The corner gives the wooden martial arts master, whose martial arts are equivalent to a harem.

Current world difficulty: 2000/100.

Note: Because you made Bajiquan Super-Self Know I and Self Wu Fengxian return to oneness, Bajiquan·Essential Self? ? generated even greater jealousy, and she specially increased the world difficulty limit by one-third of her domineering spirit.

Note: At the current world difficulty level, Bajiquan·Id? has already grasped the source of your "Primordial Golden Chapter" Primordial Power Body and Jade Purity Dao Body through a weak connection with the Bajiquan·Superego and Self-Return within your body.

Through the combined effect of her extraordinary wisdom and the inherent talent of Bajiquan, Bajiquan: The Original Self created its own unique physical techniques, methods, and Daoist principles.

Note: The final showdown on the Chitang River in Kyushu, which was supposed to take place a month later, was a ruse. Cao Mengze had actually launched a surprise attack on the Sun-Liu alliance.

Note: Cao Mengze possesses hidden strength. Sun Tianxing, Guo Dixiang, Liu Xuanhuang, and others cannot hold out for long. If you do not wish to see the Nine Provinces become a dictatorship, you'd better return quickly.

Seeing the changes brought about by the world difficulty increasing by another thousand, Gu Chuanhen's expression became serious.

He now understood that the fact that Pakistan's situation remained so simple despite the overall increase in global difficulty was not due to the world's pity for him.

This precisely illustrates that an undercurrent is brewing in places he cannot see and in nooks and crannies where no warning is given.

But the greatest threat amidst this undercurrent is actually Bajiquan's "original self".

"I can't stay in Ba Kingdom any longer, I have to go back quickly." Gu Chuanhen thought to himself as he prepared to leave.

"Gu Chuanhen, are you going to run back on foot?"

The Great Sage's splitting of the hanging stick has a hidden meaning.

"Yes, Louis Koo, your imagination about your Jade Purity Dao Body is still a bit lacking. You were the one who created this Dao Body."

Only then did I realize that I also had something in mind, which was rather unusual. Although I had regained my composure, I was still able to suppress that crazy aura.

"The mind transcends material things, achieving transcendence and sainthood. When you want to walk, walk; when you don't want to walk, you should teleport," Gu Jieyi continued, picking up where his two biological mothers left off.

Gu Chuanhen raised an eyebrow, pondering the hidden meaning in the words of the two martial arts masters.

"Smart Brain, get moving!" With a simple command, Gu Chuanhen's voice control system activated its astonishing intelligence.

With a sudden thought, he remembered Qingweitian's biography.

The Daoist Essentials establishes Qingwei Heaven as the foremost of the Three Pure Realms. In summary, Qingwei Heaven is defined as an eternal realm that is "without calamities or cycles, and is eternally indestructible." In other words, the temporal and spatial characteristics of Qingwei Heaven transcend ordinary cognition.

The phrase "the spatial and temporal characteristics that transcend ordinary cognition" gave Gu Chuanhen's brilliant mind a way to unleash his imagination.

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The mighty river flows eastward, its waves crashing and making a sound.

The wind howled, causing the commander's flag on the broken flagpole to flutter.

Cao Mengze's army was decimated, with no survivors. He had come here by stepping over these corpses.

He remained remarkably composed, merely watching helplessly as the Sun-Liu alliance defeated and killed his 800,000 martial arts students one by one.

A complete rout? Wrong.

For Cao Mengze, the mere 800,000 martial arts students were essentially disposable items meant to be used up.

His real idea was to use these 800,000 martial arts students to weaken the Sun-Liu alliance's strength, and he could also use this opportunity to win hearts and minds.

Among the corpses of these martial arts students, besides those who shared the same ideals as the Sun-Liu alliance, there were also many fellow villagers and elders.

The saying goes, "One general's success is built on the bones of ten thousand," meaning that without these countless sacrifices, how could one achieve such a great undertaking? As for who these countless bones came from, that was not important to Cao Mengze.

His simple, overt strategy succeeded. Because the Sun-Liu alliance could not abandon the people, they retreated step by step, but still escorted these people away.

Cao Mengze's strategy of winning hearts and minds involved killing these innocent people, because he knew that the Sun and Liu families would definitely protect them. It was precisely because he knew this that he was even more determined to do so.

Clearly, his simple, open strategy was a great success.

He could imagine the wretched remnants of the Sun-Liu alliance, dragging their families along, fleeing in a chaotic and miserable state.

There was only one person with him.

The young, bald man who looked prematurely aged was Chang Zhongqing, a disciple of Cao Mengze.

Cao Mengze didn't say much, only expressing some感慨 (feelings/reflections).

"Zhongqing, this is just unnecessary and superfluous emotion. Look at the Sun-Liu alliance, for the sake of their own ideals, they took the old, young, sick and disabled across the river, but they didn't realize that these old, young, sick and disabled were people they could abandon."

But if they really abandon those people, it truly proves that they cannot even implement their own ideals.

So ultimately, their ideas were ineffective.

Chang Zhongqing chimed in, "Master, you're right."

Cao Mengze glanced at Chang Zhongqing; the meaning in his eyes was not easily discernible.

The image of Chang Zhongqing reflected in his eyes was still that of a young man with a shaved head, looking prematurely aged.

"Hmph, Zhongqing, you've raised a truly extraordinary monster," Cao Mengze laughed.

Chang Zhongqing remained calm upon hearing this.

"If I don't raise monsters, how will I survive in the future?" He remained calm in the face of danger, showing quite a bit of composure.

Although it wasn't explicitly stated, Cao Mengze knew what Chang Zhongqing was thinking.

"Hehe." Cao Mengze chuckled and looked towards the distant riverbank.

Although the Sun-Liu alliance was caught off guard by Cao Mengze's surprise attack, they did achieve the feat of taking on multiple opponents single-handedly.

However, even with such a heroic feat, those who survived were covered in injuries.

Sun Tianxing and Guo Dixiang were no longer able to fight, so they retreated with Liu Xuanhuang's sworn brother and others, while also protecting the innocent villagers as they fled.

Only one person remained upright at the scene. This person was covering the rear.

The man wore a long, apricot-yellow robe, the hem of which fluttered in the wind. Although somewhat weakened, he was still able to use this battle to slow Cao Mengze's pursuit.

"Liu Xuanhuang, do you still remember when you lived under my roof, and we discussed heroes over wine?" Cao Mengze called out the man's name.

"How could I forget? The man who discussed heroes with me over wine that day was a hero, but he still had personality and principles. But you, who stand before me today, are something I have never seen before." Although Liu Xuanhuang's expression remained warm, the coldness in his tone suddenly emerged as he sneered.

He wasn't someone who got angry easily, because anger would impair his thinking. But—the tragic deaths of innocent people were making him almost unable to suppress his grief and indignation.

Liu Xuanhuang now only wanted to beat Cao Mengze to death with his fists.

But he suppressed his anger.

"You claim to be a 'lighthouse,' constantly saying you want to illuminate the dark path for millions of people, but now when I look at you, I only see an indescribable evil and vile creature that is always grinding its teeth, ready to suck blood."

"That's because I've come to understand a principle." Cao Mengze took off the expensive cloak he was wearing, which was enough to feed many ordinary people for more than a month.

The expensive cloak lay casually on the ground, as if it were money being used to fuel a fire and boil water—completely unconcerned.

Then, he slowly explained the principles he believed in.

"This principle is this: I would rather betray the world than let the world betray me."

Upon hearing this, Liu Xuanhuang's indignation could no longer be suppressed.

A great battle was about to break out, but a strange sound attracted the attention of the three people present.

The space... seems to have become curved.

Or, to put it another way, space is like the waves in a river, relentlessly propelling a ship forward.

Amidst the surging waves of this space, someone appeared abruptly as if shifting into form, then descended from the sky.

Seven steps in a row, each step seemingly drawing upon unspeakable mysteries, trampling time and space underfoot.

The man was a gentle-looking young man of medium build, neither fat nor thin, with a red mole on his forehead.

"Lord Xuanhuang, leave this place to me," Gu Chuanhen said loudly, already standing between Liu Xuanhuang and Cao Mengze.

Chang Zhongqing was momentarily speechless: "How could this be? How is that possible? Those people who indulge in wine and women said you weren't in the Kingdom of Ba? How could you have arrived here so quickly?"

Gu Chuanhen glanced at the prematurely aged boy.

"Oh? The kind of person who indulges in debauchery? I have a feeling that she's probably there last one," Gu Chuanhen thought to himself.

"As expected of the Jade Purity Dao Body, it has managed to open the Einstein-Rosen bridge at will by using the fact that its 'space-time characteristics are beyond the mortal realm'."

The Great Sage nodded repeatedly.

"Hmm, so how is this any different from the methods of immortals?"

Then I realized that I, too, had praised it.

An Einstein-Rosen bridge, or a "wormhole," is like an invisible worm that creates a passage between two spaces, allowing one to travel from one place to another with just a simple step.

The ancient legend of hatred is that the wise mind knows what but not why, so he punches through the wormhole with a whim and uses the wormhole's connection to travel thousands of miles back to the Kyushu mainland in a short time.

Cao Mengze, on the other hand, kept his emotions hidden, only coldly watching Gu Chuanhen.

Then, he saw Gu Chuanhen's gaze sweeping over him.

"One punch, just one punch from me, and I can kill you." Gu Chuanhen finished his assessment, announcing that Cao Mengze's death was imminent.

The word "joke" had not yet been uttered by Cao Mengze.

Gu Chuanhen had already set off, and under the influence of his sense of time, he acted as follows, utilizing the powerful physique of the Jade Purity Dao Body.

Time seemed to stand still in his eyes, as if there was no possibility of it moving anymore.

Cao Mengze seemed to be frozen in place, like a puppet on strings, unable to move and completely at the mercy of others. He was not even aware that there was an unbreakable, thick dimensional barrier between his strength and Gu Chuanhen's.

Gu Chuanhen calmly approached Cao Mengze and casually raised his fist.

And the magic, as he wished, was dispelling the various physical phenomena that were about to appear.

Then, with unpretentious simplicity, he used his fingers instead of fists, imprinting them on Cao Mengze's forehead with an unstoppable and unstoppable momentum.

There was neither a hole nor an explosion, which is considered a restricted scene.

It was just a slight ripple caused by a finger touching the forehead.

Such an ordinary finger strike seemed incapable of causing any harm, but Cao Mengze was indeed dead.

A fist that kills is a fist that kills all physiological functions.

The intent to sever the soul is the intent of the fist that forcefully cuts off the soul's function.

Then, Gu Chuanhen withdrew the finger that had been used to represent his fist and stood with his hands behind his back in front of Cao Mengze's intact corpse.

The sense of time no longer mattered, and Gu Chuanhen turned to look at Xuanhuang Gong.

"Lord Xuanhuang, there are no longer any obstacles to unifying the Nine Provinces."

After speaking, Gu Chuanhen looked at Chang Zhongqing.

Chang Zhongqing dared not move, standing frozen in place, letting Gu Chuanhen's calm and unwavering gaze sweep over him.

In a short period of time, he had already imported a copy of Cao Mengze's memories and Chang Zhongqing's memories.

"Just as I expected, the person behind the 'Wine Pool and Meat Forest' organization is the last one. But what I find even more terrifying is that you actually used the method of raising Gu to make the hybrid martial arts in your body kill each other. The martial art that was born in the end truly deserves to have the appearance of a monster."

The ancient legend speaks of hatred in a calm tone.

"If we're talking about monsters, isn't it you who killed Cao Mengze so easily?" Chang Zhongqing thought to himself.

Then, he saw Gu Chuanhen casually point his finger at him.

All he could hear were Gu Chuanhen's words. These were the last words he would ever hear.

"You've turned your martial arts into a demonic force. If such a terrifying individual like you gains power after I leave, all our efforts will likely be wasted because of you."

Ultimately, the soulless corpse ceased all physiological functions and lay on the ground alongside Cao Mengze's body.

The utterly astonished Xuanhuang Gong composed himself and bowed with his hands clasped in greeting.

"Thank you for your help, Master Gu. But I just heard you say you were leaving? Where are you going?" He asked the question that concerned him most.

Gu Chuanhen smiled faintly.

"All good things must come to an end, and I will naturally have to go home. But it is already a great blessing for me to meet fellow travelers like you before I go home." He also bowed and clasped his hands in return.

Then he raised his hand, and countless photons formed from information flowed and condensed into a ball of light.

"This is the scientific and technological information I obtained from the Kingdom of Ba. I hope that you, Xuanhuang Gong, can pass it on to Mr. Zhuge. Oh, by the way, the Kingdom of Ba is now one of our allies. After I leave, you can naturally establish diplomatic relations with the Kingdom of Ba and cooperate for mutual benefit."

I believe that the world will become a better place through our joint efforts.

After he finished speaking, he entrusted the light spot to Xuanhuang Gong.

"I still have some things to do, so I'll take my leave now, Lord Xuanhuang." Gu Chuanhen smiled faintly and strode away.

In just a few steps, they left their current location.

Xuanhuang Gong held that ball of light in his hand.

After a long silence, he clasped his hands in a fist salute and faced the direction where Gu Chuanhen had left.

"Although all good things must come to an end, I hope that we can meet again someday. I wish you a safe journey, my fellow Daoist."

After saying his farewells, Duke Xuanhuang looked at the hundreds of thousands of corpses lying on the ground.

His eyes were filled with devastation, and he sighed deeply.

Then he cheered himself up.

The sigh is because the dead and wounded were all compatriots.

Cheer up for a brighter tomorrow.