Chapter 1817: Chapter 433: Goddess? Divine Throne!
The Pure Land was blanketed in swirling snow, and the towering trees stood firm.
Long leaves like flowing fire, swaying like bells.
Gu Shen opened his eyes, as if he had slept for a long time, the world before him fresh and bright. The flowing fire long leaves enveloped him, and upon his opening his eyes, they unfolded, releasing him from their embrace.
"Lord Divine, you’ve awoken?"
Before him was Tie Wu’s concerned face.
This fellow had been sitting across from Gu Shen for quite some time, cautiously scrutinizing the divine lord’s face.
"Hmm..."
Gu Shen instinctively made a sound from his chest.
His mind was still blank.
Gu Shen instinctively held onto the trunk of the tree, slowly standing up.
His spirit was quite weak, even in his own Divine Country, he felt incapable, struggling to even stand.
This scene was witnessed by Tie Wu.
Originally relieved to see Gu Shen awake, Tie Wu’s heart sank once more upon witnessing this.
"Lord Divine, did you have a nightmare? Your expression just now looked quite troubled..."
Nightmare...
These words reminded Gu Shen.
Feedback from reality gradually came through.
Gu Shen’s expression turned somewhat pale as he began to recall earlier memories.
Memories of the Old World surged like a tide.
...
...
Gu Shen opened his eyes again, the Pure Land was gone.
The entire world was pitch black, exploding with thousands of brilliant arcs of light, as if a blacksmith had hammered down with vivid color and then the hammer was paused by the god of time, the erupting light and fire solidifying in the void, like hot, narrow showers of fire, each strand clearly visible.
Gu Shen was like a traveller, arriving at his own Spirit Sea.
At this moment, time stood at the divine war of the Old World.
The blazing fire cage of the tree enveloped the void, the battle throne’s envelope burned down to its last glimmering light. This time, Gu Shen watched himself, sitting in the void.
Before Meng Xizhou’s light sword slashed down, he actually had a second choice.
Which was to abandon slaying the Light God’s Seat and use the last thread of power to shield himself and then flee.
To put it nicely, it was called escape.
To put it bluntly... if he turned away in this battle, what awaited him might be aimless wandering in the Old World.
Deep Sea controls the remnants of light, so long as there is a breath.
The entire West Continent would be completely under its control, and after this change, the Awakening Bill would soon be pushed forward, countless transcendents would emerge from the West and Central Continents, an extraordinary war would erupt. Gu Shen did not doubt Her Majesty the Empress and Mr. Bai Shu’s combat ability... just that under unequal visible strength, North and East Continents must endure until the birth of another divine throne.
Gu Xiaoman was held in Qinglong’s palm.
The light would never easily cede power.
As for the Netherworld King...
After Deep Sea launches an extraordinary war, it could dispatch fleets through the West Sea Crossing and Ice Sea, even if the North Continent Fortress does not allow passage, it still has ways to enter the Old World, just a matter of extra detours. These ships would continue searching the north of the Old World for traces of him, once they find his traces, second and third pursuits would continuously follow.
This is why Gu Shen is unwilling to flee; he would rather fight to his last breath to destroy the remnants of the Light God’s Seat.
If he flees, he wouldn’t know how long it will take to return.
Gu Shen actually has no choice.
If the second person hadn’t come, maybe all this would have gone much smoother.
He exerted his strength, slaying the physical form of the Light God’s Seat.
But at the critical moment of deciding life and death, Meng Xizhou arrived instead.
This was what confused Gu Shen.
He stood at the end of his memory, watching the light sword Meng Xizhou slashed down, the pain of being cut and divided in the real world resurfacing in his heart.
If Meng Xizhou truly killed him.
Then where would he still have the chance to recall the divine war?
Dead... meant total annihilation.
Gu Shen and Bai Xiu killed people and knew to destroy spirit, obliterating all vitality; Meng Xizhou surely knew this?
So, there was only one explanation.
"Meng Xizhou... did not truly strike to kill."
Gu Shen’s eyes flickered as he looked at the scene of the battle, after he was cut open, his spiritual power still remained, the blazing fire capturing the remaining scene, the Light God’s Seat "contentedly" handing the fire over to Meng Xizhou, then she refined a thread of light origin... finally under the eruption of solar radiance, Meng Xizhou cut open his entire body.
"Meng Xizhou does not really want to kill me, it’s just that after the Light God’s Seat dies, she’s still wielding the sword, she is playacting... and is there a third person who can see this?"
Gu Shen frowned.
He looked towards the distant dark void of the Old World, at the moment the solar brilliance erupted, it seemed there was also a faint glimmer flickering there.
At that moment, Gu Shen understood who the so-called "third person" was.
Outside the umbrella’s defense were numerous wandering heavenly eyes, if Deep Sea detached from the North Continent Fortress’s authority control, dispatching a couple of solitary heavenly eyes to sail out, they could capture this scene from a very distant distance.
Meng Xizhou’s subsequent sword-wielding was for the third person to see...
She knew Deep Sea dispatched heavenly eyes, watching here.
In other words.
She knew.
[Deep Sea] is the Light God’s Seat.
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...
"Lady Divine, you have returned!"
Batu waited in front of the Cloud Ship, watching the young woman who floated back gracefully. For some reason, a strong urge to kneel surged within him.
"Earlier, the Cloud Ship encountered Gu Nanfeng’s East Continent Fleet..."
Batu reported in a low voice, his face full of shame, "Batu failed in his duty to stop them, I request punishment from Lady Divine."
Meng Xizhou glanced at the Third Elder.
She whispered, "How can one Cloud Ship block such a vast East Continent Fleet... You did well, there’s no need to blame yourself."
Did he... do well?
Batu was stunned.
At first, he had the thought of blocking them desperately, but at that moment, the Goddess’ words before leaving inexplicably surfaced in his Heart Lake.
["I don’t need you to sacrifice your life for me, you should live for yourself."]
These words dispelled Batu’s thought of desperately blocking Gu Nanfeng.
It was also these words that made him feel ashamed and guilty.
As the Third Elder of the temple, was he actually afraid of death?!
Batu gritted his teeth, "Lady Divine, if it happens again..."
"Even a million times, you should make the same choice you just made."
Meng Xizhou clasped her hands behind her back and spoke calmly, "What does sacrificing an entire Cloud Ship achieve? What does blocking the East Continent Fleet achieve? I’ve told you before to think carefully about what it truly means to live for ’light.’ I entrusted you with managing the Cloud Ship and taking control over the West Continent Fleet, not to lead these people to meaningless deaths."
Batu fell silent.
He’s not foolish and can somewhat guess what Lady Divine went to do.
Gu Nanfeng brought the East Continent Fleet with such momentum, there was only one possibility... they went for Gu Shen, and rumors spread within Light City that "Gu Shen killed Meng Xiao." Combining these two points, Batu knew he had to do his utmost to hinder Gu Nanfeng, otherwise, if the two met, there would inevitably be numerous troubles.
Now Lady Divine has returned unharmed.
What happened there no longer mattered.
"I understand..."
Batu suddenly remembered something important, curiously asking, "Why haven’t I seen Lord Divine?"
The atmosphere within the Cloud Ship was quite silent.
Meng Xizhou stood before the giant floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the dark void and that wilted Gate of Light, gently speaking, "Lord Divine has already left."
Batu responded in silence and then took a few steps, realizing something was amiss.
He turned and looked at the Goddess in confusion.
"It’s the kind of departure you’re thinking of."
Meng Xizhou lowered her brows and calmly said, "With both soul and body perished, he is no longer here."
Batu’s expression turned very pale.
He opened his mouth wide but couldn’t utter a single word...
The sound of breathing spun in his throat.
If this news spread to the West Continent, what kind of sensation would it cause?
He couldn’t even imagine.
Lord Divine descended to [the Old World], how could he fall just like that?
Batu murmured, "Someone like Lord Divine... how could this happen? How did he leave?"
"He..."
"Died in battle."
Meng Xizhou clasped her hands behind her back, and after a moment of contemplation, she gently uttered three words.
And then.
She turned back and glanced at Batu.
A brilliant flame ignited at the center of her brow, illuminating the entire Cloud Ship as bright as daylight under the reflection of the Light Fire’s majestic power. Other followers in other rooms of the Cloud Ship raised their heads, sensing the descent of the magnificent light, and they all knelt down in worship.
Batu was no exception.
He finally understood where the inner sense of submission originated when he first saw Meng Xizhou.
With a "thud," he also knelt to the ground.
"As for what happened in [the Old World], I will naturally tell everyone upon returning to the West Continent..."
Meng Xizhou spoke softly, "For now, you only need to know that he bestowed the ’Fire’ upon me, and I’ve completed the initial fusion. After his departure, I am the acting bearer of the Light Will."
This strand of Light Origin enveloped the Cloud Ship.
Batu felt his spirit, body, and everything, like a withered leaf in the angry sea.
As long as Meng Xizhou wished.
In an instant, he would be reduced to ashes.
"...Yes, Lady Divine."
Batu deeply buried his head into the ground, and due to the light’s exquisite brilliance, two streams of clear tears flowed down his cheeks. He felt terrified because the sadness of the Light God’s Seat’s death didn’t spread, and the joy of the new master’s birth overshadowed everything.
Meng Xizhou silently looked at Batu.
This Third Elder of the temple took a deep breath, tremblingly changing his address.
"Yes, Lord Divine."
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