Chapter 121: The Scarlet Descent Once More

Domain Lord—
A realm existing within Gu Sha’s memories.
It was a realm within those twenty years of memories, a period he couldn’t tell if it was a rebirth or a foresight of the future.
Above the ninth tier of the War Emperor stood the Domain Lord.
However, in that twenty-year memory, Gu Sha only knew of this realm’s existence; he never had the chance to truly encounter it, so his understanding was limited.
What he knew was sparse—
In those memories, the total number of Domain Lords worldwide did not exceed thirty. At that time, he was inside the now-extinct C City Bastion, where the top expert, Gu Xiao, was a Domain Lord-level powerhouse.
From Gu Sha’s limited knowledge of the Domain Lord realm, he understood it was a state where one had opened their domain. Rumor had it that Gu Xiao, during a great battle, unleashed his domain and effortlessly single-handedly defeated over a dozen Emperor-tier beasts without a scratch.
Previously, Gu Sha had thought that merely having enough source energy was sufficient to reach Domain Lord, but reflecting on those twenty years of memories, where hundreds reportedly reached the peak of the Emperor tier but only dozens became Domain Lords, the reason was likely that becoming a Domain Lord was no longer just about genetic development.
Yet,
Gu Sha remained completely unflustered.
The Earth of today was entirely different from the one in those twenty-year memories.
Based on his recent analysis,
he had formed some speculative ideas.
Most likely, he was not truly reborn but awakened with time manipulation abilities due to infection during the first Crimson Arrival.
His awakened ability might be somewhat special—perhaps due to other reasons or a fortunate coincidence.
Because in the extradimensional space outside the S City Bastion, he learned from several high-ranking zombie clan members that during the Crimson Arrival, an extraordinarily terrifying time force appeared in the universe, powerful enough to wildly accelerate the chaos barriers between parallel universes.
It was possibly this time force
that collided with his awakened time ability, causing it to activate peculiarly, projecting his consciousness twenty years forward. At that time, he was just an ordinary person, unable to distinguish between memories of future foresight and real memories, leading him to mistakenly believe he had been reborn.
This was Gu Sha’s hypothesis.
He even boldly speculated that the turbulence sweeping through the chaos barriers of parallel universes caused by this time force might be linked to his awakening of time manipulation.
Of course, this was mere conjecture.
From there, a logical sequence of speculations emerged:
The first twenty-year future projection showed one path for Earth’s development, but because of the disturbance from that terrifying time force, variables appeared.
The first variable: the small spaces of the Tianyuan Realm docked prematurely with Earth.
The second variable: the grotto heavens and blessed lands from ancient mythology awakened early, likely attracting the legendary immortals or their descendants to Earth.
The third variable: Earth’s transformations occurred years earlier than expected.
The third speculation concerned many figures from those twenty-year memories—like Meng Qingping and Gu Xiao from C City Bastion—who no longer existed now. They might have been immortals or descendants of immortals who left Earth in ancient times.
Alternatively,
there was another possibility:
Within Earth’s original grotto heavens and blessed lands dwelled many soul entities similar to the Sky Serpent. They might have used special methods to revive themselves, such as soul possession or reconstructing physical bodies to appear in reality.

Regarding these three speculations,
Gu Sha was certain that those grotto heavens and blessed lands about to awaken today must hold ancient secret strategies—at least some traces remained—likely providing a way to break through the Domain Lord realm.

...

Within the secret chamber,
Gu Sha slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, then began circulating source power to absorb the accumulated alien bones inside.
During this time, worldwide plundering not only enhanced his supernatural abilities but also elevated his power level.
According to his estimates,
this current surge would not only achieve a supernatural breakthrough,
but his power level should also rise to the King tier!
In an instant,
the surging energy from the alien bones flooded into Gu Sha’s gene lock, gradually enveloping it.
Ten minutes passed,
twenty minutes,
thirty minutes,
one hour...
After a long while,
Gu Sha had absorbed all the alien bones in the chamber. He slowly opened his eyes.
The King-tier power was achieved!

...

Breaking through from ninth-tier supernatural power to King tier marked a qualitative leap.
The range of his time control expanded more than tenfold, and more tangibly, his foresight ability extended from ten days at ninth tier to half a year.
Joy filled Gu Sha’s heart,
and he immediately activated his foresight ability.
In an instant,
his mind flooded with memories of the next six months:
In the future scene,
Gu Sha received a message from Han Ze informing him that the Longzhou Gang had found an expert with some knowledge of ancient scripts.
Gu Sha promptly returned to the Longzhou J City Bastion.

...

However,
because the type of script Gu Sha needed to understand was exceedingly ancient, there were few references available. Most importantly, many existing documents had been lost due to the arrival of the apocalypse.
Soon after,
Gu Sha entered search mode.
Following clues provided by experts, he scoured various locations for lost texts. Yet, even recovering the scant original documents was insufficient to reconstruct a complete system of that script.
After consulting numerous experts,
Gu Sha, guided by their ideas and guesses, scoured the globe for traces of ancient writing.
He excavated tombs, blasted mountains, and ventured through primeval forests. The process took a long time and covered many places, also helping Longzhou clear out numerous safe zones.
Meanwhile, his cultivation advanced to the second tier of War Emperor.
Four months later,
the experts finally reconstructed that ancient script.
This discovery excited them greatly,
for the restoration of the script indicated that before human civilization, Earth had already harbored a civilization with its own writing system.
Had this been before the apocalypse’s arrival,
it might have caused a worldwide sensation,
but under current conditions, very few paid attention—
except Gu Sha.
After the script was restored, he immediately began studying it.
Thanks to his life level as a War Emperor, learning was relatively easy. It didn’t take long before he recognized the script.
Afterward,
he began researching the inscriptions found in the small grotto heaven world on Ghost Island Continent.
However,
recognizing the characters and understanding the text were entirely different matters. Gu Sha felt much like when he studied classical texts in school.
Just as Gu Sha was diligently delving into ancient literature,
suddenly, one day,
the Crimson Arrival struck anew!

(End of chapter)