It was already three days after he left Clockwork Heaven when Gu Nan next appeared in his own Divine Kingdom.
He believed that Jiu Po was telling the truth.
If Daoist Yellow Springs didn't exist and there were no other transmigrators who came from the same place, maybe Jiu Po really would be at ease enough to remain in the Myriad Heavens as an ancient powerhouse.
Unfortunately, Daoist Yellow Springs left to find his hometown. Jiu Po didn't choose to go with him at that time, but then he discovered the appearances of Zero, Lu Wen, Gu Nan, and others.
"If we kill all the greater gods and Unified Dao cultivators of the two worlds and gather the two worlds' power, perhaps we'll be able to break through the dimensional wall?" Gu Nan rubbed his chin in thought and began to agree with this plan.
A normal person's thought process would probably be uniting the existing Unified Dao existences to jointly search for and develop the Origin World.
But Jiu Po, who came up with this plan, was obviously not a normal person, and Gu Nan, who accepted this plan, was even further from the definition of normal.
'Then let's give it a try.'
"The next one is… Rolensia." Gu Nan looked at a stack of documents on the table detailing the experiences of an insignificant character over the years. This person was called Dong Xun.
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World of Gods.
The thirteen greater gods… Oh, there were only twelve greater gods now. They gathered once again to discuss Valen's death.
"We must not pretend like nothing has happened." Ruler of War Eugene slammed his hand on the table. "This time, it was Valen. Who will it be next time?"
"Then what do you suggest we do?" Goddess of Darkness Daisy asked with a smile.
"Slaughter our way over!" Eugene answered decisively.
Austin also spoke at this time, "The mastermind behind this matter is Lu Wen. He's wanted to kill Valen for a long time now. God of Time Sven is none other than his clone."
Gu Nan and the others struck so swiftly that the other greater gods didn't even have time to rush to the scene, so they didn't understand the specifics.
Only after hearing Austin recount the situation did they realize that the other party actually had a clone lurking here and attacked Valen in such an unpredictable way.
"That Evil God was also involved?" Ruler of Nightmares Kenneth asked gravely.
He'd personally been to the Myriad Heavens and witnessed Gu Nan's unpredictable power firsthand. At this time, he couldn't help saying, "The Evil God is growing too fast. We don't have time to waste."
By itself, Valen's death wouldn't be enough of a reason for the Dark Faction to take action, but no one could stay out of the matter when the Evil God was involved.
After a period of silence, Dark Lady Daisy finally said, "Then, let's start an all-out war."
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Reality proved that no amount of provocation was more provocative than directly killing a greater god.
The all-out war meant both the Light and Dark Factions began to set aside all their differences while the greater gods acted as the vanguard to proactively launch a war against the Myriad Heavens.
Such a large-scale and high-level war had never broken out between the two worlds before ever since they first came into contact with each other back in the ancient times.
Because the two sides didn't actually have many conflicts of interest in the past, nor could they gain benefits from killing the other side, so there wasn't much incentive to go to war.
But things were different now. The gods were not fighting for benefits, but for their own survival.
If the Myriad Heavens' Unified Dao cultivators were allowed to continue like this, the greater gods of the World of Gods would die off one by one sooner or later, eventually ushering in a full-scale invasion by the Myriad Heavens.
And once the greater gods took the lead, a large number of gods immediately decided to join the war with almost no hesitation.
The consequences of the earlier God Hunt hadn't passed yet… Speaking of which, this was all Gu Nan's fault.
The World of Gods finally launched a full-scale war. Wave after wave of the gods' armies continued to pour into the Myriad Heavens, targeting none other than the Star Rulers' astral worlds.
When the gods made up their minds to launch a large-scale invasion, one of the Myriad Heavens' weak points was finally exposed.
Unlike Divine Kingdoms—whose locations were freely selected by the gods themselves—Star Rulers essentially chose naturally-formed planes to be their astral worlds.
Therefore, while Divine Kingdoms could be established in very remote locations, Star Rulers could only fine-tune their astral worlds' coordinates at most, and traces of their locations could always be found.
In just three days since the start of the war, the Myriad Heavens was caught off guard and suffered a huge loss. A large number of astral worlds were breached by the gods, many Star Rulers lost their foundations, and thousands of years of hard work was ruined in an instant.
The last time the two worlds went to war, the battlefield was actually in the World of Gods. It was a war between the defending gods and the invaders. Thus, the Star Rulers had never experienced such devastating losses before.
It wasn't like no one secretly complained about Lu Wen and the others when they learned the inside story behind the all-out war. But after hearing that Gu Nan was also involved, not many people criticized them anymore.
"Your reputation among the Star Rulers below is much higher than that of us older folks."
Li Ci remarked to Gu Nan with a smile at the meeting of the Myriad Heavens' Unified Dao powers.
Gu Nan replied with a shrug, "You'll also get a reputation if you slaughter a few more waves."
Li Ci didn't know how to respond to this kind of person who could kill any conversation, so he could only focus his attention on Monk Fa Kong on the other side.
Faced with the World of Gods' invasion, it was natural for the Sixteen Heavens to gather together to discuss a feasible strategy.
This time, at Yu Lian's invitation, the sixteen Unified Dao existences gathered at Void Grotto Heaven. No matter their relationships or conflicts, encounters were inevitable.
Naturally, the four who ambushed Gu Nan five years ago were also present.
Among them, Song Fei and Huo Kui suffered small losses, Dream Immortal received serious injuries, and Monk Fa Kong lost so much he could cry tears of blood.
Not only was the sealed law of shadows useless to him, but Gu Nan even slaughtered his way into Three Buddha Heaven. Most of the monks there died as collateral damage from the battle between two Unified Dao bigshots.
"Amitabha." However, Monk Fa Kong was a Unified Dao powerhouse, and his control over his emotions was not to be underestimated. "Benefactor Gu Nan, we meet again."
Gu Nan glanced at him. "Want me to stay at your house some more?"
"..."
The corners of Monk Fa Kong's mouth twitched slightly. No matter how well-mannered he was, he still didn't know how to respond to Gu Nan's direct face-slapping behavior.
In fact, it was quite common for Unified Dao cultivators to attack each other or even join forces with others in battles.
It was just like how Song Fei also screwed over Zou Jiming a while back and how Song Fei secretly attacked Zi Luo Elder when the latter was trying to re-ascend to Unified Dao.
As long as there was no absolute power gap between them, this kind of thing would only be limited to small conflicts. It was very rare for someone to be determined to kill the other party.
Because if the two sides insisted on starting a war, if nothing else, both of their astral worlds would definitely not survive, and it would only end in a lose-lose situation for both sides.
Monk Fa Kong screwed others over before and had also been screwed over by others, but he had never seen someone as keen on face-slapping as Gu Nan.
Fortunately, Li Ci came to his rescue, "Since everyone is here, let's talk business."
From the main seat, Yu Lian also said, "The Great War is coming, and no one can stay out of this matter. Right now, I hope everyone will put aside their prejudices to fight our common enemy as a united front."
Gu Nan was the first to agree, "No problem, I can kill a greater god first."
This kind of relaxed tone—as if killing a greater god was as easy as killing a chicken—made everyone look at him.
"Are you certain of your success?" Yu Lian asked him, "Who are you going to kill?"
"Of course it's…" Gu Nan paused, then glanced around. "Ruler of War, Eugene."