Chapter 660: The hiding place of the Extreme Star, is Qing Qing Yu Zi a mole?

On the summit of Ten Directions Mountain, Zhao Xing opened his eyes.

"Zuo Zuo Qiyu is Gu Fu Tianyang, and Gu Fu Tianyang is Zuo Zuo Qiyu?"

"So Gu Luohe's lifespan suddenly decreased because of his brother."

Zhao Xing was very shocked; he hadn't expected Zuo Zuo Qiyu to be a clone split from Gu Fu Tianyang.

"So Zuo Zuo Qiyu saying that the Taixu Straw Man Method tears the soul and cannot become a god was just an excuse. Old Liu and I could break through, why couldn't he?"

"As long as he doesn't break through to the God Realm, this independent soul that split off can always stay in the Primeval World, stay by Gu Luohe's side."

Zhao Xing sighed. Gu Fu Tianyang had been lurking for so long; he must have understood the cultivation of the Primeval World, Gu Luohe, and the "Eternal World" very well. This Dao-breaking must have been successful.

"Dao-breaking is a multiple self-destruction of body, mind, and origin."

"If Gu Luohe's Dao was broken, then it makes sense that I saw his lifespan suddenly shorten before."

"It is rumored that the Great Emperor and Gu Luohe are close friends and seem to have a certificate of Dao-merging. If Gu Luohe dies, the Great Emperor will likely be affected too."

Zhao Xing immediately observed the Great Emperor with his panel.

Before climbing the mountain, the Great Emperor only had a name on the panel because their cultivation realms were too far apart.

But now, he could not only see the Great Emperor's level, but also his many spells and Dao-certification treasures, such as the Red Star Divine Weapon, the Hunyuan Pagoda, the Four Seasons Heavenly Pass, the Desolate Land Great Wall, and so on, as well as mechanical divine arts.

Before, he was an ant and the Great Emperor was a giant whale; even if they were side by side, the ant couldn't feel the giant whale's vastness.

Now, although there was still a huge chasm between him and the Great Emperor, he could feel the existence of the gap.

"Gu Luohe's death will likely trigger a chain reaction," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

"Zhao Xing, it seems you already know." The Red Star Great Emperor had returned to calm. "I am going back to see Gu Luohe one last time, but you still need to host the Dharma assembly; don't rush back."

"Yes." Zhao Xing nodded. Now that he had established a connection with Ten Directions Mountain, if he also went down the mountain, it would mean the mountain was sealed.

"Swish~" The Great Emperor and Heavenly Master Xi Zhong disappeared from the summit.

"I don't know what the Great Emperor asked about." Ji Si felt somewhat regretful. "Now that the ten mountain peaks have been consumed twice by the Great Emperor and Xi Zhong, their great power has already declined."

The spiritual power of the nine side peaks gathered at the main peak, and the Great Emperor and Xi Zhong performed their second divination.

For those who seek divination later, the feedback power of the Fate Great Dao will weaken in sequence.

"The fifth divination of the main peak now is not as good as the original tenth divination."

"The great power of the side peaks will also be cut in half."

"There is nothing to regret." Zhao Xing said, "The Great Emperor and Heavenly Master borrowing the power of Ten Directions Mountain must be for the sake of the race, not for private gain."

Ten Directions Mountain will not be opened just this once. Wanting the first divination is nothing more than waiting another era.

"Hmm." Ji Si nodded, then prepared to draw upon the great power of fate to perform divination.

"Great Si Nong, the fate great power of the main peak has no type restrictions."

"It can be used to ask about matters, deduce the Dao, change fate, or divine fortune."

"We are currently at the fifth divination, and the great power of the Fate Great Dao is still not weak."

Zhao Xing thought for a moment: "If it is to change fate, can it resurrect God King King Yu Heng?"

"It's very difficult, but I can calculate the cost first. Please give me a token of King Yu Heng, Great Si Nong."

"Alright." Zhao Xing handed over the Six-Star Bracelet.

Ji Si took out the Eight-Direction Divine Mirror, then threw the bracelet into it.

A misty fog appeared in the mirror, then condensed into a phantom of a strange man wearing silver-white robes.

Eight divine patterns appeared on Ji Si's forehead, three of which represented causality, fate, and the past.

The three divine patterns were like tentacles, entering the Eight-Direction Divine Mirror, like needle and thread stitching, attempting to gather King Yu Heng back together.

However, just as it began, the phantom exploded.

"The probability is very low." Ji Si quickly reached the answer. "Even on Ten Directions Mountain, wanting to reverse time and space to resurrect King Yu Heng, the possibility of success is less than one-tenth. And regardless of whether it succeeds or not, the price will be very high."

"Even if Great Si Nong uses the Mountain Classic to share the cost for me, the remaining backlash would be enough to kill me."

"If you want to resurrect King Yu Heng at the minimum cost, the next time Ten Directions Mountain opens, it must be just as powerful as this time, be a material mountain body, have ten roads appear, and it must be the first divination."

"In this way, the cost borne will not be enough to seriously injure me, and the possibility will be higher."

"I understand."

This is good news.

If the first divination of Ten Directions Mountain can resurrect a God King, it is equivalent to obtaining a very high-level resurrection coin every era.

The temptation of the Ten Directions Dharma Assembly will continue to rise, attracting more powerful people to participate.

"Since that's the case, let's use this fifth divination to ask about matters." Zhao Xing said.

If the great power of this fifth divination were used for resurrection, it would be difficult to handle even involving a God King.

If it is just asking about matters, the upper limit should be higher, and it should be able to involve the scope of Dao Lords.

Although it only involves it, it is not necessarily accurate.

But it is also the choice that maximizes benefits.

Ji Si quickly performed divination. She took out a suit of armor from the Eight-Direction Divine Mirror. The armor had eight sides, like a box, with tortoise patterns on it, very similar to the tortoise patterns on the Tortoise-Pattern Ancient Path.

"Eight-Treasure Armor?" Zhao Xing had seen the top ten treasures of Fate Masters in the illusion before, so he recognized it at a glance.

"Yes, but it's a fake." Ji Si said.

"How much efficacy does it have?"

"It can't be used at all outside Ten Directions Mountain, and it only has one-tenth of the efficacy of the true item on Ten Directions Mountain. The teacher only has one piece."

One-tenth efficacy is also very exaggerated; after all, it is one-tenth the efficacy of a Fate Master's supreme treasure.

Every Fate Master's supreme treasure is an existence that sacrifices Dao tools, and it belongs to the strongest series of sacrificed Dao tools, belonging to the top level in this tier, so it can be called a professional supreme treasure.

"Ka ka ka~"

Compared to the ancient methods, the new method is more in line with the changes of the era.

With this fifth new method, a new Dao Lord will be born in Mount Taigu Zhi Qiu in the future, and it is very likely to be Divine General General Lan Chuan.

"Elder, were the first two divinations obtained by Bowei and the Great Emperor?" Ji Si asked again.

"I don't know." Divine General General Lan Chuan shook his head: "When I reached the summit, I only saw Bowei; I did not see the Great Emperor."

Zhao Xing noticed that when General Lan Chuan spoke of Bowei, he made no attempt to hide his disgust for him.

Ji Si asked again: "Then where is Bowei?"

"How would I know?" Divine General General Lan Chuan said loudly, his anger now uncontrollable: "Bowei is a heartless and unrighteous man. Feng Chen just wanted to say a few words to him at the end of his life, but he refused—Zhao Xing, Ji Si, you two should have less to do with him!"

Having said that, Divine General General Lan Chuan flicked his sleeves and left.

Watching Divine General General Lan Chuan leave in anger, Zhao Xing was speechless.

Bowei was cold; Feng Chen was, after all, his junior brother, and he wouldn't even say a word when he was about to die.

But thinking about it carefully, this really seemed like something Bowei would do.

Ji Si finished casting his spell and said, "Great Si Nong, let's go; Bowei is right ahead."

Sure enough, after walking the Turtle Pattern Ancient Path for half an hour, they saw Bowei sitting quietly under a giant rock.

Bowei no longer had a distinction between his true self and clones; every Bowei seemed to be proficient in all professions, with a complex and diverse array of skills on his panel, and page after page of dazzling divine skills.

Zhao Xing couldn't even be bothered to flip through them, because he simply couldn't finish reading them.

"True Lord Bowei, did you obtain the second divination? I wonder if you could tell us." Ji Si asked again.

Bowei didn't even lift his eyes.

Ji Si's sleeves moved slightly, and he cast a spell again; he had plenty of spells to make people speak.

Just a moment ago, Divine General General Lan Chuan's inner anger had been stirred up by him.

But with Bowei, Ji Si suffered a setback.

Bowei opened his eyes and glanced coldly at Ji Si's sleeves.

"Deng deng deng~"

Ji Si's footsteps retreated repeatedly, backing up a full nineteen steps, a flash of horror in his eyes.

He and Bowei actually had a gap of nineteen steps.

"Elder, please show mercy." Zhao Xing helplessly blocked the path in front of Ji Si.

Ji Si was still a bit too impulsive; he had made great progress, but Bowei had made even more.

Long before the Battle of Standing Ground, Bowei had already completed multiple proofs of the Dao; it took two great Dragon God Kings attacking together to barely block Bowei's wrath.

Ji Si was a genius, but in the end, he was not as strong as this monster Bowei.

"Weng~"

The divine light in Bowei's eyes converged before hitting Zhao Xing.

Seeing this, Zhao Xing signaled for Ji Si to come up and not to disturb Bowei.

"Wait."

Zhao Xing stopped his footsteps; he could see that Bowei had something to say.

So he signaled for Ji Si to go up the mountain first.

"I divined on the mountain and asked a question."

"What did the Elder ask?"

"I asked: Were scholars created?"

"Did the Elder get an answer?"

"Yes."

Zhao Xing's pupils shrank. Scholars were created?

Bowei continued: "I also made a deal with the Boundless God King, asking him not to compete with me for the fourth divination."

Zhao Xing suddenly understood; no wonder Bowei came down the mountain later than General Lan Chuan.

The Great Emperor got the first divination, Bowei the second, and General Lan Chuan and Feng Chen the third. The fourth divination should have been taken by the Boundless God King, but it had been traded away by Bowei.

Bowei must have used this fourth divination to ask about something, and without even thinking, Zhao Xing knew what Bowei had asked.

That was: Who exactly created scholars?

Bowei said calmly: "Feng Xi and Taishi, the final gathering of the Dao after the end of the Ancestor era."

"Scholars are the product of their failure."

"From then on, in the bloodlines of all races, there would be a small probability of some anomalies being born. They are born with knowledge, have astonishing comprehension, have almost no threshold for cultivation, and can lead the development of their races."

Zhao Xing suddenly understood: "So that's how it is."

No wonder scholars are formed innately and cannot change professions later; they can be proficient in all professions, and cultivating multiple professions does not cause their power cores to conflict.

The reason lies in the fact that scholars themselves were created. In the process of that gathering of the Dao and deduction, all the Dao Lords of all professions were complete, which meant that the scholar profession innately had no Dao barriers.

"Elder, have there been any other Scholar Gods?" Zhao Xing asked curiously.

"No more." Bowei shook his head, "I am the only one who could eliminate the shackles and not die."

Although Feng Chen became a god, that did not count as eliminating the shackles; he only lifted the restrictions and reached it briefly, still within the rules and restrictions of scholars.

"Thank you, Elder, for telling me."

Seeing that Bowei had nothing more to say, Zhao Xing continued to climb upward, catching up to Ji Si.

"Great Si Nong, Bowei is too strong." Ji Si sighed, "Even on the Ten Thousand Mountains, he can be this strong; it is completely beyond my expectations."

"You don't need to compare yourself to Bowei; he is a heretic." Zhao Xing comforted him with a smile.

The first Scholar God in history; he is too rare, so it is normal for him to be powerful.

"Weng~"

Just as the two were chatting, a side peak of the Ten Thousand Mountains suddenly erupted with brilliant light.

A cyan river spanned the nine major side peaks, then rotated and pushed toward the main peak.

Zhao Xing immediately cast the Spirit Mountain Directional Method, quickly seeing through the fog and Dao barriers, and discovered that it was actually the Great Emperor and the Heavenly Master Xi Zhong appearing on the summit of the side peak at the same time.

"As expected of the Great Emperor."

Zhao Xing was shocked.

The combination of the Great Emperor and the Heavenly Master had gained the leading position in climbing the mountain, and this advantage was further expanded.

The main peak of the Ten Thousand Mountains and the nine major side peaks—the first divination was entirely obtained by the Great Emperor and the Heavenly Master.

At this moment, at the crest of the nine rivers, there was a clone of the Great Emperor.

They slowly gathered at the summit of the main peak, merging into one.

And the Imperial Heavenly Master had actually occupied the summit again.

"Ji Si, what is going on? Can each person only seek one divination on the main peak and side peaks each time?"

Heavenly Master Xi Zhong had come to the main peak to divine again, and his power seemed very strong, no weaker than the first time.

"Being first among the ten peaks grants a second chance." Ji Si muttered: "Xi Zhong is very likely the reincarnation of the Ten-Phase God."

"Reincarnation of the Ten-Phase God? Could he be the first-generation Sect Master?" Zhao Xing was surprised.

At the summit of the main peak, the Great Emperor and Xi Zhong were radiating divine light, and the body of the Ten Thousand Mountains was also emitting a faint glow, echoing them.

At this moment, the Ten Thousand Mountains seemed to have gained breath.

Zhao Xing could clearly sense that the spirituality of the Ten Thousand Mountains was soaring, and countless great powers were rising from the underground, following the veins of the earth, gathering at the summit.

Such surging power made Zhao Xing's heart tremble uncontrollably.

It was as if as long as he could fully prove the Ten Thousand Mountains, this power could be controlled by him.

"I don't know if the Great Emperor is asking about affairs or seeking the Dao; the commotion is so great." Zhao Xing felt like he was seasick, unable to stand steady.

Others did not have this situation because Zhao Xing had opened the mountain and set the image; to a certain extent, he and the Ten Thousand Mountains were already one.

At this moment, the Great Emperor was asking about the Dao, the mountain was shaking and the earth was moving, and Zhao Xing was swaying along with it, stumbling like a drunkard.

Zhao Xing and Ji Si were only one step away from the summit, but they could not move forward because the Great Emperor and Xi Zhong had not yet finished.

A long time later, a sigh came from the summit, and all kinds of divine anomalies faded away.

Zhao Xing no longer felt his divine body swaying, and the barrier between him and the summit also disappeared.

The fog thinned, and the figures of the Great Emperor and Xi Zhong gradually revealed themselves.

"Greetings, Heavenly Master; greetings, Great Emperor."

Zhao Xing and Ji Si bowed together.

The Great Emperor's figure appeared somewhat lonely; after turning around, Zhao Xing discovered that his expression was compassionate.

What had happened? Why did the Great Emperor look like this, and why did he sigh just now?

Zhao Xing just wanted to open his mouth to ask, but suddenly his divine body shook.

He sensed that the causal line between himself and Gu Luohe was fading rapidly.

Zhao Xing immediately back-traced Gu Luohe's state and discovered that Gu Luohe's lifeline was weakening at an astonishing speed.

At the same time, another familiar yet strange causal line was trembling and intertwining.

A scene appeared in his mind:

The Primordial Realm, Taixu City.

Zuo Zuo Qiyu flew out from the palace.

Zhao Xing had not seen Zuo Zuo Qiyu's true body for a long time; at this moment, Zuo Zuo Qiyu's countless clones were rapidly gathering toward the palace entrance.

With every additional clone that merged, Zuo Zuo Qiyu became stronger, and his temperament changed accordingly.

After fully merging, although Zuo Zuo Qiyu's face was still his original face, his temperament had completely changed.

"What? How is this possible?!" Zhao Xing lost his composure.