Chapter 126 An Unsolvable Problem

The Immortal Emperors remained silent.

In the entire Star Domain, not a single person dared to make a sound.

The rushing sound of the river of time became the only noise in this Void Realm.

Gu Heng looked at the extremely dim light on the wooden hairpin.

The determination she showed when she pulled out the wooden hairpin, her long hair falling like a waterfall.

And... Di Shitian's true body deducing the river of time, looking in the direction of the Dragon Domain.

"Boom—"

It was as if a sudden bolt of lightning flashed through Gu Heng's mind.

He murmured, "So she left on her own initiative just to use herself to draw away the gaze of Di Shitian's true body at this very moment, when the heaven-reaching tower's aura is completely exposed and drawing the greed of the God Emperors of the heavens..."

She was using herself as bait to buy him time to fuse with the heaven-reaching tower!

She had known long ago that once the heaven-reaching tower appeared in the Original Realm, it would inevitably attract taboo existences of the God Emperor level. Di Shitian's true body would definitely come.

If she stayed here, everyone, including Gu Heng, would have to face the endless wrath of this Demon God Emperor.

And with his current cultivation, even if he had reached the Peak of the Divine Venerable Realm, he would stand absolutely no chance against a God Emperor who truly mastered the Law of Time.

Having reached this realization, Gu Heng's voice finally rang out, "How long will it take to refine the Original Realm?"

"In reply to Master," Jiang Wanyin took a barefoot step forward, "if we are merely fusing the Original Realm with the heaven-reaching tower, it will take at least an hour."

"As for completely refining it..."

She took a deep breath. "That will take much longer, and is certainly not something that can be done overnight. However, as long as the preliminary Fusion can be completed and the Original Realm is taken into the tower, Master can slowly refine it while on the journey."

Gu Heng's eyes flickered slightly,

his gaze fixed on the flickering, precarious light on the wooden hairpin.

An hour.

In normal times, this would be nothing more than the time it takes to take a nap or have a cup of tea.

But now,

this one hour was like an insurmountable chasm between life and death.

Jiang Wanyin looked at Gu Heng's profile and continued to speak, her voice bitter, "Master, the true body of a God Emperor-level expert has already transcended ordinary Laws of Space. They can travel by utilizing the river of time."

As soon as these words were spoken,

the Thunder Emperor, the Star Immortal Emperor, Li Tiantu, and the other Immortal Emperors and Devil Emperors all froze.

Only now did they truly understand the real intention behind the manifestation of the river of time and the action of Di Shitian's true body!

"I'm afraid he has already..."

The sentence was left unfinished,

but everyone present already understood.

In theory, Di Shitian's speed while traveling via the river of time was definitely much faster than those who traveled by tearing through space.

It was even possible that at this very moment, as they stood here discussing, Di Shitian's true body had already descended upon the skies of the Dragon Domain!

"And..."

The Star Immortal Emperor clenched and unclenched his fists. "With our current cultivation... even if we rush back, facing the true body of a God Emperor, going there would only be..."

...courting death.

These words were stuck in everyone's throats; no one dared to say them aloud. Yet, despair was written in everyone's eyes.

God Lord, Divine Venerable, God Emperor—with each realm's difference, the gap was so vast that it could not be bridged by sheer numbers.

Even if they had seventeen Immortal Emperors, one God Lord, plus Gu Heng, an unfathomable Divine Venerable, their chances of success in facing the Demon God Emperor's true body descending in his prime were pitifully slim.

Everyone fell silent once more.

This was simply an unsolvable dead end.

Gu Heng lowered his eyes, looking at the wooden hairpin in his palm.

"Then we shall fuse it first."

"We will slowly refine it on the way back. As for time..."

Gu Heng only gave a few brief arrangements and said no more.

Then, holding the heaven-reaching tower in one hand, he threw it forward with force.

"Boom—!"

The tower's body expanded violently!

Chaotic Primordial Qi poured out as divine runes flickered on the tower walls. The giant heaven-reaching tower blotted out the sky and sun, completely enveloping the starry sky around the Original Realm.

Standing tall in the river of stars, the Original Realm began to shake violently.

Under this giant tower emanating the Divine Might of creation, the Original Realm at this moment was like a flat boat drifting on a vast ocean.

Under the suction from the bottom of the tower, it was firmly grasped and pulled inward bit by bit.

In the distance, the kneeling survivors of the myriad races watched this world-destroying scene, scared out of their wits and at a loss for what to do.

...

At the same time.

The Human Divine Court.

Inside the great hall,

the hall full of elders was arguing fiercely over the news sent back by the Immortal Realm Law Enforcement Hall and the unusual movements of Di Shitian's true body.

"This is absolutely preposterous!"

"That thief who refined the heaven-reaching tower actually appeared near the Original Realm so openly?!"

"The intelligence says that not only did he bring over a dozen Immortal Emperor followers, but the aura radiating from him... seems to be of the Divine Venerable Realm?!"

"A Divine Venerable? How is that possible?" An elder had a face full of disbelief. "Wasn't it said that the guy who stole the heaven-reaching tower was just a chess piece in the game between the Demon God Emperor Di Shitian and the Imperial Preceptor? Since when did a wild Divine Venerable, of whom our Divine Court knows absolutely nothing, appear in the Three Thousand Great Worlds?!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the elders fell silent.

A chess piece?

Who would use a Divine Venerable as a chess piece in a game of chess?

The arguments in the hall gradually subsided, and everyone's eyes turned to the Old Palace Master sitting in the seat of honor.

"Let us set the matter of the heaven-reaching tower aside for now."

The Old Palace Master slowly opened his eyes. "Speaking of Di Shitian... did you notice another detail?"

"Di Shitian seemed to be deducing the river of time at all costs just now, and the direction he was peering into... was the Dragon Domain?"

"The Dragon Domain?"

The Red-robed Elder furrowed his brows, his eyes filled with alarm and suspicion. "What is Di Shitian looking at the Dragon Domain for at this time? What is there that is worthy of a God Emperor's true body descending in person?"

"And of all times, it has to be now..."

The Red-robed Elder gritted his teeth, his face grim. "Her Majesty is absent, and the Imperial Preceptor has entered death seclusion to break through to the half-step God Emperor Realm, cutting off all contact with the outside world."

Inside the great hall,

silence fell once more.

When all these coincidences came together, they formed a hair-raising conspiracy.

After a long silence,

the Old Palace Master let out a helpless sigh.

"Therefore..."

"None of us can interfere in this matter now. Even if we go, without the combat power of the God Emperor Realm, we would only be going to our deaths."

The dim light in the hall flickered, casting uncertain expressions on the faces of the elders.

The Human Divine Court, known as the number one force in the Three Thousand Great Worlds, could only watch helplessly as a Demon Race God Emperor acted willfully right under their noses.

"What about the Original Realm then?" a Purple-robed Elder asked unwillingly. "Are we just going to let that Divine Venerable of unknown Origin take away the Original Realm along with the heaven-reaching tower? That is Her Majesty the Empress's divine object!"

"Do you want to go and fight for it?"

The Old Palace Master sneered and glanced at him. "Under the heaven-reaching tower, one is invincible among those of the same realm. Not to mention, he has over a dozen Immortal Emperors with him. Are you going? Or am I?"

The elders fell silent once again.

"Let us wait."

The Old Palace Master closed his eyes wearily. "All we can do is wait..."

...

At this time,

in the sea of stars near the Original Realm.

Gu Heng gazed at the Original Realm.

That massive celestial body was gradually breaking away from its original orbit under the gravitational pull of the heaven-reaching tower, being forcibly dragged into the chaotic vortex at the bottom of the tower.

His hand hidden in his sleeve tightened slightly.

Every flicker of the faint light from the wooden hairpin in his palm tugged at Gu Heng's nerves.

"Rumble—"

The Chaotic Primordial Qi enveloping the realm radiated vitality, forcibly gathering the shattered mountains and rivers to protect the core Origin within the realm.

Behind Gu Heng, the Star Immortal Emperor stared at the Original Realm, which was fusing with the heaven-reaching tower.

"Strange..."

The Star Immortal Emperor murmured softly, "Why is there such a familiar Bloodline aura inside this lower realm...?"

The more he looked, the more startled he became. That aura was extremely faint and concealed by layers of heavenly secrets. However, as the Immortal Emperor Old Ancestor of the Su Clan, his perception of his own Bloodline could never be wrong.

"How could there be a direct Bloodline of my Su Clan in this wasteland?"

The Star Immortal Emperor took a step forward, wanting to investigate more clearly.

"That's enough!"

The Thunder Emperor grabbed his shoulder, his face full of anxiety and impatience. "What time do you think it is? Master is in an absolute hurry, yet you old codger are still thinking about your Su Clan Bloodline from who knows how many generations ago! The most important thing right now is to quickly pull this broken place in so we can rush back to the Dragon Domain!"

The Star Immortal Emperor glanced at the cold back of the young man at the very front and swallowed his questions.

In the starry sky,

the anomalies grew more and more terrifying.

The divine runes on the heaven-reaching tower's body expanded frantically.

Countless shattered Star Domains scattered around the Original Realm began to orbit the heaven-reaching tower under the pull of this force.

From a distance,

the heaven-reaching tower looked like the center of the galaxy, greedily devouring everything.

"Buzz—!"

A crisp hum echoed through the sea of stars.

The Original Realm turned into a speck of light and sank into the bottom of the heaven-reaching tower, and the myriad streams of Chaotic Primordial Qi instantly flowed back.

The Fusion of the heaven-reaching tower and the Original Realm was successful.

Gu Heng abruptly snapped out of his thoughts.

He didn't even check the situation inside the tower.

With a thought, the giant heaven-reaching tower rapidly shrank under the numb gazes of the surviving powerhouses of the myriad races, returning to his palm.

The entire sea of stars instantly became empty.

Gu Heng ignored the God Lords and Immortal Emperors of the myriad races who were kneeling and trembling in the starry sea in the distance.

"Tear—"

In front of the heaven-reaching tower, a rift leading straight into the endless Void Realm tore open, appearing before everyone.

"Let's go."

Gu Heng gave a soft grunt and was about to lead everyone into the rift.

At the very moment he was about to step in,

his footsteps halted.

His clothes fluttered in the spatial turbulence, and he suddenly recalled the words Lin Qingyue had said to him when they parted.

"Master... what are you..."

Jiang Wanyin took a step forward, her bare feet hovering beside Gu Heng, her delicate brows slightly furrowed.

Just a moment ago, he had been in an absolute hurry, wishing he could return to the Dragon Domain to save her immediately. Why did he stop at the critical moment when the passage was open and the Fusion was complete?

Not just Jiang Wanyin.

Di Shitian's Divine Sense Incarnation, Ao Lie, and all the Immortal Emperors and Devil Emperors present held their breath, focusing their gazes on Gu Heng's back.

Time seemed to be stretched infinitely.

Gu Heng slowly turned around.

He looked at the gradually fading phantom of the river of time.

"No, that's not right..."

His brows were tightly knit, as if he was lost in deep thought.

Hearing this, everyone...

stared at each other in bewilderment.

"This... what is not right? Master, didn't you just say it yourself?"

The Thunder Emperor scratched his head. "Mistress... cough, Miss Lin, she went to use herself as bait to draw away the gaze of Di Shitian's true body and buy you time to fuse with the heaven-reaching tower!"

"Indeed."

The Star Immortal Emperor carefully chimed in, "She knew Di Shitian would come, so she left on her own initiative to draw the flames of war elsewhere..."

Gu Heng nodded and spoke calmly, "Then... is there a possibility that she did this on purpose?"