Chapter 125 Choice

"Self-termination?"

"What did you just say?"

The Fox Clan God Lord's breath hitched.

As a titan of the Demon God Domain who had lived for tens of thousands of years, a single word from him could normally decide the life and death of billions of living beings. When had he ever been casually sentenced to death by someone using a tone akin to calling a dog or cat?

At this moment,

some God Lords and Immortal Emperors finally snapped out of it.

They stared at the two looming, terrifying figures behind Gu Heng.

"The Demon God Emperor's Divine Sense Incarnation is standing guard behind this man like a servant?!"

"And that barefoot woman floating in the air..."

"Aren't those the two Divine Senses of the Demon God Emperor and the Imperial Preceptor? And the tower in his hand... That is..."

Everyone's gaze finally landed on the small tower slowly spinning in Gu Heng's palm, surrounded by Chaotic Primordial Qi.

A vast aura, seemingly capable of carrying the myriad worlds of the heavens, overflowed from the small tower.

"That is..."

"The heaven-reaching tower!"

"So... those absurd rumors sent back by the Myriad Races Geniuses are all true?!"

The Star Domain fell into silence.

"Rumors of the myriad races?"

The Fox Clan God Lord seemed to realize something, and his eyes suddenly widened.

"So... you, you are..."

"That... God Emperor?!"

In the current Three Thousand Great Worlds, the words "God Emperor" were synonymous with supremacy.

In front of a living God Emperor, they, these God Lords, the so-called Supremes of the myriad Realms, were nothing more than slightly stronger ants.

Thinking of this,

a flash of extremely complex struggle flickered in the Fox Clan God Lord's eyes.

He took a deep breath and spoke decisively,

"Senior! This Junior knows his sins are grave and has offended the dignity of the God Emperor! This Junior is willing to obey Senior's decree and terminate himself on the spot to atone for my sins!"

He paused, then pointed at the three God Lords of the myriad races beside him, his eyes filled with extreme venom:

"However! These three old fogies were also here to fight for the Original Realm's Origin!

If Senior wishes to hand down punishment, then the other three God Lords must also die! This Junior is willing to watch their bodies and souls be utterly destroyed together on the path to the Yellow Springs!"

The other three God Lords: "???"

The three of them were still immersed in the fear of the "White-robed God Emperor's" arrival. Hearing the Fox Clan God Lord's words, they couldn't help but cough up a mouthful of old blood.

"Damn you, Fox! Stop your slander!"

"Senior! This beast still wants to bite people even on his deathbed. His intent is utterly despicable!"

"We have absolutely no disrespect toward Senior. Please see clearly, Senior!"

The three God Lords, who were usually majestic and awe-inspiring, were now cursing without any restraint.

One of them even bowed frantically to Gu Heng repeatedly, showing absolutely no demeanor of a God Lord.

Gu Heng sighed softly as he watched this dog-eat-dog spectacle.

These old monsters who had lived for countless tens of thousands of years showed no difference from ordinary mortals when facing life and death.

He didn't even bother to distinguish who was telling the truth and who was lying.

Jiang Wanyin's eyes coldly swept over the powerhouses below, then she whispered to Gu Heng,

"Master, ignore these insignificant ants for now. The most important thing for our trip is to quickly find the Dao Foundation Fragment of the heaven-reaching tower, and then refine this Original Realm. If we delay too long here and let the Divine Court and the Demon God Realm react, things will become troublesome."

The seventeen Immortal Emperors and Devil Emperors also nodded in agreement.

Ao Lie also deeply agreed.

Electric arcs crackled around the Thunder Emperor as he said in a gruff voice, "Master, the Imperial Preceptor is absolutely right. Let's get down to business first. These spineless cowards can be pinched to death at our convenience later."

The Star Immortal Emperor also chimed in, "Indeed, finding the fragment is what matters."

As soon as these words were spoken,

the eyes of the God Lords and Immortal Emperors kneeling in the Void Realm lit up with a strange luster at the same time.

There was still hope!

As long as the other party wanted something, they had the leverage to survive!

"Senior!"

The Demon Race God Lord reacted the fastest, speaking eagerly, "This Junior knows! This Original Realm is an ancient wasteland with a vast territory.

We are willing to help Senior find that Dao Foundation Fragment! We have over a hundred Immortal Emperors and tens of thousands of elites here. In just half an hour, we can turn this Original Realm upside down and present the fragment to you with both hands!"

"Yes, yes, yes! This Junior is also proficient in treasure-hunting secret arts and is willing to serve Senior like a dog or horse!"

"As long as Senior is willing to spare our lives, we will surely pledge our loyalty unto death and never dare to harbor any double-mindedness!"

For a moment,

flattering and fawning voices echoed endlessly.

Gu Heng watched them quietly, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly.

He slowly raised his left hand.

The moment his five fingers spread, a fragment slowly hovered above them.

"Actually... the Dao Foundation Fragment you mentioned has been in my hands for a long time."

Everyone: "???"

The old monsters of all races were instantly dumbfounded.

The fragment...

was already in his hands?

Then what were their expressions of eagerness to be dogs just now?

Meanwhile, seeing that there was absolutely no hope of turning the tables, a flash of madness instantly crossed the Fox Clan God Lord's face.

"Since you won't give us a way out... then let's die together!"

The Fox Clan God Lord's essence blood burned completely in a thousandth of a second!

"Take her and go!"

Using the last of his strength, the Fox Clan God Lord threw the Little White Fox toward the accompanying Fox Clan Immortal Emperor.

"Self-detonation?!"

The pupils of the other three God Lords shrank suddenly. "He's crazy! If a God Lord Realm Peak self-detonates, we'll all be buried with him!"

"Quick! Unleash the Divine Artifacts!"

For a moment,

various Divine Artifacts shone brilliantly in the Void Realm, countless defensive barriers were erected in an instant, and the powerhouses of the myriad races were thrown into chaos.

However,

at the very instant the Origin was about to detonate.

the void palace beneath the Fox Clan God Lord's feet suddenly erupted with blinding starlight.

A galaxy cross-Realm passage appeared.

The Fox Clan God Lord's body, which had originally bloated like a balloon, actually shrank back in an extremely bizarre manner the moment the passage appeared. Grabbing the Fox Clan Immortal Emperor and the little fox, he turned into a stream of light and instantly charged into the galaxy passage!

"This..."

The God Lords and Immortal Emperors watched the fading aura of self-detonation and finally realized what was happening.

"My goodness! The self-detonation was a sham; escaping was his real goal!"

"This old fox could actually even fake the burning of his Origin. Truly cunning!"

"Unfortunately, what use is such petty cleverness in front of a God Emperor?"

As expected.

In the next split second after the Fox Clan God Lord rushed into the galaxy passage, Gu Heng gently tossed out the heaven-reaching tower.

"Suppress."

The heaven-reaching tower expanded wildly, suppressing down toward the galaxy passage.

Deep within the passage,

the Fox Clan God Lord's unwilling scream echoed.

The Chaotic Primordial Qi, like a massive vortex, ruthlessly swallowed the galaxy palace and those Fox Clan powerhouses.

In just an instant,

everything returned to nothingness.

leaving only the heaven-reaching tower spinning quietly in the galaxy.

...

At the same time.

Demon God Realm.

Demon God Palace.

A pair of eyes suddenly snapped open.

"The aura of the heaven-reaching tower... has appeared in the Original Realm again..."

Di Shitian's dark red eyes shrank suddenly as his gaze pierced through layers of palaces, casting toward the extremely distant end of the Star Domain.

"No..."

"Over on the Dragon Domain's side... why is there a faint, flickering aura of the Empress?"

"So weak..."

"Interesting..."

Di Shitian murmured, his fingertips lightly brushing across the Void Realm.

*Splash—*

A tributary of a surging, endless river with no beginning or end was forcibly torn out of the void.

The river of time.

Countless scenes of the past and future surged in the river waters.

Di Shitian took a step forward, his figure instantly vanishing into the river of time, traveling upstream toward the boundary between the Dragon Domain and the Dragon God Domain.

...

Outside the Original Realm.

In the next instant after the heaven-reaching tower forcibly suppressed and retrieved the Fox Clan God Lord and the others.

Buzz—

To everyone's horror, a long river containing the phantoms of eras suddenly flowed down from the sky of the Three Thousand Worlds.

The river water seemed slow, but in reality, it was fast to the extreme.

"The river of time?!"

"This... what's going on? Why has the river of time suddenly manifested?!"

The God Lords and Immortal Emperors of the myriad races kneeling on the ground trembled like fallen leaves in the autumn wind.

"Someone is peering into the river of time! Who is it? Which existence is it?!"

Upstream of the river of time.

A massive demonic shadow, seemingly reaching the heavens, slowly stood tall in the mist.

With his back to all living beings, he looked down.

Beside Gu Heng,

Di Shitian's Divine Sense Incarnation instantly became extremely solemn.

"It's his true body performing a deduction..."

Gu Heng frowned slightly. "What is he deducing?"

Di Shitian's Incarnation did not answer immediately. Instead, following the demonic shadow's downward gaze, his vision rapidly traversed through the river of time.

A moment later,

he took a deep breath, his tone filled with disbelief:

"The place his gaze is looking at through the river of time... is not our side."

"But... near the Dragon Domain?!"

Oh no!

Hearing the words "Dragon Domain," Gu Heng's heart skipped a beat, and his face instantly darkened.

How could he have forgotten!

Lin Qingyue had just left alone, and her cultivation had only just touched the threshold of an Immortal Emperor!

What was worse, she still carried an extremely mysterious aura on her.

If Di Shitian's true body rushed to the Dragon Domain at this time and made a move against her...

Gu Heng's brow furrowed deeply,

just about to say something to Jiang Wanyin beside him.

But he saw that Jiang Wanyin was also staring at the river of time, her brow slightly furrowed, appearing somewhat puzzled.

Reasonably speaking,

with Di Shitian's true body appearing with such fanfare and even forcibly deducing the river of time,

her true body should have stepped forward to stop him immediately.

But now,

the river of time had been manifested for so long, yet there was no movement at all from the Human God Domain, quietly eerie.

Jiang Wanyin seemed to suddenly think of something. Her expression changed slightly, and she spoke in a deep voice:

"That's right... a thousand years ago, my true body was constantly trying to obtain the ancestral essence blood of the Nine-Tailed White Fox Clan, wanting to use it to break through the Bottleneck and advance to the half-step God Emperor Realm."

"And now, the Fox Clan God Lord is fighting to refine the Original Realm, yet the Human Divine Court chose to watch coldly without taking any action. Presumably... the two sides have secretly reached a deal."

"Which means... my true body is highly likely in death seclusion right now, attempting to break through to the half-step God Emperor Realm!"

As soon as these words came out,

the atmosphere instantly dropped to the freezing point.

The Imperial Preceptor's true body being in seclusion meant that in these Three Thousand Worlds, there was no longer anyone who could easily keep Di Shitian's true body in check!

"Then, Master... now..."

Jiang Wanyin turned her head, looking at Gu Heng with concern.

At this moment.

With a slight thought, Gu Heng recalled the heaven-reaching tower.

In his palm, a wooden hairpin lay quietly.

On the wooden hairpin,

that wisp of weak Origin aura belonging to Lin Qingyue was emitting an extremely unstable faint light, as if it would extinguish at any moment.

Go, or stay?

If he went back to save Lin Qingyue, it would mean giving up on the Original Realm that was right within reach.

Once they left, the God Lords and Immortal Emperors of the myriad races would react and definitely send people to completely seal off this place.

By then,

it would be extremely difficult for Gu Heng to return to the Original Realm, let alone complete the final Fusion of the heaven-reaching tower.

And his old friends living in this Realm, like Ye Wentian and the Old Turtle, would also highly likely be utterly obliterated in the subsequent liquidation by the myriad races.

But if he didn't go...

Lin Qingyue would very likely fall.

Moreover, Jiang Wanyin had once explicitly stated.

A God Emperor's rarity and power made them Supreme existences who had already mastered the rules of time. They were simply not on the same level as a Divine Venerable.

Although Gu Heng was currently at the Peak of the Divine Venerable Realm, even approaching a God Emperor's true body would be a problem.

Going...

might just be sending himself to his death.

The entire field fell silent.

Everyone subconsciously held their breath.

In the entire Star Domain, only the sound of the surging river of time remained.

They

were all waiting for Gu Heng to speak.