Heaven Slaying Blade

Chu Mo looked at the silent Xie Xie and smiled faintly: "General, we'll meet again another day!"

Xie Xie glared at Chu Mo, furious, and said, "If we meet in the Tunnel, I will show no mercy! Hopefully, you're still alive by then and haven't been killed by those people in the Tunnel!"

"Hahaha, thank you for the concern, General," Chu Mo laughed.

"Who cares about you? I wish you..." At this point, Xie Xie reluctantly shut his mouth. He really dared not say those words because his Master not only hoped Chu Mo would survive but also hoped he would thrive. Only by breaking through early could there be a chance to find that path to heaven!

"So, farewell," Chu Mo said, suddenly thinking of something, and looked at Xie Xie, "Please, General, do us a favor and open the rift there once more..."

"You..." Xie Xie was furious, but he had no choice.

If he didn't let Chu Mo's dharma instrument leave, allowing him to stay here further, unforeseeable troubles might arise causing him more entanglements.

Though he had only interacted with Chu Mo for this short day, Xie Xie had had enough!

Compared to Chu Mo, he felt he wasn't evil at all! Chu Mo was the real evil!

Using inspection as an excuse, Xie Xie took a large number of troops to the rift entrance, claiming to check the seal, and cleared everyone out.

Then he glared viciously at Chu Mo: "Get lost quickly!"

Chu Mo's dharma instrument cupped his fists toward Xie Xie: "General, we shall meet again!"

"Go, go, go!" Xie Xie, full of anger, did not want to see this guy at all.

This time, he was calculated against quite harshly, because upon careful investigation, the root of all incidents was indeed him!

If Wulong knew the truth, even with the Evil Patriarch exerting pressure, he would turn against him.

He would also offend a large number of other Gray Land beings. Like the entire Red Serpent Clan...

So, better to send this disaster away quickly.

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Chu Mo, carrying Zi Dao and Meng Na, entered the large rift and immediately felt the violent force inside, as though it wanted to tear people apart!

The force was so strong that Chu Mo even questioned how many Gray Land beings died each time they attacked the Tunnel? Needless to say... it must be an immeasurable number.

Within this rift, there was also a quite strong flow of time laws. Each time, the three narrowly avoided without danger.

Finally, the three passed through the rift and saw the barrier below.

"Be careful, there are powerful beings guarding over there!" Zi Dao transmitted a divine thought to Chu Mo.

Chu Mo replied, "As soon as we go down, act!"

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On the Tunnel side, at the extreme cold border, above the sky, there lay a huge barrier.

Above that barrier was a gigantically opening rift leading directly to the Gray Land.

This place was regarded as forbidden ground by the entire Tunnel—an ominous land.

A vast number of cultivators guarded it, among these cultivators were over a dozen ancestral realm masters and tens of thousands of peak Great Saint Realm cultivators. As followers, they stationed here together.

These peak Great Saint Realm cultivators were all born in the Tunnel.

Yet, they were nearly all descendants of those ancestral realm cultivators on the Investiture of the Gods. They were born with divine status and cultivated at an extremely fast rate. However, they were equally controlled by the Investiture of the Gods.

Toward such fate, their inner anger was less than those colossal ancestral realm masters but still filled with resentment.

If the Gray Land beings hadn't attacked, their lives could have been better. Although the environment was harsh—its coldness that even Holy Realm cultivators struggled to endure—they wouldn't necessarily lose their lives.

Once Gray Land beings poured in massively, without a doubt, the vast majority among them would perish.

The beings they hated most were naturally those powerful families in the Tunnel, while the second on the list... was naturally the beings from the Gray Land.

The ancient clans in the Tunnel were untouchable, so they unleashed all their anger on the Gray Land beings.

On sight, kill without exception, absolutely no chances left behind!

Guo Xiu was the grand commander of the Cold Ice Family, an ancient clan in the Tunnel. He was one without divine status, belonging to a collateral branch of the Cold Ice Family. His cultivation reached the ancestral realm thirty thousand years ago, thereafter becoming a commander leading those "gods," stationed at the extreme cold border.

Through meritorial feats over the years, he ascended to the position of grand commander. Under him were about thirty thousand people, including six ancestral realm cultivators, twenty-eight thousand and more peak Great Saint Realm cultivators. Additionally, there were over two thousand Great Saint Realm cultivators ranging from early to later stages, responsible for logistics.

He was in charge of the barrier stretching tens of billions of miles here. The entire barrier spanned hundreds of billions of miles, sealing the rift above.

Recently, Guo Xiu had been feeling quite uneasy, often summoning the six commanders under him—the six ancestral realm "gods" for council.

The six "gods," refined through years of hardship, had hidden all kinds of anger and seemed reconciled with fate.

Reconciling with fate... what else could they do? Could they truly rebel?

If not for the damn godhead in their minds, rebellion would be just rebellion. Even if they failed, at least they could drag someone down with them. But they all understand that once they harbor disloyalty, the general holding the divine ranking token would show not an ounce of mercy towards them.

That general is named Guo Chang, his realm is reportedly in the late stage of the ancestral realm, guarding the entire hundreds of billions of miles-long rift seal.

Guo Chang is a true fierce warrior! He is a direct descendant of the Cold Ice Family, with a distinguished record in battle, and a very domineering temperament, seldom smiling in his daily life. Even the supreme commander Guo Xiu, upon seeing him, would bow and scrape, acting honestly. Others who encounter Guo Chang react as if mice meeting a cat.

In a sense, the existence of the godhead has turned all the ancestral realm giants who have it in their brains into creatures akin to the living dead. Years have passed, and they have mostly forgotten what prestige they once held in their universe.

Further forgetting their once stormy demeanor across the eight wildernesses.

Here stretches an endlessly vast snow mountain range, the ridges resemble giant dragons. Lying dormant in this extremely cold frontier.

On ordinary days, it is exceedingly quiet here, almost no sound can be heard.

Guo Xiu, draped in a fur cloak, stands at the entrance of the cave dwelling, lifting his head to gaze at the seal in the sky. Muttering, he says, "If someone could completely block this rift, wouldn't that be great?"

A girl about seventeen or eighteen stands beside him, cheerfully saying, "Is the supreme commander daydreaming again?"

Guo Xiu turns back, somewhat dotingly glances at the girl, reaches out to tweak her cute nose, "Yaoyao, why did you come out? It's too cold here!"

"I'm not afraid of the cold!" Yaoyao laughs, her eyes resembling crescent moons, very adorable, she says sweetly, "I'm also a Great Saint Realm cultivator!"

"Yes, indeed, Great Saint Realm… our little princess has grown up so quickly!" Guo Xiu's face shows a gentle smile.

Guo Yaoyao is General Guo Chang's youngest daughter.

She is also Guo Chang's most cherished child, the only one who can bring a smile to Guo Chang's face. She asks for the stars in the sky, and Guo Chang would unhesitatingly climb to the Nine Heavens to pluck a star, refining it into a little star, and gifting it to his daughter.

But her identity is somewhat complicated.

She is a half-god, half-human being. Her mother is a giant head from the ancestral realm who connects the universe through the tunnel!

Those who are on the Investiture of the Gods have a godhead in their minds.

Guo Chang has many women around him, all chosen with care by the Cold Ice Family as his partners. Each one is a striking beauty with considerable talent. But for some reason, Guo Chang fell for a woman with a godhead in her mind.

This matter, back then, caused a huge uproar within the Cold Ice Family. Guo Chang almost faced ruin. It's said that it eventually alarmed the family's elder ancestor, who personally intervened to suppress the issue.

But Guo Chang paid a price, with nearly no hope of returning to the family in his lifetime. He can only guard here. Otherwise, as a direct descendant of the Cold Ice Family, he would have returned to the family long ago. He would never stay in such a dangerous place.

Guo Chang is tough enough to trade such a price for the safety of his wife and daughter.

However, Guo Yaoyao is not acknowledged by the Cold Ice Family.

What a joke, a girl with half a godhead in her mind is simply a colossal disgrace to the Cold Ice Family of the Red Ancient Clan! If she wasn't Guo Chang's daughter, if Guo Chang wasn't protecting her with his life, she might have been assassinated long ago.

Guo Chang didn't consider removing the godhead from the minds of his beloved woman and precious daughter, but he simply couldn't!

Frankly, no one in the Cold Ice Family has such capability!

It was due to this matter that Guo Chang learned about an earth-shattering secret.

That is, every ancient clan in the tunnel nowadays possesses a large number of Investiture of the Gods. But no one has the ability to cut out the godhead! Not even the Supreme Ancient Patriarch!

How the Investiture of the Gods came to be, the source of its power, what the godhead truly is—nobody can clearly explain it now. The ancient history of the tunnel seems to have had gaps. Anyway, all ancient clans in the tunnel follow this rule.

Every few years, a divine ranking list is issued, opening the ancient battlefield… Summoning strong fighters from various universes. Using these fighters to guard the rift, fighting with creatures from the Gray Land.

The cycle repeats just like a great loop. No one can change this reality. No one can, and no one dares to change it.

Guo Chang once learned of a forbidden secret within the tunnel, which isn't exactly a secret but a taboo!

There was once an outstanding genius in the tunnel who tried to develop a dharma instrument to cut out the godhead, but later… that genius disappeared. The family of that genius was also razed to the ground overnight. Even a Supreme-level ancient patriarch met demise!

This matter counts as one of the biggest taboos in the entire tunnel, and no one dares to mention it.

But there is one thing Guo Chang can confirm.

The Supreme is not the strongest existence in the tunnel!

Definitely not!

Otherwise, there would be no way to explain the disappearance of that genius's family. Nor would there be an explanation for all the secrets hidden in the Investiture of the Gods and the godhead.

But all of this is like a puzzle.

Enveloping the entire tunnel.

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