You Are Not Gu Shentong

"Nothing is impossible. So what if I'm a mortal? Does being a mortal mean I can't enter from the outside world? Does being a mortal mean I can't wait until I'm eighty to cultivate immortality? Hahahaha, Gu Shentong, no matter how much you calculated, you could never have calculated that before I turned twenty-five, I wasn't a person of this world at all. Hahahaha!"

"Impossible. Absolutely impossible. You're a mortal. It's absolutely impossible!" Gu Shentong's will raged.

"There's nothing impossible about it. You calculated for today—did you think I didn't?" Zhong Shan said coldly.

"What do you mean?"

"Several decades ago, when Nu Qinghui forced you into my body, I began making preparations. Although my method of dealing with you was a little too dangerous, that didn't mean I was helpless. Pity, pity that method is no longer necessary, because you aren't Gu Shentong at all. There's no need for me to take risks against you!" Zhong Shan sneered.

"I am Gu Shentong!"

"Gu Shentong is your true self. Unfortunately, you can never replace Gu Shentong. At the very least, I can already see the fundamental difference between you and Gu Shentong!" Zhong Shan said heavily.

"What difference? Why am I not him?"

"Perhaps even your true self—the real Gu Shentong—kept this hidden from you."

"Oh?"

"Let me ask you: why did Gu Shentong choose six people for you to seize, instead of just finding any mortal? Why did he choose only among those six?" Zhong Shan asked gravely.

"Because you were the most like me!"

"That's right. We were very much like Gu Shentong. But why did you have to devour us? You are you. Didn't you say you were Gu Shentong? Isn't having your own thoughts enough? If you seized anyone at random, you would still be you!