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A young girl whose whole body glowed silver slowly walked out from underneath a blue curtain of water.

Her hand touched her stomach, as if she still felt phantom pain there, but she also knew that she had completely recovered from all her injuries. Still, that feeling of pain couldn't be erased from her mind.

Ever since the young girl first gained self-awareness, she'd never been beaten up this badly.

"How do you feel?" Lu Wen still looked calm and serene, as if Gu Nan seizing the sand of time was just a trivial matter.

"I'm fine now," Long Ling'er replied with some lingering fear.

Whenever she recalled the earlier scene again, she felt like her stomach wasn't stung by a bee, but bitten several times by a poisonous snake…

"But he snatched that item," Long Ling'er was still a little indignant when she thought about the sand of time.

"It doesn't matter." Lu Wen, however, just shook his head with a smile and didn't elaborate further. Instead, he had Long Ling'er mull over the earlier battle.

"The Gu Nan who went there was just a clone who's far less powerful than you, yet he was able to suppress you so completely that you couldn't counterattack at all. Have you thought about why that is?"

Long Ling'er fell silent for a moment before answering, "I lack combat experience."

She knew this very well, and she even knew that if Gu Nan didn't snatch the sand of time, perhaps she would've been its first user.

Lu Wen smiled. "Then go and work on what you're lacking."

"Okay." Long Ling'er nodded and actually headed outside. Her figure soon vanished from this room, heading to an unknown plane.

After Long Ling'er left, another person walked out from behind Lu Wen. It was Duan Wenqi of Astral Gate.

As soon as Lu Wen saw him appear, he greeted him with a smile, "Someone from your Astral Gate stole my item. You must give me an explanation!"

Duan Wenqi was a representative of Astral Gate and also a famous Star Ruler. The Nine Heavens Dragon World he controlled was only one step away from ascending to a Realm Level plane.

What few people knew was that he and Lu Wen—one of the Thirteen Heavens—had been close friends since they were young and still were today.historical

Coupled with Lu Wen's own easygoing personality, the two didn't actually have a superior-subordinate relationship but instead got along as close friends.

Compared to Lu Wen, Duan Wenqi's personality was a bit more old-fashioned. He solemnly replied, "I will give you an explanation."

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Lu Wen was taken aback, then patted Duan Wenqi's shoulder helplessly. "No need to take it seriously. It's fine to just give him the sand of time. We have more serious business to attend to."

"What is it?"

Lu Wen replied a light sigh, "It's time to teach the child to kill people."

……

Gu Nan's true body was sitting in the Evil God Temple inside the Divine Kingdom, playing with a grain of golden sand in his hand. This was the sand of time he snatched from Lou Wanying.

After leaving Tiluo World that day, the saint clone made several consecutive jumps between planes and finally lost the group of pursuers behind him.

After several more days of laying low to confirm that no one knew the clone's location, Gu Nan's main body finally went to that small plane to take the sand of time back with him.

As for the saint clone, he was still ordered to remain in the outside world—since the saint clone made contact with a major god-level existence, he can forget about ever entering the Divine Kingdom again.

Now that he acquired the sand of time, Gu Nan had no intention of waiting any longer and threw it into the Evil God Temple with a wave of his hand.

「Blueprint detected—Time Arena. Begin construction?」

The prompt from the Evil God Temple came as usual, and Gu Nan immediately confirmed construction. Soon, an exquisite mini arena was set up inside the Evil God Temple.

This arena was pitifully small, even smaller than the other structures in the Evil God Temple. The entire arena couldn't even fit a single person.

However, Gu Nan knew that structures placed inside the Evil God Temple would be shrunk down like this.

If placed in the outside world, this Time Arena would probably be as big as a mountaintop, and the space inside would be far bigger.

The Time Arena was a Level 3 special structure, so it could naturally shrink the space inside it.

The function of the Time Arena was also very powerful; apostles could enter it and engage in nonstop simulated battles to hone their skills. The price was naturally the points that would be consumed.

And due to the nature of the structure itself, this training process would consume almost no time at all.

In other words, this was a place where players could spend money to feed apostles experience to level them up, but divine servants and the Divine Kingdom's residents couldn't use it. Not even Gu Nan himself could use it.

Apostles, divine servants, and the Divine Kingdom's residents—these three types of living beings constituted the ecological system within the Divine Kingdom. The three categories also had their own corresponding Divine Kingdom structures, and there was rarely any mix-up.

'The apostle system should also be further perfected,' after acquiring the Time Arena, Gu Nan thought of this first.

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The Evil God game in his past life boasted a high degree of realism, so apostles, beings whose roles were similar to that of "heroes," naturally didn't always remain loyal.

In addition to the "loyalty" attribute, there were other hidden factors.

For example, apostles like Guan Hongchen, Lei Qi, and Lei Ba were basically working for Gu Nan for free right now. Their reward was mostly resources produced inside the Divine Kingdom.

Although it wasn't bad in terms of value, since they still couldn't leave the Divine Kingdom, it was the same as having nowhere to use it. Moreover, most of these resources couldn't be directly used for their own cultivation.

This model might be alright for a short period of time, but if this went on for hundreds or thousands of years, no apostle would be able to endure it.

This was also the problem Gu Nan needed to solve—how to manage the apostles.

Real gods wouldn't encounter this situation, because their apostles were all fanatical followers who worshipped them. Let alone working for nothing, those apostles were even willing to offer their lives for their gods.

So as Evil Gods, while players abandoned the attribute of faith and enjoyed the convenience of being unfettered by it, they naturally also lost some of the benefits associated with faith.

But this naturally couldn't stump players. After all, managing NPCs was much easier than managing players.

Red Tail was in White Bones Realm. Just as she finished helping the ascended Transcendent Realm fighters from Crescent Moon World settle down here, several messages suddenly popped into her mind.

「Rebuild White Mist. Gained 300 Divine Kingdom contribution points」

「Assist in the ascension of Crescent Moon World's martial artists. Gained 50 Divine Kingdom contribution points」

「……」

There were nearly a dozen messages in total that actually listed out all the things Red Tail had done recently. Each of them was marked with the corresponding contribution point.

Of course it wasn't all gains. For example, her act of requesting help consumed some contribution points, but of course the amount was far less than her reward for establishing White Mist.

"This is…" Red Tail read through the messages and instantly understood.

She knew that Gu Nan planned to manage them—the apostles—through this method.

Red Tail had managed a reincarnator organization for many years and was no stranger to this model. In fact, many people could do something like this, but the key was what one could buy with contribution points.

As long as the potential benefits were tempting enough, any method could be used to get people to work.

'I must go back and take a look when I have time,' Red Tail thought.

She originally didn't plan to rush back. The people from Crescent Moon World had just come to this plane. Although they were settled in, she still needed to remain here and supervise things.

But the next second, a figure in blue appeared before her. It was none other than Lan Si.

"I've come to take you back to the Divine Kingdom."

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The Evil God Temple was filled with people as far as the eye could see.

Ever since Gu Nan's Divine Kingdom was established, so many apostles had never gathered here at the same time.

Guan Hongchen, Lei Qi, and Lei Ba were in charge of grinding dungeons; Lan Si and Yan Xiaoxiao were in charge of managing the Divine Kingdom; Red Tail was in charge of White Mist.

"It's rare for you all to be gathered together," Gu Nan said as such to the crowd. "Some of you probably don't even know each other, right?"

Hearing this, the more honest Guan Hongchen and others nodded. She even wanted to proactively strike up a conversation with Lan Si and get closer to her, but Gu Nan's next words scared her away.

"It's good that you don't know each other. You guys have no need to know each other." Gu Nan said blandly, "Line up and enter."

Under Gu Nan's order, the group of apostles walked inside the arena en masse with faces full of confusion.

Among them, Red Tail was the most perplexed. She spent the least time within the Divine Kingdom and didn't fully understand the fantastic features of the Divine Kingdom's structures.

It wasn't until she walked inside that she realized the inside of the arena was actually astonishingly large despite looking like the size of a model from the outside.

Before she could get ready, an invisible force had already thrown her into the arena.

At the same time, the arena refreshed, creating a huge beast out of thin air. Even with Red Tail's knowledge, she actually couldn't recognize this beast.

"Roar!"

The giant beast, however, didn't care what she thought and immediately lunged at her, startling Red Tail.

In fact, this giant beast wasn't very strong. It was at the peak of Prodigious Realm at most, but because its understanding of laws was too shallow, it couldn't even be considered a Dao Lord.

At the very least, Red Tail had Dao Lord level power, but unfortunately, she lived a life of luxury for many years and hadn't fought anyone in a long time, so for a while, she was actually suppressed by this beast.

It was only after ten or so minutes that Red Tail gradually steadied her mind and instantly killed the giant beast, while she herself also suffered considerable injuries.

"Is it trying to improve our fighting abilities through continuous combat?" Red Tail quickly surmised, but the truth seemed to be a little different from what she thought.

There was no one at all to help her recover from her wounds, nor was there any post-battle analysis. She was immediately thrown back into the arena right after killing the first beast.

Everything seemed to return to square one. Even the monster didn't change; it was still the same one—Red Tail clearly remembered that this giant beast had a scar on its hind leg.

"This…"

……

Gu Nan stood outside the Time Arena, gazing at the apostles trapped in rows of "time capsules" with a smile on his face.

The monster prepared for every apostle would teach them the skill they lacked the most at the moment. They would only be released if they met the Time Arena's requirements.

Only in this kind of repeatedly reset battles could they realize their weak points and overcome them.

If this process was repeated enough times, they would approach the next realm step by step, slowly accumulating experience until the day they naturally advance to the next realm.

Since Gu Nan specially summoned all the apostles here, of course he had to properly demonstrate the power of the new structure.

Without making Gu Nan wait for long, the time capsules shattered one after another as the apostles stepped out of them one by one. Almost all of them had pale, exhausted faces.

"How does it feel?" Gu Nan asked them.

"Very tiring, but also very rewarding," Red Tail was the first to answer, and her expression perked up. "After I finish digesting the gains from today and have the chance to enter this two more times, I'm confident I can break through to Void Cutter Realm."

She was originally a Prodigious cultivator who accumulated ample experience over many years and was only a step away from Void Cutter Realm. It's just that she was in a management position for most of these years and had too little experience fighting battles to the death.

"Is this tempering ourselves through our souls? It's indeed very effective," Yan Xiaoxiao also agreed, but then she smiled wryly. "But I might have to take a long rest after this."

She had to manage the Divine Kingdom, so she already had quite the heavy burden on her shoulders. Gu Nan's move this time practically wore her out.

There was no way to rest inside the Time Arena. Every round was a fight to the death where they must struggle desperately to survive.

This would continue all the way until their mind reached its limit and they were basically only relying on their instinct to fight—this was when they could grow the fastest.

But if they tried this a few times in reality, their bodies would've broken down a long time ago. Conversely, some other simulated battle spaces weren't capable of letting their bodies also fully experience that kind of despair. Only the Time Arena could do both.

Because the apostles actually fought in the Time Arena with their real bodies—it wasn't a simulation!

Every time they died, they actually died for real. It's just that their time would subsequently be reset, and they would be resurrected. It wasn't like what they thought at all—that only their souls entered the simulated battles.historical

Guan Hongchen and the others also spoke up. Their eyes now contained longing for the future. They thought they were going to spend their whole lives "farming dungeons," but who knew there would be something like this?

If they could achieve Void Cutter Realm, then even if they had to invest several decades here, it would still be a sweet deal!

Gu Nan was satisfied. "In the future, the Time Arena will open once a month. Only one person can enter each time; the highest bidder wins it. You all can talk it over amongst yourselves."

The Time Arena cost points to open, so of course he couldn't use it excessively.

……

Construction of the Time Arena caused the work enthusiasm of all of Gu Nan's apostles to suddenly skyrocket.

Not only did the accumulation of points speed up a notch, even Lan Si and Yan Xiaoxiao also abruptly accelerated the development of the Divine Kingdom.

Regarding some of the occasional dissidents, the Yan Xiaoxiao who originally advocated a gentle appeasement policy also became firm-handed.

The Divine Kingdom's contribution point system immediately established a competitive relationship between all the apostles under Gu Nan who originally had different divisions of labor.

However, the next matter Gu Nan had to deal with was unrelated to them all. Instead, it was in Crescent Moon World.

Red Tail sent over news from Crescent Moon World: Ah Xiu, whose family and sect Gu Nan destroyed a while back, was finally showing signs of a breakthrough right now.

In today's Crescent Moon World, twenty years had already passed since the World's Strongest Martial Arts Tournament.

As a fugitive wanted by the Martial Arts Alliance, Ah Xiu went into hiding for twenty years and visited almost every corner of the world during that time.

With the passage of time, this sole surviving member of the formerly prosperous Zhongli Sword Sect gradually faded from people's memories.

Only Red Tail, who'd been continuously observing her through reincarnators, knew that time didn't break this young girl and instead made her more resilient and tenacious.

But as Ah Xiu grew stronger, even Red Tail's people found it harder and harder to find her trail. Finally, five years ago, Ah Xiu disappeared completely from their sight.

It was only a few days ago that news related to her suddenly came out. It wasn't about her personally, but about her disciple.

"A young man named Yun Tianyang showed up at the border and eliminated a group of bandits who once attacked Tianshui Prefecture's Yun family a few years back. He used precisely the sword style of the former Zhongli Sword Sect."

"Can you confirm he's Ah Xiu's disciple?"

"There is no guarantee." Red Tail shook her head. "This Yun Tianyang may have been taught by Ah Xiu, or he may have just accidentally acquired the former Zhongli Sword Sect's inheritance."

"Then we'll find a way to confirm it." Gu Nan said with a smile, "Spread news that we plan to eliminate Tianshui Prefecture's Yun family. If he really is Ah Xiu's disciple, she will definitely make a move."

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Crescent Moon World, the border of the Western Region.

The Western Region had always been a bitterly cold place. Yellow sand as far as the eye could see and snow falling in September were commonplace, but it was precisely this difficult environment that raised a group of bloodthirsty martial artists.

Yellow Springs Inn[1]—in any other place in the world, no one would ever give such an ominous name for an inn, but they could here in the Western Region.

Because this inn was located on the border of the Western Region. Danger lurked around every corner outside the inn.

Taking another step forward would lead the traveler to the Yellow Springs—this was the meaning behind the inn's name.

"Have you heard? Something will happen in Tianshui Prefecture again."

"It's the Yun family, right? The bigshots in the Alliance are going to single out that family."

"Yeah, I really didn't expect that kid Yun Tianyang to actually be cultivating the sword technique of the former Zhongli Sword Sect… Since he's a surviving member of that traitorous sect, it's not surprising that he's being purged by the Alliance."

"Hmph! Isn't this just because it's easy to bully that Yun kid? If the Alliance really is so powerful, then why don't they go after that Zhongli Goddess?"

Inside the inn, burly Northwestern men were drinking unfiltered rice wine and wantonly throwing around rebellious words, but no one took it seriously.

Everyone in the Western Region lived their life on the blade's edge. Who cared about some Martial Arts Alliance?

But Tianshui Prefecture belonged to the Northwest, while Yun Tianyang also came from the Western Region and made a name for himself with his strength, so he was well-liked by many people here.

But now he was implicated because of the sword technique he used, and even his family was about to be massacred. This made some people in the Western Region very indignant.

Just then, a servant rushed in from the doorway while shouting, "Latest news, latest news!"

"What news? Hurry up and tell us. Is there a result from Tianshui Prefecture?" Someone immediately asked from the inn's lobby.

Truly, Yun Tianyang's matter was the most eye-catching event in the Northwest recently. When they heard there was news from Tianshui Prefecture, everyone instantly thought of Yun Tianyang.

The servant didn't leave them hanging either and immediately answered, "That's right! I heard that in order to capture Tianshui Prefecture's Yun family and bring them to justice, the Alliance sent out Venerate Heaven Sect's Elder Mo Yundi this time…"

"Ah, Mo Yundi! Legend has it that he's already close to Transcendent Realm, right?"

"That's right! That Yun Tianyang is also extraordinary. He fought with Mo Yundi for hundreds of rounds and finally lost by a single move!"

"Hoh? He was just a half-grown brat a few years ago, and now he's so powerful? Wait a minute, you said the Yun kid lost, then isn't the Yun family…"

"Heheh, this is the most exciting part. It's said that just when it seemed like Yun Tianyang was about to be cut down by Elder Mo Yundi…"

……

"Mo Yundi was beheaded in a single strike," Red Tail stood in front of Gu Nan and reported the result of this operation.

"Was it Ah Xiu?" Gu Nan raised an eyebrow and studied the corpse in front of him with interest.

It was none other than the corpse of Venerate Heaven Sect's Mo Yundi. He was originally quite a handsome middle-aged uncle, but now his head was separated from the rest of his body, having died miserably.

"None of the witnesses we planted survived, but someone nearby saw that the one who attacked was a woman," Red Tail answered. There wasn't much surprise in her tone. Rather, she seemed to be eagerly awaiting something.

In fact, they had long anticipated this result. The purpose of sending out Mo Yundi, someone much stronger than Yun Tianyang, was to lure Ah Xiu out of hiding.

But Yun Tianyang's strength was a bit unexpected.

They originally thought that Mo Yundi could easily win against Yin Tianyang, but they didn't expect that he only won by a fluke in the end.

With Yun Tianyang's age and growth rate, Mo Yundi would probably be no match for him in a couple of days—of course, he no longer had that chance now.

"Go there in person and see if this Yun Tianyang is also a child of destiny," Gu Nan casually instructed.

Red Tail nodded. With Gu Nan personally backing her up, she wasn't afraid of Ah Xiu. To put it bluntly, Ah Xiu was at most a newly-advanced Void Cutter, while the one in front of her had killed more Void Cutters than the number of Void Cutters she'd seen.

But she also had some misgivings, "Since Ah Xiu could kill Mo Yundi in one strike, could she have already advanced to Void Cutter Realm?"

Ah Xiu was someone favored by the plane itself, so it was impossible for her to walk the wrong path and enter Transcendent Realm. Either she had already advanced to Void Cutter Realm, or she was still at Prodigious Realm.

If it was the latter, she shouldn't be able to kill Mo Yundi so easily.

"Not yet, but she's only half a step away." Gu Nan glanced down at the corpse on the ground again and smiled lightly.

With Gu Nan's current knowledge, it was no longer a difficult task to distinguish a cultivator's cultivation realm. Even with just a corpse, he could easily discern how far the killer's laws had accumulated.

To be honest, Ah Xiu's breakthrough was by no means easy. She didn't have any well-trodden paths to follow, nor any previous sage's techniques to draw inspiration from. It was entirely up to her to explore and discover her future path.historical

It was also because there was no cultivation technique to reference that her breakthrough became a gradual process, unlike ordinary people who ascended to Void Cutter Realm in one step.

"By transforming the sword path into laws, her power is already very close to Void Cutter Realm. She's much stronger than the Transcendent Realm warriors here. She's just short of the threshold and doesn't have the characteristics of a Void Cutter yet."

Red Tail remained silent. She knew that Ah Xiu's current level wouldn't satisfy Gu Nan.

What he wanted was a genuine Void Cutter child of destiny. Ever since this translation method came into existence, such a high-level material had never been used to make a mist mirror before!

"Go help her some more." The faint smile remained unchanged on Gu Nan's face. "What kind of child of destiny lives like a street rat? Ruling over the world—now that's someone blessed by destiny."

……

"Master, you're really incredible!"

"That Mo Yundi was so arrogant, but wasn't he still killed in one slash?"

"Master, did you achieve the legendary realm capable of shattering space?"

In a hidden forest in the Western Region, a young man in blue healed his injuries and immediately jumped up, asking nonstop questions while circling around his master.

The master he addressed was a woman dressed in light yellow gauze. The woman's face looked delicate and her figure was lithe, but her eyes always contained a cold glint that discouraged people from approaching her.

However, this youth in blue didn't seem scared at all and kept circling around the woman.

These two were naturally Yun Tianyang and Ah Xiu. They had just killed people from the Martial Arts Alliance in Tianshui Prefecture, so naturally they had to lie low for a while and send Tianshui Prefecture's Yun family to a safer place in the meantime.

Ah Xiu looked at her disciple helplessly, then waved her hand. "Can't you be a little more serious? Don't wander around all day…"

Speaking of this disciple of hers, she was satisfied with both his talent and diligence, and his personality was also quite pure-hearted… But his chatterbox tendencies really gave her a headache.

Yun Tianyang grinned. "Isn't it just because I'm too excited?! Master, you're already this powerful, so why don't we slaughter our way to Martial Alliance City and take revenge for Martial Ancestor?"

He didn't know about his master's identity when he was young, but as news about the former Zhongli Sword Sect became more and more widespread, he naturally learned a little about these inside stories.

Ah Xiu, however, shook her head as she recalled the silver figure in a small courtyard in Martial Alliance City twenty years ago.

"It's not enough. I'm still not strong enough."

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[1] Yellow Springs (Road): Symbolizes the road to the afterlife

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The entire world kept an eye on the battle in Tianshui Prefecture.

Against surviving members of the long-destroyed Zhongli Sword Sect, not only did the Alliance fail to fulfill its previous promise of capturing the Yun family, but even Elder Mo Yundi from the Alliance was killed.

This dealt a great blow to people's trust and confidence in the Alliance, and the prestige of the Martial Arts Alliance suffered considerably.

Twenty years ago, the Alliance successfully held the World's Strongest Martial Arts Tournament, and many of its powerhouses ascended to the Upper World. These powerhouses were certainly enviable, but their departure also suddenly weakened the power of the Martial Arts Alliance.

The strongest martial artists and the higher ups were taken away in one fell sweep. Even Red Tail didn't remain here for long and only exercised remote control over the Alliance through reincarnation, so the inside of the Alliance descended into great chaos for a while.

And when several major forces finally managed to regain control of the situation, the Alliance could never return to its former glory anymore.

Without Red Tail—someone who could force all the higher ups into submission—internal strife was inevitable. So compared to twenty years ago, the Alliance's control over the world was actually much weaker.

And the Tianshui Prefecture incident seemed to be the last straw. The seemingly prosperous Martial Arts Alliance seemed to become unstable overnight, tossed about by wind and rain.

But at this critical juncture, the Alliance made a decision that stunned countless people.

It strictly forbid everyone from mentioning topics related to the "Zhongli Goddess." Even a verbal discussion was considered a rebellion!

When this order came out, all the martial artists in the world were in an uproar.

Some said that the Martial Arts Alliance was out of their minds. If someone disobeyed the Alliance, then they should find a way to kill her. What good would ordering their own people to shut up do?

Others claimed that vile characters were stirring up trouble inside the Alliance. Otherwise, the Alliance wouldn't have gone so far as to persecute people over their speech.

But even more people saw a great mansion on the verge of collapse; they saw the frailty behind the behemoth called the Alliance…

……

"Alliance Leader Qin, please reconsider! This order is tantamount to self-destructing…"

"That's right. If the Alliance Leader wants to take the life of that Zhongli Goddess, then old fellows like us can just do it. Why the need for this gag order?"

"Alliance Leader, please withdraw the order!"

In the headquarters of the Martial Arts Alliance in Martial Alliance City, a group of white-haired old men were trying to persuade a middle-aged man.

Every one of these people was a pillar of the Martial Arts Alliance, a Transcendent Realm grandmaster. It's just that they didn't ascend to the Upper World twenty years ago because of their old age.

The one they surrounded was Qin Yuezhi, the current Alliance Leader of the Martial Arts Alliance and also the Sect Master of Venerate Heaven Sect.

Qin Yuezhi forced a smile onto his face as he tried to persuade these elders one by one.

He was the direct disciple of Venerate Heaven Sect's previous Sect Master. Although he was powerful and had extraordinary talent, his seniority really wasn't too high. Everyone before him was his elder.

Now that they came to find him because of his "unwise order," Qin Yuezhi really couldn't kick them all out.

After trying his hardest and successfully persuading all of the old ancestors to return, Qin Yuezhi finally sighed in relief. At the same time, a red-clothed figure also appeared in front of him.

Qin Yuezhi didn't dare show disrespect and hurriedly saluted. "My Lord."

Even as the Alliance Leader of the Martial Arts Alliance, Qin Yuezhi still didn't dare show the slightest disrespect to the person before him—because she was the one who single-handedly established the Martial Arts Alliance!

Red Tail nodded slightly. "Continue to target Yun Tianyang. This time, send a Transcendent Realm expert over to provide support."

"Yes," Qin Yuezhi answered, but then said, "My Lord, even a lion must use its full strength to fight a rabbit. That Yun Tianyang is only one step away from Transcendent Realm. What if…"

But Red Tail just laughed. "That's exactly what we're trying to determine—whether that 'what if' exists or not."

……

Two months after the gag order was issued, an elder of the Martial Arts Alliance—the Transcendent Realm martial artist Li Jin—received an order to personally head to the Northwest to capture Yun Tianyang and his master.

Although Li Jin was extremely talented in martial arts and entered Transcendent Realm at the age of 40, he had a ruthless temperament and lusted after money and women. His arrival could be considered a disaster for the Northwest.

In just half a month, countless families in the Northwest were wiped out and a large number of innocent martial artists died violent deaths—all so Li Jin could acquire ten thousand taels of gold and a house full of beautiful wives and concubines.

Everyone in the Western Region lived in fear, panicking at the slightest sound. The gag order became more prevalent, almost to the point where people could only communicate with their eyes, too afraid to even speak.

The Martial Arts Alliance's reputation in the Northwest plummeted even further. While hating Li Jin, many people also began to hate the Martial Arts Alliance as well.

Finally, in the third month of Li Jin's arrival in the Northwest, a major event transpired—Yun Tianyang and his six companions infiltrated Li Jin's residence and killed him in one fell swoop!

To think that a powerful Transcendent Realm grandmaster would actually die in his own residence like this. Once news of this spread, it immediately shocked the world.

The next day, Yun Tianyang led a group of martial artists and launched an attack on the Northwestern capital, Daming City, raising the curtain on the armed resistance against the Martial Arts Alliance.

In this battle, Yun Tianyang himself displayed the strength of a Transcendent Realm martial artist and became a genuine grandmaster level expert.

His six companions also revealed impressive strength. Almost all of them were close to Transcendent Realm and had the makings of a group of young heroes.

Some meddlesome people even started calling them the "Northwestern Seven Tigers." For a while, their fame was unparalleled.

……

"I personally watched the fight between Yun Tianyang and Li Jin from the sidelines. Yun Tianyang broke through mid-battle," Red Tail dutifully reported what she saw.

"Is he also a child of destiny?" Gu Nan asked.

"No." Red Tail, however, shook her head. "There was the aura of destiny lingering on him, but it felt more like it came from an external source… Ah Xiu's surplus destiny probably fell onto him."

Gu Nan couldn't help laughing involuntarily. He didn't expect that Ah Xiu's power of destiny had become dense enough to share with others.

Red Tail added, "Ah Xiu is still one last step short of her breakthrough, so they plan to develop peacefully for a while after conquering Daming City."

"How can they be allowed to settle down?" Gu Nan curled his lips into a smile. "We've gotta give the children some pressure… I'll head there myself."

……

Daming City.

The head of the "Northwestern Seven Tigers"—Yun Tianyang—was in the courtyard, practicing his punches at a leisurely pace. Six other young men and women were also in the courtyard.

"Boss Yun, when are we going to slaughter our way to Martial Alliance City?"

"Exactly! Old Yun, one word from you, and the brothers here will definitely jump into scalding water and plunge into raging fire for you!"

"You two," a woman next to them said helplessly, "you're already famous martial artists. Can't you be a little more civilized!?"

The previous one snickered, but a bald man rubbed his smooth head and replied, "But I, Mo Wentian, am precisely that kind of person. If you want me to learn to put on airs like those powerful figures, that won't happen!"historical

Hearing his companions bickering, Yun Tianyang slowly withdrew the strength in his fist and cut in helplessly, "Let's not be rash. My master just entered closed-door cultivation again, and we also need some time to recuperate."

"Also, my master said that…" Yun Tianyang hesitated for a moment before continuing, "we cannot underestimate the Martial Arts Alliance. There may be enemies inside that not even she can handle."

The remaining six people were stunned when they heard that. They actually knew how strong Yun Tianyang's master—the woman known as the Zhongli Goddess—was.

"Boss Yun, if you fought your master right now, could you beat her?" The one who spoke earlier asked carefully.

Yun Tianyang instantly answered with a bitter smile, "I can't even withstand one strike of Master's… The stronger I grow, the more I feel that Master's realm is unattainable."

Mo Wentian slapped his own forehead and exclaimed in shock, "Doesn't that mean that the Martial Arts Alliance also has this kind of invincible expert?"

"Yes." Yun Tianyang nodded. "Master told me that I should run as far away as possible if I ever saw a silver-robed person wearing a silver mask."

Just then, a manservant ran in and shouted, "Young Masters, someone outside is asking for an audience!"

"Who is it?"

"Uh… The person didn't give a name. I only know that it's a strange person wearing a silver robe and a silver mask."

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Silver robe, silver mask—four simple words plunged the small courtyard into dead silence.

The manservant who came to report was startled by this bizarre scene. He didn't know what was happening.

Amidst the silence, Yun Tianyang was the first to react and dismissed the servant with a wave of his hand.

When only the "Northwestern Seven Tigers" were left in the courtyard, Mo Wentian couldn't contain himself any longer and whispered, "Is the person outside the one that your master warned you of?"

"It's possible." Yun Tianyang said heavily, "I think it's better to have someone test the waters first. We can—"

"Old Yun, watch out!" Before he could finish, he saw Mo Wentian throw himself right behind Yun Tianyang, vigilantly watching someone.

Yun Tianyang suddenly turned his head and saw a silver figure already standing at the doorway.

This person was dressed in a silver robe and wore a silver mask, making it impossible to see his appearance, yet Yun Tianyang couldn't help feeling chills up his spine.

"Where's Ah Xiu?" The silver-robed person's gaze swept through the small courtyard, completely disregarding these Northwestern Seven Tigers and inquiring about Ah Xiu's whereabouts straightaway.

No trace of power could be seen from this silver-robed intruder. He looked like a normal person who'd never practiced martial arts before, but Yun Tianyang didn't dare underestimate him in the slightest.

A normal person didn't have the ability to soundlessly appear in front of him without anyone noticing.

"My master is in secluded cultivation, attempting to break through to the realm capable of shattering space!" Yun Tianyang answered in an icy voice, hoping that his master's realm would be able to deter the intruder before him.

But unexpectedly, the silver-robed man just burst into loud laughter. "If your master only entered secluded cultivation just now, she'll never be able to take that last step for the rest of her life. I'd better help her out."

Before others could say anything, Yun Tianyang was already frowning heavily as rage surged in his heart. He gave a cold snort and replied, "My master's cultivation is none of your business!"

"That's right!" On the side, Mo Wentian also rubbed his bald head and stepped forward. "Old Yun's master has already honed her martial arts to the peak. What does someone like you know—"

He didn't get to finish before a silver figure flashed across the space in front of him. Mo Wentian only felt a pain in his abdomen before his entire line of sight floated high up.

'Am… Am I flying right now?'

This was Mo Wentian's last thought, and then everything went blank.

But in the eyes of Yun Tianyang and the others, the figure of the silver-robed enemy simply flickered slightly. Next thing they knew, Mo Wentian had already been kicked in the stomach and was sent flying across the courtyard.

He only flew for a few seconds when a cloud of bloody mist exploded from his stomach—his internal organs had been completely pulverized by the monstrous strength and he was no longer alive.

Everyone in the courtyard froze in stunned silence for a second, followed by Yun Tianyang's angry roar, "You're courting death!"

He instantly unsheathed his longsword and thrust it out without thinking, aiming straight at the silver-robed enemy's back.

Not only did this strike contain the essence of everything he learned in his entire life, it also harmonized with his current mental state and intent, so it could be said to be the strongest attack Yun Tianyang had ever made.

As his sword stabbed out, Yun Tianyang couldn't help having this thought: 'Faced with this sword, even Master will have to respond carefully…'

Clang!

The sound of metal hitting metal rang out. That silver-robed man was too lazy to even dodge and simply allowed the longsword to hit his back, but Yun Tianyang couldn't even sink his sword in by half a centimeter.

'Just what kind of monster is this!?'

Yun Tianyang's heart shivered slightly. He finally understood why Master always admonished him to run as far away as possible if he ever encountered this person.

Before that thought fell, Yun Tianyang felt his vision darken, as if a fist had imprinted itself on his face…

……

Yun Tianyang slowly regained consciousness after a long time and immediately felt a wave of piercing pain travel over from his face.

He subconsciously raised his hand to feel his face but found that his entire nose had already caved inwards. His originally handsome face was probably completely ruined.

But the disfigurement was just a minor matter. What he found the hardest to accept was the fact that blood was already flowing like a river in the courtyard. The corpses of his six brothers and sisters were lying neatly in front of him.

The six of them were either pierced through the stomach, or their heads were blown out, or their limbs were torn apart. There wasn't a single intact corpse here.

"Old Mo! Little Feng! Everyone… Everyone…" Yun Tianyang shot to his feet and called out for his companions one by one, but he would never receive a response.

"Ahhh!" Yun Tianyang howled madly, torn with rage and grief.

Three days later, the disfigured Yun Tianyang raised the banner of rebellion alone and led a group of martial artists who'd just gathered together, slaughtering their way towards the middle of the continent, with his blade pointing straight at Martial Alliance City.

After experiencing this catastrophe, Yun Tianyang's temperament changed greatly, becoming more reticent. Yun Tianyang—who was originally described as being as gentle as jade—suddenly became violent and ruthless, often beating and cursing the soldiers under him.

But at the same time, his own martial arts skills also skyrocketed fiercely.

In just one month, the rebels had captured sixteen cities belonging to the Martial Arts Alliance. Seven Transcendent Realm experts died by Yun Tianyang's hands.

What was even more surprising was that these seven Transcendent Realm martial artists almost seemed to be lining themselves up for Yun Tianyang to kill—only one person showed up each time to fight Yun Tianyang.

Every time he attacked, Yun Tianyang's strength grew. Now, the former head of the "Northwestern Seven Tigers" already had the reputation of the world's strongest expert.

In many people's eyes, only Qin Yuezhi, the Alliance Leader of the Martial Arts Alliance, was qualified to fight Yun Tianyang.

……

Right when the world was in chaos, a figure slowly emerged from deep in the mountains in the Western Region.

This person was dressed in bright yellow gauze and stood amidst the wind and snow just like this, but not a single snowflake landed on her. This was the one people called the "Zhongli Goddess"—Ah Xiu.

"I'm still a step short," she gazed up at the snowy sky and murmured softly under her breath. The longsword on her back seemed like it would never be drawn, yet it contained a boundless sword intent.

She entered secluded cultivation this time because her disciple was implicated by her and nearly had his family destroyed. She wanted to use the pent-up frustrations in her heart to break through that final hurdle.

But things turned out contrary to her wishes. In the end, she still couldn't take that last step and was stuck right in front of that door.

This wasn't the first time Ah Xiu had encountered such an experience in the last twenty years, so she didn't dwell on it and walked down the mountain step by step.

Only after she reached the foot of the mountain and inquired about her disciple's current situation did Ah Xiu receive a shock. 'It turns out that so many things actually happened in the world while I was in closed-door cultivation.'

"The six people who were called the Northwestern Seven Tigers along with Tianyang were killed by a silver-robed person…"

"Tianyang went crazy and ordered all his troops to head straight for Martial Alliance City…"

"In one month, he conquered sixteen consecutive cities and killed seven Transcendent Realm grandmasters…"

One by one, Ah Xiu verified the authenticity of each piece of information and put the puzzle together, making her feel almost overwhelmed for a while. It wasn't until the end that she realized something wasn't right.historical

Because the last piece of news was that the rebel army led by Yun Tianyang was already at the gates of Martial Alliance City!

"It must be that person's plot!" Ah Xiu hardly needed to think too deeply. After learning that a silver-robed man had appeared, she was immediately positive of this.

'With that person's power, he could easily kill a Transcendent Realm martial artist even 20 years ago, let alone now?'

'That means he deliberately sent out his subordinates for my disciple to kill. What in the world is his goal… No, I must rush over and get to the bottom of this!'

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Hundreds of thousands of rebel troops stood outside Martial Alliance City, practically surrounding this city that had towered in the world for decades.

Among the rebels, a man on a tall horse slowly stepped out—he was Yun Tianyang.

"Tell Qin Yuezhi to come out!" Although Yun Tianyang was visiting Martial Alliance City for the first time, he didn't hold the slightest respect for this city that symbolized the holy land of martial arts.

In response to such a remark, someone on the city wall naturally countered, "Impertinent heretic! Alliance Leader Qin rules over the world's martial artists. Is he someone you can just casually meet?"

The corners of Yun Tianyang's mouth curved into a cold smile. It actually looked a bit scary when placed on his noseless face.historical

"Attack the city." He didn't even deign to respond and directly ordered his troops to attack the city with a wave of his hand.

"Wait!" A loud voice came from the city; it was Qin Yuezhi who spoke. "Yun Tianyang, do you dare to fight with me?"

Yun Tianyang laughed heartily, but then his smile faded and he answered icily, "Come!"

……

When Ah Xiu rushed to the battlefield, Yun Tianyang and Qin Yuezhi were in the middle of a full-blown battle. The two of them were fighting with true fury, attacking each other without holding back in the slightest and hardly caring about their own defense.

Yun Tianyang had already received several punches to his chest that almost made him cough up blood, and Qin Yuezhi's arms were full of wounds, all inflicted by swords.

Ah Xiu sighed in relief when she saw Yun Tianyang still alive and well upon her arrival, but then she felt like something was wrong.

"Watch out!" Her voice didn't have time to travel across the battlefield before a ray of light shot towards them directly from Martial Alliance City and precisely struck Yun Tianyang in the heart.

The scene seemed to freeze at this second; even Qin Yuezhi was a bit dazed. It was only when Yun Tianyang's figure slowly collapsed that he finally came back to his senses.

A cold glint flashed through Alliance Leader Qin's eyes. He was just about to go up and deal the final blow when a silhouette flashed across his eyes, and a woman had already appeared, propping Yun Tianyang up.

"Master, in the end, I still let you down." Yun Tianyang covered his chest with one hand and strained to speak, "I originally wanted to kill Qin Yuezhi and force that person to fight me. Then Master would be able to wait for an opportunity to strike, but I didn't expect…"

At this point, Yun Tianyang could no longer continue. He didn't expect that even when he risked his life to fight, ultimately, he couldn't even see the final opponent's face…

"Why are you so stupid?" Ah Xiu propped him up, a few ripples appearing in her otherwise calm gaze.

Yun Tianyang coughed out a few mouthfuls of blood and suddenly pulled himself together, his voice rising a few notches.

"Master, look behind us! The Martial Arts Alliance is bringing the world great suffering. It's tyrannical, domineering, and not supported by popular sentiment! As martial artists, if we don't fight to protect the people's lives, then how are we any different from countryside farmers?"

Ah Xiu turned her head back in a daze. She saw the hundreds of thousands of troops from the Northwestern Army; she saw pair after pair of eyes filled with an unwillingness to resign themselves to their fate, yet they also contained hopeful longing for the future.

"Fighting to protect the people's lives?" Ah Xiu murmured softly, "You're right."

She slowly stood up and drew the sword she'd been nurturing for twenty years out of its scabbard. That sword nurturing technique she carefully prepared for a powerful enemy also seemed to dissipate as she unsheathed it.

But Ah Xiu didn't feel the slightest ounce of regret, because she knew that she no longer needed that kind of thing.

The sword nurturing technique nurtured the momentum of her sword, continuously accumulating power over many years to finally unleash a single world-shaking blow. But she already had the great momentum of the world behind her.

Such a momentum was irreversible!

And in the eyes of Red Tail and the others inside Martial Alliance City, the already dense Qi surrounding Ah Xiu was fiercely released but immediately pulled back inside her body, seemingly absorbing the destiny of the entire Northwestern Army.

At this moment, Ah Xiu seemed to have become the spokesperson of the Heavenly Dao. Every single movement of hers possessed an unstoppable majesty.

Qin Yuezhi, who was standing in front of her, couldn't even speak anymore. In fact, he couldn't even escape as his whole body was instantly sliced in half.

Unsheathing her sword and killing the enemy—everything seemed so natural, as if it was only right and proper. It almost seemed like Qin Yuezhi was born to die at this moment.

"Master?!" Yun Tianyang was startled. The terrifying power of this sword had completely surpassed his imagination.

But a burst of joy surged up in his heart immediately afterwards. Yun Tianyang finally realized what happened: 'She broke through! Master finally achieved a breakthrough!'

Yun Tianyang, who was extremely familiar with his master's frightening power, could scarcely imagine what kind of realm she could reach after successfully taking this last step.

'It doesn't matter whether Master has reached that legendary realm capable of shattering space. She's absolutely not someone a ragtag group like the Martial Arts Alliance can stop!'

However, just as Yun Tianyang was overwhelmed by emotions, an unhurried voice rang out in front of them:

"Ready your sword. Don't disappoint me."

Yun Tianyang turned his head and saw the silver-robed man on his mind day and night just standing calmly in front of them.

His tone, which seemed eager to fight Ah Xiu, perplexed Yun Tianyang. 'My master has stepped into the realm of legends, so shouldn't he be appalled or even fearful?'

Ah Xiu held her sword in one hand and asked lightly, "Senior has already entered this realm twenty years ago. To arrange this situation so painstakingly—could Senior be using a fight with Ah Xiu to reach further enlightenment in martial arts?"

Ah Xiu could only think of one possibility behind this mysterious person's actions: he was deliberately raising her—raising a battle-worthy opponent!

Yun Tianyang was also a very smart person and instantly understood what his master meant. For a while, he felt like he'd plunged into an icy abyss.

'All of this—was it all part of this person's plan?'

However, the silver-robed man shook his head slightly. "I simply want to help you, that's all."

Ah Xiu snorted coldly and valiantly attacked with her sword without another word.

This ethereal strike was far more terrifying and unpredictable than the previous one.

This instant, Ah Xiu's attack finally managed to create the power of laws. It was entirely different from this world's martial arts, yet it represented the essence of the world!

At this moment, Yun Tianyang was the strongest martial artist who was the closest to this attack. Thus, he became the representative of the world, feeling the wondrous power from this sword.

'This is not a power that a mortal can grasp…' For some reason, such a thought crossed Yun Tianyang's mind.

Under his expectant gaze, this sword finally stabbed the silver-robed man—to be exact, it stabbed a finger extended by the other party.

The sword collided with the fingertip with a palpitating muffled sound, and then Yun Tianyang saw Ah Xiu's sword break, starting from the middle.

The sword broke!

Yun Tianyang was slightly shocked, and he hurriedly looked up, only to see a few drops of blood flow out from the silver-robed person's outstretched finger.

"After all, it's a Void Cutter that broke through by herself. It can actually hurt me?" The silver-robed man stared at Ah Xiu with interest, while the injury on his hand recovered in the blink of an eye.

Yun Tianyang's face paled as he fell into deep despair. He didn't know how they'd be able to kill such an opponent.

On the other hand, Ah Xiu's gaze remained firm as she turned to Yun Tianyang and said, "Watch carefully—Master will teach you the last sword art."

Yun Tianyang was slightly taken aback, but then he saw Ah Xiu place her right index and middle fingers together, pointing at the silver-robed man.

Yun Tianyang felt a strong sword intent gather on Ah Xiu's two fingers. Hope rekindled in his heart. "Could this be the legendary having a sword in one's heart…"

Ah Xiu fixed her gaze on her fingertips and said softly, "This sword—"

Bam!

A silver figure flashed by; the silver-robed man had punched Ah Xiu in the back of her head, directly knocking her out.

"You can come with me now that you've broken through," a calm voice sounded beside Yun Tianyang's ears.

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Crescent Moon World.

When Ah Xiu regained consciousness inside the headquarters of Martial Alliance City, the flames of war that engulfed the world had long since subsided, and this city once again became the holy land of martial arts in the hearts of the people.

In fact, it became even more "holy" than before the chaos, because many people witnessed the Zhongli Goddess—who cut down Qin Yuezhi in one strike—be taken away by a mysterious silver-robed person.

Thus, in rumors within the martial arts community, this "Silver-Robed Ancestor" gained multiple identities as the founder of the Martial Arts Alliance, a powerhouse from the Upper World, and the world's strongest expert.

"Are you awake?" A soft voice rang in her ears. Ah Xiu opened her eyes to glance to the side and saw Red Tail staring at her with a calm smile.

"Senior Red Tail…" Ah Xiu was in a trance, as if she'd gone back twenty years to that afternoon when she snuck into the Alliance headquarters with her senior martial sister.

Now that twenty years had passed, she was no longer the young girl from the past, but Senior Red Tail didn't seem to have changed at all.

"If you're awake, then let's get started!" Red Tail's smile grew brighter and brighter, and her tone was cheerful, but Ah Xiu felt the atmosphere was somewhat oppressive.

Along with Red Tail's words, the ground underneath Ah Xiu lit up. She was actually lying on top of a strange array.

The complex and extremely arcane patterns made even Ah Xiu dizzy when she stared at them—this had nothing to do with her cultivation realm. As someone who lived in an ancient era, of course she never learned plane geometry.

With a thought, she subconsciously used the power of the law she'd just comprehended, creating a sword intent out of thin air.

But this sword intent was created for only a few seconds when someone's will directly crushed it, not leaving even a trace behind.

Ah Xiu immediately felt a stab of sharp pain in her mind. Her head felt as if it was being torn apart; the destruction of her sword intent had injured her considerably.

Only then did she realize that the silver-robed senior was standing off to the side, looking at her blandly.

He wasn't wearing that mask right now, so Ah Xiu could finally see his face— 'H-He's actually this young?'

But soon, Ah Xiu no longer had the time to lament Gu Nan's youthfulness, because she realized that the array under her feet was getting brighter and brighter, while some sort of strange mist was lingering around her.

This mist was actually the power of her destiny, which was temporarily manifested under the effects of the special array.

The mist gently circled in the air, gradually condensing into the shape of a mirror. Ah Xiu, on the other hand, only felt her eyelids getting heavier and heavier. As she was already injured, her consciousness began to fade.

When her consciousness became blurred, a wisp of her soul left her body and went straight into the mirror.

"Sure enough, she has to be awake for it to work." Red Tail couldn't help sighing with emotion when she saw this.

Of course she and Gu Nan didn't wait until Ah Xiu woke up just so they could greet her. In fact, Red Tail already tried to extract Ah Xiu's destiny from her body to make a mist mirror.

But this never-before-seen Void Cutter Realm child of destiny was indeed very different.

Usually, Red Tail sealed the child of destiny's consciousness, cutting the connection between their soul and the outside world, and then extracted the power of destiny from them.

But Ah Xiu's destiny had already initially fused with her soul, so it couldn't be completely separated.

In other words, after stepping into Void Cutter Realm, she was already half of a spokesperson for the plane. It was no longer as simple as merely being favored by destiny.

So Red Tail could only wait for her soul to reawaken, and then find a way to also extract her soul along with her destiny and put as much of that into the mist mirror as possible.

Ah Xiu's soul was already Void Cutter Realm, so only Gu Nan could carry out this operation. Furthermore, they didn't even know if this would actually work…

The power of destiny slowly condensed, wrapping around Ah Xiu's soul to form a ball as both entered the mirror that was still forming.

"My Lord?" Contrary to expectations, Red Tail actually felt like something was wrong when she saw that things were going unusually smoothly and couldn't help glancing at Gu Nan.

"The level of the translation method is too low. Looks like it already reached its limit trying to handle a child of destiny of this level." Gu Nan led all the destiny into the mist mirror at once and shook his head.

This translation method from the Indigo Mound tribe was originally created for Prodigious Realm children of destiny. This was true even for the complete version within the tribe.

Gu Nan borrowed an entire world's destiny to forcibly push a child of destiny to Void Cutter Realm, but regrettably, the other parts of the translation method couldn't keep up.

They were able to seal her soul but couldn't actually extract Ah Xiu's destiny from her body; and while making the mist mirror, the mirror would've been overwhelmed by Ah Xiu's enormous destiny and burst had Gu Nan not personally carried out the process.

In fact, no translation method could possibly have a part involving Void Cutters—those who would research translation methods and had a use for them were bound to be cultivators below Void Cutter Realm, so how would they be able to create a Void Cutter Realm version of the translation method?

Only a special case like Gu Nan would go back and research the translation method even after his realm far surpassed it.

"Let's see if the mist mirror made from a Void Cutter can bring some pleasant surprise, otherwise the gains really won't outweigh the losses."

Leaving aside the troubles of artificially creating a Void Cutter child of destiny, merely this series of complex operations after acquiring the Void Cutter Realm ingredient would be enough to stump a genuine Void Cutter like Lan Si—only Gu Nan could successfully complete it.

Thus, it directly lost any scalability; the production efficiency was way too low.

The light from the array slowly disappeared, and tranquility once again returned to the small courtyard. Ah Xiu's body had already turned to dust as a small mirror fell to the ground.

Red Tail took two steps forward and picked up the mirror. The mirror was covered with a faint layer of mist. It seemed no different from a normal mist mirror.

In fact, the mist on this mirror was actually a little thinner than normal, and one could make out the rough outline of the mirror. Red Tail could actually see a blurry reflection of her own face on it.

Red Tail raised the mirror a little higher and carefully examined it, as if trying to find something out of the ordinary with it.

Right just then, a woman's face suddenly appeared from the mirror and lunged at her!

This shocking turn almost made Red Tail fling the mirror away in fright. Finally, she managed to calm her mind after much difficulty. Cold sweat had actually broken out on her forehead.

"My Lord, look." She hurriedly handed the mist mirror to Gu Nan, pointing to the human face on it.

Gu Nan looked down and saw that it was precisely Ah Xiu's face, only she had completely lost her rationality. It seemed like only her instincts remained.

She was like a ghost sealed inside the mirror, frantically trying to escape from it to no avail. She could only engage in futile struggle.

Gu Nan smiled and gently placed this mist mirror on the ground. Red Tail stared at him in confusion. Just when she opened her mouth to ask, she saw the mist mirror jump violently.historical

The crisp sound of the mirror hitting the ground reverberated throughout the small courtyard for a long time, but Red Tail felt the atmosphere turn a little eerie.

With her power, she had long since lost any need to be scared of ghosts, but this scene in front of her was way too creepy.

"How interesting." Gu Nan, however, picked up the mist mirror with interest and casually erased the mist on it and handed it to Red Tail. "Find people to complete the missions on this as soon as possible."

"Yes," Red Tail hurriedly agreed, and as she took the mist mirror, she could still feel it shaking gently.

Ah Xiu's face was clearly reflected in the mirror.

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Red Tail was indeed a talent.

The complexity and covert nature of reincarnator organizations rendered many management-type talents incapable of actually being a competent leader at those organizations, but Red Tail could.historical

Even the White Mist organization she newly rebuilt in White Bones Realm displayed astonishing efficiency.

In just three months, most of the world missions on the Void Cutter Realm mist mirror had already been completed.

While this was certainly attributable to White Mist's reasonable distribution of mission personnel, Gu Nan's vigorous support also played an important role—during the same three months, he cleaned up six reincarnator organizations in White Bones Realm and annexed them into White Mist.

If not for Bai Qiaozhen finally paying him a personal visit to ask him to curb the speed of White Mist's expansion a little, he might just have absorbed all the mission personnel in White Bones Realm.

Ever since that battle in Tiluo World where Gu Nan displayed Star Ruler Realm power of law, the voices discussing him in the Myriad Heavens Universe abruptly stopped.

After all, this was still a Star Ruler. Even if he may not have his own astral world yet and his power had yet to experience a qualitative leap, he still wasn't someone that normal Void Cutters could compare with.

Of course, if the forces under Gu Nan wanted to develop in White Bones Realm, they still had to respect the attitude of Daoist White Bones and couldn't be too arrogant.

So White Mist's final size became a collection of several reincarnator organizations that gathered up a large number of mission personnel to wholeheartedly clear missions "translated" by the Void Cutter Realm mist mirror.

On this day, Gu Nan's true body was sitting comfortably within his Divine Kingdom when a message suddenly came from the Evil God Temple.

「Personal dungeon 'Crescent Moon World' is complete」

Gu Nan was slightly taken aback, then hurriedly opened the personal dungeon interface. Sure enough, Crescent Moon World, which wasn't even in the list of personal dungeons earlier, was now listed at the top of all the dungeons.

Its icon had turned a bright color, mirroring the "Splendid World" beside it.

"The destiny from a Void Cutter Realm mist mirror is more concentrated, so the majority of the missions generated also focus on Crescent Moon World?" Gu Nan immediately realized what was going on.

The mist mirror made from Ah Xiu had a far greater number of missions than normal mist mirrors, although there was little change in difficulty level.

But Gu Nan just knew that there were more missions—he didn't expect for this series of missions to directly push the completion rate of Crescent Moon World's personal dungeon to 100%!

The current Crescent Moon World personal dungeon was still in an unactivated state. Gu Nan himself must clear it with a full party first before he could have the apostles raid it.

Almost without any hesitation, Gu Nan immediately decided to head to the Inner World to clear this dungeon.

After all, he would need to upgrade the Evil God Temple to Level 2 and also earn more Evil Value if he wanted to advance to Tier 7.

Evil Value could probably only be obtained by slaying gods, while points would have to be earned from personal dungeons.

After the Evil God Temple actually materialized inside the Divine Kingdom, the personal dungeon interface also displayed more information, giving a clear overview of the "Crescent Moon World" dungeon.

Gu Nan directly skipped all of the background introduction; he only knew that the setting was similar to the real Crescent Moon World.

The maximum party number was three people. The final mission target was to… kill the Silver-Robed Ancestor?

Gu Nan stared blankly at that for quite a while before he went back to read the mission background, which was to help the Zhongli Goddess and the Northwestern Army overthrow the tyrannical regime of the Martial Arts Alliance.

Gu Nan couldn't help laughing involuntarily. This was a very strange feeling.

It was just a mission, so he didn't mind which side he was helping. But he was a little curious—would the Silver-Robed Ancestor inside the dungeon be designed based on Gu Nan himself?

If the boss perfectly inherited Gu Nan's strength, then the mission difficulty might be a bit outrageous.

……

The Inner World.

Gu Nan's soul once again stepped into this place after many years, this time finally not by relying on another's help but by his own strength.

The essential difference between Star Rulers and Void Cutters was that the laws Star Rulers constructed for themselves were already complete. As such, those laws could be acknowledged by the world, and they were even qualified to rule an entire world.

When he entered the Myriad Heavens Starry Road again, Gu Nan's view of this was very different from before.

The worlds that turned into balls of light and the Star Rulers that turned into bright dots were the same as before, but Gu Nan could see more this time.

Most Star Rulers didn't bother to conceal their own auras, so Gu Nan could even tell which astral world certain Star Rulers came from.

Of course most Star Rulers didn't have their own astral worlds yet and were in the Inner World precisely to find the right plane and capture its origin.

There were also Star Rulers who already owned astral worlds, working with others to clear missions from other planes and capturing those worlds' origins as a reward to enrich themselves.

But all these people had nothing to do with Gu Nan. He simply wanted to find two random companions here to clear the Crescent Moon World personal dungeon.

The Crescent Moon World dungeon expanded, forming a delicate ball of light. Several bright dots immediately flew towards it, two of which seized the first opportunity to enter the ball of light.

The scene before Gu Nan's eyes shifted, and he was now inside an inn. By his side sat a man and a woman.

Of the two, the woman had a delicate and pretty face and was wearing a strange cloak with arcane characters drawn all over it like an incantation.

The man, on the other hand, had the head of a leopard, and his body was covered with golden fur. Surprisingly, he wasn't a pure-blooded human.

As soon as the leopard-headed man saw Gu Nan, his eyes lit up. "So it's His Excellency Gu Nan!"

"You recognize me?" Gu Nan's gaze moved on the leopard-headed man.

"I naturally recognize you." The leopard-headed man laughed. "Your Excellency's battle in Tiluo World shocked many people!"

Quite a few people were actually interested in Gu Nan, this "Nine Abyss Heavenly Demon" who suddenly appeared out of nowhere. After all, if they could subdue him when he was still at Void Cutter Realm, then this would be a strong fighting power capable of further growth.

It was only when Gu Nan revealed Star Ruler Realm power of law in Tiluo World that many people stopped having such thoughts.

Gu Nan nodded noncommittally, not having much of a reaction to the leopard-headed man's words.

The three introduced themselves after that. The woman called herself Nie Shuangshuang, while the leopard-headed man was just called Leopard Gold. He admitted that he had no astral world yet and very casually expressed hopes that Gu Nan and Nie Shuangshuang could recommend him one.

"Let's stop wasting time and just get started," Nie Shuangshuang interrupted him.

Gu Nan naturally agreed. The three of them walked out of the inn, and a line of crimson words had already appeared in the sky.

「Final Goal: Kill the Silver-Robed Ancestor」

「First Phase: Assassinate Martial Arts Alliance expert Li Jin

Power Restriction: Tier 4 」

Gu Nan, who personally experienced this period of history in Crescent Moon World, could naturally tell that this mission wanted them to follow Yun Tianyang and Ah Xiu's journey—starting with assassinating Li Jin—all the way to the final goal of killing the "Silver-Robed Ancestor."

This was an all-too-normal RPG dungeon that had no bizarre settings. In other words, the difficulty was probably in the combat aspect.

Thinking of this, Gu Nan spoke up, "Let's just kill that Silver-Robed Ancestor now."

Leopard Gold and Nie Shuangshuang glanced at him, but neither was very surprised. Instead, Nie Shuangshuang replied, "Might as well."

"This plane allowed us to keep our Void Cutter Realm power, which is enough to kill any opponent of the same realm." Leopard Gold also laughed.

It was common knowledge that Star Ruler Realm enemies could never appear in the Inner World's missions. Additionally, the actual Star Rulers couldn't stay in the Inner World for long, so of course they had to hurry up.

"Then let's see what the Silver-Robed Ancestor is capable of." Gu Nan's gaze flickered as he stepped out and descended upon Martial Alliance City.

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Martial Alliance City.

With the spatial rift opened by Gu Nan, Leopard Gold and Nie Shuangshuang also reached the city.

Nie Shuangshuang glanced at Gu Nan with some confusion and asked, "You've been to this world before?"

"Mm, I've been here before." Gu Nan said casually, "This place is called Martial Alliance City. There's a Silver-Robed Ancestor inside."

His two companions didn't doubt him. After all, there were countless planes, so it wasn't strange to have been here before, especially since this world was captured by Gu Nan.

"This is a world of martial arts. The Silver-Robed Ancestor should be someone walking the body refinement path."

When considering how the Silver-Robed Ancestor might be based on himself, Gu Nan ultimately decided to remind his two companions after some thought.

"No matter how strong he is, he's nothing more than an expert from such a small plane. We can simply be careful," Leopard Gold responded with a cheerful smile. Although he said they should be careful, he didn't actually take the enemy seriously at all.

Nie Shuangshuang was noncommittal, but judging from her unhesitating movements, she most likely didn't take Gu Nan's warning to heart either.

This was normal. They were all grand Star Ruler characters. Why would they care about someone from an obscure small plane?

In all likelihood, not even Gu Nan would've taken this fight very seriously either had he not known the Silver-Robed Ancestor's origin. So they were doomed to pay the price for underestimating their opponent.

The three of them had just appeared in front of Martial Alliance City when a silver figure suddenly flickered past and appeared in front of Leopard Gold, who was in the lead.

A sneer appeared on Leopard Gold's face. Gu Nan, on the other hand, sighed in relief—judging from the speed alone, this Silver-Robed Ancestor wasn't an exact copy of Gu Nan and was far inferior to his saint clone.

If it was his own saint clone, he was afraid Leopard Gold wouldn't even have a chance to react.historical

But similarly, the three of them also weren't at the peak of Tier 4. Gu Nan estimated that his current power was about the same as the other side's.

A trace of helplessness flashed through Gu Nan's eyes. With his experience, he more or less understood the hardest part about this dungeon.

On the other side, Leopard Gold and the Silver-Robed Ancestor had already exchanged blows, while Nie Shuangshuang didn't rush to attack and carefully observed the opponent instead.

Leopard Gold had no intention of holding back and slashed out with his claws as soon as the enemy appeared.

He made a grab for the Silver-Robed Ancestor's head with his right hand, which rapidly turned into gold mid-attack. He eventually went so far as to transform his entire hand into a leopard claw made of gold.

Cultivators' laws were completely constructed after reaching Star Ruler Realm, so unlike Void Cutters, fights between Star Rulers wouldn't accidentally destroy their surroundings.

They had enough control to apply their laws purely to killing their opponent and nothing else.

Leopard Gold's golden claws looked ordinary, but in fact, they carried the two laws of "sharpness" and "indestructibility," which was useful for both offense and defense and could be considered one of his trump cards.

To use this attack as soon as he started fighting—it was true that he didn't seem to be taking this lightly.

But the Silver-Robed Ancestor didn't dodge. Instead, he seemed determined to land his punch, even if he had to tank Leopard Gold's blow with his head.

Leopard Gold was very unused to this kind of fighting style that exchanged injury for injury. But since it came to this, he also had no intention of backing down. He just shifted his position slightly so that the incoming punch wouldn't hit his vitals, but the strength behind his claws increased slightly!

Since he was in the Inner World, he didn't fear death. Even if he injured the enemy at the cost of dying himself, there were still two fresh troops on his side to continue the fight.

The two attacks collided almost simultaneously. Leopard Gold's expression couldn't help changing slightly when he felt the terrifying strength traveling up from his shoulder. Fortunately, the enemy's wounds were more serious than his.

After all, Leopard Gold was a Star Ruler. Even if he was limited to just Void Cutter Realm right now, his laws were still infinitely close to being complete.

The golden claws swiped down, slicing open over half of the Silver-Robed Ancestor's head, all the way until they could even see the fractured nasal bones.

However, just as Leopard Gold revealed a faint smile, he felt a pain from his abdomen. That Silver-Robed Ancestor seemed completely unaffected by those heavy injuries and actually landed a kick to his stomach just now!

Leopard Gold's body involuntarily flew out, while the Silver-Robed Ancestor actually followed him like a shadow, swinging another fist down on Leopard Gold's head.

Finally, Nie Shuangshuang couldn't continue watching from the sidelines anymore. Her left hand gently drew a circle, and a ray of light appeared between the Silver-Robed Ancestor and Leopard Gold, which then exploded and blasted the two apart.

Simultaneously, Gu Nan's figure appeared behind the Silver-Robed Ancestor and swung his fist down in almost exactly the same attack as the opponent's earlier punch. His target was precisely the back of the Silver-Robed Ancestor's head.

But the Silver-Robed Ancestor reacted too quickly, immediately swinging a punch behind him. However, Gu Nan seemed to have anticipated this a long time ago. His fist suddenly changed paths and swung down towards the side instead.

Thus, the Silver-Robed Ancestor also changed the path of his attack. The two of them changed their attack paths three consecutive times, and finally, Gu Nan stopped his change at the very last second and turned it into a straight punch.

This punch finally became inescapable, hitting the Silver-Robed Ancestor right in the face.

Just how powerful was a punch at Gu Nan's full power? The Silver-Robed Ancestor's head was already sliced in half; this time, it was directly blasted apart, his head suddenly exploding.

Leopard Gold and Nie Shuangshuang were slightly stunned. They didn't expect victory to come so easily, but Gu Nan shouted again.

"Don't just stand still! Attack him!"

Only then did the two seem to wake up from a dream and realize the enemy was still alive, but they were already too late. The Silver-Robed Ancestor dodged, and in the blink of an eye, he was already on Martial Alliance City's walls. Then he made a jaw-dropping move.

He actually tore open a spatial rift and ran right into it!

"What's going on here? A being created by laws is actually capable of running away?!" Seeing the Silver-Robed Ancestor turn tail and run, Leopard Gold almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

He was also considered an experienced Star Ruler and had completed many missions in the Inner World, but he'd never seen such an enemy before.

They hadn't even fought for two minutes, yet the other party had already fled without another word, and he even escaped in such a way that made it impossible for them to give chase. Even if the other party was still in this plane, they didn't even know which direction he went, so naturally there was no way to find him.

"Let's start over." Gu Nan shook his head and explained, "The difficulty of this boss lies in the unstable aggro. He will escape as soon as we display overwhelming power, so he must be killed in one blow."

Gu Nan could already tell that not only did the Silver-Robed Ancestor created by this plane inherit his own attributes, he also inherited Gu Nan's combat awareness and fighting style.

Combat awareness was the straightforward fighting style players had, while fighting style—to put it bluntly—was six words: "If you can't beat them, run."

Hearing Gu Nan's words, Leopard Gold and Nie Shuangshuang both nodded.

Although they didn't quite understand what a "boss" was, they understood Gu Nan's basic meaning—this enemy was very cunning.

They also didn't expect to clear the mission on the first try, but fortunately the first try didn't take long, so they simply had to redo it.

However, this Silver-Robed Ancestor was harder to kill than expected. The three tried over ten times, but time and again, the enemy managed to slip away. They couldn't even force the Silver-Robed Ancestor to use his power of law.

Later, the three of them gradually started to get familiar with each other's methods and started coordinating their attacks, which flustered the Silver-Robed Ancestor and inflicted increasingly heavier wounds on him, but they still didn't succeed in killing him.

Even Gu Nan realized for the first time that he was actually this hard to kill when all his abilities were taken into account.

Without overwhelming power far beyond the enemy's level to directly crush him, they could only make attempt after attempt to see if they could kill the Silver-Robed Ancestor by a stroke of luck on one of these tries.

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After yet another failed attempt where the Silver-Robed Ancestor escaped without hesitation, Leopard Gold was the first to give up.

"This Silver-Robed Ancestor is too slippery. I, Leopard, lack the ability to kill him, so I won't waste your time anymore," Leopard Gold said in a low muffled voice.

Soon afterwards, his figure slowly dissipated as his soul left Crescent Moon World.

He had given up on this mission.

It didn't require much energy for Star Rulers to wander about the Inner World, but it was different once they entered a plane. Every moment they spent inside the plane consumed soul power.

Leopard Gold wasn't very strong to begin with and belonged to the category of Star Rulers who didn't have their own astral worlds yet, so he decided to cut his losses as soon as he determined that the mission was hopeless. He was actually quite decisive.

Gu Nan secretly sighed. 'This is the systematic problem with randomly formed parties!'

Once they encountered overly difficult content, it was very likely for someone to leave the party.

Nie Shuangshuang, on the other hand, was clearly used to this already. She asked, "Do we keep fighting?"

Gu Nan naturally nodded, but Nie Shuangshuang suggested, "Let's stop here for today. I'll go back and prepare a little."

……

Gu Nan slowly opened his eyes from inside the Divine Kingdom, then sighed slightly.

He, Leopard Gold, and Nie Shuangshuang were ultimately unable to clear Crescent Moon World on the first try.

Leopard Gold chose to cut his losses in time, and Nie Shuangshuang also didn't continue trying to clear the mission—this wasn't actually because the high and mighty Star Rulers lost their patience. Rather, it was because this kind of attempt was too inefficient.

Nie Shuangshuang expressed that she would go back to prepare for a while, planning to devise two attacks capable of dealing explosive damage in a short time.

This was also a move to sharpen the axe in order to split the wood faster, so Gu Nan naturally wasn't against it. He also didn't need to clear the dungeon on the first try.

The two agreed to meet in the Myriad Heavens Starry Road again in a month.

Moreover, they were now one party member short. Gu Nan began to consider whether to recruit another random passerby or personally find someone to clear the dungeon.

Many of the people he knew actually weren't weak, but they didn't have much of an advantage against the Silver-Robed Ancestor, whose design was based on Gu Nan himself.

Only now would Gu Nan lament: 'Why in the world did I make myself so powerful?'

It hadn't even been two days since Gu Nan returned to the Evil God Temple when Red Tail sent another message over—an uninvited guest had dropped by White Bones Realm.

……

In White Bones Realm, Bai Qiaozhen stared at the woman before her with a helpless expression. "Your Excellency…"

"You can call me Ling'er," Long Ling'er interrupted expressionlessly. She was currently using her human form that looked like a young girl, so Bai Qiaozhen could see her expression.

Bai Qiaozhen took a deep breath. The number of extraordinary occurrences in White Bones Realm this past year had almost caught up to all the abnormal events in the previous twenty years combined.

Her father, Daoist White Bones, was an "iron-fisted monarch" who exercised strict control over his astral world, but he obviously couldn't personally attend to everything due to his identity and status, so that task fell to her instead.

If it was an ordinary powerful figure, then she naturally had subordinates who could handle it. But both the earlier Gu Nan and this Dragon of Space currently standing before her were obviously not ordinary people.

A single Gu Nan already gave Bai Qiaozhen quite a headache when he stirred up great trouble in White Bones Realm a while back, but she didn't expect another troublesome person to appear so soon.

"Why does Miss Ling'er want to visit my White Bones Realm?" She considered for a moment and finally chose to ask directly.

Long Ling'er also didn't let her down and gave a rather clear answer, only this answer might not necessarily be what Bai Qiaozhen wanted to hear.

"I came to find Gu Nan. I want to fight him," Long Ling'er answered matter-of-factly.

"...Why?!"

"He defeated me before," Long Ling'er explained with four brief words. In reality, she meant that if she wanted to hone her combat awareness, then she had to crawl back up from the exact same place she'd fallen down at.

Bai Qiaozhen tried hard to keep the anger from showing on her face. "Then can you guys fight somewhere else?"

Long Ling'er thought for a moment. "Yes."

Bai Qiaozhen immediately sighed in relief. As long as these two didn't destroy her family's astral world, she didn't care if Gu Nan lived or died.

However, a voice cut in beside her before she could say anything, "This isn't a bad place to fight either!"

Gu Nan's saint clone had arrived, still in that same gaudy silver robe.

Bai Qiaozhen's expression instantly darkened and she said angrily, "Do you want me to kick all of your subordinates out of this realm?"

In theory, as the Star Ruler's spokesperson, Bai Qiaozhen wouldn't kick people out of the astral world just because a powerful pursuer was on their tail.

After all, they could provide power to the Star Ruler as long as they remained in the astral world, so if Bai Qiaozhen expelled them just because someone was chasing them, then Daoist White Bones would lose face as the ruler of White Bones Realm.

But she couldn't restrain herself at all when faced with a shameless person like Gu Nan!

"Oh, I was just kidding," Gu Nan absentmindedly replied, then glanced at Long Ling'er. "You want to fight me?"

Long Ling'er just nodded wordlessly.

"Aren't you afraid I'll beat you to death?" Gu Nan's voice was as serene as usual, but his words were somewhat frightening.

Long Ling'er thought for a moment and answered, "He gave me something that can resurrect me."

This "he" naturally referred to Lu Wen. As one of the Thirteen Heavens who controlled the law of time, he absolutely had the ability to rewind time as long as prior arrangements were in place.

Thus, Gu Nan discarded the thought of killing the opponent with one punch—this kind of opponent who didn't fear death had to be handled differently.

Gu Nan's gaze fell on her, and he suddenly thought of something. "Come with me."

After saying that, he turned around and walked into a small plane. Long Ling'er hurriedly followed him inside.

But before she could even see what the new plane looked like, a sharp pain had already traveled over from the back of her head.

He actually ambushed her!

The rage of being tricked surged up in her heart. Long Ling'er instantly transformed into her true body. A mysterious, razor-sharp power of space flowed out in all directions, bent on cutting Gu Nan to pieces.

However, Gu Nan didn't dodge, so much so that most of his body was directly torn apart, but his fist hit the giant silver dragon's body.

This wasn't a normal punch; it also contained the formidable power of shadows!

Since he didn't borrow the power of his true body inside the Divine Kingdom, this attack only used Tier 4 law of shadows, but it was still enough to pierce the spatial barrier that Long Ling'er hastily put up.historical

He didn't use the power of laws the last time they fought because he feared that killing her in one punch would provoke the Lu Wen backing her—it wasn't because Gu Nan couldn't kill her!

So this punch directly blasted her head apart.

As soon as Long Ling'er was killed, a strange force flung Gu Nan away, while the silver dragon's giant body quickly recovered and was as good as new in the blink of an eye.

Long Ling'er stared at Gu Nan in a daze, watching his half of a body also quickly heal itself. For a while, she didn't know what to say.

She didn't expect to be killed in a single exchange after the other party stopped holding back.

"Again," she said in a low voice.

She lacked experience, but her combat IQ was actually very high. She immediately realized the mistake she made earlier.

The opponent's physical body was too powerful, so she mustn't give him a chance to get close to her. She should've fought while keeping her distance!

……

Four hours later, Long Ling'er, who'd been kited by Gu Nan for the entire afternoon, finally couldn't stand it anymore and roared, "Don't run if you have the guts!"

Of course Gu Nan wouldn't listen to her, so he fired shadow arrows from an extreme distance, draining Long Ling'er's power one arrow at a time and literally grinding her health to zero.

The newly-resurrected Long Ling'er rushed up to Gu Nan with a dark expression, but he didn't actually run this time.

"Want to learn how to fight? I can teach you," Gu Nan proposed with a smile.

Long Ling'er had long since lost her initial naiveté. She stared at Gu Nan warily and asked, "What are your conditions?"

"Haha, why would I have any conditions? By the way, can you enter the Inner World?"

Although her face was full of disbelief, she still answered after some slight hesitation, "I can… You're really willing to teach me?"

"Yup, I won't charge any tuition fees and will also be responsible for finding you practical combat targets." Gu Nan said with a smile, "What a good Samaritan I am."

Long Ling'er thought for half a day and didn't think Gu Nan had anything to gain by lying to her, so she nodded. "Then what should I call you? Teacher?"

In her eyes, fighting techniques should be something very profound, so someone willing to teach it to her should be addressed respectfully.

"No, you can just call me Lei Feng[1]."

T/N:

[1]Lei Feng: A soldier in the People's Liberation Army who was portrayed as a selfless and modest model citizen whose example people were encouraged to follow

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Long Ling'er was standing in the middle of a group of strange shadow warriors in White Bones Realm, struggling to defend herself against attacks from all sides.

These shadow warriors would attack with any part of their bodies, including their heads, limbs, and joints. All Long Ling'er had to do was stop them from breaking through her defense.

The reason Gu Nan could casually break through the spatial barrier she put up multiple times was because flaws existed in her defensive barriers.

The shadow warriors attacked in such a way that allowed Long Ling'er to become aware of her weak points.

This was one of the training methods Gu Nan designed for her.

At the same time, because such training required too much fine control, the two had to return to White Bones Realm—the small plane's laws were incomplete, which was very inconvenient for comprehending the finer manipulation of laws.

Bang!

A light sound rang out. Long Ling'er's barrier was broken yet again by a shadow warrior's elbow strike. All the shadows stopped moving simultaneously, as if they were frozen in this moment by some power.

Gu Nan slowly walked over from the side and pointed at the warrior who broke the barrier, especially his elbow that broke the barrier.

"Only five shadow warriors attacked this time, yet you merely lasted ten seconds, which is even worse than your score against seven warriors earlier. Do you know why? This is the result of being caught off guard by surprise attacks."historical

Of course Long Ling'er knew. She complained resentfully, "What kind of person can snap out their humerus in a fight…"

That shadow warrior's so-called elbow strike actually meant popping out the humerus bone from the arm to attack. This kind of attack that surpassed the limits of human anatomy was why Long Ling'er couldn't react in time.

However, Gu Nan fell silent when he heard that. He stretched out his right hand and exerted a little force. His elbow joint naturally broke, and the bone inside his arm popped out.

But even with such a gruesome scene, not much blood actually flowed out. On the contrary, the bone in his right arm snapped right back into position again with a casual press of his left hand.

Long Ling'er, who was watching this from the side, was so stunned that her eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

Only then did Gu Nan say, "At our level, no form of attack should come as a surprise. In a real battle, a single mistake will be enough to kill you."

Long Ling'er also understood this, so she nodded quietly, but Gu Nan then added, "Let's stop the training here. I'll take you to an actual battle."

The reason he said this was because one month had already passed since they started training.

Gu Nan put quite the effort into teaching Long Ling'er. After all, he was counting on her help to deal with the Silver-Robed Ancestor for him.

On the other hand, he also wasn't too worried about the problem of "helping a potential enemy."

He and Lu Wen didn't really have any grudges between them. It was nothing more than how Lu Wen lost some face because he wanted Gu Nan to help Lou Wanying but was ultimately declined.

Gu Nan snatching away the sand of time later on wasn't a very big deal either—Lou Wanying couldn't use it in the first place, and Lu Wen's goal wasn't the sand of time to begin with.

"An actual battle?" Long Ling'er felt some rare excitement when she heard these words—Gu Nan trained her using all kinds of methods during this past month, putting her through unspeakable misery.

The current Long Ling'er felt like she'd never craved a fight as much as she did now.

"Who are we killing?" She asked with wide eyes.

Gu Nan smiled. "Me."

……

Inner World, Crescent Moon World.

Gu Nan directly brought Long Ling'er into Crescent Moon World's dungeon this time, while Nie Shuangshuang had been waiting in the Inner World for a long time now and entered as soon as Gu Nan opened Crescent Moon World's dungeon.

The three of them met at the initial inn, while Nie Shuangshunag instantly recognized Long Ling'er.

"The Dragon of Space?"

"Oh? Do you also know her?" Gu Nan was a bit surprised. He thought that since Long Ling'er usually always stayed by Lu Wen's side, not many people would recognize her.

Nie Shuangshuang was silent for a while, then explained, "Reportedly, when Lu Wen ascended to the ranks of the Thirteen Heavens back then, the two great Daos he comprehended were time and space. But he could only choose one of them when ascending to Unified Dao Realm, so he used a secret technique to preserve the space Dao…"

She stopped when she got here and just quietly stared at Long Ling'er.

Gu Nan, however, had a sudden realization. Only after hearing Nie Shuangshuang's explanation did he understand Long Ling'er's origin—she wasn't actually part of the dragon race, but a manifestation of the law of space!

No wonder she could manipulate the power of space to such an extent.

In the game's background, only one person could possess a specific Tier 10 or above law at a time.

For example, if the Goddess of Darkness—a major god who was at least Tier 10—already possessed the law of darkness, then it was impossible for a second major god-level god of darkness to exist in this world. Unless the former died, the other gods of darkness would forever be stuck below Tier 10.

The same applied to the Myriad Heavens Universe. Here, people referred to powerhouses on the level of the Thirteen Heavens as "Unified Dao Realm" cultivators, meaning they had already unified their bodies with their Dao.

Correspondingly, they could only merge with one Dao, and once someone ascended to Unified Dao Realm by unifying with a particular law, then no one else would be able to ascend to Unified Dao Realm using that same law anymore.

So be it the Thirteen Heavens here or the Twelve Major Gods in the World of Gods, their internal relations weren't necessarily very harmonious—after all, some of them were blocking others from reaching Unified Dao Realm just by being alive.

On the contrary, there was no such problem between the two plane clusters—for example, Clockwork Heaven and the God of Time both ruled over the law of time, yet both were above Tier 10.

Gu Nan reached the Third Round—Tier 16—in his previous life, so of course he knew this set of rules like the back of his hand. Only it never occurred to him that Long Ling'er was actually an existence Lu Wen used to lay claim to the Dao of space.

In this regard, Lu Wen really was a genius.

There were many people who comprehended two great Daos at once, especially time and space, which were two sides of the same existence. But the number of people who could really use their comprehension of two Daos to their advantage was few and far in between.

For example, the god known as the Ruler of Light and Justice was someone who occupied two great Daos and possessed the characteristics of both light and justice. He became the undisputed strongest among the Twelve Major Gods, but no one knew how he did it.

Although Lu Wen wasn't able to unify two Daos, he laid claim to the great Dao of space in another form—he condensed his own comprehension of space and created a new independent consciousness, which was Long Ling'er.

As long as Long Ling'er could grow stronger in the future and perhaps even reach Tier 10, Lu Wen would gain a natural ally. The benefits were certainly great.

All these thoughts flashed across Gu Nan's mind for an instant, while Long Ling'er was noncommittal.

Nie Shuangshuang wasn't the first person to say this to her, and her origin wasn't considered a secret among the more veteran Star Rulers.

"Where's the one we're going to kill?" Long Ling'er didn't pay much attention to Nie Shuangshuang and merely asked Gu Nan eagerly.

Gu Nan casually opened a passage in space and headed straight for Martial Alliance City. "Come with me. This time we'll try to clear it in one go."

Nie Shuangshuang followed him inside first. She always appeared calm, but her movement at this moment betrayed her.

Having suffered so many defeats at the Silver-Robed Ancestor's hands, to say she wasn't frustrated at all was certainly impossible. And now, the best helper arrived.

With the Dragon of Space, they could perfectly neutralize the Silver-Robed Ancestor's habit of tearing open space to flee at the slightest sign of danger.

T/N:

Using Dao interchangeably with laws, can also mean paths

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While Gu Nan was busy leading his party around in the Inner World, another incident occurred in the Myriad Heavens Universe.

This matter received quite a bit of attention and even triggered heated debate for a while, because it was the follow-up to the earlier story of a Heaven Level plane being divided up.

Nirvana Heaven's origin automatically revealed itself after Zuo Zuo disappeared, yet it didn't dissipate.

This made it awkward for many Star Rulers hoping to get some crumbs, but those truly powerful Star Rulers were happy because such a large origin was the perfect size for them to fight over.

In the end, the main part of Nirvana Heaven's origin was divided into three portions, each of which was taken away by a powerful Star Ruler.

They were Moonlight Heaven's Star Ruler Fairy Moon; Ying Yang Rotation Heaven's Star Ruler Wang Chong, as well as White Bones Realm's Daoist White Bones.

The reason Gu Nan received no pressure from the Star Ruler of White Bones Realm lately despite stirring up all kinds of trouble here was because Daoist White Bones was busy fighting over Nirvana Heaven's origin and had no time to deal with him.

But what many people didn't expect was for the remaining portion of Nirvana Heaven's origin to ultimately be seized by a Star Ruler whom people suspected didn't even own an astral world yet.

This person was the actual reincarnation of a great power. She was Wu Gui, who was both a demon and a Buddha.

In the past, the Buddha of Ten Thousand Samsara's Myriad Buddha World was also a large world that was about to ascend to a "Realm" Level plane. It left a deep impression in many people's memories.

But she died right before her world could ascend and was forced to walk the path of ten thousand reincarnations in hopes of fully resurrecting someday, yet even that plan was ultimately destroyed by the Heavenly Mystery Dao Lord. The struggles she went through made many people sigh with emotion.

Myriad Buddha World naturally still exists today, but Wu Gui had already fallen to the demonic path, so whether she could take control of her former world once again was still unknown. That was why people suspected she didn't have an astral world yet.

But it was precisely such a person who snatched a portion of the world's origin from right under three powerful Star Rulers' noses. Most onlookers simply didn't understand what she wanted to do.

Only a very small number of people who understood Zuo Zuo's roots knew she'd set her sights on Zuo Zuo's law of fusion and was trying to fuse her own demonic intent with her Buddhist heart.

Starting from the time she invaded Immortal Demon World a while back, Wu Gui's goal had never changed.

Since Gu Nan destroyed Zuo Zuo's inheritance, she could only set her sights on Zuo Zuo himself to obtain the law of fusion.

She refused to become Zuo Zuo's subordinate and wait for Zuo Zuo to reward her after making meritorious achievements. On the contrary, she'd much rather find some way to kill Zuo Zuo, then somehow snatch his world's origin.

Wu Gui was sitting on a black lotus in Star Realm. The purple and gold light on her body constantly flickered, seemingly trying to merge together.

After a long time, she finally opened her eyes slowly and shook her head. "It's still a bit short."

Red was standing right in front of her. "There is no shortage of the law of fusion inside the origin, but it's too inaccurate to attempt to comprehend them out of thin air. What you lack is a target you can consult as reference."

Wu Gui nodded slightly at Red's words. She knew what Red meant—she needed a genuine materialization of the law of fusion as a vessel for her to comprehend. Ultimately, a world's origin was too hazy and indistinct.

"A vessel of the law of fusion…" Wu Gui contemplated with rapt attention, as if considering where to find the law of fusion.historical

This kind of law was too rare. Even with her knowledge, she only knew that Zuo Zuo possessed this law. For a while, she couldn't think of a second person.

"He died and his inheritance was destroyed, but his former astral world from many years ago still exists." Red's speech was still unhurried, "First, we need to find Gu Nan."

Wu Gui smiled. "He caused quite a stir in Tiluo World. I heard he's in White Bones Realm now?"

Gu Nan received considerable attention earlier, so his location instantly became public knowledge after he appeared several times in White Bones Realm.

But Red said, "White Bones Realm isn't a nice place… He's most likely going to encounter trouble. What good timing—you can help him out."

……

Inside White Mist's headquarters in White Bones Realm.

Red Tail sat in a large conference room. With her were elders from White Mist such as Bai Xuesheng, as well as a Transcendent Realm martial artist who ascended from Crescent Moon World.

This Transcendent Realm martial artist was called Qin Du, the winner of the tournament back in Crescent Moon World. After ascending to White Bones Realm, he became the spokesman for the ten ascendants.

The current upper echelon of White Mist was divided into two factions—the original elders and the ascended martial artists.

However, this time was a rare occurrence where the two sides didn't actually try to tear each other apart. Instead, both sides had equally gloomy expressions.

Because two corpses were placed at the end of the room. They were two Transcendent Realm martial artists from Crescent Moon World.

"They were killed in Zi Luo Heaven. According to the survivor who escaped, the other party provoked them quite deliberately. They didn't steal our goods either; they just wanted to kill our people."

"Later, we received information that the perpetrator isn't someone from White Bones Realm," Bai Xuesheng informed everyone in a heavy voice. Although he certainly didn't get along with this group of ascendants, he also never wanted an outsider to wantonly kill members of White Mist.

"The killer was a Void Cutter cultivator. Our two protectors couldn't escape, and even when they went all out in a last-ditch attack, they only managed to injure the other party."

"Which organization are they from? Why would they do this?" Red Tail frowned heavily. She really couldn't think of anyone White Mist had offended.

It wasn't very likely for an organization like White Mist, whose business was primarily reincarnation, to offend other forces—unless they were in the same profession.

But ever since Gu Nan swept away multiple reincarnator organizations here, White Mist's reputation in the reincarnator circle had spread, and no one dared to mess with them at all.

So they didn't expect to be ambushed this time when they sent people to Zi Luo Heaven to purchase and escort some goods.

"It's Mountain River World." Bai Xuesheng explained, "White Bones Realm offended too many people in the past when it ascended to a Realm Level plane. Mountain River World has never stopped targeting us all these years."

White Bones Realm wasn't a laxly managed astral world like Star Realm—large internal conflicts were almost nonexistent here, which allowed it to constantly focus on external threats instead.

It was precisely because of this that White Bones Realm was able to successfully advance to the ranks of a Realm Level plane, but at the same time, it also blocked the paths of countless astral worlds and made countless enemies. Mountain River World was one of them.

Bai Xuesheng was a native of White Bones Realm, so he knew the most about these historical grudges.

'This really is an unwarranted disaster…' Red Tail lamented in secret. 'It's a pity My Lord is still in secluded cultivation, or else he most assuredly wouldn't allow them to run wild.'

"Let's just make a note of this grudge for the time being—there will be a chance to get even later." Red Tail decided, "During this time, everyone should avoid leaving White Bones Realm if possible. Even they won't dare to—"

"Grand Commander!" Mo Wentian hurriedly barged in. "Someone's knocking on our door outside. They claim that we hurt their people and want us to give an explanation!"

Red Tail suddenly changed color, showing bewilderment. "Are they seeking death? They dare to run to White Bones Realm to cause trouble?"

They could only accept their bad luck if White Mist members were injured outside, but if enemies came knocking on their door, then there was no way Daoist White Bones wouldn't intervene to keep order!

Bai Xuesheng, however, stood up with some panic. "Daoist White Bones, that senior… might have run into some trouble."

……

In Crescent Moon World, Gu Nan and Nie Shuangshuang had a smoother trip than expected after getting the help of the Dragon of Space.

The Silver-Robed Ancestor could no longer stir up too much trouble after his spatial manipulation abilities were restricted—after all, any move he could possibly make was within Gu Nan's calculations.

In the end, they successfully decapitated the Silver-Robed Ancestor after only three tries. Nie Shuangshuang left with satisfaction, and Gu Nan also started to contemplate what kinds of apostles to recruit to deal with this dungeon.

Relying on the current mission personnel undoubtedly wouldn't work.

"I'll head back to White Bones Realm. Let's fight again there," Long Ling'er said as such. Perhaps killing the familiar Silver-Robed Ancestor gave her a confidence boost.

"Okay." Gu Nan nodded, then his soul left the Inner World. The main part of his soul returned to his Divine Kingdom, while a small part reentered the clone currently in closed-door cultivation inside White Bones Realm.

The next second, the saint clone in White Bones Realm heard a loud noise.

"This time, seven realms are simultaneously laying siege to White Bones Realm. All unrelated persons can get lost! But the people from White Mist must stay behind. My Lord said Gu Nan stole a treasure from his brother. Have him hand it over, and then get lost!"

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The current White Bones Realm was already filled with battle cries.

Not only this urban area White Mist was in, but all the major cities in White Bones Realm suffered an all out attack from the alliance of seven major astral worlds.

These seven astral worlds were all enemies of White Bones Realm. Some, such as Mountain River World, were feuds formed back when White Bones Realm ascended to a Realm Level plane, while others were enemies that Daoist White Bones provoked due to his tyrannical attitude.

Fang Hou stood before the gates of White Mist's headquarters, coldly watching his subordinates surround the place as a sneer appeared on his face.historical

He was the one who shouted that threat just now. He was one of the top Void Cutters in Mountain River World and also the right-hand man of the Star Ruler of Mountain River World, Rending Mountain Venerable.

Speaking of whom, Rending Mountain Venerable was a very good friend of Lou Wanying's despite their large age gap and had noticed Gu Nan as early as when Gu Nan seized the sand of time from Lou Wanying.

The Star Ruler Realm strength that Gu Nan displayed might deter others, but Rending Mountain Venerable didn't take it seriously at all.

He himself was a Star Ruler with a powerful astral world. Back when he was at the peak of his strength, his astral world was only a step away from advancing to a Realm Level plane, and he was strong enough to fight Daoist White Bones head-on.

Even if the power of his astral world was now weakened, it still wasn't something a newly-advanced Star Ruler could compare to.

But Gu Nan hid inside White Bones Realm all this time after stealing the sand of time. It was impossible for Rending Mountain Venerable to run to Daoist White Bones' territory to kidnap someone, so at most, he could only order his people to secretly engage in petty acts of vengeance.

This continued all the way until seven large planes simultaneously besieged White Bones Realm. He decided to deal with Gu Nan in passing during this attack.

Fang Hou coldly watched his people wantonly pour into the manor. Although he looked calm and collected on the surface, he'd already made preparations in secret.

He would immediately notify Rending Mountain Venerable as soon as Gu Nan showed up.

Silver light flashed inside the distant manor, causing Fang Hou's eyes to light up. He was just about to send the message when he saw the space above his head opening up and the body of a giant silver dragon flying out.

Fang Hou immediately froze. He was also quite knowledgeable, so how could he not recognize this Dragon of Space?

This dragon was bound to be on Lu Wen's shoulder whenever the ruler of Clockwork Heaven showed himself; this had long been common knowledge.

"Hm?" The silver dragon landed here, saw the situation in the manor, and actually grunted in dissatisfaction, causing Fang Hou's heart to tremble slightly.

'If I get involved with this dragon…'

At this time, Fang Hou suddenly sensed his surroundings turn quiet. A golden light and Buddhist mantras then arrived simultaneously. Countless Buddhas had already emerged around him, all chanting from scriptures while the beat of wooden bells overlapped, layer upon layer.

Fang Hou only felt a splitting headache when the Buddhist mantras entered his ears, finding it difficult to put together even the slightest thought.

The next moment, he seemed to see the world turn itself upside down, and his own head also crashed down towards the ground.

The strong sense of weightlessness finally brought Fang Hou back to his senses. When he finally had a clear view of his situation, he couldn't help blurting out, "Palm-Sized Buddha Kingdom!"

Wu Gui's figure seemed like a giant. Fang Hou was currently inside the Buddha Kingdom in the palm of her hand, while Wu Gui was planning to flip the Buddha Kingdom upside down and smash it into the ground!

'How can there be… this kind of Buddha?!'

Fang Hou's entire person had already been smashed to a pulp before he could even finish his final thought. When facing the current Wu Gui, this Void Cutter who was quite strong didn't even have a chance to escape.

Fang Hou finally managed to send the message out, but not in the way he wished. Rather, his death immediately alerted Rending Mountain Venerable.

The next second, the hearts of everyone present sank in unison as a pressure as heavy as a mountain suddenly fell on everyone.

A yellow-robed figure appeared in the sky above White Mist. It was a middle-aged man with an unwavering expression. His face was angular, as if carved by a knife.

He was none other than the Star Ruler of Mountain River World, Rending Mountain Venerable.

"Buddha of Ten Thousand Samsara." Rending Mountain Venerable's gaze was icy as he shot Wu Gui a glare and threatened in a deep voice, "You dared to touch my subordinate. Aren't you afraid this one will send you back into the cycle of reincarnation so you can experience it ten thousand more times?"

How could Wu Gui take this sort of provocation to heart? She just revealed a cold smile, not in a hurry to make the first move.

Rending Mountain Venerable's gaze moved away from her but didn't even spare Long Ling'er a glance, as if she didn't exist at all.

"Where is Gu Nan? Have him come out." Yi Shanzun waved his sleeve and commanded coldly, "This one is short on time because I still have important business to attend to. Tell him to hand over the treasure he robbed from Brother Lou, and this one will let him g—"

He didn't even finish before suddenly sensing a burst of killing intent behind him. He swallowed back the rest of his sentence and threw a punch behind him without any hesitation.

Rending Mountain Venerable's punch contained immense strength, like a large mountain crashing down upon the enemy. It carried an astonishing momentum.

However, his sure-hit punch actually missed its mark: the enemy didn't actually appear from behind him, but from an incredible angle—his shadow!

Dressed in a silver robe, Gu Nan stood up from the opponent's shadow, holding a pitch-black dagger in his hand that he thrust straight at Rending Mountain Venerable's heart.

"Mountain!" A soft shout echoed in Gu Nan's ears.

Gu Nan suddenly felt as though an enormous mountain was pressing down on his head, and his body suddenly became heavier.

But the dagger… still hit its mark!

Gu Nan seemed to be completely unaffected by the pressure. The dagger was still quickly stabbed into Rending Mountain Venerable's heart with ruthless precision.

After landing a hit on the first try, Gu Nan immediately jumped away without the slightest hesitation, while the sound of fracturing bones began to come from his head. The terrifying pressure was already about to crush his skull.

Crack.

A piece of Gu Nan's forehead suddenly sunk inward as blood gushed out nonstop, looking incomparably gruesome.

But Gu Nan seemed unable to feel it at all and just stared at Rending Mountain Venerable in amusement. "You know you have an urgent matter at hand, yet you still dared to provoke me? You'd better consider how you're going to get away first."

The entire operation where seven planes attacked White Bones Realm seemed hasty and unorganized. It was clearly a spur-of-the-moment decision. Gu Nan didn't believe that Rending Mountain Venerable could afford to waste much time here.

On the other side, Wu Gui also sneered. "Daoist White Bones' injury is not as serious as you all think."

Daoist White Bones was injured precisely during the earlier fight over Nirvana Heaven's origin. As someone who experienced that fight firsthand, Wu Gui naturally knew more about this than anyone else.

Rending Mountain Venerable fell silent for a while, but he finally stopped hesitating after he saw Gu Nan mobilize his laws to offset most of the crushing pressure, causing his wounds to heal rapidly.

He opened a passage in space with a wave of his hand and announced in a cold voice, "I'll deal with you after I kill that scumbag, White Bones."

However, before Rending Mountain Venerable could step into the spatial channel, he felt the silver figure before his eyes flicker.

The jet black dagger suddenly stabbed out towards him, but Rending Mountain Venerable was prepared this time. A cold smile appeared on his face.

An inexplicable throbbing emerged from the space between the two as the fearsome power of a law's origin swept across the space. It was as if a mountain was placed in front of Rending Mountain Venerable, and he was trying to shatter it.

Shatter Mountains and Rivers!

But this power had yet to truly land when another inexplicably oppressive aura emerged. Along with it, black light appeared out of thin air.

The power of mountains and rivers entering the black light was like a pebble sinking into the sea, not even causing a ripple.

By the time Rending Mountain Venerable looked again, Gu Nan's figure was long gone. Only the wreckage of a destroyed spatial passage remained.

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Rending Mountain Venerable was probably Tier 7.

Gu Nan already had an accurate assessment of the other party's strength after merely exchanging blows for an instant.

Among these Star Rulers from the Myriad Heavens Universe, those with Realm Level astral worlds were usually Tier 8; some might even be Tier 9. Although Red suffered heavy injuries in the past, her current strength was still above Tier 7.historical

Since Rending Mountain Venerable was once strong enough to attempt to ascend his astral world to Realm Level, he must've reached the peak of Tier 7 in the past, but the backlash from the failed ascension inflicted heavy damage to his astral world, so it wasn't easy to recover his strength.

His current strength was probably only in the middle echelon of Tier 7.

If Gu Nan's true body came over, he had full confidence he could fight the enemy to a standstill or even suppress the other party despite being one level lower. After all, the outcome of battles didn't depend solely on power, but also on how people mobilized that power.

But since only a Tier 4 clone was here, there was no hope of suppressing the other party. However, he could still make use of his own advantage to stall the enemy.

Gu Nan's advantage, which was simultaneously Rending Mountain Venerable's disadvantage, was undoubtedly speed!

Rending Mountain Venerable's face was ashen. He'd already realized Gu Nan's intentions— 'Gu Nan is relying on his speed and occasional bursts of his law to stall me!'

In a direct confrontation, with Rending Mountain Venerable's enormous strength that resembled a landslide, it would take at most fifteen minutes to smash Gu Nan to a pulp.

No matter how fast the Evil God physique recovered, it still couldn't keep up with the damage from being crushed by an enormous mountain.

However, the problem was that Rending Mountain Venerable had no time right now!

Gu Nan would block his path as soon as he tried to leave—he would temporarily borrow his main body's power every time. It was as if a Tier 6 Evil God was preventing Rending Mountain Venerable from escaping.

At this moment, Rending Mountain Venerable finally understood what Gu Nan's earlier words meant. Instead of thinking about how to kill Gu Nan, he should actually consider how he was going to get away.

'If by any chance the Buddha of Ten Thousand Samsara was telling the truth, then once this drags on for too long…'

When he thought about how Daoist White Bones would wake up soon, while he himself was still trapped inside White Bones Realm by Gu Nan… Just that thought alone made Rending Mountain Venerable shudder.

So Rending Mountain Venerable once again attempted to leave while saying to Gu Nan, "If you step aside, then we'll wipe the slate clean between us from now on!"

His only response was Gu Nan's dagger.

"You should consider it carefully. If that scum White Bones can't manage to kill me, then you'll have made an enemy of me for no reason!"

He was greeted by the same dagger.

"If you still refuse to step aside, then this one will kill everyone in this White Mist of yours!"

Gu Nan didn't even deign to respond with a change in expression. He simply struck whenever the enemy tried to leave, stopping him through various unfathomable means.

Rending Mountain Venerable had an icy expression, but ultimately, he didn't attack the people from White Mist. Since such a threat couldn't sway Gu Nan, he didn't have the time to waste on killing some mortals.

He'd already lost count of the number of times Gu Nan stopped him from leaving, while Gu Nan had also tanked countless hits from that immense strength akin to landslides.

In the end, the clone's Evil God physique was only a counterfeit, so it couldn't repair such injuries in time. The clone's entire body looked like it was about to fall apart, but Gu Nan still didn't care.

Solely in terms of running away, Rending Mountain Venerable was even inferior to the Tier 4 Silver-Robed Ancestor. After all, Rending Mountain Venerable lacked that kind of extreme speed, and in the Inner World, Gu Nan also couldn't borrow his true body's Tier 6 power.

"What the hell do you want before you're willing to get out of my way?!" Rending Mountain Venerable snarled angrily. He couldn't even figure out why Gu Nan was doing this.

'What in the world will he gain from screwing me over?!'

Rending Mountain Venerable's voice just fell when a deathly pale light flooded the extremely distant sky, and an aloof, detached voice rang out:

"Seven rats."

Rending Mountain Venerable's heart froze, and in his soul's senses, the other six invaders vanished almost simultaneously, unwilling to linger for even a second longer. In the split second he was distracted, a man with long, snow-white hair was already standing in front of him.

'This scumbag White Bones actually looked for me first…?'

To have luck this bad, even Rending Mountain Venerable was speechless.

As soon as Daoist White Bones showed himself, a claw made of white bones appeared out of thin air, swiping down at Rending Mountain Venerable's head.

Rending Mountain Venerable's expression turned grave. He didn't dare be careless in the slightest. An enormous mountain that seemed solid emerged from view, protecting his head.

However, the claw of white bones pierced through this colossal mountain as easily as paper.

He was already weaker than Daoist White Bones to begin with, not to mention this was still White Bones Realm, the opponent's home turf!

The claw fell; five finger bones embedded themselves into the top of Rending Mountain Venerable's head, as if he was born with a bony white claw on his head. It looked quite comical.

At the same time, a spatial rift suddenly opened up behind Rending Mountain Venerable. A throwing knife came out of nowhere and blocked Daoist White Bones' follow-up attack while pulling Rending Mountain Venerable into the passage.

The only people who would help Rending Mountain Venerable at this juncture would be his six companions.

Daoist White Bones watched them disappear. Some sickly paleness finally appeared on his face, but his expression remained calm. He even had time to turn around and thank Gu Nan.

"Many thanks. I owe you a favor this time," this pretty boy who was nearly two meters tall and whose white hair fell to his waist said earnestly.

Gu Nan wasn't polite at all. "I might have you return it soon. Don't go back on your word when the time comes!"

"I won't." Daoist White Bones shook his head.

Daoist White Bones didn't stay for long. His astral world had just been invaded, so he still had a ton of matters to deal with. At the same time, he also needed to recuperate from his injuries and digest the gains from his fight in Nirvana Heaven.

On the other hand, when Long Ling'er saw Gu Nan's appearance, she wasn't in a hurry to spar with him either.

Gu Nan's current appearance was truly too miserable. Not only was he beaten to the point where all the blood vessels in his body had burst, but more importantly, his energy was extremely chaotic and seemed like he might suddenly die at any second.

It certainly wasn't a problem to borrow his true body's power through the saint clone once or twice, but such frequent usage like what Gu Nan just did had long since overloaded this clone.

After this fight, he was afraid the saint clone would have to recuperate for a while.

But it was just as well, because only Gu Nan's main body could accomplish what he wanted to do next. It was time for the clone to rest for a while.

His next goal was to collect enough Evil Value necessary to advance to Tier 7 for himself, as well as apostles strong enough to farm Crescent Moon World's dungeon.

And where could Evil Value be harvested? Which place had an abundance of natural mythological creatures Gu Nan was familiar with?

Of course it was the World of Gods!

Gu Nan set aside his thoughts and shifted his gaze to Wu Gui at the side. "What did you want to see me for?"

Of course he wouldn't think that Wu Gui just happened to pass by and kindly stepped in to help when she saw people bullying his subordinates.

"I need a vessel of the law of fusion." Wu Gui didn't hide her goal and said bluntly, "Zuo Zuo's former astral world is in your hands. It might contain something he left behind."

Even though Zuo Zuo's inheritance was destroyed, what Wu Gui currently needed was just an item that once contained his law of fusion, which was much easier to find.

Unfortunately, Gu Nan knew that since Immortal Demon World had already transformed into his own Divine Kingdom and all the laws were reset, it was impossible for Wu Gui to find what she wanted in there.

However…

"You said you need the law of fusion?" Gu Nan thought for a moment. "I know another person who also touched upon a portion of the laws in this area."

"Who?" Wu Gui raised an eyebrow.

It would naturally be best if she could find a second person who possessed the law of fusion, but even she and Red couldn't think of one, yet Gu Nan actually did?

'It's only been how many years since he started cultivating…?'

"Have you heard of Count Fersen, the Living Dead?" Gu Nan said with a smile, "I can take you to him. It just so happens that we have the same goal."

Of course Wu Gui had never heard of this name, but this didn't stop her from feeling tempted. "Where is he?"

"In the tomb of the Legend Rank necromancer Sandro, located in the Undead Kingdom on an abandoned main plane—he's buried next door."

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Ultimately, the matter with White Bones Realm was just an accident.

If Daoist White Bones was uninjured, then those seven Star Rulers would never have the guts to invade White Bones Realm with such great fanfare.

To put it bluntly, they ran here hoping to strike it rich after learning about Daoist White Bones' possible injury.

As long as the seven of them advanced and retreated as a group, escaping wouldn't be much of a problem. Daoist White Bones didn't have the ability to trap them here.

But who knew a variable like Gu Nan would pop up? As a result, Rending Mountain Venerable was separated from the group.

He originally believed that he could deal with Gu Nan swiftly, but he didn't expect that not only could he not kill the other party, but eventually, he couldn't even make a quick getaway.

After Rending Mountain Venerable was rescued, Gu Nan's saint clone stayed in White Bones Realm to recuperate, while Wu Gui went to make preparations for the upcoming long journey.

Of course traveling to the World of Gods couldn't be done impulsively. Advanced preparations were very necessary.

Gu Nan naturally knew that place like the back of his hand. In contrast, Wu Gui needed to investigate properly. She couldn't just run in blind.

On the other hand, crossing the dimensional wall between the Myriad Heavens Universe and the World of Gods was also a difficult task.

The dimensional wall was one of the plane cluster's self-defense mechanisms. Breaking through the wall wasn't impossible, but they more or less had to prepare a little.

Gu Nan's true body was still inside the Divine Kingdom, directing the progress of the apostles' dungeon farming while also trying to get Lan Si and the others to team up to attempt Crescent Moon World's dungeon.

The result was unsurprising. It didn't matter whether they headed straight for the final boss or followed the regular route by clearing the earlier phases; clearing the dungeon seemed completely hopeless.

The dungeon's earlier missions didn't actually play a very important role. They simply gave players advanced notice of the final boss's ability and strength through a variety of hints so that players could prepare beforehand.

But the problem was that, due to their lack of strength, the apostles led by Lan Si couldn't bring out the full power of Tier 4 even if they possessed Tier 4 power inside the dungeon.

Not even Gu Nan and two Star Ruler existences could do much against the Silver-Robed Ancestor, much less Lan Si and the others.

Let alone trapping the Silver-Robed Ancestor, Lan Si refused to even touch the dungeon again after experiencing several effortless party wipes at the hands of the Silver-Robed Ancestor.

This was purely a matter of strength, so Gu Nan didn't insist on making things difficult for them. He just had the apostles continue farming Splendid World.

On the other hand, Gu Nan needed to consider the requirements for his advancement to Tier 7.

The requirements on the Divine Kingdom's side were nothing new. The basic requirement was to upgrade six structures to Level 1 in addition to building the first advanced "Barracks" and conquering a dungeon plane.

As for Evil Value, he needed to reach 5,000 to advance, which was double Gu Nan's current Evil Value of 2,500.

But this condition just looked scary, because after completing the First Round, both points and Evil Value experienced some explosive inflation.

A full 2,500 Evil Value gap may seem unreachable, but in reality, it was probably just a matter of one or two Godheads.historical

And a veteran player like Gu Nan knew exactly how much Evil Value each god's Godhead was worth, guaranteeing that nothing would be wasted.

The reason he set the Undead Kingdom as his target this time was precisely to achieve that goal in one battle and get enough Evil Value in one fell swoop.

After all, in his present environment, it was necessary to cross the dimensional wall in order to slay gods, which wasn't an easy task.

……

Three months later, in the frontline plane Heavenly Province World.

Heavenly Province World was one of several fairly well-known frontline planes. Unlike the sparse population of other frontline planes, Heavenly Province World was a fairly lively world, enjoying a level of prosperity that even surpassed some astral worlds not on the frontlines.

"Welcome to Heavenly Province World." A young girl stood in front of Gu Nan with a humble and respectful expression. "Please do not fly here, Your Excellency."

"Hm?" Gu Nan raised a brow.

Flying bans were usually only found in large planes on the level of Zi Luo Heaven. To think that a mere frontline plane like Heavenly Province World would actually enact such a law.

The young girl looked slightly apprehensive. This special rule of Heavenly Province World had already cost many staff members' lives.

And if the other party was a considerably powerful cultivator, then it was impossible for Heavenly Province World's backing to trouble that cultivator over this issue, so those staff members would've died in vain.

Gu Nan looked down from the air. It was an extremely prosperous modern city, a bit like the "steel jungle" of planes with advanced technology, but with more metaphysics mixed in.

In the end, Heavenly Province World was still a frontline plane, so it was very small. It was only the size of one city; all of its prosperity was concentrated in this area.

"Take me to this place." Gu Nan nodded and landed on the ground, handing an address to the young girl.

The young girl sighed in relief, as if rejoicing the fact that she'd stumbled upon a reasonable cultivator, and hurriedly answered, "Yes, My Lord. Please follow me… By the way, you can call me Little Yu."

Gu Nan didn't have much of a reaction to this; not even his expression changed. The young girl who called herself Little Yu also didn't mind. She would often encounter this kind of powerful figure.

The address he gave Little Yu was sent over by Wu Gui after some investigation—it was a company that specialized in human smuggling.

The Myriad Heavens Universe had a very strict procedure in place for those who wanted to cross the dimensional wall. People weren't allowed to enter the World of Gods privately and had to go through a vetting process.

This was a decree jointly issued by the Thirteen Heavens. No one dared to violate it.

The reason was very simple—it was purely to prevent traitors. The World of Gods, with faith at its core, was simply too comfortable for Star Rulers. A considerable number of cultivators were happy to head over there to develop.

Although power was important, the worship of tens of thousands of people prostrating themselves was also tempting, since it was most able to display a Star Ruler's status. Not everyone could resist the temptation of having fanatical followers.

However, as long as there was a decree, people who violated the decree in order to seek benefits would undoubtedly exist as well. This was the case with the human smuggling company Gu Nan was currently heading to.

They were able to help cultivators enter the World of Gods, but the fees they charged were also quite exorbitant.

"My Lord, we've reached your destination," the voice of the young girl, Little Yu, rang out. She quickly retreated after bringing Gu Nan to a skyscraper over a hundred stories tall.

After Gu Nan walked in, the receptionists were three young and beautiful women wearing neat uniforms.

"Hello, may I ask…"

"Twenty-second floor, I have an appointment," Gu Nan didn't wait for the receptionist to finish before directly interrupting her.

But the woman at the front desk looked down and then showed a regretful look. "I'm very sorry, Your Excellency. His Excellency Yan Weng on the twenty-second floor instructed us that your appointment has been rescheduled to tomorrow, so we'll have to trouble you to please return tomorrow."

Gu Nan frowned slightly but didn't say anything. He just turned around and walked towards the elevator next to them.

"Your Excellency, please stop. You're not allowed to head up without an appointment… Security, security!" The girl at the front desk shouted loudly, but Gu Nan didn't deign to even turn his head back.

Meanwhile, in a quiet room on the twenty-second floor, the old man called Yan Weng stood up with a smile and shook hands with a young girl in a blood-colored robe.

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On the 22nd floor, Yan Weng shook hands with the girl in the blood-colored robe, then said with a light smile, "Miss Lu, your luck is really good. The two slots that someone reserved earlier just happen to be heading for the Undead Kingdom."

The crimson-robed young girl nodded with a smile. "I've really troubled Elder Yan. We truly do have an urgent matter this time. I'm very sorry for holding up Elder Yan's business."

Yan Weng hurriedly responded with some superficial courtesies, but he also knew that the other party was just being polite and wouldn't truly care about the two customers whose spots they took.

The background of this young miss was so high that he wouldn't even be able to talk to her if it weren't for the special nature of his line of work.

Not only did this young girl called Lu Xinhuan possess considerable Void Cutter Realm strength, but she was also one of the vice presidents of Qinghe Realm's Commerce Association.

Qinghe Realm was one of the largest commercial planes in the entire Myriad Heavens Universe. Its reputation was on par with Zi Luo Heaven, a plane filled to the brim with various organizations.

However, the unusual thing about Qinghe Realm was that the forces within the realm weren't scattered at all. Rather, the entire realm formed a Commerce Association. The power of the whole realm was gathered together in the form of commerce.

In other words, commerce was the special management style of Qinghe Realm. Therefore, the one standing behind a vice president like Lu Xinhuan was undoubtedly the Star Ruler of Qinghe Realm, Zhong Qinghe.

Just as the two were exchanging pleasantries and Yan Weng was planning to get up and send Lu Xinhuan off, the phone on his desk rang.

……

"Sir, you can't go up there." A tall security guard blocked Gu Nan's path. Although he was called a security guard, he was actually a cultivator with a rather high realm who held a flying sword in his hand.

Gu Nan had seen his fair share of all kinds of cultivators in the Myriad Heavens Universe, but people who used the legendary flying swords really weren't too common, so he subconsciously cast a couple more glances at it.

"Your Excellency, I've already informed Mr. Yan Weng on the 22nd floor. He said he will come down immediately after handling the matter at hand."

The receptionist girl also rushed over and stared at Gu Nan as she said, "Your Excellency, we ask that you wait for a little while. Please don't make things difficult for us."

As she said this, she very calmly blocked Gu Nan's way, but she wasn't actually nervous.

In fact, due Heavenly Province World's special nature as a frontline plane, someone would run to their world to cause trouble every two days or so. Oftentimes, people would mistakenly believe they were strong enough or possessed a background that allowed them to do whatever they wanted. In the end, all of these people would be thrown out of the plane.

The lives of insignificant characters like the receptionist were of little concern to the higher ups, but any trouble that occurred inside this building would make the bigshots lose face, so troublemakers weren't tolerated here.

There were also passersby who heard the commotion and thought it was another fellow with an inflated ego, so they immediately paused to watch a good show.

Gu Nan raised his head. A distance of twenty-two floors couldn't obstruct his sight at all. He saw what was happening on the 22nd floor with a single glance.

Two people were talking on that floor, and no one had any intention of coming down at all—of course, even if someone really planned to head down, Gu Nan couldn't be bothered to wait any longer.

He casually sliced open a rift in space with one hand, actually planning to head to the 22nd floor directly.

However, the security guard didn't show any fear or reverence upon seeing the other party use Void Cutter Realm powers. Instead, he warned in a heavy voice, "Sir, the use of spatial transfer is not allowed within the plane. Please immediately—"

But before he could finish, his shadow suddenly stood up and pushed him from behind, actually pushing him into the ground and turning him flat.

It was as if the guard had become a two-dimensional existence, stuck to the ground like a sticker, unable to move.

At the same time, his shadow turned corporeal. It almost seemed like he swapped places with his shadow, which looked very eerie.

Gu Nan's current power was already enough to accomplish some unimaginable feats when facing low-level characters.

This shadow swap immediately discouraged all would-be meddlers.

Yan Weng and Lu Xinhuan were indeed both still there by the time Gu Nan reached the 22nd floor in a single step. The two also had different responses to his appearance.

Lu Xinhuan just carefully studied him from the side, as if Gu Nan's face looked somewhat familiar.

Yan Weng, on the other hand, frowned slightly and asked, "Sir, do you want something?"

After asking that, he didn't wait for Gu Nan to answer before adding, "If you're here for your reservations, please leave. I will contact you again tomorrow. I have valuable guests to entertain right now. It won't be good for either of us if this matter blows up."

Yan Weng stared at Gu Nan indifferently. After all, he was in the human smuggling business, which was a direct violation of the laws, so no one dared to blow things up and risk exposing their dealings to the public.

"Are you this company's boss?" Gu Nan asked bluntly.

This question was somewhat out of Yan Weng's expectations. He didn't quite understand why Gu Nan asked this.

"Yes."

Thus Gu Nan nodded and didn't choose to directly kill Yan Weng. He asked, "When will the flight to the World of Gods leave?"

Yan Weng's face became slightly livid when he realized the other party didn't take his words to heart at all. "Didn't you hear what I just said? I'm telling you now, your booking is cancel—"

"Wait!" A soft shout sounded in his ears; it was Lu Xinhuan who spoke.

Yan Weng was taken aback and stared at her in confusion, but he saw Lu Xinhuan take a deep breath and say, "Elder Yan, there should be others in this batch of bookings, right? Let's buy someone else's spot."

"This…" Yan Weng was a little speechless for a while. He didn't quite understand why Lu Xinhuan was doing this.

More importantly, all the bookings in this batch besides Gu Nan and Wu Gui were already set, so rescheduling them would be very troublesome.

But Yan Weng wasn't a greenhorn. Lu Xinhuan's strange change in attitude made him realize something. Cold sweat immediately broke out on his back.

"Your Excellency Gu Nan, I greet you on behalf of my family's lord." Lu Xinhuan gave a deep bow, showing extreme respect to Gu Nan.

"Who is your family's lord?"

"Zhong Qinghe of Qinghe Realm." Lu Xinhuan didn't seem averse to mentioning Zhong Qinghe by name and smiled. "During the earlier battle in White Bones Realm, my family's lord even said that within ten thousand years, another Realm Level plane will be created in the Myriad Heavens Universe."

Many people paid attention to the invasion of White Bones Realm by seven other planes. Some people naturally noticed Gu Nan's performance in all this.

With merely a lower-level clone, he forcibly trapped Rending Mountain Venerable inside White Bones Realm by repeatedly borrowing his true body's power. This was already enough to catch the attention of many Star Rulers.

"Are you also heading to the Undead Kingdom? We also have some forces over there. You can join us if you don't mind," Lu Xinhuan invited.

"Might as well." Gu Nan nodded. Having the help of some forces in the World of Gods was indeed much more convenient than acting on his own there.

On the other hand, when Yan Weng heard the name "Gu Nan," he finally realized which person he was offending.historical

'Why would a Star Ruler bigshot run to my humble abode for an illegal crossing!' Yan Weng simply wanted to cry.

"I understand." He acted as if the previous unpleasantness never happened and piled smiles on his face. "Please wait a moment, My Lord. I will guide you there immediately."

"Miss Lu, why don't you also join us and head over?" Yan Weng turned to Lu Xinhuan again and said with a troubled smile, "Everyone else has already arrived. If you want to buy two spots, I'm afraid you'll have to discuss it with them…"

Gu Nan cut in from beside them before Lu Xinhuan could respond, "What's there to discuss? Won't it work out if you just kill two?"

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Yan Weng chose the underground of a rather remote mountain village as the smuggling ship's location. Nobody would be able to find its exact location if he didn't personally lead the way.

"My Lord, I've already stationed someone to wait over there. Your companion will be directly informed of the location once she arrives," Yan Weng came to Gu Nan's side and said ingratiatingly.

After understanding the premise of "I absolutely cannot offend Gu Nan," Yan Weng had already waited alongside Gu Nan for a long time, but they never saw any sign Wu Gui.

Gu Nan finally grew impatient of waiting and just had Yan Weng lead the way without waiting for Wu Gui.

He and Wu Gui initially agreed on a time, but the latter didn't show up at all. She was most likely delayed by something.

Gu Nan was very patient when it came to doing missions, but not when it came to other things, especially when an NPC stood him up.

After all, Wu Gui's existence was only a support. Although it was certainly nice to have a helper, Gu Nan wasn't too concerned even if there wasn't one.

If this mission required Wu Gui, then he definitely wouldn't be this calm and would've gone looking for her whereabouts through various clues a long time ago.

On the other side, Lu Xinhuan was followed by a small girl who looked slightly younger than her.

The little girl wore a strange gauze dress that continuously produced some clouds and mist that curled around her.

Gu Nan couldn't help casting a few more glances at this strange kind of special effects clothing. If not for the fact that "special effects fashion" also existed in the game, he would've suspected that he'd discovered an Easter egg[1].

"Big Sis Lu, is that person really as powerful as you say he is?" The girl in green hid behind Lu Xinhuan and whispered with her head down, as if someone would eavesdrop on her if she stood straight.

Lu Xinhuan didn't have the heart to tell her that if that person wanted to eavesdrop, he'd be able to hear them clearly even if they ran down the mountain to talk.

'But with that one's status, I don't think he'd do such a thing as eavesdrop on little girls.'

"Very powerful," Lu Xinhuan answered with a smile. "Your daddy said that ten thousand years later, this person might just grow as powerful as him."

Zhong Die, the young girl in green, played with her fingers. "Ah, ten thousand years… Then he's not powerful yet, right?"

"Even right now, he's still more powerful than your Big Sis Lu." Lu Xinhuan rubbed the little Zhong Die's hair. "You've got to be good this time—you have to listen to me when we're outside. You must not say whatever comes to your mind."

"I know…"

A few moments later, the group of four walked through the underground passage and stopped in front of a strange starship. Some people were already waiting around it.

Yan Weng immediately said, "Three Esteemed Guests, please wait a moment."

He didn't even clarify what they were waiting for before hurriedly running to the group of people, as if afraid Gu Nan would ask more questions.

Lu Xinhuan couldn't help laughing. "Lord Gu Nan, looks like your joke earlier scared him."

Gu Nan glanced at her and said expressionlessly, "I wasn't joking."

Lu Xinhuan was taken aback. She didn't think Gu Nan was actually serious and thought he just said it to threaten Yan Weng… but when she thought about it carefully, this one really was qualified to say such things.

In this world, the vast majority of rules no longer applied to Star Rulers.

As existences that transcended the mundane world, Star Rulers weren't bound by most rules. It was even more laughable to say that they would be bound by things like morality or laws.

They were existences who could even recreate the world itself, so they didn't need to compromise on anything except things that could threaten their lives.

As one of the vice presidents of Qinghe Realm's Commerce Association, Lu Xinhuan's status could be likened to Yan Xiaoxiao and the others within the Divine Kingdom, so it wasn't like she never met Star Rulers before.

It's just that even among Star Rulers, people so thoroughly detached from the secular world were still quite rare. Most still retained some traces of their humanity.

For example, it was impossible for Star Rulers like Zhong Qinghe—who had a ton of children—to completely transcend the mundane world, or else where did Zhong Die come from?

Just when the three were waiting for Yan Weng to finish negotiating, a spatial crack opened above them and immediately alerted the other people present.

They were trying to enter the World of Gods illegally. If this was exposed, everyone would be wiped out!

"Who is it?!"

"Elder Yan, what's going on here?"

"Stop him, don't let him come out!"

The underground cavern that wasn't too spacious to begin with was suddenly filled with all kinds of noise. The scene was simply like a group of brothel patrons being caught red-handed by police just as they were about to head home.

There were even people floating in the air, ready to attack anyone who came out of the spatial passage, but it didn't take long before they shrunk back.

Because the first thing that came out of the passage was a slender palm emitting golden light, but another burst of monstrous demonic intent surged up before the palm fully arrived.

The next moment, Wu Gui's figure completely appeared. At her side was a sword-wielding uncle with a pale complexion.

Gu Nan recognized this person as well. He was the swordsman uncle Zi Dian, who was trapped and sealed in Star Realm for ten thousand years together with Ying Ge.

His own name was Zi Dian, and the sword in his hand was also called Zi Dian.

The entire body of this sword was suffused with purple crackles of electricity, while a drop of blood slid down the sword.

Combined with Wu Gui's astonishing demonic intent, it was obvious that they'd just finished a big battle and rushed here before they could even pull back their attacks.

"There was a bit of a delay," Wu Gui said as she brought the considerably-injured Zi Dian to Gu Nan.historical

"Mm, let's set off since you're here now."

Gu Nan glanced at her and was too lazy to ask what happened. This person had been hanging out with Red recently, so in all likelihood, something happened to Ying Ge and Zi Dian.

Wu Gui then pointed to the Zi Dian beside her. "I also need to bring one more person."

"That's fine." Gu Nan's face was indifferent. He didn't mind at all how many people he took with him. Anyhow, he could always abandon these teammates at a moment's notice and leave.

At that time, abandoning one person and abandoning two people made no difference at all.

Although Gu Nan didn't mind, the Yan Weng who just walked back to their side seemed to be struck by five lightning bolts—he finally persuaded two people to give up their spots after much difficulty, but how come there was one more person when he turned around?

But he also didn't dare complain in the slightest. He might not have recognized Gu Nan at first, but he recognized this one at first glance: the fusion of Buddha and demon—this was the reincarnation of the now-famous Buddha of Ten Thousand Samsara!

"My Lord, this…" Yan Weng's old face had a troubled expression. He didn't even know what to say.

This was human smuggling, not tourism. How could they just add passengers so casually?! Of course, he absolutely didn't dare voice this to Wu Gui. He could only go back and continue to persuade other customers.

It didn't take long for some of the people on that side to cause a ruckus.

"You just told us to give up two spots, and now you want us to give up yet another spot? Old man, don't be too greedy!" An elegant and youthful-looking girl had a face full of anger at this moment.

"That's right. You're so amazing just because you're the reincarnation of a great power?" Another person also spoke up, but their voice was much quieter. They clearly recognized Wu Gui.

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[1] Easter egg: Hidden game feature or surprise

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Regarding Gu Nan, many people now knew that he'd already advanced to Star Ruler Realm.

After all, he displayed that power once in Tiluo World, and although the recent events in White Bones Realm hadn't really spread yet, lots of people still knew about it.

But not many people truly understood Wu Gui's actual strength and inside information.

Many believed her strength to be between that of Star Rulers with and without astral worlds. Furthermore, some actually believed she hadn't even ascended to Star Ruler Realm yet.

If she hadn't captured a portion of Nirvana Heaven's origin, her reputation would likely be even less well-known.

But even so, the person who dared to challenge Wu Gui to her face clearly wouldn't be ordinary either.historical

Yan Weng's face was full of anxiety, but he also didn't dare run over and ask Gu Nan for help, so he could only keep trying to earnestly persuade the others.

In fact, Yan Weng didn't have many available spots for each human smuggling flight. The maximum number of passengers per trip wouldn't exceed ten, and he only had eight spots this time.

Besides Gu Nan and his group, the people over there were divided into two groups with three people on each side, which just happened to correspond to the remaining six spots.

After Lu Xinhuan and Zhong Die joined, the two sides each gave up one spot with great reluctance after Yan Weng finally managed to persuade them. But when they heard Yan Weng still wanted more, they immediately couldn't endure it anymore.

Lu Xinhuan first greeted Wu Gui and also showed due respect. Of course, it wasn't as exaggerated as when facing Gu Nan.

Then she pointed to Yan Weng's side and explained, "Of those two groups of people, one side is from Major Martial Realm, and the other side should be locals from Heavenly Province World."

In a sense, Gu Nan and Wu Gui's network of contacts were too high level and directly involved Star Ruler Realm, so Lu Xinhuan was actually more familiar with small fries like these.

Gu Nan also had a run-in with people from Major Martial Realm before. People from that realm once reincarnated into Crescent Moon World to carry out a mission.

"Let's go," Gu Nan immediately said. Since everyone had arrived, he had no intention of waiting any longer.

Lu Xinhuan glanced at him and knew that this one probably didn't care about her explanation at all.

Wu Gui naturally had no objections. The group quickly reached the ship. Gu Nan patted Yan Weng's shoulder. "Who has a problem?"

The beautiful and youthful young girl dressed in modern clothes raised her head and spoke up, "Even if you guys are strong, don't you also have to listen to reason? Don't you understand the principle of 'first come, first served'?!"

Her two companions also stood behind her supportively, staring at this side warily. Of course, they were mostly watching Wu Gui.

All three of them were Void Cutters. After all, those willing to head to the World of Gods were all people who had confidence in their own strength.

Even if the three of them couldn't defeat the reincarnation of the Buddha of Ten Thousand Samsara, it was always possible to stall her for a while. And under these special circumstances, even if the other party might be a Star Ruler, they should still compromise, right?

After all, once things spiralled out of control, nobody would be able to board the ship.

The young girl acted this way precisely because she was certain of this. After being firm and unyielding for a while, she then said with a smile, "But it's not necessarily impossible for us to give up another spot—"

Her voice came to an abrupt end here. Because under the faint lighting, her shadow on the ground suddenly rose up and turned into several shadow tendrils that dragged her entire body into her own shadow.

The young girl's life force, soul, and laws all disappeared at the same time. It was as if someone completely erased all traces of her existence in the human world.

The two behind her paled, but then they felt a chill under their feet. The same shadow tendrils were already behind their backs…

"There are enough spots now. Let's go," Gu Nan said to the few people around him.

After the three were swallowed by their shadows, three spots suddenly became available, and people from the other group were even spared the awkward situation of being forced to give up a spot.

The scene fell dead silent. Wu Gui, Lu Xinhuan, and the others naturally weren't surprised. The remaining group of three all had tense, vigilant expressions, while Yan Weng had a bitter smile.

He was already considering how to emphasize his lack of involvement in the deaths of the three just now.

Only two people's gazes remained on Gu Nan. One was the little girl Zhong Die. She had yet to experience much of the world, so she didn't think killing three people like this was anything shocking. Rather, she felt that this person was indeed powerful.

The other was Zi Dian. His thoughts were much more complicated. When he first met Gu Nan, the other party was just a normal Void Cutter, but now he was already a famous Star Ruler powerhouse whose name shook the Myriad Heavens Universe.

He knew that Gu Nan's realm advanced rapidly in his early years, almost as if cultivation realms were nonexistent and breakthroughs were as simple as eating a meal, but he didn't expect that not even Star Ruler Realm's harsh requirements could stop Gu Nan's rapid growth.

Regardless of what Zi Dian was thinking, the group finally set foot on the starship.

……

The process of the starship breaking through the dimensional wall and entering the World of Gods was uneventful.

In fact, what was needed to temporarily break through the dimensional wall wasn't some unique secret technique; it was merely a special material.

People in the Myriad Heavens Universe called it a space-time crystal. With this special crystal, breaking the dimensional wall wouldn't be a difficult task.

But this resource was quite rare and was generally controlled by the Thirteen Heavens. Yan Weng also happened across a piece by chance, which was why he entered this business.

"The World of Gods!" Gu Nan stood upon the land full of dried-up bones in the Undead Kingdom. Staring at this familiar scene, his gaze suddenly drifted a little.

"So you're from the World of Gods." Wu Gui stood beside him and revealed a look of realization.

She personally witnessed Gu Nan advance to Void Cutter Realm, so of course she didn't believe he was the reincarnation of some Heavenly Demon. She was also quite curious about Gu Nan's origins.

Only now, when she saw Gu Nan's "I'm back" expression, did she finally determine his origin.

'So he's a visitor from another world!'

Gu Nan didn't refute this. He just smiled and said, "You can think of it that way."

He sighed with emotion. If he had just transmigrated here initially, his development probably would've been much smoother.

Not long after, a young man dressed in a gray robe trotted over. He was probably here to welcome Lu Xinhuan and Zhong Die.

"My Lords, why don't you come with us to the lodgings first." Lu Xinhuan asked with a smile, "May I inquire about your destination…?"

"Sandro's tomb. Oh, the people here probably call it the Sacred Catacombs of the Undead," Gu Nan said casually.

"The Sacred Catacombs of the Undead?" The young man next to him revealed an odd look. "As far as I know, the locations of the Three Holy Lands are continuously changing. Among them, the Sacred Catacombs even has nine entrances, some of which are fake, but even that isn't fixed, so we don't know which entrances are real at any given moment."

This wasn't Lu Xinhuan's first time visiting the Undead Kingdom, so she also heard the legend of the Three Holy Lands before. "It's indeed hard to determine which entrances to the Sacred Catacombs are real at this particular moment. My Lord might as well—"

"All nine are real. You guys can just find one at random and take me there," Gu Nan cut her off expressionlessly.

"What nonsense are you talking about?!" The gray-robed youth's voice suddenly rose, and the expression on his face turned a little mocking. "We've researched the entrances to the Sacred Catacombs for hundreds of years, and even the natives here think so… For what reason do you dare assert this?"

Gu Nan glanced at him and said blandly, "I cleared this dungeon before."

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The Sacred Catacombs of the Undead—of course Gu Nan cleared this dungeon before.

In fact, he knew a little about any slightly famous dungeon in the World of Gods and even personally cleared most of them before.

"The nine entrances to the Sacred Catacombs actually correspond to nine tombs. It's just that they're all placed next to each other." Gu Nan explained, "You guys think only Sandro was buried there, so of course you can only enter from one entrance."

To put it bluntly, the Sacred Catacombs of the Undead was nothing special. It was nothing more than nine great powers of the necromancy class all buried together. Each entrance corresponded to one necromancer, so each had to be opened in a different way.

But the legend circulating throughout the Undead Kingdom believed only the legendary necromancer Sandro was buried in the Sacred Catacombs, so people attempted to open all the entrances using only Sandro's method. Naturally, they could only open one entrance this way.

Gu Nan's confidence stunned the gray-robed youth.

But ultimately, it wasn't easy to change deep-rooted notions. The youth stared at Gu Nan doubtfully and muttered, "You say it like it's true…"

Gu Nan didn't speak again. With his personality, he normally wouldn't even have bothered with an explanation.

Perhaps returning to the World of Gods made him feel like he was back in the game, so his speech and mannerisms also became more laid-back.

Even when faced with clueless NPCs, he didn't mind taking on the role of an elder and imparting some game knowledge to them, even if they might not understand it.

……

A while later, the group arrived inside a city built entirely from white bones. It looked extremely magnificent, yet slightly dilapidated.

This city didn't really have a resounding reputation—it was simply called Skeleton City. However, it was one of the few major cities in the Undead Kingdom, so its actual status far exceeded its reputation.

"The three of you can rest here. Du Ke will immediately notify you of any news regarding an entrance to the Sacred Catacombs of the Undead," Lu Xinhuan guided Gu Nan and the others to a separate courtyard and said with a light smile.

Du Ke was the gray-robed youth from earlier and had already left to handle other matters.

In reality, with Lu Xinhuan's status, there was no need for her to personally act as a guide for Gu Nan, but perhaps because of her business background, she paid more attention to these kinds of details.

After Lu Xinhuan left, only Gu Nan and his two companions were left in the courtyard.

Zi Dian was the first to speak up, "There's something strange about this World of Gods. The space here seems to be particularly strong and difficult to break."

Zi Dian was also a top Void Cutter and might even take that final step and fully enter Star Ruler Realm at some point, so he was naturally sensitive to the world's oddities.

"Indeed." Wu Gui nodded. "It's very difficult for normal Void Cutters to open a spatial rift here. Even for me, I'm afraid that my coordinates will be slightly off if I try to open a passage here."

While discussing this, two turned to Gu Nan in unison, as if eager to hear his opinion.

With his knowledge of the World of Gods, he should know the most about this subject.

However, Gu Nan didn't have any intention of answering. From the time Zi Dian brought up space, his thoughts were already carried away on a tangent as he compared the two worlds.

Originally, Gu Nan had always looked for similarities between the Myriad Heavens Universe and the game world, and he did indeed find many similarities, such as the power system, as well as Star Rulers and gods.

But when he actually came to the World of Gods, which was extremely similar to the game world, he realized that the two plane clusters also had a large number of differences.

The most typical difference was in the world view.

Like Zi Dian said, the space in the World of Gods was very stable, and the "Legend Rank" here, which was equivalent to Void Cutter Realm, had almost no ability to tear open space, not unless they had some special laws.

Even most of the gods here frequently experienced a large deviation in their landing point when using spatial teleportation. To put it bluntly, the space was too stable, so it wasn't easy to manipulate.

Because of this, no one here could just casually enter someone else's Divine Kingdom, which was very different from the situation in the Myriad Heavens Universe.

Moreover, the two sides even had entirely different world systems.

The Myriad Heavens Universe was completely composed of the astral worlds of various Star Rulers, and the remaining ownerless territories were simply planes that hadn't been occupied by Star Rulers yet.

But the World of Gods was different. Here, the places with the highest concentration of powerhouses were the eleven main planes, and all the Diving Kingdoms, including those belonging to the greater gods, were only subsidiary planes that orbited the main planes.historical

The Undead Kingdom where Gu Nan's group was currently at was one of the main planes that had already been abandoned. It was filled with a large number of undead, and gods no longer came here to recruit followers.

"Gu Nan?" Wu Gui's slightly surprised voice snapped Gu Nan out of his contemplation. "You seem quite absentminded."

Gu Nan came back to his senses and nodded. "I just remembered some things. You guys can wait for news here; I still have some things to do. We'll enter the Scared Catacombs together after I return."

"Okay," Wu Gui agreed directly and didn't even ask Gu Nan if he needed any help. After all, he wasn't the type of person who'd hold back out of politeness if he did need help.

Gu Nan's figure soon disappeared, leaving only Zi Dian and Wu Gui. The former looked at Gu Nan's disappearing figure and remarked, "I really didn't expect for him to have already grown to this point in just a few short years."

"It might not necessarily be growth," Wu Gui replied expressionlessly. She had already concluded that Gu Nan was the reincarnation of a god from the World of Gods.

She believed he was just like her—who possessed all of her past life's memories and part of her past life's power—and experienced no bottlenecks when breaking through realms, so advancing was naturally as easy as breathing.

Zi Dian rubbed the scabbard in his hand and smiled. "Maybe we can investigate his origins here in the World of Gods… Even if we don't become his enemies in the future, it never hurts to know more about him."

……

Of course Gu Nan didn't know those two had already assumed that he was the reincarnation of a god and even wanted to investigate his origins in the World of Gods.

But he wouldn't care even if he did know. An Evil God's power was simply untraceable. It was a power exclusive to players, so much so that many native gods didn't even know about Evil Gods.

Of course he didn't suddenly leave on a whim. He really did have something to do.

Gu Nan never forgot his two goals for coming to the World of Gods. Firstly, to hunt down suitable gods to earn Evil Value for himself, and secondly, to find a suitable innately-gifted race to serve as his apostles.

There were actually many suitable gods to hunt, but with Gu Nan's current strength, gods worth 2,500 Evil Value weren't very easy to kill, at least not with 100% certainty.

That was why he voluntarily brought Wu Gui along after hearing what she needed.

Gu Nan's target this time was inside the Sacred Catacombs of the Undead, so he wasn't in a hurry to kill the target.

On one hand, he first had to subdue a race to be ready to attack at all times. On the other hand, he also needed certain special items to awaken the god slumbering in the Sacred Catacombs.

With Gu Nan's knowledge of the Undead Kingdom, it was naturally more convenient to resolve these two things together, so he quickly selected a destination:

The other major city of the Undead Kingdom, and also the central city belonging to the vampire clan—the Capital of Blood.

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Changing major gods to greater gods

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Back in Skeleton City, Lu Xinhuan was already swamped with work. She had her hands full handling some matters here and also taking care of the little baggage she brought out of the house.

"Big Sis Lu, when are we going to the Capital of Blood?!" Zhong Die was like a real butterfly[1, jumping up and down inside the room and fluttering all around Lu Xinhuan.

Lu Xinhuan rubbed her forehead helplessly. "The Ceremony of Blood will not start for another fifteen days. It's useless even if you go there now…"

"I don't care, I don't care! I want to see the vampire big sisters!" Zhong Die made a face like she had nothing left to live for. "This stupid Skeleton City just has skeletons everywhere. I'm bored to death!"

To be fair, as a gathering place for skeleton-type undead, Skeleton City had everything from skeleton soldiers to bone dragons, so there actually were interesting things here.

But Zhong Die came all the way from the Myriad Heavens Universe just to see the vampires described in novels, so how could she be happy about wasting time to look at skeletons?

The little Zhong Die was quite young, but she wasn't too weak and had steadily stepped into Prodigious Realm. However, she was still addicted to romance novels and was especially passionate about the subject of vampires.

But to sneak into the World of Gods just because of her love of vampire-themed novels—now that was a little insane.

What puzzled Lu Xinhuan even more was that Zhong Die's inscrutable father, Zhong Qinghe, actually agreed to the plan without another word and even personally formulated a route to smuggle his daughter into the World of Gods.

'This is probably just how Star Rulers are…' Lu Xinhuan could only attribute the cause to this.

But Zhong Qinghe's attitude was also the reason Lu Xinhuan dared to bring Zhong Die here, or else how could she have the guts to abduct a Star Ruler's daughter?

"Let's do this then: I'll have Du Ke take you to the Capital of Blood for a stroll first. But you must listen to him, do you understand?" Lu Xinhuan stared at Zhong Die seriously.

"I'll definitely be good!" The little girl looked like she was cheering excitedly.

……

Gu Nan was already walking in the streets of the Capital of Blood, the vampire clan's central city. It was a rare prosperous location within the Undead Kingdom.

No matter how gorgeous Skeleton City was, there was always a lifeless atmosphere about it, but the Capital of Blood was different.

Here, vampire girls in skimpy outfits, human girls kept in captivity by vampires, and necromancers wrapped in black robes could be seen everywhere.

Of course the Undead Kingdom didn't only contain the undead. This place was called an abandoned main plane only because it was barren and desolate in terms of faith, but it wasn't actually abandoned.

And the Capital of Blood was the gathering place of this plane's living beings. Even among the necromancers, who universally had eccentric characters, not everyone was willing to deal with corpses all day.

In contrast, of course the necromancers would much rather prefer the powerful and beautiful vampires as servants!

Gu Nan also thought so.

If he was looking for servants anyhow, vampires were undoubtedly the better choice. Being easy on the eyes was one aspect. On the other hand, their characteristics of high agility and high attack were also more suited for raiding Crescent Moon World's dungeon.

At the same time, vampires also possessed fairly good self-regeneration. Besides their lackluster defense and the fear of light, they were basically a weakened version of the Evil God physique.

There was only one vampire clan in the Capital of Blood. They had the surname "Raymond," which wasn't quite the same as the legends from Gu Nan's previous life.

But backstories were never of interest to Gu Nan. He still remembered how to trigger the mission to subdue vampires—that was enough.

A few moments later, Gu Nan had changed his attire and was wandering the streets of the Capital of Blood once again.

He was dressed in a long silver-gray trench coat, riding a dark-red nightmare beast whose four hooves were aflame. He looked like an unruly wastrel.

"Mister Knight, want to buy flowers?" A timid voice rang in Gu Nan's ears. It was a girl in a short skirt with light makeup on her face.

Her hands were completely empty, not at all like a girl selling flowers, but she looked at Gu Nan expectantly.

In the Capital of Blood, buying and selling flowers didn't refer to real flowers, but to the blood of virgins.

"What flowers are there?" Gu Nan asked calmly on the surface while thinking, 'It's here!'

The Capital of Blood had strict laws that prohibited vampires from sucking the blood of strangers at will, but there were always vampires who came out to find stimulation.

Gu Nan's current attire resembled a down-and-out vampire who had a little money and couldn't afford high-quality blood slaves, so he could only come here to sate his cravings.

The young girl's eyes lit up when she heard Gu Nan's answer. "Copper flowers, beast flowers, whispering flowers—I have them all!"

These were code words among the people and referred to humans, therianthropes, and half-elves, respectively.

"Is there a deathly crimson safflower?" Gu Nan's cold voice rang out, causing the young girl to freeze slightly.

Deathly crimson safflower was a species of flower unique to the Undead Kingdom, and in this city, it specifically referred to vampire maidens.

Vampires were able to suck the blood of other vampires, but doing so wouldn't give their bodies the necessary nutrients, so this was done purely for the pleasure of sucking blood.

To put it simply, the usual blood-sucking was like eating—it satisfied a physiological need for the vampires—while sucking blood from other vampires was like taking drugs. It could bring extra pleasure, but it was also a taboo.

The flower girl looked at Gu Nan with a strange gaze. No matter how one looked at it, a small-time "dealer" like her didn't seem like she could possibly have high grade goods like deathly crimson safflowers, so why would the other party ask this?

But the greed inside her heart didn't allow her to ponder this any longer—because coincidentally enough, she really did have a "deathly crimson safflower" in her hand.

……

Gu Nan sat alone in a dimly lit room. A somewhat messy bed was in front of him.

Knock, knock, knock.

The knocks on the door were neither too light nor too heavy, revealing the person's good upbringing, but the last two knocks seemed a bit rushed, revealing the apprehension in her heart.

"Come in."

Accompanied by Gu Nan's voice, a young girl in a long black dress walked in. Her white undergarments could still be seen under the gauze dress.

"My Lord." The maiden in a black dress saluted respectfully, trying to look less nervous. "You can call me—"

"Shana, that's your name, isn't it?" Gu Nan showed a faint smile and said softly.

"Who… Who are you?!" Shana only felt a chill in her heart as her original nervousness exploded out all at once; even her voice trembled slightly.

'He actually knows my identity… Don't tell me my family found out about what I'm doing and sent him to punish me?'

"No need to be nervous. As you can see, I am a prophet." Gu Nan said with a smile, "You seem to be very short on money, which is why you snuck out with hopes of raising money by selling your blood to other vampires?"

Shana's gaze took on some coldness, as well as some wariness, as she whispered, "Yes."

The prophet class indeed existed in this world, but Shana was completely unable to trust the other party.

"Someone killed your parents, and you want to take revenge?"

"You want to become the world's greatest vampire and rule the Capital of Blood?"

"You—"historical

"That's enough!" Shana interrupted icily, "I don't know where you learned about my identity and past, but don't even think about using these to tease me!"

Gu Nan showed a noncommittal expression, but the faint smile on his face remained unchanged. "Your older brother will soon make his move against you. I'll find you again before the Ceremony of Blood starts."

Shana, however, just gave him a fierce glare, then got up and practically ran out of the room.

Gu Nan also walked out afterwards. The "flower" girl was guarding the door—she couldn't afford to be careless with such an expensive deal involving a deathly crimson safflower.

"So fast?" She looked at Gu Nan suspiciously. The latter didn't seem to have any blood on the corners of his lips. "Pay up now that you're done. Don't renege now!"

After saying this, the figures of several men walked out from behind her, each with a scimitar at his waist. They were actually the Drow Swordfighters well-known in the underworld.

In this kind of narrow terrain, Drow Swordfighters could bring out 200% of their combat power.

"Okay." Gu Nan nodded with a light smile.

The next instant, several shadows swooped out of the ground and instantly submerged these people along with the flower-selling girl.

"Killing the shopkeeper is a good habit," Gu Nan muttered words only he could understand while walking outside.

T/N:

[1] Zhong Die's first name (Die) means butterfly

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Vampire Maiden Shana was a famous quest chain in his past life. It was a chance for players to take full control of the Raymond clan and even control the Capital of Blood as long as it was completed well.

In the game, almost every single large territory would have such and such clues to pique the player's interest in slowly progressing through the quest chains.

If the game didn't design these sorts of plot-relevant clues that contained plotlines, players would probably all choose to slaughter the city and be done with it.

And now, this design originally intended to increase the player's interest in the city worked in Gu Nan's favor.

Among the missions available in the Capital of Blood, Shana's quest chain was the easiest way for players to take control of the vampire clan, but it wasn't very useful if one wanted to intervene in the overall situation of the Capital of Blood.

But Gu Nan's goal was none other than to control the Raymond clan; he wasn't interested in the Capital of Blood to begin with.

As long as the player helped Shana through the following trials and let her embark on a training pilgrimage outside, then in just two months, she would become a Legend Rank powerhouse in one fell swoop.

By then, Classmate Shana would be returning with honor, but she'd still need the player's help to truly control the Raymond clan.

After all, Legend Rank powerhouses couldn't be considered invincible yet. There were over ten Legend Rank princes sitting within just one vampire clan.

'After sending Shana off, I can go pick up that item…' Gu Nan walked down the streets of the Capital of Blood, planning out the itinerary in his mind.

Returning to the World of Gods gave Gu Nan a feeling of having everything under control, because all the people and things here were recorded in his mind… Wait a minute.

Gu Nan suddenly realized something was wrong when he walked past a building and paused.

In front of him stood an antique pavilion made entirely of mahogany that was full of classic oriental beauty. The plaque even had the words "Qinghe Pavilion" on it.

Gu Nan wasn't an immortal—he naturally couldn't recall the name of the building that should originally have been here, but he was certain it wasn't something like Qinghe Pavilion.

Or rather, there should be no such thing in the game. This architectural style was clearly the style of the Myriad Heavens Universe!

"Big Brother Gu Nan!" A pleasantly surprised shout came from ahead.

Gu Nan glanced up and saw Zhong Die standing outside Qinghe Pavilion, followed by Du Ke.

As Lu Xinhuan's charge, Zhong Die also traveled all the way to the World of Gods with Gu Nan's group, so they were considered acquaintances. Thus, Gu Nan nodded and asked, "Why are you guys here?"

"I came to see the Ceremony of Blood!" Zhong Die said excitedly. When she saw Gu Nan's gaze fall on the building behind her, she explained, "You mean this? This is my family's business!"

Gu Nan suddenly understood when he heard that.

Qinghe Realm, Zhong Qinghe, Qinghe Pavilion… Zhong Qinghe, this first-generation Star Ruler of Qinghe Realm, had always liked to name his properties after himself. Not even his astral world was spared.

That meant Qinghe Pavilion was this Star Ruler's business. His reach extended all the way to the World of Gods.

Gu Nan finally realized how this world was different from the world inside his past life's game.

The existence of the Myriad Heavens Universe made an inherent difference. The two worlds weren't completely isolated from each other. Skills, knowledge, and even power systems—there may be situations where information about them could be exchanged between the two worlds.

Especially in the case of a business-oriented astral world like Qinghe Realm, it was all too normal for its forces to spread across the World of Gods.

On the other hand, the fact that the two worlds knew about each other's existence would also affect the decisions made by their respective middle and upper echelons.

The gods frequently fought with each other in the game, but now that an outsider called the Myriad Heavens Universe existed, the internal fighting between the gods might not be as intense anymore.

All in all, the Myriad Heavens Universe was an oversized butterfly. Through the butterfly effect it brought about, it was entirely possible that the World of Gods became something completely different from the one Gu Nan was familiar with.

'I can't trust the game's history too much, but some knowledge won't be affected.' Gu Nan immediately made a judgment in his mind, adjusting his train of thought for this trip.

If he still based everything off of the game's exact history, then his plans might go wrong at some point.historical

Zhong Die was still rambling incoherently to Gu Nan. Her train of thought was very jumpy; she could go from talking about disgusting zombie soldiers to delicious blood drinks all of a sudden.

That's right, delicious blood drinks.

It would be too naive to truly believe Zhong Die to be a sweet, innocent girl.

Bai Qiaozhen, who was also the daughter of a Star Ruler, already had the experience of ruling an entire realm. Even if Zhong Die wasn't really interested in management, it was still impossible for her to be a naive, innocent girl.

But it wasn't like she was the sort of person who hid her true nature and feelings behind layers of masks either. Rather, she was purely passionate about her hobbies—passionate to the point of obsession.

"Big Brother Gu Nan, let's go to the gladiator arena. I want to see them get killed!" Zhong Die tugged at Gu Nan's sleeve while saying some astonishing things.

Du Ke, who was listening from the side, sweated profusely. Originally, he was quite happy to act as a guide for the eldest miss at Lu Xinhuan's behest. Of course he'd obtain a lot of benefits if he could be on good terms with the daughter of a Star Ruler.

But after truly coming into contact with this eldest miss, he realized the terrifying thing about Zhong Die.

"Do you like blood a lot?" Gu Nan couldn't help asking while looking at Zhong Die, who was gulping down the Capital of Blood's unique "blood drink" at an insane pace.

This blood drink really did use the fresh blood of various creatures as raw materials and was concocted by mixing them together. No other race besides vampires would like it.

Even after processing it so that the drink no longer had the pungent smell of blood and the taste was exactly the same as normal drinks, non-vampires still didn't like it.

"Yeah!" When talking about this topic, Zhong Die inexplicably looked excited again. Of course, she'd been exuberant ever since she reached the Capital of Blood.

"I've liked blood ever since I was very young! But bleeding hurts so much… that's why watching others bleed is the best!" Zhong Die said with an innocent smile on her face.

She said this with complete sincerity—she believed this from the bottom of her heart.

A blood fetishist who doesn't want to bleed because of the pain, so she likes to watch others bleed instead—Gu Nan characterized her as such in his mind.

Setting aside the unique fetish of liking blood, Zhong Die was indeed a young girl quite inexperienced with the ways of the world. She wasn't even too wary of strangers.

Since he also had to wait for the Ceremony of Blood to start and wait until Shana left to get that item, Gu Nan was strolling around idly for the time being. Thus, he didn't mind going along with Zhong Die for now.

On the other hand, he was also eager to see what kind of changes would occur when visitors from the Myriad Heavens Universe entered the game's original plotline.

And the Capital of Blood's gladiator arena had just the right mission that could be triggered.

"Okay." So Gu Nan nodded.

Zhong Die grinned so wide that her eyes curved into crescents. Just because she was naive didn't mean she was ignorant of power—she was equally happy to get closer to a super powerful big brother like Gu Nan.

What's more, whether her trip to the World of Gods would end successfully depended on him.

Zhong Die's gaze shifted to Du Ke, who understood her meaning and hurriedly said, "When it comes to gladiator arenas—"

"Let's go to the Central Gladiator Arena," Gu Nan cut him off.

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From its name, the Central Gladiator Arena should be the centermost gladiator arena, but in reality, it was merely one of three large gladiator arenas in the Capital of Blood.

Due to poor management, the Central Gladiator Arena had already entered a state of decline. It was in constant danger of being surpassed by the two new arenas and might be tossed out of the ranks of the "Big Three" at any time.

However, it was precisely because of this that the Central Gladiator Arena began to prepare programs with lower and lower bottom lines in order to attract more customers, and the level of bloodshed here far exceeded that of its peers.

Over time, the Central Gladiator Arena really did create a new path.

Nowadays, not only were the onstage arena matches filled with all kinds of bloodshed and violence, but even the spectators came to blows.

But the arena's officials deliberately ignored such fights and tacitly allowed this behavior. They even secretly influenced public opinion, describing their own gladiator arena as the "men's battlefield."

The three of them had just arrived at the arena entrance when a burly man crashed down onto the ground in front of them, blood gushing out from a big gash in his abdomen.

"Is it interesting?" Gu Nan's expression didn't even change. Instead, he turned and asked Zhong Die.

Zhong Die shook her head with a disgusted look. "I only like pretty big sisters, preferably virgins."

"Oh, then this hobby of yours is indeed a bit like the vampire race." Gu Nan nodded. Disdaining men and only preferring the blood of young virgins was one of the characteristics of vampires.

Gu Nan unhurriedly stepped over the burly man while several people rushed out from the arena's entrance and pointed behind Gu Nan, shouting, "There! Cut him down!"

These men each carried an ax in their hands and had ferocious expressions on their faces. The ax blades still had obvious bloodstains on them.

Zhong Die and Du Ke, who'd fallen a step behind, were right next to the burly man at this time. Du Ke was so scared that his face paled, while little Zhong Die was watching with interest.

"Let's go," Gu Nan's calm voice rang out as he waved to the two, signaling for them to continue on their way.

"But…" Du Ke looked at the fierce ax wielders coming towards them, afraid that if he continued to move forward, they'd cut down him and Zhong Die as well.

However, what surprised him was that the group passed by him without even raising their heads and started hacking at the burly man on the ground.

When the burly man was mutilated to a bloody pulp and practically cut into mincemeat, these people finally jerked up and bowed in unison at Gu Nan and his companions. "Welcome to the Central Gladiator Arena!"

Du Ke was stunned, but Gu Nan went back and patted little Zhong Die's head. "This is a show unique to the Central Gladiator Arena. It's performed dozens of times every day."

"Ah, so it's a show," Du Ke let out a relieved sigh and said with a smile.

Although he came to the Undead Kingdom over ten years ago, this was actually his first time visiting the Capital of Blood. He usually worked in Skeleton City.

"But it's so realistic." Little Zhong Die studied the bloody mincemeat on the ground and even poked it twice with a tree branch.

"Of course it's realistic." Gu Nan burst into loud laughter. "Because this person was actually hacked to death!"

……

The realistic performance at the entrance to the Central Gladiator Arena probably scared poor Du Ke, who had a pale expression as he followed Zhong Die listlessly.

Little Zhong Die, however, seemed completely oblivious to this. She couldn't care less about violence and bloodshed and held no empathy for the loss of life.

"What are you doing here in the Capital of Blood?"

"To join the Ceremony of Blood, of course."

"Oh, do you want to be bitten and turned into a vampire?"

"Yes!" Zhong Die grinned so wide that her eyes curved into crescents. "That way, I'll have the perfect excuse to drink blood… I heard that sucking blood feels very comfortable to them, is it true?"

"It's true." Gu Nan nodded very earnestly.

Little Zhong Die smiled even more joyfully and didn't even ask Gu Nan how he knew. She just looked at the gladiator arena below with a smile.

A werewolf and a human were currently fighting to the death in the arena. Half of the werewolf's head was already split open, but he was still fighting to the end.

The human opponent, on the other hand, kept toying with him. Slash after slash, he left gashes all over the werewolf's body.

While attacking his opponent, the human was even waving his other hand at the spectators—he was mainly putting on a gory show for the audience patrons.

"They're too ugly." However the blood-splattered scene didn't seem to pique Zhong Die's interest too much.

"There are vampire gladiators here too, as long as you can afford to pay," Gu Nan said with a smile.

Zhong Die's eyes suddenly lit up, and her head swung around with a swish to look at Du Ke pleadingly, while a troubled smile began to appear on the latter's face.

……

Outside the city gates of the Capital of Blood, a black-robed man slowly appeared and walked to a shady corner.

"The target is in the Central Gladiator Arena," the black-robed man's voice seemed to echo far away when it reached the corner.

A long time later, a response traveled out from the shadowy corner, "There's a Legend Rank powerhouse in the Central Gladiator Arena. There's a change in plans. We will switch to assassination."

"Yes." The black-robed man was silent for a while, then asked, "My Lord, dare I ask which faction the Legend Rank powerhouse is from?"

"An outsider."

……

Inside the Central Gladiator Arena, two graceful vampires, one male and one female, were standing on the arena. They gazed at each other with clear worry in their eyes.

"Hurry up and fight! Hurry up and fight!"

"You damned vampires, hurry up and fight!"

"Blood-sucking monsters, you guys really are slow!"

The two stood across from each other in the arena, yet neither attacked. This already caused the audience below the stage to shout with great dissatisfaction.

"That's right! Fight now!" Little Zhong Die was also screaming with a frenzied look on her face, just like the most obsessive fan.

Only, no celebrity would be happy with a fan like her—this was a fan who wanted the celebrity's life.

But the excited Zhong Die didn't realize that a man and a woman were quickly walking over.

"Zhong Die, is this what you meant by liking vampires?" Lu Xinhuan's cold voice traveled over, while the person herself was already standing in front of Zhong Die.

Du Ke hurriedly stood up, looking like a great weight was lifted off his mind. "Miss Lu, you're finally here."

He wasn't faking his emotions. During this tortuous time, he was almost driven crazy by Gu Nan and Zhong Die.

It was precisely because of this that he secretly contacted Lu Xinhuan, hoping she would come over and handle things here.

Zhong Die's voice came to an abrupt halt, as if a good girl had come out to visit a bar one day and was caught red-handed when she suddenly ran into her family.

She somewhat sheepishly put her hands behind her back and mumbled, "I just like to watch vampires fight is all… Big Brother Gu Nan, save me!"

As soon as she said that, she quickly ran behind Gu Nan and only peeked her head out, making a face at Lu Xinhuan.

Lu Xinhuan was absolutely furious. After connecting the dots with Zhong Die's actions over the past few days, how could she still not realize she'd been tricked all along!

'Romance novels, wanting to see handsome vampire boys and beautiful vampire girls… Yeah right!'

"Lord Gu Nan, please hand Miss Zhong over to us." Lu Xinhuan took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down.

Zhong Die looked up nervously, glancing at Gu Nan's profile. This was already the best chance she could think of to break away from Lu Xinhuan's control.

Gu Nan smiled as he patted little Zhong Die's head. "Nope."

He didn't give any reason, nor did he offer any exchange or compensation. A no was a no.

The corners of Lu Xinhuan's mouth twitched slightly. She, who was fully aware of Gu Nan's power, didn't know what to say for a while.historical

On the contrary, the middle-aged man who came along with her but never spoke until now revealed a smile.

"Miss Lu, do you require this humble one's help?" The middle-aged man smiled and said, "I can have these two companions of yours temporarily leave the Central Gladiator Arena."

"On what grounds? Who are you!" Zhong Die instantly exploded. She was still waiting to watch the fight between the vampires below!

The middle-aged man looked at Zhong Die as his smile grew wider. "One of the three owners of this gladiator arena. My name is No—"

His expression suddenly froze as a hand of shadow gripped his neck and slammed him hard onto the arena.

"You'll be dead soon, Classmate Noken." Gu Nan said with a smile, "As a sacrifice to start off the quest."

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Night Elf Baron Noken, one of the three owners of the Central Gladiator Arena, had a notable reputation in the Capital of Blood, but in Gu Nan's eyes, he was just a key used to trigger the mission.

The quest chain at the Central Gladiator Arena was quite simple.

There were two forces that both wanted to kill this Noken. One of them chose to do it themselves, while the other side arranged for two vampire assassins to go undercover.

These two vampire assassins were the same two currently standing in the arena.

In fact, these two were a vampire couple, but they weren't from the Capital of Blood, much less the Raymond clan, which was why they fell to such dire straits and were coerced to come here as gladiators in order to find an opportunity to assassinate their target.

Originally, in this mission, the player would get a clue like "the two rare vampire gladiators seem to be related to this matter," then uncover the identity of the assassination target from the two vampires.

The next step was simple: send Noken to the vampire couple so that they could kill him before the other faction assassinated Noken.

The reward was a promise from the two vampires to do one thing for the player, as long as it was within their power.

This "within their power" really did mean anything within their power and weren't just fanciful words protagonists threw out.

As long as they could do it, they wouldn't hesitate at all. The player could even have the female vampire sleep with them, or they could order the two vampires to kill each other—they would still immediately attack each other.

Of course, the two would stop before the final blow because neither could bear to kill the other, and the promise would become void.

However, the correct use of this reward was to have the two vampires each contribute a part of their origin blood.

They were from a special clan. When their origin blood was mixed together, it could turn a normal vampire into an extraordinarily talented first-generation Vampire Ancestor, which was a benefit designed for vampire players.historical

And this was exactly what Gu Nan wanted.

Since Zhong Die intended to accept the siring and become a vampire, Gu Nan didn't mind helping her out again.

Of course, his help wasn't without purpose. If Zhong Die could fill the role of a "player" and participate in the storyline events, then she'd have a higher chance of eventually taking control of the Raymond clan than Shana.

Ever since he discovered that forces from the Myriad Heavens Universe would also affect the World of Gods, Gu Nan no longer completely trusted his own memories and must prepare some more backup plans.

On the other hand, something very interesting will happen at the end to players taking the vampire route…

Endless thoughts swirled through Gu Nan's mind, while the present situation was in the midst of a sudden change.

Unfortunately for little Zhong Die, she wouldn't be able to see two vampires fight to the death anymore, because the pair that was still distressed seconds ago suddenly saw a present fall from the sky as Noken appeared directly in front of them. How could they still hold back when the target was right before their eyes?

The two figures simultaneously pounced on Noken. Their hands turned into crimson light that directly shot into Noken's chest with astonishing power.

All this happened so fast that Noken himself still had a stunned look on his face, as if he couldn't believe that he'd die like this.

In the audience seats below the arena, a black-robed man let out a low roar of anger and slapped the wall of the arena with his palm, almost slapping a hole in the wall.

He had come under the order of "change of plan, assassinate the target," but Noken had already died in front of him before the new plan could even be carried out!

His eyes shifted to the arena, glaring fixedly at Lu Xinhuan's back.

"Qing! He! Pavilion!" The black-robed man hatefully repeated this name that had a somewhat odd pronunciation. They wouldn't have needed to change their plans if not for the sudden appearance of this Legend Rank powerhouse.

With Noken dead, the two vampires didn't hesitate anymore and immediately spread open wings of blood, flying into the sky.

"Follow me," Gu Nan's voice sounded in Zhong Die's ears.

……

After night fell, two figures traversed through the forest. Their footsteps were a bit hurried, one might even say disorderly, but they also contained some inexplicable lightheartedness.

"We're free, Natasha! We're free at last!" The man's voice echoed through the forest, startling a few birds in the curtain of night.

"Yes, we… are free." Natasha's voice was just a little more mellow, but all the same, the excitement in it couldn't be hidden, "After we leave—"

"I'm very sorry, both of you," a voice came from the small wooden cabin in front of them, causing the two to look up in shock.

The two of them personally built this cabin when they first came to the Capital of Blood. Not even the people who coerced them knew about it, so how could someone be lurking here?

Gu Nan's figure slowly appeared, followed by the curious Zhong Die and the silent Lu Xinhuan.

"The two of you might not have gained your freedom yet." Gu Nan stared at them with a calm gaze and said indifferently, "I was the one who delivered Noken to you. According to your clan's precepts, you guys must pay the corresponding price."

The vampire clans' precepts were very strict rules imprinted in their bloodlines. The price for breaking it was unimaginable.

A skeptical player with a vampire character once tried… and then he deleted his account.

Natasha's beautiful face had already lost all color, while the male vampire could only grit his teeth and say, "Don't even think about using this to threaten us. Even if the clan precepts exist, we only need to—"

"Shut up, I want both of your origin blood," Gu Nan rudely interrupted.

The vampire couple's faces stiffened slightly as they involuntarily exchanged a glance. The price of their origin blood wasn't completely unacceptable. It was also extremely precious, but compared to their freedom…

"Alright." Natasha was the first to nod.

……

A few moments later, the two vampires had left, while Gu Nan had an additional bottle of pale golden liquid in his hand.

"Is this bottle of blood useful?" Zhong Die stared at the medicine bottle Gu Nan shook around and revealed a "simple and honest" smile. "Why don't you let me drink it? I'm so thirsty…"

Gu Nan's face had a mysterious smile. "If you can successfully accept the siring, I will give it to you as a present."

"Deal!" Zhong Die hurriedly agreed. The purpose of her trip was precisely to enter the Ceremony of Blood and receive the siring, so this was practically a gift with no strings attached!

"Absolutely not!" Lu Xinhuan, however, shouted from behind the two.

Gu Nan slowly turned his head and studied at her with an interested gaze, but he also had no intention of attacking.

His gaze caused a slight chill in Lu Xinhuan's heart, but she still insisted, "Zhong Die, you're the daughter of a respected Star Ruler. How can you just turn into a vampire?!"

She originally thought Zhong Die was just curious and wanted to come here to see what vampires looked like and witness the Ceremony of Blood in passing… but who would've thought that her true goal was to turn herself into a vampire all along!

"What's wrong being a vampire?" Zhong Die argued.

Lu Xinhuan's expression darkened. After a while, she finally replied, "Nonhuman races will not have humanity's best interests at heart! Lord Gu Nan, you are also a human…"

"I'm not though?" Gu Nan's expression said don't look at me, this has nothing to do with me.

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Gu Nan's blunt reply made Lu Xinhuan freeze for a moment.

Only then did she recall rumors that the one in front of her was the reincarnation of a Heavenly Demon—could it be true?

But she quickly shook her head. Now wasn't the time to wonder about Gu Nan's identity. Instead, she had to change Zhong Die's mind— 'A lowly foreign race like vampires…'

Outside the wooden cabin, Gu Nan just watched the two women argue without any intention of intervening or "mediating" by force.

He wanted to see if Zhong Die's will was firm and if she had enough willpower to complete his plan and forge a new path for him.

His arrangement for Zhong Die wasn't related to the mission itself. It was a backup plan he prepared for the mission, and at the same time, it was also an experiment.

He wanted to test what would happen if an NPC who didn't originally exist in the game filled the role of the player and continued on that path.

To do this, the three views of the NPC itself mustn't be too close to normal. It was clearly impossible to find a real player, so someone so purehearted to the point of obsession like Zhong Die was already quite good.

……

Inside the sanctuary handling the Ceremony of Blood, a man whose skin was pale to the point of appearing sickly reassured someone with a faint smile, "You can rest assured, Miss Lu."

After a pause, the man gently took a sip of the red liquid in his cup. "Since you've already talked to us, the person you named will never pass the test."

"Then we leave it in your hands, Mr. Stanton." Lu Xinhuan likewise revealed a smile and sighed with relief. "As for our reward, rest assured that we won't let you down."

Lu Xinhuan hadn't been in the World of Gods for long and wasn't quite used to the way of speaking here.

However, the results of her multiple inquiries showed that Stanton had a rather good reputation.

Although greedy, he wouldn't break his promise after accepting the money. And for Qinghe Pavilion, any problem that could be settled with money wasn't a problem at all.

The two had an amicable discussion, but the Ceremony of Blood had yet to start, so Lu Xinhuan didn't stay for long and quickly left.

Du Ke was already waiting by the door. "Miss Lu, we can rest a bit easier now with Stanton pulling the strings from within."

Stanton was one of the preliminary examiners for this test. Although it was hard for him to guarantee with 100% certainty that a candidate would pass, it wasn't hard for him to disqualify someone.

"It's still not enough." But Lu Xinhuan shook her head. "We need to have a backup plan."

……

In a flash, it was nearly half a month later, marking the start of the Ceremony of Blood. It was the day the Raymond clan openly recruited new descendants.

But today was also a special day for the Raymond clansmen who were already vampires, because today, some of them would be erased from the Raymond clan registry and lose the right to use the Raymond surname.

For a clan, the number of clansmen with that surname was always fixed. Every year, the number of people who joined the clan was equal to the number of people being kicked out.

Of course these new recruits also had the risk of being erased from the clan registry, and vampires who lost their surnames would suffer even worse fates. They would never be able to restore their identity again.

Vampires stripped of their surnames basically lost their "political authority" and could no longer hold any position within the clan, nor would they have access to any resources ever again.

Shana sat in front of a round table. Her long blonde hair was a bit disheveled and she looked haggard. She seemed very troubled.

Of course she was troubled, because she was on the list of clan members who were about to have their surnames erased today.

She was considered to have tarnished the glory of the clan and was found unworthy of being a vampire descendant because the fact that she secretly went out to act as a blood slave for money was discovered.

"What should I do?" These four words kept echoing in Shana's head. In fact, she still had a last resort, but she just didn't want to consider it—leave the Capital of Blood and become a wandering rogue vampire.

Losing her dignity and status as a noble and becoming a wanderer—something that normally seemed unimaginable now had a chance of happening.

Compared to losing even her surname, there was at least a chance of turning things around if she became a wanderer.

"But you've gotta be able to escape this place first," Gu Nan's voice sounded directly in Shana's ears, as if he completely saw through her thoughts. His remark was cutting.

"It's you!" Shana stood up fiercely and dashed up to Gu Nan.

She would never forget that face of his. She wouldn't have been discovered by the clan if it wasn't for him, let alone end up in this situation!

"You still don't understand?" Gu Nan smiled and explained, "Your dear brother has been watching you for a long time. As long as you receive a client even once, no matter what the result is, your secret will definitely be exposed."

Shana's quest chain was triggered through "buying flowers." If the player didn't try to buy flowers, then she wouldn't be bought by anyone.

The reason was very simple. Besides players who had nothing better to do, absolutely nobody would ask a girl selling flowers on the street whether she had any high quality goods like "deathly crimson safflowers" in stock.

This was just as unreliable as someone asking you "Mister, want to play?" on the streets, and getting the answer "How much is Big Sis Chi Ling[1]?"

Shana's delicate face turned deathly pale. After a long silence, she finally asked, "How can you help me, and what price do I need to pay?"

Her train of thought was very clear. Perhaps there were people in this world who would help her for free, but the one in front of her was clearly not such a person.

"I can give you power." Gu Nan's expression remained tranquil. "In exchange, your life will belong to me."

A trace of helplessness and desperation flashed through Shana's dark green eyes, but in the end, she nodded.

A moment later, the extremely obscure law of shadows turned into a jet black dagger that sunk into Shana's chest, circling around her heart.

"Go on now, don't disappoint me." Gu Nan revealed a strange smile.

……

The Capital of Blood's much-anticipated Ceremony of Blood finally started, and on this day, vampires slowly walked out, one after another.

The men were handsome while the women were beautiful. Just from appearances alone, vampires were indeed one of the races blessed by heaven.

"Ladies and gentlemen." A male vampire stood on the high platform and said to the audience below, "In this year's Ceremony of Blood, ten lucky people will have the honor of joining the noble Raymond clan…"

"Oh, apologies," he said after a pause.

"This humble one just received word that a despicable clan member has chosen to defect and fled. Before we kill her and take back her surname, the number of lucky people this time… will only be nine."

"Only nine, huh." Zhong Die stood beside Gu Nan and glanced around her.historical

Around a hundred people were lined by her side. Most of them were her competitors.

"Big Sis Lu will surely think of ways to stop me, right?" She looked up at the stage again.

"Of course," Gu Nan offhandedly replied. "But it doesn't matter. The only thing she can use is money. Sometimes, money isn't all-powerful. By the way, did you bring the umbrella I asked you to bring?"

"I brought it." Zhong Die nodded honestly.

"Mm… There are a few other lucky fellows as well." Gu Nan glanced into the crowd of examinees, a few of whom also brought umbrellas.

Then Zhong Die saw him wave his hand, and a fine black rain began to fall from the sky.

……

The vampire on the stage was still speaking with assurance and composure, while Stanton was sitting inside the sanctuary, looking at the list in his hand.

He easily found Zhong Die's name with little effort. After all, it had such an odd pronunciation.

A smile appeared on Stanton's face as he gently scratched a mark next to Zhong Die's name, then handed the list to the companion next to him.

"Please don't let this person pass the qualifying round."

"Piece of cake." Bernoulli, who was also an examiner, didn't even raise his head and casually agreed after casting a cursory glance at the name.

They'd done countless similar things every single year, so of course he wouldn't refuse to give his companion face.

Stanton smiled faintly without saying anything else.

The examination to become a vampire descendant involved too many factors, so the examiners' subjectiveness held great sway as a deciding factor. This also gave the examiners room to pull some strings if bribed.

Relatively speaking, preliminary examiners like Stanton and the others were still not too corrupt—the final selection at the end was the real lucrative job.

"They should've finished giving that stupid speech by now, right? How come no one has come in yet?" Stanton looked up with some dissatisfaction and raised his voice.

A servant soon hurried over and reported while sweating profusely, "My Lords, it's raining outside!"

"Raining?" Bernoulli looked up in confusion. "What does rain have to do with our examination?"

"I-It's the Rain of Corrosion. We don't know why it rained. It's not supposed to appear at this time of year," the servant stammered.

"The living beings hit by the rain all turned into white bones… Of our examinees, only four survived."

Stanton's mind went blank with a boom. He subconsciously asked, "Why were those four able to survive?"

"Because… they brought umbrellas."

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Nobody expected the Rain of Corrosion to suddenly start falling in the sky above the Capital of Blood.

The Rain of Corrosion was a special natural phenomenon whose effects were completely aimed at living creatures. Creatures without flesh and blood like plants or dead things like walls wouldn't be affected.

When living creatures came in contact with this rain, their souls would rot along with their flesh and blood, while undead creatures like skeleton soldiers were completely immune.

But it was extremely unfortunate that the people who would come to the Ceremony of Blood today hoping to become vampires naturally wouldn't be undead!

The Rain of Corrosion wasn't an unusual phenomenon in the Undead Kingdom. Many flying undead creatures could trigger this sort of disaster.

If one was unlucky, even a simple sneeze from a bone dragon that just happened to be flying over their head may trigger a Rain of Corrosion.

Of course, it was likely that even ordinary people would be able to withstand that degree of corrosion. The body's self-regulation ability would be enough to resist the corrosion.

But today's Rain of Corrosion even annihilated many powerful Tier 3 creatures as soon as a droplet touched them… This was clearly a spell cast by a Legend Rank powerhouse at full strength!

"Bring in the remaining four candidates," Bernoulli ordered with a dark expression as he stared at the mess outside.

The four "lucky ones," including Zhong Die, were quickly brought into the sanctuary hosting the Ceremony of Blood.

And this time, two more examiners—a man and a woman—had also joined Stanton and Bernoulli. They were none other than the examiners in charge of the final selection, but they also had ashen expressions.

Since this fiasco suddenly happened, their selection was no longer necessary. Now that less than nine candidates were left, of course all of them automatically advanced.

"All four of you have been selected. Come with me," Bernoulli sighed and spoke up.

Stanton's gaze fell on Zhong Die. Of course he recognized Zhong Die's face, but in the end, he didn't say anything and allowed Bernoulli to lead her away.

……

"I don't want the money anymore. I'll pretend I've never seen you guys before. Now hurry up and get lost!" Stanton glared at Lu Xinhuan resentfully and said fiercely.

Lu Xinhuan argued coldly, "Mr. Stanton, isn't this quite immoral of you? You'll have less than nine people no matter what you do, so it won't be a big deal for you to insist on disqualifying Zhong Die!"

She wasn't actually being unreasonable. Compared to the original plan of nine people, having only four or three remaining made no difference.

As long as Stanton insisted on it back then, Zhong Die could still be kicked out of the ranks of the inductees.

But the question was, why would Stanton do that?

"Are you crazy? That Rain of Corrosion was the work of a Legend Rank expert! Legend Rank, do you understand!?" Stanton's voice rose even higher.

A clear calculation went through his mind.

That rain was clearly the work of a mysterious expert attacking in secret. He'd still have justification if he kicked Zhong Die out before the rain, but if he mentioned kicking Zhong Die out right to her face, then wasn't that the same as exposing his ulterior motives?

Once Zhong Die held a grudge against him and convinced the Legend Rank powerhouse behind her to kill him, the clan wouldn't be able to protect him.

Of course, Stanton never could've imagined that Lu Xinhuan, who was standing in front of him right now, was also one of those Legend Rank experts he feared.

As for Lu Xinhuan, she didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She didn't expect this to be the deciding factor for Stanton.

Had she known this, she wouldn't have concealed her own power.

In fact, she didn't deliberately hide her power. It's just that Qinghe Realm established itself in the Myriad Heavens Universe through business, so Lu Xinhuan had long gotten accustomed to using money to solve all problems. The thought of using her own power to oppress people never even crossed her mind.

According to the norms that people in Qinghe Realm believed in, strength was only used for self-defense. Only a win-win situation achieved through commerce would be considered a successful business transaction.

But it was too late to say this now. Zhong Die had already been taken inside the sanctuary hosting the Ceremony of Blood, and her name had been reported to the Raymond Clan, so Lu Xinhuan couldn't even abduct her anymore.

In reality, Lu Xinhuan also prepared a backup plan in case Stanton couldn't keep his end of the bargain.

But that backup plan was for the final stage of the selection. Who would've thought that Gu Nan would pull the carpet out from right under her feet, turning all of Lu Xinhuan's preparations into a joke?

When Lu Xinhuan walked out of the sanctuary, her expression was even uglier than Stanton and the others earlier.

She would never allow Zhong Die to just willfully become a vampire.

Not to mention the fact that vampires completely belonged to the ranks of "monsters" in her mind, the mere fact that this kind of race was unique to the World of Gods was utterly unacceptable to her.

This was the daughter of the esteemed Star Ruler of Qinghe Realm!

She wouldn't even allow Zhong Die to marry into any family here, let alone become a monster that only belonged here!

"Miss Lu." Du Ke stood beside Lu Xinhuan and whispered, "Our main base is in Skeleton City, which isn't very far from here. Should we…?"

But Lu Xinhuan glared at him. "Don't tell me you forgot what the rules of our Qinghe Realm are!"

Du Ke's expression couldn't help dimming. Of course he knew what rule Lu Xinhuan was referring to. It was a rule personally set by Star Ruler Zhong Qinghe.

When dealing with the outside world, the people from Qinghe Realm could choose to be honorable or sinister, but they mustn't voluntarily use military force.

Zhong Qinghe's law was business, so he maintained that everything in the world could be solved with money.

If money couldn't solve something, then it must be because they didn't spend enough money yet, or the money wasn't spent cleverly enough.

"After being chosen, it'll take at least two more months for her to actually receive the siring. We still have a chance," Lu Xinhuan quickly calmed herself and said rationally.

She had already set aside all the matters in Skeleton City and her purpose in coming to the World of Gods. Right now, she was just determined to "rescue" Zhong Die.

"Since we can't stop her from joining the Raymond clan…" A sharp glint appeared in Lu Xinhuan's eyes. "Then we'll buy the Raymond clan!"

……

"Big Brother Gu Nan, I did it!" Zhong Die ran around the room excitedly, occasionally tugging on Gu Nan's sleeves or gulping down a large mouthful of blood drink.

Ever since she came to the Capital of Blood, her blood fetish had been getting worse and worse, and her daily intake of liquids was almost all blood.

"Two months of blood diet—this shouldn't be a problem for you. Pick Christina for your sire," Gu Nan said as he looked at Zhong Die expressionlessly.

Becoming a noble vampire didn't just mean finding a random vampire to bite her.

Although vampires were indeed this casual about the development of descendants in the ancient times, when it came to a clan with this much status, they more or less had to be a little more careful with their selection.

This caution was shown in the requirement that after becoming a vampire candidate, Zhong Die needed to go on a blood diet for over two months before she could accept the siring.historical

The so-called blood diet was to intake all of one's daily nutrition needs through drinking blood.

At first, nutrients would be put in the blood, then slowly replaced with pure blood until the candidate's body had completely adapted to the blood diet. Only then would they be allowed to accept the siring.

This process varied from person to person, but it would normally take two to four months, which was how the blood diet ritual came to be.

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Blood diet didn't just exist as a ritual. It did have practical value as well.

Allowing the vampire candidates to adapt to subsisting off of blood in advance not only helped the siring go smoothly, but it also allowed them to quickly adapt to their new physical abilities and habits after the siring.

It was better to get one's body conditioned first than to rely on genetically-forced habit changes.historical

But on the other hand, it was a kind of torture for many people to accclimate themselves to a blood diet while they were still human and completely lacked any of the primal desire for blood within their bloodline.

But this couldn't hinder Zhong Die at all, since this was why she wanted to become a vampire in the first place.

The other matter was regarding the choice of sires.

The sire was the one responsible for conducting the siring. Generally speaking, the relationship between the sire and the sired would be particularly close, just like a parent and child.

"Christina… Who's that?" Of course Zhong Die heard Gu Nan, but this name that sounded a bit roundabout confused her a little.

"The strongest vampire below the princes, and her reputation is a little obscure. She will advance to Legend Rank in half a year at most," Gu Nan answered casually.

The Capital of Blood and the Raymond vampire clan were also distinguishing features of the Undead Kingdom, so Gu Nan knew a lot about them from his previous life.

Christina was a rather low-profile vampire within the clan. She lived in deep seclusion and practically didn't participate in any activities hosted by the nobility. Instead, she dedicated herself to combat and cultivation.

If the player didn't trigger Shana's quest line, then Christina would be the most suitable puppet leader to use to control the Capital of Blood.

"I understand!" Zhong Die nodded forcefully.

……

Shana had been successfully sent away and Zhong Die had also settled down, so Gu Nan finally had time to pick up that item.

The remnants of a god was sealed inside the Sacred Catacombs of the Undead, but only special items could awaken him.

There were many items capable of this, but considering the difficulty of obtaining them, Gu Nan easily narrowed it down to one target—Cain's Left Hand.

"It's not easy to get this hand. It has to be fed a large amount of blood…" Gu Nan recalled the method for acquiring Cain's Left Hand.

……

"Cain's Left Hand?" Lu Xinhuan, who was sitting in a temporary villa she just bought, frowned.

"Yes. Cain is the ancestor of the vampires. According to ancient legend, all of the modern vampires are his descendants," Du Ke was obviously more familiar with the Undead Kingdom and explained respectfully.

Lu Xinhuan fell silent. Her fingers drummed the desktop lightly, deep in thought.

Originally, she'd already made up her mind to "buy" the entire Raymond clan and then banish Zhong Die.

Lu Xinhuan wanted to use a very simple method. The Raymond clan was currently undergoing the newest round of elections for clan head. As long as she could put someone loyal to her in that position, then this trivial matter with Zhong Die wouldn't be difficult to resolve.

Money represents an external resource. As long as this resource was used well, it could absolutely influence a group's internal politics.

Originally, she was already trying to contact candidates, but things suddenly changed at this juncture.

The original election process was canceled—now, whoever could find "Cain's Left Hand" would become the clan head!

"Where did they get this information from? How are they so certain?" Lu Xinhuan couldn't figure out why the Raymond clan changed their attitude so drastically overnight.

No one doubted the truthfulness of this information?

"I heard… that the clue about their ancestor has actually been inside the Raymond sanctuary the whole time and was only discovered by chance a few days ago," Du Ke answered somewhat unnaturally.

A sense of foreboding surfaced in Lu Xinhuan's heart. "Who discovered it?"

"It was our Eldest Miss."

……

Recently, the entire Raymond Clan was in an uproar.

Only four descendants passed this year's Ceremony of Blood. Originally, this would've been a very troubling matter, since it meant they would have to find a way to develop additional descendants from other sources.

But no one expected for one of these four descendants to actually bring them a huge pleasant surprise!

The seal containing information on their ancestor's inheritance was unintentionally opened by a little fellow who wasn't even a vampire yet!

"The Ancestor's Staff must be retrieved. Whoever can retrieve it will be the next clan head!" This was the consensus that had been reached within the Raymond clan.

Of course the vampires wouldn't call their ancestor by name, and among the vampires, Cain's Left Hand had always been believed to be a staff.

But a day later, these vampires' moods fell once again.

A round table meeting was underway inside the sanctuary of the Ceremony of Blood.

"Who the hell leaked it?!" The current matriarch, Lady Mara, asked with a frosty expression as she slammed her hand onto the table.

Six other vampire powerhouses were sitting around the round table. These seven people were the real top brass of the Raymond Clan. Every single one of them was a Legend Rank powerhouse.

"After the seal was opened, it was the seven of us who viewed it together. Even that little fellow named Zhong Die didn't get to see the content. Who else do you think could've leaked it?"

Lady Mara's furious roar echoed continuously throughout the room.

Of course she was angry—because the Ancestor's Staff, which should've been top secret, was known by the entire public the next day!

Right now, the entire Capital of Blood was afloat with rumors that the vampire race's divine weapon would soon appear, and that whoever obtained this divine weapon would be able to quickly achieve Legend Rank and even have hopes of igniting their divine fire.

Only Mara and the others knew that the Ancestor's Staff could only be considered a divine weapon in the hands of vampires. Outsiders wouldn't be able to use it at all!

"Calm down, Lady Mara." A handsome middle-aged man spoke from next to her, "You should know that none of us here have a reason to do this."

Leaking information on the Ancestor's Staff wouldn't benefit anyone present.

The Ancestor's Staff would bring benefits to the entire Raymond clan, which was why its ultimate owner would become the next clan head.

Mara gave him a cold glare, still furious. "This better be true!"

This lady clearly didn't have enough trust in her clan.

"Alright, everyone." The middle-aged man spoke again, "This is not the time to put the blame on people. We must acquire the Ancestor's Staff before everyone else."

……

Outside Qinghe Pavilion, Du Ke was instructing a few subordinates on work matters when a familiar figure appeared by the gates.

Du Ke looked at Gu Nan in shock and blurted out, "You… You still dare to show your face here?"

Gu Nan gave Du Ke a strange look, then glanced back at himself. "Why wouldn't I dare?"

The tone of his voice really made people feel conflicted. He was clearly the one who abducted Qinghe Realm's Eldest Miss, yet his expression seemed to ask, "Just what kind of grudge do we have?"

Du Ke was in precisely such a conflicted mood. He didn't know how strong the person in front of him was, but since Gu Nan could throw Noken with his bare hands, he probably wasn't too weak. Thus, Du Ke concluded that Gu Nan was probably a Void Cutter expert.

However, Du Ke naturally didn't fear the other party, because he had the backing of the entire Qinghe Realm! 'If not for that damned rule…'

A secretive glint flashed through Du Ke's eyes. If the other party made the first move, then there was nothing in Qinghe Realm's rules stopping him from retaliating in self-defense.

Du Ke asked cautiously, "What are you doing here?"

"Is Lu Xinhuan interested in Cain's Left Hand? I know where it is. I'm here to lead the way," Gu Nan said earnestly.

Du Ke stared blankly, unable to understand Gu Nan's attitude. 'Could it be that this person realized he'd offended Qinghe Realm and came here to make up for it?'

But Du Ke himself had no intention of forgiving the other party. He was about to find a way to anger Gu Nan.

'Anger him, so that he'll make the first move and attack…'

With this thought in mind, Du Ke immediately sneered. "Is Miss Lu someone you can see just because you feel like it? If you want to see Miss Lu, you'll have to go over there and knock on the door yourself."

Qinghe Pavilion's gates were closed today due to Lu Xinhuan's preoccupation with the vampire matter, but there were still a few guards from Qinghe Pavilion standing at the entrance.

They instantly understood Du Ke's intention, and ferocious smiles appeared on their faces.

But Du Ke's voice had just fallen when he saw Gu Nan give a nod, then grab Du Ke with one hand and casually throw him at the Qinghe Pavilion behind him.

Under the terrifying force, Du Ke's entire body turned into a black line and smashed right into Qinghe Pavilion's gates. The impact collapsed the entire first floor of Qinghe Pavilion.

A white light lit up all the way to the sky. Lu Xinhuan's figure instantly appeared, rushing up to Gu Nan and shouting furiously, "Lord Gu Nan, do you want to start a war with my Qinghe Realm?"

Gu Nan cast a glance at her and shrugged. "I was just knocking on the door."

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Such a big commotion outside Qinghe Pavilion immediately attracted many people's attention.

Even Gu Nan could sense the several auras that were immediately projected over, as if ready to attack at any time.

But of course Gu Nan didn't take it to heart—what a joke. He was currently here in his true body. Perhaps if Zhong Qinghe personally came, then Gu Nan might give him some face and be on the alert, but these Tier 4 fellows couldn't pose any threat to him.

Lu Xinhuan, who also sensed the movement behind her, coldly waved her hand, signaling for them to remain on standby.

She was fully aware of the terrifying thing about Gu Nan. This person had always acted without the slightest scruple, and they were currently in the World of Gods. If they started fighting, they probably wouldn't even have time to send a rescue signal to Zhong Qinghe.

Lu Xinhuan forcibly restrained her anger and asked, "What did Your Excellency come here for?"

So Gu Nan had to repeat his reason for coming—in fact, he didn't lie at the beginning. He'd indeed come here to lead the way for Lu Xinhuan and her group.

But since they expressed hostility, leading the way could also be changed to ordering them to go that way instead.

……

A few minutes later, Du Ke, who had a bloody nose, a swollen face, and even several broken ribs, said with a bitter expression, "Miss Lu, that Gu Nan…"

"Don't even think about revenge. That person is not someone we can afford to provoke." Lu Xinhuan looked indifferent, as if she was talking about something that had nothing to do with her.

As one of Qinghe Realm's representatives in the outside world, it wasn't like Lu Xinhuan never compromised before. Sometimes, business was precisely the art of compromise.

Lu Xinhuan looked at Du Ke's still unwilling gaze and suddenly became fed up with him. She waved her hand and had people take him away.

In the end, she didn't have a personal friendship with Du Ke outside of work. Whether he wanted to sulk or court death by attacking Gu Nan—none of that had anything to do with her.

The only matter Lu Xinhuan was truly concerned about right now was how to "rescue" Zhong Die—if she couldn't change Zhong Die's mind for the time being, then she at least had to get her back first.historical

Zhong Die had already entered the sanctuary hosting the Ceremony of Blood, so it was impossible for Qinghe Pavilion's people to barge in and kidnap her. Presently, the best method was to help a vampire become the head of the Raymond clan, then have that clan head banish Zhong Die.

"It's a pity the vampire named Mara responds to neither coercion nor bribery, or else things wouldn't have to be so troublesome."

Lu Xinhuan naturally also had contact with Lady Mara, but with the vampire clan's high status in the Capital of Blood, why would they take a tiny Commerce Association seriously?

In the World of Gods, almost any relatively large force had the protection of a god behind them, or else they wouldn't be able to survive.

The Undead Kingdom was a main plane that had already been abandoned. It was practically impossible for this plane to provide gods with the power of faith, but this didn't mean the forces here didn't have backing.

According to the backstory in the game, the god backing the Raymond clan should be the God of Iron.

His divine authority wasn't related to vampires in the slightest. On the contrary, it was even somewhat conflicting, but such a situation was all too normal in the Undead Kingdom.

So even if Lu Xinhuan threw out her principles and tried to threaten the Raymond clan with her background, it wouldn't actually have any effect.

Lu Xinhuan had a splitting headache. She'd never come across such a bizarre situation in all her hundreds of years working for Qinghe Realm.

News had spread throughout the city that the ancestor's seal in the sanctuary was "accidentally" opened by Zhong Die, and almost simultaneously, everyone learned about information inside the seal pertaining to Cain's Left Hand.

Lu Xinhuan didn't even need to think about whose handiwork all this was.

But what she couldn't figure out was why Gu Nan actually paid a personal visit to Qinghe Pavilion today and sent her a detailed explanation of the information recorded in the seal.

One should know that the seal's contents included hundreds of lines of fragmented sentences and esoteric passages, which contained a lot of useless information and misleading wording.

Everyone knew important information regarding the divine weapon was somewhere in this reccord, but it would take an absolutely astronomical amount of time and effort to pick out the correct answer amongst all the misleading information.

The information was so incomprehensible that many people simply threw these passages to the back of their minds and just kept an eye on the sanctuary. As soon as anyone in there made the slightest movement, a large group of people would immediately follow them.

Everyone believed that the Raymond clan, a clan of vampires, would definitely be able to solve the puzzle faster than anyone else.

But Lu Xinhuan was certain that not even the Raymond clan would be able to find the answer as fast as Gu Nan did!

"No matter what, let's first verify the truthfulness of this information. Additionally…" Lu Xinhuan quickly made a decision, took one last glance at the information on the paper, then burned it to ashes.

And before the paper was completely burned to cinders, the words on it could still be vaguely made out: [Lightless Night, Four Seasons Mountain Valley, three vampire hearts]

At the same time, a gray mark disappeared in front of her, rushing towards the endless void.

After a long time, a mysterious reply fell into her hands. It only had a single word and a signature.

[Received.

—Sylvia]

……

What Lu Xinhuan didn't know was that at the same time she received the method to open the seal, a similar message also reached the Raymond clan.

No one knew who sent the message. Right at midnight when the moon shone brightest, a parchment scroll of extremely low quality was placed on Lady Mara's desk.

That point in time was when vampires were at their most powerful and their senses were most heightened, yet the other party chose precisely this time to deliver the scroll…

"The other party's strength may be far beyond our imagination." The round table meeting that had just been held appeared again as Lady Mara's expression sank more and more.

The crumpled-looking parchment was just placed in the middle of the round table, surrounded by seven Legend Rank powerhouses, yet none of them reached out to take it.

They didn't even need to take it. The message on it was already visible because there were just a few lines.

[Lightless Night, Four Seasons Mountain Valley… Qinghe Pavilion]

"The time and place match. This person's analysis of the arcane passages is already on par with ours," Lady Mara couldn't help speaking up when she saw everyone else being silent.

True to the public's expectations, the Raymond Clan did indeed have a considerable advantage in analyzing the cryptic passages.

While others were still scratching their heads, the Raymond clan had already deciphered two of the three important pieces of information—time and place.

The only thing they still didn't have a clue on was how to awaken the Ancestor's Staff.

It wasn't that there was no information. Rather, their ancestor actually gave too much information, enough for them to derive hundreds of possibilities from it. However, this matter just happened to be the talk of the town right now, so they couldn't afford to take their time and slowly try every single possibility.

The group of vampire princes felt as if a large net was slowly closing in on them, blocking every single path they could take, and then… forcing them to take the only path left.

And that remaining path was none other than the one laid out here on this parchment.

"Even if it's a trap, we can only jump headfirst into it."

"It seems that this Qinghe Pavilion is the key."

The middle-aged man named Harrison asked expressionlessly, "Qinghe Pavilion? Does it mean to say this Commerce Association holds the final clue, or is it saying Qinghe Pavilion has what we need to awaken the Ancestor's Staff?"

"Who knows?" A woman with long blonde hair sitting next to him knocked on the table and was the first to stand up. "Then everyone, let's start with this Qinghe Pavilion first."

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Gu Nan sat in a dark room, his fingers drumming lightly on the table with great regularity.

There was no light at all inside the room. Even the moonlight couldn't shine in here—everything seemed to be shrouded in shadows, like the darkness from the world's deepest abyss.

This certainly wasn't Gu Nan releasing his powers to look cool; neither did he have nothing better to do. In reality, these shadows weren't created by him at all.

"You don't seem to fear me…" A light, playful female voice rang out faintly in Gu Nan's ears and seemed to be transmitted directly into his mind.

Along with her voice, the shadows in his surroundings grew thicker and thicker, almost to the point of drowning Gu Nan.

But just when Gu Nan's entire body was about to be submerged, he suddenly stood up and took a single step into the shadows before him, his right hand grabbing at a spot in front of him.

"Wandering out for a stroll isn't a good habit, Sylvia," Gu Nan's voice swam through the darkness, spreading throughout every corner of the shadows, but not a single sound could be heard from the outside.

Such a change came too suddenly, so much so that the "Sylvia" Gu Nan addressed was also caught off guard and was grabbed by his right hand.

The surrounding shadows quickly receded. Gu Nan's figure reappeared, and in his right hand, a girl in a black dress was being lifted like a chicken.

Gu Nan calmly stared at the other party. He truly didn't expect this. He just wanted to scheme a little to ultimately acquire Cain Left's Hand, but to think he accidentally baited out this… Mm, a big fish that wasn't really a big fish.

Sylvia, the Goddess of Shadows.

That's right—this was the Goddess of Shadows who shared the same source of power as Gu Nan and who wielded divine authority over the shadows.

Sylvia's actual power wasn't that strong. She most likely hadn't even reached Tier 7 yet, so her divine power absolutely fit the description of a "weakling."

But at the same time, she was also a big fish because she had a good older brother—the undisputed strongest in the entire World of Gods, the Ruler of Light and Justice.

Both siblings were gods, and it was precisely because of them that the saying "light and shadow are two sides of the same coin" began to circulate.

"Your power…" As soon as Gu Nan attacked, his own law was inevitably perceived by Sylvia, so she exclaimed with some pleasant surprise.

Sylvia wasn't very panicked at all at having been caught by Gu Nan. She, whose divine authority was "shadows," couldn't be killed this easily.

On the contrary, in the tens of thousands of years she'd been alive, this was the first time she met a god who also controlled shadows just like her—since he was able to catch her, he must naturally be a god too.

"Someone from the Light Faction actually dared to come to the Undead Kingdom. You have a lot of guts." Gu Nan smiled noncommittally and casually tossed her aside.

He didn't care if Sylvia escaped. A mere Tier 6 god was only worth a few hundred Evil Value at most. Such a measly amount couldn't even enter Gu Nan's eyes.

And to offend the Ruler of Light and Justice over something like this, the losses far outweighed the gains.

What Gu Nan really cared about was why Sylvia would appear here—from his memories, this Goddess of Shadows shouldn't have even the slightest connection to the Undead Kingdom.

Although it was an abandoned main plane, its natural characteristic of being littered with undead made this place more suitable for the development of gods belonging to the Darkness Faction.

"I'm just here for a commission." Sylvia didn't look scared at all and even transformed her shadows into a chair, calmly sitting down.

After a pause, she added with a playful grin, "Someone requested that I keep an eye on you!"

"Who?" Gu Nan already had a guess in his heart, but this wasn't a guess he was happy to see, so his tone inevitably became harsh.

Sylvia obviously didn't like this kind of interrogation. She pouted, and her eyes deliberately looked upwards, pretending not to hear Gu Nan's words.

The next instant, a shadow dagger had already stabbed into her stomach, and a large hand clutched on her neck, pressing her entire body to the ground.

"You'd better understand the situation you're in." Gu Nan's grim voice rang out, his eyes coldly staring at her face. "Other people might fear Austin, I don't."

Austin was the original name of the Ruler of Light and Justice, but because he was too exalted, there weren't many gods who even knew his real name nowadays.

It is also because of this that Sylvia experienced an unimaginable shock when Gu Nan uttered this name with a cold expression.

Sharp pain continuously traveled over from her stomach, and the power of shadows that originally should've been of the same origin as hers kept surging out, wreaking havoc throughout her body and almost driving her own divine power to the side.

Shadows as far as the eye could see appeared again, but this time they came from Gu Nan, and the aura was completely different from before.

If Sylvia's shadows were mysterious and quiet, with a hint of the coldness of the night, then Gu Nan's shadows could only be described as "wanton and unbridled."

This was a shadow that disregarded all laws, devouring everything around it like a tyrant who slaughtered wantonly.

Sylvia simply couldn't imagine that it was possible for the power of shadows to also be so overbearing and tyrannical. It was practically… practically the same as the all-oppressive light in her memories.

'Light and shadow are two sides of the same coin, so this is what it means…' Inexplicably, this thought emerged in Sylvia's mind.

But Gu Nan's words still reached her ears, so she hurriedly said, "I-I'll talk… I'll talk, okay!?"

Gu Nan made no motion to move, nor did the shadows around her have any intention of stopping, which scared Sylvia into hurriedly telling him everything she knew.

The reason she came here at someone's "request" to keep an eye on Gu Nan was precisely because she received Lu Xinhuan's letter asking for help.

Since Qinghe Realm was able to expand its business all the way to the World of Gods, of course it couldn't just rely on smuggling to conduct business. Zhong Qinghe himself came here a long time ago as well.

Not only did he come, but he also joined a special organization. Sylvia was also a member of this organization, which was why she could receive Lu Xinhuan's request for help.

According to Sylvia, all the members of this organization were either gods or Star Rulers from the Myriad Heavens Universe. Gu Nan even found many familiar names in the members list.

The Goddess of Dawn, the God of Blood, the God of Luxuriant Blossoms… and even a name that surprised Gu Nan—Zuo Zuo.

These gods had more or less all set foot in the Myriad Heavens Universe before, and Gu Nan finally knew why Zuo Zuo knew about the Tier leveling system.

"The Heaven-God Alliance?" Gu Nan repeated the name of this organization and confirmed that it never existed in his past life's memory.

In other words, this was an organization that didn't exist in the game, even though Gu Nan had killed many of the members in this organization in his previous life.

The idea that Gu Nan once considered but didn't think too deeply about finally came true.

The gods and Star Rulers already had considerably close contact since long ago. They, who didn't have any conflicts of interest, even formed an organization that spanned two worlds.

After all, reality wasn't a novel, and two connected worlds didn't necessarily have to go to war. Gods and Star Rulers also had their own interests and goals. They weren't bosses just waiting for Gu Nan to raid them.

"How interesting." A slight smile appeared on Gu Nan's face as he dragged Sylvia up and said, "I want to join the Heaven-God Alliance."

The wound in Sylvia's abdomen hadn't even healed yet. She covered her stomach and said unhappily, "Is this something you can join if you just feel like it?"historical

Gu Nan glanced at her wound. "You guys will either have one more member or one less member today—your choice."

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The "Heaven-God Alliance," an organization composed entirely of Star Rulers and gods, was probably named by a Star Ruler.

Based on the conventions of the Myriad Heavens Universe, perhaps the phrase "Heaven-God" represented the Myriad Heavens Universe and the World of Gods respectively.

But in any case, this proved the two sides were already in contact a long time ago.

It was just as well that Gu Nan's plans in the Capital of Blood were wrapping up. All that's left was to wait for the vampires to start fighting Qinghe Pavilion, thereby awakening Cain's Left Hand.

Now that the matter reached this stage, the rest didn't actually have much to do with Gu Nan anymore. He could simply watch the show unfold.

Unsealing Cain's Left Hand was a relatively complex multistep process rather than simply having to kill a set number of people. If the latter was true, then Gu Nan wouldn't have to go through so much trouble and could just capture and kill a group of people.

To awaken Cain's Left Hand, first, at least three vampires needed to kill their opponents and unlock the first seal using the blood of their enemies. Only then would the hearts of three high-level vampires be needed to unlock the second seal.

And the final seal on Cain's Left Hand could only be undone by a mortal. At best, players could only be the oriole behind the mantis.

The reason the mission was designed to be so cumbersome was to make the game experience more interesting and fun.

In fact, the main plane called the Undead Kingdom was no longer a beginner's village map. Any player who came here would be around Tier 5 or even higher.

So in order to prevent players from directly crushing all missions with brute force, any item with actual value was designed to be more cumbersome to acquire, which stopped players from simply getting drops after killing bosses.

Originally, when he had nothing better to do, Gu Nan didn't mind staying behind to control the whole situation in case something unexpected happened.

But he had something more interesting now—the mysterious Heaven-God Alliance already attracted Gu Nan's full attention.

As for the vampire race's divine weapon, Zhong Die, Shana, or the Wu Gui and Zi Dian still waiting in Skeleton City, Gu Nan tossed them all to the back of his mind.

……

The Elemental Plane.

Gu Nan and Sylvia found themselves surrounded by a lightning storm in all directions as soon as they arrived. This was the natural scenery of the Elemental Plane.

This naturally-formed elemental storm was enough to make it hard for Legend Rank powerhouses to take even a single step. Only elemental creatures could walk on the ground as if it was flat.

Of course, with Gu Nan and Sylvia's power, they could ignore this insignificant elemental storm.

The World of Gods and the Myriad Heavens Universe still had some important differences.

The most typical difference was that none of the main planes in the World of Gods belonged to a particular god. Instead, they were collectively owned by the two major godly factions—the Light Faction and Dark Faction—and there were even neutral main planes like the Undead Kingdom.

This wasn't like the Myriad Heavens Universe, where all the major planes were the astral worlds of powerhouses. Perhaps neutral planes might exist, but that was only because… they were so small that no Star Ruler wanted them.

The Elemental Plane Gu Nan was on was a typical neutral plane.

The environment here was essentially unsuitable for tangible lifeforms. Only elemental creatures could flourish here, so even gods had no interest in this place.

Sylvia brought Gu Nan here to meet the other members of the Heaven-God Alliance.

Without making them wait too long, an inexplicable aura descended. Sylvia's eyes lit up, but Gu Nan was the first to speak: "Rolensia."

Rolensia, the God of Luxuriant Blossoms, was a powerful Tier 10 god who was only one step away from becoming a greater god.historical

The appearance of a piece of water attribute Godhead in the Myriad Heavens Universe a while back, followed by the inexplicable appearance of Lan Si and her brother, puzzled Gu Nan for a long time.

How did they get to the Myriad Heavens Universe, and why did they know the Godhead's whereabouts?

In hindsight, it was probably because Rolensia joined the Heaven-God Alliance and might even have forces that silently infiltrated the Myriad Heavens Universe.

The Myriad Heavens Universe, which naturally had countless planes, was more suitable for infiltration than this side. The gods could just find a random plane to hide their forces in, and in all likelihood, not even the Star Rulers of the Thirteen Heavens would be able to detect them.

A woman wearing a black and white nun robe slowly walked out of the endless storm with a cold expression.

Thunder and lightning crisscrossed all around her, but the elemental storm couldn't even inch forth at all. And although it was clearly an elemental plane where only the elements could exist, flowers started blooming freely around the woman.

This was the terrifying might of Tier 10 gods, who didn't even need to use their divine power, but whose presence alone was enough to affect the laws of reality.

"New member?" Rolensia's gaze shifted to Gu Nan, carefully studied him for a while, and frowned. "An astonishingly powerful divine body."

Gu Nan explained with a smile, "I'm from that side."

He didn't explicitly say what "that side" was, but Rolensia clearly understood and gave a nod.

Gods only differed from each other in their respective divine authorities. There was no such thing as a different path of cultivation, so gods with particularly strong divine bodies didn't really exist.

Even the deceased God of Strength could only tank two more divine attacks than the average god. He'd still be useless once he lost his divine power.

But the Myriad Heavens Universe was different; there were cultivators who walked the body refining path. In fact, the Rendering Mountain Venerable that Gu Nan previously met could be considered half a body tempering cultivator.

Rolensia then greeted Sylvia and fell silent, having no intention of striking further conversation with the two.

The God of Luxuriant Blossoms had always been this reticent. Gu Nan expected it already, so he didn't mind.

Not long after Rolensia's arrival, two more people quickly descended. One of them was Cliff, the Sky God, while the other was a Star Ruler.

This Star Ruler revealed a smile as soon as he saw Gu Nan. "I was wondering which one from that side would be able to stop Sylvia from escaping. So it was Your Excellency Gu Nan."

The person who spoke looked like an immortal, but he was an old man dressed as a Daoist. His long white beard reached his chest.

"This humble one, Clear Profundity Realm's Daoist Lingyang, greets Daoist Friend." The old Daoist smiled lightly and bowed his head, looking amiable and approachable.

Gu Nan also returned his greetings unhurriedly, but in his mind, he knew very well that this Daoist Lingyang was by no means as good-natured as he seemed.

Clear Profundity Realm was a relatively rare type of astral world in the Myriad Heavens Universe, because the position of its Star Ruler was determined by a sect's inheritance.

Clear Profundity Realm contained the Clear Profundity Sect, and its sect master would also be the Star Ruler of Clear Profundity Realm.

The fact that this Daoist Lingyang could ultimately win the sect master position from among his fellow sect members of several dozen generations meant he couldn't possibly be a simple figure.

"Let's begin now that everyone is here," Rolensia's calm and tranquil voice interrupted the two's courtesies.

According to the Heaven-God Alliance's internal procedures, the admission of a new member required the recommendation of at least one official member and the completion of one of the organization's commissions with three other members as witness.

This rule was set during the Heaven-God Alliance's founding in order to emphasize the purpose of the Heaven-God Alliance, which was to help each other and benefit from each other's strengths.

Gu Nan already knew about this. He thought about it and suggested, "Sylvia's commission hasn't been completed yet. Does it count if I help her complete the commission?"

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Rolensia and the other two didn't have much of a reaction when Gu Nan brought this up. Cliff, the Sky God, even gave it some serious thought. "It's possible as long as Sylvia doesn't mind."

The three of them merely received a message from Sylvia and came to act as witnesses for the new member. They didn't actually know what had transpired earlier.

Only Sylvia stared at Gu Nan blankly, seemingly stunned by his shamelessness.

Daoist Lingyang on the side noticed her expression and asked curiously, "What was your previous commission?"

Sylvia rolled her eyes as she pointed at Gu Nan. "To keep an eye on him."

"Haha… Technically, it's possible…" The old Daoist said with a forced smile as his expression turned a bit awkward.

"It's fine." Cliff still looked deadpan; his expression didn't even change. This God of the Sky was also considered one of the powerful gods. It's just that his personality really was strange. Rumor has it that nobody had ever seen him make a different expression before.

The God of Luxuriant Blossoms didn't even say anything and just silently watched Gu Nan.historical

In the first place, the three of them had never taken the commission seriously. It was unlikely for any normal god to be stumped by a mere commission.

After all, conflicts between gods were in the minority. The majority of commissions came from requests by people below the gods—such as when Sylvia received Lu Xinhuan's request for help.

If she hadn't run into an anomaly like Gu Nan, a normal Legend Rank expert probably would've been captured by her shadows and would only be released once the matter was over.

To put it bluntly, the so-called commission process was simply a chance for the official members to properly observe the new member and determine his origin and strength.

Gu Nan was quite a famous junior in the Myriad Heavens Universe, so there wasn't much need for a background check.

So Gu Nan shrugged and asked, "So does this count as me joining?"

Rolensia nodded. "Yes. Sylvia will tell you about some of the rules. When you return to that side, don't forget to visit…"

"Lord Xue Ren of Extreme Sword Heaven," Daoist Lingyang supplied with a smile from the side.

"Right," Rolensia followed up, clearly not too familiar with the division of planes within the Myriad Heavens Universe. After she said this, she had no intention of lingering and left in a hurry.

Gu Nan also knew about Extreme Sword Heaven. Star Ruler Xue Ren rose abruptly in the last tens of thousands of years. He wasn't considered a veteran Star Ruler, but his strength was not to be underestimated.

Xue Ren was called "Sword Saint"—and this was the address among Star Rulers, so the weight of that spoke for itself.

Many in the Myriad Heavens Universe believed that if the Thirteen Heavens eventually became the Fourteen Heavens, then that newest Heaven must be Xue Ren.

With Xue Ren's status, Gu Nan figured he was probably one of the people in charge of the Heaven-God Alliance on the Myriad Heavens Universe's side.

After Rolensia left, Cliff didn't stay for long either and said to Gu Nan with a stiff expression, "Welcome, newcomer. If you have the chance, you can visit my Divine Kingdom as a guest."

Although his tone and expression didn't sound welcoming at all, Gu Nan knew this was already a very sincere invitation.

Daoist Lingyang's invitation was a bit more simple, "This humble Daoist will return to the Myriad Heavens Universe in a few days. Is Daoist Friend interested in accompanying this one?"

"I still have something to do," Gu Nan refused without even thinking about it, then pointed to himself. "Right, the commission."

At this moment, he remembered it again.

……

Blood had already flowed into a river in the Four Seasons Mountain Valley when Gu Nan returned to the Undead Kingdom. Multiple forces had started fighting, almost triggering a chaotic war in the entire Capital of Blood.

However, everything went as Gu Nan expected. The Raymond clan, which was lurking in the dark, split their troops two ways. One group went to the Capital of Blood to slaughter everyone in Qinghe Pavilion, while the other group made their way to the Four Seasons Mountain Valley.

Since they received the information one step later, of course they arrived later than Lu Xinhuan's group, so again, they didn't hesitate to ambush and kill the people from Qinghe Pavilion.

However, their ambush just happened to undo the first seal. A burst of power shot up to the sky, exposing both sides at once and attracting the entire city's attention.

This time, it was the vampires' turn to be out of luck.

The powerhouses from all sides who were attracted by the outburst didn't care what the hell Qinghe Pavilion was. Instead, they were certain that the seal must've been opened by the Raymond clan, since the vampires had the greatest advantage here.

Qinghe Pavilion finally got a chance to catch their breath, but Lu Xinhuan didn't forget the goal of "three vampire hearts."

In the ensuing chaos, the vampires that people normally couldn't even catch a trace of suddenly seemed to be everywhere.

"The item sealed here is… Cain's Left Hand?" Even when Sylvia stood in the distant sky overlooking the chaotic battleground, she could still accurately discern the aura inside the seal.

Cain's Left Hand—this vampire clan divine weapon was so famous that even the Goddess of Shadows had heard of it. Legend has it that it was a weapon capable of slaying gods.

"Mm," Gu Nan casually responded, then glanced at her in confusion. "The other three already left. Why are you still following me?"

Sylvia tilted her head and answered, "I have to explain important matters about the organization."

Of course Gu Nan didn't believe such an excuse, but since she wanted to follow, he wouldn't care about it too much either. The main thing was that he really wasn't familiar with this Goddess of Shadows, or else it'd be very easy to guess the other party's thoughts.

The Goddess of Shadows was truly too weak. In his previous life's game, nobody had time to study this kind of god that players could kill in one hit and who also didn't have too many good missions on her.

Of course it would never occur to Gu Nan that Sylvia was here because of the law he controlled—she wanted to see him fight using shadows.

After letting her imagination run wild, she decided that the path Gu Nan was taking was the true Shadow Arcana, and the reason she didn't make much progress all these years was probably because she took the wrong path.

A red light flashed across the ground while the two were talking, and a blood-red coffin slowly emerged, floating in midair.

There was no lid on the coffin, revealing the internal decoration and item—that was an old man dressed in standard knight attire. The strange thing was that half of his left palm had been sliced off.

"Grab his left hand!" Countless shouts came from the surroundings. Everyone stopped at the same time, their gazes fixed on the coffin in midair.

The first to make a move was Lu Xinhuan.

While it was true that she had to use nonviolent business dealings against people, there was no such rule when fighting over treasures!

Lu Xinhuan, who had interacted with Star Rulers for years, revealed astonishing fighting strength at this moment.

She stood alone in front of the coffin, surrounded by a strange field. Any person or attack that neared her would be folded, distorted, and weakened until it was nearly nothing.

Her law wasn't purely business-related, yet it was also related to it.

The reason Lu Xinhuan dared to make the first move was because of her strength that surpassed most people, as well as…

"Everyone, stop!" Lu Xinhuan grabbed that half of a palm. "Lady Mara, I can give you this divine weapon immediately as long as you agree to one request of mine."

After saying this, she announced to the surroundings: "Everyone, this vampire clan divine weapon must be wielded by a vampire to have the maximum effect. It's useless even if any of you acquire it. As long as you stop here for today, all losses will be borne by Qinghe Pavilion."

Lu Xinhuan's declaration made the surrounding people fall silent for a while.

These kinds of empty promises couldn't go so far as to win anyone's trust, but it could make many people take a wait-and-see approach.

On the other hand, Lady Mara was even more ecstatic and said loudly, "We can agree to any request as long as Your Excellency is willing to return the Ancestor's Staff!"

Lu Xinhuan sighed in relief. Instead of bothering with supporting a clan leader candidate, it was obviously easier to directly exchange Cain's Left Hand for Zhong Die.

However, she suddenly felt the sunlight behind her dim at this moment, as if someone had appeared behind her.

Lu Xinhuan immediately reacted. Her hand flashed with a green light as she crushed a talisman. An unimaginably majestic power gushed out, shielding her whole body.

This power didn't belong to the mortal world. It was clearly a self-defense treasure bestowed by Zhong Qinghe.

Lu Xinhuan looked back. As expected, she saw Gu Nan's figure. Her heart sank slightly. 'To think not even that powerhouse from the organization could stop him…'

However, to her surprise, the other party didn't seem to have any intention of snatching her prize. Instead, he turned around and headed straight for the coffin.

He was followed by a woman in a long black dress who seemed equally puzzled by his move and asked the question on Lu Xinhuan's mind, "You don't want Cain's Left Hand anymore?"

Gu Nan came up to the coffin and ripped off the old man's entire left arm with a casual tug.

"Now this is a left hand." Gu Nan waved the thick arm. "The one in her hand is just a palm at best.

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Cain's Left Hand could provide a sizable vampire law damage bonus and was very suitable for vampire players. However, it was… a two-handed staff.

That's right—a two-handed staff. So any player who'd seen pictures of the weapon in the past wouldn't mistake it, but there were still many beginner players who got it wrong when they first encountered it.

It was also because of this that there were often complaints about Cain's Left Hand in the forum in his previous life. There were even people who deliberately misled newbies to satisfy their own evil delight.

As a veteran player of many years, Gu Nan certainly wouldn't forget this detail.

Only after Sylvia heard Gu Nan's words did she intentionally study that arm, but she didn't find anything special about it.

This was very inconceivable to her. After all, she was able to clearly detect the aura inside the seal even from the earlier chaotic battlefield.

Now that the seal was broken and Cain's corpse was right in front of her, how could she still be unable to confirm that there was anything peculiar about his left hand?

Gu Nan, however, knew exactly why this was and casually said, "Take a closer look at this hand. See anything wrong with it?"

Sylvia studied it for a long time but still didn't find anything. She gave Gu Nan a confused look.

Gu Nan casually beckoned with his hand while expressing concern about this Goddess of Shadow's intelligence, and the severed half-palm in Lu Xinhuan's hand appeared directly in his hand.

This scene instantly stunned Lu Xinhuan, because the green light around her was clearly still flickering, yet that palm ran into Gu Nan's hand nonetheless.

Since he could take away that half-palm, he could naturally also take away her heart or even her head.historical

In other words, the protection talisman her Star Ruler left her with was as good as useless in front of this person…

After realizing this, Lu Xinhuan finally understood just what realm the one before her had reached—no wonder he wasn't the least bit afraid of falling out with her and Qinghe Pavilion.

No wait, that couldn't be called falling out. At most, it would be an adult bullying a child.

Lu Xinhuan's complicated mood aside, Sylvia finally realized what was wrong when she saw the severed half-palm.

This half-palm didn't actually match the arm it was ripped off from!

It wasn't that someone switched it out with a fake. Both were indeed parts of Cain's body; it's just that the left and right didn't quite match.

Sylvia carefully examined it and found that the severed arm was indeed the left arm, but the palm with only four fingers… was clearly the right hand!

The Goddess of Shadows turned her head incredulously towards the corpse inside the coffin, but the hand to the right of the corpse was also a right hand.

Two right hands?

"Cain died at the hands of the Mirror God," Gu Nan used the simplest sentence to convey his meaning when she finally realized what was wrong.

Mirror God Norris!

His strength was only average among Tier 8 gods, but he once stirred up great chaos in the entire World of Gods and was the fuse that set off the Fourth Great War among the gods.

Any god who lived through that period would never forget his name.

As the younger sister of the Ruler of Light and Justice, Sylvia was born almost at the same time as him and was also considered one of the oldest gods, so of course she would know the Mirror God.

Because of this, she deeply understood how uncanny Norris's power was.

Through the law of mirrors, he could map a target into the exact appearance reflected in the mirror and even create a counterpart of it in the Mirror World.

This power worked on objects, people, and even gods.

In the end, the crazy Norris tried to copy the entire world, which brought the entire world's wrath down upon him. But Norris wasn't stupid. He pulled a group of gods to his side beforehand, which eventually led to the outbreak of the Fourth Great War among the gods.

Since Cain died by Norris's hand, it wasn't so hard to understand why a section of his left hand was reflected by the mirror.

Using her imagination, Sylvia even started to piece together what happened in the past. Back then, a mirror appeared before Cain. He tried to run outside of its range, but ultimately, a part of his left hand was sliced off.

'But fortunately, Norris has disappeared for tens of thousands of years…'

After her thoughts returned from her imagination, Sylvia sighed in relief but suddenly realized with a start—this fellow called Gu Nan actually knew so much about all this. So then, what did he want to do with Cain's Left Hand?

An inexplicable fear surfaced in her heart. She looked up sharply, only to find that Gu Nan's figure had already disappeared.

……

"Find Gu Nan. I don't care what method you use." Sylvia sat inside the sanctuary hosting the Ceremony of Blood, while both the vampire princes and the powerhouses from other forces were gathered below her.

But at this moment, they all bowed respectfully. "Yes, Your Highness Sylvia."

When faced with a real god, they had no reason or power to refuse.

Even if Sylvia belonged to the Light Faction and many of the gods backing them belonged to the Dark Faction… Nevertheless, a neutral plane was a neutral plane, and having the protection of those gods wasn't the same as being their faithful followers.

Moreover, if the gods weren't at war with each other, then the relationship between the two factions wasn't actually as tense as one imagined.

Sylvia and the Sky God were both from the Light Faction, while the God of Luxuriant Blossoms belonged to the Dark Faction. But there was a harmonious atmosphere when the three met earlier. None of them had any intention of attacking the other side.

Sitting in the hall, Sylvia's expression was heavy.

She still couldn't confirm what Gu Nan's goal was, but if she couldn't find any trace of Gu Nan after a long search, then she would choose to send news back to the Light Faction or even to her older brother.

It wasn't that she was making a big deal out of it. It was just that Norris, this lunatic, was so terrifying that any information about him must be treated with the utmost seriousness.

But what Sylvia didn't expect was that after just a few days, Gu Nan's whereabouts were reported to her.

This guy had no intention of hiding and strutted into the sanctuary just like that. And he was even… peeping on a siring?!

……

"Pervert!" Sylvia didn't hesitate to describe Gu Nan as such, and her gaze showed that she believed this in her heart as well.

The vampire clan's siring was even more secretive than their mating process. After all, mating was only for mutual pleasure, while siring was how they actually developed new descendants—after all, it wasn't like vampires could get pregnant.

But not only did Gu Nan watch, he even joined in… Please don't misunderstand, the way he participated was by dropping the golden origin blood into Zhong Die's body.

Zhong Die completed the blood diet process much faster than Gu Nan expected.

When Gu Nan obtained Cain's Left Hand earlier, he didn't even get to chat with Sylvia for long when he discovered that Zhong Die was already ready to receive the siring.

This extremely special blood fetishist was indeed a natural vampire candidate.

Due to her long-term blood consumption, her digestive system had long since adapted to this diet, even to the point where normal food had to be mixed with blood to be eaten in order to be properly digested and absorbed.

For a human with an ordinary bloodline to torment herself to this point, Zhong Die really wasn't a normal person.

And precisely because of this, when she found Christina, the latter decided to perform the siring for her without much hesitation.

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Christina was a young girl with long coffee-colored hair and soft facial features.

Her face was slightly pale because she'd just finished performing the siring for Zhong Die, but she still regarded Gu Nan warily, along with Sylvia, who suddenly appeared.

"Who are you?" Christina stared at the two but made no move. Anyone who could soundlessly appear before her clearly wasn't simple.

Christina's voice was clear and crisp, as if she really was a young girl. In fact, Gu Nan knew that she actually was very young. She was one of the rare younger generations in the vampire clan.

If the player didn't interfere, then she would become the future head of the Raymond clan and lead the clan forward, eventually joining the ranks of a powerful god.

She could even be seen in the final war among gods.

But right now, she was just a little fellow who hadn't even reached Legend Rank yet.

"Don't be nervous. I'm her friend." Gu Nan smiled lightly and pointed to Zhong Die, who was lying in bed drowsily, emitting a thick aura of blood.

Sylvia noticed the vial of blood in Gu Nan's hand and wondered, "Is this… the vampire race's origin blood?"

The origin of the vampire race naturally referred to the blood of their ancestor.

"Mm." Gu Nan casually nodded, knowing that the other party was curious about this thing's origin, as well as…

Sylvia took a deep breath and warned, "You'll get her killed. If the vampire race's origin blood is used on ordinary people… it's incompatible with their constitution."historical

Gu Nan cast her a glance but didn't respond.

He'd heard the phrase "incompatible with their constitution" many times in the game. It wasn't unfamiliar at all.

Because from the start, the origin blood was an item prepared exclusively for players. Unfortunately, the native NPCs couldn't enjoy this benefit.

If you ask the gods, you'll get the answer of "incompatible with their constitution."

In fact, if not for the fact that this quest line was specifically designed for players to change their race to vampires, how could two outsider vampires show up here so coincidentally?

The reason Gu Nan used this on Zhong Die was to see what would happen if Zhong Die took the player's route.

If this was feasible, then Gu Nan even wanted to use similar methods to create more "protagonist-type NPCs"—he knew many different ways for players to change races or classes.

Of course the natives couldn't enjoy the benefits given exclusively to players.

But although the natives from the World of Gods couldn't, what about people from the Myriad Heavens Universe? Gu Nan stared at Zhong Die's face, his gaze deep and even somewhat expectant.

As for how he used a little girl like Zhong Die as an experiment and what kind of risk she was undertaking… Those were outside of Gu Nan's consideration. In any case, he wasn't the one taking the risk.

After a long time, Zhong Die's breathing remained very even, but she still showed no signs of waking up.

The amount of time she spent unconscious had far exceeded the vampire clan's normal siring process, and her lips even became a little dry and cracked due to going a long time without food.

Sylvia was sure that it was impossible for a normal person to fuse with origin blood. "It's useless. She'll die before long."

"She should've died a long time ago if this was a normal situation," Gu Nan said with certainty. "Even Legend Rank vampire candidates undergoing the siring wouldn't last more than half an hour on average."

The phrase "on average" made Sylvia frown, as if she could hear the countless bloodshed behind it.

A few moments later, Zhong Die didn't let Gu Nan down and actually woke up.

Her gaze was slightly dazed. She looked around in bewilderment, as if confused about where she was.

Wordlessly, Gu Nan waved his hand and had a shadow blade slice open Zhong Die's arm. The latter suddenly started bleeding profusely.

But surprisingly, her blood was actually a dark golden color.

"It's a success!" Gu Nan's heart lifted. It was indeed possible to break through the NPCs' "physiological limits" by using natives from the Myriad Heavens Universe!

The sharp pain sobered her up. Zhong Die let out a strange scream and hurriedly pulled her hand back.

Immediately, she was surprised to find that the wound on her arm had already stopped bleeding, and the gash was even scabbing over.

"As expected of the vampire race!" Zhong Die marveled. She thought it was because of a vampire's physique.

But Christina's eyes widened. As a vampire, she knew better than anyone else that a newborn vampire couldn't possibly possess this kind of ability!

……

In the days that followed, Gu Nan just swaggered into the sanctuary and started living here, training Zhong Die every day and also collecting various data on her new physique.

The conclusion was that Zhong Die's fusion of the origin blood was very successful and had practically the same result as a player—she was just missing an Evil God physique.

On the other hand, since Cain's Left Hand was still in Gu Nan's hands, the Raymond clan was extremely welcoming about him living here.

Of course, if he didn't display such terrifying power earlier, the vampire clan's welcome wouldn't have been this kind of welcome.

In the face of a powerful figure suspected of being a god, even the Raymond clan didn't dare to threaten him.

They could only hope to use the resources at hand to exchange for the Ancestor's Staff, or wait until Gu Nan was in a good mood and bestow this divine weapon upon them.

In fact, Gu Nan had already turned away over 20 vampires, all of whom came to his door trying to throw themselves into his arms.

Vampires historically had such a tradition and were adept at taking advantage of their beautiful appearances. Thankfully, over half of those who came to his door were women.

Gu Nan's assessment of Zhong Die was all-encompassing. Her physical strength, recovery ability, speed, sensitivity towards laws, and even beauty—all of them were evaluated one by one.

All these data were strictly recorded, fully demonstrating Zhong Die's current constitution and the entire origin blood modification process.

Two months later, Zhong Die had practically transformed into another person.

The current Zhong Die had long blonde hair. Her skin was fair and flawless, her pupils were an attractive coffee color, and she even grew by several centimeters, making her entire person appear tall and well-proportioned.

He was afraid that not even Lu Xinhuan would recognize her now.

On this day, Gu Nan was still training little Zhong Die as usual when a sudden clamor came from outside.

"What happened?" Gu Nan had little reaction to the commotion, while Zhong Die had already asked impatiently.

After suffering unspeakable misery in Gu Nan's training program, Zhong Die couldn't wait for something to happen right now.

"No matter what happens, it has nothing to do with you," Christina poured a bucket of cold water over Zhong Die's head and directly extinguished her fantasy.

As Zhong Die's sire, she would also occasionally come to supervise Zhong Die's training.

Zhong Die couldn't help pouting, but Gu Nan said with a smile, "Actually, it really does have something to do with her this time."

……

Outside the sanctuary, Lu Xinhuan glared at Lady Mara with a frosty expression. "I've come to request a meeting with Lord Gu Nan."

Lady Mara didn't have any good feelings towards Qinghe Pavilion. She revealed a cold smile. "It depends on whether that Lord is willing to see you."

Lu Xinhuan, however, didn't say anything and just pointed to the two figures behind her.

"For the sake of these two, I believe that Lord will be willing to give me this opportunity."

The two behind her were a man and a woman. The woman was Shana, who'd already advanced to Legend Rank by this point, while the man was Zi Dian, who had a long sword hanging from his waist and a helpless look on his face.

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