Chapter 1 The News from Guang Ming Bi Lei

“Alright, let’s get back to business… You all know about the news from Guang Ming Bi Lei, right?”

Gu Shen tapped his finger lightly on the stone table in the pavilion.

“Of course, it’s such a big deal!”

Chen Li said solemnly, “I don’t think anyone in the Five Continents doesn’t know about it now, right?”

Song Ci rubbed his brow, troubled. “You might not believe it, but I probably knew about this news earlier than you guys.”

“Oh?” Little Iron Man was intrigued.

“Just last night… the ‘Dream of Light’ vaguely descended in my dream.”

Song Ci slowly said, “The reason I say ‘vaguely’ is because I’ve been cultivating in the Qingzhong Cemetery for five years, and Mr. Bai Shu helped me temper my mental state to be extremely solid. Before, the Dream of Light would descend every now and then, and I couldn’t resist it at all.”

“……”

Gu Shen was silent for a moment.

This was unavoidable.

Song Ci was an Apostle of the Guang Ming Bi Lei, so it was only natural that he would be summoned by the Dream of Light, which was quite different from Fisher’s situation back then.

Fisher was disturbed by the Saint Arbitrator back then and found Her Majesty the Queen to expel the Dream of Light.

But at that time...

He was only being eyed, and hadn’t accepted the divine gift from the Guang Ming Bi Lei.

But now… Song Ci had genuinely taken advantage of them. In this case, it was reasonable for the Guang Ming Bi Lei to grant him a "dream" for summons.

There wasn’t a second person in the world who could hide in the Qingzhong Cemetery to escape the dream like Song Ci.

“Guang Ming Bi Lei is choosing a ‘new god’.”

Gu Shen smiled. “I’m planning to go there.”

“You’re planning to go?!”

Chen Li stood up directly, his eyes filled with horror.

Gu Shen was the King of the Underworld!

Song Ci didn’t quite understand why Little Iron Man was so shocked. He smiled and waved his hand. “Calm down, calm down… it’s just a trip to Guang Ming Bi Lei, is there a need to be so surprised?”

“Sigh… you don’t understand.”

Little Iron Man had unspeakable bitterness, and he sat down again.

“Don’t worry, for safety's sake, you don’t have to come with me.”

Gu Shen smiled at Chen Li, “You just stay in Nagano these days… I called you here today because I want to know what arrangements the higher-ups in Nagano have for this matter.”

“The Chief Judge sent me a message this morning.”

Chen Li said in a deep voice, “Nagano is preparing to send people to West Continent, but it has nothing to do with the ‘Seed of Light’. Uto’s escape cannot be tolerated… they want to capture Uto and bring him back.”

“Capture Uto?”

Song Ci raised his eyebrows. “This matter is not simple. Guang Ming Bi Lei is in West Continent’s territory.”

Dark Line No. 1 was exposed, and West Continent sacrificed all its hidden agents.

But Uto was the only one who was preserved.

“Yeah…”

Chen Li said with a headache, “Now in Nagano, there are very few people who can defeat Uto in a one-on-one fight, let alone capture him in the West Continent environment… Moreover, due to legal considerations, extraordinary individuals at the sealed title level cannot easily cross continents, so this capture operation cannot be carried out at all.”

“Very good.”

Gu Shen nodded, “After you go back, tell Mr. Shan that someone will take care of this matter, and Nagano doesn’t need to worry about it.”

Chen Li was stunned.

“Are you going to Guang Ming Bi Lei to capture Uto?”

“I am indeed going to Guang Ming Bi Lei… but there’s more than just this one thing to do.”

Gu Shen smiled slightly, “In any case, if we can capture Uto, this traitor who has been lurking in the Judgment Tribunal for many years, perhaps we can uncover the spy network that Guang Ming Bi Lei has set up in East Continent. Hongxi Chen Lin are just two small abandoned pawns, and there is limited information that can be dug out. After the Donglai incident, I am very interested in the ‘chess player’ behind Uto.”

“How should I tell Mr. Shan?”

Chen Li was very distressed.

“It’s very simple, just say that ‘Song Ci’ is going to capture him.” Gu Shen didn’t even think about it and made up an excuse for Little Iron Man.

Song Ci: “???”

“Wonderful!”

Chen Li beamed with joy.

“I’m…” Song Ci was dumbfounded, “Wait, did you call me here just for this?”

“You’re also going to Guang Ming Bi Lei.”

Gu Shen said calmly, “The reason I called you here is for you to start working… what else did you think?”

“I worked so hard to cultivate in the cemetery just to avoid the Guang Ming Bi Lei.”

Song Ci gritted his teeth, “Now you want me to go to Guang Ming Bi Lei?”

“You hate the Guang Ming Bi Lei so much, and now that he’s about to die, don’t you want to take a look?”

Gu Shen asked faintly, “Besides, now that heroes from all over the world have gathered in West Continent, all to pursue that ‘Seed of Light’, who else has a better chance than you?”

Song Ci suddenly realized.

The Seed of Light has a clear priority for fusion.

He was an Apostle under the Guang Ming Bi Lei, and he was extremely compatible with the Seed of Light. From this point alone, his inheritance rank was extremely high!

West Continent did resist outsiders above the sealed title level from entering the city.

But was Song Ci an outsider?

Obviously not!

Before he entered the Qingzhong Cemetery, the Saint Arbitrator had more than once wanted to invite him to West Continent to enter the city!

This time he came, not only was he not an outsider, but he would also be listed as a VIP and well entertained!

“This… what good calculations.”

Song Ci exclaimed, “Putting everything else aside, I do want to see this excitement. I want to see how the Guang Ming Bi Lei is going to die.”

“…Don’t say these kinds of things when you get to West Continent.”

Chen Li was frightened when he heard it, and quickly reminded him, “Be careful of being kicked out by the Saint Arbitrator.”

“I’ll go with you this time.”

Gu Shen said to Song Ci, “For some special reason, I won’t reveal my true identity… I need you to bring me into Guang Ming Bi Lei and give me a ‘legitimate’ identity.”

“Small problem, easy peasy.”

Song Ci was as rough as ever, but this time he was a little curious, “Xiao Gu, why do I feel like your relationship with Guang Ming Bi Lei is a bit off?”

“Hmm?”

Gu Shen looked at Song Ci with a smile, did this guy guess something?

“It just feels weird.”

Song Ci touched his chin and said, “Your relationship with Guang Ming Bi Lei seems to be very bad… Where did they offend you?”

“……”

Gu Shen was silent for a few seconds. He killed Meng Xiao in the Styx River, and he was almost killed by Jia Wei in Sang Island… He didn’t tell Song Ci about these things.

The reason was simple.

Song Ci was a truly loyal brother who would go through thick and thin for his friends.

Once this kind of person became angry, he could never be pulled back.

Rather than let Song Ci know about the grievances between himself and Guang Ming Bi Lei, it was better to handle it alone. This way, it would be better for everyone.

“Don’t think too much, I just want to join in the fun.”

Gu Shen said faintly, “You want to see how the Guang Ming Bi Lei dies, and so do I.”

“That’s true, everyone in the world wants to see this excitement.”

Song Ci smiled, without the slightest suspicion, “But I originally thought… you wanted to try to fuse with the Seed of Light.”

Unfortunately, I am already the King of the Underworld, otherwise I would really like to try.

Gu Shen chuckled, “Fusing with the Seed of Light is no easy task. Guang Ming Bi Lei issued an announcement, attracting heroes to enter the city. After that, what awaits the heroes will probably be layers of thresholds and countless restrictions. In the end, maybe only three or five people can come into contact with the Seed of Light? Maybe this is just a scam from beginning to end?”

Song Ci shook his head and said seriously, “How can you be compared with those petty people? If you want to try, there will definitely be no problem.”

Over the years, the reason why he resisted the Seed of Light so much was because he was close to the truth.

As an Apostle, Song Ci could feel that the power transmitted from the token was not as “great” as he had imagined.

Saint Arbitrators were all over the Five Continents, forcibly pulling people into dreams.

The Guang Ming Bi Lei’s actions were far less magnanimous than they appeared on the surface.

He didn’t like this style.

But if one day, he could teach the sun on this dome to change to a new light, he would be willing to re-accept the new “light.”

“Well said, but unfortunately… I’m not interested in the Seed of Light.”

Gu Shen smiled, “Alright, time is of the essence, let’s set off immediately.”

The three parted ways at the pavilion.

Before leaving, Gu Shen did not forget to gently pat Chen Li on the shoulder and instructed, “After entering Xue Jin City, try to walk in deserted alleys.”

Little Iron Man was confused and didn’t understand why.

……

……

This trip to West Continent should not be done with great fanfare.

After Song Ci left the Qingzhong Cemetery, he could still contact West Continent through the “Dream of Light.”

Once Song Ci took the initiative to contact West Continent, Saint Arbitrators would definitely show up immediately, begging him to go to West Continent.

But Gu Shen didn’t want him to expose himself now.

One reason was that he didn’t want to travel with Saint Arbitrators along the way.

Another reason.

He wanted to start from Nagano and investigate the route that "Uto" took to leave.

Before the old case of the Donglai family broke out, Uto left Nagano on the grounds of performing a mission, and then lost contact and disappeared.

The result of Chu Ling’s investigation was that Uto took a boat in East Continent, which took a total of two days and one night, and finally arrived in Southampton City, West Continent.

Gu Shen and Song Ci boarded the same class of ship, but there were no gains.

[Profiling] couldn’t be used in this situation, because after a few days, there were too many people’s mental auras mixed together on this big ship, and it was impossible to identify them… Uto probably guessed that someone in East Continent would chase after him from this clue, so he must have also dealt with his own "aura."

This clue was invalid, but it didn’t matter.

After landing in Southampton, Gu Shen and Song Ci rested for a while, and then continued on their way.

Due to the “Seed of Light Invitation,” many extraordinary people had come to this famous port city, but this place was different from South Continent, extremely orderly. Divine Palace members of the Guang Ming Bi Lei could be seen everywhere, both preaching and intimidating, so almost no extraordinary people dared to act recklessly here…

Along the way, Gu Shen and Song Ci saw many devout believers, only wrapped in simple white cloth, prostrating every step of the way, with bloodstains and calluses on their foreheads and palms.

The doctrine advocated by the Guang Ming Bi Lei was to temper the flesh and cleanse the soul.

Where there is light, there must be darkness.

Everyone was born burdened with sin, but it didn’t matter, as long as they were willing to cultivate diligently, then the light above, the omniscient deity, would definitely give every believer infinite forgiveness and blessings.

These ascetics were prostrating every step of the way, going to Guang Ming Bi Lei on a pilgrimage.

Every year, Guang Ming Bi Lei would have a quota for "divine gifts."

The more arduous and the purer the heart, the more likely they were to stay in Guang Ming Bi Lei.