Seizing the Chance to Build Faith and Save All Beings—What Will He Do?
Seizing the Chance to Build Faith and Save All Beings—What Will He Do?
“Now that the Eternal Overcast Heaven has been destroyed, to the outside world, this is absolutely a terrifying catastrophe.”
“Countless living beings and Daoist traditions will likely perish within it.”
The Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being and Gu Changge strode through the void.
His face carried a faint trace of compassion, as if pitying the masses about to suffer calamity.
Inch by inch, space collapsed beneath their feet, turning into nothingness, annihilated and vanishing without a trace.
Hearing these words, a strange look flashed across Gu Changge’s face, and then he revealed a thoughtful expression, saying:
“Over these years, the various Daoist traditions of the Beyond have indeed attempted to establish a True Immortal Academy, trying to cultivate a True Immortal who could turn the tide when the Eternal Overcast Heaven’s calamity erupts.”
“Unfortunately, the True Immortal Academy has been established for too short a time, and the matter of cultivating a True Immortal is even more indefinitely far off.”
At this point, he seemed quite regretful.
Hearing this, the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being glanced at Gu Changge, and from these words he could discern quite a few implications.
“You want me to seize this opportunity to build faith and save all living beings?”
He said with a faint smile, though inwardly he was somewhat tempted.
Gu Changge saying this was indeed giving the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being a signal—the current Beyond had no True Immortal in existence.
Facing the calamity erupting from the Eternal Overcast Heaven, nothing short of Celestial Realm power could stop it.
The Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being was a titanic figure from the Celestial Ancient Times.
Even now, he possessed numerous divine and terrifying methods.
For him to stop the Eternal Overcast Heaven’s eruption was actually not difficult.
And at this moment, if the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being reappeared in the world, single-handedly resisting the Eternal Overcast Heaven, then for the countless beings of the Beyond, it would be no different from seeing a ray of light in the darkness.
With Gu Changge bearing the identity of the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being’s Successor, there would be more or less considerable benefits.
The various Daoist traditions and powers of the Beyond were currently secretly discussing how to eliminate him, spreading rumors that he was the true Successor of Demonic Arts, causing undercurrents to surge throughout the heavens of the Beyond.
Even ordinary Cultivators were deeply affected, pondering whether these rumors were true or false.
If the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being resolved the Eternal Overcast Heaven’s calamity at this time...
Gu Changge could perfectly borrow his might, stir up the greater trends of the Beyond, and thereby lay out his plans.
“Shifu has been gone for such a long stretch of years. If you were to reappear in the world now, it would surely trigger boundless waves.”
“Your disciple feels that Shifu might as well take advantage of this opportunity.”
Gu Changge also smiled faintly, not concealing his intentions in the slightest.
The Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being gave him a strange look, shook his head gently, and said no more, seemingly pondering Gu Changge’s purpose.
From Gu Changge’s own mouth, he had already learned of Gu Changge’s identity.
The Young Master of the Longevity Gu Family.
If it were merely the Young Master of some other Family of Immortals, he would still regard it with some disdain, but the Gu surname was different.
Even back in the Celestial Ancient Times, the Gu clan was extremely mysterious, unfathomably ancient, and no one could know the depths of its foundation.
Thinking of this, the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being pondered for a while, then smiled and nodded, saying: “In that case, let it be as my disciple says.”
He was also uncertain when the Celestial Path would emerge in this life.
He might as well use this period of time to continue scheming for the Immortal King Dao Fruit, harvesting the many ancient worlds where he had laid his backup plans.
As Gu Changge’s bargain-basement shifu, he also had reason to go pay a visit to the Longevity Gu Family.
The Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being was actually quite curious.
Compared to that Gu Family of the Celestial Ancient Times, just how much capability did the current Longevity Gu Family possess?
He only vaguely remembered there had once been a rumor that an Immortal King had stood long before the mountain gates of the Longevity Gu Family, hesitating, and in the end quietly withdrew.
Within the Eternal Overcast Heaven, great mists surged, ruins piled up in heaps, heaven and earth collapsed, the earth split apart—a scene of utter apocalyptic dead end.
Countless Yin Spirits fled in every direction, wanting to escape this place before the Eternal Overcast Heaven’s final collapse into eternal silence.
For them, this was a day of despair.
From this day forth, the Eternal Overcast Heaven was destroyed, and the Eternal Overcast races would also fade away into the River of Time.
Gu Changge and the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being, their expressions calm and indifferent, seemed to turn a blind eye to all of this.
Their figures passed through the vast Eternal Overcast Fog, intending to leave this place.
Along the way, Gu Changge did catch sight of the fleeing Jia Nan, Ji Jiu’er, and the others.
However, he couldn’t be bothered to deal with them.
After the Eternal Overcast Heaven’s destruction, their so-called Eternal Overcast Kingdom would also exist in name only, no different from ordinary Yin Spirits.
From the very beginning, he and Jia Nan had merely been using each other.
“With the Eternal Overcast Heaven’s Origin Ancestor Artifact in hand, next I need to find a suitable ancient world.”
Gu Changge’s thoughts churned as he contemplated how to lay out this great net.
He was quite curious—what exactly had the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being been scheming all these years?
If he had been hiding in the Beyond all along, there would definitely have been traces left behind.
Therefore, the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being was likely hiding in some remote Great Universes.
Those Great Universes were endlessly far from the Beyond; even a True Daoist could spend their entire life and still find it difficult to locate their exact whereabouts amid the turbulent void currents.
The fact that the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being had left spatial coordinates within the Eternal Overcast Heaven was very likely also for this reason.
Perhaps through the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being, he could find a suitable ancient world to set up his scheme.
Gu Changge glanced at the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being without betraying anything.
Because of the world-shaking battle that had erupted here, the powerful beings involved in the aftermath had now also been submerged by the vast Eternal Overcast Fog.
Gu Changge and the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being departed from the Eternal Overcast Heaven, which had already become a stretch of ruins, tearing through this universe’s barrier and heading toward the central regions of the Beyond.
The Beyond was vast and boundless, and the surging Eternal Overcast Fog that had emerged had already swept into many neighboring domains.
Many powers and Daoist traditions near this area had also been trying to relocate during this time.
The many Elders of the True Immortal Academy had also sent out messages at the first opportunity, asking the forces behind them to lend their aid.
If the calamity of the Eternal Overcast Heaven’s eruption was not stopped in time, its spread would be impossible to contain.
During this period, the various immortal orthodoxies and Families of Immortals of the Beyond had also dispatched large numbers of personnel to carve numerous Array Patterns around the erupting Eternal Overcast Heaven, setting up Grand Arrays to resist the Eternal Overcast Fog rushing out.
The Saintess of Mortal Palace, Jiang Chuchu, had also arrived in haste with a large number of Mortal Palace experts.
When the Mortal Palace was first founded, a great part of the reason was actually to resist the calamity of the Eternal Overcast Heaven.
Over the long years, they had accumulated considerable experience and methods.
In previous years, when the Eternal Overcast Heaven had first erupted, the Saintess of Mortal Palace, Jiang Chuchu, had also rushed about everywhere, preventing quite a few disasters.
“This eruption of the Eternal Overcast Heaven has come with ferocious momentum. I don’t know what the reason is, but it’s far more terrifying than before.”
On a dead, silent ancient star that had already collapsed.
Jiang Chuchu appeared here with the many experts of the Mortal Palace.
She wore a long white dress, her features as lovely as a painting, her face breathtakingly beautiful, her dark hair dancing in the wind, carrying an otherworldly, transcendent coldness as she gazed into the vast mists in the distance.
In the surrounding starfields, there were also many experts from other Daoist traditions and powers appearing.
They were using various materials and divine stones to inscribe Grand Arrays in the void.
Ancient warships stretched across the starry sky, their runes lighting up, their radiance dazzling and resplendent, continuously blasting apart the great mists ahead.
But the Eternal Overcast Fog was still too dense; it simply could not be blown away.
From within, many Yin Spirits corroded by the Eternal Overcast Fog charged out, their eyes scarlet red, their killing intent boiling, their strength not to be underestimated.
Facing the Eternal Overcast Fog, ordinary Cultivators avoided it like a venomous snake, not daring to let it touch them lightly.
Because this fog would not only corrode a Cultivator’s Physique, it would even erode their divine soul.
Cultivators had once tried it—if one was tainted by this fog for a prolonged period, after the Primordial Spirit was corroded, a new consciousness would be bred within.
This was extremely terrifying, because at that point, one was no longer oneself—the Physique would be occupied by the new consciousness, losing everything of the original, becoming a new creature.
At this time, no Cultivator dared take the risk of venturing deep into the Eternal Overcast Heaven to investigate.
The True Daoists of the various Daoist traditions and powers were also only observing from distant places, not intending to go deeper.
“Saintess, this eruption of the Eternal Overcast Heaven may not be as simple as we imagine.”
“The Third Elder sensed that earlier, at a certain location, there was the aura of a battle between peerless experts. Her Ladyship speculates that great battle may have taken place in the depths of the Eternal Overcast Heaven.”
On the collapsed ancient star.
An old woman of the Mortal Palace spoke respectfully to Jiang Chuchu, her gaze carrying some worry.
The Third Elder she spoke of was an existence of extremely ancient seniority within the Mortal Palace.
She had only appeared in the world in this current era, and her own cultivation had already reached a heaven-piercing, earth-shaking realm.
Even that Third Elder had felt palpitations of fear, instructing the Mortal Palace not to interfere or meddle, fearing accidents might occur.
But Jiang Chuchu insisted on coming to investigate, fearing the Eternal Overcast Heaven’s calamity would endanger all living beings.
This left many of their clan elders deeply worried, afraid Jiang Chuchu would meet with misfortune here.
If this calamity truly was caused by a battle between certain supreme existences in the depths of the Eternal Overcast Heaven, then their risky venture to investigate might ultimately cost them their lives here.
“The experts of every race and every Daoist tradition are unwilling to ascertain the cause of the Eternal Overcast Heaven’s eruption. At a time like this, as the Saintess of Mortal Palace, if even I choose to shrink back...”
“Then who will resolve this calamity?”
Hearing this, Jiang Chuchu shook her head gently with a sigh, understanding the worries of the clan elders.
She also knew this matter was extremely dangerous; the slightest carelessness meant the crisis of death.
But given her temperament, she truly could not bring herself to cower and retreat—especially as she was the Saintess of Mortal Palace, revered by billions of living beings.
“Alas, Saintess, if you insist on this, then we can only accompany you this far. The depths of the Eternal Overcast Heaven are fraught with danger. With our cultivation, I’m afraid we can hardly preserve ourselves, and when the time comes we would only hold you back.”
Hearing this, the several clan elders couldn’t help but sigh, quite helpless, unable to dissuade Jiang Chuchu.
It wasn’t that they feared death, but rather the peculiar nature of the Eternal Overcast Heaven—once inside, if they encountered danger, even they would be unable to control themselves, and at that point they would only add to Jiang Chuchu’s troubles.
“Chuchu understands. Clan elders, please wait for me here.”
“If there’s danger, I’ll find a way to withdraw in time. I won’t joke around with my own life.”
Jiang Chuchu nodded, her gaze extremely resolute.
Her constitution was rather special; her resistance to the Eternal Overcast Fog was extremely strong.
That was why she intended to take this risk—to figure out the cause of the Eternal Overcast Heaven’s eruption, and thereby prescribe the right remedy, resolving this calamity at its root.
“Then Saintess, you must be ever so careful.”
The several clan elders still appeared extremely worried.
Within the Eternal Overcast Fog, spatial teleportation talismans would also fail; if one wanted to withdraw, one could only retrace the original path.
The journey was extremely perilous; the slightest lapse of attention could cost one’s life.
The experts of the other surrounding powers noticed the situation on the Mortal Palace’s side and couldn’t help but reveal strange expressions.
They also hadn’t expected that at this juncture, the Saintess of Mortal Palace would actually plan to venture deep into the Eternal Overcast Heaven.
If this wasn’t courting death, then what was?
Even True Daoists dared not set foot within—where did a young junior like her get such audacity?
“The Saintess of Mortal Palace seems rather close with Gu Changge. Didn’t the Mortal Palace proclaim Gu Changge to be the Mortal One’s reincarnation?”
“Now the Eternal Overcast Heaven has erupted, yet he’s nowhere to be seen? Because of the recent news, he’s gone into hiding?”
“In that case, this rumor can be taken as confirmed—Gu Changge usurped the Mortal One’s identity with ill intent.”
Several experts of Sky Emperor Mountain had mocking looks in their eyes.
Although Gu Changge’s might was terrifying and his power boundless...
In their view now, sooner or later he would be jointly eliminated by the various Daoist traditions and powers.
During this period, the rumor that Gu Changge was the true Successor of Demonic Arts had long since spread throughout the heavens of the Beyond; even ordinary Cultivators knew of it.
Although it was far from reaching the point of making him the enemy of the entire world, it had still drawn quite a bit of hatred toward Gu Changge.
And now, with the Eternal Overcast Heaven erupting, the eyes of nearly every Cultivator in the Beyond were focused here.
Wasn’t Gu Changge bearing the banner of the Mortal One’s reincarnation?
What did he plan to do?