Chapter 1937 - 1523: The Stars No Longer Shine, Awakening!

With Ta You’s death, it felt as if something on the boundless continent was slowly being lost. At the sky of noon, in an instant, dark clouds spread, as if thunder was brewing, yet in just a moment, everything returned to how it had been, making people think it was nothing but an illusion!

There was no sky or sun to be seen inside the Star Innate Tower, but with Ta You’s death, on the top of every floor of the tower, the brilliant light of stars and bright moons spread everywhere, only to dim away in the span of a breath!

The stars atop the Star Innate Tower no longer shone, and the already gloomy light inside the tower suddenly dimmed by an unknown degree!

When Gu Changsheng slowly woke up, she felt as if her head was about to explode, as though someone had forcibly split it apart. The pain was so intense it was almost numb. She raised a hand to touch it, but there were no wounds on her head. Focusing inward, she sensed that Manman, who resided between her brows, was still in deep sleep, the tiny bug body curled into a little ball, as if not sleeping all that soundly...

Gu Changsheng didn’t really mind. The Manman Bug had been asleep for who knew how long already. This time, the duration was unusually long; it seemed that ever since the duel in Linyuan City, it had never woken up again...

She hazily opened her eyes. Gu Changsheng blinked her long lashes. What entered her vision wasn’t complete darkness, but the light was so dim that she could no longer see anything clearly around her...

"Evildoer!"

Gu Changsheng instinctively cried out, but as soon as the words left her mouth, she realized her throat felt as though it had been scalded by boiling water, raw and painful.

"This king is here!"

Zhou Mu’s voice was as deep as ever, like aged wine.

It sounded right next to Gu Changsheng’s ear.

With that voice, Zhou Mu, who had already been holding Gu Changsheng in his arms, let his long fingers accurately find Gu Changsheng’s hand. Their ten fingers intertwined, and Gu Changsheng instantly felt incomparably at ease...

"I... what’s wrong with me? I feel like I’ve been badly injured..."

Hearing her own evildoer’s voice and feeling the warmth coming from his body, Gu Changsheng inexplicably felt reassured, as if the surrounding darkness was no longer frightening.

Only after she relaxed a little did Gu Changsheng finally have the time to sense her own condition...

And with that one check, she nearly started cursing out loud!

Damn it, this wasn’t just being badly injured; this was clearly a full 360-degree, no-blind-spot crushing, wasn’t it?

Not only did her body feel as if it had been rolled over by a Stone Roller, with no strength anywhere, completely drained, even her Divine Soul seemed to have suffered a severe blow...

As someone who had surpassed the Transformative Realm, Gu Changsheng had not cultivated a Spirit Body like other Masters of the Transformative Realm, but the strength of her Divine Soul spoke for itself. If not for that, she would never have escaped alive from under the Nine-Layer Heavens Thunder Punishment!

Yet even so, her Divine Soul had still suffered heavy damage!

Gu Changsheng truly had no idea what kind of powerful existence could wound her to such a state. In fact, it had been a long time since she’d been this battered. To be more precise, ever since she’d had memories, she had never been this miserable before!

Both her body and her Divine Soul were severely injured, leaving Gu Changsheng feeling very lost. Wasn’t she supposed to be inside the Star Innate Tower? Hadn’t they just opened the tower gate to the Sixth Layer of the Star Innate Tower?

What exactly had happened? How had she ended up like this, as if she’d been abused hundreds and thousands of times?

Gu Changsheng didn’t even need to voice these questions. Zhou Mu, who was holding her, already knew what she wanted to ask. In this world, only he could truly be called the one who shared a Lingxi bond with her!

Yet this time, even though he clearly knew what Gu Changsheng was thinking and what she was confused about, Zhou Mu did not answer...

He lowered his head slightly. In the murky light, he placed a gentle kiss right between Gu Changsheng’s brows. In the depths of his eyes, as dark as a Cold Pool, there was an unresolvable sorrow. He raised his hand, rubbed her cheek, and said softly, "We’re still in the Sixth Layer of the Star Innate Tower. This Sixth Layer of the Star Innate Tower is a spiritual attack, so that’s why you’re injured..."

"What about you? Are you hurt?" At his words, Gu Changsheng’s heart instantly leapt into her throat. She struggled, wanting to sit up and check Zhou Mu’s injuries.

"Don’t move. This king is still fine. The one most severely injured is you!" Zhou Mu pressed down on Gu Changsheng’s shoulder and said in a low voice.

Gu Changsheng’s voice immediately turned a little awkward. "Um, did I go and act like a hero again? But why don’t I remember anything? Evildoer, it’s like my memory has blacked out. I can’t remember a single thing about what happened in this Sixth Layer of the stars..."

At her words, Zhou Mu’s eyes dimmed slightly. After a moment’s thought, he still chose to comfort her. "It’s fine if you don’t remember. It’s enough that this king remembers."

"Mm... but it hurts so much. It’s been a long time since I’ve been hurt this badly..." Gu Changsheng responded, nodding as she nestled in Zhou Mu’s arms. She let out a soft whimper, her small head weakly burrowing deeper into his embrace.

She truly felt so very, very tired, as if she had just fought a massive battle. Her whole being was utterly exhausted, unable to muster even a bit of spirit...

Gu Changsheng wasn’t someone who fussed over details. As long as the people she cared about were still by her side, she didn’t much care what exactly had happened. Besides, this Star Innate Tower was already mysterious enough as it was!

"This king will heal your injuries." Zhou Mu said just this one sentence before placing a large hand on Gu Changsheng’s back.

The warmth from that big hand somehow made Gu Changsheng feel at ease for no reason, and only when her mind felt much clearer did Gu Changsheng realize that something seemed to be wrong...

"Evildoer, something’s off! The stars and moon at the top of the Star Innate Tower, why are they gone? And our Inner Strength—didn’t it disappear back at that place on the first level of the Star Innate Tower where weapons and armor were stripped away? How come it’s back now?"

Gu Changsheng felt it too. Though her body had suffered severe injuries, her Inner Strength had indeed returned; it was just in chaos at the moment because of her physical condition!

Zhou Mu’s circulation of energy made Gu Changsheng feel much more comfortable, and she immediately voiced the doubts in her heart.

Hearing Gu Changsheng’s words, Zhou Mu’s Divine Body involuntarily stiffened.

He lifted his head, looking up at that pitch-black top of the Star Innate Tower, his eyes flickering unpredictably.

In truth, he also didn’t know what had happened!

All he knew was that Ta You had said he wanted to open up Gu Changsheng’s skull and extract her memories of today. He and Shi Wujue had instinctively wanted to stop him, but the gap in strength was too great; they had no power to even contend with Ta You!

After that, Zhou Mu lost consciousness, and when he woke up again, Gu Changsheng was lying in his arms. Only after seeing that she was unharmed did Zhou Mu finally relax, but as for what had transpired during that period, Zhou Mu had no idea at all!

Judging from the reaction of the little woman in his arms, her memories of today had already been taken by Ta You. But how Ta You had done it, and why the Star Innate Tower had suddenly lost the light of stars and moon, as though all life had been drained away—Zhou Mu couldn’t make sense of it either!

All of this could only be clarified once Shi Wujue woke up, so they could ask and get a clue.

That’s right, Zhou Mu and Gu Changsheng were the first to wake up, while Shi Wujue and the others were still unconscious at this very moment...

"Oh my god, oh my god! Did the sky collapse and the earth cave in? Why is there not even a bit of light? Could it be I’ve run into a Ghost?" Suddenly, a loud exclamation sounded from behind Gu Changsheng.

In the very next instant after hearing that voice, Gu Changsheng shook her head.

It was Yuan Bao!

Only that Xiao Er Que Yuan Bao would still dare to shout and bellow in a dangerous place like the Star Innate Tower!

"No Ghosts, but there are plenty of living people!" Zhou Mu turned his head, gave a sidelong glance at the lively Yuan Bao, and the heart he’d been holding up relaxed a little.

Yuan Bao being able to wake up proved that everything Ta You had said was true—he really had only stripped them of their memories of today!

As for Shi Wujue...

Zhou Mu couldn’t help turning his head to look at Shi Wujue, who was lying nearby...

This was the only other person besides him who had retained what they had seen and heard today, so why hadn’t he woken up yet? Was it because his body was already in bad shape?

A trace of worry inevitably surfaced in Zhou Mu’s eyes...

Looking over this Sixth Layer of the Star Innate Tower, among these hundred-plus people, the only one Zhou Mu truly cared about was Gu Changsheng. If he absolutely had to add a few more, then it would be Yuan Bao and Shi Wujue. As for the lives of the others, he didn’t give them a second thought...

"Missus? Missus, what’s wrong with you? Why do you look so weak?" Yuan Bao’s plump, jade-like little body crawled and crawled across the ground, finally reaching Gu Changsheng’s side. Grabbing the hem of Gu Changsheng’s clothes, he asked anxiously, "And why aren’t the stars of the Star Innate Tower shining anymore? It looks so gloomy, it’s really scary!"

"I don’t know. It seems I suffered severe injuries here on the Sixth Layer of the Star Innate Tower. As for why the stars and moon of this Star Innate Tower have lost their light, I’m afraid only Ta You would know!" Thinking of Ta You, Gu Changsheng still felt an itch of hatred in her teeth.

Damn it, what kind of deadly trials had that Ta You set up in the Star Innate Tower? It had damn near cost her her life!

The previous levels were fine; at least she hadn’t suffered any substantial injuries. But this level of the Star Innate Tower had almost taken her life. As a Doctor, Gu Changsheng understood her current condition better than anyone. If it had been just a bit more serious, even Medicinal Stone would likely have been useless!

This was simply catastrophic!

All of this was that damned Ta You’s doing!

Otherwise, how could she have ended up in such a sorry state?

Gu Changsheng pinned all the blame for her serious injuries on Ta You, silently vowing in her heart that once she saw Ta You, she would settle every last score with him, one by one!

"Ta You is in trouble!"

Just as Gu Changsheng was grinding her teeth in her heart and Yuan Bao was squawking noisily off to the side, Shi Wujue’s voice floated over, faint and ghostly. His voice was incredibly weak, as if he had suffered a heavy blow. The whole man seemed rather deflated as he forced himself to sit up, looking toward the pitch-black tower top as he spoke...