That prodigy cast a highly complex glance at the minister. He opened his mouth as if to say something, but ultimately said nothing and left without looking back.
He had to flee the Seven Stars Ancient Kingdom as quickly as possible and get far away from this place of trouble.
It was foreseeable that once the news of the Immortal King's disciples—four dead and one captured—spread, it would definitely shock the world. What if the Immortal Kings besieged the Seven Stars Ancient Kingdom then?
Their carefully cultivated disciples were dead; slaughtering a city to vent their anger wouldn't be excessive, right?
The Immortal King's disciples definitely had things like soul lamps on them. Perhaps the Immortal Kings were already rushing to the Seven Stars Ancient Kingdom at this very moment. If he didn't leave now, was he going to wait around to become cannon fodder?
As for spreading the news?
What a joke! This matter involved Immortal Kings and Emperor Gu. Was this something that could be spoken of?
He couldn't afford to offend either side.
It was better to hurry back to his sect, inform the higher-ups, and make preparations early.
A battle between Immortal Kings could break out at any moment, and the entire Sixth Star Ruin would be affected. Playing it safe was the best policy.
Therefore, this prodigy left without looking back.
The minister watched the prodigy leave in a hurry, completely baffled. Then he grumbled in dissatisfaction, "Young people nowadays really have no manners."
As he was muttering, another prodigy darted out from inside. He was so fast, it was as if some terrifying beast was chasing him.
He hurriedly went up and asked, "What's going on? Did something happen inside the Flying Immortal Forbidden Zone?"
Unexpectedly, this person was even ruder than the last. Without even glancing at him, he just ran for his life.
The minister's expression instantly turned somewhat solemn. "Could something have happened in the Flying Immortal Forbidden Zone?"
"No, I must stop the next person who comes out and ask clearly what exactly happened inside. The Flying Immortal Forbidden Zone is one of the foundational pillars of the Seven Stars Ancient Kingdom; absolutely nothing can go wrong."
Just as he was thinking this, the light screen at the passageway continuously trembled.
Whoosh!
The crowd rushed out all at once like a tidal wave. Everyone acted the exact same way, turning into streaks of light and fleeing for their lives, not daring to stay a moment longer.
He was stunned at first, but then he reacted and hurriedly blocked the path of a prodigy, asking, "What exactly happened inside the Flying Immortal Forbidden Zone?"
That prodigy was in a great panic and wanted to run away quickly, but since he was entangled by the minister, he had to say in a hurried tone, "The heavens are about to change!"
"The heavens are about to change? What do you mean?" The minister was instantly stunned. By the time he recovered, that person had already fled without a trace.
He hurriedly stopped another one.
"Dead! They are all dead! If we don't leave now, we will all die!"
"What do you mean they are all dead? Who is dead? Explain yourself clearly!"
The minister asked for a long time, but only became even more confused.
By this time, almost everyone had run away.
He waited for a moment and suddenly realized something: Emperor Gu and the Immortal King's disciples had not come out yet!
Could something have happened to them?
Just as he was debating whether to quickly report this to Gu Ruochen, a flash of light appeared again at the passageway of the Flying Immortal Forbidden Zone.
A man and a woman walked out from within.
Unlike the previous people, these two walked very slowly and unhurriedly.
It was none other than Gu Qingfeng and Gu Ling'er.
As soon as the minister saw Gu Qingfeng, he was instantly overjoyed. He hurriedly stepped forward and respectfully said, "Emperor Gu, it is wonderful that you are alright. May I ask if some major event occurred within the Flying Immortal Forbidden Zone?"
Gu Qingfeng was slightly taken aback. "A major event? Did something major happen inside? Why am I not aware of it?"
In his eyes, killing four Immortal King's disciples really was not a major event.
The minister: "..."
The minister really wanted to ask right now: did you guys even go to the same place?
"Emperor Gu, then why did all those prodigies flee in panic?"
Gu Qingfeng shot him a sidelong glance and said impatiently, "What does their fleeing in panic have to do with this Emperor? Go ask them."
The minister: "..."
Forget it, I will just ask those Immortal King's disciples.
Thus, the minister cast his gaze toward the passageway of the Flying Immortal Forbidden Zone and continued to wait there.
Gu Qingfeng looked at the minister standing blankly at the entrance of the passageway and asked, "What are you still waiting for?"
The minister respectfully replied, "To answer the Emperor, I am naturally waiting for the Immortal King's disciples. Speaking of which, why haven't they come out yet?"
Gu Qingfeng waved his hand and said indifferently, "They won't be coming out."
"Won't be coming out?" The minister was stunned, and a bad premonition suddenly arose in his heart. "What does the Emperor mean by this?"
"They are all dead, so naturally, they won't be coming out."
"What!?" The minister's face instantly changed color, and he cried out in shock, "They are all dead!? The Immortal King's disciples are all dead? How is this possible? Who killed them?"
"This Emperor killed them."
Gu Qingfeng's light and breezy words were like a bolt of lightning, viciously striking the minister's heart.
He trembled as he said, "You... you killed them all!?"
"Yep."
"But those were the Immortal King's disciples!"
"Just a bunch of worthless trash."
"No, why did you kill them?"
"Does this Emperor need a reason to kill? I originally thought the so-called Immortal King's disciples would be somewhat nobler than others. Who would have thought that their blood is also red, and when facing the threat of death, they would also beg for mercy and weep bitterly. Nothing new at all."
After Gu Qingfeng finished speaking, he left with Gu Ling'er, leaving the petrified minister standing frozen in the wind.
It is over. The heavens are truly about to change this time!
...
In the imperial palace of the Seven Stars Ancient Kingdom.
"What! You really killed all the Immortal King's disciples!?" Gu Ruochen said in shock.
This was the first time he had lost his composure like this since becoming an Immortal King.
"They were just a few ants. Is there a need to be so surprised?" Gu Qingfeng said indifferently.
"The Immortal King's disciples are not important; what is important are the Immortal Kings behind them! Those are..."
Gu Ruochen stopped mid-sentence. He suddenly remembered that Gu Qingfeng in front of him was suspected to be an existence above the Immortal King realm. Mere Immortal Kings might really be nothing to him.
Rather than focusing on this, it would be better to...
Gu Ruochen cast his gaze toward Gu Ling'er beside Gu Qingfeng. Seeing the threads of affection in his daughter's eyes when she looked at Gu Qingfeng, he came to a realization.
With his discerning eyes, he naturally saw that Gu Ling'er was no longer a maiden.
Sure enough, when a man and a woman go out traveling together, something is bound to happen.
Regarding his daughter being taken advantage of, Gu Ruochen was not angry at all; instead, he was exceptionally delighted. He had long intended to form a marriage alliance with Gu Qingfeng.
Setting aside everything else, at the very least, after the marriage alliance, the immortals of the Seven Stars Ancient Kingdom would definitely not have to worry about transcending their tribulations. By then, it wouldn't be impossible for a few more Immortal Kings to emerge.
"Emperor Gu, what do you plan to do next?" Gu Ruochen asked.
"Next, this Emperor plans to leave the Seven Stars Ancient Kingdom to rescue a family member. I came here this time, firstly, to bid you farewell, and secondly, because the journey ahead is long and arduous, I would like to borrow some travel expenses."
Gu Ruochen: "..."
Do you really think this King doesn't know how much money you made helping people transcend their tribulations!?
You also possess six Immortal King Weapons. You are simply richer than this King's national treasury—truly wealthy enough to rival a nation! And you still have the damn nerve to borrow travel expenses!?
【Prologue: The Beginning of It All – Use holy water to heal the saintess tainted by demonic energy, then converse with her.】 Shen Nian stared at his older sister sipping yogurt, lost in thought. So you’re telling me my sister is the saintess, and yogurt is the holy water? 【Main Quest 1: Brave Youth, Become an Adventurer! Reward: Rookie Adventurer Title.】 【Side Quest 1: Find the Adorable Kitty! Reward: 1000 Gold Coins.】 Shen Nian: "Wait, I’m a high school senior here—did some guy who got isekai’d accidentally bind his system to me?" Hold on, completing quests gives gold rewards? Titles even boost stats? Is this for real? (A lighthearted, absurd campus comedy—not a revenge power fantasy.)
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
e school belle recognized by the whole school, a genius girl from the kendo club. She also has a hidden identity, the youngest legendary demon hunter. Chen Shuo just transmigrated and found himself turned into a weak, helpless little vampire. He was caught by Su Xiyen and taken home at the very beginning. Since then, Chen Shuo's life creed only had two items. "First, classmate Su Xiyen is always right." "Second, if classmate Su Xiyen is wrong, please refer back to item one." Many years later, Chen Shuo, who had turned back into a human, led a pair of twins to appear in front of all the vampires to share the secret of how he turned back into a human. "It's simple, I tricked a female demon hunter into becoming my wife!"
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
