"Hmm?"
Having just brought Meng Qi to Heaven's Punishment Gate, the physical manifestation of "Heavenly Dao's Punishment," Gu Xiaosang had not yet had time to give him a brief introduction.
When Gu Xiaosang suddenly paused, she felt that her spiritual platform had become much clearer. The inexplicable sense of oppression had lessened, and Xiao Zi, who had been asleep, seemed to have fallen completely silent.
Not only Gu Xiaosang—even Meng Qi felt a weight lift from his heart, as though some kind of restraint had been removed.
"Though this does count as a Place of Near Dao... it's strange."
Gu Xiaosang murmured to herself.
At the same time, the sealed Demon Buddha and the Golden Emperor, who had been watching from behind the scenes, both opened their eyes.
Their connection to their chess pieces had been severed.
They could still vaguely sense the state of their chess pieces, but they had lost the ability to observe their surroundings.
The upper levels of the Nine Heavens were indeed a Place of Near Dao, beyond the perception of those on the other shore.
Yet the Nine Heavens had ultimately shattered, and even Jianmu had been cut down. The Demon Buddha was merely a crippled Heavenly Will under seal, so it was understandable that things often went wrong for him.
But for an Ancient One like the Golden Emperor, other than the very highest level, relying on the arrangements He had made for His chess pieces, He might not have been able to survey everything happening in the upper three levels of the Nine Heavens, but He could still know what happened to the chess pieces themselves.
After all, Gu Xiaosang still carried a portion of the Golden Emperor's specially implanted divine consciousness within her. Though it could not compare to His personal