Chapter 653: The Supreme Meeting, the Fate of Gu Luohe

Zhao Xing knew that his return this time, hosting the Ten Directions Dharma Assembly and inviting gods from the past camp, would definitely encounter questioning.

It was most appropriate for the Great Emperor to raise the question.

Only the Red Star Great Emperor could control the degree of questioning.

As long as he could provide a reasonable explanation, then no one else would jump out to question him.

"The Empire is my hometown; Zhao Xing will never forget it," Zhao Xing said slowly. "Returning home this time is to host the Ten Directions Dharma Assembly."

As the term "Ten Directions Dharma Assembly" was spoken, the spiritual intentions of the gods on the pass surged, clearly communicating rapidly.

Zhao Xing's Ten Directions Mountain Scripture was said to be able to open the Ten Directions Mountain in advance; could it be that returning this time meant opening the mountain?

Sensing this scene, Zhao Xing spoke again: "The Third Epoch of the Desolate Domain is designated as the Dharma Assembly Epoch; gods of both righteousness and evil, as long as they do not kill indiscriminately or destroy, may set aside their hatred and come to discuss the Dao and debate the scriptures."

"Those on the flying boat are the teachers who preached the Dao to me, and allies with whom I have good causes and good fruits."

"I ask the Palace Master, the Great Emperor, and the Gui Divine Lord to permit them to participate in this Ten Directions Dharma Assembly."

The Red Star Great Emperor, the Moon God Palace Master, and the Taigu Divine Lord looked at each other and nodded together.

But none of them spoke immediately; they also wanted to see if anyone would oppose Zhao Xing, and how strong that opposition would be.

Unexpectedly, not a single god spoke out in opposition; even the Samsara Divine Palace and the Demon God Palace remained silent.

Because Qing Yu Zi had sent back news in advance, and most of the high-level figures in the Desolate Domain Era who had reached the Divine General level knew that Zhao Xing's Ten Directions Dharma Assembly would bring benefits to the Desolate Domain Era.

Evil gods participating in the assembly didn't come for free; they needed to pay certain resources, and these resources, no matter how Zhao Xing used them or who he gave them to, would ultimately remain in the Desolate Domain Era. This would increase the total origin of the Desolate Domain Era.

Regardless of what was said, as long as the eggs were laid in the Desolate Domain Era, there was no reason to oppose it.

Seeing that no one raised any objections, the Red Star Great Emperor nodded: "Guests from afar, Zhao Xing, please bring your distinguished guests into the pass."

"Yes." Zhao Xing bowed and returned to the Space-Time Flying Boat.

The Boundless God King and Bo Wei had long known the intention of this trip.

As for God King Ye Hai, the Lord of Five Realms Island, God King Ye Hai, God King Cang Xi, and Chi Ji, the Lord of the Nation, although they had a vague premonition, they did not yet know the true intention of Zhao Xing's invitation.

Only at this moment did Zhao Xing show his cards, and they realized he was going to host the Ten Directions Dharma Assembly, all feeling they had taken advantage of a big bargain.

How could they be unwilling?

"I only brought a hundred square feet of Time Sand this time; if I can climb the Ten Directions Mountain once, it's simply a huge profit." Chi Ji, the Lord of the Nation, had a horse face that bloomed with smiles.

"Ten Directions Dharma Assembly, debating the Dao and scriptures? And a chance to climb the mountain?" God King Ye Hai also clenched his fists.

"If I can ask a divination, perhaps my Ye Hai clansmen can resolve the suffering of the Dao chaos."

"Earned it, earned it." God King Cang Xi was radiant, "The first Ten Directions Mountain Dharma Assembly will definitely not have many people; if the mountain is opened in advance, very few people will climb it."

The Lord of Five Realms Island and Ling Ji looked at each other.

Sure enough, the mountain was going to be opened!

"Big Brother, this is an excellent opportunity."

"Perhaps it is different from all previous openings."

Ling Ji transmitted his voice.

"In the past, when the Ten Directions Mountain opened, due to being unknowable and unmeasurable, one would often miss the best entry time; by the time one climbed the mountain, it was already the period of the weak week, and the power to seek divination was greatly weakened."

"Even so, it was still crowded with gods, fought over by many parties."

"Now, however, one can enter the venue at the first opportunity, and the number of people is extremely small."

The Lord of Five Realms Island also deeply agreed.

When Zhao Xing first wrote the Ten Directions Mountain Scripture, it shocked the endless space-time and was hunted by many evil gods, mainly because the Ten Directions Mountain Scripture had the method to open the mountain!

The manifestation of the Ten Directions Mountain was a short cycle, usually lasting only a small season or a medium season; missing the window period meant the power would weaken until it was completely impossible to enter.

Therefore, the historical records of the manifestation of the Ten Directions Mountain were intermittent, because in some epochs, people didn't even have time to grasp this window period before the Ten Directions Mountain hid itself from the world again!

If Zhao Xing could open the mountain and enter at the first opportunity, he could grasp the moment when the Ten Directions Mountain's power was strongest.

"If Zhao Xing can really do it, this congratulatory gift will have to be increased by a hundred times." Ling Ji said.

"A hundred times is also worth it." The Lord of Five Realms Island said without hesitation.

He wanted to ask how to become a Dao Lord; even if he could only obtain the tenth divination, he could still obtain a glimmer of hope.

A glimmer of hope to become a Dao Lord, even if it was only a one in a billion probability, was still something from nothing. No matter how outrageous Zhao Xing's asking price was, he would consider it.

Passing the Bai Feng Pavilion, the Space-Time Boat rapidly arrived at the eleventh solar year of the Third Epoch of the Desolate Domain.

Red Star Empire, Northwest Pass, the Space-Time Flying Boat of the Great Zhou appeared silently in the Void Dao-Manifestation Layer.

"When I was a demigod, the first time I left by Space-Time Boat was the sixth Yang year of the Third Epoch of the Desolate Domain."

"When I returned, the real long river of time had already flowed to the eleventh solar year."

Before Zhao Xing fell into the long river of time, he looked into the future direction.

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The future direction of the long river of time presented countless tributaries, like a tree diagram, meaning there were countless possibilities for the future.

But even these tributaries, the longest segment, only reached the Fourth Epoch of the Desolate Domain.

And this segment could not be traversed at all, because it was too narrow to land.

Suppose a great god forcibly landed in the Fourth Epoch of the future; the result would be the destruction of this future, and it would not happen.

If it were only observation, one could only see a few fragments, because it was still only a tiny possibility; this possibility of the future would slowly converge with the movement of the long river of time.

"The source of the past is fixed, but the future has infinite possibilities." Before landing, the Moon God Palace Master suddenly said this to Zhao Xing. "Any kind of future can be created by ourselves."

Zhao Xing was thoughtful.

Third Epoch of the Desolate Domain, eleventh solar year, Early Yang Season.

"Time is defined by the movement of the Chen Xuan Ling Giant Yang Star at the star domain level; one solar year equals one thousand years of the movement of the boundary stars within the Yin-Yang binary star system."

"The first two hundred and fifty-six years are the Early Yang Season."

"From the two hundred and fifty-seventh year to the seven hundred and sixty-first year is the Middle Yang Season."

"The last two hundred and thirty-nine years are the Remaining Yang Season."

"This is the Yang Season theory, dominating the boundary star cycle movement at the star system level."

"The six-Qi cycle movement at the star system level is the Small Four Seasons."

"The six-Qi cycle movement at the star domain level is the Medium Four Seasons."

"Because we have entered the extinction stage of the universe, the theory of the Great Four Seasons of the universe is no longer accurate enough in this era."

"In some places, there might be rainy seasons lasting over ten million years, but it cannot be measured by the theory of the Great Four Seasons for the changes in the entire domain."

During the preparation for the Dharma Assembly, Zhao Xing took his Dao-followers to visit the Empire, the major ancient nations, and the borders of the major Desolate Domains, finally returning to the Great Zhou Ancient Nation—the former site of the Yuan Hai Ancient Nation, on the southwest star sector side of the Chen Luo Desolate Domain.

Among the Dao-followers, there were his own Dao-followers, including three Heaven's Time gods, but they were all in the Divine Soldier Realm.

This was their first time coming to the Desolate Domain Era, and seeing the cosmic territory of this era, everyone was shocked.

Because the environment here simply couldn't be compared with the past; even the territory of the most powerful ancient nation, in their eyes, was no different from the countryside.

Only the territory of the Red Star Empire was slightly more upscale.

"I didn't expect the era where God King Zhao was born to be such a down-and-out place."

"Desolate Domain Era? It truly lives up to its name; there is no Heaven River, the Nine Heavens are folded into a chaotic whole, and the Ten Lands are completely fragmented."

"The void is a hundred fathoms deep; logically, there should be life surviving, but I've been watching for a long time and haven't seen any life."

"The Dao Ancient Golden Cicada, I used to raise a group, but they are extinct in the Desolate Domain Era and have become a legend?"

"The Spirit Domain Void River also looks like a chaotic river."

"So cold; the Giant Yang Star here is far less warm than in the Yu Huang Era."

"Is this the future?"

"No wonder————"

Zhao Xing let these people discuss and express their opinions.

However, those who discussed the most were Divine Soldier level; Divine General level figures like General Long Hai and Earth Master were all experienced, so they weren't that surprised.

The one with the biggest reaction among the Divine Generals was Lv Ming.

After arriving in the Desolate Domain Era, his brows had not relaxed.

"Brother Qing Yu, I finally know why you said that back then; this era is truly————terrible."

Qing Yu Zi laughed: "Little brother, I told you you wouldn't be used to it."

After getting off the boat, Lv Ming even felt dizzy, always feeling that he wasn't clean, and repeatedly used musical rhythm to cleanse his divine body.

And he soon discovered that the Five Divine Sound Great Dao of this era no longer existed, only the Twelve Divine Sound Scales extended from the Five Divine Sounds.

For a musician, this was simply a disaster!

The Music Dao had actually declined to this point?

It wasn't until they entered the capital star system of the Great Zhou Nation that the gods felt slightly better.

Because the spiritual energy origin here had been adjusted to over ten thousand, which was already considered a very comfortable environment.

It was just that the Dao methods were still severely weakened, and Lv Ming could only exert the strength of a mid-stage Divine General.

"Brother Zhao, your aura doesn't seem to have dropped?" Lv Ming curiously sized up Zhao Xing.

"Actually, it has dropped some," Zhao Xing said, "It's just that my divine power is too majestic; even if it drops by ten percent, you can't feel the difference."

Qing Yu Zi curled his lips; this guy was showing off again.

After arranging the accommodation for gods like Bo Wei and the Boundless God King,

Zhao Xing rushed to the Origin Realm of the Red Star Empire without stopping.

In a secret area of the Origin Realm, a supreme meeting was taking place.

The supreme meeting had about three hundred seats.

At this time, it was not full, and only fifty-six people had come.

Some Divine Generals couldn't make it back, some Divine Generals were sleeping, and the Ten Directions Mountain Dharma Assembly would not notify all Divine General levels.

Zhao Xing attended the supreme-level meeting for the first time, and he sat next to Gu Luohe.

"Senior Gu Luohe."

Gu Luohe nodded to indicate, then introduced to him: "Zhao Xing, this is your first time attending the supreme meeting; this time it was specifically convened for you."

"In the entire Desolate Domain Era, counting humans and demons together, there are eight strongest figures."

"Eight strongest figures?" Zhao Xing listened carefully.

"Red Star Great Emperor, Moon God Palace Master."

"Three Hall Masters of the Samsara Divine Palace: Original Samsara Hall Master, Yan Shen Samsara Hall Master, Chen Xuan Yang Samsara Hall Master."

"Earth God Gui Lord of the Taigu Mound."

"Cang Li Demon Ancestor of the Demon God Palace; this one has a grandson named Huan Li, who once acted with Zhao Xing in the Bai Feng Pavilion."

"And Di Wu Yue Demon Ancestor."

"These eight are all Dao Lord level, mastering a complete Dao or a branch of the Great Dao of the Desolate Domain Era."

Eight strongest figures, all Dao Lord level?

The Desolate Domain Era truly had its foundation.

Zhao Xing thought to himself.

"However, limited by the Desolate Domain Era, in most areas and times, the eight Dao Lords can only exert the strength of a God King," Gu Luohe added.

"Six attended this time, only the Original Hall Master and Yan Shen Hall Master were not present."

Gu Luohe was only at the Divine General level now, but his seat was very high. It was only lower than those eight seats.

"Zhao Xing, this Ten Directions Dharma Assembly has forty-nine participants planned for the Desolate Domain Era."

"These forty-nine people will include a divine origin clone of the Great Emperor."

"The Great Emperor will also climb the mountain?" Zhao Xing was stunned, "Senior Gu, does this mean that the Great Emperor is the God Emperor candidate chosen by the Desolate Domain Era?"

Gu Luohe did not hide it and nodded lightly: "It seems you have guessed it all."

"The gathering of the gods of the Desolate Domain to go to the future to save the Great Destruction itself requires a God Emperor to lead them to complete this plan."

"It's just that the gods of the past camp have established heavy passes in the long river of time, causing the origin of the universe to be intercepted and not move with the long river of time."

"If there had never been such a thing as a time barrier, logically, since after Luo Huang, the origin environment of the universe would have been enough to give birth to a God Emperor."

Sure enough, the Desolate Domain camp wanted to cultivate a God Emperor, but they were constantly interfered with by the gods of the past camp.

Among them, Gu Xiao was undoubtedly the biggest interferer.

"The manifestation of the Ten Directions Mountain will be accompanied by passes and tests; that was left behind by the Ten Phases Gate."

"If you open the mountain successfully this time, the eight strongest figures unanimously believe that its power is enough for a Dao Lord level to seek a divination."

"So the Great Emperor will climb the mountain with the Heaven Master."

Zhao Xing nodded: "I understand, I will do my best to assist the Great Emperor in climbing the mountain."

"No." Gu Luohe smiled and shook his head. "The Great Emperor does not need your assistance, and the passes and tests of the Ten Phases Gate do not exist such that the gods can climb to the top by working together."

"According to past experience, the path to climb the mountain allows at most two people to travel together."

"What do you mean————" Zhao Xing was unsure.

"You and Ji Si will likely travel together."

"You must also do your best to compete."

Gu Luohe said: "It's not that once the Great Emperor climbs the mountain, everyone else must yield."

Zhao Xing understood the implication.

The gods of the Desolate Domain camp, although they believed the Great Emperor was the most likely to become the God Emperor, and even crowned him with the name of Great Emperor, held extremely high expectations.

However, it didn't necessarily have to be the Great Emperor!

The Great Emperor himself held such an attitude.

The major forces of the Desolate Domain Era were destined to be different from the various eras of hegemony.

Because the universe had entered the fourth stage, it could no longer accommodate more slaughter and cruel struggles, so they would never fight to the death for the position of God Emperor; anyone could come to compete reasonably.

The charm of the Desolate Domain camp lay in the fact that they allowed a demigod like Gu Luohe to sit on equal footing with the Great Emperor; they also allowed the Academy, which had no divine level, to become a super force; major forces could cooperate to develop the Desolate Domain, and humans and demons existed peacefully without the constraints of the Dao, relying only on consciousness.

Conflicts and differences were resolved more through Dharma Assemblies, such as the Chen Xuan Ling Dharma Assembly held every epoch; when evil gods invaded in the past, they wouldn't kill them all immediately either.

In an era of scarce resources, the gods instead reached a relatively idealized cultivation ecology.

"Will Ji Si and I compete on the same stage with the Great Emperor and the Heaven Master?" Zhao Xing felt he was not qualified to compete with the Great Emperor; after all, the Great Emperor was already a Dao Lord, and he wasn't even a God King.

He had just taken it for granted that he would do his best to assist the Great Emperor in climbing the mountain.

In any era of hegemony, it would be impossible for others to compete with the Great Emperor for anything; the strongest would possess everything!

But placed in the Desolate Domain Era, it was very reasonable.

"But there is one point, your guests cannot obtain the first divination," Gu Luohe said. "They are not qualified to compete with the Great Emperor, including Bo Wei and the Boundless."

"They can obtain the second or third, but the first divination cannot fall into the hands of outsiders."

"If they get it, they won't be able to walk out."

"I understand, Senior Gu." Zhao Xing knew what to do.

He would let those guests not touch the first divination, otherwise, it would be courting death.

Gu Luohe nodded and said no more.

He spoke to Zhao Xing about this, which was originally a preliminary meeting before the supreme meeting, conveying the opinions of the eight strongest figures after their joint discussion.

The subsequent meeting was just going through the motions, announcing the details.

The supreme meeting determined the number of participants in the Ten Directions Dharma Assembly.

Counting the Boundless God King, Bo Wei, Ye Hai, Five Realms, Cang Xi, and others, it did not exceed eighty people in total.

The location and time of the Dharma Assembly would be determined by Zhao Xing.

Because the Ten Directions Mountain was an unknowable mountain, its time and location were always changing, and in history, it had even appeared in the dreams of some backward planets!

Therefore, he could only wait for him to open the mountain with the Mountain Scripture, fix the point, and wait for his notification.

As the meeting neared its end, Zhao Xing suddenly glanced at Gu Luohe, and his pupils constricted, somewhat distracted.

"Why, are there still questions?"

"Senior Gu, is your cultivation going smoothly?" Zhao Xing asked with difficulty.

Gu Luohe stared at Zhao Xing, thoughtful: "If you have something to say, speak freely."

Zhao Xing wanted to speak, but he couldn't open his mouth; the Great Dao of Destiny descended within the Origin Realm, and his divine body suddenly showed signs of collapse.

"Swish~"

The Great Emperor and the Empire Heaven Master appeared on the left and right of Gu Luohe at the same time, frowning at Zhao Xing.

"Zhao Xing, the secrets of heaven must not be leaked." The Empire Heaven Master interrupted Zhao Xing.

The Red Star Great Emperor looked at Zhao Xing, then at Gu Luohe.

He discovered that in a corner of the Origin Realm, the boundary was forcibly broken by the Great Dao of Destiny in the universe.

"Zhao Xing, no matter what you want to say, stop." The Great Emperor said seriously.

Zhao Xing's eyes were already streaming blood and tears.

He nodded, silently wiped away the tear stains, and no longer tried to speak, and his divine body quickly returned to normal.

"Go." Gu Luohe smiled: "Don't talk about the Ten Directions Mountain Scripture in my Origin Realm; I can't bear it."

"Senior Gu, farewell." Zhao Xing bowed and flew out of the meeting palace.

He had just discovered that Gu Luohe's lifespan was only eight hundred years left!

Gu Luohe, who was exceptionally talented, had crossed twenty-three True Spirit Tribulations to become a god; logically, his lifespan should be without constant.

Why did a fixed number appear?

And it was only a few hundred years left?

Zhao Xing really wanted to tell the Great Emperor, and also tell Gu Luohe, so that he would understand that his lifespan had become abnormal.

But he couldn't say it.

Just as he was about to speak, Gu Luohe's lifespan flowed away again, and it was already less than seven hundred years! And he himself had suffered an inexplicable backlash.

"Why is it like this?" Zhao Xing was completely puzzled. "Could it be that some major historical events in the past are fixed numbers, and Gu Luohe still cannot live past the Third Epoch of the Desolate Domain?" ===== CHAPTER 654 =====

The exceptionally gifted Gu Luohe crossed twenty-three True Spirit Tribulations to become a god; logically, his lifespan should have been indefinite.

Why did a fixed limit appear?

And why is there unexpectedly only a few hundred years left?

Zhao Xing very much wanted to tell the Great Emperor, and also tell Gu Luohe, to make him understand that his lifespan had become abnormal.

But he could not bring himself to say it.

Just as he was about to speak, Gu Luohe's lifespan slipped away again, now less than seven hundred years! Moreover, he suffered an inexplicable backlash himself.

"Why is it like this?" Zhao Xing could not fathom it. "Could it be that certain major historical events from my past life are fixed, and Gu Luohe still cannot live past the Third Era of the Desolate Domain?"