373: The Secret of Kongsang Realm

Then there was Jun Ao Zhi, who was still a wastrel in his previous life.

In order to firmly control the Jun Family, Zhang Yang found a way to put Jun Ao Zhi to death.

At a critical moment, Jun Ao Zhi awakened his Demonic God Bloodline and, with the help of an Immortal Artifact, fled all the way to the Demonic Realm.

From then on, his temperament became demonic and extremely tyrannical.

After cultivating to the Thunder Calamity Realm, he began to seek revenge on Zhang Yang.

It was a pity that although Jun Ao Zhi possessed the Demonic God Bloodline, he had no one to guide him, only cultivating the Demonic Path and neglecting the Immortal Dao.

Ultimately, he was one move short of Zhang Yang and died by his sword.

If he had cultivated both Immortal and Demonic Dao, who would have won and who would have lost was still unknown.

After his death, he was even branded with the name "Demon."

And Zhang Yang, naturally, became the one who "slayed demons and eradicated evil," fully occupying the moral high ground!

Besides these, Inner Sect Disciple Gou Dezhu and Six Harmonies Sect's Sun Pu are also worth mentioning.

These two were even better at hiding than each other.

When the Supreme Sacred Ground was destroyed, Gou Dezhu's true body was hidden in the outside world; only a Clone of his died.

According to Xiao Fan's memories, he had seen Gou Dezhu three times in the Lower Realm.

Each time he saw Gou Dezhu, his cultivation had improved.

When Xiao Fan was in the Mahayana Realm, Gou Dezhu had already reached the Peak of Wind Calamity.

Later, he heard that a Cultivator in the Eastern Continent had undergone Ascension, but after searching for a long time, he found that there were no famous Cultivators in the world who matched the description.

However, Xiao Fan knew clearly in his heart that the person was undoubtedly Gou Dezhu.

Then there was Sun Pu; before Mahayana, he was timid and would endure whenever possible.

Once he reached Mahayana, he immediately focused all his efforts on developing the Six Harmonies Sect.

Later, during a battle, he encountered a Thunder Calamity Realm expert.

Just when everyone thought Sun Pu would die in this battle, who knew that Sun Pu had hidden his cultivation and directly displayed his Thunder Calamity Realm cultivation, successfully counter-killing his opponent.

Not long after, he encountered another Fire Calamity Realm expert.

Sun Pu once again exposed his cultivation, displaying his Fire Calamity Realm cultivation.

During this time, a Wind Calamity Realm expert came to fight Sun Pu, and just when everyone thought Sun Pu was beyond help, Sun Pu's cultivation surged again, reaching the Peak of Wind Calamity.

During the great battle, Sun Pu inadvertently unleashed power beyond his limits, was pushed out of the Lower Realm by the will of heaven and earth, and was forcefully ascended.

After Sun Pu's Ascension, Xiao Fan also investigated, but he never heard the name Sun Pu again in the Immortal Realm.

Gu Liangyuan, however, knew that if things followed the script of the previous life, Sun Pu must be hiding in some corner, waiting until he considered himself invincible in the Immortal Realm before coming out to cause trouble again.

Thinking of Sun Pu cowering in some corner, Gu Liangyuan couldn't help but smile knowingly.

Closing his eyes again, he checked on the matters of the Jade Pool Forbidden Area.

After the Jade Pool was destroyed by Ye Fan, Ye Fan extensively plundered it.

He had naturally also visited the Jade Pool Forbidden Area.

It was just that despite all his efforts, he couldn't break through the Restriction.

Xiao Fan also heard that Zhang Yang, after becoming an Immortal Emperor, had once descended to the Lower Realm, intending to break this Restriction, but he also returned in defeat.

Later, a legend spread that there was a Supreme method to transcend the Golden Immortal in the Jade Pool Forbidden Area.

Until Xiao Fan's death, no one was able to enter it.

Gu Liangyuan continued to review Xiao Fan's memories and suddenly saw a familiar figure, which made his eyes light up.

This person was none other than Zhang Huanzhen!

After reading about Zhang Huanzhen's deeds, Gu Liangyuan's brows furrowed slightly.

Things were a little different from what he had imagined.

In Xiao Fan's memory, Zhang Huanzhen, under the alias Immortal Master Guizang, was invited by the Zhou Emperor and worshipped as a Grand Offering by the Great Zhou Imperial Dynasty.

Zhang Huanzhen's purpose in doing this was because he knew that the Immortal Court was behind the Zhou Emperor.

He wanted to use this to wash away his identity as a person from the Holy Land, ascend to the Immortal Realm first, and then plan his next moves slowly.

But things are often unpredictable. During this period, Zhang Huanzhen fell in love with a concubine in the imperial harem and had a son with her.

Moreover, this child had extraordinary talent, and unusual phenomena accompanied his birth.

The higher a Cultivator's cultivation, the more difficult it is to have offspring.

There were three thousand beauties in the imperial harem, but there were only three Imperial Princes in the Great Zhou Imperial Dynasty.

Accidentally having a child made Zhang Huanzhen very happy.

After the joy came confusion. Once the Zhou Emperor found out about this scandal, Zhang Huanzhen, based on his understanding of the Zhou Emperor, felt that the Zhou Emperor would certainly not let him go.

He was alone and could go anywhere in the vast world.

But with his lover and child, it wouldn't be so easy to hide.

Moreover, he didn't want his child to live a life of wandering with him.

So, he decided to make the best of a bad situation and claim that the child was the Zhou Emperor's son.

With Zhang Huanzhen's Heavenly Secrets Divine Ability, deceiving the people of the Great Zhou Imperial Dynasty was effortless.

No one in the Five Continents detected it.

Upon receiving this news, the Zhou Emperor was overjoyed, cherishing this child as a treasure, and making him the Fourth Imperial Prince of Great Zhou.

Everyone continued living peacefully like this.

It wasn't until later, when Zhang Yang killed the Zhou Emperor, that Zhang Huanzhen strongly supported the Fourth Imperial Prince, intending to enthrone him as the Zhou Emperor.

Unfortunately, he couldn't contend with Zhang Yang; the Fourth Imperial Prince was killed by Zhang Yang, and Zhang Huanzhen was also captured alive by Zhang Yang.

Just before his death, Zhang Huanzhen revealed the truth of this matter.

Gu Liangyuan's furrowed brows had not relaxed. The current time point was that Zhang Huanzhen's son, the Fourth Imperial Prince of Great Zhou, had already been born.

According to the original trajectory, Zhang Huanzhen should have remained in Great Zhou.

Why, then, had he returned to Supreme Sacred Ground now?

Was it due to the changes brought about by himself, a person without destiny?

Gu Liangyuan didn't know what Zhang Huanzhen was thinking, but having a hold over Zhang Huanzhen, Gu Liangyuan's suspicions about Zhang Huanzhen lessened considerably.

At least he could confirm that he had a grudge against the Zhou Emperor.

This ruled out the possibility of him being an undercover agent.

"Don't look at him as an old man; he's quite the romantic."

After sighing, Gu Liangyuan quickly reviewed his past memories once more and then stopped looking.

After all, what was past was past. Gu Liangyuan believed that the most important thing for him was information about the future.

Although the situation in the Eastern Continent had changed, things in the other continents were largely similar.

Being prescient allowed him to anticipate his enemies.

He would bring all the potential Prodigies into the Eastern Continent!

Gu Liangyuan began to review some major events and Opportunities that would occur in the future. After jotting down each of these events, Gu Liangyuan also gained several Great Divine Powers and a few Small Divine Abilities, a satisfied expression on his face.

After finishing his review, Gu Liangyuan slowly opened his eyes.

He also had a clearer understanding of the Kong Sang Realm beneath his feet.

He also understood very clearly why the three Immortal Emperors all chose to make their moves in the Kong Sang Realm, establishing the three Imperial Dynasties of Zhou, Mo, and Lu.

It was largely consistent with Gu Liangyuan's previous conjectures.

Before the great calamity, the Kong Sang Realm was the center of the world.

It was also the place where the Heaven-Connecting Divine Tree was planted.

The Eastern Immortal Emperor somehow got news that there were remnants of the Heaven-Connecting Divine Tree in this realm.

According to legend, one of the Heaven-Connecting Divine Tree's powers was to connect myriad worlds.

The Eastern Immortal Emperor wanted to use the remnants of the Heaven-Connecting Divine Tree, combined with the Kong Sang Realm's unique geographical location, to create a Supreme Teleportation Array that would connect all these fragmented worlds in the Lower Realm.

This way, he would be able to reach any world through the Kong Sang Realm's Teleportation Array, laying the foundation for his unification of the Lower Realm.

He even aimed to reopen the Heaven-Man Passage, piece together the Lower Realm, recreate the ancient prosperous era, and unify the Immortal Realm!

However, the Kong Sang Realm's location was special; although nominally belonging to the Eastern Immortal Domain, it bordered the Southern and Northern Immortal Domains, making it a place of interaction for all three parties.

The Eastern Immortal Emperor's frequent dispatch of people to the Lower Realm quickly caught the attention of the Southern and Northern Immortal Emperors.

Although they didn't know why the Eastern Immortal Emperor was doing this, the Kong Sang Realm's location was sensitive, and they dared not underestimate it. They only thought that no matter what the Eastern Immortal Emperor wanted to do, they must not let him succeed.

This was why they sent people to the Lower Realm and established the Great Zhou and Great Lu.