Chapter 1917 - 1503: Beauty and Bones, No Regrets in This Life!

Shi Wujue said that in the Ancient Wilderness Times legends passed down from his ancestors, apart from the one True Goddess, the Moon Goddess Posuo, there is no other named True Goddess!

Therefore, she, as a later generation, has already witnessed the truth that this Goddess, who sacrificed everything for the beings of All Heaven, has been forgotten by future generations!

"It’s not worth it! What you’re doing is completely not worth it! Isn’t a bit of selfishness okay? Isn’t looking out for yourself okay? Why be so harsh on yourself? Is it really just for all the beings of the world? Are those beings really that important, that you can give up everything?"

Even Gu Changsheng didn’t know why she would say these words, but she just wanted to speak.

In the voice, there was questioning, there was resentment...

Gu Changsheng didn’t know where exactly her overwhelming emotions like the tides originated from, but she felt as if not expressing them would bring regret for a lifetime!

Although knowing well that the Goddess in this Ancient Wilderness memory might not hear or see, Gu Changsheng still needed to speak!

As if only by doing so, she could find a chance to vent, to relieve the unbearable pain in her chest!

On that small boat, red beauty and white bones still stood in mid-air, so fragile that it seemed it would collapse with a gentle touch...

Time seemed to halt, with only Gu Changsheng’s hysterical screams echoing endlessly in the sixth layer space of the Star Innate Tower!

On that small boat, those who had survived a great disaster, returned from the brink of death, were still immersed in the joy of survival, seemingly oblivious to the white bones standing in front of them, wantonly rejoicing, leaping...

Against the lonely silhouette of red beauty and white bones standing alone, and Gu Changsheng’s grief, it formed an unmistakably stark contrast!

In this moment, Gu Changsheng’s heart exploded!

Looking at the jubilant figures on that small boat, her Phoenix Eyes filled with unchecked tears, filled with resentment and indignation!

Not worth it!

Indeed, not worth it!

That Goddess, for these people, stripped flesh and bone, exhausted her infinite lifespan currency, yet these people, seeming as if nothing had occurred, were still smiling, leaping...

The brighter the smiles on their faces, the more unworthy Gu Changsheng felt for the Goddess!

She was a True God, she exhausted everything, blessed All Heavens.

Yet the world did not remember her!

In the future, no name of this Goddess is passed down, in the words of later generations, none sings her praises...

Doing was as if not done!

Death was also as if not dead!

If it weren’t for Gu Changsheng and the others, seeing the fragments of this memory from the Ancient Wilderness Times in the Star Innate Tower, they wouldn’t even know that in those vanished Ancient Wilderness Times, there existed such a Goddess, who made such great sacrifice for the beings of All Heaven!

Such a sacrifice that was simply not worth it!

The severe pain in her chest made Gu Changsheng unable to stand up, she stumbled several times trying to rise, wanting to stop the Goddess from continuing in madness...

Leaving behind white bones would also do, like people of the world, after death, could be buried, perhaps finding long rest!

"Don’t continue anymore! It’s not worth it! It’s simply not worth it!"

At this moment, Gu Changsheng absolutely did not feel her words were abandoning the beings in the Ancient Wilderness Times, she only knew that what the Goddess sacrificed was simply not worth it!

Gu Changsheng was originally not any saint or enlightened one, more precisely, she was selfish!

But, who isn’t selfish?

Who doesn’t wish to live well?

Who isn’t living for themselves?

Speaking of goodness, speaking of compassion, if one cannot even live, what can goodness and compassion do?

Gu Changsheng is like this, and so are the people under the heavens!

Greedy for gain, seeking benefit, who isn’t living for themselves?

But, only this Goddess was foolish, she actually sacrificed everything for the beings of All Heaven!

All Heaven’s beings are truly pitiable, but is this Goddess not pitiable?

Did she do anything wrong?

She didn’t participate in the Gods’ war; this catastrophe wasn’t her doing. She could have chosen to look out for herself, yet she chose to give it all!

This fool!

This Goddess is a fool!

"You will regret it! Future generations will hardly remember your grace, nor will anyone feel grateful to you. You will regret it, you will regret everything you’ve done today, you definitely will regret it!"

Several times, struggling to get up, Gu Changsheng failed, could only clutch his chest with one hand and pound the ground with the other, shouting fiercely.

Time seemed to have frozen, with silence all around, only the sounds of jubilant celebration from those reborn after calamity on that lone boat, echoing continuously...

What a mocking scene this was!

Full of irony!

The one who saved them left no more than a set of white bones, unnoticed by them, only remembered for their survival celebration!

Mercy and willfulness, at this moment, were profoundly demonstrated!

The Goddess’s mercy forged her tragedy...

Human selfishness buried all she sacrificed...

Just as Gu Changsheng thought his struggle, his questioning, his cries would remain unanswered, that slender set of white bones on the boat slowly moved...

The bone moved, and Gu Changsheng seemed to hear clearly the creaking friction of the bone devoid of flesh and blood...

The sound was sharp, piercing, causing those present to feel a heartfelt pain from ears to soul!

The bone moved, the entire skeleton trembling slightly, accompanied by a sense of immense struggle.

However, that skeleton, without lifting a step, merely turned its head, with such difficulty...

This was the Goddess’s skeleton!

A dignified Goddess, a True Goddess at that, such an exalted existence originally could manipulate clouds and rains, shift mountains and oceans, control the heavens, yet now ending in such hardship even turning her head!

Finally, as Gu Changsheng stood dumbfounded, tears falling uncontrollably, the skeleton finally turned with difficulty towards the towering waves, gazing across the boundless space-time at Gu Changsheng’s group...

The glistening white bones, amidst which flowed spots of Holy Gold color, the hollow skull long devoid of flesh and eyes, although not frightening, was infinitely vacant; only spots of bones outlined on the fleshless face...

Gu Changsheng witnessed this Goddess’s transformation from magnificent beauty, controlling clouds and rain, to losing all flesh and blood, becoming a mere skeleton!

If he had not seen it with his own eyes, Gu Changsheng might find a sudden sight of such a skeleton somewhat eerie, but now, all he felt was pity and pain...

She did not know if this last skeleton of the Goddess could see her, could across the boundless time, see her existence...

At that moment, Gu Changsheng suddenly felt sadness flowing like a river, completely beyond her control...

And just as Gu Changsheng stood speechless and tearful, the skeleton on the boat slowly raised its arm...

No!

That was not an arm!

It was merely a segment of white bones, the distinct and slender finger bones were so weak...

As the Goddess’s skeleton lifted its arm, the pain in Gu Changsheng’s chest miraculously disappeared, with tears still on her bright face, she stood up vacantly, unable to resist stepping forward...

As if hearing some kind of calling...

In her eyes, only that red-bone skeleton!

Though the skeleton remains, the beauty has gone, Gu Changsheng cannot see her past appearance, yet she can imagine the peerless elegance of a True Goddess, with boundless grace and unlimited beauty...

Gu Changsheng felt as if the raised arm of the skeleton was touching her, spanning across the boundless time, traversing long ages...

The skeleton on the boat, raised arm trembling slightly, as if affectionate, yet seemingly unable to support, the skull subtly moving, distant divine sound reverberating once more!

This time, the divine sound originally clear like heavenly music had become incredibly aged, seemingly accompanied by a hoarse scraping sound of bones...

"Born as a deity, worshipped by beings of All Heaven, I stand atop The Gods, overlooking the multitude, the deity worshipped by mortals is me, how could I leave All Heaven beings unattended?"

Gu Changsheng listened perplexedly to the aged divine sound, tears still in Phoenix Eyes...

"Do not ask if this life has regrets, born as a deity, receiving endless worship of beings, naturally I must protect them, this is the irrefutable duty of a deity, also a deity’s mission!"

On the boat, the skeleton’s raised arm, seemingly reluctant, as if with a tinge of attachment, slowly lowered, then the skull slightly lifted, gazing into the boundless sky, divine sound aged, continued, "Blessing All Heavens, is my natural duty, even if it means stripping flesh and bones, this life has no regrets!"

As the divine sound fell, Gu Changsheng immediately widened her eyes in shock.

Could it be this Goddess’s skeleton truly can hear her words? Truly can perceive her existence across the boundless time, long ages? Know that after the disappearance of the Ancient Wilderness Times, in this Star Innate Tower, there exists a group like them, witnessing this distant memory from the Ancient Wilderness Times?

Were her words directed at herself?

Or were they spoken to Gu Changsheng and her people?

Tears still in Gu Changsheng’s Phoenix Eyes, filled with astonishment and uncertainty, wanting to speak, yet unsure what to say...

This Goddess’s skeleton said, even if stripping flesh and bones, this life has no regrets... not asking if it is worthwhile, her life has no regrets!