Chapter 191: Bearing the World, Battling the Heroes!

"The three children of the Gu Clan, all are extraordinary!"

As Gu Mingyue and Gu Shengxi walked into Wanglin Mountain, arrived beside Gu Nianmo, and then unleashed their auras to their hearts' content, displaying the fruits of their three thousand years of cultivation, those Supremes and Quasi-Supremes could not help but exclaim in admiration.

Not to mention others, take the three ancient Supremes like Long Ao; their strength was merely at Supreme Perfection.

And those three children of the Gu Clan in Wanglin Mountain, if they were to truly engage them in one-on-one combat, even those three ancient Supremes like Long Ao might not have much of a chance of winning.

After all, Long Ao and the others had already reached the end of their lifespans, reaching that state where their blood and Qi were exhausted.

"Even if this Heavenly Human Gu fails to ascend to immortality, this era still belongs solely to the Gu Clan of the Human Race..."

Standing on the other side, Jiao Qing could not help but whisper softly.

For the Human Race, which had grown from a group bullied by many races between Heaven and Earth three thousand years ago to the hegemonic race of the world today, it was impossible for Jiao Qing not to feel envious.

If Jiao Qing had not attained the Supreme Realm, then perhaps Jiao Qing's envy would have been useless.

But as Jiao Qing also stepped into the Supreme Realm, Jiao Qing could not help but develop a sense of obsession.

In Jiao Qing's mind, since Gu Jiangming could lead the Human Race to the pinnacle while in the Supreme Realm, why could he, Jiao Qing, as a Supreme of the Stone Horn Clan, not learn from Gu Jiangming and lead the Stone Horn Clan to the position of the hegemonic race between Heaven and Earth?

Jiao Qing even harbored an unspeakable ambition; he felt that what Gu Jiangming could do, he, Jiao Qing, might not be unable to do! If Gu Jiangming could attain the Heavenly Human Realm, why could he, Jiao Qing, not attain the Heavenly Human Realm?

But watching Gu Nianmo and the others fighting more and more intensely, Jiao Qing suddenly felt a sense of loss.

The reason the Human Race was powerful was not just because there was a Heavenly Human presiding over it, but also because other experts of the Gu Clan were presiding over the Human Race.

Not to mention anything else, the strength displayed by these three children of the Gu Clan today was enough to shock Jiao Qing.

This also made Jiao Qing clearly realize that in this era, even without the suppression of the living Heavenly Human Gu Jiangming, this era should still be named after the Gu Clan.

It was not only Jiao Qing who had such thoughts, but also others on this battlefield.

Watching those four figures emitting infinite divine abilities, watching those four figures fighting and battling like gods and demons, those who had attained Heaven and Earth Enlightenment could not help but feel a desire to retreat.

But having accepted Gu Jiangming's benefits, and with the aura of calamity upon them, how could they retreat even if they wanted to?

The entry of the three children of the Gu Clan into the battlefield was merely the prelude to this battle.

Those who had attained Heaven and Earth Enlightenment were still hesitant, but ancient Supremes like Long Ao, and those like Jiu Jiu, had already fiercely joined the battlefield.

Above the entire Wanglin Mountain, three divine dragons over a thousand feet long stood proudly.

Of these three divine dragons, the aura of decay on Long Ao was still obvious, but with the assistance of the Heavenly Human Essence, Long Ao was now displaying the terrifying strength of his Supreme Perfection.

As this old dragon moved his body, the Void behind him seemed unable to bear the pressure brought by the old dragon; every time Long Ao turned, he actually caused ripples to rise in the Void.

The old dragon's horns were towering, and all his divine abilities had been refined into his Dao Body; the body of the Dragon Race was inherently extremely powerful, let alone an old dragon at Supreme Perfection.

Every time this old dragon extended his claws, he chose an extremely ingenious moment.

Those Dragon Claws covered the sky and blocked the sun; in a trance, they gave one a terrifying sensation of the sky collapsing and the earth sinking, as if the four seas were also assisting him.

As for the old Dragon King, his strength was a notch lower than Long Ao's. Facing a Heavenly Human existence, even though others on the battlefield were sharing the infinite pressure for him, the old Dragon King still let out bursts of hissing and roaring sounds from time to time.

This was the old Dragon King entering the game with his own body; this was the old Dragon King being struck again and again by his son-in-law Gu Jiangming. The power containing the Heavenly Human Dao Rhyme caused this old Dragon King to retreat again and again, and to let out hissing sounds again and again.

But strangely, although the old Dragon King was clearly beaten back time and time again, the old Dragon King rushed forward again and again.

Others could only see the scales on the old Dragon King's body shattering and his body bursting, but only the old Dragon King himself could feel that his body was becoming clearly more solid through the repeated beatings and tempering.

At this moment, the old Dragon King had also guessed that perhaps his son-in-law Gu Jiangming did not have much confidence in breaking through to the Ascension Realm either.

Gu Jiangming challenged the world, saying it was to give those ancient Supremes a decent end and to ascend to immortality, but it was better to say that Gu Jiangming was using his final moments to guide the many Supreme existences between Heaven and Earth.

The old Dragon King also felt a sense of grief. His relationship with Gu Jiangming was complex, but one thing was beyond doubt: Gu Jiangming was, after all, his son-in-law, the husband of the daughter the old Dragon King loved most! After that thought arose, the old Dragon King felt distressed, yet he exerted even more desperate strength.

This was not because the old Dragon King was stupid, but because he saw his daughter, every time she struck, clearly bypassing Gu Jiangming to strike at Wanglin Mountain.

The old Dragon King was no fool; how could he not guess that Gu Jiangming might have other ideas in gathering the many supreme beings of the world this time?

Although he did not know what Gu Jiangming's thoughts were, the old Dragon King also guided his own power to land on Wanglin Mountain, and then tempered his body under Gu Jiangming's repeated beatings and strikes.

"So beneath Wanglin Mountain is the Qilin Grotto-Heaven!"

"We previously ignored where the Qilin Grotto-Heaven that originally stood in Beidi had gone."

"I originally thought that this Heavenly Human Gu had used great, heaven-reaching Mana to hide the Qilin Grotto-Heaven and make it the inheritance place for the Gu Clan and the Human Race."

"But now, I see clearly that the entirety of beneath Wanglin Mountain is this Qilin Grotto-Heaven!"

"This Heavenly Human Gu is using the power of our battle to continuously strike the Qilin Grotto-Heaven out of Heaven and Earth!"

Supreme Ziwu had already seen through some of Gu Jiangming's calculations, or rather, Gu Jiangming had not hidden anything at all; as long as one stepped onto the battlefield, one could basically feel the Qilin Grotto-Heaven beneath Wanglin Mountain after repeated exchanges.

Although Supreme Ziwu did not know what Gu Jiangming wanted to do, he still felt in his heart that this Qilin Grotto-Heaven, born from the convergence of circumstances, might be related to the path of Ascension!

And the most important person on the battlefield, Gu Jiangming, also cast his gaze on Supreme Ziwu from time to time this day.

To others, this Supreme Ziwu was just a Supreme Perfection, but Gu Jiangming had walked step by step and had trodden every realm; he instead noticed that this Supreme Ziwu had already embarked on the path of a Pseudo-Heavenly Human.

It was just a pity that his time was not enough; even if he lived for another three thousand years, this Supreme Ziwu would likely be unable to reach the realm of a Pseudo-Heavenly Human that Gu Jiangming and Zhou Kai had once attained.

"Grotto-Heaven..." "It seems such a method has appeared in my memories..."

"But my memories are too ancient; after sleeping for I don't know how many years, my memories have also begun to blur."

"But one thing I can be sure of: this Grotto-Heaven should indeed be the key related to the Ascension Realm."

On the other side, Supreme Huang Yu displayed his own magnificent and noble phoenix form; it was clear that Supreme Huang Yu's true form was a phoenix.

And every time Supreme Huang Yu spread his wings, he carried that kind of grand righteousness.

This grand righteousness, mixed with the ancient aura of decay on Supreme Huang Yu, actually made the strength displayed by Supreme Huang Yu at this moment no less than that of an ordinary Supreme Perfection.

This Supreme Huang Yu was taking a different path, likely preparing to complete his own thought of Nirvana between life and death!

If he could succeed, this Supreme Huang Yu might really be able to return to his origin and then be reborn from between life and death!

"One by one, none of them can be underestimated!"

"Regardless, these old fellows have lived through long years; in these long years, who can say for sure what trump cards these old fellows are hiding?"

Gu Jiangming's gaze swept over the three ancient Supremes and then focused his attention on the battle in front of him.

Divine abilities were being cast as if they were being scattered at will, and every ray of divine light possessed incredible power, which then struck Wanglin Mountain beneath Gu Jiangming.

Whether they saw through it or not, the power of their divine abilities was not wasted in the slightest; all of it was guided by Gu Jiangming into the Wanglin Mountain beneath him.

In just a short span of time, this Wanglin Mountain had shockingly transformed into a small hillock less than fifty zhang in size.

Fifty zhang is merely a little over one hundred and fifty meters; such a height, for existences like Gu Jiangming, might not even count as a small hill, and at most, could only be considered a mound of dirt.

As time passed, this Wanglin Mountain continued to shrink further.

At this moment, Wanglin Mountain did not need any other tempering; if someone were able to lift Wanglin Mountain, it would likely be able to crush three or five Heavenly Human Enlightenment existences to death without issue.

And in a realm invisible to ordinary people, Gu Jiangming sensed with extreme clarity that the Qilin Grotto-Heaven, originally located beneath Wanglin Mountain, had already had nearly seventy-seven percent of it blasted into the Void outside of Heaven and Earth.

To Heaven and Earth, Gu Jiangming's actions were almost equivalent to cutting flesh from an ordinary person; for any existence, this was almost an impossible thing to accept.

At the very least, at this moment, the thunderous roaring atop the entire Wanglin Mountain grew increasingly intense.

Yet even having reached such a state, Gu Jiangming still had not truly triggered the Heavenly Disaster and Earthly Difficulty, as if the operation of Heaven and Earth also possessed its own layer of logic.

Even though Gu Jiangming performed such a presumptuous act, it was still not enough for Heaven and Earth to trigger that Heavenly Disaster and Earthly Difficulty.

As for those Quasi-Supreme ranks outside of Wanglin Mountain, seeing that the existences stepping onto the battlefield were all injured but clearly not touching upon life and death, this dispelled the last shred of doubt in the hearts of these Quasi-Supremes.

Without any hesitation, nearly fifty Quasi-Supremes now fell onto the battlefield like dumplings being dropped, each one of them unleashing everything they had learned without any concealment.

Between Heaven and Earth, the Dao Principles vibrated in layers, and on the battlefield, infinite Dao Principles dispersed and expanded.

Gu Jiangming even noticed that as these Quasi-Supreme ranks displayed their own Dao Principles, while wanting to sublimate themselves and advance further on this battlefield, the Dao Rhyme diffusing from their bodies was clearly being gathered by the Four Thousand Bureau.

Even as the long river of time moved forward, this Four Thousand Bureau was actually further perfecting itself.

And that Qilin Grotto-Heaven was also becoming increasingly complete at this time, complete to the point that it seemed to be making a final severance from this piece of Heaven and Earth.

"Ninety percent!"

"Ninety percent of the Qilin Grotto-Heaven has already been blasted into the Void!"

"The diffusing Dao Rhyme is strengthening the Four Thousand Bureau, and the strengthening of the Four Thousand Bureau is prompting the Qilin Grotto-Heaven to instinctively want to leave the original Heaven and Earth and become an independent Heaven and Earth world!"

On Gu Jiangming's body, tendons stood out like coiling dragons.

This was Gu Jiangming's body operating to its limit; this was Gu Jiangming simultaneously guiding the Qilin Grotto-Heaven while bearing the combined force of all living beings.

Even though Gu Jiangming's body was a Heavenly Human body, with every Quasi-Supreme and Supreme rank holding nothing back, it was still no simple matter for Gu Jiangming to bear it all.

It is no exaggeration to say that Gu Jiangming was clearly carrying a million-mile Grotto-Heaven while battling the many Supreme ranks before him.

Yet even so, Gu Jiangming still felt it was not enough!

"Come, come again!"

"Those Heavenly Human Enlightenment existences watching the battle, join the battlefield at once!"

"In an age of great contention, if you do not contend, how can you have a future?"

Gu Jiangming stood bathed in blood on the earth, and as fighting light erupted from his eyes, he shifted his gaze to those Heavenly Human Enlightenment existences watching the battle, inviting them to join the battlefield.

At this moment, Gu Jiangming simply stood there, and the impression he gave was truly shocking.

Especially Gu Jiangming's appearance at this time; if seen by those in the dark, Gu Jiangming clearly carried great heroism, and the sight of him fighting the world alone drew the admiration of countless people.

"Qilin Grotto-Heaven, the connection with Heaven and Earth is at half a percent..."

In reality, by this moment, everyone could already see what Gu Jiangming was doing; after all, the entire Wanglin Mountain had now become a giant rock the size of a house.

With Wanglin Mountain only this size, it was naturally impossible to conceal the Qilin Grotto-Heaven any longer.

Those Heavenly Human Enlightenment existences and those Quasi-Supreme ranks only needed a slight glance to see that Gu Jiangming was carrying the Qilin Grotto-Heaven on his back, guiding it, and turning their repeated attacks into assistance to push the Qilin Grotto-Heaven away from Heaven and Earth! Most of the Quasi-Supremes did not understand why Gu Jiangming was doing this, but Long Ao and the others seemed to have sensed something; at this moment, they only attacked continuously, helping Gu Jiangming and the Qilin Grotto-Heaven behind him to break away from Heaven and Earth! (End of chapter)