I Am the Fated Villain

Chapter 1284:1645.

Is it worth it for the Heavenly Fate Human Emperor to deal with someone like me?

This scene once again caused everyone to shudder and tremble in fear.

Elder Jin was a well-known figure who had been in the Dao Ancestor realm for countless epochs.

He had lived for innumerable eras.

He had once stood alongside Saintess Xiyuan’s master, Xinu, in the same era, and could be considered a walking fossil of history.

His defeat and serious injury were beyond belief and hard to fathom.

Chancellor Chu Yuan of the Immortal Empire was still not at the Dao Ancestor level; there was still a gap between them.

However, Elder Jin’s peak strength far surpassed that of ordinary Dao Ancestors.

To think that even he had been severely wounded?

Moreover, despite the fact that he was currently in an advantageous position, joining forces with Chu Gucheng, the Dharma Saint, and other Daoist experts, they were still unable to defeat Gu Changge.

Instead, they were each severely injured, and many Dao Ancestors had likely perished in that otherworldly battlefield.

The result of this battle would certainly be terrifying, causing an unimaginable seismic upheaval.

“Please, Senior Xingying, help us.

The strength of the Lord of the Patching Heaven Alliance is far too incredible, as if he shouldn’t exist in this world.

We are simply no match for him.

”“Chancellor Chu is only able to resist him with the boundless fate of all beings from the Immortal Chu Haotu, and even then, it’s barely enough to hold on…”Elder Jin, covered in blood, fell from the great hole in the otherworldly battlefield, severely injured.

His arms were completely broken, exposing the white marrow of his bones.

He endured the intense pain and begged for help from the distinguished guests of the Immortal Chu Haotu.

His eyes were filled with disbelief and horror.

Although he did not want to admit it and didn’t want to glorify his opponent, this was the truth.

The three Dao Ancestors and many Daoist experts, with the help of favorable conditions, were unable to capture Gu Changge, and instead, they had been severely wounded.

Furthermore, Elder Jin had a growing sense of unease.

It seemed as though Gu Changge was waiting for something, not entirely focused on the battle with them.

Despite this, all of them still found it incredibly difficult.

In several rounds of combat, they were all seriously injured and lost their combat ability.

Even Elder Jin had been wounded to the point that his origin was damaged.

It would likely take some time before he could help again.

“He’s actually that strong.

In this situation, even Saintess Xiyuan from back then wouldn’t have been able to defeat Chu Gucheng and the others.

”“Who exactly is this mysterious Lord of the Patching Heaven Alliance?

”“When did such an existence appear in the world?

No matter how we investigate, we can find no trace of him.

There’s no record of him in the past, nor will there be one in the future.

He’s unique in the world.

Could he be an ancient sage who has reached the end of the road?

”The old woman Xingying’s pupils glowed with a pearly light, as if vast Dao laws were unfolding before her.

She had been observing the battle closely and felt that there would be no major surprises.

In her view, Gu Changge’s strength should be above that of Saintess Xiyuan, a person who had survived through eight heavenly calamities.

But that strength should be limited, and it wouldn’t surpass Xiyuan by too much.

In such a favorable situation, it should be more than enough for Chu Gucheng and the others to capture and suppress Gu Changge.

But suddenly, she realized that she had likely underestimated Gu Changge.

Or rather, they had never truly seen through Gu Changge, let alone figured out his depth and background.

“Xingying Senior Sister, it seems we must intervene as well.

We can’t wait any longer.

I’m afraid something unexpected will happen and change the situation.

”The white-browed Star Lord of the Immortal Chu Haotu spoke with a frown, his expression filled with concern.

He, too, had survived seven heavenly calamities, and his strength was not weak.

The power of Senior Sister Xingying surpassed his own, and she had walked far along this path.

However, she had not survived the eighth heavenly calamity.

The eighth heavenly calamity was an insurmountable gap, as vast as the difference between immortals and mortals.

Even in a supreme civilization like the Xiyuan Civilization, few had survived it.

“If we join forces, our chances of winning will certainly increase.

But I’m worried that this is a trap set by the Lord of the Patching Heaven Alliance.

Elder Jin’s strength is no weaker than yours, yet he was easily severely wounded.

This indicates that the Lord of the Patching Heaven Alliance’s strength is far beyond Elder Jin’s…”Senior Sister Xingying did not immediately join the battle but spoke in a deep voice.

These words stunned the white-browed Star Lord, who suddenly thought of this possibility.

His expression changed drastically, and he broke into a cold sweat.

“Senior Sister, you mean that he deliberately allowed us to surround him, but his true goal was to use himself as bait and then destroy the ultimate powers of the Immortal Chu Haotu one by one?

”He also asked in a deep voice.

It is a well-known fact that Dao Ancestor realm beings are extremely hard to kill.

Even those of the same level cannot keep the other from escaping.

If they wish to flee, unless their cultivation level far exceeds theirs, it is impossible to stop them.

The old woman Xingying slowly nodded and said, “This possibility cannot be ruled out.

Let’s observe the situation first.

Since Chu Gucheng is so highly valued by Master, he definitely doesn’t have just this little ability.

His cultivation is already close to the eighth Heavenly Calamity.

On the land of Immortal Chu Haotu, he is naturally in an invincible position.

”The white-browed Star Lord slightly furrowed his brows, still somewhat worried.

“But Senior Sister, what if Chancellor Chu is defeated?

”Xingying said, “Since Master personally gave the golden pouch, it means he already knew everything that would happen today.

He knows that Chu Gucheng will not be defeated.

He is the person chosen by the Xiyuan Civilization to undergo tribulation and will not fall so easily.

”Elder Jin, covered in injuries, fell from the sky.

He quickly sat cross-legged, absorbing the energy from the void to recover from his injuries.

Behind him, it seemed like the great universe was rotating, with terrifying might that resembled a swirling starry river, suppressing everyone, making it feel like they were about to kneel down and worship him.

This was the power of the Dao Ancestor realm.

Even in his severely injured state, with just a thought, he could kill beings of lower levels.

The other guests in the Imperial Capital all felt their blood surge, experiencing a momentary suppression as their expressions changed repeatedly.

They knew this was due to Elder Jin being gravely wounded and unable to suppress his aura.

Fortunately, the battlefield was in the otherworld, otherwise, even a drop of blood from a Dao Ancestor would bring endless disaster to the vast multitude of beings.

If a Dao Ancestor really fell, it was unimaginable.

The entire Xiyuan Civilization would likely be swept away.

“Young Ancestor, Immortal Chu Haotu has sealed off all the spaces within the Imperial Capital.

We can no longer contact the Imperial Immortal Palace.

”Several elders of the Imperial Immortal Palace spoke with grave expressions.

They didn’t know that Ling Yuxian and Ling Yuling had a special communication method between them.

They were just worried that the situation in Immortal Chu Haotu might grow more chaotic and endanger Ling Yuxian.

“Immortal Chu Haotu would not dare to act against the Imperial Immortal Palace…”Ling Yuxian shook her head.

Her beautiful, pale face carried a heavy expression.

In reality, she had already contacted her sister Ling Yuling, but she did not expect that Ling Yuling had no intention of intervening.

Instead, she told her to quietly observe the changes and wait for the outcome.

From what Ling Yuxian could tell, her sister’s attitude towards Gu Changge was somewhat unclear.

According to reason, Gu Changge had helped her sister escape from her predicament and had also helped her resolve the corrosion of the dark matter.

Her sister should have been grateful to him.

But her sister was unmoved by this situation.

In fact, she seemed to want to use Immortal Chu Haotu to probe Gu Changge’s true strength.

In the depths of the Imperial Immortal Palace, on the cloud-wreathed peak of the Supreme Realm, Ling Yuling sat cross-legged, her dark hair floating, half of her immortal face hidden.

Her gaze was gentle, with a watery glow, and the hazy chaotic energy spread around her.

“The counterfeit of the Coffin of the Dead World has appeared.

It must be connected to the organization that Nan Qing mentioned, but where exactly is the Nightmare Demon Domain?

”“If Zixiao Mountain is really involved with this organization, what other forces in Xiyuan Civilization have been infiltrated?

”Ling Yuling stared at the shimmering water screen in front of her, then sighed softly, feeling somewhat powerless.

She had always been suspicious of Gu Changge’s identity.

Although Gu Changge had indeed helped her escape and resolved the dark matter, Ling Yuling simply couldn’t bring herself to trust someone whose background was unknown and whose methods were mysterious.

After all, during the era when the black calamity swept across the worlds, even those at the end of the road couldn’t resolve the dark matter.

Once corrupted, they would likely fall into the darkness, their original souls being overtaken by a new consciousness, giving birth to a dark personality.

During this time, she had visited the floating continent in the chaotic space-time sea again, searching for notes left by the Southern Venerable, hoping to find any record or method of dealing with dark matter from later generations.

But there was nothing.

Whether from the most ancient of times or from the countless ages that had passed, there was no record or method for dealing with dark matter.

So how did Gu Changge use his methods to help the ancient ancestor of the Jing Clan, Jing Tianyuan, eliminate the corruption from the dark matter that had tainted her Immortal Soul?

How did he expel the dark matter from the Immortal Gate?

In fact, when Gu Changge and the ancient ancestor of the Jing Clan hurried to that dark place to assist her in escaping, Ling Yuling had already started to harbor suspicions.

If Ling Yuxian had paid more attention to her expression at that time, she would have been able to notice it too.

When Ling Yuling was explaining Jing Tianyuan’s origins, she intentionally misrepresented some of the details, but Jing Tianyuan didn’t respond at all.

Her expression remained unchanged, and there was no reaction whatsoever.

Although it could have been because of the long passage of time, which caused Jing Tianyuan’s memory to become blurry, and she may have forgotten those events, Ling Yuling later tried to test her with other matters, only to find her responses were strangely off.

Some things that had never happened, Jing Tianyuan would nod and acknowledge them.

On the other hand, when it came to things that had really happened—such as how she and Ling Yuxian had helped Jing Tianyuan before—Ling Yuling purposely made mistakes, yet Jing Tianyuan didn’t react in any way.

Based on these reactions, Ling Yuling began to suspect that something was wrong with Jing Tianyuan.

When the Immortal Soul had disappeared, the words spoken were not baseless.

It was at that moment that Ling Yuling began to doubt Gu Changge.

When Gu Changge was about to step in and resolve the dark matter, Ling Yuling was already on high alert and deeply wary.

However, later on, she thought that perhaps this could be an opportunity to test and deduce Gu Changge’s true origins, and to see how he would resolve the dark matter.

Therefore, she eventually relaxed her guard.

She was very suspicious that Gu Changge might be connected to the organization that Nan Qing had mentioned.

She also suspected that Gu Changge could be one of the remnants from the era of the Dark Calamity, someone from the same ancient time as herself, a former sage from that era.

The territory of Immortal Chu Haotu was vast, spanning thousands of states.

Each state was comparable to a great universe.

However, with the eruption of the earth-shattering battle in the Imperial Capital of Immortal Chu Haotu, the entire realm of Immortal Chu Haotu fell into darkness.

The stars and moon dimmed, the bright sun disappeared, and it felt as though an actual doomsday had arrived.

In the region where the counterfeit of the Coffin of the Dead World had fallen, the black mist surged, growing increasingly thick, as if it were an endless wave, sweeping across the land.

Where it passed, it resembled snow spreading across a wasteland, except the frost was replaced by thick black fog, towering up to thousands of feet high, roaring like a tidal wave.

Ordinary cultivators and beings could never survive in such black mist.

They would not even have time to escape.

Vast swathes of star systems dimmed and were submerged by the thick fog.

In these areas, there were scenes of brutal carnage, with beings crying out in despair.

Farther away, in the battlefield between Immortal Chu Haotu and the Demon Court, karmic forces surged to the heavens, and bloody calamities grew more intense.

Countless Demon Court and Immortal Chu Haotu forces clashed, one after another.

Blood filled the seas, and corpses piled like mountains, with no end in sight.

The Lord of Zixiao Mountain, Ziwang He, led many strong figures of Zixiao Mountain to capture vast regions of Immortal Chu Haotu.

It was like a devastating flood, destroying everything in its path.

Where it passed, the universe withered and shattered, and shattered corpses and star fragments filled the skies.

The star seas were exhausted, and countless bones floated in various starry skies, with blood so thick it made one want to vomit.

The number of cultivators and beings who perished in this war was beyond imagination.

In the depths of the various worlds, in the terrifying pit of the Dao Ancestor battlefield, it suddenly felt as though millions of thunderbolts exploded.

The originally pitch-black, boundless void was completely illuminated.

All beings and cultivators saw a terrifying giant hand, as if it had grasped the entire world, causing billions of stars to collapse.

As the giant hand descended, a mighty, far-reaching force pressed down, as if turning the heavens and earth into a weapon to strike down.

Chancellor Chu Gucheng of Immortal Chu Haotu stood amidst it all, constantly roaring, his figure trembling.

Carrying the fate of all beings, he formed the image of the Human Emperor behind him.

His colossal dharma body spanned across the star sea, its light illuminating the entire world.

At that moment, he truly became the Human Emperor, and his terrifying aura soared to an unimaginable level.

“All beings, follow me to subdue the demons!

”Chu Gucheng’s roar resonated beyond the worlds, shaking countless great universes, causing cultivators everywhere to feel it in their ears.

He punched out, releasing a dominating and overwhelming power, as if toppling the heavens.

At that moment, every strand of hair on Chu Gucheng’s head shimmered brilliantly, like it had been sculpted from immortal jade, surrounded by the aura of incense and fate.

His entire body was glowing, and every pore burst with immense divine power, as if three thousand great worlds were converging.

Centered around him, in the deep darkness, his fist imprints struck fiercely.

Endless light suddenly burst out from the vast territory of Immortal Chu Haotu.

It was the unbroken celestial fate, the willpower of all beings, flowing endlessly like rising true dragons, adding boundless strength to Chu Gucheng.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

It seemed as though the outer worlds were about to explode, with an endless barrage of fist lights surging, as if the universe itself was being restarted.

Chu Gucheng punched again and again, like a plague, but across from him, that vague and terrifying figure still stood, like a demonic mountain, coldly and calmly looking down at him, allowing his strikes to come.

“The fate and will of all beings are not for you to exploit like this…” Gu Changge said coldly.

At that moment, it seemed that the outer worlds could no longer bear his presence.

His descending giant hand struck with a pop, showing no sign of stopping.

All the rules and powers seemed as fragile as paper, easily pierced and torn apart.

All of Chu Gucheng’s fist lights vanished silently in front of him, like ripples that dispersed with a gentle tremor, unable to even reach his front.

Now, although Chu Gucheng had the power to challenge beings who had passed through eight Heavenly Calamities, facing this unbeatable Gu Changge, he was overwhelmed with a deep sense of defeat and disbelief.

With a bang, the space exploded again.

In the aftermath, realms were born and destroyed, chaos alternated.

Chu Gucheng, unwilling to accept this, spat blood violently.

With just one slap, his hair was disheveled, and his body was covered in blood.

In the Imperial Capital, all the distinguished guests were stunned upon witnessing this scene.

They felt a tightening in their hearts, overwhelmed by shock.

“Chancellor Chu is now almost on par with beings who have passed through eight Heavenly Calamities, yet he still cannot match up,” the white-browed Star Lord murmured, growing more concerned.

The old woman Xingying frowned, her mind uneasy.

For the living beings of Immortal Chu Haotu, all they could see was someone flying wildly across the deep, pitch-black sky.

Normally, it would be impossible to witness Dao realm existences in such a state, yet now they were constantly coughing up blood and flying out like torn sacks.

“As the ruler of Immortal Chu Haotu, disregarding the invasion of the Demon Court, ignoring the suffering of countless beings, and caring nothing for the lives of his people, he insists on colluding with the remnants of the Dark Calamity just to deal with me.

”“Is it worth it?

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