Chapter 165: Premonition Interrupted

Chapter 165: Interrupted Prophecy

Corpse after corpse fell to the ground, each transforming into the form of a silver suanni.

Gu Sha quickly retrieved the two arrows he had fired, and then began looting the bodies. He emptied the spatial rings and spatial pouches of those powerful silver-maned beasts, and then quickly departed, stepping onto his flying sword.

As the flying sword sped forward, Gu Sha examined the spatial rings. However, after inspecting them, he cursed under his breath, calling them "poor bastards." Combined, the loot was less than the resources he had previously seized from any of the four major factions in Beilong. There were quite a few secret techniques and weapons, though.

Upon second thought, however, this made sense. The upper-realm factions that had descended ahead of time had each plundered numerous blessed paradises, so it was normal for them to possess abundant resources. These creatures had come to the Kunlun Blessed Land primarily to seize treasures, and it was unlikely they would carry many valuables with them here. Besides, the Kunlun Blessed Land had only recently opened, so a scarcity of treasures at this stage was entirely expected.

After packing everything away properly, Gu Sha sped along on his flying sword toward a massive mountain piercing the clouds—a peak known as the God's Tomb.

Having activated his future prophecy many times, Gu Sha knew of quite a few locations harboring great opportunities within the Kunlun Blessed Land, and the God's Tomb was one of them. It was called the God's Tomb because many creatures who ventured into it later discovered it to be the resting place where numerous ancient powerhouses had passed away.

The opportunities within this God's Tomb were immense. Not only did it contain countless burial items left behind by ancient powerhouses, but the sheer fact that these mighty figures had passed away there, dispersing their lifelong cultivation essence, had transformed the region into a spiritual hotspot where precious spiritual flora grew with extraordinary ease.

Gu Sha was deeply interested in the spiritual flora and rare fruits of that place. Furthermore, it concealed many ancient cultivation secret techniques. By now, Gu Sha had already reached the fourth ultimate realm of the Realm Lord stage and was nearing the peak of the Realm Lord stage. Soon, he would need to consider breaking through to the Immortal-Seeking stage. However, he currently lacked cultivation secret techniques for the Immortal-Seeking stage—not that he had none at all, as he had seized quite a few previously, but their quality was far too inferior.

***

When Gu Sha arrived at the outskirts of the God's Tomb, he found that the area had already been cordoned off and controlled by various upper-realm factions. Rogue cultivators and Earth humans had no qualifications to enter whatsoever.

Gu Sha slowly hovered atop a mountain peak, looking at that massive mountain with a hint of emotion. Just as he had seen in his future memories, regardless of whether one arrived early or late, the God's Tomb had already been seized. Those upper-realm factions likely possessed some knowledge of the Kunlun Blessed Land and knew which locations harbored great opportunities. Thus, the moment the blessed land opened, these upper-realm factions headed straight for the places concealing powerful opportunities and firmly locked them down.

However, what puzzled Gu Sha slightly was that the God's Tomb was undoubtedly a place of immense fortune within the Kunlun Blessed Land, yet not a single creature from the four immortal orthodoxies had appeared here.

"Either they haven't found it, or they look down on it."

Gu Sha deduced that there were only these two possibilities. But it was obviously impossible that they couldn't find it. After all, immortal orthodoxies were even more powerful forces than true immortal orthodoxies like the Gu family. Ordinary upper-realm factions were able to discover this God's Tomb, so there was no reason the immortal orthodoxies wouldn't know of it.

That left only one possibility: they looked down on it.

And that implied that within this Kunlun Blessed Land, there was likely hidden an even more powerful opportunity—one that definitely far surpassed the God's Tomb.

Gu Sha suddenly recalled how Gu Xiao had previously complained about why these four immortal orthodoxies had even come to Earth.

"Could there still be powerful opportunities in this Kunlun Mountain that even I am unaware of?"

Gu Sha instantly felt a sense of unease. He had activated his future prophecy several times and thought he had thoroughly mapped out all the auspicious locations in Kunlun Mountain, yet the greatest opportunity of all remained unknown to him.

Without hesitation, Gu Sha decided to delay entering the God's Tomb. The God's Tomb was vast anyway; he would let the creatures from those upper-realm factions go in first to test the waters. He was well aware that while the God's Tomb held numerous opportunities, it was also fraught with immense dangers.

Gu Sha hid deep within the dense forest and immediately activated his future prophecy ability.

In this vision of the future, he did not go to the God's Tomb, but instead set out to track the movements of the four immortal orthodoxies.

Finally, three days later, he received information and rushed deep into a mountain range within the Kunlun Mountains.

That place was extraordinarily wondrous. The outer perimeter was entirely composed of towering, ten-thousand-zhang-high mountains, yet they enclosed a single mountain in the center that was only about a thousand meters tall. Upon it could be seen a perfectly preserved Taoist temple. Its architecture was not particularly magnificent; relatively speaking, even the temporary palaces set up by the major factions outside Kunlun Mountain earlier were grander and more imposing than this temple.

However, what was extremely bizarre was that not a single creature from the Dark Clan of the Tianyuan Realm had arrived at this place. Everyone present belonged to the forces of this universe, including the four immortal orthodoxies and many other powerful factions. Without exception, the creatures from these factions did not fly; they all obediently and quietly walked up the stone steps from the foot of the mountain, step by step.

When Gu Sha reached the foot of the mountain, he realized why those creatures were walking on foot: a massive, oppressive force restricted the area, making flight completely impossible, and even suppressing cultivation strength to the point where very little could be deployed.

Moreover, as one climbed higher, the pressure grew increasingly intense. Many creatures could no longer endure; some tumbled back down the mountain, others vomited blood while forcing themselves to hold on, and some, unable to maintain their human forms any longer, reverted to their true beastly prototypes and roared as they pushed forward.

Countless creatures desired to ascend the mountain, yet in the end, fewer than a thousand succeeded in reaching the summit.

Once they entered the grounds of the Taoist temple, the scenery before their eyes completely transformed. The small, ordinary-looking Taoist temple on the outside appeared inside as if it were a vast grand world, exuding the primordial aura of heaven and earth at its creation, with opportunities scattered everywhere.

Instantly, countless creatures broke into a chaotic brawl for supremacy.

What caught Gu Sha's attention, however, was that the creatures from the four immortal orthodoxies were intensely fighting over a towering ancient tree. The tree bore thirty-three fruits, each shaped precisely like a newborn infant—complete with all four limbs and fully formed facial features, with a stem at the tip of its tail attached to the branch. The little fruits wriggled their hands and feet, bobbed their heads, and as the wind blew past, faint sounds of children giggling could be heard.

The creatures of the four immortal orthodoxies fought fiercely for these fruits, and when the people from the other factions saw this, realizing these were extraordinary treasures, they too joined the fray, turning the world upside down.

Throughout the chaos, however, Gu Sha did not join the fight. Instead, he observed his surroundings. Eventually, he noticed a young man and an old man who completely ignored the strange fruits and headed toward a secluded Taoist hall instead.

A short while later, that Taoist hall erupted with brilliant golden light, followed by a succession of soft, resonant chimes. It felt as though a colossal flower petal was blooming endlessly in the sky, wreathed in hazy white mist and crystalline radiance. The blooming of the flower made a sound, and its fragrance intensified tenfold!

At that very moment, numerous creatures surged toward it, attempting to seize the prize.

Gu Sha, mingling among the crowd, caught sight of a book...

***

"Hum—"

Suddenly, the future prophecy shattered, plunging Gu Sha's mind into a state of chaos. He was forcefully wrenched out of the prophetic state, a sharp, throbbing pain piercing the corners of his eyes as thin threads of blood welled up!

A wave of profound shock washed over Gu Sha.

"What on earth was that book? It actually had the power to disrupt my future prophecy?"

This was the first time since acquiring the ability to foresee the future that an object within a vision had forcefully interrupted the prophecy.