Three months passed in a flash.
The asuras that Gu Hai, Gu Qin, Meng Tai, and Gao Xianzhi had transformed into had grown larger and stronger. They returned to the Slaughter Divine Palace’s plaza.
Now, the four gave off crimson auras. Clearly, they had slaughtered exceedingly ferociously over the past three months.
“Imperial Father, this child has been killing in high spirits. This child can already deal with a Grade 2 asura. Why are we going back?” Gu Qin asked, feeling reluctant.
“Indeed, Your Majesty, this official is feeling great these days. My spiritual souls have grown much stronger!” Meng Tai said anxiously.
Although Gao Xianzhi did not say anything, he also felt quite reluctant.
Gu Hai looked at everyone and explained, “If you keep killing, you will turn into true asuras.”
“Ah?” The three’s expressions changed.
“The Slaughter Heavenly Emperor overindulged in this feeling and could not pull himself out for six thousand years. Go back with us and calm down. Digest everything you gained over the past few months,” Gu Hai said.
“Yes!” the three immediately answered.
They walked over to the energy ball at the altar and gently touched it. Their figures wavered, and they disappeared from the Asura Secret Realm, returning to Borderless Heavenly Capital’s altar.
Buzz!
The four’s spiritual souls returned and reentered their bodies.
Blargh!
The instant Gu Qin returned to his body, he started vomiting.
Gao Xianzhi and Meng Tai felt their insides churn, on the verge of vomiting.
Gu Hai tossed out many spirit stones, and the three caught them.
Buzz!
The three quickly absorbed the energy in the spirit stones, which were soon reduced to powder. Then, the four took out more spirit stones and absorbed the energy. They only felt somewhat better after absorbing the energy of more than one hundred spirit stones.
“Our spiritual souls strengthened too much; our physical bodies could not keep up. We will learn from this. We need to place our bodies in a Spirit Gathering Ritual Array,” Gu Hai said.
“Yes!” the three said as they breathed deeply.
“Your Majesty, my cultivation does not seem to have increased by much. However, I feel that my Veritable Energy became purer,” Gao Xianzhi said in shock.
“There are benefits, at least. As for the rest, we will discuss it later,” Gu Hai said.
“Yes!”
Gu Hai led three out of the restricted area.
Gao Xianzhi, Meng Tai, and Gu Qin looked at the altar somewhat reluctantly. At the same time, they felt strangely excited.
The four came out of the ritual array in the restricted area.
“Emperor Gu, you are out of closed-door cultivation?” A voice suddenly rang out.
Dongfang Bubai was the first to see Gu Hai.
Gu Hai nodded and asked, “Were there any troublemakers?”
“Yes. Three hundred sixty-eight people tried to sneak in, but I captured all of them.” Dongfang Bubai pointed to the distance.
Indeed, experts with red threads strung through their foreheads hung between two mountains.
“Emperor…Emperor Gu, we…we were wrong. Spare us! Spare us! We got overwhelmed by greed. Spare us!”
“Mister Gu, I don’t want the Classic of the Dao and Virtue anymore! Spare me!”
Even though these experts had red threads running through their foreheads, they were alive. However, they did not dare to move. They knew that Dongfang Bubai just had to jerk on the thread, and they would die.
Gu Hai looked at them coldly, then ignored them.
Chen Tianshan quickly ran over. “Your Majesty, Mister Sima is here!”
Gu Hai’s eyes lit up. “Oh? Lead the way!”
“Yes!” Chen Tianshan looked at Gao Xianzhi and the others curiously.
“Go back and stabilize your cultivation. Calm yourselves,” Gu Hai said.
“Yes!” Gu Qin, Gao Xianzhi, and Meng Tai answered.
Then, Gu Hai followed Chen Tianshan to a palace hall.
Sima Changkong had been waiting there. Soon, he saw Gu Hai arrive.
“Mister Sima, sorry to keep you waiting,” Gu Hai said with a smile.
“Mister Gu is too polite. This humble one arrived only two days ago. Upon learning that Mister Gu was in closed-door cultivation, I did not dare to interrupt,” Sima Changkong said, smiling back.
“Mister Sima, did Princess Wanyu not come?” Gu Hai asked.
Sima Changkong replied with a bitter smile, “Princess Wanyu wanted to come. However, His Holy Eminence did not permit it. His Holy Eminence sent me to deliver something, saying that you could use it, but His Holy Eminence wants something from you.”
“Oh?” Gu Hai said.
“Your method of sending information,” Sima Changkong said seriously.
Gu Hai’s pupils constricted. He showed a faint, bitter smile.
Method of sending information? Gu Hai could send his message to the heavenly court so quickly because he had the zither puppets that Yun Mo forged. Using the resonance between zither puppets, he could transmit information nearly instantaneously.
This should have been a secret, but Long Zhanguo was very astute.
“Sure!” Gu Hai nodded.
In order to save Long Wanqing, Gu Hai could only provide some zither puppets to Long Zhanguo; however, the supply would be limited.
Sima Changkong showed a curious expression. “Might I ask what Mister Gu borrowed from His Holy Eminence?”
Sima Changkong took out a jade box, his eyes bright with curiosity. There were restrictions on the jade box; he did not dare to open it.
After Gu Hai received the jade box, he pressed down on it with his hand.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
The restrictions on the jade box immediately broke. Then, Gu Hai opened the jade box, revealing the item inside.
“Nothing much, just the Heaven Splitting Ax,” Gu Hai said indifferently.
Sima Changkong: “…”
Sima Changkong rubbed his eyes in disbelief as he looked at Gu Hai in shock. Then, he smiled bitterly. “Mister Gu, not telling me would have been better…”
Gu Hai narrowed his eyes slightly as he stood in the Soaring Palace Hall’s plaza, watching Sima Changkong leave Borderless Heavenly Capital somewhat dispiritedly.
“Your Majesty, why did you let Sima Changkong know about the Heaven Splitting Ax?” Chen Tianshan asked, feeling confused.
“I did it to show Sima Zongheng and the Qian Nation crown princes,” Gu Hai replied, his voice sinking.
“Ah?”
“That will make Mo Yike’s work smoother in the heavenly court’s cities,” Gu Hai added.
“Oh, alright.” Chen Tianshan nodded.
Although Chen Tianshan did not know why Gu Hai left Mo Yike in the heavenly court, it was not his place to ask since Gu Hai did not say.
With the Heaven Splitting Ax in hand, Gu Hai met with the Unborn Man again.
When the Unborn Man saw the Heaven Splitting Ax in Gu Hai’s hand, he stared at it blankly for a while.
“You…how did you do this?” The Unborn Man was in some disbelief.
This is the strongest enchanted treasure in the world. Yet, you managed to borrow it?
“Is that important? Save Wanqing first,” Gu Hai said.
The Unborn Man looked at Gu Hai. Then, he nodded with a somewhat complicated expression.
The Unborn Man carefully returned the Heaven Splitting Ax to Gu Hai. Then, he reluctantly took out the Classic of the Dao and Virtue with a flip of his hand and proffered it to Gu Hai as well.
Gu Hai extended his hand and received the items.
“When do we leave?” the Unborn Man asked seriously.
“The sooner, the better. Now would be the best,” Gu Hai said.
“Alright. Hold my hand.” The Unborn Man nodded.
Gu Hai held on to the Unborn Man. Then, the Unborn Man extended his hand and tapped the air.
Buzz! Space trembled, and a whirlpool appeared out of nowhere, spewing sinister energy.
Whoosh!
The Unborn Man pulled Gu Hai, and the two immediately vanished from where they were.
In the next moment, Gu Hai arrived in a mountain forest teeming with boundless black energy. This place looked sinister and lifeless.
Gu Hai raised his head and looked up.
A silver moon hung high in the sky, pouring down dazzling silver light. It looked as bright as the sun, but the silver light did not give off any heat but a chill.
“The nether realm?” Gu Hai raised his eyebrows.
“That’s right. This is the nether realm. Furthermore, we are fortunate that this is quite near Houqing’s territory. I’ll bring you over,” the Unborn Man said seriously.
As the Unborn Man spoke, he pulled Gu Hai, shooting into the distance.
Whoosh!
The Unborn Man moved extremely quickly, several times faster than a flying ship. They stopped only after flying for a day and a night.
Bang!
The two stood in a place where intense winds blew. There was not a soul in sight, only the bare mountain range.
“Where is it?”
“In that wind lake!” The Unborn Man pointed to a strange small lake. The lakewater shimmered a silvery white and strangely caused intense winds to blow about.
For some reason, Gu Hai felt his hair stand on end as the sinister wind blew around him.
“There is nothing there?” Gu Hai frowned.
The Unborn Man smiled bitterly and said, “Close your eyes!”
Gu Hai frowned in slight puzzlement as he closed his eyes. Then, the Unborn Man took out some blue liquid and rubbed it on Gu Hai’s eyelids and ears.
“It’s him again! Quickly, eat him!”
“Human flesh? A physical body of flesh and blood?”
“My lord, that reckless fellow is back!”
Gu Hai immediately heard countless howls. It sounded incredibly noisy. Then, he opened his eyes.
Whoosh!
The previously empty place suddenly had countless souls. Even Gu Hai had a few childlike ghosts sitting on him, showing sinister expressions as they declared that they wanted to eat Gu Hai’s flesh.
“You bastards!” Gu Hai’s expression suddenly changed in startlement.
However, he did not seem to be able to touch those ghost children, unable to harm them.
“They are ghosts. You have not opened your heavenly eye, and you cannot do anything about them with your physical body,” the Unborn Man explained. Then, he extended his hand to help.
Shing!
However, Gu Hai moved his hand and pulled a saber from his chest. It was the Life Ender Saber.
Phish! Phish! Phish!
“Argh!”
“Argh!”
“Argh!”
The Life Ender Saber gave off black energy, consuming the ghost children clinging to Gu Hai.
“Oh? You have a ghost weapon?” the Unborn Man said with some shock.
Whoosh!
As long as the surrounding ghost children touched the Life Ender Saber’s black energy, the tiny skulls would eat them up.
Gu Hai turned his head and looked around.
Previously, Gu Hai could not see anything. Now, he saw innumerable ghost soldiers staring at the Unborn Man and him with weapons raised.
Gu Hai could even see many palace halls at that wind lake’s entrance. The largest palace hall was called Houqing Palace Hall.
Many ghost soldiers stood at the Houqing Palace Hall’s entrance, looking at the Unborn Man as though facing a great enemy.
“Reporting to Milord, that lifespan cultivator is back!” The ghost soldiers bowed deferentially towards Houqing Palace Hall.
“Again? Lifespan Qiufeng, I spared you from death previously. Are you here to send yourself to death today? You even brought me some flesh?” A stern voice came from the Houqing Palace Hall.
Chapters for June: 16 / 30
Remember, release rates are lowered and we are just doing 30 a month (daily chaps) now.
