist-shrouded area—
A figure wreathed in immortal intent was locked in battle with some blurry, invincible existence. The commotion shook heaven and earth; every gesture carried rules and order, as if it would overturn everything within ten thousand li!
Then, everyone witnessed a shocking scene, their eyes nearly bulging out of their sockets.
Their scalps went numb!
Their blood nearly froze, their divine souls trembling to the extreme.
Blood light burst through the sky!
That Exalted Immortal’s figure exploded from within, torn to pieces.
A sky-filling bloody stench rushed forth.
“This...”
“Even the Exalted Immortal has perished within...”
“How is this possible...”
“This Sky Pool of Death is too dangerous. Even the Exalted Immortal has died. We have to leave, we can’t stay any longer...”
Coming to their senses, everyone’s divine souls trembled, terrified to the extreme.
Very soon, news that the mysterious Exalted Immortal had rushed to the Sky Pool of Death and was suspected to have perished within shook the entire Sky Domain, setting off earthquake-like terrifying waves.