"So you're saying...
This old monk has no other choice but to wait for death now, letting that damned Genggu Wuming have her way with me?"
"I said I'd try to get your Divine Sense back for you when I see Genggu Wuming, didn't I?"
"That'll be in the year of the monkey, for fuck's sake."
"Don't worry, it won't be. I have a feeling I'll definitely meet Genggu Wiming in the Desolate Ancient Nine Palaces, and it won't be long before she comes looking for me."
Da Xing the Mad Monk nodded. After calming down, he thought it over carefully and realized it was indeed true. For a special existence like Gu Qingfeng, even if he didn't go to see Genggu Wuming, she would inevitably come to see him.
"Alright, I guess that's the only way."
Da Xing the Mad Monk sighed heavily.
Although he could hear and see that Gu Qingfeng was clearly trying to placate him, he couldn't find any reason to argue. Reluctantly, he had to accept reality.
"Look on the bright side. It's just a lost Divine Sense, no big deal. The sky won't fall."
"Don't you give me that glib talk, kid. It's easy for you to say since it didn't happen to you."
Gu Qingfeng smiled and said, "The things on my plate are too many to count, and every single one is more serious than yours. If I were as scared and worried as you, I wouldn't have lived this long—I'd have been scared to death."
Da Xing the Mad Monk pursed his lips, the words on the tip of his tongue ultimately unspoken.
Because he knew Gu Qingfeng was telling the truth. In Da Xing's view, his Divine Sense falling into Genggu Wuming's hands was a big deal for him, but for Gu Qingfeng, it was nothing.
The current Gu Qingfeng was beset by troubles both internal and external.
Inside him was a pile of terrifying Divine Sense demonic thoughts that couldn't be driven away or dispersed, and no one knew what they were plotting.
Moreover, nowadays, whether they were guardians of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth or those scheming for the True Lord of Original Sin, everyone was watching him covetously, waiting for the right moment to strike and eliminate him at all costs.
Any one of these things happening to anyone else would probably scare them half to death. Even if it didn't kill them, they certainly wouldn't be able to swagger around the Desolate Ancient Nine Palaces like Gu Qingfeng, acting as if nothing was wrong.
Those who knew understood that this kid didn't care, didn't mind, feared nothing, and went with the flow.
Those who didn't know would think this damn kid was ignorant and fearless, just here to watch the show.
Compared to Gu Qingfeng's situation, his own fussing over a single Divine Sense falling into Genggu Wuming's hands made Da Xing feel he was being rather melodramatic and couldn't handle pressure.
Da Xing watched as Gu Qingfeng continued deeper in. He had just caught up when he suddenly noticed Gu Qingfeng had stopped again in the void.
"What's wrong?"
Gu Qingfeng didn't respond. Instead, he closed his eyes and furrowed his brow.
"Kid Qingfeng?"
Da Xing noticed Gu Qingfeng's expression was somewhat strange. "What's going on with you?"
"Something's off."
"What's off?"
Da Xing's heart sank. If Gu Qingfeng said something was off, it definitely wasn't a small matter. Suddenly, as if remembering something, he guessed, "Could it be that damned Genggu Wuming has really come looking for us?"
As he spoke, he quickly looked around but didn't notice anything suspicious.
"How come I never noticed before that you, old bald donkey, are so damn cowardly? What if Genggu Wuming comes looking for us? Could she rape you?"
"I'm being serious with you, kid. Can't you be a bit more earnest? What exactly is off?"
Gu Qingfeng pointed at himself. "It's me who's off."
"What's off?"
"Can't say for sure."
Gu Qingfeng shook his head. "Just a moment ago, my mind became unstable for an instant. It felt like something was influencing it."
"Why would your mind be influenced for no reason?"
Da Xing's heart skipped a beat as he cautiously asked, "Could it be that those Divine Sense demonic thoughts on you are up to something?"
Da Xing knew Gu Qingfeng had three Divine Sense demonic thoughts.
One was the Avici Uninterrupted Evil Asura, one spanned from Azure Heaven to Yellow Springs, and one was the Heaven-Devouring, Earth-Eating Blood Taotie.
The existence of these three Divine Sense demonic thoughts could be called taboos among taboos.
That Avici Uninterrupted Evil Asura, with three faces and three phases, six arms and six phase-hands, nine eyes and nine phase-realms, was the overlord ruling over purgatory, the embodiment of both evil and death.
That entity spanning from Azure Heaven to Yellow Springs had eyes of the abyss and a body of the void, one eye full of life, one eye full of death, one hand holding light, one hand grasping darkness, one foot stepping on divinity, one foot trampling evil.
Back in the secular world, Da Xing had been fortunate enough to witness firsthand the terror of the Avici Uninterrupted Evil Asura and the entity spanning from Azure Heaven to Yellow Springs.
Back then.
Little Jin'er triggered the blood moon, and the Three Thousand Great Daos, led by the Immortals and Buddhas, all sought to eliminate her. Gu Qingfeng, to protect Little Jin'er, single-handedly challenged the Three Thousand Great Daos.
He remembered at that time, the Immortal Dao summoned the nine Purification Dragons guarding the Mysterious Heaven, and the Buddhist Dao invited the Five Wrathful Manifestations of the Wisdom Kings.
The nine Purification Dragons summoned by the Immortal Dao were not the nine Heavenly Dragons summoned earlier in Kan Palace by Wuzang the Emperor. The nine Heavenly Dragons Wuzang the Emperor summoned were merely transformed from the Nine Heavens Dragon Sword—superficial, only containing the imposing might of the Nine Heavens Dragons. But the nine Purification Dragons the Immortal Dao summoned back then were the genuine article, containing not only the form, intent, and imposing might but also the true essence and mysteries of purification.
Similarly.
The Five Wrathful Manifestations of the Wisdom Kings invited by the Buddhist Dao in the secular world back then were not the Five Wrathful Manifestations of the Wisdom Kings unleashed earlier in Kan Palace by Miao Rulai. The Five Wisdom Kings Miao Rulai unleashed weren't even wrathful manifestations—they were just wrathful statues of the Five Wisdom Kings, lacking even the form, intent, and imposing might of the Five Wisdom Kings.
But the Five Wisdom Kings invited by the Buddhist Dao in the secular world back then were genuine wrathful manifestations, also containing the true essence and mysteries of the Five Wisdom Kings.
The result?
They were instantly shattered and dispersed by the Avici Uninterrupted Evil Asura Gu Qingfeng summoned.
At that time.
The Gate of Eternity opened, the Profound Yellow Bell tolled, and the Sacred Judgment descended.
And the result?
The Gate of Eternity was forcibly shattered and dispersed by the entity spanning from Azure Heaven to Yellow Springs that Gu Qingfeng summoned. The Profound Yellow Bell was also completely obliterated, and the Sacred Judgment scattered like smoke.
Even now, thinking back to that scene, Da Xing's heart still trembled slightly.
Later, he heard that Gu Qingfeng had also integrated the Heaven-Devouring, Earth-Eating Blood Taotie in some Desolate Ancient ruins. Although Da Xing had never seen it, everyone knew the name Taotie.
It was one of the Four Fiends. It was said that during the Desolate Ancient Era, it had devoured the Great Dao and even swallowed the heavens and earth. Just thinking about it with one's toes revealed how terrifying that thing was.
Most importantly, Da Xing knew that whether it was the Avici Uninterrupted Evil Asura, the entity spanning from Azure Heaven to Yellow Springs, or the Heaven-Devouring, Earth-Eating Blood Taotie, they had all entered the Daoless Age during the Desolate Ancient Era and had integrated the True Blood of Original Sin, making them Sons of Original Sin.
These existences lurking within Gu Qingfeng definitely didn't have simple purposes. They might very well be waiting for an opportunity to devour Gu Qingfeng's self-consciousness, seize his body, and scheme for the True Lord of Original Sin.
Seeing Gu Qingfeng still with his eyes closed, brow furrowed, and expression growing increasingly grave, Da Xing grew very anxious. "Say something, kid! What exactly is going on? You're going to worry this old monk to death."
"It's not them causing trouble. It's something else."
Gu Qingfeng had been sensing the situation within his body. Ever since entering the Desolate Ancient Nine Palaces, the Avici Uninterrupted Evil Asura, the entity spanning from Azure Heaven to Yellow Springs, and even the Heaven-Devouring, Earth-Eating Blood Taotie had been restless, but that was all—there were no other abnormalities.
The momentary influence on his mind just now didn't come from them either, but from that Omen Object.
What exactly this thing was, Gu Qingfeng still hadn't figured out. After integrating into his body, the Omen Object had been particularly low-key and well-behaved. Even after entering the Desolate Ancient Nine Palaces, as the Breath of Original Sin grew stronger and the three Sons of Original Sin—the Avici Uninterrupted Evil Asura and the others—grew restless, the Omen Object had remained completely motionless.
But just now, for some reason, that Omen Object seemed to have been stimulated and started to become restless.
Moreover, the restlessness of the Omen Object was different from the other three Sons of Original Sin.
Their restlessness was more a kind of excitement and agitation without much commotion, but the Omen Object's restlessness was jumping up and down with growing commotion, feeling like it was about to rebel.
However, his words sounded very strange to Da Xing the Mad Monk. "What other thing?
You mean...
Besides those three taboo Sons of Original Sin—the Avici Uninterrupted Evil Asura and the others—you have another Divine Sense demonic thought on you?"
Seeing Gu Qingfeng nod.
Da Xing felt a chill run down his spine. The three taboo Sons of Original Sin—the Avici Uninterrupted Evil Asura and the others—were terrifying enough. Who would have thought Gu Qingfeng actually had a fourth Divine Sense demonic thought?
Just thinking about such a thing made Da Xing's mind tremble uncontrollably.
"What kind of existence is this other Divine Sense demonic thought?
Could it be...
Also a taboo Son of Original Sin of Heaven and Earth?"
Gu Qingfeng shook his head.
The Avici Uninterrupted Evil Asura was something he actively integrated. The entity spanning from Azure Heaven to Yellow Springs inexplicably emerged when he comprehended the Myriad Phenomena Paying Homage. The Heaven-Devouring, Earth-Eating Blood Taotie was something he had no choice but to integrate in the end. As for that Omen Object, he had no idea what was going on with that thing—it integrated into his body without any warning or sound.
Gu Qingfeng tried to suppress the Omen Object, but it was no use. The Omen Object's commotion grew increasingly intense, darting around madly.
"It's no good!
That thing is acting up more and more fiercely. I can't suppress it for the moment. I need to find a place!"
The situation was urgent. Gu Qingfeng didn't have time to say more. Spotting a Desolate Ancient ruin not far away, he flashed over directly, sat down cross-legged, and prepared to forcefully suppress the Omen Object.
"Kid Qingfeng...
Do you need this old monk's help?"
Da Xing knew Gu Qingfeng had always been carefree; even with fire licking his eyebrows, he wouldn't hurry. But now he was in such a rush, his expression so grave—this matter was probably bigger than imagined. Da Xing wanted to help but didn't know how to proceed.
"Da Xing, run as far away as you can, right now! Hurry up!
Don't dawdle!"
"Why?!"
"If I can suppress that thing, fine. But if I can't suppress it and that thing devours my self-consciousness and seizes my fleshly body, by then you won't even be able to run away!"