The Gu Hai I fought for a long time is a fake? Heavenly Access scowled ferociously.
The humiliation of being toyed with lingered in his mind.
When he turned to look at where the White Emperor was bound, he saw rubble when the dust and smoke cleared. Gu Hai’s target was the White Emperor, and he succeeded?
“Hah! Hahahaha! Gu Hai!” Sect Master Heavenly Access exuded an overwhelming baleful aura.
After being fooled by Gu Hai so many times, Sect Master Heavenly Access no longer cared about anything else but his grudge.
Kong Xuan’s and Shangguan Hen’s figures flashed as they flew to Gu Hai.
Now, Sect Master Heavenly Access did not block them. It would be even better if the two were together.
“Immortal Executioner Sword Ritual Array!” Sect Master Heavenly Access waved his hand.
Boom!
Surging sword Qi immediately filled Gu Hai’s surroundings.
“Your Reverence!” Shangguan Hen’s and Kong Xuan’s figures flashed as they approached and blocked most of the sword Qi.
“You worked hard earlier. Recuperate from your injuries. Leave Sect Master Heavenly Access to us!” Gu Hai waved, pulling Shangguan Hen, Kong Xuan, and himself into the Gu’s Immortal Firmament.
Sect Master Heavenly Access held up the Immortal Killer Sword and swung it.
Boom!
Sect Master Heavenly Access’s attack created a large chasm in the ground but failed to touch the Gu’s Immortal Firmament.
Kong Xuan and Shangguan Hen looked at Gu Hai with misgivings.
His Reverence previously used the nation’s power at Borderless Heavenly Capital. Now, His Reverence is alone. Can His Reverence still fight Sect Master Heavenly Access alone?
“Sect Master Heavenly Access!” Gu Hai said sullenly.
Sect Master Heavenly Access glared at Gu Hai.
“You can’t snatch our things just because you want them. As long as we are around, they will never belong to you. You had better give up early. Otherwise, you will just end up frustrated,” Gu Hai said coldly.
“Gu Hai, this is not your Borderless Heavenly Capital. Do you think you can simply hide in your imperfect immortal firmament? In the Six Paths Immortal Firmament, one can cut space, given sufficient strength. Can your imperfect immortal firmament be even stronger than the Six Paths Immortal Firmament?” Sect Master Heavenly Access said coldly.
“Huh?” Gu Hai’s expression turned cold.
“Although you destroyed my Immortal Executioner Sword, I have the Immortal Killer Sword, the Immortal Trapper Sword, and the Immortal Ender Sword. I have my Immortal Executioner Sword Ritual Array. Watch as I destroy your imperfect immortal firmament! Immortal Ender Sword, cut the world!” Sect Master Heavenly Access suddenly grabbed the Immortal Ender Sword and swung it at the Gu’s Immortal Firmament.
As the sword swung down, a huge tear appeared in space. Even the Six Paths Immortal Firmament’s space could not take it. Could the Gu’s Immortal Firmament bear it?
Gu Hai’s expression changed as he took out the Life Executioner Saber. Then he opened his Eyes of Life and Death.
“Seventh Cycle!” Gu Hai shouted.
Boom!
The saber and the sword clashed, shattering space and sending Gu Hai flying.
Blargh!
Gu Hai spewed a mouthful of blood.
The Immortal Ender Sword was too strong. Even with his full strength, he could not withstand the impact.
As Gu Hai flew back, the surrounding space mended. However, a moving black hole appeared in front of him. It seemed a black hole had been created in the Gu’s Immortal Firmament.
“Hahahaha! I said it already, right? Your imperfect immortal firmament is only so-so. Let’s see what you have to rely on now!” Sect Master Heavenly Access guffawed as he charged over.
Sect Master Heavenly Access charged into the black hole at an extreme speed, rushing into the Gu’s Immortal Firmament through the black hole.
Rumble…!
Sect Master Heavenly Access entered.
Gu Hai suddenly waved his hand, and the Life Trapper Saber appeared out of nowhere.
The Life Trapper Saber pulled on space, sending waves of energy into that black hole.
“This…this isn’t the Gu’s Immortal Firmament?” Sect Master Heavenly Access’s startled cry came from the black hole.
Powerful energy pressed on Sect Master Heavenly Access in the black hole.
“Ah! What is this energy? How painful! This is a passageway? To where?” Sect Master Heavenly Access roared in pain in the black hole.
“Go over. Go over, and you will know!” Gu Hai bellowed.
Of course, this was not the passageway to the Gu’s Immortal Firmament.
Sect Master Heavenly Access was right. The Gu’s Immortal Firmament was not impenetrable—at least not better than the Six Paths Immortal Firmament. It was just an imperfect immortal firmament. It would break before absolute force. Naturally, Gu Hai would not take the risk with the Gu’s Immortal Firmament.
When the Immortal Ender Sword swung down, he had put away the Gu’s Immortal Firmament and struck the Immortal Ender Sword’s critical spot with the Seventh Cycle. Even so, he could not handle the impact, instantly knocked away. However, he had laid a ritual array in advance.
The ritual array manifested a passageway to the Sa’s Immortal Firmament. This was the tunnel used to send Sun Wukong back and bring the Severed Sect’s Heavenly Access over.
The two immortal firmaments required a balance, and only one person could be sent over each time. The Severed Sect’s Heavenly Access had died, so Gu Hai had been thinking of sending ordinary people over to resolve that, but that would not work, as the shredding force in the black hole was too strong.
Gu Hai guessed he required someone with a physical body at least as strong as the Severed Sect’s Heavenly Access’s.
The Myriad Age Daoist Sect’s Heavenly Access had been relentless in pursuit. Now, Gu Hai tricked him into entering the passageway. Didn’t he want to enter the Sa’s Immortal Firmament? Then let him go over.
While I cannot deal with the Myriad Age Daoist Sect’s Heavenly Access, there are people in the Sa’s Immortal Firmament who can. There are Laozi and Siddhārtha. If they make a move, he cannot escape.
Gu Hai pretended the black hole was an opening created by a rupture in the Gu’s Immortal Firmament. Indeed, that fooled Sect Master Heavenly Access, luring him in.
“Argh! Let me out!” Sect Master Heavenly Access struggled in the black hole.
Gu Hai continued to operate the ritual array, trying to send Sect Master Heavenly Access over. Sect Master Heavenly Access failed to achieve anything despite struggling.
Sect Master Heavenly Access’s disciples charged over, roaring, “Let go of Master!”
“Kong Xuan, Shangguan Hen, block them.” Gu Hai waved, letting the two out.
“Yes!” the two answered.
Although Kong Xuan and Shangguan Hen hid in the Gu’s Immortal Firmament, they could see out. Initially, they thought Gu Hai could only deal with Sect Master Heavenly Access in the capital. Now, that thought seemed laughable.
His Reverence could also trap Sect Master Heavenly Access with a ritual array.
The two clenched their fists tightly and charged Sect Master Heavenly Access’s disciples.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The battle outside Han Destruction City again turned intense.
Sect Master Heavenly Access got trapped. Although his disciples were strong, they were much weaker than Kong Xuan and Shangguan Hen and were soon forced to retreat.
“Gu Hai, you can’t trap me! Immortal Ender Sword!” Sect Master Heavenly Access roared as he chopped down in the black hole.
Crack!
The passageway warped, looking like it would burst open.
Gu Hai’s face sank.
He could not afford to let this passageway break.
Since Sect Master Heavenly Access refuses to cooperate, never mind.
Whoosh!
Gu Hai waved.
Buzz!
The black hole opened, and Gu Hai let Sect Master Heavenly Access out.
“What?” Kong Xuan’s and Shangguan Hen’s expressions changed.
“Master!” Sect Master Heavenly Access cried out in pleasant surprise.
Sect Master Heavenly Access looked ferociously at Gu Hai, but a glint of fear flashed in his eyes. He could tell Gu Hai had let him out intentionally.
Gu Hai looked at Sect Master Heavenly Access. “Sect Master Heavenly Access, how was it earlier?”
“Humph! Even if you didn’t let me out, I could have come out the next moment.” Sect Master Heavenly Access showed no appreciation for his release.
“Hah! Hahaha! Sect Master Heavenly Access, Sima Changkong tricked you, right?” Gu Hai said coldly.
“Huh?”
“Did you think just anyone could kill me once I leave my capital?” Gu Hai said coldly.
“Can you maintain that ritual array indefinitely?” Sect Master Heavenly Access countered coldly.
“Do you think that is all our ritual array is capable of? Furthermore, have you forgotten we have the Gu’s Immortal Firmament?” Gu Hai countered coldly.
“The Gu’s Immortal Firmament? So what? Try doing that again, and I can break it,” Sect Master Heavenly Access said coldly.
“The Gu’s Immortal Firmament? Do you think we can only use it as a shield?” Gu Hai sneered.
“Huh?”
“An immortal firmament differs from a spatial storage enchanted treasure. There are life forms in it. Do you understand the meaning of life forms? We have three hundred cities of citizens supporting us in the Han Imperial Dynasty. However, we have an entire world of life forms supporting us in the Gu’s Immortal Firmament. If we borrow energy from all of the Gu’s Immortal Firmament’s life forms, do you think we would be weaker than that day?” Gu Hai shouted.
“Huh?” Sect Master Heavenly Access’s expression suddenly changed.
He had never considered that before. However, now that he did, this thought was incredibly terrifying.
A world’s worth of energy from life forms? Long Zhanguo had done that previously. Furthermore, he could forcibly plunder the energy of all life.
“Previously, my souls and physical body could not bear such energy since I was in the Middle Heavenly Palace Realm. Hah! Now, I’m in the Upper Heavenly Palace Realm. Do you think we are the same as before? Sect Master Heavenly Access, you are no match for us. Stop fighting me. We do not want to drive the power of a world because of you,” Gu Hai said coldly.
“The power of a world?” Joy immediately appeared on Kong Xuan’s and Shangguan Hen’s faces.
It turns out His Reverence has access to such energy?
That’s right. With this energy, His Reverence can defeat Sect Master Heavenly Access, just like before.
Break the barrier of the Gu’s Immortal Firmament? What a joke! His Reverence does not need it to protect him.
Sect Master Heavenly Access showed an incredibly unsightly expression.
To think the strength I am so proud of is such a joke before Gu Hai? Immortal firmament? He has an immortal firmament. If I keep fighting, I will just make a laughingstock of myself.
I already lost once at Borderless Heavenly Capital. Am I going to lose a second time here?
“I don’t believe it!” Despair and unwillingness flashed in Sect Master Heavenly Access’s eyes.
“If you don’t believe it, you can try it. However, we will not go easy this time!” Gu Hai said ferociously as he held the Life Executioner Saber upraised.
Everyone in the surroundings fell silent.
Gu Hai and Sect Master Heavenly Access looked at each other coldly. The atmosphere became extremely tense.
The standoff lasted for fifteen minutes, the two not moving at all.
“Hah! Hahahahahaha!” Sect Master Heavenly Access suddenly let out a bleak guffaw.
Cold sweat appeared on Gu Hai’s forehead, but he carefully evaporated it in an instant.
“Gu Hai? This sect master will remember this. When this sect master retrieves the Divine Dao Shaman Canon, I’ll come looking for you again! Humph!” Sect Master Heavenly Access said coldly, feeling aggrieved and unreconciled with the situation.
“Let’s go!” Sect Master Heavenly Access flung out his sleeves.
Sect Master Heavenly Access soared into the sky with his disciples, flying into the distant horizon.
Gu Hai had scared Sect Master Heavenly Access away?
“Phew!” Gu Hai only released a sigh of relief at this moment. Now, sweat poured out of his head.
“Your Reverence, what’s wrong?” Shangguan Hen was sharp enough to notice Gu Hai’s abnormality.
“It’s fine. Let’s go,” Gu Hai said with a bitter smile.
“Yes!”
The three quickly flew to Borderless Heavenly Capital.
Driving the power of all life in the Gu’s Immortal Firmament was a beautiful dream. However, only Gu Hai knew there were too few life forms in the Gu’s Immortal Firmament. At best, he could only get energy equivalent to ten cities in the Han Imperial Dynasty.
Even if he borrowed this energy, he would not be a match for Sect Master Heavenly Access.
Fortunately, Gu Hai had already shredded Sect Master Heavenly Access’s confidence. The many setbacks had humbled Sect Master Heavenly Access, making him instinctively consider himself inferior to Gu Hai. The earlier black hole was the best example.
Otherwise, Sect Master Heavenly Access would have fought without speaking or considering anything else first, given his previous pride.
Gu Hai’s group of three vanished into the horizon.
After Sect Master Heavenly Access got scared away, Sima Changkong looked anxiously at the Spirit Mountain Holy Land’s experts in a distant forest.
“I already told you Gu Hai was lying. Why?! Why didn’t you attack?! What a great opportunity!” Sima Changkong yelled, feeling depressed.
“Amitābha!” None of the bodhisattvas and arhats were willing to attack.
Gu Hai even scared away Sect Master Heavenly Access, and Bodhisattva Nan Longnu is not here. Do you think us fools?
“Even if you are not willing, let me tell Sect Master Heavenly Access. Don’t get in my way!” Sima Changkong bellowed.
The bodhisattvas shook their heads, blocking Sima Changkong lest he implicate them.
“You cowards!” Sima Changkong shouted furiously.
