As for when Gu Qingfeng had come to dominate all nine Forbidden Great Daos, Da Xing the Mad Monk might not know.
In his recollection, Gu Qingfeng had once stepped into six Forbidden Great Daos such as Death, Absolute, Silence, and Slaughter. And he clearly remembered that even if Gu Qingfeng hadn't mastered these six Forbidden Great Daos, he could absolutely control them.
If that was the case,
why hadn't Gu Qingfeng controlled even a single one of them? Da Xing the Mad Monk even suspected that within these nine Forbidden Great Daos, there was no trace of Gu Qingfeng's divine sense at all.
That was truly the feeling he got.
If the nine Forbidden Great Daos contained Gu Qingfeng's divine sense, they wouldn't be devouring and contending with each other like nine monstrous beasts as they were now.
Suddenly!
Da Xing the Mad Monk thought of a possibility, and it was the one that worried him the most.
That was, Gu Qingfeng had lost his Ego and had already become lost.
Having lost his Ego, his mind and spirit would also dissipate into nothingness. Without mind and spirit, there would be no divine sense. Without divine sense, he naturally couldn't control the nine Forbidden Great Daos.
Thinking of this,
Da Xing the Mad Monk couldn't help but suck in a cold breath, his face ashen, feeling as if the heavens and earth were spinning.
Could it be that Young Master Gu had truly lost his Ego and become lost?
Da Xing the Mad Monk's body trembled uncontrollably, and he kept telling himself to stay calm!
He must stay calm!
As he gradually calmed down, Da Xing the Mad Monk suddenly realized a problem, like seeing a sliver of light in endless darkness.
A person losing their Ego is a process.
It can't happen in an instant.
It hadn't been long since Lady Wuyue appeared. In such a short time, it was impossible for Gu Qingfeng to lose his Ego.
Moreover, the Gu Qingfeng here didn't seem like someone who had lost his Ego. At the very least, his mind was still present, his consciousness clear, and he hadn't gone mad. Furthermore, if Gu Qingfeng had truly lost his Ego, the nine Forbidden Great Daos he unleashed wouldn't be merely devouring each other like this.
Most importantly, the Avici Asura, the Descent into the Yellow Springs, and the Devouring Heaven and Earth Blood Gluttony on Gu Qingfeng's body had been eyeing him covetously, yet they were always suppressed by Gu Qingfeng. Even the divine sense and demonic thoughts of the ancient Maha clansmen didn't dare act recklessly. This was enough to show how powerful Gu Qingfeng's will was, which could be described as firm as a rock.
With such a powerful will, how could he lose himself so easily?
Even,
in Da Xing the Mad Monk's thoughts, even if Gu Qingfeng was the karmic incarnation of the Eternal Nameless One and also the karmic incarnation of the Lord of No Dao, even if both the Eternal Nameless One and the Lord of No Dao wanted to devour Gu Qingfeng's will, they might not necessarily be able to devour it.
Based on Da Xing the Mad Monk's understanding of Gu Qingfeng, unless Gu Qingfeng gave up on himself, it would be very difficult for any existence to devour his rock-solid will, be it an existence like the Avici Asura, the ancient Maha clansmen, the Eternal Nameless One, or the Lord of No Dao.
Thinking of this, Da Xing the Mad Monk's heart suddenly skipped a beat.
Gazing at the nine Forbidden Great Daos wreaking havoc here.
Gazing at Gu Qingfeng standing motionless in the void.
He understood!
He finally understood why Gu Qingfeng had unleashed the nine Forbidden Great Daos but wasn't controlling them, instead letting them run wild.
The nine Forbidden Great Daos weren't unleashed by Gu Qingfeng at all; they had emerged on their own.
Gu Qingfeng wasn't controlling them not because he couldn't, but because he simply didn't want to.
Although Gu Qingfeng wasn't lost now, that was only for the moment. He was about to become lost.
Because at this very moment, Gu Qingfeng was letting go of himself. To be precise, he himself wanted to become lost.
Yes!
It must be!
Letting go of oneself, burying one's own mind and spirit, allowing divine sense to vanish, embarking on the path of madness, falling into the road of being lost—this kind of complete self-immolation was something no one else in all of heaven and earth could do. Only Gu Qingfeng was capable of it.
Gu Qingfeng had said.
He didn't know if what should happen would happen, but what shouldn't happen would definitely happen.
His letting go of himself now was precisely to make what shouldn't happen, happen.
Heavens!
This guy really would do it!
What to do?
Da Xing the Mad Monk was at a complete loss, having no idea what to do.
Go forward and try to persuade him?
As soon as this thought arose, Da Xing the Mad Monk immediately shook his head and dismissed it.
If Gu Qingfeng was someone who listened to persuasion, then he wouldn't be Gu Qingfeng. Moreover, the current Gu Qingfeng had not only awakened his True Self but was also filled with boundless rage and overwhelming killing intent.
This rage came from the endless trials Gu Qingfeng had suffered in this lifetime.
It also came from the injustice brought about by being rejected by heaven and earth in this lifetime.
It was even more from the illusory life he had lived in this lifetime.
Originally, this rage had been hidden deep within Gu Qingfeng's heart. But with the appearance of Lady Wuyue, who tested Gu Qingfeng's bottom line again and again,
the rage hidden in his heart finally erupted.
Da Xing the Mad Monk didn't know if Lady Wuyue had done this intentionally or unintentionally.
He didn't know.
The only thing he knew was that if he went up to persuade Gu Qingfeng now, not only would he fail to persuade him, but it might backfire, even bringing about his own death.
In the void,
Gu Qingfeng still stood tall and straight.
His ink-black hair danced wildly amidst the nine Forbidden Great Daos, and his snow-white robes fluttered loudly in the ravaged Separate Palace Space.
His cold, stern face was expressionless, his eyes like black holes or abysses, and the various apertures around his body were ever-changing.
Suddenly,
billowing black smoke began to emerge from his body.
When the black smoke emerged, the expressions of all the Ancestral Patriarchs present changed repeatedly, especially those Original Sin Patriarchs, who stood frozen like statues, at a loss.
Because the moment the black smoke emerged, the hearts of all the Original Sin Patriarchs couldn't help but tremble. They all sensed an utterly terrifying spirit within the black smoke.
This spirit felt both familiar and strange to them. It was none other than the Spirit of Original Sin.
Back in the Desolate Ancient Era, there were also those who had seized the Essence of Original Sin and even fused it into themselves.
For example, Green Robe Patriarch was one of them.
Earlier,
when Green Robe Patriarch unleashed the Spirit of Original Sin, almost all Original Sin Anomalies were affected, feeling an innate reverence. After all, legend had it that the Spirit of Original Sin was formed from the spirit of the Lord of No Dao.
Those Patriarchs who had cultivated Original Sin Selves, True Selves, or even Original Sin True Bodies were no exception, though the effect on them was minimal.
However,
the Spirit of Original Sin contained within the billowing black smoke emerging from Gu Qingfeng's body could no longer be simply described as an 'effect'.
What the Original Sin Anomalies felt, no one knew, because most of the Original Sin Anomalies present had been annihilated to nothingness earlier by a single stretch of Gu Qingfeng's waist. Those that remained were either crippled or dead.
As for the remaining Patriarchs who had cultivated Original Sin Selves, like Immortal Tiger Strength and Immortal Green Wood, the moment the black smoke emerged, their minds and spirits instantly collapsed. Their consciousness seemed to vanish without a trace in an instant, their minds went blank, and even their souls were so terrified they didn't dare move.