Sky-Piercing Turmoil

"You're bullying me too much. You're a Limit Douluo, and I'm a Soul Elder. You can't just rely on your cultivation to bully the weak, can you?" Gu You planned to stall for time. As long as he held on, help would surely come.

"The world was never fair. Didn't you understand that too? On a real battlefield, no one cared about such things, because they knew that as long as they won, they were never wrong!" Yue Zi's figure flashed, and her fifth soul ring lit up.

Evil God's Light!

Black light enveloped everything. Gu You only felt it become difficult to breathe, as though even the blood flowing through his veins had slowed.

Ice and Snow Domain!

Gu You answered in kind. Within his domain, he could clearly sense Yue Zi's direction of movement. So long as energy flowed—so long as it was not his own ice and snow power—he could distinguish its fluctuations and accurately lock onto a person.

There!

Dragon claws covered Gu You's hands. Yue Zi did not evade, instead confronting Gu You head-on in a direct exchange of fists.

Unexpectedly, Gu You was sent flying in an instant. The flames left behind by the missiles had already died away, and the air was thick with the smell of gunpowder.

This was a true Limit Douluo. No matter how great your strength, before absolute cultivation suppression, everything was a joke.

Yue Zi walked calmly through the air, Soul Power supporting her feet. With every step she took, space itself seemed to crack around her.

Her sixth soul ring lit up:

Evil God Slash!

A gigantic figure slowly rose behind Yue Zi. It was a demon. Drawing its sword, it split the air, and space instantly shattered.

Two hundred-meter-long sword lights shot forth...

"He... he's not dead! General, General! Hurry and save him!" Jiang Xing looked at Qiong Shiyu with agitation.

Qiong Shiyu shook his head. Jiang Xing froze. "Why?" he kept muttering under his breath.

"I'm not worthy of saving him. The person who will save him has already arrived..."

Dragon God's Wrath!

Gu You unleashed his most powerful attack without holding anything back. The destructive sphere of light he fired was split in two in midair, exploding apart.

Gu You used every bit of his speed to open the distance. The hundred-meter blade of light slashed into the ground, and with a booming crash, the earth split open, revealing a hundred-meter canyon!!

Gu You patted his chest. Fortunately, he had dodged in time. If he had been hit, he would undoubtedly have died.

Suddenly, Gu You felt an immense pressure. He instantly dropped to one knee. Yue Zi would give him no more chances.

Essence Vine Chaos!

Yue Zi laughed loudly as a massive vine burst from beneath the ground and surged toward Gu You.

At that moment, Gu You was afraid. It was a feeling everyone should have. Even if one had died once, they would never want to die a second time.

"It's over!" Jiang Xing closed his eyes, unwilling to witness the outcome.

Sky-Piercing Sun Shot!!

The world turned pale. A beam of white light descended from the horizon, and everything around them began to turn white. No one knew what that power felt like. They only felt an indescribable peace in their surroundings.

Gu You opened his eyes. A circular gap over a thousand meters wide stretched into the distance. He could not sense any Soul Power, nor could he see Yue Zi anywhere.

Yun Ming tore through space and stepped out beside Gu You. A wisp of white light floated in his hand. "What do you plan to do with her soul?"

His expression was calm, as if everything just now had been no more than a casual gesture. Instantly killing a Limit Douluo was simply absurd. Gu You now felt that Yun Ming's strength in the original work had been severely weakened—he had actually been unable to block even a few God-Slaying Soul Cannon Shells.

So Yun Ming had arrived long ago. Back then, Gu You had been absorbing the soul ring and soul bone of the Ice Emperor Scorpion. The Dragon God seal in his body had just been undone, leaving all sorts of auras in chaos, and the Soul Guide Connector had bound itself to him. It was impossible for Yun Ming not to notice.

Still, Gu You found it strange. If that was the case, Yun Ming must have heard all the things he had said insulting Tang Hao. Moreover, the Plane Master's power must have suppressed Yun Ming as well. Otherwise, Yue Zi's attack could never have struck him.

"Hand her over to the Federal government. I pity her, but she must still bear the crimes she committed. However, I hope they won't destroy her soul. Let her be reborn into a good life, and may she not be like this in her next life." Gu You had many doubts in his heart, but he could not voice them yet.

"I understand. The Plane Master... Tang Hao? And that Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring of yours—what exactly happened?"

Gu You knew this moment had finally come. He looked at Yun Ming. "It's a long story, Uncle Yun. Have you ever heard of Divine Inheritance?"

Divine Inheritance? Yun Ming was startled. "Could it be?"

Gu You nodded. There was no longer any need to hide this, and he was not going to tell the truth anyway. He would make up a godhood first... at least leaving himself a little room.

"That's right. My martial soul is the thread that leads to the inheritance. Uncle Yun, having reached your realm, you must have sensed the disappearance of the God Realm as well. Yet the divine consciousness within me has given me many answers."

"The God Realm was swept into turbulent currents among the stars during a disaster, losing contact with the Douluo Plane. But at the time, not all gods vanished. Some inherited the will of the plane and became Plane Masters. Others chose inheritance, ensuring that their successors could wait for the God Realm's return. And the one who inherited the plane's will was the father of the ancestor Tang San—the Clear Sky Douluo, Tang Hao!!" Gu You intended to make Yun Ming see the Tang family for what they were.

So gods truly existed in this world. Didn't that mean... his path was not wrong?

Seeing the increasingly excited expression on Yun Ming's face, Gu You wondered whether his words had shocked him stupid.

"But why? Why would the father of Sea God Tang San, the legendary figure of Shrek Academy, use the power of the plane to suppress us?" Yun Ming fell into thought.

"I don't know, but I have a guess. This Plane Master may fear what is inside me. Even the history of the past might not be true. After all, victors can write whatever they wish. The Plane Master wanted to use her hand to kill me back then for no reason other than to cut off my growth and prevent me from threatening his position." Gu You's words struck Yun Ming hard.

Yun Ming could not imagine it. If everything Gu You said was true, then could anything from the past be trusted? The existence he had looked up to his entire life, that man's father...

Though Yun Ming did not want to admit it, he had indeed felt that suppressive force. As the strongest person on the continent, aside from gods, who else could suppress him through sheer pressure alone?

After a long silence, thunder began to rumble across the sky. Gu You could tell it was no ordinary thunderstorm.

It seemed Tang Hao truly wanted to ruin his own reputation! Gu You was ecstatic inside. The opportunity had come—an opportunity to make Yun Ming believe him.

A bolt of lightning struck Yun Ming's hand holding Yue Zi's soul. The attack was extremely weak, yet Yun Ming unknowingly loosened his grip.

How was that possible? Even Yun Ming was astonished.

The soul slipped free and vanished in an instant, darting into the ruins and disappearing without a trace.

"He made a move again." Gu You looked at Yun Ming.

Yun Ming's lashes furrowed slightly as he shook his head at the sky.