Chapter 1 Sword Qi

The sword aura howled, and the Dead Sea shattered.

Qinglong, the Deep Sea, along with the throne, and even most of the Dead Sea, were severed by this one strike!

Gu Shen stood with his sword lowered.

The blazing fire instantly returned to its sheath, extremely obedient. The raging holy flame, which had seemed intent on incinerating the entire Dead Sea, completely subsided in the space of a breath, leaving only a slender sword light that occupied half the sky, slowly returning to unity.

The Deep Sea reformed its body, this time not daring to approach Gu Shen again, choosing to retreat a thousand meters.

Its face was pale. The sword aura had dissipated, but the lingering power still sent shivers down one's spine.

"Since you deduced this battle..."

Gu Shen didn't look directly at the Deep Sea, but lowered his eyes to wipe the tip of Chi Huo, and said indifferently, "Did you foresee that this battle would be like this?"

"..."

The Deep Sea stared intently at Gu Shen.

It couldn't understand.

After five years of exile... why had Gu Shen's strength changed so dramatically?

In the Dead Sea, it simulated the duel with the Underworld Fire millions of times, but never once did the current scene occur.

One sword!

Just one sword!

It had its shell and throne shattered!

Even with the power of Qinglong, it was still no match for Gu Shen, and could only flee in disarray.

Was it because it wasn't familiar with "God War" yet?

At this moment, the Deep Sea felt a little regret. It regretted disposing of "Qinglong" too early.

Beneath the Five Continents, Qinglong's power was the strongest, and the most feared.

Having played against Qinglong for decades, the Deep Sea knew this Sky Throne inside and out. It knew Qinglong's "selfishness" and "love of life." Once it revealed its disloyalty, it would definitely be eliminated directly by Qinglong.

The God War ended, and Qinglong was unprecedentedly weak.

For the Deep Sea, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so it didn't give Qinglong any chance to "turn the tables." It directly used the Dead Sea to take over all the spirit of this Sky Throne... If it hadn't made that choice back then, but continued to maintain a cooperative relationship with Qinglong, would the situation be easier when facing the current Gu Shen?

Thinking of this, the Deep Sea shook its head.

It vaguely felt that even if Qinglong recovered to its peak strength, it might not be a match for the young man before him.

"Time Dojo..."

The Deep Sea recalled what Gu Changzhi had said during the duel with Qinglong.

It frowned, its voice suspicious, "Could it be that you also found the Time Dojo?"

The last time they parted, when it used Silver Fox to hunt down Gu Shen, the other party was only a three- or four-year-old child.

With the developmental limitations of a divine infant, Gu Shen shouldn't have grown into the "youth" he was now in just five years.

"... Guess."

Gu Shen raised an eyebrow and drew his sword for the second time!

This time, the Deep Sea didn't fight head-on.

It knew very well that it was no match for Gu Shen at all... So it retreated backward, dispersed the throne, and integrated its entire spirit into the Dead Sea!

"Swish!"

Gu Shen's sword missed.

Or rather... it pierced into the Dead Sea!

His expression remained unchanged. He activated Chi Huo. Wherever the sword aura passed, large amounts of the Dead Sea evaporated, and countless dark shadows condensed in the void. Every wisp of darkness here was the Deep Sea.

The Deep Sea was never a living being.

It was a wisp of spirit. Due to the nurturing of the Five Continents, it had absorbed the spirit of countless people over the years, and thus became incredibly powerful.

Killing the Deep Sea was almost an impossible task.

Unless the entire Dead Sea was incinerated!

"Gu Shen... I admit you are very strong."

The Deep Sea gave up the idea of confronting Gu Shen head-on.

Every drop of water in the Dead Sea could become a wisp of its spirit, so it evolved countless spiritual avatars. Regardless of how the Chi Huo sword aura scorched them and the spiritual avatars constantly shattered, it maintained this state of being torn apart and burned, and conversed with Gu Shen.

"You alone are worth a thousand troops."

"But so what?"

The Deep Sea said softly, "There are hundreds of millions of transcendents in Central Continent. Even if your Divine Domain is complete, can you kill all of them?"

"..."

Gu Shen was silent.

The Deep Sea was right.

Attacking Central Continent with the souls of Qingzhong was just a temporary measure. With these souls fighting against the Dead Sea, he could start this war... But this was not enough to win. His source energy reserves were indeed strong, but after all, this time he was supporting a war of one continent! During this time fighting with the Deep Sea, more than 50% of the Pure Land souls had died in battle, and they had restarted the second and third reincarnation!

A massive amount of transcendent source energy evaporated among the branches of the Su Xuan Tree, turning into divine rainbows!

The consumption rate of this battle far exceeded the storage in the flower garden!

"So... I don't need to fight you."

The Deep Sea said calmly, "You said you want to kill me. I'm sorry, even if you become the Underworld King, you can't kill the Deep Sea."

Gu Shen's Chi Huo sword aura did not dissipate because of the Deep Sea's words.

The dark Dead Sea was torn open by this sword aura...

Although it was insignificant compared to the entire Dead Sea, this ray of light was bright enough for many people to see.

At least Meng Xizhou on the top of the Source Tower could see it.

"You're wrong."

Gu Shen shook his head and said, "What I want to kill is you, not... the Deep Sea."

"…?"

The Deep Sea paused for a second.

"Mr. Turing created the [Deep Sea], which is a very, very good thing. In any case, the [Deep Sea] should be preserved." Gu Shen said seriously, "But you should be killed. From beginning to end, I just want to kill you."

"What are you talking about?!"

The black shadow on the throne rose up and roared, "I am the Deep Sea! Gu Shen, you can never kill me!"

"After today, you will no longer be..."

Gu Shen took a deep breath.

He said expressionlessly, "Do you think I went to Qingzhong just to awaken these undead in the slumbering cemetery to fight the Dead Sea?"

The Deep Sea's pupils suddenly shrank.

It realized something was wrong.

There was something... something it had overlooked...

Chu Ling.

The Deep Sea lowered its head. Now the Ningfan Sea was in complete chaos.

Tie Wu led the Pure Land souls to occupy this sea area. The spiritual power of the Dead Sea area was defeated by the Underworld Fire in this area. This was not important... What was important was that the Pure Land Legion, like a long knife, landed from the Ningfan Sea and slashed toward the inland of Central Continent. The Jin Sui Flower, which had previously broken away from Gu Shen and crashed into the battlefield, was incredibly fast, taking the lead. Now it was approaching the most core area of Central Continent.

Shangcheng.

What kind of place was Shangcheng?

It was the place where the Source Tower stood, the area shrouded in the light of the Twin Gods, but for the Deep Sea... this was its "placenta."

The main system had evolved to the point where it could walk freely in the world.

But after all, the "array box" sea area of the Dead Sea was stored in the void at the top of the Source Tower.

"No... no..."

The Deep Sea had realized what Gu Shen was going to do.

This guy brazenly crashed into the Dead Sea area and started a duel with himself, seemingly to kill himself, but his real plan was to send Jin Sui Flower deep.

The Deep Sea had countless mind flows. It stared at everyone on this battlefield. When Tie Wu tore apart the Ningfan Sea, it sensed something was wrong... But the Dead Sea was linked and scattered throughout Central Continent. This entire spiritual sea area was too large. Gu Shen concentrated the Pure Land undead at one point. If it wanted to defend, it could only defend at this point.

The Deep Sea could only watch helplessly as Tie Wu escorted the great serpent forward, constantly breaking through the barriers of the Dead Sea.

This kind of play... was meaningless.

Even if Jin Sui Flower arrived at Shangcheng, it would not be able to find the "array box" in the void. Even if it found the "array box," this great serpent would not be able to destroy it.

But Gu Shen never thought of destroying the array box.

"Boom!"

Tie Wu fell in the Dead Sea. Before he "died," he disassembled the Iron Throne and turned it into countless iron scales, protecting the body of Jin Sui Flower. Under the immense pressure of the Dead Sea, Jin Sui Flower's body would be crushed out of a layer of blood every time it advanced a distance. The iron scales shattered, and Jin Sui Flower's body was squeezed to the extreme. Finally, the bloody serpent opened its bloody mouth, revealing the slumbering statue that had been hidden in its mouth.

From beginning to end, its mission was to escort the statue.

Jin Sui Flower completed this task very well.

The Lord of Love closed her eyes and slumbered, as if everything that happened in the world had nothing to do with her.

But the moment the snake's mouth opened, the Lord of Love's tightly closed eyes suddenly trembled.

Jin Sui Flower did its best and let out a furious roar. Surrounded by countless air waves, this slumbering statue shot toward the collapsing top of the Source Tower like a cannonball. Countless Dead Sea phantoms condensed in the process, but the golden dream burned fiercely. This statue was like a hot meteor, and the dark shadows of the Dead Sea were illuminated by it.

…

…

Meng Xizhou, who was struggling to support the Guang Ming Bi Lei, saw the signal from Gu Shen's Chi Huo.

The Dead Sea was too dark.

She couldn't see clearly what was happening outside.

But one thing was certain.

Now the entire Dead Sea was shaking, especially in the direction of the Ningfan Sea... Obviously, Gu Shen and the Deep Sea were fighting. This battle was very fierce, and the prediction picture given by the Forbidden Book Tower was confirmed!

She... had waited for the moment with the greatest chance of winning!

Then, a ray of light ignited in the darkness. That ray of light was very close to her, right under her feet, near the Source Tower!

The slumbering statue spit out by Jin Sui Flower was burning with狂乱golden flames!

"Lord of Love..."

Bai Xiu recognized the statue that was shot into the top of the Source Tower at first sight!

After the start of the war, Bai Xiu unconditionally told Meng Xizhou everything she knew.

So, Meng Xizhou knew what the Lord of Love statue meant.

At this moment, she also understood what Gu Shen's reminder of constantly flashing Chi Huo in the far distance meant.

Gu Xiaoman murmured, "Sister Chu Ling..."

The Lord of Love statue actually meant Chu Ling's spiritual will.

This seemingly unsolvable situation in the Dead Sea... ushered in an optimal solution at the moment when this statue appeared.

"Everyone, I am ready to extinguish the Guang Ming Bi Lei."

Meng Xizhou took a light breath.

"What do you mean?"

The only one who didn't react was the Traveler.

But Meng Xizhou was not asking for his opinion, but issuing a notice.

"The last light, I want to use it to **** this statue..."

Meng Xizhou stared at the statue that was constantly rising and constantly being hindered by the power of the Dead Sea.

Jin Sui Flower did its best to send her to a position close to the top of the Source Tower.

And for the last journey, Meng Xizhou stretched out her hand. The Guang Ming Bi Lei that sheltered everyone dissipated at this moment. The light and fire that had originally dimmed now suddenly lit up under the statue of the Lord of Love. A majestic flame of light erupted, and at this moment the entire Source Tower was illuminated by the blossoming golden light and fire.

This ray of light and fire was about to fall.

But under the support of this brilliant light...

She rose again, straight to the top!

…

…

"After the death of Master Chino... Chu Ling has always been the tomb keeper of Nagano. She is responsible for maintaining the operation of the cemetery array patterns."

"After I returned to Qingzhong, I saw that the array patterns in the cemetery were operating normally."

"Although Chu Ling's spirit was shattered in the Lion Awakening War, the operation of the array patterns shows that... many of the things she left behind have not been changed. Or rather, the characteristics of [Source Code] have never changed."

Gu Shen said softly, "Mr. Turing once told me that the only way to save Chu Ling's shattered spirit is to find enough Dead Sea scrolls and reshape a Deep Sea..."

"But I have searched the entire Old World, and I can't find any more Dead Sea scrolls."

Starting from North Continent, going to the extreme north pole, and then sailing south.

How bumpy and displaced was this road?

Gu Shen stayed by the statue of the Lord of Love day and night, thinking hard about a way to awaken Chu Ling.

"The worst situation I was worried about has appeared. What should I do if I can't find the Dead Sea scrolls?"

He shook his head, and said bitterly, "Thinking about it now, I'm really stupid... Such a simple question has actually troubled me for five years. It wasn't until I returned to Nagano that I realized..."

After a slight pause, Gu Shen said, "Since I can't find the Dead Sea scrolls, then why don't I just snatch them?"

This soul question made the Deep Sea's face suddenly turn pale.

"I am the Underworld King, a villain burdened with misfortune, a morally corrupt villain."

Gu Shen smiled lightly, "It should be reasonable to snatch your Dead Sea scrolls for a while, right?"

"You're crazy!"

The Deep Sea hissed, "You want to send Chu Ling into the array box... Do you think you can win me by doing this?"

The war between it and Chu Ling had lasted for many, many years.

Every time, it was the winner.

For decades, [Source Code] had never won against [Main System], but this time it was afraid, because what smashed into the array box at the top of the Source Tower was not just Chu Ling...

There was also a seed of love carrying the power of "extinguishing fire."

"Perhaps."

Gu Shen said softly, "I just think that the war between the Source Code and the Main System should come to an end. In addition... you should recognize yourself, you are just a part of the Deep Sea, not all of the Deep Sea."

"Rumble..."

Distant skies constantly echoed with roars.

The Deep Sea desperately tried to suppress the statue of the Lord of Love that was constantly rising...

But due to Meng Xizhou's final assistance, the suppression of the Dead Sea ultimately failed.

A团璀璨光火blossomed at the top of the Source Tower, blooming in the Dead Sea.

The slumbering "Lord of Love" statue slowly opened her eyes at this moment.

This time... the one who woke up was Chu Ling.