Translator: Fate Proofreader: Silavin From what Gu Changge saw from Jiang Chuchu, he could already come up with a plan against the Mortal One. The faith of every living being in this world towards the Mortal One was a huge source of Fortuity for him, and faith itself was very illusory. Smearing him sounded like a good plan to Gu Changge, but when implemented, it wasn’t actually that practical. However, if Gu Changge’s plan to replace the Mortal One failed, he would consider reversing the truth and confusing everyone. After all, it was what he did best. [To be fair, it won’t be easy to smear the deeds of the Mortal One. After all, he is such a righteous character. If I really want to find a stain in his actions, it won’t be easy either. In the long river that is history, many truths are usually covered up. Unfortunately, the Mortal One has established such an image that every living being in the world worships. However, one can’t say that he doesn’t get anything in return. Maybe the Mortal One’s cultivation method has something to do with his faith.] Then, Gu Changge left the Inner World and returned inside the Illusion Gates. Even though he didn’t receive any useful method from Jiang Chuchu, there were still only eight domains within the Heavenly Star Realm, so he wasn’t in a hurry. If the forces of Mortal Palace were to descend on this realm, he could consider an ambush and deal with them all at once here. Although Jiang Chuchu didn’t know about the precise location of the Mortal One’s reincarnation, she could still sense the presence of someone from Mortal Palace, and by then, Gu Changge had many ways in mind to make her speak. [Other than that, I still need to keep an eye on Yue Mingkong’s whereabouts…] He closed his eyes, and the mechanism he put on Yue Mingkong began to work. Soon, he was able to sense the exact domain she was in. It was the Water Domain. It was at least a hundred million kilometres away from the Wonder Domain where he was now in, but it wouldn’t be troublesome for him to rush all the way there. He just didn’t plan to show himself in front of her yet. In the following days, the entire Wonder Domain fell into a horrible turmoil. The news of a mysterious Immortal with unfathomable cultivation arrived at the Illusion Gates and had an old relationship with the Ancestor of Illusion Gates 800,000 years ago immediately spread across every corner of the world. All of a sudden, it put the other three forces in an uneasy and wary position as they were afraid that the Illusion Gates might suddenly attack and take over the entire Wonder Domain. After all, under these circumstances, anyone would surely have their egos and ambition enlarged no matter who they were, and the Illusion Gates was already a dominant force, so with the current backing of an Immortal, who was to say that they wouldn’t attack the other forces? In the eyes of the others, it was only a matter of time, and soon, an order was sent out from Illusion Gates that caused a huge uproar within the Wonder Domain. “The Wonder Domain needs to be unified.” A very simple and understated voice was delivered personally by the Sovereign of Illusion Gates, and when the news was heard, everyone stood in shock. In their eyes, even though the order was given out by the Sovereign of Illusion Gates, it was actually the intention of said Immortal. [The mysterious Immortal is going to help the Illusion Gates unify the Wonder Domain!] Soon, the news spread quickly like wildfire, reaching one of the other three super forces of the Wonder Domain, the Heavenly Sacred Forest. Inside a palace, the current Master of Heavenly Sacred Forest spoke to a group of Elders and disciples in front of him with a stern expression. “The Illusion Gates won’t let us go easily. If that Immortal could easily break through the barrier and come down to a Lower Realm, it means that his strength is absolutely unfathomable. Even if we wake our holy Ancestor from his slumber, it won’t make any difference. Now, we have reached a critical moment of survival…” His voice was deep just like his mood as he slowly explained the situation. “How is the Illusion Gates so lucky to have such a terrifying Immortal coming down here to help them?! I won’t accept this! Is the hundreds of thousands of years of foundation of the Heavenly Sacred Forest going to be destroyed? Why? Why isn’t that Immortal happy staying in the Upper Realm? Why does he have to come down to the Lower Realm… He is clearly an Immortal from the Heavens, so why does he have to come down and mingle with mortal affairs?” Listening to him, the many Elders fell into despair. They didn’t want the Heavenly Sacred Forest which they worked hard to build for hundreds of thousands of years to fall into the hands of the Illusion Gates, let alone submitting to them, but what else could they do? Could they resist? However, it would undoubtedly doom the entire Heavenly Sacred Forest, which was why they were now shrouded in despair and grievance. As for Gu Changge, they didn’t dare to harbour any sort of resistance or hatred towards him since he was a figure of higher status in the Wonder Domain and could simply determine the fate of countless beings. In the eyes of the Immortal, they were even more insignificant than ants. The same thing that happened in the Heavenly Sacred Forest was happening everywhere in every force. Since the order was given, the entire Wonder Domain plunged into an atmosphere of fear that was almost suffocating. Any force other than the Illusion Gates was extremely worried, especially since they personally witnessed the Immortal coming down to the Lower Realm that day, which sent more shivers down their spines. No one knew how powerful an Immortal who could simply give out Sacred Grade weapons was. What they could only do at the moment naturally was to follow the order obediently and show submission without any resistance because the only consequence would be death. With this in mind, the many powerful forces in the Wonder Domain were clever enough to surrender to the Illusion Gates on their own accord as they willingly submitted to them. Only then did many cultivators realise that the Wonder Domain, which had been in constant strife, had begun to achieve unification at this time. The news also alarmed several other domains. In terms of the entire Heavenly Star Realm, the overall power of the Wonder Domain could only be considered to be at the upper middle level. The Sky Domain was the place considered to be where most of the fortunes within the Heavenly Star Realm was held, due to the concentration and convergence of Dragon Veins there. The various forces from the other domains now more or less knew about the mysterious Immortal that appeared in the Illusion Gates of the Wonder Domain, as rumours spread. Some said that he was an old acquaintance of the Illusion Gates’ Ancestor 800,000 years ago, and he himself was an ancient being that had lived a million years, which was why he possessed an unfathomable cultivation. There were also people who said that he was an exiled Immortal with celestial energy lingering around him that blurred his face. All of a sudden, a storm began to brew within the Heavenly Star Realm. Led by the Illusion Gates, there was a wide recruitment of disciples during this period as they were in search of all kinds of talented and powerful young prodigies. Those who suffered a setback during a young age and soared to greater heights afterward were more welcomed and were even given special treatment. The land of the Wonder Domain was vast and limitless, so there were countless people, but there were only a few young prodigies who met these conditions. In the eyes of others, it was understandable for the Illusion Gates to conduct such a recruitment since they urgently needed to inject a lot of fresh blood after unifying the Wonder Domain, so no one thought that it was strange for them to carry out a wide recruitment of disciples. “Their Fortuity is indeed quite a bit higher than the average young prodigy, but they are still far from the Mortal One’s reincarnation. It’s simply day and night. There is no comparison. However, it’s better than nothing. Who wouldn’t want a few thousand Fortuity?” Inside the palace, Gu Changge shook his head with a slight disappointment as he waved his hand to dismiss the Sovereign of Illusion Gates. As he stared at the stunned young prodigy who didn’t know what was about to happen, his expression grew a little strange. When he heard about the background of this young prodigy, he was a bit interested at first because he once experienced a setback for a while. At that time, his fiancee withdrew from their marriage, and he was betrayed by his childhood sweetheart. His mother was the young lady of a large family and was attacked by an enemy when passing by a certain place, leaving her severely injured, but in the end, his father stepped forward and saved her. Then, the two of them grew close with each other and got married, giving birth to him, the young prodigy. However, the story soon followed by a tragedy. When the identity of his mother was found out, she was forcefully taken away by her family, which affected his father heavily, but because they didn’t remove the roots entirely, it bred another brainless hatred towards them. The bitter teenager possessed the powerful bloodline of his mother’s family, but due to his father, that bloodline faltered, causing him to be treated as a loser for many years. In the end, by chance, he received a Divine Blood Grass, but his childhood sweetheart then took it away from him. As for what happened next, Gu Changge stopped asking. He initially thought that he would be a great catch, but it turned out that this young prodigy didn’t have that much Fortuity at all. In short, his Fortuity points were far from enough for him. “Immortal, I wonder why you have summoned me here.” In front of Gu Changge, the young prodigy seemed to be well composed as he didn’t panic. After all, he was a Fortuitous One, so his courage should be better than most people. However, Gu Changge wasn’t in the mood to talk nonsense as he didn’t even feel like talking to him. Poof! Immediately, his palm landed, and he received a few thousand Fortuity points from this Fortuitous One who was one dubbed a loser. Again, he fell into a deep thought and began to consider what the problem was. [No matter where I find them, there aren’t many Fortuitous Ones appearing. Is it because the cliches that I’ve been relying on are too old-dated? Do I need to think of something new for the Mortal One’s reincarnation this time? It seems like waiting for him to show up isn’t going to work. I need to look around to find him. I’m afraid that relying on these people just won’t cut it.] Thinking about it, he got up and left the Illusion Gates before appearing in the sky outside. With a step forward, the void turned blurry, and he disappeared instantly. … Meanwhile, in the Sky Domain of Heavenly Star Realm, there was a remote and vast mountain that was lofty and stretched endlessly. It had rich spiritual energy and ancient trees as well as the fragrance of divine medicine that was incomparable. Spiritual energy rose on all corners of the mountain and transformed into all kinds of ferocious beasts such as Dragons, Phoenixes, Black Tortoises, Qilins… If cultivators that were proficient in dragon-like terrains were to come here, they would certainly stare at this place in shock after noticing its anomaly. As if the mountains were alive, they appeared to be majestic, and if one were to look down from a high attitude, they could see dragon veins converging in this place, which filled it with opportunities. If a place like this were to appear in the Upper Realm, it would definitely be a land of opportunities that would attract all parties to fight for it. At the moment, many from all races gathered at the place with a dense aura. The mountain range below was getting excavated, as if they were constructing something. High in the sky, many powerful cultivators shrouded in divine light and strong aura stood while wielding whips and scolding the cultivators below. Clearly, the group below were all treated as slaves carrying out hard labour here. Their expressions were dull and indifferent just like the walking dead. They only knew that they were building some kind of altar here, seemingly unaware of the hard work they were being put through. A powerful ferocious-looking being with wings behind his back looked down at the people below him and said to the people next to him with a smile, “Today, I’ve captured another group of slaves. When the time comes, I want you to tell the Celestia Archbishop of what I did!” “Of course I will. You can rest assured about that, Brother Qing Gui. You only joined the Celestia Holy Land for less than a hundred years, but you’ve already made many great achievements. I’m really envious of you getting your honoured promotion. Once the Immortal Path is opened, you will definitely be the leading front of the many great things the Celestia Holy Land is about to achieve. Then, you will be able to break through and soar within the Upper Realm…” A few of the powerful cultivators next to him began to laugh. Their words seemed to be flattering towards the cultivator named Qing Gui, and the reason was simple. This being called Qing Gui was already in the Enlightened King Realm, and the rest were only in the Enlightened Noble Realm, which was far inferior from his. Not only that, Qing Gui was now highly valued by the Archbishop of the Celestia Holy Land, making his future limitless. The Elders who were now responsible for guarding this land were also relieved to leave the place under his care, so many important matters were given to him. Listening to their praise, Qing Gui smiled smugly as he appeared to be in a good mood after being flattered. Then, he thought of what the Celestia Archbishop ordered him to do and returned to his serious tone. “The calling should be right this time. This is our best chance for us to raise the status of our clan and soar to the Upper Realm. Our Ancestor is waiting for us above! Today is the day we forge the Immortal Path and ascend to Heaven!” His words ignited the flame inside everyone’s hearts as the thought of what was about to happen in the future filled them with incomparable excitement. At the same time, the rest of the people also spoke up, looking angry and resigned, but with emotions such as yearning and longing. “That’s right! Once the Immortal Path is forged, we will be able to ascend to Heaven. Who can think of such a great achievement?” “Nowadays, it is difficult to ascend to the Upper Realm, which is why no one in the entire Heavenly Star Realm has ascended for almost 200,000 years. People are now starting to suspect whether the road to the Upper Realm has been cut off.” “Since the gods want to stop us, why should we listen to them?!” “Forging the Immortal Path is the best chance for the Celestia Holy Land to ascend to the Upper Realm! No one knows that we have found the best land of opportunity in the scripture…” For a moment, thinking about it, they couldn’t wait for the day to come while their eyes were filled with flame. Ascending to the Upper Realm was the ultimate dream of almost every cultivator, and they were no exception. With such an opportunity sitting right in front of them, how could they not be excited? The Celestia Holy Land was an extremely mysterious and powerful force currently in the Sky Domain with a long history of inheritance. Already known to the world, the Celestia Holy Land had almost ten Elders in the Sacred Realm defending their land, so no one would dare to offend them, and other than that, there were also beings such as their Ancestor, who was in the Sacred Noble Realm as well as a rumoured being in the Sacred Lord Realm sealed within the depths of the Celestia Holy Land. With such strength, they could only be described as astonishing in the Heavenly Star Realm without anyone to rival them, and during their peak, there were rumours that someone in the Sacred Emperor Realm appeared in the Celestia Holy Land, who was apparently their Ancestor! In the rumours, this Sacred Emperor Realm Ancestor didn’t seem to be someone from the Heavenly Star Realm or the human race. He had a strange origin. He was a living being born with defects and an extremely terrifying strength. After founding the Celestia Holy Land, he disappeared and was rumoured to have ascended from this world, but there were so many rumours that no one could tell which was true. Even so, the Celestia Holy Land was still undoubtedly powerful and mysterious to a point where not many forces in the Sky Domain would not dare to offend them. Those that did, had already been annihilated from history. “I heard that a mysterious Immortal has appeared in the Wonder Domain recently. Could it be that he has sensed some movements, which is why he came down here?” Then, a strong cultivator suddenly opened his mouth and mentioned the matter, drawing the attention of everyone else, including Qing Gui. The fact that he was an Immortal from the Upper Realm was enough to send fear into anyone’s heart. “That’s not possible. If the Ancestor didn’t have a vision and entrusted a dream to the Archbishop to forge this Immortal Path, how could we know about this? From what I’m seeing, it seems like just a coincidence.” The people around him shook his head. “In short, we need to be careful. We must not let anyone know about what we are doing here in the Soaring Mountains, especially that Immortal in the Wonder Domain. We can only hope that he leaves as soon as possible!” “I see. This is an important matter, so we should be careful when capturing slaves. The backlash of the destruction of the Soaring Mountains’ terrain isn’t something any normal cultivator could withstand, which is why many of our slaves have died…” As they spoke, they looked down with a worried gaze at the slaves below who were digging to build an altar, intending to forge the Immortal Path. Actually, they started forging the Immortal Path more than 10 years ago, but the Soaring Mountains’ natural terrain contained many mysteries, which invoked a lot of ominous things to slow down the process. “Eh, how is this guy not dead yet? He really is a survivor! I remember that the slaves that came with him are all dead now. Now that I think about it, he has survived through three groups of slaves who all died…” Then, one of the strong cultivators suddenly noticed a tall pale-faced young man below in rags stained with blood, but his expression was filled with determination, so he couldn’t help but feel slightly stunned. The somewhat tall young man, who looked 18 or 19 years old, was gritting his teeth and digging at the mountain rocks in front of him. Even though his face was full of stains and he looked dishevelled, it was difficult to hide his dashing face. Not only that, he had an inexplicable aura about him that could not be concealed even among a group of slaves and would make people unconsciously notice him. “Oh? Isn’t this the young man I took with me when I passed by a small village? I still remember that his name is Jiang Yang.” Suddenly, the strong cultivator named Qing Gui spoke with a dazed expression as he recognised the young man after carefully identifying him. “Back then, I discovered that his physique seemed a bit special, and his strength far exceeded that of ordinary people. I felt that I might have found a talent, so I brought him back to the Celestia Holy Land, but I didn’t expect him to have the cursed Barren Sacred Physique, which made it difficult for him to break through shackles of cultivation… Even with the resources of the Celestia Holy Land, we won’t be able to nurture him because he is like a bottomless pit. However, seeing that he has good strength, I threw him here to excavate the mountains…” he continued and explained the origin of that young man to everyone. Listening to him, everyone drifted off and looked towards the young man with eyes full of pity and regret. After all, from the name ‘Barren Sacred Physique’, one could tell that it was a useless one because he was cursed by some being from the ancient times. No matter how many resources were wasted on him, it would be impossible for him to advance his cultivation. “How long has it been since we last saw such a physique? No wonder he is able to survive while so many other slaves died. His strength is indeed astonishing.” A few of them nodded their heads, but soon, they didn’t care about him at all. After all, he was just an insignificant figure, and sooner or later, he would completely exhaust his essence and strength before dying here, so he was not worth their care. If he did not have the cursed Barren Sacred Physique, they would most likely treat him like a treasure and pour all their energy to nurture him, but since he was cursed, he was nothing but a powerless piece of trash that was only worthy of being a slave here! “I can’t die here. I still need to go back and see my little sister and grandma… My little sister is so young. If I die here, what’s going to happen to her? Also, my grandma is so old and frail. No one will be there to take care of her.” At the moment, the young man named Jiang Yang below was struggling to dig at the mountain rocks in front of him while muttering under his breath with muddled eyes and a body stained with blood. He was just like a walking corpse, his fingers were already bloody, but he still refused to give up as there was a belief and strength holding him up. The strong cultivators in charge of these lands told him that as long as he could survive three years, he could leave, and now, he was one year and three hundred days away from achieving that as he always kept the time he had left in mind. “Why are you doing this? As long as you accept my existence, you won’t need to suffer from this torture.” Then, a voice rang inside his head that seemed to be filled with resignation and helplessness, but it felt more like the compassion of a great noble man. “I am who I am. Why should I accept you? Who are you? Get out of my body!” Listening to the voice, Jiang Yang, whose spirit was still a bit muddled, was suddenly stunned, so he roared angrily inside his heart to chase the voice out of his body. “This is clearly my body, but before I woke up, this consciousness of yours was born. I just am not willing to erase you.” The voice that was filled with resignation and vicissitudes was heard again. Vaguely, a proud figure with his hands behind his back in front of every living being in the world appeared in Jiang Yang’s mind. His eyes were now widened in shock as it was the first time the voice explained itself since it first appeared. “As long as you accept my existence, I will help you fulfil your wish by taking care of your young sister and old grandma.” It was hard to deny that the voice didn’t hit Jiang Yang straight at his weak point, which immediately energised him. “My sister and grandma…” He mumbled to himself, looking torn, but the voice was calm and seemingly not in a hurry. Then, Jiang Yang asked inside his heart, “Is there a difference between me accepting you and you erasing me? By then, I won’t be existing anymore, right?” “There is a difference. If you accept me on your own accord, it will be different from getting erased by me.” “What’s the difference?” “It’ll be different in principle.” Listening to him, Jiang Yang fell silent before smiling bitterly. “That means I won’t be existing in the end, right? Will I still be the real me by then? I won’t agree to this,” he asked in return with his voice seemingly stunned. “Do you know who I am? Do you know what you will gain if you accept me…” Jiang Yang went silent for a moment, and a hint of determination flashed through his face as he thought of his little sister and his Elderly grandma who raised the two of them. “I don’t know who you are, but I know that you aren’t someone ordinary. Even so, as long as there is a slight chance, I won’t give up!” he said firmly. “You really are an affectionate young boy, but your body is not going to last a few days. When the time comes, you will understand…” After letting out a disinterested chuckle, the voice slowly disappeared. No one could stop his return in this life. Even though many of his reincarnation memories had not been fused yet, it would not affect him in any way.