I'll Be Taking Your Source, and Seeking Justice
I’ll Be Taking Your Source, and Seeking Justice
“Prince Ying truly has a ruthless heart! I never offended him, yet he insists on exterminating me completely!”
Qi Lin Zi’s expression was ugly to the extreme, and he couldn’t help but roar out once more, trying to send his voice to regions far away.
But the other two Great Sages’ gazes were ice-cold. They struck, sealing his voice within this area.
“Prince Ying? You’re overthinking it. He is not the master behind us.”
One of the black figures laughed coldly, refusing to admit it.
“At this point, you’re still trying to argue your way out?”
“You think that just because you don’t admit it, I won’t know?”
Qi Lin Zi’s gaze turned frigid to the extreme.
At the spot between his brows, brilliant radiance began to burst forth, five-colored light interweaving, as if an ancient deity was about to awaken.
Weng!!
His aura was rapidly transforming, as if an unreachable, invincible existence was emerging behind him.
It was a peerless Demonic Emperor, extremely blurry, accompanied by footsteps, as though walking out from within the River of Time.
Its gaze pierced through heaven and earth, splitting the universe apart.
Seeing this scene, Qi Lin Zi’s remaining followers’ expressions suddenly lit up with joy, feeling hope.
“The Young Master still has tricks up his sleeve!”
“We still have a chance!”
“Fight them to the death!”
Thinking this, they struck out once more, bringing out their godly weapons, intending to self-detonate them to buy Qi Lin Zi an opportunity.
The Heavenly Demon Umbrella that covered the firmament, the Bright Whip several li long, the Sky-Turning Seal like a mountain range, the Great Blood-Coloured Sword that tore the sky apart... each one dazzling and resplendent.
Killing intent filled the wilderness, igniting, about to self-detonate.
“The Qilin Demonic Emperor’s life-saving measure?”
The black figure’s gaze grew even colder, as if he had long anticipated this. “How fortunate that Master bestowed this item upon us!”
A black giant palm print swept across boundlessly, pressing down upon the many godly weapons before them, utterly unafraid of their self-destructive power.
These followers’ strength was merely at the True Enlightened Realm and Enlightened Noble Realm levels—before Great Sages, they were indeed no different from ants.
As he spoke, the other two Great Sages struck again. Dao Flowers bloomed at the spots between their brows, black light cascading down from within, faintly forming a Grand Flask rising and falling.
Only, this Grand Flask was not a real, existing object.
It was condensed from runes!
At this moment, as the three Great Sages struck together, the phantom of the Grand Flask abruptly emerged, terrifying beyond measure, enveloping all eight directions of heaven and earth.
Within it, starlight seemed to cascade down, the veins of the Great Dao interweaving, like a black hole about to devour everything!
“This... this is...”
“The Grand Flask!”
Qi Lin Zi’s expression changed as he recognized the phenomenon high in the sky.
Then, the Demonic Emperor phantom behind him stepped forward, surging and majestic, taking the initiative to attack, clashing with the Grand Flask high above.
Soon, supremely terrifying fluctuations erupted here.
Divine light pressed down across the entire sky, causing every mountain peak to tremble, about to crack apart, as if piercing through past and present, with laws boiling.
This terrifying power, driven jointly by three Great Sages, could even slaughter a Perfect Prodigy!
This phantom, after all, was not truly real and had no subsequent supply of magic power.
Though incomparably powerful, it quickly grew blurry, about to dissipate.
“Wah...”
Qi Lin Zi spat out blood, his face abruptly turning pale.
Then, thinking of something, his expression turned resolute!
He activated a secret art, knowing full well that life and death in this battle were uncertain.
A message, left behind by burning his bloodline through a secret technique—so long as experts of the Qilin Clan arrived later, they would surely be able to sense it!
“The killer is Prince Ying!”
At the spot between his brows, the aura of a godly weapon began to awaken—a small golden cauldron, rising and falling within his vast Knowledge Sea.
The deity within it also abruptly became incomparably terrifying.
But at this very moment!
A strange fluctuation appeared between heaven and earth, as if someone was walking through time and space, footsteps resounding throughout the world.
Immediately after, crystalline flower petals bloomed within the void.
Bo bo bo...
Dark Celestial Flowers took root from within the void, then pierced through the many living beings below, seemingly using them as nutrients to grow.
Pu!
Qi Lin Zi felt a stabbing pain between his brows, as if pierced through by a peerless celestial sword.
His expression changed drastically. In the final moment of his vision, he saw a blurry figure appear before him.
The figure’s fingers, joined together like a sword, like a Bronze Celestial Sword, seemed in a trance to descend from the vast universe, cutting him down in a single strike!
“How is this possible...”
“How could it be you... Gu...”
Qi Lin Zi’s voice trembled, his divine soul nearly freezing and cracking.
His expression turned to shock, disbelief, terror, and even despair!
He had never imagined... that all of this was not arranged or ordered by Prince Ying at all.
From beginning to end, Prince Ying was merely the scapegoat.
The greatest mastermind, the one who toyed with everyone under heaven in the palm of his hand, was actually Gu Changge!
This made him tremble, feeling fear for the first time in his life.
One must know, even when facing death, he could remain calm.
But... at this moment, it was genuine fear from the depths of his soul.
Gu Changge looked at him, his expression calm, without the slightest ripple.
Then, he nodded slightly.
“Brother Qilin, safe travels.”
“Your Source, I, Gu, shall accept.”
The next moment, terrifying black light cascaded down like endless starlight, instantly submerging Qi Lin Zi’s figure.
“Greetings, Master!”
“Greetings, Master!”
Seeing Gu Changge appear, the three Great Sages who had finished their battle descended one after another, speaking respectfully behind him.
They were all puppets the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being had left for Ye Ling.
Only now, they had been re-refined by Gu Changge, becoming his Demonic Puppets.
Gu Changge’s eyes were slightly closed, and he did not speak.
Qi Lin Zi’s talents were indeed unique—the Talent to Attract Good Fortune and Avoid Bad Luck, and the Divination Talent.
It was just that his strength had not yet reached the level where he could truly foresee the future.
Otherwise, it would have been impossible for Gu Changge to kill him so easily.
“Let’s go.”
Then, sensing that the Grand Flask had finished digesting, Gu Changge finally opened his eyes, his gaze utterly profound.
The Talent to Attract Good Fortune and Avoid Bad Luck was of little use to him.
What he valued was the Divination Talent.
After all, he had also researched and cultivated the Dao of Time, and the Power of Reincarnation involved the passage of years and time.
The ability to foresee the future would add wings to a tiger for him.
Only, with his current strength, he could not yet achieve it.
Gu Changge estimated he would probably need to break through to the Great Sage level before it became possible.
Afterward, he set off to find the second target on his list who was currently within the Eternal Overcast Battlefield.
A young king of the Endless Fire Kingdom, sealed away until now.
Yan Ying, mid-stage Quasi-Sacred Realm cultivation, whose innate talent was Consuming Fire.
Gu Changge mainly wanted to know how her Consuming Fire talent differed from his Taboo Demonic Arts.
In the blink of an eye, several days passed.
Within the vast Eternal Overcast Battlefield, all was calm and quiet, with no major incidents occurring.
And in these few days, new Eternal Overcast Battlefields were discovered in several other locations, and many young beings from the outside world rushed over.
Young beings from very distant places also hurried over one after another—even Yue Mingkong arrived.
Only, the Eternal Overcast Battlefield she ultimately headed to was not the one where Gu Changge was located.
During this period, the entire Southern Flourishing Heaven grew increasingly lively.
Outside world.
Inside a pavilion, a group of beings had terrified expressions, their divine souls trembling, kneeling prostrate on the ground, their backs completely drenched in cold sweat, not even daring to raise their heads.
“The Young Master’s Soul Lamp has gone out.”
“We’re all finished!”
Before them stood an elderly man with a thin, gaunt face, but the old man’s expression was gloomy, ugly, and furious to the extreme.
There was even fear, unease, and dread.
He was Qi Lin Zi’s Dao Protector.
Only, he had not accompanied him into the Eternal Overcast Battlefield, because the True Immortal Academy had a rule: the points obtained had to be earned through one’s own strength.
That was why he had chosen to wait outside.
But what he waited for was not Qi Lin Zi—it was the news of Qi Lin Zi’s death transmitted from within the clan.
It was like a bolt of thunder exploding directly above his head, leaving him horrified and dazed for a long time.
Qi Lin Zi, who possessed all manner of life-saving measures—why would he die within the Eternal Overcast Battlefield?
“Something terrible has happened!”
“No matter the reason, I cannot escape blame, and neither can any of you.”
“At this point, we can only hope the Young Master encountered the dangers of the Eternal Overcast Battlefield itself, rather than being murdered by someone...”
The gaunt-faced old man’s countenance was ashen, his terrifying aura practically about to overturn this place.
Soon, disregarding the True Immortal Academy’s rules, he forcibly barged into the Eternal Overcast Battlefield.
The news of Qi Lin Zi’s death could no longer be concealed. Like a monstrous tidal wave, it caused an earthquake-like, terrifying sensation throughout the Eternal Overcast Battlefield and even the entire Southern Flourishing Heaven.
Hearing this news.
Countless Cultivators were shocked and horrified, chilled from head to toe, their divine souls nearly freezing and cracking.
Qi Lin Zi—that was a renowned ancient freak, someone many even believed qualified to contend with the likes of Gu Changge.
Yet now, he had fallen within the Eternal Overcast Battlefield.
The sensation caused by this matter was simply too terrifying!
In an instant, countless speculations sprang up everywhere.
Many young beings who had already entered the Eternal Overcast Battlefield grew uneasy and frightened.
“The killer is Prince Ying!”
And soon, Qi Lin Zi’s Dao Protector led his people to the region where the great battle had taken place.
Here, he sensed the secret technique fluctuation Qi Lin Zi had left behind back then.
This was a secret technique that only the Qilin Clan could perceive.
Apart from him, no one else could sense it.
So in that instant, the gaunt old man’s face immediately turned incomparably ashen and furious, his eyes reddening.
“Sky Emperor Mountain! You dare kill my clan’s Young Master—this enmity is irreconcilable!”
His furious roar, his terrifying fluctuations, shook all directions. Even the few old antiques who had followed along chose to remain silent.
If it wasn’t Prince Ying’s doing.
Why would Qi Lin Zi leave behind such a message at the very end?
They didn’t understand the Qilin Clan’s secret arts, but they knew well that without evidence, Qi Lin Zi’s Dao Protector would not say such a thing.
After all, they couldn’t possibly be stupid enough to falsely accuse and offend Sky Emperor Mountain.
No matter how powerful the Qilin Clan was, before Sky Emperor Mountain, they were ultimately several degrees weaker.
Afterward, many experts took action here, probing for residual auras.
However, they found that the other party had been extremely careful, erasing all traces of aura—nothing could be detected at all.
But it seemed they had never expected that Qi Lin Zi would leave behind such a final message.
And very quickly, this matter immediately shook the entire Eternal Overcast Battlefield, leaving everyone shocked, horrified, uneasy, and afraid.
Prince Ying!
Currently the prime suspect as the Successor of Demonic Arts.
There was a great possibility... that he was the one who struck and killed Qi Lin Zi!
Based on all the signs, if he had acted to kill Qi Lin Zi, the possibility was indeed very high.
However, many people recalled the incident a few days ago when Prince Ying was humiliatingly defeated at the hands of the Successor of Mortal Palace—could it be that he was really feigning weakness back then?
That it was actually just to make everyone lower their guard, so he could strike from the shadows?
And then, just a few days later, a second major incident occurred, causing a sensation no less than Qi Lin Zi’s fall.
An ancient young king of the Endless Fire Kingdom, Yan Ying, likewise fell within the Eternal Overcast Battlefield.
Her manner of death was almost identical to Qi Lin Zi’s.
Only, the battlefield left no evidence behind, and there was no way to prove who was responsible.
These two incidents were like earthquakes, nearly overturning the entire Eternal Overcast Battlefield.
The sensation they caused left countless people horrified and terrified.
The many young beings who had entered the Eternal Overcast Battlefield felt uneasy, everyone fearing for their own safety—no one knew whether the next target would be them.
“How dare Ying Shuang, striking so openly and brazenly? Does he really think it’s flawless?”
“Or is it that he simply isn’t afraid of exposure...”
At a certain mountain range.
Ye Langtian, Ye Liuli, Wang Wushuang, Chi Ling, and the others fell silent, their hearts trembling incessantly.
The news of these past few days had truly left them shocked and uneasy.
They had always believed Ying Shuang was the prime suspect as the Successor of Demonic Arts, and now with such a major incident occurring in the Eternal Overcast Battlefield, it could be said to be inextricably linked to him.
At this moment, what attitude would Ying Shuang take?
Would he continue his disguise? Or tear off his mask and declare war on the world?
This left them trembling with unease.
Although the ones who had fallen were two ancient freaks, no one could be certain whether they would be next.
“Moreover, besides Ying Shuang, there’s another Successor of Demonic Arts...”
Ye Langtian grew even more uneasy.
...
“You keep insisting this is connected to me, but have you ever seen me take action? These days I’ve been together with my sister and the others the entire time, practically never leaving their side.”
“Where’s your evidence that I killed Qi Lin Zi?”
Meanwhile, on a desolate plain.
The Sky Emperor Mountain party, who had been slaying Yin Spirits to earn spots for the True Immortal Academy, were being blocked by Qi Lin Zi’s Dao Protector along with numerous Qilin Clan beings, their approach menacing.
Ying Shuang stood before the gaunt old man, asking with a calm expression, showing not the slightest sign of stage fright.
He also had no idea why this black pot had inexplicably been slammed onto his head, with the other party insisting beyond all doubt that he had killed Qi Lin Zi.
He had heard about the two major incidents in the Eternal Overcast Battlefield recently, and had assumed someone was framing him and splashing dirty water on him.
But he truly hadn’t expected the Qilin Clan to be so certain that he was the one who killed Qi Lin Zi.
However, though Ying Shuang was very uneasy inside, he understood that he could not reveal the slightest flaw at this moment.
Otherwise, this black pot would be firmly and permanently strapped to his back.
So he argued based on reason—after all, Ying Yu and the others could testify for him that he had never left their side by even half a step.
At this time, where would he have found the time and opportunity to kill Qi Lin Zi?
Never mind whether he even had the strength—the timeline alone didn’t match up.
Anyone could see at a glance that someone was framing him. This made Ying Shuang feel incredibly aggrieved and furious inside, yet he was helpless to do anything about it.
“Hehe, I knew you wouldn’t admit it.”
“That’s why you’re so composed, so confident and unafraid, right?”
The gaunt old man sneered, growing even angrier.
Ying Shuang’s attitude, in his eyes, meant he wasn’t worried at all, believing they couldn’t produce evidence, that he had backing and simply wasn’t panicking.
“If you want to frame me like this, at least produce some evidence.”
“During this period, I’ve been with my Sky Emperor Mountain people the whole time. Who saw me take action?”
“You can ask the people behind me!”
Ying Shuang frowned, forcibly maintaining his composure.
But at this moment, even Ying Yu and the others behind him had changed expressions, recalling what Gu Changge had said some time ago.
Ying Shuang’s actions were an attempt to drag all of Sky Emperor Mountain down with him.
So even Ying Yu and the others chose to remain silent, guarding against Ying Shuang in their hearts.
After all, the incident at the Longevity Gu Family last time proved that Ying Shuang had other methods at his disposal.
He could send other people to do the deed.
So even if he didn’t act personally, he had other means.
It was precisely because of this that he was so confident, so calm and composed.
“Don’t think that just because Sky Emperor Mountain is behind you, just because your father is Sky Emperor Ying, you can do whatever you want. Let me tell you—as the Successor of Demonic Arts, you will soon have the entire world as your enemy!”
The gaunt old man was incomparably cold, having completely torn off all pretense with Ying Shuang, only just short of striking to capture him.
At this moment, Ying Shuang’s expression shifted slightly. He suddenly sensed something was wrong.
The Sky Emperor Mountain people behind him... seemed to be suspecting him too?
How could this be?
He clearly hadn’t done anything!
“Today, I shall suppress you and bring you back to my Qilin Clan to await judgment!”
“And give my clan’s Young Master the justice he deserves.”
After the gaunt old man finished speaking, his eyes turned cold, and he suddenly struck at Ying Shuang, his Sacred Noble Realm cultivation erupting, intending to suppress and capture him.
Ying Shuang’s expression changed, and as he felt this terrifying pressure, the divine soul weapon within his Knowledge Sea—which had never shown any change—abruptly burst forth with brilliant radiance.
A terrifying aura violently spread and erupted across this place!
This was a power surpassing the Sacred Realm, as if a Sacred Emperor Realm being was awakening, about to break through everything.
“How can this be...”
“This is...”
This scene caused the gaunt old man’s expression to change drastically, somewhat unable to believe it.
...
Sensing Ying Shuang’s Fortuity points once again plummeting like an avalanche.
Gu Changge, who had disappeared for some time, this time appeared at the entrance of the Eternal Overcast Battlefield under the gaze of many Cultivators.
The smile at the corner of his mouth was somewhat intriguing.
“It seems that during my absence, some rather remarkable events occurred.”
Hearing his near-muttering words.
A Gifted Lady suddenly mustered her courage, her face flushing red as she came before him, extremely nervous.
Her voice stammered and trembled as she said, “Young Master Changge, some very big things have indeed happened during this time...”
Then, she recounted everything that had happened during this period, informing Gu Changge.
In her view, Gu Changge was someone who had once fought the Successor of Demonic Arts and grievously wounded him.
Only he could make people feel at ease.
Gu Changge listened with a faint smile, then his expression gradually grew solemn, and finally he sighed softly.
“Brother Qilin... Gifted Lady Yan Ying—I had heard of both of them. I thought they were formidable rivals, and believed I would have the chance to cross swords with them in the future.”
“I never expected to hear such tragic news.”
“Thank you for telling me this.”
Then, he shook his head, took a single step, and vanished from this place.
“Young Master Changge really is as the rumors say—gentle as jade, humble and courteous...”
“His strength is clearly far greater than Qi Lin Zi’s and Yan Ying’s, yet he still speaks this way.”
“With Young Master Changge back in the Eternal Overcast Battlefield, the Successor of Demonic Arts should be wary and lay low for a while...”
This Gifted Lady watched Gu Changge depart into the distance, admiration involuntarily appearing in her eyes.
Many young beings near her felt somewhat envious of her, and also somewhat admiring—that she actually dared to strike up a conversation with Gu Changge.
That kind of courage was something they didn’t have.
And soon after, news of Gu Changge’s reappearance in the Eternal Overcast Battlefield spread.
Many of the younger generation couldn’t help but rejoice, breathing great sighs of relief, feeling as though they had found their backbone.
Gu Changge first summoned his group of followers, and then set off in a grand procession toward the region where Ying Shuang was located.
In the eyes of many, it seemed he intended to seek justice for the two fallen ancient freaks!