Gu Youwei Is Dead

The towering imperial court was guarded with a dense, impenetrable array of sentries.

A black shadow leaped over the lofty imperial walls and entered the imperial court.

Like a stone falling into a tranquil lake, it soon sent enormous ripples spreading outward.

"Who goes there?!"

Court guards surged in like a tide. In the blink of an eye, the dark mass of troops had surrounded the black-clad youth.

Gu Changqing stood proudly atop the imperial city, looking down upon the army below, whose martial might soared to the heavens.

There was little expression on his face, but his eyes were frighteningly dark and gloomy.

"Out of my way!"

With one kick, he shattered the grand and majestic city gate. His body shot like an arrow straight into the depths of the palace.

As he neared the palace at the very heart of the imperial court, twelve people blocked his path.

Every one of them possessed a terrifying aura, as though they could crush half the sky.

"A mere Palace Forging Realm cultivator dares offend the imperial majesty?"

The leading elder bellowed fiercely, "Get out!!"

"Twelve Mighty Expert Realm powerhouses!!"

Outside the mirror, everyone's pupils contracted slightly.

They truly had not expected that a mortal kingdom, even one backed by the Jade Void Palace, would possess such reserves.

"The Young Heavenly Emperor is only at the Palace Forging Realm now. The gap between him and a Mighty Expert is as vast as heaven and earth, let alone when he faced twelve of them. How did he survive?"

No one believed the youth within the mirror would retreat.

For from the moment he decided to enter the imperial court, everyone had read in him a resolve to pay any price.

So how had he survived?

"I imagine it must have been an exceptionally brutal bloodbath. Perhaps his Dao foundation was destroyed at that very moment."

A cultivator speculated.

Gu Changqing in the scene displayed no great emotion. He merely spoke one calm, flat sentence.

"Those who block me die."

The twelve Mighty Expert Realm powerhouses said nothing further and attacked without hesitation.

What was the Mighty Expert Realm?

Just as its name implied—every move connected with heaven and earth; with a raise of the hand or a step of the foot, one could pluck stars and seize the moon!

Might beyond measure!

Yet, faced with the crushing joint assault of twelve Mighty Expert Realm powerhouses—

his response was astonishingly casual.

Dao Palace spiritual power gathered at his fingertips, and he pointed.

Twelve Mighty Experts, each a full realm above him—dead in one move!

This scene filled the cultivators outside with utter shock.

Was he even fucking human?!

"Even if the Immortal Root is extraordinary and grants the Heavenly Emperor the ability to fight above his realm, isn't this far too unbelievable?!"

Countless cultivators stood there with their mouths agape, unable to believe it!

If experts of the same realm were instantly killed in one move, they would not have found it strange at all.

But these were Mighty Expert Realm existences—and there were twelve of them!!

How?!

"Who would have thought that the Heavenly Emperor's combat strength had already reached such a terrifying level in his youth!"

Everyone felt a heavy oppression in their hearts.

Ever since the Heavenly Emperor stepped into the Great Emperor Realm, he had looked down upon all living beings and stood proud above heaven and earth. Even Great Emperor-level powerhouses could only gaze up at his back.

He was an insurmountable mountain in the hearts of every cultivator on the Northern Profound Continent!

They had thought that was already incredible, yet never had they imagined that the Young Heavenly Emperor had been so extraordinary even as a child.

The utterly unreasonable way that youth in the mirror crushed his enemies—

made everyone suddenly realize that this youth and the Heavenly Emperor who had once suppressed the ages and dominated countless worlds seemed to have gradually overlapped without anyone noticing.

Within the resplendent palace, the Young Heavenly Emperor stared intently at the Emperor of the Zhao Family on the throne, who had long since been frightened out of all dignity.

"Give me back my sister!"

"Daoist, I really haven't seen your sister! I swear!!!"

"The city was in chaos, corpses littering the ground—how dare you say it had nothing to do with you?!"

"Daoist, this really has nothing to do with me! It was Jade Void Palace. Every ten years, the Sect Master would send people into the city to take away virgin boys and girls, refining their essence blood to extend his lifespan."

"Take me there!"

Gu Changqing's expression was terrifyingly grim as he seized the Emperor of the Zhao Family.

Though he was only eight years old, he carried the Emperor of the Zhao Family as if he were a little chick.

"Refining essence blood from virgin boys and girls to extend one's lifespan?"

"In ancient times, there was actually such a demonic art in this world?"

Outside the mirror, a cultivator cried out in shock.

Cultivators pursued only one goal: immortality.

Yet there was another kind of unorthodox demonic art that could prolong one's life and increase one's lifespan.

It was the use of children's blood.

Children's blood was the most vibrant life-force in all heaven and earth. Consuming essence blood refined from children's blood could naturally increase one's lifespan.

But such an act was far too abhorrent to Heaven's harmony.

Once one cultivated this sort of demonic art, one would inevitably bring calamity upon an entire region. To gain a single year of lifespan, one might need to drain the blood of hundreds of children.

In the present age, only monstrous fiends of heaven and earth could commit such deeds.

Jiang Minghuang said calmly, "Not only did it exist, it was quite common. In ancient times, many whose cultivation had no hope and whose lifespans were nearing their end chose this method."

"Only after the Heavenly Emperor ascended the throne and humanity began to receive attention did this kind of technique gradually vanish from the world."

Everyone was stunned.

The Heavenly Emperor was incomparably ruthless, and the world knew only of his brutality. Yet it seemed that he had truly done quite a few good things for ordinary people.

Even though all the suffering and grief he endured now had been brought upon him by ordinary people.

"Jade Void Palace is a sect that has allowed the Zhao Kingdom to stand firm in the mortal world for thousands of years. Its foundations must be terrifyingly deep."

"Would the Heavenly Emperor really dare to go?"

Someone suddenly spoke.

It sent a chill through everyone's hearts. At this moment, all eyes once again gathered upon that youth.

Under the Emperor of the Zhao Family's guidance, Gu Changqing arrived at an immortal mountain sect.

At the foot of the mountain, the cultivators guarding the mountain sat around a bonfire, roasting beast meat.

Yet the pile of bloodstained leopard skins was especially glaring.

The Young Heavenly Emperor stared at those leopard skins, and his body seemed to tremble.

He raised a hand and dragged over one of the mountain-guarding disciples.

"Where is my sister!!"

Anyone could hear the boundless terror contained within those words.

The mountain-guarding disciple's face was filled with fear, and he did not dare answer.

He merely turned his gaze toward the cliff.

Gu Changqing strode swiftly to the cliff and looked down. Below lay densely packed corpses of children.

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After Mei Gongzi deflected Cao Yuwei's attack this time, she did not hurry to counterattack. She merely stood where she was.

Cao Yuwei frowned slightly. Was this little girl's perception truly so sharp? After he had transformed flames into armor, he still had other methods at his disposal. If Mei Gongzi had followed up with an attack, he was confident he could use that method to restrain her. But Mei Gongzi had not advanced, forcing the ability he had been ready to unleash to be interrupted.

The battle saber slashed out again, its powerful saber intent several degrees stronger than before. Cao Yuwei moved with the blade, man and saber as one, charging straight at Mei Gongzi.

The Heavenly Secret Plume in Mei Gongzi's hand once again unleashed the Heavenly Mysterious Circle, and with a spatial shift, she changed her position. While dissolving her opponent's attack, she also broke his lock-on. In the next instant, she was already elsewhere. A golden-red gleam flashed across Cao Yuwei's body. Had she not evaded so quickly, another ability would undoubtedly have descended upon her.

A battle of attrition! She seemed to be trying to wear Cao Yuwei down.

Yet no one doubted the origin of this ability. After all, the Peacock Demon Race's greatest innate gift was Stellar Transposition. Her technique possessed the same marvelous essence as Stellar Transposition.

After Mei Gongzi deflected Cao Yuwei's attack this time, she did not hurry to counterattack. She merely stood where she was.

Cao Yuwei frowned slightly. Was this little girl's perception truly so sharp? After he had transformed flames into armor, he still had other methods at his disposal. If Mei Gongzi had followed up with an attack, he was confident he could use that method to restrain her. But Mei Gongzi had not advanced, forcing the ability he had been ready to unleash to be interrupted.

The battle saber slashed out again, its powerful saber intent several degrees stronger than before. Cao Yuwei moved with the blade, man and saber as one, charging straight at Mei Gongzi.

The Heavenly Secret Plume in Mei Gongzi's hand once again unleashed the Heavenly Mysterious Circle, and with a spatial shift, she changed her position. While dissolving her opponent's attack, she also broke his lock-on. In the next instant, she was already elsewhere. A golden-red gleam flashed across Cao Yuwei's body. Had she not evaded so quickly, another ability would undoubtedly have descended upon her.

A battle of attrition! She seemed to be trying to wear Cao Yuwei down.