Chapter 421: The Road to Ascending the Heavens (2/3)

"A Route Map for the Immortal God's escape?"

Wu Wushuang spoke in surprise.

The others were also extremely astonished; they had originally assumed this might be a letter left for King Cangqing, but who would have thought it was something like this? That an Immortal God would actually run away overturned their impressions.

The little golden dragon beside Li Heng was also stunned.

He had thought of everything, but he never imagined it would be something like this; after all, the one who had handed him the Secret Letter back then was that Great Sage Covering the Sea, the king of their True Dragon Clan!

Could such a king actually run away?

To tell the truth, his first reaction was that he did not believe it.

But thinking about it carefully, Li Heng had no need to deceive everyone.

Suddenly, Wu Wushuang frowned.

"Fellow Daoist Li, could you give this Golden Page to me?"

Li Heng nodded and handed it back; in any case, it was not his item, and the route within it was sealed—even he could not break it—so it was better to return it to Wu Wushuang to take a look first.

Although he could indeed use Source Power to attempt to break it, one could guess with their toes that the Source Power required for a seal from above the Creation Realm would definitely be substantial.

He was not about to bankrupt himself for such a secret.

Wu Wushuang took the Golden Page.

When the Golden Page touched Wu Wushuang's fingers, a ripple of golden light emerged, but it quickly dissipated again, and there was no abnormality.

However, such means from above the Creation Realm were clearly very mysterious and difficult to fathom, so everyone still looked at Wu Wushuang with anticipation, hoping she could provide a satisfactory answer.

Wu Wushuang shook her head gently.

"Still no."

"I just tried to make contact with it using my source power; the Golden Page did not reject me, but when my power delved deeper, the Golden Page suddenly repelled and refused my power."

"It seems to be as the little golden dragon said."

"I am not the same person as that King Cangqing."

A look of disappointment appeared in everyone's eyes.

They had thought something big was coming.

But the next moment, Wu Wushuang changed the subject and spoke.

"Although I did not succeed in making the Route Map on this Golden Page appear, I did have other gains. For instance, some memory light-shadows emerged in my mind."

"It seems to be the reason for that King Cangqing's death?"

Wu Wushuang said, frowning, somewhat uncertain.

Hearing this, the group was startled and looked at each other, then cast very expectant gazes; they were truly curious about what was going on.

At this moment, even the little golden dragon became excited.

After all, as a Heavenly Court Envoy who knew of the Greatness of Sacred existences above the Creation Realm, he simply could not figure out why King Cangqing would have fallen here, fallen in such a backwater place.

To him, where Great Zhou was located was far from the Central Great World.

It was just a godforsaken backwater.

"Actually, there was no conspiracy or accident in King Cangqing's death; she died in honorable battle, and she did not die when Great Zhou suffered the Calamity, because she was already dead by that time."

Wu Wushuang looked up at the sky, her gaze distant.

It seemed she was reminiscing about the past.

"In fact, earlier, when this little golden dragon said King Cangqing was returning home to visit her hometown, I was already suspicious. Is there really any need for a Sacred existence above the Creation Realm to specifically return home to visit their hometown?"

"The answer is it is unnecessary, and there is no need."

"After all, King Cangqing rose from weakness, advancing step by step, and she never truly looked back; she was always moving forward! So she never resided high above in the Central Great World or the Immortal God Heavenly Court, but was always advancing, conquering the Unknown, expanding the frontiers for the Immortal God Heavenly Court, and finally died in the process."

As Wu Wushuang spoke, her tone became increasingly impassioned.

The little golden dragon was confused upon hearing this.

"This... this is not logical! You say King Cangqing died in battle, but since she had already died in the Unknown beyond the territories, how could she return, or even report to the Heavenly Court and visit her hometown?"

He asked, puzzled.

Wu Wushuang smiled slightly.

"You are a noble Heavenly Court Envoy, but you are ultimately still below the Creation Realm, and you only have a superficial understanding of the great power above the Creation Realm. Existences of that level, even if they die, can still be 'not dead'."

"Life is a bonfire; if the bonfire goes out, that is death."

"But for an existence like King Cangqing, even if the bonfire is extinguished, as long as the embers of the bonfire still exist and a single obsession remains forever, one can live for a very long time, or even linger in the World."

The little golden dragon was stunned upon hearing this.

He had never heard of such a thing, and his head felt somewhat in Chaos; under this Chaos, he could not help but recall some absurd rumors from the early days of the Immortal Gods.

It was said that a Sacred existence died.

Then this Sacred existence held their own funeral, invited their friends and relatives to attend, and finally lay down inside a coffin, placed within a great tomb.

After that, over a hundred thousand years passed, and the prestige of that Sacred existence gradually faded. Some malicious fellows wanted to dig up the great tomb of this Sacred existence to steal the supreme treasures within.

However, when those grave robbers opened the coffin.

They discovered that the Sacred existence was staring at them with open eyes.

In the end, this matter apparently caused quite a stir.

The Sacred existence, who was a dead person, directly emerged into the world, angrily rebuking these grave robbers as well as certain superiors in the Heavenly Court, saying they would not let them die in peace, and finally, a great battle broke out.

It is said that this battle even knocked down the newly built Heavenly Court.

If not for that supreme existence of the Heavenly Court stepping in to mediate.

I am afraid there would have been no subsequent prosperous era of Immortal Gods.

Originally, he had thought these rumors were fake, but combined with Wu Wushuang's remarks, he could not help but shiver, muttering in his heart: could it be true, that those existences cannot even die completely?

Wu Wushuang did not know the little golden dragon's thoughts; she continued, "But in the end, even if one can linger in the World, King Cangqing still died, her combat power greatly reduced, and she was no longer able to conquer the Unknown."

"So she chose to return to her hometown."

"She did not tell anyone about this news either."

"However, when she returned to her hometown, she was both shocked and furious. Because she discovered that her hometown had already been transformed into a True Dragon Dynasty by her former close friend, the Great Sage Covering the Sea."

"Of course, she had no heart to pursue anything at that time; she was already a dead person. Moreover, her friend doing this was not necessarily without the intention of letting her hometown receive better protection."

"Until, finally, the Calamity appeared and invaded."

Li Heng spoke up, calmly adding a sentence.

Wu Wushuang sighed with emotion and nodded slowly.

"That's right, the Calamity appeared and invaded."

"But at this time, the Azure King no longer had the strength to protect her homeland, so she chose to burn everything she had to achieve the current Great Zhou."

"This is precisely the story of the Azure King."

"What do you all think?" Wu Wushuang looked at the crowd.

"This means that regardless of whether my little pet delivers the letter or if accidents happen along the way, it is actually meaningless, after all, the Azure King died long ago."

Li Heng smiled leisurely.

The little golden dragon was completely stunned, frozen in the air like a sculpture; he truly did not expect the truth to be like this, it was simply unforeseen.

Moreover, this was exactly as Li Heng had said.

Delivering it himself was completely unnecessary.

He even ended up throwing away his own life because of it!

"No, no, no, how can you say it's meaningless."

The little golden dragon suddenly reacted, his face full of smiles, filled with a desire to survive, "Didn't this lead me to meet the Venerable One."

Listening to this dragon buttering him up, everyone felt speechless.

This dragon, once its bottom line was breached, it became a bit shameless.

"Fellow Daoist Li, you should keep this Golden Page. I am not the Azure King, and this Immortal God escape Route Map is useless to me. Even if I were, the Azure King is already dead, making it even more useless."

Wu Wushuang handed the Golden Page back to Li Heng.

Li Heng nodded and accepted it directly.

In any case, he was indeed curious about where those Immortal Gods had gone.

If the timing is right in the future, perhaps he can catch a glimpse of it.

"Brother Li, when do you intend to leave?"

Suddenly, the King of Qi asked.

"Brother Li, do not misunderstand, I do not want to drive you away from Great Zhou, but you are not a person of Great Zhou, and now you know the truth that Great Zhou is a nation of the dead."

"Once you stay too long, you will disrupt the illusion of Great Zhou, which might cause the process of Great Zhou's transition from death to life to be interrupted; this is also the reason why I only told you the truth after the matter was settled."

The King of Qi was calm in his heart.

He knew that even with the explanation, these words were still inappropriate.

But someone had to say them.

Since his niece could not be this villain, then he would be.

"Wait, Third Uncle, you are too impatient."

Wu Wushuang frowned.

"The essence of the Great Zhou illusion evolved from the power of the Azure King is extremely high; how could it be so easily destroyed? Even if Fellow Daoist Li is willing to stay here forever, it would be fine."

The King of Qi felt helpless upon hearing this, but he did not speak.

Li Heng smiled and spoke.

"That is not necessary; this matter is finished, and I have long had the intention to leave."

"Fellow Daoist Li, why the rush? Why not rest for a few more days? The Divine Bird impurities in your bloodline have not been removed yet, right?"

Wu Wushuang was startled and asked.

"If I were truly affected by this place and impurities were born in my bloodline, then I would not be qualified to suppress the Dragon Corpse of my pet; there is no need to worry."

Li Heng said with a slight smile.

This... Wu Wushuang hesitated for a moment.

If it were anyone else, she would definitely think this person was bragging, puffing himself up to look like a fat man, because recalling some memory light shadows, she knew how powerful the power of the Azure King was.

But if this person was Li Heng.

Even if there was not the slightest evidence now.

She also felt that what Li Heng said was true...

"Alright, as long as you are sure, Fellow Daoist."

Looking at Li Heng's confident expression, Wu Wushuang responded helplessly. She was strong-willed her whole life; her personality would not allow her to beg Li Heng to stay like a weak woman.

Even if she was very interested in this Li Heng.

But she was not anyone's vassal.

"Since that is the case, I will first take you, Fellow Daoist, to see that broken Ancient Teleportation Array; it might bring great help to your journey to the Central Great World."

Seeing that Li Heng's intention to leave was set.

Wu Wushuang intended to fulfill her initial promise.

Li Heng nodded, not intending to delay.

So very quickly, Huo Ling, Shuiyue, Zhou Mingyi, and Tian Xuzi said their goodbyes to Li Heng first, returning to the Great Zhou Imperial City to handle important matters, preventing panic caused by being leaderless for too long.

And the Great Zhou Empress Wu Wushuang took only Li Heng and the little golden dragon to head to where the Ancient Teleportation Array was located.

Soon, the Void shattered.

Two people and one dragon appeared on a vast, desolate plain.

Before them stood a Tongtian Stele, its surroundings inscribed with various array patterns; some were complete, others incomplete, but all were filled with a sense of profound mystery.

"Fellow Daoist Li, this is that Ancient Teleportation Array."

Wu Wushuang's expression was complex.

She had been here when she was a child, having come with her Imperial Father. He had once told her that if everything could not be salvaged, then this teleportation array might be the last hope for the Great Zhou.

"This is... the Ascension Road?"

Upon seeing this stele, the little golden dragon immediately cried out in surprise.