Gou's Liver Experience in the World of Demons and Demons

He took a deep, slow breath, forcefully circulated his internal energy, suppressed his surging blood and turbulent mind, and tried his best to calm his agitated emotions.

After several breaths, he gradually adjusted to the light that filled the entire space and slowly opened his eyes.

At this moment, he finally saw the entire hall clearly.

The main hall is square, exceeding a thousand feet in both length and width, and is extremely magnificent. The surrounding walls are not purely dark, but rather made of some kind of dark gold material, carved with countless ancient-style reliefs and totems, interspersed with a large number of strange characters similar to those on bronze steles, recording long-forgotten history and secrets.

The ground beneath your feet is neither gold nor jade, but has a warm and hard feel. It is engraved with countless complex and dazzling patterns, which are like rivers flowing into the sea, eventually extending and converging into the deepest part of the hall.

Gu Sheng's gaze followed the direction in which the countless patterns on the ground converged.

At the far end of the hall, where the patterns ended, stood a colossal object... a thousand feet tall!

The thing was a dark gold color, and its shape was like a huge divine bird standing proudly, about to take flight. Its wings were slightly open, and its head was held high, as if it was gazing at the sky. Even after being silent for thousands of years, it still exuded a terrifying pressure that looked down on the world and dominated the universe!
Gu Sheng first felt that the shape of this giant object was somewhat familiar, and then immediately recognized that it was almost identical in appearance and aura to the mini golden-winged roc statue that he had seen outside before, which served as the key to the entrance to the secret realm!
But then, his pupils suddenly contracted, and he realized something was wrong!

This is not a statue!
On that dark golden "body," a layer of "feathers" that seemed metallic yet bore biological textures was faintly covered. Although it had lost the luster of life, one could still feel the vast and boundless blood and energy contained within it! That boundless and domineering aura, originating from the source of life and unique to the Golden-Winged Roc, could not be faked!

This...this is a real, well-preserved, thousand-foot-tall...

The remains of the Golden-Winged Roc!

Just as Gu Sheng recognized the colossal creature, towering a thousand feet tall, as the remains of the true Golden-Winged Roc, and was filled with awe—

Click…click…

A series of subtle yet dense sounds, like ice cracking, suddenly came from that enormous dark golden body!
Gu Sheng stared intently and saw that the surface of the remains, which was originally as perfect as a metal sculpture, had suddenly developed countless fine, spiderweb-like cracks! These cracks spread and expanded rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, they covered the entire body of the "statue"!

Immediately afterwards, large pieces of "fragments" resembling petrified shells began to peel off and fall from the remains, dissipating into specks of pure energy light in mid-air.

As these outer shells fell away, the original appearance of the remains began to appear—no longer a dark gold, but a flesh and blood body flowing with a dark golden luster and covered with real feathers! Although it still had no life force, the vast power of blood and qi and the terrifying pressure were like a volcano that had been dormant for thousands of years, suddenly awakening and erupting!

"唳——!!!"

A resounding cry, piercing through metal and splitting stone, echoing throughout the universe, seemed to come from the ancient primordial era, suddenly erupted from the mouth of the golden-winged roc that had regained its flesh and blood! The sound wave, like a tangible shockwave, swept across the entire thousand-foot-tall hall!

boom! ! !
With that cry, the enormous wings that had been drooping for so long suddenly flapped and opened wide! The terrifying airflow generated by the flapping of the wings was like a Category 12 hurricane, which blew Gu Sheng, who was standing hundreds of feet away, backward hundreds of feet away, and his feet plowed two deep tracks in the ground!

Gu Sheng's internal energy circulated rapidly, and his golden body shone faintly as he managed to stabilize himself.

He looked up at the enormous creature that seemed to have come to life, his eyes showing surprise but not panic, and he quickly analyzed the situation.

"It's not a true resurrection... There's no soul fluctuation, no sign of the revival of the life essence."

This is more like... after the soul has long since perished, the physical body has been perfectly sealed and preserved by some extremely powerful secret technique. What currently dominates this body is not a complete consciousness, but a... remnant spirit! A remnant spirit of obsession, pre-programmed and sealed along with the body!

His gaze met those enormous bird eyes that slowly lowered, like two small golden suns.

From the depths of those cold, emotionless pupils, Gu Sheng caught a faint yet incredibly tenacious spiritual fluctuation.

"This remnant spirit was sealed along with the physical body."

Its function is to briefly 'activate' the physical body at the specific moment the seal is broken, fulfilling the last wish set by its master before its demise... What a brilliant and resolute soul technique! To ensure inheritance or a certain mission, it is willing to scatter a bit of its true spirit, transforming it into this almost instinctive, lingering obsession..."

Just as Gu Sheng's mind raced, the giant head of the Golden-Winged Roc turned slightly, its cold golden pupils locking onto him completely. A grand, majestic, yet emotionless voice echoed throughout the entire hall like thunder.

"You who come later... are you... the destined one that the Lord of Fate... is waiting for?"

Gu Sheng took a deep breath, suppressing the turmoil in his heart, and responded loudly and firmly, facing the immense pressure.

"Exactly!"

Upon receiving an affirmative answer, a dazzling light suddenly erupted from the massive golden-winged roc's body! Within the light, its form began to rapidly shrink and transform!
In just a moment, the colossal creature, thousands of feet tall, vanished. In its place stood a woman suspended in mid-air.

She possessed the upper body of a human woman, with a stunningly beautiful and aloof face, exuding an inhuman, noble, and distant beauty. Her skin had a healthy pale gold hue, and her eyes remained that brilliant gold.

Its lower body is a pair of bird bodies and sharp claws covered with gorgeous dark gold feathers, and a pair of wings on its back that are folded but still exude a powerful aura.

This is a woman with a bird's body and a human face! She exudes a powerful and ancient demonic energy, the intensity of which has reached the peak of the Sect Realm and even faintly touches the edge of the King Realm!

Her golden eyes looked indifferently at Gu Sheng. With a gentle flap of her wings, she appeared several feet away from Gu Sheng in an instant, as if she had crossed space.

"you……"

She spoke, her voice crisp and cold, a stark contrast to her previous grand voice.

Gu Sheng didn't wait for her to ask any more questions and spoke directly.

"I have just finished a conversation with Senior Si Ming that spans the long river of time."

He told me that your Golden-Winged Roc clan are his most loyal descendants of spirit pets, who have guarded this place for generations.

Upon hearing this, the bird-bodied, human-faced woman's golden eyes seemed to flicker with an extremely faint ripple, as if some deep-rooted mark in her bloodline and soul had been touched.

She nodded slightly, her tone still cold, but less scrutinizing.

"Since the Lord of Fate has personally confirmed it, then there is no mistake. Now that you know the cause and effect, you should know... what you need to do."

"nature."

Gu Sheng nodded.

"Come with me."

The woman said no more, and her wings flapped behind her once more.

An invisible yet gentle and resilient current of air instantly enveloped her and Gu Sheng, and then the two soared into the sky, not flying towards the dome of the main hall, but rushing towards an extremely inconspicuous entrance on a steep side wall, which looked like just a natural crack in the rock.

It’s so fast that it arrives in the blink of an eye.

Passing through the narrow entrance, one enters a narrow, downward-sloping passage that can only accommodate two or three people side by side. The inner walls of the passage are smooth and emit a faint fluorescence.

Led by the young woman, Gu Sheng followed closely behind, walking for about a hundred paces through the passage. Suddenly, the view opened up before him!
They entered a strange space that defies description.

Here, there seems to be no distinction between up, down, left, or right; being here feels like floating in the boundless cosmos. All around are slowly rotating, ever-changing, mesmerizing nebulae, their colors magnificent, sometimes coalescing into galaxies, sometimes scattering into dust, constantly cycling between birth and destruction, breathtakingly beautiful, and filled with an indescribable mystery and vastness.

"To arrange the place of rest after death into an endless galaxy... This senior of fate is quite romantic."

Looking at the magnificent and dreamlike scene before him, Gu Sheng couldn't help but sigh softly.

Upon hearing this, the bird-bodied, human-faced woman flying ahead paused slightly in her wing-flapping motion. She turned half of her cold and beautiful face to the side, her golden eyes glancing at Gu Sheng, her tone still indifferent.

"There's no need to try to get close to me here. I'm guarding this place not out of love or respect, but simply to fulfill the destiny passed down from my parents and ancestors."

Gu Sheng remained calm and said without changing his expression.

"It was just a spontaneous remark, nothing more."

The woman stopped dwelling on the topic, turned around, faced the vast center of the nebula, and gently flapped her wings.

A pure and ancient demonic power, like a gentle stream, flowed from the tips of her wings and silently merged into the dazzling starry river in front of her.

A strange scene happened.

The psychedelic nebula, which was originally eternally flowing and ever-renewing, seemed to be paused after coming into contact with this specific demonic power, and then began to slowly contract and condense inward.

Time passed slowly, and after about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the enormous nebula that had filled the field of vision had completely disappeared.

Instead, a coffin floated in the very center of the space.

The coffin was a deep and mesmerizing color, as if the entire starry sky was condensed into it. Starlight shimmered on its surface, and countless fine runes, like the trajectory of stars, appeared and disappeared on the surface of the coffin, exuding an aura of tranquility, eternity, and utmost solemnity.

The bird-bodied, human-faced woman looked at the coffin, her cold voice seemingly carrying a hint of barely perceptible weakness and deep weariness.

"This... is the final resting place of Lord Si Ming."

Its physical body is contained within it.

She slowly flapped her wings to maintain her levitation, but the powerful demonic energy fluctuations around her had noticeably dimmed. Clearly, activating this galactic treasure and condensing this coffin had been a huge drain on her resources.

Gu Sheng looked at the coffin before him, which was shrouded in endless starlight, and then at the bird-bodied, human-faced woman beside him whose aura had clearly weakened considerably. After a moment of silence, he solemnly spoke.

"The lineage of the Golden-Winged Roc keeps its promises and guards the land for generations. For hundreds of thousands of years, it has always fulfilled its mission. Such credibility and perseverance are admirable."

The bird-bodied, human-faced woman's golden eyes flickered slightly upon hearing Gu Sheng's words. Hundreds of thousands of years of solitary guardianship had hardened her emotions to the point of being as solid as ice, but the recognition of her tribe's mission from an outsider still stirred a ripple in her icy heart.

Although her expression remained indifferent, her tone seemed to have softened slightly.

"It's my duty; there's no need for admiration."

She responded calmly, then changed the subject and looked at Gu Sheng.

"Now that you have arrived, it is up to you to fulfill Lord Si Ming's final request."

She paused, as if making up her mind, and continued.

"In return, after you obtain the relics of Lord Si Ming... I can entrust my physical body to you. Please find a quiet place to bury it, so that I may be freed and return to the world."

"And I..."

Her gaze seemed to pierce through the void, seeing her own enormous remains sealed in the main hall.

"My life essence, consisting of eighteen drops, is the culmination of my life's cultivation. You may take it out before my remaining spirit dissipates and my physical body is laid to rest. This item is then given to you."

Upon hearing this, Gu Sheng readily agreed without the slightest hesitation.

"Alright, I promise you. I will find a quiet place to properly bury your body."

His core objective in venturing deep into the secret realm was to obtain the remains of the Golden-Winged Roc. Whether it was the eighteen drops of his life essence blood, which contained the culmination of his life's cultivation, or the other values ​​that his physical body might contain, they were things he was determined to acquire.

Now that the other party has offered to give him his essence and blood and entrust him with the burial of his physical body, it is nothing more than a convenient favor for him, yet he can gain real and enormous benefits, so naturally there is no reason for him to refuse.

Seeing that Gu Sheng agreed so readily, the last trace of doubt in the bird-bodied, human-faced woman's golden eyes vanished.

She continued, her voice carrying a sense of ethereal return to the origin.

"My lineage of the Golden-Winged Roc was born in the Northern Sea and soared above the nine heavens. According to ancient tradition, after death, our souls should also return to the Northern Sea and be buried in the burial ground of our ancestors."

She looked at Gu Sheng and made her final request.

"Therefore, I hope you can send my body to the Northern Sea, find a burial place, so that I can... return to my homeland."

Gu Sheng's eyes flickered slightly, but he did not answer immediately. Instead, he asked a question in return.

"You trust me so much? Aren't you afraid I'll go back on my word, keep your body, and only take those eighteen drops of essence blood?"

The woman seemed to have anticipated his question and answered calmly.

I believe you.

Firstly, since you are a person chosen by the God of Fate across time and space, your character and temperament should not be so despicable.

Secondly…

She paused, a glint of wisdom flashing in her golden eyes.

"Those eighteen drops of my life essence blood, though precious, are to me merely a token of my gratitude for your burial. The real opportunity... actually lies in the Northern Underworld."

"Oh?" (End of Chapter)