CHAPTER 943: CHAPTER 747: ZILIU MOUNTAIN

"Hmm!?"

Gu Jinlai’s Divine Sense Ability spread out.

But the self-annihilation speed of the Saint Spirit Cangming was too fast, and he almost didn’t receive any memory.

For a moment, he couldn’t quite discern whether the words of the former Demon Lord Cangming, one of the five great Demon Lords of the Demon Realm, were meant to disturb his sight and hearing, to buy time for "suicide," thereby preserving that Demon Realm seed hidden in the shadows, or if they were truly spoken in a moment of revelation before death.

After a moment, Gu Jinlai stopped delving deeper.

The Divine Spirit behind Demigod Xiang Feng could descend at any moment, and now was not the time to waste.

Without hesitation, he once again activated the Void Projection Technique, descending onto one of the Level 9 Holy Spirits no less formidable than the Ruins Sky Master.

The foundation of this Holy Spirit was evidently not comparable to the likes of Demon Lord Cangming or Demon Lord Xutian, who were recently transformed into Holy Spirits.

As his primary consciousness was obliterated and turned into a collective will, Gu Jinlai’s Divine Sense Ability had already been dispersed into more than sixty-eight thousand parts.

But this burden was still within Gu Jinlai’s tolerance range.

The only surprise was that after annihilating this Holy Spirit, he only received thirty-two Qingguang.

The amount of Qingguang seemed to be related to how these Holy Spirits developed their believers.

After eliminating this Holy Spirit, he continued to turn his gaze to the remaining dozen or so Level 9 Holy Spirits.

Among these Level 9 Holy Spirits, those with deeper foundations had over a million qualified believers, while those with shallower foundations, like the Ruins Sky Master, had only about ten thousand believers.

Each provided a different amount of Qingguang.

Overall, the more believers there were, the greater the base amount of Qingguang.

Several minutes later, hundreds of Holy Spirits of varying levels were completely extinguished by Gu Jinlai.

The death of these Holy Spirits increased Gu Jinlai’s Qingguang from depleted to a count of two thousand six hundred and twenty-two.

"These Holy Spirits... they are truly troublesome."

Gu Jinlai rubbed his brow.

After casting the Void Projection Technique hundreds of times and splitting his consciousness repeatedly, even though his Spiritual Realm had reached the Seventh Rank of Golden Immortal, he still felt a sense of dizziness.

It was like staying awake for forty-eight hours straight during his mortal days.

"Most of the hundreds of Holy Spirits are not familiar with Cangming, they’re only here on Demigod Xiang Feng’s orders... I couldn’t find any information about that evasive Demon Realm being from their memories either."

Gu Jinlai carefully reviewed the memories of these Holy Spirits. Although he didn’t learn where the Demon Realm creature, which relayed messages to Demon Lord Cangming, was hiding, he did make some findings.

The entity opposing the Longevity World was not the Divine Spirit known as the Freedom God; it was Xiang Feng Demigod acting unilaterally.

From Demon Lord Cangming, he learned that the Longevity World housed a Divine Calamity. Out of curiosity about this life form, and considering the Longevity World’s slight value, Xiang Feng decided to travel far from the fringes of the original New Fire Star Sea to this Star Domain.

Of course, it was mainly because the Freedom Church was exposed and listed on the bounty lists of some major forces in the New Fire Star Sea. They couldn’t stay there and planned to relocate.

Demigod Xiang Feng was also tasked with exploring.

"Demigod Xiang Feng escaped all the way from the New Fire Star Sea. This route is of great reference to me, as it can significantly reduce the risk of encounters during my spatial traversal, and... to ensure safety, it’s best to quickly eliminate the Freedom God through the hands of those major forces in the New Fire Star Sea. In this unique Divine Country system, as long as the Divine Spirit, the master of the Divine Country, dies, not a single subordinate God or Holy Spirit will survive."

With this plan in mind, Gu Jinlai quickly focused his gaze on the modified version of the Boundaryless Chapter.

Just as it had warmed up, the two thousand six hundred and twenty-two Qingguang injected like flowing water.

In that instant, all of Gu Jinlai’s time and energy for the next twenty thousand years seemed completely dedicated to the cultivation of the Boundaryless Chapter, continuously circulating the mysteries of the Space Avenue in his mind.

Various insights emerged one after another, forming the foundation of his comprehension of the Space Avenue.

Once the Qingguang was exhausted, the cultivation progress of the Boundaryless Chapter remained steadily at the Perfection level of the fourth Chapter.

"Only one more trace is needed to fully understand the Space Avenue and step into the Golden Immortal field of Space, and if all goes well, a thousand Qingguang should suffice. Even if I encounter the so-called ’bottleneck’ and get stuck for a while, it won’t exceed three thousand Qingguang."

Gu Jinlai felt the changes within himself.

Then he waved his hand, took out the Breaking Space Mirror, and turned towards the semi-finished Realm Gate.

However, when he arrived at the Realm Gate, he discovered that the star, with a diameter of only about thirty thousand miles, had its internal balance disrupted by his previous Great Chaos Hole Skill and Destruction Mixed Hole Sword Qi, and it was expected to be completely destroyed in less than a hundred years.

Moreover...

Destruction is easier than repair.

Even now, he couldn’t stop the star from perishing in the Cosmic Starry Sky a century later.

"This planet still holds tens of billions of beings. Although most have become followers of the Freedom Church, many are mere shallow believers, theoretically capable of ’self’ recovery."

Gu Jinlai pondered, eventually taking out several dozen Jade Scrolls, which were engraved with the method of crafting a transport ship.

With nearly a hundred years remaining, if the planet’s rulers could craft dozens of transport ships, they might preserve the seed of civilization before the star’s demise.

Leaving this information behind, he took a step into the Realm Gate.

Then activated the Breaking Space Mirror, heading straight towards the direction of the Space Tunnel leading to the New Fire Star Sea.

This time, traversing space once more, Gu Jinlai felt a significant change in experience from before.

The disparity between the Small Achievement of the Boundaryless Chapter’s second Chapter and the Perfection of the fourth Chapter was not just a trifle.

With the path left by Demigod Xiang Feng as guidance, he was ninety-nine percent sure of reaching the location of the space tunnel within half a year if nothing unexpected happened.

"Buzz buzz!"

Just as Gu Jinlai was maintaining this shuttle for only a day, the spatial fluctuations around him suddenly intensified.

The next moment, Gu Jinlai, who was in the midst of spatial travel, seemed to have entered a void waterfall, falling rapidly in one direction.

"Oh no!"

Gu Jinlai’s expression changed, and he immediately tried to extract himself from the spatial shuttle.

Although this might cause him to be trapped in a cosmic starry sky with no overlapping spaces, where he may not find another overlapping point for hundreds or even thousands of years, compared to falling into unknown dangers...

The former at least ensured his personal safety.

But in the next second, the space seemed to be caught by an invisible force, completely collapsing towards a region, and when Gu Jinlai struggled out of the spatial fluctuations, he found himself in a region filled with thunder and destruction aura.

Gu Jinlai’s heart moved, sensing immediately that this should be an Immortal Artifact.

It contained spatial mysteries, but differed from sealing-type Immortal Artifacts like the Breaking Space Mirror or Heavenly Chaos Pearl.

"Hmm?"

At this moment, a Divine Thought spread out.

When Gu Jinlai slightly contacted the owner of this Divine Thought, he realized the other party’s Divine Thought fluctuation was above his own, at least at the Golden Immortal Eighth Rank level.

The next moment, a figure projected out from the world filled with destruction and thunder, transforming into the figure of a middle-aged man: "Greetings, Daoist friend. I am Zhang Liu Wanhu, Peak Master of the Law Enforcement Peak of Ziliu Mountain. May I ask your name and origin?"

"Ziliu Mountain?"

Gu Jinlai apparently hadn’t heard of this force: "Shouldn’t Daoist friend explain to me why you suddenly acted against me?"

"Perhaps there is some misunderstanding, but I still ask Daoist friend to answer my questions first. If we indeed have been disrespectful, we will certainly apologize."

Liu Wanhu said directly, and an Immortal Sword appeared in his hand.

The Immortal Light emanating from it indicated that it was at least a top-grade Immortal Artifact.

Gu Jinlai perceived the Immortal Artifact that trapped him, judging its level to be of Supreme class.

Moreover, the Golden Immortal before him was no weakling...

"My name is Gu Changqing, and I come from the Profound Immortal Realm."

"Profound Immortal Realm?"

Liu Wanhu activated his Divine Thought, seemingly contacting someone else.

After a while, he smiled: "So you are from a world in the Xuanhuang Star Domain; no wonder Daoist friend did not respond to the name Ziliu Mountain. Do you recognize anyone from the Xuanhuang Realm?"

"I know Star Lord Tian Xiang. Does that count?"

"Descendant of Lord Zhou Huang, Tian Xiang?"

Liu Wanhu was taken aback and quickly said: "Do you have any proof?"

Gu Jinlai took out the token given to him by Star Lord Tian Xiang.

Liu Wanhu took the token and then produced a compass-like special Immortal Artifact. After detecting for a while, he soon returned the token to him: "Indeed, it is an item of Star Lord Tian Xiang. My apologies."

Yet he still didn’t lift the seal on the region, only asking: "Why would Daoist Gu appear in this tunnel? According to our investigation, this tunnel was opened by a Demigod."

Upon hearing this, Gu Jinlai finally realized: "Golden Immortal Liu came to track down a Demigod named Xiang Feng and mistakenly thought I was related to the Freedom Church behind them?"

"Hmm! Yes,"

Liu Wanhu stared at Gu Jinlai.

Gu Jinlai, thinking of the warrant issued by various major forces in the New Fire Star Sea against the Freedom God, quickly took out a damaged armor belonging to Demigod Xiang Feng: "I think this item can prove my identity."

"This is..."

Liu Wanhu was shocked.

"The War Armor of Demigod Xiang Feng."

At this moment, another female Golden Immortal in a fiery red robe flashed forward.

"I encountered the Holy Spirit Army led by Demigod Xiang Feng in the middle of my journey, and after a fierce battle, I luckily won a few moves. Unfortunately, my cultivation was limited, and I couldn’t truly kill him, allowing him to return to the Divine Country."

Gu Jinlai said, showcasing a large number of broken Holy Spirit Armors once again.

Seeing this, Liu Wanhu finally relaxed: "It seems it really was a misunderstanding."

He immediately extended his hand, and the space filled with destruction and thunder around Gu Jinlai completely disappeared, forming a Treasure Bead that fell into his hand.

It was only then that Gu Jinlai found himself already aboard a ship that looked quite sci-fi.

"Apologies, Daoist Gu. Your location happened to be on the path of Demigod Xiang Feng’s escape, which led to the offense..."

Liu Wanhu said, glanced at the token belonging to Star Lord Tian Xiang in Gu Jinlai’s hand, "As compensation, we are willing to offer what we can. We hope Daoist Gu will not take it to heart."