Ascending the Heavens as an Evil God
chapter-223

"Are you awake? How do you feel?"

"Hey, your injuries are very serious, please don't move…"

"Here? This is Celestial Fortune Sect."

“……”

Dazed, the Smiling Gentleman blankly sat at the table as he felt his sudden drop in power. For a moment, he found this reality hard to accept.

Although he had expected that he was unlikely to successfully block the Buddha of Ten Thousand Samsara, even after joining forces with the Shadowless One, he still didn't expect for his cultivation to be directly knocked down by one realm.

The essential difference between Void Cutter and Prodigious cultivators was that Void Cutter cultivators already had their exclusive laws, and those laws were enough to interfere with reality without external help.

Now, however, his exclusive law had been forcibly shattered by Wu Gui.

The Smiling Gentleman, who was always smiling, really couldn’t smile right now. He didn’t know how much time and resources he’d need to repair his law, and what price he would have to pay…

More importantly, he didn’t even know how to leave this world!

Classmate Smiling Gentleman clutched at his hair anxiously. Even if Starry Ocean Pavilion could compensate him for this loss, he still had to contact them first.

Without his Void Cutter Realm strength, he couldn’t even tear through the barrier surrounding this plane… ‘No wait, the Immortal Demon Meeting will start soon. There’s still a chance!’

He soon remembered why he’d fallen into this situation in the first place.

‘That damned baldy… I hope the one surnamed Xue can give her a harsh lesson, or at least not let her enter this world unscathed!’ The Smiling Gentleman ruthlessly thought.

He had never held such high expectations for that unreliable companion of his before now—although she was indeed a little too blunt and straightforward, her strength was absolutely not weak!

After thinking things through slightly, the Smiling Gentleman finally recovered the aura of a senior expert. His face was serious and he said, "Call over the person in charge here."

Even without his exclusive law, he was still at the peak of Prodigious Realm, an expert among experts.

"Tell him that the opportunity to dominate the continent is just around the corner, but it all depends on whether he can grasp it."

Under the Smiling Gentleman’s infectious tone, the young girl who served him nodded in amazement, then quickly ran away.

Moments later, a woman slowly entered the room with a small smile. "Lu Zhanyu greets Mister."

……

White Mist’s encampment in Immortal Demon World was actually a small town they secretly occupied. It was in front of a canyon in the continent’s northwest.

On this day, Gu Nan’s head was buried in a pile of documents. Over half of the files in front of him were legends and folklore about the various forbidden areas and ruins on this continent.

Immortal Demon World’s history could be traced back to tens of thousands of years ago. Not even the locals knew just how many strange anecdotes had been passed down throughout the generations.

However, Gu Nan was earnestly reading through all the documents and traveling to the actual location to investigate and search one by one, all to determine the whereabouts of this world’s overseer.

This kind of work was boring and tedious, but Gu Nan enjoyed it.

He, who was already Tier 4, could ignore the limitations of space and truly "go wherever he wants,” which was no different from teleporting to any spot on the map in the game.

His current actions were no different from finding a clue in the game and then traveling to all the major maps to investigate.

Players had seen this kind of thing so many times that they didn’t care about it at all.

"Deathly Stillness, first seen 2,500 years ago. It’s said to be caused by the gathering of dead souls… Ascertain its exact location."

Even if the location didn’t seem to have any connection to the overseer, Gu Nan still had people in White Mist investigate.

As long as the location could be determined, he could then personally travel there and search, which wouldn’t take much time at all.

"My Lord, we’re almost out of manpower…" San Wei stood beside Gu Nan, her face full of a bitter smile.

White Mist didn’t have too many people they could send into Immortal Demon World to begin with, but Gu Nan gave too many orders during this time. It was impossible for them to finish every order.

The fact that San Wei was forced to complain to Gu Nan despite grealty fearing him showed to what extent the manpower within White Mist had been squeezed dry.

"Then continue to recruit people and have Heaven and Earth Star send people over as well. Even the locals here can be recruited."

"But… Reincarnation…” San Wei was a little flabbergasted. The secret of reincarnation had never been made public, but Gu Nan's words sounded like he wanted to wantonly recruit people.

As for recruiting the locals, it was even more necessary for Heaven and Earth Star to send people over, or else they wouldn’t be able to control that many people at all.

Gu Nan waved his hand, entirely unconcerned. He only wanted to accomplish his own objective. As for what impact that would have, that wasn’t his concern at all.

If worst came to worst, he didn’t mind cleaning up all the forces in Immortal Demon World and mobilizing all of this world's forces to help him find the overseer’s location.

"The overseer must exist…" The longer Gu Nan stayed here, the more certain he was of this.

……

Azure Dragon Hall wantonly mobilized its troops and devoted half of the continent’s strength to head to Wu Gui City full-force. This news spread in just two days and immediately shook the world.

The two forces that were most shocked by this were the dynasty and sect in the East.

The three major forces on the continent had kept each other in check for nearly a year, maintaining a tentative peace. Azure Dragon Hall had always assumed the posture of "shrinking its head into its shell.”

Azure Dragon Hall's high-end combat power was inferior to the other two forces, and it might not even be able to beat either one of them. The only reason Azure Dragon Hall could occupy more territory was nothing more than because the dynasty and sect lacked bottom-level manpower.

After all, thanks to Azure Dragon Hall’s propaganda back then, the reincarnators in the dynasty and sect didn’t dare to give the natives high positions. The truly critical positions had always been controlled by one of their own.

However, Azure Dragon Hall’s brazen invasion this time really confused both sides.

"Has that Yan woman gone crazy? She doesn’t want Azure Dragon Hall’s enormous territory anymore?"

"Hey, you don't say. Now that all the troops in Azure Dragon Hall are huddled together, they’re actually quite troublesome to deal with."

"I've heard that Wu Gui City occupied Azure Dragon Hall’s ancestral land. It was the site of their earliest headquarters 20 years ago."

"So that’s it! I told you…"

Similar conversations took place all over the continent. Although the words and titles were different, the general meaning was the same. This was the only reason Azure Dragon Hall would mobilize so many troops.

When they heard about Azure Dragon Hall’s ancestral ground, many people even fondly recalled the glory of those years.

When the dynasty and sect in the East had yet to rise to power, that era 20 years ago belonged to Azure Dragon Hall.

That female Hall Master led countless elites and regarded the whole world as their hunting ground. It was at that time that the unrivaled Azure Dragon Cavalry became famous throughout the continent.

Although the current Azure Dragon Hall was no longer the powerhouse it once was, the glorious era that belonged to this name still remained in people's hearts.

"Final glory?" Gu Nian chuckled lightly, once again reminded of that girl whose face was full of stubborness.

If she had to name one person in Azure Dragon Hall who was still worthy of her attention, then it would be the Hall Master herself.

Back then, she was led astray by Gu Nan and truly believed that Yan Xiaoxiao was a weak-willed character she could control at will. As a result, Yan Xiaoxiao successfully made a comeback at the most crucial moment.

"That kind of law," Gu Nian’s eyes narrowed slightly, "truly is a little troublesome…”

But she quickly hid her emotions and ordered the king of the Yan Dynasty, "Concentrate all forces and set off for Wui Gui City."