The Heaven-Destroying War of the Past Was Murkier Than Imagined
The Heaven-Destroying War of the Past Was Murkier Than Imagined
Within the Boundless Immortal Valley, the white-robed elder’s expression was cold, seemingly devoid of the slightest emotion.
As he struck out with a palm, he grabbed the unconscious Tuo Ba Xiaoyao, and his figure rapidly retreated backward.
But as the space ahead collapsed, a blurry white-clad figure seemed to manifest as well, slaying its way over from an unknown spatial dimension.
Around it, three thousand chaotic worlds seemed to rise and fall, clusters of silver True Flame blazing brilliantly, capable of incinerating everything, containing a supreme and terrifying aura.
This palm contained the stars of all the heavens, descending directly toward his face with incomparable dominance, as if heaven and earth itself were suddenly crushing down.
Even the white-robed elder’s expression shifted slightly; he dared not meet its edge and could only choose to evade.
In that instant, a world-suppressing aura filled everything, and every inch of the surrounding void collapsed, shattering into fragments.
The great fog around the Boundless Immortal Valley dispersed, revealing dried-up riverbeds and cracked earth.
It was as if an eternally irreconcilable great collision had occurred here—Chaos Energy surged to the heavens, black astral winds ravaged, and endless rules and order coiled about, threatening to rush toward the desolate edges of the universe.
“To be this troublesome... just what is his origin?”
The white-robed elder’s figure was sent flying backward, his form instantly growing much fainter.
His face, once filled with indifference, now carried a trace of unsightliness.
He stared fixedly at the void ahead. The violent aura gradually subsided, and a white-clad figure slowly walked out from there.
On that peerlessly handsome face hung a faint smile, and the entire world abruptly fell silent.
All rules and order were suppressed, filled by a vast will. A terrifying pressure visible to the naked eye swept forth with the speed of a bursting heavenly river, even causing this stretch of heaven and earth to dim, while the stars beyond the domain trembled in unison, on the verge of falling.
This made the white-robed elder’s expression even uglier. He understood that this was the other party’s will attempting to seize control of this world.
Because the other party had already sensed something.
“Who exactly are you, to sabotage my plans like this?”
The white-robed elder spoke coldly, his voice laced with frigid hostility as he stared fixedly at Gu Changge, who had appeared here.
“So this is that portion of your avatar. It seems Ah Da didn’t chase the wrong place back then.”
Gu Changge paid no heed to the white-robed elder’s words, instead casually sweeping his gaze across this immortal valley.
He nodded with slight realization, understanding what was special about this place.
To be precise, this place was not located within the Profound Sword World at all, but an independent small space opened up through some secret technique—something akin to a cultivator’s Knowledge Sea or Spiritual Palace.
The white-robed elder before him was clearly the avatar of the Heavenly Path’s will that had manifested that day.
Only, judging from its aura, it was likely not the complete will of the Heavenly Path.
“Tell me where the Heavenly Path’s Source is, and I can leave your consciousness intact,” Gu Changge said indifferently, choosing to get straight to the point.
“You came for the Heavenly Path’s Source? So the one who shattered my Heavenly Path’s Eye that day was also you?” The white-robed elder’s expression grew even colder, revealing killing intent.
Gu Changge chuckled lightly. “If not for the Heavenly Path’s Source, why would I have descended upon this world? Although it wasn’t easy for you, as the will of the Heavenly Path, to gain autonomous consciousness, if you dare obstruct me, I don’t mind scattering you into nothingness.”
As he spoke, he glanced at Tuo Ba Xiaoyao, whom the white-robed elder was carrying.
This Fortuitous One still hadn’t woken up even now—it seemed the white-robed elder had done something to him.
However, Gu Changge wasn’t interested in that. As long as Tuo Ba Xiaoyao could be dealt with, he didn’t care whether the boy was unconscious or awake.
“The Heavenly Path’s Source concerns my Absolute Detachment. How could I casually tell you of it?”
Deep within the white-robed elder’s eyes was nothing but coldness, and a vast worldly will emerged from his body.
But the surrounding void was clearly filled with another, even more terrifying pressure, constantly suppressing his aura.
“Absolute Detachment? So after gaining consciousness, you no longer wish to remain merely a world’s will—you want to transform into a living being?” Gu Changge smiled with some interest.
He somewhat understood the intentions of the Profound Sword World’s will now. Not only had it hidden itself away somewhere, it also wanted to borrow the World Source to achieve Absolute Detachment and take form.
After all, something like a World Source was inherently of a high enough level, innately containing all manner of law-chains. For it to even birth consciousness was already exceedingly difficult, let alone transform into a living being.
But once it did become a living being, its strength would be absolutely unimaginable. In Gu Changge’s estimation, even if it fell short of the Celestial Realm, it wouldn’t be far off.
“You know quite a lot.”
The white-robed elder’s gaze turned somewhat sinister, a change from his previous indifference. Clearly, Gu Changge’s words had struck at the thoughts in his heart.
As the will of the Heavenly Path, it existed to maintain the operation of the Heavenly Path and all things under heaven—yet it had happened to birth a will of its own.
Naturally, it was unwilling to remain a chess piece, blessing all living beings from behind the scenes. So it had been searching for an opportunity, attempting to use the Source and Fortuity accumulated by this world over countless years as a foundation to achieve Absolute Detachment.
Only, an accident had occurred—a Space Rift appeared beyond the world, causing the Beyond’s orthodoxies to discover this world. It had no choice but to hide even deeper, trying to buy time while awaiting the moment of its Detachment.
A few days ago, had the commotion from Gu Changge’s actions not been so astonishing, it would never have been forced to reveal itself, seeking to erase such a potential threat.
But it never expected Gu Changge’s strength to be unfathomable—he had effortlessly torn apart its avatar and tracked it all the way here.
This had far exceeded its expectations.
“Since you won’t tell me where the World Source is, I’ll just have to search for it myself.”
Gu Changge shook his head lightly. He wouldn’t fear even the complete will of the Heavenly Path, let alone a mere portion of it.
He didn’t want to waste any more time either. Now that he had found this place, the so-called World Source shouldn’t be far off.
At once, he wasted no more words and directly chose to strike. Terrifying Grey Fog instantly swept forth, blotting out the sky like a great wave bursting through a heavenly dam, completely enveloping this stretch of heaven and earth.
Streaks of dreadful black divine chains, as if extending from the deepest darkness, reached out to devour the white-robed elder.
“What is this...”
The white-robed elder, who had been warily watching Gu Changge all along, saw this scene and his expression changed drastically. His already faint form began to tremble slightly.
It was as if he had encountered a natural predator in an instant, seized by an irrepressible terror.
The heavenly secrets here had become incomparably eerie. This black fog contained the divine might to devour all divine laws and immortal arts—even as an avatar of the Heavenly Path, it had no means of resistance at this moment.
“What... what exactly are you?” Its voice trembled, its gaze filled with fear. It had never imagined Gu Changge would wield such methods.
Of all things in this world, there was likely no one who wouldn’t fear this kind of power.
However, Gu Changge had no intention of answering it. The terrifying black fog, containing the ultimate power of devouring, instantly submerged the white-robed elder.
After several screams, the sound of bones being chewed and crushed came from within, then gradually fell silent.
Gu Changge gently closed his eyes, digesting the memories of this portion of the Heavenly Path’s will, then chuckled softly. “Interesting. So there was such a scheme behind it all.”
Although this portion of the Heavenly Path will’s memories was incomplete, it still allowed him to learn of an extremely interesting matter.
It turned out that long ago, the Profound Sword World’s Heavenly Path will had already birthed consciousness and sought to advance further through Absolute Detachment.
So it had racked its brains and launched a world-destroying sacrifice, intending to sacrifice all living beings to break free of its shackles.
Unfortunately, its intentions were detected by the strongest being of that era, who then united with other experts in a web of schemes—finally resulting in the Heaven-Destroying War that had vanished into the river of history.
That terrifying great war nearly exhausted all the Fortuity the Profound Sword World had accumulated, and nearly destroyed the entire world.
In the end, that war was won at a bitter cost. The Heavenly Path’s consciousness was sealed deep within Mirror Lake, and that strongest being sought out all manner of divine materials to finally forge a divine sword, sinking it to the bottom of Mirror Lake to specifically suppress its consciousness.
But because of this, he suffered an enormous backlash and perished not long after. The key to opening Mirror Lake also fell into the hands of his descendants.
Only his descendants had the means to use that key.
However, because this matter was simply too distant from the present, and because a portion of the Heavenly Path’s consciousness broke free of the seal and manifested miracles in the mortal world, destroying all records of that Heaven-Destroying War...
Thus, in the Profound Sword World today, almost no one knew of this matter.
Had Gu Changge not perused the memories of this portion of the Heavenly Path’s consciousness, he could never have learned of it either.
“The waters of this Profound Sword World run murkier than I imagined.”
“No wonder only a portion of the Heavenly Path’s consciousness manifested—the greater part is sealed and suppressed at the bottom of Mirror Lake.”
Gu Changge was somewhat intrigued. “So that key isn’t the key to unsealing the Heavenly Path’s sword, but the key to opening Mirror Lake. In that case, that Lin En should be a descendant of the one who sealed the Heavenly Path’s will back then. He’s long been within the Heavenly Path consciousness’s sights...”
He had also learned of Lin En’s earlier visit to the Boundless Immortal Valley from perusing these memories. However, Gu Changge still didn’t know where the World Source was.
The Heavenly Path’s consciousness was extremely cautious and hadn’t left the slightest memory of it within this avatar.
So the key to finding the World Source still lay within Mirror Lake.
“Master, should this one be kept alive?”
While Gu Changge was pondering, Ah Da returned carrying the unconscious Tuo Ba Xiaoyao. When the white-robed elder had tried to flee earlier, Tuo Ba Xiaoyao had already been discarded by him.
In Gu Changge’s view, if the Heavenly Path’s consciousness wanted to achieve Absolute Detachment, it would inevitably need to take form.
And Tuo Ba Xiaoyao, who had fused the auras of two worlds, was clearly the most suitable Physique.
When the time came, this world’s Heavenly Path consciousness would successfully merge into the Beyond without any barrier or obstruction whatsoever.