Suddenly Fed a Mouthful of Dog Food—Just How Did He Cultivate?
Suddenly Fed a Mouthful of Dog Food—Just How Did He Cultivate?
The place was in utter chaos, filled with the wailing and shouting of countless disciples, their faces twisted in grief.
Many elders and disciples of various orthodoxies had discovered that the Life Talismans of their own Sect Masters had shattered.
What did that mean? It meant their Sect Masters had died miserably within the underground palace, having encountered unimaginable peril inside.
This left them aghast, hardly able to believe it.
Many simply collapsed to the ground, feeling as if the sky itself was falling.
The fall of a Sect Master—this was something they could never have imagined.
Figures at the Sect Master level were existences standing at the very peak of the Beyond.
They ruled over entire orthodoxies, commanded boundless territories, possessed terrifying might, and enjoyed lifespans of up to ten million years.
What kind of being could possibly kill them? And it wasn’t just one Sect Master who had perished—it was several.
This could only mean they had encountered unimaginable danger within the underground palace.
“It must be a trap set by the Godly Illusion Clan, to make the various orthodoxies and powers who came here pay the price they deserve...”
“How despicable! They’re determined to make enemies of us all! They actually dared to trap and kill our Sect Master!”
“Aaaahhh... This hatred is irreconcilable! They actually dared to trap and kill our Sect Master!”
Many elders, thinking of this possibility, trembled all over with rage.
Hatred and fury surfaced on their faces, and they wished they could go seek revenge on the Godly Illusion Clan right now.
“Could it be that they encountered some danger within the underground palace? After all, this is the tomb of that Godly Illusion Clan ancestor—perhaps there were methods he left behind long ago.”
Some speculated about this possibility, feeling the Godly Illusion Clan couldn’t possibly have such audacity.
Trapping and killing so many Sect Masters would inevitably shake the entire world.
Could it be they intended to make enemies of all the orthodoxies? “That Godly Illusion Clan being’s cultivation surpasses the Sacred Emperor Realm! Even if it wasn’t him, it definitely can’t be separated from him.”
“Until now, no one from the Godly Illusion Clan has shown themselves. They must have taken the relics within and escaped from another direction!”
Hearing this, an old man immediately retorted, his eyes red and brimming with hatred.
No matter which possibility it was, it absolutely could not be separated from the Godly Illusion Clan.
They would definitely go to the Godly Illusion Clan to demand an explanation.
The many prodigies of the True Immortal Academy all looked over with strange expressions on their faces.
The underground palace had collapsed; that place had long been destroyed. Though quite a few rays of light still burst forth from it, the earlier threat was gone.
“What exactly is Gu Changge doing in there?”
The King of Six Crowns’ gaze seemed to pierce through those ruins, probing into them.
However, though the place had collapsed, many Array Patterns still remained, able to block everyone’s investigation.
“The Young Master still hasn’t come out. Though we know the Young Master is very strong, the Sect Masters of so many great sects have all perished within the tomb.”
“Could something have happened to the Young Master?”
The powerful members of the Longevity Gu Family were also worried.
Seeing the patriarchs of other orthodoxies and families fall, their brows furrowed tightly, worried that something might happen to Gu Changge.
Boom!! Just then, a sudden commotion came from over there. Everyone heard the sound and looked over in unison, their expressions shocked.
A figure rushed out from the collapsed underground palace, his expression calm, his steps moving as he swiftly descended toward this place.
“It’s Gu Changge!”
Many young prodigies inwardly shook their heads slightly, somewhat regretful.
If Gu Changge had also perished within like those... great sect Sect Masters, it would have been a good thing for them.
All day long they felt an insurmountable mountain pressing down on their heads, truly leaving them unable to breathe, deeply pressured.
Unfortunately for them, they were disappointed—Gu Changge looked to be in no serious trouble.
Only his face was somewhat pale, and his robes were stained with quite a bit of blood.
“Gu Changge is actually injured too—what exactly happened in there?”
Many of the older generation’s experts looked in astonishment at the injuries on Gu Changge’s body, unable to understand how someone of his strength could also be wounded.
However, since so many great sect Sect Masters had perished within, it was quite normal for Gu Changge to suffer such injuries.
Now they were all very curious about what exactly had happened inside.
Yue Mingkong gave him a deep look, walked over, and asked, “Are you alright?”
Though she knew Gu Changge was definitely fine—putting on an injured appearance to deceive everyone was hardly the first time he’d done such a thing.
But at this moment, especially in front of everyone, it was best to play along with him and show some worry and concern, otherwise it would be easy for people to notice something amiss.
“Young Master, are you alright?”
The powerful members of the Longevity Gu Family all swarmed over, asking worriedly.
Gu Changge glanced at everyone and shook his head, saying, “I’m fine, just suffered some minor injuries, nothing serious.”
Hearing this, the Gu Family members all breathed slight sighs of relief and set their minds at ease.
“I made you worry.”
He smiled at Yue Mingkong.
“As long as you’re fine.”
Yue Mingkong’s gaze swept coolly over him as she drew a clean embroidered handkerchief from her sleeve and gently wiped away the faint traces of blood at the corner of his mouth.
Jiang Chuchu, who had originally wanted to step forward to express her concern, saw this scene and her expression suddenly froze; then she silently stood rooted in place.
“Gu xiong is truly... blessed, to have such an understanding fiancée.”
Wang Zijin abruptly felt as if a mouthful of dog food had been stuffed into her mouth, but she still spoke with a beaming smile.
In her view, apart from... the four great sect Sect Masters whom Gu Changge had personally struck down and killed within the main tomb hall back then.
The other Sect Masters who had now fallen had clearly also fallen victim to Gu Changge’s vicious hand.
Although she had already left at the time and hadn’t seen what happened afterward.
She trusted her intuition absolutely.
With Gu Changge’s strength, even taking advantage of the chaos to finish off that group of... great sect Sect Masters wouldn’t have taken much time.
What Wang Zijin couldn’t figure out, though, was why Gu Changge would kill that group of... great sect Sect Masters. Could it be to frame the Godly Illusion Clan and stir up conflict between them? “Gu Changge, that guy, actually got hurt—could it be he wants to pull the same trick as last time?”
Gu Xianer quietly put her handkerchief back into her sleeve, though her gaze was somewhat suspicious.
She no longer really believed in this whole “getting injured” business.
Every time it made her worry, only to find in the end that he was bouncing around lively as ever, completely fine—and even able to keep bullying her.
“Young Master Changge, what exactly happened in there? Why did the underground palace suddenly collapse? Also, did you see the people of the Godly Illusion Clan?”
In the distance, the many elders of the other orthodoxies now also crowded over, all asking Gu Changge what exactly had happened inside.
No matter... what the reason, they had to find out the cause of their Sect Masters’ deaths, otherwise they wouldn’t even have grounds for revenge.
Hearing this, Gu Changge looked at them, shook his head slightly, and sighed, “Jiang Luoshen and the rest of the Godly Illusion Clan should have already left.”
“As for what exactly happened at the time, I’m actually not very clear either, because at the time I was fighting with Jiang Luoshen over an item and had no attention to spare.”
“Then the underground palace suddenly began to collapse. I suspect it was the doing of that mysterious man and mysterious monk at her side.”
“At that moment, the many Array Patterns within the palace instantly revived. Then Jiang Luoshen led her people in tearing open space and departing, while I broke through the Array Patterns all the way, which is how I managed to get out.”
He very simply recounted what he had experienced at the time.
As for how that group of... great sect Sect Masters died, how would he know? After all, no one saw it.
After hearing this, though everyone still harbored quite a few doubts in their hearts, they didn’t ask anything further.
Although Gu Changge only said he was fighting Jiang Luoshen over something.
Many people had already guessed that it was actually the Divinity Crystal left behind by that Godly Illusion Clan ancestor.
As for whose hands it ultimately ended up in, that wasn’t something they could concern themselves with now.
“That monk and mysterious man at Jiang Luoshen’s side—this old man took note of them back then. I felt that young man should have considerable understanding of... these... changes in terrain, with no shallow attainments.”
“Looking at it now, it must have been at that time that he triggered the Array Patterns here, causing the underground palace to collapse and burying everyone within.”
An old man holding a compass in his hand, his body hunched over, couldn’t help but sigh and say this upon hearing Gu Changge’s words.
He agreed with Gu Changge’s account.
Many people present knew this hunched old man and knew he had deep attainments in seeking sources and probing veins.
If even he said so.
Then there was practically no second possibility for this matter.
“No wonder I felt it was strange at the time—why would Jiang Luoshen bring along a man of such feeble cultivation? So this was the reason.”
Someone suddenly understood, then sighed.
If they had noticed this point earlier, how would their Sect Masters have been trapped and killed?
“I’ll remember this grudge. The Godly Illusion Clan will pay the price they deserve, and so will that mysterious man and monk.”
Killing intent and coldness began to flicker in the eyes of many of the older generation’s experts.
Wang Zijin watched all this with some astonishment.
Well, well. Just like that, the Godly Illusion Clan had taken the black pot for trapping and killing everyone.
In a short time, there was simply no way to wash any of this clean.
This was the first time she had clearly and plainly seen how Gu Changge pinned the black pot onto someone else’s head, and her heart trembled slightly with fear—but even more with novelty and keen interest.
She was now very certain.
The true Reincarnation of the Mortal One must have already fallen victim to Gu Changge’s vicious hand at some unknown point.
“Just how does this guy do it?”
Her beautiful eyes fixed tightly on Gu Changge, hardly blinking for an instant.
Jiang Chuchu glanced at her in confusion. “Wang Zijin, what are you looking at?”
Wang Zijin came back to her senses and looked at her with a chuckle. “I’m looking at someone who makes my heart flutter.”
Afterward, the elders and disciples of the various orthodoxies and powers, bringing their Ancient Battle Chariots and mounts, began to withdraw from this place, intending to report what had happened today back to their sects.
One could imagine how great a sensation and uproar would be stirred once what happened here spread.
A full eight Sect Master-level figures had died miserably in the Godly Illusion Tomb—enough to shake the entire Beyond.
Even during the last Immortal War, it hadn’t been this tragic.
After all, Sect Master-level figures represented an entire orthodoxy and power, and they rarely fell.
This kind of matter was practically a fight-to-the-death deadlock.
Many people predicted that a great earthquake would occur in the Beyond.
For some time to come, the Godly Illusion Clan would face violent storms and would know no peace.
The people of Skyward Schloss came to bid Gu Changge farewell, preparing to leave this place.
Xiao Ruoyin had personally witnessed Gu Changge’s terrifying strength, and the obsession and yearning in her heart grew deeper.
However, she was also clear that her current self held no advantages whatsoever before Gu Changge.
So Xiao Ruoyin secretly resolved in her heart that the next time she saw Gu Changge, she would at least make him look at her properly, so she wouldn’t seem utterly worthless.
After the people of Skyward Schloss departed, the Gu Family members also set off one after another to return to the family.
This time, Gu Xianer did not plan to return to the True Immortal Academy, but instead intended to go back to the family to handle some matters concerning her parents and grandfather.
Although last time Gu Changge had sent clansmen to help her find the world where her grandfather and parents now resided.
Due to certain circumstances, her parents had remained in that world, and they hadn’t been reunited for over a decade.
And recently, a piece of news had arrived that gave rise to a faint sorrow in her heart.
However, she didn’t tell Gu Changge, not wanting to trouble him or have him casually interfere.
Gu Changge glanced at Gu Xianer, and seeing her figure recede into the distance, though he guessed in his heart that something was going on with her, he didn’t ask.
After that, the disciples of the True Immortal Academy and the other prodigies also departed one after another, returning to their respective sects.
The news spread swiftly, setting off enormous waves.
Across the heavens of the Beyond, everyone was shaken by what had happened at the Godly Illusion Tomb; all were stunned and horrified.
No one had expected the Godly Illusion Clan to be so bold as to trap and kill so many prodigies and eight great sect Sect Masters here.
For a time, many orthodoxies had Ancestor-level figures awaken, divine radiance surging to the heavens, intending to head to the Godly Illusion Clan’s ancestral grounds to demand justice.
The masses were incensed, their killing intent soaring to the sky.
Although that tomb had been left behind by the Godly Illusion Clan’s ancestor back then, and the various orthodoxies sending elders and other experts there was somewhat hard to justify.
But for the Godly Illusion Clan to trap and kill everyone within because of it was simply going too far.
This was clearly intending to offend the many orthodoxies to the death! Of course, within this matter, another matter also left many people shaken in their hearts, unable to recover for a long time.
Gu Changge’s strength had actually already become powerful enough to rival a Perfect Prodigy.
Even an existence at the peak of the Sacred Lord Realm could not escape death at his hands.
At the time, everyone had personally witnessed a peak Sacred Lord Realm expert of the Godly Illusion Clan being suppressed and killed alive by him high in the sky.
The shock this matter caused was no less than the deaths of the eight great sect Sect Masters.
Many people felt their scalps tingle—Gu Changge was only in his early twenties. Many of the older generation fell silent, feeling that compared to Gu Changge, all their years had been lived like a dog’s.
Many people simply couldn’t believe it—just how did Gu Changge cultivate? Even a reincarnated True Immortal couldn’t possibly reach such a realm in their twenties.
Even Wang Zijin and Jiang Chuchu, born saints possessing the Nine Immortal Souls, were currently only at the Sacred Noble Realm.
Some time ago, Chu Hao, the Successor of the Supreme Cave Heaven who shocked all sides, had reached the Perfect Prodigy realm at several hundred years of age, basking in boundless glory.
If he hadn’t offended Gu Changge, many powers and orthodoxies would have wanted to extend olive branches to him.
Yet now, before Gu Changge, even Chu Hao seemed dim and irrelevant.
Just how did Gu Changge cultivate? For a time, all sides were greatly shaken.
Of course, many people also speculated that among the current younger generation, the only one who could probably exchange blows with Gu Changge was that mysterious Successor of Demonic Arts.
And during this period, though that Successor of Demonic Arts showed a tendency to vanish from sight.
In some places, news could still be heard of people falling victim to his insidious attacks, and many orthodoxies were searching for his traces.
Meanwhile, on the other side, Jiang Luoshen, having returned to the Godly Illusion Clan’s ancestral grounds, went at the first opportunity to find her father—the current Godly Illusion Emperor.
She recounted everything that had happened this time from beginning to end, concealing nothing.
Naturally, this included how she had offended Gu Changge, how she had suffered at his hands, and how she had finally escaped.
All the events now occurring in the outside world were inseparable from this matter.
After hearing it all, even the Godly Illusion Emperor, who never showed his emotions, was incomparably enraged, his face filled with fury.
A terrifying aura surged within the palace, as if it would recreate heaven and earth and split the cosmos apart.
“Luoshen, is everything you said true? If so, this Gu Family brat has truly gone too far in bullying others.
To behave so vilely and despicably—he is truly unworthy of the title of number one of the younger generation!”
The Godly Illusion Emperor was tall and burly, clad in golden imperial robes, his eyes deep as the vast, boundless starry sky, giving off an aura of natural majesty without anger.
At this moment, terrifying phantoms even emerged behind him, ready to burst through the clouds at any time—clearly, he was enraged to the extreme over this matter.
Now, everyone outside was saying that the Godly Illusion Clan had trapped and killed the Sect Masters of the various orthodoxies and great sects within the Godly Illusion Tomb, and they wanted to demand justice from them.
They were now just short of sending people to interrogate them about this matter.
If this matter was not handled well, the Godly Illusion Clan would absolutely provoke the wrath of the masses.
“Every word your daughter spoke is true, without half a word of falsehood. If not for the Death Substitution Puppet Father Emperor bestowed upon me, my life would likely have been forfeited there this time.”
“Gu Changge’s strength is immense, his cultivation unfathomable, and moreover he is ruthless and merciless, his methods despicable. This whole affair was... single-handedly orchestrated by Gu Changge...”
Jiang Luoshen said through gritted teeth, her now-calm face still holding a trace of lingering fear and dread.
From birth until now, proud as she was, always looking down upon all living beings from on high, this was the first time she had learned what death meant.
That feeling made her very soul tremble.
Even now, there remained an irrepressible terror and chill.
Moreover, what made her feel even more frightened and uneasy now was that whenever she thought of Gu Changge, or even mentioned those three words, she felt her legs go weak.
Her feelings toward Gu Changge were truly both hatred and fear—she had never imagined she would one day nearly die at his hands.
Gu Changge’s cold, merciless eyes from that time still surfaced in her mind from time to time even now, leaving her unable to find peace.