"What method?" Gu Qingfeng asked.
"Seize the providence of Dao Child Jietian and take his place as the Child of Destiny!" The Scruffy Old Daoist grew more and more excited as he spoke. "My Lord, as long as you can take his place, you will be the Child of Destiny. When the time comes, guided by providence, you will personally usher in the Eternal Era!
No wonder! No wonder the divination showed that even after you obtained the Epoch Flame, the Eternal Era would still begin. So this is the key!"
"Child of Destiny?" Gu Qingfeng was slightly dazed, muttering to himself.
These words touched something in his heart.
Seeing Gu Qingfeng remain silent for a long time, the Scruffy Old Daoist couldn't help but ask nervously, "My Lord?"
"Jie jie jie..."
A terrifying, bone-chilling burst of sinister laughter suddenly rang out, startling the Scruffy Old Daoist so much that he thought he was about to be killed.
"This Emperor can also become a Child of Destiny? How truly wonderful!"
Beside him, the Scruffy Old Daoist said tremblingly, "My Lord, a Child of Destiny shouldn't laugh like that."
Smack!
"Where is the method to seize providence? Bring it out immediately!" Gu Qingfeng's eyes blazed with intense demonic light.
"My Lord, it is recorded in the Epoch Flame..."
Before the Scruffy Old Daoist could finish speaking, Gu Qingfeng had already grabbed the Epoch Flame and stuffed it into his mouth.
With a gulp.
He swallowed the Epoch Flame.
His mind connected with the Epoch Flame.
Boom!
The doors to a new world blasted open.
Countless supreme truths of heaven and earth, laws of the myriad heavens, immortal arts and divine abilities, and the rotation of order were all laid out before his eyes.
In that instant, Gu Qingfeng's mind immersed itself in this world.
However, in the next second, his gaze cleared. He remembered that his goal was to find the method to seize providence, not to lose himself in comprehending the Dao here.
Actually, in just that brief moment, washed over by countless supreme truths of heaven and earth that collided with his own Dao, many new sparks were ignited. It made him feel his cultivation bottleneck loosen, giving him the sensation that he was about to prove his Dao and become an Immortal King.
This brought Gu Qingfeng a hint of joy, making him even more satisfied with the effects of the Epoch Flame. It seemed he would rely on it to achieve the Immortal King realm in the future.
After all, it recorded the Dao of the Eternal Era. Under the collision of these Daos, his own demonic Dao could grow rapidly, discarding the dross and keeping the essence, ultimately allowing him to comprehend profound mysteries and advance to the Immortal King realm!
The Epoch Flame could not only help elevate his realm but also usher in the Eternal Era, providing resources for his advancement. It was simply the number one supreme treasure in the world!
However, Gu Qingfeng knew clearly that now was not the time to prove his Dao as an Immortal King. Thus, he didn't indulge in it, but instead began to carefully search for the method to seize providence.
Like a phantom, he roamed through the ocean of knowledge, silently chanting for the method to seize providence. Before long, a cluster of golden inheritance crashed into him.
Countless inherited Dao patterns surged into Gu Qingfeng's body, dyeing his eyes with a layer of gold.
A moment later, Gu Qingfeng opened his eyes, a flash of joy passing through them.
The Providence Seizing Art!
The Epoch Flame was indeed the crystallization of the Eternal Era. It truly contained a cultivation technique and divine ability to seize the providence of others, which was exactly this Providence Seizing Art.
The Providence Seizing Art was created by a demonic path genius in a certain ancient era. This person was a lone star of calamity. From a young age, he caused the death of his parents, then his entire village. Later, he joined a sect and caused the demise of the sect as well. From then on, his personality drastically changed.
He hated the injustice of the heavens and the unpredictability of the Heavenly Dao. Why was he so unlucky?
And why were those with great providence so lucky?
Driven by this twisted and perverted jealousy, he spent his entire life researching how to seize the providence of others, and he finally succeeded.
It was exactly this Providence Seizing Art!
"Congratulations, My Lord, on mastering the method of seizing providence. Becoming the Child of Destiny is just around the corner!"
The Scruffy Old Daoist flattered from the side.
"Jie jie jie..."
The savage and terrifying wild laughter echoed throughout the entire bronze pagoda.
"You are not bad. This Emperor is in a good mood today, so I will give you a chance to be my dog," Gu Qingfeng laughed sinisterly.
Scruffy Old Daoist: "..."
"This Emperor never offers a chance twice," Gu Qingfeng narrowed his eyes and said lightly.
Thump!
The Scruffy Old Daoist immediately collapsed like a falling golden mountain or a jade pillar, kneeling heavily on the ground.
"I am willing to serve My Lord like a loyal dog!"
"Good, This Emperor is very satisfied."
After speaking, Gu Qingfeng searched the Epoch Flame for the method to control the bronze pagoda. He planned to take the entire bronze pagoda away.
After all, having participated in a trial, he couldn't just return empty-handed, right?
Besides, participating in a trial and taking away the trial's secret realm, wasn't that basic operation?
The people in this pagoda were all talents, and they spoke so nicely.
Moreover, the fact that this pagoda could survive the calamity of an era was enough to prove its quality.
This was something even Immortal King weapons couldn't do. This pagoda was definitely a treasure at the Immortal Lord level.
A day later, Gu Qingfeng successfully pocketed the bronze pagoda, though he couldn't use it against enemies just yet. The refinement time had been too short, and he hadn't fully mastered it.
But Gu Qingfeng had no time to master the pagoda right now; he had more important things to do.
That was to seize the providence of Dao Child Jietian.
Having delayed for several days inside the bronze pagoda, Dao Child Jietian and the others had likely recovered some of their mana and escaped long ago.
However, Gu Qingfeng didn't panic at all, because when he devoured their power, he had already left Calamity Seeds on all of them.
With the Calamity Seeds in place, he could track them through the power of calamity. In other words, it was useless no matter if these people ran to the ends of the earth.
Gu Qingfeng wasn't stupid. The reason he didn't kill these people was for recycling and avoiding waste, wasn't it?
If he didn't leave a mark, what would he do when he couldn't find them later?
How else would they repay him for sparing their lives back then?
.......
Above the River of Laws.
A treasure ship shaped like a golden dragon was rapidly shuttling through.
Inside the treasure ship, two people were meditating.
They were none other than Dao Child Jietian and his Dao Protector, Martial Uncle Qin.
At this moment, the two no longer possessed their former high-spirited arrogance. Instead, their faces were ashen, and their spirits were extremely sluggish, looking as if their bodies had been hollowed out.
"Dammit! I had originally planned to rely on this Immortal King Assembly to advance to the Immortal King realm. I never expected it all to be ruined by the World-Destroying Demon Emperor. Not only did I fail to become an Immortal King, but all my mana was sucked dry. Damn him!! I will definitely get my revenge in the future!!" Dao Child Jietian cursed angrily while cultivating.
Martial Uncle Qin slowly opened his eyes and sighed, "Lord Dao Child, being able to survive under the hands of the World-Destroying Demon Emperor this time is already a blessing as vast as the heavens. As for revenge, it's best not to think about it. That is an existence who can wipe out the six great forbidden zones in one breath. Although our Jietian Sect has profound foundations, we still wouldn't dare to stick our necks out for you."
"Hmph!" Dao Child Jietian snorted coldly. "Why would I need the sect to take action? Given time and successful cultivation, I will definitely take that Demon Emperor's life!"
"Jie jie jie... Whose life are you going to take?"
A familiar sinister laugh suddenly exploded aboard the treasure ship.
Thump thump!
Dao Child Jietian and Martial Uncle Qin's expressions changed instantly. Reacting on instinct, they abruptly stood up. Looking back, they were almost scared into a faint.
They saw a man with world-encompassing demonic might, possessing a disdainful and untamed aura, standing right behind them, looking at them with a sinister smile.
It was none other than Gu Qingfeng.
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
to panic—he has a system. As long as an investment target dies, he can claim a reward. And since he is immortal, the one thing he has plenty of is time. ... Countless years later. “Immortal Emperor of Longevity? I invested in him.” “Supreme Celestial Venerable? I invested in him.” “Undying Empress? I invested in her.” “...” “Heh. Once they’ve all died, even the Heavenly Dao will have to kneel and call me Dad.”
m back to his original world. In the end, he realized he had overthought things. [Hey, why is Shen Manni, the female lead, acting strange? Shouldn't she be fawning over the male lead at this point?] [Zhou Qiaoqiao, are you sick? Weren't you supposed to break off your engagement today?] [Damn it! An Youyi, please do your job as an undercover agent and sell my information to the protagonist, you idiot!] ... At this moment, Xu Mo himself didn't know that these female leads had already heard his inner thoughts. Then they decided not to play by the rules. Xu Mo: Please respect my profession as the big villain!
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.
