Chapter 240

My heart felt no joy from avenging my great grudge, as if invisible shackles bound me.

After this battle, the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands shattered, countless worlds collapsed, slaughter surged like a tide, blood soaked through countless eons, and my clan was even ranked by the foreign lands as equal to Imperial Clans.

Witness the decline of this great age.

Listen to the funeral song of the peerless powerhouse...

Countless beings from my homeland died by my hands, my hands stained with blood, my name cursed through eternity—but I do not care!

In the ages that followed, I continuously repaired my damaged foundation; I did not fully trust the foreign lands, for without becoming an Immortal King, one remains a mere ant, capable of being destroyed at any moment—only by becoming a King could I secure even a sliver of survival in the most brutal...

bloodiest eras.

I used my innate divine ability to sever the cosmos, leaving the Dao's wounds permanently open, then sealed my body with the Qiankun Yin-Yang Furnace, and began traversing countless realms across endless eons to seize cultivation opportunities and repair my foundation.

Yet when I slowly regained my peak state...

Countless fragmented memories also reassembled, endless words echoed in my mind.

The collapse of the aeon, the seed of hope.

The broken legacy, the new cycle, caused me to frequently lose myself—until finally I pushed my inner divine ability to its extreme, entering a false temporal realm to deceive heaven and earth, and shattered into the King realm!

Countless memories recombined, time was dragged back to countless eons ago, black-and-white scenes flashed past.

The mist cleared, and I learned the truth!

In an ancient land that pierced heaven, earth, past, and present, mist swirled all around, as if space-time tilted—Wu Zhong and Lunhui opened their eyes as they sat in meditation.

The two, wielding supreme magic power, stirred the River of Ages; chaotic information swirled around the three of us.

Our hope does not lie in this age...

The variable lies in Luangu; behind the foreign lands lurks an indiscernible black mist—we must leave behind seeds of hope, seeds of legacy, for the Immortal Ancient Era!

Someone must change things, must verify the truth—this person will carry the final glimmer of light for the entire Immortal Ancient Realm in this gamble, and must abandon his own heart, bearing a curse that can never be washed away.

This was the Immortal King Lunhui speaking.

Why me?

I was puzzled, but I now knew the truth—I was not a traitor, but a mole.

Your clan's innate divine ability controls time and masters void, allowing mutual entanglement of yin and yang to obscure heavenly fate!

The Immortal King Lunhui answered me.

At this moment, the live comments exploded:

"Whoa, born within space-time, a primordial chaos deity, the primordial Gu Zu—how powerful is this Gu Zu?"

"One hand controls time, the other shatters the void—isn't this too domineering? This Gu Zu is truly no less than the strongest of the Ten Terribles, and he's so cunning!"

"Hmm, one hand controls time, the other shatters void—he made the Immortal Kings look like fools!"

"Bathed in divine radiance, illuminating the six directions and eight wastes, absorbing yin and yang qi, refining the Reverse Qiankun Yin-Yang Furnace—so many epithets, one might think it's an Immortal King!"

"Hey, he also explored the path of 'seed within the self'? This Gu Zu once explored this path too? Interesting!"

"Origin Ancient Artifact? Key? What even is this? What is the foreign lands' Origin Ancient Artifact? Why do they seek to open it, and why are they searching the Nine Heavens for the key?"

"Sigh, this battle was too brutal—no matter whose perspective of the Ten Terribles, this battle was terrifying!"

"Wait, what's going on? Why did the Immortal Kings of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands interrupt Gu Zu's breakthrough? What exactly does Emperor Huang Tian want?"

"Damn it, these beasts dared commit such heinous acts—no wonder the Immortal Ancient Nine Heavens were destroyed!"

"No, something's wrong—the order to assassinate Gu Zu came from Immortal King Lunhui himself, claiming Gu Zu had betrayed them—what does Lunhui really want?"

"Could it be that Immortal King Lunhui is the Nine Heavens' greatest traitor? If so, this is terrifying!"

"Hmph, what betrayal? Didn't Lunhui first covet Gu Zu's innate divine ability? Now he turns around and accuses him—ridiculous, utterly ridiculous!"

"Wait, doesn't this seem off? Wasn't it said Gu Zu was a mole? Could this be a bitter flesh ploy, a setup?"

"But there's no scene of them planning this—it looks completely real!"

"No, it's fake—it's a bitter flesh ploy. Even though no scene shows them planning, these events are too bizarre!"

"Right, Immortal King Lunhui as leader of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands could never betray them—it's a bitter flesh ploy; Gu Zu's memories were likely altered!"

"I saw the deathly resolve in Lunhui's eyes—that one flaw was deliberately exposed—he intended for Gu Zu to carry his head and defect to the foreign lands!"

"Honestly, if I hadn't known earlier that Gu Zu was a mole, I'd have truly believed he was a traitor—this scene has no flaws at all!"

"In Gu Zu's perspective, becoming a traitor was his only choice—and precisely because of this, the foreign lands believed and accepted him. This scheme is ruthless!"

"He entered the scheme with his body—both Gu Zu and Lunhui did, even sacrificing their lives to grant Gu Zu the foreign lands' trust!"

"Sigh, Gu Zu's hands are stained with too much blood of his own kind—so even if he's not a traitor, he is one now; even if he's later exonerated, he'll never meet a good end!"

"Indeed, all of this was the plan of Wu Zhong Immortal King and Lunhui Immortal King—they foresaw the horror behind the foreign lands and knew they could not turn the tide!"

"Thus, they placed their hope in Luangu—and they truly saw hope: Emperor Huang Tian!"

"Now I understand why Emperor Huang Tian could return safely after being betrayed to the foreign lands—Gu Zu must have intervened!"

"Entering the scheme with his body—what great righteousness Gu Zu showed!"

"......"

At this moment, as Gu Zu's memories unfolded...

Countless viewers erupted—they never imagined Gu Zu had suffered such a fate, betrayed by his own people.

Nor did they imagine the one who ordered it was the leader of the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.