Gu Changge's Next Plans, Heading to the Unrivaled Celestial Dynasty
Gu Changge’s Next Plans, Heading to the Unrivaled Celestial Dynasty
Gu Qingyi departed just like that, taking Little Wang Yue with her.
Aside from Gu Changge and a mere handful of people in the Gu Family, no one even knew where she had gone.
Of course, within the Gu Family, there were few who knew of Gu Qingyi’s existence to begin with, let alone anyone who would care about her.
“This wager... what exactly is it? Why can’t I remember...”
On the way back to the Gu Family, Gu Changge kept pondering this matter, his brows tightly furrowed.
He had a deep premonition that this matter involved something enormous—perhaps even a heaven-shaking secret.
But Gu Qingyi did not elaborate. She merely mentioned it in passing before leaving.
Her figure dissolved into a rain of light where she stood, carried away by the clear breeze, as if she had never appeared at all.
She had even personally erased every trace of her existence in this world at that moment.
Her saying those words to Gu Changge seemed more like a whim than anything with deeper meaning.
“”I will remember sooner or later“... does she mean the memories related to the Demon Lord?”
Gu Changge shook his head lightly and quickly set the matter aside, thinking no more of it.
As the saying goes, the boat will straighten itself when it reaches the bridge. There was no use overthinking it now.
On the contrary, Gu Qingyi’s reminder that the Beyond was about to descend into chaos and that the Celestial Domain would appear piqued Gu Changge’s interest.
On one hand, the Epoch Dao Fruit he had obtained was about to ripen. He could set up a heaven-shaking grand scheme, luring the foundational existences of the various forces and Dao Lineages of the Beyond to come, thereby helping him step into the Celestial Realm.
On the other hand, the great chaos in the Beyond would also be a rare opportunity for the Dark Heaven to emerge into the world.
“The Beyond’s Opportunity to Become an Immortal actually lies in the Epoch Dao Fruit. Without my permission, who can become an Immortal?”
Countless thoughts flashed through Gu Changge’s mind, but he was not worried about this.
After all, that Tree of Epoch—the one the various forces and Dao Lineages of the Beyond had waged massive wars across the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains to find—
was now standing tall within his Inner Universe, cascading down boundless Chaos Qi, condensing the essence of the Mysterious Yellow, towering and immortal.
That Epoch Dao Fruit also contained the portion of heaven-and-earth rules that the current Beyond was missing.
Gu Changge did not doubt in the slightest that if he spread word about the Tree of Epoch, it would surely cause a sensation throughout the Beyond, stirring up endless storms of blood.
So before that, he needed to make thorough preparations to deal with everything.
“Although the Immortal Dao no longer manifests in the world today, the various Cults of Immortality and Supreme Dao Lineages must certainly have Immortal Realm powers holding down their fort. Forces with countless ties to the Celestial Domain are even more so—they definitely do not lack Immortal artifacts.”
“According to the records in ancient texts, the Beyond is actually also called the Ancestral Land. Even after the Taboo Epoch, when the path between the Celestial Domain and the Beyond was severed, over these countless epochs, there must have been many existences who descended to the lower domains by various means, or slipped between the two. The connection between them has never been lacking.”
Thinking of this, Gu Changge’s brows furrowed slightly.
Although the Longevity Gu Family’s foundation was unimaginably deep and deeply entangled with the Celestial Domain—making it the most inscrutable force in the current Beyond—
that did not mean the Longevity Gu Family had the strength to oppose the entire Beyond.
That was simply unrealistic.
After returning to the Longevity Gu Family, Gu Changge went to the Hidden Ancient Library to browse through numerous ancient texts, hoping to find some scattered records about the Celestial Domain.
In the end, he discovered a secret that greatly interested him: eighty million years ago, a power had emerged from the Celestial Domain, seeking to guide the Gu Family of this world away.
But this attempt failed because the heaven-and-earth rules at the time were incomparably incomplete and the Celestial Path was broken.
This matter was clearly recorded in the ancient texts. At that time, a Guiding Immortal Gate had even appeared, intending to lead away the Gu Family’s many elites and fresh blood.
“From the looks of it, something unexpected may have happened within the Celestial Domain.”
Gu Changge raised an eyebrow slightly. If he wanted to determine the whereabouts of the Celestial Path in this lifetime, he would probably have to rely on others in the end.
With his own strength alone, it would be very difficult to find its location.
Thinking about it this way, this Celestial Path would not be easy to find, and the clues in this lifetime were basically all severed.
Even those Remnant Immortals were merely clinging to life, utterly unable to determine the Celestial Path’s location.
Some ancient existences well-versed in the arts of deduction dared not risk the backlash on their lives to divine matters concerning the Celestial Path.
Since ancient times, the number of Cultivators struck dead by the “One” character lightning for leaking heavenly secrets was simply countless.
“Bai Lian’er’s father Bai Kun and her junior brother Bai Hua are quite skilled at divination. Perhaps I can have them give it a try.”
Gu Changge recalled the methods he had used to threaten Bai Lian’er before heading to the Demon World back then.
If he remembered correctly, Bai Lian’er’s father was the Demon Master Bai Kun, who possessed the talent to spy on heavenly secrets.
Back in the Chaotic Star Territory, he had even ordered Bandit Thirteen to intercept his Hongmeng Purple Mirror.
As for his disciple, he possessed the extremely mysterious Heaven’s Physique, had inherited his mantle, and had the ability to see through the profound void.
Gu Changge had not killed either of them, keeping them as hostages to threaten Bai Lian’er into working for him.
Although Bai Lian’er now harbored no rebellious intent, Gu Changge was always cautious and had kept contingencies on both of them all along.
“The Mirror of Wonders and the Spacetime Stone—I wonder if these two items can use spacetime coordinates to return to the Celestial Ancient era. If so, that’s also a method.”
The matter of the Celestial Path’s whereabouts reminded Gu Changge of the two divine objects he had obtained after killing Fortuitous Ones.
However, to activate these two divine objects and travel through the River of Time would require not only extremely powerful strength but also exact spacetime coordinates.
Otherwise, one could very easily become lost within the River of Time, unable to return to the present.
Moreover, even if one could return to the Celestial Ancient era, one could not alter the past—only be a passerby, witnessing the traces of what once existed.
Otherwise, even the smallest action could trigger reactions like collapsing mountains and tsunamis, resulting in backlash from the Great Dao.
“The matter of the Celestial Path is not urgent. My current strength has not yet reached the late stage of the Nirvana Dao Realm. When I set foot on the Celestial Path, I will need at least the strength of the Celestial Realm.”
Gu Changge shook his head and temporarily set this matter aside.
After arranging all the matters at hand, he began to ponder another matter.
Once he stepped into the Celestial Realm, he would certainly head to the Celestial Domain.
And the vast forces and power he left behind in the Beyond would definitely have to be entrusted to others.
The Mortal Palace side would, without question, be handed over to Jiang Chuchu.
As for the Alliance of Thousand Merchants and the Celestial Ancient Continent, those would be handed over to Yin Mei.
The remaining forces, it seemed, would still have to be handed over to Yue Mingkong—and it probably would not be long before she truly took control of the Unrivaled Celestial Dynasty.
Regarding their wedding date, Emperor Yue of the Unrivaled Celestial Dynasty had already sent people to ask about it some time ago.
Gu Changge had also promised Yue Mingkong that once matters with the Great Yu Celestial Dynasty were resolved, he would go discuss it with her.
But looking at things now, he still had quite a few matters to handle and would probably have to delay it a bit.
After all, he would have to make a trip to the Eternal Overcast Kingdom sooner or later. No matter what, the Eternal Overcast Source was a substance comparable to a World Source—extremely scarce—and could help Gu Changge refine his Grand Flask.
This was something Gu Changge definitely wanted.
In addition, the whereabouts of the Violet Supreme Alchemy Pill formula he had asked Lin Qiuhan to investigate had also been found.
As an Immortal Pill that existed only in legends, the Violet Supreme Alchemy Pill had infinite wondrous uses, its effects unfathomable—it was even said to let Cultivators ascend as feathered immortals.
Although this was only a rumor, it showed just how miraculous it was.
The Beyond had Nine Great Immortal Pills in total, and the Violet Supreme Alchemy Pill was one of them.
The formula for refining this pill had incurred the jealousy of the heavens and was once struck into ash by eighty-one bolts of heavenly lightning, annihilated within the River of Time.
Later, supreme beings of great Transcendent power tried every method to gather it back together, but it was still lost in the end.
Although Gu Changge himself might not need such a pill, he might one day step into the Immortal Realm and leave the Beyond.
His many family members and beloved ones in the Beyond would likely have use for this pill.
So he took this matter quite seriously. After Lin Qiuhan sent back word from the Violet Supreme Alchemy Sect, he sent people to begin searching for traces of this pill formula.
Over the following days, after Gu Changge had arranged and assigned all the many matters at hand one by one, he set off for the Unrivaled Celestial Dynasty.
Previously, while still in the Profound Sword World, he had sent people to deliver the seven Heaven-Grasping Artifacts to Yue Mingkong, asking her to help condense the key.
Even now, he was not sure how far Yue Mingkong had progressed with it.