Chapter 516: Trap, No Other Choices

The outline of the Tree of Epoch emerged, harbouring vast, dense power, as if it was carrying the power of the world. As its power suddenly erupted, Lin Zhan, who was already dying away, exploded and turned into a dense mist of blood.

The Bone Ancestor and the rest were rather concerned when Lin Zhan aggressively charged at Gu Changge. Little did they expect, Gu Changge's strength had reached such a terrifying level. Although Lin Zhan was already weakened, Gu Changge's strength was far too formidable for him to do anything.

"What a ruthless man. Sadly, he offended someone he shouldn't have." The Bone Ancestor shook his head. He was greatly injured from his battle against Lin Zhan. Nonetheless, given his cultivation level, such injury was nothing major.

With that, formidable experts of the Gu Family walked forward to clean up the battleground wherein the Lin Family was about to be annihilated.

Although the region was already disintegrated into a ruined area, the Lin Clan, having amassed countless resources and Artifacts for innumerable years, managed to seal the region off with a space related artifact and prevented the destruction of the region.

Naturally, Gu Changge had ordered Ah Da to collect Sources left in the region with discretion beforehand. In fact, Ah Da was instructed to collect as much as possible once the Gu Family had retreated.

Thus, with nothing else, after killing Lin Zhan, Gu Changge fastened his gaze on the Tree of Epoch in front of him.

From Luo Feng's words previously, Gu Changge knew that the Tree of Epoch almost withered in the past. Had Luo Feng not fed it Fortuity from the Upper Realm, it wouldn't have regained its vitality, let alone grown out a fruit.

After the Lin Clan was dealt with, enormous runes gushed out from the region as Gu Changge used all his powers to conjure his vast, boundless divine sense to surround the region ahead of him.

*Boom!* The ground cracked as the entire land was falling apart. Huge frightening crevices spread out, extending to unimaginable lengths. It was no different from a natural disaster.

Gu Changge reached out his hands amid gleaming runes and thousands of vibrant beams that knew no bound got sucked in. It was as if he was about to absorb the universe with his hands. At once, he grasped the land in which the Tree of Epoch was deeply rooted in.

The branches and leaves trembled.

But eventually, he still managed to move the grand heavy tree into his Inner Universe.

Instantly, the region became empty, as though a spine-chilling bottomless abyss had appeared.

Everyone peered at Gu Changge sternly as they stood behind him, not daring to make a sound.

Having accomplished his goal, Gu Changge nodded in satisfaction.

From the Divine Light emitted by the Tree of Epoch earlier, he detected new Immortal World Principles, which the tree had been developing all these years.

If it was fused with the Principles of the Upper Realm, it could help cultivators break through their bottleneck and ascend to the next realm. Therefore, the importance of the Tree of Epoch was indescribable.

Half a day later, the army of the Gu Family began to gather. After wiping out the Lin Clan and plundering the fallen, they began to retreat.

However, the battle aura lingering across the region wouldn't disperse even in a million years. Thus, weaker cultivators that were to stumble into the region would be blown up and shattered by the lingering aura.

Unquestionably, the region became a death zone.

None would be able to conceal the disturbances from the battle from the other supreme experts of the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains. After all, they could easily detect what happened in this region and would be able to decide the Lin Clan had been obliterated.

After obtaining the Tree of Epoch, Gu Changge lost his interest in the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains. Though, there was a loose end waiting for him to tie up—the Fortuitous Ones, Xiao Yang and Luo Feng, as well as the Supreme Mountain Elder, it would wait for later. As for the remaining three War God Clans, he could simply pass it on to other members of the Gu Family to deal with.

Thereupon, news regarding the annihilation of the Blood Dragon War God Clan swiftly spread across Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains. As though it was a pair of gargantuan wings, massive commotions were stirred up across regions. As the news came too suddenly, they all grew immensely horrified.

As Gu Changge predicted, when he commanded his army to attack the Lin Clan, many supreme experts from other Great Domains detected the disturbances. Although they didn't dare to investigate it, they could already figure out what was happening earlier.

After the Gu Family Army was moved back, the supreme experts of various clans immediately hurried to the region, only to find themselves intimidated by the lingering resentment and murderous aura. They then realised that the Blood Dragon War God Clan, one of the longest-standing clans in all of Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains, was truly obliterated.

None from the clan managed to survive, and even the Prime Ancestor who established the Lin Clan, too, perished in the battle.

Such news was too awful, causing the clans who attempted to flee to grow even more dejected.

Since Gu Changge had the means to take down the entire Blood Dragon War God Clan, he must also be capable of eliminating them as well.

As the matter developed quickly, not only were the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains shocked, but the Forces in the Upper Realm were also dumbfounded as well. They were considering which clan or Domain they should begin their conquest with, but out of their expectation, Gu Changge had already wiped out the Lin Clan.

Such a speed drove them in deep fear, and they couldn't help but be awestruck by the Immortal Gu Family, who had also devastated Purple Mansion. Yet, they were still unable to get over the dread towards such power and such a massive army.

Days later, the people of the Great Domains within Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains that had yet to fall to their enemy were all frantic with hopelessness and fear.

Meanwhile, in an ancient, extravagant palace in Sky Deer City that was taken over by the Upper Realm, coated in terrifying and spine-chilling auras.

A black Grand Flask was floating in the air as endless blood was gushing within before pouring onto the figure sitting below it. It resembled a twitching, blood-filled callus, instilling fear and insanity in anyone who saw it.

At that moment, each of Gu Changge's pores emitted a terrorising power to devour, taking in the Sources gathered by Ah Da. It was as if his pores turned into countless vast universes.

*Boom!* Inside his veins, it thundered, resembling an explosion when a sky amid chaos was torn apart. He was then surrounded by vibrant, blinding lights that accentuated his extraordinariness, as though he was a young god.

Currently, his cultivation level was smoothly growing.

To Gu Changge, the war against Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains was more like a hunt. All his preys were merely True Daoists. He couldn't even imagine how long it would take for him to reach his current cultivation Realm without the war.

In comparison, the state in the Upper Realm was much more stable.

The death of every True Daoist would certainly cause great disruptions, and Gu Changge couldn't have enjoyed this kind of satisfaction peacefully, breaking through cultivation levels without a care in the world.

The area gradually grew silent as Gu Changge absorbed all the Sources before the Grand Flask would disappear.

*Whoosh!* A light flashed in his hand as a mysterious, wonderful treasure chest shiningly appeared.

When he slaughtered Lin Wu, apart from Fortuity and Fatums, he also received another priceless item—a Heavenly Gift Treasure Chest.

[I wonder what's in the Heavenly Gift Treasure Chest this time...] As a strange sensation zoomed across his eyes, he opened the treasure chest. However, the item in the chest left him bewildered. It was a ball of light of seven shades filled with smoke-like mists flowing within.

As the mists dispersed, an ancient commandment token with the size of a palm silently sat in the treasure chest.

[The Commandment Token of Deduction...]

Gu Changge then read the information regarding the commandment token. [Well, the Heavenly Gift Treasure Chest would never contain ordinary items.]

[So, it allows one to deduce and gain control over all divine abilities in the world.]

Sadly, given his current cultivation level, such an item was optional. Essentially, when a cultivator reached a certain level of cultivation, they could effortlessly master a divine ability upon a glance or even understand its Principles or its Dao.

Nevertheless, Gu Changge decided to keep it, thinking that it might prove useful in the future.

With that, he used up all the Fortuity he had earned all this time to acquire some more Absolute Detachment Bones. Clear, loud cracks could be heard throughout his entire body as glistening blood shot out from his bones, harbouring a supreme aura of Absolute Detachment. He could already feel that he was close to reaching the Nirvana Realm.

"Now, it's time to wait for the fishes to take the bait so that I can reel them in all at once."

He was planning to use his secret pawn he planted by Xiao Yang's side—Gu Wudi. Since the pawn had been planted for so long, he figured it was time for it to flaunt its function.

Besides, now that the Second Mountain Elder and Luo Ying were in his hands, he was confident that Xiao Yang would come to rescue them.

[The Supreme Mountain Elder's strength must greatly surpass that of Lin Zhan since he should be on par with the Ancestor of Wind. Just in case, I should place a trap.] With that, Gu Changge squinted his eyes and ordered the other members of the Gu Family to spread the news.

Right now, Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains were in a state of panic, especially after the Blood Dragon War God Clan was annihilated by him and the army he led. As such, the remaining clans had only two choices—to submit as slaves of the Upper Realm for the rest of their lives, or to be obliterated by the Upper Realm.

At this point, what Gu Changge needed to do was actually simple.

By utilising his identity, he could simply announce that he wished for no further bloodbath in order to restore peace to both Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains and the Upper Realm. And so, he could invite eminent leaders of each noteworthy clan across the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains to a conference.

There, he could pointedly invite the Supreme Mountain Elder. Since the latter was the pride of the Nine Great Mountains, he could easily win over the hearts of the people of Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains.

There was no way Xiao Yang and the Supreme Mountain Master would forgo such a timely opportunity.

[They can only come despite knowing it'll be a trap since they have no other choices. Although it is just a speck of light amid absolute darkness, it is sufficient to draw all of them over.] Gu Changge revealed a faint grin.

He could already foresee that the matter would involve and stupefy all across the entire Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains.

Unless, they wished to follow the Lin Clan onto the path of devastation.