If You Knew It Would Come to This, Why Did You Do It Then—Are You Questioning Me?
If You Knew It Would Come to This, Why Did You Do It Then—Are You Questioning Me?
“Gu Changge...”
“Why is my sister in your hands?”
Jun Fan stared at the scene in shock and horror. He had never expected that the moment Gu Changge appeared, he would tear apart his Golden Decree with such overwhelming dominance that it made one tremble.
Moreover, he noticed that the figure clutched in Gu Changge’s hand was none other than his sister, Jun Ruoxi.
However, her current condition was dire. A ghastly wound nearly ran through her neck, bleeding incessantly, utterly unable to heal.
Her face was deathly pale, having lost all of her former liveliness.
“For this, I have to thank you. If you hadn’t led the way for me, how would I have ever found your sister?”
Gu Changge spoke indifferently, then flung Jun Ruoxi onto the ground.
At that moment, Jiang Luoshen, Tian Ze, and the other experts behind him finally arrived, descending upon the area and surrounding everyone completely, brandishing all manner of weapons with sky-shaking might.
“How shameless of you to say that! If you hadn’t harbored malicious intent, how could you have done such a thing?”
Jun Fan was furious, his fists clenched tight, his eyes ice-cold.
“You were simply too stupid. Who else can you blame?”
The Solar Heavenly Blade materialized in Gu Changge’s hand, resting against Jun Ruoxi’s neck as he spoke casually, “You can try it—see whether you can flee faster, or my blade is faster.”
“If you just run off like that, your sister’s head might very well go tumbling to the ground with a gulu the next instant.”
“Why is the Solar Heavenly Blade in your hands? Could it be that Uncle Ye has already been killed by you?”
“Bai Lian’er is your person—she was the one who went with me back then...”
“If I hadn’t mistakenly trusted her, I wouldn’t have harmed my sister.”
“How hateful!”
This scene made Jun Fan’s eyes nearly split with rage. His hands clenched into fists, his teeth gritted tight—he was practically mad with hatred.
He had never imagined that because of this matter, Jun Ruoxi would end up captured by Gu Changge, now hanging between life and death.
He still remembered what Jun Ruoxi had said back then—that she had her own way of dealing with things and wasn’t worried about being found.
But now, she had fallen into Gu Changge’s hands, her fate uncertain.
Jun Fan didn’t even dare imagine whether his sister had suffered Gu Changge’s inhuman torture during this time.
Such a drastic turn of events made his head spin; he nearly blacked out.
“I already told you to hand over the key—you might have had a way to survive. Now, no one can save you.”
Bai Lian’er sneered.
Jun Yao and Song Youwei were also staring at this scene in shock, especially Song Youwei, whose heart was deeply uneasy.
She naturally knew that the current Empress Yao Xi was nothing more than a puppet propped up by Gu Changge—on the surface she presided over the Demon World.
But in secret, she was actually restrained and controlled by Gu Changge. Regarding this matter of the Quelling Chaos King, she refused to believe it hadn’t been arranged and ordered by Gu Changge.
Now that she was together with Jun Fan, Gu Changge might very well lump them in as accomplices. If he used this as a pretext, her father would be implicated as well.
“Bufan, don’t worry about me. Enter that portal and find Father. Only Father can save you—avenge me.”
Jun Ruoxi’s face was deathly pale as she shouted to Jun Bufan. The moment she was caught by Gu Changge, she had already resolved herself to die.
She knew that since Gu Changge had found his way to the Gates of Life, there was no way he would spare her and Jun Bufan.
As for hoping Gu Changge would show mercy—that was even more impossible.
“Sister...”
Jun Fan’s face was grief-stricken, his voice trembling. He simply could not bring himself to abandon his sister’s life and survive alone.
The portal behind him was not far. If he wanted to, he could rush inside in an instant.
But if he did so, Jun Ruoxi would surely be killed by Gu Changge.
For a moment, he was caught between a rock and a hard place—not to mention there were others nearby.
All of these people could lose their lives because of him.
“Hand me the key, and I can spare the lives of you two siblings—naturally, that includes everyone here.”
“My patience is limited. I’ll give you three breaths to consider. After three breaths, for every breath that passes, I’ll kill one person.”
Gu Changge looked at Jun Fan, his expression utterly cold, his tone without the slightest ripple—as casual and natural as crushing a few ants.
“Gu Changge, don’t push people too far!”
Jun Fan was consumed by rage and resentment, teeth gritted, body trembling.
“Are you questioning me?”
Gu Changge said indifferently. He brought two fingers together and swiped forward—the person before him instantly exploded, turning into a mist of blood, body and soul annihilated on the spot.
Everyone who witnessed this felt a chill down their spines, their faces filled with terror. Some even went weak in the limbs, nearly collapsing to the ground.
They had already seen how terrifying that Golden Decree was just now, yet in Gu Changge’s hands, it had been torn apart with ease.
Just how terrifying was his strength? Even if they wanted to flee for their lives, they had no chance at all.
If Jun Fan truly abandoned them, then none of them would escape death today! Everyone fell into despair. Even Song Youwei’s expression changed slightly, shaken by Gu Changge’s ruthless coldness.
She had finally seen Gu Changge’s true face.
Looking at Gu Changge’s current appearance, Jun Yao’s heart couldn’t help but tremble as well.
It was hard to connect the man from the Imperial Capital—that elegant, refined, gentle figure like an immaculate noble son untouched by worldly dust—with the Gu Changge before her now.
Although she knew Gu Changge couldn’t possibly kill her, she still didn’t dare raise her head to look at him. Her heart panicked, her soul quivered.
This was an immense, terrifying pressure, like a cold and heavy abyss looming over everyone’s heads.
“Gu Changge, I’ll give you the key, but you must swear that what you just said will hold true...”
“Otherwise, even if I die, I won’t hand the key over to you.”
Jun Fan gritted his teeth, his expression struggling and pained. Finally, his eyes reddened as he stared at Gu Changge with utter unwillingness, like a beast driven to the brink.
He couldn’t bring himself to abandon everyone...
Moreover, he wasn’t certain that if he fled toward the portal behind him, he wouldn’t be caught by Gu Changge.
Right now, his greatest reliance was still his father, the Solar Demon Overlord.
If Gu Changge entered, he might encounter his father. At that time, no matter how strong Gu Changge was, could he still be a match for his father? After turning it over in his mind, Jun Fan decided to hand over the key and buy some time first.
“If you knew it would come to this, why did you bother earlier?”
Gu Changge smiled faintly, then said, “No problem. I can swear. Your lives aren’t worth much to me anyway.”
Then, without further nonsense, he swore an oath before everyone—upon his Dao Heart—that he would not make things difficult for them. If he violated this oath, may heaven and earth destroy him.
Hearing this, Jun Fan’s expression finally relaxed. In the cultivation world, swearing upon one’s Dao Heart could be said to be the most severe of oaths.
Heaven and earth bore witness—no one would joke around with their own cultivation Dao Heart.
The people behind him also breathed sighs of relief at this sight, though they remained deeply wary and fearful of Gu Changge, silent as cicadas in winter.
“Here’s the key. I hope you’ll keep your promise.”
Jun Fan reluctantly handed the key to Gu Changge.
In his heart, he still hoped to stall Gu Changge. After all, as long as there was time, he had a chance to escape.
“Nothing particularly remarkable about it. It seems to be the scale of some kind of demon beast.”
Gu Changge examined it, his expression slightly surprised. The material was no simple thing—he had just poured his Physique’s power into it, yet failed to destroy it; there wasn’t even the slightest reaction.
He then struck out with a palm, hitting Jun Fan’s abdomen and sealing the cultivation of his Spiritual Sea.
“You...”
Jun Fan’s expression changed drastically, incomparably furious. He hadn’t expected Gu Changge to actually move to seal his cultivation.
“Keep an eye on them.”
Gu Changge paid him no mind, instructing Jiang Luoshen and the others before stepping into the portal.
The key in his hand glowed, and the many patterns upon it seemed to revive, all manifesting at once.
Faintly, everyone saw a... blurry demon beast materialize in the void, surrounded by surging mysterious power. Spatial force billowed, as though it could shatter this place at any moment.
“Could it be the legendary Mirror Demon...”
Gu Changge narrowed his eyes. Ripple-like waves of energy immediately spread out before him, like ripples on water.
As he walked in, the portal flashed with a hazy light and then returned to its original state.
Once Gu Changge had disappeared, everyone couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. Jun Fan walked over, attempting to help Jun Ruoxi up.
However, Bai Lian’er flicked her sleeve, instantly sending him flying, smashing into the mountain range behind.
“What are you doing?”
Jun Fan’s face was furious as he struggled to crawl up from the ground. His cultivation had been sealed by Gu Changge—he couldn’t resist at all.
“Nothing much. I just want you to behave and stay put.”
Bai Lian’er gave him a casual glance, then found a rock to sit down on, murmuring to herself, “I wonder what Gu Changge will encounter after going in. When the time comes, will he leave from here, or from the Gates of Life?”
“I feel like we actually don’t need to wait for him.”
She vaguely knew the rumors of the Gates of Life and the Gates of Death. The Gates of Death before them could only be entered, while only the Gates of Life could be exited.
Waiting here for Gu Changge was actually pointless—they might as well head to where the Gates of Life were located right now.
Jiang Luoshen paid her no mind. Instead, she swept a glance over Jun Yao, Song Youwei, and the others, saying to the many experts behind her, “Watch them.”
After saying this, she walked up to the portal and examined that crimson mist, her brows furrowing tightly.
She felt this substance was very familiar, like a kind of Corpse Spiritual Energy she had seen in ancient records.
Corpse Spiritual Energy was only born when a mighty demon whose cultivation had been heaven-defying in life died.
This kind of spiritual energy was unsuitable for cultivation; on the contrary, it polluted the meridians and organs of living beings, and over time would cause a being’s cultivation to decline.
She hadn’t expected to see Corpse Spiritual Energy here.
Didn’t that mean that in the world beyond the Gates of Death, a peerless great demon had fallen? “The world within the Gates of Death won’t be simple.”
“Why am I worrying about that guy? It’d be best if he died in there.”
Jiang Luoshen shook her head slightly, feeling that she was just... cheap, to actually develop feelings of worry for Gu Changge.
Beyond the portal was an entirely different world. After Gu Changge stepped in, he immediately sensed something was wrong.
The Death Qi here was even denser, and that crimson mist seemed utterly pervasive, attempting to burrow into his body.
However, with a slight tremor of the spiritual energy on his body’s surface, all of the crimson mist exploded, emitting hair-raising shrieks before turning to ash.
The sky presented a gloomy gray completely different from the Demon World outside. The mist was bleak, many mountain peaks had collapsed and shattered, and great fissures and traces of battle were everywhere.
“The Demon World’s World Source should be within this space. It seems these six thousand years have not been peaceful among the Six Demon Overlords.”
Gu Changge’s figure strode through the void, instantly traveling far away, following the traces of this place to search for the auras of the six hidden Demon Overlords.
Judging from the battle traces here, the Six Demon Overlords were likely not united among themselves.
“There is only one World Source. Regarding the changes in the Demon World’s fortune, for the Six Demon Overlords, it can at most support the cultivation insights of two or three of them. As such, conflict was bound to arise...”
“If I’m not mistaken, this crimson mist should be a substance produced after the death of some Demon Overlord. That’s why it carries such astonishing sentience, seeking to devour the flesh and blood of living beings.”
“A Demon Overlord has fallen—that makes things much easier.”
As Gu Changge’s eyes opened and closed, black and white colors swirled within them, as though he had arrived at the very beginning of creation. Chaos Energy could be seen surging within, reincarnation evolving, terrifying great stars falling and collapsing.
This was a vast divine power that he unleashed, perceiving the many traces and changes of this place, even able to trace back certain scenes.
These were fragments branded within the River of Time, recording some of the scenes that had occurred here.
At Gu Changge’s current realm, although he could not yet fully trace the River of Time, he could capture some fragments of imagery.
However, to verify his conjecture, Gu Changge still took out the Hongmeng Purple Mirror to perform a deduction. Many scenes surfaced—blurry, but they confirmed his claim.
“A Demon Overlord really has fallen...”
Gu Changge’s guess was confirmed. He saw the world-shaking great battle that had erupted in this space back then.
Although the Hongmeng Purple Mirror could only be used once every half month, in this place, it could even deduce and trace beings of the Nirvana Realm.
In the great battle of the Six Demon Overlords, one ultimately fell, two fled after being outmatched, escaping into this space to hide.
The remaining three cooperated, intending to wait for the World Source to mature.
“The two who fled should be the Solar Demon Overlord and the Lunar Demon Overlord. Their companion was besieged and perished, and the two of them were gravely wounded...”
From the battle scenes, Gu Changge could see that the Solar Demon Overlord was at the Nirvana Realm, while the Lunar Demon Overlord was only at the Quasi-Nirvana Realm, clearly a notch weaker.
Of the other three Demon Overlords, one was at the Nirvana Realm, while the other two were both at the Quasi-Nirvana Realm.
After discerning all this, Gu Changge quickly formed a plan in his heart and headed toward the source of the crimson mist. His speed was extremely fast as he raced through this vast, boundless space.
In the blink of an eye, he crossed countless distances, appearing in a faraway land.
“Someone has entered this place...”
At the same time, within a majestic mountain range very far from Gu Changge.
There were many stone caves there, each carved with Grand Runes, their radiance resplendent, divine light shooting into the heavens, immortal brilliance spreading in all directions.
Three terrifying, blurry figures sat cross-legged within the various stone caves, their gazes profound, their auras so powerful they made this world change color, the void trembling.
Even Sacred Emperor Realm beings would be crushed into blood mist before them.
Not far from them was an abyss whose bottom could not be seen.
From within, strands of immortal radiance and other substances continuously drifted out, which they refined and absorbed.
At this moment, one of the figures spoke, his eyes extremely deep, as though countless scenes were evolving within them, merging into this world.
His aura was also the most terrifying and overwhelming, seemingly able to suppress this entire realm.
“A helper that Xuan Yang fellow found?”
Another figure spoke, his eyes golden, as though two suns were burning within.
He likewise sat cross-legged here, his aura seemingly extending into every inch of space.
“Unclear. Just now there was a faint disturbance—he was probing our traces. This person may not be simple.”
The being who had spoken first said. Terrifying divine radiance surrounded him, surging like a vast sea, roiling with his words.
“When the World Source matures, Xuan Yang and You Yue will surely be unable to hold back—they will definitely show themselves here.”
“We need only wait for them to arrive. As for the one who just entered, even if he’s Xuan Yang’s helper, his cultivation is nothing to worry about.”
He continued, appearing utterly cold.
“Chi Xiao, this time, how confident are you in slaying Xuan Yang?”
Hearing this, another being spoke, shrouded in thick blood-colored mist. As his eyes opened and closed, endless seas of blood evolved within, mountains and rivers collapsed, stars fell, and countless beings were buried within.
His true form was a blood demon, formed from an endless sea of blood. His strength was terrifying, his ferocious might overwhelming—he had once been called the Blood Demon Overlord by the beings of the Demon World.
Six thousand years ago, if not for his astonishing vitality, he would have nearly been slain by the Solar Demon Overlord and the Lunar Demon Overlord. Now his injuries were fully healed, and he only wanted revenge! “As long as they dare show themselves, it’s a hundred percent certainty.”
“We agreed back then not to leak this matter, yet he secretly left a message for his son, planning to trap and kill us. This debt must be repaid!”
The Demon Overlord named Chi Xiao said icily upon hearing this, killing intent soaring to the heavens in his eyes, causing the world here to tremble.
Meanwhile, Gu Changge had already found the source of the crimson mist. He stood atop a mountain peak, looking at the scene before him, somewhat thoughtful.
“So this is that Demon Overlord’s corpse?”
“What a pity—I arrived half a step too late. Much of the Source has dissipated, but it’ll barely do...”
It was a shocking sight. A terrifying demon beast resembling a Xie Ox lay quietly ahead, its height immeasurable, its end out of sight, as though it could stand erect within the universe itself.
The surrounding mountain peaks had all collapsed, splitting open into countless great ravines.
Standing before it, Gu Changge looked as tiny as a speck of dust.
This was the true form of a Quasi-Nirvana Realm demon beast.
Many beings of the Demon World actually had true forms, vastly different from their usual appearances.
Empress Yao Xi’s true form was the Lunar Deer, which was exceedingly rare even in the Beyond.
“Over six thousand years, at least seventy percent of its Source has dissipated...”
Gu Changge shook his head slightly, then opened his mouth in a great howl. Instantly, boundless black light surged forth, transforming into something like an Astral River, sweeping toward the Xie Ox corpse ahead.
Faint divine radiance rose from his body, forming small vortices within which ancient deities seemed to sit cross-legged, chanting passages of rebirth, capable of swallowing heaven and earth.
Refining its Source wouldn’t take Gu Changge much time.
“Still a bit short of breaking through to the late stage of the Sacred Emperor Realm...”
Afterward, he rose and headed in another direction, intending to first locate the Solar Demon Overlord and the Lunar Demon Overlord.
As for their hiding place, he had already deduced a rough location earlier.
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