The Battle That Shakes the Present World, the Great Ancestors' Curse
The Battle That Shakes the Present World, the Great Ancestors’ Curse
Deep within the Homeland, grey fog surged and churned, the haze drifting in wisps.
The several Great Ancestors of the Eternal Overcast stood there, watching as the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being and Gu Changge—this master-and-disciple pair of convenience—brazenly, right before their very eyes, moved to seize their Ancestral Wells.
Their faces grew so dark it seemed water might drip from them, killing intent surging forth.
Though Gu Changge was young, his true strength was unfathomable, impossible to gauge.
In just the short span of moments before, he had successively suppressed and killed two of their number.
And the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being, in his prime, had been an overlord of the Celestial Ancient Times, his cultivation world-shaking, having surpassed even the Celestial Realm.
A figure like this, even in the present era, possessed means beyond imagination.
Their only reliance now was the three Ancestral Wells, which allowed them to endlessly reconstruct their bodies. Otherwise, they would absolutely be no match for Gu Changge and the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being.
All the beings of the Eternal Overcast, witnessing this scene, were terrified and trembling to the extreme.
For endless ages, no one had ever barged into the depths of the Homeland, let alone provoked the Great Ancestors into emerging.
Yet now, Gu Changge had forcibly slaughtered his way in, and had even killed two Great Ancestors, forcing them to reconstruct their flesh.
And the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being of the Celestial Ancient Times had now reappeared in the world as well, intent on slaying their Great Ancestors.
For the entire Eternal Overcast race, this was nothing short of an earth-shattering catastrophe—they had reached the very brink of life and death.
Everyone was horrified and terrified; beneath that world-suppressing aura, they could only prostrate themselves on the ground.
Even those Yin Spirits who stood within the domain of True Daoists felt their entire bodies go cold.
They had a premonition that even if the Eternal Overcast was not destroyed today, it would likely be left shattered and broken.
Jia Nan, Jia Jiu’er, and the others, at this moment, felt themselves to be like ants—a single stray shockwave could annihilate them body and soul ten thousand times over.
“There are six of them in total. One is still reconstructing his flesh, another is in a weakened state. Of the remaining four, you and I shall each suppress and kill two. How about it?”
The Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being casually surveyed the remaining Great Ancestors, smiling as he asked Gu Changge.
He appeared full of confidence; even knowing the Six Great Ancestors were now difficult to kill, he remained calm and unhurried.
Hearing this, Gu Changge also revealed a faint smile. “Then we shall do as Shifu says.”
“You are courting death!”
At this, the several Great Ancestors roared in fury, feeling they had been slighted. Their voices shook the heavens, tearing across the sky like lightning.
Terrifying black lightning bolts, one after another, stretching endlessly, as if tearing down from another universe, fell straight toward Gu Changge and the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being.
Like a black True Dragon, all rules and order were annihilated and scattered beneath it.
This place instantly seemed to transform into a black ocean—boundless and vast, surging and raging.
“Perfect timing. I’ll use these few to show you what the power of reincarnation truly is.”
The Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being nodded with a smile. As he spoke, his figure immediately vanished from where he stood, as though he had simply stepped forward.
A hazy, illusory domain of rules spread out from beneath his feet, enveloping the four directions.
Within this domain of rules, even the flow of time seemed to slow; all things in the world began to grow stagnant.
Rules and Dao techniques, as though magnified ten millionfold, began to collapse and crumble beneath the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being’s gaze.
The black lightning struck down, yet it was as though it had instantly rotted and decayed for ten million years, beginning to disintegrate, gradually dissolving into illusory nothingness.
It was a soul-shaking sight. The Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being seemed to stride within a domain of time—wherever his gaze fell became a domain of time, and all Dao techniques and divine abilities were under his control.
All living beings were horrified to the extreme, unable to fathom such mighty power.
Boom!
The Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being shook his sleeve, and the space ahead instantly collapsed, eternally condensing into a single point—or perhaps a single cycle.
All living beings and all order were trapped within, forever imprisoned in a single reincarnation, endlessly repeating life and death.
“So what if it’s a time domain? Within this Homeland, we are invincible!”
“Today, we shall make you pay a terrible price. The Great Ancestors cannot be insulted!”
One Great Ancestor roared, struggling to break free of this binding of rules.
From within the terrifying grey fog, thick chains pierced through, like mountain ranges—heavy and majestic—pressing down until one’s head trembled and breathing grew difficult.
From the depths of the Homeland, chaos thunder descended.
As if a deity were punishing the world’s irreverent beings.
Every inch of space trembled; black whirlwinds swept between heaven and earth.
Accompanied by black rain and ominous thunder, it all struck down toward Gu Changge and the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being.
The other Great Ancestors also made their moves. Their decayed bodies, shrouded in grey fog, suddenly erupted with boundless light.
Great hands stained with black blood slammed down toward the two figures below.
Chains of order, accompanied by clanging sounds, dragged along like a host of emerging fiends.
The next moment, a fist radiance brilliant as a resplendent golden sun swept forth, directly meeting them head-on. Black blood splattered, and the thick grey fog was violently dispersed.
“I have gauged your strength. Your spiritual power is transcendent and saintly—but that is all.”
Gu Changge cast aside his usual transcendent, immortal-like demeanor. His eyes were cold and sharp, his fist radiance vast and mighty, accompanied by Chaos Energy, pressing down like an ancient vault of heaven descending to crush everything below.
One Great Ancestor’s arm instantly exploded into fragments, blood spraying. In the collision of physiques, it crumbled in an instant.
This was an indescribable power of suppression—the mere fluctuation of his physique was enough to shake this entire region.
All the Yin Spirits trembled in terror, watching with their own eyes as their invincible Great Ancestors were repeatedly blown apart by Gu Changge.
Some Yin Spirits standing too close trembled uncontrollably; beneath this aura, their bodies began to crack, fissures appearing one after another, blood seeping out endlessly.
Endless grey fog exploded apart, revealing the scenery of the Homeland’s depths.
Or perhaps this world had been broken to begin with—the vast earth was covered in scars, ruins everywhere.
Now, under the assault of Gu Changge and the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being, it was being shattered inch by inch.
The void cracked, the rules of heaven and earth exploded, divine chains of order snapped, and Dao patterns were ground away until not a trace remained.
Three mysterious and supreme Ancestral Wells emerged, reflected at the end of the Homeland, as though enveloping this world.
The six Great Ancestors were blown apart one after another. Even though their spiritual power defied the heavens, allowing them to evolve countless peerless techniques,
faced with absolutely suppressive power, they still had no means of resistance whatsoever. They quickly exploded, body and soul annihilated.
From the Ancestral Wells flowed a mysterious, hazy aura, enveloping the Six Great Ancestors.
After someone’s body collapsed, before long they would reappear above the Ancestral Wells, rapidly reconstructing their flesh, divine power flooding into the Knowledge Sea between their brows, once again charging to kill Gu Changge and the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being.
Here, heaven collapsed and earth split; the entire stretch of grey-dark sky was crumbling.
This great world simply could not withstand the aura here. Surging Eternal Overcast Qi seeped out through the shattered cracks, spreading toward the outside world.
At the same time, within many orthodoxies and powers of the Beyond, ancient existences of profound cultivation suddenly opened their eyes, sensing the fluctuations transmitted from across distant space.
These fluctuations made their hearts palpitate, even filling them with unease and dread.
“That wisp of grey fog has come again... descending upon the world once more.”
Some thought of something, fear surfacing in their eyes.
The battle within the Eternal Overcast was simply too terrifying in its fluctuations—it had even startled awake many old monsters sealed away in dust.
They emerged from their sealed grounds, or appeared from underground palaces and ancient cave dwellings, gazing toward the battlefield from afar.
In the region where the Eternal Overcast loomed, for nearly ten million li in every direction, there were no living beings, no orthodoxies.
But that did not stop them from deducing and speculating about what was happening within.
If the Eternal Overcast erupted once more, without Celestial Realm power, no one could suppress it.
When that time came, within a hundred million li in all directions, all living beings would be plunged into misery, everything utterly annihilated.
Within the True Immortal Academy, several Elders stood in a pavilion. At its center sat a chessboard and a compass, as though they were deducing something.
The Great Elder of Skyward Schloss was also present, his expression extremely grave.
He was a figure of the same era as Gu Xian’er’s several masters in Peach Village; his true strength was unfathomable, one of the peak existences of the current age.
That even he found this matter exceptionally weighty showed just how extraordinary it was.
“Have you found out? Was it truly some eruption on the Eternal Overcast’s side that caused so much Eternal Overcast Qi to suddenly seep out?”
The Great Elder asked with a heavy expression, carrying worry in his voice.
“Reporting to the Great Elder—indeed, a problem has arisen on the Eternal Overcast’s side, though we know not the cause. The Eternal Overcast Qi that was previously deathly still is now as though boiling, suddenly sweeping forth.”
“Many Space Rifts have also appeared there, and from them surge vast quantities of Eternal Overcast Qi. Many orthodoxies in the surroundings had no time to relocate...”
The several Elders in the pavilion all answered with grave expressions.
They too had only suddenly noticed this; before this, there had not been the slightest sign.
Even long ago, when the Eternal Overcast first appeared, it had never erupted so abruptly.
“First, find a way to stabilize the space around the Eternal Overcast, to prevent the Eternal Overcast Qi from spreading and devouring the other ancient worlds—otherwise, the consequences would be unthinkable.”
“I will contact the other immortal orthodoxies and have them take action.”
The Great Elder spoke with a solemn expression, beginning to issue orders.
The True Immortal Academy had been founded for the very purpose of stopping the Eternal Overcast, guarding against its future threat.
Yet now, before the Plan to Create an Immortal had succeeded, such a terrifying upheaval had erupted on the Eternal Overcast’s side.
All of this had come far too suddenly, catching them completely off guard.
“Could it be that some terrifying beings within the Eternal Overcast are reviving?”
One Elder spoke with worry, unable to resist making such a guess.
And while the entire Beyond was gripped by unease over the Eternal Overcast’s upheaval...
Deep within the Eternal Overcast, Gu Changge was battling the Six Great Ancestors, unaware that the fluctuations here had already begun to reach the Beyond, and that many orthodoxies were being submerged and devoured by the Eternal Overcast Qi.
Of course, even if he knew, he would not care.
The origin of the Eternal Overcast was right before his eyes—to him, this matter was far more important.
“You have already weakened to this degree. I fear it will not be long before you exhaust the mysterious substance within the Ancestral Wells.”
“If you do not wish to truly perish, to truly reach the point where the oil runs dry and the lamp goes out, then obediently hand over these three wells.”
The Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being spoke indifferently, appearing beneath the Ancestral Wells, facing the Great Ancestors who were reconstructing their flesh.
Even amid battle with the several Great Ancestors, he showed not the slightest sign of exhaustion or weariness.
Though his current strength was far from his peak,
dealing with these six ever-weakening Great Ancestors before him was effortless—not to mention there was also Gu Changge beside him, whose depths he could not fathom.
In the battle with the Great Ancestors just now, Gu Changge’s performance had truly made the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being take notice, and he could not help but keep a watchful eye in his heart.
He felt that Gu Changge was absolutely the same kind of person as himself—thoughts deep as an abyssal sea, joy and anger never showing on his face, his true intentions impossible to glimpse.
Even now, the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being could not see through Gu Changge’s depths, nor did he know what methods he possessed.
Though the two were nominally master and disciple of convenience,
neither had truly taken the matter to heart; each was guarding against the other.
“Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being, sooner or later you will regret today’s actions.”
“The Great Dao is everywhere. Since you dare break the covenant, in days to come you will naturally bear the karma you are owed.”
The Six Great Ancestors looked coldly at the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being.
Their figures were faint and dim, their auras no longer what they had been. Though the three Ancestral Wells behind them were reconstructing everything for them,
this process also consumed the substance within the Ancestral Wells—it was not a lasting solution.
Moreover, the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being was right: when the substance within the Ancestral Wells was exhausted, that would be the moment of their true death and the extinguishing of their Daos.
Yet hearing this, the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being still appeared entirely unconcerned.
“After the Forbidden Epoch back then, the Great Dao had already collapsed and the Celestial Path was severed. Even if this poor Daoist swore by the Great Dao, how could it manifest to punish me?”
“If the Great Dao could manifest, why would this poor Daoist have lain dormant for endless ages, still unable to glimpse the Dao Fruit of that realm?”
He spoke indifferently, his attitude toward the Great Dao one of utter contempt.
Hearing these words, Gu Changge’s gaze shifted slightly.
The Great Dao collapsed, the Dao Fruit beyond reach...
In the Immortal Epoch, the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being had already been an existence surpassing the Celestial Realm. The realm he sought to glimpse—could it be above the Celestial?
Then what was that realm? King among Celestials, Emperor among Celestials, or perhaps Ancestor among Celestials?
In this life, the Celestial Gate was destined to manifest, and the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being had appeared in the world at this very time. His scheme was absolutely not as simple as merely the Celestial Realm.
Even now, Gu Changge still remembered that before Gu Qingyi departed, she had told him the Beyond would face an unimaginable upheaval.
Would that upheaval be connected to the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being?
“So you never cared about that covenant at all—you have been deceiving and scheming against us all along...”
“How hateful!”
Learning the truth of the matter from the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being’s own mouth, the Six Great Ancestors’ expressions grew ugly to the extreme, their hearts stirred beyond what fury could describe.
“But you will still pay the price you are owed. With our undying True Souls, inscribed upon the long river of time, today we curse you!”
They were no simple beings either. Understanding all of this, they immediately made a decisive choice.
Some of their bodies rapidly grew blurry, every inch of their flesh seeming to burn, endless grey fog billowing out.
Some kind of eerie runes flew out from within the grey fog, blooming with endless light, swiftly burning away to nothing in the void.
