Chapter 1007: Chapter 1007

The snow swirled heavily.

The howling snow tide surged past, through the shattered gate of the Moon City Disaster Realm, releasing a vast amount of frost and snow in an instant—

These snowflakes landed before Gu Shen.

A fierce flame advanced against the snow tide, Gu Shen nodded to the three beside him in greeting, then took the lead to step forward.

After he entered, the Rust Bone General, the Legion Commander, and Aluer began to move steadily.

The Moon City Fortress was even more silent than expected.

Gu Shen stood amidst the boundless Snow Ridge; at the time this Super Large Disaster Realm had first appeared, hundreds of Transcendents had entered, attempting to forge their destinies, only to pay the price for their "reckless actions" in the end.

The wind and snow howled.

His Chi Huo swept outward in all directions.

Mr. Shu’s "vines," Senior Sister Luo’s "strands of hair," still lingered with faint traces in this Disaster Realm world.

Gu Shen stood atop a deserted snow mountain.

Here... was the location sensed by his "Chi Huo," where his teacher and Senior Sister had departed.

That gate appeared only once.

No one knew when it would appear next.

Rust Bone, Purple Rain, Aluer watched silently.

None of them approached to disturb Gu Shen.

"I thought Zhou Jiren would walk out of that gate..."

Rust Bone General stood in the snow, leaning on his sword, his figure tall and imposing, seemingly more than human, resembling a small mountain from afar, standing motionless amidst the howling wind and snow of the Moon City Disaster Realm, layer upon layer of frost and snow quickly accumulating on his bronze armor.

Throughout the past year, the Fourth Legion had stationed outside this Disaster Realm, awaiting Her Majesty the Empress’s orders, as well as messages from Mr. Shu.

This year had been a quiet one without event.

Rust Bone hoped, someday the sun would rise, and Zhou Jiren would return with those two disciples, break through the gates of the Moon City Fortress, and bring back news of the oasis, triumphantly... then confidently toss the map of the Old World before him.

If it were this old fellow, then finding the oasis might not be impossible.

Rust Bone knew this scene was unlikely for him to witness.

He had already received Her Majesty’s orders: once Gu Shen left the Disaster Realm, the Fourth Legion would join forces with "Angel Envoy" Aluer to launch an assault on the "Moon City Disaster Realm!"

Her Majesty made this decision undoubtedly because she saw something.

"That young man, is he the disciple of the ’Sky-reaching Tree’?"

Rust Bone squinted his eyes.

This was his first time seeing Gu Shen.

As the leader of the Fourth Legion, and the guide of CN021... he had always paid attention to news from the East Continent, naturally aware that Gu Shen had been the most prominent S-class genius in the East Continent these last two years.

Upon meeting him today.

He found quite a difference from what he had imagined of "S-class."

This young man was neither ostentatious nor arrogant.

Arriving at the Moon City Disaster Realm, he stood in the snow, quiet like a flame.

A silent, silently burning flame.

"What do you think of him?"

The Legion Commander stood beside Rust Bone, earnestly asking.

In North Continent, only a few could make her use honorifics, but Rust Bone was just one of them.

She wanted to know Rust Bone General’s opinion of Gu Shen.

"This young man has a ’quiet’ yet ’burning’ soul."

The towering man calmly watched Gu Shen’s figure, speaking softly: "In this respect, he resembles Nanfeng very much... it’s clear they both have something they hold onto in their hearts."

CN021 was a legendary figure in North Continent.

The disappeared "Sky Eye" amidst the Moon City created the youngest titled record in the Deep Sea database.

Gu Nanfeng’s cultivation speed was no slower than Luo Er’s.

After eight years of cultivation in North Continent, upon leaving, he also broke through the Deep Sea 12th Floor trials, achieving titled level strength!

North Continent offered countless conditions to retain this promising young legend.

But Gu Nanfeng declined them all.

He came to North Continent for only one thing—

That is... his return!

"I young man." Rust Bone smiled, admiration shining in his eyes, though alongside the sentiment was some regret: "Just a pity... fate is cruel, sometimes we must accept reality. I hope this blow, he can recover quickly."

Transcendent cultivation requires strong mental fortitude.

Events in the real world may cause irreversible damage to a Transcendent’s spirit...

Defeat by an arch-enemy, betrayal, or the death of someone important...

The more one values something, the easier it is to become obsessed.

Of course, there are lucky people, who stay successful and avoid disaster.

But most Transcendents are ordinary, unable to avoid it.

Gu Shen sat on the snow mountain’s cliff.

With his fingertips, he traced the outline of a gate, trying to recreate the scene of Mr. Shu’s departure...

He exhausted every calculation, within the "Spirit Sea" in his mind, constantly deducing the possible conditions for the gate in the Moon City Disaster Realm to appear, but all in vain.

This is an answer that even Her Majesty the Empress could not deduce.

Even with Chu Ling’s help, it was futile.

He was not overwhelmed by the death of "Teacher" and "Senior Sister," unable to let go... but while reviewing the images the travelers had seen, he captured some anomalies worth pondering.

The Empress is indeed great.

Yet in this world... there are things Her Majesty the Empress does not know.

For instance, the golden tassel saw the teacher’s trace even outside the [labyrinth]! The latest_epɪ_sodes are on_the novel⁂fire.net

What kind of route did the three take to traverse from the Moon City Fortress to the direct north of Gu Castle... and what should the next direction be chosen to so coincidentally arrive in the "traveler’s" sight?

Gu Shen wants to find this [door]... or at least find a definite pattern of the [door].

For some reason, a smile the traveler showed him suddenly emerged in his mind.

If... the traveler knew these three were connected to him?

This speculation seemed somewhat unreasonable.

The travelers are people of the [Old World], no matter how powerful they are, it’s impossible for them to have any knowledge of the Five Continents’ selves...

"Could it really be related to the black gemstone..."

Gu Shen furrowed his brows and silently took out the black gemstone, clutching it in his palm.

Actually, Gu Shen had already examined this black gemstone before.

He didn’t discover anything notable.

Within this black gemstone... was concentrated a great amount of "spiritual poison," and once these toxins spread, they would cause devastating calamities to the human world.

And before Gu Shen fuses with the "Netherworld King’s Spark," he does not possess the ability to completely dissolve and melt it.

Therefore, he has always carried it with him.

Now, he takes it out again and sends a thread of spirit into the black gemstone.

This is the incredibly toxic "source of river poison"!

An ordinary person daring to touch it with their spirit will wither and die within seconds... yet these "river poisons" are negligible in front of the future Netherworld King Gu Shen, sensing Chi Huo’s arrival, they all give way.

Gu Shen once again begins his inspection—

His inspection becomes more meticulous.

When the spiritual power immerses in, he experiences an illusion, as if once more returning to the "Nether River"... those "river poisons" giving Gu Shen a warm feeling.

He concentrates deeply, capturing the residual spirits within the black gemstone.

And swimming amidst the river poison, fragmented spirit remnants... miraculously gather at this moment.

Gu Shen, holding the black gemstone, tightly shuts his eyes.

On the snow-covered cliffs of the snow mountain, frost and snow slowly cover him; to outsiders, it seems he has fallen into some kind of "spiritual power" silence, his body buried in the snow, turning into an unmoving statue.

Even the Rust Bone General detects little anomaly.

All three titled individuals see it, at this moment Gu Shen sits dry on the snow mountain, seemingly attempting his last effort before the "Moon City Disaster Realm" is tackled...

They know it’s in vain.

But they make no attempt to stop him, only wait quietly.

Endless river water rolls like tides, engulfing Gu Shen.

In the intense concentration of spiritual power, Gu Shen successfully digs out the remaining spiritual fragments inside the "black gemstone."

And he never expected that once these fragments are pieced together... his consciousness would be instantly cleansed, struck.

High and majestic chanting of ancient texts seem to echo at his ear!

Gu Shen knows... this is the language of the "Traveler Clan," the ancient inscriptions that surround him, identical to what’s recorded on that stone tablet!

And after the earth-shattering spiritual impact.

He instinctively makes the motion to "open" his eyes.

Even amidst the spiritual impact, the "open eyes" action proceeds exceptionally smoothly.

The whistling wind and snow from all sides give Gu Shen a sense of illusion—

He is at the snow mountain top of the Moon City Fortress, the black gemstone exploration finished... but the next moment he realizes he’s still in the consciousness sea born of the spiritual fragments.

The snow from all directions is black!

The sky is filled with black snow, falling down.

This is the recorded scene of the residual spirit within the black gemstone!

This is... the "Black Snow Mountain" in the Duolu River Disaster Realm!

At this moment, above the skytop, the sound of shattering portals echoes...

This very moment, the black gemstone is enacting the scene recorded in the traveler’s tablet, an "important secret" never known by anyone.

Gu Shen holds his breath.

Before him, a shadow wrapped in black mist recoils.

The previous Netherworld King, bathed in black snow, seems to be waiting for something.

On another side, the sound of impact at the skytop grows louder, and then a dark thin iron body crashes down like an arrow, piercing the void, heavily sinking to the Black Snow Mountain top.

That so-called perfect "human-like being," wrapped in giant, black, luscious wings.

For some reason, Gu Shen has a sense of illusion.

All of this black snow seems to arise from its wings.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

It shakes off its wings, stands up, looking toward the Netherworld King enshrouded in sinister black mist.

At this instant, Gu Shen’s spirit sea shakes violently!

The humanoid being slowly speaks; it surprisingly utters the speech of the Five Continents.

"Where is the thing I want?"