Born Ahead of Schedule, the Two Dominant Personalities, I'll Set You Free Right Now
Born Ahead of Schedule, the Two Dominant Personalities, I’ll Set You Free Right Now
The mountain peak ahead was not tall. Countless Buddhist scriptures were inscribed upon it, capable of suppressing the evil Demonic Energy of this place. However, one could not simply fly over it—one had to climb step by step to the summit to retrieve that Zen Robe.
Jin Chan, the Chosen Monk, wore a devout expression. Holding the Buddhist Bone in his hands, he walked toward the mountain peak. Waves of Buddhist light radiated from him, resisting the terrifying Demonic Energy of this place.
The numerous Array Patterns on the ground could not affect him. His speed was great—though he appeared to be walking, in a mere instant he had already arrived at the foot of the mountain.
“Once I retrieve the Zen Robe, this humble monk will leave this place. Female benefactor, you should stay here in peace.”
He sensed that the demoness in red’s gaze seemed to have fallen upon him. But knowing that she could not step out of the Sealed Land, he felt at ease and spoke naturally, not caring whether she could hear him or not.
Next, the Demon-Burying Abyss would inevitably become a place of concern for many orthodoxies. By then, many powerful experts would surely come to rebuild the seal, to prevent her from breaking out and emerging into the world.
Otherwise, the entire Beyond would face a terrifying catastrophe.
Hearing this, the demoness in red remained confused, not understanding Jin Chan’s intentions.
That Zen Robe, to her, was something that could provide a tiny bit of warmth in this dark, lightless underground.
Only when she was near that Zen Robe would she feel a trace of peace.
However, she could not currently understand what this emotion meant. She only knew that the Zen Robe was helpful to her—but it seemed the other party intended to take it away?
She suddenly felt uneasy. Within her lost, bewildered eyes, a world-shaking baleful aura suddenly emerged, even turning icy cold and indifferent, filled with dense blood-red color.
In an instant, the Demon-Burying Abyss underwent another shocking upheaval. Terrifying baleful aura pressed down upon the heavens. The many stars and continents outside all trembled, seemingly about to fall.
Countless Cultivators and Ox Spirits had their expressions change drastically.
“What exactly happened down there?”
“Could the seal have loosened?”
Jiang Chuchu and the others waiting outside the Demon-Burying Abyss also watched this scene in shock.
Jin Chan was also stunned by the sight before him, but his feet did not stop moving. He had long known that the demoness in red’s condition was poor.
In his previous life, it was out of pity that his Buddha Heart had been thrown into turmoil—he had stolen Buddhist Mountain’s Supreme Treasure, the Zen Robe, and come here, attempting to expel the Demonic Energy from her.
But when he got slightly close to her, she pierced through his brow with a single finger, front to back, and he died on the spot.
So in this life, his Buddha Heart was even more steadfast. He only wanted to retrieve the Zen Robe and leave this place, paying no heed to the demoness in red.
The Zen Robe was Buddhist Mountain’s Supreme Treasure—there were even claims that it was not an object of this world at all.
Such a precious item naturally could not be left to languish here.
Chi!!!
A terrifying commotion came again. Dazzling light erupted here. The demoness in red seemed to want to walk out, but her world-toppling might, when faced with the Array Patterns beneath her feet, had no way to resist at all.
Even this degree of pain did not cause any change in her expression. She continued trying to break out.
Upon her plain white hand, a dreadful aura emerged. Countless rules and Dao techniques evolved there—at this moment, even primordial chaos energy was condensing—yet none of it could break through.
Instead, the baleful aura on her body, under the effect of this place’s Array Patterns, showed signs of gradually calming down.
Seizing this opportunity, Jin Chan’s speed increased once more as he rapidly climbed toward the summit. The Buddhist Bone emitted a glistening radiance, like a bright lamp.
But just then, a terrifying aura came rushing from the distance—it was a crimson long spear stained with blood, tearing through the void and piercing down.
Boom!
The place instantly exploded. Runes filled the sky. The many monks’ expressions changed drastically as they tried to resist, but they were blasted away by the shockwave, vomiting blood, instantly severely wounded.
“Who is it?”
Jin Chan was also shocked by this sudden turn of events, and turned to stare coldly into the distance.
There, a figure clad in black battle armor was walking over. The tattered battle armor flowed with brilliant light, its aura extremely terrifying. Divine flames blazed brilliantly in its eyes, carrying an unmatched might that made his expression change once again.
“A Quasi-Nirvana Realm existence...”
Jin Chan felt that boundless pressure. As the other party walked over, it was as if mountains and seas were collapsing and submerging toward him.
That strike just now had clearly been this being’s doing, aimed at slaughtering the many monks behind him.
A Quasi-Nirvana Realm existence—at the bottom of this Demon-Burying Abyss, there truly was no one who could match it.
Among the monks he had brought this time, the strongest was only at the Sacred King Realm. They had already been severely wounded by that single strike just now. Had they not dodged quickly, they would likely have been pierced through by that spear and killed on the spot.
However, the next moment, what made Jin Chan’s expression change again—what he could hardly believe—was that behind this black figure was his old acquaintance, Gu Changge.
“Brother Gu, what is the meaning of this?”
Jin Chan’s face darkened as he spoke, unable to figure out the relationship between this black figure and Gu Changge.
Nor did he know Gu Changge’s intentions.
However, he did not notice that with Gu Changge’s arrival, the demoness in red within the Array Patterns—her lost gaze gradually gained focus. Though still dazed and confused, it fell upon Gu Changge and did not move away.
“Shi... Shifu...?”
Indistinct murmurs came from her mouth, extremely obscure. Apart from Gu Changge, no one could understand them.
However, Gu Changge’s expression did not change at all. He seemed not to see her either, his gaze still fixed on Jin Chan.
Chan Hongyi’s condition was as he had expected. Sealed in this place for countless years, her mind was no longer clear.
But whether in her calm state or in her state of world-shaking baleful aura and sky-filling killing intent, she was absolutely not someone ordinary people could approach.
Her strength was incomparably terrifying. Even a true True Daoist would not have the courage to face her—they would flee in defeat.
This was fear that seeped into the soul.
However, for him, this was actually good news.
“Is Jin Chan, the Chosen Monk, planning to break the seal of this place and release the demon sealed here?”
Gu Changge spoke indifferently, his gaze falling upon the Zen Robe behind Jin Chan.
At the same time, he strode toward it, the black figure following respectfully a few steps behind him.
This was the fellow who had tried to submit and follow him before the sea of blood earlier—first layer of the Quasi-Nirvana Realm, the absolute overlord of that region, with formidable strength.
To save trouble, Gu Changge had bestowed upon him the name Ah Da.
Jin Chan’s expression shifted slightly. Then he realized—Gu Changge had misunderstood his intentions, which was why he had the person behind him attack.
But this was not the time to ask about this black figure’s origins.
“Brother Gu, you’ve misunderstood. I have no intention of breaking this place’s seal...” He was about to explain.
However, Gu Changge gave him no chance to continue speaking. His expression appeared extremely cold. As he stepped forward, the void shifted and blurred, and he appeared before Jin Chan, directly raising his hand and striking forward. With a boom, Jin Chan was sent flying, vomiting blood, his body nearly exploding.
If not for the Buddhist Bone in his hand emitting a hazy Buddhist light at the critical moment, blocking Gu Changge’s strike—
Otherwise, with that blow just now, he would already have been slapped to death.
“As a Buddhist monk, your heart is so vicious—actually planning to lift the sealing Zen Robe of this place and release the demon to bring calamity upon the world.”
“Jin Chan, you have truly disappointed Gu.” Gu Changge spoke indifferently, his tone cold, even frigid.
“Gu Changge... you...”
Jin Chan coughed up blood and struggled to climb up from the ground, his expression incomparably ugly.
The Buddhist light within his body shimmered, attempting to repair his injuries. That strike just now had nearly taken his life.
If Gu Changge struck again, he did not know whether he could still rely on the Buddhist Bone in his hand to block him.
Moreover, he did not know whether Gu Changge had truly misunderstood, or whether he intended to kill him here.
This made his heart turn ice-cold. He brought out Buddhist Mountain’s artifact, the Demon-Killing Staff. This Supreme Treasure contained demon-slaying might. With his current strength, though he could not fully activate it, it could still provide some additional security.
“What about me?”
“I was wondering what you were hiding, Jin Chan. So it turns out you planned to release this demon?”
Gu Changge spoke indifferently, stepping forward once more, seemingly intent on slaying him here.
“Gu Changge, stop slandering me with your venomous lies. This humble monk only wishes to retrieve my Buddhist Mountain’s Supreme Treasure.”
Jin Chan’s expression was ugly to the extreme, feeling that Gu Changge was bullying him too far, again and again.
“Oh, that’s a decent excuse. To retrieve Buddhist Mountain’s Supreme Treasure, so you plan to release this demon?”
Gu Changge’s smile carried a faint trace of mockery, his eyes still cold and without ripples.
“Protect the Chosen Monk!”
The group of Buddhist Mountain monks, seeing this scene, were also greatly shocked. They had not expected that after Gu Changge appeared, he would actually try to slay Jin Chan.
They thought Gu Changge had misunderstood, believing Jin Chan intended to open this place’s seal. They all attacked, seeking to stop all of this.
Boom!!
A surge of Buddhist script rose from this place, incomparably brilliant, like a field of stars sprinkling down, making the void turn crystalline and holy.
However, Ah Da merely glanced at them coldly, as if looking at ants. Then his long spear swept across, and terrifying fluctuations sent all of them flying.
Without Gu Changge’s command, he did not choose to kill them.
“Colluding with evil demons, attempting to bring calamity upon the world—this crime deserves execution. Kill them.”
Gu Changge instructed indifferently, showing no mercy with his own hands either.
Once again, he simply raised one hand and struck toward Jin Chan ahead. The Demon-Killing Staff in Jin Chan’s hand emitted dazzling Buddhist light, like the wrath of thunder, seeking to contend against Gu Changge’s strike.
However, the gap between Jin Chan and Gu Changge was simply too vast. He was instantly blasted away, coughing blood continuously, his body nearly exploding.
Even the might of the Demon-Killing Staff could not contend against a single palm from Gu Changge.
His injuries were severe. Before absolute strength, no method had the slightest effect.
The other Buddhist Mountain monks were simply no match for Ah Da. Slaughtering them was no different from slaughtering so-called ants—in an instant they exploded, their divine souls annihilated along with their bodies.
“This riot in the Demon-Burying Abyss is likely inseparable from your Buddhist Mountain as well.”
As Gu Changge spoke, he attacked again.
However, this time Jin Chan was very decisive. His entire body went cold. Seeing Gu Changge’s ruthless methods, he directly sacrificed the Demon-Killing Staff and the Buddhist Bone in his hands.
At the same time, he activated the Array Patterns he had inscribed earlier. A massive Buddhist lotus bloomed, surging with terrifying aura. Coughing blood, he fled into it and quickly vanished.
He felt that if he did not flee now, he would absolutely be slain here by Gu Changge.
At this point, he naturally no longer dared to retrieve the Zen Robe.
Gu Changge merely watched this scene calmly and coldly, not giving chase.
“If you don’t escape, there’ll be no one to take the blame...”
He had never intended to slay Jin Chan here in the first place. After all, the Demon-Burying Abyss’s seal breaking ahead of schedule, the demoness in red emerging early—such a major event would inevitably shake the Beyond and cause boundless waves.
Without someone to take the blame, it would bring him considerable trouble.
And the moment Jin Chan fled this place, Gu Changge looked toward Chan Hongyi. Then, his expression shifting slightly, he walked toward her.
In his memories, the timid little girl who tugged at the corner of his clothes and loved wearing red overlapped with the woman before him.
She seemed to feel a sense of closeness, wanting to walk out of the area covered by the Array Patterns.
But as she approached the boundary, a scorching, terrifying aura suddenly swept forth, causing sizzling burning sounds to come from her body.
This pain did not stop her movements. She continued walking toward Gu Changge, very stubborn, determined to pass through the seal and come out.
Sizzle, sizzle!
The sounds here grew increasingly piercing, accompanied by green smoke spreading. Yet upon reaching this point, it was as if a heavenly chasm blocked her.
A look of sorrow appeared on her face.
Gu Changge noticed the wounds on her hands, clearly left from touching the Array Patterns just now. Though they healed quickly, they were still quite dreadful.
The Array Patterns before him could not stop him. As long as he wished it, he could destroy them with a thought at any time. Though they were laid by the Demon Lord, he was the Demon Lord—the Demon Lord was him. Destroying the Array Patterns was naturally effortless.
“I’ll set you free right now...”
“From this day forth, you are free.”
Then, Gu Changge spoke. An ancient and obscure language came from his mouth.
Chan Hongyi tilted her head, her dark hair cascading down. She understood his meaning, but her expression remained very lost.
She extended her plain white, clean jade hand and tested the Array Patterns before her. Light burst forth once more, emitting terrifying sizzling sounds and a puff of green smoke.
However, she seemed already accustomed to this pain. She merely glanced at her hand, her gaze still blank, then slowly her line of sight fell upon Gu Changge’s face again.
She felt she had forgotten many things, but she remembered that the person before her was very, very important to her.
“In her current state, without this place’s Array Patterns grinding away her Demonic Energy and baleful aura, she would probably attack me immediately.”
“Though her mind is unclear now, she has another personality of world-destroying slaughter.”
Gu Changge’s gaze was somewhat contemplative. He had seen Chan Hongyi’s other state just now. If not for this place’s Array Patterns grinding away her baleful aura at that time, she likely would not have been so courteous toward him.
Thinking of this, Gu Changge still decided to give it a try. But before that, his figure moved, going to retrieve the Zen Robe sealed at the mountain’s summit. This item had a remarkable effect in suppressing the baleful aura on Chan Hongyi—he had to collect it first.
Numerous Buddhist lights interwove, finally transforming into a vast and boundless pressure that swept in all directions.
As the Zen Robe loosened, the many Buddhist figures in this place instantly vanished. The Buddhist chants permeating everywhere finally dispersed back into this Zen Robe.
It had to be said, this Buddhist Mountain Supreme Treasure was truly wondrous. Merely approaching it would bring peace to one’s heart and mind, all baleful aura dissipating.
And the instant Gu Changge took the Zen Robe, with a thought, all the Array Patterns inscribed in the void and upon the surrounding walls collapsed and dissipated in unison.
The seal was broken.
Within the Demon-Burying Abyss came the wailing of ten thousand demons, making one’s scalp tingle. All the demons were fleeing, as if sensing something terrifying.
Vast and terrifying Demonic Energy suddenly surged skyward, shaking the heavens. Across the star territories within tens of millions of miles, the sky darkened.
It was an incomparably shocking sight—the stars dimmed, blood-red clouds rushed toward the heavens.
Cultivators of many orthodoxies and forces were horrified, feeling that at the distant edge of the sky, blood clouds rolled and billowed, blotting out the sun, chilling one to the bone.
“Kill...”
The instant Gu Changge finished all this, he felt a sky-filling hatred and killing intent envelop him.
Chan Hongyi stood where she was. The confusion in her eyes vanished, entirely replaced by icy ruthlessness. Even her pupils were dyed blood-red.
Her hair danced in the air. Terrifying baleful aura, as if accumulated over countless ages, erupted like a burst mountain flood—world-shaking, enough to shake the ancient and disrupt the present.
At this moment, her eyes held only Gu Changge, and only one thought—to kill him.
However, before she could make any move, the void before Gu Changge split open. He had long anticipated and prepared for this. Summoning Ah Da, he turned and left this place, not lingering for even a breath.
At the latest, in half a year, this place’s seal would break and dissipate on its own. At that time, Chan Hongyi would emerge into the world all the same.
The Zen Robe did indeed have a remarkable effect in suppressing her baleful aura, but only in combination with this place’s Array Patterns. So Gu Changge did not take the risk—if he approached Chan Hongyi at this moment, it would absolutely end badly for him.
Now, having her emerge half a year early would actually make matters much easier to handle.
The personality currently dominating Chan Hongyi was already that hatred which even the deepest depths of the Nether could not erase.
After seeing Gu Changge’s figure disappear, Chan Hongyi’s expression did not change at all, remaining icy and ruthless. She made no movements either.
The next moment, she suddenly opened her mouth and inhaled toward the abyss’s depths. Countless streams of Demonic Energy and demonic creatures immediately converged toward her like rivers flowing into the sea. From beyond the heavens, endless spiritual energy, divine radiance, Dao essence, and more all surged toward the Demon-Burying Abyss together.
This was an incomparably domineering method—plundering all things of heaven and earth.
The star territories dimmed. Great swaths of stars, in this instant, seemed to have been swept clean, instantly left with nothing but desolation. In a mere moment, the lives of all Ox Spirits and Cultivators were devoured.
“Chan Hongyi’s divine soul is damaged, her memories in chaos, her mind unclear—one personality left with only a lingering attachment, one left with only hatred... Fortunately, she cannot think like an ordinary person. Otherwise, finding my current identity would be easy for her.”
“For now, let her vent for a while.”
After leaving the abyss’s depths, Gu Changge immediately went to rendezvous with Jiang Chuchu and the others, leaving the Demon-Burying Abyss first. Some matters did not need to be explained to her in too much detail.
Following her own imagination, she could figure it out herself.
“Just now, Jin Chan fled through the Transportation Array Patterns, severely wounded...”
“Does what happened in the Demon-Burying Abyss have something to do with him?”
Jiang Chuchu asked. At the time, she had been preparing to strike and capture Jin Chan, but he was very cautious—he directly repelled her with the Demon-Killing Staff and fled into the distance without pausing.
She had been worried that something might happen to Gu Changge down below, so she did not give chase.
“Buddhist Mountain once used a Supreme Treasure to seal a demon at the bottom of the Demon-Burying Abyss. But Jin Chan intended to take that Supreme Treasure, regardless of the consequences, planning to release the vicious demon.”
“Seeing his actions, I fought him, and he fled severely wounded...”
Gu Changge shook his head slightly, then explained what he knew, repackaged in a different way.
Including how the abbot of the Floating Buddhist Temple had once stolen the Buddhist Supreme Treasure and left it at the bottom of the abyss.
And so the story became: Jin Chan, the Chosen Monk, as the reincarnation of the Floating Buddhist Temple’s former abbot, still bound by mortal attachments, attempted to release the demoness sealed beneath the Demon-Burying Abyss.
After hearing this, Jiang Chuchu’s heart could not calm down. So that meant—the terrifying disturbance just now was the omen of the Demon-Burying Abyss’s demon emerging half a year ahead of schedule?