Chapter 1 This Battle Should Not Be Delayed

Gu Nanfeng's voice echoed in the hall. Meng Xizhou rose from the throne and came to stand before Gu Nanfeng.

"This battle… how do you think we should fight it?"

Her reaction took Gu Nanfeng by surprise.

Gu Nanfeng knew that not long ago, Bai Xiu had brought Gu Xiaoman to Xiyin City, and the little one had been unable to hide her disappointment after returning to the northern border.

Clearly.

Meng Xizhou had given plenty of reasons to "avoid war."

Gu Nanfeng had thought that he too would be "rejected"… but he hadn't expected Meng Xizhou to ask him how he wanted to fight.

"The Tundra now has a total of three hundred and nineteen Tian Shao weapons."

Gu Nanfeng looked directly into Meng Xizhou's eyes. "That's more than double what we had back then!"

Meng Xizhou frowned. "But Central Continent is also much more fortified than it was back then. High 'Walls of Origin' have been built along the Central Continent coast. The walls are all cast from high-quality mithril."

The high-level members of the Three Continents Alliance were quite certain that the Walls of Origin were built to resist attacks from the Tian Shao weapons!

After the arrival of the Transcendent Era.

The Tundra base's production efficiency greatly increased, and it produced over two hundred Tian Shao weapons in less than five years. With the situation on the Southern Continent battlefield looking very good, the Tian Shao weapons had been sitting in a secret base. This was the "final strike" that the Allied forces were saving for the Origin Tower. Everyone knew when to launch the general offensive, and when to use the Tian Shao strike!

"If Central Continent has built high walls, then we will shatter those walls first."

Gu Nanfeng summoned his mental image.

The personnel distribution of the Changye Gu Clan, the Night Watchers, the three high-level transcendent organizations, a vast, dense transcendent network, appeared before the Guang Ming Bi Lei.

After the war with 【Deep Sea】, the Three Continents Alliance high command disabled the local mental network.

In recent years.

No mental network had appeared to replace 【Deep Sea】…

The Three Continents Alliance's communications, connections, and the productivity that required the use of the mental network, had all regressed to the level of twenty years ago.

But the only saving grace was.

That this level of productivity regression did not hinder the progress of the war.

The connections between humans cannot be severed, even without a mental network… people can still build a strong network with each other. And what Gu Nanfeng was showing Meng Xizhou at that moment, was such a network.

"This is my planned 'battle deployment'."

Everyone in this vast network was a chess piece.

From the day the Walls of Origin were built.

Gu Nanfeng had been thinking about what he should do when the "general offensive" arrived… Without the assistance of the mental network, the only people he could rely on was himself.

He had been working on this battle deployment for a very long time.

Every time a promising new talent appeared in Xue Jin City, every time a new adjudicator was promoted in the Jiangbei region, another person was added to the detailed plan for this general offensive.

Gu Nanfeng looked forward to the arrival of the "final war" more than anyone else.

But he was also more restrained than anyone else.

Because what he wanted was not "the end," but "victory."

This conversation in the Guang Ming Bi Lei lasted a long time.

It had been many years since Gu Nanfeng and Meng Xizhou had "talked" like this.

The last time was more than a decade ago, when the two were still "serving" in the Northern Continent.

After setting up camp, Gu Nanfeng and Meng Xizhou would often talk late into the night, formulating battle plans and making predictions about the enemy.

Many people were curious.

How had the relationship between Gu Nanfeng and Meng Xizhou… evolved to this point?

The two of them didn't look like "lovers" at all.

In fact, they had started out as rivals.

The strong are always lonely, and it is difficult to find worthy opponents. The stronger the opponent, the more likely they are to win the "admiration" of their enemy.

Gu Nanfeng and Meng Xizhou's feelings had always been simple, always pure.

……

……

"I must admit, this battle deployment is very detailed, with everything, big and small, considered."

"But…"

"I must still say that although the general offensive is imminent, we still need to wait."

After previous long night talks, the two would usually reach an agreement.

But this time.

Meng Xizhou approved of Gu Nanfeng's battle plan, but brought the topic back to its original starting point.

"We still need to wait…"

Gu Nanfeng was stunned for a second, and a hint of anger flashed in his eyes.

If Meng Xizhou didn't think this battle should be launched in the first place, why did she ask him in the first place?

However, she hadn't directly expressed her support.

"Don't be impatient."

Meng Xizhou reached out and gently placed her hand on Gu Nanfeng's shoulder.

Countless beams of light bloomed, outlining a portal in the hall.

Gu Nanfeng subconsciously wanted to dodge, but at that moment, reason prevailed over instinct. He did not resist, and silently accepted Meng Xizhou's "touch," and Meng Xizhou noticed this detail.

"Rumble rumble rumble—"

Howling gales echoed in the hall.

The portal outlined by light disappeared, and the two disappeared with it.

With light as a guide, it only took a few dozen seconds to get from Xiyin City to Western Continent… Gu Nanfeng had seen this "divine advent" miracle once on the Guang Ming Bi Lei, and now the miracle had reappeared, and the scattered aura of light was even stronger and denser than what he had seen back then.

From this point of view, after five years of melting the Fire Seed, Meng Xizhou's strength should now be stronger than the puppet controlled by 【Deep Sea】!

"This is… Red Lake?"

Gu Nanfeng looked at the lake in front of him, and his eyes were momentarily dazed.

"This used to be the 'Lake of Sunrise', but now many people prefer to call it the 'Lake of Sunset'."

Meng Xizhou stood with Gu Nanfeng on the lake shore, with her hands behind her back.

Western Continent had staked all of the shrine's power in fighting against the transcendent legions sent by the Southern Continent and the Origin Tower… As the commander overseeing the battle, she had personally come, and with the Guang Ming Bi Lei without its master, the nearly century-long phenomenon of the great sun replacing the sun at night naturally no longer existed.

At first, the Guang Ming Bi Lei's followers took pride in this, and many said that the sun at night had given them a second life.

But when they actually lost the so-called sun at night.

They didn't "die" because of it.

Humans are creatures with a strong ability to adapt, and they can adapt to all environments.

They can kneel, or they can stand.

It depends on whether the person on the throne wants them to kneel or stand.

In her final speech on melting the Fire Seed, Meng Xizhou had told all the followers not to kneel anymore… From that day on, she had been considering canceling the "New Sun" miracle.

Without a second sun, the Guang Ming Bi Lei's followers could still live well.

Because the true light is not in the sky, but in people's hearts.

Today, Red Lake was wide open, with countless gales howling and swirling, revealing the library at the center of the lake!

Gu Nanfeng was also familiar with this library.

Back then, when he rescued Meng Xizhou and received the gift of the "Guang Ming Bi Lei", he had gone to the 【Forbidden Library】 to peek at fate.

It was that peek.

That allowed him and Meng Xizhou to perform perfect teamwork and successfully backstab Deep Sea in the 【Old World】.

"Logically speaking, the number of times a person can enter the library… is limited."

Meng Xizhou said, "Or more precisely, the number of times a person can gain something from entering the library is limited."

"It is already extremely fortunate to be able to see fate once."

"The 'lucky ones' who have seen their future fate will most likely see nothing if they enter the library again… The fate of all living beings is not immutable, and the threads of karma are constantly changing. There are many things in life that, if you don't grasp them at the time, you won't have a second chance to grasp them."

Meng Xizhou said meaningfully, "But Bai Xiu… still gained something when he entered the Forbidden Library for the second time."

Gu Nanfeng was stunned.

"He's been in the 【Library】 for half a month, and I've never seen anyone comprehend for so long."

Meng Xizhou sighed, "What a vast destiny it must be, to keep him looking for so long… I think what he saw must be very important."

"So… what you're waiting for is Bai Xiu?"

Gu Nanfeng murmured.

That made sense.

Little Xiu's strength and realm had surpassed everyone in the Five Continents. Apart from Gu Xiaoman and a few core members of the Bai Clan, he hardly cared about anyone else, so Bai Xiu had been elusive all these years.

The high command of the Three Continents Alliance never knew his whereabouts.

Bai Xiu had been missing for the past half month, but Gu Nanfeng hadn't paid attention to it. He saw that Gu Xiaoman was honestly in seclusion in the Initial Number Dojo, so he didn't think too much about it.

So…

Bai Xiu had entered the Forbidden Library!

"What I'm waiting for is not Bai Xiu, but the hope of 'victory' for humanity."

Meng Xizhou said softly.

"Among the myriad threads of fate, I saw the picture with the highest probability of success."

"Our conversation late into the night made me realize one thing. That is, you have made complete preparations, and Dongzhou can launch the horn of the general offensive on any day… But if the Alliance's 'trump card' is not enough, then I will die in the Origin Tower, and the three hundred or so Tian Shao weapons that the Gu Clan has accumulated over the years will not play a decisive role."

Gu Nanfeng held his breath.

"You saw the picture with the highest probability of success…"

Gu Nanfeng didn't ask what that picture was like.

He knew that fate was not something that could be revealed.

But he knew very well.

There must be a reason why Meng Xizhou was so determined to wait for Bai Xiu.

Clearly.

In her opinion, Bai Xiu's role in the final battle with the Origin Tower was more important than the three hundred or so Tian Shao weapons!

"I know that the Alliance is now ready for the final battle. Dongzhou can provide incredibly powerful Tian Shao weapons, and Beizhou can provide a large number of Source Energy battlecrafts. But these are not the 'key' to our victory."

Meng Xizhou said softly, "If we want to win, we have to wait."

……

……

"Swish."

Heavy snow fluttered over the Tundra.

A lonely figure walked through the Tundra, and every footprint he left was clearly imprinted on the snowfield.

The solitary footprints formed a long line, starting from who knows where.

And ending who knows where.

Bai Xiu had been walking alone for a very long time.

No matter how rampant the heavy snow was, no matter how fierce the gale was, he did not look back.

"Chih."

Bai Xiu stopped, making a crisp sound as he stepped on the snow.

He looked at the boundless white in front of him, and did not show any intention of stopping there… This was the scene he saw when he entered the 【Forbidden Library】 for the second time. In fact, the Goddess of Fate did not favor him. When he entered this place for the second time, he did not see anything. All he saw was a field of silver.

This could also be considered a kind of luck.

In a sense, a field of silver was already a subtle "revelation reminder" given by fate.

Bai Xiu, who wanted to find a glimmer of hope for breaking through, did not leave.

He didn't want to keep guessing like this anymore.

Now that he was here, he would forcibly open the curtain of fate and see what was hidden in his fate.

So he chose to move forward…

At the end of a field of silver, was still a field of silver.

The wind and snow grew heavier and heavier.

The cold grew more and more intense.

But his pace grew faster and faster, and even more and more firm.

Bai Xiu knew very well that if there was really nothing in this world, then the wind and snow would not get stronger. He continued to walk towards the end of the silver, and eventually he succeeded in seeing colors other than white.

It was a faint black.

That black outline appeared in the silver-white of the world.

The heavy snow of the Tundra could not hide the bewitching nature of this black outline. Looking at it from a distance, it looked like a tower, or more like a sword.

A slightly curved, but nearly sky-high pitch-black sword.

Bai Xiu was stunned all of a sudden. After seeing that black shadow in the distant sky, he quickened his pace, and then started running.

This was the illusory ideation world of the 【Forbidden Library】.

He did not have 【Thunder Realm Walker】, nor did he have a domain.

But he ran very fast.

The heavy snow was left behind, the silver-white snowfield, the sobbing wind—

Everything was left behind.

Just as Bai Xiu stopped.

The whole world became silent. The wind no longer existed, and neither did the snow. All that was left was extreme black and white. He saw clearly what the sky-high shadow looked like. It was indeed something that looked very much like a sword.

Tian Shao.

The curved Tian Shao extended from the ground, casting a long shadow.

Bai Xiu was now standing on this slender shadow.

Apart from him, there was actually another person standing on this shadow.

"You are…"

Bai Xiu finally got his wish and saw the "fate turning point" that he had been searching for so hard.

The extremely crucial forbidden person was very thin, looked sickly, and didn't have much energy. He was standing alone under the Tian Shao's shadow, with his back to Bai Xiu.

But his posture looked very happy.

The man was admiring the towering black sword alone, perhaps because he was standing in the shadows, or perhaps because the hint of fate could not be clearly seen. The man was shrouded in dark shadows as black as ink.

Bai Xiu's voice spread in the silver-white world.

After hearing the voice, the man slowly turned around.

Two gazes met in the world woven from black and white.