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The Blasphemer Project was a relatively time-consuming process.

In fact, after players successfully finished the Second Round, the main focus of game design changed from attracting new players to retaining existing players.

The developers hoped to get as many players addicted to the game as possible, so they provided more ways to kill time, such as allowing players to continuously train NPCs and have them hunt gods.

Because the Evil Value blasphemers could harvest from hunting gods was far greater than the amount earned from players killing gods themselves.

Of course, even in this case, players often still ran into the problem of not having enough gods to kill, so their Evil Value was never enough. In the end, they had no choice but to set their sights on the greater gods.

But how could greater gods be so easy to kill?

After the Second Round, even if the player wanted to kill opponents of the same level, it was far from the same as before.

After all, the greater gods themselves were a part of the very laws they ruled over. Just destroying the greater gods' divine bodies could not completely kill them. Killing a greater god was a very time-consuming and labor-intensive task.

But right now, Gu Nan's advantage over the actual game was that he had a lot of time.

After all, the game was played by players, and a player's time was not infinite. On the contrary, now… Well, in a sense, the current Gu Nan had infinite time.

So Gu Nan wasn't in a hurry at all. The Blasphemer Project was slowly advancing, and the corresponding Greater God Dimension required a lot of manpower and material resources to build.

Ideally, the fully-complete Greater God Dimension should be a self-sufficient system that controlled the overall situation of multiple ownerless planes and could throw blasphemers into them at any time. At the same time, it would also be able to obtain resources from each plane.

The present Greater God Dimension was still completely dependent on supply from the Divine Kingdom. At best, it could only be regarded as… the preliminary stage of socialism.

So Gu Nan's current plan was to wait for new developments in the Blasphemer Project and to go to the World of Gods to learn more about its history.

According to Yu Lian, as early as the First Divine War, the Saints from the Myriad Heavens had already started intervening in the World of Gods.

So what was the difference between the history there and Gu Nan's memories? This was worth investigating.

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……

"It's your turn."

On the starship heading to the World of Gods, Gu Nan leisurely spoke to Ye Wu while holding a few cards in his hand.

Ye Wu was frowning heavily, wracking her brains. She wasn't a genius like Yu Lian, who could master everything in seconds. Facing a very strategic game like black cards, she was tortured into misery for a while.

However, the somewhat dull Classmate Ye Wu was still studying meticulously, following Gu Nan's instructions and carefully learning how to… play cards.

Ye Wu, who was often assigned by Yu Lian to study under various bigshots, had actually seen much of the world.

She'd met all kinds of strange teachers. Let alone those who taught by playing cards, there were also those who taught through painting, farming, and even visiting brothels.

Therefore, Ye Wu studied very hard, even trying to understand the rules of black cards bit by bit and wondering whether there was any deeper meaning behind it.

'Maybe there is a truth hidden in the law of playing cards?'

Gu Nan didn't take Ye Wu's thoughts to heart at all. He just found someone to play cards with because he had nothing to do…

During this trip to the World of Gods, Gu Nan truly changed his appearance. Not only did he change his attire, but even his height and appearance were also modified, all except his personality.

This couldn't be helped. He was too famous now, and because he just advanced to Unified Dao, too many people in the current generation recognized his appearance.

As long as Gu Nan didn't want to hide his tracks everywhere he went, then it was necessary to change his face.

On the other hand, with Gu Nan's current status, he wasn't suited for entering the World of Gods alone. That would be putting too big a target on himself. The thirteen greater gods were not fools.

Instead, no one would notice him if he blended in with the crowd.

After they finished two more rounds, Classmate Ye Wu suffered crushing defeat, as expected. If this was strip poker, she might even have to peel off her skin.

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"I lost again. I'm so stupid!" Ye Wu wailed with distress, seemingly extremely dissatisfied with her own performance.

However, Ye Wu had always been persistent, and she did not lose heart. While thinking about the rules of the card game, she asked, "Gu… My Lord, where are we going this time?"

"Saint-Groux Continent," Gu Nan seemed to be in a good mood and offhandedly replied, "Regarding the history of gods, the Scholar Temple is probably the place with the most complete information."

Saint-Groux Continent was controlled by the Light Faction and managed by Jones, the God of Knowledge.

In the World of Gods, the most knowledgeable group was mages, while the most knowledgeable individual was definitely the God of Knowledge.

The God of Knowledge, also called the God of Scholars, possessed one of the oldest divine authorities. But as for the godhood itself… that had already changed hands several times over the generations.

However, the God of Knowledge was also one of the very rare cases where the god's strength would grow with each successive generation's God of Knowledge.

In the early days of the World of Gods, the God of Knowledge was just a weak god with an obscure divine authority and weak divinity, only having a few believers.

But as history developed, be it gods or mortals, knowledge was constantly accumulating, which invisibly strengthened the God of Knowledge.

Therefore, the current generation's God of Knowledge had power at least on par with a Tier 9 god. If things continued like this, this god would become a greater god sooner or later.

"Are you two also heading to the Saint-Groux Continent?" A curious voice came from the side, speaking to Gu Nan and Ye Wu.historical

The two weren't sitting in their own rooms and playing cards. Instead, they stayed in the lobby of the starship, and their conversations were naturally overheard by people around them.

Because this starship was very small and took a shortcut, it only took less than a few hours to reach the World of Gods, so there were no separate rooms for each passenger.

Gu Nan looked up. The person who spoke was an old man, but his appearance had obvious Caucasian features, and the style of his clothes was also from the World of Gods.

"That's right. You are?" Gu Nan's voice was very calm and his tone was indifferent, not very friendly.

The old man didn't mind and answered with a smile, "You can call me Old Hank. I'm from the Saint-Groux Continent, but I often go to the Myriad Heavens. I usually spend more time there."

Since there were Star Rulers like Daoist Lingyang, who lived in the World of Gods for a long time, in turn, there were naturally also gods who went to the Myriad Heavens.

But this Old Hank was not a god, just a normal Legend Rank expert.

Facing Old Hank's self-introduction, Gu Nan just nodded slightly and showed no intention of responding. Ye Wu quickly introduced herself but only referred to Gu Nan as her teacher.

"So you're Void Grotto Heaven's elite disciple!" Old Hank said quickly after hearing Ye Wu's introduction. He was indeed familiar with the Myriad Heavens and even knew to use the phrase "elite disciple".

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Perhaps Ye Wu's origin made Old Hank misunderstand Gu Nan's identity, believing that Gu Nan also came from Void Grotto Heaven, and even the address he used was a bit weird.

"This… Daoist Priest." Old Hank smiled with some respect. The pronunciation of the word "Daoist Priest" was not very standard. "May I inquire about the purpose of your trip to Saint-Groux Continent? Perhaps I can help."

Gu Nan originally wanted to ignore him, but since this old man volunteered, he didn't mind using Old Hank to disguise his identity.

"We just want to go to the Scholar Temple and check some information."

There was nothing suspicious about this answer. At least six out of ten foreigners heading to Saint-Groux Continent were going to the Scholar Temple.

Old Hank was not surprised by this, evidently having expected it. "It just so happens that I, Old Hank, know a few priests from the Scholar Temple. Daoist Priest, why don't I lead the way for you?"

Gu Nan agreed with a faint smile.

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Just when Gu Nan was heading to the World of Gods again, the Heaven-God Alliance was facing a dilemma.

Xue Ren's whereabouts were unknown and Immortal Empress Taisheng was busy repairing her destroyed astral world, so Zhuangxuan was the only person remaining by Zi Luo Elder's side.

However, usually Zhuangxuan's ability was more than enough to handle the various matters by himself, but he really couldn't handle the problem this time.

Rolensia sent a message hoping that the Heaven-God Alliance would expel Gu Nan, or else she would voluntarily withdraw from the Heaven-God Alliance.

To put it simply, it was just three words— "Me or him!"

The message was very long, but it merely emphasized the dangers of the Evil God and the fact that Gu Nan would inevitably bring the world to ruin in the future. Even if the Heaven-God Alliance didn't try to hunt him down, it could at least still kick this person out.

"What exactly is an Evil God?" Zhuangxuan frowned. "I've checked a lot of records, but such an existence has never been mentioned. However, many of the living gods say they've heard of related legends before."

Zi Luo Elder didn't find it strange and replied calmly, "Information on Evil Gods isn't written down; it's only passed down orally. This is a rule that only existed in ancient times. They believe that writing about Evil Gods will lead to the advent of evil."

Hearing this, Zhuangxuan could only shake his head wordlessly.

If there was any major difference between Star Rulers and gods, it was that the element of mysticism was more important in the gods' world, to the point where even the greater gods would be affected.

Gods believed in fate, believed in ancient legends, and even believed that the more ancient the existence, the more powerful they were… To the Myriad Heavens, this sounded like utter nonsense.

For example, the first and second generation Saints in ancient times would definitely be no match for modern Unified Dao cultivators in a real fight. This was the result of overwhelming superiority in terms of knowledge, techniques, and laws.

As the discussion on Evil Gods failed to produce any results, Zhuangxuan began to seriously consider the situation and suggested, "The core of the Heaven-God Alliance is still you, Esteemed Elder. I think it's best not to respond to this matter."

"What if Rolensia insists on withdrawing from the Heaven-God Alliance?" Zi Luo Elder asked with a smile.

"Then let her quit." Zhuangxuan said without hesitation, "Even if we force her to stay, it will still be impossible for her to ever cooperate with Senior Gu Nan in the future. But after this incident, we do have to find opportunities to make Senior Gu Nan also withdraw from the organization."

Zhuangxuan knew very well that Rolensia was definitely not an exception. In fact, she was just a representative of the godly members.

As long as Gu Nan was in the Heaven-God Alliance, it was impossible for the gods to feel a sense of belonging to the organization. And without the support of the gods, the Heaven-God Alliance would no longer be worthy of having "God" in its name.

Zi Luo Elder sighed softly. "What we want is a complete organization, not a single individual… I'll leave this matter to you."

"Yes."

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The Scholar Temple was actually very easy to find.

Or rather, on the Saint-Groux Continent, one could see Scholar Temples everywhere. It wasn't just a single building, but the knowledge inside was all the same.

In more modern terms, it was a huge database with countless terminals spread across the continent, and any one of them could be accessed.

"Daoist Priest, Miss Ye, this is the Scholar Temple I'm talking about." Old Hank led Gu Nan and Ye Wu along and found a Scholar Temple in the corner of a rural town.

This temple really was dilapidated. Two of the pillars in front of the door were even broken. It was more accurate to say that one shouldn't expect a temple in a place like this to be luxurious.

Ye Wu cast Old Hank an odd look, which made the latter look slightly embarrassed as he quickly explained.

"I've been staying in the Myriad Heavens for the past two years. In the past… In the past, this place used to be quite popular. However, the records in the Scholar Temples are all connected, and the information can be accessed from any branch."

"No matter." Gu Nan waved his hand. Of course he knew the database in the Scholar Temples was connected, and he much rather preferred an obscure location like this in the first place.

Old Hank really did know the priest of this temple, and the priest here seemed to be very friendly, quickly letting Gu Nan and Ye Wu inside.

This was also related to the God of Knowledge. Every single generation's God of Knowledge had opened their temples to the outside world, and anyone could come to consult any records.

Gu Nan didn't choose to slaughter his way inside this time. On one hand, he had more time now and didn't need to pursue extreme efficiency. On the other hand, he did not want to expose his identity prematurely.

If he killed people inside the temple, even if Jones couldn't trace his whereabouts, he would immediately realize that Gu Nan had come to the World of Gods.

"Daoist Priest, what information are you looking for?"

"Ancient myths and epics," Gu Nan casually answered. The ancient era of the World of Gods had no such thing as historical records; only myths and epics remained.

"Oh, okay." Old Hank nodded repeatedly, then began to think hard. "Regarding ancient mythology, that should be in…"

"Legends Section 19, this way." Gu Nan knew the ropes and led the way.

Ye Wu naturally followed quickly, while Old Hank looked surprised. "Daoist Priest, have you been to a Scholar Temple before?"

Gu Nan just nodded without responding. Much of what players knew about the game world came from the Scholar Temple. This was similarly true for Gu Nan, who often came here to investigate information.

After all, the game background had way too much content and was too complex. It was impossible for even top players to stuff all that information into their heads. They were just good at finding the information they needed most.

Gu Nan barely paused as he flipped through several files in quick succession, but the results were no different from what he remembered.

Old Hank couldn't help taking a sneak peek and found that the information Gu Nan was looking at was all related to the First Divine War, and he suddenly felt confident.historical

'This Daoist Priest is probably interested in the history of the World of Gods, so…'

"Who is this God of Twilight?" Gu Nan suddenly stopped and pointed at a name in the file.

He was certain that there was absolutely no God of Twilight in his memories.

"It should be some ancient god…" Old Hank said unknowingly. He was just a mortal and did not have a deep understanding of gods.

However, at this moment, a voice came from next to the group. "Young man, why do you want to know about the God of Twilight?"

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An old man in a priest's robe appeared in front of Gu Nan and the others. Strangely enough, his appearance was exactly the same as that of Old Hank.

But though they were both old men, Old Hank looked like a merchant who'd been exposed to wind and rain and was often on the road, but this person had a completely different air and looked full of energy.

Even though they had the same appearance, anyone who saw the two would definitely not mistake them for each other.historical

"A-Are you twins?" Ye Wu stared at the two curiously, glancing at Old Hank and then at the old priest.

Old Hank looked helpless. "Yes, this is my older brother. You can call him Hank."

"You're both called Hank?" Ye Wu obviously didn't know much about the culture of the World of Gods, so she didn't understand why there would be two Hanks in one family.

"I'm Old Hank," Old Hank emphasized.

Priest Hank wasn't affected by the chat between the two and kept his eyes on Gu Nan. "Young man, you haven't answered my question yet."

But Gu Nan wasn't in a hurry to answer. He just looked at the priest. "Are you Jones's apostle?"

Jones was this generation's God of Knowledge. Anyone who could wear priest attire in the Scholar Temple was probably his apostle.

"You…" Anger flashed across the old priest's face when he saw the other party directly calling his god's name, but then he seemed to have realized something and asked in a heavy voice, "Who is Your Excellency?"

Gu Nan withdrew his gaze and continued to browse through the files. He wasn't interested in chatting with a mere apostle.

A God of Twilight appeared out of thin air in the epic, and even an apostle paid special attention to this god. This meant that Jones had long known something was off.

But was the God of Twilight the only extra god here?

Gu Nan looked through the ancient records one by one. Not only the First Divine War, but the entire history of the World of Gods was within the scope of his research.

However, he found no other differences as obvious as the God of Twilight.

After all, Gu Nan was just a gamer in his past life and didn't do systematic research, so it was impossible to memorize the entire history of the World of Gods.

For example, did four or five gods die in a certain battle in the Second Divine War—who the hell could remember this? By the time players first entered the game, the Fourth Divine War had already ended.

'I'll have to start with this God of Twilight.' Gu Nan immediately decided when he couldn't find any other clues.

Since such a god appeared out of thin air, he would always be able to find some clues by following this god's journey and tracing the descendants he left behind.

Gu Nan began to carefully search for specific information about the God of Twilight. The amount of information he needed to find this time was greater, but he was more efficient now.

Because he discovered that this God of Twilight had a historical biography.

After entering the modern era, the World of Gods also had history books and the like. In particular, the rise of mage organizations among the mortals contributed significantly to this development, as mages held great interest in researching the stories of gods.

Most mages were unbelievers, and some of the especially zealous mages would even shout slogans such as "Gods are just more powerful mages".

Among them, theological scholars would research the entire history of both well-known and obscure gods and compile their life stories into biographies for future generations to analyze.

However, while Gu Nan was busy investigating the God of Twilight, Priest Hank's situation turned a little awkward, because he was completely ignored by Gu Nan.

"Your Excellency…" Priest Hank suppressed his anger and looked directly at Gu Nan.

However, before he could speak further, a shadow hand stretched out from behind the temple and directly dragged the priest into the shadows.

In order to prevent Jones from noticing, Gu Nan didn't kill the other party directly this time, but instead… dragged him into the shadows first, then killed him.

In this way, in the God of Knowledge's senses, this apostle just disappeared mysteriously. Who knows when they might get around to investigating this?

"Daoist Priest!" Old Hank suddenly gave a furious roar, his eyes widening. No matter what, Priest Hank was still his big brother...

"Oh, there's one more." Gu Nan looked up from the files at Old Hank, and then the shadow hand reappeared.

After Old Hank was also dragged into the shadows, the Scholar Temple's library became quiet, with only Ye Wu following Gu Nan with a pale face.

Even though she'd heard of Lord Gu Nan's cruel and ruthless reputation before leaving, she didn't think that—given his current realm—he would still attack these ordinary people.

'It's truly unimaginable… Is this also what Master wants me to learn?'

Ye Wu, who was wholeheartedly devoted to learning, thought as such.

After all, these days, Ye Wu finally realized that Gu Nan wasn't joking back then. He really did play every day and never cultivated.

This was truly inconceivable. Even Unified Dao bigshots like Yu Lian and Song Fei needed to constantly review and consolidate their own foundations, or else they might fall behind.

Because one's understanding of laws could never reach 100%. It was merely a process of getting infinitely closer to the truth.

Of course, Gu Nan didn't believe this. He only knows that fists are the truth.

"Let's go," After looking through the records for a while, Gu Nan raised his head and said to Ye Wu.

"Ah? Where are we going next?" Ye Wu finally came back from her deep thoughts and asked hurriedly.

"Crescent City."

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Crescent City was located on the Eastern part of the Saint-Groux Continent. It was a well-known city.

Its fame came from the story of the city's founding. Crescent City declared its independence from several large empires and was founded by a group of mages.

Therefore, Crescent City was also known as the Mage City, and the highest political organization here was the Mage Guild.

When Gu Nan and Ye Wu reached Crescent City, it was already three days after they left the Scholar Temple.

In fact, with Ye Wu's Void Cutter strength, if the two of them wanted to speed up, they wouldn't need to spend such a long time on the road. But Gu Nan seemed to have no intention of pursuing the fastest speed and instead strolled along like a tourist.

"Let's meet an old friend first," Gu Nan told Ye Wu after arriving in Crescent City.

Ye Wu naturally had no objections, so the two of them walked into a tavern. Before anyone could come up to greet them, someone in a corner waved at them.

"Your current fashion sense finally seems to have caught up with the times!" Gu Nan walked to the corner and couldn't help commenting while looking at the other party's attire.

The only person who could still meet Gu Nan in the World of Gods without trying to kill him was naturally Daoist Lingyang. As long as the gods saw Gu Nan, they would definitely all attack him at once… No, they would probably call for help now.

Compared with his uncouth clothes at the beginning, Daoist Lingyang had truly assimilated into the local culture by now, and his appearance revealed practically no traces of being from the Myriad Heavens.

Daoist Lingyang just smiled in response and quickly turned his attention to the other person. "Ye Wu?"

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"Senior Lingyang." Ye Wu hurriedly gave a respectful salute, clearly having known Daoist Lingyang for a long time.

Gu Nan glanced at the two of them and couldn't help feeling amused. "You two know each other?"

"She also studied with Xue Ren for a while before," Daoist Lingyang revealed without hesitation. Xue Ren and Yu Lian had always had a good relationship—Gu Nan knew this.

Ye Wu also nodded. "Senior Xue is a very good teacher…"

As a very special existence in Void Grotto Heaven, Ye Wu had studied under many teachers. Star Rulers like Xue Ren, whose laws were very unique and had a good relationship with Void Grotto Heaven, naturally couldn't escape Yu Lian's "evil clutches".

As the oldest of the three largest Heaven Level astral worlds, the fact that Void Grotto Heaven was still standing today was not without reason.

There were a large number of people in the astral world, all with their own duties. Ye Wu, who specialized in learning the essence of each cultivation path and then bringing that back to the sect, was by no means the only person with this job.

"Let's reminisce about old times later," Gu Nan interrupted the conversation between the two. "What about the information I asked you to investigate earlier?"

Daoist Lingyang looked away from Ye Wu and replied, "The God of Twilight? I've had someone investigate, and it's indeed the same as the information you gave me… But he seems like a very ordinary god."

The information Gu Nan found was that the God of Twilight was active after the First Divine War, but traces of him suddenly disappeared before the Second Divine War started.

But upon closer inspection of the God of Twilight's specific achievements, he hadn't done anything earth-shattering.

It was nothing more than having participated in certain battles together with certain gods or taking action in a certain battle to stop the opponent's offensive…

In Gu Nan's words, it was the same with or without him, so the subsequent history was not greatly affected.

And judging from his military successes, the God of Twilight was roughly around Tier 7 to Tier 8. He couldn't really be considered a top-tier god.

This person was definitely not the Martial Ancestor that Yu Lian mentioned. This was also to be expected. It was unlikely that a confrontation at the greater god level would be recorded by mortals.

Overall, the God of Twilight was—as Lingyang Daoist put it—a "very ordinary god."

"But this ordinary god shouldn't exist in the first place." Gu Nan shook his head.

Daoist Lingyang stared blankly for a moment, not understanding what Gu Nan meant. Of course he wouldn't be able to guess Gu Nan's true thoughts, but since he himself came from the Myriad Heavens, he had other ideas.

"You mean, he's someone who came from the Myriad Heavens back then?" Daoist Lingyang frowned slightly. "As far as I know, there should be very little communication between the two sides back then."

"Oh? Why is that?" Gu Nan couldn't help raising a brow. Daoist Lingyang's statement was slightly different from Yu Lian's.

Daoist Lingyang explained, "Only after the collapse of the ancient three realms did the Myriad Heavens truly see the outside world. From then on, they gradually became aware of the existence of the World of Gods."

"However, during the era of the Saints, the Myriad Heavens' cultivators were very xenophobic and regarded inhabitants of the World of Gods as barbarians, so very few people were willing to come here."

Gu Nan slowly nodded. Combining the information from both places, it seemed that normal cultivators weren't willing to come here, but the Saints back then might have.

Gu Nan could even take a bold guess that the way the Saints suddenly proposed a cultivation method to combine cultivators with astral worlds was likely inspired by the gods' Divine Kingdoms.

It's just that the Myriad Heavens naturally lacked the environment for faith to develop, so the Saints were forced to make some changes.

"Since you said the God of Twilight may be from the Myriad Heavens, let's take a look," Daoist Lingyang continued, suddenly showing great interest in this.

Because he himself also walked this path and had recently begun to rebuild his astral world. Being able to learn from a predecessor would undoubtedly be of great help.

After his words fell, Daoist Lingyang led the two outside.

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Crescent City, the mayor's mansion.

The reason Gu Nan came to Crescent City was precisely because he discovered that the successive mayors of Crescent City were descendants of the God of Twilight. This was also the only trace of the latter that still remained on the Saint-Groux Continent today.

Daoist Lingyang was obviously extremely familiar with the mayor's mansion. He led them directly to a secret room, pointing to the front. "The mayor's secret vault is back there. I saw him use his own blood to open it. Do you have another method—"

Boom!

Before he could even finish, Gu Nan punched the wall. Countless magic ripples flashed across it, and then the entire wall instantly collapsed.

"Yes," Gu Nan's belated answer traveled over.

Daoist Lingyang shrugged. "We'll have to hurry then."

The sound of the wall collapsing would undoubtedly draw other people here. But that didn't matter, because there was no way the mayor himself wouldn't be alerted of the lock's destruction.

Gu Nan walked in immediately, his eyes quickly scanning the countless treasures without stopping at all.

"My Lord, this bead seems to have a mysterious aura!" Ye Wu quickly had a discovery and ran over, as if offering up a treasure.

However, Gu Nan just glanced at it and immediately said, "The blood beads of the Hydra Emperor don't have much use. But to think this mayor even has such things. He's not simple."

The Hydra Emperor was a Tier 5 creature that could not be killed by normal Legend Ranks.

"Oh…" Ye Wu lowered her head and turned around to look for treasures again. She sincerely wanted to help, but Gu Nan didn't need it.

Thanks to Gu Nan's understanding of the World of Gods' treasures, his eyes were definitely more effective than appraisal skills.

Gu Nan's footsteps didn't pause at all, reaching the depths of the treasure vault in a few steps. Countless boxes were swallowed up by the power of shadows, and all the seals on them were instantly broken, revealing the treasures hidden inside.historical

It wasn't until he saw a strange talisman that Gu Nan suddenly stopped.

"Look at this." Gu Nan picked up the talisman and handed it to Daoist Lingyang.

Daoist Lingyang looked down and saw that the talisman looked very worn, but the pattern on it gave him a familiar feeling.

"This is something from the Myriad Heavens!" Daoist Lingyang made his judgment immediately without any hesitation. He was familiar with the styles of the two worlds. The natives of the World of Gods would never be able to make such a talisman.

"But the material is from this side." Gu Nan said, "It means this is a talisman made here by a person from the Myriad Heavens."

As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately activated the talisman. However, the scene that followed surprised even Gu Nan.

A burst of energy shot out, like a sharp arrow heading straight for Gu Nan. It instantly broke through the spontaneous protection of the power of shadows and pierced Gu Nan's forehead!

Daoist Lingyang's expression suddenly changed, and he hastily retreated. There was cold sweat on his forehead, and he barely managed to utter two words, "Greater god!"

Ye Wu was still in a daze, not understanding what was happening, until an illusion appeared in front of her.

"All who discover me… must die…" A sound like the radio waves being cut off rang intermittently in Ye Wu's ears.

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Strange ripples spread through space, and Ye Wu felt as if some kind of power was sweeping across everything, instantly scanning everything about her and revealing all her secrets at a glance.

The next second, a strong sense of danger arose in Ye Wu's heart, as if someone was holding a knife to her neck and could take her life away at any time.

The intermittent echo continued, "Die… Die…"

Ye Wu was surrounded by this frightening power, unable to move. She could only watch as the ripples transformed into a human figure holding a scythe that quickly swung at her head.

Facing a greater god-level existence, Ye Wu had no way to resist and could only turn her gaze to Gu Nan.

'Can this newly-advanced Unified Dao cultivator… Huh?'

Gu Nan, whose forehead was pierced earlier, had already disappeared from his original spot.

But the instant the figure was about to swing its scythe, a hand suddenly reached out from behind and directly crushed the humanoid's head.

"Death God? Doesn't feel like it…" Gu Nan's figure reappeared, some confusion in his eyes.

He sensed a greater god-level law of death in the other party's laws, but it was very different from the Death God in his impression. They shouldn't be the same person.

"Not one of the greater gods here? It doesn't feel like any of the Unified Dao existences either." Daoist Lingyang had come back upon feeling the stranger's aura vanish.

Ye Wu recovered from her shock and said hesitantly, "I, I've seen… that kind of power before…"

"Seriously?!" Daoist Lingyang suddenly turned to stare directly at Ye Wu.

Classmate Ye Wu was startled and quickly nodded. "I once felt a similar aura on an ancient object. It was a longsword left behind by the Lord of Death."

"The Lord of Death?" Gu Nan glanced back at Daoist Lingyang. He had no impression of this name, so this shouldn't be a character from the World of Gods.

However, the name's style really fit the World of Gods and didn't sound like something from the Myriad Heavens.historical

Daoist Lingyang frowned slightly. "I know this person. He was a Star Ruler during the era of the second generation of Saints. He was a well-known astral world pioneer, and his strength barely reached Realm Level."

The era of the second generation of Saints was also the era with the greatest astral world development in the Myriad Heavens' history. A large number of Star Rulers gave up their original Daoist cultivation paths and embarked on the path of astral world cultivation.

Since the Myriad Heavens had plenty of resources to plunder, the Star Ruler route obviously had a huge advantage back then, so many ancient Star Rulers participated in the development of astral worlds.

The fact that the Lord of Death could stand out among so many people and leave a considerable reputation behind was a testament to his ability.

Daoist Lingyang thought for a while. "If he has survived until now, then it's not unreasonable for him to be at Unified Dao Realm right now… But where in the world did he enter Unified Dao?"

It was almost impossible for a greater god or Unified Dao cultivator's ascension to be completely undetected.

By its very definition, Unified Dao referred to uniting oneself with a law, so other Unified Dao existences at the same realm would naturally detect this process.

There were only two possibilities for the appearance of a completely unknown Unified Dao figure. Either he had some kind of secret method to hide himself so that the ascension process wasn't discovered, or… he broke through to Unified Dao in another world.

It was just like how the Unified Dao powers of the Myriad Heavens naturally couldn't sense Zi Luo Elder's ascension, since it happened in the World of Gods.

"We'll know once we find him." Gu Nan didn't say much but pressed one hand on the talisman and activated it again.

The wound on his forehead had completely recovered, as if it had no effect on him.

"All who discover me… must die…" The exact same voice came again. The ripple-like power spread out again, and another sharp arrow shot at Gu Nan.

Incomparably dense shadows emerged, blocking the arrow, and the human figure formed by the ripples was directly caught in Gu Nan's hand.

The scythe slashed down with great force and accurately hit Gu Nan's neck. However, Gu Nan didn't even budge. Instead, the scythe instantly disintegrated, dissipating into nothingness.

This talisman was obviously a passive item that had to be activated. Only when it received external stimuli would a programmed response appear.

Gu Nan used the power of shadows to trace along the deathly ripples' origin. As long as the other party was still in this world, the aura of a greater god would act like a beacon, unable to be hidden at all.

But the result was… nothing.

"He's not in the World of Gods." Gu Nan frowned and said to Daoist Lingyang, "We're going back. The fight just now can't be hidden; the greater gods will arrive soon."

Of course it was impossible for no one to notice a battle at the greater god level.

Daoist Lingyang also knew this, so he nodded immediately and quickly disappeared. He didn't dare for his contact with Gu Nan to be discovered, or else he would no longer have a place to stay in the World of Gods.

After Daoist Lingyang disappeared, Ye Wu looked at Gu Nan and asked, "Lord Gu Nan, are we heading back right now?"

She heard Gu Nan's earlier sentence and also knew that the mysterious greater god was not in the World of Gods, so they would probably have to return to the Myriad Heavens to look for him.

"Wait a little. There's one more thing that needs to be done first."

……

Crescent City, Scholar Temple.

"Your Excellency." A young female priest stood before Gu Nan. "Ahead is the Scholar Temple. Please…"

Boom!

Gu Nan punched out without hesitation, and the priest suddenly exploded into a cloud of bloody mist. Behind him, Ye Wu's lips twitched, but she didn't say anything in the end.

Gu Nan slowly walked forward, heading directly to the Scholar Temple's library.

Of course he came for the information stored in the Scholar Temple. There were many files that Gu Nan didn't have time to read in detail, so the best method was naturally to move all the documents back to his Divine Kingdom.

Under normal circumstances, such a thing was naturally impossible.

Information in the Scholar Temple was extremely precious. Even if one wanted to access it, they still had to pay a considerable price or go through the back door like Old Hank did.

The only reason the God of Knowledge could retain so much information was because he made the information available to the public so that anyone could borrow it, or else he would be targeted by people interested in the files.

It was precisely because of this that no one had ever dared to take advantage of these materials. Doing so would be tantamount to making an enemy out of every god and truly offending the entire public.

Only Gu Nan didn't care about this, because he was already the gods' public enemy.

In fact, players in the game would often do this kind of thing after reaching the Second Round—they were already the enemy of the world, so who cared about one more crime?

Since there were players who liked to hide their powers and identities to surprise others, waiting for their identities to be exposed for excitement and stimulation, there were naturally also players who were unscrupulous and caused trouble everywhere they went.

Gu Nan's killing spree in the temple quickly attracted the attention of the God of Knowledge. This god, who'd been getting stronger through the ages, immediately descended.

The radiance on the statue flashed as a miracle appeared.

"Evildoer, thou shalt be punished…"

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"Evildoer, thou shalt be punished…"

Before Jones, the God of Knowledge, could finish his declaration, Gu Nan had already sent a flying kick towards the statue's stomach. The entire statue was instantly smashed apart, and the descending light of divinity dissipated.

Jones's aura suddenly disappeared without daring to utter another word, and the whole temple was swallowed up by the shadows.

Jones's apostles felt as if they plunged into hell. Before they could even rejoice in the miracle, it had already vanished.

Of course they wouldn't understand that Jones was currently extremely grateful that he didn't rashly descend with his real body and only sent a clone down.

As long as the other party didn't chase him back to his own Divine Kingdom, he would only lose a small part of his divine power, which wasn't a serious injury.

'This is that greater god-level Evil God!'

The moment the opponent struck, Jones already discovered his enemy's identity. If he'd personally descended, he might have died in that instant.

"I must contact Austin immediately!" Jones directly decided without any hesitation.

……

No matter what the God of Knowledge was doing, Gu Nan was quite happily working as a porter.

After slaughtering everyone in this Scholar Temple, he continued to transport files directly from this terminal, temporarily storing them in a pocket dimension he just created and preparing to take them back to the Divine Kingdom.

A lot of records were stored in the Scholar Temple, but Gu Nan also moved them at a breakneck speed, almost sweeping them away in batches.

Mere moments later, Austin descended directly on the Saint-Groux Continent, the endless holy light almost burning away the surrounding laws.

"He ran away?" Goddess of Darkness Daisy walked out from the side and looked at the wrecked Scholar Temple, frowning slightly.

This was probably the first time that the leaders of the two major factions cooperated so harmoniously, working towards the same goal without any discord.

"He left something behind." Austin's gaze shifted slightly as the holy light covered the entire temple, and he quickly fished out a piece of paper.

On that note, the shadows twisted to form a sentence: "Austin, why don't you check on your sister back home?"

……

"Lord Gu Nan, when did you do that?" Ye Wu asked curiously on the starship returning to the Myriad Heavens.

"Do what?"

"Austin's sister!" Ye Wu naturally read the note.

Gu Nan replied with a shrug, "I lied. Let him be suspicious for a while. Next time I really want to make a move, maybe I can even trick him with the reverse."

"Ah?" Ye Wu opened her mouth wide and couldn't help muttering softly, "But that's the mighty Ruler of Light…"

In Ye Wu's impression, Austin, who was equivalent to a Unified Dao existence, should not have been deceived so easily.

But Gu Nan was all too aware that although the greater gods were powerful, they were by no means invincible. On the contrary, because these gods relied on the power of faith to arrive at their current positions, almost all of them had character flaws.

Austin's flaw was that he would never let even a single suspicion go uninvestigated. Putting it nicely, this was called "meticulous", but putting it bluntly, it was excessive paranoia.

Once he returned, even if he saw that Sylvia was uninjured, he would still wonder whether Gu Nan secretly did something to Sylvia and was just waiting for the most critical moment to trigger it.

Naturally, there was no need to explain all this to Ye Wu. Gu Nan gently tossed the talisman in his hand up and down, very interested in this item made by a greater god.

This item came from the Lord of Death, a figure active during the second generation of Saints, yet neither the Myriad Heavens nor the World of Gods seemed to have such a Unified Dao existence.

But what was certain was that the Lord of Death himself must still be alive, or else the talisman's power wouldn't be able to activate repeatedly.

"Is he really in the Myriad Heavens? Then how did he hide himself?" Gu Nan stared at the starry sky outside the window and kept thinking.

They were currently in the gap between the two worlds and were about to enter the Myriad Heavens… 'Wait!'historical

Gu Nan seemed to remember something and suddenly grabbed the talisman, immediately pouring some power into it and activating the item.

"All who discover me… must die…"

Gu Nan was very familiar with the situation this time. Before the deathly ripples could form, the law of shadows had completely engulfed it, leaving no chance for the opponent to strike.

But this time, he unexpectedly received a response when he tried to trace the law of death to its source.

'He's really here!'

The Lord of Death who made the talisman was in neither the World of Gods nor the Myriad Heavens, but in the gap between the two worlds!

'Could he have entered Unified Dao here?'

Perhaps this was the real reason why no one ever discovered that there was another Unified Dao cultivator hidden among them!

Just as Gu Nan activated the Death Talisman this time, a power rose up from the depths of the starry sky and quickly stopped near the starship.

But this energy was extremely well-hidden. Except for Gu Nan, who was holding the talisman, no one else could sense it.

"I'm going out for a bit," Gu Nan casually threw out this sentence as his figure suddenly vanished, leaving Ye Wu alone.

It was originally agreed that Ye Wu would follow Gu Nan wherever he went, but when the latter didn't want to take her with him, there was nothing she could do.

……

Gu Nan stood in the void, looking at the figure that suddenly appeared before him without any surprise on his face.

This person wore a gray robe. Under the hood, he had an average appearance and even had a few wrinkles.

"Lord of Death? God of Twilight?" Gu Nan raised his eyebrow and asked directly.

"Looks like Daoist Friend Gu Nan knows this humble one very well." The gray-robed man revealed a strange smile, then made an extremely authentic ancient salute.

The other party did not deny that the God of Twilight and the Lord of Death were actually the same person.

Gu Nan wasn't surprised that this person knew his identity. The other party was just hiding in the gap between the two worlds; it didn't mean he knew nothing about the outside world.

Gu Nan could practically fill in the blanks. This was a cultivator born in the Myriad Heavens who had great success while developing his astral world.

Then he came to the World of Gods in person and gained the identity of a god, but very few people on either side knew that the two were actually the same person.

However, as his strength gradually improved and he was about to approach Unified Dao, he suddenly disappeared for some unknown reason and then completed the breakthrough in the gap between the two worlds…

All of this instantly flashed through Gu Nan's mind. He looked at the gray-robed figure. "Am I the first person to discover you?"

"You can say that." The other party nodded. "Some people also discovered me in the past, but then they all… Mm, they now belong to me."

Not dead, but belonged to him.

Gu Nan frowned slightly. "What do you mean?"

"Please follow me." The gray-robed man replied with a smile, "Daoist Friend Gu Nan, you should feel lucky. You will be the second Unified Dao existence to know this secret."

After saying this, he continued without waiting for Gu Nan to ask, "In this universe… there is actually a third world."

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Gu Nan silently followed the gray-robed man, slowly moving through the gap between the two worlds.

The stranger, or the Lord of Death, walked in front with a serene smile on his face, and he didn't seem to mind sharing secrets with Gu Nan.

"You can call me Daoist Yellow Springs. That's my original Daoist name." The Lord of Death said, "My name in the World of Gods should also be the God of Yellow Springs… But as you know, those fellows don't understand what 'Yellow Springs' means."

There was no concept of reincarnation in the World of Gods, so there was no such thing as the Yellow Springs Road leading to the underworld. Therefore, in the continuous evolution of history, the God of Yellow Springs was distorted into the God of Twilight.

Gu Nan was noncommittal, clearly not interested in this kind of gossip.

But Daoist Yellow Springs then chuckled. "Speaking of which… we should be from the same place."

This sentence finally made Gu Nan suddenly turn to him, and Daoist Yellow Springs also happened to be looking in his direction. Their eyes met, but neither took a step back.

At this time, Daoist Yellow Springs stopped in front of a world.

Like he said before, there was a third world in this universe. This world was very small, as small as a normal plane, and it was a world Gu Nan was very familiar with.

Gu Nan slowly turned around and saw the familiar blue planet.

With his current knowledge, this world should be described as a "galaxy-type plane". Overall… It seemed to be nothing special.

That is, besides being located at the junction of two worlds and also having a game called the Evil God Game.

"I don't know which planet you came from and whose inheritance you got… But things like Evil Gods should have gone extinct in the World of Gods long ago, so they can only come from here." Daoist Yellow Springs was very certain.

Nothing could be seen from Gu Nan's expression. He just cast the other party a glance and asked, "From your words, it seems like there are many people like us?"

"Quite a few." Daoist Yellow Springs replied, "But there are very few who can truly reach our realm. Apart from you and me, there's only Jiu Po. Oh, there's actually someone who also had a chance, but that person wasn't very lucky and was also a little stupid."

"Jiu Po?" Gu Nan raised a brow, recalling that ordinary face in his mind, then asked, "Who's the other one?"

"Zero. At present, she should have been made into a toy and placed in the Myriad Heavens to play the King of the World, right?" Daoist Yellow Springs sneered.

Gu Nan was a little stunned—not because the answer was beyond his expectations, but because he was reminded of certain past events when the other party mentioned Zero's name.

When he first met Zero, Gu Nan felt that the other person gave him a familiar feeling, but he couldn't recall where he'd seen her before.

Now he finally remembered. There was an NPC who appeared in the game very early on. That NPC also shouted something about becoming the "King of the World" but only appeared in a small expansion pack before disappearing completely.

Such a character was so unremarkable that Gu Nan couldn't even remember his existence until Daoist Yellow Springs mentioned the "King of the World" again.

This NPC had no important missions on him, nor was he very strong. He was just an insignificant extra in the grand scheme of things, but who would've thought… 'Could it be that Zero received his inheritance?'

Seeing Gu Nan's silence, Daoist Yellow Springs didn't probe further. He just spoke again, "What Jiu Po and I received is information on the Myriad Heavens. And you should be the same as Zero, having gotten information on the World of Gods."

"That's right. It's just that a slight mishap occurred when I left here, causing me to go to the Myriad Heavens," Gu Nan looked up at him and said with a smile.

With Gu Nan's current insight, he could already see the unusual features of this Gap World without needing any explanation.

The Gap World was where he lived in his previous life. It was a small world independent of the two larger worlds, but it had the power to map all the information in the two worlds and could even predict the two worlds' future events on its own.

Jiu Po left the Gap World in ancient times and obtained information on the Myriad Heavens at the same time, which was how he was able to take the Earth Realm's essence for himself.

Daoist Yellow Springs was in a similar situation, but he left much later than Jiu Po and arrived in the Myriad Heavens during the era of astral world pioneering.

As for Zero, she was really unlucky and merely got an NPC's inheritance, so she wasn't able to take that final step, instead becoming the Inner World's administrator.

The Evil God Game in his past life was essentially a projection of the World of Gods. But what Gu Nan received was an unprecedented Evil God player route…

According to Daoist Yellow Springs, there were actually quite a few people who left the Gap World. Some went to the Myriad Heavens while others went to the World of Gods.

Some of them may have died, some might still be lurking silently, and others might have become powerhouses in their own right, but Gu Nan and Daoist Yellow Springs had yet to learn of them.

Slowly withdrawing his gaze from the Gap World, Gu Nan looked at Daoist Yellow Springs. "You chose to advance to Unified Dao here because you want to see what's special about this world?"

"No, no." Daoist Yellow Springs waved his hand with a smile. "I'm naturally afraid of death, you see. If I'm the only Unified Dao cultivator in this world, then isn't it safer than anywhere else?"

He broke through to Unified Dao in this gap, so no one in the two worlds even knew he existed. Instead, he could go anywhere he wanted. He could attack or retreat as he pleased.

Daoist Yellow Springs saw that Gu Nan understood and continued, "I shared this world's secret with you in hopes that you can also keep this secret."

"Okay." Gu Nan nodded. "But I want to take a look inside the Gap World."

"You can do whatever you want." Daoist Yellow Springs smiled again. "I just came here to ascend to Unified Dao. I don't regard the Gap World as my own astral world."historical

Gu Nan couldn't help raising his head and carefully studying the other party. Only then did he confirm that Daoist Yellow Springs walked the path of the ancient Saints, whose cultivation method never included astral worlds.

In that era, the Star Ruler route was on the rise. While many people embraced it, there were naturally others who stayed with their original cultivation route.

Daoist Yellow Springs had experienced both worlds, but he ultimately chose to cultivate only himself without an astral world. He probably had his own understanding of the cultivation path.

Gu Nan nodded wordlessly, his figure already heading into the Gap World.

Even though he learned a little about his own origins, he still had many questions.

For example, what was the basis for deciding which person leaving the Gap World would obtain which inheritance? It couldn't be a coincidence that he got the Evil God route after playing the Evil God Game.

Gu Nan didn't actually believe that the Evil God Game was made by some powerful figure. What kind of powerhouse would randomly give presents like these to strangers? Did they feel like their own lives were too comfortable?

In the end, he had to go see for himself.

After Gu Nan's figure disappeared, Daoist Yellow Springs also revealed a strange smile as he suddenly vanished.

After that, a starship that was about to arrive in the Myriad Heavens suddenly disappeared from everyone's sight.

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"Missing? How in the world did she go missing?" In Void Grotto Heaven, Yu Lian asked darkly with a gloomy expression.

She just received news that the starship carrying Gu Nan and Ye Wu suddenly disappeared just before arriving in the Myriad Heavens, and everyone on the starship vanished without a trace.

There were no signs of anyone intervening. After all, that was the gap between the two worlds. Even if a Unified Dao cultivator or greater god made a move, they still shouldn't be able to hide their traces.

A young man stood in front of Yu Lian, cold sweat forming on his face. "We are also investigating the cause. We initially suspected that it was caused by space-time turbulence..."

"Absurd!" Yu Lian slammed a hand down on the table. "A Unified Dao existence like Gu Nan would care about space-time turbulence? Even a normal Star Ruler wouldn't vanish without warning!"historical

It was impossible for such a powerful space-time turbulence to exist in this world. The young man was also aware of this, but they really couldn't find the cause.

Yu Lian exhaled heavily. "You can leave. Notify me immediately if you find any trace of Gu Nan."

……

While Void Grotto Heaven was in an uproar, Gu Nan had already arrived at a familiar place.

In this galaxy-type plane, it wasn't hard to find that familiar livable planet.

It's just that the Gap World seemed to have extremely special laws. Not even a Unified Dao power like Gu Nan could enter it directly.

This was the same principle as the two worlds being protected by the dimensional wall, but the Gap World's walls had a stronger effect on outsiders, and not even space-time crystals could break through the space here.

However, this was not a big problem. Gu Nan gave up the plan of entering in person and directly separated out a strand of consciousness, throwing it into the Gap World.

His current realm was more than enough to keep this strand of consciousness from dissipating and even bestow part of the original body's power of laws upon it.

When Gu Nan actually arrived here, he realized that this familiar land was no longer the era he was familiar with.

"What year is it now?"

"Federation Calendar, Year 358."

"Not AD?"

"AD? That was an old calendar hundreds of years ago. Did you want to reincarnate so badly that you went crazy?"

Gu Nan stood in a steel jungle and asked a random passerby, but he received such a response.

'Is it because time flows differently in the Gap World, or is it because I didn't immediately transmigrate and instead remained here for hundreds of years before transmigrating?'

Gu Nan didn't know the reason, but he at least knew that everything he was familiar with had vanished like smoke in thin air.

For a Unified Dao existence like him, hundreds of years was just the blink of an eye, but for a technological civilization, hundreds of years was enough for the civilization to change several times.

Gu Nan wandered around the planet called Earth for a few more days and got a rough idea of what happened over the past few hundred years.

World War III broke out, the interstellar era arrived, Mars and the moon were terraformed into habitable planets, and humans began to move out of the solar system…

All the tracks were clearly visible, but the epoch-marking game from back then had not left any traces in the long river of history.

In the eyes of a modern citizen, it might merely be a game that was popular once upon a time. However, how could it be compared with the development of human civilization itself?

But Gu Nan was not someone who gave up so easily.

Mars, the Federation's Ninth Cultural College.

In this interstellar era, the Earth civilization gradually developed some cultivation systems, shifting away from a purely technological civilization.

The Federation promoted a basic cultivation method called "force" and called on all citizens to cultivate it in an attempt to improve the overall quality of the populace.

However, those who could truly become powerful were still few and far in between. Most people could only seek to strengthen their bodies, so a large number of people still joined other industries.

Institutions such as cultural or technical colleges were products of this situation.

"Professor Wang, this is Gu Nan. I called you yesterday."

"Hello, hello, Mr. Gu." Professor Wang was a stout middle-aged man. When he saw Gu Nan at the door, he quickly stood up and greeted him with a smile.

Professor Wang was a researcher specializing in the development of cloud gaming. Gu Nan casually forged an identity, pretended to be a game investor, and made an appointment for today.

Hundreds of years of peaceful development allowed the tertiary sector of industry to develop to an astonishing height. The gaming industry had long become one of the pillar industries of entertainment.

"Mr. Gu, I heard you say on the phone earlier that you mainly want to know about the game《Evil God》?"

"Yes." Gu Nan nodded. "Although this is an old game, I think many of the ideas in it are of great reference value."

He stood before Professor Wang and spoke frankly with assurance. The person Gu Nan's consciousness possessed was a young man who looked energetic and outgoing, and his entire person was full of vitality.

Professor Wang nodded in agreement. "《Evil God》 is the first completely realistic virtual game in history. If World War III had not broken out, perhaps this game would have had a slightly longer lifespan…"

As he spoke, he picked up the personal laptop before him and showed its screen to Gu Nan. "Here is the relevant information…"

"I can just read it myself," Gu Nan turned around and smiled, but his words left no room for argument.

Professor Wang nodded in understanding. Game investors like Gu Nan were actually his clients.

If the other party was truly interested in developing a game, then after getting the information from him, they might take advantage of this opportunity to hire him as a project consultant.

Professor Wang's office became quiet save for the sound of Gu Nan clicking the mouse.

He went through the information very quickly. Be it text or pictures, almost all of them were given only a single glance, making Professor Wang think that he was not looking for overall information, but looking for a certain detail.

"Professor Wang!" At this moment, a crisp voice came from outside the door, and a girl wearing a college uniform ran in quickly.

The female students in the School of Arts and Entertainment were naturally of good class. This girl had a pretty face and quite a good figure, which even the loose college uniform couldn't hide.

"Professor Wang… Eh? Zhao Ping, why are you here?" After the girl walked into the office, she immediately noticed Gu Nan's presence and couldn't help blurting out.

Gu Nan never bothered to learn this body's original name, nor did he have any interest in it at the moment.

He didn't even look at the girl; he was still browsing the files intently.

The information prepared by Professor Wang was quite thorough. The game's development history, awards received, and even the developers and creators were all listed. Naturally, this information also included the plot and gameplay.

Unfortunately, hundreds of years had passed, so it was impossible to find the person who originally designed the game's storyline.

'So how can the game's inheritance be obtained? Third Round?' This question flashed through Gu Nan's mind. 'Let's try it.'

"Professor Wang, I like this game very much." Gu Nan said with a smile, "I want to use this as a blueprint to develop a new game. What do you think?"

Professor Wang thought for a while. "Do you want to develop a remake of 《Evil God》?"

"Let's not court disaster like that." Gu Nan patted him on the shoulder. "Let's make a fan expansion pack, just call it…"

"King of Gods: The Origin of Light."

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Earth was just one planet inside the Gap World. People such as Jiu Po, Daoist Yellow Springs, and the others clearly did not come from here, but from other planets.

Gu Nan had reason to believe that the current situation where the two worlds' events—past, present, and future—were reflected onto the Gap World was a feature unique to the entire Gap World.

And the Evil God Temple he had with him while transmigrating came from the Evil God Game.

In order to verify this speculation, the best way was naturally to make another game, promote it on Earth, and let contemporary players try it again.

But Gu Nan wasn't stupid enough to create another Evil God. Wouldn't that just make life difficult for himself?

"Mr. Gu Nan, do you mean changing the perspective and reconstructing the game around the Greater God of Light from the game's plot?" Professor Wang seemed to understand what Gu Nan meant.

He thought about it. "That's not a bad idea. The plot of 《Evil God》 seems a bit old-fashioned now, but its worldbuilding is detailed. Reconstructing and revising it will be a good choice."

"No, there is no need to revise it." Gu Nan decisively rejected Professor Wang's idea, then said, "I can't stay here for long. I'll find you later regarding this matter."

After saying this, he ignored Professor Wang's thoughts and immediately turned around and walked out of the office.

Professor Wang had probably never seen such a rude person who left without even saying goodbye before, so he was a little dazed for a moment.

But the girl who walked in midway seemed to have expected this and said quickly, "Professor Wang, don't be fooled by him!"

"An Yiqing, do you know Mr. Gu Nan?" Professor Wang turned to look at An Yiqing.

Although it was a bit strange for Gu Nan to leave so suddenly, Professor Wang was over sixty years old and had a certain eye for people. The other party's temperament and manner of speech were clearly not ordinary.

"Mr. Gu Nan, yeah right!" An Yiqing said disdainfully, "His name is Zhao Ping. He's a gangster who loafs about outside the college. Many people in our college know him!"

Speaking of this, An Yiqing couldn't help asking, "Professor Wang, is he here to swindle money from you?"

Professor Wang laughed involuntarily, waving his hand repeatedly. "He just came here to look up information about a game. What's the point of tricking me? And isn't he already gone now?"

"He must have felt guilty when he saw me coming!" An Yiqing snorted.

"Let's not talk about him." Professor Wang shook his head with a smile. "In any case, the idea of reconstructing the 《Evil God》 game is indeed a good one, and it's worth doing."

……

Gu Nan's consciousness exited the Gap World and returned to the void. Daoist Yellow Springs was already waiting beside him.

"How is it?" Daoist Yellow Springs chuckled. "I heard it's only been a hundred years since your debut to your abrupt rise. You can probably still find your home planet, right?"

Having said this, he laughed self-deprecatingly. "When I first found this place, there was no trace of my home planet's civilization; I couldn't even give back to future generations."

But Gu Nan shook his head. "The laws of space here are almost completely fixed, and there's even a special dimensional wall surrounding it, so we can only let the people inside mess around."

The dimensional wall completely sealed the Gap World, making it impossible for even Unified Dao cultivators like Gu Nan and Daoist Yellow Springs to enter, and it was also very difficult for them to influence the development of civilizations inside the Gap World.

For example, Gu Nan sent a wisp of consciousness inside. While it could still exist stably at first and even use some of the main body's laws, just a few days later, he found that this strand of consciousness was rapidly weakening, and the power of laws also quickly disappeared.

Even his Tier 11 laws faced this situation. It was almost impossible for those below Unified Dao to influence the Gap World, let alone enter it.

Daoist Yellow Springs just shrugged. He had a carefree nature and was not burdened by an astral world, so his favorite hobby was playing around in the mortal world. In any case, no one could do anything to him.

Gu Nan glanced at him again. "You said that when you and Jiu Po left the Gap World, you both received some information about the Myriad Heavens… How did you guys get this information?"

"I talked to Jiu Po before." Since they were both "transmigrators", Daoist Yellow Springs had no intention of hiding this. "Jiu Po read the ancient history of the Myriad Heavens in a book, and I…"

He revealed an odd smile. "You may not believe it, but I transmigrated while watching TV. That TV show was about the era of astral world pioneering."

"The TV series concluded after covering the end of the astral world development era, and I left the Gap World right as the TV series ended."historical

Gu Nan narrowed his eyes slightly. "Was it the same for Jiu Po?"

Daoist Yellow Springs shook his head. "I don't know. But I also suspect that he left the Gap World after he finished reading his book."

Gu Nan fell silent. He originally thought that the Gap World reflected the two worlds, and at the same time, it also had some prediction functions that allowed it to simulate the future development of the World of Gods.

But judging from Daoist Yellow Springs and Jiu Po's situations, this kind of prediction function seemed to be universal.

And the day the prediction ended… was the day they left the Gap World.

He suddenly transmigrated when he completed the Third Round and advanced to Tier 16. In other words, his precognition only lasted up to that point.

But Gu Nan also knew that he was by no means the first player to complete the Third Round—because he had failed many times before reaching this point, so there must be someone ahead of him.

"Oh, right." Suddenly, Gu Nan seemed to remember something and turned to Daoist Yellow Springs. "Was Jiu Po in the TV series you watched?"

Daoist Yellow Springs's expression turned complex, as if he was lauding Gu Nan for finally thinking of this.

"Yes." He stared into Gu Nan's eyes and answered, "You're right. People like us witnessed history, and then we also became part of history."

……

Divine Kingdom.

Gu Nan sat alone on the throne. There was no sound in the empty hall, and no light could penetrate. It seemed that only he and darkness were left in the world.

"Jiu Po's is a book, Yellow Springs' is a TV show, and mine is a game. Yellow Springs saw everything Jiu Po did. The NPC representing Zero in the game disappeared because she was captured and taken to the Myriad Heavens?"

Gu Nan mapped it out in his mind, trying to piece together the rules of the Gap World.

"There aren't enough cases." He sighed softly. There were only four known cases right now, and they were even divided between the two worlds. It would be great if there were other examples to corroborate it.

But apart from beings like them who already entered Unified Dao, just how many people from the Gap World were willing to reveal their origins?

Investigating the nature of the Gap World became another matter Gu Nan had to do, but this couldn't be accomplished overnight.

Moreover, Gu Nan also needed to continue improving his strength. He had a hunch that he might be able to learn the truth behind everything once he advanced to Tier 16.

As for how to conduct experiments in the Gap World, Gu Nan already made some plans, but right now, he had another matter to deal with.

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"Where's Little Wu?" Yu Lian appeared in front of Gu Nan. The darkness in the Evil God Temple seemed completely incapable of blocking her gaze.

Ye Wu disappeared. She knew there was an extra greater god in this world—and that he existed in the gap between two worlds on top of that—so she had to die. Daoist Yellow Springs would never let her go.

However, he wouldn't kill Ye Wu either, or else someone could simply trace the karma from killing her directly back to its source to find him.

Void Grotto Heaven naturally had methods to confirm whether Ye Wu was alive or dead. Although her soul lamp had not been extinguished yet, there was still no trace of her, which confused Yu Lian.

Gu Nan was silent for a while. "Not even you guys can find her either?"

"I wouldn't have come here if I could find her." Yu Lian suppressed her anger. "She disappeared just when she was about to arrive in the Myriad Heavens. Were you not there at that time?"

Gu Nan shook his head. "I left midway because something came up, and no one from the World of Gods intervened. If she disappeared right before entering the Myriad Heavens, you probably need to look back."

Looking back naturally referred to searching inside the Myriad Heavens.

Even if he was fully aware of the perpetrator's identity, that didn't stop Gu Nan from deliberately misleading Yu Lian—because he also didn't want the Gap World to be exposed.

Yu Lian gave Gu Nan a deep stare, as if she wanted to judge whether his words were truth or lies. But Gu Nan, who was possessed by an Oscar, had an expressionless face that didn't reveal anything.

……

After Yu Lian left, Yan Xiaoxiao's voice slowly rang out.

"Teacher." Her voice sounded a little light, but also a little amused, "I was thinking—if I worked together with Teacher just now, could we kill her?"

Gu Nan couldn't help chuckling. "You've gotten quite arrogant! You even want to attack Unified Dao level Star Rulers?"

Ever since Gu Nan completed the Second Round, although his Divine Kingdom didn't suddenly expand, its essence had been rapidly improving.

In terms of its core, Gu Nan's Divine Kingdom was no weaker than other Unified Dao planes. On this basis, Yan Xiaoxiao's strength naturally increased significantly as well.

"It was just an idea," Yan Xiaoxiao appeared and replied.

Gu Nan shook his head. "It's too early to consider this now… and even if we want to attack, we'll attack the World of Gods first."

……

Gu Nan didn't care about Yu Lian's thoughts. Ye Wu's situation depended entirely on how Daoist Yellow Springs would deal with her; it was none of Gu Nan's business.

The current Gu Nan was thinking about how to create and promote a game in the Gap World.

Fu Cheng was already 42 years old this year.

She married her ex-husband at the age of 20, gave birth to a daughter at the age of 29, and divorced her ex-husband at the age of 39. She left the marriage with no possessions or property and started drifting through the streets with her daughter.

But it was precisely such a failed old woman who created a legend in the Federation's gaming industry with her own hands in just three years.

In three short years, Chengying Entertainment continuously launched sixteen games, all in different genres and categories. Their concepts, philosophies, and models were all excellent, allowing the company to truly sweep the gaming market.

Many people called Fu Cheng a "genius gaming industry businessperson who was held up by marriage." One player even wrote a special letter to her ex-husband, thanking him for letting Fu Cheng go so that so many good games could be produced.

But even for such a woman who had risen from the lowest to the very peak, Fu Cheng still had her own troubles.

She was too old.

All the grueling work Fu Cheng did in the past took a toll on her health. She just turned 42 this year, but she looked like an old woman in her fifties.

In this era, where force cultivation was popular all over the world, research on the human body had already become quite sophisticated. Fu Cheng knew that if things continued like this, she would only have a few more years to live.

So she started cultivating force, found various ways to temper her constitution, and took many health-preserving medicines.

No matter what, she has to hold on until her daughter reaches adulthood and hand over the empire she personally built to her daughter.

But on this day, Fu Cheng received a brand new opportunity.

"Do you want to live forever?"

"Do you want to gain unparalleled power?"

"Do you…"

If someone sent her a letter like this, Fu Cheng definitely wouldn't believe such a prank. But when the eerie words automatically wrote themselves right before her eyes, she no longer had the option to remain disbelieving.

"Who are you?"

Fu Cheng picked up the notebook that fell to the ground. The writing on it was clearly visible, and it didn't look like a forgery at all.

"It doesn't matter who I am." Words began to appear in the notebook again. "Complete my mission, and you can obtain everything you desire."

Fu Cheng glanced at the lighter next to her and really wanted to burn the notebook to see if someone was playing a stupid prank.

'But what if it's true?'historical

The discovery of force had once again worsened the class divide in the Federation. For ordinary, powerless people like Fu Cheng, money could not buy everything.

As if aware of Fu Cheng's silence, new words appeared: "You seem to have encountered a problem. Stand on a shadow, and you shall receive the blessing of the shadows."

Fu Cheng stared at the handwriting doubtfully for a while, then finally chose to do it.

She turned on the light and stood behind a beam. Then, she witnessed an incredible sight.

The shadows under her feet surged up, gradually covering her whole body, and finally gathered on her face. They poured into her body from her eyes, ears, mouth, and nose, reaching her heart.

The next second, Fu Cheng felt her heart beating rapidly as it produced waves of icy power, which continuously flowed to her limbs and bones.

After a long time, Fu Cheng felt her consciousness slowly return. Her body was already soaked with cold sweat.

She quickly ran to the mirror and stared blankly in shock—because what she saw was a familiar yet unfamiliar face.

That was her face when she was 30.

"Within a year, you will age back to your original appearance." More writing appeared in the notebook.

But this time, Fu Cheng no longer had any doubts. "I want more, no matter what it takes."

This was indeed a smart woman. In the face of power, she didn't dwell on meaningless truths like how or who, only caring about what she could get out of it.

"Find this person. He will tell you what you need to do."

After a line like this appeared on the notebook, a contact address emerged.

……

"Executive Fu, I don't quite understand what you mean." Professor Wang looked at Fu Cheng with a puzzled expression.

Of course he knew Fu Cheng, the most legendary woman in the current gaming industry, but the purpose behind her visit was too strange.

"You're saying that someone asked you to find me and do something for him? So what kind of person is the other party?"

Fu Cheng frowned slightly. "A… very mysterious person."

Of course Professor Wang couldn't understand this description, but he suddenly had a flash of realization.

"Is it this person?" Professor Wang opened up his personal computer and pulled up a surveillance photo in front of Fu Cheng.

Fu Cheng naturally didn't recognize Zhao Ping's face. She could only shake her head. "I've never seen his face before… But where is this person now?"

Professor Wang fell silent for a while. "He's already dead."

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Zhao Ping was already dead.

After Professor Wang heard Zhao Ping's name from An Yiqing, he was naturally determined to find this person's whereabouts.

As a result, someone discovered Zhao Ping's corpse on a street corner near the college. There were no physical wounds on his body, and none of his physiological functions had malfunctioned.

To be precise, he suddenly lost consciousness and starved to death.

This eerie phenomenon was so puzzling that not even the Federation police was able to find the cause.

Because Zhao Ping's consciousness had been completely destroyed when Gu Nan's will descended, leaving only a husk for Gu Nan to possess. And when Gu Nan's consciousness left, all that was left was naturally an empty shell.

Fu Cheng carefully inquired about Zhao Ping's death. For some reason, she always felt that this strange cause of death was related to her notebook.

"So then, has he ever told you anything?" Fu Cheng looked at Professor Wang again and asked.

"He wants to remake a game…" Professor Wang didn't intend to hide anything and told her everything Gu Nan said before.

"《Evil God》?" Fu Cheng rubbed her chin in thought. After all, she'd only been in the industry for three years, so she had no in-depth understanding of this centuries-old game.

Fortunately, Professor Wang was prepared and gave Fu Cheng the information he had previously given to Gu Nan to read over.

"Executive Fu, Mr. Gu Nan suggested using the experience of the Greater God of Light as the main story and centering the perspective around him to create the game plot. I think it's quite feasible."

Professor Wang couldn't help speaking up after Fu Cheng finished browsing through the documents. If at first he just treated it as a normal business deal, then now, he truly wanted to make this game.

When Fu Cheng appeared in front of him, Professor Wang realized this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

No matter how much he promoted himself, he was still just a professor at a second-rate college, while Fu Cheng was a rising star in the gaming industry.

His reputation would undoubtedly rise significantly if he could collaborate on a game with her.

But Professor Wang didn't expect that without even needing any persuasion from him, Fu Cheng had already said decisively, "Then I'll have to trouble Professor Wang to sort out the relevant information and make a plan for me. We at Chengying Entertainment are willing to put down all our current work and dedicate ourselves solely to this project."

……

While Fu Cheng was busy making a game, Gu Nan had already arrived at another location.

Inside the Inner World at the core of the Myriad Heavens, Zero's blue projection stood in the air, and her respectful voice echoed in the control room.

"Welcome back, King."

Gu Nan looked at Zero. "Do you still remember who you were in the past?"

"What do you mean?"

"Before coming here."

Zero's voice fell silent, and it wasn't until a long time later that a negative answer came, "No… I can't recall anything…"

Gu Nan nodded. He didn't expect Zero to remember anything; he just wanted to try asking.

At this moment, a figure gradually emerged behind Gu Nan. It was an average face, but the newcomer exuded a mysterious aura.

"Looks like you've already met Yellow Springs." Jiu Po walked out from behind Gu Nan, his gaze also landing on Zero. "How is he now? Is he still stuck at the threshold of Unified Dao?"

It seemed that Jiu Po had indeed not seen Daoist Yellow Springs for a long time and didn't even know he'd already entered Unified Dao.

Gu Nan didn't say anything about his encounter with Daoist Yellow Springs, but Jiu Po also didn't mind. He just smiled. "He said he wanted to find the place we came from… but I don't believe that."

"Why not?" Gu Nan couldn't help glancing at him.

Jiu Po answered, "I witnessed the collapse of the three realms, and there was no Myriad Heavens to speak of at that time. If such a place even exists, it cannot be hidden from my eyes."

Here, he sighed. "What's more, so what even if we do find it? With our current status, we can no longer go back."

Jiu Po didn't know the existence of the Gap World, nor did he know that the dimensional wall there was particularly strong. What he said about not being able to go back was entirely his own thoughts.

After all, for a Unified Dao existence, both their hometown and old friends had been submerged in the long river of time; only they themselves could exist for eternity.

Gu Nan, who saw Earth with his own eyes, actually had similar feelings.

Even if it was just a few hundred years, it was still enough to completely erase all traces of his past life.

And only by seeing Earth with his own eyes did Gu Nan realize that he was now a Unified Dao powerhouse who stood at the apex of the Myriad Heavens.

Beneath him were the living beings of heaven and earth. He could manipulate the laws of the world at will, playing with the Myriad Heavens as he wished…

Such an existence had no reason to consider themself mortal. The two weren't lifeforms on the same level at all.

Gu Nan withdrew from his contemplation. No matter his thoughts, they wouldn't affect his next moves.

Continue his plan in the Gap World to find the cause behind the transmigrations of people like Jiu Po and himself, continue with the Blasphemer Project to earn enough Evil Value for himself, and lastly, sort out information collected from the Scholar Temple.

The appearance of the God of Twilight was so sudden that Gu Nan could tell something was wrong at a glance, and there must have been even more changes in the details.

Now that he discovered the Gap World, Gu Nan could compare the original plot with the real world to find the differences.

"Are you interested in cooperating?" Seeing Gu Nan fall silent, Jiu Po couldn't help asking again, "To hunt greater gods."

Gu Nan couldn't help laughing. "Greater gods aren't that easy to kill… And why are you so keen on this?"

Gu Nan undoubtedly had the most say in whether or not greater gods were easy to kill. In the game, he practically slaughtered all the greater gods at least once, but this did not mean greater gods could be killed easily.

The best way to deal with a greater god was to destroy their Divine Kingdom bit by bit. Only when they lose the support of all their faith would it be easier to extract them from their law.

Therefore, the later the stage in the game, the easier it was to kill them. If there was only one greater god in the world, then Gu Nan could directly hunt the god down.historical

On the contrary, there were over a dozen greater gods right now—all helping each other—which was the essential reason why it was hard for him to take action.

But Jiu Po shook his head. "You don't need to care about my goal. I know you rely on slaying gods to grow. You just need to tell me whether you're willing to cooperate or not."

Gu Nan's gaze landed on Jiu Po's face, as if he wanted to see him through.

This fellow was mysterious, but like he said, the other party's goal was none of Gu Nan's business.

Gu Nan would never refuse any opportunity to kill a greater god—because a greater god meant a significant amount of Evil Value.

Perhaps level wasn't too important to other Unified Dao cultivators, but it was very important to Gu Nan.

"Okay." Gu Nan finally nodded. "But not now. I need time."

"Of course, I can afford to wait." Jiu Po smiled.

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For Gu Nan, level was indeed very important.

There was no fundamental difference between one's laws at Tier 11 and Tier 12. Even the differences between Tiers 11 and 15 were not so great as to be overwhelming.

But Gu Nan's Evil God physique would drastically improve with his level.

An incredibly powerful physical body had always been Gu Nan's greatest asset, even after advancing past the Second Round.

Only with the Evil God physique could he confidently fight or even kill a greater god. This was also the tactic Gu Nan was best at.

Jiu Po's true intentions were still unclear, so Gu Nan couldn't fully believe the cooperation he proposed. He needed to gain more power first.

For example… advancing to Tier 12.

Even in the game, Gu Nan's strategy after the Second Round had always been to wait until he reached Tier 12, then find ways to hunt greater gods.

……

Greater God Dimension.

Vivian could no longer remember when she first came here. Was it 40 years ago, or 50 years ago?

That wasn't really important. From thinking about escaping all the time back when she first arrived to discovering that there was no possibility of escaping this place, Vivian had already resigned herself to her fate.

She grew from a weak mercenary who didn't know anything and would even cause her teammates' deaths to a powerful expert at the peak of Legend Rank. She knew the Greater God Dimension like the back of her hand.

To a large extent, Vivian's area of activity even shifted to the Greater God Plaza.

As a veteran reincarnator who'd been reincarnating for decades, Vivian was already one of the most powerful members in the entire Greater God Dimension.

Therefore, people like her had the first pick of all the newbies who just entered the Greater God Dimension when choosing new team members.

Vivian's teammates had also changed several times. She was the only one who survived to this day.

For example, Nancy died at the threshold of Legend Rank. Because she was unable to break through, she was dragged into a high-difficulty mission and killed.

[A new mission has started. Please prepare to depart immediately]

On this day, Vivian received a mission without any warning.

This phenomenon was very strange, because reincarnators of her level were usually given time to prepare before starting a mission.

But the next line of text that appeared made Vivian feel a chill in her heart.

[Mission Type: Individual Mission]

Individual mission!

In the Greater God Dimension, individual missions were very rare. The most common situation was the forced advancement mission.

To put it simply, one had to either successfully pass the mission by breaking through or die.

Vivian could never forget that because Nancy was stuck on the threshold of Legend Rank for too long, she finally received a personal advancement mission and ultimately failed, dying in the process.

Vivian herself successfully broke through to Legend Rank outside of missions, so she never received such a mission. She didn't expect to see it now.

'Speaking of which, I really have remained at Legend Rank for too long… But what will happen if I continue to advance? Will I become a true god?'

Vivian's mind churned with thoughts, but her consciousness was gradually pulled outside the Greater God Dimension…

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"Subject No. 29 has entered the final experiment phase."

In a pristine white laboratory, such a voice rang out the moment Vivian accepted the mission.

"Very good. Evacuate all personnel in Dimension 29. No matter the outcome, it's impossible for her to go back," a man in a lab coat took off his glasses and remarked with some emotion.

The time flow difference allowed Vivian to live a full forty years in the Greater God Dimension while only a few months had passed here. Now, it was finally time to reap the rewards.

And everyone involved in the construction of Dimension 29 had no need to continue their acts anymore.

……

Vivian found herself in a familiar place when she woke up again.

Over 40 years of life-and-death struggles in the Greater God Dimension did not make Vivian forget her origins. On the contrary, she often recalled the past.

If her past self had her current power, could she have changed everything?

Now, her dream came true.

That's right—she returned.

"Brother!" Vivian couldn't help blurting out as she looked at the familiar face in front of her.

"Vivian, you've woken up?" Arthur couldn't help exclaiming happily when he saw his sister regaining consciousness. "That's great… No, now is not the time to be happy."

He quickly dragged his sister up and carried her on his back. "Quick! Let's run…"

"Catch them! Kill them all!"

The shouts from behind were getting closer by the second. Arthur gritted his teeth and quickened his pace again, still trying to comfort his sister.

"Don't be afraid, Vivian. The Temple of Radiance is ahead. As long as we run inside the temple, the mighty Goddess of Radiance will definitely protect us!"

But Vivian was in a daze.

Only she knew that if they ran inside the temple, they would truly be throwing themselves into a trap with no escape.

These pursuers had no regard for the gods. Even the very god the two siblings worshiped did not care about their survival.

"No! We can't go there!" Vivian jumped off her brother's back and said quickly.

Arthur stared at his sister in shock, wondering why she suddenly became so lively.

However, just as the two stopped running, a sharp arrow shot at them from behind, heading straight for Arthur's back.

"Watch out!"

Vivian shouted and subconsciously pointed at the arrow. She was accustomed to her identity as a Legend Rank powerhouse and subconsciously wanted to use the power of laws to stop the arrow.

It wasn't until she raised her hand that she realized she had returned to the past and was no longer the same as her current self…

'No! The power of laws appeared!'

Under Vivian's surprised gaze, she directly disintegrated that arrow, and the terrifying power of laws even flooded her surroundings, killing most of their pursuers.

"Legend Rank expert! Run!" The leader of the pursuers immediately ordered after witnessing this scene.

Vivian stared at her hands in shock, and Arthur was even more stunned, looking at his sister as if he didn't recognize her.

"Vivian, this…"

Vivian didn't have time to think too deeply about this. No matter where her powers came from, the most important thing right now was to leave with her brother.

However, right at this moment, a ray of light shone down from the sky.

Arthur was all too familiar with this kind of aura. He immediately knelt on the ground with his head bowed and said with tears in his eyes, "Praise the Lord! You really have not abandoned us…"

Vivian was also familiar with the aura of the Goddess of Radiance, but she knew that it was not the gods that saved her brother, but her own power.

"Fallen One." The Goddess of Radiance's voice was extremely cold, "Those who obtain the power of demons shall be punished by me."

Arthur felt as if he'd fallen into an icy abyss. He turned around in disbelief and stared at his sister.

Did her earlier power really come from demons?

Vivian gazed at the Goddess of Radiance indifferently, and the last bit of awe she held for the gods disappeared from her heart.

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Vivian and her older brother Arthur believed in the Goddess of Radiance. They were taught from childhood that worshiping a god was everything.

That was what Arthur did at this time. On one side was the god he worshiped, and on the other was the sister he'd grown up with, but he still subconsciously chose to believe in the god.

He felt that his sister must have been tempted by demons. Otherwise, how could she have fallen?

"Vivian, come back to your senses!"

"No, I'm very awake, Brother," Vivian said indifferently, her face expressionless. "If what I obtained is the demons' power, then I would rather fall."

"You…"

"In that case, you can keep the demons company down in Hell," the Goddess of Radiance responded coldly.

The next moment, endless brilliance descended and enveloped Vivian's entire body.

Vivian desperately used all her laws to resist. Her heart had never been filled with as much hatred as it did now. She truly hated the gods, especially the Goddess of Radiance before her.

Vivian, who once held power and authority, could no longer go back to being that pious girl who prayed constantly.

More importantly, she couldn't accept the fact that her god had not protected them in their weakest moment, yet rained down thundering wrath just because she mastered a power unrelated to the gods.

But the past Vivian's understanding of the gods was correct in one aspect—that is, ordinary people are absolutely no match for gods.

Even if the Goddess of Radiance was only a Tier 6 god, she was most certainly not someone the Tier 4 Vivian could oppose.

The moment the radiant divine power descended, all of Vivian's laws were destroyed, and even her body quickly broke down. In the blink of an eye, only a strand of consciousness was left.

"Is this… the power of gods?"

In Vivian's vision, she seemed to see herself vanishing like smoke in thin air while her older brother stared blankly at the spot she disappeared from, then broke down wailing.

Vivian suddenly felt a stab of pain in her heart, because she herself had a similar experience 40 years ago.

"Power… I want power… Enough power to rival the gods…"

Her thoughts gradually turned clear, and she remembered that she should be on a mission issued by the Greater God Dimension. Regardless of whether the brother before her was real or not, she still had one last chance.

"Give me power… If you are the devil, then please take everything from me!"

Vivian's screams slowly echoed through the space, and she felt her vision blur. The surrounding scenes all disappeared, and the world was filled with endless white.

In the paper-white space, Vivian opened her eyes wide and looked around curiously, seeing a small altar in front of her.

There was nothing else on the altar besides a crystal-clear fragment floating on it.

Vivian didn't know what it was, but a voice in her heart kept telling her: "Pick up that fragment, and you will be able to obtain everything you want."

……

"Subject No. 29's experiment has entered the final phase," in the laboratory, the man in a lab coat stared closely at Vivian, waiting for the final outcome to appear while reporting the situation to Red Tail, who was next to him.

Vivian was a candidate brought back by Red Tail herself. She ordered her subordinates a long time ago to notify her when Vivian's final fusion process occurs.

"We used illusions to stimulate Vivian's emotions to the extreme in order to strengthen her will to live and increase the success rate of fusing with the Nightmare Godhead," the man continued.

Even a small fragment of a greater god's Godhead was not something mortals were qualified to touch.

The previous 28 subjects all died when the Godhead entered their bodies because they could not withstand the terrifying influx of power, causing their bodies to explode from the overwhelming power.

"We can only rely on the subject's willpower to endure it?" Red Tail frowned slightly.

If this was the only way to handle it, that meant the experiment itself made no progress and that the previous 28 subjects all died for nothing.

Hearing the dissatisfaction in Red Tail's words, the man wiped his sweat and answered, "We've detected that as the attempts continue, the laws inside the Godhead are becoming gentler…"

"Then why not find a group of mortals to sacrifice?" Red Tail asked coldly. They spent a great deal of effort cultivating each subject, so how could they just waste them like this?

The subordinate sweated profusely. "My Lord may not know this, but ordinary mortals who have not been cultivated in the Greater God Dimension have almost no hope of success. Instead, they'll just exhaust the Godhead's power for nothing."

After a pause, the man hurriedly continued, "My Lord, please rest assured. As long as one subject succeeds and breaks through the Godhead's stable structure, subsequent fusions will be much simpler."

Red Tail fell silent for a while, acquiescing to the other party's approach, and turned her attention to Vivian again.

Vivian was trying to fuse with the Godhead. She, who was at the end of her ropes, chose to entrust everything to the fragment in front of her without any hesitation.

The Godhead easily entered her body and merged with her soul. The law of nightmares had been completely erased, leaving only the purest divine power to invade and completely occupy Vivian's body.

Vivian felt as if her body was about to explode. The overwhelming power tore her soul apart again and again, then restored it quickly thereafter.

The endless pain was almost enough to break her, but at the same time, countless laws were revealed before Vivian.historical

She had never seen such clear and easy-to-understand laws. Almost the instant she saw these laws, she had already entered Tier 5. Without stopping, her power quickly shot towards Tier 6.

With a greater god's Godhead acting as the "guide", Vivian didn't even need a Divine Kingdom or the power of faith to advance to a whole new level.

This was a greater god's absolute suppression of ordinary gods. If an actual god obtained a greater god's Godhead, they would be able to break through multiple levels in a short period of time.

After a long time passed, Vivian opened her eyes again. The Nightmare Godhead was still floating quietly in front of her.

……

"We succeeded! My Lord, we succeeded!"

The lab was filled with joy. As the person directly in charge of the Blasphemer Project, the man in the lab coat was undoubtedly the most excited one, especially since Red Tail was here in person this time.

Red Tail was also very happy, but she didn't let it get to her head and quickly ordered, "Hurry, notify the Divine Kingdom right now. The current Vivian is at least Tier 6. None of us can stop her."

The message was transmitted very quickly. Just a minute later, they saw Vivian's body on the screen slacken up and fall onto the white ground while a figure appeared behind Red Tail.

"Between Tiers 6 and 7, not bad," Gu Nan commented with a smile.

"My Lord."

"We greet My Lord!"

Red Tail was the first to salute, and the lab staff—headed by the man in a lab coat—were all so excited that they couldn't contain themselves. This was that legendary figure!

Gu Nan waved his hand. "Send Vivian to the World of Gods. Operation Blasphemy has officially begun. The structure of the Nightmare Godhead has already collapsed, so you can prepare the next subject."

"Yes!"

It was naturally impossible to imitate the past Lan Si and keep a greater god's high-level Godhead in a person's body for a long time. No one could endure that.

But even such a short fusion period was still enough to boost the fusion target to an unimaginable level.

After Gu Nan checked Vivian's condition, he immediately let her go to try her hand at godslaying. In reality, as the first person to successfully fuse with the Nightmare Godhead, her fusion was very incomplete, and her strength barely reached Tier 6.

It wouldn't be easy for her to kill the similarly Tier 6 Goddess of Radiance.

But this was no longer important, because Vivian's greatest value was to disrupt the Godhead's stable structure. After that, the fusion success rate of all subsequent subjects would be greatly improved, and Gu Nan would be able to produce enough blasphemers.

Speaking of which, the current situation was much better than in the game. In the past, there was no greater god's Godhead as material for him to cultivate blasphemers with.

Things wouldn't have gone as smoothly if he only used a Tier 10 Godhead as the blueprint.

……

In the days that followed, Gu Nan remained inside his own Divine Kingdom, waiting for the Blasphemer Project to yield results, and at the same time, he was also advancing another project.

This project was to compare information from the Scholar Temple against his own memories and analyze which historical events may have been caused by the intervention of the Myriad Heavens.

Since he visited the Gap World and read the game data saved from back then, Gu Nan naturally wouldn't overlook anything thanks to his vastly improved memorization ability.

Gu Nan didn't rely on anyone else to perform the analysis and comparison work, personally completing every step of the project.

Daoist Yellow Springs said he saw Jiu Po, but Gu Nan knew all too well that the other party's avatar—the God of Twilight—never appeared in the game. Instead, the NPC related to Zero appeared as normal.

In other words, Gu Nan first noticed the other party precisely because the actual history here did not match the one from his memories.

If people who came from the Gap World could all see a part of history, then how could these discrepancies be explained?

After having the two sides' information for comparison, Gu Nan's work proceeded smoothly. It was only by observing the entire history of the World of Gods that Gu Nan made new discoveries.

There were actually quite a few extra gods like the God of Twilight, but most of them didn't have clear titles unique to gods, and even their appearances in the World of Gods were short-lived.

This group mainly appeared during the Third Divine War and remained so until now. They were clearly Star Rulers from the Myriad Heavens.

However, like the former God of Twilight, due to their low levels, their influence on the general trend of history was insignificant, and the changes to history were merely limited to the local regions.

Especially after the Fourth Divine War, the entire World of Gods was reshuffled, and Star Rulers withdrew en-masse, making the current World of Gods similar to the one from Gu Nan's memories.

"Not a single person from the Myriad Heavens appeared in the game…" After Gu Nan came to this conclusion, he couldn't help slowly standing up.

This conspicuous regularity that completely separated and isolated the two worlds from each other couldn't possibly be mere coincidence.

'The Gap World probably holds other secrets. It's impossible for Daoist Yellow Springs to stay in the gap between two worlds for thousands of years just for some tranquility.' Gu Nan had a suspicion in his mind.

Gu Nan had contact with Jiu Po and knew that back when Daoist Yellow Springs left, he claimed to be looking for his "hometown".

But no matter what, ultimately, Gu Nan still needed to increase his strength.

If Gu Nan was already at Tier 15 right now or even post-Third Round, then he could simply take over the two major worlds, gathering both worlds' power to investigate the gap between the worlds and explore the secrets inside.

Just when Gu Nan was thinking about his next steps, Yan Xiaoxiao suddenly projected a human form and came up to him.

"Teacher, something happened." Yan Xiaoxiao's face was unusually grave. "An Tiansheng died, and Lan Si and Xie Yun were also heavily injured."

Gu Nan slowly turned his head, his face expressionless. "Who did it?"

"Cloud Dream Heaven… But the root of this matter still lies in the incident with Imperial Glory Heaven," Yan Xiaoxiao explained as concisely as possible.

The matter wasn't complicated.

Although Gu Nan cut his Divine Kingdom off from the outside world, people inside the Divine Kingdom would still go out to carry out trade and daily tasks.

And some people from the player army, like An Tiansheng and Xie Yun, also spent most of their time outside the Divine Kingdom.

This incident involved a relatively important trade where a batch of top-tier resources needed to be transported, so Red Tail invited Lan Si, An Tiansheng, and Xie Yun to jointly keep watch.

But even with such a lineup, they still received a powerful blow. The attacker was none other than Cloud Dream Heaven.

"Cloud Dream Heaven is connected to Imperial Glory Heaven?" Gu Nan raised an eyebrow.

"The previous Star Ruler of Imperial Glory Heaven used to be good friends with Dream Immortal. It was also during the battle that caused Dream Immortal to fall into a deep slumber that he suffered irreparable injuries."

Yan Xiaoxiao had obviously investigated thoroughly and sorted out the whole incident.historical

Finally, she added, "In addition, we found out that the Heaven-God Alliance might have been involved behind the scenes here as well…"

But Gu Nan stood up and interrupted her, "That's no longer important."

……

Cloud Dream Heaven.

Standing in front of Dream Immortal was Huo Kui. After hearing about the conflict between the two sides, he rushed to Cloud Dream Heaven as soon as possible.

"This matter is not simple." Huo Kui said, "Taisheng is not someone who likes to rely on others. She didn't ask you for help before, so why would she suddenly do it now?"

Dream Immortal smiled faintly. "I know. But I watched Taisheng grow up. Now that things have come to this, I have no reason to stay out of it."

Huo Kui was still trying to dissuade her, "Gu Nan's massacre of Imperial Glory Heaven happened before he ascended to Unified Dao. Now…"

"No one said this is revenge." Dream Immortal sneered, "It's just a normal conflict. If Gu Nan is dissatisfied, then he can talk to me."

Huo Kui couldn't help giving a deep sigh. He knew his old friend was determined to oppose Gu Nan.

But she had clearly witnessed Gu Nan's power. Back then, she didn't even take revenge for her son's death, yet she was now taking action just for an outsider?

Huo Kui glanced at Dream Immortal's calm face again, then finally nodded slightly.

Seeing that he finally understood her intentions, Dream Immortal couldn't help smiling. But just when she was about to speak, her expression suddenly changed.

"Gu Nan went to Imperial Glory Heaven!" A cold glint flashed through Dream Immortal's eyes. "Is he planning to attack Taisheng, just like this?"

It would be too shameless for a mighty Unified Dao bigshot to attack directly without any evidence.

"You'd better head to Imperial Glory Heaven immediately." Huo Kui, who had witnessed Gu Nan's rise and knew his style, couldn't help saying, "He's indeed capable of such a thing."

On the other side, in the Imperial Glory Heaven that was just rebuilt not long ago.

An enormous shadow greatsword tens of thousands of meters long fell like a meteorite and smashed into Immortal Empress Taisheng's just-rebuilt palace.

"Gu Nan!"

"Gu Nan!"

Following Immortal Empress Taisheng's enraged roar, all the power in Imperial Glory Heaven surged, converging upon a single point as it headed for Gu Nan.

Although the rebuilt Imperial Glory Heaven wasn't as powerful as before, Immortal Empress Taisheng could now exercise 100% control over the astral world.

In such circumstances, Immortal Empress Taisheng's burst damage was even more powerful than before.

Unfortunately, the current Gu Nan was vastly different from earlier. He didn't even need to use the Evil God physique. Just the law of shadows alone was enough to wreck the enemy!

Gu Nan casually pointed to the ground, and the shadow sword thousands of meters long was instantly ignited, engulfing the entire palace in flames formed from shadows.

The astral world power Immortal Empress Taisheng just drew out couldn't withstand the shadow flames at all, being burned to nothing in the blink of an eye and even turning into the shadows' nourishment.

This was an attack he learned from Austin.

Light and shadow were indeed connected. Although the holy light was extremely tyrannical, shadows could also display similar properties, and its assimilation ability was even stronger than that of the holy light.

So under the furious glare of Immortal Empress Taisheng, who was about to cough up blood, most of the Imperial Glory Heaven she'd worked so hard to rebuild was destroyed by a fire.

This couldn't be helped. During the initial stages of empire-type astral worlds' construction, the top priority was naturally concentrating resources to build the political and economic center, so Gu Nan was able to cleanly burn the most important location to the ground.

"Gu Nan, what grudge do you have against me? To destroy my astral world twice…"

"Dream Immortal touched my people, so you'll have to repay this debt," Gu Nan casually answered without any change in expression while standing in the air, coldly gazing down.

Immortal Empress Taisheng really wanted to cough up blood this time.

Immortal Empress Taisheng had also heard about the fact that a Star Ruler in Cloud Dream Heaven attacked several of Gu Nan's subordinates due to the earlier matter concerning herself, but she didn't take it seriously.

Because she had a clear conscience—this matter had nothing to do with her at all, so how could anyone pin the blame on her head?

Besides, Gu Nan was already a grand Unified Dao bigshot. Even if he was dissatisfied with this matter, he should still retaliate against Cloud Dream Heaven. What reason would he have to come here?

Even Song Fei, who was famous for his overprotectiveness, had never done such an unreasonable thing before!

But Gu Nan proved through his actions that sorry, the strong really can do whatever they want.

Gu Nan just stood in the raging sea of flames, waiting for Dream Immortal's arrival. He never thought about negotiations or the like. He only knew to force the enemy out, then beat them into submission.

But to his surprise, the first visitor was not Dream Immortal, but Zi Luo Elder.

After Zi Luo Elder appeared, he first extinguished the shadow flames that Gu Nan casually released, then blocked Immortal Empress Taisheng proactively behind him. He sighed. "Gu Nan, you both ultimately belong to the Heaven-God Alliance, so why don't you stop here this time?"

As his words fell, Immortal Empress Taisheng couldn't help casting him a surprised glance. Everyone knew Gu Nan would never just stop halfway. 'So Zi Luo Elder's goal… Is he trying to force Gu Nan to withdraw from the Heaven-God Alliance?'

Immortal Empress Taisheng was also someone who dealt with schemes for many years. She immediately understood Zi Luo Elder's true intention and was even able to connect more dots…

But no matter what, Gu Nan's withdrawal from the Heaven-God Alliance was something she was happy to see. At least from now on, the Heaven-God Alliance would be able to support her if Gu Nan ever dared to attack her astral world again.

But neither of them anticipated Gu Nan's reaction.

"Sure, the matter this time will no longer concern her." Gu Nan nodded. In any case, everything that should be burned had already been burned, so of course this matter no longer concerned Immortal Empress Taisheng.

Zi Luo Elder also heard his unspoken implication and said with a slightly dark expression, "There can't be a next time either… If you attack your colleagues in the organization without any reason again, I can only ask you to leave the Heaven-God Alliance."

This old man had also realized that he must not beat around the bush in front of Gu Nan, or else he'd be led into a ditch.

"Alright." Sure enough, Gu Nan was quite straightforward this time. The Heaven-God Alliance no longer held any value to him, so of course he didn't care about leaving.

Zi Luo Elder fell silent, seemingly considering the matter. He did not give an immediate response.

At this moment, Dream Immortal's figure suddenly descended. With pink lotus flowers under her feet, she walked from the horizon step by step, covering the entire distance in just a short instant.

A long lotus path appeared in the sky, making people feel like they were inside a dream.

"Gu Nan." Dream Immortal's gaze landed on Gu Nan, and her voice seemed to travel from the distant horizon like an illusory dream, "I advise you not to act rashly. Take a closer look at who came this time."

Her steps paused slightly, making way for several figures behind her.

Academic Heaven's Song Fei, Three Buddha Heaven's Fa Kong, and Alkaid Heaven's Huo Kui.

Huo Kui was Dream Immortal's close friend. After he realized this was an ambush against Gu Nan, he did not refuse her invitation and participated.

Nothing more needed to be said about Song Fei; he was already Gu Nan's old "friend". However, he'd already given up on revenge, yet he still showed up here. It was apparent that he had another goal.

So the cause fell onto the last person.

Three Buddha Heaven's Fa Kong.

Three Buddha Heaven was the only plane among the original Thirteen Heavens with a basis in Buddhism. In a sense, Three Buddha Heaven was also the true holy land of Buddhism, the place that all Buddhist disciples most yearned to enter.historical

In terms of history and origin, Three Buddha Heaven was actually very ancient. However, this astral world also experienced several ups and downs. The current Three Buddha Heaven was very different from the past.

The astral world was named "Three Buddha", which meant there were three Buddhist ancestors in the astral world when it was established. After changing owners several times, the current Star Ruler was the great monk before Gu Nan.

Monk Fa Kong.

"Amitabha." Monk Fa Kong smiled, as if he was practicing Zen Buddhism, even though beneath his feet were living beings who had just suffered a calamity. "Benefactor Gu has committed too many murders, so it is better to put down the butcher's knife and live in the Buddha's Pure Land with this humble monk to attain peace."

Although these words were convoluted, the meaning was very clear—he wanted to gather everyone's strength to capture Gu Nan and seal him inside Three Buddha Heaven!

Three Buddha Heaven was precisely such a strange astral world. Its strength was affected by the intensity of the believers' faith, as well as the evil demons sealed in it.

The more evil demons that were sealed in Three Buddha Heaven and the more powerful they were, the stronger Three Buddha Heaven's Buddhist power would grow.

And this time, Monk Fa Kong was obviously eyeing the "evil demon" called Gu Nan.

Logically speaking, a guy like Gu Nan who killed so wantonly should have been targeted by Three Buddha Heaven a long time ago. But he was still weak in his early years, so much so that the mighty Three Buddha Heaven felt such a weakling was beneath their notice.

And once Gu Nan truly became famous, his strength shot up too quickly. Before Three Buddha Heaven could react, he was already a Unified Dao powerhouse.

But this only made Fa Kong more interested in him—a Unified Dao "evil demon" had never appeared before!

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What satisfied Monk Fa Kong even more was that Gu Nan's past decisiveness when killing already earned him countless enemies, and even among the Unified Dao existences, many were willing to attack him.

After all these motives and conditions matured, today's situation became possible.

Fa Kong, Song Fei, Dream Immortal, and Huo Kui ambushing and killing Gu Nan… Saying killing was a bit too much; they did not expect to actually kill Gu Nan.

As long as they cooperated with Monk Fa Kong's unique technique and sealed Gu Nan inside Three Buddha Heaven, this world would undoubtedly be a much more peaceful place.

As for Zi Luo Elder, he just happened to be in the right place at the right time. Although he'd long wanted to force Gu Nan out of the Heaven-God Alliance and also took the opportunity to secretly push events to this point, he had no intention of completely falling out with Gu Nan.

Including Gu Nan, six Unified Dao bigshots had gathered in the small Imperial Glory Heaven. This was an extremely rare scene.

Gu Nan's gaze swept across the four's faces, finally landing on Song Fei.

The next instant, his figure suddenly disappeared as a punch headed for Song Fei's face. Only then did Gu Nan's voice come belatedly, "First one."

At Gu Nan's level, reaction and speed no longer mattered. The pure strength and speed of the Evil God physique almost formed laws such as "sure hit" and "breaking through anything". In the end, it still came down to a contest of laws.

It's just that the laws represented by the Evil God physique far exceeded the precedence of normal laws, so a huge black hole immediately broke out at Song Fei's location.

Gu Nan's single punch instantly pierced through space itself.

Song Fei almost coughed blood onto Gu Nan's face. On the surface, it was Dream Immortal who started this conflict, and behind the scenes, it was Monk Fa Kong who planned this ambush. He, Song Fei, was just here to help out, so why was he the "first one"?

However, he had no time to question anything right now. He quickly waved his ruler and escaped from the black hole Gu Nan punched out.

Song Fei's laws weren't really special, but they were vigorous and tenacious. They couldn't be completely destroyed very easily and could always find room to turn the tables.

But Gu Nan put tremendous pressure on Song Fei as soon as he struck—this was a monster whose physical body became so powerful that every move was enough to form laws!

Gu Nan was unyielding after he gained the upper hand. He stepped forward and reappeared behind Song Fei, throwing another punch at his head.

"Amitabha!"

Naturally, the three around him couldn't just sit back and watch Song Fei get beaten up. Monk Fa Kong chanted the Buddha's name and attacked first.

Gu Nan had seen Buddhist experts before. Back when he advanced to Tier 4, the maiden Wu Gui was the reincarnation of the Buddha of Ten Thousand Samsara.

Her Palm-Sized Buddha Kingdom once left an impression on Gu Nan.

But compared to Monk Fa Kong, the difference was as great as heaven and earth. As the only Unified Dao Buddhist cultivator in the world, Monk Fa Kong had the power to suppress all evil demons.

Golden light filled the sky, almost dyeing most of Imperial Glory Heaven gold.

Dream Immortal and Huo Kui struck simultaneously, and the power of the dream realm suddenly converged, directly affecting Gu Nan himself.

Huo Kui, on the other hand, donned his full-body golden armor, holding a spear in his hand and thrusting it at Gu Nan.

At Huo Kui's realm, his spear was composed entirely of laws. It was capable of ignoring all physical defenses and directly attacking Gu Nan's mind.

Gu Nan aimed a punch at Song Fei's head as he faced attacks from three Unified Dao cultivators, but he didn't care.

Tank them!

Gu Nan had never changed his fighting style ever since his debut. This was true even after entering Unified Dao.

The exceedingly tyrannical punch landed, its power comparable to the law of destruction. The punch instantly destroyed Song Fei's body while Gu Nan himself also took the attacks from everyone else.

The power of dreams fully manifested, causing his body to begin to twist and deform, like a monster in a dream.

Under the light of the Buddha, Gu Nan's body as a "monster" quickly started to melt and disintegrate.

And the golden spear from Huo Kui was destroying Gu Nan's will, slowing his movements.

Song Fei reassembled his body to the side, his face slightly pale. It could be said that Gu Nan's punch destroyed part of his laws and caused some damage to him, but it was not fatal.historical

Correspondingly, Gu Nan himself definitely had graver injuries.

But he never expected Gu Nan to completely ignore his own sorry state, instead doggedly chasing Song Fei with another punch!

"Are you crazy?!" Song Fei no longer had the energy to care about his manners and roared as he swung down the ruler without hesitation at Gu Nan.

Both sides would suffer grievously if Gu Nan fought to the death like this… And if he fought like this, even Unified Dao existences would really die!

The ruler utterly failed to block Gu Nan's movements. He didn't care about his injuries at all; he just wanted to take Song Fei's head.

Blasted apart with one punch!

When his body was destroyed for the second time, Song Fei lost all interest in ambushing Gu Nan. He directly took back all his laws and fled to his own astral world.

Gu Nan's two punches caused too much damage to him. He was just here to help out, so how could he be willing to risk his life?

Once Gu Nan saw Song Fei leave, he stood still and twisted his neck.

Due to the dream realm's ability to distort objects, Gu Nan almost twisted his head off.

But his recovery ability was so powerful that even such injuries could be healed in the blink of an eye.

There were only three enemies left before him. Gu Nan glanced around again, his gaze finally stopping on Huo Kui. "Second one."

Huo Kui felt as if he was being watched by a poisonous snake, and his heart suddenly skipped a beat.

The next second, he experienced Song Fei's fate. He felt a pain in the back of his head as his golden armor shattered at a speed visible to the naked eye, and even his own body began to fall apart.

Nevertheless, Huo Kui started out as a martial artist and was also stronger than Song Fei. He reacted viciously and managed to impale Gu Nan's forehead with his spear.

Gu Nan didn't even try to dodge, letting the golden spear pierce his head, and then blasted apart his opponent with a punch.

"Third one." In the boundless bloody mist, Gu Nan pulled the golden spear out of his head and tossed it aside, then looked at Dream Immortal.

The corners of Dream Immortal's lips twitched slightly. Huo Kui also did not reappear after his physical body was destroyed. This was tantamount to persuading her to give up.

Although Gu Nan was extremely formidable in battle, at least he couldn't chase them to the ends of the world.

What Dream Immortal truly couldn't accept was how anyone could still forcibly kill others while tanking attacks from three Unified Dao powerhouses.

Fa Kong's Buddhist light suppressed all evil demons. Under normal circumstances, their opponent should have been sealed long ago.

"Amitabha!" Monk Fa Kong chanted and stood in front of Dream Immortal, blocking her from Gu Nan's sight. He also knew that at this point, he had to take the lead.

This monk, who was always smiling, stared at Gu Nan with a soft sigh. "Benefactor, you risked your life to injure two comrades, but you've likely also suffered heavy injuries. Why head for a dead end?"

"It would be better to go with this humble monk to the Buddha's realm and cleanse the murderous intent in your heart."

"Three Buddha Heaven? I will pay it a visit eventually." Gu Nan said with a vicious smile, "I just want to kill you monks, or… Mm, there's no 'or'."

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Gu Nan was indeed heavily injured.

The strength of his physical body far surpassed those of the same level and was so powerful that he could forcibly destroy Unified Dao bigshots with just his physical body.

But even such a Gu Nan was not an invincible being who could never be hurt. Directly tanking three Unified Dao experts' attacks still caused great damage to his body.

Huo Kui's final spear attack right before his body crumpled was especially brutal, directly destroying most of Gu Nan's soul. If Gu Nan was a traditional Unified Dao cultivator, he wouldn't even be able to use any power of laws after this.

But unfortunately, Gu Nan dared to fight like this precisely because of his incredible regeneration ability and the confidence that he could fight or escape whenever he wanted.

"Third one," Gu Nan's cold gaze fell on Dream Immortal's face as he repeated this sentence.

Dream Immortal's heart tensed up slightly. The lessons learned from Song Fei and Huo Kui were right before her eyes. Even if Monk Fa Kong was standing protectively in front of her, she still couldn't afford to be careless.

The power of dreams turned slightly sluggish as she withdrew some from Gu Nan and enveloped herself protectively.

Dream Immortal's figure started to turn illusory, placing herself between dreams and reality to ensure that even if Gu Nan attacked instantly, he wouldn't be able to immediately destroy her.

Sure enough, Gu Nan's figure instantly disappeared at this moment.

Dream Immortal's body suddenly became completely illusory. Even if this state consumed a lot of power, it was still better than being destroyed by Gu Nan.

Monk Fa Kong also raised his hand abruptly, and the prayer beads from his wrist scattered in all directions, falling all around Dream Immortal.

He actually used a protective magic treasure directly on Dream Immortal, completely disregarding himself despite the risk that Gu Nan might also switch targets and attack him.

However… Gu Nan had vanished.

Dream Immortal's act of placing herself in the dream realm despite the enormous power consumption and the prayer bead magic treasure Monk Faking immediately activated… were all in vain.

"He ran away?" Dream Immortal waited for a long time to confirm that Gu Nan's aura was completely gone and couldn't help blurting out.

She originally thought Gu Nan was lurking nearby, but she finally realized what happened after the power of dreams and the Buddhist light simultaneously covered their surroundings and still couldn't detect any trace of Gu Nan.

However, Monk Fa Kong's expression changed slightly. "Not good!"

……

Gu Nan had always been capable of doing something as shameless as bullying juniors weaker than him, even when he was already a mighty Unified Dao powerhouse.

He could even casually slaughter Imperial Glory Heaven, so why would Three Buddha Heaven be an exception?

Monk Fa Kong realized this possibility and rushed back to his astral world as soon as possible. However, to his surprise, Gu Nan was not here.

Three Buddha Heaven was very peaceful, without any sign of foreign invasion.

Just as Monk Fa Kong returned, another scream came from Imperial Glory Heaven. Dream Immortal's waiting paid off as Gu Nan's attack finally arrived, but she would definitely not like this kind of attack.

In just a short while, Gu Nan had recovered over half of his injuries due to avoiding all attacks in that period.

Gu Nan, who was freed from the dream realm's influence, immediately appeared behind Dream Immortal and tore apart the power of dreams protecting her.

However, the dream realm's protection was still effective. Dream Immortal was not destroyed instantly like Song Fei and Huo Kui. Instead, she used the dream realm to counterattack, engulfing Gu Nan's body in an instant.

After close contact with the power of dreams, the law clung to Gu Nan's body like a nightmare. Every move he made would cause his body to be torn apart and suffer horrific wounds.

At the same time, the Evil God physique was rapidly regenerating and recovering, allowing Gu Nan to remain in a state where he was about to die but not completely dead or destroyed yet.

Dream Immortal was also a great power who experienced major battles and was the same type of person as Huo Kui at heart.

Faced with such a desperate situation, the thought of fleeing never even occurred to her. She hardened her resolve, and all the laws of the dream realm suddenly surged towards Gu Nan.

Dream Immortal knew all too well that Gu Nan's strength lay in his explosive power and unparalleled speed. If they want to catch him, they must wait for an opportunity to be created when Gu Nan makes the first attack.

Now was the best opportunity!

"Do it!" Following Dream Immortal's shout, Gu Nan only felt his consciousness sway slightly while he himself had completely fallen into a dream.

Endless Buddhist light engulfed Gu Nan again. Amplified by the power of dreams, its intensity was several times Monk Fa Kong's own power.

The radiance shone on Gu Nan, causing his body to rapidly melt. But his punch had already landed on Dream Immortal before his body could melt completely.

This Unified Dao bigshot who just returned from a long slumber was instantly blown apart by this punch. And because she overexerted herself to attack just now, the damage she suffered was even greater than that of Song Fei and Huo Kui.historical

People who were ruthless towards others were oftentimes even more ruthless towards themselves, and Dream Immortal was undoubtedly this kind of person.

Fa Kong appeared, continuously drawing out the power of his astral world without a care for the consequences. All the power in Three Buddha Heaven was mobilized, crushing down like a huge weight.

Although Gu Nan's body melted, everyone knew he wasn't truly dead. A Unified Dao existence couldn't be killed so easily.

A ball of shadows emitting black light was completely surrounded by a golden radiance. This was Gu Nan's law of shadows.

Shadows were everywhere and ever-present. Normally, they couldn't be trapped at all.

Only a true Buddhist powerhouse like Monk Fa Kong could create a domain with endless Buddhist light and extract all the laws in its range.

This was his method of suppressing evil demons, and he wanted to use this to seal Gu Nan away.

At this time, Song Fei and Huo Kui also appeared simultaneously. A ruler and a golden spear descended together, knocking that ball of shadows down again.

Although Gu Nan beat them till they didn't dare show their faces anymore, as soon as Gu Nan fell into a disadvantage, these two wouldn't mind coming out again to beat him while he was down.

It had to be said that no one who could reach Unified Dao lacked combat experience.

Gu Nan's greatest strength was his unparalleled physical body, but it also meant that Gu Nan would fall into an extremely weak state as long as this strength was neutralized.

At the cost of immense damage to herself, Dream Immortal resolutely teamed up with Fa Kong to temporarily destroy the Evil God physique, finally giving the four Unified Dao ambushers an opportunity.

Right now, Gu Nan's physical body hadn't recovered yet and he could only use laws, so he was no match against the combined efforts of the four Unified Dao powerhouses.

As long as they could seize this opportunity to seal him, they could achieve great success!

Of course Monk Fa Kong knew this, so he had no intention of being stingy at all. The prayer beads appeared in his hand again, but this time, he destroyed all the beads with a slight shock!

The beads crumbled into clumps of powder and trapped the shadows below, causing the entire Imperial Glory Heaven to glow with a golden brilliance.

……

"It'll be very hard for Gu Nan to weather this tribulation." In a corner of Imperial Glory Heaven, Zi Luo Elder sighed as he shook his head slightly.

Immortal Empress Taisheng was also by his side.

Although she really wanted to see Gu Nan suffer misfortune, the fact that a newly-ascended Unified Dao cultivator was ambushed and might even be in danger of being sealed still made her sympathize with the distress of a like-minded person.

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For any Star Ruler with ambitions of reaching Unified Dao, that realm was their ultimate goal.

And ultimate goal meant that once they reached this goal, they could at least have some breathing room. Gu Nan's experience at this time undoubtedly gave Immortal Empress Taisheng a considerable shock.

She was considered a junior in front of these Unified Dao existences, and it was the first time she saw a Unified Dao level life-and-death battle, so she couldn't help feeling some sorrow.

"Will Gu Nan die?" she couldn't help asking.

"No. A Unified Dao cultivator is not so easy to kill." Zi Luo Elder shook his head and explained, "But he committed too many murders, so he won't be able to avoid being sealed by Fa Kong."

Immortal Empress Taisheng was silent. The word "seal" didn't specify the length of time—he may be sealed for a while, or he may be sealed for tens of thousands of years.

When he saw Monk Fa Kong resolutely destroying his prayer beads, Zi Luo Elder understood that Gu Nan might not be able to avoid this tribulation.

That treasure was one of the trump cards accumulated by Three Buddha Heaven over tens of thousands of years. It was a divine weapon refined from the sarira left behind by six top-tier Buddhist Star Rulers after their deaths.

Fa Kong invested so many priceless resources, all to seal Gu Nan in the shortest possible time. This showed just how much pressure the latter put on him.

"To be able to oppose four Unified Dao enemies as soon as he ascended to Unified Dao, Gu Nan can stand proud," Zi Luo Elder remarked with some regret. "Perhaps not even these four expected to pay such a high price to seal him."

The golden glow in Imperial Glory Heaven gradually withdrew into itself, continuously converging towards the center. The ball of shadows had reached the point where it was unable to move, having been completely sealed by the prayer beads' fragments.

Like Zi Luo Elder said, neither Dream Immortal nor Song Fei, nor even the organizer—Monk Fa Kong—predicted that this battle would be so wretched.

The person who suffered the smallest loss in this battle was Huo Kui, who was just here as an extra. His physical body was only destroyed once, but at least he managed to deal some damage before he "died", so it wasn't much of a loss.

Song Fei was completely treated as a moving target and ended up taking two punches from Gu Nan, and all he had for show was merely stalling for some time. Not only did he suffer huge losses, but he also lost a lot of face.

Once the outcome of this battle became public, Song Fei would undoubtedly be regarded as the weakest among the five who participated in the Unified Dao battle.

Dream Immortal and Monk Fa Kong were the two who suffered the greatest losses. One was critically injured and over-exhausted her powers. Nobody knows how many years it would take her to recover. The other lost a supreme treasure he always carried with him, directly damaging his astral world's foundation.

Monk Fa Kong still had a compassionate expression, but whether his heart was actually bleeding from the loss, only he himself would know.

When the golden light converged and completely sealed the shadows, Monk Fa Kong chanted the Buddha's name, "Amitabha. The evil demon has been sealed. This humble monk expresses his gratitude to the three righteous Benefactors on behalf of all living beings in the Myriad Heavens."

Dream Immortal naturally wasn't interested in hearing such nonsense. She snorted coldly and turned around, returning to her astral world to recuperate in earnest.historical

Huo Kui had no friendship with Monk Fa Kong. He came purely to help Dream Immortal this time, so he naturally left after saying goodbye.

Song Fei, on the other hand, actually chatted with Monk Fa Kong for a little longer. In any case, after this battle, they could be regarded as comrades-in-arms. Sometimes, the friendship between Unified Dao cultivators was accumulated bit by bit, just like this.

……

News that six Unified Dao bigshots appeared in Imperial Glory Heaven and that Gu Nan was ambushed by four of them was like a depth charge that detonated in the Myriad Heavens immediately after the battle.

The Myriad Heavens had not seen a battle of this magnitude for many years, especially one with such a shocking outcome, ending with Gu Nan sealed and all four Unified Dao ambushers injured.

Some people firmly believe that a Unified Dao powerhouse would not die like this and that Gu Nan would definitely make a comeback, as evidenced by the fact that his astral world was still perfectly intact.

Others believed that although Gu Nan's astral world was unharmed, he himself would inevitably be trapped in Three Buddha Heaven for tens of thousands of years and become the most high-level evil demon sealed in Three Buddha Heaven.

At the same time, various rumors were also circulating.

Various conspiracy theories such as "Gu Nan was too strong and was able to fight four Unified Dao experts on equal ground right after he ascended, which made them feel threatened and led to the ambush", "The original Thirteen Heavens have joined forces to suppress the newly-ascended Unified Dao cultivator", etc., were simply unstoppable.

As for this battle, the current Sixteen Heavens all fell silent at the same time. Not a single one of them publicly expressed any opinions on it.

This strange silence further fueled speculation among people from all walks of life.

Clockwork Heaven.

"Gu Nan can't be dealt with so easily." Lu Wen seemed to have great confidence in Gu Nan. "If Fa Kong was smart, he'd hand Gu Nan over to the gods, or else he'll regret it sooner or later."

"Even you think so? But if Fa Kong had such decisiveness in the first place, he wouldn't have dared to attack Gu Nan," another person across from Lu Wen replied casually, calmly sipping tea.

This person was none other than Jiu Po, the one who previously invited Gu Nan to join forces.

Jiu Po was so mysterious that very few people even knew what he looked like, and even fewer people knew that he actually had contact with Lu Wen, and their relationship also seemed quite good.

"That's true." Lu Wen also chuckled.

Monk Fa Kong attacked Gu Nan because of his identity as a "Unified Dao level evil demon". But if he handed Gu Nan over to the gods, wouldn't all his previous "investment" be in vain?

This was especially true now that Gu Nan was trapped. It was unlikely that a Unified Dao grand monk would have so little confidence in himself.

……

Amidst all the explosive news, while other astral worlds were just watching the excitement, the people in Gu Nan's Divine Kingdom were naturally suffering the most.

"Has His Lordship… truly been sealed?" An Tiansheng's face was full of worry as he said through gritted teeth, "Damn it! If only we'd been more careful, we wouldn't have…"

He had already been resurrected by Gu Nan, but the ambush targeting his group was the trigger behind the whole incident.

Although An Tiansheng had a nasty personality, he also understood the principle of repaying kindness. It was entirely thanks to Gu Nan that he could be where he was today, so he blamed himself incessantly for this incident.

On the side, Red Tail interrupted with a wave of her hand, "The Divine Kingdom is unharmed, so His Lordship will naturally be alright. Let's wait for news from Xiaoxiao."

As the spirit of the Divine Kingdom, Yan Xiaoxiao naturally had the closest connection to Gu Nan. Right now, everyone was waiting for her to show up.

Red Tail was actually very nervous, but she knew that the more dire a situation, the less panic she could reveal. At least until enemies come knocking on their door, everything must remain as usual.

"Teacher is fine. He'll return soon," Yan Xiaoxiao finally appeared inside the Evil God Temple and brought the news everyone was most looking forward to.

Red Tail and the others breathed a collective sigh of relief. Xie Yun couldn't help asking, "The outside is saying that most of His Lordship's laws have been sealed. That's not true, right?"

Unified Dao cultivators merge with laws, so they themselves represent a part of those laws. It could even be said that they were composed of laws. This was consistent with the greater gods taking the Godheads as their foundation.

To have most of his laws sealed would mean that most of Gu Nan's power was sealed.

"It's true," Yan Xiaoxiao answered without hiding it. Everyone couldn't help quieting down as her words fell, not knowing what to say.

But she then added with a smile, "But they might have misunderstood something. Teacher's strength has never been his laws."

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In the Evil God Temple, Gu Nan's reconstructed body slowly opened his eyes.

However, he could only open his eyes, because his body only consisted of a small part of his head. The rest of his body was still missing.

Like all Unified Dao existences, Gu Nan's body had merged with laws. Simply destroying his physical body was not enough to truly kill him.

However, his physical body was far stronger than that of normal Unified Dao cultivators, so the power required to rebuild it was far greater.

On the other hand, Monk Fa Kong's seal really did seal away most of Gu Nan's laws, limiting the maximum power he could mobilize to a very small level.

For Unified Dao figures, the strength of their own laws actually represented their maximum explosive power.

And the existence of astral worlds could replenish their laws at a high speed, removing the need to worry about running out of power and giving them almost inexhaustible power.

It was precisely due to this characteristic that the Star Ruler system replaced normal cultivators and became the most popular cultivation method.

Since most of Gu Nan's laws were sealed, the power he could currently use was only equivalent to that of a Tier 10 Star Ruler.

Using this kind of power ceiling to reconstruct Gu Nan's ridiculously strong physical body would naturally take a long time.

Gu Nan checked his body and estimated that it would take at least five to ten years to fully recover, and that was taking into account the Evil God physique's ability to automatically repair itself.

That might only be the blink of an eye for other Unified Dao powers, but this was the heaviest injury Gu Nan had suffered since his debut.

Dream Immortal and Fa Kong's final frenzied counterattack did bring very grave consequences, and these two's ferocity exceeded many people's expectations.

If he hadn't already reached Unified Dao, just this battle alone would be enough to truly kill Gu Nan.

Of course, from another perspective, Gu Nan would never have fought like this if he wasn't already aware of his own advantages. Perhaps he would've fled a long time ago.

"I'll take this opportunity to accumulate Evil Value and advance to Tier 12 first." Gu Nan quickly made a decision.

The loss of laws did not affect the majority of Gu Nan's combat power, so he wasn't in a hurry for the time being.

He wasn't worried about anyone taking this opportunity to invade his Divine Kingdom at all. He was simply waiting for his physical body to fully recover so that his subsequent actions would have a higher chance of success.

"Teacher." Yan Xiaoxiao entered the Evil God Temple alone and saw Gu Nan, who had just reconstructed most of his head.

After Gu Nan's injury, Yan Xiaoxiao immediately sealed off the entire Evil God Temple, forbidding anyone from entering. At the same time, she also cut off all channels outsiders could use to learn about Gu Nan's condition.

Although both she and Red Tail appeared to be full of confidence in front of their subordinates, they were actually still quite worried.

If an astral world lost its Star Ruler and also never cultivated a successor, what kind of fate would it face? Just look at the former Nirvana Heaven.

"I'm fine," Gu Nan's voice rang out directly from the temple. He didn't even have vocal cords anymore, so naturally he couldn't speak normally. "How is the Blasphemer Project?"

"Vivian failed." Yan Xiaoxiao reported calmly, "She was barely able to break through the structure of the Nightmare Godhead. Her fusion with the Godhead was very forced, so she did not obtain enough power from it."

There was only one fate awaiting a blasphemer who failed to kill their former god, and that was death at the hands of the true god.

Gu Nan also expected this. After all, this world didn't have a true "Chosen One". On one hand, Vivian being the first to successfully fuse with the Godhead was due to her own hard work, but at the same time, it was also the inevitable result of probability.

They prepared hundreds of subjects to throw at the Nightmare Godhead. Eventually, someone would break through the Godhead's stable structure.

But as long as there was a first success, it would be much easier for future candidates to fuse with the Godhead's power.

Sure enough, Yan Xiaoxiao then said, "The number of blasphemers who have successfully fused with the Godhead now exceeds ten, and one person even reached Tier 7."

The power of a greater god was much higher than that of ordinary gods. Even a Godhead fragment from them still held unimaginable power and could be of enormous help to mortals.

Of course, experts created with this method had no way to replenish their power. Once their power was exhausted, all that was left would be an understanding of laws.

To put it bluntly, they did not have Divine Kingdoms or astral worlds serving as their foundation, so naturally they couldn't compare to normal experts.

"Good." Gu Nan's voice seemed calm, "Continue with the plan… Hmm?"

Gu Nan was halfway through his sentence when he suddenly stopped, his gaze slowly moving up. On top of the Evil God Temple, someone was slowly making their way over.historical

When not even Dream Immortal and Fa Kong thought about succeeding in one fell swoop and eradicating Gu Nan completely, an unexpected person came first.

"So you've already ascended." Gu Nan's gaze shifted slightly, but his tone remained calm, as if the old friend in front of him still was an old friend.

Xue Ren held a sword in one hand and stared at Gu Nan's reforming body—a little over half a head—with a smile on his lips.

"Not yet." Xue Ren shook his head slightly. "I've been waiting for this moment."

As his words fell, his figure started to blur, as if his entire person had become an illusion, but his aura was constantly surging, growing at an unimaginable speed.

The secret technique Zi Luo Elder gave him was not so much covering up Unified Dao Realm's fluctuations as simply keeping him stuck at the threshold of Unified Dao, putting him in a state where he could break through at any time.

And now, Xue Ren felt like he could break through.

Yan Xiaoxiao's gaze shifted slightly. An inexplicable aura suddenly appeared in the Evil God Temple, about to rush towards Xue Ren, but Gu Nan shook his head to stop her.

"You want to kill me?" Though Gu Nan asked this, he didn't seem to have any doubts.

Xue Ren responded calmly, "That's right. None of them believe Austin's warning, but I think he's right. If I don't kill you, you will destroy the entire world sooner or later."

Gu Nan's advancement speed was utterly terrifying and could be called the fastest in the Myriad Heavens, but Gu Nan was also the reincarnation of a powerhouse, so this did not make the Unified Dao cultivators feel threatened.

In other words, those who could reach Unified Dao would not be frightened by something like this and lose all confidence in themselves.

Only Xue Ren wasn't already in Unified Dao Realm back then. Instead, he watched Gu Nan walk to his current position step-by-step and was also familiar with Gu Nan's actions in the World of Gods. He had a deep understanding of the phrase "public enemy of the gods".

So Gu Nan nodded, and—without any hesitation—his half-reconstructed head flew directly at Xue Ren!

Even having just half a head still didn't undermine the strength of Gu Nan's physical body, because this was the head of the Evil God physique—even if he just head-slammed enemies, he could still kill most Unified Dao existences!

Xue Ren, who gave up his own path and came with the intention of saving the world, didn't even have time to react as Gu Nan's half a head suddenly rammed into him.

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Chapter 542: Advent of Holy Light

Yu Lian was giving a lecture in Void Grotto Heaven today, surrounded by hundreds of Daoist Heirs.

A top-notch astral world like Void Grotto Heaven, which had gone through several cycles of prosperity and decline, naturally placed the utmost importance on the cultivation of successors.

Even though the current Yu Lian already had a very high status, she still gave frequent lectures in person, not only teaching the principles of cultivation, but also the practicalities of managing an astral world and how to coordinate the various departments.

For the leader of all Daoist sects to remain standing to this day, pragmatism was essential.

Today's class was a debate on a topic of the students' choosing. The Daoist Heirs would each state their views and then evaluate each other's opinions. And the most popular topic today was naturally the stunning fight between the five Unified Dao figures.

Most of Void Grotto Heaven's Daoist Heirs were true heaven-sent geniuses. Not only would one of them succeed Void Grotto Heaven in the future, but even for the ones who lost the succession competition, many would still end up leaving and establishing their own astral worlds.

Therefore, these Daoist Heirs all had very high bars for topics that could catch their attention. They were full of vim and didn't shy away from discussing Unified Dao battles at all, frequently debating about these bigshots.

"Ultimately, that one's road has been too smooth-sailing until now. While single-handedly fighting four Unified Dao cultivators is an extraordinary feat, the losses also cannot be ignored. This humble one believes that it will be difficult to hear any news about that one again in the next thousand years."

"I disagree. It's common for later generations to surpass older generations. Three Buddha Heaven may have sealed that one in the name of suppressing evil demons, but there will inevitably be another battle between them in a hundred years at most."

"Now that the matter has already reached this point, further discussion is useless. The events you two predicted will only happen in the future. But that one in Three Buddha Heaven has obtained the power of a Unified Dao level evil demon. How to deal with Three Buddha Heaven is our most pressing concern right now."

Void Grotto Heaven was the head of all Daoist sects, so of course it was at odds with Three Buddha Heaven. Most of the Daoist Heirs had ambitions of controlling the overall situation of the Myriad Heavens, so they wouldn't forget about this conflict.

Only when the discussion came to a slight lull did Yu Lian finally conclude, "Gu Nan's setback is not necessarily a bad thing. Fa Kong doesn't understand the principle of eradicating evil at the roots, which will come back to haunt him in the future."

Everyone made noises of agreement, but at this moment, an indescribable aura suddenly surged between heaven and earth.

Very few people had felt this kind of aura before, but almost all cultivators had heard of it from ancient records.

This was a sign that someone was ascending to Unified Dao. In Void Grotto Heaven, it was called the "emergence of a new Saint amidst the celebrations of Heaven and Earth."

"A new Saint is about to emerge?"

"Who is it? I see sword energy in this Saint Omen. Could it be…?"

"It's Xue Ren." Yu Lian was quite certain, and the expression on her face turned gentler. She had a rather good personal relationship with Xue Ren, so she was naturally happy for him.

"Congratulations, Sect Master!"

"So it's the one in Extreme Sword Heaven. His reputation as the best swordsman in the Myriad Heavens is probably about to become the truth."

"I think so too… Eh? Why has the Saint Omen disappeared?"historical

Just when Void Grotto Heaven was filled with joyful congratulations, the celebrations of Heaven and Earth abruptly disappeared, as if someone suddenly paused a cassette that had been playing.

……

Many people didn't understand that having the power to destroy the world was not the same as actually wanting to destroy the world.

Of course, most people didn't want someone else to have such power in the first place. From that perspective, both viewpoints would lead to the same response.

As was the case with Xue Ren. He came, he ascended, and then… he died.

Under Yan Xiaoxiao's dumbfounded gaze, Xue Ren's head exploded, and his corpse lay limply inside the Evil God Temple. The aura of Unified Dao ascension had not yet dissipated from his body.

Even a genuine Unified Dao existence might not fare much better if Gu Nan's head smashed into them like this, let alone Xue Ren, who had yet to truly break through.

It could only be said that Xue Ren was too overconfident that Gu Nan had lost most of his strength. In order to prevent Gu Nan from escaping, Xue Ren's action of showing up in advance sent him onto the path of no return.

Gu Nan's half-head fell back to its original position. There was nothing strange about his expression, but he was thinking some strange thoughts in his mind.

'Shouldn't killing a high-level monster with a special method give an achievement like "Headshot Monster" or something?'

……

The origin of the Saint Omen that was abruptly cut off midway through its appearance couldn't be hidden from the world.

More and more people learned that Xue Ren had ascended, but he mysteriously died during his ascension.

Some people suspected that he was too eager to break through, which caused his own path to deviate, and that was why he suffered backlash from the Great Dao. But everyone fell silent when they found out the place where Xue Ren died.

Xue Ren died in Gu Nan's astral world.

Gu Nan, who just had most of his power sealed away, could actually cause Xue Ren to fall mid-ascension! Some of Gu Nan's enemies who were beginning to stir because of the earlier Unified Dao battle immediately became well-behaved again.

On the contrary, Gu Nan's image in people's minds became even more eerie and unpredictable—not that it was much better before.

But amidst this strange atmosphere, Gu Nan entered a long incubation period. While repairing his body, he also waited for the Blasphemer Project to yield results.

With the release of the first batch of blasphemers, although he couldn't harvest the fruits of labor from Vivian, subsequent subjects did not disappoint.

More and more Godhead fusion vessels succeeded in killing gods, constantly providing Gu Nan with Evil Value. When a blasphemer trained by Gu Nan killed a god, the efficiency of earning Evil Value was almost ten times what Gu Nan would get from killing that god himself.

The Greater God Dimension was still gradually developing. Moreover, with the increase in subjects and the gradual improvement of the Dimension's rules, the "actors" were slowly exiting the stage.

Besides certain candidates that required close observation, actors were used less frequently.

After all, actors were just actors. On one hand, there were problems with their acting skills. On the other hand, following a script may not be the best development route for the subjects. It was better to let them grow freely.

Selecting one out of a hundred subjects—using this method of cultivating gu to find suitable subjects would not be a bad idea no matter how one looked at it.

While Gu Nan was waiting on that, he wasn't just idling away either. He did not forget that there were still some experiments waiting for him to complete in the Gap World.

……

Gap World, Earth.

Fu Cheng received the complete information on 《Evil God》 from Professor Wang and understood Gu Nan's intention and requirements. Thus, she immediately began to reconstruct the game.

This woman, who built a gaming empire in just three years, really did possess amazing game development talent.

In just two months, she and her team fully analyzed Austin, compiled a comprehensive growth path, and made it into the game's main plot.

Maintaining the role-playing style of the original work, the entire game was based on Austin's journey and growth while incorporating sandbox game characteristics—players could also do whatever they wanted in the World of Gods.

Of course, corresponding to 《Evil God》, what players needed to obtain for growth was not Evil Value, but Holy Light Value.

The leveling settings of the original work was basically copied exactly. Players needed to earn Holy Light Value and points during several phases, such as the First and Second Rounds, to raise their level.

"The details of the game are like this." Fu Cheng stood in front of a notebook and described the game they developed bit by bit, without missing any details.

This explanation took several hours. When even Fu Cheng's throat turned dry, a few words finally appeared in the notebook.

"Launch the game."

Chapter 543: 5 Years, Tier 12

Following Gu Nan's will, the reconstructed version of 《Evil God》 was branded as a new game called 《King of Gods: The Origin of Light》. After its official launch, it quickly set off a craze throughout the entire civilization on Earth.

On one hand, during the almost half a year from its initial development to official launch, Chengying Entertainment was fully invested in the game and deliberately concealed the game's theme, which already whetted players' appetite.

On the other hand, it was also because of the 《Evil God》game. Although it had been forgotten by today's players, it still had quite a high historical status.

As the first ultra-realistic game, its name could still be seen in documentaries on the development history of various games.

Chengying Entertainment's decision to suddenly launch a reconstructed version of 《Evil God》 this time triggered a wave of nostalgia. Many players even started playing that old game from hundreds of years ago.

And due to its excellent development and thorough early promotion, the new game 《Origin of Light》 quickly became very popular among players and truly opened up the market.

Chengying Entertainment once again led the gaming trend, though people seemed accustomed to that by now.

Fu Cheng's move to look back and reinvent an old game was interpreted by colleagues in the gaming industry as a new approach to "inject a breath of fresh air into today's highly homogenized gaming industry". No one thought there was any deeper meaning behind this.

Only Fu Cheng herself knew that this game was actually made under the instruction of another person… No, maybe not a person.historical

"What do you need me to do next?" Fu Cheng returned to her notebook and asked this question with a calm expression, but her heart wasn't calm at all.

During these days, she never received more of that invigorating power that returned her to her youth, which caused her originally young face to show signs of aging.

Fu Cheng, who returned to being thirty years old, didn't get sick even once in the past six months. She was in excellent health every day and didn't want to go back to her previous state.

"Monitor all players above the Second Round, especially those who can complete the Third Round." Such a sentence gradually appeared in the notebook.

This made Fu Cheng frown slightly. As a game developer, of course Chengying Entertainment could get player information from the server, but this kind of monitoring would be a long-term task.

"Based on our design… The players' Second Round will probably happen two or three years later," Fu Cheng said after carefully considering her words.

《Origin of Light》was an ambitiously grand game, not the kind of product that could be cleared in a few afternoons. It had the potential to become a nostalgic memory for an entire generation.

What Fu Cheng actually meant was that she might not even be alive anymore by the time this matter came to fruition.

Before Fu Cheng could react, a black light suddenly fell down and cleansed her entire body.

This time, it didn't just strengthen Fu Cheng's foundation. She could even feel a surge of strength coming from her body, and her clenched fists seemed to have a thousand catties of strength.

Having some knowledge about cultivators, she quickly judged from some details that she was now no weaker than some normal Force cultivators.

Even if only a small part of his laws were left, Gu Nan could still give an ordinary person like Fu Cheng some benefits.

Fu Cheng felt the surging power in her body and said gratefully, "I will definitely complete this task…"

"Notify me as soon as possible if you discover that a post-Second Round player has disappeared." The writing that appeared on the notebook again made Fu Cheng subconsciously stop talking.

"What does 'disappeared' mean?" Fu Cheng quickly asked. She didn't want something to go wrong just because she failed to understand what the other party meant.

"Disappeared means disappeared," the notebook answered as such.

……

In the Evil God Temple, Gu Nan withdrew his will from the Gap World. His gaze landed on the moonlit space outside the temple, but his thoughts were slowly churning.

Making a game based on Austin's journey was actually the result of Gu Nan's careful consideration.

Since Earth's current civilization was hundreds of years after his own era, it was impossible to retain the player data from that time, so Gu Nan could only choose to reconstruct the game.

Re-launching the 《Evil God》 game with a new look might give him another "transmigrator" case to reference, but it was also a bit of a risky move.

If he truly created another "player", he might as well be playing with fire and burning himself.

So Gu Nan chose the route of the Ruler of Light. Even if there was another player, anyone walking on the holy light route was destined to keep a high profile the whole way, so it would be impossible to hide themself.

As long as he extinguished the fire in advance, it would naturally not be a threat.

……

Five years passed by in a flash.

Unexpectedly, players in 《Origin of Light》 advanced the plot slower than expected. Less than ten Second Round players appeared in five years, let alone any Third Round players.

Gu Nan had been monitoring this group of players through Fu Cheng, but currently, everything seemed to be normal with them.

On the other hand, after a full five years of accumulation, the reconstruction of Gu Nan's physical body finally made a breakthrough.

To put it bluntly, the so-called breakthrough just meant the Evil God physique's recovery had reached a certain critical point, which finally triggered its super regeneration, causing it to recover completely in the blink of an eye.

"I seem stronger than before?" Gu Nan keenly noticed as he sensed the power inside his body. "Oh, turns out I'm already Tier 12."

During these five years, the Blasphemer Project also continued to progress. A large number of low-level gods were wiped out, causing Gu Nan's Evil Value to accumulate rapidly. Right now, it already exceeded the threshold of Tier 12.

After the Second Round, level was determined entirely by the amount of Evil Value, and players were no longer allowed to delay their advancements. Instead, they were forcibly leveled up as soon as they met the requirements.

Gu Nan's earlier strategy of holding back his level-ups so that he could advance two levels at once was no longer applicable at this stage.

Gu Nan was not surprised by this. He was perfectly aware of the Blasphemer Project's efficiency in harvesting Evil Value. It was still quite impressive when the player had just completed the Second Round.

But this plan's efficiency would be greatly reduced as the number of low-ranked gods decreased. If he wanted to rely solely on this to advance to Tier 13, it would take at least ten times the time.

'Sure enough, I need to find ways to kill greater gods.' This thought popped up in Gu Nan's head. Even a mere Tier 11 greater god would still save him at least thirty years.

But greater gods were not so easy to kill. He couldn't just run to their doors and kill them with one punch. They could create eight or ten clones in the blink of an eye for him to kill. Anyhow, the greater gods would be fine as long as they didn't use the power of their Godheads to create those clones.

Greater gods were not stupid. They would go into hiding after their physical body was destroyed. Nobody would still run outside and obediently wait for death.

On the contrary, as soon as the player made a move, all the greater gods would notice, which would lead to the player getting besieged by a group of greater gods. This was the biggest dilemma for post-Second Round players.

It seemed extremely unrealistic to destroy a greater god's Divine Kingdom at this stage, so players often turned to scheming behind the scenes, such as inciting another Divine War.

If not for Jiu Po's invitation, Gu Nan would probably also resume his "old trade" and embark on this path. But now, he could hear Jiu Po out first.

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Chapter 544: Mistaken

Jiu Po Heaven.

As one of the three most ancient planes in the Myriad Heavens that evolved from the essence of the original Earth Realm, Jiu Po Heaven had always been quite mysterious.

Each astral world and plane had its own spatial coordinates, but not many people knew the coordinates of Jiu Po Heaven. At least, not many people were qualified to enter it.

Under Jiu Po's deliberate guidance, Jiu Po Heaven became a semi-public plane. Outsiders who wanted to enter must pass background checks on their origins and strength.

Of course, this was nothing surprising. Most astral worlds mandated background checks and tests for applicants, but Jiu Po Heaven's requirements were particularly high.

Star Rulers who did not own an astral world were not allowed to enter at all.

This condition alone directly filtered down the qualified applicants to less than a thousand people.

But other than this one rule, Jiu Po Heaven's other conditions seemed more lax, with no special rules or even any characteristics.

Void Grotto Heaven was the origin of Daoist sects, and God Emperor Heaven also had ancient relics relating to the human path. Only Jiu Po Heaven had completely washed away the traces of its past.

When Gu Nan stepped foot here, what he saw was an ordinary astral world, just like Jiu Po's average face.

"What a rare visitor." As soon as Gu Nan set foot in this world, Jiu Po's voice rang out beside him, "Hmm? You've actually broken through again?"

Gu Nan broke through yet another level only a few years after entering Unified Dao. This was indeed astonishing, especially since most of his laws had just been sealed.

But Jiu Po was also not an ordinary person. He too came from the Gap World and witnessed the collapse of the three realms in advance, ultimately reaching his current position.

"It seems that the history you've seen has not yet ended," Jiu Po remarked while giving Gu Nan a deep look.

He was one of the people who profited from knowing the future, so he was all too aware that these advantages would bring considerable benefits if used properly.

Gu Nan was noncommittal and just asked, "Last time, you offered to cooperate to kill greater gods. Do you have any certainty of success?"

"Yes." Jiu Po smiled. "But my only target is Valen. I won't consider others."

Ruler of Time, Valen!

Jiu Po's earlier invitation to Gu Nan to join forces to "invest in his potential" was more of an excuse. So when Gu Nan came to the door this time, he didn't hesitate anymore and revealed his goal.

Gu Nan didn't know how this Valen fellow offended Jiu Po to the point where he wanted to kill the other party.

But judging from the timeline, it was obviously not because of history—Valen debuted much later than Jiu Po, even later than Daoist Yellow Springs' incarnation, the God of Twilight.

But in terms of personality alone, it wasn't that surprising.

Valen's background and laws were similar to this side's Lu Wen, but his personality was similar to Zou Jiming. In other words, he was the king of pulling aggro.

Even in the World of Gods, there were many gods who despised him.

Gu Nan thought for a moment and answered, "Alright. When will we attack?"

Valen was also a newly-ascended greater god. Besides his somewhat special laws, his actual power might not even compare to Rolensia, who ascended later than him.historical

"I will notify you when the time comes."

"Okay." Gu Nan nodded, then turned to leave.

Jiu Po glanced at his back. "Are you going to Three Buddha Heaven?"

Gu Nan grinned. "Gotta retrieve my power before the hunt."

……

World of Gods.

A ray of light fell from the sky and landed in an unknown Divine Kingdom.

Calling it unknown wasn't quite right, because this Divine Kingdom belonged to a new high-level god, the God of Time.

This particular God of Time—who recently advanced to Tier 8—had just made his debut in the World of Gods and wasn't very famous at all.

The law of time couldn't be said to be a very rare law, and there were quite a few gods with similar laws, but very few were truly able to reach a high level.

On one hand, this law was extremely cryptic, and on the other hand, there was already a Ruler of Time standing high above them, causing the gods controlling time to lose the motivation to advance.

If it was just similar, overlapping laws, there would still be a chance of success, but the law of time was extremely exclusive. As long as Valen was still alive, it was practically impossible for another God of Time to ascend to a greater god.

If someone else wanted to become the new Greater God of Time, they basically had to wait for Valen to fall, or… make him fall.

This Tier 8 God of Time—an obscure god named Sven—revealed a smile after receiving a message from a foreign land.

……

After Gu Nan left Jiu Po Heaven, he didn't even return to his own Divine Kingdom and directly descended onto Three Buddha Heaven instead.

Although the law of shadows could no longer raise Gu Nan's direct combat effectiveness relative to the Evil God physique, the characteristics of shadows were still quite useful.

When heading to the World of Gods, Gu Nan undoubtedly needed the power of shadows to hide himself and launch the fatal blow.

Three Buddha Heaven was a well-known Buddhist plane in the Myriad Heavens. It had never introduced too many technological advancements in order to maintain the purity of the common people's faith.

In a sense, Three Buddha Heaven was somewhat similar to the Divine Kingdoms in the World of Gods. The only difference was that its Star Ruler did not rely on faith to obtain power.

Inside Three Buddha Heaven, the Buddhist Sect was undoubtedly the most powerful sect in each region. Buddhist temples were also institutions with absolute authority over various regions. The government was only the executor of specific management measures.

In the center of Three Buddha Heaven, the holy land in the hearts of all Buddhist disciples, stood Three Buddha Temple.

The name "Three Buddha" also came from the three founding Buddhist ancestors who established this plane in ancient times. They were the founders of Three Buddha Heaven, as well as the creators of Three Buddha Temple.

However, there were currently some discordant voices in Three Buddha Temple.

"Five years have passed in the blink of an eye. Can anyone tell this humble monk why Gu Nan has not been suppressed yet?" Monk Fa Kong sat on a golden lotus, looking down at the Buddhist monks below.

Although he was the Star Ruler of Three Buddha Heaven, the work of suppressing evil demons could not be completed by him alone, so much so that his participation wasn't even required.

Ever since they sealed most of Gu Nan's laws and brought it back to Three Buddha Heaven, the monks had never stopped the work of suppressing this evil demon.

Only by suppressing evil demons inside the astral world could the astral world truly benefit from it, but progress on this particular evil demon had always been very slow.

The outside world believed that Three Buddha Heaven could even seal a Unified Dao powerhouse; its prestige was truly enough to suppress the Myriad Heavens. However, they didn't know that even now, Three Buddha Heaven had yet to benefit from it.

At first, everyone just thought that Unified Dao level evil demons were rare and would take more time, but up until now, the suppression work had made basically zero progress, which inevitably angered Fa Kong.

Hearing Fa Kong's question, a young monk below couldn't help standing up to speak.

"Martial Uncle, based on this young monk's experience, as well as that of all my martial uncles and seniors, it seems that the laws left by Benefactor Gu Nan are not affected by the light of the World-Suppressing Buddha."

"What do you mean?" Fa Kong suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

"That is to say…" An awkward expression appeared on the young monk's face. "It's possible that Benefactor Gu Nan is not an evil demon."

Just as the young monk finished speaking, Three Buddha Temple suddenly caved in from the top, as if someone had smashed it with a heavy fist.

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Chapter 545: Retrieval

Although he called it a possibility, the young monk was almost certain that this was the truth.

Though they never sealed Unified Dao level evil demons before, they did seal demonic weapons of this level, so they weren't completely inexperienced.

Even at that time, the sealed object still didn't have absolutely no reaction at all to the Buddha's aura… But the laws left by Gu Nan were not affected by the Buddha's light at all.

If this was truly the case, then Three Buddha Heaven may have suffered a huge loss this time.

But before the young monk could figure out how to provide evidence for this, the bad news had already descended from the sky.

The instant the ceiling of Three Buddha Temple collapsed, Monk Fa Kong had already stood up suddenly, chanting a Buddha's name. Golden light reappeared in the sky, pushing back the fallen roof.

Fa Kong recognized the intruder at a glance and immediately said, "Amitabha. Benefactor Gu Nan, this matter is actually a mis—"

Before he could finish saying "misunderstanding", Gu Nan's fist hit Monk Fa Kong's head first.historical

After all, Monk Fa Kong had witnessed Gu Nan's fearsome strength and was also in Three Buddha Heaven at the moment. Since he knew he couldn't avoid Gu Nan's punch, he didn't even try to dodge it.

His whole body shook, and a Buddhist halo slowly rose up behind him. He now had three heads and eight arms, and his whole body turned into gold, like a diamond-hard body.

Combining the power of Three Buddha Heaven into one body and hardening his body to resist Gu Nan's punch—Monk Fa Kong indeed accomplished that.

Although the punch created the sound of metals clashing, Fa Kong was not directly destroyed by this strike.

Instead, the splash damage from this terrifying punch caused a shockwave in the main hall of Three Buddha Temple. Most of the monks were directly sent flying, and many of them died.

Monk Fa Kong also saw this and revealed a compassionate expression. "Since Benefactor is not an evil demon, why bother with murder? If Benefactor is dissatisfied with this humble monk, why don't this humble monk receive three of Benefactor's punches—"

"Sure!" Gu Nan agreed straightforwardly and threw a punch at his head again.

The corners of Monk Fa Kong's lips twitched slightly. He wanted to say that those "three punches" were not without conditions, but it was a pity that Gu Nan never paid attention to his words from the start.

Regardless of whether there were conditions, what should be fought would still be fought.

The diamond-hard body reappeared, and this time, the sound of metals colliding was even louder, even to the point of being ear-piercing, forcibly distorting the surrounding laws. The monks were all running away with their ears covered, unable to withstand the power of a Unified Dao battle.

To be accurate, it couldn't be considered a battle. It was just Gu Nan's unilateral beating of Monk Fa Kong.

This time, Gu Nan no longer struck one punch at a time, instead attacking like a violent storm. His barrage of punches landed like bullets, beating Monk Fa Kong into a sieve.

No matter how powerful his hardened body was, it still couldn't withstand such furious attacks. Monk Fa Kong couldn't even utter a sound before he was smashed into countless pieces by Gu Nan.

Seeing that he wasn't in a hurry to revive himself and throw his life away again, Gu Nan also stopped paying attention to him, his eyes falling on the young monk who spoke up before.

"Where are my laws?" Gu Nan asked as he patted the young monk on the shoulder.

"Amitabha." The young monk stood up. He was one of the few monks who was not affected by the shockwave. "Although Benefactor is not an evil demon, you are more murderous than a real demon. Forgive this monk for being unable to answer."

Gu Nan glanced at him. "You're not afraid of death?"

The young monk showed a peaceful smile. "This monk is not."

"Then are you afraid that they will die?" Gu Nan pointed to a monk lying on the ground. Because he'd heard the sound produced by laws, he was currently bleeding from all seven orifices and lying on the ground, his vital signals growing weaker and weaker.

The next second, Gu Nan stamped down on the monk's head, causing his head to explode and splashing blood onto the young monk's face.

"You… You…" The little monk raised his head in shock and pointed at Gu Nan, speechless for a long time.

"Where are my laws?" Gu Nan asked again coldly.

The young monk gritted his teeth and said nothing. Unfortunately, after witnessing the deaths of several more monks, he could no longer hold his silence and personally took Gu Nan to the sealing location.

In fact, it wasn't hard to find the place where Gu Nan's laws were sealed. After all, Three Buddha Temple was only so big; he could always find it if he just walked around a few more times. It's just that Gu Nan was too lazy to look for it by himself.

There were still monks standing guard in the temple. They were spared if they pretended not to see the two. But if anyone dared to come forward, they naturally wouldn't be able to escape Gu Nan's vicious hands.

After a while, the law of shadows returned to him, and Gu Nan left Three Buddha Heaven, leaving only a field of wreckage of what used to be Three Buddha Temple.

And after this news spread, the people who'd been arguing about whether Gu Nan would silently withdraw from history might finally be able to stop.

Of course, not even the most optimistic people expected Gu Nan to return to Three Buddha Heaven in just five years and give the great monks a hard slap in the face.

……

The first organization to receive news that Gu Nan retrieved his laws was none other than the Heaven-God Alliance.

In Zi Luo Heaven, Zhuangxuan and Immortal Empress Taisheng stood behind Zi Luo Elder, listening to him recount the battle in Three Buddha Heaven.

As a Unified Dao cultivator, Zi Luo Elder paid careful attention and did not miss the beginning or end of the battle inside Three Buddha Heaven.

"Senior Gu Nan has an extraordinary background. It may not be a bad thing for the organization to draw a clear line with him," Zhuangxuan spoke up after a few minutes of silence.

His mind was clearer than anyone else and knew that people like Gu Nan couldn't be easily controlled. Rather than forcing him to stay in the organization, it was better for them to have nothing to do with each other.

Immortal Empress Taisheng responded with the same silence. She remembered the time when Gu Nan had not yet entered Unified Dao or even when he just stepped into that realm…That seemed like yesterday.

This world's common sense regarding cultivation had been broken by him time and time again, and this time was no exception.

Zi Luo Elder sighed softly. "Xue Ren couldn't see through this, so he died. Zhuangxuan, the organization is in your hands. I hope you will not learn from him in the future, but learn more from your master."

Daoist Lingyang inexplicably resigned from his position as the organization's manager and even gave up his astral world, going to the World of Gods to develop from scratch again. This was indeed a bit strange.

Zhuangxuan slowly raised his head when his master was mentioned. "Is Master still a member of the organization?"

"Of course." Zi Luo Elder smiled. "Your master has always been in the organization."

……

After Gu Nan took back his laws, he quickly returned to his own Divine Kingdom without further delay.

During this period, he also stopped by the Gap World in passing to have another look. Fu Cheng did a good job monitoring the players.

Per Gu Nan's request, she monitored every player who advanced to the Second Round, first monitoring their vital signals, and then their living habits and other details.

However, as the monitoring work deepened, Gu Nan did not receive the results he wanted. Instead, he only managed to prove one thing—in the Earth ruled by the Federation a few hundred years after his time, public security really was quite good. None of the players met any accidents.

However, Gu Nan wasn't too worried, because a Third Round or above player had yet to appear, so nothing could be proved yet.

All Gu Nan could do now was wait—wait for progress on the project in the Gap World and news from Jiu Po.

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Chapter 546: Time and Time

The World of Gods.

Just when Gu Nan was wrecking Three Buddha Heaven and slaughtering all the monks, a small incident also occurred in the World of Gods.

It was indeed a very insignificant event. The mighty Ruler of Time, Valen, accidentally discovered an extraordinarily-talented young boy while strolling through the mortal world, so he brought him back to his Divine Kingdom.

Needless to say, the little boy became the new Saint in the main temple and received the greater god's inheritance. Such things happened from time to time; there was nothing unusual about it.

But the truly extraordinary event happened later.

This little boy indeed displayed amazing talent. In particular, his sensitivity to the law of time far exceeded normal.

The apostle responsible for mentoring him was overjoyed. Not only did he try his best to teach the boy, but he also quickly reported the news to Valen.

However, just when everyone in the main temple was happy that the Divine Kingdom had a little genius, a piece of news caught the main temple off guard.

It turned out that this little boy was not a mortal, but the child a god left behind in the mortal world. His father was none other than Sven, the God of Time.

It was also not uncommon for children of gods to wander. Otherwise, the main planes would not have so many myths and legends. But once the child of one god became favored by another god, things became very awkward.

Especially since the boy had been brought back to the temple and already received a new inheritance. Should this person still be returned or not?

Logically speaking, this was another god's son, so there was no reason not to return him. But the little boy had already accepted a greater god's inheritance, so how could he be allowed to go back?

And it just so happened that this matter could not be blamed on the person involved—he was just a little boy who turned four years old not long ago, so how could he understand these matters?

Valen also had a headache after hearing about this, but he never had a personality that gave much consideration to others. After thinking about it, he decided, "Let the boy stay. If Sven wants him, he can come find me in person."

When Valen's words spread, some people felt that his action was shameless, but in the end, he was still a great existence, so no one dared to object.

That was, until this Classmate Sven very honestly knocked on Valen's door, having gone to the Time Divine Kingdom in person to ask for his son back.

Others were afraid of offending Valen, but Sven was not. In any case, he also controlled the law of time. Unless Valen dies, he will never ascend to a greater god, and he will not pose a threat to others.

No one knew the specific negotiations between the two. They only knew that the two ultimately parted on bad terms, and in the end, Sven did not manage to bring his son back.

But after returning to his Divine Kingdom, Sven recklessly started amassing his believers and brazenly launched a war against the Time Divine Kingdom.

A Tier 8 god launching a war against a greater god might sound ridiculous, but those who knew the whole story could feel a sense of tragedy in it.

Perhaps out of guilt, the Time Divine Kingdom did not respond to this but only passively defended against the outside invasion.

Of course, this kind of invasion seemed entirely meaningless—because the foundation of a Tier 8 Divine Kingdom was far inferior to that of a greater god's Divine Kingdom.

If not for the fact that his opponent was only passively defending, Sven's Divine Kingdom would've been razed to the ground in a matter of minutes.

But Sven seemed to have gone insane and still put his full power into it, and because of the matter with the godling, all his believers faced death with equanimity. None of them succumbed to the power of the Time Divine Kingdom.

Right at this moment, a message reached Gu Nan.

"The time has come."

……

"Didn't expect you to be part of this," Gu Nan commented as he looked at Jiu Po and Lu Wen in a frontline plane at the edge of the Myriad Heavens.

Lu Wen chuckled. "Or rather, this is actually my business. Jiu Po and Valen may have some disagreements, but not to this extent."

Gu Nan glanced at the two of them and nodded, not having any doubts about this.

When he first set foot onto the frontline planes, he had encountered a fight between Lu Wen and Valen. At that time, the two were fighting over the Time Arena.

The two of them ascended at similar times, and their laws were practically the same, but who could've expected that Lu Wen had already finished all preparations for a sneak attack?

"How are you guys going to get there?" Gu Nan then asked.

Gu Nan himself had the law of shadows and was quite familiar with the World of Gods, so it wasn't hard for him to sneak over, but Jiu Po and Lu Wen were different.

It was quite difficult for existences at their level to travel between the two worlds without being discovered.

Back then, Austin and the Ruler of Nightmares had to rely on Dream Immortal's resurrection to deliver the power of their laws here in order to kill Gu Nan, but still, they could only launch one attack.

Jiu Po answered, "I have my own method of getting there."

"And I'm already there." Lu Wen had an enigmatic smile on his face.

……

The Divine Kingdom War launched by the God of Time reached a truly intense stage. Even he himself joined the frontlines and went all out, quite intent on fighting to the death.

Even the gods watching from the sidelines didn't understand. It was just a mere godling. Was there a need to go this far?

But it was fine if they didn't understand. After all, everything happens for a reason, so everyone could only watch and see how things would ultimately develop.

But this development completely exceeded everyone's expectations.

Valen was injured!

After his patience ran out from Sven's repeated harassment, the Ruler of Time finally couldn't help taking action himself to drive away this annoying fly. Thus, he was injured at the fly's hands.historical

A mere Tier 8 god that could barely be considered a high-level god actually injured a mighty greater god!

This kind of thing completely overturned common sense. The person involved, Sven, also became well-known in one battle and quickly became famous throughout the World of Gods.

All the forces were asking how Sven did such a thing, but the results were somewhat shocking.

It was said that because the two had the same laws, Valen originally wanted to rely on his own understanding of time to forcibly reverse Sven's laws and make him understand the gap between them.

However, it was precisely because of this move that he discovered the other party's understanding of time was actually higher than his own and had even reached the stage of merging time and space.

"Who the hell are you?" Valen coldly looked at Sven.

He was injured because of laws, but the injury was not serious. On the contrary, the other party's dogged persistence made him realize that something was amiss.

This person was absolutely not a normal god, but the other party also truly possessed the law of time… 'Could he be some fallen god who just resurrected?'

God of Time Sven had a faint smile on his face. He didn't look like someone who had his son taken from him at all.

"Instead of worrying about who I am, you should consider how you're going to survive this disaster instead, Valen."

Valen couldn't help sneering. The opponent's understanding of laws was indeed beyond his expectation, but to say it could threaten him would be an exaggeration.

The gap between greater gods and normal gods couldn't be bridged by mere understanding of laws, or else wouldn't all those reincarnations of powerhouses be invincible?

If not for his doubts about this person's identity, Valen would have killed him a long time ago.

And now that things reached this stage, Valen did not hesitate anymore and did exactly that.

With a slight thought, the endless Rain of Time suddenly fell, targeting none other than Sven.

This was an attack that materialized the law of time. It was already a confrontation of hard power and could not be reversed by understanding alone.

However, Sven simply allowed the raindrops to hit his body, seemingly completely unaffected.

The strange aura on the other's body that was only now exposed finally allowed Valen to recognize him.

"It's you!"

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