Back then, Gu Sheng was just Gu Sheng, without the title of Desolate Antiquity.
That year, he had just entered the逍遥(Carefree) realm and hadn't yet found his footing when he was subjected to endless pursuit. That chase was earth-shattering, filled with bloodshed and danger at every turn. Yet, he rose against the odds, ultimately slaying several powerful enemies with the cultivation of saints!
However, after that thrilling battle, he was also seriously injured. To recuperate and restore his vitality, he came to an ordinary small kingdom in the Eastern Region.
It was in this seemingly ordinary place that he met her—a woman as beautiful and refined as a fairy. Her every smile and frown was like a spring breeze, warming his weary heart. They met, got to know each other, and talked happily, as if destined to meet.
That year, he entered the Saint Realm and swept away all enemies with an invincible aura. In the same year, he married her.
A hundred years later, she gave birth to a son for him, named You Xian (Having Immortals).
That year, he finally raised his cultivation to the peak of the Quasi-Emperor Realm. At this moment, his strength had become astonishingly powerful, capable of easily sweeping through those dangerous areas regarded as forbidden by the world.
However, fate is always full of drama. Just as he was riding the crest of success, his beloved wife gradually aged. Facing the passage of life, she remained exceptionally calm. She refused to take the legendary immortal medicine to prolong her life, and she was even more unwilling to be sealed in a mysterious and ancient divine source to seek immortality.
Instead, her only wish was to quietly lie in his warm embrace and watch with him the last beautiful sunrise of her life. As the morning light shone on them, her face was filled with a happy and contented smile.
At that moment, time seemed to freeze. Together, they witnessed the sun slowly rising from the horizon, the golden light illuminating the whole world.
As the sun rose higher and higher, her breath grew weaker and weaker… Finally, in the most brilliant sunshine, she closed her eyes forever. But in his heart, her image remained as vivid as ever, never to fade!
After she passed away, he entered a life-forbidden zone, and from then on, the universe lacked one such zone.
In that era of tumultuous changes and upheavals, he experienced countless hardships and challenges, finally embarking on the path to becoming an emperor. At that moment, his light illuminated the entire universe, and countless stars shone for him; his aura shook the eight desolations and six directions, and all living beings felt unprecedented pressure.
He self-proclaimed himself "Desolate Antiquity" with supreme divine might, a title representing his unparalleled grace and unmatched strength. From then on, a brand new era began—the Desolate Antiquity Era!
In that era, he became an object of admiration for all, revered as the "Desolate Antiquity Great Emperor." His deeds spread throughout the world, becoming an eternal legend in people's mouths. He used his power to create a prosperous world, suppressing all races to the point of breathlessness, and many ancient races even sealed their entire clans in divine sources to avoid his sharp edge.
And the human race once again stood at the pinnacle of the universe.
However, proving the Dao is not the end, but a new beginning.
He broke the barriers of the world, left the Desolate Antiquity Bell in the mortal realm, and went alone to the boundless chaos, beginning his life of wandering the heavens.
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Gu Sheng stood at the edge of the cliff, the mountain wind blowing, his clothes fluttering, and his long hair flying. Time had not left any marks on him; he looked only in his early twenties, but the vicissitudes in his eyes told others that he had experienced a lot in his life.
He had lived for a little over 500,000 years. Recalling his life, except for the memories of his father before the age of three, after the age of three, he was either in battle or on the way to battle.
Five hundred thousand years old, placed in the myriad worlds, can only be considered a young man. At this age, most people are in the Supreme Realm, but he has walked ahead of countless peers.
Immortal Venerable, this is the goal that Chi Yan and the others have pursued for billions of years, but he only used 500,000 years.
Gu Sheng didn't know if Chi Yan and the others would be shocked to the point of Dao heart collapse if they knew this number. He only knew that he was one step closer to completing his original dream.
In fact, he had also suspected whether his father was really dead. After all, the 《Nine Deaths Heavenly Art》 exceeded the scope of cultivation techniques and even exceeded the fate of cause and effect reincarnation. It should not exist in the world, but his father was able to take out this cultivation technique for him.
When his cultivation was strong, he once deduced the past, but there was only one result, that is, his parents were really dead. Then, the appearance of Li Beichen, who claimed to be a friend of his father a thousand years ago, made him even more certain that the death of his parents was real.
He had never met his mother, but he felt very guilty. He believed that it was his birth that caused his mother to suffer a great loss of vitality, and ultimately medicine was ineffective, and she passed away.
He was the culprit of his mother's death.
So he must become strong, strong enough to ignore any cause and effect of fate and resurrect his parents... and lover!
“Buzz!”
A wave of space came, waking Gu Sheng from his memory. He put away the Chaos Xuanhuang Pagoda and looked at the person who came.
It is Chi Yan Immortal King, in addition to Chi Yan Immortal King, there are two other people, Gu Sheng knows, one is called Xuan Ling, and the other is called Ye Du!
The strength of these two people is stronger than Chi Yan, they are the pinnacle Immortal Kings.
“Fellow Daoist Desolate Antiquity!”
The three came to Gu Sheng.
Gu Sheng nodded, and then asked: “I wonder what the three of you are here for?”
Gu Sheng did not despise them because his strength was stronger than them, and his tone did not have any negligence, which made the three of Chi Yan admire Gu Sheng's mind. I am afraid that only in this way can there be such strength.
Chi Yan said: “The three of us are here today to specifically thank you on behalf of all living beings in the Great Heaven Sword World.”
Xuan Ling on the side said: “Without the help of fellow Daoist, our Great Heaven Sword World would probably have been swallowed by the Heaven Saber a thousand years ago.”
“So please be sure to accept our thanks!”
As soon as Xuan Ling finished speaking, Ye Du took out a long sword!
Seeing this, Gu Sheng frowned slightly and asked, “What do you mean by this?”
This sword is called the Heaven Sword, and it was left by the Heaven Sword Immortal Venerable. It is the sword of the real ruler of the Great Heaven Sword World. Their intention in handing this sword to Gu Sheng is already obvious, that is, they want Gu Sheng to become the new ruler of the Great Heaven Sword World.
The three of Chi Yan suddenly knelt on one knee in front of Gu Sheng and said in unison: “Please accept the sword, Immortal Venerable Desolate Antiquity!”
Gu Sheng shook his head.
“Immortal Venerable, only you can lead our Great Heaven Sword World now.” Immortal King Chi Yan said.
Gu Sheng still shook his head and said: “First, I am not a creature of the Great Heaven Sword World; second, I am not a sword cultivator. Combining these two reasons, I cannot rule the Great Heaven Sword World no matter what.”
“Also, I have more important things to do. The Great Heaven Sword World is just a transit point for me.”
After hearing this, Chi Yan said to Xuan Ling and Ye Du: “I told you long ago that fellow Daoist Desolate Antiquity would not accept it, but you just didn’t believe it.”
The two of them smiled bitterly when they heard this.
“Fellow Daoist Desolate Antiquity, where are you planning to go next?” Chi Yan asked.
Gu Sheng smiled when he heard this and said: “I have been away from my hometown for hundreds of thousands of years, and now I can be considered to have some strength. It is time to go back to my hometown.”
“Fellow Daoist, you are being humble. If you are only considered to have a little strength, then wouldn’t we be nothing?”
The three of Chi Yan couldn’t help but smile bitterly. In their opinion, with Gu Sheng’s strength to kill Immortal Venerable with one punch, no one would be his opponent except for the legendary Immortal Emperor. Simply put, as long as Gu Sheng doesn’t provoke the Immortal Emperor, with his strength, he can walk sideways in the myriad worlds.
If this is only considered to have a little strength, then wouldn’t their Immortal Kings have to go to the mortal world to buy a piece of tofu and kill themselves?
Gu Sheng smiled and said to the three of them: “Three fellow Daoists, we will meet again!”
“Fellow Daoist, may your immortal luck flourish!”
The three bowed to Gu Sheng with cupped fists.
“May your immortal luck flourish!”
Gu Sheng also responded, and then turned into a stream of light and left the Great Heaven Sword World. He wanted to go back to the mortal world and take a look.
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