Book 6: Chapter 104: Guan Qi’s Plot

“My love, wait for me!” OId Mister Guan Qi’s final cry sounded incredibly sorrowful.

When everyone heard what Old Mister Guan Qi said before that, they felt chills, except Murong Yan, who cried.

Bang!

The scene scattered, and the surrounding fog vanished.

However, everyone in the surroundings fell silent.

“How can it be like that? What is Old Mister Guan Qi trying to do?” the Scarlet Emperor finally said with a confused expression.

“Do you see that? He is a demon! Divine Envoys, they are demons, and Old Mister Guan Qi is the greatest demon of them all. He wants to kill the Six Paths Veritable Lord and Heaven! He said so himself! Quickly capture them!” Hetu urged anxiously.

The Supreme Wa also showed an unsightly expression, but she still looked at Hetu. “Hetu, did you get it right?”

“There’s no mistaking it. The future turned blurry. I already pushed the Universe Cauldron to its limits to part the fog and see in. Milady, did you not see it? Did you not hear everything Old Mister Guan Qi said?” Hetu said anxiously.

“What about one year later?” the Supreme Wa asked sullenly.

“One year later? I can’t see anything!” Hetu suddenly showed a startled expression.

“What do you mean you can’t see anything? While pursuing the truth is somewhat problematic, what is so difficult about seeing a random scene from one year later?” The Supreme Wa frowned.

However, Hetu s.h.i.+vered. He suddenly looked horrified as he said, “I couldn’t see anything from one year later. Could it be that I died? I will die one year later? So, I can’t divine the future because I should be dead?”

Hetu paled in fright. “Demons, are you going to kill me? Or is it Old Mister Guan Qi?”

The four divine beasts immediately looked at Gu Hai’s group with vengeful expressions.

Gu Hai, Jiang Lianshan, and Heavenly Access appeared confused.

Didn’t Old Mister Guan Qi return to kill the Six Paths Veritable Lord? No, he wants to take over the entire world?

“Old Mister Guan Qi? Hah! What a big game he is playing!” Heavenly Access said with a ferocious expression.

“He schemed against heaven, earth, the past, and the future. Hah! Hahahaha! So, his aim is to become the immortal? He is using us to become the immortal?” Jiang Lianshan showed an unsightly expression.

“However, we came from the future. The Six Paths Veritable Lord succeeded there, right?” Gu Hai said as he looked at Heavenly Access.

“The Six Paths Veritable Lord? No. Since we traveled back eight hundred thousand years, history has changed,” Heavenly Access said hatefully.

“That might not be so,” Gu Hai said seriously.

“Huh?” Everyone looked at Gu Hai.

“If history changed, would you still exist?” Gu Hai asked.

“Huh?” Heavenly Access felt slightly startled.

Perhaps Gu Hai would not be affected. After all, he came from Sa’s Immortal Firmament. However, it was different for the people here. Without the foundation of history, how could there be a future? Since they did not vanish, it proved that history still existed.

“Divine Envoys, let’s immediately report to the Six Paths Veritable Lord and quickly capture all these demons!” Hetu suggested anxiously.

Ensnaring Performance, Purple Subtlety, and Longevity frowned. However, Houtu showed an unsightly expression as she asked, “Hetu, you are not lying to us, right?”

“Lie? Do you think I used an illusion to trick you earlier? How can that be? I guarantee on my life that it is absolutely true. Furthermore, the Universe Cauldron can only divine. How could I use it to create falsehood? Furthermore, I died one year later. I also got killed? It must be them! That Old Mister Guan Qi wants to kill the Six Paths Veritable Lord and Heaven. They are the demons!” Hetu shouted frantically.

Anyone would feel agitated upon verifying one’s death.

The four divine envoys looked coldly at Gu Hai’s group. Should we attack?

Although the four divine beasts believed the earlier divination, they still harbored some doubts.

“Old Mister Guan Qi is the cause of all these problems. Right now, the most important thing is to inform Heaven,” Houtu said seriously.

“That’s right. We need to inform Heaven,” Ensnaring Performance said.

“However, Heaven is not in this immortal firmament. He went to the void with the Six Paths Veritable Lord’s heavenly deity body to find the perfect place to create a world,” Purple Subtlety said anxiously.

“Why are they creating a world at this moment? Before the Six Paths Veritable Lord’s immortal firmament could perfectly exist in the void, a demon like Guan Qi appeared. What are we going to do if we cannot contact Heaven?” Longevity said anxiously.

“Inform the Six Paths Veritable Lord? Since his heavenly deity body went into the void with Heaven, we can inform Heaven using the Six Paths Veritable Lord’s other bodies!” Ensnaring Performance’s expression changed.

“If so, the Six Paths Veritable Lord would have informed Heaven already. I’m worried that something happened.” Houtu appeared anxious.

“What should we do?” everyone said worriedly.

“Go to the void. Houtu, go to the void and search for Heaven!” Hetu suddenly called out.

“Go to the void?” Houtu frowned slightly.

“Indeed. Heaven can reverse the situation by returning. We will prepare here while you search for Heaven. Heaven trusts you the most. Heaven will return if you go,” Hetu said anxiously.

Houtu frowned heavily.

“Once you enter the void, you can no longer contact us. Furthermore, it is perilous,” Ensnaring Performance said worriedly.

“Don’t you want to save Mao Tianyun? Do you want to see Heaven die? Houtu, just go. I have a feeling that history will change when you seek out Heaven!” Hetu said anxiously.

“You say that history will change?” Houtu stared at Hetu.

Hetu’s expression turned stiff. This was just his wish. However, he could divine the future. As long as he appeared certain, the others would believe him.

“That’s right. I divined it. If you go, everyone will survive. Mao Tianyun will survive, Heaven will survive, the Six Paths Veritable Lord will survive, and all of us will survive,” Hetu said with certainty, lying through his teeth.

He was going to die one year later, so he had to try all possible means of saving himself.

“Alright. I’ll give it a try. I’ll enter the void from the Yellow Springs Road,” Houtu said seriously.

[TL Note: Yellow Springs is another name for h.e.l.l in Chinese. However, the Yellow Springs Road is clearly not the same place as the h.e.l.l Path Sect Realm in this novel.]

“We will go too!” Ensnaring Performance called out.

“No. Houtu will do. The rest of you should stay. If you stay, you can delay Old Mister Guan Qi and do other things!” Hetu said anxiously.

Hetu needed to use Ensnaring Performance to deal with Gu Hai’s group, so he did not want them to leave.

“Did you divine that too?” Houtu asked seriously.

“That’s right!” Hetu lied boldly again.

“Very well. We will listen to you for now. If I find that you were lying when I return, I will make you suffer a fate worse than death!” Houtu said coldly.

“I’m absolutely not lying to you. You need to be fast! Quickly call Heaven back!” Hetu said through gritted teeth.

If I die, none of your threats matter. Naturally, Hetu persisted.

Houtu gave Hetu a deep look. Then, her figure flashed as she stepped forward, vanis.h.i.+ng.

“Where did she go?” Hetu felt startled.

“Houtu went to the nether realm’s Yellow Springs Road to head to the void,” Ensnaring Performance explained.

“That is good.” Hetu released his bated breath. However, he still showed an incredibly unsightly expression.

“Milady, should…should we ask Master to come out and destroy Old Mister Guan Qi?” Hetu asked with antic.i.p.ation.

“Shut up!” The Supreme Wa glared.

“My elder brother previously instructed that no one was to interrupt him, no matter the situation. Even if the sky falls, no one is permitted to do so. Furthermore, you can try asking Zombie One and the others whether they will allow it or not,” the Supreme Wa said coldly.

The zombie leader at the side finally took the initiative to say, “The island master instructed us to take down anyone who tries to disturb the island master’s closed-door cultivation, even at the cost of ourselves.”

Everyone showed an unsightly expression.

“Murong Yan, I recall Old Mister Guan Qi saying, ‘I will change everything! My love, wait for me!’ at the end of the earlier scene. What does that mean? Aren’t you Old Mister Guan Qi’s wife? Why are you not with him?” Gu Hai asked gravely.

“Huh?” Everyone looked at Murong Yan.

Murong Yan’s eyes turned slightly bloodshot. She appeared incredibly upset as she bit her lips.

“If you don’t want to say, then don’t,” Jiang Lianshan said gently.

“No. She must explain everything. Divine Envoys, she is the wife of that demon Old Mister Guan Qi. She must have information. Capture her!” Hetu said anxiously.

“Shut up!” the Supreme Wa scolded Hetu.

Jiang Lianshan looked at Hetu with a cold expression, making him tremble.

Ensnaring Performance, Longevity, and Purple Subtlety frowned slightly. They did not stand up for Hetu. While Houtu went off to search for Heaven, that was the right thing to do; hence, the three had not said anything. How could they obey Hetu’s every whim now?

Murong Yan shook her head as she looked at Gu Hai. “Me? I’m his wife, and at the same time, not. I’m Murong Yan, but not the real Murong Yan.”

“Oh?” Gu Hai’s expression changed.

Everyone felt startled.

“The three spiritual souls of the people killed by the Six Paths Veritable Lord go missing. Although Husband is extremely capable, he could not find my three spiritual souls,” Murong Yan explained sorrowfully.

Suddenly, Gu Hai thought of the Six Paths Veritable Lord’s Eyes of Life and Death. Could he be like me, collecting the three spiritual souls of the people he killed?

“Then, you are…” Jiang Lianshan felt slightly startled.

“Husband used a Go Dao ritual array to form my soul body, manifesting three spiritual souls that resemble the Murong Yan in his heart. I am Murong Yan. He treated me very well in the past. However, whenever he hugged me, he would cry inwardly. I understand that he had been lying to himself and others. This continued until he could no longer carry on, and he started ignoring me. I am just a subst.i.tute,” Murong Yan cried.

Although a Go Dao ritual array had formed Murong Yan, the feelings she had were as though she was real.

“He does not dare to look at me, but I cannot convince him, either. I am a fake, after all. Why?! Why am I not real?!” Murong Yan cried, feeling upset.

“A fake?” The White Emperor and the Scarlet Emperor stared at Murong Yan in shock.

Jiang Lianshan seemed to have known long ago. He showed mixed emotions as he looked at Murong Yan. However, he still had a gentle cast to his eyes, an affectionate light.

“A fake? No wonder! No wonder that fool, Old Mister Guan Qi, completely ignored you when he saw you. Hah! Yan`er is already dead? I hate it! I hate that I did not stop Yan`er from leaving the Yan Nation back then! I hate it!” the Flame Monarch cried out in sorrow and grief.

“Old Mister Guan Qi cannot forget Murong Yan? He has this preoccupation in his heart, wanting to bring back Murong Yan’s three spiritual souls? Since he already sees you as a fake, why did he not end your existence?” Gu Hai asked, frowning.

“I…I don’t know.” Murong Yan shook her head.

“I think he cannot bear to. Otherwise, he would not intentionally avoid you. This proves that you have a place in his heart,” Gu Hai sighed.

“What did you say?” Murong Yan’s eyes lit up as she looked at Gu Hai.

“I guess you have a place in Old Mister Guan Qi’s heart. Not the dead Murong Yan but you. However, as his feelings for you developed, he became afraid, fearing that he had forgotten the past Murong Yan and is treating you as that Murong Yan. That’s why he is avoiding you. You are in his heart; that’s why he did not erase you. He just cannot put down his preoccupation, unable to forget,” Gu Hai said.

“Really?” Murong Yan smiled, her previous sorrow suddenly vanis.h.i.+ng.

Gu Hai nodded.

“Many thanks, Mister Gu!” Murong Yan wiped away her tears, smiling.