Chapter 1923 - 1509: Who Are You, Really?

However, Ta You was right. With such earth-shattering and ghost-weeping memories, how can they continue northward without fear?

All they saw today is inevitably entangled with their journey northward in countless ways!

Is this a corner of the truth?

Is this the crux of everything they will face as they head north?

Zhou Mu and Shi Wujue didn’t know!

The two looked at each other, their brows tightly furrowed.

The choice given by Ta You is one difficult to decide upon!

Only the ignorant can be fearless!

Having witnessed the devastation of the battle of the Gods, and the heroic deeds of the Ancient Wilderness Supreme Deity turning the tide, they truly aren’t sure what they will face if they continue northward...

Suspended atop the Sixth Layer of the Star Innate Tower, situated among the stars, Ta You’s little phantom seemed unhurried, his voice understated, "You don’t need to rush; you can think it over slowly. Time is boundless, and so much has passed. What needs to happen will still happen, and what is destined is already determined. Nothing can be changed. Struggling for a moment now is already pointless..."

When Zhou Mu and Shi Wujue heard Ta You use "we," a gleam couldn’t help but flash in their eyes!

In fact, they and Ta You aren’t the same kind of people at all, let alone worthy of the term "we" together!

They already knew Ta You’s identity and origin. For someone like him to use the word "we" with them was simply ironic!

The continuation of the will of the Ancient Wilderness Supreme Deity dared to stand beside them, telling them they could actually call each other "we." What does this mean?

In the eyes of Zhou Mu and Shi Wujue, the gleam flashed continuously. These two proud and unparalleled men, how clever they are!

They saw, from Ta You’s previous prevention of their journey northward to his current resignation, that his actions now might not be what he wishes deep down. But, it is something he must do!

The only thing that could compel Ta You to do it must be his mission!

The mission granted by the will of the Ancient Wilderness Supreme Deity!

And Ta You’s mission aligns with their journey northward!

Otherwise, Ta You wouldn’t use the word "we"!

In the hearts of Zhou Mu and Shi Wujue, many considerations flashed by like a revolving lantern, but the two did not make a choice immediately. Instead, they were very cautious!

No one could blame them for being so cautious!

Because what they saw today was too incredible and too difficult to believe!

Remembering what they saw and heard today, perhaps they would be cautious and hesitant on the road ahead, but forgetting what they saw might lead them into unknown dangers!

"If I remember all this, I’m not sure if I’ll still have such a resolute heart to seek the truth I’m chasing..." Shi Wujue lowered his head slowly, self-mockingly smiled, the long snow-white hair falling around him.

Gu Changsheng—one whom Shi Wujue admires from the bottom of his heart—made his once unwavering heart hesitate!

Coupled with these soul-trembling memories of the ancient wilderness, the tip of the iceberg they’re about to face, Shi Wujue suddenly became unsure!

He wasn’t sure if, remembering all this, he would be able to uphold his mission and finish the grand scheme he set out to complete when facing those completely irresistible memories!

He was afraid he wouldn’t be able to restrain himself, afraid he might reveal the truth to Gu Changsheng!

Even though he initially knew entering the Divine Demise Land would be riddled with danger, now it seems that the danger he anticipated wasn’t enough...

If Gu Changsheng should really face misfortune due to his plans...

Then he...

Shi Wujue shook his head, not daring to imagine what would happen if anything befell Gu Changsheng!

The moment he saw Gu Changsheng collapse and unconscious on the ground, Shi Wujue felt as if he were utterly empty, left with nothing but anxiety and worry. At that moment, the fate of the Shi Family and the mission of the He Clan faded away in Shi Wujue’s mind, no longer important!

The only thing that mattered was Gu Changsheng!

Only this woman he calculated upon and also fell in love with...

"Shi Wujue..." Zhou Mu looked at Shi Wujue, trapped in a dilemma, softly calling out his name. His face, like that of the Divine Residence, full of worry, but ultimately he chose not to say more.

Everyone has their own choices!

Only the path you choose yourself can you walk down without regrets!

Therefore, even at this moment, when Shi Wujue hesitated, Zhou Mu could say nothing!

Just as the two were trapped in this dilemma of choice, the senseless Gu Changsheng, at this moment, seemed to float in the boundless darkness. In her mind, the constant echoes of the ancient goddess standing on that lone boat, everything from the memories of the Ancient Wilderness Times kept playing out in Gu Changsheng’s mind...

The blazing red clothes like fire, the cascading long hair, the proud back, the aura commanding all under heaven...

So familiar, yet so unfamiliar...

The Daughter of the Ancestral God, Ancient Wilderness Supreme Deity?

It seemed as if her every move could pull at her heart, making it beat and ache along with her...

Especially when the Ancient Wilderness Supreme Deity made the sacrificial act of stripping flesh and breaking bones, and finally dispersing the divine bones to mitigate her demise, Gu Changsheng could distinctly feel that at that moment, her heart had stopped!

As if, just like herself, she had died, too...

"Who are you? Who exactly are you?"

In her mind, scene after scene, image after image continued playing, and from the depths of Gu Changsheng’s heart, she bellowed loudly!

"Tell me, who are you? Why am I like this? Why can’t I control myself because of your every move? Why does your behavior disturb me? Why? Who are you? Who exactly are you?"

From the deep-seated inquiries of Gu Changsheng’s heart, the only response was the repetitively occurring images in her mind!

Especially seeing the bones of the Ancient Wilderness Supreme Deity vanish, giving rise to the revival of all heavens, Gu Changsheng repeatedly experienced the sensation of life and death reincarnation!

The actions of the Ancient Wilderness Supreme Deity, she seemed to empathize with as if she could not break free, could not escape, and in those scenes, she was caught endlessly, as if undergoing cycle upon cycle of life and death reincarnation...

"Who are you? Who exactly are you? Tell me, don’t let me die without understanding..." With a desperate howl and frenzied struggle, looking at the scenes closely replaying before her, Gu Changsheng felt she could hardly endure any longer!

Her heart followed the actions of the Ancient Wilderness Supreme Deity, either beating or subdued as if ruthlessly crushed, hurting to the point of suffocation...

"Who are you? Who exactly are you?"

"Who are you..."

"..."

In these scenes of entrapment, Gu Changsheng was physically and mentally exhausted, seemingly on the verge of collapsing forever, teetering.

Yet, the response to her was silence...

No one answered her questions!

In those repetitive scenes, the Ancient Wilderness Supreme Deity repetitively made her choices, over and over stripping flesh and breaking bones, turning into bones of beauty time and time again, dispersing repeatedly into the world...

Finally, under the corrosion of her soul, Gu Changsheng felt she could no longer hold on...

Drained and spirit weary, Gu Changsheng slumped to her knee, watching the revolving scenes with her heart clutching in suffocation, couldn’t help but self-mockingly say, "How foolish I am, asking who you are... You’re the Daughter of the Ancestral God, the Ancient Wilderness Supreme Deity named after an era, the Divine Venerable Ancient Wilderness, taking on the duty to protect all heavens, dying without hesitation for it. You’re such an exalted existence... Who else could you be? Who else could you possibly be?"

"Trapping me in these memories, do you want to kill me? Do you want to kill me so I can die with you?"

Reaching here, kneeling on one knee, Gu Changsheng suddenly raised her head, staring once again at the memories already rooted in her heart, filled with reluctance she spoke, "But why should I? Why should your death drag me along with you? You trap my soul in the memories before your death, letting me suffer the pain of life and death reincarnation with you, what do you intend? Make me accompany you in death? But you died because you were too foolish, what does it have to do with me? You and I are unrelated entities, why kill me? Why trap me here?"

Reaching this point, the unwillingness on Gu Changsheng’s face turned more sinister, nearly hysterically continued, "I’m telling you, it’s impossible! I won’t accompany a fool like you to the grave! I don’t care if you die! Even if I’m dead, there’s the Six Paths of Reincarnation, there’s past and future lives, but do you have that? You have nothing! You’re dead! The moment you chose to save the heavens, you were already dead! Why are you trapping me here? Not reconciled? Can’t you see others living well?"

At this point, Gu Changsheng staggered, clutching her aching chest, nearly falling, but before she completely fell into darkness, she managed to scream, eyes glaring, "I’ve never seen such a foolish and malicious deity as you..."

And just as Gu Changsheng’s soul finally could not withstand any longer, falling into darkness, the ever-repeating Illusionary Realm of the Ancient Wilderness flickered on and off...

Amid the environment of the Ancient Wilderness, the towering waves remained, everything came to a halt as the waves froze, with the red-clad deity standing on the lone boat, facing away from everything as she stood...

With radiance flowing, in the fluctuating Illusionary Realm of the Ancient Wilderness memories, it seemed nothing had changed, yet also, everything seemed distinctly different...

In the Illusionary Realm Gu Changsheng saw before, ahead of turning into bones, the red-clad deity, never turning back before stripping flesh and bones to save lives, slowly turned her shape...

With splendid red attire, her pale golden hair drifted with the wind, the Ancient Wilderness Supreme Deity slowly turned back, revealing her face...