Book 07 Chapter 128: Destiny with the Heavenly Mandate
Rumble…!
The Gu’s Immortal Firmament grew larger at a visible pace, with the secret realm immortal firmament fragments as nourishment for its s.p.a.ce, and the hundreds of billions of superior-grade spirit stones became the foundation for the laws’ materialization. The Death and Life Register recorded the complete form of the Go Dao laws. Everything strengthened at a steady pace.
Ten days pa.s.sed.
Whoos.h.!.+
The seemingly endless superior-grade spirit stones were about to be exhausted of energy. However, only a third of the Go Dao laws had formed.
“Spirit stones? They’re insufficient!” Gu Hai’s face sank, and he immediately left the Gu’s Immortal Firmament.
He returned to the heavily guarded valley, where Mo Yike was giving instructions regarding some matters.
“Your Reverence, you came out of closed-door cultivation? Crown Prince Gu Qin’s second batch of spirit stones has arrived. There are as many as in the previous batch! Hahaha!” Mo Yike guffawed.
Storage bracelets piled up in the valley. Gu Hai waved his hand, activating them.
Whoos.h.!.+
Surging spirit stones poured out like a sea spilling over, rus.h.i.+ng into the Gu’s Immortal Firmament.
Moving all the spirit stones into the Gu’s Immortal Firmament took two hours.
“Another two hundred billion superior-grade spirit stones?” Gu Hai inwardly released his bated breath.
“Indeed. His Highness the Crown Prince has taken most of the spirit stones of the two thousand cities’ citizens.” Mo Yike smiled.
“It is not enough. It is still not enough.” Gu Hai frowned.
“Ah?” Mo Yike said in shock.
There are so many spirit stones. How can it be not enough? This amount is already several folds larger than the Han Imperial Dynasty’s treasury.
However, Gu Hai wanted to use the many spirit stones to form a world. Two hundred billion superior-grade spirit stones could only materialize a third of the Go Dao laws. With the second batch, he could materialize two-thirds. There was still a remaining one-third, so he needed more.
“Oh! That’s right! Crown Prince Gu Qin said the third batch would be ready soon. He is about to send it back,” Mo Yike said seriously.
“The third batch? There’s no need to s.h.i.+p them back. We will go over,” Gu Hai said.
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One day later, in a vast valley outside Spirit Mountain City:
“Salutations, Your Reverence!” Long Shenying greeted respectfully.
Long Shenying had been protecting Gu Qin during this time and had finally seen Gu Hai’s incredible means.
If he had not seen such a pace of earning money for himself, he would not have believed it even if he got beaten to death. It was simply ludicrous.
“Long Shenying, you have worked hard!” Gu Hai nodded.
“Your Reverence is generous with praise. This official did nothing.” Long Shenying smiled wryly as he shook his head.
Gu Hai nodded before looking at the many storage bracelets in the valley.
“Father, you previously said the most dangerous place is the safest place. So, my first spirit stone storage area is right outside Spirit Mountain City. There are fifty spirit stone storage areas scattered all over the place. Does Father want them now?” Gu Qin asked in confusion.
“That’s right. We want them now. Bring us to those places; we will visit them one by one,” Gu Hai said.
“Alright!” Gu Qin nodded.
Whoos.h.!.+
Gu Hai waved, pulling all the spirit stones into the Gu’s Immortal Firmament.
After clearing out the spirit stones, Gu Qin and Long Shenying led Gu Hai to the next location. They visited the spirit stone storage areas one after another. Gu Hai was in a rush, quickly collecting the spirit stones.
Whoos.h.!.+ Whoos.h.!.+
Countless spirit stones poured into the Gu’s Immortal Firmament.
It looked like the Go Dao laws would be perfectly manifested. No faction could gather six hundred billion superior-grade spirit stones in such a short time, but Gu Hai did it.
The Gu’s Immortal Firmament expanded nearly one hundred times its original size.
One hundred times!
Zhang Sanfeng and the others stood on a summit, watching the world enlarge with incredible shock in their hearts.
“I have a premonition!” Dongfang Bubai said with narrowed eyes.
“Oh?”
“This Gu’s Immortal Firmament will rival the Six Paths Immortal Firmament one day,” Dongfang Bubai said with some excitement in his heart.
“Rival the Six Paths Immortal Firmament?” Everyone’s eyes narrowed.
Gu Hai collected all the spirit stones from the fifty spirit stone storage areas before the three returned to Spirit Mountain City.
“Father, this is where this child requested the various stores to send the spirit stones to for the past month. This is the last batch,” Gu Qin said respectfully.
Gu Hai extended his hand and waved, collecting everything into the Gu’s Immortal Firmament.
“If so, then Father will return first,” Gu Hai said.
“Father, the Blessings Destruction Plan has been in place for five months already. We have collected most of the spirit stones in the Spirit Mountain Holy Land’s subordinate cities. With new financial management stores cropping up, we can’t earn spirit stones as quickly anymore. The information from the various stores shows we have slowed down.” Gu Qin frowned.
“Given that, the first step of the Blessings Destruction Plan, collecting boundless spirit stones, has been completed?” Gu Hai said.
“Yes!”
“Then we’ll move to the second step: Run to fight another day!” Gu Hai smiled.
“It is time to pull out our men?” Gu Qin’s eyes lit up.
“That’s right. Prepare to pull out all the people involved in the financial management stores. Be careful and be discreet. Come like a shadow; leave without a trace. Make it such that they can’t find anything when they investigate,” Gu Hai said.
“Yes! I will need roughly one month before our men can leave,” Gu Qin said confidently.
“One month? That’s about enough. I will have the ability to fight Jiang Gautama in one month. At that time, I will march our army on the Spirit Mountain Holy Land to rescue your mother and Little Tang.” A grave look flashed in Gu Hai’s eyes.
“Yes!” Gu Qin answered.
“Long Shenying, there will be many uncertainties in the following period. I’ll trouble you to take good care of Gu Qin,” Gu Hai said seriously to Long Shenying.
“Your Reverence, rest a.s.sured. This official swears to protect His Highness the Crown Prince,” Long Shenying said respectfully.
Gu Hai nodded before heading back to Borderless Heavenly Capital with the last batch of spirit stones.
After reaching Borderless Heavenly Capital, Gu Hai returned to seclusion.
With the last batch of spirit stones, the Go Dao laws moved to their final steps of perfection.
Boom!
An overwhelming sound rang out as all the spirit stones were depleted of energy. The ten secret realm immortal firmament fragments had been consumed entirely. The Go Dao laws had fully manifested.
Overhead, there were countless black-and-white energy webs covering the world. No one could touch them, but they existed. They look grand and mighty, placing heavy pressure on everyone’s heart.
“The Go Dao laws. Excellent! Excellent! Excellent! Merge!” Gu Hai extended his hand and pinched.
Boom!
The Go Dao laws merged into the world and vanished. The world stopped shaking, returning to its original state.
No, not exactly the original state. The Gu’s Immortal Firmament was now one hundred times larger, and its Spiritual Energy had increased significantly. As Gu Hai stood in the Gu’s Immortal Firmament, he felt like energy saturated the world.
“The Gu’s Immortal Firmament’s first great Dao. I can use the Go Dao ritual arrays and trap even a consummate Upper Heavenly Palace Realm cultivator here.” Strong confidence flashed in Gu Hai’s eyes.
Whoos.h.!.+
Gu Hai flung out his sleeves. Suddenly, the stars in the sky rearranged themselves. Previously, the best he could form was only the Thirty-Three Line-Pair World Go Puzzle. Now, he immediately laid out the Thirty-Five Line-Pair World Ritual Array with the Go Dao laws.
The might of the laws was vast and boundless.
Whoos.h.!.+
The pace at which the Gu’s Immortal Firmament absorbed Spiritual Energy from outside increased significantly.
The first time such vast Spiritual Energy poured into the Gu’s Immortal Firmament, it turned into torrential spiritual rain. When the rain fell on the ground, vegetation quickly sprung up.
Death and Life Register! Gu Hai merged it into the Gu’s Immortal Firmament, not taking it out for now.
The Go Dao laws were just the beginning. Gu Hai had designs on the three thousand great Dao.
“Xianer, Little Tang, I have made you wait for a long time. Hah! Now, I am capable of fighting the Spirit Mountain Holy Land. I will come and rescue you soon!” A cold gleam flashed in Gu Hai’s eyes.
Creak!
Gu Hai immediately opened the doors.
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While Gu Hai remained in seclusion, Kong Xuan, the Mosquito Daoist, Ao Sheng, and Chang Ming had also been in closed-door cultivation.
Kong Xuan had obtained the ancient peac.o.c.k deity’s inheritance, giving him a clearer path with few detours. He cultivated according to the ancient peac.o.c.k deity’s memories, and his cultivation improved significantly.
Azure light soared into the sky from Kong Xuan’s residence. Many peac.o.c.k plume feathers appeared in the azure light, looking increasingly vibrant and dazzling.
Black energy soared into the sky from the Mosquito Daoist’s residence. Countless black mosquitoes surrounded the black energy, and a powerful aura of death enveloped the vicinity, scaring the guards in the perimeter, who did not dare to approach.
Ao Sheng stayed at Ao Shun’s residence.
Roar!
A loud sound rang out, and a bright azure light appeared in the sky. There seemed to be three humongous dragons roaring in the azure light—one black, one white, and one red. These were the dragon deities of the Northern Sea, the Western Sea, and the Southern Sea.
In the nether realm, crimson light soared into the sky above the valley where Chang Ming was. There seemed to be a vast blood sea in the crimson light, and many figures of Chang Ming, made of blood, stood above that blood sea. As they roared, they appeared mighty.
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Vairocana’s courtyard, Borderless Heavenly Capital:
Vairocana fiddled with the pill furnace from Gu Hai while surveying Borderless Heavenly Capital’s surroundings.
“What powerful auras! Kong Xuan’s cultivation has not increased by much, but his aura is sharper. His strength has increased by several folds. The Mosquito Daoist’s is also very close to Kong Xuan’s. Ao Sheng? He cultivated very quickly, reaching the Mosquito Daoist’s level in one go? Also, there’s the nether realm. Although Chang Ming is in a different realm, I can see him clearly. He has reached the ninth-layer Upper Heavenly Palace Realm. What a fortuitous encounter! To think Gu Hai gained so many benefits on this trip?” Vairocana marveled.
“The Han Imperial Dynasty is flouris.h.i.+ng. My true body, Siddhārtha, once mentioned that Gu Hai has a sort of destiny with the heavenly mandate. He told me to a.s.sist Gu Hai well. Indeed, it has been an eye-opener within this short period,” Vairocana said gravely.
Then Vairocana turned his head and looked at where Gu Hai secluded himself. He frowned, saying, “I saw Gu Hai going in and out over the past few days, busying himself. However, I don’t know what he is doing. His cultivation has not increased much—no, practically not at all. But why do I sense danger from him? What has Gu Hai been doing while in closed-door cultivation?”
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Vairocana felt curious. Another person in Borderless Heavenly Capital also felt curious, the Unborn Man.
The Unborn Man sat in his residence, monitoring where Gu Hai secluded himself.
“The demonic phantom in Wanyu’s body is Hetu. When he previously reincarnated, he seemed to have lost his memories. However, Houtu helped him restore his memories. Hetu predicted that Gu Hai had something that could help me perfect life and death. What exactly is it? Why do I feel that Gu Hai has grown increasingly more dangerous during this time?” the Unborn Man muttered to himself.