Chapter 1 The Mist Dissipates

The mist in Qingzhong Cemetery dissipated, and Gu Shen stretched, slowly walking out of the inner mausoleum.

"Is it over?"

Chen Li took three steps and turned his head back, his face full of reluctance, and said, "I still wanted to ask Mr. Bai Shu for more advice."

"There will be plenty of opportunities in the future."

Gu Shen smiled and said, "You live in Nagano, are you afraid of not having the opportunity to ask him for advice?"

"But that's a God Seat..."

Chen Li subconsciously said this sentence, then touched his nose and smiled shyly.

He belatedly realized that there was another God Seat in front of him.

God Seat Gu.

"I think Mr. Bai Shu is right."

Mu Wanqiu folded her arms and said, "God-slaying, how can it be so easy?"

She probably guessed Gu Shen's motive for proposing to take down the Sky God Seat. If a God War were to break out in the future, Qinglong would indeed be the most troublesome and thorny thorn.

"God-slaying, of course, is not so easy."

Gu Shen nodded and said, "The birth of any God Seat requires the gathering of the right time, place, and people... Killing them is more difficult than ascending to heaven. This time, I entered the mausoleum to see the possibility of 'God-slaying' through Mr. Bai Shu."

Mu Wanqiu had a faint playful smile on her face and asked, "Now you see it?"

"I see it, it's extremely small."

Gu Shen sighed and smiled, "However, there is still a little bit of possibility."

"You're not really planning to plot such a thing, are you?"

Little Iron Man blinked and said, "That weakness, that flaw... I don't think it's reliable."

"On this matter, I agree with Chen Li."

Mu Wanqiu said sternly, "Compared to conspiracies and tricks, I think a more direct way is for you to advance to God Seat... Back to the main topic, when are you going to melt the Underworld Fire?"

"I can start melting it at any time."

Gu Shen shook his head and said, "It's just... You all heard what Mr. Bai Shu just said. If there is no way to completely refine it, then it will be meaningless for the 'God War'. I can't grasp the complete 'Authority Source', as for the 'Life Source', my own Blazing Fire Domain hasn't been unified yet."

No one wants to become a God Seat more than Gu Shen.

He couldn't wait to immediately melt the Fire Seed and become the Underworld King on the spot.

Then, with the Great Accomplishment Pure Land, directly crush the Tower of Origin!

God War!

Direct God War!

The Empress, Dou Zhan, plus an Underworld King, these three God Seats at their peak strength would attack together, what could Qinglong resist?

But unfortunately.

Gu Shen knew in his heart... He still needed time.

The unification of the domain, the understanding of the source, and the exploration of the "Underworld Fire" secret.

None of these could be accomplished overnight.

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After leaving the cemetery, Gu Shen took Mu Wanqiu's miniature艇 to North Continent.

He promised Mu Wanqiu to go to North Continent.

Gu Shen had many things to do on this trip north. On the one hand, he wanted to meet Xiao Xiozi, and on the other hand... he wanted to see the Empress.

Mu Wanqiu's first stop north was Central City.

She was the captain of the Investigation Corps' first team. This time, she asked for leave to go south to report back to the Violet Rain Corps Commander.

Perfect.

Gu Shen could take this opportunity to visit "Your Majesty" in the pavilion.

The miniature艇 howled in the sky, and the wind became more and more fierce and cold. Nagano was already close to the north, and the climate was cold. Not to mention the tundra, which had become a "forbidden zone for life" in the mundane world. Perhaps because of the arrival of the Ice Sea Source, the temperature of the entire Five Continents world was dropping. No ordinary people had lived in the tundra for several years.

Only transcendent beings could survive in such extreme weather.

"There is something worth mentioning."

Mu Wanqiu rarely spoke, "Two continents merged, there is an extremely important project, jointly led by the Gu family and the Lin family... The production base for the Sky Sheath Weapon is set in the tundra."

Gu Shen's eyes moved.

He looked at the snowy plains below him, where thousands of cold winds were like silver knives.

This was indeed an excellent hidden base.

"If I remember correctly, that guy is called 'Zhong Gui', right?"

Mu Wanqiu suddenly mentioned an old friend.

Gu Shen immediately recalled that familiar figure in his mind, and then smiled, "Yes, what's wrong with Zhong Gui?"

"He has made great contributions to the Sky Sheath Weapon project. Her Majesty personally hid his files."

Mu Wanqiu said with lowered eyebrows, "I pay little attention to the 'merger', and I probably only know these things. Zhong Gui often comes to Central City to participate in the underground research institute's visits in recent years. I have met him a few times. He is a very interesting guy."

"Interesting?"

Gu Shen raised his eyebrows. According to his understanding of Zhong Gui, most people would not find this person interesting.

They would only find him withdrawn, strange, and unlucky.

"I felt an inexplicable 'aura of disaster' on him."

Mu Wanqiu looked at Gu Shen and said seriously, "Didn't you feel it? It seems to be the same source of power as the 'Underworld King's Authority'. This guy is proficient in ancient writing and bears such a great disaster..."

She knew.

Zhong Gui Xing Yun and Gu Shen had a good relationship.

It was precisely because of this relationship that the underground research institute would constantly invite Zhong Gui to participate in activities. Of course, behind Zhong Gui stood Gu Nanfeng, the young master of the Gu family.

Because of the protection of these two "big figures".

Zhong Gui, a "mobile ancient book library" with no power to restrain a chicken, could receive such preferential treatment.

In the past, he was always held in the hands of others, used and taken at will, and arbitrarily imprisoned.

"He is the person I'm protecting."

Gu Shen smiled and said, "Of course I know everything about him."

About the secret of "Zhong Gui".

Gu Shen had guessed seven or eight out of ten through the Black Snow Mountain dream.

The disaster that this guy was infected with was most likely the "breach of contract penalty" left by the Traveler and the Underworld King's mutual gamble.

Gu Shen guessed that the Traveler wanted to escape the judgment of fate, so he chose to "reborn" in the Five Continents world with his spirit sea. It was a pity that the judgment of fate was not so easy to get rid of. The Traveler lost his own memory and was also entangled by the Underworld King's disaster.

Gu Shen didn't tell anyone this truth.

Because he wanted to maintain Zhong Gui's current state. Compared to the "Traveler" thirty years ago, Zhong Gui's current mental state was obviously much more stable.

A polymath who understands the ancient texts of the Old World.

He could help him break through a large number of ancient text secrets.

Even in the future... he could be brought to the 【Old World】 ruins to crack the technology lost by the starship civilization back then!

Once the "Traveler" in Zhong Gui's spirit sea woke up, the situation would not be good. Gu Shen was not worried that something would go wrong.

The Traveler's Fire Seed was locked in the Furnace by the Empress.

Even if the Traveler in his heyday really woke up, he could only bow his head in the current Five Continents world.

There were several God Seats here!

Just the Empress alone, the Traveler might not be able to win, let alone the Dou Zhan God Seat in their camp...

Gu Shen narrowed his eyes and asked hesitantly, "You just said that Her Majesty gave Zhong Gui the 'grace' of erasing his files. Did Her Majesty summon him?"

"Summon?"

Mu Wanqiu shook her head and said, "That's not true. Although Central City is now thriving and the atmosphere is excellent, Her Majesty is still living in the pavilion and summons very few people. Apart from the generals, probably only the corps commander and Lin Lin, the young general, and figures like Duke Lin Chou can see Her Majesty."

She was silent for two seconds and said, "... At most, it will be you."

Gu Shen was an exception.

Her Majesty the Empress already knew that he was a member of the future Supreme Council.

So summoning was just a "process" in the eyes of the outside world.

With Her Majesty the Empress's "foresight", she must already know the true identity of Zhong Gui.

Gu Shen didn't believe in coincidence.

The Empress's order to erase Zhong Gui's files actually meant that she had noticed this person's existence.

Being noticed by such a figure as the Empress actually meant that Zhong Gui had no secrets.

"You came north with me this time, probably because you want to see Her Majesty, right?"

Mu Wanqiu suddenly spoke.

"Yes."

Gu Shen asked half-jokingly, "What is the procedure for requesting an audience with the Empress? Do I need to submit an application to the Central City Privy Council?"

"Are you serious?"

Mu Wanqiu was a little helpless.

Gu Shen just blinked.

Before, he was always summoned.

This time, he took the initiative to request an audience. Gu Shen really didn't know what to expect.

He didn't know if Her Majesty the Empress would see him.

"There has never been such a thing as an audience procedure."

Mu Wanqiu said indifferently, "The corps commander is standing in front of the pavilion. To see Her Majesty, you must first meet the corps commander... Even if you submit a proposal to the Privy Council to request an audience with Her Majesty, would they dare to approve it?"

Gu Shen noticed that the cold wind blowing from the top of the sky gradually warmed up.

This meant that the airship had left the border of the tundra and officially arrived in North Continent.

Thousands of clouds and frozen snow were left behind. Gu Shen took a light breath. The gang wind on the border of North Continent was not fierce, but very warm.

He saw the City of Ascension from afar.

Due to the injection of the "Traveler" Fire Seed, the Empress's 【Furnace】 Divine Realm directly obtained inexhaustible and inexhaustible majestic energy.

The entire Central City officially ascended!

And it brought dozens of cities of all sizes in the surrounding area to ascend together.

Gu Shen did not expect that after six years, this towering giant city had developed so vigorously. A large number of source energy 艇s flew around Central City, like countless shooting stars, and brilliant flames streaked across the sky.

This was an extremely shocking scene.

In this world that relies on transcendent power, North Continent forcibly relied on "technology" to make the entire city fly off the ground.

At this moment.

Dozens of source energy 艇s were suspended in the airspace outside Central City.

At this moment, one after another source armor actively left the cockpit and floated in the high sky. These were all generals stationed at the North Continent border fortress. Because of official business, they happened to be near Central City at this moment.

After these people received the news of Mu Wanqiu's trip north, they came to this inevitable road to wait.

They were not waiting for Mu Wanqiu.

But Gu Shen.

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(Today was relatively busy during the day, so the update was late. Please forgive me, there will be another chapter tonight.)