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There was always a clear goal behind everything Gu Nan did.historical

He needed to make Guan Hongchen into his apostle, so everything he did served this purpose.

If necessary, he didn't mind killing all of Guan Hongchen's family and only leaving her eldest grandson alive in order to force her to complete missions for him.

Now, however, he found a more efficient method.

One of the Three Elders of Peach Blossoms Star was still lying amidst the rubble. The entire scene was silent; only the sound of Gu Nan's unhurried footsteps could be heard.

Even his footsteps sounded no different from ordinary people's, which showed that after Gu Nan leveled up to Tier 5, he had indeed withdrawn all of his power inside himself.

Now, unless he attacked of his own accord, no one would be able to tell that he was actually a grand Star Ruler.

But he did attack, and he even swatted away one of Peach Blossoms Star's Three Elders directly with that one blow, which made Guan Hongchen feel her scalp go numb. She knew that today's matter probably wouldn't end well.

As for An Wende and his team, they couldn't even speak right now. They didn't know who Gu Nan was, but they knew at least one thing—the old man who appeared just now was at Void Cutter Realm!

For their team composed entirely of Prodigious cultivators, Void Cutter powerhouses already seemed like unbeatable bigshots. But now, this bigshot was slapped into the ground like one would swat a fly!

Zhang Dongsheng was equally dumbfounded, but he always had this expression, so he didn't look as conspicuous here.

Guan Hongchen took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. "Your Excellency, may I ask what commands you have…?"

"Work for me, or else I'll kill your entire family," Gu Nan's "command" was concise and comprehensive.

"This…" For a while, Guan Hongchen didn't know how to respond. She had never seen such an unreasonable person before, and she also never thought this would happen to herself.

Her eyes swept over Red Tail next to Gu Nan and finally understood why Red Tail had said that just now.

"Wait a minute!" But a voice interrupted Guan Hongchen's response.

Of course this wasn't An Wende, who was scared to death. Rather, the old man had managed to crawl out of the rubble. Bloodstains could still be seen on the corners of his mouth.

After all, he used to be a top Void Cutter cultivator, and Gu Nan's power of laws didn't improve much after breaking through to Tier 5, so he couldn't kill the enemy in a single blow.

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So the old man glared at Gu Nan. "Young man, I—"

Bang!

Another palm strike landed, but this time Gu Nan personally attacked. His speed was so fast that his palm seemed to skip over space, falling directly on the old man's head.

The old man's head exploded in an instant, and a cloud of bloody mist burst out in midair, dimly floating down to the ground.

So a far more terrifying deathly stillness enveloped everyone.

When this scene fell in Guan Hongchen's eyes, she didn't ponder for long before sighing slightly. "I'm willing to follow My Lord."

……

After witnessing Gu Nan kill one of Peach Blossoms Star's Three Elders in an instant, Guan Hongchen had completely lost any thought of resistance and just silently followed Gu Nan.

However, she wasn't worried about the other party having ulterior motives. With this one's power level, the only thing he valued about her was probably her mission expertise.

As Guan Hongchen expected, the other party took her to an unknown small world and finally revealed his purpose.

"I need you to help me clear a dungeon. The walkthrough is already available, and an assistant will also be assigned to you." Gu Nan led Guan Hongchen, who had become an apostle, and stopped in front of the Splendid World dungeon.

Lan Si had been beaten within an inch of her life by Splendid World, and even now, she had yet to clear the first phase. She currently stood beside Gu Nan with a dark expression.

Guan Hongchen sensed the terrifying power emanating from Lan Si's body, which was as deep as the sea and surged like the tides. She couldn't help replying cautiously, "I understand. I will properly assist this Lord."

Gu Nan was too lazy to care about which of the two was the assistant. It didn't matter as long as they could clear the dungeon.

"Whenever the dungeon is cleared, you can regularly select some resources from here and send them to Star Realm."

Of course Gu Nan understood the principle of motivating people through benefits, but he wouldn't allow Guan Hongchen to leave his Divine Kingdom for the time being. Not even apostles were completely loyal.

Even gods who had the faith of their followers still experienced cases of betrayal by their own apostles, let alone players whose apostles didn't have any faith.

"Yes." Guan Hongchen appeared very clever and readily accepted all of Gu Nan's orders.

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Although she didn't quite understand the meaning of "dungeon," she could understand Gu Nan's intention—if she wanted to see her family again, then she had to do her best to complete the mission.

"Oh, right," Gu Nan suddenly spoke again. If Red Tail was here, she would definitely feel a lingering fear toward those two words. "Do you have other friends who are also good at this field?"

"This…" Guan Hongchen paused a little. She seemed slightly hesitant to sell out her acquaintances so thoroughly like this.

"This dungeon can accommodate up to four people."

"I know some people!"

……

Red Tail was already looking for a suitable plane in preparation to rebuild White Mist. After settling Guan Hongchen's matter, Gu Nan could rest for a short while.

The construction of one's Divine Kingdom wasn't a matter that could be done in one or two days. Gu Nan already knew this from experience back when he was still playing the game.

The Evil God game focused on a fast pace in the early phase in order to attract players. However, in the Divine Kingdom management and construction phase after Tier 5, the pace suddenly slowed down, and the theme became "killing time" instead.

This was also in line with the consistent style of game companies—for players who were already engrossed in the game, they always tried their best to keep the existing player base.

Gu Nan's present goal was to upgrade the Evil God Temple from Level 0 to Level 1. That would be the equivalent of owning a Level 1 Divine Kingdom, and it would officially mark his completion of the First Round.

But if he wanted the Divine Kingdom to provide fighting strength for himself, then he'd have to wait until it reached at least Level 3 or Level 4.

A Level 1 Evil God Temple needed to have six Level 0 basic buildings.

At present, all kinds of basic resources were continuously transported to the Evil God Temple, and over half of the construction requirements for the "Resource Market" had been met.

Due to the underdeveloped science and technology inside the Divine Kingdom, the resources of "wood" and "ore" were far in excess of the required amounts. Fortunately, the Evil God Temple could collect resources and convert them into data, or else they wouldn't even be able to store all of this.

Contrary to expectations, Guan Hongchen, who was motivated to "clear dungeons," recommended many candidates to Gu Nan.

Unlike administrators like Red Tail, Guan Hongchen was someone who only completed missions. Of course her circle would be dominated by other mission experts, so she knew a lot more of those people than Red Tail did.

Gu Nan personally undertook this task. After several twists and turns, he slaughtered two entire families and eliminated several weak candidates from the list. Finally, he chose a father and son pair and added them to the ranks of his apostles.

After putting together the full four-person team to clear Splendid World, he also received news from Red Tail. She had picked a small plane with an obvious difference in time flow as a base for White Mist and requested Gu Nan's help.

Just as the construction of the Divine Kingdom was slowly advancing and everything started on to get on the right track, a figure arrived at the very edge of the Myriad Heavens Universe.

This was Qian Han, and the place he arrived at was a golden ocean.

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The so-called otherworldly clans didn't actually live in outer space. The world outside the Myriad Heavens Universe was also composed of various planes, but they merely belonged to other plane clusters.

For Void Cutter cultivators, travel between different planes was already quite an easy feat, so there was no lack of people with ambitions of exploring the outlands. These people would personally travel outside the Myriad Heavens Universe.

Qian Han was such a person.

Although he was the manager of Red's palace in his early years, Red herself was away from Star Realm most of the time, so he naturally had plenty of time to travel.

It was in such a situation that he discovered the domain of the golden giants clan.

"Esteemed Jin Wuyin, this is the image data of Gu Nan's transformation," Qian Han stood in front of a tall golden man and said respectfully.

He couldn't afford to be disrespectful, because he knew that not only was the one before him the chief of the golden giants clan, but he was also a Star Ruler in the truest sense.

The golden giants clan had existed proudly outside the Myriad Heavens Universe for tens of thousands of years. If they didn't have the protection of a Star Ruler, they would've been conquered by other powerful forces a long time ago.

Golden giants were born with immense strength, and their bodies were invulnerable to many attacks, so they possessed strong resistance to laws. They could be said to be a race favored by heaven and earth.

But the more gifted the race, the harder it was to maintain its independent and autonomous status, because their very existence was enough to attract a lot of coveting eyes.

Qian Han carefully studied the other party. Originally, with his status, he didn't have any hopes of meeting this one in person, but now the other party directly demanded to meet him personally because of the matter with Young Master Jin.

If possible, Qian Han never hoped to meet the chief like this.

"Judging from the image alone, it's indeed similar," even the chief of the golden giants clan made this judgment. "But the image doesn't have his aura. That is the most telling indicator."

When Gu Nan transformed into a deity, all the external objects around him that were connected to laws were completely suppressed. The image in Qian Han's hand was left by technological methods, so it was impossible to record his aura.

Qian Han explained this with a bitter smile, trying to describe Gu Nan's strength in that fight, but he didn't know where to start.

Because every time he recalled that scene, he could only think of a single description—deity-like.

Jin Wuyin stood up slowly and said in a low voice, "No matter who he is, anyone who kills my clansmen for no reason must pay the price… Where is this person?"

"Er… This old man doesn't know," Qian Han answered honestly. Who knew which plane a Void Cutter cultivator was currently in?

But patriarch Jin Wuyin was obviously not a reasonable person. He picked up Qian Han by the collar and glared at him icily. "If you can't find his trace within three months, I'll kill you in his place."

……

Of course Gu Nan wouldn't know that someone might be dying in his place. He was currently traveling to a small plane called "Crescent Moon World" with Red Tail.

Crescent Moon World was a small plane that was discovered only recently. Due to the scarcity of various natural resources there, not many people were interested in it.

However, it was located in a remote location in the Myriad Heavens Universe, so time flowed much faster there. The ratio of time flow in that world was 60:1 compared to Heaven and Realm Level planes. It was a plane very suitable for cultivating talents and harvesting them at fixed intervals.

"Crescent Moon World's human civilization is still in the feudal era, but its power level isn't low. It's most suited for raising children of destiny," Red Tail explained the benefits of Crescent Moon World.

Crescent Moon World seldom communicated with the outside world, so it was basically a closed-off small world, but the power system was quite good. Its strongest existences were close to Void Cutter Realm.

The reason why it was "close to" was because the power system here was quite different from the outside world after thousands of years of closed-off development.

The first two realms—Acquired Realm and Innate Realm—were the same, but after Innate Realm, they had Astral Qi Realm and Transcendent Realm.

"Astral Qi Realm cultivators can fly by manipulating their qi; that realm corresponds to our Prodigious Realm. And when one reaches the peak of Transcendent Realm, it's said that they can break through the void, which should be their description of Void Cutter cultivators."

Red Tail had clearly done enough homework and already knew a lot about Crescent Moon World. If she was given a little more time, maybe she would've finished setting up an organization here as well.

"Mm. Let's find a Transcendent Realm martial artist first and test their abilities," Gu Nan said with great interest. He wasn't as busy as normal Star Rulers.

Moreover, rebuilding White Mist was one of the important steps in the construction of his Divine Kingdom. Getting started was always the hardest part, so Gu Nan didn't mind doing the first step himself.

As long as they successfully conquered Crescent Moon World, it would be much more convenient to conquer other planes with the help of powerful figures from this plane.

Crescent Moon World had only one continent shaped like a crescent moon, and it was currently in the period where the royal family's influence was weak and countless outstanding heroes were rising up. Disciples of various large sects had come out of their mountains one after another, hoping to achieve greatness.

Gu Nan and Red Tail's first stop was Mt. Dahang, where two of the eight great sects in the world were located. It was truly a holy land for martial arts.historical

"Luminous Temple and Zhongli Sword Sect," Gu Nan muttered the names of the two sects while walking through the mountain and fields.

One was a sword sect and the other was a Buddhist temple, both of which were the top sects of Crescent Moon World and had the protection of Transcendent Realm martial artists.

"Let's go to Zhongli Sword Sect first." The mountain breeze blew on his face. Gu Nan didn't hesitate for long and soon decided.

Most Buddhist techniques had their own mystical elements, so they weren't suited for serving as case studies to observe the average abilities of cultivators here. In contrast, sword cultivators were slightly better.

Dahang Mountain wasn't large, but Zhongli Sword Sect occupied a large area. They even owned a village at the foot of the mountain.

If normal guests wanted to visit, they must start from the Guest Pavilion at the foot of the mountain and climb up step by step, so as to show the status of the eight great sects.

But Gu Nan was here to cause trouble, so he didn't pay so much attention to this. He descended directly from the air with Red Tail, but then stopped and looked up at the sky ahead.

That was the location of the most iconic building of Zhongli Sword Sect—Heavenly Sword Tower.

"The Transcendent Realm martial artists here don't yet have the ability to tear apart space, so the chances of them remaining inside the sect are very high," Red Tail noticed Gu Nan's action and said.

"Indeed." Gu Nan said with a smile, "Their true bodies aren't here, but they can return at any time."

Red Tail paused slightly, then also stared at the tower shaped like a giant sword, seeming to understand something.

The next second, the figures of the two disappeared without warning and appeared in the main hall down below, where a bunch of people were standing in groups of two or three. They were holding a martial arts tournament.

When Gu Nan and Red Tail appeared, a young man had just knocked away his opponent's longsword with his own sword and revealed a victorious smile.

"Junior Brother Yan, you still need to diligently practice your Cloud-Piercing Sword Style!" The youth swung his sword beautifully, then looked at his opponent and said.

He was planning to appreciate the frustration and unwillingness on Junior Brother Yan's face after suffering a defeat, only to discover that the other party was staring at him in horror.

The young man seemed to understand something and suddenly turned to look behind him, only to see a man and a woman standing there quietly.

"W-Who are you guys…" The youth blurted out.

However, before his voice fell, he found that his line of sight began to float upward, and a sharp pain came from his face as his whole person flew out instantly.

In the onlookers' eyes, the newcomer merely gave him a cold look, and the youth was directly slapped away.

"Who is the Sect Master?" Calm words came from the man's mouth.

An elderly man with an aged face and shrewd eyes slowly got up and stared at the other party gravely.

"As one of the eight great sects of the world, my Zhongli Sword Sect has the protection of a Transcendent Realm founder," the old man immediately brought out his backing. "Your Excellency came to my door and bullied my sect's disciple. Do you want to make an enemy of my sect's founder?"

The old man's voice echoed throughout the hall. He could see that the other party's strength was unfathomable, so he didn't say anything extra. He knew that only the founder could suppress the other party.

To his surprise, however, the man remained expressionless and only one word popped out of his mouth:

"Yeah."

The scene became a little quiet and awkward.

Even the old man, who was the sect master of Zhongli Sword Sect, never thought that the other side would give such an answer.

He also wanted to say something else, but he saw the other party lightly point a finger, and a huge black sword appeared out of thin air, flying over everyone's heads in a slanted path.

The old man only felt a strong wind hit him, then sensed chills behind him. He hurriedly turned to look, only to see that the Heavenly Sword Tower behind him had already been hit.

The next moment, the sword tower that originally reached the clouds unexpectedly broke apart from the middle, starting from the cut caused by the diagonal slash.

"This…" The old man's face paled, but then he quickly shouted, "Quick! Activate the array to welcome our founder!"

As his voice fell, three people immediately jumped down and quickly stood behind him. The three white-haired men were equally old, but they were full of vigor.

The four each held a sword colored gold, silver, purple, and blue respectively, and stood to form a square, pointing to the distant sky.

"Zhong!"

"Li!"

"Heaven!"

"Array!"

Accompanied by four light shouts, four rays of light—each a different color—rose into the sky, setting off fearsome waves of power. All the disciples around them couldn't help feeling overwhelmed by emotions.

Their hearts were also filled with anger when the intruders bullied them right in front of their doorstep, but they were limited by their lack of strength and could only watch the strong enemy show off his military strength.

However, the actions of their sect master and three elders invigorated them— 'That's right, we still have our founder! The Transcendent Realm founder said to be invincible in the legends!'

For a moment, some people even began to feel gratitude towards Gu Nan and Red Tail. Thanks to these two, they could witness their founder's elegance!

"It's a receiving array." Red Tail commented from the side, "By dividing the reception device into four parts and letting four Prodigious cultivators operate each part separately, they were barely able to muster enough energy to activate the array."

With Gu Nan's present-day knowledge, of course he knew what a receiving array was.

Star Realm had something similar, but that was for Dao Lords who couldn't break through space themselves, so they used this method to get around the problem and achieve the goal of traveling through space.

As for true Void Cutters, they themselves could already manipulate space at will, so of course they didn't have a use for this method.

Just from the present scene, Gu Nan and Red Tail could judge that the Transcendent Realm experts in Crescent Moon World indeed lacked the basic characteristics of Void Cutter cultivators.

"Perhaps they're existences between Prodigious and Void Cutter Realm? I still have to look at a living example to know for sure." Gu Nan's gaze didn't fluctuate. He just calmly looked up.

Up there, the four-colored light had completely converged into one point, opening a door of light in the sky. A figure with a sword on his waist suddenly appeared.

"Du Xian, the unworthy disciple from Zhongli Sword Sect's 398th generation, respectfully welcomes the founder's arrival!" Among the four elders, the sect master spoke with a clear voice.

There was a burst of noise among the disciples.

"Founder!"

"It really is the founder! I've seen the founder's portrait before…"

The figure in midair stepped forward lightly, suddenly standing protectively in front of everyone from the Zhongli Sword Sect, facing Gu Nan.

This founder of the Zhongli Sword Sect really did have an extraordinary appearance. His face clearly looked young. His clothes were whiter than snow, with a sword hanging from his waist in a silver scabbard. His plain and simple appearance revealed a trace of elegance.

More importantly, he was a powerhouse standing at the peak of the entire world all year round, which made his bearing extraordinary and refined. He didn't look like a mortal at all.

Therefore, this founder caused numerous screams as soon as he appeared.

"Zhongli Suwen." He calmly cupped his hands while holding his sword and reported his name, then said, "Your Excellency—"

"The reaction speed is too slow." The flat six-word evaluation traveled over from behind him, which made Suwen's words get stuck in his throat, and he subconsciously wanted to draw his sword.

But the other party's action was far faster than he thought. As a swordsman, he couldn't even draw his sword before a sharp pain traveled over from his elbow joint.

Crack!

Suwen's right hand was gripped, while his left hand was directly broken, forming an inverted 90-degree angle that looked grisly.

"The physical condition is close to Void Cutter Realm," Gu Nan continued to conduct the evaluation, then pushed Suwen forward.

Suwen was completely baffled by this situation, but he was also a powerful figure who slaughtered his way to this level step by step, so his will was extremely firm.

Feeling the force freezing his entire body in place disappear, he didn't have time to think much deeply and instantly drew his sword with his still-intact right hand. In a single instant, his sword had already stabbed Gu Nan's throat!

"The destructive power is much stronger than that of ordinary Dao Lords, but there's still a gap compared with Void Cutters… The speed barely meets the standard."

Before Suwen could smile, he realized that the other person's voice was still calm, and the sword he stabbed the other party with actually only left a pale, shallow mark on the skin, without even managing to pierce the skin!

"This…" Suwen's present mood could only be described as "fuck my life."

As for Gu Nan's evaluation, that naturally also fell into his ears. The only one that seemed to be a good assessment was "The speed barely meets the standard."

'What do you mean barely meets the standard?!'historical

'The total number of people who reached Transcendent Realm can be counted on ten fingers, and among them, I'm known for my speed!'

But then he remembered what this person had just shown—that extraordinary and unpredictable speed—and no longer seemed surprised. 'Such a terrifying martial artist, is this the legendary realm where one can break through the void?'

Gu Nan casually swatted aside the longsword with his hand and glanced at Red Tail. "How is it?"

Red Tail was recording something with her head lowered. She quickly shook her head and sighed. "The Transcendent Realm is obviously higher than the Dao Lord level, and in terms of attack, they're not too inferior to Void Cutter cultivators either."

"Based on my assessment, when facing over four of such opponents, ordinary Void Cutter figures will have to avoid their attacks temporarily," she finally made such an evaluation.

Of course Gu Nan didn't evaluate Suwen just now because he was bored. He was providing accurate information to Red Tail so as to judge the true combat power of Transcendent Realm fighters.

If Gu Nan had to do such a thing himself, he definitely wouldn't be able to do it well—what did he know about an accurate evaluation? In any case, everyone was at the level where they'd be offed in one punch.

"Then clean them all up." Gu Nan nodded. "Have Lan Si do it."

There were eight major sects here, which meant there were at least eight Transcendent Realm martial artists. Normal Void Cutter cultivators wouldn't be able to handle them, so they must all be cleaned up in order to successfully rebuild White Mist.

"Yes." Red Tail wasn't surprised, because she already realized how terrifying Lan Si was after her breakthrough. That kind of strange ability might be able to trap even the strongest Void Cutter powerhouses.

Gu Nan and Red Tail talked as though there were nobody else present, while Zhongli Sword Sect's disciples, including the four elders, looked deathly pale.

Because Suwen, their founder, was currently staring straight ahead with a grim expression while holding a sword in his right hand. And his left hand was still bent at an unnatural angle.

When Gu Nan's conversation ended, he suddenly said, "Senior's martial arts has already reached a realm not even gods or ghosts can predict. If Senior intends to return to the martial world, my Zhongli Sword Sect is willing to pave the way for Senior!"

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Suwen was indeed a smart person, or rather, anyone who could stand at the top of the world wouldn't be a fool. However, it just so happened that Suwen had this opportunity.

Faced with someone whose strength far exceeded his own and who was probably in the realm only spoken about in legends, Suwen took the initiative to pledge his loyalty without hesitation!

Although saying this in front of so many people was enough to completely destroy his image as the founder, despite looking young, Suwen was actually an old monster who had lived for hundreds of years, so why would he care about this?

To save his own life and seek higher status and more power for his sect was what someone in his position should consider.

Suwen's conjecture was absolutely correct. Without his words, Gu Nan would've already made a move and eliminated Zhongli Sword Sect by now, then returned to his Divine Kingdom to have Lan Si come over and clean up the rest.

But now that Suwen expressed the intention of pledging his loyalty, it truly saved the sect.

If they wanted to place the work of rebuilding White Mist inside a small plane where time flowed relatively faster, then they must rely on local forces.

Besides Void Cutter cultivators, those who wanted to enter "World" Level small planes could only rely on reincarnation.

And although a powerful Star Ruler like Gu Nan was able to bring some people into this world with him, the number he could bring naturally wouldn't be very high. It would never reach the standard of establishing an organization.

So Gu Nan looked around and finally nodded. "Alright."

……

Gu Nan had already returned to the Evil God Temple inside his Divine Kingdom, while Lan Si stopped trying to clear the dungeon for the time being and went to Crescent Moon World to help Red Tail set up her organization.

With her current Tier 4 strength, it was indeed a waste for her to devote herself to clearing dungeons.

After all, "Splendid World" was only a low-level dungeon, and the highest level of power allowed inside was merely Tier 3. No matter how high one's actual strength was, it made no difference.

With three professional mission experts, the speed of the dungeon run was over twice as fast as before. The first phase hardly hindered them at all and was quickly cleared.

On the contrary, the three were slightly stuck in the phase where their battle power was tested.

"My Lord." Seeing Gu Nan appear, a father and son pair who just came out of the dungeon hurriedly saluted.

The father and son's names were Lei Qi and Lei Ba[1]. They didn't sound like father and son and sounded more like brothers, but their relationship was indeed father and son.

Lei Qi's appearance was a middle-aged man with an anxious face, while Lei Ba's appearance was a little boy who looked around ten years old with a figure similar to Ying Ge. When he saluted Gu Nan, he was still a little overcautious.

But it was precisely such a child whose ability in completing missions completely crushed a rookie like Lan Si.

Admittedly, this was partly a matter of talent, but another part was that Lei Ba's real age was actually far older than Lan Si—this pair of father and son weren't human beings, but elemental creatures.

They were thunderstorm elementals, the accompanying elemental beings of thunder titans. They were able to take on human form after their strength reached Prodigious Realm.

Gu Nan nodded slightly in response to the father and son's salutes. The Evil God Temple was still very quiet.

Later, Yan Xiaoxiao came to see Gu Nan.

Ever since Gu Nan accepted Immortal Demon World as his Divine Kingdom, the newly-born origin quickly stabilized, and space inside the Divine Kingdom no longer collapsed as often as before.

So the prerequisite work that must be done before the Divine Kingdom's construction slowly unfolded under Yan Xiaoxiao's direction once again.

"When the previous natural disasters occurred, many people lost their chances of escape because of the city-states' restrictions." Yan Xiaoxiao stood beside Gu Nan and reported, "So there is great resistance to the re-implementation of the city-state system right now."

Human nature determined that while maintaining a certain concentration, society would inevitably spread out to the surrounding areas, be it population or industries.

Therefore, the completely closed-off city-state system essentially went against the laws of nature. Formerly, it was only able to be implemented due to the strong pressure Gu Nan applied.

"No matter, just try your best. There's no need to force it too much." Gu Nan seemed particularly accommodating this time. He actually didn't adopt any enforcement measures. Even Yan Xiaoxiao was surprised.

In her impression, Teacher had always chosen to kill dissenters in such situations.

After killing half of those who refused to obey, the rest would naturally obey.

Gu Nan smiled but didn't elaborate. Of course it wasn't out of kindness. Divine power was one consideration, but the real reason was that his Divine Kingdom had already been established, so he would soon be able to get the structure used to manage the Divine Kingdom's populace.

The reason he had to resort to a series of measures and even construct the law of resurrection to manage the Divine Kingdom back then was because he was only Tier 4 at that time.

At reaching Tier 5, players essentially wanted to play base building games. How could they possibly run over to personally communicate with the Divine Kingdom's residents?

Regional Management Platform, a Level 0 structure. As long as he had this, the city-state system wouldn't need anyone to manage it at all. It could be done in a few clicks.

Using the shadow servants, resources were continuously transported to the Evil God Temple, and there were already enough resources to build the "Market," so it wasn't impossible to build a second structure too.

"So now, all that's left is to wait for enough points to be accumulated."

……

The Divine Kingdom's construction was being developed step by step, resources were constantly transported over, the dungeon of Splendid World was gradually cleared, Crescent Moon World had completely fallen into Gu Nan's hands, and a new White Mist had been established.

In a blink of an eye, another half year passed, and with "Splendid World" being cleared once again, the points in the Evil God Temple jumped to 10,000 again.

"Another 10,000. Then following the previous plan, the 'Regional Management Platform' will be chosen as the second structure." Gu Nan didn't hesitate much and quickly decided.

This was already his second 10,000 points. The Resource Market had already been established long ago, and all kinds of basic resources could be exchanged there.

「Target Structure Chosen: Regional Management Platform

Construction Conditions: 10,000 points, 500 units of wood, 400 units…」historical

As the Evil God Temple gave out a long list, a large number of resources were deducted, and a delicate stone platform the size of a lectern slowly appeared in front of Gu Nan.

"My Lord, what is this?" Lan Si also saw this scene. It wasn't the first time she'd witnessed a "divine miracle," so she wasn't too surprised.

"You'll know once you look outside." After the second structure was constructed, Gu Nan was obviously in a good mood and answered with a light chuckle.

After that, he ignored Lan Si and came to the Regional Management Platform.

The countertop was made of stone, but at this time, it showed a bright screen, which seemed like a high-tech product.

On the screen was a scalable map, which was the topographic map of the Divine Kingdom.

The Regional Management Platform was also a Level 0 structure, so it couldn't yet do something as heaven-defying as changing the terrain, but its only function was enough for Gu Nan to use right now.

Gu Nan casually found the location of a city-state, then lightly drew a circle around the city-state on the screen. The word "seal" appeared in red around the circle.

Lan Si wasn't in a hurry to go out. She was following Gu Nan and naturally saw this.

She vaguely understood Gu Nan's intention, but she couldn't help feeling that this was a little absurd. She hurriedly flickered and tore open space, her figure appearing directly above that exact city-state.

So Lan Si saw a scene that made her gasp in surprise.

The golden light was like a barrier, enveloping the entire city-state and plucking it right out of the ground together with the vast ground underneath it. All of this was quietly suspended in midair.

There were countless people crying out in fear and clamoring both inside and outside the city, which were already two separate worlds.

T/N:

[1] Lei Qi and Lei Ba:

Lei Qi = Thunder Seven

Lei Ba = Thunder Eight

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The upheaval in the Divine Kingdom continued as one city-state after another was covered by that golden light, just like being wrapped in a golden dome.

People inside the city couldn't leave, and people outside the city couldn't enter.

Countless people were dumbstruck as they stared at this scene. Many had left the city-states and gone to the wilderness, trying to find some resources that weren't available in the city or to get some air. As a result, they were forever separated from the city-states.

Lan Si silently returned to the Evil God Temple. Yan Xiaoxiao, on the other hand, had long since left to deal with the mess Gu Nan had suddenly sprung on them, which really brought her a lot of trouble. She was under a great deal of pressure.

On the Regional Management Platform, there were already 50 "golden domes" from east to west, which looked quite spectacular.

After a long time, Yan Xiaoxiao finally walked back to the Evil God Temple, her face full of exhaustion.

She also became Gu Nan's apostle, and because of her special relationship with the Divine Kingdom, she could be regarded as half of the Divine Kingdom's master, with considerable privileges in management and administration.

Only Yan Xiaoxiao could manage the vast Divine Kingdom and make everything clear and orderly.

But this time, even she was out of her depth.

"Teacher, nearly one-tenth of the Divine Kingdom's people are stranded in the wild, and most of them are martial artists…" Yan Xiaoxiao asked, "Should we give them a chance?"

"Give them what chance? It's not like they can't survive in the wild." Gu Nan, however, replied indifferently, "In the future, you should also slowly get used to managing the populace using the Divine Kingdom's structures to reduce contact with the populace."

In his previous life's game, residents of the Divine Kingdom were just a bunch of numbers in players' eyes. No one was bored enough to talk to them.

On the contrary, administrators like Yan Xiaoxiao basically existed inside every Divine Kingdom.

Players were only ever enthusiastic about something for all of three minutes. It was unrealistic to expect players to persevere in managing the Divine Kingdom for a prolonged period of time, so a full-time administrator was essential.

That was the significance of apostles. Some of them specialized in fighting, some specialized in farming dungeons, and others were good at management and administration.

So Gu Nan turned his attention to his own list of structures. The third structure he planned to build was precisely the "Apostle Hall."

The Apostle Hall was a structure specifically prepared for apostles. Not only could it quickly recover apostles' injuries, but it could also train their various abilities.

After reaching higher levels, the Apostle Hall could even resurrect dead apostles.historical

The structures in the Divine Kingdom that could most effectively enhance the strength of its population and strengthen the Divine Kingdom's fighting power were "Populace Training Camp" and "Divine Servants Institute."

However, the Evil God Temple was still Level 0 right now. Even if he took out divine servants, they still wouldn't have much use. It would be better to build the "Apostle Hall" first.

Only by strengthening the power of apostles would they be able to better earn points for Gu Nan.

Matters in Crescent Moon World were progressing rapidly. Six months had passed in the Divine Kingdom, only a little over half a month had passed in the outside world, while three years had already passed in Crescent Moon World.

With Lan Si's help in cleaning up the Transcendent Realm martial artists, plus Zhongli Sword Sect's voluntary help as the local boss, the reconstruction of White Mist went very smoothly.

In just three years, Crescent Moon World's martial forces had been basically wiped out, and the world was only waiting for Red Tail to integrate and unify it.

Gu Nan sat inside the Divine Kingdom, but he didn't overlook a single piece of this information and absorbed them one by one.

However, when his gaze fell on the words underneath the "Apostle Hall," he couldn't help but stare blankly at the first line of the required materials list. There was a line of words in parentheses behind the 10,000 points.

The words in parentheses were "10 units of life-death stones."

Gu Nan had also seen this scene many times before. This was a random event that could be triggered during the construction of structures where certain special materials could be used in lieu of points.

Of course the management of the Divine Kingdom wasn't completely monotonous and boring; all kinds of random events existed solely for the sake of enriching players' gameplay.

Events where certain event materials could be used to replace other required materials were quite popular among players in the early stages of their Divine Kingdoms, because everyone was short on points at this stage, so they were extremely eager for such an exchange.

"Life-death stone?" Gu Nan repeated this somewhat strange name, wrinkling his brows slightly.

With his present knowledge, he was already very familiar with certain popular materials. At the very least, there were few materials in Star Realm that he didn't know about.

Gu Nan searched through his memories for a while, but there really was no memory of any "life-death stone." He also asked Red Tail, Guan Hongchen, and the others, but they also didn't have any clue.

"Is it really an item not from Star Realm?"

Gu Nan shook his head as his figure disappeared from the Evil God Temple in a single step.

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Zi Luo Heaven.

Gu Nan hadn't been back here ever since he advanced to Tier 5. Now, because of a "life-death stone" that he didn't know the origins of, he once again set foot onto this land.

It was still the same old residential area belonging to Astral Gate, as well as the familiar maid whose name Gu Nan couldn't recall.

After reaching Void Cutter Realm or beyond, there was indeed a huge chasm between cultivators and mortals. They were practically like two different species. This was particularly noticeable in their lifespans.

For example, the lifespan of the several maids hired by Gu Nan was at most 100-200 years, and the amount of time they could serve him might not even be 50 years.

Maybe Gu Nan will only see a pile of bones when he returns from closed-door cultivation one day.

Gu Nan quickly left and headed for Astral Gate, trying to obtain some news on life-death stones there. As a result, he ran into his "old neighbor" Roman as soon as he walked out the door.

"Huh, Your Excellency Gu Nan? Long time no see!" Roman greeted Gu Nan with much joy, although such a short span of time was far from a "long time" for a Void Cutter cultivator like him.

Gu Nan nodded, and after exchanging some pleasantries with him, he casually asked for news on "life-death stones."

"Life-death stones? This is a specialty product of Nirvana Heaven!" Roman was well informed and immediately answered.

With Roman's explanation, Gu Nan also slowly understood what the life-death stone was.

This was a kind of crystal that naturally contained the laws of life and death upon formation. Even in the Myriad Heavens Universe, it was considered a relatively scarce resource. The only place publicly confirmed to have a fixed supply of this resource was Nirvana Heaven.

Perhaps other small planes would also occasionally produce this, but information on those planes would certainly be concealed as soon as they were discovered and wouldn't be publicized at all.

"Nirvana Heaven, huh…?" Gu Nan rubbed his chin, feeling some irony about the situation.

If he remembered correctly, wasn't Nirvana Heaven Zuo Zuo's astral world? 'To think that after going around in a big circle, I still ended up having to get involved in this matter.'

But this time, it couldn't possibly be someone's plot; it should just be a coincidence. The resources needed to construct the Divine Kingdom's structures weren't something outsiders could control.

"Gu Nan, do you need life-death stones?" Roman easily guessed Gu Nan's needs and added, "This kind of thing is very hard to buy with just origin crystals. But it just so happens that someone is organizing an invasion of Nirvana Heaven recently, so you might as well try your luck there."

After a pause, he then added, "Do you remember the Seven Stars League that came to investigate last time? The missions they issue to the public are still relatively reliable, and they're guaranteed by Astral Gate, so you won't have to worry about being ripped off."

Gu Nan nodded and expressed that he would consider Roman's suggestion. Then he asked, "So what's this about an invasion of Nirvana Heaven?"

Roman burst out laughing with great schadenfreude. "That one in Nirvana Heaven has ideas about Star Realm, yet there's still no result even after things have dragged on for so long. Now, he just invited trouble for himself!"

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Gu Nan was a little surprised at Roman's explanation, but then he came back to his senses.

The horizons of Void Cutter experts were no longer limited to one realm or world. Rather, they surveyed the overall situation in the Myriad Heavens Universe. This was especially true for Roman, a powerful figure living in Zi Luo Heaven.

News of Zuo Zuo's invasion into Star Realm might be able to remain a secret at first, but as time went on, it was almost inevitable that the news would leak.

Be it the actions of his subordinates or his arrangements in Star Realm, they were bound to be discovered over time.

Not to mention that Red never had any intention of hiding this matter.

As long as the public was kept in the dark at the beginning, as time dragged on, the target of those who wanted to profit from someone else's misfortune would shift—since the two sides were at a standstill, of course Nirvana Heaven was way more tempting of a target than Star Realm!

Although Star Realm was also considered a large plane, there was still a gap between it and Nirvana Heaven, one of the strongest planes under the Thirteen Heavens.

Zi Luo Heaven, inside a station belonging to the Seven Stars League.

"Please wait for a short while. The organization will send someone to review your application right away." A young girl led Gu Nan into the hall, then saluted respectfully.

Gu Nan just nodded wordlessly. At this time, he had arrived at the Seven Stars League to apply for temporary participation in the counterattack against Nirvana Heaven.

Borrowing the strength of an organization was essential. If Gu Nan searched for the life-death stone by himself in a vast plane like Nirvana Heaven, he might not even see a trace of it after searching for a year.

It was much more convenient to have the Seven Stars League determine the location of the life-death stone first, and then plunder it.

The so-called "review" was naturally the Seven Stars League's internal assessment—they were planning to invade a major "Heaven" Level plane on this trip, so of course the team members must be very carefully selected.

Gu Nan sat for a while. The people from Seven Stars League hadn't arrived yet, but the girl brought another person in.

This was a teen who looked a little shy. To come here now of all times—he probably also had the same goal as Gu Nan.historical

The girl guide soon left, leaving only Gu Nan and the boy in the hall. The latter didn't seem too comfortable with this atmosphere and couldn't help taking the initiative to greet Gu Nan.

"Hello, my name is Lou Wanying," the boy stood up and introduced himself, his face still a little nervous.

Gu Nan raised his head, glanced at this boy whose name was somewhat feminine, and nodded. "Gu Nan."

Lou Wanying seemed to relax a little and smiled. "Did Your Excellency Gu Nan also come for Nirvana Heaven? Maybe we can become teammates!"

His demeanor still seemed a little childlike, but Gu Nan didn't see anything strange about it—if he was a Void Cutter cultivator who grew up in a plane like Zi Luo Heaven and lived a smooth-sailing life, then such a thing wasn't impossible.

The two didn't have a chance to deepen their conversation, because a man and a woman were already briskly walking over from a distance, both wearing the uniform of the Seven Stars League.

"Apologies, we've kept you waiting," the woman spoke first as soon as they reached Gu Nan and Lou Wanying.

"No no, I also just arrived." Lou Wanying hurriedly waved his hands, suddenly exposing his naive nature.

But the woman didn't mind. She first gave her name, followed by a brief introduction of their team.

The woman was named Jiang Tingwei, and beside her was her younger brother Jiang Zheng. Besides the two of them, their team also had another permanent member.

For small teams entering a large plane, the most optimal number of teammates was three to five people. However, because of Nirvana Heaven's dangerous reputation, they hoped to recruit one or two more temporary members.

"I will need to test your strength. This is also because we are responsible for the safety of the team's other members. Please forgive me." Jiang Tingwei had a standard smile on her face. Although it didn't make people feel closer to her, it also didn't make them dislike her.

Lou Wanying nodded vigorously. "Of course… Will the test be right here?"

Jiang Tingwei was about to nod when she heard some clamor outside, and two people immediately rushed in. The woman who had led the way before was following in a panic.

"Mr. Xu, you can't go in! Mr. Xu…"

"Xu Yan?" Jiang Tingwei looked over with a frown. This person could also be considered an acquaintance of hers, but she normally didn't have many interactions with him. She didn't expect him to barge in here today.

The girl behind Xu Yan stepped back upon Jiang Tingwei's signal, but Xu Yan immediately announced, "Big Sis Jiang, today I'm here to present you with a good teammate!"

As he spoke, he patted the man in black beside him. "This is my brother, you can call him 'Black Hawk.' His strength is absolutely not weak! It just so happens that our team has no intention of entering Nirvana Heaven, so you guys lucked out!"

The fact that Jiang Tingwei's team intended to enter Nirvana Heaven wasn't a secret within the Seven Stars League.

"First come, first served." Jiang Tingwei frowned. She pointed to Gu Nan and Lou Wanying and said calmly, "We only need two people. If they are unqualified, then I'll consider your friend."

Xu Yan already knew that Jiang Tingwei was very principled, so he was unconcerned. Instead, he turned to size up Gu Nan and Lou Wanying.

Three people, two spots. He just had to squeeze out one of these two.

The man known as "Black Hawk" was expressionless, but his gaze very obviously fell on Lou Wanying, and Xu Yan beside him immediately got the message.

Gu Nan was dressed in plain clothes, and he couldn't see the least bit of energy fluctuations from Gu Nan.

'But how can anyone who can stand here be an ordinary person? I can tell at first glance that he'll be hard to deal with.'

In contrast, the more naive Lou Wanying was clearly a more appropriate target.

So Xu Yan said with a smile, "We cultivators ultimately talk with our fists. Why don't we have a match between Black Hawk and this little brother?"

He naturally said this to Lou Wanying, who didn't even think about it and immediately agreed, "Okay!"

Lou Wanying's extremely decisive response caught Xu Yan slightly off guard, actually making him less certain of his choice.

Being naive only meant the person was inexperienced, but it didn't necessarily mean the person was weak. Maybe there was another possibility—Lou Wanying was a core disciple of a certain powerful organization who'd just left the mountain to gain experience!

"Then let's start," at this time, it was Black Hawk himself who responded.

Of course Xu Yan wouldn't object again after seeing Black Hawk personally speak up. He just looked over at Jiang Tingwei with a chuckle. "They both consented to the match. Big Sis Jiang won't intervene, will she?"

Jiang Tingwei was still frowning. She would've preferred for Lou Wanying to stay out of trouble, but this was somebody else's choice and she couldn't intervene, so she was forced to nod.

So everyone backed off, leaving room for Black Hawk and Lou Wanying—it was just a simple match, not a duel to the death, so they weren't worried that it would make too much noise.

Before the match could start, Xu Yan's expression changed slightly, as if he'd received a message, and he walked up to Black Hawk's side.

"My people discovered some information." He whispered to Black Hawk, "This person's name is Lou Wanying, and there's no information on him. He's probably the core disciple of a powerful organization."

For these people, no information itself was a kind of information, which could reveal many problems.

Black Hawk nodded silently. "What about the other one?"

"His name is Gu Nan, and he lives in a public area. He should be from a small plane." Xu Yan said quickly, "If you can't defeat Lou Wanying, you can change your target and challenge him instead."

"Okay." Black Hawk's eyes flickered, and it seemed that he was more confident.

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Inside the station belonging to Seven Stars League, Black Hawk was calmly studying his opponent. No matter how he looked at it, this big boy who was all too eager to start seemed to match their conjectures.

A genius cultivator that a certain powerful organization trained in secret. He had the power of a Void Cutter, but he rarely ventured out into the world.

It was definitely like this.

Xu Yan, who was on the sidelines, became increasingly certain that his conjecture was extremely correct, so he suddenly shouted, "Wait!"

This loud shout came very abruptly and stopped Lou Wanying, who was already prepared to attack. He immediately glared resentfully at Xu Yan.

This feeling was like a person who was just about to open their mouth to sing at a karaoke when someone suddenly cut off the song.

It was no longer convenient for Xu Yan to say anything to Black Hawk, and it was even more impossible to say that Black Hawk would surrender right now. He could only express his attitude again in his own way.

He wanted to pave the way for his backup plan.

Xu Yan came up to Gu Nan and said to him, "Since that little brother accepted the challenge, then for the sake of fairness, Your Excellency also has no reason to stay out of it, right?"

"No matter whether that little brother wins later or my friend wins, the loser should still have a chance to challenge Your Excellency."historical

Xu Yan stared at Gu Nan with bright eyes. It seemed that as long as Gu Nan uttered a "No," he would immediately provoke public anger.

Xu Yan's words were very clever. He didn't explicitly say who would be defeated, so it seemed like he was speaking up for both participants in the match, making him look like a fair person.

Even Lou Wanying felt there was some truth in this statement when he suddenly heard it. He didn't mind the match, but there was no reason for a third person to take advantage of the situation created by this match!

Xu Yan's heart suddenly relaxed greatly when he noticed Lou Wanying's gaze.

As long as Lou Wanying approved of his words, then his plan was a success. No matter what attitude this Gu Nan had, it was impossible for him to wash his hands of this matter!

But the other party's reaction was somewhat unexpected.

Gu Nan frowned, then turned to Jiang Tingwei and asked, "Do you only need two people?"

Jiang Tingwei seemed as if she couldn't see the "schemes and intrigue" happening right in front of her. She nodded calmly and answered, "That's right. There are only two vacancies on our team."

"Good," Gu Nan replied. Then his figure suddenly disappeared right under Xu Yan's stunned gaze.

The next instant, he'd already reappeared behind Black Hawk, grabbed the latter's hair with one hand, and forcefully slammed his head into the ground!

How fast was Gu Nan's speed?

As early as Tier 4, Gu Nan was already able to overwhelm other Void Cutters in terms of speed with just his body alone, so it was even easier now that he'd advanced to Tier 5.

Black Hawk was a grand Void Cutter expert, but he only felt his vision blur for a second, and then his entire head flew down rapidly, making close contact with the floor.

Bam!

A muffled and incomparably ghastly sound could be heard. Gu Nan dusted his hands off and walked back while blood continuously seeped into the ground behind him. Black Hawk was lying softly on the floor, motionless.

"There are only two people now." Gu Nan said to Jiang Tingwei, "Let's go. I'm in a hurry."

It all happened so fast. Xu Yan only just reacted, and he was already staring so hard his eyes almost popped out.

'Black Hawk… was actually… defeated in one blow!'

Xu Yan stared at Gu Nan like he was a monster, but he didn't dare utter a word. He hurriedly ran to Black Hawk to check his injuries.

Lou Wanying was similarly stunned. His gaze kept flickering between Gu Nan and Black Hawk, and he seemed shocked by Gu Nan's brutality.

Even Jiang Tingwei, who'd always been calm and unruffled, couldn't help looking at Gu Nan with astonishment. After a long time, she said, "Please follow me, gentlemen."

She even forgot about the test she was supposed to administer. Clearly, this expert of the Seven Stars League wasn't as calm as she appeared.

……

Gu Nan and Lou Wanying followed the Jiang siblings and soon reached the inner hall. There was already a girl waiting here. She immediately started shouting when she saw the four people coming over.

"Big Sis, Big Sis!" The girl jumped up and looked at Gu Nan. "Are they the new teammates? Hello, my name is Situ Jing, pleased to meet you!"

The last sentence was directed at Gu Nan and Lou Wanying. The girl named Situ Jing wasn't introverted at all.

"H-Hello, I'm Lou Wanying." Lou Wanying was obviously more shy when facing girls.

Gu Nan continued his previous routine of nodding and introducing his name. Then he glanced at Jiang Tingwei. "When will we leave?"

"We can leave right away if you two don't have any problems with it. Unforeseen events might occur at any time for the two currently deadlocked in Star Realm." Jiang Tingwei said seriously, "I've heard about all your requirements, and I already found a good spot."

The situation in Star Realm had been at a standstill for so long that no one knew when an unforeseen event might occur. As long as those two powerhouses even changed a single thought of theirs, it might spell the difference between life and death for this team.

"I have no problem with it!" Lou Wanying answered immediately. That eager expression surfaced again.

Gu Nan, of course, was even less likely to have a problem with this, so after sharing the coordinates, the five immediately set off for Nirvana Heaven.

……

"So this is Nirvana Heaven!" Situ Jing didn't have the bearing of a Void Cutter expert at all. She was staring up at the sky with keen interest. "Sure enough, it's the same as what the books said…"

Nirvana Heaven's biggest characteristic was that the sky here was forever both black and white. Half was day and half was night. They were distinctly separate from each other, and the border in between them wasn't blurred.

Every once in a while, the black and white would even switch places, but this was also a sudden change, and there was no gradual process at all.

As soon as Gu Nan saw this strange scene, he was immediately certain that this was Zuo Zuo's astral world. Wasn't this kind of half-and-half sky just like Zuo Zuo himself?

"Nirvana Heaven is divided into sixteen domains. We're currently in Qinggu Domain, and the Ancient Castle up ahead is the target of our operation this time," Jiang Tingwei informed everyone about the enemy's situation.

The Ancient Castle was their target this time; it contained all the items the three parties needed.

Gu Nan wanted the life-death stone, Lou Wanying wanted a special spring water called death spring, while Jiang Tingwei's three-person team wanted the head of a Void Cutter cultivator inside the castle.

Of course Jiang Tingwei didn't pick her temporary team members randomly. She fully took care of the needs of all three parties so that they could work together and wouldn't dissolve into internal strife before the battle due to disagreements over how to distribute the spoils.

The reason Gu Nan and Lou Wanying had to wait a while earlier was precisely because she was confirming the information of all parties.

"There are four Void Cutter cultivators guarding Ancient Castle, and there's also a protective barrier." Jiang Tingwei had a grave expression. She said in a low voice, "Taking into account the needs of our three parties, our strategy will tentatively be—"

"I'll smash open the barrier. You guys can mount a sneak attack on the target when those four Void Cutter cultivators come out," Gu Nan interrupted.

Jiang Tingwei took a deep breath. There were no problems with what he suggested. If they couldn't even kill their target through a sneak attack, then their operation would be a joke. It's just that…

"This is a Void Cutter Realm barrier. What if it doesn't break? Won't we inadvertently alert the enemies inside?!" Situ Jing always spoke her mind and had already blurted out.

Before she finished speaking, Gu Nan had already taken a step toward the other side, and his figure instantly appeared in the sky above Ancient Castle.

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It was currently daytime in this area of Nirvana Heaven where Ancient Castle was located.

But in such "broad daylight," a figure suddenly appeared in the sky, which of course immediately alerted the guards in the castle.

"Who are you?!" An explosive shout came from below without a hint of politeness. No matter how they looked at it, a fellow like him didn't look like a good person at all.

And Gu Nan indeed didn't come here to be a good person. He quickly flew down and suddenly stopped at a certain point. There was a thin barrier in front of him.

Not far away, Situ Jing hadn't even reacted to what happened yet; she didn't understand what Gu Nan was doing at all, while Jiang Tingwei was staring at Gu Nan's actions intensely.

Lou Wanying had a similar reaction. On the contrary, Jiang Zheng, who'd kept silent all this time, suddenly said, "His judgment on the position of the barrier is very accurate. He's absolutely not a cultivator who specializes purely in tempering his physical body."

The protective barrier was created from the power of laws. A cultivator who only tempered their physical body wouldn't possibly be able to find the position of the barrier.

"Let's just see what level his strength has reached…" Jiang Tingwei's face also showed some helplessness when facing her younger brother. "We might be able to bask in his light this time."

Situ Jing heard some hidden meaning from the Jiang siblings' conversation. She looked over just in time to see Gu Nan punch down.

There was no loud noise like she expected, nor were there any astonishing energy shockwaves. Just like this, the barrier that should've caused them a great deal of trouble was silently shattered.

"Sure enough, he's strong…" Lou Wanying exclaimed in admiration, not seeming dispirited at all. Instead, he looked at Gu Nan with eyes that burned with fighting spirit.

"Get ready to attack!" Jiang Tingwei was still very clear-headed. She clearly still remembered the goal of her three-person team.

Sure enough, four figures simultaneously appeared the instant the barrier shattered, surrounding Gu Nan.

"Your Excellency, who are you? What's your grudge against my Ancient Castle?" One of them asked coldly. Clearly, the barrier broke so fast that they didn't even understand the situation yet.

If they knew that the barrier was shattered with a single punch, maybe none of the four would dare to show themselves.

As soon as his voice fell, another Void Cutter cultivator's expression rapidly changed, because he clearly sensed the space surrounding himself be torn up instantly, and four figures simultaneously attacked.

It wasn't just one enemy, but five!

Jiang Tingwei's team attacked with two swords and one spear. Coupled with Lou Wanying's simultaneous attack, they all aimed at the three-person team's assassination target.

The weapon Lou Wanying used was very strange. It was somewhat similar to Gu Nan's shadow sword. It is a longsword formed from golden light.

However, the sword of shadow was developing in the direction of turning into laws, while Lou Wanying's golden sword seemed to trend towards becoming a tangible object. Extremely authentic metallic patterns could even be seen on it.

The Void Cutter cultivator who was ambushed by four people suddenly fell into desperate straits, but the one who moved the fastest wasn't actually those four, but Gu Nan.

Almost at the same time that the enemy started speaking, Gu Nan had grabbed an enemy beside him with one hand, pulled him in front of Gu Nan, and then punched him in the abdomen.

So under everyone's surprised gazes, that poor Void Cutter didn't even get to speak before his body was instantly pierced through. Then he was casually tossed aside by Gu Nan like a dead dog.

Let alone their enemies, even Gu Nan's temporary teammates were surprised by his bold feat of killing Void Cutters like killing chickens. Situ Jing's spear even missed its mark a little due to shock.

Fortunately, their opponent was ambushed by four people, so his escape route was completely blocked off. The space around him was also completely sealed, so he could only fight like a cornered beast.

Gu Nan's expression didn't even change after using a single punch to kill a Void Cutter expert who couldn't react in time.

With his current strength, there really was nothing commendable about bullying a Void Cutter cultivator. At the very least, he was still a Star Ruler, although he had yet to receive any boost in power from his astral world.

In the blink of an eye, the enemy who was cornered by four people also suffered a fatal wound.

The Jiang siblings' two swords seemed to be some kind of combination attack, which could not only cause damage but also froze the opponent in place.

Situ Jing, on the other hand, was the opposite. Her spear wasn't fast, but it had an amazing sharpness. Once it pierced the enemy, it would cause frightening injuries.

Their three-person team was formed through such perfect complementarity.

That opponent also saw this and knew that he had to escape as soon as possible, so he suddenly bit the tip of his tongue and spewed out a mouthful of essence blood, forming a bloody mist in front of him.

The bloody mist wrapped around the Jiang siblings' two swords, forcibly creating an opening for him to escape. This was an opening that he risked his life to create!

This person no longer had time to think. He dashed away quickly to escape the encirclement, but he didn't expect a ray of golden light to be waiting for him.

It was Lou Wanying!

The golden sword fell abruptly, carrying an incomparably tyrannical pressure with it, which pressed the enemy down!

The Jiang siblings' two swords suddenly changed, drawing a strange pattern in the air and shattering the enemy's protective laws, creating the best opportunity for Situ Jing to deal the final blow.

Situ Jing also didn't let them down. Her large spear instantly pierced the enemy's chest, utterly decimating his insides and killing him completely.

The four sighed in relief. They turned to the side and saw that yet another Void Cutter enemy had fallen, while Gu Nan had grabbed the last one and was inquiring something.

"Where is the resource storehouse?" Gu Nan's voice was very calm, not sounding like he'd just killed several Void Cutters at all.

"Hmph!" The other party gave a cold snort, his expression full of disdain. "I'm only able to have today's achievements because of the castle lord's great kindness. If you want to kill—"

Bang!

Before he could finish, Gu Nan had already slapped his head to pieces. It wasn't like the storehouse could run away, and these four might not necessarily be the only people to know of its location either.

Another Void Cutter expert died by Gu Nan's hands. His four teammates who stopped their actions on the other side all looked at him strangely.

There was an upper limit to the absolute power of Void Cutter cultivators. Even if some people were particularly strong, it was just because of the special application of their laws.

Just like Yue Jiu, Starry Ocean Pavilion's Pavilion Lord who died at Gu Nan's hands earlier. His law of curses was enough to make many powerful figures in the same realm helpless against him, but it also had its own weaknesses.

But Gu Nan seemed to have surpassed this limit and reached a completely different realm from them.

Jiang Tingwei stared at him in dumbfounded shock, and a terrifying conjecture that didn't occur to her at first gradually appeared in her mind.

"Seal off this area to prevent someone from taking the resources and escaping." Gu Nan said expressionlessly, "We'll go and find a guide."

"Okay." Jiang Tingwei nodded, surprised by Gu Nan's meticulousness, and motioned for her younger brother to carry out the blockade work.

When they plundered from other places before this, they never considered the possibility of weaklings stealing valuables.

But Gu Nan had experienced hundreds of battles in the game. He didn't know how many times he encountered situations where he finally killed the boss, only for weak mob monsters to snatch away the mission item. Of course he would guard against this.

Ancient Castle's situation was better than they thought. Clearly, not everyone was so tough and unafraid of death. Instead, someone came up to pledge his loyalty soon after they arrived.

It was a man who claimed to be "Wu Jing." He once worked as a manager in Ancient Castle and was familiar with its internal affairs. He skillfully led Gu Nan and the others to the resource storehouse.

"You seem like you do this kind of thing often?" Lou Wanying asked curiously.

Wu Jing smiled awkwardly. "Wars often break out in our area, and Ancient Castle has changed hands several times in recent years… Many more people only come here for the resources."

Wu Jing, a Prodigious cultivator, actually wasn't too nervous in the face of five Void Cutter invaders. It seemed that he often encountered such situations.

The location of the resource storehouse was hidden well, but there was no decent protection. If the enemy could slaughter their way to the storehouse, then there wasn't much meaning to placing guards here.

Wu Jing soon handed over a list of items to everyone, and the two mission items, the death spring and the life-death stones, were especially extracted.

"We can take the extra resources to Zi Luo Heaven and divide them equally there. We can exchange them for origin crystals if we don't have a use for them." Jiang Tingwei expertly distributed the spoils. "You guys can check what you need."

"There's no mistake! This is a high-quality death spring!" Lou Wanying nodded with satisfaction.

And a pile of sparkling and translucent white crystals were also piled in front of Gu Nan, but his face wasn't happy.

Because the Evil God Temple clearly told him that only a small part of these life-death stones barely managed to meet the standard.

Gu Nan picked out that portion of the life-death stones and found at most 5 units here, which was half of his own needs.

Clearly, it wasn't that easy to substitute something for 10,000 points.

"Not enough." He shook his head and looked at Jiang Tingwei. "Are there whereabouts of any life-death stones of higher quality and more quantity?"

"It's still not enough? Let me check…"Jiang Tingwei said.

Before she could reply, Wu Jing next to her quickly cut in, "Does My Lord need top-quality life-death stones? There is one in the capital city of this domain. An auction will be held there at the end of the month, which is precisely to auction it off at a high price!"

Seeing that Gu Nan wasn't satisfied with the resources, he was afraid that this one would stay behind and continue to plunder the castle, so he hurriedly came up with an idea.

"Okay, you can find someone to lead the way." Gu Nan nodded.

Jiang Tingwei immediately spoke, "Then let's hurry over together. We'll use these resources as a price offset to bid for the life-death stone. If it's still not enough, we'll find a way."historical

Jiang Tingwei didn't like to take advantage of her teammates. She decided in her heart that this time it was a cooperation among three parties. Now that both of their parties had achieved their goals, there was no reason to leave Gu Nan hanging.

Taking these resources out as auction funds seemed to be a matter of course for her.

Lou Wanying also had no doubts and said firmly, "That's exactly how it should be!"

"No need." But Gu Nan waved his hand. "I won't be buying it."

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The four suddenly became speechless when they heard the words "I won't be buying it."

And after getting his guide, Gu Nan didn't intend to go together with them and left directly with the guide.

After looking at each other for a while, Jiang Tingwei took the lead and said, "Since Gu Nan can resolve it by himself, let's return to Zi Luo Heaven."

Situ Jing and her younger brother Jiang Zheng naturally followed her lead, but Lou Wanying frowned. "But if we leave like this, aren't we abandoning our teammate…?"

Seeing that he seemed a little uncomfortable, Jiang Tingwei advised, "With his strength, I don't think we can help him much. On the contrary, when we meet a powerful opponent, we might even become a burden for him."

Jiang Tingwei finally persuaded Lou Wanying with the most important word—strength. The four didn't stay here any longer and soon returned to Zi Luo Heaven.

There may be unforeseen events from the two leaders in Star Realm at any time. Of course they didn't want to stay in Nirvana Heaven any longer than necessary.

Lou Wanying left on his own, while inside Jiang Tingwei's three-person team, the relatively simple-minded Situ Jing also left without much thought, leaving only the Jiang sister and brother.

"Say, could that Gu Nan possibly be…" Jiang Tingwei asked in an uncertain tone.

In front of her younger brother, Jiang Tingwei no longer had a stiff expression and instead revealed a somewhat worried expression, which she rarely did. Very few people knew that although Jiang Tingwei made the decisions in their team, the taciturn Jiang Zheng was actually their team's real strategist.

"To treat Void Cutter Realm as nothing, yet such a powerful person doesn't have an obvious reputation. I'm afraid there's only that possibility left." Jiang Zheng sighed lightly. "He is a Star Ruler."

After getting the same answer from her younger brother's mouth, Jiang Tingwei finally confirmed her guess and sighed.

Just like that, a Star Ruler had wandered in front of herself and the others. If he had any evil intentions… Fortunately, it was over. She felt lingering fear just from thinking about it.

……

On the other hand, after Lou Wanying left the Seven Stars League, he entered a remote Daoist temple and asked an unkempt Daoist in front of him, "Master, where did such a strong fellow come from?"

Lou Wanying was merely a little simple-minded, but he wasn't truly stupid. Looking back carefully afterwards, he could also understand that Gu Nan's strength was somewhat unreasonable, completely exceeding expectations.

After hearing Lou Wanying recount everything, the unkempt Daoist Lou Wanying addressed as his master also looked puzzled as he stroked his beard with some force. "Gu Nan?"

"Master, even you haven't heard of him?"

"Your master isn't an immortal. How can I know every person under the sun?!" The unkempt Daoist replied grumpily on the surface, but his heart sank slightly.

At his realm, he knew that mysterious experts wouldn't appear out of thin air for no reason at all. The Myriad Heavens Universe was only so big, and even powerful people had their own roots.

An exceedingly strong powerhouse who mysteriously appeared… If he wasn't someone famous in disguise, then there was only one possibility left.

"In short, just don't provoke him," the Daoist solemnly told his disciple.

……

In Nirvana Heaven, Gu Nan had already reached the capital of Qinggu Domain and found a house to stay in.

Distance didn't mean much at all for cultivators above Void Cutter Realm. They could even travel between different planes at will, much less inside a plane.

Instead, it took some trouble to find the coordinates of the capital.

"My Lord, the auction will begin in three days," a young girl said slightly nervously as she stood before Gu Nan.

Her name was Long Xuan, a girl with a pair of exquisite dragon horns and dragon blood in her veins, who was given to Gu Nan by Wu Jing as a guide.

Before this, of course Long Xuan was indoctrinated on how powerful Gu Nan was, and since she was given as a gift, there was no possibility of going back.

"In three days? Who is holding the auction? Where did they store the auction items?" Gu Nan asked one question after another.

He had no intention of participating in the fight between Zuo Zuo and Red. He just wanted to get the items he wanted and get out of here as soon as possible.

If he could determine the exact location of the life-death stone, he didn't mind stealing it directly.

Of course it was more reliable to steal things he couldn't afford. Anyhow, Nirvana Heaven was Zuo Zuo's territory. His fame within Zuo Zuo's camp will probably never get to the positives in this lifetime, so it was better to make good use of this opportunity to plunder.

Long Xuan's nervousness became more severe, and she even began to stutter, "I-I heard the seller is very mysterious… They are holding simultaneous auctions in the capitals of all sixteen domains! They invested a lot of money into the auctions!"

Even Gu Nan couldn't help being slightly taken aback.

Holding simultaneous auctions in all sixteen domains was equivalent to spreading one's influence throughout the entire Nirvana Heaven. This kind of scale really wasn't a normal kind of big.

The seller could do such a thing, yet the public didn't even know the seller's identity or where they got the goods from. This seller was indeed extraordinary.

But then Gu Nan shook his head again. The identity of the seller had nothing to do with him. All he cared about was high-quality life-death stones.

"Then I'll just wait for a while. It's only three days." No matter how much of a hurry Gu Nan was in, he hadn't reached the point where he couldn't even wait for three days.

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In a remote small plane deep in the endless starry sky, Qian Han's head was bent over a pile of documents. He wore a pair of reading glasses and carefully examined the files one by one.

With Qian Han's current strength, his eyesight naturally wasn't damaged in the slightest. This pair of reading glasses was just a habit left behind from his early years.

It was his habit to look up important materials personally. He would slow down his reading speed by changing the font so as to ensure that he wouldn't miss any information.

"Gu Nan… What a terrifying young man." After a long time, he slowly took off his reading glasses, closed the files and hid them, and then sighed with emotion.

After returning from the golden giants clan, Qian Han knew that it was already impossible for him to escape, so he had no choice but to help them get rid of Gu Nan.

Since an existence like Jin Wuyin was determined to hold him hostage, Jin Wuyin naturally had plenty of ways to track him down.

So Qian Han found a small plane with a faster time flow, dug up Gu Nan's past information bit by bit, and then analyzed it word by word.

Such a meticulous analysis caused Qian Han to reach a rather terrifying conclusion.

There was definitely more to Gu Nan than meets the eye. He absolutely wasn't as simple as just having a fast cultivation speed.

If one analyzed Gu Nan's every move starting from his first public appearance, one would find that he almost always had a clear-cut goal behind his every action. He was just like a sword that pointed directly at the enemy's vitals.

It's just that his goals often weren't logically connected to his improvement in strength, which made people overlook this point.

But by looking at all of Gu Nan's experiences at once, one could see that this situation was repeated again and again. It couldn't possibly be a coincidence!

"This conjecture is still missing a critical link. It seems that he has a way to improve his strength from these irrelevant events… What is it?" Qian Han tapped his finger lightly, but his mind couldn't help thinking of Jin Wuyin.

'That's right! Golden giant!'

'If I have to name one thing in the world that I can't understand, isn't an otherworldly clan the greatest possibility?'

'Gu Nan may actually be the descendant of a golden giant and may have even unexpectedly awakened some strange talent specific to his clan. That's why he can improve his strength so quickly.'

'As for those seemingly unrelated events… In all likelihood, they're the secret technique of the golden giants clan!'

The more Qian Han thought about it, the more plausible it seemed. He'd already combed through all of Gu Nan's background, and the only remaining question was his abnormal cultivation speed, but the golden giant's bloodline perfectly explained this.

At this time, another piece of information was sent to him with a red "urgent" stamp at the top.

Qian Han's gaze sharpened slightly, and he casually opened the information. The document started with such a sentence: "Traces of someone suspected of being the target were found in Nirvana Heaven. Accuracy Rating: A."

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Qian Han had built up his forces in the Myriad Heavens Universe for many years, so he naturally had an elite intelligence team under his command, which collected and analyzed all kinds of information for him.

And information the intelligence team gave an accuracy rating of A for could basically be confirmed as truth.

Qian Han opened the intelligence report and swiftly scanned it. Just a moment later, he couldn't help feeling energized—there was a 90% chance the target described in this report was Gu Nan!

He suddenly appeared in Nirvana Heaven, forcibly smashed apart the protective barrier with just the power of his physical body, and easily killed four Void Cutter cultivators…

Plus, it wasn't hard to check the identities of his companions either. All of them were Void Cutter experts from Zi Luo Heaven. Didn't Gu Nan appear in Zi Luo Heaven before?!

Even with Qian Han's calm and experienced personality, at this time, he actually beamed with joy. Gu Nan's brief but frightening background truly gave him too much pressure.

He was extremely afraid that someone as goal-oriented as Gu Nan would refuse to interfere with any worldly matters and vanish without a trace from now on.

As for the power Gu Nan displayed, he wasn't surprised. After all, information obtained from words wasn't as impactful as personally witnessing the event.

Besides, Qian Han suspected Gu Nan of belonging to the golden giants clan. In that case, wouldn't it be perfectly normal for him to have superb physical abilities?

Gu Nan didn't hide his purpose and whereabouts from Wu Jing, so that information naturally fell into Qian Han's hands as well.

"Life-death stone, the capital of Qinggu Domain?" Qian Han revealed a trace of a smile as his figure slowly disappeared from his original location and quickly left this plane.

……

Three days wasn't long, nor was it short.

Gu Nan sat quietly in the house, and soon the day of the auction arrived. In the past three days, he also didn't stop making discreet inquiries into the auction.

Unfortunately, there was still no news about the mysterious seller, let alone finding out where the goods were stored.

Or rather, for auctions of this level, the auction items were definitely secretly stored in other planes, where they would be slowly transported into Nirvana Heaven once the auction began.

Thus, unless someone could snatch the treasures from right under countless powerful people's noses, there was no need to worry about security.

When it was time for the auction, Gu Nan tore open the void directly and descended at the scene, but he didn't bring the half-dragon girl, nor did he have any admission ticket.

However, there was no chance of a cliche drama like "being refused admission" happening—anyone who could arrive using this method was bound to be at least Void Cutter Realm!

Do Void Cutter experts need a ticket to enter?

Seeing Gu Nan's arrival, two people immediately went up to him. After greeting him, they respectfully handed a black label with a number on it, and one person then led Gu Nan into the venue.

Gu Nan was led to a quiet room, which was clearly on the second floor of the venue. Through windows on the floor, he could get a panoramic view of the entire scene.

Before long, the lights in the venue began to dim, and all of them focused on the central stage. An enchanting woman with a lithe figure and a snake's lower body slithered up to the stage.

A lot of clamoring instantly came from the audience as they laughed boisterously and made a lot of noise.

After all, there were only a few Void Cutter figures here, so the main participants in the auction were still the large number of Prodigious cultivators, and this lamia woman was obviously popular and well-received among them.

"That's Leng Yedie!"

"Didn't a certain bigshot take her away? To think she would be the auctioneer here…"

"What's taken away can also be given back! Tsk tsk, I really want to know who this auction's mysterious seller is. What an expensive auction!"

Similar conversations kept popping up, mostly expressing surprise at the capabilities of the auction organizers.

Leng Yedie was a celebrity in Qinggu Domain, which was why she was the auctioneer here. That meant the other domains naturally had similar candidates acting as auctioneers—this auction was simultaneously held in all sixteen domains!

Just when people were constantly sighing in amazement at the seller's wealth and power, Leng Yedie finally spoke cheerfully from the stage:

"Ladies and gentlemen, fellow cultivators…"

The opening was nothing special, but Leng Yedie's voice was soft and tactful, yet it contained a strange feeling of disharmony that tickled people's hearts.

Gu Nan, however, sat in the room on the second floor, his face expressionless from beginning to end as he coldly looked down at the auction.

The opening was over, and the first auction item was being brought up slowly, but this wasn't Gu Nan's goal.

According to the auction list, the life-death stone he needed would be the fourth item to appear on stage.

At this moment, however, he smelled a strange fragrance slowly emanating from the room, and an illusion began to appear in front of his eyes.

It was a Buddha in a golden kasaya, saluting him with both hands placed together.

"Amitabha. Benefactor, please go to hell."

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The auction wasn't progressing very quickly, but the atmosphere was very enthusiastic. Leng Yedie was clearly an excellent auctioneer. Not only could she whip up the mood, but she could also drag out the auction and raise the price as much as possible.

So the first three items alone had already sold at sky-high prices, and when the fourth item was ready to be unveiled, the atmosphere at the scene had also reached its peak.

"Life-death stone! Life-death stone!"

"Stop talking and just bring the top-quality life-death stone up already!"

The first three rounds of auctions had completely heated up the atmosphere, and the audience was more and more engrossed in the auction items.

Life-death stones were a specialty product of Nirvana Heaven, but that didn't mean there was no demand for them from the locals!

On the contrary, the outside world would only use life-death stones on special occasions, while many locals took advantage of life-death stones to cultivate or even create new techniques, so life-death stones had become a routine necessity for them.

Leng Yedie lived up to their enthusiasm. A crystal stone almost as big as a palm was slowly moved onto the auction table.

The shouting from below became more and more exuberant, but Leng Yedie didn't read the classic auction item intro.

Instead, she covered her mouth with a chuckle. "Everyone, let me tell you something else: in these simultaneous auctions across sixteen domains, the fourth auction item for all sixteen domains is a life-death stone!"

Her words puzzled everyone, and even the clamoring died down a bit. Simultaneously auctioning life-death stones—what did this mean?

On the stage, Leng Yedie's laughter didn't stop, but it began to reveal a coldness that wasn't there before. "Of course life-death stones… are used for the formation cores of the Grand Nirvana Killing Formation!"

As her voice fell, endless crimson light surged up from the ground, and killing intent that overflowed to the heavens enveloped the entire scene. The crimson light was most intense on the center stage where Leng Yedie was located.

Only then did people discover that the three treasures previously auctioned off were also glowing blood-red as they automatically flew out from the hands of the three buyers… Clearly, they were auxiliary materials for the grand formation!

"Trap! This auction is a trap from beginning to end!" Someone realized that something was wrong, but their reaction seemed a little slow.

"Grand Nirvana Killing Formation? Isn't this an ancient formation?! To think there are still people who know it…"

It wasn't like the cultivators of Nirvana Heaven had never considered the possibility of the mysterious seller harboring ill intentions, but so many powerful figures had joined the auction. Who could've imagined that the seller would truly dare to attack them?!

Someone else began to ask the person on stage, "Leng Yedie, your family and sect are all here. What's in it for you?"

But Leng Yedie just sneered. The seductive aura around her slowly faded. Finally, she placed her hands together, as if in meditative prayer.

"The Buddha is merciful. Since Benefactors aren't willing to place down the butcher's knife, then you might as well go to hell."

She said this with both coldness and compassion; two completely different auras were revealed at the same time.

The audience was unable to respond for a while. The scarlet light that kept on appearing from the ground sealed their laws and gradually devoured their power.

Someone began to glance back at the second floor, where all the bigshots were sitting. 'Don't tell me they'll just sit back and watch this happen?'

Of course Leng Yedie noticed their actions, but she didn't do anything. The sneer on her face just became more pronounced.

Those Void Cutter cultivators were naturally their priority targets. Another large formation had already silently activated just to trap them.

If all went well, the Void Cutter experts should all be trapped inside the Buddhist Realm.

'Now we just need to place the life-death stone at the formation core and activate the Grand Nirvana Killing Formation… Eh?'

When Leng Yedie turned her head, she was shocked to find a figure standing right next to her, playing with the life-death stone in his hand with great interest.

……

Beyond the endless starry sky, a young girl was sitting on a black lotus, chanting something.

A figure appeared in front of her and whispered, "Buddhist Ancestor, an unforeseen event has occurred in Nirvana Heaven… Someone broke out of the Buddhist Realm."

"Oh?" The young girl slowly opened her eyes and said indifferently, "Just in time. This one has finally returned to Star Ruler Realm. Let's see how strong this troublemaker is."

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Buddha.

The endless Buddhist chants; the boundless Buddhist kingdom.

The entire auction site seemed to have transformed into a kingdom of tens of thousands of Buddhas. Innumerable Buddhist intent seemed to be hidden throughout the space, and one Buddha after another appeared in the surroundings as golden lotuses bloomed in large numbers.

But the background of such a scene was the horrifying killing formation dyed an endless crimson. The brilliant red light and Buddhist intent were perfectly combined.

In all of heaven and earth, there was only one person who could do such a thing—the young girl Wu Gui, who returned through reincarnation and transformed from a Buddha into a demon.

Wu Gui had been plotting this event for Nirvana Heaven for a long time, so she was already well-aware of the terrain here. At this time, she arrived at the location of the unforeseen variable with a single step.

Thus, an incomparably familiar figure that she didn't want to see at all appeared in front of her.

Leng Yedie was still staring blankly, dazed. When she saw someone take away the life-death stone, she suddenly changed color, showing anger. "You are—"

Before she could finish, she was blocked by an invisible force and gently pushed aside.

Such a gentle method naturally came from the Wu Gui behind her. If Gu Nan was the one who made a move just now, then she would've already lost her head.

Leng Yedie turned in astonishment and saw Wu Gui. Immediately, she panicked so much that she didn't even know where to put her hands. When she saluted, she stared straight at Wu Gui, just like a believer on a pilgrimage.

"How come it's you again?" Wu Gui looked like she had a headache. She felt that every time she wanted to do something, she would always run into this guy in front of her.

Gu Nanwas currently verifying the quality of the life-death stone in his mind. The life-death stone in front of his eyes met the Evil God Temple's requirements, both in terms of quality and quantity. The "Apostle Hall" structure could be constructed now.

Gu Nan, who was in a good mood, still had time to wave the life-death stone around and replied, "I need this. I heard that you guys have it here, so I came."

I need this. You guys have it, so I came to take it.

This reasoning, which sounded perfectly logical, was very acceptable to Wu Gui. She'd long been accustomed to Gu Nan's style.

"But I'm using this to kill people. If you take it, then what will I do here?" Wu Gui asked with a faint smile, but her eyes kept studying Gu Nan.historical

Her strength was quickly and continuously recovering. In recent days, she finally completely rebuilt her own laws and returned to Star Ruler Realm, so she was just looking for an opponent to try her hand.

There was no insurmountable gap between Star Rulers and Void Cutters, but there were still some differences.

Especially for a reincarnated old monster like Wu Gui, she had too many ways to take advantage of her superior cultivation realm.

But the next second, she realized something was wrong.

Gu Nan tilted his head, and his gaze suddenly became dangerous. A strong wind immediately rushed at her.

A punch without any embellishment smashed straight at Wu Gui's face!

Gu Nan's Evil God physique after advancing to Tier 5 was already not much weaker than his previous deity mode in Tier 4. At most, it only lacked the overbearing pressure that oppressed everything.

But although his punch was fast, Wu Gui's reaction wasn't the slightest bit slow either.

Her whole body glowed a brilliant gold. Three pairs of arms suddenly appeared behind her back, and two heads also appeared on either side of her head—three heads and eight arms, the Buddha's true body!

It's just that her Buddha's body was very strange. Of the two heads, one was a Buddha and the other a demon. One had a relaxed and serene expression, while the other looked ferocious and frightening.

Even for the arms behind her, half made Buddhist hand seals while the other half used demonic path seals.

Faced with Gu Nan's punch, Wu Gui didn't intend to hold back any power at all. 1,298 Buddhist and demonic intents instantly layered on top of each other as she pushed both her hands outward.

Gu Nan's current soul was extremely powerful, so he'd already captured this entire scene in his mind, but he paid no regard to it and continued swinging his fist forward.

The fist and palms collided, but no sound traveled out. The surrounding space collapsed instantly, and tendrils of darkness quickly overflowed from all around them.

Neither of them cared about limiting the collateral damage, so the pitch-black darkness that was still mere tendrils an instant before suddenly spread all over the scene in the blink of an eye.

Hundreds of Prodigious cultivators, including Leng Yedie on the side, were directly crushed into dust without even getting to scream.

The Void Cutters were also struggling just to stay alive. The battle between these two Star Ruler powerhouses at their full power shattered space itself, which nearly destroyed the Void Cutter cultivators present.

After a long time, the darkness finally receded slowly. The characteristics of space fracturing naturally separated the two, but no one gained the upper hand in this fight.

However, it was clear to Wu Gui that the other side actually had the upper hand.

She was only able to block her opponent's attack by mobilizing all of her laws, while the other party just used the strength of his physical body… Even from a stamina perspective, the opponent still had the advantage.

Gu Nan also didn't continue attacking. He'd never had any interest in enemies like this who couldn't be killed in one punch but also didn't drop anything upon death.

Instead, Wu Gui stood still, staring at Gu Nan with eyes full of disbelief.

She wasn't someone like Qian Han, who remained at Void Cutter Realm for his whole life. She knew the difference between a Star Ruler and a Void Cutter very well.

Even if Gu Nan didn't deliberately use his law, that feeling of perfected attainment and laws was undoubtedly that of a Star Ruler!

So Wu Gui fell silent. She studied Gu Nan with a hesitant look. "You… advanced to Star Ruler Realm?"

"Mm." Gu Nan nodded casually and turned to leave. He even opened a crack in space already.

But then he suddenly stopped, because he realized that this world was showing signs of collapse.

……

On the other side of the Myriad Heavens Universe, in the deepest part of Star Realm, Red's face was pale, while Zuo Zuo still stood in front of her coldly.

As the exceptionally strong Star Ruler who ruled over Nirvana Heaven, Zuo Zuo's strength was already above Red's to begin with, and that gap wasn't small.

If it were two Star Rulers with similar strength, they would've already crumbled from the pressure if they tried to remain in someone else's astral world for several years like him.

But using his own strength, Zuo Zuo managed to suppress Red inside her home field of Star Realm for several years, leaving the entire Star Realm riddled with holes…

If Gu Nan hadn't appeared out of nowhere, maybe Red would have completely fallen by now.

Of course, if there was no Gu Nan, maybe Zuo Zuo wouldn't have been able to find Immortal Demon World at all and wouldn't have returned to Star Realm.

Ignoring all these "what-ifs" for the time being, a figure was currently standing between Zuo Zuo and Red inside Red's palace. She wore a blood-red windbreaker and had a petite figure. She was precisely Ying Ge.

"My dear younger brother… You haven't changed at all in all these years!" Ying Ge covered her mouth and smiled, but the smile didn't reach her eyes. Her gaze merely contained deep-rooted killing intent.

The boy half of Zuo Zuo's face became more and more kind, while the girl half of his face became more and more ferocious and even began to laugh wildly. "You still dare to appear in front of me?"

His two halves seemed to be out of harmony, and two voices appeared alternately.

"You're just a fake! A defective product!"

"I am the perfect one!"

"What are you trying to prove by running here now?!"

"Do you want to say that you succeeded? Ridiculous… Ridiculous! As long as… As long as I kill you…"

Zuo Zuo's voice began to separate on both sides, shrill and penetrating one second and deep and gloomy the next. But in the end, his voice settled into the tone of a normal middle-aged man.

"As long as I kill you, no one will know who I am."

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"It's starting," Wu Gui's voice was calm, yet it was also somewhat melancholy.

Clearly, not even she got to witness the collapse of a "Heaven" Level astral world very often.

At her side, the space fractured by her fight with Gu Nan didn't show any signs of automatically repairing itself. Instead, it cracked apart even further.

A faint scene seemed to be projected into the sky of Nirvana Heaven. It was the scene currently happening inside Red's palace.

It's just that people in this world could only see Zuo Zuo's "first person perspective." It seemed that he had indeed reached the most critical juncture and nearly fused with his astral world.

……

"Who are you?"

"What are you afraid of?"

"Do you really believe… that no one knows?"

One question after another constantly popped out of Ying Ge's mouth. Zuo Zuo's expression distorted more and more, and even his body began to twist and warp.

His voice, however, remained that of a middle-aged man, "Know? Who knows this? As long as I kill you…"

A sneer appeared on Ying Ge's face. "Listen carefully to your voice right now! You may be able to fool the world, but can you fool us? My dear… Father?"

As Ying Ge's voice fell, Zuo Zuo's movements suddenly jerked, and then he roared like he'd gone crazy, "Kill! Kill you! I'm Zuo Zuo, I'm the lord of Nirvana Heaven. I… Where's my power?!"

Zi Yi and Zi Dian, the mother-and-son pair watching this from a corner of Zi Luo Heaven, sighed at the same time when they saw this. "So it really is him."

Only Red looked unruffled. She just stood up calmly and spoke indifferently.

"That year, when the fusion experiment reached the final step, you were fatally injured and dying. You couldn't even preserve your soul."

"So you cut your son and daughter apart and fused their respective halves together, after which you poured your own soul into the new vessel, living as a parasite on your son's main soul."

"But you never could've imagined that the experiment you held such high hopes for was still stuck at the final step even now, trapping you in this half-human half-ghost state for ten thousand years."

"What you also didn't expect was that the other halves of the son and daughter you abandoned back then spontaneously combined and even fused together perfectly, without any signs of rejection."

Red seemed like she was narrating something completely unrelated to herself, exposing Zuo Zuo's past deeds to the public bit by bit, but this was akin to plunging the tip of the sharpest blade into Zuo Zuo's body.

Red walked up to Ying Ge's side and stroked her long blood-colored hair. "I gave her the Blood Ancestor's origin and had her cleanse herself of your influence from generation to generation. Finally, she was able to completely rid herself of the part that belongs to you guys…"

……

Inside Nirvana Heaven, Wu Gui revealed a look of sudden realization. "So Zuo Zuo has always been two people. No wonder…"

After all, she wasn't personally involved in that past incident, so her understanding of Zuo Zuo wasn't as deep as those involved. It wasn't until she heard Red's narrative that she gradually understood.

Zuo Zuo was indeed the one from back then, but his body contained two souls—father and son. The son was the main soul and the father was the secondary soul, so Zuo Zuo would often behave abnormally.

Wu Gui set aside all kinds of thoughts, only to find Gu Nan studying his surroundings, looking entirely unsurprised.

"You're not surprised? You knew this a long time ago?" Her eyes narrowed slightly. If Gu Nan knew about it in advance, then maybe he…

"Know what?" Gu Nan gave her a confused look and immediately realized, "Oh, you're talking about Zuo Zuo… Not interested."

Gu Nan used a firm "Not interested" to block all of Wu Gui's suspicions at the bottom of her heart.

Of course Gu Nan wasn't interested in this kind of cutscene CG. He was busy observing the situation in Nirvana Heaven. If this place really collapsed, then it wasn't a bad idea to collect it as a personal dungeon.

Players were able to do more in the Divine Kingdom stage, and conquering other dungeons was of course one of them.

But just then, the sky above the two gradually cracked again, and a ray of golden light slowly shone through.

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Ying Ge forced Zuo Zuo into a corner as soon as she appeared and even exposed his origins to the public. It could be seen that his urgent need to kill Ying Ge earlier was absolutely the correct decision.

But on the other hand, Zuo Zuo was still a powerful Star Ruler. He wasn't so weak as to allow the entire situation to completely collapse because of a sentence from Ying Ge.

In fact, even now, the initiative was still in his hands. As long as he could overcome his heart demon of ten thousand years, he could still get back his own power.

"My… My power…" Zuo Zuo's two voices were constantly intertwined, sometimes young and sometimes mature.

At that moment, he suddenly raised a hand and stabbed it directly into his chest!

In his thoracic cavity, under the complex web of blood vessels, a red and blue heart was beating. At this moment, the red part was completely stripped away.

Ying Ge's expression turned grave. She also didn't expect for the other party to actually destroy his own core so as to obtain a temporary peace.

This was burning his own lifeboat!

The energy surging around Zuo Zuo gradually subsided, and his eyes slowly calmed down as well. He stared at Ying Ge icily. "You have people in Nirvana Heaven."

He could clearly sense the power coming from his astral world weakening at an extremely fast rate, and even his connection to it became erratic.

"It's all thanks to you." Ying Ge sneered. "If you hadn't stayed here for several years, Wu Gui wouldn't have been able to arrange everything so calmly inside Nirvana Heaven."

Although Zuo Zuo's presence in Star Realm suppressed Red completely, it also caused him to neglect Nirvana Heaven.

"So it was her." Zuo Zuo nodded. He gently opened his palm and instantly destroyed the red and blue heart.

Ying Ge and Red froze at the same time. They thought that Zuo Zuo would become hysterical, would bite back like a cornered cat, or would destroy indiscriminately, but it never occurred to them that he might do this.

This is… suicide?

Unlike other powerhouses, Zuo Zuo's vessel was fused together from two bodies. He would fall apart immediately once his core was destroyed.

However, just as they were staring blankly, an inexplicable law fluctuation suddenly appeared behind Red.

Red, who'd been deadlocked with Zuo Zuo for several years, was already a spent force. She was instantly pierced by this law, leaving a bloody hole in her chest.

Ying Ge whirled around in alarm. Zuo Zuo's original body had already disappeared upon being destroyed, but behind Red, there were two halves of a body.

The two halves each only had one side, as if someone had made a clean cut down the middle with a sharp knife.

"What kind of law is this…" Dumbstruck, Ying Ge stared at this scene. With her ten thousand years of knowledge, she actually didn't recognize the root law behind this eerie scene.

Until finally, a cold voice arrived belatedly:

"Life and death, left and right."

The voice seemed to ring out of thin air, but Ying Ge suddenly turned around, because she clearly recognized that the timbre was from Zuo Zuo's female half!

"There was a third soul… Who are you?!" Ying Ge finally realized that something was wrong. Everything before had gone too smoothly, so smoothly that it was unbelievable.

Since Zuo Zuo already knew about her existence, would he not have a backup plan?

The woman who obtained half of Zuo Zuo's body didn't answer her. She just minded her own business and tried moving her new hand and foot.

Zuo Zuo looked down at Red and finally revealed a victorious smile. "That little fellow isn't the only genius to appear in such a good place like Star Realm… You missed too many."

Of course Red was also surprised, but the situation felt more comical to her. "You gave her half of your body. Do you think you can still take it back?"

But Zuo Zuo laughed. "I still have Nirvana Heaven. What can she use to fight against me? Do you think that you can completely destroy my astral world with just a Buddha of Ten Thousand Samsara… Huh?"

Even if he only had a weak connection with Nirvana Heaven, Zuo Zuo still sensed an astonishing law descend upon his astral world with alarming clarity.

……

Nirvana Heaven.

Gu Nan and Wu Gui looked up at the same time. A huge golden figure appeared at the junction of the black and white sky.

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Golden light spilled down. Jin Wuyin was like an invincible giant, descending with terrifying might.

As a golden giant with the purest bloodline, Jin Wuyin could always remain in his true form. On the contrary, the human form he normally used was the result of deliberately restraining his powers.

Qian Han stood quietly beside Jin Wuyin with a smile on his face, looking at Gu Nan and Wu Gui below.

'Even if you're as cunning as a fox, this old man still caught you!'

Now that he was collecting the fruit of his victory, even the extremely shrewd Qian Han couldn't help feeling some joy in his heart. He really put too much effort into finding Gu Nan's whereabouts.

"A Star Ruler level golden giant?" Wu Gui frowned slightly. Jin Wuyin fully displayed his own power, which allowed her to see his background at a glance.

This situation made Wu Gui somewhat perplexed.

'Since when were Star Rulers so worthless that they keep on appearing one after another?'

Under normal circumstances, even in the Myriad Heavens Universe, the probability of seeing a Star Ruler was infinitesimal.

If Prodigious cultivators stood at the peak of the secular world and Void Cutter cultivators had taken their first step out of the mortal world, then Star Ruler cultivators were lifeforms on a completely different level from the first two.

Perhaps Void Cutters may still need mortal organizations to handle matters for them and collect cultivation resources, but Star Rulers didn't need that at all.

Most of their energy was spent in the Inner World, looking for a suitable astral world in the Myriad Heavens Starry Road.

In other words, Star Rulers were more concerned about the world itself and not the people living inside it.

"You are Gu Nan?" As soon as Jin Wuyin appeared, he asked with a thundering rumble, followed closely by his fist.

A question was a question, but he didn't plan to pause his hand movement just to ask a question.

Gu Nan also didn't pause. He retaliated with a punch of his own without hesitation and even threw himself forward, heading straight for Jin Wuyin.

"Golden giant, you came just in time!" On the contrary, Gu Nan was actually a little happy that Jin Wuyin delivered himself right to his door.

This wasn't like the time when he first saw Young Master Jin. Back then, he was busy building his Divine Kingdom and had a thousand things to do, so he didn't have the energy to care about anything else.

But the foundation of Gu Nan's Divine Kingdom was already established now, and he had a stable source of both resources and points, so he naturally had more energy to consider other matters.

The world outside the Myriad Heavens Universe, for one. Subduing certain suitable otherworldly clans to serve as his apostles, for another.

Punch against punch!

How strong was Gu Nan's Tier 5 Evil God physique? Not even Wu Gui could oppose him with just her Buddhist true body alone. She had to bring out her Buddhist and demonic intent to barely withstand it.

On the other hand, as the chief of the golden giants clan, Jin Wuyin's body was his most powerful weapon!

Different from the fight against Wu Gui earlier, this time the collision of the two punches caused an ear-piercing explosion.

Then the two each took a step back and landed on the ground with enough force for their feet to sink into the ground, sending a cloud of smoke flying up.

This punch was an honest to god collision; it didn't end at merely destroying the opponent's laws. The terrifying force gave both sides rather serious injuries.

Gu Nan's right hand was almost completely broken; bones were jutting out from his elbow. Jin Wuyin, on the other hand, fared no better. His hand was badly mutilated, and his wrist was broken at a strange angle.

"You're absolutely not from my golden giants clan. Who are you?" Jin Wuyin's right hand trembled slightly, unable to hide the surprise in his heart, as he asked loudly.

He originally believed that Gu Nan was a descendent of his clan and wanted to subdue him and bring him back to the clan, so he didn't use his full power.

But even without his full power, it was still impossible for a golden giant to fight him to such a standstill without transforming into their true body—unless the other party wasn't one of the golden giants in the first place!

But Gu Nan's right hand was recovering rapidly. Almost in the blink of an eye, the bones had healed completely and the skin was also growing quickly.historical

This made Jin Wuyin, whose injuries recovered extremely slowly, stare so hard that his eyes almost popped out.

For a naturally-gifted race like them, the stronger their bodies, the longer it took them to recover from injuries. On the contrary, if one's physical strength came from various external buffs, then there would be no limitation in this respect.

"The golden clan… Are you guys interested in becoming my apostles?" Gu Nan asked with a light smile, but his hand didn't hesitate as he directly activated a law.

He knew that Jin Wuyin didn't use his full power in the earlier punch. It was quite troublesome to deal with Jin Wuyin in Gu Nan's normal state.

So he threw out a skill without hesitation—Deity's Descent! A Deity's Descent strengthened by the power of shadows!

Rays of black light lit up from behind Gu Nan. An incomparably majestic and gloomy aura flowed out little by little, almost covering the whole world.

"This…" Wu Gui stared at this scene in shock. Behind her, the Asura half of her avatar suddenly jerked like it was about to break away from her control.

She was originally happily watching from the sidelines when Gu Nan suddenly did this. That gloomy aura spreading crazily almost drew out her demonic nature!

The terrifying black fog was still pouring out endlessly, almost completely wrapping Gu Nan up.

His body quickly grew in size and even turned a dark color. His originally black pupils also contained hints of purple now.

And the black fog surrounding his entire body finally gathered behind him, turning into pairs of skeletal wings—twelve wings exactly, no more and no less. They looked sinister and frightening.

Even Gu Nan didn't recognize himself after this change. He looked back in astonishment and muttered, "The hell is this? Twelve-Winged Skeletal Angel?"

Even in his past life's game, there weren't many people who truly used the Deity law.

This thing required a large investment in the early stage and had a long cooldown time. It belonged to the "five seconds as a real man" category of skills, so not everyone liked to use it.

And after Gu Nan leveled up to Tier 5, this skill was further strengthened by the power of shadows, so not even Gu Nan himself could predict the current appearance of Deity's Descent.

However, he soon knew the answer, because Jin Wuyin and Wu Gui blurted out almost simultaneously, "Nine Abyss Heavenly Demon!"

Nine heavens as Heaven, and nine abysses as Earth. The power of shadows had a dark attribute to begin with, so the deity that should've been in the nine heavens naturally fell into the nine abysses after being dominated by the power of shadows, turning into a demon.

In the Myriad Heavens Universe's original records, the Nine Abyss Heavenly Demon was exactly what Gu Nan resembled right now.

"Heavenly Demon?" Of course Gu Nan heard Jin Wuyin and Wu Gui. He glanced at his dark purple skin and felt the increase in power the twelve wings behind him brought, and pretty much tacitly admitted to this.

Wu Gui unobtrusively retreated a step. This situation had already exceeded her expectations, but it also explained her long-standing question.

Gu Nan actually advanced at a pace even faster than the speed at which she recovered her own powers. How was that possible?

'So he's the reincarnation of a Heavenly Demon!'

'Now that he's returned to Star Ruler Realm, he finally displayed the power of his past life!'

With such thoughts in her heart, one doubt after another seemed to be cleared… Wu Gui studied Gu Nan with a deep gaze.

Jin Wuyin, on the other hand, felt his lips twitch slightly. He wanted to run away, only to realize that the surrounding space had been frozen by that majestic aura, so there was no escape.

Under such circumstances, he turned and ran without another word—although space was sealed off right now, his incomparably strong body could at least still run!

Thus, the Qian Han beside him was exposed. Facing this white-haired old man who'd broken out in a cold sweat, Gu Nan revealed a "kind" smile.

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"Golden giant, Nine Abyss Heavenly Demon…"

Zuo Zuo, who was in Star Realm, felt his mouth start twitching when he sensed the auras from his own astral world.

'How come these things that haven't been sighted in hundreds of years all decided to appear at this critical juncture?!'

Even if they were awfully busy fighting each other and didn't have time to rob Nirvana Heaven together, the collateral damage from their battle alone was enough to affect him.

His connection to his astral world was already weak to begin with. Now, it was even harder for him to receive any power from his astral world.

Zuo Zuo, who only had half of his body left, swept his gaze across the three women around him, his expression turning more and more grim.

Gu Nian, who used her unique law to resurrect Zuo Zuo at the cost of taking away the other half of his body, would naturally become his enemy and fight with him over control of the remaining half of his body, not to mention there was also Red and Ying Ge.

In short, everyone in this place was his enemy.

'Then, let's fight the decisive battle…'historical

……

In Nirvana Heaven, the Gu Nan who transformed into a Heavenly Demon neutralized Qian Han with a casual blow, instantly shattering all of Qian Han's laws.

Gu Nan already discovered that the most powerful part of his deity mode—or rather, Heavenly Demon mode—lies not in the strength itself, but in its ability to naturally seal off space.

In the past, Wu Gui went through a great deal of effort in order to temporarily seal off Yue Jiu's escape routes with her Buddha Kingdom.

But after Gu Nan used his Deity law, the law nullification attribute that came preinstalled in the deity's aura was enough to completely solidify his surrounding space.

Because of this, Qian Han had no chance to escape at all, and Jin Wuyin could only run away with his legs.

"Can you really escape though?" Looking at the Jin Wuyin that almost disappeared from sight, Gu Nan merely smiled coldly. He took a step out and instantly appeared behind Jin Wuyin.

Jin Wuyin looked back in inconsolable horror, wondering why Gu Nan could still teleport. Since space itself was solidified, Gu Nan shouldn't be able to use any spacial abilities either.

But he understood in the next instant—this wasn't teleportation at all, just pure speed!

A more terrifying speed had yet to come. Without Jin Wuyin noticing in the slightest, Gu Nan's fist had landed on his face and instantly knocked him into the ground.

Gu Nan's Heavenly Demon body was also completely composed of laws. Not only did his fist contain a terrifying strength, but it also held countless laws of the nine abysses.

Corrosion, dissolution, erosion, disintegration… Many malicious yet efficient laws constantly emerged on Jin Wuyin's face.

The mighty body of this golden giant seemed to turn into a law testing machine, testing the strength of all these laws.

Jin Wuyin was directly knocked down by this punch, and even his face showed signs of bone fractures. For a while, even getting up was hard for him, so punch after punch continuously hit their mark.

Gu Nan had already discovered that his Deity law underwent some changes after his advancement to Tier 5.

During Tier 4, the Deity law mainly reinforced his physical body, while the Tier 5 "Deity's Descent" seemed to pay more attention to damage inflicted by the laws that were attached to the attack.

Gu Nan's experience was extremely rich, so he understood what was going on in the blink of an eye—his current Evil God physique had already reached the maximum possible limit before the First Round!

The First Round was a threshold. Before stepping past this threshold by advancing to Tier 6, there was an upper limit to his physical strength, and the deity's power could only be reflected in laws.

But this also showed that the strength of Gu Nan's current physical body was already at the very peak of those in his same realm, not counting those Star Rulers who had their own astral worlds.

In the end, Jin Wuyin was still a golden giant. Even though he couldn't fight back at all under Gu Nan's blows, he had no intention of giving up.

Taking advantage of a gap between Gu Nan's attacks, he finally managed to just barely block a punch, then immediately got up and fled.

Although his body was already covered with wounds, he still hadn't given up hope yet—'This guy caused such a big ruckus. Why hasn't the Star Ruler of this astral world appeared yet?!'

'Hey! Your home is going to be smashed to pieces!'

Jin Wuyin frantically fled while cursing this place's "incompetent Star Ruler" in his heart.

He, who lived outside the Myriad Heavens Universe all year round, truly didn't know about the major events in the Myriad Heavens Universe.

……

Zuo Zuo, who was cursed as an "incompetent Star Ruler" by Jin Wuyin, was in much worse shape than Jin Wuyin.

With only half of his body left, even his strength was halved, and he couldn't receive assistance from Nirvana Heaven. Right now, he was in imminent danger.

Fortunately, among his opponents, Gu Nian hadn't finished familiarizing herself with her new body yet, Red was seriously injured by his sneak attack just now, and Ying Ge's strength only recovered to Void Cutter Realm.

It was precisely such a trio of the old, the weak, and the crippled that left Zuo Zuo with a glimmer of hope of survival.

Zuo Zuo suddenly froze briefly under the three's flurry of attacks. A dark shadow emerged in front of him, blocking the three's attacks, while he tore open space and stepped into the void.

He didn't even care about taking back the other half of his body and turned to run away!

Gu Nian followed him into the crack in space without even thinking about it. Ying Ge frowned slightly, then gritted her teeth and also tried to follow them inside, but she was stopped by Red.

"Let him go." Red's face was extremely pale, but her voice was calm, "Let's destroy Nirvana Heaven instead. We can let those two fight to their hearts' content."

Ying Ge's eyes suddenly brightened as she understood Red's meaning.

A body couldn't be divided into two for a prolonged period of time. For Gu Nian and Zuo Zuo, only one of them could live. They were natural enemies. As long as Red and Ying Ge took control of Nirvana Heaven and prevented Zuo Zuo from receiving extra help from his astral world, neither side would win!

……

In Nirvana Heaven, Jin Wuyin's body was already about to collapse. His escape only resulted in taking a few less hits; it was impossible for him to escape Gu Nan's utterly terrifying speed.

This golden giants clan chief really could take a beating. Even though his whole body was enveloped by the power of laws and his breathing was getting weaker, he could still speak.

"Your Excellency, the golden clan has no enmity with you…" Before he could seemingly admit defeat or even surrender, Gu Nan's fist fell down again.

This punch seemed to trigger a qualitative change, tilting Jin Wuyin's head and twisting his neck at an unnatural angle.

The next moment, endless darkness poured out from Gu Nan's body and crazily swallowed Jin Wuyin up.

"You're not going to leave him alive?" Wu Gui had already come to his side at some point.

"I'm going to visit the golden giants clan. It's enough to have one guide leading the way." Gu Nan pointed to Qian Han, who was still locked up over there.

Since he was interested in the golden clan, of course it was impossible for their patriarch to live. He didn't need a leader with strong authority over the clan.

"Too bad. Zuo Zuo didn't actually die." Gu Nan shook his head again.

If the Star Ruler wasn't dead, then no one could take away his astral world, not unless Gu Nan found this world's origin. But in the enormous Nirvana Heaven, this would be quite a huge undertaking.

Besides, if Zuo Zuo was defeated, many people would probably be interested in Nirvana Heaven.

Perhaps even now, people in the Myriad Heavens Starry Road were already fighting over this. If Gu Nan spent all that time and effort to search for the origin inside Nirvana Heaven, only to have someone snatch away the origin directly inside the Starry Road, then it would truly be wasted effort.

Gu Nan still maintained the body of a Heavenly Demon. After Tier 5, it seemed that even the transformation time was lengthened. He picked Qian Han up, planning to return to his Divine Kingdom.

"This person, can you give him to me?" A distant voice traveled over from the sky. Red and Ying Ge had arrived. "I can also provide the location of the golden giants clan."

Upon seeing Red arrive from a distance, despair filled Qian Han's eyes.

Red's voice was no different from back then, just like when Gu Nan first met her, but Gu Nan was no longer the same.

"Why?" Gu Nan placed Qian Han down next to him and asked.

Red said calmly, "He betrayed me and knows some of my secrets. I won't let him live."

Gu Nan scratched his head and stared at her like he was looking at a fool. "Since he's so valuable, you want to take him away with just a sentence?"

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Red quietly stared at Gu Nan without responding.

She was already a Star Ruler ten thousand years ago. In all likelihood, no second person had ever dared to speak to her this way in these ten thousand years.

But the logic was very simple. You have to give money when you take something, unless she could also kill the seller like Gu Nan did.

Even Wu Gui and Jin Wuyin could recognize the Nine Abyss Heavenly Demon. Red was no naturally no exception.

She even knew better than anyone that this Heavenly Demon was by no means Gu Nan's true body. At most, it was some kind of ability. Back then, she saw Gu Nan transform into a deity with her own eyes.

Of course Gu Nan—who could also transform into a deity—couldn't possibly be the reincarnation of some Heavenly Demon.

It was precisely this understanding that made Gu Nan's current attitude so perplexing to Red—anyone who possessed even a little foresight should understand that using Qian Han to make friends with Red was the choice with the greatest profit.

Furthermore, she might even agree if he offered to exchange an insignificant Qian Han for some interests in Nirvana Heaven and Star Realm.

'Why on earth is he so stubborn about Qian Han?'

Gu Nan stared Red in the eye without flinching. Even though he knew that he who had yet to complete the First Round still couldn't confront Red head-on for the time being…

But it was possible for players to give back what they already gobbled up!

"Then try it." Of course Red didn't say "What do you want?" or anything like that. Rather, she simply chose to attack.

Someone with her status never compromised, not even when facing Zuo Zuo, so how could she give in to Gu Nan?

Indescribable law fluctuations directly emerged near Gu Nan, frantically surging towards him.

What greeted Gu Nan's eyes was a red that almost drowned out the entire world. It was an overwhelming red that hid the sky and covered the earth.

Red's law was just red!

Ying Ge stood by Red's side and looked down at the Gu Nan who was instantly drowned out by red. She couldn't help wondering, "He was dealt with so easily? This doesn't seem very real…"

She and Red could barely count as contemporaries, so she knew the terror of this attack. Very few of her enemies could escape when caught inside this blood-red color.

This kind of red screen wasn't an ordinary technique. It was an abstraction taken from Red's origin law. In other words, this technique was a law that had practically become a tangible existence.

There weren't many people in the Myriad Heavens Universe who could turn their own laws into a tangible image with their own power.

But with her understanding of Gu Nan, Ying Ge felt that the other party wouldn't be killed so easily.historical

"It's indeed not that easy," Red's voice was still calm, but there was a hint of astonishment. Only when she fought Gu Nan personally did she realize how difficult this guy was to deal with.

In her senses, the blood-red color surrounding Gu Nan was being torn apart at an incredible rate, leaving her with almost no time to replenish the loss.

'He can actually tear apart laws directly… What kind of monster is this?'

Red had never seen a Nine Abyss Heavenly Demon before, but she was certain that Heavenly Demons most assuredly did not have such an ability.

Surrounded by the red curtain, Gu Nan's body emitted a dense black light, but the red was constantly pressing down on him, while Gu Nan was using the dumbest method to break through.

Relying on his physical body alone, he broke up this red curtain one punch at a time.

Gu Nan estimated that Red's level was probably between Tier 7 and Tier 8. However, because Zuo Zuo suppressed Star Realm for many years, she couldn't bring out her astral world's full power, so now she was only using her own strength.

But her personal strength alone was enough to suppress the lower-leveled Gu Nan and render most of his laws ineffective.

Red's substantive law was like the hardest steel and also the most pliable silk, which possessed both hardness and supple strength, making it extremely difficult to destroy.

If he wanted to challenge an opponent several levels higher, he could only rely on his exceptionally strong physique!

The Heavenly Demon state showed no signs of fading at all, so Gu Nan increased the speed of his punches and punched more and more wantonly. In the end, he was already using both hands and feet, and even his entire body became a weapon!

The red color was still continuously invading his space. Perhaps this kind of enemy that was everywhere might make people despair greatly, but Gu Nan very much welcomed such opponents.

Because he didn't need to make any judgments at all—punching or kicking anywhere at random would land hits on the target!

Bang!

Like the sound of bubbles bursting, the speed at which Red repaired the red curtain finally failed to catch up with Gu Nan's destruction, and the red curtain was completely smashed through by the latter.

Under Ying Ge's stupefied gaze, black fog constantly evaporated off of Gu Nan, as if it was burning up. He crazily charged out of the red curtain and shot at Red point-blank, just like a sharp arrow!

Ying Ge shouldn't have been able to see his movements clearly, but time seemed to slow down, and Gu Nan drew a trail in front of her eyes.

Breaking out of the red curtain and then swinging a punch at Red's face.

Red looked up. Waves of red ripples appeared before her, hovering in the air and blocking Gu Nan's punch like a shield.

Gu Nan didn't even need to think. His figure instantly appeared in another direction, launching a kick at Red, and the same ripples emerged again.

The third punch, the fourth kick… Gu Nan happily carried out these seemingly useless attacks. His movements even accelerated further without the slightest pause.

In Ying Ge's line of sight, Gu Nan seemed to have split into countless clones that launched simultaneous attacks on Red from all directions. As a result, she and Red now seemed to be surrounded by the red ripples instead!

"Go!" A shout sounded beside her ear. Ying Ge looked back in shock, only to see that Red had already opened a space passage, planning to return to Star Realm.

Ying Ge felt chills on her back and suddenly understood what Red meant. She hurriedly stepped into the passage, and then heard a soft sound…

A red shield was shattered!

Ying Ge truly was surprised this time. She knew Red for so many years, but she'd never heard of anyone physically shattering tangible laws.

Gu Nan's figure pounced at them again with an insane smile on his face. The black fog surrounding him became more and more violent and unrestrained. His expression seemed to speak of his imposing manner—the will to shatter everything!

Red's eyebrows wrinkled slightly. She sent Ying Ge away with a wave of her hand, while she herself raised her hand to block Gu Nan's punch. A red luster started to shine on her hand.

Crack!

The red light was suddenly beaten back, while Red's expression froze slightly. She clearly felt a burst of monstrous strength traveling up her arm. The force of the shock directly broke her left hand.

Fortunately, this force also pushed Red away from Gu Nan. She crashed into the space passage, which made Gu Nan unable to give chase.

However, Gu Nan just stood beside the dark crack and watched the two leave, merely revealing a sneer.

The shadowy Heavenly Demon state had already hit its time limit and slowly dissipated at this time, revealing his original appearance. When he turned around again, Wu Gui was long gone, leaving only Qian Han behind.

But Qian Han, this old man, didn't plan to run away, because he discovered his own value after witnessing that fight just now.

"My Lord." Qian Han showed a humble smile. "This old man has managed Star Realm on that one's behalf for a thousand years. As long as My Lord is interested in Star Realm, this old man is willing to serve My Lord."

The value he discovered was to defect once again.

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Star Realm.

Red returned here with Ying Ge but immediately started coughing repeatedly. Blood also began seeping out of the stab wound Zuo Zuo inflicted earlier.

"How are you?" Ying Ge hurriedly held her anxiously. "Gu Nan… is already strong enough to fight you? Has he already found an astral world?"

Red shook her head. "I don't know if he has an astral world, but it's true that I can't do anything about his Heavenly Demon true body without the support of Star Realm… I underestimated him."

When Star Realm wasn't supplying her with power, she was nothing more than a slightly powerful Star Ruler. She wanted to suppress Gu Nan with just her own power, but she didn't expect to be suppressed by the other side instead.

"He fought very smartly." Red added, "He should've seen through my cards, which is why he adopted this fighting style."

Ying Ge stared blankly. She really couldn't associate Gu Nan's crazy appearance earlier with the phrase "clever tactics."

However, she nonetheless realized that Gu Nan defeated Red by taking advantage of the present situation in Star Realm.

"Next time…"historical

"Next time, the situation may not necessarily be like this anymore." Red sighed lightly.

……

In Nirvana Heaven, Qian Han's face was full of sincerity. No trace of reluctance could be seen.

It wasn't due to how brilliant his acting skills were. Rather, he sincerely wanted to join Gu Nan's side, at least for now.

It was far from the first time he'd done such a thing. After betraying Red by acting as a double agent for Zuo Zuo, Qian Han no longer had a place in Star Realm. Taking refuge with Gu Nan was indeed his only choice.

"What's your use?" Gu Nan asked thus. This question sounded mocking, but Gu Nan was genuinely curious.

Red wasn't willing to offer a price, so whether Qian Han could save his own life depended on himself right now.

Qian Han didn't even have to think about it and quickly responded, "My Lord, I'm a top Void Cutter cultivator, and I'm very familiar with Star Realm. I also know about the entire Myriad Heavens Universe."

After a pause, he added, "I basically managed Star Realm for a thousand years. I have the experience of managing an entire astral world… My Lord, with your strength, I think it won't be long before you need a manager."

Qian Han wasn't sure whether Gu Nan already possessed an astral world, so he very wisely changed his wording.

"Why should I ask you to help manage my astral world? To make it convenient for you to turn traitor again?" Gu Nan gave him a meaningful stare and asked with a faint smile.

Qian Han wasn't surprised at all. He knew that with his "criminal record," the other party was bound to be suspicious.

So he bowed deeply. "This old man was only given a chance to defect because that one delegated power for too long. With My Lord's vigilance, don't tell me he'll also give this old man a chance to turn traitor?"

He actually advised Gu Nan to guard against him… and also threw in some flattery in passing.

Gu Nan laughed silently, casually grabbed him, and stepped into his Divine Kingdom. "I hope you won't regret it."

……

In an obscure small plane deep in the starry sky, the two halves of Zuo Zuo's body were facing each other.

"What do you want?!" Zuo Zuo glared resentfully. The half of his body that originally belonged to him was calmly returning his gaze.

He was constantly on the move after escaping from Star Realm and had already switched dozens of small planes already. He confirmed that Red didn't chase after him, but instead, this woman was always following him.

She neither attacked nor said a word. She just followed him. But whenever Zuo Zuo wanted to turn around, she would immediately avoid him.

Zuo Zuo's eyes turned slightly cold. He knew that he had to take back his body as soon as possible, or else both of them would die from possessing incomplete souls.

But the other party didn't seem to be in a hurry at all and played guerrilla warfare with him just like this.

Zuo Zuo knew better than anyone else that the enemy wanted to engage in a battle of patience with him. Perhaps the other party was even more anxious than he was. As long as he steadied his mind and calmed down…

But how could he calm down?!

The scheme he plotted for many years failed due to some random, inexplicable reasons, causing his astral world to fall into other people's control, and he was even forced to give half his body to someone else.

No matter how rational he was, it was still hard to control his anger at this time!

"You're starting to feel anxious," unhurried words came from the front. Gu Nian's voice began to resemble her original one. This was the beginning of her soul influencing the body.

Zuo Zuo took a deep breath and said in a heavy voice, "You and I will join hands to get Nirvana Heaven back first. I can share half of the astral world's power with you."

As long as they could put down their prejudices, they could combine into a temporary whole. Both of them would benefit from recapturing the astral world.

Gu Nian was silent for a while. Just when Zuo Zuo began to get impatient, she asked, "How can I trust you?"

Zuo Zuo's heart relaxed slightly. Sure enough, no one could resist the temptation of a complete astral world. "To show my sincerity, control of the new body can be given to you."

Hearing this, Gu Nian's single eye seemed to light up and she replied quickly, "Okay!"

Zuo Zuo didn't waste time and flew directly to the opposite side, but he was sneering in his heart.

He didn't lie. He did intend to give control of the body to Gu Nian, but once he recaptured Nirvana Heaven…

Thunk!

Under Zuo Zuo's incredulous gaze, Gu Nian formed a knife with her hand and viciously chopped down on Zuo Zuo's neck.

This hand chop was obviously premeditated, causing Zuo Zuo to stumble and tearing a hole in his neck.

"What is this?" Zuo Zuo's voice grew colder.

Gu Nian smiled. "I'd rather kill you than trust you."

……

Inside the Divine Kingdom.

Gu Nan casually threw Qian Han into the Evil God Temple and had him begin the process of becoming an apostle, while Gu Nan himself had already run to the construction interface.

Regarding the problem of Qian Han's loyalty or lack thereof, Gu Nan wasn't actually very worried.

It wasn't that he had any confidence in Qian Han, but rather, the characteristics of an apostle meant that Gu Nan didn't fear betrayal.

The Evil God Temple judged apostles by quite a strict standard. As long as the apostles harbored any disloyal intentions, Gu Nan would immediately receive a warning. If it was slightly serious, the apostle would even be directly kicked out of the ranks of apostles.

Therefore, Gu Nan wasn't worried about the kind of person who finally defected after lurking for many years. Instead, fellows who'd rather die than surrender or people who would turn traitor in the blink of an eye gave Gu Nan more of a headache.

What's more, Gu Nan had an even better way to restrict Qian Han.

The transformation into an apostle was quite convenient. Not long after, Qian Han stood in front of Gu Nan again with an even more respectful expression.

"My Lord…"

"Mm, go in and try it," Gu Nan said to him and pointed to the building ahead.

Qian Han turned his head and saw a delicate little house. Words he didn't recognize were written on the plaque, but he somehow understood their meaning.

Apostle Hall.

Qian Han cast a glance at Gu Nan but dared not ask further questions, so he walked in while feeling like he'd "ventured deeper into the tiger's den."

After Qian Han walked into the Apostle Hall, he saw one projection after another floating in front of him, and the last one was actually himself!

"This is…"

Gu Nan stood outside the Apostle Hall. A series of data appeared on the page.

「Name: Qian Han

Combat Power: 128

Administration: 105

Strategy: 99

……

Loyalty: 60 」

Gu Nan's mouth revealed a small smile when he saw that loyalty was only at 60 points, and he clicked on an option on the page—Tier Restriction.

「Tier Restriction: Tier 3!」

Thus Qian Han, who was inside the Apostle Hall, ushered in a horrifying experience that he would never forget for the rest of his life. He only felt that his whole body's strength was being drained away, and his realm fell wildly until it was only at Prodigious Realm…

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'To think a method of limiting one's realm exists in this world…'

Qian Han, who was in the Apostle Hall, felt like his three views had collapsed.

'Limit one's realm… Limit one's realm!'

Qian Han, who once managed an astral world, immediately realized that if other Star Rulers learned this method, then from then on, all the Void Cutters would become slaves of the Star Rulers.

The reason why Void Cutter cultivators enjoyed high and aloof statuses was precisely because they had the means to protect themselves.

Even if it was a powerful Star Ruler, as long as they didn't have the ability to seal off space or kill Void Cutters instantly, they might still be unable to stop Void Cutters from escaping.

And once a Void Cutter expert disappeared from their sight, finding them again was by no means an easy task.

But if Star Rulers had the ability to restrict someone's realm, they could completely suppress all the Void Cutters at Prodigious Realm and make them lose their most critical self-preservation ability!

Just like right now…

Qian Han walked out of the Apostle Hall lifelessly, looking like a dispirited, lonely old man. After losing his Void Cutter power, he could already foresee his own fate.

He would probably be kept inside someone's astral world as a complete encyclopedia of knowledge until the day the Star Ruler no longer needed his knowledge, and he would be secretly executed like a dog…

In any case, Qian Han would definitely do it this way if he was the Star Ruler.

Gu Nan, however, ignored him. He just called Yan Xiaoxiao over and had her take Qian Han around to familiarize him with the Divine Kingdom's situation.

He recruited Qian Han as an apostle not only for knowledge like Qian Han believed, but also for Qian Han to manage the Divine Kingdom for him.

Although Yan Xiaoxiao was familiar enough with Immortal Demon World, her knowledge was ultimately still limited to one world, and she also didn't have a Void Cutter expert's aloof and detached mentality, so she wasn't the most suitable "manager."

Moreover, Gu Nan also wouldn't allow his Divine Kingdom to be under one person's complete management. If he was worried about betrayal, then he shouldn't give others the opportunity to betray him. Qian Han's previous words weren't unreasonable.

In the empty Evil God Temple, Gu Nan stood alone in front of the Apostle Hall, suddenly feeling refreshed.

After coming to this world for so long, he always saw specious things that appeared plausible but were actually wrong. Only the familiar figures from the Apostle Hall in front of him made him feel like everything was under control.

The Apostle Hall didn't only contain Qian Han's data. It had detailed data on everyone who became an apostle.

「Name: Yan Xiaoxiao

Combat Power: 98

Administration: 99

Command: 102

……

Energy: 65

Loyalty: 95 」

Yan Xiaoxiao's information didn't differ from Gu Nan's expectations. Except for one "Command" stat—which was of little use at present—that was over 100, the rest were below 100.

In Apostle Hall's data, the maximum value for energy and loyalty were 100 points, and there was no upper limit for the other stats.

However, 100 was a threshold. Once the stat exceeded 100, the calculation algorithm became completely different, and the ability increased almost exponentially.

For example, Yan Xiaoxiao had 98 points in Combat Power, but she could at most fight three 90 point enemies. However, an apostle with a Combat Power of 105 could casually beat ten Yan Xiaoxiao's.

So don't be fooled by how Qian Han's Combat Power of 128 was only 30 points higher than Yan Xiaoxiao. In fact, the gap was unimaginably large.historical

Yan Xiaoxiao's loyalty reached a height of 95 points, so he didn't need to worry about that for the time being. Instead, her energy was only 65, which showed that the work burden on her recently was a little too heavy, so finding someone to share her burden was a high priority.

Next was Guan Hongchen, Lei Qi, and Lei Ba. They didn't have any stats that exceeded Gu Nan's expectations, and their loyalty values were all above 80. There was no sign of betrayal for the time being.

Divine Kingdom construction belonged to the base building category of games, and the role of the Apostle Hall was similar to the "hero altar" in some games, while apostles were analogous to the hero generals under the base's lord.

In fact, after surpassing Level 3, the Apostle Hall could indeed summon apostles directly.

The Apostle Hall could also be used to train apostles, but this role was of little use for the time being—Gu Nan had no money.

……

On the edge of the Myriad Heavens Universe, Gu Nian and Zuo Zuo were still fleeing and giving chase respectively. They were about to leave the Myriad Heavens Universe.

It's just that the present situation had turned into Gu Nian single-heartedly trying to escape while Zuo Zuo constantly pursued her. Their time was running out.

Zuo Zuo's neck wound was still deepening, but he didn't seem to notice at all and continued pursuing with a cold expression.

In fact, Gu Nian's earlier sneak attack didn't give her much of an advantage. At best, she caused some minor injuries to Zuo Zuo, which was far from her goal of "killing the other party."

And after Zuo Zuo freed himself from Red and Ying Ge and only had to fight one Gu Nian, he actually still had a huge advantage, even without the support of Nirvana Heaven.

That body belonged to him in the first place, so he had a far better understanding than the other person; he'd been a Star Ruler for ten thousand years and was incomparably familiar with this level of power; he even had considerable understanding of the other party's mysterious and unpredictable law…

His only disadvantage right now was that the other party was hell-bent on running away!

"Exactly how long do you plan to keep running?" Zuo Zuo's cold voice rang out again, but Gu Nian didn't even pause. She continued to jump towards the next plane without looking back.

Zuo Zuo could only suppress his continuously surging negative emotions and carefully chased after her—in the end, Gu Nian's previous "kill you" still affected him.

Zuo Zuo felt like this was an unlucky year for him.

Originally, with his foundations, that war should've been a certain victory for him. His strength was above Red to begin with. Even if someone made trouble in Nirvana Heaven, he could still casually extinguish them.

Only Ying Ge's appearance truly hit his fatal weak spot, and she even appeared when he was preoccupied using his full power to suppress Red. It was hard to get off after riding a tiger—it was impossible for him to stop halfway, so he was forced to self-destruct his core.

However, Zuo Zuo still wasn't out of backup plans. He resurrected himself with Gu Nian's special law, gaining a chance to stake it all on a final battle.

As long as he could get back even a little power from Nirvana Heaven, then it would be a battle of attribution to see whether Wu Gui's destructive power was stronger or whether Red and the others could manage to survive longer.

But of all things, he just had to run into Gu Nan's great battle with Jin Wuyin… This was like the last straw that broke the camel's back, crushing all of Zuo Zuo's plans.

And now that he broke away from Red's pursuit, he didn't even have the energy to care about his astral world. He just wanted to get his body back.

However, Gu Nian displayed an attitude of "only one of us will live in this life and death struggle" and refused to communicate with him at all. If this continued, he might actually become the first Star Ruler in history to self-destruct.

Zuo Zuo suppressed all emotions and stepped into the crack in space, prepared for a possible ambush. Although Gu Nian had never done such a thing before, no one knew if she was deliberately lulling him into lowering his guard.

To his surprise, this time Gu Nian didn't actually continue to flee.

"We're here." Gu Nian chuckled slightly, but it looked somewhat bizarre when it was done with only half of a body.

Zuo Zuo frowned slightly and looked around, but he found nothing out of the ordinary. This was a normal small world. Perhaps it had some special laws, but wasn't she thinking too highly of herself if she wanted to beat him with just that?

Zuo Zuo didn't feel like any advantage could offset the gap in experience and knowledge between himself and her.

"I've experienced hundreds of reincarnations before. I found this place accidentally." Gu Nian said slowly, "I didn't understand what was here at that time, and it wasn't until I left Star Realm later on that I finally found some clues…"

Before she could finish, Zuo Zuo's expression changed slightly, because he saw Gu Nian casually throw a beam of light at the ground.

With this light beam, this world erupted like an enraged lion. Countless laws surged wildly towards Gu Nian's body, and Zuo Zuo, who was right beside her, naturally couldn't escape either.

The innumerable laws wrapped around each of the two separately like two giant eggshells and quickly dragged them into the ground.

"To think there's still an undiscovered black hole plane… You lunatic!"

But Gu Nian's crazy laughter just came from the front. "See you in a thousand years, Lord Zuo Zuo!"

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Gu Nan leisurely sat in his courtyard in Zi Luo Heaven, basking in the sun and flipping through a newspaper.

That's right, newspaper.

This newspaper called "Myriad Heavens Daily" published stories on the daily events, big or small, that happened in the Myriad Heavens Universe. As for its legitimacy and credibility, one could tell by reading its name.

To be able to claim such an eye-catching name without being swallowed up by bigger organizations, the newspaper company's background must clearly be extraordinary.

In today's Myriad Heavens Daily, the great war between Nirvana Heaven and Star Realm occupied the front page.

The war between two astral worlds that could be considered major planes was an event one might not even encounter in ten thousand years. Now that it finally came to an end after several years, of course a detailed account would be given.

From the beginning of Zuo Zuo and Red's history with each other all the way until the final decisive battle between them, the newspaper dug up many details. Ying Ge and Gu Nian both appeared in the article, and even Gu Nan was mentioned.

"I thought it was a war not many people knew about; I didn't expect the entire world to be paying attention." Gu Nan's mouth curled into a smile, feeling quite strange in his heart.

The longer he stayed in Zi Luo Heaven, the more he felt that "it was a small world."

As one of the major planes, Zi Luo Heaven was also a prominent plane open to the public. A lot of information would be concentrated here, so its residents could see the whole world without ever setting foot outside their homes.

Like the decisive battle between Red and Zuo Zuo, for example. In the eyes of the parties involved, it might as well be the end of the world, but in the Myriad Heavens Universe, it was just the topic of idle conversation during teatime.

And powerhouses with the ability to intervene in this war wouldn't foolishly assume more risk by entering the fray before a winner was decided—they could simply wait for the dust to settle and then carve up the loser's territory.

In any case, the winner would definitely be greatly weakened by that time. How much strength would the winner still have left to fight over a piece of the pie?

Therefore, wars between astral worlds really weren't worth the cost. If they weren't absolutely certain of victory, Star Rulers wouldn't casually start wars on such a scale.

After reading the content of the daily newspaper, Gu Nan not only understood the origins of Zuo Zuo and Red, but he also saw all the twists and turns of the final decisive battle.

"So Zuo Zuo's trump card was actually Gu Nian…" Gu Nan couldn't help laughing involuntarily. He really wanted to tell Zuo Zuo that this woman who'd been his sister for a short while was a real poisonous snake.

Anyone who dared to use her should be prepared to be bitten back at any time.

As for Zuo Zuo's current situation, there was no mention in the daily newspaper, only that it was still under investigation.

The daily newspaper mentioned Gu Nian's special law, the relationship between Ying Ge and Zuo Zuo, and, of course, the "Nine Abyss Heavenly Demon" in Nirvana Heaven.

This was probably the first time that Gu Nan entered the eyes of all major forces in the Myriad Heavens Universe with the identity of a Nine Abyss Heavenly Demon.historical

News of a Heavenly Demon's appearance attracted a lot of attention. No one believed that this Heavenly Demon just happened to be passing by. Instead, they preferred to regard him as Red's trump card.

……

"So he's a Nine Abyss Heavenly Demon."

Jiang Tingwei placed her newspaper down and said suddenly from inside the Seven Stars League.

No wonder he had such immense physical strength… The Myriad Heavens Daily also unearthed many details about Gu Nan, this Heavenly Demon. From the time he first became famous in Star Realm, many details were written on the front page.

For the front page of a newspaper where space was extremely expensive, this kind of treatment was comparable to a powerful Star Ruler.

Situ Jing and Jiang Zheng, her younger brother, were sitting beside her. Situ Jing exclaimed, "So that Gu Nan is a Heavenly Demon! Should we report him?"

"Are you crazy?!" Jiang Tingwei was frightened by her and blurted out.

Jiang Zheng cut in from the side, "Heavenly Demons aren't necessarily evil. Moreover, he's at least Star Ruler Realm. No organization will have the leisure to randomly make an enemy of him."

Be it deities or Heavenly Demons, they were more like a special race in the Myriad Heavens Universe—an exceptional race that was born strong and had its own inheritance hidden within its bloodline.

For creatures like them, powerful organizations would only try their best to recruit them. How could they provoke these races for no reason?

"Oh, that's true… I heard a Nine Abyss Heavenly Demon is also hiding in Milky Way Heaven, and I haven't seen anyone try to exterminate that one in the name of justice," Situ Jing muttered.

Milky Way Heaven was one of the Thirteen Heavens, a powerful and influential plane in the truest sense and the pinnacle of all planes. It's said that the Star Ruler of Milky Way Heaven had a Nine Abyss Heavenly Demon subordinate.

"We'll pretend nothing happened. This is not something we can get involved in." Jiang Tingwei concluded, "Let's keep looking for missions to do and avoid Nirvana Heaven for the time being."

……

Gu Nan got up from his residence and didn't linger for long. With a single step, he'd already left Zi Luo Heaven, heading straight for the edge of the Myriad Heavens Universe.

The Myriad Heavens Universe was very big. The planes inside it were like bubbles all squeezed inside a small bottle.

Some planes could be traveled to directly, while others could only be reached after stopping at a few intermediary planes.

The plane Gu Nan was currently heading to was a place called Tiluo World that required several stops to reach. When he arrived, Qian Han had already been waiting here for a while.

"My Lord." Qian Han revealed a flattering smile upon seeing Gu Nan and hurriedly came up.

Qian Han's Tier 4 cultivation was temporarily restored right now because Gu Nan was heading to the golden giants tribe, and only Qian Han could lead the way.

Apostles' cultivation restrictions were only valid inside the Divine Kingdom. However, Qian Han's loyalty had soared ever since he discovered Gu Nan possessed such a method, and now it was at 75.

Part of it was also because he couldn't play any tricks right in front of Gu Nan's eyes.

Tiluo World was a very small plane, almost smaller than the Ghost Sea World that Gu Nan had previously visited, but the density of powerful figures here had reached an alarming level.

All Gu Nan did was casually stand here, yet he unexpectedly ran into several Void Cutter cultivators.

As if seeing Gu Nan's question, Qian Han volunteered, "My Lord, Tiluo World is a plane on the frontlines. The neutral region is right up ahead after leaving this world, and after that, you'll reach the World of Gods."

"You know the World of Gods?" Gu Nan raised his eyebrows.

Qian Han nodded seriously. "Like us, the World of Gods is a natural cluster of planes and has the protection of a plane wall. It's very difficult for outsiders to enter… But their powerhouses often come out."

Gu Nan learned a little more about this world from Qian Han's introduction.

The Myriad Heavens Universe and the World of Gods were both places where a multitude of planes naturally "gathered together." People referred to them as "plane clusters." The plane clusters were each surrounded by a plane wall, so it was very hard for people who didn't originate from that plane cluster to travel in and out of the plane wall.

However, for the powerful people inside the plane clusters, the plane wall might as well not exist at all, and they could enter and leave at will. It could be described as a protection blessed by heaven.

Gu Nan felt some headache over this. If he couldn't enter the World of Gods, that wasn't good news for his plan to hunt gods.

"However…" Qian Han looked around again. "The density of strong experts here is indeed higher than usual. It may be that some extraordinary treasure has appeared."

As soon as his voice fell, a strange power seeped into the sky, turning into raindrops and falling down. Every drop contained the rich aura of laws.

A Void Cutter cultivator in front of Gu Nan and Qian Han couldn't avoid it in time, and a drop of rain containing laws fell onto his head. His entire person started aging rapidly, turning white-haired in an instant and finally dying of organ failure.

"This… This is the law of aging?" Qian Han was astonished.

"It's time!" Gu Nan grabbed Qian Han and raised the old man over his head to block the rain. "This is fucking Valen's power… What the hell is this god-awful place?!"

God of Time Valen! A Tier 11 major god!

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Gu Nan held Qian Han over his head to block the rain and quickly fled in one direction.

The instant the Rain of Time fell, Gu Nan probably reacted the fastest in the entire Tiluo World—he blocked the fastest and also ran the fastest.

There was no helping it. Truly, Gu Nan was way too familiar with this skill. Almost at the same time that energy appeared, he had already sensed it.

Valen, the God of Time, was an extremely well-known god, even in his past life's game. He was a Tier 11 major god level character.

For Gu Nan, Tier 11 meant that the other party was already in the Second Round—this wasn't like the First Round, which was merely a different gameplay style, but the Second Round, which ushered in a genuine qualitative change!

Not to mention that Gu Nan hadn't even finished the First Round yet—he was one last step away from it.

While Gu Nan escaped, Tiluo World was in a mess under the baptism of the Rain of Time.

Anything the raindrops touched had their time snatched away at a frightening speed. Buildings were weathering, creatures were aging, and even laws themselves were undergoing minor changes.

'It's much weaker than in the game. Is it because of the plane wall's influence?' Gu Nan dashed away quickly in an attempt to run outside the Rain of Time's range while secretly thinking.

Gu Nan was probably more knowledgeable about the gods than anyone else in this world. For a major god level existence like Valen, Gu Nan knew almost every single technique of his.

The Rain of Time was one of Valen's signature skills. It had a wide range and a nasty effect; it could definitely rank among the top ten most disgusting skills.

However, the Rain of Time that Gu Nan saw now was much weaker than in the game, both in terms of range and effect.

Qian Han was raised over Gu Nan's head. Although Gu Nan picked a good path and tried his best to avoid the Rain of Time with the help of various buildings and covers, many raindrops still hit Qian Han.

After the Rain of Time stole a great deal of time from Qian Han, the wrinkles on his already aged face increased at a rate visible to the naked eye.

The lifespans of Void Cutter cultivators depend on the extent they comprehend their laws and completeness of their own laws.

As a top Void Cutter who lived for a thousand years, Qian Han was already one of the people closest to Star Ruler Realm in this world and had an extremely long lifespan, but under the effect of the Rain of Time, he was about to reach the end of his life in the blink of an eye.

But Gu Nan didn't have time to care about this. If not for such a good shield like Qian Han, he would be "caught in the rain" himself.

'What? He's still needed to lead the way to the golden giants' territory? Who cares about that at a time like this? It can't be helped if Qian Han dies. As for his knowledge… We'll just see if there's an opportunity to resurrect him later.'

Gu Nan instantly made a decision, and his pace accelerated slightly.

After running for a long time, Gu Nan suddenly felt the ground in front of him light up—he had left the range of the Rain of Time.

Gu Nan lowered the Qian Han that was raised over his head and saw that the old man had no vitality left and was already a corpse, so he was casually tossed aside by Gu Nan.

He looked back again. Astonishing changes were taking place in the area affected by the Rain of Time.

All the buildings had been completely weathered and eroded. In contrast, some plants and trees were still reproducing from generation to generation. From seeds to saplings, to towering trees, and finally withering away in the blink of an eye.

The power of the Rain of Time was already weakening, but it was still enough to go through the entire life cycle of a thousand-year-old tree in the blink of an eye.

"Valen… Why did he attack?" Gu Nan was very puzzled. Even in his previous life's game, there were very few plotlines involving the major gods.

The twelve major gods were already at the top of the pyramid in the game's background setting. Plotlines wouldn't casually touch them.

The power of the plane wall was indeed strong. The Rain of Time that should've lasted a little under fifteen minutes instead stopped after only a few minutes. The land in front of Gu Nan fell silent again.

Around Gu Nan were also a few survivors who just happened to be on the edge of the Rain of Time and were lucky enough to escape. They all stared at the destruction with lingering fear in their hearts.

When an area was affected by the Rain of Time, one could only escape using their physical body. Any law would be drowned out by time, and even if someone barely managed to open a crack in space, it would still be washed away instantly.

Right at this time, two people stood up from the rubble up ahead. They were a man and a woman holding a silver paper umbrella, which protected them.

"Senior Martial Sister! We're saved, we're saved!" The man excitedly pulled on his martial sister and shouted loudly. It seems that he didn't have too much experience surviving calamities like this.

"What are you shouting for! Hurry up and put away your umbrella…" His martial sister said quickly while casting a wary look at their surroundings. Sure enough, she saw many pairs of eyes focus on them.

Just what kind of treasure was this umbrella, to be able to survive such a terrifying spell?historical

Many of those gazes contained obvious greed.

"This is an umbrella Senior Lu gifted me. Who can snatch it away…" The man was entirely unconcerned. He immediately saw the person ahead and exclaimed, "Mr. Gu Nan?"

Gu Nan had naturally noticed the only two survivors among the ruins a long time ago, and he also recognized the man.

He was actually the stranger Gu Nan met when heading to the Seven Stars League to temporarily join a team—Lou Wanying.

So Gu Nan just gave a small nod but said nothing. Lou Wanying, on the other hand, was very enthusiastic. He pulled his martial sister along and ran to Gu Nan's side. "Mr. Gu Nan, are you also here to look for the time treasure?"

When he said the words "time treasure," the number of gazes focused on them clearly increased significantly.

It seemed that this was the reason for the abnormal density of strong experts in a frontline plane like Tiluo World.

"Gu Nan?" When Lou Wanying's senior martial sister heard this name, she gave a slightly blank stare, then said, "He's the one you went to Nir—Mmph!"

The martial sister only started to say the name before she quickly covered her own mouth.

The world was already abuzz with news that the Star Ruler of Nirvana Heaven was suspected to have fallen, so the appearance of the Nine Abyss Heavenly Demon naturally couldn't be hidden either. Of course Lou Wanying's master could also guess that Gu Nan was the Heavenly Demon.

So the senior martial sister tugged hard on Lou Wanying's sleeve, but the latter didn't budge. Instead, he said solemnly, "Martial Sister, I don't care what you guys think. Mr. Gu Nan is my friend!"

"How about it, Mr. Gu Nan, would you like to join us?" Lou Wanying invited Gu Nan, "Senior Lu's umbrella can guide us!"

Before Gu Nan could speak, he suddenly had a strong feeling in his heart, as if there was a voice constantly calling for him to join the ranks of Lou Wanying's companions.

As if the legendary protagonist was about to embark on a journey, preparing to recruit companions one after another.

'Is this… the main character halo?'

Gu Nan indulged his imagination a bit, but soon his gaze shifted to the silver umbrella. This silver umbrella carried an indescribable aura, like some kind of extremely obscure law of time.

Gu Nan originally thought it was residual aura from the Rain of Time, but now, after careful examination, he found that it came from another source.

Another controller of time?

"Mr. Gu Nan?" When Lou Wanying saw that Gu Nan didn't respond for a long time, he couldn't help but add, "Legend has it that the time treasure can allow people to bypass the laws of time and space, giving people more cultivation time out of thin air! If I can have three to five more years to cultivate, then—"

"No." Gu Nan gave an odd smile, then walked away while waving his hand. "I'm just passing by."

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Immediately rushing up upon sighting a boss or treasure in the wild was something beginner players did.

Players like Gu Nan always had to first measure the risks and benefits, as well as… whether the final harvest would be useful.

Gu Nan lost all interest in the time treasure after Lou Wanying explained its effects, and Valen's unexpected appearance made him extremely vigilant.

Major god level existences already had the possibility of seeing through his identity as an Evil God, as long as he revealed enough information about himself.

Gu Nan, who was still on the frontlines just now, decisively hid back inside Zi Luo Heaven after abandoning the newly-accepted apostle, Qian Han. He was currently in his residence, waiting for news from other people.

Sure enough, the front pages of all of today's newspapers were about the event that occurred at the frontlines.

Of course Valen didn't attack because he was bored. Rather, it was a reason not even Gu Nan expected. He was fighting someone, and his opponent was one of the Thirteen Heavens—Clockwork Heaven's Lu Wen.

"Clockwork Heaven's Lu Wen… No wonder that umbrella contained the aura of another law of time."

Gu Nan continued to flip through the newspaper, and at the same time, he expressed sympathy for his bad luck.

Even in the frontline planes, this level of fighting between one of the Thirteen Heavens and a major god was also basically a once-in-a-century encounter, but he just happened to run into it.

Tiluo World was just one of many frontline planes. It was probably only affected by the aftershocks of the two's battle.

As for the conclusion of this matter, no newspaper could give a clear answer. They didn't even know who won or lost. After all, the people involved in this matter were too high of a level.

On the contrary, there was a follow-up article on the war between two astral worlds that once attracted the attention of everyone in the Myriad Heavens Universe, but it was immediately squeezed into an obscure corner of the newspaper when the powerhouse from Clockwork Heaven made a move.

Star Realm had been tentatively stabilized, while four Star Rulers had already appeared inside Nirvana Heaven, all of whom were bigshots with astral worlds at or above the Realm Level.

Who would ultimately win Nirvana Heaven, or whether they'd end up dividing it up among themselves, depended on their subsequent "discussion."

As for the current situation of the two Star Rulers personally involved, there was no need to say much on Red's side, but the question of Zuo Zuo's whereabouts had attracted many people's guesses. However, they didn't have a definite answer yet.

In theory, if Zuo Zuo had completely fallen, then Nirvana Heaven should've collapsed directly, and its origin should've scattered in all directions, attracting many Star Rulers to try and snatch a piece for themselves.

On the other hand, if he was still alive, then Nirvana Heaven should be perfectly intact, and no one would be able to seize it.

But the current Nirvana Heaven was neither. The origin had begun to emerge naturally, but it didn't scatter… Many weaker Star Rulers and even Void Cutters who were waiting for an opportunity to make a move were all extremely disappointed.

The Star Ruler was one with their own astral world. Nirvana Heaven's strange current state made everyone confused about Zuo Zuo's current situation.

It wasn't until someone dug up some ancient records that a fairly reasonable conclusion was drawn—Zuo Zuo was probably sealed inside a black hole plane!

Black hole plane—this was a special existence only mentioned in ancient records.

These planes had very special laws. Once any power reaching Void Cutter Realm appeared, it would be sealed by the plane inside itself, and the power would be completely isolated from the outside world.

This feature, which absorbed everything regardless of the source, was very similar to a black hole, so it was named after it.

"He was sealed?" After seeing this conclusion, Gu Nan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

However, there were also people who refuted this view. For example, some people argued that the characteristics of black hole planes were very distinctive, and a grand Star Ruler Realm figure would find clues soon after entering. How could Zuo Zuo fall victim to the plane by displaying enough power to trigger the sealing?

The arguments on all sides didn't attract much attention. After all, the key point was who would ultimately obtain Nirvana Heaven. Zuo Zuo, the down-and-out Star Ruler, was no longer within the scope of people's concerns.

Gu Nan placed the newspaper down and quickly threw all these things to the back of his mind.

He didn't have much interest in the feud between Zuo Zuo and Red in the first place. After advancing to Tier 5, not even a powerful Star Ruler like Red would be able to kill him when he was in the Heavenly Demon state, which meant that he truly had the power to protect himself now.

At present, the most important matter was to complete the construction of six basic structures and upgrade the Evil God Temple to Level 1, thus completing the First Round.

After completing the First Round and stepping into Tier 6, Gu Nan's physical body would no longer be limited by the maximum physical strength allowed for beings before the First Round, and not only would his Evil God physique welcome another improvement, he would also be able to bring out more power from his Heavenly Demon state.

……

Time quickly flew by; two months passed in the blink of an eye.

In the past two months, Gu Nan spent most of his time in Zi Luo Heaven, collecting first-hand information from the frontlines—after all, a powerful major god had made a move. To say that Gu Nan wasn't curious at all was impossible.

But perhaps because newspapers wouldn't contain too many insider secrets, the public news still contained no information on those two bigshots' specific situations.historical

However, another wave of Rain of Time appeared a few days ago. There weren't many casualties this time, but the implications behind this were thought-provoking.

In just two months, a bigshot on the level of the Thirteen Heavens actually attacked twice!

On the other hand, nearly two years had passed inside the Divine Kingdom, and the fourth and fifth structures "Populace Management Platform" and "Divine Servants Institute" had also been completed, and he'd almost saved up enough points for the sixth structure as well.

Populace Management Platform, as its name implied, was a structure used to manage the Divine Kingdom's populace, while the Divine Servants Institute was the place where basic soldiers were produced. Divine servants were the most primitive troops of the Divine Kingdom.

Gu Nan didn't encounter any lucky random events while constructing them, but overall, the speed still satisfied him.

'I should have enough points saved up by today.' Gu Nan estimated in his heart.

At that moment, a maid hurriedly ran to him. "My Lord, Lord Roman came over personally. He said he has an important matter to discuss with you…"

Roman? Important matter?

Gu Nan rubbed his chin and expressed doubt at this neighbor's so-called important matter.

……

"In short, it's like this!"

Inside Gu Nan's house, Roman slapped a paper notice on the table. "Didn't you ask me about the frontlines before? As soon as I received the information, I immediately sent it to you… How about it? Aren't I a good brother?"

"This really is an important matter…" Gu Nan agreed with some surprise.

Roman nodded with satisfaction at his attitude.

In fact, the message on the notice he brought was very simple. The Star Ruler of Clockwork Heaven, Lu Wen, issued a summons to the entire Myriad Heavens Universe.

He called on all experts who were at least Void Cutter Realm to head to the frontlines. Of course the reason wasn't some nonsense like justice for their home country, but rather… to seize a treasure!

The secret treasure people talked about for two months finally appeared, and it was a blessed land named "Time Arena"!

"Time Arena…" Gu Nan repeated this familiar name and suddenly felt like he'd returned to his previous life.

Seeing him like this, Roman thought he was tempted and continued with a smile, "If you're interested, then try it! I really envy you youngsters—"

Bang!

At that moment, the door to Gu Nan's house was suddenly pushed open, startling the maid outside. Four serious-looking cultivators quickly walked in, wearing the uniform of Astral Gate's core members.

Their eyes swept over Gu Nan and Roman and quickly locked onto Gu Nan. "He is the target. Take him away."

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Compared with Astral Gate, an influential organization with branches in many planes, the Radiant Tower Gu Nan once stayed in was just a small fry.

There were many different opinions about Astral Gate's backer. There was no single theory everyone agreed upon, but at least one thing was certain—it was very powerful.

As an organization open to the public, Astral Gate had outer members like Gu Nan, and at the same time, it naturally also had core members—cultivators who truly belonged to Astral Gate.

While enjoying more benefits from the organization, they must also accept the organization's dispatch.

Standing in front of Gu Nan right now were four core members of Astral Gate. They wore special uniforms, and there was a strange celestial array in front of their chest that shimmered faintly.

The other three core members quickly stepped forward as soon as their leader's voice fell, while the leader himself brought up the rear, probably afraid that Gu Nan would break through their encirclement and escape.

"Wait a minute!" Gu Nan hadn't even responded yet when Roman interrupted from the side, "Since when did Astral Gate become so rude and unreasonable? Why do you guys want to arrest him?"

Roman's words weren't really wrong. Large organizations could be tyrannical, but they couldn't write that tyranny right on their faces. Sometimes it was still very important to have a justifiable cause behind their actions, no matter how flimsy.

But this time, the four didn't care about this at all. The bearded man who spoke earlier said, "Don't meddle in things that aren't your business."

"You…" Roman was angered speechless and didn't know what to say for a while.

If not for the fact that Astral Gate's uniform had its own distinctiveness where the starlight couldn't be faked, he would've thought these people were pretending to be members of Astral Gate.

He turned his head and whispered, "Gu Nan, they are indeed people from Astral Gate. You must not resist. After you leave, remember to blow things out of proportion so that even if someone wants to harm you, they still—Gu Nan!"

Gu Nan's figure had already rushed out before Roman could finish giving advice, instantly appearing in front of a person and reaching a hand out to press down on his head.

Crack!

The clear and crisp sound of fractured bones rang out inside the room, giving everyone chills. That person's head was directly pressed down into his own body by Gu Nan.

The whole scene seemed to freeze for an instant. Immediately afterwards, Gu Nan reached out a hand and snapped the neck of the person on his left with a crack

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The next second, Gu Nan grabbed the remaining person's hair with his right hand and forced the opponent's head down while simultaneously kneeing him in the face.

A terrifying strength traveled over, causing the enemy's head to explode, and his corpse slowly crumpled, leaving only a piece of scalp with some hair still attached to it that Gu Nan gripped in his hand.

Blood and brain fluids flowed everywhere, and the scene suddenly became deathly still. Only the sound of blood dripped down.

In just one encounter, three not-very-weak Void Cutter experts were instantly killed by Gu Nan, and he even did it using pure physical strength, without any law fluctuations.

In the face of absolute speed, extraordinary laws and the ability to tear open the void were all useless!

As for Roman and that bearded man, they were simply stunned speechless.

Gu Nan's attacks left a much deeper impact on them—there was no law fluctuation, which meant it wouldn't attract the attention of cultivators inside the city, which meant Gu Nan could kill people at will inside the city and walk away as if nothing had happened.

Gu Nan stepped out, appearing in front of the bearded man. He gripped the other party's neck and asked, "Why do you want to arrest me?"

Roman had asked almost the same question just now, but the result was completely different.

"It was Representative Duan Wenqi from our organization who personally ordered us to take you there…" The man was almost crying. "We really don't know anything else!"

In fact, the man had already recognized Gu Nan's identity by now. To kill Void Cutters like killing chickens with physical strength alone—didn't this match the description of the Nine Abyss Heavenly Demon from the news recently?!

Representative Duan's order was so urgent that they didn't have time to investigate the target in detail.

They only knew that the target's name was Gu Nan, and they also knew that there was a Heavenly Demon with the same name recently… But these two seemed completely unrelated; who had the free time to connect the dots and guess that they were the same person!?

The man's back was already soaked with cold sweat, and he didn't even dare to escape by opening a passage through space—he could imagine that he might be directly torn apart before he could even enter the passage.

"Representative?" Gu Nan rubbed his chin.

Astral Gate was a parliamentary system with only 17 representatives in total. This Representative Duan Wenqi was already an absolute higher up. Why did he want to arrest Gu Nan?

Gu Nan's instincts told him that this matter was most likely related to the frontline planes. The only one who could contact him like this was probably Lou Wanying.

Gu Nan let go of the man and patted his shoulder. "Go back and tell that representative that I will pay him a personal visit in a couple of days."

……

Inside the Divine Kingdom.

Gu Nan immediately returned to the Divine Kingdom after sending away the people from Astral Gate.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for 10,000 more points to be accumulated. As long as Gu Nan could construct his sixth Level 0 structure, he would be able to complete the First Round and step into Tier 6 in one fell swoop!

Looking back, of the five Tiers before the First Round, Gu Nan actually spent the shortest amount of time in Tier 5.

This was because he'd already prepared a Divine Kingdom for himself before Tier 5. This was the most time-consuming part about advancing to Tier 6.

On the contrary, the construction time after getting their Divine Kingdoms was almost the same for everyone.

Gu Nan opened the list of structures, did some simple allocation of resources, and immediately selected a structure—Saint Corridor.

Saint Corridor—this wasn't the structure Gu Nan originally had in mind. He originally wanted to build a "Training Camp," but because of the Time Arena incident, Gu Nan changed his plan at the last minute.

Under normal circumstances, the Saint Corridor wouldn't be built in the Divine Kingdom's early stages. Players would only consider building it when their Divine Kingdoms were at least Level 3.

Of course this wasn't to say that this structure was useless. On the contrary, its function was so important that no player could give up.

The Saint Corridor could provide the player with a saint clone that would inherit part of the player's abilities and could be controlled by the player himself.

Simply put, this was an officially-recognized alt account.

But for players who'd completed the First Round, the existence of this alt account was extremely necessary.

On one hand, it was easier to go places with this alt account because the player wouldn't be instantly discovered as soon as they descended upon a plane; on the other hand, it was also easier to hide players' identity as an Evil God.

The saint clone had absolutely no connection to Evil Gods!

If he wanted to head to the frontlines, it was very possible for him to run into Valen, the God of Time, so Gu Nan couldn't afford to be careless.

Let alone a mere Tier 11 major god, Gu Nan even slaughtered the Tier 15 God of Light and Justice many times in his past life, but the current him had just reached Tier 6.

Nothing special happened during the construction of the Saint Corridor. A circular corridor with a silver humanoid sculpture in the center appeared inside the Evil God Temple.historical

Gu Nan wasn't in a hurry to summon the "alt account." What he had to do next was the main event.

Now that six basic structures had been built, the Evil God Temple could be upgraded!

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Yan Xiaoxiao and Lan Si walked side by side outside the Evil God Temple. They seemed to be discussing some of the Divine Kingdom's management problems.

Ever since he discovered Yan Xiaoxiao's lack of energy, Gu Nan told Lan Si to take over the burden as soon as possible—she was full of energy and usually maintained an energy value of at least 95.

The two had just dealt with some affairs outside and were habitually walking towards the Evil God Temple. Both management platforms were here, which were the items they had the most contact with inside the Divine Kingdom.

But just as they were about to arrive, they discovered that the ground was shaking slightly, and the Evil God Temple in front of them had grown in size without any warning, pushing away everything around it.

"This…" Lan Si stared at this scene in amazement. Over the years, she had also seen her fair share of strange events. It wasn't like it was hard to accept seeing something created out of thin air. It's just that such a scene was getting closer and closer to what she saw and heard in her early years.

'Wasn't this what divine miracles looked like back when I was in the Divine Kingdom of Luxuriant Blossoms?'

"Teacher made another breakthrough."

Yan Xiaoxiao, however, was quite happy. She'd gradually accepted her status as the administrator of the Divine Kingdom. Being in charge of an entire world was also consistent with her pursuit.

The changes in the Evil God Temple continued, but it was much gentler than before.

The two women waited until the ground stopped shaking completely, then started forward and slowly walked into the Evil God Temple, where they saw Gu Nan standing quietly up ahead.

"Teacher…" Yan Xiaoxiao called out carefully, afraid to disturb Gu Nan's breakthrough.

Gu Nan turned his head, looking like he'd just returned to his senses, and casually greeted, "Oh, you're here."

The two women exchanged a glance. Gu Nan's bearing truly didn't seem like that of a Star Ruler Realm powerhouse. Of course they wouldn't know that Gu Nan was busy activating the Saint Corridor just now.

As for himself, although he had indeed reached Tier 6 and could officially be called a "god," it wasn't like Gu Nan was an inexperienced novice who hadn't seen the world. Was this anything worth getting excited about?

A silver light shimmered from not far away. Only then did the two women discover an elegant circular corridor inside the new Evil God Temple. The silver light was emitted from the statue in the center.

The silver light gradually faded, slowly forming a human figure. The person was dressed in a silver robe. His expression was refined and serene, but his face was an exact copy of Gu Nan's.

The next moment, his expression suddenly changed, looking indifferent while also a little prideful, as if he would only respond with: "Oh, that's cool" to everything.

Gu Nan had taken over this saint clone.

……

Not long after Gu Nan left Zi Luo Heaven, he came back again. However, it was no longer with his true body this time, but using the saint clone instead.

He guessed that the people from Astral Gate found him because of the matter regarding the frontline planes, and he also just happened to be interested in the Time Arena.

And if he wanted to participate in that event, this saint clone was enough.

The power of the saint clone would always be at the very peak of Tier 4—that is, the strongest level in the mortal world. However, since it also inherited Gu Nan's laws and extremely strong physique, its actual combat power naturally far exceeded Tier 4.

But it was true that this kind of combat power held no room for further growth. No matter how much he upgraded the Saint Corridor, the strength of the saint clone would still remain at Tier 4. At most, it would inherit more of Gu Nan's techniques.

This touched upon a basic principle from the game: "God cannot be created."

Tier 4 was merely taking a single step beyond the mortal world, so someone at that level could be called a "saint," while starting from Tier 5, players could be regarded as gods. All they lacked was a handful of divine fire.

The same was also true of the Myriad Heavens Universe. Cultivators who were at least Tier 5 were collectively referred to as Star Rulers, even if the power range among Star Rulers was as high as the distance from heaven to earth—some Star Rulers were even weaker than top Void Cutters, while others could fight against major gods who were all at least Tier 10.

Star Ruler Realm represented a completely different level. So even Zuo Zuo, who was known as one of the strongest under the Thirteen Heavens, only had top Void Cutters under his command but didn't have any Star Ruler subordinates.

It was like how with the exception of the major gods, the World of Gods never had any gods that attached themselves in servitude to other gods' Divine Kingdoms.

'Therefore, those interested in Clockwork Heaven's summons will probably at best be normal Star Rulers without their own astral worlds?' Gu Nan secretly calculated in his heart.

Gu Nan appeared inside his home in Zi Luo Heaven. The blood here was already cleaned up, and even a young girl was especially waiting for him.

"Your Excellency Gu Nan, please follow me." The girl's appearance was refined, but there was no expression on her face. Even her voice seemed calm and even indifferent.

Her tone was far less arrogant than that of the previous four, but it revealed an unquestionable and imposing aura—this was the result of being in a high position for a long time.

"Lead the way." Gu Nan didn't start anything this time. Plus, he also did want to meet the person behind this.historical

The young girl led the way very straightforwardly, and with a swipe of her finger, a silvery white road appeared in front of them, pointing to an inexplicable distance.

This ability was no longer a Void Cutter's instinctual ability to tear open space, but a finer manipulation of space.

Gu Nan slowly followed the girl inside. After reaching the end of the road, they arrived at a damp courtyard, where two people were already waiting for him.

A calm-looking, respectful old man and a handsome man in his thirties in a black suit.

The old man was also wearing the uniform of Astral Gate, but his clothing was purple, which was the exclusive uniform of representatives.

Gu Nan instantly recognized his identity—Duan Wenqi, the parliament representative who ordered his arrest.

Gu Nan's eyes swept over the two, waiting for them to speak first, but the one who made the first move wasn't them, but the girl who led the way.

She took one more step forward, and her body suddenly swelled up, turning into a silver dragon 100 meters long, coiling in the sky and then falling down.

Falling onto the shoulder of the man in the suit.

The hundred-meter-long giant dragon landed on the man's shoulder with its feet together, making for a very bizarre picture, but there was a strange sort of harmony between the two.

"I'm Lu Wen," the man took the initiative to speak. He had a gentle smile on his face, looking just like a normal person.

But the fact that he could stand here and was also named Lu Wen only meant one thing—he was the Star Ruler of Clockwork Heaven, the supreme powerhouse who could fight with a major god!

But no matter how high his status or power, Gu Nan could still keep calm because he was using an alt account right now.

"Something the matter?"

His impolite attitude made Duan Wenqi's expression change slightly, but Lu Wen remained calm. "I hope you can do something for me."

"What is it?"

"Help a child defeat other opponents in the Time Arena and obtain the sand of time."

Gu Nan smiled silently. "He invited me before, but I refused."

Duan Wenqi interrupted from the side, "If you still refuse right now, I'm afraid the consequences won't be something you want to see."

"Haha." Gu Nan expressed his attitude with two unique words.

However, Lu Wen waved his hand. "I've never liked forcing people to do things. The sand of time can be given to you as a reward. It's very helpful for starting up one's astral world."

Duan Wenqi's expression didn't change much when he heard this. He was also a powerful Star Ruler, and his realm wasn't lower than Red's. Naturally, he could see through Gu Nan's current identity as a mere clone.

"What if I still refuse?" Gu Nan asked after some thought.

"Then I can only express my regret and find someone else to help." Lu Wen sighed. "Although it may be someone that little friend doesn't know, he must win the sand of time."

"Then it's settled!" Gu Nan said with a clap of his hands, "I'll just wait outside to rob Lou Wanying instead."

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When Gu Nan's voice fell, the scene began to descend into a strange sort of silence.

Some astonishment appeared in Lu Wen's eyes, while Duan Wenqi looked at Gu Nan as if he was looking at a fool. Even the silver dragon on Lu Wen's shoulder couldn't help glancing down, her huge eyes staring at Gu Nan.

She didn't have a deep understanding of human society, so she didn't quite understand the meaning behind the other party's words just now.

'It sounds like he wants to do something bad, but why did he say it aloud? Shouldn't he say nothing so that he can bide his time and do it secretly?'

But then Lu Wen immediately laughed involuntarily. An old monster like him who lived for countless years could certainly understand Gu Nan's true meaning.

To put it mildly, the young man in front of him was sounding him out and testing his limits. But to put it bluntly, Gu Nan was simply confident in his own backing.

He only dared to act so unbridled because he just came here as a clone, and no one knew the location of his astral world and true body.

"In that case, this one wishes you a smooth trip." Lu Wen's reaction was still as mysterious as ever, not giving away his true thoughts at all. It was as if nothing could set off any waves in his heart.

Gu Nan nodded, then left without another word.

"This Gu Nan should be the Heavenly Demon people were talking about recently, but from his appearance, he doesn't really look like one…"

After Gu Nan left, Duan Wenqi actually smiled a little, gazing at the direction Gu Nan left in and shaking his head. He didn't look like he was fuming at all, which was his expression just seconds ago.

But Lu Wen refuted, "Not necessarily. I've seen the Heavenly Demon in Milky Way Heaven a few times, and they usually look no different from ordinary people."

Duan Wenqi took out a stack of documents from somewhere, all of which were information on Gu Nan. Even small details like the fact that he came from Langya World had been thoroughly unearthed.

After all, Gu Nan went to Star Realm through an ascension center. Even Radiant Tower knew about this, so if Astral Gate wanted to investigate, this was no secret at all.

Only the events that happened before his ascension couldn't be known, because hundreds of years had already passed since then on such a small plane like Langya World. There were absolutely no traces left over from back then.

Such a small plane like Langya World couldn't even bear the weight of investigative techniques to look back in time.

"His origins are clear, but he grew by leaps and bounds as soon as he entered a Realm Level plane. Apart from being the reincarnation of an ancient powerhouse, there's really no other reasonable conclusion," Duan Wenqi threw the documents aside and reported in a low voice.

"I don't care about his origins, but Lou Wanying must be able to get the sand of time," Lu Wen said seriously.

Duan Wenqi nodded silently. Of course he knew that Lou Wanying was a very important piece in this one's plan. They must help him get the treasure, but at the same time, they couldn't make that help too obvious.

Gu Nan was originally the best candidate. Lou Wanying already knew him, and he was also strong enough for the task, but unfortunately…

"I'll find the next candidate," Duan Wenqi said thus.

Lu Wen nodded lightly, and the giant silver dragon unfolded its wings and covered the sky, casting a shadow over their heads.

……

Inside the Divine Kingdom, Gu Nan's true body opened his eyes.

Of course the saint clone didn't return to his Divine Kingdom. He wasn't a fool. Returning to the Divine Kingdom right in front of Lu Wen's face—wasn't that just asking to expose his Divine Kingdom's coordinates?

In fact, even if the alt account died outside, Gu Nan still didn't intend to recall it back here again—safety first.

As for the Time Arena, Gu Nan was telling the truth. If the sand of time was destined to be acquired by Lou Wanying, then he really didn't intend to enter the Time Arena. He could simply wait outside.

Perhaps other people might still worry about Lou Wanying using up this treasure as soon as he obtained it, but Gu Nan had no such worry.

Because he knew all too well what the Time Arena was and what the sand of time was used for.

In the game, the Time Arena was a famous blueprint dungeon. As the name implied, it didn't drop Evil Value or points, and the reward for clearing it was blueprints for Divine Kingdom structures, which was the sand of time that Lu Wen mentioned.

The blueprint could be used to build the corresponding structure in the Divine Kingdom—that is, the Time Arena. Its function was to shorten the training time for troops' skills, and it could be regarded as a very practical structure when the Divine Kingdom went to war.

Moreover, the Time Arena wasn't a basic structure and could only be built from external blueprints.

"A blessed land?"

Gu Nan remembered this world's term for structures and couldn't help shaking his head with a chuckle. In a certain sense, there was nothing wrong with calling the Divine Kingdom's structures blessed lands.

Anyhow, they were all special areas inside the astral world that could provide special enhancements to the astral world.

The difference was that most of the blessed lands were scattered around normal cultivators' astral worlds, while Gu Nan's Divine Kingdom structures were all concentrated inside the Evil God Temple.

Gu Nan moved the saint clone to one of the frontline planes and chose to stay dormant for a while. He used this time to ask around for first-hand information while also waiting for the result of the "treasure fight."

As long as the sand of time didn't fall into the hands of someone from the World of Gods, then Gu Nan would be able to seize it, no matter who currently had it. In any case, Star Rulers who didn't own an astral world wouldn't be able to use the sand of time.

At this time, a message from someone he hadn't seen for a long time reached the Evil God Temple. It was sent by Red Tail, whom Gu Nan ordered to rebuild White Mist.

She went to the extremely remote Crescent Moon World. If she wanted to return to the Divine Kingdom, she needed to call Gu Nan first so that she could return by borrowing his power.

Moreover, Red Tail was still just a Prodigious cultivator, and if she stayed in Crescent Moon World for a long time, her lifespan wouldn't be enough to support that.

So Red Tail didn't stay any longer after she established a basic foundation for White Mist there. Instead, she asked Lan Si to take her to Skeletal Realm and remotely control the situation in Crescent Moon World through reincarnation.

And the message from her was a call for help.

This matter was pretty simple. She re-established a small reincarnator organization in Skeletal Realm and used the members there to control Crescent Moon World.

But after a little while, her organization quickly caught the attention of the locals there, and now the new White Mist was being targeted.

The one eyeing them was another reincarnator organization suspected of having Void Cutters among their ranks, which was why Red Tail anxiously asked for help.

Gu Nan shook his head slightly after reading it. The establishment of reincarnator organizations was already a relatively mild way of encroaching on local interests, but he didn't expect for some people to still covet it.

Lan Si needed to help manage the Divine Kingdom, so she didn't have time to be a bodyguard for Red Tail. The shadow servants were also unqualified due to their low intelligence. After leaving the Divine Kingdom, they were merely robots that could only obey orders.

It seemed that it was extremely urgent to find a group of powerful apostles who wouldn't easily betray him.

The construction of a Divine Kingdom required a lot of manpower, which Gu Nan had long expected. Therefore, the gods in the game often accepted some innately gifted races under their command.

Originally, the golden giants were a good choice, but it was a pity that he ran into a fight between major god-level powerhouses, causing even Gu Nan himself to almost die there, and Qian Han, who led the way, did lose his life.

Right now, the world outside the Myriad Heavens Universe had already attracted a lot of attention, so if Gu Nan went there again to recruit apostles, that would be no different from walking right into a trap.

"Let's deal with the problem in Skeletal Realm first and look for any desperate Void Cutter cultivators in passing. I can consider recruiting another otherworldly clan after the Time Arena concludes."

With Gu Nan's decision, the saint clone that was already on the frontlines immediately moved. After several consecutive leaps, he arrived at Skeletal Realm, in front of an organization called Flying Clouds.historical

"Who are you?!"

White Bones Realm[1].

White Bones Realm was a newly-promoted large astral world that its Star Ruler, Daoist White Bones, raised from just a small plane all the way to a "Realm" Level plane, becoming one of the main worlds.

Therefore, although Daoist White Bones was very young compared to other Star Rulers, he was actually quite strong, and his management of the astral world was also very strict.

White Bones Realm was somewhat similar to Gu Nan's Divine Kingdom. The whole world was divided into 196 cities surrounded by rings that radiated outwards starting from the center of each city, forming circle after circle.

Red Tail's current location was the 21st Ring of White Bones Realm's Zuofang City.

The 21st Ring was already close to the edge of Zuofang City and was a veritable suburb. Red Tail chose this place as White Mist's headquarters precisely because of its remoteness.

But Red Tail was starting to hate her own insight right now.

"Commander, let's evacuate first. Resources can be collected again if they're lost, but people will be gone forever if they die!" A young man stood before Red Tail, earnestly trying to persuade her.

This young man's name was Bai Xuesheng. Not only did his name sound a little feminine, but even his appearance was quite androgynous.

It was precisely his appearance that made him the laughingstock of his family since childhood. In a fit of rage, he embarked on the road of reincarnation and joined White Mist.

In White Bones Realm, no one who could take the surname "Bai[2]" was from a small family. The current Bai Xuesheng could be considered one of the higher ups in White Mist.

But Red Tail just maintained a calm and collected expression and didn't respond. She waited until even Bai Xuesheng's throat turned dry from speaking, then asked, "Did Old Mo and the others ask you to persuade me?"

Old Mo and the others were also White Mist's higher ups. However, Bai Xuesheng wasn't surprised by this question; he had a clear conscience. "Yes, but this is also my wish."

"I have my own plans. You all can take shelter in Zuofang City for the time being." Red Tail shook her head.

"Grand Commander!" Bai Xuesheng grew anxious and wanted to say something else, but Red Tail drove him out with a firm wave of her hand.

He walked to the door dispiritedly, where several people were waiting outside for the outcome. The leader was a middle-aged man with a face full of beard stubbles. He was precisely the Old Mo that Red Tail mentioned.

"How did it go… Ah." Someone asked from the side but immediately understood from Bai Xuesheng's expression that it probably didn't go well.

Old Mo also gave a small sigh, not knowing what to say. How could such a smart person like the Grand Commander be so muddle-headed when it came to this?

It was true that they raked in a lot of resources in recent months and even had a fortuitous encounter in a certain plane. Once they abandoned these resources, they probably wouldn't encounter such luck ever again.

But wasn't this still better than getting wiped out?

They'd already received Flying Clouds' ultimatum, so the enemy would probably arrive tonight at the latest. Plus, White Mist was in such a remote location; no one would care if they died here.

The group fell silent for a while. Finally, Old Mo instructed, "Tell the brothers under us to disperse back into the city. Let's try to persuade the Grand Commander one last time. If she still doesn't want to go, then—"

"Then we'll take her away, even if we have to kidnap her!" Bai Xuesheng said flatly.

From a young master who originally knew nothing but cultivation and even possessed a slight inferiority complex to his current self, he'd changed to such an extent in just a few short months.

This was all thanks to the Grand Commander, so he would never abandon her and flee by himself at this time.

"That's right!" Old Mo also nodded seriously. After having someone relay his orders to his subordinates, he pushed open the door.

"Grand Commander… Huh? Who are you?!" He couldn't help blurting out a question upon seeing a strange scene when he walked into Red Tail's room.

Red Tail stood to the side respectfully, while a person in a silver robe was sitting in her original spot. A silver mask covered his face, so they couldn't make out his expression.

"Grand Commander?" The silver-robed person chuckled when he heard how Old Mo addressed Red Tail. "I didn't expect you to still have the original organizational system on your mind, even after all these years."

Back when they were in Star Realm, White Mist had two commanders. This strange title wasn't commonly used.

"It's just a silly personal preference," Red Tail blinked a few times and replied with a light chuckle.

Only then did Old Mo and the others discover that Red Tail, who was still gloomy and worried only seconds ago, actually looked very relaxed right now. She was even in the mood for jokes.

Then she looked at Old Mo and Bai Xuesheng and introduced, "No need to be nervous. This one is from headquarters. He is…"

"Silver Mask," the silver-robed man supplied casually.

"Mm, Lord Silver Mask," Red Tail played along. Although she didn't know Gu Nan's intention, since he even concealed his appearance, she naturally couldn't reveal his name.

Old Mo and Bai Xuesheng exchanged glances, then stared at that silver-robed man with strange expressions.historical

This was the first time they heard about their organization having something like a headquarters. No one would've believed it if this information didn't come from the Grand Commander's mouth.

"Is there a new mist mirror here?" The silver-robed man was naturally Gu Nan's saint clone. He sat quietly in his seat and asked casually.

Mist mirrors were products of White Mist's translation method. Cleaning up the mist on the mist mirrors was equivalent to translating the different worlds' wills.

As long as someone completed the mission issued by a world's will, Gu Nan would be able to obtain a part of the world's origin to build his personal dungeon.

Simply put, the mist mirror was the reason he had to rebuild White Mist.

"Yes. All the mist mirrors are gathered here." Red Tail hurriedly nodded. Not only were the mist mirrors collected through reincarnation stored here, even the ones made in Crescent Moon World were gathered here.

Gu Nan's Divine Kingdom had yet to reach the level of a Heaven or Realm Level plane, so one couldn't directly reincarnate into a smaller plane from within his Divine Kingdom. All the previous mist mirrors he held were brought over by Lan Si from Crescent Moon World.

It was much easier now. As long as Red Tail periodically sent someone to reincarnate into Crescent Moon World, they could bring back the mist mirrors.

"Go get it," Gu Nan said matter-of-factly.

As soon as his voice fell, a voice full of anger traveled over from the opposite side, "A powerful enemy is right around the corner, yet My Lord isn't thinking about how to preserve the organization and only cares about mist mirrors?!"

It was Bai Xuesheng who spoke. He stared at Gu Nan without flinching, as if Gu Nan must give an explanation for this.

He'd seen too many people in his family ignore the overall situation in favor of their own selfish interests. Such people were termites that ate away at the organization from the inside!

What he didn't expect was that the silver-robed man didn't even look at him. Instead, his Grand Commander glared at him furiously. "Shut up!"

"I—"

Before he could speak again, Red Tail had already whipped out two complete mist mirrors and handed them to Gu Nan.

"There's another plane in the harvesting stage. If it goes well, the harvested destiny will be enough to make another one." Red Tail added happily, "Fortunately, we didn't abandon this place, or else there would be nowhere to store the collected destiny, and it would've all been wasted."

Bai Xuesheng, Old Mo, and the others stared at each other. They realized this was the reason the Grand Commander insisted on staying behind instead of leaving.

"Grand Commander, I'm afraid the people from Flying Clouds will arrive soon. Should we make some preparations?" Old Mo asked as he pulled the furious Bai Xuesheng behind him.

He could tell that it was impossible for Red Tail to evacuate now, so they could only prepare for battle… He just hoped that this Lord who came from their headquarters could be a little reliable. Of course, what he really hoped for was for Flying Clouds to have no Void Cutter existences.

After thinking for a while, Old Mo added, "As long as there are no Void Cutters in Flying Clouds, we might still be able to fight—"

"There are two," that silver-robed man suddenly cut in before the Grand Commander could speak, and his tone was extremely certain.

Old Mo's expression couldn't help darkening slightly.

Who could know the exact number of Void Cutter enemies?

They were only able to venture a guess based on information collected from various sources and analyzed that Flying Clouds was too confident in this operation, so perhaps the enemy still had powerful cultivators as trump cards… But how in the world could this Lord who came from their "headquarters" be so certain?

Bai Xuesheng, who was on the side, was already so angry that he smiled. "May I ask how My Lord knows this?"

So they saw the silver-robed man pick up a mist mirror, instantly clear away all the mist on it with a gentle swipe of his hand, and offhandedly answer, "I just killed them."

T/N:

[1] Skeletal Realm has been changed to White Bones Realm to better match their surname below

[2] Bai: "Bai" is white, hence the realm name White Bones Realm

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Red Tail gave Gu Nan two coordinates, one of which was the location of Flying Clouds.

Therefore, Gu Nan naturally visited Flying Clouds first. No matter whether Void Cutter enemies existed or not, it would simplify matters if he slaughtered them all first. Otherwise, he'd have to wait for them to come to his door. How troublesome would that be?historical

Inside Red Tail's room, Bai Xuesheng and the others had already withdrawn. They were busy trying to confirm Flying Clouds' current situation.

With Gu Nan's present realm, he could translate the two mist mirrors almost instantly.

He handed the two pure white mirrors to Red Tail. "I didn't kill all the mission personnel in Flying Clouds. You can find someone to absorb those members into White Mist."

Red Tail stared blankly, then reacted with repeated nods while her heart shivered slightly. She felt that this was Gu Nan expressing his dissatisfaction—dissatisfaction with their excessively slow mission completion speed right now.

Even though she came to White Bones Realm only a short while ago and could only recruit mission personnel from large planes, it was obviously impossible for her to say these reasons out loud.

In reality, she was overthinking this. From Gu Nan's perspective, doing a good job or doing a bad job didn't exist for NPCs—everything was "as it should be."

As for why he specifically urged her to pick up the pace for missions, it was simply because he just happened to glance at the personal dungeon interface and saw several of them close to 100% completion. If they put in some more effort, he might just acquire a second personal dungeon.

Even in the Divine Kingdom, personal dungeons had cooldowns. Guan Hongchen and the others had already gotten very skilled at farming "Splendid World." If a new dungeon was acquired, the growth rate of points would definitely double.

"Wait," Gu Nan stopped Red Tail just as she prepared to leave, "are there any Void Cutters in desperate straits around here, or any who intend to sell themselves in order to take revenge against a powerful enemy?"

If there were suitable candidates, Gu Nan didn't mind selecting some local apostles.

Red Tail pondered this, but after a long time, she shook her head awkwardly. "Even in such a harsh place like White Bones Realm, there are still very few Void Cutters in desperate straits…"

She was telling the truth. With Void Cutter cultivators' ability to enter and leave large planes at will, it was indeed hard for them to be backed into a corner so much.

Even if they greatly offended someone, as long as they weren't dead, they'd still be able to slip away to other planes. How many planes were in the Myriad Heavens Universe? Perhaps not even the Star Rulers of the Thirteen Heavens knew the answer to that. Where would pursuers start looking for them?

Only Void Cutters in situations like Qian Han's—where he was targeted by a Realm Level Star Ruler and also ran into someone like Gu Nan who could seal off space—would have no choice but to surrender.

Otherwise, how many cultivators who could cultivate to Void Cutter Realm would be willing to subordinate themselves to others?

For example, the Void Cutters in Starry Ocean Pavilion and Zuo Zuo's "Five Steles" were all raised from an early age. The shadow of a Star Ruler hung over their entire cultivation journey, and their own base or family was in the Star Ruler's astral world in order to ensure their loyalty.

Gu Nan could only sigh helplessly, but at the same time, he held higher hopes for getting some otherworldly clan apostles. He was just waiting for those two bigshots to finish fighting.

However, Red Tail immediately said, "My Lord, are you looking for some Void Cutter level cultivators to stay here permanently?"

"Mm." Gu Nan nodded.

If White Mist didn't have the protection of Void Cutter experts, then some other trouble would inevitably befall it in the future. He couldn't run here to deal with it every time, nor could he guarantee he could arrive before it was too late every time.

So Red Tail suggested, "My Lord, do you still remember that Crescent Moon World has a kind of Transcendent Realm cultivators? They don't have the ability to break through the void, but three or four of them acting together can also fight those Void Cutters…"

Hearing this, Gu Nan suddenly raised his eyebrows and said, "They're perfect for this!"

……

Three days later, Gu Nan was already in Crescent Moon World, while Red Tail also came with him after finishing up matters in White Bones Realm.

"My Lord, the current Transcendent Realm cultivators in Crescent Moon World have already been summoned." Red Tail handed Gu Nan a list. "Not counting those we potentially overlooked, there are fifteen people under our control."

"That many?" Gu Nan wondered. He remembered that when he came here, there were only eight large sects in this world, with one Transcendent Realm cultivator per sect, but there were actually so many now?

But Red Tail just explained with a smile, "Decades have already passed in Crescent Moon World. We gave out better cultivation techniques, and there was also no infighting amongst themselves, so more and more people were able to reach Transcendent Realm."

Gu Nan nodded and took the list without saying anything else.

Over such a long time, they had more than enough time to finish studying the essence of the so-called "Transcendent Realm." If Void Cutters were beings that reached a higher level as a lifeform, then Transcendent cultivators were more like people who took a crooked path that deviated from the main one.

Without a correct direction, they stepped onto the wrong path. As a result, they weren't good enough to take a high post but were too proud to accept a low one.

It was far easier to reach Transcendent Realm than it was to reach Void Cutter Realm. Although their combat effectiveness wasn't that much worse, their nature as lifeforms was still far from that of Void Cutters.

They had yet to surpass the limits of humanity, so their lifespans were still rather short, and they were still unable to control space.

However, such existences were indeed best suited for protecting White Mist. Gu Nan didn't actually need them to travel through space; he simply needed them to contribute their fighting strength.

It was true that Gu Nan didn't think of this group of special military strength at first. After all, he was a player, not an omniscient and omnipotent god.

As for Crescent Moon World, he only took a cursory glance at it back then and didn't take it seriously at all. On the other hand, Red Tail personally stayed there for nearly 30 years and was more familiar with it.

"The World's Strongest Martial Arts Tournament?" After briefly scanning the list, Gu Nan saw some other words after the names.

It was a brief description and competition schedule for the "World's Strongest Martial Arts Tournament." Even the seeded players had been decided upon.

Red Tail smiled while explaining, "Martial arts prevails in Crescent Moon World. People often argue about who the strongest martial artist in the world is and even rank them. It can be seen that they attach great importance to this false reputation."

"Luring them into a martial arts competition by using the title of "world's strongest" is the best way to determine these people's actual fighting strength, and we might even see secluded experts we previously overlooked."

There was no doubt about Gu Nan's wisdom. He immediately understood this plan's benefits after Red Tail said the simple phrase "world's strongest."

By using the tournament to rank these martial artists, not only could they figure out the participants' trump cards, it would also make it more convenient for future management of Crescent Moon World—in the future, the treatment of the world's strongest would of course be better than the world's second strongest.

If Gu Nan handled this matter himself, he might still have thought of such an idea; it's just that as he leveled up, he paid less and less attention to these trivial matters.

This was probably one of the shortcomings of players: when their level exceeded the other party's by too much, most people were too lazy to follow the walkthrough and simply preferred to crush enemies directly using force.

"Then let's do that." Gu Nan casually handed the list back to Red Tail. "Just say that I will also be there to watch the top 16 matches, and I'll select some people to take to the Upper World with me."

"Take them to the Upper World?" Red Tail stared blankly, then reacted and smiled. "In that case, I'm afraid even those old monsters hiding in the mountains will have to run out now."

Gu Nan just waved his hand and asked Red Tail to take some more time to prepare thoroughly. They must be sure to catch all the Transcendent cultivators in Crescent Moon World in one fell swoop.

Anyhow, the flow of time here was 60 to 1, so he had plenty of time.

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Crescent Moon World was impassioned.

Just when the World's Strongest Martial Arts Tournament was about to commence, the Martial Arts Alliance suddenly announced its postponement, which puzzled and even enraged many people who felt like they'd been played.

However, when they received news that experts from the Upper World would be watching the tournament in person and might even take some outstanding martial artists with them to the Upper World, the entire Crescent Moon World fell into a fervor.

In fact, in Crescent Moon World's legends, Transcendent Realm's highest attainment had always been the ability to shatter space.

But in reality, nobody with that realm had appeared in thousands of years. The last time someone was suspected of reaching that realm was decades ago, when the world was unified and the Martial Arts Alliance was established.

The Martial Arts Alliance currently ruled the world. Only four of the eight major sects from the past still remained, all of which became subordinates of the Alliance.

Zhongli Sword Sect, the first sect to side with Gu Nan, was naturally one of them, and it was also the most powerful sect in the current Martial Arts Alliance.

Several young men and women were gathered together inside Zhongli Sword Sect, discussing something, while a swordsman in white sat in the seat of honor. He was Zhongli Suwen, the founder.

Decades had passed, yet Suwen still possessed a young appearance. It's just that he had a few more white hairs on his head.

"Martial Grandfather, is the recent news true? Shattering space, wow!" One person asked excitedly.

"Could it be false information the Alliance deliberately spread to attract participants for the tournament?" Another woman spoke; her guess was half right.

"Martial Grandfather…"

"Alright, alright." Suwen waved his hand helplessly. "I specifically rushed back to the sect to tell you guys that it's all true. Sign up for the tournament immediately."

These two men and two women in front of him were all disciples and grand-disciples of Suwen, and three of the four had already reached Transcendent Realm. The present Zhongli Sword Sect was prosperous and thriving.

As soon as Suwen's voice fell, the four people suddenly quieted down, all with incredulous looks on their faces.

"So it's actually true?!"

"Do people capable of shattering space really exist in this world…?"

"Of course it's true." Suwen smiled freely. "Your Martial Grandfather saw it with my own eyes decades ago… If that one truly came back, then shattering space is just an afterthought."

The young people suddenly exploded with questions again, pestering Suwen to tell them stories. But Suwen didn't mention the past and just told them to work hard.

"I've long been unable to see through that one's realm. In all likelihood, he returned to this world to find good seedlings to raise as successors, so you youngsters may have greater chances of catching his attention than old fellows like us," Suwen surmised.

In his view, Gu Nan most likely returned here to accept new disciples and such. After all, there was no way he'd want their measly strength otherwise.

Of course Suwen didn't know that his last guess actually hit the mark.

The four disciples and grand-disciples naturally didn't doubt their Martial Grandfather's speculations. This was the most reasonable explanation.

Suwen encouraged them one by one and finally said to the last girl, "Ah Xiu, you became a disciple the latest, so your cultivation is still a little short of Transcendent Realm, but you have the most talent. You must fight hard this time, okay?"

"Yes, Martial Grandfather!" The young girl named Ah Xiu nodded repeatedly as she answered with a youthful voice.

She looked only 15 or 16 years old, but she was already close to the peak of martial arts. Such talent really was enviable.

Suwen nodded with satisfaction and let the four people go back to prepare. After they left the room, another woman started talking to Ah Xiu.

"Martial Sister Ah Xiu, you must work hard!" The woman laughed playfully. "If you can step into Transcendent Realm in one fell swoop before the Martial Arts Tournament, your chances of victory will be much more certain."

Ah Xiu looked a little distressed. "Sister Xiaoqing, I also really want to break through… but every time I'm about to truly step into Transcendent Realm, there always seems to be a voice in my heart telling me that this is not the right path."

However, her senior martial sister Lu Xiaoqing just revealed a satisfied look and pulled Ah Xiu forward. "Come with me. Sister Lu will help you find fortuitous encounters!"

……

The city whose name was already changed to "Martial Alliance City" was located at the center of Crescent Moon World. Sumptuous newly-built houses stood in the middle of the city.

It's said that this was where the Martial Arts Alliance was first established. Now, it was the headquarters of the Alliance, a holy land of martial arts in the hearts of cultivators all over the world.

"Sister Xiaoqing, where on earth are you taking me…" Ah Xiu, who was pulled along by Lu Xiaoqing, had already taken several twists and turns within this place, nearly bumping into people several times.

They were in the Martial Arts Alliance's headquarters right now! Everyone who lived here was a bigshot, one of the higher-ups of the Alliance. If someone caught them sneaking in here…

At the thought of this, Ah Xiu immediately tried to dissuade her bold senior martial sister again, "Martial Sister, let's hurry back. What if someone sees us…"

"Hurry back where? You don't want to break through?" Lu Xiaoqing's face was full of frustration that Ah Xiu didn't meet her expectations.

"Break through?" Ah Xiu stared at Lu Xiaoqing in a daze, wondering what this had to do with her breakthrough.

Did she want to ask the seniors here to give Ah Xiu pointers? But which of these seniors could compare with their Martial Grandfather?

As if seeing through her thoughts, Lu Xiaoqing smiled mysteriously. "Naturally, no one here could give you pointers in the past, but this time is different! Why do you think the Alliance suddenly changed its mind?"

Ah Xiu was gifted with intelligence at an early age. She immediately understood her senior martial sister's words and said excitedly, "It's, it's definitely because that senior who can shatter space returned already. Maybe he's right here!"

……

Ah Xiu and Lu Xiaoqing guessed right; Gu Nan was indeed here.

Not only was he in Crescent Moon World, but he was also very easy to find—a new courtyard with the largest, most luxurious, and most nouveau riche vibes was built here, and it was placed right in the center of this region.

Anyone who was even slightly familiar with the Alliance wouldn't be able to miss it.

The two women were naturally no exception. They quickly snuck inside, and Ah Xiu immediately heard Lu Xiaoqing exclaim, "It's Senior Red Tail! I met her once with Martial Grandfather!"

In front of them, a silver-robed person lay leisurely on a recliner, while Red Tail was standing in front of him, reporting something in a low voice.

"This means that person is…" Ah Xiu set her eyes on the silver-robed man but couldn't see anything out of the ordinary about him. He just seemed like a normal person basking in the sun.

Lu Xiaoqing excitedly got up, about to pull Ah Xiu along to pay their respects.historical

She believed that with her junior martial sister's innate talent and comprehension ability, Ah Xiu could definitely enter that one's discerning eye—if even Ah Xiu couldn't, then she was afraid no one in the world could!

However, at this moment, Ah Xiu suddenly pulled her back. She glanced around warily and whispered, "Martial Sister, there are other people here…"

"Other people?" Lu Xiaoqing was taken aback.

"Quick, kill her!"

"Our mission will be complete after killing her. Then return immediately and don't linger in this plane!"

"Okay!"

The rustling dialogue sounded behind the two, but they couldn't understand the conversation.

The next second, four figures flew out from behind them, heading straight for Red Tail!

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"Look out!"

Ah Xiu's senses were sharper than her senior martial sister's. She had already rushed out and shouted a warning almost as soon as the four attackers appeared.

The four people who appeared out of nowhere were faster than Ah Xiu imagined. They were all extraordinarily skilled and practically reached Red Tail in the blink of an eye.

A trace of anxiety entered Ah Xiu's eyes. Although she was young, she already had a lot of combat experience, so she could tell the four enemies' general cultivation realms from a glance.

None of them were weaker than her, and they even seemed to have a combination attack. They were clearly assassins specially trained for assassination!

"Most of this world is under the Alliance's control. Exactly what organization can train assassins like these?!"

Ah Xiu tried her best to chase them, only to find that they'd thrown her far behind them. She couldn't help feeling endless astonishment.

'There are four such assassins, while Senior Red Tail doesn't seem to have reached the Transcendent Realm yet…'

She anxiously looked back, hoping her senior martial sister could quickly help Senior Red Tail out, but all she saw was an unfamiliar face with an icy expression.

"Martial Sister…"

Lu Xiaoqing sneered and said disdainfully, "I thought it would take some effort to find the target, but I didn't expect it to be so easy! Looks like bringing a little girl like you along as a cover was an unnecessary move."

Ah Xiu couldn't help feeling chills all over when she heard her senior martial sister's unfamiliar tone.

Only then did she realize that these people had been following her, and the reason her senior martial sister brought her along was to have an excuse if they were discovered!

'She wasn't looking for the legendary senior at all! She's clearly looking for Senior Red Tail!'

But Lu Xiaoqing ignored her and just fixed her gaze ahead, where Red Tail was now surrounded.

An unexpected powerhouse who could "shatter space" really did upset their plans, or else they wouldn't have been in such a hurry to attack, but their mission hadn't completely failed yet.

After all, this was merely a powerful cultivator from a small plane, while their goal was just to assassinate Red Tail. As long as they could kill her, it didn't matter if all of them died!

However, right as Lu Xiaoqing thought this, she heard a voice from behind her, "Reincarnator?"

It was now Lu Xiaoqing's turn to freeze in shock. She never thought that someone in such a small plane would actually know about reincarnation!

'Don't tell me that the so-called powerhouse who can shatter space is also a reincarnator?'

She hurriedly looked back, but it wasn't the silver robe that greeted her, but four familiar figures—her four companions were actually caught in a giant hand made of shadows and thrown onto the ground.

And only behind them was the expressionless face of the silver-robed man.

"What plane are you guys from?" He asked leisurely.

But Lu Xiaoqing didn't speak. She just stared at the other party with a gloomy expression. In any case, her current body was a reincarnation. Dying here wasn't anything to fear. Rather, she should take this time to think up countermeasures.

However, Gu Nan had no intention of waiting at all. He gave her a sunny smile, then stepped on the head of a person on the ground, instantly crushing it like a watermelon.

"You…"

The person died on the spot, and the tendril of his soul that reincarnated here vanished simultaneously. But before it dissipated, its little connection with the reincarnator's main world was keenly captured by Gu Nan.

He followed that connection and quickly locked onto the coordinates on the opposite side, nonchalantly asking, "This is… Major Martial Realm?"

The Myriad Heavens Universe had over a hundred Heaven and Realm Level main worlds, and their coordinates had long been made public.

After tracing the connection back to the opposite side's coordinates, Gu Nan could immediately tell what plane it was as long as he compared it with the publicly-known coordinates of all large planes.

Martial arts was probably one of the most popular cultivation paths in the Myriad Heavens Universe, and the number of martial artists even surpassed Daoists. Furthermore, there were even two Realm Level large planes solely for martial arts.

In order to distinguish them, people called the first martial arts plane to exist the Major Martial Realm, while the martial arts plane that ascended to Realm Level afterwards was called the Minor Martial Realm.

These people before Gu Nan were clearly reincarnators from Major Martial Realm who came to Crescent Moon World to complete a mission.

Ever since Gu Nan arrived at Star Realm, he'd always been the one reincarnating to other worlds, all the way until he advanced to Tier 4 and was no longer restricted from traveling between planes.

Therefore, Gu Nan had never experienced this strange feeling of running into a reincarnator as a half-native before, so he studied them with great interest.

Lu Xiaoqing, on the other hand, was already frozen.

How could she still not understand after seeing such a scene? This wasn't some reincarnator; this was clearly a Void Cutter powerhouse!

They just wanted to finish a mission. Who could've imagined they'd run into such a bigshot here?

As a reincarnator, Lu Xiaoqing originally shouldn't have been so alarmed, but the deep-rooted fear of Void Cutters made her tremble involuntarily.

"What is the name of your organization?" Gu Nan's voice was still serene.

"We…" Lu Xiaoqing almost wanted to reveal the name of her organization, but her remaining rationality told her that since the other party was a Void Cutter, she absolutely mustn't stay here any longer!

With a single thought, she'd already destroyed that wisp of her own soul, and her body collapsed softly.

Ah Xiu exclaimed in shock from the side, while Red Tail also walked over briskly.

But Gu Nan wasn't really surprised. No Prodigious Realm reincarnator was a fool. Being able to read the situation was the simplest of matters for them.

The longer she stayed here, the more likely it was for experts to find clues pointing to her organization, so it was better to return early.

"Unfortunately, this plane is too remote." Red Tail saw this scene and naturally understood what just happened. She shook her head with a sigh. "If we had more of their souls, we might just be able to find where they came from."

Gu Nan, however, shook his head and went back to his long recliner, his eyes staring at the blue sky in thought.

Red Tail didn't know what he was thinking, so she didn't say much more. Instead, she glanced at Ah Xiu and asked with a smile, "Little Sister, are you also here to assassinate me?"

"O-Of course not!" Ah Xiu gave her a look that said are you kidding me while repeatedly waving her hands.historical

She explained how the entire thing started and constantly stressed that "Martial Sister isn't a bad person; she must've been possessed by a ghost"—in her eyes, perhaps her senior martial sister was just unconscious.

In a sense, her senior martial sister really was possessed by a ghost, except there was no possibility of recovery once the ghost possessed her.

"So you're here to ask your seniors for pointers?" Red Tail stretched out a hand to pinch Ah Xiu's cheek. This girl seemed to possess an inexplicable approachability and warmth that made it hard for people to harbor ill intent towards her.

Ah Xiu hurriedly nodded, staring at Red Tail with big sparkling eyes while involuntarily sneaking a few glances at Gu Nan in passing.

That earlier scene where Gu Nan instantly captured those four still lingered in her heart. She couldn't even see how the other party did it… 'As expected of someone in a realm that can shatter space!'

Thus, she saw Red Tail walk up to that silver-robed senior and whisper something. She thought Senior Red Tail was helping her persuade that senior, and her heart was full of hope.

Of course Ah Xiu wouldn't know that what Red Tail actually said was, "My Lord, this girl should be a natural-born child of destiny from this plane. Should we kill her to make a mist mirror?"

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Gu Nan slowly opened his eyes and gave Ah Xiu a cold look.

That kind of indifferent gaze felt like he was looking down on an ant, making Ah Xiu somewhat uncomfortable. No one had ever looked at her with such eyes before.

She felt a little uneasy in her heart, wondering if the matter with her martial sister gave this senior a bad impression of her.

Of course she was overthinking this, because Gu Nan looked at everyone like this.

"A natural-born child of destiny?" Gu Nan broke out of his original thoughts. With his present knowledge, he naturally knew about destiny.

Destiny was nothing more than the manifestation of the will of the plane itself—the will of the plane could be manifested, but no one could guarantee that it would be completed.

As long as the external force was strong enough, the will of the plane could be casually trampled upon.

White Mist's translation method created children of destiny in a certain area by leading around the will of a plane. It would then harvest those artificial children of destiny.

Of course natural-born children of destiny could also be used and was even a ready-made material. It would be a shame to waste it.

"Let her participate in the Martial Arts Tournament. Set her up to win first place and make her destiny peak," Gu Nan casually instructed, then quickly closed his eyes again.

"Yes."

Red Tail nodded, then turned to Ah Xiu and said with a smile, "My Lord's meaning is that as long as you can win first place, he will accept you as his disciple."historical

"First… place?!"

……

Gu Nan was lying alone in the courtyard after Red Tail and Ah Xiu left, basking in the lazy afternoon sunshine, but his thoughts never stopped.

The appearance of reincarnators from the Major Martial Realm made him realize a loophole in his past thinking.

Gu Nan always thought that no one would be able to find his Divine Kingdom again after he adjusted its coordinates several times, but he overlooked another possibility—reincarnation!

If the Divine Kingdom plane spontaneously disseminated its will to the outside world and issued missions, that was equivalent to broadcasting its coordinates for all to see.

Sooner or later, certain powerful figures would notice this strange plane as time went on.

Gu Nan even suspected that maybe this was the fundamental reason why Heaven and Realm Level planes were recognized as main worlds that couldn't be reincarnated into while other planes could only be reincarnated into.

"I must study the essence of a plane's will when I have time." Gu's Nan frowned slightly.

As the construction of the Divine Kingdom advanced step-by-step, he seemed to get busier again, and there was a gradually increasing number of matters of all manners that he had to handle.

It wasn't this troublesome in his previous life's game. Ultimately, it was because there were too many living beings and organizations in the Myriad Heavens Universe, and there were also too many powerful people here.

……

After letting down all the martial artists in the world once by delaying the tournament, the Martial Arts Alliance finally didn't repeat their mistake and held the World's Strongest Martial Arts Tournament as scheduled.

Such a martial arts competition really satisfied all the spectators. Countless masters they ordinarily would never be able to see fought in the arena one after another with their special skills.

Not only did the various sects' younger generations participate, but even old fellows like Suwen joined—after all, they were the ones most qualified to compete in the tournament to decide the world's strongest!

As round after round of fighting ended, the situation gradually became clear, and the top 16 were decided.

Transcendent Realm masters were indeed much stronger than ordinary Prodigious Realm cultivators. They possessed offensive and defensive abilities comparable to that of Void Cutter experts; even without the support of laws, it wasn't something ordinary people could withstand.

Therefore, this phase of the Martial Arts Tournament was basically a fight amongst Transcendent Realm powerhouses. However, this wasn't without exception.

"As expected of someone naturally blessed by destiny." Red Tail looked at the last name on the top 16 list and said with satisfaction, "Ah Xiu defeated a Transcendent Realm cultivator in the last round."

Gu Nan nodded; he also saw that match. As a mortal, Ah Xiu was only able to defeat her opponent by utilizing swordsmanship, tactics, willpower, and even some geographical advantages.

It could be said that she far surpassed her opponent in everything except actual cultivation.

"But isn't this also the limit? Not even children of destiny are without limits," Red Tail continued.

She was an expert at toying with destiny, so she knew the limitations of this power. At the very least, it couldn't raise people's cultivation realms out of thin air.

Additionally, if the person the power of destiny converged upon was too useless and incompetent, then the destiny surrounding that person would dissipate on its own.

Although Ah Xiu didn't have this problem, she was born in Crescent Moon World—the strength of her destiny held her back instead.

The plane itself was warning her that Transcendent Realm was the wrong path, so she couldn't break through Transcendent Realm no matter what she did.

"If the wrong path won't do, what about the right path?" Gu Nan asked with a smile.

"The right path…" Red Tail stared at Gu Nan blankly. The thought of using a Void Cutter as material for making a mist mirror had never occurred to her.

Even the Indigo Mound tribe, who developed this translation method, had never entertained such a crazy idea!

Gu Nan put down the document detailing Ah Xiu's background and casually said, "Her life thus far has been too smooth-sailing. How can she bring out the full power of destiny like this? Go help her."

"Yes."

……

Zhongli Sword Sect.

"Ah Xiu, you're too incredible! You actually defeated Elder Qin!" A girl around Ah Xiu's age said excitedly while tugging on Ah Xiu's sleeve.

Elder Qin was one of the elders in the Martial Arts Alliance, as well as the Transcendent Realm opponent Ah Xiu defeated in the competition.

But Ah Xiu just smiled awkwardly. Even her smile seemed a little forced, because it irritated her injuries.

She was only able to advance to the top 16 by giving it all she's got, and she was injured all over as a result. But her upcoming opponents were all stronger than Elder Qin. Winning first place truly was extremely difficult.

'What in the world is that senior thinking?'

Ah Xiu couldn't help thinking in her mind, but before she could figure it out, she heard a loud scream from her companion.

"W-Who are you guys? Who allowed you to break into my Zhongli Sword Sect?!"

Ah Xiu looked up in astonishment and saw a group of people push open the door and file in, all with sneers on their faces.

"Zhongli Sword Sect's Suwen harbored ill intentions and sent assassins after the Alliance Leader. We are also here on orders. Ladies, please don't make this hard for us," the leader said expressionlessly.

"Nonsense!" Ah Xiu's companion shouted, "Martial Grandfather is an elder of the Alliance. How can he send assassins after the Alliance Leader?!"

The leading man just replied coldly, "The Alliance will give you justice in this matter. All you have to do right now is come with us."

Ah Xiu's friend still wanted to say something, but Ah Xiu's heart sank—she did see her senior martial sister assassinate Senior Red Tail with her own eyes!

'Don't tell me the culprit they found from their investigation is actually Martial Grandfather…?'

Ah Xiu's thoughts swirled around in her head. Seeing that the other party was already rushing at them, she drew her sword on the spot without much thought.

……

The next day, the Martial Arts Alliance announced to the world that Zhongli Sword Sect attempted to assassinate the Alliance Leader, and the Alliance sent troops to encircle and annihilate the sect.

As the principal offender, Suwen was killed on the spot, and all the high-level members of Zhongli Sword Sect were arrested, including three Transcendent Realm cultivators.

Only Suwen's favorite disciple, Ah Xiu, was still at large. She became a wanted fugitive all over the world.

Three days later, the World's Strongest Martial Arts Tournament officially ended. Sect Master Qin of Venerate Heaven Sect won the title of the "World's Strongest." A mysterious senior took him to the upper world together with nine other Transcendent Realm participants, attracting the envy of countless people.

Right as the ten martial artists from Crescent Moon World reached White Bones Realm, Gu Nan's saint clone had already appeared on the frontline plane, Tiluo World.

The Time Arena was finally about to open.

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The Time Arena was a rather unconventional kind of dungeon where time seemed to completely freeze for the outside world.

In other words, in the eyes of the outside world, it would appear as if a winner was decided as soon as this dungeon activated, so they didn't have to wait at all.

In order to seize the Sand of Time, Gu Nan needed to make some preparations.

Tiluo World.

Gu Nan stepped out of the space passage. The place was already quite lively. The summons from Clockwork Heaven very effectively attracted a group of Void Cutters and even Star Rulers who had yet to acquire their own astral worlds.

Not everyone knew that the Sand of Time could only be used on one's astral world; most people still had a superficial understanding of blessed lands.

"It's open! It's open!" Someone's voice traveled over from the side.

Gu Nan looked up and saw a faintly-glowing blue bead floating in the air.

That was none other than the Time Arena. The true body of this peculiar dungeon was a round bead. The dungeon was hidden inside the bead.

Countless figures started to fly up, scrambling to be the first person to enter the bead. Gu Nan, however, wasn't in a hurry—although the dungeon just opened its doors, they were still a long way off from its official activation.

Gu Nan's gaze swept through the crowd, seemingly looking for someone. As people continued to leave, Tiluo World emptied up significantly. Thus, he heard a voice from behind without even having to search for the person.

"Mr. Gu Nan?" Lou Wanying saw Gu Nan at a glance and led a group of people over.

The group had a total of four people. Besides Lou Wanying himself and Fang Yanqing, his senior martial sister who met Gu Nan before, there were two new companions.

"You came just in time. I was looking for you," Gu Nan immediately said when he saw Lou Wanying.

Lou Wanying was very happy. He thought that Gu Nan had finally come around and decided to enter the Time Arena with him.

It wasn't that he wanted to cling to a powerful teammate. Rather, he was very confident in ultimately winning the treasure due to his family's inheritance and Senior Lu, so he was eager to bring Gu Nan, his former teammate, along for the ride.

"Who are these two?" Gu Nan asked as he pointed to the two new companions beside him.

Lou Wanying originally wanted to invite him to "join the party," but he decided to introduce them first when he heard Gu Nan's question.

His two new companions were also a man and a woman. The woman was petite and had the appearance of a little girl. She was said to be the only daughter of the Star Ruler of White Bones Realm, Bai Qiaozhen.

It was a bit of a coincidence for Gu Nan to meet her here. He'd just left White Bones Realm not long ago and immediately ran into the daughter of the Star Ruler of White Bones Realm.

The other companion was a gorgeously dressed young man whose face was full of arrogance. He looked at Gu Nan the way a young master from a city would look at a country bumpkin.

His name was Luo Ze, and he was indeed a young master. He was from Clockwork Heaven, and his grandfather… was also a Star Ruler.

Star Ruler subordinates existed in exceedingly powerful planes like the Thirteen Heavens, just like how the World of Gods also had subordinate gods in the major gods' Divine Kingdoms.

"Clockwork Heaven?" Gu Nan's gaze fell on Luo Ze, and a cold smile appeared on his face.

He specifically came to Tiluo World just to find Luo Ze. Since he refused Lu Wen's request, this Star Ruler of Clockwork Heaven must've found someone else to help Lou Wanying.

If he wanted to get the Sand of Time, he first had to disrupt Lu Wen's plan.

"That's right. You're Gu Nan? I've heard of you." Luo Ze was tall and quite handsome, so he looked down at Gu Nan condescendingly at this moment.

Gu Nan, however, ignored him and looked up. Now that he found the person from Clockwork Heaven, was Lu Wen watching them right now?

If he was, then Lu Wen should be making his move around now.

The arrogance on Luo Ze's face grew, but his thoughts weren't actually careless in the slightest. Instead, he was already clutching a talisman that his grandfather prepared especially for him.

On the surface, Luo Ze looked like an arrogant young master and even took the trouble to always maintain this image in front of Lou Wanying, but in reality, he was extremely perceptive and coolheaded, or else he wouldn't have been picked to carry out this mission.

In order to send him to Lou Wanying's side, they even arranged a chance encounter before finally managing to get him to join Lou Wanying's party by having Bai Qiaozhen introduce him to Lou Wanying.

As for Gu Nan, grandfather only gave one order: 'Provoke him! Provoke him at all costs, then use grandfather's talisman to kill him!'

'After all, Gu Nan was actually that one's first choice, but he was too brain-dead to agree to it, which is why I got this chance instead. If he suddenly changed his mind, then won't I suffer a complete loss?'

'An opportunity to fulfill that one's orders doesn't come often!'

Lou Wanying saw the atmosphere between the two turn a little tense and hurriedly stood between them while saying to Gu Nan, "Mr. Gu Nan, Luo Ze, he…"

"Get out of the way!" Luo Ze didn't wait for him to finish and had already pushed Lou Wanying aside. He glared at Gu Nan. "I heard you're the reincarnation of a Heavenly Demon or something? Ha, this young master doesn't care what kind of demon you are—"

Before he could finish, he saw a hand suddenly reach over and fall on his face with terrifying force.

When Gu Nan realized Lu Wen didn't seem to be paying attention to them, he seized the opportunity to slap Luo Ze and send him flying far away.

But Gu Nan didn't tarry and immediately went over to that side. This Luo Ze definitely wasn't weak, and he seemed to have refined his body through a secret technique to make his physique much stronger than that of ordinary cultivators.

Lou Wanying seemed stunned by Gu Nan's move and was speechless for a while. Instead, his senior martial sister Fang Yanqing blocked Gu Nan's way.historical

"What are you doing?!" Fang Yanqing glared at Gu Nan furiously. "Even if Luo Ze's attitude wasn't too good, how can you just casually hit people?"

However, Gu Nan didn't even spare her a glance as his left hand grabbed her by the hair and flung her to the side with great force.

Fang Yanqing shot out like an arrow, precisely piercing the building next to them and turning it into rubble.

During this time, Gu Nan had already arrived in front of Luo Ze and lifted him with one hand. The latter was looking at him with a frightened expression, but the talisman in his hand had fallen to the side.

Even the most powerful talisman took time to activate. The most awkward thing about Luo Ze's current situation was that Gu Nan's movements were so fast that he couldn't react at all.

"W-Wait!" Luo Ze shouted, trying to attract Gu Nan's attention. As long as he used words to stall the other party for a few seconds, he could take a few steps over and try to grab the talisman again.

His physique was far beyond normal, so Gu Nan's earlier slap actually only caused him some minor injuries but didn't affect his movement.

'As long as I can snatch back the talisman and summon grandfather's power, I'll definitely… Ack!'

Luo Ze suddenly felt a sharp pain in his stomach before he could finish those thoughts and involuntarily coughed up a mouthful of blood. Gu Nan's fist had hit him squarely in the stomach, almost blasting apart his abdomen.

"You… I'll kill you!"

Luo Ze was in so much pain that he couldn't control himself and finally threw all his bullshit rationality aside. He no longer bothered with hiding his true power and frantically activated his laws.

A jade-white light glowed from his body, revealing all the bones in his body. On the contrary, his skin and flesh began to turn transparent.

"Glazed Jade Bones." White Bones Realm's Bai Qiaozhen, the little girl who'd been watching from the side all this time, finally revealed a look of realization.

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Out of all of Lou Wanying's companions, Bai Qiaozhen was probably the one who had the clearest grasp of the situation.

She didn't know the inside story between Gu Nan and Clockwork Heaven, but she did know about Gu Nan and Luo Ze's identities.

While the Thirteen Heavens were certainly mysterious, that only applied to the aloof and untouchable Star Rulers of the Thirteen Heavens. The other people in the Thirteen Heavens were still mere mortals.

She knew Luo Ze wasn't a simple figure. He used such a roundabout way to approach Lou Wanying by having her act as an intermediary—Luo Ze's motive definitely wasn't as simple as merely wanting to be Lou Wanying's friend.

And that Gu Nan was said to be the reincarnation of a Nine Abyss Heavenly Demon who was incomparably strong. Some people were even calling him the strongest person under Star Ruler Realm. It's just that nobody knew when he'd be able to take that final step into Star Ruler Realm.

She could tell from a glance that these two weren't on friendly terms, although she didn't know what caused their conflict. But this was none of her business; Bai Qiaozhen only wanted to take this opportunity to see both sides' trump cards.

Luo Ze had already shown his cards right now—not even Bai Qiaozhen expected that he was actually cultivating Glazed Jade Bones!

Glazed Jade Bones was a body refining technique from ancient times. There were many such secret techniques in the Thirteen Heavens, but very few people actually cultivated them for real.

Ancient techniques weren't necessarily stronger than modern techniques, and they also had various flaws.

For example, this "Glazed Jade Bones" was indeed a top-tier body refining technique in terms of strength, but very few people were willing to cultivate it because it was extremely difficult to cultivate.

The difficulty wasn't because it needed a lot of precious resources or innate talent, but rather, the need for "ruthlessness."

To cultivate "Glazed Jade Bones," one must scrape off their own flesh and directly soak their bones in a special medicinal liquid and cultivate for a full 81 days!

In these 81 days, the cultivator must constantly scrape new flesh off of their bones to prevent any new skin or flesh from growing.

And for a living person, it was impossible to scrape off all of their flesh at once, so a person could only cultivate one part of their bones at a time… How many people could persevere in the face of such pain?

But the cultivator would naturally gain incomparable power in exchange for such pain.

It was said that after cultivating the Glazed Jade Bones to major attainment, the cultivator's bones would be able to resist weapons of the same realm, becoming impervious to sword or spear in the truest sense.

From the moment Bai Qiaozhen saw the Glazed Jade Bones, her gaze toward Luo Ze had changed a bit, looking at him with some respect.

'Since it's the Glazed Jade Bones, I'm afraid it'll be hard for this Gu Nan to kill Luo Ze—'

Crack!

Gu Nan kicked Luo Ze's leg, instantly fracturing the bones that were still glowing jade-white just seconds ago, while Gu Nan himself finally turned his head to look at Bai Qiaozhen. "What kind of bones did you say this was?"

This little girl seemed to mutter something earlier, but he didn't catch everything she said.

Bai Qiaozhen, on the other hand, was gaping in shock, too stunned to answer him.

Unbearable pain traveled up from his leg, but Luo Ze actually felt more pain in his heart.

'Glazed Jade Bones… was actually shattered in one kick? Then what was the point of me silently enduring this pain for all these years?'

For a while, Luo Ze was actually a little lost despondent.

But Gu Nan didn't care about his thoughts and threw another punch that hit Luo Ze's chest, forcibly breaking several of his ribs. The glow from the Glazed Jade Bones dimmed even further.

Glazed Jade Bones could only withstand attacks from weapons of the same realm, while Gu Nan's Evil God physique was able to twist weapons of the same realm into pretzels.

"Mr. Gu Nan!" A loud shout came from behind Gu Nan; Lou Wanying had finally spoken up.

He raised his own golden sword and said sternly, "Mr. Gu Nan, this is the last time I'm calling you that. You hit Luo Ze for no reason—"

Wham!

Gu Nan's fist came in contact with his face, and Lou Wanying instantly flew out backwards, the golden sword falling to the side.

After blasting away Lou Wanying with a punch, Gu Nan went back to Luo Ze's side again, planning to break his spine.

From beginning to end, Gu Nan's goal had always been to disrupt Lu Wen's plans by killing Luo Ze. As for Lou Wanying, the one Lu Wen designated as this generation's main character, Gu Nan didn't take him seriously at all.historical

Even main characters still had to follow the basic rules.

A soft sigh rang out above the endless sky.

Surrounded by the mysterious law of time, Lu Wen was still keeping his attention on the God of Time Valen, but Lou Wanying's unexpected injury caused him to sense something.

Lu Wen diverted a sliver of his attention to Lou Wanying's group and instantly understood what just transpired in Tiluo World. He told the giant dragon on his shoulder, "Go help him."

The giant silver dragon was still standing on his shoulder. Her huge body swayed gently as she asked in confusion, "Didn't he say he would rob the item only after they win it? Humans are all liars."

Lu Wen revealed a helpless smile. "He did say he would rob it afterwards, but he never said he wouldn't kill people beforehand."

The silver dragon fell silent for a while. Finally, she wordlessly spread her pair of silver wings, instantly cutting through space and falling into the mortal world.

In Tiluo World, Gu Nan held the half-dead Luo Ze with one hand while his other one methodically broke all the bones in Luo Ze's body.

At the very least, this Luo Ze was still a peak Void Cutter expert, so just breaking his spine wasn't enough to put him out of commission.

Lou Wanying and his senior martial sister were both heavily injured from Gu Nan''s beatings. Only Bai Qiaozhen was still on the side, unharmed.

So, taking advantage of the time where Lou Wanying was unconscious, a silver color descended from the nine heavens above. The energy from an indescribable law enveloped Gu Nan's body.

Gu Nan's expression changed slightly, and his figure had already disappeared in that instant. Immediately after he left, his original location was sliced in half; the entire space directly broke apart.

The Luo Ze that Gu Nan tried to kill for half a day but still couldn't deal with was actually sliced apart.

This silver dragon was clearly a natural-born god who was born with Star Ruler Realm power. All she lacked was higher realms.

The silver dragon's huge body circled around in midair for a while and finally came to a slow stop in the air. She actually stood upright like a person, staring at Gu Nan quietly.

"Sure enough, humans don't keep their word," her voice was very cold and clear, yet it also contained a natural nobility that made people involuntarily feel ashamed of themselves.

Gu Nan didn't even have the desire to respond to her. He turned around and was about to open a passage to leave—he had come to kill Luo Ze, and his goal had already been achieved.

But at that moment, he found that the space in front of him suddenly became incomparably tough, making it very hard to open a passage in space. The sense of danger in his heart reappeared.

So Gu Nan's figure disappeared once again, and the space he was originally at also split open immediately afterwards.

The silver dragon just floated coldly in midair, yet her power of space was able to follow Gu Nan like a shadow, keeping him busy.

"The power of space is practically invincible against opponents of the same realm, not to mention Gu Nan is still one step short of Star Ruler Realm." Bai Qiaozhen could see the situation clearly from the side and couldn't help sighing.

Of course she could tell that this huge dragon was none other than that one's beloved pet and one of the legendary dragons of creation, the Dragon of Space!

But what she didn't expect was that Gu Nan suddenly turned at the next second and dashed towards the ground, picking up a figure in the blink of an eye—Lou Wanying!

He raised the unconscious Lou Wanying in front of him like a shield. Thus, the rupturing space that was following him came to a stop in this instant.

The silver dragon in the air was silent for a while but quickly spoke again, "It's useless. You can't escape from this space, and using him as a shield will only delay the inevitable for a little longer."

Along with her words, the cracked space quickly changed directions, bypassing Lou Wanying and directly pouncing on Gu Nan.

But Gu Nan moved even faster. He gripped Lou Wanying with one hand as his figure rushed forward. In one-thirtieth of the time it took to blink, he'd already appeared in front of the giant silver dragon.

The giant dragon's eyes suddenly widened and her originally upright body bent abruptly—Gu Nan's unforgiving fist had smashed into her soft belly!

"Who said I'm going to escape?"

Gu Nan sneered, swinging Lou Wanying around like a stick to prevent the space fractures from approaching him while simultaneously throwing a kick at the silver dragon.

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"Roar!"

A furious roar resounded throughout Tiluo World. The silver dragon thrashed madly in the air, causing a fearsome power of space to spread in all directions, almost tearing all their surroundings to pieces.

Fortunately, the furious silver dragon was no longer in the right state of mind to consciously control her laws—the power of space she instinctively wielded wasn't very condensed, or else her attack just now would've been enough to pulverize Lou Wanying.

But Lou Wanying was nevertheless unconscious throughout this exchange and could only tank all attacks with his Tier 4 body, so in the end, the power of space instantly inflicted heavy injuries upon him.

However, Gu Nan was no longer inclined to worry about Lou Wanying's survival and casually tossed him aside while Gu Nan himself stuck close to the silver dragon's belly, his figure swaying unpredictably in all directions.

The sharp pain brought the silver dragon back to her senses, but she received a few more punches to the stomach in the process. For a while, she was at a loss on what to do.

The enormous silver dragon was called Long Ling'er, a name given by Lu Wen.

Long Ling'er wasn't actually very old when considering the lifespan of the dragon race. She also hadn't experienced many battles yet and mostly relied on her instincts to fight.

In contrast, Gu Nan's combat experience was way too rich.

Not only did he know all of the dragon race's weaknesses, he was also incomparably familiar with the law of space.

The law of space was indeed quite powerful and possessed very interesting playstyles in terms of both attack and support, but the dragon before him was obviously still a beginner at it.

Regarding this kind of newbie who only knew how to "tear apart space," merely sticking close to them was enough to stump the opponent.

The current Long Ling'er was like a human holding a sharp knife while a bee buzzed wildly over her stomach and even stung her every once in a while. This annoyed her immensely, but at the same time, she also didn't dare slash it with her knife.

If she really did swing her knife down, the probability of cutting the opponent was very low, but in contrast, she would almost certainly cut herself!

That's right—Gu Nan was bullying Long Ling'er by using her lack of experience and inability to finely manipulate her own law against her. She simply couldn't get a good grasp on his position.

Long Ling'er was still in a daze, but Gu Nan's movements didn't pause. He used both his hands and feet to land strikes on the giant dragon's abdomen.

If not for a dragon's strong physique and Long Ling'er's naturally monstrous strength, he probably would've torn a hole through her stomach by now.

Long Ling'er finally couldn't help giving a sharp hiss as her figure quickly shrunk. She actually changed into human form, taking on the appearance of the young girl that Gu Nan met earlier.

With the space freed up from shrinking her body, she quickly laid a spatial barrier between her and Gu Nan. Only then did she have time to gasp for breath.

"So you're not too stupid." Gu Nan chuckled and ignored her again, turning around to tear open a spatial rift and stepping inside.

The Long Ling'er who'd been beaten to such an extent couldn't even take care of herself, let alone continue to seal off their surrounding space.

……

After killing Luo Ze, Gu Nan's saint clone left Tiluo World directly and hid in a random plane, attentively watching the frontline situation.

Gu Nan had little doubt that the sand of time would fall into Lou Wanying's hands.

Although he didn't know why Valen made a move, it almost certainly wasn't to acquire the blueprint—a major god of his level absolutely didn't lack special structures inside his Divine Kingdom.

Since Lu Wen wanted to obtain the sand of time for Lou Wanying, could Valen also have a junior he wanted to look after? How could there be such a coincidence?historical

Based on Gu Nan's understanding of Valen, this rascal most likely found out about Lu Wen's plans and came all the way over to join the fun while causing some trouble for his opponent in passing.

As one of the younger generation within the twelve major gods, Valen had a mischievous personality that liked to join in on the fun, so his figure could often be seen everywhere. Gu Nan had witnessed this a long time ago in his previous life.

But a concept like the Myriad Heavens Universe didn't exist at all in his past life, so Valen's troublemaker tendencies were limited to the World of Gods, often provoking the wrath of gods and humans alike.

The wait turned out to be three days. Countless glowing figures threw themselves into the round bead on the frontline.

Gu Nan wasn't physically present at the frontline, so he simply couldn't tell who entered, and towards the end, he was too lazy to even watch.

In any case, the unconscious Lou Wanying would definitely be saved and transported into the Time Arena, but Gu Nan just didn't know who would be entering with him—now that Luo Ze died, Lou Wanying would most certainly need another helper.

Lu Wen knew Gu Nan would try to seize the treasure, so he would definitely prepare a backup plan to deal with Gu Nan.

Gu Nan also knew that Lu Wen knew this, so he killed Luo Ze at the very last minute without giving Lu Wen time to arrange other plans, forcing him to prematurely use that backup plan of his.

But in the end, this only worked because he was strong enough to stop Luo Ze from releasing the godly skill called "summoning one's parent" while also giving the Dragon of Space a vicious beating. Only then was he able to leisurely make his escape.

Lu Wen most certainly had Star Rulers under him, but they might not dare to show their faces too blatantly on the frontlines lest they be hit by the Rain of Time.

He probably wouldn't even have sent Long Ling'er unless as a last resort.

Gu Nan calmly watched the frontlines. The Time Arena was about to activate soon, and due to the nature of the frozen time inside it, it would end in a flash immediately after starting, and the result would appear instantly.

'When that happens…'

"Gu Nan," a clear voice rang out beside Gu Nan.

The latter suddenly turned around and saw a petite figure.

Bai Qiaozhen was studying Gu Nan with a smile, seemingly very interested in him. She actually didn't follow Lou Wanying inside the Time Arena.

"How did you find me?" Gu Nan asked expressionlessly, completely unfazed by this princess of White Bones Realm in front of him.

Bai Qiaozhen stared at him with amusement. "You're the one who ran into my family's territory, yet you're asking how I found you?"

Gu Nan looked down and realized that the space rift he casually opened just happened to lead him to White Bones Realm. This wasn't surprising—he left White Bones Realm just earlier, so he absentmindedly picked this place to return to now.

Normally, not even a powerhouse like Lu Wen could spy on other people's astral worlds at will. At most, he could only watch from outside the plane if some major event occurred.

But as the only daughter of the Star Ruler of White Bones Realm, it really wasn't hard for Bai Qiaozhen to find him.

After understanding this, Gu Nan turned around and left. Since Bai Qiaozhen didn't have anything he needed, he also lost all interest in engaging in "dialogue" with her.

Bai Qiaozhen couldn't help feeling somewhat baffled when she saw this. But she wasn't in a hurry either. She simply came up to Gu Nan's side and asked, "You're looking at that blessed land, aren't you? Don't tell me you want to seize it?"

Her guess was quite accurate, but in all likelihood, anyone who still refused to enter the blessed land and just watched from the outside almost certainly had this goal in mind.

Gu Nan wasn't the only person who harbored such thoughts.

Gu Nan continued to ignore her. He felt that there was no need to answer people who had no value.

After being ignored for the second time, the corners of Bai Qiaozhen's mouth finally twitched slightly, and she couldn't help but threaten, "Don't forget where we are! If you don't answer me properly again…"

"You can try," Gu Nan finally turned his head and also answered Bai Qiaozhen for the first time, only these were three words she never wanted to hear.

Bai Qiaozhen didn't feel the slightest ounce of killing intent from him when he said this, but for some reason, she felt that she truly would die.

When she came back to her senses, Gu Nan's figure had already vanished, and the bead on the frontline was radiating a golden light.

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The special nature of the Time Arena made fighting over this dungeon's final reward a very dangerous thing.

Not only did one have to deal with competitors inside the dungeon, but afterwards, the winner also had to face the people outside who never even entered the dungeon…

Fortunately, not many people knew that this dungeon's winner was decided instantaneously, and not everyone was keeping a close eye on the bead. Most people left with a sigh after learning they arrived one step too late.

So when the bead lit up for the second time and everyone inside was thrown back out onto the plane they entered from, only then did people realize.

"The blessed land is open again! Seize the treasure!"

"Are you stupid? This is clearly a sign of the blessed land closing completely. Someone already took the treasure!"

"Who ultimately took the treasure?"

Several major frontline planes instantly exploded with chatter. These planes weren't large to begin with, so it was clear from a glance who had gone to which planes. Sure enough, someone immediately shouted.

"It's Lou Wanying! The disciple of Zi Luo Heaven's Daoist Xuanqing. Lou Wanying, he's in Tiluo World!"

Lou Wanying was naturally no fool. He'd been preparing to flee the instant he left the Time Arena.

However, his movements were slower than usual because two heavily injured people who needed to be taken care of were also with him, and he had to bring both of them along as well.

One of the two was his senior martial sister Fang Yanqing, and the other was a senior he ran into inside the Time Arena and quickly became acquainted with.

If these two didn't risk their lives to fight for him, he probably wouldn't have been able to snatch the treasure…

Thinking of this, Lou Wanying's eyes reddened slightly as he said loudly, "Martial Sister, Senior Hong, you guys must hold on! I'll take you back to Zi Luo Heaven. Master will definitely be able to save you guys!"

"That's him! He's Lou Wanying!" Just then, someone beside him shouted loudly upon recognizing Lou Wanying.

The Time Arena didn't limit the number of people who could enter. It would simply disqualify most people in the first round, but they still knew who ultimately held the treasure.

Inside White Bones Realm, Bai Qiaozhen was likewise watching the frontline situation, and when she received news that the treasure had fallen into Lou Wanying's hands, a look of realization dawned on her face.

"Eldest Miss, should we order our people to make their move?" A middle-aged man appeared behind Bai Qiaozhen and asked in a low voice.

"What's the hurry?" Bai Qiaozhen replied indifferently, "None of the people from Sumeru Heaven, Thunder Realm, and White Origin Heaven have made a move yet, plus there's also that Gu Nan…"

There weren't many large planes interested in the blessed land, but that number also wasn't small.

Bai Qiaozhen could tell at a glance which major astral worlds sent people to watch the situation in Tiluo World, but she wasn't too concerned about these people. The only person she was truly concerned about was Gu Nan.

Although White Bones Realm was a newly-promoted astral world, its strength and foundation far surpassed that of ordinary Realm Level planes. Thus, it was considered among the top ranks of all Realm Level planes.historical

So Bai Qiaozhen wasn't afraid of clashing with other astral worlds. On the contrary, she was most worried about Gu Nan—this guy even dared to beat up that one's dragon…

At the same time, similar conversations were taking place inside several other astral worlds.

"Let's wait and see."

"There's no rush to make a move. We'll make our move after those people are weakened from fighting each other."

"How can we, people from a main plane, mix among those commoners to seize the treasure?"

……

In Tiluo World, a few people immediately surrounded Lou Wanying, sizing him up maliciously.

"Daoist Friend Lou, so many people already know that you took the treasure. You won't be able to protect it anyways, so why not hand it over peacefully?"

Lou Wanying looked around coldly, and without wasting time, he unsheathed his golden sword and stabbed directly at several people.

"Daoist Friend Lou…"

Lou Wanying's strike was too sudden. The person who spoke up just now couldn't even react in time and was almost stabbed through the heart, only managing to dodge with great difficulty.

But Lou Wanying didn't back down after gaining momentum. A searing golden radiance shone from his sword as the power to cut apart all laws exploded at full strength, seemingly containing an indescribable and unknown power.

The power brought by this outburst was far beyond what the previous Lou Wanying could do, almost reaching the peak of Void Cutter Realm. His sword mercilessly pierced the opponent's throat.

The others couldn't help being slightly taken aback. Be it strength or style, this strike was entirely different from the Lou Wanying they'd seen before.

Lou Wanying stared at them with cold indifference. How would they know what price he had to pay to bring out the treasure after acquiring it?

'Even Martial Sister and Senior Hong…'

Thinking of this, Lou Wanying's gaze became determined, and he said to the people before him, "This treasure is something my senior martial sister and Senior Hong desperately obtained using their lives. It doesn't only belong to me, so I will never let anyone else snatch it away!"

His powerful and resonating words rang out. The Void Cutters surrounding him didn't dare come forward to fight him. Instead, they actually retreated a few steps and started observing the situation.

At this moment, a black shadow suddenly slashed across the sky, flying directly at Lou Wanying.

Lou Wanying's nerves were extremely tense right now and his vigilance was stronger than ever, so he turned his sword around and stabbed behind him without even needing to think.

However, he didn't expect for the other party to casually catch the golden sword with their hand.

The terrifying power of laws raged wildly on the sword while supreme sword Qi shot out in all directions, but it didn't even leave a mark on the opponent's hand. Just like that, the enemy firmly caught the golden sword.

Lou Wanying looked up in shock and saw Gu Nan's face.

He was utterly furious when he recalled how he once even invited the other party to go to that blessed land to win the treasure together. 'If you wanted the treasure, then you could've just gone together with me back then. Why are you trying to snatch it away right now?'

"Mr. Gu Nan! Even you want to seize it—"

Boom!

Gu Nan smashed his fist into Lou Wanying's face, causing blood to blossom and splash from his nose, instantly knocking him out.

"Not dead yet?" Gu Nan looked at him strangely. To not have his head blown off directly by Gu Nan's punch, this Lou Wanying's head might really be a bit strange.

But he also wasn't inclined to ponder it further, so his right hand stabbed into Lou Wanying's chest and pulled out a golden ball of light.

No one knew better than Gu Nan where the sand of time was hidden.

At the same time, the crowd watching this from the sidelines also shifted their gaze to Gu Nan.

"Gu Nan? Why would he run out first? Isn't he afraid of everyone focusing their attacks on him?" Bai Qiaozhen frowned at this scene, extremely puzzled.

In her view, the stronger the person, the later they would choose to show themselves.

Because they were the strongest, their appearance would most likely cause the rest of the competitors to unite against them. On the contrary, if they showed up later, the rest of the people would've almost finished fighting, making it convenient for them to make their move.

Anyways, it wasn't like the treasure could grow legs and run away.

In Thunder Realm, a golden-haired youth standing inside the void couldn't help but snicker, "So this is the reincarnation of that Nine Abyss Heavenly Demon? He doesn't even understand the principle of 'the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.' He truly is a Heavenly Demon whose mind is chaotic and muddled!"

In White Origin Heaven, a woman in palace clothes said flatly, "That Gu Nan won't be able to get away. Prepare to seize the treasure. That one still has a trump card."

……

Order after order was issued inside the major planes. They were either to continue waiting on standby or to prepare to launch a surprise attack. Everyone's target was naturally Tiluo World.

And inside Tiluo World, the sand of time had already fallen into Gu Nan's hands. Just as he casually opened a spatial rift and was about to leave, another aura suddenly burst forth.

The old man Lou Wanying referred to as "Senior Hong," who'd been lying on the ground all this time, suddenly opened his eyes at this moment.

His body exploded, and a half-real, half-illusory shadow stood in front of Gu Nan.

"My Lord predicted long ago that you'd show up." Elder Hong's illusion laughed lightly. "The Nine Abyss Heavenly Demon possesses monstrous demonic Qi and an invincible physique, but it never occurred to you that your bane would exist in this world."

"Illusory Spirit Physique, this really can be considered the bane of body refining experts." Bai Qiaozhen couldn't help sighing slightly when she saw this from White Bones Realm.

The Illusory Spirit Physique wasn't any sort of remarkable constitution. People with this physique simply lacked a physical body, so physical damage would be significantly reduced.

But most of the powerful figures in this world used the power of laws to fight enemies, so what use did the Illusory Spirit Physique have?

But it just so happened that Gu Nan, the reincarnation of a Nine Abyss Heavenly Demon, walked the body refining path, which was why the Illusory Spirit Physique perfectly countered him.

"Get ready to strike." Bai Qiaozhen shook her head. "In the end, Gu Nan… was still too impatient. He only needed to wait a little while longer, and that Illusory Spirit Physique would've been forced to deal with someone else first."

However, just then, Gu Nan stared at Elder Hong expressionlessly and raised his right hand.

Far away beyond the endless void, Gu Nan's true body inside his Divine Kingdom suddenly opened his eyes, and a wave of power descended directly upon Tiluo World in an inexplicable manner.

Since apostles could borrow some of their god's power, a god's incarnation in the mortal world could naturally also borrow the main body's power, just with some limitations.

Just because Gu Nan usually only used the alt account's power to fight didn't mean that his true body was asleep!

Faced with this Illusory Spirit Physique that suddenly appeared, the power of shadows from his true body instantly fell upon Tiluo World through his clone, landing right on that Senior Hong.

Unimaginably majestic shadows erupted forth. Senior Hong couldn't even say anything before his soul was directly obliterated.

After all, this power came from a Tier 6 law!

Everyone who was about to enter Tiluo World simultaneously froze in shock, then watched as down below, Gu Nan stepped into a spatial rift with the treasure.

Bai Qiaozhen, the youth from Thunder Realm, the woman in palace clothes from White Origin Heaven—one after another, these orioles stared at each other blankly.

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