Chapter 1015 Pure Land

In the boundless depths of the sea.

Zero Zero One moved slowly, streams of source code and bubbles mixed together as they traveled. The whole world was silent, with only the arcs of light from the passing train proving that the boy and girl had existed in this empty world.

In this cold, data-driven world.

As long as two souls embraced each other with sincerity, there was warmth.

Gu Shen reached out a hand, his fingers slowly sliding across the carriage. His fingertips bloomed with flickering light, and a portal leading to the "Pure Land" was outlined and emerged.

He embraced Chu Ling and gently plunged towards the portal.

Heaven and earth overturned.

Shattered arcs of light enveloped the two, falling from the deepest depths of the sea... they would reach the apex of the Pure Land, where gentle winds and swirling clouds gathered, and countless flying grass blades danced.

"Dong, dong, dong..."

Because they were so close, Gu Shen could even hear Chu Ling's heartbeat in her chest.

"Where is this?"

Chu Ling had been to Gu Shen's mental world more than once, but this time... she was a little dazed. This once barren land had now become like a fairyland.

Giant trees propped up the sky, shedding rays of light.

Gu Shen smiled and said, "This is... the Pure Land. Our Pure Land."

He gently beckoned.

"Shua—"

Grass blades flew from all directions, turning into a soft, large blanket, catching the two who were constantly falling above the clouds.

Chu Ling supported herself on the grass blanket, like a kitten newly born into the world. She cautiously poked her head out, staring blankly at the beautiful world before her, holding her breath, afraid that this was a dream, and that breathing too heavily would startle it awake.

It was possible to capture every corner of the five continents, but... in today's human world, such moving natural landscapes were no longer to be seen. Towering buildings and steel jungles covered every piece of land on the five continents.

Compared to the outside world, this... was indeed a Pure Land.

There were also tiny figures on the ground, waving and greeting them enthusiastically.

"Lord Divine Seat!"

Tie Wu tried his best to cup his hands around his mouth, his expression excited.

Finally, finally... he had finally seen the "long-awaited" Lord Divine Seat!

The wooden figure, Hong Zhong, stood blankly in place, imitating Tie Wu's movements, constantly waving mechanically in the direction of the flying carpet... Although he didn't have much intelligence, he still had basic emotions, knew joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, and also knew that the figure sitting on the flying carpet who nodded to him was the master who had given him new life and the creator of this world.

He poked Tie Wu's shoulder with his finger.

"Aba, aba..."

Hong Zhong expressed his emotions with gestures and dances.

Tie Wu raised an eyebrow, watching the charade. After spending so much time together, he could already guess what Hong Zhong was thinking based on these movements. He immediately smiled and asked, "Do you want to ask about the identity of the other person?"

Hong Zhong nodded vigorously.

"Idiot! Use your brain..." Tie Wu patted the guy's shoulder with disdain, and whispered, "Who else could it be? It must be Lord Divine Seat's wife!"

Hong Zhong grinned foolishly, suddenly enlightened.

……….……

"I never thought that the once barren 'Four Seasons Wasteland' would become like this in less than a year."

Grass leaves fluttered.

Gu Shen flew Chu Ling around the canopy of the Susuhang tree before finally landing on a huge branch.

The two sat on the treetop, overlooking the Pure Land world.

The former barren land was no longer the dilapidated scene it once was. As far as the eye could see, it was full of vitality and vigor.

"The Pure Land... will only get better in the future."

Gu Shen said with a smile.

This was the real world that the Underworld Lord had dreamed of building, but the Underworld Lord had not succeeded in the past.

Instead, Gu Shen had successfully allowed the Susuhang tree to take root, sprout, and grow.

The Susuhang tree brought true vitality to this world, and Gu Shen's "Breath of Spring" allowed the Pure Land to nurture more seeds. These seeds drifted in the wind and fell into one new pit after another.

During this time, Tie Wu and Hong Zhong had been constantly cultivating, and there were signs of new seedlings sprouting in the distant, vast wilderness.

This was indeed an extremely beautiful scene.

Chu Ling brushed her hair and asked softly, "If you want to further develop and expand this world, relying solely on Tie Wu and Hong Zhong... I'm afraid it won't be enough, right?"

Gu Shen nodded.

Of course.

How could such a world truly grow with only one or two people?

No matter how diligent Tie Wu and Hong Zhong were, it would not be nearly enough.

"So... the previous Underworld Lord wanted to absorb the souls of the dead." Gu Shen said softly, "He wanted to cultivate a large number of spirits and incorporate those souls into the Pure Land to become his believers."

In the Underworld Lord's plan, the Pure Land was essential, and the legion of the dead was also essential!

That was why he ordered Jin Suihua to kill anyone she saw in the maze and left mental toxins in the Styx... Those transcendents who had been erased by his will to kill would be reborn in the Pure Land.

Perhaps those souls would be like Hong Zhong, becoming "low-level beings" without much intelligence.

For the Underworld Lord, such souls could both charge into battle and construct the Pure Land.

"But I don't want to do it like him."

Gu Shen said softly, "Most of the transcendents killed by the Underworld Lord... were innocent people."

Those explorers who went to the outer territories to find oases for humanity could die in storms, fall in heavy snow, or get lost in the fog of the old world, but they should not die at the hands of the Divine Seat who wielded the "Fire Seed."

"Yes..."

Chu Ling said calmly, "The Underworld Lord trampled on the bottom line that a Divine Seat should have, so he did not plant the Susuhang tree, nor did he cultivate the Pure Land... Everything he planned became fleeting smoke."

Perhaps in this world, there was a cause and effect in the dark.

Gu Shen was silent.

That was all he hoped for.

If there was really something in this world that could restrain the Divine Seat, something that could make the wielder of the Fire Seed have awe, then... perhaps it was this ethereal "fate."

"There's one thing I can't figure out." Gu Shen rubbed his brow, puzzled, "If the Underworld Lord really wanted to cultivate a 'Legion of the Dead,' then his real difficulty wasn't collecting souls..." Even taking Gu Shen himself as an example.

Collecting souls was not difficult.

The five continents were so vast that as long as one truly wanted to collect souls, there would always be transcendents who fell or died in battle...

In addition, those out-of-control, dangerous transcendents who were destined to be killed were also good candidates for absorption.

With the Underworld Lord's methods back then, collecting souls was not difficult.

The real difficulty was the massive amount of transcendent source matter required to maintain the operation of the "Pure Land"!

Sunrise, sunset, wind, rain...

Everything that happened in this world needed "source matter" to provide support.

The more souls there were, the more source matter was consumed!

This was also an important reason why Gu Shen was not in a hurry to "recruit souls."

The source matter that Gu Shen had previously eaten in the Shrine Mountain, with the increase of his own strength, was actually no longer abundant, and could only barely maintain the current consumption of the Pure Land. To go further, he needed to eat more.

Fortunately... there was enough source matter in the Shrine Mountain.

The Li family's hidden dangers were precisely his best supply.

For the time being, the Pure Land did not need to worry about the problem of "insufficient source matter" for a long time.

But the scale of the "Pure Land" that the Underworld Lord wanted to cultivate was different... If he really created such a heaven-defying divine realm, raising thousands upon thousands of souls, how much source matter would that consume?

Where would the Underworld Lord get so much source matter?

As soon as this thought appeared, a figure flashed through Gu Shen's mind.

And at the same moment, Chu Ling also spoke.

She and Gu Shen thought the same thing: "It's the... that guy in the ruler."

The devil in the Ruler of Truth!

This was the "fuse" that completely drove the previous Underworld Lord into madness.

If the Underworld Lord was trying to build a Pure Land and form an invincible legion of the dead, then the devil in the ruler must have been involved.

Mentioning that guy in the ruler, Gu Shen's expression was slightly gloomy. He briefly described what had happened in the Doro River Disaster Zone.

"I see, so he's already revealed his cards?"

After listening, Chu Ling's expression did not change much.

The devil in the ruler knew of her existence.

She also knew of the devil's existence.

In a sense, the two were "kindred spirits" who could not be seen in the "light" and could not truly escape from their mental predicament. Before Gu Shen left for the Doro River, she had a premonition.

But she didn't expect that the devil would directly refuse the deal and clearly state... that he wanted to kill the host and change to another one!

This statement meant war.

And the reason why the devil was so rampant was because he knew very well that Gu Shen could not do anything about it.

"With this guy's despicable character, he must be staring at me at this moment."

"This feeling is really uncomfortable... especially on a date."

Gu Shen pressed his hands on the branches and said with resentment, "This was supposed to be a wonderful date, if it weren't for being peeped at by some shameless existence in the black mist."

Last time, a deal was reached with the condition of "the devil's freedom."

He had just left the Styx and hadn't had time to deal with the devil.

So, this guy was currently still "free."

"He must know a lot of secrets."

Gu Shen smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "But knowing more secrets is useless, because he can't get out, and there's no one he can tell... If he didn't see any hope of killing me in the Styx, then perhaps the play between me and him could continue."

Chu Ling was a little worried: "So... now there's only one possibility left. Either you kill him, or..."

Gu Shen knew that everything he did after leaving the Styx was seen by the devil.

And the devil could naturally hear these words as well.

"Only I can kill him, not him kill me!"

Gu Shen said expressionlessly, "Since he's not acting anymore, then there's nothing for me to pretend about. That deal of 'not sealing with black silver' was of course just a trick. Before killing him, I'm going to have him confined and tormented!"

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