Long Sanqian felt somewhat angry, but he could only show a bitter expression.
I finally know how it feels like to have my souls exchanged. Previously, Long Shenwu could ask me for help. Now, who can I rely on? Of course, there are people I can rely on. However, can those people help me get my body back?
That was practically impossible. So, he could only feel regret and hatred?
Despite my reaching rock bottom, Gu Hai is still willing to make me his Eighth Corps commander? This is very gracious. After all, even if he can snatch my body back, he has no obligation to do so. He could always give my body to someone else.
Grace? How ridiculous but also rare!
“Yes, Your Reverence!” Long Sanqian said bitterly.
Gu Hai nodded and gave Long Sanqian some medicinal pills. At the same time, he waved his hand and put Long Sanqian into the Gu’s Immortal Firmament.
“Treat your injuries first!” Gu Hai said seriously.
“Yes!” Long Sanqian received the medicinal pills and consumed them.
Gu Hai extended his hand and took the corpse worm out of the Gu’s Immortal Firmament.
Eeee! Eeee! Eeee! Eeee! Eeee! Eeee!
The corpse worm persisted in struggling, unresigned.
“Your Reverence, this is a corpse worm? It can make people fall into an illusion. It also enters the body and consumes a person’s brain to control that person’s body. How did you subdue it?” the Unborn Man said in shock.
“Can you use it?” Gu Hai looked at the Unborn Man.
The Unborn Man nodded. “This thing is something that lifespan cultivators wish for.”
“Take it, then!” Gu Hai held the corpse worm out.
“Ah?”
“You are the minister in charge of the Han Nation’s Lifespan Court. Giving you a corpse worm is nothing.” Gu Hai smiled.
“Yes! Thank you, Your Reverence!” the Unborn Man said gratefully.
The Unborn Man took out a jade box covered with many restrictions. It seemed to exude a bone-chilling air.
“Your Reverence, you can place it here,” the Unborn Man said.
Gu Hai placed the corpse worm in the jade box.
Eeee! Eeee! Eeee! Eeee!
The corpse worm let out painful cries.
Clack!
The Unborn Man immediately closed the lid.
“Keep it carefully. This item is too dangerous,” Gu Hai said.
The Unborn Man nodded. “Your Reverence, rest assured. It can forget about running once it falls into a lifespan cultivator’s hand!”
Gu Hai nodded back before turning to the city.
Countless indistinct spiritual souls drifted around, and many corpses lay there.
“Your Reverence, their soul bodies were once contaminated with Corpse Energy. Although Your Reverence purified them, their soul bodies have changed, so we can vaguely see them,” the Unborn Man explained.
Gu Hai looked at the countless souls. “Our citizens, we will avenge you. However, your soul bodies will dissipate as time passes. If everyone does not oppose it, we will send you into our immortal firmament and help you reincarnate. Of course, we will not force you if you do not agree.”
“We obey Your Reverence’s arrangements!” all the souls said gratefully to Gu Hai, nodding with bitter expressions.
“Come in, then!” Gu Hai waved, and a large hole appeared in space.
Whoosh!
Many souls quickly entered the Gu’s Immortal Firmament.
Two hundred million soul bodies poured in, and an energy similar to life force appeared all over the Gu’s Immortal Firmament.
“Huh?” Gu Hai felt slightly surprised.
Controlled by Gu Hai, some of the Gu’s Immortal Firmament’s laws brought the two hundred million soul bodies to various places to reincarnate. Only a few of them remained, hesitating.
Gu Hai extended his hand and closed the Gu’s Immortal Firmament.
“Your Reverence, what should we do with these corpses?” The Unborn Man frowned.
“Their corpses? Han Nation soldiers will come and collect the bodies soon. Don’t touch them for now,” Gu Hai sighed while shaking his head.
“Yes!” The Unborn Man nodded.
“Let’s go. It’s time to return,” Gu Hai said, taking a deep breath.
“Hey? Your Reverence, those dragons, buddhas, bodhisattvas, and arhats are still alive?!” The Unborn Man suddenly stopped Gu Hai.
“Oh?”
Gu Hai lowered his head and looked. Indeed, the dragons that Shangguan Hen sealed and tossed into the city had not died yet; they had only been rendered immobile. Some of the buddhas, bodhisattvas, and arhats were severely injured and incapacitated.
“Even at this time, Shangguan Hen did not deal them fatal blows? Humph!” Gu Hai waved his hand and collected all the buddhas, bodhisattvas, and arhats into the Gu’s Immortal Firmament.
“Unborn Man, ancient dragon souls have possessed these Northern Sea dragons. Can you get those ancient dragon souls out?” Gu Hai looked at the Unborn Man.
The Unborn Man extended his hand to check.
“It will be somewhat troublesome, but it is possible. However, they will have to endure some pain,” the Unborn Man said seriously.
“That is good. Help them remove the ancient dragon souls when we return to Borderless Heavenly Capital,” Gu Hai instructed.
“Yes!” the Unborn Man answered.
Whoosh!
The Unborn Man collected all the dragons with a wave of his hand.
Then Gu Hai stepped forward, and his figure flashed, quickly shooting towards Borderless Heavenly Capital with the Unborn Man.
The two arrived outside Borderless Heavenly Capital one hour later.
Although Long Sanqian now had Long Shenying’s body and was filled with strength, he did not dare to clash with Gu Hai, so he quickly returned to Ying Divine City.
“To think Gu Hai even managed to deal with that dead-end situation. How dangerous! Fortunately, I was smart enough. So what if I lost the Wu Imperial Dynasty? I have the stronger Ying Imperial Dynasty. Gu Hai, just you wait. I will have my revenge on you! I will have my revenge on you! Hah!” Long Shenying roared ferociously.
Boom!
Long Shenying quickly arrived at Ying Divine City.
Martial Heaven City, Wu Imperial Dynasty:
After Gu Hai kicked Long Shenwu into the Sa’s Immortal Firmament, Long Shenwu no longer existed in the Six Paths Immortal Firmament. Martial Heaven City’s blessings could no longer sense Long Shenwu.
Boom!
The Wu Imperial Dynasty’s blessings suddenly crumbled and scattered with a loud sound.
“Your Reverence!” Countless officials in the city knelt down with horror on their faces.
The hearts of the citizens in the Wu Imperial Dynasty’s remaining one hundred-odd cities tensed as a sense of loss bubbled up.
“His Reverence passed away?”
“No! The Wu Imperial Dynasty has ended?”
“Your Reverence!”
Countless citizens felt sorrow. Of course, that was just the minority. Most of them felt afraid and panicked, wondering what to do next.
The Wu Imperial Dynasty formally crumbled.
The Southern Sea Dragon King flew quickly, carrying Ao Sheng, who was severely injured and dying.
The two did not dare approach Borderless Heavenly Capital, directly heading for the Southern Sea.
“How did it turn out like that? It is all Long Shenwu’s fault! That fool! Fool! If not for him, we could have killed Gu Hai, even without the Burial Mound Lifespan Ritual Array. That fool!” the Southern Sea Dragon King cursed.
Ao Sheng looked at the Southern Sea Dragon King. “You could have made a move then. Cough! Cough!”
The Southern Sea Dragon King’s face twitched.
If they had made a move, there might have been a possibility of success. However, the battle at Three Mountains City showed how uncanny Gu Hai was. The Long brothers had already fallen. He did not want to fall there.
“Had you made a move then, we would have killed Gu Hai. You weren’t severely injured. Why didn’t you attack?” Ao Sheng complained resentfully.
“Ao Sheng, you should know I saved you,” the Southern Sea Dragon King said seriously.
Ao Sheng sighed softly, “Never mind. Let me return.”
“Return where?”
“To Martial Heaven City and wait for His Reverence to return. Cough! Cough!” Ao Sheng said while coughing blood.
“The Wu Nation no longer has a future. Since Gu Hai survived, the Wu Nation’s destruction is imminent. What is the point of returning? Return to the Southern Sea with me!” the Southern Sea Dragon King said.
“No. Unless the Wu Imperial Dynasty is destroyed, I…” Ao Sheng coughed up blood as he persisted. However, his expression congealed midway.
Ao Sheng’s heart suddenly skipped a beat as he sensed the Wu Imperial Dynasty’s blessings scattering.
“No! That’s impossible! How could it be like this? How could it be like this?! Cough! Cough! Cough!” Ao Sheng exclaimed in shock while vomiting blood.
“What happened?”
“His Reverence died? Gu Hai! Gu Hai!” Ao Sheng roared ferociously.
“Long Shenwu died? Since he died, why persist? Your Northern Sea Dragon Palace is practically empty already. Return to the Southern Sea with me. I promise you will just be under one dragon and above the rest!” the Southern Sea Dragon King said.
Ao Sheng looked at the Southern Sea Dragon King. Eventually, he smiled bitterly. “Never mind. Alright, I’ll follow you.”
Whoosh!
The two immediately turned into beams of light, vanishing into the horizon.
Outside Borderless Heavenly Capital:
Gu Hai thought the battle at Borderless Heavenly Capital would be over after he sent Kong Xuan and the others back. However, the vicinity of Borderless Heavenly Capital was still chaotic.
Sand and stones flew about amid churning black energy. Chaos filled Borderless Heavenly Capital’s surroundings.
The nearest was Mosquito Daoist and Ao Shun, who fought Di Shitian and Brahma. The former pair had a slight advantage in this battle.
There was surging black energy in the distance. That was Kong Xuan fighting Vishnu, also with a slight advantage.
Shangguan Hen gave off bright golden light on the other side. When he fought Shiva, he seemed to suppress Shiva.
“Where’s Sha?” Gu Hai raised his eyebrows.
Buzz!
Gu Hai saw an azure light illuminating the surroundings from the skies above. He looked up and saw two gigantic sword qi crossing each other overhead.
The sword qi shattered many of the stars.
Sha appeared as a white figure, fighting a black-figured sword cultivator to a stalemate. That sword cultivator was very strong; even Sha could not suppress that sword cultivator immediately.
When Gu Hai looked at that black figure, his pupils constricted.
He could not clearly see the black figure, but he recognized the sword in the black figure’s hand.
“The holy sword? How can this be?” Gu Hai said in shock.
Gu Hai had seen the Six Paths Veritable Lord’s water deity body use this holy sword eight hundred thousand years in the past. The sword had left a deep impression in his memories, practically unrivaled. Even Sect Master Heavenly Access was no match.
Why does the Spirit Mountain Holy Land have someone using that sword?
Gu Hai’s heart sank. However, he could not spare more time watching that battle. Instead, he looked at Borderless Heavenly Capital.
Nearby, the Past Buddha attacked. The Candle Epoch Azure Lamp gave off a dazzling azure light. An azure flame blazed, appearing powerful—even more powerful than Brahma and the others. However, there was a kāṣāya-clad monk who blocked the azure flame.
Boom!
A loud sound rang out as the Candle Epoch Azure Lamp landed an attack on that monk, causing that monk to spew a mouthful of blood.
“Bodhisattva Lian Sheng, are you still laboring under wishful thinking, chasing your unrealistic dream? Wake up!” the Past Buddha said coldly.
“Bodhisattva Lian Sheng? Why is he here?” Gu Hai appeared slightly shocked.
Bodhisattva Lian Sheng brought my second son, Gu Han, away. Isn’t he in the west? Did something coincidentally happen to Gu Han?
“Haha! You snatched my Candle Epoch Azure Lamp away. Past Buddha, you can’t get away with this for much longer!” Bodhisattva Lian Sheng said as he wiped the blood off his lips.
“I can’t get away with this for long? Humph! Gu Hai should have already died in Three Mountains City. What are you hoping for?” the Past Buddha said coldly.
Bodhisattva Lian Sheng ignored the Past Buddha. He threw out his kāṣāya, which gave off a bright, golden light and blocked the Candle Epoch Azure Lamp.
“Future Buddha, hurry!” the Past Buddha shouted.
“I’m already hurrying!” the Future Buddha shouted back.
Gu Hai’s face sank. Borderless Heavenly Capital had a vast fog covering it. The Future Buddha’s voice came from Borderless Heavenly Capital.
“Did something happen?” Gu Hai’s face darkened.
Then he moved faster, charging into the fog-covered Borderless Heavenly Capital.
