Heaven Slaying Blade

Chu Mo certainly understood Zi Dao's thoughts. To establish oneself in the Tunnel and truly uncover something, one must possess a powerful force. This is not something achieved by mere thinking or talking. It requires action! To act, naturally, one cannot aim too high, nor imagine that raising an arm and calling will instantly gather followers like clouds. That is an unrealistic fantasy.

Currently, Chu Mo has laid a good foundation with Gu Bingbing, and Zi Dao is vaguely aware that Gu Bingbing should be very familiar with Chu Mo's background. Since this is the case, Gu Bingbing still dares to heavily use Chu Mo and keep him by her side, which is enough to show Gu Bingbing can become one of us!

Although he did not joke with Chu Mo about this like the Six Great Saints, teasing him, in his heart, he actually agrees that the relationship between Chu Mo and Gu Bingbing could be a bit more intimate.

This is not about exploiting others, but rather… it is making calculations when the other party is unaware. But Gu Bingbing is such a clever woman, encountering a man as sincere as Chu Mo, how could she be unaware? So, when they come together, it is merely a union of strength.

However, Zi Dao did not bring up this idea. How to proceed, Chu Mo surely has his plans, and there is no need for Zi Dao to teach him. Especially when it comes to matters involving the feelings between men and women, it is taboo for outsiders to meddle recklessly.

But Zi Dao reminded Chu Mo to seize the opportunity to establish his own forces. Because this is the foundation of their future foothold in the Tunnel!

Only with a strong force will they have true confidence when facing these ancient clans in the future.

Chu Mo understands all this, including the Chu Clan royal family that disappeared in the Tunnel. Chu Mo knows far more than others imagine!

Above Supreme there is the Great Ancestral Realm, according to Guo Chang's words, the entire Tunnel should only have that one Great Ancestor. That existence should be the source of all secrets in the Tunnel.

Things like divinity, Investiture of the Gods, Edict of the Gods, ancient battlefields, even including the entire ancient history fracture of the Tunnel... all should be related to that entity.

Faced with such existence, it's likely that even if all ancient clans in the Tunnel united, they wouldn't be its opponent! But this… does not justify not building one's own forces.

Forces still need to be established, but in the early stages, it must not be done under one's own name and identity.

Even one Guo Chang can recognize his background through Heaven Slaying, what about others? Those who have seen the "Young Master Chu" of the Chu Clan royal family before, won't they recognize him?

Chu Mo doesn't want to make a high-profile declaration to the world that he has returned. He reached the ancestral realm but did not awaken so-called past life memories. Why the Chu Clan royal family disappeared, why the former Young Master Chu chose reincarnation, cannot be fully determined now.

Nor can one carelessly dump suspicion onto the possibly existing or possibly nonexistent Great Ancestor.

All matters must be thoroughly investigated before saying anything else.

Chu Mo possesses a map given to him by Gu Bingbing through someone, along with a personal token from Gu Bingbing. Gu Bingbing did not come in person to see him off, perhaps feeling a bit embarrassed facing Chu Mo. However, this personal token also explains Gu Bingbing's attitude towards Chu Mo. Despite no words, Chu Mo knows that with this token in hand, it will surely be useful at critical moments with the Luoshui Family.

This map is equally precious; it's not something that just anyone can obtain. It is very ancient. It shows a detailed distribution of forces. Seeing the territories occupied by each ancient major clan on the map, Chu Mo cannot help but feel emotional. These ancient clans are the true rulers in the Tunnel!

If you only look at this map, you will definitely not think that there's a higher ruler existing in the Tunnel.

Because on the whole map, there are few areas that are not territories of various ancient clans. However, there are dozens of places marked as forbidden or dangerous.

Chu Mo also discovered that the entire Tunnel truly connects two universes. One side is called the Huangtian Universe, and the other side… is also called the Huangtian Universe!

This ancient map directly forms a huge virtual map image in Chu Mo's spiritual sea, everything three-dimensional. Indeed, the Tunnel is narrow in shape, but it is actually very expansive! Its width almost matches the Luotian Great Universe.

But it is even longer!

Calculating silently in his heart, based on his current realm, Chu Mo estimates it would take a hundred years at full speed without stopping to travel from one end to the other!

That distance is truly vast.

Then, Chu Mo discovered that the two corresponding Luotian Universes are located roughly in the middle part of the long Tunnel, aligned on opposite ends. But the connections to each universe are displayed with dashed lines. These dashed lines seem to indicate uncertainty?

Apart from the Luotian Great Universe, there are at least a thousand corresponding universes along the Tunnel sides. Crowded, pressing against each other.

The Gray Land is situated between the Tunnel and these universes, forming numerous more narrow and complex zones, looking like a giant spider web!

Whether it's the Luotian Great Universe or those universe spaces adjacent to the Luotian Great Universe, each universe appears as an independent entity. As Chu Mo views those individual universes within his spiritual sea, arrayed alongside the Tunnel, each universe becomes apparent in an elliptical shape. Inside includes a vast and boundless great universe. He suddenly remembered what Xie Xie had once said.

"In this universe we reside in, with all those connected through the Tunnel… all added up, they should be inside an egg."

Could it be that all these universes, along with the Tunnel and those Gray Lands… are also inside an egg? And then… is that egg also connected to a Tunnel?

Thinking this way brings a particularly exhausting feeling. Chu Mo suddenly remembered a Buddhist scripture he had read, which stated: One flower, one world; one leaf, one bodhi. And another phrase: A mustard seed contains Mount Sumeru!

Whoo!

Chu Mo couldn't help but let out a long breath, then frowned slightly. The more he thought about this, the more it seemed endless, with no real end in sight.

"No, it shouldn't be like this, or rather, it shouldn't be an endless cycle," Chu Mo thought to himself.

Then, he forcefully dispelled this thought from his mind, as such ideas are terrifying. Once they start to grow unchecked, it becomes endless, even leading one to doubt oneself, and question whether the myriad beings in this Heaven and Earth are truly real.

Next, Chu Mo turned his gaze towards the two most distant Imperial Universes. These universes appeared larger, and there was a faint halo emanating from both.

This indicates that when the ancient map was created, these two Imperial Universes were specially marked. In other words, they must have something extraordinary about them.

The more he studied the ancient map, the more he felt its uniqueness, and the more he perceived the mysticism of this world.

The creator of this map must be at least someone at the Supreme realm, right? It's definitely no ordinary thing, yet Gu Bingbing gifted it to me. This is indeed a great favor.

Chu Mo thought, swiftly flying towards the direction of the Luoshui Family.

This journey took over a year.

Between the Ancient God Family and the Luoshui Family lies a great distance, with several large and small ancient clans in between. Chu Mo didn't disturb anyone, just kept advancing towards his destination according to the map's markers.

He wanted to see Chu Chu first!

Previously, Gu Bingbing had told him that Chu Chu was in one of the ancient cities within the Luoshui Family, and was very close to a direct descendant of the Luoshui Family.

One Side City, in the hierarchy of the Luoshui Family, should rank within the top hundred. Meaning, it's several levels higher than Canggu City, which Gu Bingbing currently controls.

When Chu Mo reached One Side City, he was somewhat shocked. Having come from the mundane world, he's seen all types of cities, from the ancient cities standing on solid ground to the grand ancient cities floating in the starry sky.

He's also seen the vast imperial city in the Luotian Immortal Domain, spanning billions of miles.

But this city before him is the largest he's ever seen!

It's truly immense. Built on the earth, yet soaring to the sky. Even though Chu Mo was soaring high, he's still unable to see the end of this city with a single glance. It occupies...at least ten billion miles!

The height of the city walls feels as if it's isolating an entire world!

A world inside the city walls, and outside...another world!

The ancient gates are engraved with various ancient mythical beasts, fierce-looking and lifelike. Chu Mo had no doubts that with the infusion of magic power, those beasts would instantly come to life, transforming into real, unparalleled creatures.

From the top of the city walls, powerful ripples of magic power can be felt. Clearly, its arrays have always been active!

Chu Mo couldn't help but feel a bit shocked. For such a vast city, how much resources does it consume daily just to maintain the operation of these arrays? Then, thinking about Canggu City, where arrays only operate during conflicts; the contrast is truly substantial.

Countless cultivators, riding various warships, flying swords, ancient war chariots, fly in and out through the large open gates along the city walls.

There are guards at the gate, but they don't seem concerned with the comings and goings of those cultivators.

It's evident that this is also a very open city, not minding who enters or exits. This is, of course, a form of strong confidence.

A gigantic city like One Side City, in the entire Luoshui Family, is considered a main city tier. Within it, who knows how many terrifying strong individuals exist. Therefore, probably no enemies dare to come here to cause trouble.

Chu Mo thought, quickly flying into the city.

Once inside, he discovered that this city was completely different from any he had seen before!

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