Blind Ghostwriter: Starts with the full level of Nine Yang Magic Skill

Chapter 315 Ascension Imminent, Desiring to Knock on the Heavenly Gate

Gu Mo looked at the primordial spirit body of Wang Qingping in front of him and said, "No wonder. I was wondering why you were parasitizing Zhu Zixiong's sea of ​​consciousness. Instead of directly controlling him as a puppet, you had to pretend to be a god and impersonate Gongsun Jue. It turns out you were willing but unable."

Gu Mo chuckled and said, "What's wrong? Can't you move your primordial spirit body?"

The reason for saying this is that Gu Mo discovered that the primordial spirit in front of him was not a complete primordial spirit, but a split primordial spirit clone. Although it possessed the power of the primordial spirit, the strength of the primordial spirit was limited.

"As expected of someone who cultivates spiritual secret arts, they are truly gifted in understanding the power of the primordial spirit. They were not only able to detect me, but also to discern my state."

Wang Qingping floated forward slightly, looked down at Gu Mo, and asked, "Young man, how did you guess my identity?"

Gu Mo said, "Because the bloodline power of your Wang family is very strong, even after so many generations, you and Wang Dongli still look similar."

"Then I can't be his father or his grandfather?" Wang Qingping asked, puzzled.

Gu Mo shook his head slightly and said, "You have the aura of the Three Flowers Gathering Spirit Technique on you. Although the Three Flowers Gathering Spirit Technique can theoretically be cultivated to the Ascension Realm, it is very difficult. Throughout the Wang family's history, apart from the founder, no one has achieved much."

"Hmm?" Wang Qingping was slightly taken aback and said, "Wait, how do you know about the Three Flowers Gathering Spirit Technique? Wang Dongli never told you that the original name of our Wang family's inherited martial art was the Three Flowers Gathering Spirit Technique!"

Gu Mo was also stunned and said, "How do you know Wang Dongli didn't tell me? Do you have a clone inside Wang Dongli? Impossible, if you had a clone inside Wang Dongli, I couldn't possibly not have discovered it..."

As he spoke, Gu Mo recalled what Wang Dongli had said this morning about being tormented by multiple dreams. Then, he suddenly realized something and said, "You tampered with the Three Flowers Gathering Spirit Technique passed down in your Wang family, didn't you? The curse of the Wang family isn't in their bloodline, but in their martial arts!"

Wang Qingping looked at Gu Mo and said, "Indeed, everyone who can become the number one in the world in an era is not simple. How about this, young man, we have no past grudges or present enmity, and I do not wish to make an enemy of a genius with such infinite potential as you. Let's leave it at that."

Gu Mo shook his head slightly and said, "Do you think you have the right to negotiate with me?"

Wang Qingping chuckled and said, "Young man, you are too arrogant. I am unwilling to fight you only because I don't want to cause any trouble. Do you think I am afraid of you? Even if I am just an avatar, I am still an Ascension Realm cultivator."

Your spiritual techniques are decent, barely enough to touch the power of the primordial spirit, but that's about it...

"Snapped"

Gu Mo raised his hand and slapped Wang Qingping across the face.

He slapped Wang Qingping away, causing his entire primordial spirit body to tremble.

Wang Qingping's words stopped abruptly, and she said, full of confusion, "You... hit me with your hand? No, you just hit me with your hand? No, you..."

at this time,

Gu Mo took a step forward and reached out, grabbing Wang Qingping by the neck.

Wang Qingping's smile instantly changed, replaced by terror.

Suddenly, he snapped out of his daze and realized for sure that Gu Mo had hit him with his hand and was now choking him with his hand.

"The physical body... how could this be..."

At that moment,

Gu Mo used the Dao Heart Demon Seed Technique, urging his spiritual power to envelop Wang Qingping. Streams of demonic power, like threads, pierced into Wang Qingping's primordial spirit, causing strange fluctuations in the demonic energy.

After a while

Wang Qingping's eyes became numb.

Gu Mo slowly asked, "Who are you?"

"Wang Qingping".

Gu Mo asked, "What exactly is the Wang family's curse?"

Wang Qingping said, "The Three Flowers Gathering Spirit Technique that the Wang family is now inheriting was created by me specifically to seek longevity and avoid inner demons. I have engraved the Three Flowers Gathering Spirit Technique of the Wang family on a stone tablet, which is imbued with my primordial spirit power."

In order to cultivate the Three Flowers Gathering Spirit Technique, cultivators must observe the stone tablet. Once they observe the stone tablet, they will be invaded by my primordial spirit power. This is because the Wang family are descendants of the Peacock Spirit Clan, and their bloodline contains spiritual power. No matter how many generations they have passed down, their spiritual power remains the same and will not change. Their primordial spirit power is inherited and can be completely integrated without any difference.

Over time, my primordial spirit will completely replace the cultivator, and the other party will become an avatar of my primordial spirit. The spiritual power in the Wang family bloodline can also be transformed into primordial spirit power, so the avatar can continuously grow stronger to nourish the primordial spirit body and maintain the body's longevity.

Theoretically speaking, as long as the Wang family line continues unbroken, I can live indefinitely.

Gu Mo chuckled.

Wang Qingping's theory is actually flawed. First, the peacock spiritual power of the Wang family would inevitably weaken with each generation, and their primordial spirit power would also diminish. Second, due to bloodline issues, the Wang family has a single-lineage system for generations. If someone dies unexpectedly or is unable to cultivate for some reason, there is no primordial spirit power to offer.

but,

Gu Mo felt a bit twisted and said, "According to what you're saying, your son is you, your grandson is you, and your great-grandson is also you..."

Wang Qingping said, "The first half of their lives belonged to them, and the second half belongs to me."

Gu Mo said, "The Wang family members all become mentally unstable generation after generation, eventually dying from the collapse of their vital energy. This is not because of the peacock's spiritual power, but because their primordial spirit gradually becomes you. In this process, you will gradually lose your original consciousness, so you will become mentally unstable and fall into madness. And later, in order to obtain the power of your primordial spirit, you will continue to absorb vital energy until you die."

"Yes," Wang Qingping said.

"Why exactly do you want to do this?" Gu Mo asked.

Wang Qingping said, "Because of my inner demons, more than 160 years ago, when I reached the half-step ascension realm and was preparing for my ascension, I witnessed a cultivator who had ascended before me being devoured by his inner demons in front of the Heavenly Gate."

I was terrified at the time, so I consulted many ancient texts, but I couldn't find a way to deal with my inner demons, so I dared not ascend. However, I was already very old at that time, and if I didn't ascend, I could only wait to die.

I was terrified. I didn't want to die, but ascension would also mean certain death. In my panic, I accidentally discovered that my primordial spirit power had merged with my son's primordial spirit. At that moment, I found a way to survive.

I modified the Three Flowers Gathering Spirit Technique, renamed it the Nourishing Spirit Technique, and tampered with it. The deeper one cultivates, the closer the primordial spirit's power will be to my primordial spirit. In the end, the cultivator's primordial spirit will completely become my clone.

So I went to the far north to find a piece of ten-thousand-year-old ice, which caused a flood, creating a place where the earth's veins converged. Then I set up an array, using that ten-thousand-year-old ice as a guide, to seal my physical body and primordial spirit within it.

I control my clone, which every few years feeds back the stored primordial spirit power to my main body, allowing me to remain in a state of near-ascension, immortal and indestructible. I am waiting; I believe that one day I will find the departure of my inner demons, or I will find a way to ascend.

Gu Mo understood why Wang Qingping, as the president of the Heavenly God Society, was already a six-star wanted person. Back then, this guy caused floods to change the terrain and set up magic arrays, killing countless people.

Then, Gu Mo asked again, "So what do you want to do by controlling the Celestial Gods?"

Wang Qingping said, "Because the earth vein power of my frozen body is almost exhausted, I need to create a new place where earth vein power gathers, and setting up the magic array requires a lot of energy."

My original plan was to let Wang Dongli control the martial arts world of Yunzhou and gather all kinds of energy and natural treasures. So, I began to guide Wang Dongli to use the power of his primordial spirit, and also taught him martial arts secrets under the guise of bloodline spiritual power, so that his martial arts skills could improve by leaps and bounds.

However, at that moment, I met Zhu Zixiong, and a flash of inspiration struck me. I thought of a shortcut: I could use the characteristics of the Taotie Divine Skill to absorb enough internal energy as the energy needed to set up the magic array, which would save more time than making Wang Dongli the leader of the martial arts alliance.

Coincidentally, I had seen and learned the Taotie Divine Skill on Penglai Island, so I took advantage of Zhu Zixiong's loyalty to Gongsun Jue and tricked him into working for me, thus establishing the Heavenly God Society.

In order to remain undetected, I had the Heavenly Gods hide in the shadows, sowing discord and stirring up conflict everywhere. They would then take advantage of the chaos to absorb internal energy, and the conflict would allow them to remain hidden.

However, what I never expected was that the inner demon suddenly disappeared. The inner demon had tampered with the minds of highly skilled cultivators, and I was no exception, but now it had vanished.

I knew my chance had come. I didn't know when my inner demons would return, so I had to seize this opportunity to ascend. Therefore, I instructed the Heavenly Gods to do everything in their power to create chaos in Yunzhou, so I could absorb as much internal energy as possible amidst the confusion.

Gu Mo asked in confusion, "Since you are going to ascend, it means you no longer need the power of the earth veins to seal you, and you don't need so much internal energy to set up the formation. Why do you still need the gods to absorb internal energy everywhere?"

“I need it even more,” Wang Qingping said. “Now that I want to ascend, I must break through from the half-step ascension realm to the ascension realm. I need to borrow momentum, so I need a great formation even more. However, before, I needed the power of the earth veins to seal me and ensure that I did not die. Now, I need to borrow the power of heaven and earth to help me go straight into the ascension realm in one go.”

At this moment, not a single bit of power is too much, so I accelerated the process of fusing Wang Dongli's primordial spirit. Originally, it took me several years to fully fuse with his father's primordial spirit, but now I plan to fully fuse with Wang Dongli's primordial spirit in ten days to half a month.

I never expected the Heavenly Gods Society to make such a big mistake. They actually planned to kill Wang Dongli, but they were exposed, forcing me to let the Heavenly Gods Society openly commit crimes and absorb internal energy.

"But it doesn't matter anymore. So what if I've been exposed? The energy needed for ascension is almost ready, and I'll be able to ascend soon."

Gu Mo asked, "Recently, many master weapon makers have gone missing in Yunzhou City. Did you do it?"

“Yes,” Wang Qingping said. “Because we are going to ascend, the original magic array that gathers the power of the earth veins has been changed into a flying array. We need to create some new array plates and array eye pestles as quickly as possible. The requirements are very precise, so we must have the top weapon-making masters.”

Gu Mo quickly asked, "Is the person still alive?"

Wang Qingping nodded and said, "They are all alive. They are all under my control with my primordial spirit power and are doing their jobs for me obediently. So they are all still alive. Whether they are alive or dead has no effect on me, so there is no need to deliberately kill them."

Gu Mo asked, "Where is your original body now?"

“Below Tian Sheng Lake,” Wang Qingping replied.

"Natural Lake?"

Gu Mo was slightly taken aback. This lake was the large lake located below the site of Old Master Wang's tomb.

Two days ago, Gu Mo and Du Sha went to attend a funeral. The two were discussing that the place was a geomantically auspicious location. However, the lake was formed by a great flood that occurred more than a hundred years ago. The imperial court spent a great deal of money to block the lake and named it Tian Sheng Lake.

Gu Mo suddenly realized and said, "So, the location of Old Master Wang's grave was deliberately chosen."

Wang Qingping nodded and said, "A few years ago, I started preparing for a new place where the earth veins converged. I pretended to be in good spirits and built a tomb there. In reality, I secretly controlled the puppets to move the materials of the original magic array out of it, and planned to move the main body away as well when the new magic array was completed."

It was all for nothing. The things I moved out were secretly brought back. Now, my Flying Array is beneath Natural Lake.

Gu Mo then asked, "Are you from the Peacock Spirit Clan? Why did you come to the Qian Kingdom?"

Wang Qingping said, "I am from the Peacock Spirit Clan, the Kong Clan of Changping County in Yong Kingdom. We are the Peacock Spirit Clan, and for generations we have worshipped the Seven-Colored Peacock and lived in seclusion in the mountains. However, about two hundred years ago, the Emperor of Yong Kingdom learned that the Kong Clan had a unique bloodline talent, and he became greedy and carried out a massacre, which led to the destruction of the Kong Clan."

I don't know how many people escaped back then. I went back later, but by then, the Yong Kingdom had already fallen. I only managed to find the descendants of the Yong royal family and slaughter them to vent my anger; I didn't find any news about the Kong family.

Gu Mo asked in confusion, "Don't you worship the Seven-Colored Peacock? The Kong clan suffered annihilation, and the Seven-Colored Peacock didn't protect you?"

Wang Qingping said, "According to the family genealogy, more than 500 years ago, the Seven-Colored Peacock was besieged and severely injured. It then left the human world and returned to the sacred mountain to recuperate, and has not been seen since."

"Where is the sacred mountain?" Gu Mo asked.

Wang Qingping said, "I don't know. Only the clan leaders of each generation know the location of the sacred mountain. I was not the clan leader back then, so I have no right to know."

Gu Mo nodded slightly.

I have now found out what I wanted to know.

He immediately stopped.

The next moment,

Wang Qingping's clone snapped out of its puppet state and looked at Gu Mo, her heart filled with panic.

Although he had just been controlled by Gu Mo, he remembered everything he did and said very clearly, knowing that he had just been controlled by Gu Mo.

However, after the initial panic, he calmed down and said, "Good, good, good, good indeed, the number one in the world. No wonder you are so confident. It turns out you have already reached the half-step ascension realm."

Gu Mo said speechlessly, "Can't you guess a little bigger?"

Wang Qingping sneered, "What, you want to tell me you've reached the Ascension Realm? If you had, would you still be here with your physical body? The Ascension Realm is uncontrollable; you'll inevitably meet your end. Young man, you can't fool me with that."

Gu Mo: “…”

Wang Qingping added, "However, it's a pity, young man. There's something you might not know yet. When you came to intercept Zhu Zixiong and showed yourself, I knew that Zhu Zixiong probably wouldn't have time to send his internal energy over."

Although my main body isn't lacking in this area and can ascend at any time, your appearance is unpleasant. Therefore, to make amends, my main body has forcibly controlled Wang Dongli to wreak havoc in the Dongli Sect, with your sister and your maid being the first to be targeted. It's said that both of them are Grandmasters, and their internal energy must be considerable. By now, they've probably already been drained to death."

Wang Qingping smiled and looked at Gu Mo, saying, "Regretful? In pain? This is the price you pay for your ignorance and meddling in other people's business, hahahaha!"

Gu Mo looked at the smug and arrogant Wang Qingping, pondered for a moment, and said, "Perhaps, the one suffering now is your clone."

Wang Qingping frowned and said, "What do you mean?"

Gu Mo chuckled and said, "My maidservant had another identity before she became my slave. That identity was..." As he spoke, Gu Mo took a step forward, leaned close to Wang Qingping's ear, and said, "The Great Island Master of Penglai Island."

Wang Qingping's pupils suddenly widened.

Gu Mo then asked, "Also, do you know why inner demons disappear?"

"Why... why?"

"I killed him."

Wang Qingping trembled, her eyes filled with disbelief and terror.

Gu Mo gently pressed his palm down on Wang Qingping's chest.

In an instant, Wang Qingping's figure shattered and vanished into a wisp of mist.

immediately,

Gu Mo then walked over to the unconscious Zhu Zixiong, woke him up, and after figuring out the specific information about the remnants of those who cultivated the Taotie Divine Art, he slapped him to death.

【Kill the five-star wanted criminal】

[Received a five-star reward - Max-level Divine Blade Slash]

[Whether to claim] ……

After receiving the Divine Blade Slash, Gu Mo took a step forward, and his figure disappeared instantly.

……

Inside the Dongli School, the afternoon sun lazily spills into the courtyard.

Gu Chudong was sitting at the stone table with Hongyi, talking quietly.

"Sister in red, can you ascend to heaven?" Gu Chudong asked.

The woman in red held the teacup in her delicate hand, her expression calm: "It is possible, but according to the master's martial arts theory, both the physical body and the primordial spirit need to ascend, and the order is physical body first, then primordial spirit. Therefore, I need to wait for my physical body to ascend before I can ascend my primordial spirit."

Gu Chudong asked in surprise, "Sister in red, can your physical body also cultivate?"

The woman in red said, "Yes, actually, I'm not that different from a human. My physical body is also a real human body, and I also came from the womb. My primordial spirit is also generated by simulating a human primordial spirit. The only difference is that I lack emotions."

This is the biggest drawback of Baiyujing; the reason why a sufficiently perfect human form has never appeared is because emotions have not developed.

Gu Chudong asked curiously, "What would happen if feelings developed?"

“That’s a real person,” the woman in red said.

Gu Chudong: “…”

"Sister in red, you said you're not much different from other people, so can you have children?"

Red-clad: "??"

Gu Chudong grinned and said, "So, you're talking about having sex and then having a baby? Can you do that?"

"Row."

"Really?" Gu Chudong asked excitedly, "Then will your baby have feelings?"

"This...I can't answer that!"

Gu Chudong scratched her head, then prepared to speak again.
at this time,

A figure suddenly appeared at the courtyard gate; it was Wang Dongli.

Gu Chudong got up and walked over, asking, "Sect Leader Wang, is there something you need?" As she spoke, she suddenly frowned slightly and asked in confusion, "Why did you remove those silver needles from your head? They were to help you control your emotions..."

Gu Chudong's words came to an abrupt halt, because she clearly saw that the look on Wang Dongli's face was not the blankness of someone who was out of his mind, but a cold, sinister smile filled with deep malice.

That smile sent chills down Gu Chudong's spine.

"Sect Leader Wang?" She stood up warily and took a step back.

Wang Dongli remained silent, his eyes gleaming with an even stronger evil light. He suddenly sprang up like a ghost, his five fingers forming claws, and with a sharp whooshing sound, he aimed straight for Gu Chudong's throat.

The speed was astonishing; the air whistled wherever the claws passed.

but,

Gu Chudong reacted extremely quickly, her movements as swift as the wind. With a light step, she instantly retreated, avoiding the fatal claw. Her figure floated back, her eyes filled with surprise and uncertainty: "Sect Leader Wang, this is reality, not a dream. Please control your emotions!"

The woman in red had already stepped in front of Gu Chudong, her gaze sharp as a knife, fixed on Wang Dongli, and said, "Something's not right. This isn't just a fit of temper or a loss of mind... it's like he's being controlled!"

"Hehe..." Wang Dongli let out a grating laugh, his voice hoarse and distorted, completely unlike his own. "If you have to blame someone, blame your brother Gu Mo for meddling in other people's business and angering me!"

Before he finished speaking, Wang Dongli's aura suddenly surged, and an extremely terrifying suction force erupted from him!
The Gluttonous Divine Skill.

In an instant, the atmosphere in the courtyard changed dramatically.

A sudden gust of wind rose from the ground, swirling up dust and fallen leaves. The flowers, plants, and trees in the courtyard withered and died at a visible speed, and the stone tables and benches trembled violently, as if they were about to be torn apart by an invisible force.

A vast, greedy, and seemingly all-consuming black hole force locked onto Hongyi and Gu Chudong, attempting to forcibly extract their essence, inner strength, and even the very source of their lives.

"Meddling in other people's business always comes at a price. I will ascend to heaven first and wait for Gu Mo in the celestial realm."

As soon as the words fell,
Wang Dongli increased his power, and in an instant, his domain enveloped the area, with a vast and surging devouring force.

however,
Both Hongyi and Gu Chudong had flowing robes, but their figures remained completely still.

Wang Dongli's expression froze instantly, replaced by confusion: "Why can't I suck it in?"

at this time,

The woman in red took a step forward, her figure seemingly ignoring the distance in space, and instantly appeared less than three feet in front of Wang Dongli.

She raised her slender hand lightly, seemingly casually, yet it contained an indescribable and unstoppable immense power. She lightly touched Wang Dongli's brow with a finger, and immediately let out a soft "Eh," saying, "Possession? Primordial spirit?"

Wang Dongli was slightly surprised, clearly not expecting that the woman in front of him could recognize his presence at a glance. He immediately realized that he might have met a tough opponent and prepared to make a move.

But the woman in red was faster; she transformed her fingers into a palm and struck down with it.

A dull, soft sound, as if popping an invisible bubble.

"Bam—!"

Wang Dongli was sent flying backward, but at the same time, a semi-transparent, distorted phantom of his primordial spirit flew out from the depths of Wang Dongli's sea of ​​consciousness!

The illusory image of the primordial spirit was filled with shock and horror.

This was also the primordial spirit clone that Wang Qingping had already merged with most of Wang Dongli's primordial spirit, which was now forcibly separated from Wang Dongli's primordial spirit by the woman in red.

Wang Dongli's eyes were filled with horror.

Although he couldn't figure out why Gu Mo's maid had such powerful primordial spirit, he reacted quickly. Without hesitation, he transformed into a dim stream of light and was about to tear through space to escape, his speed as fast as a startled swan.

"Want to run?"

Gu Chudong snorted coldly, her voice filled with chilling killing intent.

The instant Wang Qingping's primordial spirit escaped, she slashed out with the Gouchen Demon Blade that she had been gripping tightly.

Zheng——!
The sound of the blade was not loud, but it carried a sharpness that tore at the soul, like a death knell from the deepest hell!

The sword suddenly appeared!
That was no ordinary blade of light, but a blood-red moon wheel condensed to the extreme, seemingly formed from the deepest despair and purest demonic energy!
Where the blade flashed, the space groaned under its own weight, the light was distorted and swallowed up, and all the colors in the courtyard faded instantly, leaving only a chilling dark red and a deathly black.

Dozens of demonic figures seemed to appear between heaven and earth, as if the entire world was controlled by demonic energy.

The world has lost its color, and all things have fallen silent!
When the demonic blade is drawn, even gods and demons tremble in fear!

This is the Demon Blade.

Gu Mo used the purest magical stone essence in the world as the foundation to help Gu Chudong forge the magical blade.

At this moment, Gu Chudong's figure merged with the sword light, transforming into a blood-red streak that tore through the sky, striking with unparalleled precision at the fleeing primordial spirit phantom!
Wang Qingping's primordial spirit sensed a deadly threat, emitting a terrifying shriek as it desperately burned its primordial spirit power in an attempt to resist.

However, compared to Gu Chudong's strike, which poured all his energy and spirit into unleashing the full power of the demonic blade, his struggles seemed so pale and powerless.

"magic--!"

The piercing scream abruptly stopped.

The crimson blade light, as if slicing through the most fragile glass, swept past the illusory figure of the primordial spirit without any hindrance.

scoff!

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a soft, tearing sound.

The illusory image of Wang Qingping's primordial spirit, like thin ice thrown into the blazing sun, shattered, disintegrated, and annihilated silently the moment it came into contact with the terrifyingly refined sword intent!
The faint fragments of primordial spirit light drifted away, only to be completely shredded and devoured by the lingering crimson sword intent, turning into the most primordial nothingness, leaving not even a trace.

In the courtyard, the violent suction disappeared, and the distorted space returned to calm, but the suffocating silence and the dark red afterimage of the blade seemed to be imprinted in the air, lingering for a long time.

Wang Dongli's body lost its support and collapsed softly to the ground, unconscious.

Gu Chudong sheathed her sword and stood there, the tip pointing diagonally at the ground. She was slightly out of breath, her face a little pale, but her eyes were filled with shock. She said, "Sister in red, I really can kill a Nascent Soul!"

The woman in red stood beside her, watching the dissipating primordial spirit light with a calm expression. She said, "It's not surprising. The sword technique that the master taught you is the most demonic sword technique in the world. The demonic energy it generates is of the same level as the Ascension Realm. Moreover, your demonic energy is forged based on the source energy of demonic stones. Although you haven't reached the Ascension Realm, the power you wield is on the same level as the primordial spirit."

Gu Chudong grinned.

at this time,

Gu Mo descended from the sky.

He sensed the lingering demonic energy and primordial spirit power in the air and said, "It seems that you killed Wang Qingping's clone."

Gu Chudong hurriedly asked, "Brother, what exactly is going on? Why is there a primordial spirit in Sect Leader Wang's sea of ​​consciousness that we didn't notice before?"

Gu Mo said, "The reason we can't detect it is because this primordial spirit originally belonged to Wang Dongli himself..."

immediately,

Gu Mo briefly recounted how he had captured Wang Qingping's primordial spirit clone.

"The curse of the Wang family does not come from the peacock's spiritual power, but from the Three Flowers Gathering Spirit Technique, from their ancestor Wang Qingping," Gu Mo said.

After hearing this, Gu Chudong exclaimed in shock, "Is he... really that twisted? His son is him, his grandson is him, and his great-grandson is him too..."

Gu Mo nodded slightly and said, "I also think it's abnormal, but right now we need to rush to Tian Sheng Lake to save Tie Tou."

The woman in red suddenly said, "My lord, I also saw something else in the divination I performed at that time."

Gu Mo raised an eyebrow and said, "You mean... a flood?"

The woman in red nodded and said, "You killed one of Wang Qingping's clones, and Miss Chu Dong also killed one of her clones just now. You severed the connection between the clone and the main body, so Wang Qingping's main body doesn't know what happened. But we didn't sever the connection, so he knows very well."

Therefore, Wang Qingping must know we have the ability to stop him, so he would definitely activate the flying formation to ascend beforehand. And if I'm not mistaken, his so-called borrowing the power of heaven and earth is imitating the legendary dragon transformation of a serpent, using the power of rivers to ascend. That's why I saw a flood in the divination.

Gu Mo frowned. Tian Sheng Lake connects to several major rivers. If the dam were to break, the resulting floodwaters could submerge the entire Qingyang City in a very short time.

"Let's go to Tian Sheng Lake!"

Immediately, Gu Mo ignored Wang Dongli lying on the ground and transformed into a streak of light, heading towards Tian Sheng Lake.

now,

Beneath the turbulent waters of Tian Sheng Lake lies an underground palace, a strange space composed of frigid ice. Visible white ice mist condenses throughout the palace, surging fiercely between the dome and walls, like an invisible ice storm roaring silently.

At the heart of the underground palace is a massive, awe-inspiring magic array.

This magic array is not inscribed on the ground, but floats in mid-air, and is composed of countless intricate array plates and energy crystals that shimmer with different lusters.

Dozens of people were constantly checking the magic array, one of whom was Tie Tou, whom Gu Mo was looking for, meticulously checking the operation of the magic array.

Countless beams of energy shot out from the array plate, weaving together in the air to form a vast and intricate network of light, ultimately converging at the core of the array's center—

There, instead of the array's eye, was a massive, translucent piece of ancient, frozen jade, as large as a small hill!

The icy jade exuded an eternal, unyielding chill. Its interior was not entirely transparent, but rather contained a deep, icy blue radiance, like a frozen galaxy. Within the core of this enormous ice crystal, a human figure was clearly visible and sealed away.

This is Wang Qingping's true form.

He was not sitting cross-legged, but rather floating in the center of the ice crystal in an almost asleep posture. He wore an ancient, strangely styled blue robe, the hem of which seemed frozen in time, motionless.

His face did not look old; instead, it retained the features of a middle-aged man. Beneath this lifeless body, a powerful and soul-stirring fluctuation of primordial spirit was being transmitted through the ice crystals and closely connected to the roaring ascension array outside.

On that frozen face, eyelids that had been closed for countless years trembled slightly, and in a daze, the eyes suddenly opened.

"What bad luck."

Wang Qingping pondered, "I thought that Gu Mo was just relying on his profound cultivation and mental techniques to deal with that clone, but now it seems that's not the case. His maid and sister both possess such strong power, so this Gu Mo is definitely not simple. He must also be a half-step Ascension Realm cultivator. I have been in seclusion for many years. If they join forces, I'm afraid I won't be a match for them. I should have known better than to be greedy for that last bit of energy and just stopped."

At this moment, the ice melted rapidly.

Wang Qingping floated out from inside, looked at the flying array that was in operation, chuckled, and said: "It doesn't matter. Now that there are no inner demons blocking my way, once I ascend, I will immediately knock on the Heavenly Gate and enter it. Gu Mo can't affect me at all!"
Tianmen, Tianmen, it's been over 160 years.

Today, I, Wang Qingping, knock on the gates of Heaven!

(End of this chapter)