NOVPUBUnder the night sky, by the mountainside where the firelight flickered, Bai Sheng, the reincarnation of the Celestial Spirit God, sat cross-legged before the fire, cultivating energy to heal his wounds.
He didn’t notice someone watching him from the mountaintop nearby.
"Is he the Celestial God from the Great Thousand World?"
Shen Zhen looked down at Bai Sheng, asking with a face full of curiosity.
To her, Bai Sheng appeared quite ordinary, hardly resembling a Celestial God.
Although Bai Sheng had undergone Nirvana, he remained an insignificant figure in the world and was now facing the greatest ordeal of his life.
The most important person to him had been captured by a peerless demon and was to bme the Demon Consort. The news had spread across the demon lands, and Demon Kings from all quarters were preparing to offer theirngratulations. If he wished to rescue his beloved, he would be up against the entire demon race of the demon lands.
His pressure was immense, and without any other option, he had to cultivate alone in the desolate mountains and wilderness.
Gu An, feeling Bai Sheng’s inner turmoil, replied, "He is a reincarnated Celestial God. Don’t be fooled by his weakness, his soul is the strongest existence in the world."
Shen Zhen wanted to ask how hempared to you, but she felt the question was unnecessary.
"He seems very troubled," Shen Zhen said softly, staring at Bai Sheng.
Gu An glanced at her and inwardly nodded in approval.
Her cultivation level might not be strong, but her perception power was growing as she gained enlightenment.
In terms of perceiving the Great Dao, Shen Zhen was certainly the strongest among the dojo’s disciples, following a highly unventional path in her cultivation.
Gu An briefly narrated the story of Bai Sheng and Su Jin and the predicament he was currently facing.
Su Jin had been captured by a Demon of the Divine Thought True Immortal Realm, the most powerful being in the land. Had it not been for Su Jin’s pleas, Bai Sheng would have already been killed by that demon.
During the years of cultivating together, this man and demon had already bme soulmates, and Su Jin had saved Bai Shenguntless times.
Heuldn’t imagine how he would live without Su Jin in the future.
Especially thinking about the suffering Su Jin might endure, his heart was in agony.
After hearing this, Shen Zhen showed an interested expression.
She was no ordinary woman and wasn’t moved to tears by the tale of Bai Sheng and Su Jin; she was pondering another question.
Whyuld Su Jin bridge the gap of reincarnation and find the reincarnated Celestial God?
She had a vague suspicion that Gu An was manipulating everything from behind the scenes.
"Let’s go down and meet him."
Gu An dropped this remark and started walking down the mountain, with Shen Zhen following closely.
Walking behind Gu An, she asked, "Are you going to help him?"
The idea of such a powerful Celestial God enduring the suffering of reincarnation made Shen Zhen think of the world-shattering battle before the remaking of heaven and earth.
Knowing Gu An as she did, it was clear he wasn’t trying to mock the Celestial God; rather, he wanted the Celestial God to understand the suffering of mortal spirits and thus bme a Celestial Immortal that all sentient beings aspired to.
Since ancient times,untless legends about Immortal Gods had existed, yet rarely did genuine Immortal Gods descend to save the world. For cultivators, Immortal Gods represented more of an aspirational goal.
Cultivators long for the Immortal Gods, not for the responsibilities they carry, but for the capability of immortality.
Walking ahead, Gu An said with a soft chuckle, "Helping him is also helping those demons."
After all, Bai Sheng was no ordinary man. Once he awakened the will of the Celestial Spirit God, it would take only a thought to turn those demons to dust.
Ofurse, if Gu An aided those demons in suppressing the Celestial Spirit God, they wouldn’t meet such an end, but why would Gu An want to help them?
To forcefully wed another’s beloved was inherently immoral.
Shen Zhen quickened her pace to walk alongside him, and together they approached Bai Sheng.
With the help of Gu An’s mana, Bai Sheng didn’t sense Shen Zhen’s presence, nor hear their footsteps.
It wasn’t until the two of them were right in front of Bai Sheng that Gu Anughed falsely, startling Bai Sheng into opening his eyes suddenly.
Seeing the sudden appearance of two people in front of him, Bai Sheng was frightened and immediately jumped up, quickly creating distance and watching Gu An and Shen Zhen warily.
He sunsciously thought that the two were demons in disguise, capable of approaching him without his notice, which surely meant their cultivation level was higher than his.
Could they be subordinates sent by the Demon Emperor?
Bai Sheng drew his sword, ready to fight.
Gu An looked at him and laughed, asking, "Don’t you remember me?"
Hearing this, Bai Sheng hesitantly asked, "You are...?"
He had only known Gu An for less than a year, and now after so many springs and autumns had passed, he had long forgotten Gu An, only occasionally recalling when he first witnessed the power of immortal cultivation, he would think of an old friend who died in that city.
"I’m Gu An, Brother Bai, have you forgotten? I ampanied you to the imperial examination and even taught you swordsmanship," Gu An said with a wry smile.
After hearing this, Bai Shengncentrated and quickly widened his eyes; he didn’t immediately trust Gu An, instead pinching himself, thinking he might be under the influence of a demon’s illusion technique.
Shen Zhenvered her mouth tonceal her laughter at his actions.
Gu An patiently explained, "We are not transformed demons; if we were as you suspect, we wouldn’t bother deceiving you, we would just kill you."
Bai Sheng thought it made sense, but he wasmpletely unprepared for the fact that someone from his memory, long thought dead, was still alive and standing in front of him.
He overlooked one detail, that Gu An somehow knew what he was thinking.
"Brother Gu... where did you go back then?" Bai Sheng asked awkwardly, the passage of time having erased his rllection of the feeling of theirmpanionship.
Gu An sat in front of the fire and gestured for Bai Sheng tome back.
Shen Zhen sat next to Gu An with poise, appearing like an Immortal Goddess from heaven, her knees pointing towards Gu An, clearly positioning him as the principal figure.
Bai Sheng took a deep breath, returned to the fire, he was at his wit’s end, and if heuld not save Su Jin, life would be meaningless.
His eyes became resolute, and he resumed his seat from before.
"Talking about me is pointless. Do you want to save Su Jin?" asked Gu An, picking up a stick and poking at the fire as he spoke.
Bai Sheng’s eyes lit up, asking, "Do you have a way? As long as you can help me save her, I’m willing to pay any price!"
Gu An looked at him, his gaze sharpening. "What if it meant your death?"
"I’m willing!" Bai Sheng answered without hesitation.
Gu Anntinued, "If you die, she might marry someone else. How would that be any different from now? That demon doesn’t want to kill her."
Bai Sheng’smplexion changed slightly, but he still said through gritted teeth, "It’s different. I want her to be able to pursue the happiness she desires, not beerced. As long as you can save her, I’m ready to die at any time!"
This scene reminded Gu An of when the boss had saved number five all those years ago. Back then, as now, Su Jin had given hope to the boss, but at thest of his life.
Destiny really had a way of playing tricks on people.
Gu An looked down at the fire, as ifntemplating whether or not to save Su Jin.
Bai Sheng pressed, "That Demon Emperor is a Divine Thought True Immortal from the Eighth Heaven of Immortal Dao. Do you know of a being stronger than him?"
He noticed his question made the woman beside Gu An laugh again, therners of her mouth lifting untrollably as though she were mocking him.
Gu An leisurely said, "Don’t rush. Let me tell you a story."
Bai Sheng’s heart was burning with urgency, hardly in the mood for stories, but before heuld refuse, Gu An began to speak.
"In Outer Heaven, far in the depths of the universe, there is a gate known as the World Gate, below which resides a deity called the Celestial Spirit God..."
Outer Heaven!
God!
Bai Sheng was suddenly captivated and listened intently to Gu An’sntinuing tale.
Shen Zhen was also listening intently, even beginning to imagine such a scene.
A towering gate standing in thesmos, beneath it, a deity...
Images began forming in her mind, she even saw other scenes.
