More than 20 years ago, the Ancient Immortal Gu Family placed chess pieces on the side of the Eight Desolations and Ten Regions that almost wiped out the Guardian Clan overnight. Only the fish that slipped through the net in two’s and three’s escaped.
Because of this, Xiao Yang, the Son of Luck, was born with deep hatred. So Gu Changge specifically asked the family to know the cause and effect of this incident after more than 20 years.
Speaking of it, it had something to do with the Desolation Realm before the birth of the Eight Desolations and Ten Regions. At that time, the Ancient Immortal Gu Family had a subsidiary group called the Bone Clan. They were extremely powerful and were well-known in the entire Upper Realm.
However, this family made a big mistake and was expelled to the wilderness by the whole family. Because of this matter, this family had always wanted to leave the Desolation Realm and return to the Upper Realm, and the previous battles between the Upper Realm and the Eight Desolations and Ten Regions happened to give them this opportunity.
Therefore, the Ancient Immortal Gu Family reached an agreement with them, agreeing to cut off their crimes and allow the Bone Clan to return to the Upper Realm.
Afterward, the Ancient Immortal Gu Family placed the entire Bone Clan on the side of the Eight Desolations and Ten Regions. As a dark chess piece, it could play an unimaginable role at critical times.
Now the Bone Clan had occupied the Great Bone Domain among the Ten Regions. Although their clan members were rare, they could not stand against the terrifying strength of the Ancestors in their clan that had been alive forever. No one dared to provoke them.
This time, Gu Changge planned to use this dark chess piece to see if he could eradicate the last line of the Guardian Clan and wipe out the roots.
“Since it was almost completely wiped out more than twenty years ago, it seems that the Bone Clan still has some tricks.”
Gu Changge left Heavenly Lu City alone and headed for the Great Bone Domain, with no one following him except Alpha. With his current strength, having too many people to follow him was actually useless.
Because of Heavenly Maiden Tianlu’s status, Gu Changge asked her to stay in Heavenly Lu City. With her familiarity with this world, she could quickly help Gu Changge deal with those prisoners properly.
There were ten domains in the Eight Desolations and Ten Domains, among which the most expansive and boundless ones were the Yunze Domain and the Red Cliff Domain. In addition to the other six domains, the territory was obviously smaller.
As for the Bahuang, it was very remote, shrouded in miasma and chaotic mist with many mountains and rivers, powerful beasts, and a few human clans. But the Desolate Lord of the Eight Desolations had extremely terrifying strength, and his abilities were unfathomable.
After all, they needed to frighten the creatures of the entire wilderness, and some ferocious beasts had extremely long lifespans. Although his spiritual intelligence was not high, he had acc.u.mulated extremely profound and terrifying cultivation bases.
In this battle with the Upper Realm, the Lord of the Eight Desolations did not partic.i.p.ate in it. Though there were still a few of them who had been to Heavenly Lu City and witnessed the mighty horror of the Upper Realm’s army.
Then they also stayed away from Heavenly Lu City and returned to their respective territories. Compared with the Ten Regions, the Eight Desolations had suffered significantly fewer wars now.
In the eyes of many forces and sects of the Upper Realm, the threat of the Eight Great Desolations was far less deep than that of the Ten Regions.
If they looked at it from a high alt.i.tude, they would find that the Eight Desolations and Ten Regions were more like a complete continent that had been smashed into several pieces, separated by a long distance from each other.
However, the territory of each region had surpa.s.sed tens of thousands of miles and even reached hundreds of millions of miles. Now that wars were raging everywhere, it was almost possible to see the army of the Upper Realm, killing all over the Eight Desolations and Ten Regions.
“According to the message left by Master, the Great Mountain Lord should be somewhere in the Eight Desolations now…”
At this moment, in one of the Eight Desolations. In the majestic wilderness with no borders, towering ancient trees, dense miasma, and vines, Xiao Yang, Gu Wudi, and others were on their way.
But both of them looked quite tired. Although the two had a lot of enmities before, after some incidents, Xiao Yang’s att.i.tude towards Gu Wudi had obviously eased a lot.
Especially on the way, when he encountered a powerful beast of the Supreme Realm, it was Gu Wudi who rescued him. This made Xiao Yang complicated, and he felt that Gu Wudi had also changed.
This time the Nine Great Mountains were destroyed and the life and death of the Lord of the Third Mountain were uncertain, which also made him mature a lot, not as greedy for life and afraid of death as before.
But this time, apart from the two of them, the other great clans of the Eight Desolation and Ten Regions also sent many powerhouses to follow them, and they wanted to come here together to find the existence of the Mountain Lord.
This was already the third month since they left Heavenly Lu City.
On the way, they trekked through mountains and rivers, found many places and finally reached this place, thinking that the Great Mountain Lord should be there.
A person like the Great Mountain Lord had not cultivated in the territory of the Nine Great Mountains. After handing them the Nine Mountains Immortal Seal, he said that he had gone to seclusion, but in fact, he went to travel around the world.
Now that the Nine Great Mountains had been destroyed, and Heavenly Lu City had also been destroyed, this bad news. .h.i.t Xiao Yang, making his heart heavy. The only way now was to find the Mountain Lord and inquire about his family by the way.
Otherwise, the entire Eight Desolations and Ten Regions would fall.
“Heavenly Lu City was breached, and the army from the Upper Realm swept across the Eight Desolations and Ten Regions. Many places are already in chaos, and the flames of war have invaded, bringing disasters. And there’s nothing I can do but wait.”
Several powerhouses behind Xiao Yang and Gu Wudi sighed. They didn’t expect that the Mountain Master they followed to search for the Nine Great Mountains would let them escape.
The Eight Desolations had become a relatively peaceful area. During this period of time, they heard that many cultivators died tragically in Heavenly Lu City. Although the people who surrendered could survive, their future fate would definitely not be much better.
In particular, they heard that many ethnic clans ignored Heavenly Lu City and finally abandoned the city and fled. Even the Enlightened beings of the Four Great War G.o.d Clans chose to surrender in front of everyone, and they were ashamed.
What they said before was so righteous and awe-inspiring, seeing death as home, but when they really faced that moment, they were cowardly, and they didn’t even dare to resist.
This made many people who heard the news angry and sad. They couldn’t believe that this was the true face of those ancient clans. If it weren’t for the fact that the destruction of Heavenly Lu City would threaten their territory, I’m afraid they wouldn’t even care about it, let alone send a large army to help.
“It’s useless to say that now. The most important thing is to find the Great Mountain Lord. His cultivation is unrivaled, and he can definitely find a way.”
Gu Wudi frowned when he heard the conversation of the people behind him, he seemed to be a little dissatisfied, so he couldn’t help speaking calmly.
“What Young Master said is very true. It seems that the only way now is to find the Mountain Lord…”
Hearing this, several people were all shocked, and there was hope in their eyes.
Yes, they still had a last resort, which was to find the Great Mountain Lord of the Nine Great Mountains.
The origin of this existence was very ancient. It was said that his existence time was longer than the birth time of the Eight Desolations and Ten Regions. If even he couldn’t do anything, then the Eight Desolations and Ten Regions were truly hopeless.
Xiao Yang nodded and his eyes also showed expectation.
Buzz!!
But at this moment, he suddenly felt that something in his arms was slightly hot. It was a very simple jade pendant, without even any lines, simple and natural, shrouded in brilliance.
“This is what Master gave me before I left. He said that as long as I get close to the Mountain Lord, this jade pendant will glow and there will be a response.”
Xiao Yang was shocked in his heart, and then his face showed some surprise. He really didn’t expect that he was so lucky to see the jade pendant glowing in just a short time.
Didn’t that mean that the trail of the Mountain Lord was nearby, not far from them?
Thinking of this, Xiao Yang couldn’t help showing excitement.
Noticing this scene, Gu Wudi’s eyes flashed strangely, and the others were also extremely shocked, asking, “Could it be that the Mountain Lord is near this place?”
Xiao Yang nodded and said, “It should be right. This is the jade pendant given to me by Master. It is said that it is contaminated with the aura of the Mountain Lord. When it is relatively close to him, there will be a feeling.”
However, the Eight Desolations were hundreds of millions of miles away, and he was not sure how close this very short distance was. He could only judge according to the brilliance of the jade pendant.
Afterward, they quickened their pace and headed towards the depths of this Desolation, where many ferocious beasts could not stop their footsteps.
And half a month later, in the depths of the wilderness, the mountains were in pieces, the lakes were inlaid on the ground like emeralds. There was a slow stream like a jade belt flowing past, surrounded by colorful mist which was extremely dense.
There were also some golden fields of the rice paddies, and the ravines were crisscrossing, which was a kind of otherworldly environment. The scene here shocked Xiao Yang, Gu Wudi, and others.
This might seem like a small tribe, but it had a unique aura, which was completely different from the tribes they encountered on the road before. Besides the slow stream, they even saw a few fair-skinned and beautiful women who were very watery, rolling up their sleeves and shaking their clothes.
“It shouldn’t be wrong, the Mountain Lord must be living here in seclusion. The people here are all spiritual. Although they haven’t cultivated before, their aura is much stronger than ordinary people.”
Xiao Yang took out the jade pendant, secretly excited in his heart, feeling that so many days of hard work were not in vain.