Chapter 1282: What Is My Last Message?

After getting accepted by the great emperor, Gu Cangtian looked around him. He looked confused before turning back to the great emperor with a hesitant expression.

"Uhm, Your Majesty, so what should I do? Do you need me to do anything?" he asked with an uncertain expression.

"You tell me. I already gave you the freedom to do whatever you want in this place. Didn't you offer yourself to me as a servant? Then you could act like one. Or maybe you could do something else here," the great emperor replied with a smile.

He was truly amused by this young man.

"Then may I look around first, Your Majesty? I would like to know more about this sacred place," Gu Cangtian said.

"Go ahead. Just like I said, you are free to do anything here," the great emperor answered.

"Anyway, I will go now. I leave this palace to you while I'm gone. And after seeing your body and soul, you had better cultivate this cultivation technique. I created it specifically for you."

Gu Cangtian's eyes widened, and his heart trembled.

Before he could say anything, he felt something entering his mind. The great emperor imparted the knowledge without even moving from his throne. A new cultivation technique was engraved into his memories as though he had already studied it in the past.

His heart felt like it wanted to burst from the overwhelming emotions inside him. There was the honor of being entrusted by the great emperor to take care of his palace, along with the joy of receiving a cultivation technique personally created by the great emperor.

There had never been a moment as joyous as this in his entire life.

Without hesitation, he kowtowed once again.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. I will make sure to do my best in the task you have given me. I will not disappoint you."

The great emperor did not say anything and only smiled before his figure suddenly disappeared.

After waiting for some time without hearing anything from the great emperor, Gu Cangtian lifted his head, only to find that the great emperor had already disappeared.

After that, Gu Cangtian started to familiarize himself with the palace. With glimmering eyes, he wanted to see the palace of the Absolute Ruler, the place revered by countless beings, in greater detail. Since that day, the Palace of the Absolute Ruler had a servant within it.

Although the palace was already perfect and there was nothing that needed to be taken care of, Gu Cangtian kept himself busy with anything that could make him look like a servant.

Sometimes, he wiped the floor even though it did not need to be wiped. He swept the garden even though it was already spotless and perfect, or simply stood guard as if he were an imperial guard.

As time passed, he also met many famous people who were close to the great emperor, and they all came to know about him. They had already heard of his reputation as the man who kowtowed for such a long time just to be accepted as the great emperor's servant.

To think that the great emperor had truly accepted him left them genuinely surprised.

The last thing Aldrian remembered from the great emperor's memories regarding Gu Cangtian was the day he left the palace and gave Gu Cangtian one final message.

"Take care of yourself. I hope that we will see each other again in the future."

Gu Cangtian did not know why the great emperor had said something like that. He never realized that he would not see the great emperor again for a long, long time.

Aldrian felt bad for leaving this man without telling him the truth in detail, which must have left him devastated after hearing that the great emperor had suddenly entered the reincarnation cycle.

Gu Cangtian raised his head and looked at Aldrian with tearful eyes.

"I'm glad that I could finally see you again, Your Majesty. When I heard that you had entered the reincarnation cycle, I thought that you had left me for good. I thought that you had abandoned me," he said sadly.

Hearing that, Aldrian felt pain in his heart.

"Of course not. Don't you remember my last message before I disappeared? We would meet again, and now we finally have."

Although he still did not remember how or why he had entered the reincarnation cycle, he could at least deduce that, by leaving those words behind, his past self had already known there was a chance they would meet again in the future.

"Yes, Your Majesty. I still remember your last words before you disappeared, and they were the only thing that made me believe we would meet again in the future. Lord Heavenly Demon also came to me once and said the same thing," Gu Cangtian said.

Then he kowtowed once again.

"To think that I once doubted you. I am truly not worthy to be your servant. I even failed the task you left me, to take care of the palace while you were gone. When those invaders came to seize the palace, I and many others resisted with all of our might. At that time, I was ready to die defending the palace, but in the end the invaders were too many. They came like a never-ending tidal wave. No matter how many we killed, more kept coming."

"If not for Lord Heavenly Demon forcefully dragging me out of the palace, I know that I would have been gone for good. We then lost the Ninth Heaven. I felt so guilty because I could not fulfill my duty that I wanted to die."

"I am truly a disappointment for..."

"Gu Cangtian."

Aldrian cut him off, causing Gu Cangtian to fall silent.

"It seems you lied to me when you said you remembered my last message before I left."

Gu Cangtian instantly lifted his head to look at Aldrian. Panic immediately appeared on his face, especially when he saw that the smile on Aldrian's face had disappeared, replaced by a calm, expressionless look.

"No, Your Majesty! I'm not lying! I still remember your words," he said hurriedly in an urgent tone.

"What were they?" Aldrian asked.

"You told me to take care of myself, and you hoped... ah."

As he realized something, Gu Cangtian paused, and his lips began to tremble. He felt like an idiot as he finally realized his own mistake.

"Yes. I told you to take care of yourself, and I hoped that we could meet each other again in the future. So tell me, Gu Cangtian. If you died before I met you again, wouldn't that mean you ignored my last words? Did you think my words back then were only casual chatter without any meaning?" Aldrian continued.

"No, Your Majesty, that's not true. I never underestimated any of your words," Gu Cangtian said before lowering his head. "I... I... I truly deserve to be heavily punished for contradicting myself and failing to realize my mistake. I have already sinned because I acted without realizing that I had made such a great mistake."

He lowered his head as guilt and sadness filled his face. Once again, he felt that he was not worthy to be the great emperor's servant.

But Aldrian released a sigh and showed a faint smile.

"Look, what I'm trying to say is, you don't have to burden yourself with guilt because you failed to defend the palace. You already carried out every task I entrusted to you to the best of your ability. Although I couldn't see you after I entered the reincarnation cycle, I believe you still fulfilled your duty faithfully. I have already seen what kind of person you are, and I am truly grateful for that."

Gu Cangtian's eyes trembled. They watered once again as his heart shook after hearing Aldrian's words.

"As for the palace, don't worry about it. It's not as important as your life. We can retake it once I reach the Ninth Heaven. Even if it has already been destroyed, I can simply rebuild it. However, if your life comes to an end, then that will truly be the end for you," Aldrian said.

Gu Cangtian had already reached the Divine Realm before the great emperor left him. If he had died back then, he would have truly been gone. Aldrian would have needed to return to his peak before he could even attempt to resurrect a divine being.

Gu Cangtian's lips trembled for a moment before he spoke.

"Thank you for your magnanimity. Thank you for giving me the guidance to realize my mistake, Your Majesty."

Aldrian nodded before looking at Alcraz.

At this moment, Alcraz was still in a daze. He looked at the interaction between the two of them speechlessly, unable to understand any of it.

Who exactly were the people he had been interacting with all this time?

Why did everything they say sound so grand that he felt unworthy of even hearing it?

What were their true identities?

Aldrian smiled at him.

"I know that you must have many questions, but I'm sorry that you won't get your answers right now. If you are still alive after the liberation of the Second Heaven, then you will find your answers."