Chapter 150: Heading to Tianshui City

Unspeakable, unrecordable!

These few words left Gu Sha somewhat in awe. Just what kind of realm must one reach to be this utterly badass?

After flipping through the diary for a moment and finding no other significant traces, Gu Sha tucked the diary into his spatial ring and cupped his fists respectfully toward the corpse.

To his utter bewilderment, the moment he bowed, the corpse weathered away, instantly turning into a puff of flying ash.

"This..."

Gu Sha's mouth twitched violently.

He had forgotten to seal the cave entrance, allowing oxygen to rush in. Above all, he had never expected that the corpse of a Domain Lord, which should not have decayed, would oxidize so easily.

"My apologies, senior," Gu Sha murmured. He then picked up the Xumi pouch and the whisk left on the stone platform, searched the room thoroughly, and finding nothing else, leaped out of the secret chamber.

Sitting within the cave, Gu Sha began to examine the Xumi pouch and the whisk. The Xumi pouch served the same purpose as a spatial ring, designed for storage, but its material was of exceptional quality, remaining undamaged even after several millennia.

As for the whisk, it clearly radiated the aura of an extraordinary magical artifact, naturally impervious to the ravages of time.

Gu Sha opened the Xumi pouch and sent a wisp of divine sense inside.

The spatial pouch was quite spacious, though very few items inside remained intact. Originally, the pouch must have contained numerous objects, but most had reduced to piles of ash, leaving only a few secret scrolls well-preserved.

Gu Sha retrieved the scrolls.

They contained inheritance secret arts and techniques of the Asking Heaven Pavilion, including cultivation methods for the Asking Immortal Realm. While the other battle techniques lacked formidable offensive power, one particular combat manual caught his eye, named the *Battle Immortal Fist*.

The commentary for this fist technique was remarkably bold, claiming to be the supreme pinnacle of immortal arts. Upon reaching mastery, it could unleash twelve punches in an instant, with the force of each successive strike compounding—effectively multiplying one's strength by twelvefold.

Gazing upon this secret art, Gu Sha immediately activated his future-prediction ability.

When cultivating secret arts, the assistance provided by time-based abilities was relatively minor, mainly serving to help one avoid detours. However, mastering martial techniques was entirely different; techniques primarily relied on skill and experience.

Within the future-prediction state, memories could be retained.

Consequently, Gu Sha activated his future-prediction ability over a dozen times in succession, each spanning three to four months. A longer time span risked major, unpredictable upheavals in Earth's current volatile environment that could interrupt his cultivation and waste precious prediction time.

Throughout these numerous predictions, Gu Sha consistently chose to hide in the shadows, dedicating himself solely to practicing the *Battle Immortal Fist*.

Altogether, spanning a cumulative duration of five to six years, he finally pushed the *Battle Immortal Fist* to the realm of mastery.

***

"Hoo..."

Gu Sha let out a long breath. Given his current realm, predicting three to four months ahead did not drain him excessively, but stacking so many attempts back-to-back had depleted most of his origin power, leaving him bone-tired.

Gu Sha sat cross-legged in meditation, retrieved a few exotic fruits from his ring, and swallowed them. After rapidly recovering a portion of his energy, he turned his attention to the whisk.

The whisk was straightforward; the records inside the Xumi pouch indicated that it had been crafted by the founding patriarch of the Asking Heaven Pavilion, blessed by immortals, and stained with immortal primordial blood. It stood as a top-tier magical artifact, capable of erupting with power that carried even a hint of immortal might.

***

After resting for a while, Gu Sha stood up and walked out of the cave.

Gently striking the mountain wall with his palm, he channeled a surging torrent of energy deep into the interior, shattering countless rocks and permanently sealing away the secret chamber.

With that done, Gu Sha glanced back at the Taihang Mountains, then retrieved a flying sword from his spatial ring.

This was a high-grade flying sword plundered from the battle emperor of the Flying Sword Sect.

Initially, Gu Sha had been full of curiosity toward flying swords, believing them to be profoundly mystical. It was only after seizing one that he realized this device was not nearly as magical as the legends of Longzhou portrayed; rather, it was simply a piece of high-tech machinery.

Its underlying principles closely mirrored those of an aircraft, albeit with vastly superior technology. Driven by energy, it incorporated numerous propulsion systems within the blade, allowing users to propel it using either their own origin power or installed energy crystals like corpse cores to achieve flight.

This also explained why the cultivators of the Flying Sword Sect always stepped on one sword while carrying another strapped to their backs—the flying sword served as the flight vehicle, while their combat weapon was kept separate.

Stepping onto the flying sword, Gu Sha streaked across the night sky like a falling star, swiftly leaving the Taihang Mountains behind. His destination was none of other than Tianshui City in northern Longzhou!

***

Early the next morning.

The global network suddenly exploded with a massive news flash.

The Taihang Mountains Fortress, whose establishment was announced only days ago, had unexpectedly changed hands—or rather, its leadership had been announced, noticeably omitting the universally acclaimed first sequence, Gu Sha.

Early in the morning, the official administration of the Taihang Mountains Fortress released a roster:

City Lord—Tianxiong.

Deputy City Lords: Feilong, Black Rhino, Nine-Tailed Fox.

City Guard Commander...

Alongside the administrative roster for the Taihang Mountains Fortress, an official announcement was also published:

"Mr. Gu Sha has made indelible contributions to the establishment of the Taihang Mountains Fortress. While we earnestly hoped Mr. Gu would stay, he pursues his own ideals and aspirations, which we cannot obstruct. Herein, all beings of the fortress wish Mr. Gu Sha a brilliant future and the fulfillment of his dreams!"

***

The release of this news sent shockwaves across the internet.

Before anyone could fully process it, Gu Sha’s global first-sequence account posted a new dynamic update:

"There are never any gods in this world.

The so-called gods are merely those with slightly stronger cultivation bases.

Furthermore, I was never a hero.

My ideal is to be a ruthless bandit; wherever valuable treasures are found, my figure shall be present.

Therefore, I wish you all good fortune—it is best you do not cross paths with me!"

***

These two successive announcements caught countless netizens completely off guard. No one understood what had transpired, nor could they react in time.

In everyone's expectations, with the establishment of the Taihang Mountains Fortress, Gu Sha would undoubtedly be the City Lord—no one had ever entertained a second possibility.

Moreover, during this period, the entire internet had been mythologizing Gu Sha as humanity's hero, causing many to nearly forget that Gu Sha was originally known as the global ruthless bandit and the greatest villain in the history of Earth's human civilization.

Yet Gu Sha had now voluntarily awakened those memories.

For a time, internet discourse plunged into absolute chaos.

The upper-realm factions, led by the four major forces of northern Longzhou, were likewise caught completely unprepared and scrambled into emergency consultations.

Meanwhile, Gu Sha had already arrived at Tianshui City, the territory of the Lin family.

He had come to slay the Domain Lord and annihilate the Lin family!