Chapter 301 A Love Tribulation That's Hard to Overcome (Twenty-Four)
The Upper Realm, Taijin Divine Continent.
Chang Ning landed steadily in front of Jiang Gu and Wei Feng, and said, "Yao Yan, what do you mean by that?"
"The statue in the Yaoyan Temple in the lower realm is you," Jiang Gu said. "The jade flute that forcibly urged me to ascend is also your divine artifact."
“The creation of statues of gods in the mortal realm is all based on guesswork, so it’s understandable that we might make a mistake occasionally,” Changning laughed. “Besides, we were good friends when we were young, and we were both mischievous and bold, often exchanging temples. Why are you bringing this up now?”
"As for that flute, it was indeed given to the Yaoyan Temple by me. Since you have been unable to ascend for so long, I naturally want to lend you a hand." Changning's gaze swept over Wei Feng. "How could I possibly allow you to be swayed by a mere filth?"
"What? If I'm not swayed by him, am I swayed by you and Tiaoxu?" Jiang Gu said. "Back then, you two secretly threw the Chaos Core into the small world below, causing no one in this small world to be able to ascend for tens of thousands of years. Even the Heavenly Dao still leaves people a glimmer of hope. Your actions are even more ruthless than the Heavenly Dao."
Changning laughed and said, "I never thought I would hear the word 'ruthless' from your mouth. I thought you didn't care about anything. Yaoyan, ask yourself, you went through so much trouble to bring back the Chaos Core, did you think even a little bit about the small world below that you mentioned? And now you keep saying that this filth is your Daoist partner and disciple, but from the beginning you approached him only because he was the vessel chosen by the Chaos Core."
Jiang Gu said, "Changning, when did you stoop to using such verbal tricks?"
Changning's expression turned somewhat unpleasant: "Why do you have to judge me from such a high and mighty position?"
“You haven’t denied the matter of the Chaos Core,” Jiang Gu said. “If you still—”
"No need to say anything more." Changning interrupted him. "Let's make our move. I'm determined to get the Chaos Core."
He transformed into countless Dharma forms and rushed straight towards Wei Feng.
Jiang Gu raised his sleeve, and a golden Dharma image blocked Wei Feng's path. Kong Xuan saw this and said coldly, "Immortal Yao Yan, whether it is the Upper Realm or the Lower Realm, the Chaos Core is a major threat. Even God Ling Yin and Prince Yao Shuo have allowed us to take the Chaos Core back. Why do you need to do something useless again?"
The golden Dharma form slowly opened its eyes, and Jiang Gu said calmly, "Anyone who tampers with the Chaos Core will be killed without mercy."
Before the words were even finished, surging immortal power exploded continuously from all around, easily forcing Changning and Kongxuan back hundreds of feet.
Kong Xuan's expression changed: "When did your magic power become so strong?!"
Even though Jiang Gu has taken control of the sixteenth heaven, he has just undergone tribulation and should not have such powerful magic. Not to mention Kong Xuan, he is not inferior to Tiao Xu and Ling Yin. However, this is a bit too terrifying for an immortal who is only over 30,000 years old.
“Naturally, it’s by borrowing the power of the Chaos Core.” Jiang Gu looked down at him. “Is the Cangwu Spirit Realm there?”
Cangwu and Lingjing, who had been watching from the shadows, were startled and forced to reveal themselves by his imposing aura.
"You two should open the Mihua Realm here," Jiang Gu said.
Cangwu quickly said, "But the entrance to the Mihua Realm is far away at the edge of the Huayu Demon Continent—"
“Ten thousand years ago, I set the entrance to the Mihua Realm here.” Jiang Gu waved his hand, and the Seven Kill Tree in the center of the courtyard withered instantly, slowly revealing the entrance to the Mihua Realm. The divine power that this realm revealed was enough to prevent ordinary immortals from getting close, and even Wei Feng was forced back several steps. However, Jiang Gu still stood steadily in front of the Seven Kill Tree without moving an inch.
“But if we want to forcibly open the Ancient Divine Realm, we need to sacrifice a primordial spirit… Originally, if we had time, we could collect the remnant souls of fallen immortals to make up the numbers, but now—” Cangwu did not expect that the Mihua Realm was so close to them, and now it was obviously too late to collect the remnant souls.
“Since you have a complete primordial spirit, why do you need a remnant soul?” Jiang Gu looked coldly at Kong Xuan and Chang Ning opposite him.
"Yao Yan, how dare you?" Kong Xuan felt an unprecedented fear when Jiang Gu looked at him. He gripped the scroll in his hand tightly and said, "I not only have the oral decree of Immortal Tiao Xu, but also the magical treasures bestowed by God Ling Yin and Prince Yao Shuo. If you dare to make a move, don't blame me for being impolite!"
Jiang Gu's immortal power grew increasingly heavy, pressing down on the two of them.
"Yaoyan, killing an immortal is a serious crime!" Changning shouted sternly, and used his immortal power to resist, but the moment he touched that immortal power, a sense of despair and fear surged into his heart.
He had never encountered such vast divine power—it was even more like a power that surpassed divine power.
"Then let them come and question my crimes." Jiang Gu swung his sword down without hesitation, and the surroundings fell silent.
Kong Xuan watched as the magical treasure before him turned to dust, and the immortal power around him rapidly dissipated. He intended to separate his soul, primordial spirit, and his original immortal form to escape. As long as he had a breath left, he still had a chance.
But Jiang Gu didn't even give him that sliver of hope.
"Now that the Upper Realm is on the verge of collapse, what do you want—the Chaos Core, or the power within it?" Jiang Gu's Dharma form trampled Kong Xuan's original immortal god underfoot, seized his primordial spirit, and slowly crushed it in his hand. "Even if you want it, you should carefully consider whether your immortal bones can withstand the corrosion of this chaotic energy. Tiao Xu's calculations are too ambitious. He wants both power and to protect the Upper Realm. Where in the world can you find such a good deal?"
He casually tossed Kong Xuan's primordial spirit to the stunned Cang Wu beside him, then looked down at Chang Ning, whose face had changed, and said coldly, "Besides, I have already said that the Chaos Core is mine, whether it is a person or an object, it will be mine."
The enormous Dharma form gripped Changning's inescapable primordial spirit, and with just a slight exertion of its power, it could obliterate him forever.
"Yaoyan!" A panicked voice suddenly appeared, and Ziguang and Fengji rushed over.
Jiang Gu looked up.
“Changning was also acting under the orders of Tiaoxu, who is his master. He had no choice,” Ziguang said. “Besides, we have a friendship spanning tens of thousands of years. You are now an immortal of the Sixteenth Heaven. You cannot do this!”
"Heaven will strike you down." Feng Ji said succinctly, "Are you out of your mind?"
Changning said with a pale face, "You don't need to plead for me. Back then, I instructed him to go through many deadly paths in the lower realm. I was just not as skilled as him, so what is there to fear about dying?"
Jiang Gu glanced at him indifferently, casually tossed his primordial spirit to the ground, and then a beam of brilliant golden immortal light entered his brow, sealing his entire mind.
"Yaoyan?" Ziguang looked at the person in front of her, feeling a strange sense of unfamiliarity. "Your magical power—"
"From the Chaos Core." Jiang Gu closed his eyes, withdrew his Dharma Form, and looked at Cangwu and Lingjing. "You already have the Immortal's Primordial Spirit, what are you waiting for?"
Cangwu opened his mouth, picked up the shattered primordial spirit of Kongxuan from the ground, exchanged a glance with Lingjing, and began to work together to open the tightly closed entrance of Mihua Realm.
Wei Feng, who had been standing behind him, tentatively asked, "Master, what's wrong?"
"I am merely a celestial being," Jiang Gu said. "My primordial spirit cannot directly utilize the power of the Chaos Core. It requires a medium that will not resist the turbid energy. As a celestial being, I am merely a will, not a physical entity, and will not be harmed by the Chaos Core."
Wei Feng was immediately relieved, but asked in confusion, "How did you use the power of the Chaos Core? Why didn't I sense it at all?"
Jiang Gu opened his hand, and a delicate magic array appeared in his palm. He said, "It's thanks to the remaining half of your immortal bone."
Wei Feng immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Zi Guang and Feng Ji exchanged glances. Just now, Jiang Gu seemed like a different person. Their powerful aura had kept them from even asking him anything.
"So what do you plan to do with Changning?" Ziguang asked. "You can't really kill him, can you?"
“Why not?” Jiang Gu said, “He betrayed me first. When I went into the Demon Forest for training, I was seriously injured and almost died. He also played a part in that.”
Zi Guang was speechless for a long time before finally saying, "Then why didn't you tell us sooner?"
"The time is not right." Jiang Gu looked at the slowly opening gate of the Mi Hua Realm in front of him. "Even if I told you, it would only put you in a difficult position."
If it weren't for Ziguang's shout, he would have killed Changning without hesitation.
Feng Ji sighed, holding the knife: "If Chang Ning really did these things, he would have wanted to kill you long ago, and it would have been right to kill you."
Zi Guang frowned and said, "We all know Chang Ning's temperament all too well. Tiao Xu is his master. How could he disobey orders? Yao Yan, this matter should be investigated carefully before a conclusion is reached."
“It’s too late,” Jiang Gu said expressionlessly. “If he’s alive, he’ll be a potential threat.”
"You—" Zi Guang was about to say something more when Feng Ji grabbed him from the side.
"What's your rush? Changning isn't dead yet, is he?" he said through gritted teeth. "Don't provoke him."
Zi Guang shut his mouth, and after a moment said, "Something happened in the Upper Heaven. On our way here, we found that a barrier of immortal power had been placed in front of the Heavenly Gate, and we can't go back at all."
“Yes, I know.” Jiang Gu remained calm. “Since you’re here, come with me into the Mi Hua Realm.”
Zi Guang was stunned, but Feng Ji was very excited: "Of course it is possible."
"Count me in!" Wang Ting, who had been hiding in the shadows, suddenly appeared. He looked at Jiang Gu expectantly and said before Jiang Gu could speak, "The Yong'an Immortal Lord of the Nine Heavens' Fate Bureau went to the Chaosu Realm and persuaded my father and the Cloud Light Lord. They said that on the orders of the Tiaoxu Immortal Lord, they wanted to introduce all the chaotic energy of the Upper Realm into the small world where you are undergoing your tribulation. I think this method is excessive. You must have a way to stop them."
Jiang Gu remained silent, but Zi Guang and Feng Ji frowned as they listened. Zi Guang said, "This is utterly absurd. What exactly is that old bastard Tiao Xu trying to do?"
Wei Feng looked at the slowly opening gate of the Mi Hua Realm and suddenly took a half step back. Just now, Jiang Gu used his remaining half of his immortal bone, and he seemed to vaguely remember something. The distant conversation slowly became clear in his mind.
"...I need to descend to the mortal realm and bring back the Chaos Core... The thing you ate was the vessel chosen by the Chaos Core, and only you in this world can forge it... Would you be willing to descend to the mortal realm and bring the Chaos Core back to me?"
'Can you make sure I'm well-fed every day?'
'able. '
'I also want to become human... to practice swordsmanship... to walk on two legs...'
'Can. '
"Then I'm willing."
'But once I bring you up, I might not be able to separate you from the Chaos Core... Perhaps... you'll be sealed away...'
What is a seal?
'...It's like you're locked in a little box...and you have to sleep for a very, very long time...'
Will you wake me up?
'meeting. '
'Alright, then you'd better come find me in the mortal realm soon... and remember to wake me up early too.'
'Um. '
'Can I call you master now?'
'……'
Wei Feng frowned, recalling his conversation with Jiang Gu in his dream.
'Master, why do we need a key?'
'Because I made a wrong decision... and now I need to make amends.'
Jiang Gu will not seal him. Wei Feng watched Jiang Gu's back as he stepped into the Mi Hua Realm. So what is Jiang Gu going to do?
Wei Feng wanted to rush over and ask him, to tell him that he could help, but he didn't know how to help, nor could he guarantee that he could really persuade Jiang Gu—moreover, he had always unconditionally trusted Jiang Gu, because Jiang Gu always had a way.
But that won't work.
The path they were on was fraught with danger. If Jiang Gu had to explain every single detail to him, he would never be able to keep up with Jiang Gu's pace and would only become a burden to him.
His mind was filled with countless thoughts, but he didn't show it on his face. What was even more unusual was that he showed no unease or urgency. Instead, he followed Jiang Gu firmly into the gate of the Mi Hua Realm.
No matter what Jiang Gu wants to do, there is only one thing he needs to do—to ensure Jiang Gu's safety.
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