The Purpose of the Epoch Dao Fruit, the Deadline Has Arrived
The Purpose of the Epoch Dao Fruit, the Deadline Has Arrived
“Is there something special about that place?”
In the courtyard, Gu Changge stood with his hands clasped behind his back, his hair as dark as ink yet gleaming with a lustrous radiance. His entire being seemed transcendent and otherworldly, as though he could step into the sky and ascend as an immortal at any moment.
He gazed into the distance at the two forbidden grounds deep within the Shu Sect, and asked the Shu Sect disciple who had come to deliver spirit melons and spirit fruits.
“In reply to Young Master Gu, that is the direction of the Sword Pavilion and the Sword-Forging Pool. Ordinarily, only elders and core disciples may enter and leave freely. If any other disciple dares to set foot there, their cultivation will be crippled and they will be expelled from the Shu Sect,” the female disciple of the Shu Sect explained upon hearing his question.
“The Sword Pavilion contains records of countless cultivation techniques and sword arts, while the Sword-Forging Pool holds divine weapons and sharp blades. The two complement each other, and this is what established the Shu Sect’s hegemonic position in the Profound Sword World.”
“However, ordinarily, both the Sword Pavilion and the Sword-Forging Pool are sealed off, and outsiders are not permitted to set foot in them.”
“I see.”
A thoughtful look appeared in Gu Changge’s eyes, and he suddenly thought of something.
Since Tuo Ba Xiaoyao also had the identity of a Shu Sect disciple, then the secret method he had used to refine the Sword of World Domination into the Primordial Foetal Sword of World Domination must have come from the Shu Sect.
If Tuo Ba Xiaoyao wanted to save his sister, then he was bound to come to the Shu Sect once more.
However, Gu Changge’s goal was only the Sword of World Domination. As for Tuo Ba Xiaoyao’s life and death, he actually did not care much about it.
So judging from the current situation, the Sword of World Domination would sooner or later be separated from Tuo Ba Xiaoyao’s body and then delivered into his hands of its own accord.
Throughout this process, Gu Changge only needed to watch out for any little tricks Tuo Ba Xiaoyao might pull.
The greater part of his attention was still focused on the World Source.
The developments of this period had unfolded exactly as he had anticipated.
Because the war had grown ever more brutal, all the forces of the entire Profound Sword World had united to resist the Otherworldly Sky Demons together in Southbarren State.
Moreover, many forces were also dispatching disciples to search and investigate everywhere, attempting to find traces of the Heavenly Path’s Will.
This was actually good news for Gu Changge. As long as the Heavenly Path’s Will materialized, he could naturally follow the vine to find the melon and locate the World Source.
However, he had a feeling that the Heavenly Path’s Will of the Profound Sword World was deliberately evading everyone’s pursuit, and would not reveal itself easily.
“Furthermore, the Tree of Epoch is about to mature. It is time to let the news out...”
Gu Changge’s consciousness sank into his own Inner Universe, looking at that lush and ancient towering tree. Strands of Chaos mist hung down from it, within which it seemed as if the stars of all the heavens were condensing.
In a trance, one could see a river that stretched across endless epochs, flowing beneath this towering ancient tree.
Countless fragments of time fluttered about, reflecting scenes of primordial eras—lightning giving birth to life, Chaos withering dry, heaven and earth shattering, universes collapsing...
The Tree of Epoch, which had originally been on the verge of withering to death, had now once again burst forth with vitality.
The soon-to-ripen Epoch Dao Fruit was like a magnificent and dreamlike nebula, rising and sinking among the treetops, as though it held up the azure sky of eternal ages.
This Epoch Dao Fruit carried the incomplete Fortuity of the Beyond accumulated over hundreds of millions of years, as well as a portion of shattered rules.
If it were fused with the Heavenly Path rules of the Beyond, it could cause the environment of heaven and earth to transform drastically in an instant, returning to the most prosperous and glorious era.
The reason it was so difficult to become an immortal in the Beyond, the reason the path to immortality remained closed, was largely because after the battle of the Forbidden Epoch, the rules had been shattered and the environment of heaven and earth no longer permitted it.
Now, although the Epoch Dao Fruit was about to ripen, Gu Changge only needed to seal it away within his Inner Universe. Unless he willed it, no one could penetrate its aura. He had also been planning all along to use this Epoch Dao Fruit to set up a scheme, because at his current realm, the Source of an ordinary True Daoist was already of little use to him.
Those beings who had been trapped at the True Daoist Realm for many years, who had reached a bottleneck, who could step into the Immortal Path at any moment if only the heavens permitted it—those were his targets.
If those existences learned that the Epoch Dao Fruit had ripened, they would absolutely come searching like madmen, stirring up endless storms of blood.
Such figures were equivalent to standing at the very pinnacle of the Beyond. Describing them as Remnant Immortals would not be an exaggeration.
With a casual gesture, they could shatter universes and tear through Astral Rivers, destroying heaven and earth at every turn. If they chose an ordinary great world, they would not even need their true bodies to descend—a single wisp of their aura would be enough to shatter it.
Let alone setting a trap to imprison them and then hunting them down.
That was simply unworkable.
So how to choose the location for his scheme had become a problem for Gu Changge. After this period of investigation, Gu Changge felt that the Profound Sword World before him was actually not very suitable. The existence of the Heavenly Path’s Will would become an unpredictable factor.
He temporarily set aside this plan. After all, it would still take some time before he broke through to the Immortal Path Realm, and during that time he could continue plotting.
Soon, several more days passed. In the outside world, the flames of war raged on. Of the Thirteen States, four had already fallen, occupied by the various orthodoxies of the Other Domain.
The overall situation was lost. At least on the surface, there was no possibility of reversing it whatsoever.
And in the Shu Sect, Gu Changge also met a person he had expected to see. Nevertheless, he put on a somewhat surprised expression and said with a smile, “It seems you are quite punctual.”
The newcomer was none other than Tuo Ba Xiaoyao. However, he had come under the identity of a visitor from the Outer Territory, not as a disciple of the Shu Sect. Thus, the many disciples and elders of the Shu Sect did not dare to slight him. Upon learning that he had come to find Gu Changge, they hurriedly led the way and brought him over.
Today was precisely the final deadline Gu Changge had agreed upon with him. If he did not hand over the Sword of World Domination to Gu Changge today, then his sister, Tuo Ba Qing Yu, would also vanish from this world.
Tuo Ba Xiaoyao did not dare to gamble with his sister’s life. Fortunately, when he had snuck into the Shu Sect some time ago, he had found that bamboo slip in the Sword Pavilion and discovered the method to undo the Primordial Foetal Sword of World Domination.
“I want to know that my sister is safe,” Tuo Ba Xiaoyao said with a slightly darkened expression, getting straight to the point.
“Hand over the Sword of World Domination first.”
Gu Changge stood up and said casually, “You are in no position to negotiate terms with me right now.”
Princess Die, Ah Qing, and the others, who had rushed over upon hearing the news, all stood outside the courtyard, somewhat puzzled. They could tell that although Tuo Ba Xiaoyao also came from the Outer Territory, he did not seem to be on the same side as Gu Changge.
Although he maintained his composure, the hatred in his eyes was difficult to conceal.
“The Sword of World Domination?” Only the Sword Immortal’s delicate brows furrowed slightly beneath her mask. Those three words felt somewhat familiar, as though she had heard them somewhere before.
“Gu Changge, don’t go too far.”
Tuo Ba Xiaoyao’s expression remained gloomy, his fists clenched so tightly they creaked.
Gu Changge smiled, then suddenly flicked his sleeve. A ripple spread through the void before him, and immediately a scene appeared within it.
In a tranquil mansion, a young woman was watched over by numerous experts, unable to move an inch. Her face was full of anger and unwillingness, mixed with fear and unease in the deepest depths of her eyes.
“Qing Yu?” Tuo Ba Xiaoyao recognized at a glance that the young woman was his sister, Tuo Ba Qing Yu, who had been captured on Gu Changge’s orders.
“Are you satisfied now?” Gu Changge smiled with an inscrutable look in his eyes.
Seeing that she was safe and sound, he let out a long sigh of relief, and the worry in his heart lessened considerably.