The Great Ruler: Starting from the Dark Ages

Chapter 35 A Remnant Soul

"It's over..." Countless people felt relieved. In this Dharma-Ending Age when no saints appear, it is extremely difficult to witness the demise of the Immortal Great Sage with one's own eyes.

Many monks who had fled far away also began to gather towards the Ancient Star of Life.

Inside the restricted area, a Supreme Being spoke after a moment of silence:
"He has become stronger again. Is it my illusion?"

Another Supreme quickly made a judgment: "The final step, the innate holy body and the Dao fetus... are truly terrifying."

"Humph, is the Green Emperor a waste?" A hot-tempered Supreme said bluntly, "He's only been dead for five thousand years, and the Great Dao can't suppress the younger generation?"

"You're really yelling for joy." One of the Supreme Beings said disdainfully to the person who had just spoken: "When Wan Qing was still alive, why didn't you stand up and provoke him?"

"You want to fight me?" The supreme being just now felt humiliated and spoke out unwillingly.

"Calm down, our enemy is the current Emperor of Heaven."

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A battle between two supreme saints has ended.

Xu He lowered his eyes, which eventually turned into a faint sigh. The faint sadness did not last long. He had already become indifferent to the separation of life and death when his cultivation was still shallow.

There was a strange squirming in the void, and a soul that was extremely transparent broke away from the starry sky and flew towards its homeland.

Xu He saw it clearly, but did not stop him. Instead, he restrained his breath and followed.

There is an eternal legend in the Shenzhou Dynasty that the great rivers of Shenzhou will lead the souls of every child they have ever nurtured back to their homeland.

When Gu Wen's remaining soul returned to the Divine Dynasty, the entire Divine Dynasty was immersed in sorrow. Everyone knew that without the ancestor that people could fear, it was only a matter of time before the Divine Dynasty would be truly destroyed.

And this time will definitely not be too far away.

Gu Wen did not go to see the new emperor, but walked towards the bedroom that once belonged to him.

Desolate and dilapidated have always been the adjectives used to describe unused bedrooms, but Gu Wen's bedroom is spotless and a little quiet.

There are no maids or guards here.

There was only an old eunuch.

He is an ordinary person, as ordinary as can be.

But such an ordinary person has lived for thousands of years.

In the past, after Gu Wen had exhausted all methods to prolong the lives of mortals, perhaps because of the saying that the underworld is the end of reincarnation, Gu Wen, who was at his wit's end, went to the underworld alone.

Finally, he obtained a precious elixir that could add extra life to mortals, but the price was that he had to work for the underworld.

"Your Majesty." The old eunuch kept rubbing his eyes, fearing that he might have misjudged the remnant soul floating in the void.

"It's me." Gu Wen felt helpless.

The old eunuch kowtowed repeatedly to the residual soul in the void. He knew that this might be the last time he kowtowed to the emperor.

In his heart, he was also sad and repenting.

If Your Majesty did not work hard for the local people instead of adding to your own life, would the outcome be different?

"My dear friend... don't blame yourself." Gu Wen lowered his eyes: "It's better to die. Death means freedom..."

"Looking back on my life, I should have been a carefree prince. At the age of twelve, I showed my talent and was sent to the capital alone..."

Gu Wen thought back on his life. He was born when the Shenzhou Dynasty was still at its peak. His father had no cultivation and was granted fiefdom in a remote area.

The place is so remote that even the imperial dynasty doesn't care much about it. All the dangers and ferocious animals in the world are a torture to human life.

The people could only place their thoughts on it in exchange for psychological comfort, so the classics of Tao Te Ching became popular.

As a child, Gu Wen was deeply influenced by his father. During the Grain Rain, Waking of Insects and Qingming Festivals, he could always see young men in white clothes and wearing incense crowns wandering around the altar or in the mountains.

If nothing had changed, if he was just an ordinary person, perhaps he would have lived his life as a free and idle prince like his father, praying for the people, or he would have ended his life hastily.

But the story takes a turn when he turns twelfth.

"I don't have any parents, no brothers, no sisters, and no one I can really care about..."

"It's just you."

Gu Wen smiled bitterly and spoke very tactfully.

In reality, his situation was extremely precarious. Born into the royal family, he lived alone in the inner palace, with powerless parents...

He has no foundation, no power, no allies, and no backing. All he has are royal family members who want to kill him and pairs of big hands that want to control him.

Practice, he only practices.

At that time, the emperor was a distant and supreme goal. The emperor represented supreme power, but the closer one got to that position, the closer one was to death.

This is an unsolvable problem, but Gu Wen has no solution.

In the end, he became the Gu King raised by the Shenzhou Dynasty and was officially crowned the new emperor, but by this day, eighty-one years had passed.

Spring and autumn change, sun and moon alternate.

His father and mother had long since turned into a pool of yellow mud on both sides of the river.

When Gu Wen looked back, in the palace full of intrigue and scheming, it seemed that there was only one person who was worth his concern.

Jiang Jin, Jiang Daban, the eunuch who accompanied him for his entire life.

In the past, Gu Wen was well-read and had nothing but contempt for eunuchs and did not take them seriously at all.

But as Jiang Jin served him day and night, Gu Wen gradually realized that he was wrong, extremely wrong.

Eunuchs have only lost their masculinity, not their humanity.

They are also human beings, they have their own emotions, although they are incomplete, they are still human beings after all.

As long as you are human, there will be good and bad.

As for Jiang Jin, he treats himself as a human being and also treats others as human beings. He is one of the only good people Gu Wen has ever seen in his life.

As for the second one...

Gu Wen's remaining soul shook, as if it would disappear from the world at any time. He turned his head slightly, having already anticipated the figure that was destined to exist behind him.

The only good guy is the Emperor of Heaven.

Although all previous Holy Bodies would fight for the human race, Gu Wen didn't know why Xu He's kindness was a little different, as if it didn't fit into this era.

Especially when Xu He's cultivation was not yet profound, Gu Wen always felt that Xu He had a strong sense of separation from this world.

It's as if he doesn't belong to this era.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Xu He asked.

Gu Wen smiled carefreely. After all, he was just a remnant soul, so he didn't care about that much. "Hey, do you know why you make me feel the most special?"

"What is it?" Xu He was stunned and asked.

"When you were weak, you called for universal peace, and when you were strong, you never lost your original heart." After Gu Wen finished speaking, the last sentence was almost faint and inaudible.

Xu He was silent and Gu Wen sighed.

"Be careful of the Immortal Emperor." Perhaps with a shred of conscience still in his heart, Gu Wen continued, "The Immortal Queen and the Emperor's son have been born. They have joined forces with the underworld."

Xu He nodded slightly when he heard this: "I guessed it."

In the past, the Immortal Emperor and the forces of the underworld worked together to overthrow the forces of Heaven. Now that they have such a powerful enemy like himself, it is normal for them to join forces again.

"That's good to know." Gu Wen said, walking to the old eunuch.

"What a pity! If I were still alive, I would definitely leave you an imperial edict. But it's useless now." Gu Wen said goodbye to the old eunuch for the last time.

"In my next life, I really want to be just a leisurely and carefree prince."

Exerting his last bit of strength, he flashed and rushed towards his hometown.

The great rivers and lakes are flowing endlessly.

In the end, Gu Wen's figure turned into a ray of light rain that fell on the altar, as if it was a final grand sacrifice, and the surging mother river finally took his soul back to his hometown.

The old eunuch Jiang Jin was filled with the aura of death. He was given ten years to live, but he died of depression after only six months.

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