Steadily becoming a saint, the immortal officials hired me to tend the horses

Chapter 1037: Chapter 1028: Ultimate Evil

[You have successfully seized the lifespan of Qin Chuang (Perfect Daoist Great Luo Immortal Realm) 366,309,808,774,223,115 years]

[You have successfully seized the lifespan of Canglan Daoist (Miaozhen Daluo Immortal Realm Perfection) 71,777,098,628,741 years]

[You have successfully seized the lifespan of Xuanpeng Demon Venerable (Middle Stage of Miao Zhen Daluo Immortal Realm) 2,807,889,000,641 years]

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Gu An kept swinging his sword, and with each slaying of a being, he could take in their entire lives. In just an instant, he could view the lives of countless eons.

The reading ability of a Saint is unimaginable to all living beings.

Gradually, Gu An’s mood was no longer as high-spirited.

The beings summoned by the Extreme Nether Emperor were all real, yet in the eyes of the Extreme Nether Emperor, they were merely a part of his Great Dao Divine Skills, with no regard for their life or death.

Cultivators spend their entire lives striving for the Dao, only to be fooled in such a manner.

Even for enemies, Gu An felt pity for them, for they died without ever knowing whom they fought for, thinking they battled for the Great Dao.

Cangming wasn’t as righteous as people said, having annihilated countless Daoist lineages within Chaos, even more so than the Heavenly Dao.

The Heavenly Dao never had such intentions to engulf Chaos as they claimed; had it been so, the Celestial Emperor would have done it long ago. The Celestial Emperor seeks another path to strength, one the Extreme Nether Emperor cannot understand.

The differing stances, viewing each other as evil, are understandable, but determining if one’s Daoist lineage is good or evil can be judged by karma and merit.

What Gu An pitied were not the beings he killed, but the disparity in levels, the confusion between reality and illusion, and how many beings never witnessed the true nature of their world until death.

During the slaughter, Gu An was contemplating a question.

What should he do after surpassing the Saint?

Though Gu An was contemplating, he did not stop; the current massacre was to curb further slaughter.

Today, he planned to destroy Cangming until they lost all courage.

Though Gu An didn’t use Divine Skills, his presence deeply moved the Immortal Gods, granting them greater courage.

The only one frustrated was the Absolute Thought Heavenly Venerable; the stronger Gu An appeared, the more anxious the Extreme Nether Emperor became, increasing the pressure on the Absolute Thought Heavenly Venerable.

Gu An finally noticed a change in the notifications before him after an unknown period of killing.

[Your lifespan has exceeded ten million billion years for the first time, unlocking the lifespan-to-Dao function]

[Lifespan-to-Dao: You can consume a portion of lifespan to resurrect any being you have slain, deciding their cultivation level. The consumed lifespan depends on their cultivation level. Beings revived through this process will be linked with your destiny, sharing in your fortune, unable to kill you, and their lifespan growth upon breaking through will partially merge into yours]

A new function!

What is this?

Immortal cultivation on loan?

Borrowing their lives to achieve Dao, then returning to them after achieving Dao?

Various thoughts flashed through Gu An’s mind. The lifespan-to-Dao function could provide more ways to extend lifespan. He wouldn’t resurrect all the slain beings, only a selected few.

He became perplexed over the existence revolving around lifespan evolution; every existence adheres to certain rules, like personal principles.

What kind of being does lifespan evolution want him to become?

This battle unfolded in the depths of Chaos, beneath the Great Dao, yet as the battle intensified, anomalies arose in various domains of Chaos.

Only those who reached the Ultimate Fusion Emperor Realm could truly perceive this battle.

Such as the Celestial Emperor.

Seated within the Palace of the Polestar, the Celestial Emperor observed the battle unfold, feeling neither joy over Cangming’s setback nor excitement for the Merit Suppressing God Heavenly Monarch’s strength.

He sensed a potent crisis.

As the Celestial Emperor, no one understood celestial dao destiny better than he did.

Despite Gu An accepting the celestial dao destiny, the Celestial Emperor felt he could not control him.

An Immortal God beyond the control of celestial dao destiny, with the power to obliterate a Dao lineage, deeply unsettled the Celestial Emperor.

The Celestial Emperor harbored many doubts.

Where did Gu An emerge from?

He now confirmed that the past Guxuan You and the future Ji were all incarnations of Gu An.

In Reincarnation, few could match him, let alone defeat him.

Within the Heavenly Dao, no one at the same realm could defeat his Reincarnation Body.

His former curiosity and admiration for Guxuan You and Ji had now been replaced by wariness.

When Hongmeng still existed, the Celestial Emperor had witnessed power beyond the Ultimate Fusion Emperor, which fueled his pursuit of saints.

He was aware of the saints’ existence but couldn’t find them, thus leaving information about saints to allow future heavenly geniuses to chase them, hoping to gain enlightenment himself.

“Could he be a Saint?”

The Celestial Emperor entertained an absurd thought that surprised even himself.

He had long investigated the disappearance of saints.

He traversed Chaos endlessly, yet could never spot a trace of the saints.

“What is your involvement with Hongmeng’s destruction?”

His gaze turned profound; though wary, he wasn’t panicked by Gu An, as by all appearances, Gu An didn’t seem to oppose him.

Gu An’s deeds within the Celestial Spirit Great World matched what he desired in a person of the Heavenly Dao.

If Gu An were truly a saint, why would a saint hide within his Heavenly Dao?

Numerous doubts interwove in the Celestial Emperor’s mind like a fog he couldn’t see through.

After a while.

The Celestial Emperor suddenly furrowed his brow, leaning forward slightly.

He saw Gu An capturing the Extreme Nether Emperor, holding him aloft at the tip of a branch of the Cangming Creation Tree.

The Extreme Nether Emperor struggled fiercely, even tapping into all of Cangming’s destiny to resist Gu An.

Throughout this, the Celestial Emperor perceived a haunting cause and effect from the Extreme Nether Emperor.

“What is that…it seems familiar…”

The Celestial Emperor tensed, past memories flashing before him.

He recalled venturing to Hongmeng, witnessing the broken scene of it.

Then, within Hongmeng, he sensed such cause and effect, yet his realm was insufficient to discern it.

Now reflecting on it, everything felt eerie about that time.

What truly happened to Hongmeng?

The Celestial Emperor felt a grander conspiracy looming over Chaos from beyond the veil.

He stared at the figure of the Extreme Nether Emperor, its realm of Ultimate Fusion Dao Venerable Emperor Realm Perfection exuding an immense heavenly power, casting the entire Heavenly Realm under a warped crimson light.

Suddenly.

The mysterious cause and effect upon the Extreme Nether Emperor erupted in black light, impacting the Celestial Emperor’s vision.

In an instant, the Celestial Emperor saw a void of darkness within which stood three figures, whose postures were distinct and whose races were indiscernible, their presence repressive and horrifying.

They seemed embodiments of utmost evil, simply standing there, imposing an intense sense of crisis upon the Celestial Emperor.

Never before had the Celestial Emperor felt such emotions; despite his realm, he seemed so insignificant.