Chapter 1 The Crack

The pitch-black sky was torn open with a crack.

Dim light and fire continuously seeped from that narrow slit.

It was as if a so-called "Pluto" truly existed, overlooking the human world beneath him through that sliver of light.

"Glug glug..."

Gu Lushi's head landed far away on the snow.

At the moment of his death, he closed his eyes, without sorrow or joy.

To be killed by Bai Shu could be considered a peaceful death.

Meanwhile, Gu Lushi's torso, under the blowing of the cold wind, burst forth with scorching wind, his robes swirling and shattering, like burning ashes… The power of the Wine God seat swept away with the wind, abandoning this worthless dead man, slowly drifting towards the direction of the inner mausoleum stone mountain.

Scattered black shirts slowly fell.

Revealing festering skin.

Gu Lushi's chest area exuded a scorching, bloody aura. Gu Shen came to Bai Shu's side, looking at this dilapidated, riddled husk after losing the blessing of divine power.

When visiting the gravekeeper at the Qingzhong Cemetery, Gu Lushi had said that a "fire eye" had opened in his chest.

Burning him at all times.

Indeed.

The flesh around the heart of this husk was charred.

Because Gu Lushi was too powerful, even with his head separated from his body, the heart of this husk was still beating, albeit slower and slower… Transcendents who could reach the "titled" level had already transcended the normal scope of mortal definition.

It could be said that they were another kind of creature altogether.

Their vitality and mental power were far beyond those of ordinary people.

"It is not easy to possess the power of the 'Fire Seed'."

Bai Shu looked at the charred heart that was gradually ceasing to beat, and said softly, "Even if the Fire Seed accepts a transcendent, wanting to control it… requires a huge price. Everything in this world, all that is gained, will eventually be lost."

Gu Shen thought of the Wishing Art and Divination Art.

After the birth of transcendents, the "original order" of this world was broken, but even the "transcendent elements," whose true laws were impossible to grasp, had unbreakable basic iron rules.

The Fire Seed was a divine object.

But wanting to obtain a "Fire Seed" could not be done simply with luck.

Within the five continents, there were too many transcendents with powerful wills and strength.

But in the end, only a few "Gods" controlled the Fire Seed.

"What price must be paid to control the Fire Seed?"

Gu Shen asked seriously.

"The Fire Seed is a 'sealed object' that helps life to leap." Bai Shu said calmly, "No matter how deified, this is ultimately a product split from the Pandora's Box... To be compatible with the 'Fire Seed,' one must have the most supreme physical body and spirit."

Gu Shen slowly nodded.

"Theoretically... only transcendents who have reached the titled level can tame the Fire Seed."

Bai Shu said, "However, before \[Deep Sea] was developed, the Federal Government did not have clear lower limit indicators for the issuance of 'titles.' In that era, only recognized top experts could possess this title... The titles at that time were rarer than they are today."

That's right.

Gu Shen himself no longer entered the \[Deep Sea] for spiritual connection.

He was wholeheartedly walking his own path of cultivation.

The spiritual cultivation developed by \[Deep Sea] certainly helped, but in reality, the strength of transcendents had always been there, and would not be shaken by the existence or non-existence of \[Deep Sea]... Many years ago, everyone could still progress without the help of a spiritual network.

"Gu Lushi's spirit is very strong."

Bai Shu squatted down and raised his palm.

The head, drained of blood, suddenly flew back and was placed by him on the severed neck.

Bai Shu swept his palm across.

Frost and snow formed a line, mending the severed neck.

At this moment, Gu Lushi had completely annihilated his spirit, so dead that he could not be deader. \[Reverse Flow] could not do things that violated the iron laws of transcendence, such as resurrecting the dead... So even if this body looked complete, it was just a corpse.

"He was killed by me a hundred times, and he never retreated once."

Facing death requires great courage.

And after experiencing death once... going to meet the next death is a kind of torture.

Gu Shen watched the entire battle between Gu Lushi and Bai Shu, and Chihuo captured every detail of this top-level duel... Although the duel process looked like a "crush," the defeated side showed great courage and courage.

Gu Lushi was defeated a hundred times.

Each time, he suffered a near-fatal blow.

And after \[Reverse Flow], he still chose to fight Bai Shu.

He repeated this torture... hundreds of times!

Putting aside other things, Gu Lushi's spirit was indeed extremely powerful!

"And his physical body... has suffered the erosion of the 'Fire Seed Power' for more than twenty years. In a sense, this is a tattered body that is compatible with the 'Fire Seed'."

Bai Shu stared at the opening and closing fire eye of the heart and said calmly, "Therefore, his obsession with the Fire Seed is so deep. In theory, he does have a very high possibility of controlling the Fire Seed."

No wonder...

Gu Shen looked at Gu Lushi with three more points of sorrow.

Gu Shen had previously thought, even if Gu Lushi opened the Colossus Ruins, so what?

Was he so sure that he could control the so-called "Pluto Fire Seed?"

However, this was a madman who had bet everything. He was willing to endure for so long, willing to bet everything, to come into contact with the real "Fire Seed"... If he really touched the Pluto Fire Seed, what would happen?

No one knew.

Such madness was actually nothing.

Just a wisp of the "Fire Seed Dream" was enough to make all the transcendents of the three major families and five minor families of Nagano boil over.

That was just a wisp of dream of enlightenment left by the God Seats.

The real "Fire Seed" was in front of them, and this was indeed too difficult to resist the temptation.

"Even without me, he would probably be a dead man."

Bai Shu said softly, "He is so crazy, he will definitely not survive today."

Gu Shen was stunned and asked, "Why?"

"The Fire Seed has very high requirements for the physical body." Bai Shu looked at Gu Shen and said softly, "Every God Seat was 'clean' before touching the Fire Seed. You can understand that the Fire Seed has its own soul and selectivity, and they will not accept 'dirty people'."

"...Dirty people?"

"Transcendent beings who have accepted the blessings of other God Seats, or who have become \[Apostles] of non-Fire Seed, will never have the opportunity to tame other Fire Seeds." Bai Shu said lightly, "Gu Lushi stole and touched Nagano's 'Fighting Fire Seed' in his early years, and now he has accepted the gift of the 'Wine God Seat.' These two mixed forces have contaminated his body, and he is destined not to be accepted by the 'Pluto Fire Seed'!"

Fighting Fire Seed!

So this was Gu Changzhi's name for the Fire Seed?

Gu Shen's heart trembled, and he probably understood the reason.

Each Fire Seed contained vast divine power... Such a unique "supreme divine object" would naturally repel the divine power of other systems.

The transcendent who could tame it could be said to be a genius among billions, and those experimenters who had accepted the gift of mixed divine power, no matter how powerful they were, were destined not to become God Seats.

To become a God Seat, one must have a clean mind.

One must never be a person who cultivates mixed powers.

"This is actually a good thing." He paused and said, "The Fire Seed's extremely harsh 'master selection conditions' also determine that there will not be a God Seat in this world who can control two Fire Seeds at the same time."

If there was a fight between the God Seats... plundering.

Then the order would really be severely damaged.

This was the reason why the top combat power between the five continents was now maintaining "peace"—

It was too difficult to determine the outcome of a battle at the God Seat level, and it was even more impossible to determine life and death unless one side sought death.

And even if there was a way to kill a God Seat, the victor would pay a heavy price.

And the only gain was a "Fire Seed."

A "Fire Seed"... that was of little significance to the God Seat himself, because he himself could not tame it, and all the \[Apostles] who believed in and served him could not tame it because of the contradiction in the divine power system.

If the other God Seats of the Supreme Council chose to take action together to sanction him at this time.

Then the "victorious God Seat" who had just experienced a bloody battle would be in a situation of certain defeat!

According to the laws of the Federation, the final outcome would most likely be... the five continents would have two more unowned Fire Seeds, and after a long period of trials and waiting, they would find their masters again.

The side that actively broke the order would be completely annihilated.

Gu Shen raised his head and looked at the black flame that faintly revealed itself in the pale white sky.

For some reason.

He looked at the trembling black fire and did not feel fear.

On the contrary, he felt a little familiar.

Seeing that Gu Shen's expression was serious, as if he was thinking about something.

"You can rest assured... comprehending the Fire Seed Dream will not have any impact."

Bai Shu said, "The Fire Seed Dream left by Gu Changzhi is his spiritual comprehension and does not contain his true power. You can comprehend similar things with peace of mind in the future, and it will not affect the taming of the Fire Seed."

Gu Shen smiled wryly and shook his head.

He had undergone a "divine advent" in the capital district... According to what Senior Bai Shu said earlier, it seemed to have nothing to do with the Pluto Fire Seed in front of him? It was just that the "divine advent" was a bit strange. According to reason, the divine power he received belonged to Mr. Gu Changzhi. The Pluto Fire Seed should reject him, right?

However, none of this mattered anymore.

He never thought about the distant matter of "taming the Fire Seed."

"Senior..."

Gu Shen took a deep breath and said seriously, "What I'm thinking is that this Fire Seed... should be tamed by you."

Inside the inner mausoleum.

If he guessed correctly, a battle of gods was taking place at this moment.

If Bai Shu refined the "Pluto Fire Seed" and joined the battlefield... then the Wine God Seat would undoubtedly be defeated!

"Me?"

Bai Shu stood under the black flame, looked up, and the black streamer was very dazzling.

Countless people could go crazy for it.

Even if failure would cost their lives, there would still be thousands of people flocking to it.

However, he shook his head.

"It's already impossible."

Bai Shu smiled regretfully, "The Pluto Fire Seed will not accept me... Many years ago, I touched the 'Fighting Fire Seed'."