Heavenly Floating Island.

When Gu Changqing returned to the Heavenly Court, it was already three days later.

Gu Changqing's expression changed as he watched the divine generals and celestial soldiers rushing in and out.

This seems slightly different from the situation in the past.

Previously, the Heavenly Court did not have so many divine generals and soldiers on the move; most of them were sent out to fight or stationed elsewhere.

Why did this happen upon my return?

Could something have happened?

While pondering, Gu Changqing arrived at the towering Heavenly Gate. The heavenly soldiers guarding both sides had solemn expressions and meticulously observed everyone entering and leaving the Heavenly Gate.

When a guard with bull horns saw Gu Changqing walking towards him, his expression suddenly changed.

"Greetings, Divine Lord."

The guards bowed respectfully.

Gu Changqing nodded and asked, "Let me ask you, why are there so many more people in the Heavenly Court?"

The heavenly soldier cautiously replied, "Reporting to the Divine Lord, I am not sure why either. I only know that in the past two days, divine generals and heavenly soldiers dispatched from other places have been recalled by the Heavenly Court."

Don't you know?

That's true, it's normal for a mere heavenly soldier not to know.

After a moment's thought, Gu Changqing did not make things difficult for the guards and headed towards the Heavenly Gate.

The heavenly soldiers breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Gu Changqing leave, but still bowed and said, "Respectfully seeing off the Divine Lord."

Upon entering the Heavenly Court, Gu Changqing saw more and more divine generals and heavenly soldiers along the way, which made the atmosphere in the Heavenly Court heavy and solemn.

He did not linger and went straight to his bedroom.

She had originally planned to seek out Long Tian for advice, but seeing the atmosphere in the Heavenly Court, she abandoned the idea and decided to return to her palace first to make further plans.

However, what he didn't know was that when he returned to his palace, Long Tian had been waiting for him for a long time.

"Fellow Daoist Wuxin has returned safely, which puts a certain matter on my mind."

Long Tian came forward and said with a smile.

But one could still sense fatigue in his expression.

Seeing this, Gu Changqing asked in confusion, "What do you mean by that, fellow Daoist?"

Long Tian shook his head with a wry smile: "There are too many people here, so let's go inside and talk in detail."

Gu Changqing nodded and headed straight for the palace.

Upon entering the hall, the two took their seats, and servants served them pastries and tea.

Gu Changqing then spoke, "I see that you look tired, and the atmosphere in the Heavenly Court is not the same as usual. Has something happened?"

Long Tian sighed: "Just as you said, I have recently obeyed my father's orders and recalled many of the dispatched generals. More generals are still on their way back."

Seeing that Long Tian was beating around the bush and not getting straight to the point, Gu Changqing frowned slightly.

Upon seeing this, Long Tian stood up and said, "Fellow Daoist, please don't be offended."

He then smiled bitterly and said, "Fellow Daoist, you may not know this, but the war situation in the Northern Region has changed drastically."

"A traitor has emerged among the Heavenly Court's deities!"

Then, Long Tian, ​​with a hint of anger on his face, spoke to Gu Changqing, who was standing opposite him.

Upon hearing this, Gu Changqing remained unmoved, but her expression subtly revealed a hint of confusion and anger as Long Tian finished speaking about the traitor among the Heavenly Court's Divine Lords.

"According to what Fellow Daoist Batian said, aren't those four Divine Lords from the Northern Region likely doomed?"

Long Tian nodded slightly, then sighed and shook his head, saying:

"Alas, the Emperor, I wonder if his cultivation has advanced further the other day. After arranging a number of affairs for me and several titled Divine Lords, he entered a secret chamber and fell into a deep sleep."

"And those Heavenly Court deities, upon hearing that the Emperor was asleep, all obeyed the summons without hesitation, and not one of them was willing to go to the Northern Region to provide support."

After listening, Gu Chang also pondered for a moment.

Judging from this, Long Tian is not yet able to win the hearts of the people. Now that the Heavenly Court has fallen into a deep sleep, it is probably in a chaotic situation where various alien races are vying for power and maintaining their fighting strength. I am not yet ready to undergo tribulation, and if I get involved, I will probably find it difficult to escape.

When this thought came to Gu Changqing's mind, she looked up at Long Tian, ​​who was already overwhelmed by the troubles caused by various forces.

“Fellow Daoist Batian, although I also want to help you settle the situation in the Heavenly Court, I am afraid that my soul will be damaged in the battle in the Luoxia Realm.”

"Please, Fellow Daoist Batian, arrange a secret chamber for me. Once I have fully restored my divine soul and broken through to the Dao Integration Realm, wouldn't that be even more helpful to you, Fellow Daoist Batian?"

At this moment, Long Tian was so overwhelmed by the various messages from the Heavenly Court's deities that he had no time to think, and simply nodded and said:

"Since Fellow Daoist Wuxin needs to recuperate his soul, then find a secluded room to recuperate on your own. If you need human slaves, you can go to the city from last time and ask for them."

Upon hearing this, Gu Changqing said no more, bid farewell to Long Tian, ​​and then left the main hall.

"Alas... I wonder if those four Divine Lords of the Northern Region can hold out until the Emperor awakens. If not, then..."

Long Tian looked at Gu Changqing, who was dressed in a snow-white Daoist robe and exuded the aura of a half-step Dao Integration Realm cultivator, as he slowly walked towards the outside of the hall, and pondered this with his head down.

Meanwhile, outside the Heavenly Court, in a vast city specifically for keeping human slaves.

A young boy dressed in tattered, hole-ridden clothes asked an old man in front of him with a puzzled expression:

"Grandpa, why did you tell me to hide when those strange-looking people came?"

In a dimly lit room, a few lights dispelled the darkness, and a human boy of about eleven or twelve years old sat on the empty ground.

Before him stood an elderly human man with a face full of scars and wrinkles. Strangely, although he looked extremely old, his eyes were not cloudy at all.

The old man snorted, "You brat, don't call me grandpa. I was already a legend in the world before your grandpa was even born!"

"Then what should I call you?"

The boy asked the old man in front of him with a puzzled look.

“My name is Ni Cangtian. You can call me Senior Tian. But you, little one, living in this city, why is there no slave mark on your soul?”

Ni Cangtian stared intently at the young man in front of him with his clear, mirror-like eyes, as if trying to see right through him.

"What is the mark of a slave?" The boy tilted his head, looking at Ni Cangtian who was staring straight at him with a face full of doubt.

Upon hearing the young man's words, Ni Cangtian seemed to have thought of something, let out a soft sigh, and said in a low voice:

“Alas, you are a child, so you must have been born in this city. I see that your memories were violently erased, which was probably done by your relatives to protect your safety.”

After saying this, ignoring the puzzled look on the boy's face, Ni Cangtian continued to speak.

"This city was built by the Heavenly Court specifically to raise human slaves for conquest or alchemy. The strange-looking people you mentioned are alien races from the Heavenly Court. Remember, alien races and humans can never coexist peacefully!"

"I, a powerful cultivator at the ninth level of the Tribulation Transcending Realm, couldn't even withstand a single move from the Heavenly Emperor. My ten thousand years of cultivation seem like child's play."

"But for some reason, the Emperor simply planted a mark on me and casually abandoned me in this city, and the people in charge of the city only thought that I was just a cultivator at the Divine Realm."

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