Chapter 221: The Chess Game Deflects, a Heaven and Earth Growing Ever More Interesting!

"Ziwu, do you still remember how he spoke to us about the Three Tribulations back on Wanglin Mountain?"

When the night curtain turned to bright day, when the great sun transformed into the bright moon, and after this repeated three times, Gu Nianmo, standing by the edge of Wanglin Lake, finally moved.

Gu Nianmo summoned the Heavenly Human Ziwu, gazing with burning eyes at the Ziwu before him, the once Supreme Ziwu.

"The Three Tribulations?"

"The Human Tribulation need not be mentioned; that was to cut off future trouble, hence striking first to gain the advantage."

"If one possesses invincible self-confidence, then whether the so-called Human Tribulation is crossed or not matters little!"

"Your father possessed peerless self-confidence, which is why he only imparted the Dao to us back then and did not hold us in his eyes."

The Heavenly Human Ziwu naturally knew who "he" was in Gu Nianmo's words; the Heavenly Human Ziwu did not know what had happened, nor did he know why Gu Nianmo was asking about the Three Tribulations out of the blue.

But the Heavenly Human Ziwu still recounted everything he knew in detail.

"After the Human Tribulation should be the Heavenly Tribulation; the so-called Heavenly Tribulation, as it appears now, is that tribulation of the Heavenly Net!"

"The Heavenly Net is constructed from Heavenly Human Dao Principles; it is the instinct of Heaven and Earth to bring down tribulations upon those who exceed control. Within it, Heavenly Human Dao Principles manifest, almost as if a Heavenly Human were wielding the Dao Principles to obstruct the Dao."

"After the Heavenly Tribulation, it is the Earth Tribulation that the Heavenly Human Gu speculated about!"

"In the speculation of the Heavenly Human Gu, the Earth Tribulation should be the resonance of Heaven and Earth, using Dao Principles as a guide to trigger the imprints left behind in Heaven and Earth by the three thousand Heavenly Human Dao Lords who once existed, subsequently constructing and evolving the phantoms of the three thousand Heavenly Human Dao Lords."

"Your master also said that if one wishes to become an Immortal within Heaven and Earth, it is indeed so!"

"The greatest obstacle to your Immortal-becoming tribulation is having to face three thousand Dao Lords alone; win, and you ascend to Immortality; lose, and your body dies and your Dao dissipates!"

The Heavenly Human Ziwu recounted everything he knew in detail, then looked at the person before him in confusion, not knowing why Gu Nianmo had asked this.

"Then tell me, if there is resonance with Heaven and Earth, could it be possible to bring already-dead Heavenly Humans back to the human world?"

Gu Nianmo listened to the words of the Heavenly Human Ziwu, remaining silent. After a long silence, Gu Nianmo looked deeply at the Heavenly Human Ziwu before him again, as if he could obtain the answer he wanted from the mouth of the Heavenly Human Ziwu? "Are you saying that the Earth Tribulation might possibly resurrect those Heavenly Human Dao Lords who originally fell in the past?"

The Heavenly Human Ziwu felt he had already guessed Gu Nianmo's thoughts, and when Gu Nianmo's words fell, the Heavenly Human Ziwu blurted out his inner thoughts in near disbelief.

If it were earlier, the Heavenly Human Ziwu would not have thought of this point without reason.

But with Gu Nianmo's guidance, the Heavenly Human Ziwu suddenly felt a chill all over; if, if his recent thought became reality, then...

"Heavenly Humans are called Dao Lords; what is a Dao Lord? If the Dao does not perish, then one does not die!"

"The Heavenly Human Dao Lords born of Heaven and Earth may have fallen due to lifespan and the limitations of Heaven and Earth, but their Great Daos still remain within Heaven and Earth!"

"The imprints on the Heavenly Human Dao Principles were undoubtedly erased by Heaven and Earth; what the Earth Tribulation gathers are these imprints erased by Heaven and Earth."

"But once the Earth Tribulation rises, the imprints are there, the Dao Principles are there, the two are combined, and with the addition of the weakening of Heaven and Earth..."

Gu Nianmo's original thought was that Heaven and Earth had collected his father's imprints, and together with his father's Dao Principles, would pull his father back from between life and death.

But following the thoughtless words of the Heavenly Human Ziwu, Gu Nianmo also sensed some strangeness at this moment. "Ancient Heavenly Human Dao Lords, those with means will resurrect in the era when Immortals emerge!"

"If it were only for resurrection, they would not need to go to such trouble. They are playing the role of the oriole; they are waiting for later generations to ascend to Immortality, condense the Dao Fruit, then kill the Immortal to take the Dao Fruit, and subsequently step into Immortal ascension!"

The heart of the Heavenly Human Ziwu was truly shocked this time; he followed Gu Nianmo's words, slowly completing the words Gu Nianmo had not finished.

The Heavenly Human Ziwu himself was a Heavenly Human Dao Lord; no one knew the supernatural power of a Heavenly Human Dao Lord better than he did.

It is no exaggeration to say that even now, even if his body were ground to dust, he could use other methods to reshape his body. Most importantly, he is Body and Dao as One, and not Spirit and Dao as One!

Body and Dao as One focuses most on the physical body, while for a Dao Lord who is Spirit and Dao as One, it does not matter even if they have no body.

As for Law and Dao as One, the Heavenly Human Ziwu had never seen a Heavenly Human Dao Lord who walked that path, but Gu Shengxi, in all likelihood, walked the path of Law and Dao as One.

If even the Heavenly Human Ziwu could be resurrected, how much more so for the more miraculous Heavenly Human Dao Lords who are Spirit and Dao as One? "I thought wrongly about some things before, but, I have perhaps also figured out some things!"

"You say, did he also notice this point, and thus voluntarily gave up ascending to Immortality, and also acted as that oriole?"

Gu Nianmo narrowed his eyes. For so many years, his resentment toward Gu Jiangming had grown deeper day by day; later on, he basically no longer called Gu Jiangming "father," using only "that person" as a substitute.

But at this moment, the appearance of the Chaotian Que, coupled with the speculation the two of them had just made, and the suspicious aspects of Gu Jiangming's final battle, forced Gu Nianmo to think more.

"I have always thought that the Heavenly Net was constructed from Heavenly Human Dao Principles and should not be targeting the living beings of Heaven and Earth like this."

"At least it shouldn't be targeting Heavenly Human Dao Lords like that!"

"But at this moment, I perhaps understand that all the Heavenly Human Dao Lords in Heaven and Earth are uniting to play a grand game of chess!"

"A grand game of chess spanning thirty million years!"

"Nurturing the Immortal Dao Fruit can indeed make Heaven and Earth vast and upgrade Heaven and Earth, but Heaven and Earth seems too impatient!"

"One hundred and forty thousand years after he fell, Heaven and Earth is already impatiently nurturing the Immortal Dao Fruit; could the will of those three thousand Heavenly Human Dao Lords be leading this?"

"When the Immortal Dao Fruit appears in the world, perhaps those three thousand Heavenly Human Dao Lords have no idea how many are hiding backup plans, subsequently reversing life and death, then plucking the Dao Fruit to become a Heavenly Venerable!"

Gu Nianmo spoke word by word; he was suddenly somewhat glad, glad for his speculation of the past three days.

In Gu Nianmo's thoughts, Gu Jiangming was using the time when Heaven and Earth were weakening, or perhaps Aunt Jiu Jiu and the others had been collecting Gu Jiangming's imprints over these years, to borrow the momentum and resurrect.

But following the conversation between the two, Gu Nianmo suddenly realized that the water in this Heaven and Earth seemed unfathomably deep? At this moment, Gu Nianmo suddenly wanted very much to go and see Gu Jiangming, not for anything else, but just to ask Gu Jiangming if he, like the Heavenly Human Dao Lords of the past thirty million years, was sparing no effort of a lifetime, just waiting for the Heaven and Earth Dao Fruit to ripen.

It was just that Gu Nianmo ultimately suppressed his impulse; he looked at the Chaotian Que in his hand, and as his gaze flickered, another thought could not help but arise in his heart.

Perhaps, perhaps the Chaotian Que was his way of reminding himself? Gu Jiangming would likely never have imagined that his son's thoughts would spread so far and deep, but if Gu Jiangming knew of Gu Nianmo's current speculation, he would likely also fall into silence.

This Heaven and Earth seems to be getting more and more interesting...

(End of chapter)