Chapter 650: Futile Efforts

It was a radiant and scorching brilliance, seemingly the dwelling place of gods, or an independent world. But in reality, it was just the palm of Gu Zhan’s hand, descending with a speed that appeared slow but was astonishingly swift.

Five fingers descended like five heavenly pillars holding up the sky, the fingers so immense and boundless that they couldn’t be perceived as fingers, enveloped in dazzling brilliance, giving an impression of being insurmountable, covering everything below.

At this time,

the three strongest cultivators of the present age, Yan Qingshan, Ming Zhishou, and Zhang Wentian, were as insignificant as dust, fleeing within that palm.

The large hand reached out, spreading forward, shading the endless darkness below, appearing immensely vast.

The three mighty figures of the Kouxian Sect, moving at speeds surpassing light, still couldn’t escape the range of that hand. They quickly realized they faced a terrifying great divine technique that they were utterly unqualified to resist.

At that moment, Zhang Wentian was the first to offer a crystalline elixir. Instantly, golden light surged into the sky, enveloped in blazing clouds, ready to spread across the world.

“Brother Zhang!” Ming Zhishou exclaimed.

This elixir, which they all possessed, was the Ninth Transformations Golden Core, crafted by the Pill Tower over thousands of years precisely for dealing with “Heaven.”

According to their original plan, they intended to lure “Heaven” into the human world, into the Red Dust Array of Jingshen Valley, then consume the Ninth Transformations Golden Core to forcefully break into the Immortal Realm, sacrificing everything to perish together with Heaven.

This was their final foundation, their ultimate strategy against “Heaven.”

Zhang Wentian swallowed the Ninth Transformations Golden Core in one gulp and said in a deep voice, “My friends, there’s no other way. If we can’t even survive this calamity now, how can we dream of confronting the one above?”

“This…”

Ming Zhishou and Yan Qingshan were momentarily stunned, then quickly drew out their elixirs,

Understanding fully that regardless of what comes next, no matter how grand the plan, everything must be built on the foundation that they are still alive. If they die, having more trump cards would be meaningless.

Immediately, the two prepared to consume the elixirs.

However, in that instant,

a soft “hmm” sound reached the ears of all three,

The next moment, with a hum, the world trembled. The five fingers fell, each turning golden yellow, appearing like colossal pillars of heaven, thick and mighty.

“Boom!”

The hand covered and slowly closed,

Zhang Wentian, having consumed the Ninth Transformations Golden Core to forcefully elevate his cultivation to the Immortal Realm, exploded instantly, his body bursting, with mists of blood revolving around those massive fingers like celestial bodies, mysterious and terrifying.

[Origin Value +10000]

Ming Zhishou and Yan Qingshan, who were prepared to take their elixirs, were dumbfounded,

They couldn’t believe the scene before them, which shattered their worldview,

Zhang Wentian, having temporarily elevated his cultivation to the Immortal Realm, had perished just like that!

“How is this possible?”

“How can it be so powerful?”

“This was supposed to be the trump card against the one above!”

Both of their hearts were already broken,

The trump card they’d relied upon to fight “Heaven” was so easily crushed, not to mention “Heaven,” they couldn’t even face a powerful human cultivator.

Yet,

Gu Zhan didn’t give them time to ponder any of this,

He simply clenched his hand,

At that moment,

A terrifying and boundless soul power descended, and in just an instant, Ming Zhishou and Yan Qingshan lost consciousness, their bodies exploding into mists of blood.

[Origin Value +10000]

[Origin Value +10000]

All turmoil vanished in that moment,

To be exact, there was never any ripple,

Gu Zhan’s technique, the world in his palm, hadn’t caused any external change, everything remained calm and ordinary. No one would know that under this tranquil night, the four greatest cultivators of the human world had fallen.

At the gates of Capital City,

Gu Zhan stood silently. After a while, he slowly opened his eyes, a gleam flashing within. He had already browsed through the consciousness of Yan Qingshan and Ming Zhishou.

“So, this is the truth of the world!”

Gu Zhan looked up at the pitch-black night sky.

By examining these two’s consciousness, he had resolved many uncertainties in his mind.

The eye he’d previously glimpsed when breaking out of the human world into chaos was actually the eye of “Heaven.”

Or, to be precise, it was a being that had transcended dimensions, nurturing the entire human world as a pasture. This being was called “Heaven.”

Everything in the human world is false,

It was all a fabrication by “Heaven,” an environment created to cultivate premium sustenance for itself.

There weren’t truly the four desolate regions, nor were the Human Race and Demon Race eternal enemies, nor did anyone ascend to immortality; it was all a ruse where “Heaven” selected the strongest cultivators from countless beings to serve as sustenance.

Just like a human pasture, always arranging the environment according to the livestock’s characteristics, then selecting the fattest or strongest animals for consumption when the time is right.

“It truly is… indescribable, no wonder they think of every way to rebel against Heaven!”

Gu Zhan could understand why these four spoke with such resentment toward the so-called “Heaven,” always plotting rebellion against it.

“It’s just unfortunate.”

Gu Zhan shook his head and sighed,

These people probably never realized that their so-called schemes were nothing but a joke.

Gu Zhan had sensed “Heaven’s” terror at close range and understood its power very clearly.

Even if their plan succeeded, if they managed to lure “Heaven” into the human world, they still couldn’t match it in battle. They might not even withstand its mere presence.

However, Gu Zhan didn’t find it laughable,

Because the level of Ming Zhishou and the others was too low, their distance from “Heaven” was too vast, rendering them incapable of fathoming “Heaven’s” power, forced to rely on conjecture. The attempt was commendable given their standpoint.

Additionally, their scheme wasn’t entirely futile,

Luring “Heaven” into the grand array of Jingshen Valley, with the Talisman Sect leaving a vast symbol, the Pill Tower using the Ninth Transformations Golden Core to foster a few cultivators with Immortal Realm power, and together wielding the Sword Sect’s blade, might still manage to withstand a single glance from “Heaven.”

“Sigh”

Gu Zhan sighed softly, then suddenly frowned, murmuring, “There’s something very strange. The legendary Confucian Saint, supposedly having transcended this pasture upon meeting Heaven, should understand Heaven’s power well. Why would he still have the Three Major Ancestral Veins and Four Major Side Sects engage in such meaningless rebellion against Heaven?

This Confucian Saint, poses a significant problem!”