Chapter 1058: Intentions

Chapter 1058: Chapter 1058: Intentions

This time Shen Mo re-entered the God Path world with two purposes, one large and one small.

The smaller purpose, naturally, is to fulfill the agreement with Guan Ling...

Previously, Guan Ling had intervened several times, scheming against Qing Sheng Yuan Jun’s Dharma Body, helping him construct the boundary between the two realms, and providing him with the Stars Circulation Array diagram, all beyond mere friendship but based on a deal above kinship; for this, she exhausted much of the power of Death Jaw’s main body, and as a return, Shen Mo needed to slay enough "fake gods" to help her retrieve the Immortal Corpse Fragments of Empyrean Fairy!

Over the years, Shen Mo had multiple exchanges with Qing Sheng Yuan Jun’s Dharma Body, suppressed in the Lower Realm, learning from her that among the leftover evil of the old era, there used to be creature types like "Nature Gods," and from the corpse of Empyrean Fairy, a bizarre entity emerged, perceived as extraordinarily powerful and miraculous deities, which essentially lack independent personalities and gnosis, not even qualifying as creatures, at best thought of as "fake gods."

To differentiate from the "Nature Gods," even Guan Ling altered the terminology within the God Path world, referring to them only as fake gods.

And the larger purpose was, while ensuring the killing of enough fake gods, to delve into the depths of the God Path world’s secrets.

Blue Venerable Yuan Monarch and other leftover evils from the old era, after slaying Empyrean Fairy, could have completely destroyed any chance of her resurrection by casting her corpse into the Death Ghost Realm, yet they didn’t do so, and chose instead to divide her corpse into millions of pieces and bury them in the God Path world.

For tens of thousands of years, Guan Ling dispatched numerous Xian Dao strongholds into the God Path world, making a considerable disturbance while collecting her master’s Immortal Corpse Fragments, even if she made various arrangements, it’s unlikely to have bypassed the awareness of old leftover evils, and yet they took no action, allowing Guan Ling to gather the corpse of Empyrean Fairy.

Moreover, the God Path world itself is quite peculiar, clearly located within the universe, yet Xian Dao remains unexpressed, as if completely abandoned by the Immortal Dao, and even the corpse of Empyrean Fairy buried here has given rise to energies incongruent with the rules of the Immortal Dao, seemingly residual power from the old era’s God Path.

Shen Mo has reason to suspect that this group of old leftover evils harbor other motives, pretending to be oblivious to Guan Ling’s actions, intending to use Empyrean Fairy’s resurrection to accomplish some unspeakable purpose!

Of course, if exploring the origins yields results, it would be welcome, but Shen Mo won’t insist if nothing comes of it.

Regardless, Guan Ling will continue to collect Empyrean Fairy’s corpses, attempting to resurrect this powerful heavenly immortal, and no outcome will shake her resolve.

Empyrean Fairy’s "death and resurrection" involves the clash of the peak powers of the two eras of the universe, even the slightest ripple affects all creatures in all realms; one misstep could lead to entire sects like the Celestial Feather Sect being wiped out without knowing who orchestrated it.

Should it come to that, likely only those who have reached the eighth realm of Empyrean Da Luo Golden Immortal can remain above it all.

If he can glimpse the schemes of the old leftover evils, assess future risks, and prepare in advance, it would greatly benefit Shen Mo personally and all his friends and acquaintances, and even the entire Red Flame Sect, hence his desire to explore the secrets behind the God Path world!

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Much like last time entering the God Path world, Shen Mo’s consciousness awakened swiftly after a momentary daze.

He quickly realized that his Immortal Dao cultivation had completely fallen into stillness, unable to mobilize any mana or sense, but his Destiny Panel remained unaffected!

After entering the God Path world, even Guan Ling couldn’t determine their fate, but this time Shen Mo’s luck was decent, not appearing in the endless void but in the high air thousands of feet above the ground, with chains still firmly affixed to Chen Mengze and Jiang Yingying, avoiding the scenario he most feared!

Due to the armor he wore and three packages weighing a thousand pounds strapped to his back, the three of them were swiftly falling toward the ground.

Immediately, Shen Mo embedded [Riding the Clouds and Mist] in the slot on the Destiny Disc.

This special destiny was originally the green quality [Swallow’s Grace]; during his last trip to the God Path world, to move more conveniently, he spent Destiny Points to elevate it to purple quality, and upon returning to the Immortal Realm with magic and Skills, this destiny was seldom used.

However, in the intervening three hundred years, he drew numerous special destinies from the Destiny Pool, once accidentally acquiring an orange quality [Riding the Clouds and Mist], directly replacing the previous lower quality [Swallow’s Grace].

Before this entry into the God Path world, Shen Mo considered that he couldn’t perform Immortal Law Escape Skills or Skills like [Sword Escape], [Cloud Thunder Wing], so he spent considerable Destiny Points elevating this destiny to gold quality; overall, it was slightly less effective than the Soar Cloud Immortal Method but required no mana, and wouldn’t be influenced in the God Path world.

With the activation of [Riding the Clouds and Mist], wisps of auspicious clouds emerged under Shen Mo’s feet, soon supporting his figure.

The chain at his waist suddenly went taut, causing the falling Chen Mengze and Jiang Yingying to crash into each other like two heavy bells; yet, one was a Divine Bridge, the other a Golden Core, both practiced the Body Refinement method, their physical vitality quite formidable, and aside from some embarrassment, they weren’t harmed.

Jingle! Clash!

Shen Mo restrained his laughter, pulling Chen and Jiang onto the cloud head with the chain.

Due to this world lacking Xian Dao, Chen Mengze’s Pure Jade Mantra, which she practiced for years, was inadvertently weakened in its effect, leaving her less icy and more down-to-earth; once pulled up, she glared at Shen Mo with a mix of annoyance and charm and began tidying her disordered robe armor.

Jiang Yingying, however, stared wide-eyed in disbelief: "There is not a trace of nature’s spiritual energy here, nor can we utilize the Immortal Dao cultivation, Sect Master, how can you deploy Ascending Cloud Immortal Method?"

Last time in this realm, she wasn’t with Shen Mo and Chen Mengze, having never seen outsiders wield extraordinary power, so upon witnessing Shen Mo "performing a spell," she couldn’t help but be curious and amazed!

The secret of the Destiny Panel, even Zhao Lingyin and Chen Mengze had not been informed by Shen Mo, naturally, he wouldn’t share the truth with Jiang Yingying now, using the excuse of possessing a celestial artifact to evade her curiosity.

"Oh."

Jiang Yingying nodded with apparent understanding.

Beside her, Chen Mengze wore an expression of complete disbelief; the last time Shen Mo used [Swallow’s Grace], the excuse was having great Skills, but she tactfully refrained from asking further, for even among intimate Dao companions, some secrets could not be divulged.

Shen Mo identified their location, realizing they were at the border of Qing Country and Ji Country, not far from Thorn Mountain.