305: Chapter 302: Going back in time, taking back memories

Gu Shengge arrived at the Imperial Palace of Hongtian Capital, with North Xia’s court officials lining both sides, who appeared calm and indifferent compared to the common people and low-ranking officials who rushed forward to protect the statue as if their lives depended on it.

The officials were arranged in two rows, and below the Dragon Throne, there were two seats where two old men sat, their hair and beards completely white, their eyes closed, and their breathing even.

Gu Shengge strolled in, seemingly oblivious to the glaring hostility around him.

“Everyone, this Dao Child has only one request: for your Emperor Your Majesty to come and meet this Dao Child; only then can your North Xia Empire be preserved!”

Gu Shengge went straight to the point, having no patience to quibble with these fellows; under absolute strength, the most efficient way to resolve things was to kill anyone who dared to disobey.

The two old men above suddenly opened their eyes, their turbid eyeballs fixed on Gu Shengge, as if they wanted to use their powerful suppressive force to make Gu Shengge retreat.

Gu Shengge did not retreat; his Dual Pupils manifested, and from his mystical eyes, an invisible pressure emanated, instantly causing mountains and rivers to collapse and great stars to fall in the eyes of the Cultivators who met his gaze, plunging their entire world into endless blood and fire; they even caught a glimpse of their own demise within it.

As they stood in fear and bewilderment, a crisp sound suddenly echoed, and the light in the world instantly vanished, finding themselves abruptly in a boundless dark space.

There was no physical object in any direction of the world, only themselves floating within it, unable to even distinguish up, down, left, or right.

In an instant, everyone became extremely tense and uneasy.

The two old men who had been sitting calmly were also startled, leaping up with a whoosh, wanting to angrily rebuke Gu Shengge, but at that moment, the two old men horrifyingly discovered that they could not see Gu Shengge’s trace at all.

The group of people was already in a panic and quickly gathered together.

Several young generals were even more flustered; a man in silver armor rushed to the old man, saying with a face full of trepidation, “Elder Prime Minister Xu, what should we do now? This fellow is truly detestable! We can’t find any trace of him!”

Elder Xu was about to speak when a pair of eyes suddenly appeared in the distance, each with Dual Pupils, like a blazing sun, scorching and dazzling.

“Everyone, please make your choice! Is it to die now, or to find your so-called Emperor!”

Upon hearing this, everyone felt a chill down their spines; they not only heard Gu Shengge’s almost warning words but also felt the chilling killing intent within them.

That killing intent was not illusory, but a chilling, sharp edge that had almost solidified.

The group remained silent, and Gu Shengge no longer held back; one of the old men was originally staring at his Dual Pupils with a cold expression, when a surge of Spatial Dao energy suddenly erupted from the Dual Pupils, and the next moment, a divine light swept across the old man’s neck.

“Pfft!”

Blood splattered, and the old man’s head rolled to the ground, with blood still gushing from his neck.

As everyone watched in horror, several more spatial forces, imbued with irresistible Spatial Dao runes, sliced and tore through two-thirds of the officials, their Divine Souls instantly annihilated within them.

Everyone looked at each other, terrified, and one official nervously cried out, “I know, I know, His Majesty’s whereabouts are only known to Elder Xu and Elder Chen, they are the left and right prime ministers, they must know!”

The remaining old man sighed slightly, and cracks suddenly appeared on his body, as if he intended to self-destruct.

The group instantly panicked; Elder Chen, after all, was a Peak Void Refining Cultivator; although his Qi and blood were depleted, his self-destruction would be devastating, at least for them!

Elder Chen sneered, “Intruder, it’s useless for you to kill us; one day, His Majesty will avenge us! At that time, you will surely die without a burial place!”

He shouted, his eyes filled with venom and anger, but after a moment, he suddenly closed his mouth, staring at his body with disbelief; his body, which had cracked due to the self-destruction, was slowly recovering, and the self-destructing energy, which had been violently released outwards, was now continuously converging inwards.

In the astonished gazes of the crowd, his body emitted energy of the Time Dao, and as time runes flickered, his past seemed to be reflected on those fragments of time.

“Did this Lord say you could die? Old man, since you don’t know what’s good for you, then this Lord will have to take it himself!”

Gu Shengge’s voice was full of mockery, devoid of any emotion.

Fragments of time continued to fly, and chaotic energy spread, tearing at the memory fragments on Elder Chen’s body.

Under the impact of the Time Dao, Elder Chen convulsed violently, foaming at the mouth, looking utterly disheveled.

Gu Shengge also gradually discovered the North Xia Emperor’s hiding place from those fragments of time; he was actually in the heavenly interlayer of this world.

He used spatial power to condense nine vast spaces within the spatial interlayer, known as the Nine Heavens.

He was hiding in the uppermost layer of the Nine Heavens, and under layers of spatial barriers, his whereabouts were completely undetectable.

After Gu Shengge found out, his Dual Pupils focused, and Elder Chen’s body exploded, blood splattering, but after breaking apart for less than a meter, it suddenly retracted, spilling onto the ground.

At the same time, the dark world gradually disintegrated, and in the blink of an eye, the scene before everyone’s eyes changed dramatically; they reappeared in the imperial court.

Just as they thought that what they had just experienced was all a dream, the crimson blood and thick smell of blood before them reminded them that this was not an illusion, but a real experience of life and death.

In the imperial court, some officials who were not affected by Gu Shengge felt inexplicable; the officials who were previously in the front seemed to have been stunned for a few breaths, and then the two Grand Secretaries successively perished, and each died more miserably than the last, one dismembered, and the other directly exploded.

This sight terrified them, but fortunately, the officials in front suddenly seemed to return to normal.

Gu Shengge looked at them indifferently, his profound gaze sweeping over them, making these ministers involuntarily retreat backward the moment their eyes met his.

Gu Shengge had obtained the information he wanted to know, and he couldn’t be bothered with them, so he leaped up and landed on the Dragon Throne.

The ministers below instantly became enraged, forcefully suppressing the fear in their hearts and cursing loudly.

“Intruder! How dare you act wildly on the Dragon Throne, how many heads do you have to be chopped off!”

Gu Shengge didn’t even want to bother with them; he stomped his foot, activating the array patterns on the Dragon Throne, and a beam of light shot up into the sky, instantly piercing through the firmament, leaving a huge vortex above.

“Rumble…”

At the junction of the vortex and the light beam, thunder rumbled, and spatial power surged backward, opening the spatial passage leading to this world’s Nine Heavens.

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