Chapter 130 The First Deputy General Under the Divine Commander

Gu Heng sat on a blue stone, his hands resting on his knees, his face tilted slightly upward as he watched the last trace of sunset on the horizon.

His white robe fluttered in the wind.

He exuded an air of leisure, looking like an ordinary scholar admiring the scenery.

Behind him, Patriarch Su Xingchen was stunned.

He stared foolishly at the white-clad back stretched long by the setting sun, then turned his head to stare wide-eyed at Lei Wanjun and the White Bone Demon Emperor beside him.

Patriarch Su Xingchen scratched his head and ears, looking flustered.

Gu Heng did not turn his head, his tone calm, "Whatever Bloodline you need to find, go ahead. There is no need to waste time here with me."

The voice was very soft, yet it reached everyone's ears.

"Ah... Oh... Oh!" Patriarch Su Xingchen reacted, startled, his face showing wild joy. He hurriedly bent down, bowing repeatedly toward Gu Heng's back, "Many thanks for Master's consideration! This old man... this old man will go and return shortly, I definitely won't dare to delay too long!"

"Hahaha!" Lei Wanjun crossed his arms and laughed heartily.

As he laughed, he reached out and patted Patriarch Su Xingchen on the shoulder, "Patriarch Su Xingchen, are you regressing as you age? Look at how fidgety you are. Don't tell me you were expecting Master to personally condescend to act as your nanny, accompanying you all over the world to find those descendants of yours separated by who knows how many generations?"

"Pfft—" Patriarch Su Xingchen had just channeled his immortal power to tear open the Void Realm when he was nearly choked by that slap.

He stumbled, almost falling headfirst into the spatial turbulence.

Patriarch Su Xingchen steadied himself.

His old face flushed red. He turned to glare at Lei Wanjun, gritting his teeth, "You brute Lei! Stop spouting nonsense! This old man is completely loyal to Master; how could I have such treasonous thoughts?"

After saying this, he stole a glance at Gu Heng.

Seeing that Gu Heng was still watching the sunset and was not angry, he breathed a sigh of relief.

The moment he turned to step into the spatial rift, Patriarch Su Xingchen gritted his teeth in his heart and fiercely wrote Lei Wanjun's name in his "little book of grudges."

You brute Lei, just you wait.

Once I find that exceptionally talented Su Clan descendant, I'll find a chance to get you!

Patriarch Su Xingchen's figure disappeared into the closing spatial rift.

The mountaintop returned to peace.

Gu Heng sat quietly for a while.

As if thinking of something, a gleam flashed in his eyes, and his index finger moved slightly.

"Hum—" A buzzing sound rang out.

The Void Realm in front of Gu Heng rippled.

The next moment, two figures tumbled out of the nothingness and fell onto the grass-covered ground.

It was none other than the Fox Clan God Lord of the Nine-Tailed White Fox Clan and the Little White Fox he was clutching tightly in his arms.

The Fox Clan God Lord didn't even bother to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth; he struggled to turn over and knelt on the ground, not daring to breathe loudly.

Before a Supreme existence capable of casually commanding the heaven-reaching tower and followed by two God Emperor Divine Sense Incarnations, he, a Yao Race God Lord, was no different from an ant.

Gu Heng turned slightly to the side and looked down at the trembling Fox Clan God Lord kneeling on the ground.

After a moment, he asked slowly, "How much do you know about that old Divine Venerable of your Nine-Tailed White Fox Clan?"

The Fox Clan God Lord shuddered.

Countless thoughts flashed through his mind.

Should he hide the clan's secrets and protect the ancestor's dignity? Or tell the truth and strive for a glimmer of survival?

Under the gaze of this Youth in White, he felt that any lie he told would be seen through.

After struggling for a long time, the Fox Clan God Lord closed his eyes and said in a low voice, "Reporting... reporting to Senior, the ancestor's current state is indeed extremely poor... If there are no more Supreme Divine Plants to extend his life, or if he cannot achieve a Breakthrough, I fear he will not last another thousand years."

The Fox Clan God Lord sighed, his tone filled with sorrow.

"So..." Gu Heng raised an eyebrow, signaling him to continue.

The Fox Clan God Lord swallowed his saliva, "Therefore, the clan's Elder Council was willing to pay any price, even reaching an agreement with the Elder Pavilion of the Human Divine Court, to forcibly refine the Original Realm.

Because although the Original Realm is broken and abandoned, its Origin might be able to help the ancestor extend his life.

And..." He raised his head and carefully glanced at the Little White Fox in his arms, "And, not long ago, our clan finally sensed that this... this crucial Bloodline of the ancestor, which had been lost outside, was in this realm."

"Oh?" Gu Heng followed his gaze and looked at the Little White Fox curled into a ball.

The Little White Fox sensed it and frantically tried to burrow its little head into the Fox Clan God Lord's tattered sleeve, leaving only one furry ear and a short tail exposed.

Gu Heng scrutinized the snow-white young fox.

He frowned.

It looked inexplicably familiar.

He searched his memory.

Suddenly, Gu Heng's eyes narrowed, fixing on a scene.

It was a banquet shortly before the heaven-reaching tower opened.

In a cage, there was a snow-white Little White Fox.

At that time, Old Ancestor Qingxuan was circling the cage, marveling at how ingenious the cage was.

Recalling Old Ancestor Qingxuan's stubbornness regarding gomoku, Gu Heng found it somewhat amusing.

Who would have thought that after all this, this Little White Fox would appear before him again in this manner.

Moreover, it was actually the "Supreme Bloodline" that the Nine-Tailed White Fox Clan was willing to trade with the Divine Court and even refine an entire realm to retrieve.

"Interesting." Gu Heng pondered.

Jiang Wanyin pondered for a moment and spoke, "This Little White Fox... is a Reincarnation."

The Fox Clan God Lord suddenly raised his head, his expression stunned.

Di Shitian nodded, "Correct, it is indeed a Reincarnation.

Furthermore, this fox's memories and Divine Abilities from its previous life have not yet undergone Awakening; they have all remained dormant after Reincarnation.

Without an extremely special Opportunity or a Supreme expert personally guiding it, it is no different from an ordinary young beast.

Even if a Divine Venerable were to perform divination, they could only see its ancestral Bloodline reversion; they could not discern the Karma of its previous life.

As for how to judge if she is..." Di Shitian paused and raised his hand to point at the tail the Little White Fox had exposed outside the sleeve, "Just look at her tail."

Everyone cast their gaze toward the shivering Little White Fox.

Di Shitian continued unhurriedly, "For the Nine-Tailed White Fox Clan, the number of tails represents the purity of the Bloodline and the level of cultivation.

Ordinary clansmen only have one to three tails in their lifetime; those who can cultivate four to six tails can rank as Elders in your clan; as for those who can grow seven or eight tails, or even a phantom ninth tail, they are experts at the God Lord Realm like you.

As for that legendary true ninth tail..." His voice lowered, "That is the ultimate mark of the ancestor's Bloodline.

Throughout the ages, the entire Nine-Tailed White Fox Clan has only had that one old immortal.

Although this little fox currently looks like she only has a lonely single tail, look at the base of her tail."

Lei Wanjun and the others leaned in closer.

At the base of the Little White Fox's fluffy white tail, right against the skin, was a faint ring of silver-white patterns.

If not for a Supreme existence like Di Shitian who had mastered the laws of heaven and earth, ordinary people scanning with Divine Sense would just ignore it as ordinary mottled coloring.

"This silver pattern is the 'Life Wheel' of the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox."

The Fox Clan God Lord was struck as if by lightning, his voice trembling, "That's right, this... this is precisely the reason why my Nine-Tailed White Fox Clan is willing to exhaust the entire clan's resources, and even bear the infamy of ten thousand races, to bring her safely back to the Demon God Domain!

With her, our clan's ancestor has hope for a Breakthrough, and our clan... will have a foundation that stands for eternity!"

Gu Heng looked down at the Little White Fox curled in the Fox Clan God Lord's arms, letting out weak whimpers, and was lost in thought.

So this little one carried such immense Karma.

After a moment, Gu Heng withdrew his gaze, his tone calm, "However, you probably don't need to go to such great lengths to send her back."

The Fox Clan God Lord was stunned and looked up in confusion.

Gu Heng's expression was indifferent, "Under my mental command, the heaven-reaching tower is already traveling through the Star Domain tunnel.

And our current direction... is toward the realm where your Nine-Tailed White Fox Clan resides."

"This..." The Fox Clan God Lord was completely dumbfounded.

He never expected that this White-robed God Emperor would not only refrain from killing them all but would personally take them to the home base of the Nine-Tailed White Fox Clan.

But before the wild joy in his heart could rise, Gu Heng turned his head.

His deep eyes fell upon him.

Gu Heng examined the Fox Clan God Lord, frowned, and fell into deep thought.

"As for you..." Gu Heng murmured.

In that instant, the fur on the Fox Clan God Lord's body stood on end.

He was an expert at the Peak of the God Lord Realm and had extremely keen perception of danger.

He clearly sensed that just a moment ago, in the depths of Gu Heng's eyes, there was a flash of killing intent that vanished instantly.

Immediately after, that trace of killing intent dissipated like a receding tide, as if it had never appeared.

Gu Heng frowned slightly and muttered to himself, "...Having this fox go and water that plant seems like a pretty good choice, right?"

The Fox Clan God Lord was instantly bewildered.

He blinked his eyes.

He suspected something was wrong with his ears.

Let him? A God Lord, a Supreme existence who shook the Three Thousand Great Worlds and could lay millions of corpses to rest with a single rage, go and water a plant!?

Hearing this, Lei Wanjun desperately suppressed the corners of his mouth from turning up.

To avoid laughing out loud, he thought through all the most painful things he had experienced recently.

Watering a plant? Letting a Yao Race expert at the Peak of the God Lord Realm do the work of an old farmer tending crops in the mortal world?

Master's methods of tormenting people were truly unprecedented and unmatched.

Conversely, Jiang Wanyin and Di Shitian remained as still as mountains.

Jiang Wanyin's face was devoid of emotion, as cold and beautiful as an ice sculpture.

Di Shitian crossed his arms, closing his eyes to rest, as if everything around him had nothing to do with him.

Both had calm expressions, easily maintaining their demeanor as high-level experts.

The Fox Clan God Lord knelt on the ground, and after a brief moment of bewilderment, his desire to survive overcame all dignity and pride.

He knew deeply that before this Youth in White, any so-called "God Lord dignity" was a huge joke.

Since the other party mentioned "watering," it meant he still had some use to him.

This was his only chance to survive.

"This villain is willing! This villain is a thousand times willing, ten thousand times willing!"

The Fox Clan God Lord kowtowed repeatedly.

As he kowtowed, he shouted, "Forget about watering that Divine Plant! Even if it's fertilizing, shielding it from wind and rain, or guarding it day and night, this villain will have absolutely no complaints!

This villain will definitely serve it as if it were my own birth parents!"

The Fox Clan God Lord carefully raised his head and stole a glance at the still indifferent expression on Gu Heng's face.

His mind raced, and gritting his teeth, he added loudly, "...This villain can also use my most pure God Lord Origin to nourish it day and night!

I guarantee it will make it grow faster, straighter, greener, and more spirited!"

"Pfft—" Lei Wanjun couldn't hold it in.

He let out an extremely strange, muffled laugh, then hurriedly raised his hand to cover his mouth, his old face turning the color of liver.

He really couldn't take it anymore.

This old fox, in order to survive, had even ripped off his last bit of face and thrown it on the ground to be trampled on.

Forcing back his laughter, Lei Wanjun transmitted his voice into the White Bone Demon Emperor's mind, "Old Bones, did you hear that? This fox... haha, is truly a talent!

In order to live, he even has to fight to be a nanny for a plant!"

The ghostly green soul fire in the White Bone Demon Emperor's eye sockets only flickered slightly, very calmly.

A moment later, his hoarse voice replied via Divine Sense transmission, eerily, "Face? Before Master, when your life can barely be saved, what use is face?", "If this Emperor is not mistaken, when you were the last one to enter the heaven-reaching tower, you were crying and begging Master to break the contract, preferring to go off and die rather than stay and serve Master, right?...

At that time, you didn't seem much more dignified than this fox."

Lei Wanjun's smile froze on his face, his old face turning completely charcoal black.

"Old Bones, shut up! No one will think you're dead if you don't speak!"

"This Emperor is already a dead person." The White Bone Demon Emperor pointed to his own white bone demon body and replied indifferently.

Then he ignored him, continuing to look at his nose and heart.

Lei Wanjun: "..."

Gu Heng looked at the Fox Clan God Lord kneeling on the ground desperately expressing his loyalty and shook his head with amusement.

He was just saying it casually.

The God Lord of the Nine-Tailed White Fox Clan was not weak in strength, so keeping him to lead the way or handle trivial matters would be worry-free.

As for "watering"... that was just him being on a whim, teasing this old fox.

"Since you are so sincere, then the task of watering... will be left to you."

Gu Heng waved his hand, turned his head to Jiang Wanyin, and said, "Wanyin, go sign a contract with him to avoid trouble in the future."

"Yes, Master."

Jiang Wanyin bowed slightly.

She walked toward the Fox Clan God Lord with an expressionless face, the light of the contract gathering.

Looking at the impending contract, the Fox Clan God Lord breathed a sigh of relief, "Many thanks for Master's heavenly grace! This villain will definitely swear loyalty unto death!"

Gu Heng shook his head, stood up, and looked through the heaven-reaching tower outside the Original Realm toward the deepest part of the endless Star Domain.

"Boom—" In the Star Domain Void Realm tunnel, the heaven-reaching tower, under the drive of Gu Heng's will, carried Gu Heng and the others, shuttling through the endless Chaos.

Like a brilliant meteor, it sped away in the direction of the Demon God Domain.

...

Meanwhile.

At a distance of who knows how many light-years away.

The Void Realm at the junction of the Original Realm and the Immortal and Demon Domains.

In the past, this Star Domain was filled with spatial turbulence and residual ripples of various Spells due to the Great Tribulation of the Original Realm and the arrival of experts from ten thousand races.

But at this moment, the entire Star Domain was eerily quiet.

Suddenly— "Rumble—" A majestic aura of the Human Race's God Lord Realm descended without warning.

Accompanying this aura, a dazzling white light bloomed in the Star Domain.

It was like a white-hot sun, illuminating several surrounding Star Domains with blinding brightness.

Within the light, a figure clad in heavy silver armor slowly emerged, the Void Realm around him constantly collapsing and reforming under his pressure.

The top Vice General under the Human Divine Court's Divine Marshal Pojun—Vice General Han Zhen, descended upon this place.

The Cultivators of various races who were originally lurking in the dark, wanting to search for remaining Opportunities in the ruins of the Original Realm, were scared pale the moment they saw that "silver-white sun."

They appeared one after another, retreating in panic toward the distance.

"That is..."

"Vice General Han of the Divine Marshal Pojun's mansion! Why is he here?"

"Such dazzling silver armor... It's him! A Supreme existence at the Peak of the God Lord Realm!"

The First Vice General under the Divine Marshal had descended.

Who would dare to stop such a formation?

The moment Vice General Han Zhen descended, he closed his eyes.

His Divine Sense swept out overwhelmingly, instantly covering several Star Domains.

A few breaths later, he opened his eyes abruptly and was stunned.

"Hmm..."

"Hmm!?"

"Where is the Original Realm?"