Chapter 1657
Chapter 1657. The celestial divinity’s scheme, seeking the grace and favor of the Master of Heaven’s Conquest
This is a figure both vague and brilliant, standing in the vast and boundless void, seemingly walking from a multi-dimensional space-time. Rings of divine halos swirl around her, each layer resembling a nebula, within which various worlds and universes are scattered. Within each divine halo, it seems there are countless beings gestating, and myriad worlds undergoing cycles of life and death, evolution.
Her face alternates between being ancient and vague, dignified and solemn, charming and enchanting, cold as ice. Each moment, it changes, impossible to truly see, filled with boundless divine light.
The entire space-time seemed unable to contain her true form; even just one divine halo would be enough to overwhelm this boundless void.
As her finger descended, boundless divine power seemed to surge from the entire void, carving out a separate space for her. This space continuously descended, and with each passing moment, it generated billions of transformations—chaos births, purity and filth alternate—and in the blink of an eye, it shifted from an independent space to an entirely separate realm of time and space.
That realm was absolutely still. Between her hands, the dimensions were constantly stretched and elevated, and finally collapsed and condensed, turning into a single speck of light.
At the center of her brow, a faint, indistinct figure that mirrored her own immediately merged into that speck of light. Then, the light speck fell from the vast void where she resided.
“Today, I will help you desecrate the gods, and witness this deity’s fall to the mortal realm.”
Her gaze, filled with interest, watched the light speck as it cut through the boundless space-time, falling towards the Kunxu True Realm, and then heading towards the world called the Taixu Realm.
At that time, the name of the Alliance of Heaven’s Conquest resonated across the vast expanse, shocking and terrifying not only countless cultivators and beings. Even primordial deities like her, belonging to the celestial divinities, have been alerted by discussions among the divine families, opening their eyes, and through distant space-time, casting their gaze downward.
The civilizations of the Immortal Dao and the Divine Dao were among the largest, most ancient, and also the two civilizations with the greatest number of branches within the vast expanse. However, the Immortal Dao and the Divine Dao have long ceased to interfere with each other, with each system developing and evolving in different directions.
The Divine Dao civilization concentrated incense faith, refined divine essences, divided heavenly authority, and formed divine offices and ranks.
The ancient and immortal primordial deities sit at the cloud’s edge, creating their divine kingdoms, looking down on all.
Weaker deities spread their faith in various realms, developing followers, gathering willpower, and harvesting the fortune of heaven and earth to fuel their divine power.
The Immortal Dao and the Divine Dao civilizations were difficult to distinguish in terms of superiority. Moreover, the Divine Dao civilization would also face the great calamity of Heaven’s decay. Even the ancient gods, who had cultivated countless citizens and possessed boundless divine kingdoms, were not exempt.
The Alliance of Heaven’s Conquest, as a force within the Immortal Dao civilization, has acted in the ways of the Divine Dao, overstepping boundaries by extensively developing followers, harvesting faith, and seizing the heavenly authority belonging to the Divine Dao.
As a primordial deity beyond typical ancestral gods, she naturally didn’t care about such trivial matters. Furthermore, the Divine Dao civilization has long since faded away, and within the Immortal Dao civilization, there were many who followed the practices of the Divine Dao civilization, such as the Buddhist Sect, the Ancient God Sect, the Dao Sect, and others.
The emergence of the Alliance of Heaven’s Conquest has caught even her, a primordial deity, by surprise, with a premonition that the Divine Dao civilization system might soon face unpredictable upheaval. It could even result in a downfall similar to the Black Calamity era, when the gods perished.
Even those divine beings who barely survived might become tools for spreading their citizens and collecting faith.
The desecration of the gods, for the newly evolving Divine Dao civilization, would lead to a fate similar to the collapse of the Dao heart among cultivators in the Immortal Dao civilization.
Kunxu True Realm, Taixu Realm.
Before the majestic, heaven-like Temple of Heaven’s Conquest, white mist swirls like vast clouds, constantly surging. This mist is the gathered power of belief from various places in the world.
Countless beings and cultivators, densely packed, bow with reverence, chanting prayers to the Temple of Heaven’s Conquest, the entire world filled with shadows of people.
Within the temple, the ancient deity statue seems to be absorbing these clouds of smoke, gradually coming to life.
He sat at the end of the vast space-time, gazing down upon this realm.
Chen Jinhong stood there, his eyes filled with deep respect.
“What kind of reward do you seek?”The majestic, god-like voice once again echoed in her mind.
“The Vanguards of Heaven are willing to offer everything to the Master of Heaven’s Conquest, asking for no reward in return.”
Her resolute voice, just as before, rang out once more, seemingly trying to prove her loyalty and determination.
Thousands of years had transformed her from the naïve little princess she once was into the foremost person of the Taixu Realm in this era.
Especially since she had personally received the Master of Heaven’s Conquest’s grace, gaining an immortal body. This allowed her to exact vengeance, making her ruthless sister pay the heavy price she deserved.
Over the past few thousand years, she had upheld the identity of the Vanguard of Heaven, fulfilling the vow she made in that remote temple. She brought more followers to the Alliance of Heaven’s Conquest, establishing temples of Heaven’s Conquest in every region. In fact, she even used the entire strength of the Taixu Realm to build a temple that almost reached the very depths of the heavens, resembling a heavenly palace.
“Your devotion has moved me. You may make one request.”
The blurry deity statue was covered by vast white mist. But at that moment, before Chen Jinhong’s eyes, the mist began to dissipate, revealing a pair of deep, vast eyes calmly watching her.
The strange desire in her heart once again surged like wild grass, spreading uncontrollably.
“Really… really?” Her voice trembled slightly.
“Yes.” The majestic, god-like voice responded again, as calm as still water.
“From now on, everything you are will belong to me—your future, your emotions, your memories, your countless lifetimes. Even if you die and turn to ash, and all traces of you vanish from this world, you will still belong to me.”
At that moment, the words from that distant, desperate time in the remote temple echoed in Chen Jinhong’s mind.
Those words, like a contract, made her strange desire boil uncontrollably. At that moment, an almost imperceptible speck of light suddenly descended from the outer barriers of the Taixu Realm, gathering into the endless and nearly infinite power of faith.
Chen Jinhong stood before the Temple of Heaven’s Conquest, where all the power of faith flowed around her like passing light.
Even she didn’t notice that a tiny speck of light, riding the drifting faith power, perfectly landed on her brow. She only felt a slight warmth, like the feeling of raindrops gently landing. Her consciousness seemed to blur for a moment before becoming clear again.
“I am willing to offer everything to the Master of Heaven’s Conquest.”
“I wish to receive the grace and favor of the Master of Heaven’s Conquest…”
Chen Jinhong murmured, staring at the deity statue that seemed so close before her. Without thinking, she stepped forward, quickly being swallowed by the vast white mist.
The mist surged, and a perfect, flawless body, as smooth as a white swan, faintly revealed itself within the mist.
She reached out, wanting to touch and caress the statue.
Crack!
Suddenly, a crisp cracking sound rang out, breaking the silence within the Temple of Heaven’s Conquest.
Chen Jinhong instantly snapped back to her senses and stared at the statue now covered in cracks, her face paling. She stood there, stunned, still unable to react to what had just happened.
“The statue cracked. I can no longer sense the presence of the Master of Heaven’s Conquest…”
She tightly clutched the scattered clothes on the ground, collapsing helplessly.
At the same time, throughout the Taixu Realm, in every region’s temple of Heaven’s Conquest, the blurry deity statues started emitting cracking sounds. Lines of cracks appeared on each one.
The entire Taixu Realm shook. Countless cultivators and beings were stunned and horrified, none of them knowing what had happened, why the statues in the temples of Heaven’s Conquest would crack.
Could it be that someone angered the deity, and this is the deity’s wrath?
“What’s happening?”
“It seems someone truly couldn’t hold back, wanting to destroy my faith deity’s physical form…”
In the immortal spirit civilization, within a purple bamboo forest filled with drifting immortal mist,
Gu Changge, wearing a loose moon-white robe, his black hair gleaming and casually hanging down, tied lightly with a band, was playing chess with Mu Yan.
The chessboard was intricate, with the white pieces holding the advantage, and in the subtle play of the game, countless scenes seemed to be evolving.
Mu Yan, resting her chin in her hand, her beautiful eyes never blinking, was completely focused on the game, not daring to relax even a little.
But at that moment, she lifted her charming face and curiously looked at Gu Changge, asking, “Someone is destroying your faith deity’s physical form? Is someone targeting the Alliance of Heaven’s Conquest?”
Gu Changge slightly shook his head. The piece he was about to place was held in his hand, gently caressing it.
“The followers of the Alliance of Heaven’s Conquest are growing too fast, and it has already drawn the displeasure of some deities. However, I will eventually deal with these beings. The heavens’ authority has been divided by them too much. Sooner or later, it will be returned.”
He crushed the piece in his hand and then casually grabbed a beam of radiant, dazzling, faith power, about as thick as a thumb. However, this beam of faith power was now tainted with corrupt traces, with many parts of it turned completely black and corroded.
“Originally, when I accidentally intercepted your thoughts, I was only helping you because you were a person of great fortune. I never expected that in the end, it would become a hidden danger for your desecration of the gods.”
“However, such an obvious scheme—do they really think I wouldn’t notice?”
Gu Changge’s gaze was calm as he looked at the corrupted faith power in front of him. With a casual squeeze, it turned to dust, scattering into the air. He didn’t allow this corrupt faith power to continue eroding the divine form of faith.
The destruction caused by this was insignificant to him. The other party clearly knew this, and this action could only be seen as a provocation.
For Gu Changge, these thousand years were not long at all. After leaving the Xiyuan civilization, he had directly returned to the Daochang True Realm.
Perhaps it was the words spoken by Fubo before he chose to end his life that had somewhat moved him. Thus, his thoughts afterward became a little more complicated.
Gu Changge had also wondered if his care for those around him and his feelings had somehow become too little? Or perhaps, had he never cared about the feelings of those he truly valued?
Their love and pursuit, their thoughts and opinions—he had never taken them into account.
At least Fubo had died with satisfaction and a smile on his face. There were indeed many things in this world that transcended the boundaries of life and death, things that couldn’t be judged simply by gains and losses.
The relentless pursuit and scheming, the willingness to do anything to achieve his goals—this process seemed to never bring him true joy, not even a slight sense of happiness.
Because to him, everything was so natural. Everything was within his expectations and plans, so there were never any emotional fluctuations. He was a cold person, a heartless person, and perhaps, he shouldn’t even be called a human.
From the moment of his birth, he was destined to stand on the path of the Great Dao, towering above all living beings. His experience of returning to Qing Mountain Village had allowed him to gain some insights as a “human,” having some experiences as a “human.”
The things he didn’t care about, the things he deemed unimportant and trivial, perhaps were priceless to the people around him. And these were things he had overlooked before. Gu Changge didn’t want those around him to feel regret when recalling those moments.
Thus, Gu Changge chose to return to the Daochang True Realm, not to observe the changes of the Alliance of Heaven’s Conquest, but to see those around him.
First, he went to the Mingkong Palace. Yue Mingkong was still in seclusion, her ethereal aura lingering deep within the palace, her energy long and profound, with her cultivation level changing with every breath.
With the Daochang True Realm seed Gu Changge had left behind, it was only a matter of time before she broke through the Dao Realm. Next, he visited the Ancestral Hall and the Saintess Palace. Whether it was Jiang Chuchu or Wang Zijing, both were in seclusion, cultivating.
After Gu Changge left the Daochang True Realm, it seemed that life had become monotonous for them, so they all chose the long path of solitary cultivation.Even Yin Mei, who had little interest in cultivation, chose to enter seclusion. His former followers, those prodigies of the same era, were all out in various places, undergoing trials and intense cultivation.
Gu Changge remained silent for a moment, not disturbing anyone. He then went to find Gu Xian’er and learned that she had left the Daochang True Realm several hundred years ago to go to the vast wilderness for further training, as she was about to reach the threshold of the Dao Realm.
Although the Daochang True Realm had developed and evolved for thousands of years with its rising fortune, it was still just a newly born true realm.
In the vast expanse, it was insignificant, and those who had crossed into the Dao Realm were exceedingly rare.
Gu Changge had no strong attachment to the Daochang True Realm. After leaving back then, he had already made many preparations and had no intention of returning in the short term.
Even when the Daochang True Realm was attacked by the Tainted Tribe of the Immortal Spirit Civilization, he did not descend in his true form.
For the follow-up matters of the Alliance of Heaven’s Conquest, he had entrusted them to the Gu Family Ancestor, the Wine Sword Immortal, Ming, and others.
Now that the Alliance of Heaven’s Conquest had established its branch in the Xiyuan Civilization, the presence of the Alliance in the Daochang True Realm was even more insignificant. He had returned to the Daochang True Realm this time without alarming anyone. Finally, he went to Qing Mountain Village, where he lived with Su Qingge for several hundred years, sharing with her some of the things he had experienced in the Immortal Spirit and Xiyuan civilizations.
Gu Changge planned to reset the Grand Wish Sphere and fuse it with the Daochang True Realm.
However, Luo Xiangjun had yet to come find him. It seemed that she had encountered some issues while searching for the Secret Vault of the Eternal Beginning God and had made no progress.
Gu Changge could only set the matter aside once again. Later, he quietly left the Daochang True Realm once more, heading toward the Immortal Spirit Civilization, preparing for his next set of plans.