Chapter 1180 Extreme Defense and Offense Were Not the Creation of a Single Person

"With Junior Sister Jing Xiao's talent and diligence, I believe you will eventually defeat Ling Yuxian."

Gu Changge smiled as he comforted her. After saying all this, Jing Xiao felt much more at ease.

She thought of something and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Senior Brother Gu, your strength is also unfathomable. I wonder what the outcome would be if you were to fight Ling Yuxian."

After all, Ling Yuxian was currently recognized as the number one among her peers in the Imperial Immortal Palace and was also highly renowned in the Prime-Origin Civilization.

In contrast, Gu Changge was too low-key. Almost no one had heard of him, and no one had seen him make a move.

"Ling Yuxian is, after all, the publicly recognized number one among her peers. I might not be her match," Gu Changge smiled and didn't continue on this topic.

Seeing his humility, Jing Xiao didn't believe it at all.

In her opinion, Gu Changge's depth was even more profound than Ling Yuxian's. This was an intuition.

For Gu Changge, he had already learned most of what he wanted to know.

Jing Xiao was simpler than he had imagined.

Before coming to the Imperial Immortal Palace to cultivate, she hadn't experienced much. Her thoughts were quite pure and simple.

However, what exactly was the relationship between the Jing Kingdom behind her and the Imperial Immortal Palace?

If it was truly the family left behind by the founder who established the Imperial Immortal Palace, then where did Ling Qiuhan get the news that the Ancestor was about to return?

Ling Yuxian clearly had little to do with the Jing Kingdom behind Jing Xiao. She had only been fostered in the Jing Kingdom by Ling Qiuhan.

Now, it seemed more like Ling Yuxian had informed Ling Qiuhan about the Ancestor's impending return.

Ling Yuxian's identity was the most mysterious.

According to the records of the Imperial Immortal Palace, the Ancestor's surname was Jing, which would mean he was an ancestor of the Jing Kingdom.

But Ling Yuxian clearly had a deep connection with the Imperial Immortal Palace.

Could it be that the records of the Imperial Immortal Palace were wrong? Was the true Ancestor someone else?

Gu Changge actually didn't want to care about these matters.

For him, these were trivial matters that could be easily deduced with a little divination. Why would he waste time guessing? However, because this matter involved him, the related karmic connections and fate had become blurred and chaotic, making it impossible to deduce or grasp.

This was why he had to spend more effort on it.

But now, thinking about this, Gu Changge suddenly realized that his initial target might have been wrong. The Imperial Immortal Palace might not have been founded by a single person, and the seal of the Sixfold Celestial Abyss was definitely not completed by the Ancestor of the Imperial Immortal Palace alone.

If he wanted to find the Sixfold Celestial Abyss through the Ancestor of the Imperial Immortal Palace, he would first have to find the ancestor of the Jing Kingdom.

As for why the Ancestor of the Imperial Immortal Palace was trapped, Gu Changge had also tried to deduce it. However, the Ancestor clearly possessed certain means, or the place where he was trapped was extraordinary, concealing all karmic traces. As a result, Gu Changge couldn't uncover anything in a short time.

Another possibility was that the Ancestor of the Imperial Immortal Palace had been involved in sealing the Sixfold Celestial Abyss, and his very existence had been concealed along with it.

This also made Gu Changge completely certain that this matter was intricately connected to the backup plans he had left behind.

The Sixfold Celestial Abyss was a set of armor that accompanied and stood alongside the Eight Desolate Demon Halberd.

When Gu Changge created them, he specifically forged these two items, which represented the ultimate in defense and offense, to prepare for any eventuality.

The predecessor of the Demon Lord, as the leader of the Heaven-Warring Organization and the Lord of the Black Calamity's source, had the Sixfold Celestial Abyss as an indestructible armor that no one could destroy after the Heaven-Warring Organization was annihilated.

The only way to deal with it was to seal it, just like the Lord of the Black Calamity's source.

The Lord of the Black Calamity's source, another identity of Gu Changge, was sealed in the so-called Land of the Dark Source after the Heaven-Warring Organization was destroyed. However, that place only contained a portion of Gu Changge's power, which he would eventually reclaim.

The seal of the Sixfold Celestial Abyss was not in the Land of the Dark Source but was buried in the boundless void, drifting and changing with time and space. Even Gu Changge couldn't determine its exact location and would need to deduce the related karmic connections to finally pinpoint it.

This was also one of the important reasons he had come to the Imperial Immortal Palace.

As for the Eight Desolate Demon Halberd, he didn't let it be sealed like the Sixfold Celestial Abyss. Instead, he allowed it to scatter across the myriad worlds in another form. When he walked the Vast Expanse as the Demon Lord, the Eight Desolate Demon Halberd became his iconic weapon.

Such schemes were all part of the plans Gu Changge had laid out long ago, designed to deceive the heavens and serve their purpose seamlessly in the present.

In the following days, Gu Changge didn't waste any more time on Jing Xiao. He shifted his focus to Ling Yuxian. At the same time, he ordered the White Bone Ancestor King to return to the Immortal Spirit Civilization and gather all forces that had survived four Heavenly Decline Tribulations, including Hun Guangjun and Zhuo Fengxie.

The Immortal Chu Dynasty was currently dealing with the Demon Court and had no time to pay attention to the Immortal Spirit Civilization. Gu Changge planned to have some True Dao Realm experts secretly cross over to the Prime-Origin Civilization, as he was currently short on manpower.

During this period, Ling Qiuhan, the Palace Master of the Imperial Immortal Palace, unexpectedly sought out Gu Changge.

Gu Changge guessed that Ling Qiuhan or Ling Yuxian might have become suspicious of his identity, but he didn't mind and went as requested.

Sure enough, in the council hall that day, Gu Changge saw Ling Yuxian.

She was still wearing a soft battle robe with a deep red cloak over it.

Her features were delicate, her eyes sharp, and her skin as white as porcelain, surpassing even snow. Her hair was tied with a black ribbon, revealing a clean and elegant neckline.

Her slender waist was delicately graspable, and her long, straight legs gave her a heroic and spirited aura.

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She had shed her cold and aloof demeanor from that day, her slightly deep eyes seeming to shimmer with vast light as she stared at him intently.

Gu Changge's expression didn't change, knowing that Ling Yuxian was using some method to probe for abnormalities in him.

Beside her, Palace Master Ling Qiuhan stood with his hands behind his back, his gaze equally deep, as if observing Gu Changge's changes and aura.

"Palace Master, may I ask why you have summoned me?" Gu Changge asked with a faint smile.

If possible, he actually wanted to probe Ling Yuxian's sea of consciousness.

Because he felt that Ling Yuxian's identity shouldn't be what the Imperial Immortal Palace speculated—that she was the descendant of some great figure.

She seemed more like the reincarnation of an ancient existence, awakening her past memories in this life.

No one in the Imperial Immortal Palace could stop him, but Gu Changge had other considerations.

Now that Chu Gucheng's birthday banquet in the Immortal Chu Dynasty was approaching, he could use his current identity to visit the Immortal Chu Dynasty. If he were to directly act against Ling Yuxian, it might alert others and cause unnecessary trouble.

Before that, it was best to avoid causing any disturbances and first retrieve the Sixfold Celestial Abyss.