841: Chapter 842 Soul Search

The Progenitor of the Black Abyss stiffened all over, and the rapidly fleeing black smoke came to an abrupt halt in the Chaos Void.

In that instant, his scalp went numb, and a chill surged from his tailbone straight to the crown of his head.

He whipped his head around, a trace of horror flashing in his turbid vertical pupils. To be able to appear behind him so silently...

And without him noticing at all, the newcomer had to be at least an existence of the same level as him!

However, when he clearly saw the newcomer's appearance, that horror froze for a moment before instantly turning into an unbelievable ecstasy.

"You?!"

Standing before him was none other than the youth in white whom he had been constantly thinking about, Gu Changge!

The moment the Progenitor of the Black Abyss had first thought of fleeing, Gu Changge had already detected his intentions and intercepted him here.

At this moment, Gu Changge stood in the Chaos currents clad in white, without releasing even a hint of fierce Evil Qi from his body.

The Progenitor of the Black Abyss sized Gu Changge up carefully. He could see that the other party's Realm was indeed only at the Heavenly Emperor level, and he thought of the great secret that was highly likely hidden on his body.

"Hahaha! You can wear out iron shoes in a fruitless search, only to find what you're looking for without any effort at all!"

The Progenitor of the Black Abyss laughed wildly, suppressing the fear in his heart, his greed completely undisguised.

"Did you really think that just because you could blow up my Clone, you are qualified to stand before me?!"

He was a powerhouse of the Heavenly Monarch Realm, after all. Even if he was heavily injured, he was not someone a mere Heavenly Emperor could intercept.

"Today, I will let you know what the Heavenly Monarch Realm is!"

As soon as his voice fell, he struck out with a palm!

He understood well the truth that a lion uses its full strength even when hunting a rabbit. This palm strike concentrated all the power he could currently muster.

Even though he was plagued by old injuries and his Foundation was damaged, this strike still erupted with a terrifying power comparable to the Ninth Layer of the Heaven-Reaching Realm.

A giant dark claw blotted out the sky. Wherever it passed, the Chaos Void shattered inch by inch, and a devastating devilish might rained down upon Gu Changge's head.

A cruel pleasure had already welled up in the eyes of the Progenitor of the Black Abyss.

He had even begun to calculate whether he should first extract his soul and refine his spirit after capturing this kid, or interrogate him for his secrets first, and then refine his precious blood into pills...

And then—

Slap.

A crisp slapping sound interrupted all of the Progenitor of the Black Abyss's fantasies.

The Progenitor of the Black Abyss did not even see how Gu Changge moved; he only felt his vision blur.

Immediately after, a sharp pain shot through his left cheek, and he was sent flying sideways by a terrifying force!

He rolled over a dozen times in the Chaos Void before barely stabilizing himself. His left cheek was highly swollen, and a trickle of pitch-black Origin blood seeped from the corner of his mouth.

What was going on?

He whipped his head up, a sharp look of shock and uncertainty flashing in his eyes.

He didn't see it clearly.

He completely failed to see it clearly.

With his cultivation in the Heavenly Monarch Realm, he hadn't even captured how the other party made his move.

Meanwhile, that giant dark claw that blotted out the sky suddenly seemed to hit an invisible wall when it was just three feet away from Gu Changge, and it began to shatter inch by inch!

Within a mere breath's time, it completely dissipated into the Chaos Void, leaving not even a trace of Devilish Qi behind.

The pupils of the Progenitor of the Black Abyss shrank abruptly, his face filled with unbelievable horror, and his previous smugness and arrogance vanished without a trace.

An unprecedented fear, like a cold tide, instantly submerged his entire body!

"You... you are not in the Heavenly Emperor Realm at all!"

His voice trembled as he finally realized, his pupils dilating wildly:

"Yes! A Heavenly Monarch! You are actually a powerhouse of the Heavenly Monarch Realm, no... even a Heavenly Monarch isn't this strong! Just who are you?! Who are you?!"

He shrieked incoherently, his body retreating uncontrollably, each step sending panicked ripples through the void.

He finally understood.

He understood why the other party dared to intercept an existence of the Heavenly Monarch Realm like him all by himself.

Flee!

He had to flee!

This thought flashed like lightning through the mind of the Progenitor of the Black Abyss. With almost no hesitation, he turned and transformed into a streak of black smoke, fleeing desperately toward the depths of the Chaos!

Within the escaping light, he did not even hesitate to burn his Origin essence blood, just to make his escape speed a fraction faster!

"Thinking of leaving?" Gu Changge's tone was flat, devoid of any emotion.

"Who told you that I am a Heavenly Emperor?"

As his voice fell, he clenched his fingers slightly, and an invisible force instantly enveloped the entire airspace.

The fleeing Progenitor of the Black Abyss seemed to be grasped by an invisible giant hand, his figure abruptly freezing in mid-air.

The escape technique he had triggered by burning his essence blood could not even last for a single breath before it was forcefully snuffed out by that power.

The Progenitor of the Black Abyss struggled desperately, the dark Origin around his body surging wildly as he tried to break free from that invisible restriction.

Yet that giant hand remained completely motionless, grasping him firmly in its palm.

"You... what on earth do you want?!"

The voice of the Progenitor of the Black Abyss was hoarse and trembling, the fear in the depths of his eyes almost overflowing.

It had been millions of years since he had felt the breath of death so closely.

Gu Changge glanced at him and said casually, "Tell me everything you know..."

The Progenitor of the Black Abyss trembled all over, a trace of struggle flashing in his eyes.

Having lived for tens of millions of years, it had always been him searching other people's souls. How could he have ever imagined that he would one day face such treatment himself?

But right now, he was like fish on a chopping block, and he seemed to have no other choice.

Just as he gritted his teeth and was about to speak, Gu Changge's hand paused in mid-air, and he suddenly frowned.

"Forget it, soul searching is faster."

As his voice fell, his palm descended.

The pupils of the Progenitor of the Black Abyss shrank abruptly: "Soul searching?! No—you can't—!

I am willing to submit! I am willing to offer my Divine Soul imprint! I beg you—"

His voice stopped abruptly.

Gu Changge's palm had already landed on the crown of his head.

A majestic Divine Thought surged into his Sea of Consciousness like a torrent. The Progenitor of the Black Abyss's body convulsed violently, as if he were enduring some form of extreme pain.

A few breaths later, Gu Changge withdrew his palm. The Progenitor of the Black Abyss slumped down like a puddle of mud, his eyes vacant.

Gu Changge stood in place, closing his eyes to digest the information he had just obtained. After a long time, he slowly opened his eyes, a complex look flashing within them.

"So that's how it is," he muttered softly to himself.

From the memories of the Progenitor of the Black Abyss, he saw the outline of the Heaven Realm.

That was a boundless continent, far more vast than the Immortal Realm and the Black Abyss Realm combined by ten thousand times.

Upon the continent, ten thousand races stood in great numbers, and the strong were as common as clouds.

An Immortal Emperor was merely a starting point there, one could only barely secure a foothold at the Heaven-Reaching Realm, and only in the Heavenly Monarch Realm could one dominate a single corner.

He saw fragments of that battle of contention, with countless terrifying auras that even made him frown.

Fighting in the shattered Immortal Realm, the target of their contention was precisely that gray egg currently resting quietly inside his System space.

When the Progenitor of the Black Abyss first stepped into the Heaven Realm back then, he too had been full of grand ambitions. Relying on his caution and a ruthless streak, through endless years, he promoted his cultivation to the Third Heavenly Layer of the Heavenly Monarch Realm.

In the region where he set foot, he was considered quite a figure, enough to dominate a territory.

However, when he participated in that struggle, he realized that he was simply not worth mentioning.

Overlords with cultivations deeper than his were everywhere. Simply by approaching that battlefield, he was swept by a vast and irresistible force, instantly suffering heavy injuries and nearly dying on the spot.

In the end, he could only hide in a corner, shivering, and wait for those big shots to leave before fleeing back to the Black Abyss Realm in a wretched state.

He then informed several Heavenly Emperors of the Black Abyss Realm about the shattering of the Immortal Realm, ordering them to invade the Immortal Realm—firstly to seize the Immortal Realm Origin, and more importantly, to facilitate the search for that illusory seed.

Afterward, he relied on devouring the Origin of his homeland to drag out his feeble existence for millions of years, and his injuries had still not healed to this day.

Gu Changge remained silent for a long time after digesting this memory.

He looked up toward the depths of the Chaos.

The Heaven Realm.

It was larger, deeper, and more dangerous than he had imagined.

But it was also more interesting.