The Furious Old Ghost

"Gu Qingfeng!!!"

Suddenly, a voice filled with rage, like a divine thunderclap from the heavens, echoed across the sky.

Gu Qingfeng frowned coldly and snapped, "How dare you! Who is this coward hiding in the shadows, daring to address this Emperor by name?!"

Whoosh!

A formidable figure seemed to transcend the limits of time, crossing endless voids in an instant.

It was Old Ghost!

But Old Ghost was in terrible shape—drenched in blood, his body broken, as if on the verge of death. Yet, he stubbornly clung to life.

His eyes burned with an eerie light, swirling with inky darkness so thick it seemed to devour all light in the world.

An overwhelming killing intent radiated from him, pressing down on the heavens, shattering the void, and blotting out the sun and moon.

"Gu Qingfeng!!"

Old Ghost roared like a madman, no longer the sly, unassuming figure he once was. Now, he resembled a monstrous entity that had consumed countless lives.

"Look at what you've done!!"

His earth-shaking roar shattered mountains and rivers.

"Insolence! What is your status, and what is mine? How dare you speak to this Emperor with such disrespect!" Gu Qingfeng retorted, his face dark with anger.

"My billion-year scheme, my billion-year preparations—all ruined by you!!" Old Ghost's aged face twisted inhumanly with fury.

"Old Ghost, kill Gu Qingfeng now! If not for his interference, we would have already been resurrected!" Soul Heavenly Emperor cried out as if seeing a savior.

Old Ghost turned his blazing gaze toward him, eyes sharp as blades.

"Shut your mouths, you worthless trash!"

The Heavenly Emperors were stunned. This was the first time Old Ghost had ever insulted them.

In the past, Old Ghost had always been mild-mannered—no matter how they treated him, he would just grin obsequiously, keeping his head low.

It was precisely this demeanor that had allowed him to gather these proud Heavenly Emperors without conflict.

But now, Old Ghost had changed. Completely. As if this was his true self all along.

"Old Ghost, you—"

"Silence!" Old Ghost bellowed. "For billions of years, I plotted your resurrections—painstakingly creating the Burial Grounds to nurture your bodies, exhausting every means to send you into the Emperor’s Path!

And what did you do once you entered? You comfortably revived, while I risked my life outside, helping the Heavenly Demons breach the barriers, diverting the Heavenly Dao’s attention so it wouldn’t notice you!

And this is how you repay me?!

Hundreds of you entered the Emperor’s Path, yet not a single one could stop Gu Qingfeng! What use are you to me?!"

Old Ghost had descended into madness. His mouth gaped open, transforming into a monstrous abyss as he lunged to devour the Heavenly Emperors.

The Heavenly Emperors paled in horror.

"Old Ghost, have you lost your mind?!"

They scattered in panic, but their earlier battles had drained them, leaving no time to recover. Several were swallowed whole before they could escape.

"Lost my mind? Yes! I must have been insane to think you worthless trash could help me overthrow the heavens!"

With each Heavenly Emperor consumed, Old Ghost’s wounds healed instantly. His hunched posture straightened like a sword, his aged frame now radiating overwhelming dominance.

He took several more bites, his abyssal maw stretching across the heavens, devouring dozens more.

The remaining Heavenly Emperors seized the chance to flee, vanishing into the void.

As supreme rulers of their eras, each had hidden trump cards—restricted in the Emperor’s Path but now unleashed in the open world, allowing them to escape.

Watching them flee only fueled Old Ghost’s fury. His roars became increasingly inhuman as he finally turned his wrath toward Gu Qingfeng.

"This is all your fault! If not for you, I would have already used the Life-Death Profound Flame to control every resurrected Heavenly Emperor, absorbed their power, and matched the Heavenly Dao’s might! With the Heavenly Demons attacking from within, I would have seized control of the Cangming Realm—become its supreme ruler!

But you ruined everything!!"

Old Ghost’s roars were the desperate cries of a man who had lost everything. His grand scheme had failed, and now the Heavenly Dao had set its sights on him.

His only chance for survival was a desperate battle against the Heavenly Dao—but without the power he had planned to amass, his chances were slim.

He had tampered with the Life-Death Profound Flame, ensuring that any Heavenly Emperor revived through it would fall under his control. Once he devoured them all, then consumed the Flame Heavenly Emperor, he could seize the Mandate of Heaven and challenge the Heavenly Dao itself.

But now? All was lost. Without the Mandate, without absorbing the Heavenly Emperors, he stood no chance.

His only hope was to quickly devour the new Heavenly Emperor and hunt down the escapees—but time was running out.

He was doomed.

"You know what angers me the most?" Old Ghost raged, his voice hoarse with madness.

"You gave the Mandate of Heaven to a woman!!

If you had taken it for yourself, fine! I underestimated your ambition. But you gave it to a woman!!

For the sake of a woman, you destroyed hundreds of Heavenly Emperors, ruined a billion-year plan to overthrow the heavens! Tell me—do you deserve to die?!"

Facing the frenzied Old Ghost, Gu Qingfeng replied calmly, "If you’re incompetent, don’t blame the path.

You’re just a failure. Why blame this Emperor?

When you make mistakes, don’t shift the blame. Reflect on yourself."

"I’ll kill you!!" Old Ghost’s eyes burned crimson, veins bulging across his face as he struck out at Gu Qingfeng.

Boom—!

His withered, branch-like hand tore through billions of miles of void.

The Cangming Realm itself trembled in agony. Mountains crumbled, countless lives perished under the sheer pressure of his attack, their bodies and souls obliterated.

The overwhelming force spread like wildfire, as if setting the heavens ablaze.

A single strike carried the power to overturn the world and extinguish the sun and moon.

Gu Qingfeng’s eyes gleamed at the sight. He had believed himself peerless—yet here was someone even more formidable.

Just who was this Old Ghost? How could he be so terrifying?

Pity the spectators who had witnessed the Heavenly Emperors’ return, uncovered the shocking conspiracy to overthrow the heavens, and seen the true face of the ancient mastermind—only to be caught in the crossfire and perish.

Old Ghost’s aura was so overwhelming that those too close were instantly vaporized. Only those far from the battlefield survived.

"Come at me!"

Gu Qingfeng took a single step forward, and as his foot landed, countless immortal demonic runes rippled outward. Behind him, the phantoms of countless demon gods materialized, as if awakened from ancient times.

He advanced straight toward Old Ghost.

Of course, it was all just for show—nothing more than hollow illusions conjured by the Thousand Illusions Demonic Path of the little corpse demon. The spectacle was merely superficial, devoid of any real power.

After all, Gu Qingfeng was a man who cherished his family above all else. He would never dream of harming them.

"Even if my family tortures me a thousand times, I will treat them as my first love"—such was his philosophy. Repaying cruelty with kindness, that was Gu Qingfeng.