Ascending the Heavens as an Evil God

Rending Mountain Venerable was probably Tier 7.

Gu Nan already had an accurate assessment of the other party's strength after merely exchanging blows for an instant.

Among these Star Rulers from the Myriad Heavens Universe, those with Realm Level astral worlds were usually Tier 8; some might even be Tier 9. Although Red suffered heavy injuries in the past, her current strength was still above Tier 7.

Since Rending Mountain Venerable was once strong enough to attempt to ascend his astral world to Realm Level, he must’ve reached the peak of Tier 7 in the past, but the backlash from the failed ascension inflicted heavy damage to his astral world, so it wasn’t easy to recover his strength.

His current strength was probably only in the middle echelon of Tier 7.

If Gu Nan’s true body came over, he had full confidence he could fight the enemy to a standstill or even suppress the other party despite being one level lower. After all, the outcome of battles didn’t depend solely on power, but also on how people mobilized that power.

But since only a Tier 4 clone was here, there was no hope of suppressing the other party. However, he could still make use of his own advantage to stall the enemy.

Gu Nan's advantage, which was simultaneously Rending Mountain Venerable’s disadvantage, was undoubtedly speed!

Rending Mountain Venerable's face was ashen. He’d already realized Gu Nan’s intentions— ‘Gu Nan is relying on his speed and occasional bursts of his law to stall me!’

In a direct confrontation, with Rending Mountain Venerable's enormous strength that resembled a landslide, it would take at most fifteen minutes to smash Gu Nan to a pulp.

No matter how fast the Evil God physique recovered, it still couldn’t keep up with the damage from being crushed by an enormous mountain.

However, the problem was that Rending Mountain Venerable had no time right now!

Gu Nan would block his path as soon as he tried to leave—he would temporarily borrow his main body’s power every time. It was as if a Tier 6 Evil God was preventing Rending Mountain Venerable from escaping.

At this moment, Rending Mountain Venerable finally understood what Gu Nan's earlier words meant. Instead of thinking about how to kill Gu Nan, he should actually consider how he was going to get away.

‘If by any chance the Buddha of Ten Thousand Samsara was telling the truth, then once this drags on for too long…’

When he thought about how Daoist White Bones would wake up soon, while he himself was still trapped inside White Bones Realm by Gu Nan… Just that thought alone made Rending Mountain Venerable shudder.

So Rending Mountain Venerable once again attempted to leave while saying to Gu Nan, "If you step aside, then we’ll wipe the slate clean between us from now on!"

His only response was Gu Nan’s dagger.

"You should consider it carefully. If that scum White Bones can’t manage to kill me, then you’ll have made an enemy of me for no reason!”

He was greeted by the same dagger.

"If you still refuse to step aside, then this one will kill everyone in this White Mist of yours!"

Gu Nan didn’t even deign to respond with a change in expression. He simply struck whenever the enemy tried to leave, stopping him through various unfathomable means.

Rending Mountain Venerable had an icy expression, but ultimately, he didn’t attack the people from White Mist. Since such a threat couldn’t sway Gu Nan, he didn’t have the time to waste on killing some mortals.

He’d already lost count of the number of times Gu Nan stopped him from leaving, while Gu Nan had also tanked countless hits from that immense strength akin to landslides.

In the end, the clone’s Evil God physique was only a counterfeit, so it couldn’t repair such injuries in time. The clone’s entire body looked like it was about to fall apart, but Gu Nan still didn’t care.

Solely in terms of running away, Rending Mountain Venerable was even inferior to the Tier 4 Silver-Robed Ancestor. After all, Rending Mountain Venerable lacked that kind of extreme speed, and in the Inner World, Gu Nan also couldn’t borrow his true body’s Tier 6 power.

"What the hell do you want before you’re willing to get out of my way?!" Rending Mountain Venerable snarled angrily. He couldn't even figure out why Gu Nan was doing this.

‘What in the world will he gain from screwing me over?!’

Rending Mountain Venerable’s voice just fell when a deathly pale light flooded the extremely distant sky, and an aloof, detached voice rang out:

"Seven rats."

Rending Mountain Venerable's heart froze, and in his soul’s senses, the other six invaders vanished almost simultaneously, unwilling to linger for even a second longer. In the split second he was distracted, a man with long, snow-white hair was already standing in front of him.

‘This scumbag White Bones actually looked for me first…?’

To have luck this bad, even Rending Mountain Venerable was speechless.

As soon as Daoist White Bones showed himself, a claw made of white bones appeared out of thin air, swiping down at Rending Mountain Venerable’s head.

Rending Mountain Venerable’s expression turned grave. He didn’t dare be careless in the slightest. An enormous mountain that seemed solid emerged from view, protecting his head.

However, the claw of white bones pierced through this colossal mountain as easily as paper.

He was already weaker than Daoist White Bones to begin with, not to mention this was still White Bones Realm, the opponent's home turf!

The claw fell; five finger bones embedded themselves into the top of Rending Mountain Venerable's head, as if he was born with a bony white claw on his head. It looked quite comical.

At the same time, a spatial rift suddenly opened up behind Rending Mountain Venerable. A throwing knife came out of nowhere and blocked Daoist White Bones’ follow-up attack while pulling Rending Mountain Venerable into the passage.

The only people who would help Rending Mountain Venerable at this juncture would be his six companions.

Daoist White Bones watched them disappear. Some sickly paleness finally appeared on his face, but his expression remained calm. He even had time to turn around and thank Gu Nan.

"Many thanks. I owe you a favor this time," this pretty boy who was nearly two meters tall and whose white hair fell to his waist said earnestly.

Gu Nan wasn’t polite at all. "I might have you return it soon. Don’t go back on your word when the time comes!"

"I won’t." Daoist White Bones shook his head.

Daoist White Bones didn’t stay for long. His astral world had just been invaded, so he still had a ton of matters to deal with. At the same time, he also needed to recuperate from his injuries and digest the gains from his fight in Nirvana Heaven.

On the other hand, when Long Ling'er saw Gu Nan's appearance, she wasn’t in a hurry to spar with him either.

Gu Nan's current appearance was truly too miserable. Not only was he beaten to the point where all the blood vessels in his body had burst, but more importantly, his energy was extremely chaotic and seemed like he might suddenly die at any second.

It certainly wasn’t a problem to borrow his true body’s power through the saint clone once or twice, but such frequent usage like what Gu Nan just did had long since overloaded this clone.

After this fight, he was afraid the saint clone would have to recuperate for a while.

But it was just as well, because only Gu Nan’s main body could accomplish what he wanted to do next. It was time for the clone to rest for a while.

His next goal was to collect enough Evil Value necessary to advance to Tier 7 for himself, as well as apostles strong enough to farm Crescent Moon World’s dungeon.

And where could Evil Value be harvested? Which place had an abundance of natural mythological creatures Gu Nan was familiar with?

Of course it was the World of Gods!

Gu Nan set aside his thoughts and shifted his gaze to Wu Gui at the side. "What did you want to see me for?"

Of course he wouldn't think that Wu Gui just happened to pass by and kindly stepped in to help when she saw people bullying his subordinates.

"I need a vessel of the law of fusion." Wu Gui didn't hide her goal and said bluntly, "Zuo Zuo's former astral world is in your hands. It might contain something he left behind."

Even though Zuo Zuo's inheritance was destroyed, what Wu Gui currently needed was just an item that once contained his law of fusion, which was much easier to find.

Unfortunately, Gu Nan knew that since Immortal Demon World had already transformed into his own Divine Kingdom and all the laws were reset, it was impossible for Wu Gui to find what she wanted in there.

However…

"You said you need the law of fusion?" Gu Nan thought for a moment. "I know another person who also touched upon a portion of the laws in this area."

"Who?" Wu Gui raised an eyebrow.

It would naturally be best if she could find a second person who possessed the law of fusion, but even she and Red couldn't think of one, yet Gu Nan actually did?

‘It’s only been how many years since he started cultivating…?’

"Have you heard of Count Fersen, the Living Dead?" Gu Nan said with a smile, "I can take you to him. It just so happens that we have the same goal."

Of course Wu Gui had never heard of this name, but this didn’t stop her from feeling tempted. "Where is he?"

"In the tomb of the Legend Rank necromancer Sandro, located in the Undead Kingdom on an abandoned main plane—he’s buried next door."