Regardless of what the onlookers were saying, Gu Nan himself wasn’t interested in it, as he was busy organizing a new round of Divine Kingdom Wars.
After leveling up to Tier 8, many brand-new structure choices started appearing, and he had to select some more useful ones, organizing their functions and expenditures for the Cabinet to analyze.
At the same time, the Cabinet also needed to analyze the average strength of the major astral worlds, the invasion difficulty, the expected earnings, and so on.
Only by combining information from all aspects could Gu Nan choose the most suitable astral world to attack.
Of course, considering that there were fewer and fewer targets to choose from nowadays, by removing some of the obviously unsuitable ones, one might even be able to make a blind guess as to which one was the most suitable.
In the end, the only name left in the report handed over by the Cabinet was Daoist Sect Realm.
Daoist Monarch Wu Tian's Daoist Sect Realm had once been at odds with Gu Nan, and he was also the target of Gu Nan's earliest demonstrations of his appalling power.
Later on, Daoist Monarch Wu Tian realized that there was nothing he could do to Gu Nan, and he was forced to concede and apologize in order to avoid further losses.
However, the grudge between the two sides wasn’t actually resolved, and Wu Tian's apology was more like hanging up a non-aggression waiver, so if there was a good opportunity to strike, neither side would let it go.
And the time was now ripe.
After the Divine Kingdom ascended to Realm Level, Gu Nan's own power was enough to counteract Wu Tian's home turf advantage in Daoist Sect Realm, so the conditions for invading Daoist Sect Realm were already in place.
More importantly, Daoist Sect Realm had a grudge against Gu Nan, which was the core reason the Cabinet made such a decision.
Of course it wasn't as simple as just venting some anger; the fact that the two sides already had a grudge meant there was a justifiable cause.
The previous skirmishes were still fine, but attacking a Realm Level plane with or without a justifiable cause were completely different matters.
If Gu Nan’s wanton invasion was only targeted at astral worlds he already had a feud against, then at worst, he would have a reputation of being a vindictive person, which was no big deal.
However, if he attacked other astral worlds for no reason, it would easily cause everyone in the Myriad Heavens to feel a sense of danger, ultimately triggering a collective resistance against Gu Nan.
If everyone was worried about being attacked by Gu Nan, it wouldn't make much sense to threaten people with damage to their astral worlds.
Gu Nan might not care much about this sort of thing, but the Cabinet definitely had to do its best.
"Daoist Sect Realm? Let's go with that then." Gu Nan didn't have much of an opinion on this and quickly adopted the Cabinet's proposal before beginning to set up the divine servant army.
On the other hand, he himself visited Daoist Sect Realm a few times over the next few days and started to wreak havoc in advance, causing Daoist Monarch Wu Tian to be buried in work.
He even consumed most of Daoist Monarch Wu Tian's astral world power in a very short time. This Daoist Monarch would probably be dirt poor by the time the war officially started.
However, what Gu Nan didn’t expect was that just when the Divine Kingdom War was in the tense preparation stage, an "uninvited guest" suddenly came to his door.
……
"So you really are alive!" Sylvia glared at Gu Nan in annoyance and questioned sternly, "Since you're fine, why don't you come out and explain everything!"
"Explain what?" Gu Nan didn't feel ashamed at all and smiled instead. "Isn't it already very clear who killed them? What else do you need me to prove?"
Sylvia clenched her hands into fists and pursed her lips.
She followed Daoist Lingyang’s advice and rushed over here from the World of Gods just to see how Gu Nan was doing. Unexpectedly, she immediately heard news about Gu Nan as soon as she arrived.
With Gu Nan’s current fame, she didn’t even need to inquire—the news came to her on its own.
"You… killed both Luke and Cliff, didn’t you?" The Goddess of Shadows forced out this sentence through gritted teeth.
Gu Nan sat on the throne high above, calmly looking down at Sylvia without replying.
An eerie silence fell over the Evil God Temple, and Sylvia suddenly felt a slight chill on her back, while Gu Nan abruptly stood up at that moment.
"If you knew that, why did you dare to come here?" Gu Nan's voice was very tranquil, but it seemed to carry a trace of regret.
The next second, shadow tentacles drilled out from the ceiling of the Evil God Temple, instantly binding Sylvia's limbs and rapidly dragging her upwards.
Sylvia was caught off guard, and her entire body was quickly dragged up. A look of panic crossed her face as she tried to turn into a shadow to escape, but she discovered that all her laws were suppressed.
Their laws originated from the same source in the first place, and since Gu Nan was also inside his Divine Kingdom, Sylvia was certainly powerless to resist.
She thought that as long as she remained vigilant, the shadows would be able to help her escape, but she hadn't counted on Gu Nan reaching Tier 8.
If this was before his advancement, Gu Nan really wouldn't have been able to capture her, not unless they fought in close quarters.
"Let go of me—" Sylvia's voice ended abruptly, because the shadows had already gagged her.
This Goddess of Shadows was thus firmly affixed to the ceiling, her body covered in pitch-black shadows. Not a single trace of her could be seen from the outside.
Gu Nan shook his head with a wry smile. Of course it was impossible to kill Sylvia. If he did that, her brother Austin would definitely be the first to notice.
The wrath of the Ruler of Light and Justice wasn’t so easy to withstand, not even if he was hiding in the Myriad Heavens.
But the probability of him being discovered would be much smaller if he merely trapped Sylvia here for a few years. After all, for gods, that was just the blink of an eye.
……
The current Sylvia was very regretful, but also very calm.
As a god who survived for tens of thousands of years, it wasn't like she hadn't experienced dangerous situations before, so she knew that the more dangerous the situation, the more she needed to calm down.
It was as if she was sealed inside boundless shadows, her body unable to move and her mouth unable to speak, but she could still hear the movements of the outside world.
She heard the sound of someone walking into the temple and reporting to Gu Nan, and the content was about the upcoming Divine Kingdom War.
"Divine Kingdom…" At this point, Sylvia was finally able to confirm that Gu Nan was indeed from the World of Gods, or else his subordinates wouldn’t be referring to this place as a Divine Kingdom.
But something about this also didn’t make sense. Since Gu Nan had established a Divine Kingdom instead of an astral world, why didn't he require the power of faith?
‘Could it be that after he reincarnated into the Myriad Heavens, what he re-established was also an astral world and not a Divine Kingdom?’
‘And why did he make a special trip to the World of Gods to kill both Luke and Cliff?’
Although Sylvia couldn’t move, her thoughts were still churning, one question after another surfacing in her mind.
As the god most familiar with Gu Nan, a terrifying thought appeared in Sylvia's mind when she connected all the dots.
It was an ancient legend that already existed long before even the first Great War, and if it hadn't been for her brother offhandedly mentioning it, perhaps Sylvia wouldn't have even known there was such a thing.
But now that she thought about it, Gu Nan seemed to bear an uncanny resemblance to the existence described in that legend.
Sylvia, who knew she had discovered a terrifying secret, suddenly felt a sense of urgency.
"I have to get out of here!"
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