Zhang Ruochen flew more than three hundred li away, the sword qi encircling his body shattering entirely.
The Fire God Armour and fourteen golden wings all manifested, his flesh body going numb for a moment, only recovering after a while.
“He actually… blocked it!”
Gu She Jing looked at her own palm.
Although the power contained in that earlier palm strike was less than one tenth of her peak combat strength, it was still sufficient to explode the divine body of a third-rate pseudo-god.
According to her calculations, even if Zhang Ruochen’s body did not explode, he would at least suffer severe injuries.
After all, Gu She Jing had no intention of really killing Zhang Ruochen, merely wanting him to suffer a little, to vent her anger, and she had controlled the power very precisely.
Now, however, Zhang Ruochen did not even seem lightly injured.
“It is the mysteries. His understanding of sword dao mysteries has deepened! This fellow, once he becomes a god, will surely quickly master and employ the mysteries, becoming a powerhouse in the divine realm.”
Gu She Jing felt envy arising in her heart.
She had already broken through to become a god, her divine soul powerful, but due to the short time since becoming a god, her understanding of the mysteries was only superficial, and she could not yet, like Zhang Ruochen, mobilise homologous rules through the mysteries and convert them into combat power.
She could not let him off so easily.
Gu She Jing formed hand seals once more…
“The esteemed Pavilion Master of the Heaven Pavilion in the Luo Zu Yun Shan Realm, a peerless divine spirit, does your word not count?” Zhang Ruochen said.
Gu She Jing glanced at Yan Zhexian flying towards this place, dispersed the divine qi in her palm, and said with heroic arrogance, “This goddess’s word naturally counts. Actually, you do not need to go see Earth Grandmother anymore. Regarding the curse matter, her elderly self has already told it to me.”
“If you want to know the method to break the curse, you must agree to one thing for me.”
Before coming, Zhang Ruochen had already thought it through clearly.
If it truly required allying with the Luo Zu Yun Shan Realm through marriage to obtain the method to remove the curse, then there was no need to resist this matter. It would merely add one more thread of karma to his body.
But it could gain the support of the Luo Zu Yun Shan Realm.
Rescuing Chi Xing Tian in the future would also be much easier.
Zhang Ruochen smiled and said, “I have no other choice! Whatever Great Goddess Gu She needs me to agree to, speak freely.”
“Let Huan Huan speak with you.”
Gu She Jing closed her eyes.
When she opened them again, that pair of captivating eyes brimmed with a full smile.
The contrast was too great.
Sometimes, Zhang Ruochen even wondered whether Gu She Jing was truly one body with two souls, or deliberately putting on a cold-faced Rakshasa appearance? Or perhaps, deliberately putting on a charming and cute personality?
Watching Gu She Jing smile gently, speaking softly and intimately with Zhang Ruochen, as if lovers reuniting.
Yan Zhexian, who had caught up, became even more bewildered, involuntarily suspecting that everything she had seen earlier was an illusion.
Chi Yao and the dark-robed man in the distance also had the same feeling.
The dark-robed man said meaningfully, “Are you women all like this, having two different personalities?”
“Which personality to use completely depends on your mood at the time?”
Chi Yao neither affirmed nor denied it, saying calmly and serenely, “Being trapped in a pile of women is doomed to prevent achieving great things. No need to pay attention to Zhang Ruochen anymore. The heavy responsibility of rescuing Great God Xing Tian can only rely on us.”
The dark-robed man said, “But you also saw that the surrounding starry sky is wrapped in divine patterns inscribed by the successive gods of the Luo Zu Yun Shan Realm, among which there are even a large number of God Venerable level patterns, even Heavenly level patterns. For us to reach this place is already the limit. It is impossible to infiltrate the Luo Zu Yun Shan Realm.”
“How about contacting Zhang Ruochen first? After all, he and Gu She Jing are so intimate and affectionate. Perhaps he can employ his charms as a handsome man…”
“No need!”
Chi Yao interrupted the dark-robed man’s words, saying, “The information was transmitted back to the Kunlun Realm by Zhang Ruochen, so it should not be false. Since we cannot infiltrate the Luo Zu Yun Shan Realm, let us first go seize the Xing Tian Jar.”
“Good! It is time for this emperor to show off his skills! The gods of the Nether Hall will surely tremble in fear at this emperor’s feet.” The dark-robed man was full of momentum, spreading his arms as if unfolding a pair of wings, believing this made him more domineering.
Chi Yao said, “You go first. Wait for me at the Life and Death Realm Star.”
The dark-robed man kept his arms spread in a flying pose and asked, “Why?”
“I have another secret matter to handle.” Chi Yao said.
“Alright then!”
The dark-robed man merged into the darkness and left first.
…
“You want me to accompany you to the Abyss of Darkness?” Zhang Ruochen said.
Gu She Huan Huan said, “This is only the first matter. There is a second matter! Your alliance with the Luo Zu Yun Shan Realm through marriage must be done.”
“Was it not only one matter?” Zhang Ruochen said.
Gu She Huan Huan narrowed her eyes into crescent moons and said, “My sister one matter, me one matter. Added together, that is two matters!”
She extended two fingers and gestured them at Zhang Ruochen.
Being stabbed once is being stabbed.
Being stabbed twice is also being stabbed.
Zhang Ruochen asked, “What are you going to do in the Abyss of Darkness?”
“You do not need to worry about that! Anyway, you agree first. Once you agree, I will tell you the method to break the curse.” Gu She Huan Huan said.
Too strange!
According to Yan Wushen’s words, for gods entering the Abyss of Darkness, it was far more dangerous than for saint realm cultivators.
Gu She Jing had broken through to the divine realm only three years ago. She should spend a large amount of time condensing divine qi, consolidating the divine source, tempering the divine soul, comprehending the mysteries, and cultivating the divine realm world.
For a new god, it would take at least a thousand years to complete these.
Why would Gu She Jing risk her life and go to the Abyss of Darkness?
Since she was going, why not go during the saint realm? Or after the divine source was completely stabilised?
There was one more point.
Was it not too coincidental!
Yan Wushen had invited him to the Abyss of Darkness, and Gu She Jing happened to be going as well.
He could not think of a clue.
But these two matters were not difficult to handle, so Zhang Ruochen agreed to both.
Gu She Huan Huan said, “The Severing Dao Curse on your body was cast by Yin Xue Tian and then reactivated by the Nether Hall. Whether it is Heavenly level figures or the Nether Hall, they are all supreme and peerless existences.”
“In the world today, no cultivator can help you remove the curse.”
“I am not exaggerating to alarm you! You must know that the entire universe has only one Heaven Sealing figure left, the Lord of the Heavenly Palace, Hao Tian. Whether his cultivation has surpassed that of Yin Xue Tian back then is still unknown.”
“Even if his cultivation is above Yin Xue Tian’s.”
“But how much does he understand about curses? Can he compare to Yin Xue Tian?”
“Although Yin Xue Tian is dead, the Nether Hall remains powerful and unmatched, gathering the power of the entire Nether Clan. How strong this power is, with my current divine realm cultivation, I cannot imagine. Perhaps only when Heavenly level figures attack the Nether Hall can it erupt.”
“At least you should know that even in the past, when the Heavenly Court’s twenty heavens stood tall. The Nether Hall, without Heavenly level figures, could still protect itself.”
“The Nether Hall of today is far stronger than before, naturally even more terrifying.”
“Of course, over the past three hundred thousand years, perhaps the Heavenly Court and Hell World also have some peerless powerhouses who may have reached the level of Hao Tian and Ying Xue Tian. But I do not believe they can be stronger than Hao Tian and Ying Xue Tian.”
“Hao Tian, the number one in the world! This is acknowledged by the gods of the Hell Realm.”
“In short, your curse cannot be removed by any cultivator.”
Zhang Ruochen said, “According to what you say, I can only join the Nether Hall to gain the chance to break through and become a god?”
“This truly is a bright path. I surprisingly did not think of it.” Gu She Huan Huan laughed.
Zhang Ruochen naturally could not join the Nether Hall and said, “Speak! I believe Earth Grandmother definitely has a way to remove the curse.”
“Earth Grandmother has no way, no cultivator in the world has a way. But to untie the bell, the person who tied it must do it. If you can find Ying Xue Tian who cast the curse, the curse on you, including the curses on your Zhang family generation after generation, may all be removed.” Gu She Huan Huan said.
Zhang Ruochen said, “But Ying Xue Tian fell several yuan hui ago. What difference is there between what you say and saying nothing?”
“Finding her corpse will do. This is the source of the curse!” Gu She Huan Huan said.
“Yes! Rather than confronting the eternally enduring Nether Hall, better to destroy the source of the curse.”
Zhang Ruochen’s mind suddenly cleared.
Next, he must properly investigate where Yin Xue Tian was buried.
Gu She Huan Huan said, “Actually, Yin Xue Tian may not be dead, but she is definitely dead.”
“Why is it ‘may not’ again? And ‘definitely’ again?” Zhang Ruochen asked.
“Because in her later years, Yin Xue Tian went to the Abyss of Darkness and never returned from then on. Everyone thought she entered the Abyss of Darkness to seek opportunities because she knew she could not pass the yuan hui tribulation.”
“If she really found an opportunity, she would have returned from the Abyss of Darkness long ago.”
“Now, after hundreds of thousands of years, how could she still be alive? Extending life, extending one yuan hui is already the limit.”
“Without seeing the remains of a Heavenly level figure, no one dares say she is truly dead. Just like the Sixth Ancestor who sat in meditation back then, later there were still gods who saw him.”
“But by lifespan calculation, she should have died hundreds of thousands of years ago.”
“May not be dead, but definitely already dead.”
“So Ying Xue Tian went to the Abyss of Darkness in her later years. What exactly is this Abyss of Darkness? Since ancient times, how many Heavenly level figures have been buried there.” Zhang Ruochen muttered to himself.
It seemed the Abyss of Darkness must still be gone to!
Zhang Ruochen said, “What if Ying Xue Tian’s corpse cannot be found?”
“Then there is no way. You can only go join the Nether Hall. Whether the Nether Hall accepts you, that is unknown! Come on, let us set off.”
Gu She Huan Huan glanced at Yan Zhexian behind her, a sly glint appearing in her eyes. She wrapped Zhang Ruochen in divine qi, stepped out with the divine spirit step, and rapidly departed.
“No, I must go to the Luo Zu Yun Shan Realm once. I have an important matter to entrust to Ling Xi.” Zhang Ruochen said.
Last time, his mind was disrupted by the great secret Chi Xing Tian revealed, and then he was in a hurry to escape. Zhang Ruochen had forgotten to give the God’s Star Soul from the God Hunter to Mu Ling Xi. This time coming, he planned to give it to her to aid her in cultivating her divine soul.
“Do not think about Ling Xi or Zhe Xian anymore. Now, by your side, there is only Huan Huan.”
Also the divine spirit step, yet Gu She Huan Huan executed it with ease and comfort, her speed extremely fast, long skirt fluttering.
The stepping speed was several times that of Zhang Ruochen.
…
In the distant starry sky, a pair of eyes as huge as stars peered towards the direction of the Luo Zu Yun Shan Realm.
Following that, a deep and sombre voice sounded, saying, “Go to the Nether Hall and report to Great God Wen Tong that Zhang Ruochen’s whereabouts have been discovered. He has already secretly left the Three Lives Realm long ago. Together with Gu She Jing, they have just left the Luo Zu Yun Shan Realm and are heading towards the depths of the Yellow Springs Star River.”
