"He did unleash that strike?" Jiang Ze asked in confusion. Fire Phoenix Source was extremely powerful; in his estimation, it was no less formidable than Jiang Kuang in front of him.
"No," Jiang Kuang replied, his expression somewhat somber.
"That's impossible. Apart from that one strike, there's absolutely no way that kid could withstand Fire Phoenix Source." Jiang Ze's usually calm face suddenly changed, because this was beyond his comprehension.
“Indeed not,” Jiang Kuang replied. “I saw it clearly from a distance; he didn’t use that strike, but rather the Dragon Source.”
"Dragon Source?" Jiang Kuang's words made Jiang Ze stand up instantly. "He still has Dragon Source?"
“It’s absolutely true, it’s Long Yuan.” Jiang Kuang emphasized, “This is what Huo Fengyuan said himself. Long Yuan and Huo Fengyuan exchanged a few words, and then Huo Fengyuan ran away.”
"Could it be that Long Yuan's strength is even greater than Huo Feng Yuan's?" Jiang Ze frowned upon hearing Jiang Kuang's words. If that were the case, Gu Yu would be a difficult opponent.
Even Wang Jing wasn't confident he could defeat the Dragon Source, let alone implant the Yin-Yang Heavenly Punishment Talisman into Gu Yu's body.
"Big brother, should we still make a move?" Jiang Kuang hesitated for a moment before asking.
"Alas! If we give up now, my Jiang family will not be able to obtain the Dragon Marrow, and the patriarch will not be able to break through to the Emperor Realm. How can my Jiang family stand firm in this chaotic world?"
“Even if you reach the Emperor Realm, you still can’t survive in a chaotic world!” Jiang Kuang said. In a chaotic world, those at the Emperor Realm are just stronger cannon fodder, and they can’t even stand on their own.
“Something is better than nothing,” Jiang Ze said. “Let them get ready, we can make our move at any time. Even if Long Yuan really has the cultivation of a King Realm expert, even if the chances are slim, we have no way back.”
Jiang Ze's face held a resolute air, like the mournful wind howling over the cold Yi River, a hero departing never to return.
"Brother, while I was observing from the shadows, I discovered that there was another person hiding there as well," Jiang Kuang suddenly said.
"What is that person's cultivation level?" Jiang Ze asked.
“Hou Jing,” Jiang Kuang replied, “Based on my observation, he should be from the Tianshan Sect.”
“The Tianshan Sect.” Jiang Ze’s brows twitched. “It seems we still need to wait. As the saying goes, when the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman benefits.”
“Brother, that’s what I meant too,” Jiang Kuang said.
"I'm afraid the Tianshan Sect has the same idea." A serious look appeared on Jiang Ze's face. If everyone waits to be the fisherman, wouldn't the clam get away?
"Brother, how about we join forces with the Tianshan Sect?" Jiang Kuang suddenly said.
"This is the only way we can do it now." Jiang Ze thought for a moment and said, "The Tianshan Sect only wants the array book on Gu Yu's body. But if we put the Yin-Yang Heavenly Punishment Talisman into Gu Yu's body, Gu Yu will be at our disposal. At worst, we can just give them an incomplete array book."
"Brother, brilliant!" Jiang Kuang said, giving Jiang Ze a thumbs up after hearing his plan.
"Go find the people from the Xiantian Mountain Sect right now," Jiang Ze instructed.
"Yes, brother." Jiang Kuang moved and disappeared from the room.
At this moment, Gu Yu and his two companions were sitting cross-legged, recovering their depleted Origin Qi. They had just killed a Minotaur at the General Realm peak, a being comparable to the previous Te Meng.
Contribution:
Talent: 108
Combat strength: 40 elephants
Triple boost: (Contribution points once, lasting three minutes)
Source Qi: (1 wisp for every 10 contribution points)
Source space: 150 cubic meters (1 cubic meter for every 1000 contribution points)
Source Soldier: (One contributor, maximum 10)
His contribution points are now less than eight million. If Long Yuan hadn't woken up, he really would have no trump cards left.
"Your progress is truly astounding! When I was in seclusion, you had only just broken through to the first level, and you've already reached the second level so quickly," Long Yuan said, astonished by Gu Yu's cultivation speed. If he had been in seclusion for decades, wouldn't Gu Yu have already broken through to the King Realm?
"You have the nerve to say that? You went into seclusion without saying anything. I thought you were dead," Gu Yu said irritably. Long Yuan hadn't told him about his seclusion beforehand; he had to find out on his own.
"You can't blame me for this. That day, I suddenly felt a chance to break through, so I fell into a deep sleep. Now that I think about it, it must be the effect of the Ascension Stairs," Long Yuan said. Not long after Gu Yu stepped onto the Ascension Stairs, Long Yuan went into seclusion. This is probably the only explanation.
"If I were to ascend the Heavenly Staircase again, would your cultivation level recover even more?" Gu Yu suddenly asked. The greatest beneficiary of the Dragon Source's power was Gu Yu himself.
"What a joke, I was just guessing. Besides, once you reach the top of the Heavenly Ascension Staircase, there's no point in going up it a second time." Long Yuan directly denied Gu Yu's idea.
"Alright!" Gu Yu said helplessly. He needed great strength now. Now that even the God Realm had appeared, the Emperor Realm was no longer enough.
“Kid, you’ve used your life-saving trump card. Now you only have me left as your trump card,” Long Yuan said. He already knew that Gu Yu had used the attack left to him by the Tree of Life when he was dealing with the Demon Emperor.
“Long Yuan, I don’t quite understand this. The Tree of Life isn’t a god, but the attack it left in the wooden sword could sever the arm of a Demon Emperor who is equivalent to a demigod. That’s a bit illogical,” Gu Yu said. Logically speaking, even if the Tree of Life itself descended, it wouldn’t be able to defeat a Demon Emperor who was enhanced by the Heavenly Demon Ten Directions Formation.
"You're short-sighted!" Long Yuan puffed out his chest. "Before, because my cultivation level was not high, some of my memories were unclear. Now my memories are much clearer. Although the Tree of Life is only at the Emperor Realm, it is no weaker than any God Realm. Even the Azure Dragon God Emperor, who was once the number one person below the Dragon Ancestor of my Dragon Clan, is no match for it."
"Why?" Gu Yu frowned. "Right, what about the Great Emperor and the Heavenly King?"
Thinking of the Ghost Gate Emperor and the Western Heavenly King, Gu Yu couldn't help but feel puzzled. Logically speaking, these people were all at the God Realm!
"Damn, you even know about the Great Emperor and the Heavenly King?" Long Yuan was somewhat surprised to hear Gu Yu's question. He knew that on Earth today, only those at the God Realm would know about the Great Emperor and the Heavenly King. No one else would know. "Let me answer your first question. The Tree of Life cannot be judged by ordinary standards. It has existed for longer than those Ancestral Realm beings. In other words, if the battlefield were the Aga Yuan Sect, even Ancestral Realm beings would probably be unable to do anything to the Tree of Life."
"What?!" Gu Yu was utterly shocked upon hearing Long Yuan's words. Even within the Aga Yuan Sect, those at the Ancestral Realm couldn't subdue the Tree of Life. This meant the Tree of Life was comparable to an Ancestral Realm expert! This…
"Look at your ignorant look. Although a god can destroy the heavens and the earth, do you really think it can destroy a world? I can tell you, even my dragon clan's Azure Dragon God Emperor cannot destroy a world. At most, he can only slaughter all the lives. The power of a world can give birth to multiple gods. Can you think about whether a god is more powerful or a world is more powerful? It's just that a world has no consciousness. If it had consciousness, how terrifying would it be?" Long Yuan explained.
"Wait!" Upon hearing Long Yuan's explanation, Gu Yu seemed to realize something. "Could it be that the Tree of Life can control the power of a world?"
“That’s right, that’s exactly it. His roots are spread throughout the entire Aga Source Gate world. He can control the power of the entire Aga world for his own use. And the world cannot be destroyed. Even if an Ancestral Realm expert has that power, he cannot destroy it. Otherwise, he will be killed by a strange power. Of course, I don’t know what that power is. I only heard it from the Dragon Ancestor.” Long Yuan said, “So, even if an Ancestral Realm expert goes to the Aga Source Gate, he can’t do anything to the Tree of Life.”
"My God! He's so powerful." Gu Yu was speechless with shock.
“Although the realms in this world are clearly defined, there are some peculiar beings who are not affected by these realms. The Tree of Life is one of them, and another one is you,” Long Yuan said, pointing at Gu Yu.
"Me?" Gu Yu was stunned. What a joke! How could he be unaffected by the realm division? If he weren't affected by the realm division, he would have wiped out the Southwest Origin Sect right now.
"That's right, it's you, God and Demon." Long Yuan suddenly became serious. "Gods and Demons are the most mysterious species in this world. As I told you before, there are only two of them, and those two are the highest-level beings in all worlds. The power of Gods and Demons cannot be inherited, and no one but Gods and Demons can control it. Although I don't know how you came to possess the bloodline of Gods and Demons, Gods and Demons are indeed not subject to realm divisions. Of course, that's not entirely accurate. It should be that Gods and Demons are not affected by the realm divisions we currently know. Gods and Demons rely on continuous awakening and transformation. According to the Dragon Ancestor, Gods and Demons awaken seven times, and each awakening strengthens them countless times."
"Do you know how to awaken?" Gu Yu asked. He had already awakened twice, and now when he used the power of gods and demons, he could reach the peak of the fifth cone level in terms of combat strength, but he did not know how to awaken again.
“I don’t know.” Long Yuan shook his head. “Perhaps only gods and demons know how to awaken.”
"That's the same as saying nothing at all." Gu Yu rolled his eyes.
“Gu Yu, I didn’t think much of you before that you possessed divine and demonic blood and power. But this time, as my memories become clearer, I feel that this is very illogical. Because in all the worlds, among trillions of creatures, there is none who possesses divine and demonic power like you. This means that you may be an anomaly. Gods and demons are gods and demons. They are born from the earth and exist from the moment the world is born, so it is impossible for them to be born later. And you are not only a god or demon, you are also a human being,” Long Yuan said.
"What do you mean?" Gu Yu frowned after hearing Long Yuan's words; he didn't understand what Long Yuan meant.
“It’s you who’s not normal,” Long Yuan said. “You said before that you have memories of your past life. All of this combined makes you abnormal, unless you are the reincarnation of those two gods and demons.”
"Huh!" Gu Yu was taken aback.
“But there’s one thing that doesn’t make sense. If you were the reincarnation of one of those two gods and demons, it’s impossible that you would have no memories at all. For example, the Phoenix Clan’s Nirvana, accompanied by Phoenix Origin, at least has memories. But if you were the reincarnation of a god or demon, how could you possibly have no memories at all?” Long Yuan said with a frown. So he couldn’t understand it, even if his memories were completely complete. That’s why he said that Gu Yu was abnormal.
"I've always suspected that someone is manipulating everything about me—my rebirth, the power of gods and demons, even meeting you. It's all been orchestrated." Gu Yu fell into deep thought.
“Gu Yu, there’s one thing I can tell you clearly: someone brought me out of Kunlun Yuanmen, and the Longyuan in your hometown was also his doing. My memory of that time is terrible, but there was a strange instruction: to acknowledge you as my master.” Long Yuan suddenly said, and his words immediately made Gu Yu frown. If what Long Yuan said was true, then all of this was indeed controlled by someone, and he was being planned.
"Do you still remember who that person was?" Gu Yu asked excitedly.
“This…” Long Yuan hesitated for a moment, “I don’t know who it is.”
"What if your memory is fully restored? Will you be able to remember who you are?" Gu Yu pressed, as this concerned a question that Gu Yu had been pondering for a long time, and also concerned Gu Yu's future. After all, no one would be so bored as to create a replica of himself.
“This has nothing to do with my memory.” Long Yuan shook his head.
"Then why didn't you say so in the first place?" Gu Yu suddenly looked at Long Yuan with some wariness. Long Yuan had known about this from the beginning, but he had never said anything.
“What if I told you that I didn’t know any of this at first?” Long Yuan replied, “This time, regaining my strength has reminded me of many things, including this matter, which I only just remembered. At first, I was also a little confused as to why I appeared in your hometown, Longyuan. I thought it was because the heavens felt that my dragon clan should not be destroyed, but I didn’t expect it to be this.”
"But why would you think of this at this time?" Gu Yu was somewhat skeptical of Long Yuan's words.
“I don’t know.” Long Yuan shook his head. “But Gu Yu, I have no reason to lie to you, because I acknowledge you as my master, and my life is yours. If you are controlled by someone else, I will also be a puppet. So my fate is related to yours, and there are some questions that I want to understand even more than you do.”
Upon hearing Long Yuan's words, Gu Yu frowned again, but his wariness of Long Yuan subsided at this moment. Indeed, Long Yuan had no reason to lie to him.
“Gu Yu, perhaps you are the reincarnation of one of those two! After all, the secrets of gods and demons are known only to gods and demons. Even those ancestral realm beings cannot figure them out, since gods and demons are beyond everyone’s comprehension.” Long Yuan comforted Gu Yu, who was extremely uneasy. He hadn’t originally planned to tell Gu Yu these things, but he was worried that Gu Yu would be uneasy. However, after thinking it over, he decided to tell Gu Yu anyway.
"When did you find out that I possess the bloodline of gods and demons?" Gu Yu asked, looking at Long Yuan.
“At first I was just guessing, because the power of gods and demons is quite special, and I wasn’t sure. But after your first awakening, I was completely certain,” Long Yuan replied. “And I also confirmed that the command that made me acknowledge you as my master was to acknowledge the bloodline of gods and demons.”
"So who do you think that person is? You must have a guess, right?" Gu Yu asked.
"It might be a certain Ancestral Realm expert! Perhaps it's the same person who brought out the Dragon Palace Tower," Long Yuan said truthfully.
"Ancestral Realm?" Gu Yu frowned again.
“Gu Yu, you don’t need to think about these things too much. Since that person has done so many things, they must have a purpose. One day, you will definitely be able to find out the truth. What you need to do is become stronger and have the power to break free from control. At the very least, you need to reach the Ancestral Realm,” Long Yuan said. With Gu Yu’s current cultivation level, even if he knew who was controlling all of this, it would be useless. The other party’s strength was extremely powerful and beyond Gu Yu’s ability to resist.
“I understand.” Gu Yu nodded.
"It's good that you understand." Long Yuan nodded at this moment, but seeing that Gu Yu was still frowning and thinking, he moved his eyes and prepared to change the subject.
"Gu Yu, didn't you ask me what an Emperor and a Heavenly King are?"
"Hmm!" Gu Yu nodded. He was indeed curious about this, but he hadn't asked the Ghost Gate Emperor at the time.
“Although it’s very difficult to step into the God Realm, many people from all the worlds and countless races have reached this realm. However, this realm is different from all the previous realms. As you know, the combat power threshold for the first cone is 1 dragon, the second cone is 2 dragons, the third cone is 4 dragons, the fourth cone is 8 dragons, the fifth cone is 16 dragons, the sixth cone is 32 dragons, the seventh cone is 64 dragons, the eighth cone is 128 dragons, the ninth cone is 256 dragons, the tenth cone is 512 dragons, and the eleventh cone, which is the God Realm, has a combat power threshold of 1024 dragons. But do you know how many dragons the combat power threshold for the twelfth cone is?” Long Yuan asked Gu Yu.
"Isn't it 2048 dragons?" Gu Yu asked. Actually, each advancement in realm doubles the combat power compared to the previous realm. Therefore, cultivation becomes increasingly difficult, and breakthroughs become more challenging. Advancing by one dragon is different from advancing by hundreds of dragons. Of course, this is under normal circumstances. Many people's combat power is abnormal. For example, Gu Yu is currently at the second level, but his basic combat power is already equivalent to the threshold of the third level, which is four dragons. And while there aren't many people like him, there are still quite a few.
"Wrong, it's not 2048 Dragon, it's Dragon. The combat power from God Realm to Ancestral Realm is no longer a twofold increase, but a tenfold leap. This is why, even though they are both in the God Realm, their strengths differ greatly, and God Realm can even kill God Realm instantly," Long Yuan said.
Upon hearing Long Yuan's words, Gu Yu was shocked. Indeed, if a God Realm expert with 5,000 dragon battle power were to fight a God Realm expert with 1,500 dragon battle power, it would be an instant kill.
“Therefore, it is not appropriate to describe it simply as the Divine Realm. Later, several new titles appeared in the Heavenly Court: Divine Lord, Heavenly King, and Great Emperor. To be called a Divine Lord, one needs to have a combat power of 2048 dragons, a Heavenly King needs 4096 dragons, and a Great Emperor needs 8192 dragons,” Long Yuan said.
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