Light Fortress
Chapter 268 - 244 Dust Settled (3rd update, requesting votes!)

Chapter 268: Chapter 244 Dust Settled (3rd update, requesting votes!)

After the "Divine Advent," Gu Shen felt the changes of the Truth Ruler.

The Truth Ruler, developed to 200%, could directly erase the traces of something’s existence.

This was not the power of creation... but of destruction.

"Whatever is gained, something must be lost."

Gu Changzhi said, "If you cannot suppress the evil thoughts in your heart, the more you take from the ’Truth Ruler,’ the easier you will fall out-of-control..."

"Regarding evil thoughts... is there a way to suppress them?" Gu Shen frowned and asked.

"... Breathing techniques."

The man on the golden divine throne slowly said, "The essence of losing control is that the body cannot bear the spirit. A good set of breathing techniques can greatly help the transcendent reduce the risk of losing control."

He said meaningfully, "If you don’t want to be disturbed by evil thoughts, you can go cultivate the best breathing techniques in the world..."

Gu Shen was stunned.

The best breathing techniques in the world... isn’t that...

The man under the glory of the blazing sun had a cryptic smile.

The answer was very obvious.

"... Jingzhe?"

Gu Shen recalled the spiritual world where he met the Tomb Guardian.

No... it wasn’t just Jingzhe. There were several scrolls of breathing techniques left by Gu Changzhi, and Jingzhe was just one of them.

"I look forward to you cultivating a complete ’Four Seasons Wilderness.’ For the ’key’ with high hopes from Turing... finding the scattered breathing techniques should not be difficult, right?"

Gu Changzhi paused, smiled and said, "After all... you have Chu Ling’s help."

As he spoke, his figure began to gradually dissipate. The tall body on the divine throne turned into flying fragments of blazing light. The entire divine realm was no longer as stable as before.

"Is the time almost up?" Gu Shen’s heart tightened.

He still had many questions left unasked.

If that insignia came from the Light City divine throne... why could it summon Gu Changzhi’s divine advent?

Why could he perfectly bear the divine power?

Besides... his own origin, Chi Huo’s cause, the whereabouts of those breathing techniques...

"Hmm... you probably have many questions left, don’t you... young man..."

Gu Changzhi smiled.

He raised his head, looking at the sky, his gaze somewhat erratic, and his voice turned erratic as well: "For unspeakable reasons, I can’t leave Qingzhong... Such ’Divine Advent’ like today won’t happen again. This is a seed planted many years ago, intentionally waited until today to sprout."

Gu Shen was somewhat bewildered.

"Many years ago, the Wine God coveted me..." Gu Changzhi smiled, "This can be considered a small gift I gave him."

Gu Shen suddenly understood.

The final "Divine Advent" of the golden divine realm... the real vessel was not himself.

"After the divine realm dissipates, the frozen time in the real world will resume..."

"Don’t worry about the ’Divine Advent’ causing you trouble. After tonight, the Source Tower should be much more subdued."

Gu Changzhi’s voice became more and more ethereal. The entire golden divine realm was undergoing transformation, the blazing divine radiance gradually dissipating, and the night of Da Du enveloped again, "I also prepared a gift for you."

After seeing the "gift" Gu Changzhi gave to the Wine God, Gu Shen subconsciously felt... the word "gift" seemed rather ominous.

"Don’t worry..."

The man on the divine throne extended his hand, gently touching Gu Shen’s forehead with two fingers, and smiled, "It is a good gift."

Gu Shen was stunned.

The restless Chi Huo at his forehead became quiet after being touched by the two "fingers."

There was no physical form in the spiritual divine domain.

But Gu Shen seemed to feel... a long-lost warmth.

"Take good care of that flame."

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The frozen thoughts resumed as usual.

The holy tree broke through the soil, like a large cocoon, enveloping everyone. Countless ice tides swept over, covering the holy tree’s surface, forming a second layer of defense.

Lu Nanjin protected her sister.

Gu Nanfeng held the wooden sword.

The purple radiance above the long night... had already dissipated, and the large domain that covered the entire Lion Alley was also shattered.

The crow in the air fell heavily to the ground, the flame of radiance at its forehead gradually extinguishing. As the golden divine realm dissipated, the insignia returned to the forehead of its owner, the [Angel Envoy], who lost consciousness, his wings shattered, revealing a charred body. Even the "Undead" had to pay a price for borrowing the divine power.

And those who paid the price also included the two [Angel Envoys] from Central Continent who had come from far away.

Similarly, as the golden divine realm dissipated, a ring of blazing light spread out, binding Qin Ye and preventing [Xumi] from unfolding. He roared in anger, memories fragmented since the Wine God’s divine advent were interrupted after he removed the insignia’s blessing—

What exactly happened in between?

Qin Ye looked pale, staring in the direction of the Wine God’s divine advent... In the center of the once thousand-meter-long purple radiance, only countless falling ashes remained, the black windbreaker in the air torn to shreds by divine power.

If one could not bear the divine advent... the body would be instantly obliterated, and after that, not only would the [Angel Envoy]’s spirit be destroyed, but the extraordinary essence within would also be gone.

This was absolute death.

Tie Wu... died?

Like Song Ci, Qin Ye fell from the air, his extraordinary abilities bound by the golden light ring. He fell heavily to the ground in front of everyone, blood and dust splashing.

Before he could raise his head, a long knife was already held in front of him.

His long hair was blown forward by the wind.

Lu Nanjin stepped on Qin Ye’s chest, pinning him down. With just one knife, she could pierce his head.

The knife tip hovered in front of Qin Ye.

"The Tomb Guardian just sent a message, saying there was a disturbance in Qingzhong."

Holding the wooden knife, Gu Nanfeng, with a somewhat dazed expression, suppressed his turbulent emotions and said in a low voice, "It was the ’Divine Advent’..."

To them... this battle had not even begun, yet it was already over.

The battle of gods had a concluded victory and defeat.

Zhou Jiren squinted his eyes, looking in a certain direction behind the blank void. There was a gradually fading white shadow. After receiving a certain affirmative response, the old man lightly sneered at Qin Ye: "It seems you got the answers you wanted... didn’t you?"

Qin Ye took a deep breath, his face distressed.

He closed his eyes, no longer looking at the knife tip in front of his forehead, not out of fear of death.

He had long been ready to sacrifice everything.

He was just too confused, still not understanding what had happened... from beginning to end, everything had happened too quickly.

The one he revered had not yet given any instructions... he seemed to have lost contact with the Lord Divine.

Had the insignia failed?

In any case, an extremely cruel fact lay before him—

Gu Changzhi really completed the divine advent and repelled the Wine God!

The dust settled.

Tie Wu’s death... was the best proof.

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