Chapter 1889 - 1481: Nothing Left to Pray For, The World Is Godless

Would Shi Wujue lie about this kind of thing?

Gu Changsheng instinctively thought he wouldn’t, but Zhou Mu spoke confidently otherwise.

"Shi Wujue..." Gu Changsheng, pulled by Zhou Mu, turned back, looking at Shi Wujue with a face full of pleading.

At this moment, no one hoped more than Gu Changsheng that Shi Wujue was lying, just like Zhou Mu said, so that even if everyone in this world died, Shi Wujue would still be fine.

That was the answer she wanted.

She couldn’t give Shi Wujue the love he wanted, but she hoped he could be alright.

"If you ask him, he’ll definitely tell you he’s really about to die, but he’s deceiving you, just wanting you to pay a little more attention to him. How could that possibly be true?" Zhou Mu turned around, glancing at the little woman he was holding, then his eyes, deep like a cold pool, looked at Shi Wujue, as if daring him to refute his words at the risk of a confrontation.

"Is it true?" Is Shi Wujue saying he has little time really a lie?

Gu Changsheng stubbornly wanted an answer...

"Haha... you Zhou! As the City Lord, I knew that men like you, who compromise for the sake of keeping the peace, are just hypocrites!" Yet, in Gu Changsheng’s doubts, Shi Wujue spoke up, throwing out these words.

Shi Wujue naturally understood Zhou Mu’s intentions.

He didn’t want Gu Changsheng to be saddened by the news of his limited time.

He also didn’t want her gaze to be solely on himself.

A man’s jealousy is truly unreasonable and yet justifiable.

Just like the Zhou Mu in front of him, knowing full well that what he said was true, he still wanted to muddy the waters...

And Shi Wujue, although he hoped to get more attention from Gu Changsheng in his remaining lifetime, also didn’t want her to be immersed in the bitterness of his impending death...

This contradiction, however, is in agreement.

"As long as you know! Perhaps, I can make you even more aware!" Zhou Mu turned, his gaze sharply toward Shi Wujue, that sharp gaze silently conveying something...

Don’t let her be sad, whether your time really is short or you’re pretending it is!

If you make her sad, even if you die, I won’t forgive you!

Under Zhou Mu’s sharp gaze, Shi Wujue’s world-shaking face raised a relieved smile...

Have you ever loved someone?

Loved so deeply, even if knowing you can’t possess her, you can’t bear to let her feel even a shred of unhappiness?

Even if it means obscuring the truth, without hesitation!

He, Shi Wujue, fell in love with a woman, the same woman as Zhou Mu!

His love, concealed under his self-designed conspiracy, yet even without those schemes, is pure!

He also doesn’t want the woman he admires to be sad.

Just like Zhou Mu.

"Shi Wujue, is what Zhou Mu said true? You’re not really dying, right? You were just joking earlier, weren’t you?" As the three walked back and forth in the field of Sinful Sea Flowers, Gu Changsheng stubbornly asked once more.

"Everyone will die, it’s just a matter of sooner or later." Snow-white hair flying, Shi Wujue’s voice showed neither joy nor sorrow.

From birth, his fate was known, born understanding destiny, Shi Wujue resisted, felt unwilling, did everything to the utmost to change this outcome, he no longer dared to force it, now he only wished for this woman to accompany him in his dwindling days.

Even if this woman is destined not to belong to him!

He said Zhou Mu’s love was humble, but truthfully, the truly humble one is him!

Shi Wujue, you truly are the most pitiful person in this world...

Shi Wujue watched Gu Changsheng’s back, slightly lifting his head, blinking away the tears welled up from the burning sting of the Sinful Sea Flowers...

Gu Changsheng looked at the two men whose faces were anything but good, knowing they didn’t want to talk about Shi Wujue’s problem any further, though she wanted to ask again she couldn’t bring herself to speak...

Even if the two were desperately trying to blur that fact, Gu Changsheng knew better than anyone deep in her heart...

Shi Wujue wouldn’t gamble on his own life and death to tell lies...

A man as proud as him, how could he use such lies to win sympathy and pity?

They just don’t want to see me sad...

In Gu Changsheng’s heart, a faint pain lingered, a feeling that followed like a shadow. Unable to bear it, she looked at the endlessly stretching Sinful Sea Flowers beneath her feet, and spoke softly, "If even gods suffer the anguish of unattained desire, then what about humans? When faced with dissatisfaction, humans can still burn incense and pray to countless deities, but who can the gods turn to? Thinking about it, these Sinful Sea Flowers in full bloom, representing the Love Flower of the Goddess, indeed bloom so tragically. The Goddess herself is so sorrowful..."

For a man, she fell from godhood, and in the end, still lost him.

When a woman sees love as everything, how painful must it be when she loses it?

Gu Changsheng isn’t a woman who sees love as everything, but she can empathize with the agony of losing everything. Perhaps, it feels like life is not worth living!

And so, the Goddess fell...

Thus, there was the Divine Demise Land...

Zhou Mu heard Gu Changsheng’s words. His face, like that of a Divine Residence, remained impassive, but a fleeting sadness appeared in his eyes...

If he could, more than anyone, he wouldn’t wish for anything to happen to Shi Wujue.

Because he doesn’t want his woman to have an indelible regret in her heart.

"Hehe..." Shi Wujue heard Gu Changsheng and let out a slight laugh, speaking with a hint of sarcasm, "Listening to you, are humans actually happier than deities? Because humans have gods to pray to?"

"Isn’t it so?" Gu Changsheng blinked and asked in confusion.

"No..." Shi Wujue shook his head, looking at the Sinful Sea Flowers in full bloom beneath him, he asserted, "Because, there are no gods anymore, and humans have no gods to pray to either."

If deities could hear their prayers, would their Ancient Country He Clan and Shi Family have met such an end today?

This bondage of millennia without release, this tragedy of millennia without truth, all of it, why exactly does it exist?

If the Moon God were still in the world, if there were truly deities left in the world, why would they, as adherents of the Moon God, suffer such unfair treatment?

No gods to pray to, nothing left for humans to pray for either.

"No deities left in the world? Why? Isn’t the Gu God Manman and the Human God Shang Xie also gods?" Gu Changsheng turned back in disbelief after hearing this.

Shi Wujue shook his head upon hearing this, "A wisp of Divine Breath and a member of the Human Tribe chosen by the gods, how can they be gods? There are no more deities in this world, this is something the City Lord is very sure of."

"But why? Do the gods also have a lifespan currency? Aren’t they supposed to be as eternal as the heavens, like in the legends?" Gu Changsheng asked with confusion.

Shi Wujue stepped forward a few steps on the blooming Sinful Sea Flowers, pondering, "Do you remember the scene you saw when you looked back on the No Return Path? Although the City Lord also doesn’t know why, towards the end of the Ancient Wilderness Times, after the battle of The Gods, the deities withered, and the last deity to fall was that Goddess, the Moon God, who fell for love with a mortal and willingly became a Fallen God. After the Ancient Wilderness Times vanished into the long river of history, there have been no more deities. People pray to deities and seek protection mostly for psychological comfort, but it really used to be of use..."

Shi Wujue’s words were filled with desolation, like a bewildered person who has lost their faith...

However, this bit of faith was all they had to cling to, even though they’ve endured long ages of disappointment, they still refuse to give up...

If even the last fallen Moon God, even the symbol of light and hope in the darkness, could not provide them with an answer, then truly the heavens meant to doom the Ancient Country He Clan...

Gu Changsheng heard Shi Wujue’s words, sighing and shaking her head, "So it seems, being a god isn’t all that great, gods also fight, and they fight so fiercely..."

The scene witnessed when looking back on the No Return Path, although just a fleeting glimpse, remained unforgettable to Gu Changsheng. Whenever she thought of it, she was incredibly shaken; the scene of The Gods’ battle, even as a mottled fragment of memory, carried a world-destroying power, far beyond Gu Changsheng’s imagination...

Gu Changsheng truly did not know why, towards the end of the Ancient Wilderness Times, those supposedly otherworldly deities fought with such unresolved fervor, ultimately ending with all gods perishing...

Whether deities lived or not, Gu Changsheng didn’t want to care, nor did she have the power to care. She only wanted to find the Divine Demise Land of that last fallen Moon God, and find the legendary Tears of the Goddess, to resurrect her closest kin...

"Shi Wujue, as long as we’re alive, there’s hope. We will definitely find hope..." Gu Changsheng thought for a moment, ultimately choosing not to bring up the matter of his short remaining time, and spoke with great certainty.

She would certainly help him find it, even if it meant turning the Divine Demise Land upside down, she would attempt to find the truth Shi Wujue sought, not for anything else, but for everything he had given for her...

She couldn’t give him the love he wanted, but she would do her utmost to repay him, whether it was called compensation or... reluctance!

"Mm." Shi Wujue looked at Zhou Mu, let out a teasingly wicked smile, and nodded.

Zhou Mu ignored Shi Wujue’s provocation, looking at the vast Sinful Sea Flower Field around him, his expression grave, pondering, "We should think about how to get out of this Sinful Sea Flower Field. The distance we’ve just covered already exceeds the size of the Star Innate Tower, yet here we are, still trapped in the Sinful Sea Flower Field."

The Star Innate Tower is not small, but it is far outweighed by the current Sinful Sea Flower Field. Hearing her evildoer’s words, Gu Changsheng also realized the most urgent matter before them; they were still within the Fifth Level of the Star Innate Tower!