"The work of Number Two? Why would he do this? Is Yuanxin also part of a conspiracy?" Gu Yu frowned again at this moment.
"Let me answer your first question. This thing you call the system is made from the Ten Ancestral Stones, the Fragment of the Source Heart, and the space unique to gods and demons. As for its purpose, it's quite interesting. If you want to obtain the Fragment of the Source Heart and resources, you must make sacrifices. It seems that it wants you to have the mindset of selfless dedication from the beginning. It's just that the method of creation is too crude. Buffs are everywhere, but it's still hard to believe that it has such good intentions," Gan said.
"A selfless heart?" Gu Yu was stunned. It seemed so. To gain contribution points, one needed to help others or donate things to them. So the original purpose of the system was to make him do that.
"He's still so stubborn, still wants humanity to become the strongest race in the world! He even tampered with you, haha." Gan muttered to himself, "But even I can't control how things turn out, do he think he can? The world is ever-changing, even if the creator gods and demons were alive, they wouldn't dare say they could control the entire trajectory of the world's development, otherwise why would I have betrayed him?"
Then he looked at Gu Yu and said, "But don't worry, once your divine and demonic power awakens to the sixth time, or when you reach the divine realm, his methods on you will naturally disappear."
“As for Yuanxin, I can tell you clearly that it cannot help others break through the thirteen cones. It is just a lie. I suspect it is a huge conspiracy because…” Gan’s gaze suddenly turned to Gu Yu, and he said in a voice that Xi Ya could not hear, “I am most likely dead, and most likely I died at the hands of Yuanxin.”
"Huh?" Gu Yu was taken aback when he heard Gan's words.
“You already know everything, so hurry up and become stronger! Only you, lucky guy, might be able to stop the world from being destroyed,” Gan said.
"I want to know, why did Yuanxin end up in the Dragon Clan? Wasn't he always in your hands?" Gu Yu asked, looking at Gan. He was asking this on behalf of Long Yuan.
“Hehe…” Hearing Gu Yu’s words, he chuckled dryly, “Because the Dragon Clan is unlucky, there is a seal on their source heart. To open it, they need the divine and demonic blood of me, Kun, Hong, and Huang. I have already obtained mine and Huang’s, but Kun and Hong are not so easy to obtain.”
Kun always says he's going to fulfill his mission, but he's actually been plotting betrayal all along. He's two-faced. As for Hong, he's been awake for a long time but hasn't shown himself. He's been waiting for his chance every day.
Taking down these two guys won't be easy. I can win in a one-on-one fight, but I can't catch them.
So I devised a plan: using the Source Heart as a lure to attract Kun and Hong to appear, since they've long coveted it. Then, using a powerful clan and their world, I'd create a restriction to trap them, and then use their individual powers to restrain each other.
"So you chose the Dragon Realm?" Gu Yu frowned upon hearing Gan's words, thinking it was rather cruel to the dragon race.
"No, my first choice is the Heavenly Court and the Celestial Race. This race is very hypocritical, which I find extremely annoying. So I deliberately let the Heavenly Emperor obtain the Source Heart, and then I began to spread the news that the Source Heart was in the Heavenly Court. Sure enough, Kun and Hong both appeared."
But the Heavenly Emperor was too cunning; he seemed to have sensed something and actually gave the Source Heart to the little Azure Dragon.
"So the Dragon Realm became the sacrifice?"
"Yes!" Gan nodded. "Yes! The Dragon Realm has become a sacrifice."
"Do you know about the Heavenly Dragon God?" Gu Yu asked, looking at Gan.
"The Heaven-Shaking Dragon God?" Gan seemed to be thinking about something. "I have a vague impression of him."
"Did you take his Dragon Source out with you? And did you also preserve the remains of the Azure Dragon God Emperor?" Gu Yu asked, looking at Gan.
"Perhaps! After all, I was very optimistic about Little Azure Dragon back then," Gan said upon hearing Gu Yu's question.
"Perhaps?" Gu Yu asked, puzzled.
"I am a projection left before this was done. Although I know the whole plan, I don't know what happened on the spot," Gan said.
"Then how do you know that the Source Heart is a conspiracy and there is no way to become one of the Thirteen Cones?" Gu Yu questioned.
“If Yuanxin had a way to become one of the Thirteen Cones, then you wouldn’t have appeared, because I would have become one of the Thirteen Cones long ago. What would I need you for? To be my competitor?” Gan retorted.
"Could it all have been done by Number Two?" Gu Yu frowned.
"Then you'll have to ask the waiter!" Gan said.
"Do you know where he is?" Gu Yu asked.
"I don't know." Gan shook his head.
"But I have something to give you," Gan said, looking at Gu Yu.
"What is that?"
"Xi Ya, where's the Star Essence?" Gan's gaze turned to Xi Ya.
“Here.” Xi Ya moved her hand, and a fluid resembling a spine appeared in her palm, with gray light flowing across it.
This was different from what Gu Yu had imagined. Gu Yu had imagined that star marrow should contain the power of stars, but the star marrow in front of him clearly contained some kind of power, and the constantly writhing fluid was like bone marrow.
With the appearance of this thing, Gu Yu felt the bone marrow in his bones throbbing.
“Star Marrow is actually the marrow of gods and demons. This is the marrow of gods and demons from the Desolate Realm.” Gan took the marrow of gods and demons from Xi Ya’s hand. “It can awaken your god and demon bloodline again. However, your current cultivation level has not reached the King Realm, so you cannot withstand the fifth awakening of gods and demons. I will help you break through the cultivation level of the Source Cone first.”
"Why do I have to reach the ninth cone to awaken my divine bloodline for the fifth time?" Gu Yu asked, somewhat puzzled. Before, when he wanted to go to Kunlun Source Gate to use the divine power of the two gods and demons to awaken his divine bloodline, a voice reminded him.
"Because with your current Source Cone cultivation level, you cannot withstand the fifth awakening of the Divine Demon Bloodline. I learned this from the Embryo. When it awakened for the fifth time, it specially raised its Source Cone to nine cones. I found that even if it had eight cones, it might explode when it awakened for the fifth time," Gan replied. "And you are the same as the Embryo that I created.
"An embryonic active cone?" Gu Yu frowned upon hearing Gan's words.
“That’s right, I was also incredibly shocked at the time, but that might be the reason why I can’t cultivate!” Gan said.
"Where is the embryo now?" Gu Yu suddenly asked.
“It used to be in the core area, but where is it now? I don’t know. Given its growth rate, even I probably can’t find its trace now,” Gan replied. “Especially since I extracted its divine and demonic bloodline from it, it will hide itself even more deeply.”
"Then isn't it very strong now?" Gu Yu asked.
“Yes! It might have awakened seven times already, but don’t worry, as long as all the source gates haven’t been opened, it won’t cause any trouble,” Gan replied.
"Did you close the Source Gate?"
"Perhaps!" Gan replied uncertainly. "Actually, none of that matters. What matters is that you become strong as soon as possible and stop the embryo."
"I want to be sure of one thing: you don't have any other schemes, do you?" Gu Yu asked directly. Even if Gan really was trying to create him to stop the embryo, from his perspective, he couldn't help but be wary.
"Once you become powerful, what do schemes and tricks matter?" Gan said.
"Then help me break through to the ninth cone!" Gu Yu said. Now, only by becoming stronger can he do many things.
"Then I'll begin." As he said this, the experimental wooden table suddenly began to vibrate, and then a small gap opened on the table, from which a small box slowly flew out.
Gan took the box, then brought out a smaller box containing a pill that replenished abundant energy.
"This is the Condensing Cone Pill that I specially made for you back then. As long as you take it, no matter what level your Cone is, you can break through to the ninth level in a short time," Gan said. Then he threw the pill to Gu Yu. Gu Yu caught the pill and immediately felt a terrifying medicinal fragrance wafting towards him, which made his Source Cone, which had been enveloped by the Condensing Cone Snow Lotus, tremble.
Buzzing...
Without much thought, Gu Yu swallowed the pill and sat down cross-legged to begin his cultivation.
Helping others to achieve enlightenment is difficult, but for Gan, it's much simpler. He appeared as soon as the world was born, and what he possesses is unmatched by anyone else.
"This Condensing Snow Lotus is considered a rare item even now. With this, even without Condensing Pills, you can break through to the ninth cone in two or three years. However, two or three years is too slow." Gan murmured, looking at the Condensing Snow Lotus that enveloped the Ancient Universe Source Cone.
As Gu Yu swallowed the Condensing Pill, his body immediately emitted a dazzling light, which contained rich energy.
At this moment, Gu Yu's Source Cone also burst forth with light, a light that made the entire Condensed Snow Lotus pale in comparison. The five-section Source Cone suddenly gained four more sections, though these four additional sections were very illusory, only having a rough outline.
Boom boom boom...
Energy ripples continuously emanated from the Source Cone, as the Condensed Cone Snow Lotus and the Condensed Cone Pill that Gu Yu had swallowed were now frantically providing energy to the Source Cone.
One second... two seconds... one day... two days... two months later.
A long howl broke the silence. At this moment, Gu Yu's aura was restrained. Behind him, a dim Condensed Snow Lotus contained a Source Cone. At this moment, the four illusory cones on his Source Cone had completely solidified. He had now stepped into the King Realm, and even reached the peak of the King Realm. In just two months, he had gone from the peak of the five cones to the peak of the nine cones, and without any side effects. This shows the power of the Condensed Cone Pill.
Gu Yu thought that it would be great if he could have a few more of these, so he could take them back to his parents, Ri Jiu, Xu Ling'er, He Wen, and others, who would soon reach the King Realm.
But even dried, there's probably only one of these things.
"Next, I will integrate the essence of the gods and demons of the wilderness into your body." As he spoke, he immediately threw the essence of the gods and demons towards Gu Yu.
The moment Gu Yu received the Essence of Gods and Demons, his divine and demonic bloodline surged violently.
Immediately afterwards, a suction force came from his bone marrow, like a hungry beast seeing food.
In an instant, the fluid essence of gods and demons transformed into countless tiny fluid threads, which entered Gu Yu's body through his pores.
Gu Yu immediately felt a piercing pain, which was even more painful than when he forcibly merged with the power of gods and demons for the third time.
Large beads of sweat instantly covered Gu Yu's entire body, and his body convulsed, with the veins on his body bulging out in an instant.
A deep roar continuously emanated from Gu Yu's mouth; each awakening of divine and demonic power felt like self-torture.
Countless tiny fluid lines pierced through his body and drilled into his bones, causing his bone marrow to boil once again in an instant.
Gray light surged forth continuously, and his body teetered on the brink of collapse.
The Yin-Yang Heavenly Punishment Talisman, which had been suppressed, suddenly began to operate again. Its black and white energy emitted a powerful binding force, imprisoning his body and preventing his physical body from collapsing.
Boom boom boom…
Ripples of energy emanated from his body. His physical body was just stabilized by the black and white energy of the Yin-Yang Heavenly Punishment Talisman, only to collapse again the next second. This situation continued incessantly.
However, as time went on, the binding power of the Yin-Yang Heavenly Punishment Talisman seemed to be insufficient, and it could no longer restrain Gu Yu's collapsing body.
Just then, Gu Yu's Source Cone suddenly emitted a burst of energy, which immediately stabilized Gu Yu's collapsing body and began to rapidly repair it.
Thus, repair and collapse continued in a constant cycle, and the divine and demonic bloodline and the Source Cone seemed to have reached some kind of tacit understanding.
This state lasted for a month. At first, Gu Yu was in so much pain that he couldn't bear it, but gradually he got used to it, or rather, he became numb to it.
During this period, Earth underwent a tremendous transformation. The previously sparse primal energy suddenly became exceptionally abundant, increasing in concentration dozens of times, as if overnight, Earth's energy level had leaped to a new level. This change allowed many healthy ordinary people to experience unprecedented power, and their blood vessels were successively filled with energy.
The root of all this lies in the fact that twenty-eight Source Gates opened on Earth within just a few days. The opening of these Source Gates was like opening Pandora's box, triggering a series of chain reactions. Fierce conflicts erupted in many places, with war raging and smoke filling the air. Simultaneously, many never-before-seen alien creatures poured into Earth through the Source Gates, launching a merciless invasion and massacre of humanity, leaving ruins and seas of blood everywhere, and countless people praying in despair. Of course, some places remained relatively peaceful, unaffected by the chaos.
Within the territory of China, seven source gates were also opened. Four of these source gates saw no intruders, perhaps they were waiting for something, but the other three source gates, located in the southeast, north, south, and west respectively, saw a large influx of intruders as soon as they opened. Due to the foreseen fortress plan, most people had already evacuated, but a few remained for various reasons, some unable to evacuate in time, and others unwilling to leave their homeland.
Mo Shougui was stationed in southeastern China, fighting alongside Huangfu Kui and Li Shanpo. They led a group of cultivators and warriors clad in source armor against the invaders. In the Western Regions, a similar invasion was looming. Many lamas joined the resistance, but they were quickly defeated, and much of the Western Regions fell. The situation in the north and south was even more dire, almost completely overrun, with only sporadic resistance continuing.
In the West, the Dark Pope was burning with rage, radiating an icy aura, his fury surging like a raging river. His anger towards Mo Shougui was palpable, for among the resistance fighters in the Western Regions, the North and South, and the Southeast, there were members of the Dark Church. These members had only recently arrived in China to preach when they encountered the Fortress Project, followed by the opening of the Source Gate, forcing them into the battle.
"Pass on my order: abandon the Western Regions and the Southeast, and shift our battle to East China," the Dark Pope said to the Dark Paladins.
"Mo Shougui, you wait. The angels in the Angel Source Gate are ready to reconcile. Once they do, they will march straight to China, and that will be the end for China." At this moment, a paladin in golden armor looked in the direction of China and said coldly. This person was none other than Polu.
At this moment in the Kingdom of India, the Great Master arrived at a Source Gate. On a huge stone pillar, countless dense iron chains bound a giant.
"Great Master Shi, how much longer will it take you to break the seal?" Great Master Shi asked the giant respectfully.
"What's wrong?" The giant opened his eyes and asked the Great Master.
“Shiva has found a vessel, and now its strength is on par with mine, or even close to surpassing mine! I am worried…” the Great Master said respectfully.
"Don't worry, I will break the seal soon. Even if it recovers, it will only be a mere Divine Lord." The giant said calmly. "It is not enough for it to oppose me. Remember, our true enemy is China."
"Master Shi Weng, I don't understand, is China so far away from us?"
"What do you know? The Source Heart is in China, and even though the Source Gate has been opened long ago, our Shiweng clan cannot leave because of the Ancestor of China. He sealed our Shiweng clan here and has an irreconcilable hatred with us," the giant said angrily.
At this moment, in a void in the southeast region, Mo Shougui stood with his hands behind his back. The next second, the white dragon instantly appeared in front of him.
"How is it?" Mo Shougui asked.
“The Origin Gates in the North, South, and Western Regions are not powerful. They do not have any True Gods and cannot cause any significant trouble. However, the Origin Gate in the Southeast region is the Cloud Bat Clan. They have God Realm experts, and there are more than one. Judging from their auras, there are at least three, and one of them may be a God Lord,” Bai Long replied, looking at Mo Shougui.
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