147: The past life of the Linglong Master?

"My Lord only instructed me to gift the exquisite myriad worlds map to Qingchen; she did not ask our Linglong lineage to enter into a marriage alliance with him."

Youqin Yunlan shook her head and said: "However, if we do not ask for anything in return and simply gift him a heavenly emperor weapon, I fear even he would suspect our intentions."

Hearing this, Celestial Venerable Xiyue frowned.

"So, letting Ling Zhi and Gu Qingchen become Dao Companions was your own arbitrary decision, then?"

"No, no!"

Youqin Lingzhi, who was at the side, heard this and shook her head repeatedly, saying: "I am willing, and Brother Qingchen should be willing as well."

Recalling the words Gu Qingchen had spoken to her under the moonlight that night, Youqin Lingzhi, though shy, still expressed her stance with great firmness.

Hearing the words of the little girl, Ling Zhi, Celestial Venerable Xiyue shook her head helplessly.

That was not the problem she was referring to.

Even within the Linglong Holy Land, many people did not know that Lord Linglong was actually the Reincarnation of a supreme existence from the Nether Ancient Era.

And now, she speculated that Gu Qingchen might also possess the same identity.

The reason Lord Linglong cared for Gu Qingchen so much might be because, in the Nether Ancient Era billions of years ago, their past lives had a deep relationship!

It was even possible that their past lives were Dao Companions themselves!

And now, Youqin Yunlan had arranged for Ling Zhi and that Gu Qingchen to become Dao Companions.

If her speculation turned out to be true, wouldn't that create a mess?

What would happen if Lord Linglong investigated this later?

But this was only her speculation, and she could not voice it. She could only pray silently in her heart that the past lives of Lord Linglong and Gu Qingchen were not the relationship she imagined.

It would be best if Gu Qingchen had no past life, and was simply the World-Destroyer in Lord Linglong's prophecy, as well as the savior of all living things.

...

Above the Great World of Myriad Stars.

Gu Qingchen fought with increasing courage, while the aura of Great Emperor Ziwei's time clone grew weaker and weaker.

When his cultivation dropped to the Seventh Heaven of Dao Attainment, Gu Qingchen threw a punch, actually blasting him apart and turning him into a mass of divine radiance.

It contained dense power of the stars, as well as a trace of the aura of time.

Faintly, one could still see the flow of some Purple Tenuity Dao laws.

Seeing this, Gu Qingchen moved his mind, and the six paths furnace erupted with a powerful suction force in an instant, completely devouring this mass of divine radiance in one go.

On the myriad dao treasure tree in the Primordial Dao Domain, the eleventh Dao Fruit also gradually condensed and formed.

"Pfft!"

The Great Emperor's time clone was completely devoured and refined. Ziwei Imperial Son, who was sitting cross-legged in the Void Realm recovering from his injuries, also spat out a mouthful of blood. His aura became even more withered, and even his life Origin was severely damaged.

He opened his eyes, and a flash of horror crossed his pupils.

"How is this possible? What kind of monster is he exactly, that even a Great Emperor's time clone with Semi-Saint cultivation is not his match?!"

As the third-generation Imperial Son, he had personally felt the invincible might of Great Emperor Ziwei.

That powerful, supreme aura had already been deeply engraved into his Soul.

In his heart, Great Emperor Ziwei was an invincible existence.

He was an existence who could sweep across all races at the beginning of the epoch and ascend to the supreme peak!

His time clone had come to the end of this epoch and should have been invincible, sweeping across everything with everyone being unable to withstand a single blow, yet unexpectedly, he was defeated by a native who crossed three or four minor Realms to do so?

Even the high-level members of the Ziwei Holy Land were all stunned when they saw this scene.

Their cultivation was extremely high, and logically speaking, their state of mind should be very powerful; even when facing life-and-death crises, they would not be stunned or lose their focus.

But the scene before them truly shattered their worldview.

The defeat of Great Emperor Ziwei's time clone was like the collapse of a myth, and even after a while, many people still found it hard to accept.

"The Great Emperor's time clone... was defeated? And defeated by someone who crossed two or three minor Realms?"

"Impossible, that was just a time projection; its true combat power must be much less than the Great Emperor's original body."

"The Great Emperor is invincible; this Gu Qingchen must have used some secret means, such as forbidden artifacts, secret techniques, and so on."

"..."

Hearing these numerous discussions, Ziwei Holy Master took a deep breath and took the initiative to step forward: "As expected of the Xuantian Holy Son, the number one Prodigy of the younger generation in the current world, to be able to defeat even a time projection of the Great Emperor, my Ziwei Holy Land is convinced and admits defeat."

"Hmm?"

In the Void Realm nearby, Yuanshi Holy Lord frowned after hearing these words: "Is the Ziwei Holy Land intending to find a way out and subsequently reach a reconciliation with that Gu Qingchen?"

"This is not good news."

"Indeed, we were planning to let the Ziwei Holy Land muddy the waters, preferably fighting the Xuantian Holy Land to the bitter end."

"Only in this way would our chances of getting rid of that Gu Qingchen during the chaos greatly increase."

"..."

The group from the Yuanshi Holy Land had been preparing to reap the benefits as the third party, but they did not expect that Ziwei Holy Master would not follow the script they had envisioned.

Next, Ziwei Holy Master indeed spoke up: "In fact, our Ziwei Holy Land does not have any irreconcilable hatred with you, Xuantian Holy Son; it was merely a dispute over Opportunity. Could you spare my Imperial Son's life?"

Hearing this, Ziwei Imperial Son was instantly furious!

He, the dignified Ziwei Imperial Son, a Prodigy who had never tasted defeat since his debut, why would he need to beg others for his life?

However, after his anger, he thought of Gu Qingchen's Heaven-Defying combat power and calmed down again.

Even the Great Emperor's time clone was defeated and refined; what did he, a mere Imperial Son, count for?

Thinking of this, he chose to remain silent.

And Gu Qingchen, seeing Ziwei Holy Master taking the initiative to soften his stance, felt a flash of surprise in his eyes.

He raised his eyes, and as his Reincarnation Heavenly Eye operated, he saw the group from the Yuanshi Holy Land above in the Void Realm, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Sparing him, that is not entirely impossible."

Seeing there was still room for a truce, Ziwei Holy Master let out a sigh of relief and finally relaxed a little.

After all, with the two supreme Holy Lands, Yuanshi Holy Land and Xuantian Holy Land, currently in a standoff, he did not want the Ziwei Holy Land to be dragged into it and become a knife for the Yuanshi Holy Land.

"However..."

At this moment, Gu Qingchen's voice resounded through the heavens and earth once again: "Since he has been defeated by my hands and wants me to spare his life, then kneel down and become my follower!"

"Hmm?"

Hearing this, the expression of Ziwei Holy Master changed instantly.

The reason he lowered his head was precisely to escape the awkward situation of being caught between two supreme Holy Lands, right?

If the Imperial Son were to become Gu Qingchen's follower, wouldn't that be equivalent to his Ziwei Holy Land fully leaning towards the Xuantian Holy Land side during the standoff between the two Holy Lands?

If he really had to choose a side, he would rather choose the stronger Yuanshi Holy Land!

However, at this very moment, an abrupt voice resounded through the Void Realm.

"Some have not yet reached their time, while others have the Mandate of Heaven upon them.

Ziwei Imperial Son, this will be the greatest Opportunity of your life!"