Later, Gu Xu remembered that when he was climbing the "Soul-breaking Cliff", he was introduced to the Yama Hall by the white-haired boy and saw the "Books of Life and Death" displayed in the cabinet.
There are Chen Jisheng's, sometimes Xiaohan's, Shangguan Jin's, Lu Shiyao's...but not Gu Xu's own.
Although he could not see the contents of the book at the time, he could see the fate of these people through the "judgment" written on the cover.
Of course, there are many deviations between the fate written in the book and their actual fate.
According to the white-haired boy, Gu Xu is a "variable" outside of fate - other people are chess pieces on the chessboard and need to obey the rules and the will of the chess players; Gu Xu is like an apple jumping on the chessboard , can run rampant at will.
Because of the variable Gu Xu, the fate of many people around him has changed.
For example, Chen Jisheng did not die in the disaster in Qingzhou Prefecture as described in the "Book of Life and Death".
Could it be that Emperor Ziwei took away his karma because he wanted to become a "variable" like him who had no shackles and was not bound by fate?
"That's right," Emperor Ziwei replied calmly after noticing Gu Xu's thoughts, "the 'shackles' you saw in the illusion do not really exist, but are a projection of a concept, a kind of destiny. symbol of.
"The 'Book of Life and Death' is one of the concrete manifestations of shackles.
"Tai Shang Haotian uses the 'Book of Life and Death' to control the fate of all living beings in the wilderness to avoid uncontrollable uneasy factors in the prison."
"But you said before that when a practitioner reaches the sixth realm, he can transcend the 'Book of Life and Death' and walk out of his predetermined fate." Gu Xu said with some confusion.
Emperor Ziwei chuckled and said: "Do you think that by breaking away from the 'Book of Life and Death', you can escape the fate of being controlled and enslaved? Do you think that Taishang Haotian will let us go so easily?
"Leaving the 'Book of Life and Death' is just because the power of the 'Book of Life and Death' is not enough to control the life trajectory of practitioners in the sixth realm and above. But this also means that we will be completely exposed to the surveillance of Taishang Haotian's minions. Below. Our power that exceeds the upper limit, or our excessive actions, may be regarded as signs of 'loss of control' and be obliterated by the upper world."
Gu Xu was silent for a while, took a deep breath and said, "No wonder you chose to take action when I was promoted to the sixth realm.
"By hiding in my body in the form of a remnant soul, you can avoid being entered into the 'Book of Life and Death'. Then if you seize my body and replace my causal destiny as a person from another world, you can escape from the shackles and escape Surveillance from above.
"What a good plan!"
Emperor Ziwei gave him a thumbs up.
"It is indeed the only successful case among my hundreds of experimental subjects," he smiled and said in an appreciative tone, "I was able to figure out the key so quickly."
Hundreds of experiments!
Hearing this, Gu Xu couldn't help but narrowed his eyes slightly.
"You got hundreds of souls from another world?"
"Yes, Wenchang and I tried to stuff hundreds of souls from other worlds into the bodies of people in the wilderness," Emperor Ziwei wrote lightly. "Others did it because their souls and bodies were incompatible, or their fates conflicted. When all the causes are gone, only you will survive.
"Although you are too weak and have a lot of it in your body, you can only make do with it."
These hundreds of souls from another world may be just a pale number in the eyes of Emperor Ziwei.
But as one of the "experimental subjects", Gu Xu can still recall the confusion, panic, fear of the unknown, and concern for his parents, relatives and friends in the days when he just traveled to a different world. He could also imagine how sad his relatives would be after his "sudden death" on earth.
Now Emperor Ziwei told him that there were hundreds of souls like him who were inexplicably taken to other worlds, and all of them were dead except him!
It was difficult for Gu Xu to stay calm anymore.
And at this moment when his heart was ups and downs, Emperor Ziwei seized the opportunity and attacked him again.
The so-called "making a deal" and "symbiotic and win-win" are actually Emperor Ziwei's tactics to delay time - he doesn't want to negotiate with Gu Xu at all. He just wanted to completely replace Gu Xu.
At the same time, he also dared to conclude that the "secret" information he threw out would definitely grab Gu Xu's attention, affect his state of mind, and make Gu Xu have no time to notice some of his small actions.
I saw a little thumb-sized man suddenly appear at the gate of Fengdu City.
This villain has a very similar appearance to Gu Xu and has long frost-white hair.
It is the spirit of the astrolabe!
But at this moment, the figure of the little man grew rapidly, becoming less and less like Gu Xu - or in other words, becoming more and more like Emperor Ziwei.
In the end, his figure completely overlapped with that of Emperor Ziwei.
Emperor Ziwei's aura suddenly surged.
The power of his soul that he had consumed by repeatedly using the "time" authority was restored at this moment.
He stretched out his hand and pointed at Gu Xu.
Two stars suddenly fell from the dark sky, dragging their long flame tails and hitting Gu Xu's head with overwhelming force.
The spell he used was undoubtedly "Star Formation".
This complex and profound spell with both offensive and defensive capabilities has shown amazing power in Gu Xu's hands more than once, helping him defeat powerful enemies.
But as Emperor Ziwei is the founder of the "Star Formation", this spell will only become more powerful and terrifying in his hands.
The two stars he summoned, one is "Heavenly Mansion" and the other is "Earthly Tribulation".
The former's five elements belong to earth, and they turn air into order. Its majestic atmosphere has the power to suppress all things in the world, and instantly imprisoned Gu Xu's actions; the latter's five elements belong to fire, and it is the evil star in the sky, the god of robbery and killing, and its power is fierce and fierce. , vowing to completely crush Gu Xu’s soul.
Gu Xu frowned and looked solemn.
He has realized that the white-haired little man on the astrolabe is not a weapon spirit at all, but a fragment of the soul of Emperor Ziwei.
During the time when Donghai returned to the ruins, it seemed that the weapon spirit was bickering with him and adding knowledge to him, but in fact it was Emperor Ziwei who was subtly guiding his actions.
Because of this, their speaking styles are so similar. They both like to ridicule Gu Xu's strength and tease Gu Xu's feelings.
It’s not because of some “weapon spirit master”!
Later, perhaps because Emperor Ziwei felt that it was inconvenient to use split souls, he simply chattered in Gu Xu's head all day long and personally instilled in him the concepts of "you and me are one" and "reincarnation" over and over again. Gu Xu became more and more identified with the identity of "Zi Wei's reincarnation".
In this way, he could easily integrate the two names "Zi Wei" and "Gu Xu" together with the cause and effect behind them.
And now, Emperor Ziwei has chosen to recall the split soul.
The divided soul, together with the power previously stored in the astrolabe, all poured into his body, causing the balance of victory to suddenly tilt to his side.
(End of chapter)
