Willing to Share the World with Daren? Is This Rushing to Deliver Source?
Willing to Share the World with Daren? Is This Rushing to Deliver Source?
“Reporting to Daren, Queen Lunar indeed comes from the Yue Family, the most ancient and long-standing clan in the Southern Immortal Domain...”
Before the Heavenly Ancient City, Jin Yuan spoke respectfully. When Gu Changge mentioned the Yue Family, he was somewhat surprised.
After all, this was something only beings of the Southern Immortal Domain would know, and Gu Changge had clearly only just arrived in the Immortal Domain. Then again, it was possible that he and the Founding Ancestor of the Yue Family might...
Thinking of this, Jin Yuan grew even more reverent.
Although he was a Quasi-Immortal King, standing before Gu Changge, he could still feel that heart-palpitating, unfathomably deep and terrifying aura.
Even before a true Immortal King, he had never felt anything like this.
Therefore, Jin Yuan was certain that the Other Domain’s Profound Earth Immortal King had indeed been frightened away—not because of any misgivings or other reasons.
It was purely because he sensed that he was absolutely no match for the Gu Changge before him, and so he swiftly fled this universe.
The current Queen Lunar could actually only be considered a junior of the Yue Family. She had inherited her Ancestors’ legacy, and only then did she take that step into the Immortal King realm, looking down upon the entire Immortal Domain.
The Yue Family could be said to be the most ancient clan in the present-day Southern Immortal Domain.
As for King Bodhi, he was a mysterious Immortal King who had come from a distant universe, said to be connected to Buddhism. The teachings he passed down were all Zen principles and Buddhist sutras.
He had once established a Buddhist Kingdom in the Southern Immortal Domain, delivering salvation to all beings, and had even conferred the ranks of Bodhisattva and Arhat. His believers were spread across several universes, and his true strength was an enigma.
Gu Changge nodded. Although the Yue Family might have some connection to the Unrivaled Celestial Dynasty behind Yue Mingkong, it didn’t matter much to him.
The Immortal Domain and the Beyond had been severed from each other for so many epochs. The once-common clans had long since evolved and developed into different groups—even the Immortal Domain itself had been divided into five regions.
Something like bloodline had grown even thinner.
Moreover, besides the Yue Family, lineages and powers like the Longevity Gu Family and the Longevity Wang Family all had their roots somewhere in the Immortal Domain as well.
As for exactly which region of the Immortal Domain they were in, or whether they had already been destroyed, or had taken root in the Other Domain—that was not something Gu Changge needed to consider.
He wasn’t interested, and he didn’t care.
“Then which Immortal King’s subordinate are you?”
Gu Changge swept a glance at Jin Yuan, his gaze then falling upon the True Immortals behind him, asking in a casual tone.
“Reporting to Daren, I came at Queen Lunar’s command...”
Jin Yuan answered respectfully. He was, after all, a Quasi-Immortal King—in a certain sense, even an Immortal King would treat him with some courtesy.
The term “subordinate” seemed a bit too dismissive and casual.
But before Gu Changge, he didn’t dare show any of his displeasure.
“Then Queen Lunar sent you over—for what? Does she not have legs of her own? Or does she lack the courage to appear before me?”
Gu Changge’s tone remained casual and simple as he asked lightly.
Hearing these words, the many cultivators and beings present—whether from the Immortal Domain or the Other Domain—all broke out in cold sweat, their expressions shifting slightly.
From all these actions, they truly couldn’t tell which side Gu Changge stood on.
The many descendants of the Western Immortal Domain, at this moment, didn’t know what to say either. Clearly, Gu Changge had no intention of standing up for them, of helping them restore the Western Immortal Domain’s glory.
Sweat beaded on Jin Yuan’s forehead, and his back was drenched in cold sweat.
Others couldn’t sense it, but he could—the moment Gu Changge’s words fell, it was as if his heart had been seized in a grip.
Even as a Quasi-Immortal King, if he misspoke by even half a sentence, he would face utter annihilation of body and soul.
“Queen Lunar is currently holding a banquet in the Southern Immortal Domain to celebrate Daren’s arrival, so she instructed me to come here to welcome Daren.”
Jin Yuan could only steel himself and say this, his heart trembling with fear.
Queen Lunar had sent him here to actually gauge Gu Changge’s intentions and purpose—she wanted to know...
One must understand, at a time like this, the sudden appearance in the Immortal Domain of a mysterious being with unfathomable cultivation—one who had even frightened away an Immortal King—was enough to stir up the entire current situation of the Immortal Domain.
And Queen Lunar was cautious by nature, unwilling to easily leave her Practice Ground, worried about being ambushed and attacked by other Immortal Kings of the Other Domain in the Western Immortal Domain.
“Is that so?” Gu Changge smiled faintly and didn’t press the matter further.
His question had only been to test that Queen Lunar’s attitude. But such caution and wariness hardly seemed like the style of an Immortal King.
In the current Immortal Domain, if not quite at the point of seeing enemies in every bush and tree, it was close enough.
That Queen Lunar didn’t dare appear in person was partly because she didn’t know his intentions—whether he was friend or foe—and partly because she was wary of the Immortal Kings on the Other Domain’s side.
The other True Immortals of the Southern Immortal Domain now also breathed long sighs of relief. They had worried Gu Changge might strike at them, and also worried he might stand up for the Western Immortal Domain.
However, their worries were clearly unnecessary. By now, even the many descendants of the Western Immortal Domain...
The current Western Immortal Domain had long since fallen. Its various immortal cities had already been occupied by the Other Domain, its resources divided up among the various Royal Families of the Other Domain. “Why doesn’t Daren move over to our Southern Immortal Domain? Queen Lunar is willing to share the world with Daren.”
Then, Jin Yuan spoke again, conveying Queen Lunar’s willingness to jointly rule the Southern Immortal Domain with Gu Changge.
At the same time, he hoped to use this to sound out Gu Changge’s disposition.
If Gu Changge was interested in ruling the Immortal Domain, then Queen Lunar would certainly have to respond accordingly.
Apart from the Western Immortal Domain, all the other Immortal Domains had Immortal Kings presiding over them—especially the Northern Immortal Domain, which had a full three Immortal Kings.
By comparison, the Southern Immortal Domain had only two Immortal Kings, and King Bodhi was extremely special—he didn’t meddle in the affairs of the Immortal Domain, only occasionally appearing in the Buddhist Kingdom to preach the sutras and the Great Dao to its believers.
In other words, the Southern Immortal Domain was actually controlled by Queen Lunar alone. If the Other Domain attacked and conquered it, that would mean she alone would have to face the vast armies of the Other Domain and its many Immortal Kings.
The result, naturally, would be no exception—it would end up just like the Western Immortal Domain.
Hearing these words, the expressions of everyone before the Heavenly Ancient City changed. None had expected Queen Lunar would actually be willing to offer terms of sharing the world.
Among the current five regions of the Immortal Domain, the Southern Immortal Domain could be called a vast universe with boundless territory and abundant resources.
Moreover, the current five regions of the Immortal Domain could actually be compared to shrunken universes—viewed as a whole, they counted as one large, complete universe.
The difference was that within this large, complete universe were contained countless slightly smaller universes, each equivalent to a vast, boundless starry sky.
Among the many universes under the Southern Immortal Domain’s jurisdiction, there were quite a few clans and lineages—True Immortal families, and even some families that had once produced Immortal Kings.
These families had deep foundations. Some had been passed down since the Forbidden Epoch, and some were even more ancient than that.
Even the Immortal Kings of the Other Domain coveted these foundational resources.
Yet now Queen Lunar intended to divide it up and hand it over to Gu Changge.
“Share the world with me?”
Gu Changge’s expression suddenly turned somewhat strange. Then, with a faint smile at the corners of his mouth, he said, “Are you certain Queen Lunar said this herself?”
“It was indeed spoken by Queen Lunar herself. I would not dare deceive Daren.”
Jin Yuan didn’t know what Gu Changge meant by these words, but he felt there was something unusual in his eyes, as if he had some other intent.
However, before such an existence, he didn’t dare make wild speculations.
“In that case, go back and tell Queen Lunar—tell her to wait, to prepare herself. I will come to take this world.”
“If she dares to deceive me, even if the Yue Family’s First Ancestor revives, I will annihilate their Original Soul, destroying both body and spirit.”
Gu Changge smiled faintly, but his tone brooked no question.
Jin Yuan’s expression changed, and he hurriedly said, “Daren, rest assured—these words were spoken by Queen Lunar herself, witnessed by heaven and earth. If she breaks her word, Queen Lunar will suffer the entanglement of karma. She would not dare trifle with Daren.”
His heart trembled with fear. He had a feeling that Queen Lunar’s probe this time had run into a major problem.
The being before him—in just a few words—contained things that chilled his courage, things he dared not ponder too deeply. The revival of the Yue Family’s First Ancestor?
Could it be that this one knew the Yue Family’s First Ancestor?
But the Yue Family had existed since before the Forbidden Epoch, deeply connected to the God of the Moon, a Primordial God from the dawn of creation.
Thinking of this, even as a Quasi-Immortal King, Jin Yuan felt lingering dread and dared not think any further.
Reincarnation was the most mysterious thing in this world.
At a certain level, every word and action would drag out enormous karma.
For the being before him to mention the Yue Family’s First Ancestor without the slightest scruple could only mean that he didn’t care about it in the least.
Such an origin could no longer be described with the word “terrifying.”
The people present naturally heard these words. Though they were but a few short sentences, they contained much information that defied belief.
The many beings of the Other Domain turned pale with fright, anxious and uneasy, waiting for Gu Changge to decide their fates.
And just then, a blinding light swept in from the end of the Western Immortal Domain. That place was the Other Domain, and an aura of boundless reach came blowing over.
The Great Dao resonated between heaven and earth, emitting the rumbling sound of a universe in motion.
The terrifying momentum came crashing like ocean waves. The starry skies within the Western Immortal Domain cracked apart like spiderwebs, seemingly unable to bear so many supremely powerful auras at once.
The black ocean surged and churned, as if pushed by a pair of invisible, dreadful giant hands, rushing toward the long-collapsed and ruined Gate to Heaven of the Western Immortal Domain.
Several terrifying figures abruptly appeared, their gazes cold to the extreme, like beings from the dawn of creation.
Chaos Energy cascaded down, accompanied by dense immortal qi, an astonishing, supremely powerful divine might spreading out.
It could crush ancient history itself. Behind them, fragments of time danced, and the blurred shadow of the River of Time could be seen.
Their Dharma Bodies were incomparably tall—even the starry sky was pushed aside. Astral Rivers flowed beside them like mist, appearing all the more insignificant by comparison.
These were several Immortal Kings, descending together upon the borderlands of the Western Immortal Domain, standing level with heaven and earth.
This was a world-ending scene. Heaven and earth went dark; the sun, moon, and stars all dimmed; the rules of the Dao emitted sounds of tearing.
Grand Dao Chains extended out, seeking to seal off that place, but they shattered apart at the first instant.
There, an ocean of laws bloomed. All kinds of supreme Daos evolved and unfolded, only to converge into a single palm.
At this moment, it was as if a peerless demon was about to emerge and destroy the world. The Western Heavenly Gate, already utterly ruined, now showed cracks once more.
This kind of might, belonging solely to peerless Immortal Kings, left all living beings and cultivators trembling in terror. Under their gaze, one felt as if one had become an ant in an instant—even a True Daoist would be reduced to powder in a heartbeat.
Like autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.
Even supreme experts within the Immortal Dao domain would fall into despair in an instant before these Immortal King existences.
When the Western Immortal Domain was conquered back then, the Immortal Kings who descended had been no more than this.
Immortal Kings of the Other Domain!
And a full four of them!
Are they all going to descend here?
Before the Heavenly Ancient City, Jin Yuan and the other cultivators from the Southern Immortal Domain all changed expression, their scalps exploding with a buzz.
They had never imagined the Other Domain would mobilize on such a scale—a full four Immortal Kings appearing.
And every single one of them possessed world-shaking, terrifying strength.
These four Immortal Kings, their gazes cold, stood towering at the borderlands of the Western Immortal Domain, reaching out great hands to tear apart the rules and Daos of this domain, to descend here in their true bodies.
All the Immortal Domain subjects within the Western Immortal Domain turned fearful in their gazes, remembering the day their Immortal King fell in battle—back then, just as many Other Domain Immortal Kings had appeared.
That battle had been too horrifying. Calling it world-ending would be no exaggeration. The entire Western Immortal Domain had been shattered; continents and life-bearing stars exploded together, flying off into every corner of the starry sky.
Countless Immortal Domain subjects were soundlessly annihilated in that battle, reduced to ash.
“The Immortal Kings of our realm have descended!”
“Wonderful! A full four Kings have descended! Even the Immortal Kings of the other Immortal Domains wouldn’t dare interfere. We’re saved!”
“Four Kings spanning the sky—in the current Immortal Domain, who can contend against them? This is an unsolvable situation!”
The many beings of the Other Domain all cheered, incomparably excited. This scene was like seeing light in the darkness, leaving their hearts surging with excitement.
After all, even among them, very few had ever seen an Immortal King of the Other Domain.
Let alone four Kings spanning the sky, pressing down together, seeking to tear apart the barrier of the Western Immortal Domain and descend in their true bodies, just like when they conquered the Western Immortal Domain last time.
Such a sight was exceedingly rare even in the Other Domain. Ordinarily, the various Immortal Kings each remained in their own Practice Grounds, often slumbering for millions of years at a stretch.
But from this situation, one could also see how seriously the Kings of the Other Domain regarded Gu Changge.
“Four Kings of the Other Domain?”
Beside Gu Changge, the Big Red Bird’s expression also changed. It had thought this trip would be nothing more than revisiting old grounds, returning to the Immortal Domain.
But four Immortal Kings—in the current era, that was likely the absolute pinnacle of combat power.
Even though Gu Changge was incomparably mysterious, with unfathomable strength, it wasn’t certain he could contend against four Immortal Kings.
However, it glanced at Gu Changge and saw that his expression held not the slightest ripple—the faint smile at the corners of his mouth hadn’t even faded. Somehow, that trace of worry dissipated into nothing.
“Four Immortal Kings?”
“Are they rushing over to deliver Source to me?”
Gu Changge truly couldn’t hold back, letting out a soft laugh.