"Fu Xing?" Gu Yu frowned. "I was just about to go find him!"
"Gu Yu, listen to me, don't go looking for him. You're no match for him," the Ice Phoenix Emperor said immediately upon hearing Gu Yu say he was going to find Fu Xing.
"He is at the Ancestral Realm, isn't he?" Gu Yu asked the Ice Phoenix Emperor. At this moment, the Ice Phoenix Emperor's eyes were filled with tenderness, a look that was so similar to the way Ling'er looked at him back then.
“Yes.” The Ice Phoenix Emperor nodded. “Everything I did was at his behest. He said it was all for you, for your growth. If I didn’t do it, you would die. Only by doing it could you become stronger and save your life. He told me a lot about you, the origin of the divine and demonic power in your body, the fragments of the Source Heart, and the system.”
"Hmm?" Gu Yu's expression changed upon hearing the words of the Ice Phoenix Emperor.
"Everything about you was arranged by him. Originally..." The Ice Phoenix Emperor hesitated for a moment, "The original plan was for you to die. Only you would die, but someone would save you. It's just that what I didn't expect was..."
"You mean..." Upon hearing the Ice Phoenix Emperor's words, Gu Yu suddenly fell into deep thought. Divine Heart, when he rescued Xu Ling'er, Fu Xing asked him to find the Divine Heart. Could it be that the Divine Heart was not for saving Xu Ling'er, but for saving himself?
Their deaths were in accordance with Fu Xing's plan. According to the Ice Phoenix Emperor, Ri Jiu was not supposed to die, so why did she die? Why would Fu Xing let them die? The Ancestor of Humanity is already dead. Fu Xing, Number Two, Fu Xi, and Gu Yu suddenly realized something. It turns out that everything was arranged. So, are the things happening now also arranged?
“Gu Yu, Fu Xing said that someone disrupted his plans and used Ri Jiu’s death to change his course,” said the Ice Phoenix Emperor.
"Someone? Who is it?" Gu Yu was suddenly stunned. He was certain that Fu Xing was likely Number Two, but besides Number Two, who else was controlling things? What were they doing?
At this moment, in the Taoist temples on and around Mount Dao, Li Qingdao suddenly broke out of his seclusion. At this moment, a terrifying aura emanated from his body, and this aura was quite frightening.
“Hehe…” Li Qingdao looked at his body, “I’m too weak, but it’s enough.”
Then, Li Qingdao headed straight for the direction of the capital.
At the mountaintop, Li Xuandao, who had remained as steady as Mount Tai, was now bleeding from all seven orifices, clearly having passed away. The benevolent-looking portrait of the Dao Ancestor before him had also become blurred.
At the same time, in the Northeast Source Gate, a monk dressed in tattered clothes slowly walked out and headed towards the Holy Capital.
At that moment, Gu Yu also headed towards the Holy Capital, and when the Ice Phoenix Emperor saw Gu Yu's actions, he immediately tried to stop him.
"Gu Yu, don't be impulsive."
"I'm not acting impulsively, but there are some things we should ask about clearly, right, Ling'er?"
Upon hearing Gu Yu call her Ling'er, the Ice Phoenix Emperor was immediately taken aback.
"I've confirmed it, you are Ling'er," Gu Yu said, looking at Xu Ling'er.
He then vanished instantly, leaving Xu Ling'er stunned and wondering how Gu Yu knew.
At this moment, Li Qingdao slowly emerged from the gate of the Dragon Clan.
The Dragon Pavilion is deserted. Due to the various events that have occurred, the once bustling entrance is now empty of vendors. However, a stench wafts through the air, and an elderly woman is still standing at the entrance selling stinky tofu.
Li Qingdao frowned as he looked at Aunt Shen, who was selling stinky tofu. "It's you?"
"Would you like some stinky tofu?" Aunt Shen asked with a slight smile.
"Hmph!" Li Qingdao snorted coldly, and then immediately entered the Dragon Division.
He had just entered when a monk appeared. The monk frowned when he saw Aunt Shen.
"Would you like some stinky tofu?" Aunt Shen asked with a slight smile.
"No need." The monk shook his head and then entered the Dragon Division.
Next was Gu Yu, who saw that Aunt Shen also frowned.
"Who are you?" Gu Yu couldn't tell what power Aunt Shen had before, but now he could tell that she was no ordinary person and was very likely an Ancestral Realm expert.
"Go ahead!" Aunt Shen said to Gu Yu with a smile.
At this moment, Fu Xing stood on the steps to heaven, holding a broom in his hand, quietly waiting for the three to arrive.
Li Qingdao was the first to enter, and he frowned as he looked at Fu Xing.
"Execution?"
"You've arrived? Dao Ancestor," Fu Xing said, looking at Li Qingdao.
Before Li Qingdao could answer, the monk arrived.
“Fu Xing, tell me, where is the Buddha?” the monk asked Fu Xing directly.
“The Buddha is not here,” Fu Xing said.
"Where is he?" the monk asked.
“Hehe…” Fu Xing chuckled, “He’s where he should be.”
"So, he's not dead?" the monk asked.
“That bald monk is terrified of death, so how could he die so easily?” Fu Xing said.
Just as the two were talking, Gu Yu arrived.
"Fu Xing, you're number two, right?" Gu Yu asked, looking at Fu Xing.
“That’s right.” Fu Xing nodded honestly.
"Then why have you been lying to me all this time?" Gu Yu asked.
“Because knowing too early won’t do you any good,” Fu Xing replied.
Before Gu Yu could ask any more questions, the Dragon Palace Tower began to shake, and Li Qingdao suddenly made his move.
Suddenly, a crack appeared on the Heavenly Steps and swept towards Fu Xing.
"Dao Ancestor, don't be in such a hurry." Fu Xing suddenly stomped his foot, and the crack immediately stopped expanding.
"You used the Creation Vein of the Dragon Palace Tower to trap me here, and then used my Creation Vein as a guide to restrain the other Ancestral Realm experts. Heh... What a powerful method." Li Qingdao said calmly.
“Hehe…” Upon hearing Li Qingdao’s words, Fu Xing chuckled, “It can’t compare to your method of ‘One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones.’ You actually split yourself into three parts, and two of them combined into one, and you already possessed the cultivation of the late stage of the Ancestral Realm. If the three parts were combined into one, you could probably reach the peak of the Ancestral Realm, right? You truly deserve to be the strongest of the Twelve Ancestors.”
“Hehe…” Li Qingdao chuckled, “Since you know, why don’t you release the other me?”
"Dao Ancestor, do you know why I haven't killed you directly all this time?" Fu Xing's voice suddenly turned cold. "Because I'm waiting for all three of you to appear, so that I can wipe you out in one fell swoop."
As Fu Xing spoke, his body suddenly moved, and he appeared in front of Li Qingdao, striking out with a palm.
boom…………
The two clashed palms, and a terrifying aftershock erupted, forcing Gu Yu and the monk to retreat to the side.
Boom boom boom...
The terrifying duel between the two instantly shattered the Ten Thousand Steps to Heaven, and at the same time, the Dragon Palace Tower also began to shake violently.
"Such powerful strength." Gu Yu's pupils contracted. These two were much stronger than Lei Zu, whom he had encountered before, especially Dao Zu, who was not even in his complete form.
“Fu Xing, I never expected that after all these years, you haven’t made any progress.” Li Qingdao said calmly at this moment.
Upon hearing Li Qingdao's words, Fu Xing frowned.
Buzzing...
The Dragon Palace Tower trembled more and more violently. The next second, Li Qingdao suddenly knocked Fu Xing back and headed towards the Dragon Palace Tower.
Fu Xing did not pursue, and the next second Li Qingdao rushed into the Dragon Palace Tower.
"Fu Xing, today is your death day." Suddenly, a tremendous power emanated from the Dragon Palace Tower, causing it to collapse instantly.
The next second, nine-colored rays of light appeared, and an old man full of Daoist charm slowly emerged. A terrifying pressure swept out immediately, causing Gu Yu and the monk to frown.
"Dao Ancestor, as a peak Ancestral Realm expert, you may think that no one can defeat you. But have you ever thought about why I waited for the three of you to appear together before killing you?" Fu Xing asked calmly, standing with his hands behind his back. His aura was obviously stronger than when he fought Li Qingdao. He had deliberately let Dao Ancestor merge into one.
"Hmm?" Dao Ancestor frowned, but then relaxed. "No matter what you want to do, in the face of absolute strength, any conspiracy or trickery is futile. I am now at the peak of the Ancestral Realm. Even if Gan Kun were alive, he would not be able to kill me."
“Hehe…” Fu Xing sneered when he heard Dao Zu’s words. “Do you think I’m just using you to restrain the Twelve Ancestors? That’s secondary. The most important thing is that I’m using you Twelve Ancestors, no, to be precise, the Twelve Creation Veins, to restrain one guy.”
"Hmm?" Gu Yu was taken aback when he heard Fu Xing's words. Who could it be? Someone who would need to be restrained by the twelve Creation Veins?
"Hmm?" Dao Zu frowned as well, clearly not understanding the meaning of "fu xing".
"You said that even if Qiankun were alive, he couldn't kill you, right?" Fu Xing coldly looked at the Dao Ancestor. "Now feel what's below you?"
"Huh? What is this? How is this possible? Who is he?" Li Qingdao's expression suddenly changed drastically.
Suddenly, a surge of divine and demonic power swept out, causing Gu Yu's expression to change as well. He roughly knew who it was; it was Huang, the guy who had always been used as a test subject by Gan. It was actually under the Dragon Palace Tower.
"Dao Ancestor, do you like this gift?" Fu Xing said with a smile. "Besides Gan and Kun, there are two other gods and demons in this world, named Hong and Huang. Didn't you say you weren't afraid even if Gan and Kun were alive? Then you should try Huang, hahaha..."
"You..." Dao Zu realized that he couldn't move at all. He had fallen into a trap. Huang was restrained by him, and he was also restrained by Huang.
"To be honest, the Creation Vein was already unable to suppress Huang, so I specially lured you here, haha... I should thank you, Dao Ancestor, haha... What a powerful figure in the world! The only drawback is that, because of you, the other Ancestral Realm cultivators have broken free from their restraints," Fu Xing said calmly.
"I'm going to kill you." At this moment, Dao Ancestor was already in a frenzy, but the divine and demonic power that kept seeping from the ground left him with no strength left.
Unable to leave, he could only remain here like a demon-suppressing stone, involuntarily preventing the birth of Huang.
"Want to know the truth? Come with me," Fu Xing suddenly said to Gu Yu.
Fu Xing then headed outside, with Gu Yu following closely behind.
The monk suddenly sensed something and immediately left.
"I haven't been outside for a long time," Fu Xing murmured as he walked outside, took a breath of fresh air.
Just as he was about to leave the Dragon Division, a figure suddenly appeared and blocked Fu Xing's path.
"Demon Ancestor, what do you mean by this?" Fu Xing asked, looking at the figure in front of him.
When Gu Yu saw the figure, he frowned. The Demon Ancestor was actually Aunt Shen, who sold stinky tofu.
"What do I mean? You should know in your heart, right?" the Demon Ancestor asked, looking at Fu Xing.
“Sister-in-law, my brother is already dead. There’s no point in you worrying about it now,” Fu Xing said.
"Sister-in-law?" Gu Yu was stunned. Fu Xing was number two, and number two's younger brother was the Human Ancestor. If he called the Demon Ancestor "sister-in-law", wouldn't that mean the Demon Ancestor was the Human Ancestor's wife?
"I want to ask, who exactly killed him?" the Demon Ancestor asked.
“He killed himself to protect his people,” Fu Xing replied.
"He killed himself?" the Demon Ancestor murmured. "In the end, he loved his people more than he loved me, heh..."
"Sigh!" Fu Xing sighed as he looked at the scene. "Sister-in-law, he did care for you. His body is right at your feet. Now that you're free, go see him!"
The Demon Ancestor didn't ask anything more. With a flick of her body, she vanished.
“What a devoted woman!” Fu Xing murmured as he watched the departing Demon Ancestor. “Years ago, when he first came here, he encountered me using the Creation Vein to suppress the wilderness and was imprisoned here, selling stinky tofu for so many years, haha… It seems that way, but in fact, wasn’t she also here protecting what her lover wanted to protect? If the Dao Ancestor had really come out just now, she would definitely have made a move.”
"So the reason why the Ancestral Realm hasn't appeared is because of you?" Gu Yu asked. "But why wasn't the Demon Ancestor imprisoned?"
“Hehe…” Fu Xing chuckled upon hearing Gu Yu’s question. “That guy didn’t actually merge with the Creation Vein. His Ancestral Realm is a true Ancestral Realm, so he’s not bound at all. That’s why I had to trick him into going to Kunlun. Otherwise, it would have ruined my plans.”
"I see." Gu Yu suddenly realized.
"But how are you able to utilize the Creation Vein?" Gu Yu asked again.
“It’s not that I can use it, it’s that Gan can use it. As you know, their existence is to assist the perfect birth of the embryo. The Creation Vein was something Gan deliberately let them obtain, because the Creation Vein is also a necessity for the perfect birth of the embryo. So Gan let them refine it, but the main purpose was to use their power to suppress the embryo and make it grow more slowly. Of course, Gan can also control the Creation Vein, but those guys don’t know that.” Fu Xing explained.
"So the birth of the Twelve Ancestors was to prevent the embryo from growing?" Gu Yu was stunned. This was a huge conspiracy! Even the Twelve Ancestors themselves probably didn't know about it.
"Actually, even without the lineage of creation, they can still become Ancestral Realm beings, hehe... But faced with a method to become Ancestral Realm beings even faster, who could resist?"
“However, there are always some who get out of control, such as the Demon Ancestor and the Dao Ancestor.” Fu Xing said, “That Dao Ancestor! He actually split into three. His main body relied on the Creation Vein to cultivate to the Ancestral Realm, while his two secondary bodies relied on themselves. Fortunately, his two secondary bodies were not very harmonious and their wills were not unified, otherwise they might have really ruined my plan.”
"What do you mean?" Gu Yu was stunned.
"It is divided into three: the evil body, the good body, and the original body. How can good and evil coexist? So they have always been fighting each other. Fortunately, the evil body won. Since it is evil, it naturally has the idea of devouring the original body, while good does not. If good had won, it would not have come today. Faced with the awakened Huang, the Creation Vein would no longer be able to suppress it, and Huang would have to escape. Once Huang escapes, who in this world can resist it? And it will definitely kill you!"
Gu Yu didn't speak, but his brows furrowed.
“Now I’ll tell you what you most want to know, damn it, my teacher, he’s dead.” Fu Xing suddenly said at that moment.
"He's dead? So you've been the one controlling things all along? You gave me a memory of what happened in the future, and you also gave me the system, and even the fragments of the Source Heart?"
“That’s right, it was all me.” Fu Xing nodded.
"So Ling'er never became the Ice Phoenix Emperor at all, and it was all a lie to deceive me? Even Ri Jiu's death was arranged by you?" Gu Yu questioned coldly.
“That’s right. Because I can’t leave the Dragon Palace Tower, there are some things I need someone to do for me. The only one who is wholeheartedly devoted to you is her, so I told her part of the truth.”
"Then how can you be so sure that the Tree of Life will save me?" Gu Yu asked. If the Tree of Life was unwilling to save him, then Fu Xing's plan would have failed.
“If it doesn’t save you, it will die anyway. It’s fate. Only you, with your backup plan, can stop the embryo. It can only place its bet on you. By the way, it’s not dead. Its life essence can bring it back to life,” Fu Xing said.
“As for Rijiu, that fox, its death was not part of my plan; someone interfered with the plan,” Fu Xing said.
"Someone interfered with the plan?" Gu Yu was taken aback.
“It should be an embryo. I suspect it has now become a human, and quite powerful one at that,” Fu Xing said.
"The embryo transformed into a human?" Gu Yu frowned.
"So, from now on, no one is controlling you. You've gone from being a pawn to a player, and the one you're playing against is the embryo," Fu Xing said.
"Me and the Embryo?"
“Only you can contend with an embryo. I am not worthy. I am merely someone who guides you to become stronger. My only selfish wish is that you treat humanity better and help humanity become the most powerful race in the world. As for my teacher Gan, he is also not capable. Although he is powerful, he has stopped here. Only you, the growing god and demon, a part of the embryo, only you can do it.” Fu Xing said, looking at Gu Yu.
"How do we play this game?" Gu Yu asked Fu Xing. He had never even seen an embryo. How could he deal with an unknown enemy?
“Gu Yu, if you lose, you will die, and everything in this world will die, including your parents, your lover, your friends, and so on.” Fu Xing looked at Gu Yu and said, “As for how to play the game? You need to know who he really is first.”
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