Chapter 238: The Emperor of Qian Falls into Demonhood, and the Helpless Gu Mingyue!

"If one cannot live, what does it matter to be a hero of the Human Race?"

"If one can attain the Supreme Realm, what does it matter to become a demon?"

The old Emperor of Qian felt the meanings of the scriptures flowing through his heart, and between his brows, there was only a sense of resolution and no turning back.

He was all too clear about his current state; before the battle in Beidi, he had already entered his twilight years of Dao-transformation, and the battle in Beidi, where he had invoked his own Dao countless times, had only deepened his transformation.

Others only mocked him for his delusional wish to take a Heavenly Human Dao Lord as his master.

Yet, at that time, the old Emperor of Qian had thought it through clearly: he had, after all, shed blood for the Human Race and could be considered a hero of the Human Race; since he was about to undergo Dao-transformation and Nirvana, why could he not take the Saint Princess as his master?

It was just a pity that the old Emperor of Qian overestimated himself too much and underestimated Gu Mingyue too much.

"Thirty years!"

"After the battle in Beidi, I have only thirty years of life left!"

"And as time passes, I fear I may not even have those thirty years of life!"

"The erosion of the Dao upon me will only grow more severe with each passing day, yet how can I be willing to step into Nirvana and Dao-transformation just like this?"

"Thirty years of time—that so-called Saint Princess must have seen it too, which is why she turns a blind eye to me, yet I clearly have great merit to the Human Race!"

The old Emperor of Qian's expression was ferocious; this was because every time he browsed through this Transformation Magic, all the negative emotions in his heart were drawn out by it.

And as these thoughts swirled in his heart, a wisp of black Qi wrapped around the old Emperor of Qian without him noticing.

"Thirty years of time, no one can save me!"

"Only by becoming a demon can I save myself!"

"Ye Ming's temperament was fragile, but I have lived for over forty thousand years; my temperament is absolutely capable of controlling demonic nature."

"As long as I can control the demonic nature, the Supreme Realm is within my reach, and I might even be able to attempt to step into the realm of a Heavenly Human Dao Lord!"

The demonic Qi on the old Emperor of Qian grew increasingly dense, and what he thought about in his heart was also constantly convincing himself.

"I have great merit to the Human Race; the Human Race cannot fail to repay me!"

"The Transformation Magic records it clearly: Merit and Karma are mutually generated and opposed, and the Transformation Magic can even use those demons as resources!"

"In the battle of Beidi, there were countless individuals in the Human Race with great merit."

"Although the Demon Calamity has slowed, the number of demons existing between Heaven and Earth is still a terrifyingly large amount."

"And whether it is those with great merit in the Human Race or those demons, they can all become my resources!"

As the old Emperor of Qian sank deeper into becoming a demon, his eyes gradually turned dark red. The sloppy rogue cultivator he had transformed into ignored everything else, simply sitting cross-legged on this Beidi battlefield, beginning to draw in the demonic Qi left behind after Ye Ming's fall.

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"Huh..."

In Leping County, in Gu Jiangming's courtyard, Gu Nianmo was looking at the sweetly sleeping Gu Mingyue with a helpless expression.

Although Gu Mingyue was sleeping right before his eyes, if one looked closely, one could see a palm-sized figure of Gu Mingyue lying on Gu Nianmo's head.

This palm-sized Gu Mingyue seemed to treat Gu Nianmo's hair as a little nest; not only did she mess up Gu Nianmo's hair, but she also had to find a comfortable position on Gu Nianmo's head to fall asleep again. Gu Jiangming and his son Gu Nianmo had arranged the path perfectly for Gu Mingyue, but neither of them had expected that Gu Mingyue seemed extremely resistant to becoming a Heavenly Lord.

And the manifestation of this resistance was that every time Gu Nianmo wanted to tell Gu Mingyue about the Void-Extinguishing Array, Gu Mingyue would pretend not to understand and drift off to sleep in a leisurely manner.

Even when Gu Jiangming was present, Gu Mingyue dared to put on an act of "I don't understand, I'm not listening" and fall asleep peacefully.

Gu Jiangming and Gu Nianmo naturally knew why Gu Mingyue acted this way; perhaps in Gu Mingyue's mind, the Qilin Grotto-Heaven was Gu Jiangming's lifeblood, and even if one were to attain the Dao as a Heavenly Lord, it should be Gu Jiangming who ascends to the Immortal realm, not her.

"Stop pretending to sleep, go call Father over, I have something to discuss with him!"

Facing such an unyielding Gu Mingyue, Gu Nianmo also appeared somewhat helpless. He patted Gu Mingyue, who was nesting on his head, and asked her to send a message to Gu Jiangming.

Since Gu Jiangming intended to hand the Qilin Grotto-Heaven over to Gu Mingyue, he had naturally been spending this time in the Qilin Grotto-Heaven, finally reclaiming the imprints that belonged to him within it.

Gu Nianmo himself was also a Heavenly Lord, and without a token, entering the Qilin Grotto-Heaven was a troublesome matter.

Gu Mingyue was different; although her manifestation of the Outer Scene had dissipated, Wanglin Mountain and Niankong Villa still existed within the Qilin Grotto-Heaven. Added to the fact that Gu Mingyue had been the Moon God of the Qilin Grotto-Heaven for 140,000 years, her connection with the Qilin Grotto-Heaven was already very close.

If it were not for this, Gu Jiangming and Gu Nianmo would not have thought of letting Gu Mingyue become the Heavenly Lord of the Qilin Grotto-Heaven.

"Big Brother, if I say I'm asleep, will you believe me?"

The palm-sized Gu Mingyue stopped making trouble; turning into a little person in a dream was a method Gu Mingyue had only recently discovered.

For others, once they mastered such a method, they would naturally use it to observe the world from different perspectives, or even to promote their cultivation, but for Gu Mingyue, turning into a palm-sized figure was truly just for fun.

"Stop messing around, go find Father, I really have something to discuss with him!"

Gu Nianmo rolled his eyes helplessly. No matter what realm Gu Nianmo cultivated to or how much he grew, when facing this younger sister of his, Gu Nianmo always appeared somewhat helpless.

After all, she was his own sister; if he didn't spoil her, who would? Hearing the seriousness in Gu Nianmo's words, the little person Gu Mingyue grumbled unhappily, but she also knew the urgency of the matter. Without any extra movements, she simply leaped from the top of Gu Nianmo's head, and the next moment, she vanished into the Void.

Even though Gu Nianmo had seen his sister's methods countless times, no matter how many times he saw them, he could not help but sigh.

In the eyes of Gu Jiangming and Gu Nianmo, this method of Gu Mingyue's—transforming her Inner Scene into an Outer Scene—was a grand and proper path sufficient for ascending to the Immortal realm.

It was just a pity that Gu Mingyue herself was completely unaware of this point, merely treating this method as a way to play.

If Gu Mingyue truly turned this divine ability into a Dao and condensed a Dao Fruit, even Gu Nianmo would not have much confidence in being able to defeat Gu Mingyue.

Other Immortals and Heavenly Venerables usually had to do things themselves if they wanted to accomplish something.

But if Gu Mingyue truly understood the Great Dream Dao, she could transform into Gu Nianmo of the Ascension Realm in a dream, or transform into Gu Jiangming of the Ascension Realm in a dream.

Even if the Gu Mingyue in the dream were killed in a battle with an Immortal, at most, it would only give Gu Mingyue a fright.

The only thing that gave Gu Nianmo and Gu Jiangming a headache was that Gu Mingyue really did not want to cultivate at all! Even Jiu Jiu could not manage Gu Mingyue now.

Every time Jiu Jiu wanted to discipline Gu Mingyue, Gu Mingyue would secretly reveal the aura of her Heavenly Human Dao Lord realm, and then Jiu Jiu would turn livid.

Jiu Jiu suspected that her daughter was provoking her, and she even had evidence!

(End of chapter)