Three days later.

Gu Qingfeng couldn't stand it anymore. It was so uncomfortable to be the emperor. It would be worse than when he was the King of the Same Country. Although he was the same person, at least he didn't have to go to court or deal with state affairs.

Therefore, Gu Qingfeng announced the establishment of a cabinet, selected a group of ministers with good administrative capabilities to join the cabinet, let them preside over the government, and then he ran away with the national treasury.

From then on, the Great Yan Dynasty entered an era of democratic co-governance.

In a wilderness...

Gu Qingfeng had put on the phantom ghost mask and transformed himself into that stunningly handsome man again. He adjusted his aura to the level of just entering the divine realm, then activated the communication jade talisman given by Jue Mingzi and prepared to go to the dark world.

The original phantom ghost mask was difficult to hide from the strong people in the divine realm, but since Master Yin helped him in his practice, Gu Qingfeng's strength has skyrocketed. At this moment, he relies on the phantom ghost mask to change his own aura. Unless someone is one major realm higher than him, it is impossible to tell the truth from the false.

After a moment, the space in front of Gu Qingfeng suddenly began to fluctuate like water waves.

Soon, an old man in white clothes, white hair and white beard walked out. It was Jue Mingzi with very good eyesight.

When Jue Mingzi saw Gu Qingfeng, he was about to speak: "Say..."

However, after saying a word, he suddenly froze and stared at Gu Qingfeng's face for a long time.

There is such a handsome man in the world! ?

"I guess you are Fellow Daoist Juemingzi." Gu Qingfeng was the first to greet him.

Jue Mingzi came back to his senses and said, "It is me, I wonder if you are Gu Qingfeng's master?"

"Exactly."

"May I ask what your name is, fellow Taoist?"

Gu Qingfeng thought for a moment and said, "My name is Gu Shenghui."

Gu Shenghui? Jue Mingzi smacked his lips twice and was stunned. Gu Panshenghui? What a narcissistic name.

He looked at Gu Qingfeng's appearance again, oh, that's okay.

"Friend Gu, you came to see me this time to answer the doubts in your heart."

"Yes, Daoist friend, I am indeed a little curious about the Hundred Years' Catastrophe you mentioned earlier, who are the 'they' you mentioned, and the Dark World."

Jue Mingzi stroked his beard and smiled, "I came here this time to answer your questions, but before that, I must first check whether you are a human. I hope you won't mind."

"How do I check?"

Jue Mingzi took out a mirror from his body and said: "This mirror is called the Demon Mirror. It is very sensitive to demonic auras. It can tell whether someone is a human or a demon just by looking at it."

"A magic mirror?" Gu Qingfeng was slightly surprised: "But it's the magic mirror of the Great Yan Dynasty's Demon Suppression Bureau?"

"Yes, or rather, the magic mirrors of the Demon Suppression Bureau are all imitations of this mirror. Although we in the Dark Realm do not easily show up in the world, as human beings, we naturally want to do something for the people of the world in secret. The method of refining the magic mirror was spread from the Dark Realm."

Gu Qingfeng nodded and understood. No wonder the magic mirror could even detect a big monster like the Blood Demon who was half a step into the realm of god. It turned out that the refining method was taught by a powerful person in the realm of god.

I think the original magic mirror must have more powerful functions.

"Okay, fellow Taoist, take the photo."

Gu Qingfeng is not at all false. Although he calls himself the lord of demons, he is actually a genuine human.

"I'm sorry." Jue Mingzi apologized and then raised the magic mirror. The true energy in his body poured into it. The magic mirror suddenly emitted a radiance and shone on Gu Qingfeng.

A moment later.

When Jue Mingzi saw that the magic mirror had no reaction, he immediately felt relieved and put the mirror away.

"Please don't blame me, my fellow Taoist. Today, the Heavenly Dao is close to the demons, and it is becoming increasingly difficult for us humans to survive. We can only be cautious in everything we do."

"The way of heaven is close to the devil?" Gu Qingfeng was a little surprised.

"As cultivators of my generation advance in realm, our perception of the Way of Heaven will become clearer and clearer. I'm sure that when you enter the Divine Realm, you will also be able to sense the strangeness of the Way of Heaven."

"Yeah." Gu Qingfeng nodded seriously: "I feel it."

But he started to complain in his heart, what the hell! I am only at the peak of Gangqi Realm now, how can I sense the way of heaven?

Jue Mingzi didn't think much about it, because he could sense the aura on Gu Qingfeng's body, and it was undoubtedly that he had just entered the divine realm. At this level, one could naturally sense the abnormality of the way of heaven.

"In recent years, the Heavenly Dao has been seriously infected by demonic energy, and it has become increasingly unfavorable for human cultivation. This is also the reason why the number of people who have been promoted to the God Realm has decreased in recent years."

"The Way of Heaven is infected by demonic energy? Where did the demonic energy come from that is so powerful that it can actually infect the Way of Heaven?" Gu Qingfeng said with a little excitement.

Jue Mingzi looked at Gu Qingfeng in surprise, thinking that he was shocked after hearing the news.

"Cangming Realm." Jue Mingzi sighed slowly.

"This world is called Qingjie, and it is a small thousand world. The so-called small thousand refers to the division of the world. The world levels are divided from low to high into small thousand worlds, middle thousand worlds, and large thousand worlds, and the space where these worlds are located is called Jiehai.

Qingjie was originally an insignificant grain of sand in the sea of ​​boundaries, but five thousand years ago, due to the sins committed by the predecessors, Qingjie was captured by a powerful saint from Cangming Realm, which is a vast world.

After that Saint Clan great power captured the Green Realm, he attempted to refine the Heavenly Dao, thus completely controlling the Green Realm. The reason why the Heavenly Dao gradually turned into a demon was because that great power had been refining this realm. "

Gu Qingfeng listened to the secrets of the world and became more and more excited.

"According to what you said, doesn't that mean that the saints of the upper realm are actually demons?"

"Yes, but these demons are not from the Blue Realm. They are from the upper realm. Their strength and methods far exceed those of the Blue Realm. The gap is so great that they are not even of the same race. That is why they call themselves the Saint Clan."

Gu Qingfeng could understand this gap very well. It was very similar to the gap between some superpowers in modern society and small African tribes.

No matter how hard you try, the opponent can still destroy you with just one missile. The gap is that big.

I'm afraid the gap between the small world and the big world is much greater than this.

"Then what does it mean that our ancestors committed evil deeds?"

"Oh." Jue Mingzi sighed.

“The Small Thousand Worlds have a limited amount of energy, so there is an upper limit. The highest that cultivators like us can cultivate is to the Divine Realm. This is just like you can’t raise a dragon in shallow water. If you want to continue to improve your realm, you can only go to a larger ocean.

Although the strong men in the God Realm can live for thousands of years, their life span will eventually run out. Five thousand years ago, some peak strong men in the God Realm who were about to die were dissatisfied with this, so they wanted to go to a higher world to seek immortality. However, it was so difficult to cross the world. No matter how hard those people tried, they could not succeed. In the end, they found inspiration from the Heavenly Demon Scroll. "

"Fellow Daoist, you should know about the Heavenly Demon Scroll, right?"

Gu Qingfeng nodded and thought, "I know this very well. I am familiar with this thing."

"The Heavenly Demon Scroll is a medium that the Heavenly Demons from outside the domain spread into the sea of ​​​​boundaries in order to obtain what they need. It is a method of communication across the world.

Based on this, those people created a means of communication that could connect to other worlds."

At this time, Gu Qingfeng suddenly said, "Later, these people used this method to contact the Cangming Realm by chance, but as luck would have it, the message was intercepted by a powerful demon, who then exposed the location of the Qing Realm. This was the beginning of the disaster."

Jue Mingzi looked at Gu Qingfeng in surprise and said, "Fellow Daoist Gu is indeed extremely intelligent. No wonder he was able to achieve the divine realm when his Heavenly Dao was close to that of a demon."

Gu Qingfeng smiled and said nothing.

The reason why he could guess the sequel was because of the Dark Forest Law, which everyone who has seen The Three-Body Problem knows.

The so-called Dark Forest Law means that the universe is a dark forest, and every civilization is a hunter with a gun, sneaking through the forest like a ghost, gently pushing away the branches that block the way, trying not to make any sound with his footsteps, and even breathing must be careful: he must be careful, because there are hunters sneaking like him everywhere in the forest. If he finds other life, there is only one thing he can do: shoot and kill it. In this forest, others are hell, an eternal threat, and any life that exposes its existence will be quickly eliminated. This is the picture of cosmic civilization.

It’s just that here, the universe has become the sea of ​​boundaries, and the planets have become the world.

The scene of these predecessors trying to contact the upper world is very similar to the earthlings in The Three-Body Problem sending signals to the aliens.

The result is the same, which is to let the wolf into the house.