Fang Yuan stood before the stone door. Beyond it, as far as the eyes could see, there was only pitch-black darkness. Fang Yuan took a deep breath and stepped into the darkness.
"You are not chosen!"
A voice echoed in the infinite space, hurting his soul. However, Fang Yuan was not upset by this. He smirked, "Ha ha ha!!! This is great! You've done me a great favor, Titan!!!"
Two red orbs glowed in the darkness. They looked like two volcanic craters that could erupt at any moment.
"You… how do you know about the Titans?" the voice asked angrily.
Suddenly, a white aura formed in front of Fang Yuan, and his unconscious body fell to the ground. The aura condensed and took the shape of a tall man wearing silk robes.
The voice trembled for a moment upon seeing the aura and narrowed his eyes: "Bai Mo…?!"
Bai Mo's aura surrounded Fang Yuan. "Bai Mo no longer exists, from now on, I am Fang Yuan."
"From the moment you arrived, I could tell you weren't an ordinary zombie. That's why I kept an eye on you, but I didn't expect you to return from the dead. And as a will…" the voice laughed.
"Didn't His Excellency Zhu Fan destroy your soul? How did you manage to create your own will?"
The voice thought for a moment and then said incredulously: "Impossible, does that mean…"
Bai Mo gave a pale smile. "You'd better hide here in silence titan; it's strange you made so much noise."
Gradually, the black space that had spread there fell into a black pit like a thin curtain. At that moment, Bai Mo saw an old man with colorful crystals growing on his body.
The Titan, now looking very weak and frail, stroked his reddish-brown beard and said: "That's right, unless I want those damned immortals to come and establish another sect here. Those arrogant parasites use my spiritual energy to both strengthen themselves and suppress my power!"
Bai Mo laughed. "That's right! Although I don't know who did it first. But I'm sure it wasn't an immortal."
The Titan lay down on a polished stone slab and coughed: "That's right, he wasn't from this world… he… he was a god."
Bai Mo took on a serious expression. He listened carefully to the Titan's words; although he didn't say anything in response. When the Titan finished speaking, Bai Mo sat on a stone slab a short distance from the Titan. Fang Yuan's body lay on the ground right next to him.
"I need your help, Titan."
The Titan gave him a sideways glance and said: "Oh? What reason do I have to help you?"
Bai Mo smiled. "Because my defeat is your defeat."
"I don't see the connection."
Bai Mo stood up and paced a bit: "I need the Thought Gu, do you know where it is?"
"The world is too vast for me to know everything."
Bai Mo laughed. He knew it was impossible for the Titan not to know the location of that Gu.
"You ask why? Look closely. That body is a zombie. We are kin, Firstborn!"
The Titan clenched his fist and said: "Don't be foolish, Bai Mo, and don't repeat that name!"
Titans were, in fact, the original race of zombies. Children who were born in ancient times with a death aura. They couldn't cultivate and strengthened themselves by absorbing the death aura. A Titan was the ultimate power of a zombie. Millions of years of absorbing death energy eventually formed the core of hell within a zombie, summoning several heavenly calamities that bombarded the death core, purifying it and turning the zombie into one of the world's components. Although in this process, the soul and body became one, and after the body's destruction, the soul also vanished, Titans continued to exist as long as the world stood.
Bai Mo laughed. "Firstborn, I know the truths of the world!"
The Titan sneered and said: "It's not like I wanted it!"
"Whether you wanted it or not, your race is the progenitor of all immortals. Your existence brought about this level of spiritual energy. You are part of this world and know everything well. I don't want much from you, just tell me where the Thought Gu is." Bai Mo continued.
The Titan remained silent for a moment and thought.
"I still don't understand why I should help you, Bai Mo?"
The Titan said this with a bitter smile on his face. Bai Mo knew it wouldn't be easy to convince him, so he had prepared for this in advance.
"Because I can help you gain freedom. Don't you want that?"
Upon hearing the word freedom, the Titan's expression changed for a moment. Bai Mo saw this reaction and continued: "You heard right, I can set you free."
The Titan, feeling that Bai Mo was mocking him, clenched his fist. "Be careful, dead man! You might have been the strongest human once, but now you're just a mere will."
He took a deep breath and suppressed his anger.
"A mere will can't perform such grand feats."
Bai Mo laughed. "Of course! But don't forget, I'm not a simple will. I'm sure you understand what I mean."
"Of course. It's very faint, but I can see what you've hidden behind that will's mask!" the Titan sneered and said.
Bai Mo laughed loudly. "That's right, old man! I've transcended the limits and become a superior being. Now I'm a semi-whisperer! Although this is my trump card, for now, I have to play the role of a will. So if I don't want to be exposed too soon, I have no choice but to find the Thought Gu. So tell me where it is, and in return, I'll show you the path to salvation."
"And how do you plan to do that?!"
Bai Mo pointed to Fang Yuan. Suddenly, his immortal aperture opened, and a dark pebble emerged from it.
"With this!"
"Ha ha ha ha, how is a dying Gu supposed to show me the path to salvation?"
Bai Mo extended his hand towards the Titan. "The immortal essence, please…"
The Titan got up with a huff. He raised his hand, and suddenly green streaks appeared in the air, coming towards him. They flowed like a clear stream in the air and swirled around the center of his palm like a vortex.
"It seems it's not just that one that's dying…"
With a gesture, Bai Mo pulled out two more Gu.
The Gu trembled under the influence of the spiritual flow and suddenly floated in the air. The stone shells of the Gu cracked, and small branches of spiritual energy penetrated the darkness within.
After a few moments, the surface cracks increased, and more branches entered the Gu.
[What's happening? Shouldn't the Gu wake up now? Could it be too late?]
Bai Mo was a bit worried. Although the Healing Gu wasn't very useful to him, he could still use the fixed travel Gu and the Eternal Legacy Gu. He was particularly concerned about the Eternal Legacy Gu, which was infinitely valuable.
In fact, cultivating Gu was a very difficult task.
First, only a Gu Master could cultivate them. Second, each Gu had a specific cultivation recipe. So, in that time when Gu Masters and recipes had disappeared, finding any Gu was extremely valuable.
Especially since cultivators had managed to create artificial essence that served as fuel for using Gu. However, it could only be used on some Gu because refining Gu was also very sensitive, time-consuming, and expensive.
[Gu is not something you can use constantly. In fact, elders use Gu as a secret weapon and a last resort. So it's natural that these endangered worms are infinitely valuable.]
Bai Mo carefully examined the spiritual flow and the Gu.
[Still nothing. What's going on?!]
Suddenly, the spiritual flow stopped.
"What happened?!"
The Titan returned the Gu to him. In his hand was a cluster of grapes, each grape shining like a polished emerald.
"Your Gu are exhausted. You need to give them more time."
But Bai Mo didn't have much time. He took one grape in his hand and whispered a spell.
Suddenly, a green flow appeared around the grape, enveloping the Gu like an aura.
"Break!"
Bai Mo shouted, and the stone shell of the Gu shattered.
[That's right!!! Ha ha ha]
The Titan looked at the Eternal Legacy Gu, which shone with a green-blue color in the middle of the three Gu. The aura of that Gu was much stronger than the others and clearly different from ordinary Gu.
[That aura… it's an immortal Gu!]
The Titan jumped up. There weren't many immortal Gu in the world, but at that moment, he saw two before him.
"Bai Mo, who gave them to you?"
Of course, he could make some guesses.
Thousands of years ago, His Excellency Zhu Fan had defeated Bai Mo in a fierce battle. According to legends, His Excellency Zhu Fan possessed many Gu.
[It must be the work of His Excellency Zhu Fan; but why??!]
[So if His Excellency Zhu Fan really gave them to him, does that mean there might actually be a way for my salvation too?]
Although he had lost his soul and couldn't go to the judgment halls in the meaning world, he no longer wanted to stay in those dark corridors.
[So does that mean I can end this life too?]
An excitement he had forgotten thousands of years ago was revived. Every inch of his being was filled with excitement and joy.
Bai Mo slowly approached him. He held the Eternal Legacy Gu in his hand. The calming aura of that Gu delighted him.
"But before that, now that I've shown you a way to end this curse, shouldn't you keep your promise?"
The Titan, who was quite intoxicated, replied: "You'll find the answer to your question in Quarang, Bai Mo."
[Quarang? That's a long way. It seems he still doesn't trust me, but it doesn't matter, I can gather more information about the Zombie Alliance when I reach there.]
Bai Mo placed a hand on the Titan's shoulder and said calmly: "Congratulations, brother…"
Suddenly, he struck the Titan's chest and released the Eternal Legacy Gu into his heart.
"Y…you…"
Molten material oozed from the hole in his heart. The colorful crystals on his body gradually darkened.
Bai Mo pushed his hand deeper into the Titan's chest. The Titan screamed in pain.
"What have you done, zombie!!!"
"Rest in peace, Firstborn."
Suddenly, he activated the Eternal Legacy Gu.
"Bastard…" but he couldn't finish his sentence.
The Eternal Legacy Gu shone with a blinding light and separated the Titan's soul from his body. Every part of the Titan's body that lost its soul withered and turned to dust.
Although half of his body had turned to dust, he stared at Bai Mo with eyes full of rage.
"Don't hold a grudge against me, Firstborn. To achieve salvation, a price must be paid. The pain you will endure is the price of your salvation."
As he finished his sentence, the Firstborn lost his soul, and his body turned to dust.
Suddenly, a massive wave of spiritual energy was released. Bai Mo immediately activated the Heaven Suppression Array, but the shock shook everything.
The cave ceiling began to collapse, and large boulders pierced the cave floor.
"Damn it! In the end, I couldn't prevent the mountain's destruction!!!"
Bai Mo immediately returned to Fang Yuan's body. He quickly got up and jumped with all his might. He used the falling rocks to climb out of that hell.
Just at the last moment, as he was about to reach a hole at the top of the opening, he lost his balance and fell.
Everything happened very quickly. Bai Mo hit a boulder and broke it. But before he fell too far, he activated the fixed travel Gu. Suddenly, he disappeared and reappeared a few hundred meters away.
[This is the last chance!!!]
He made a long jump towards the hole and barely managed to grab its edge with his hand.
After a few moments, the falling rocks stopped, and Bai Mo looked at the graveyard where the Titan was buried. A thick cloud of dust had spread across the floor of that environment. Bai Mo wanted to leave, but a deafening scream froze him in place.
[That Titan standing outside!!!]
Suddenly, a stone fist penetrated the mountain from above and crushed everything in search of something. Bai Mo once again used the fixed travel Gu and traversed the length of the corridor.
As the Titan's agonizing cries echoed through the mountain, Bai Mo headed to a place no one expected.
[I must return to where it all began. They expect me to flee, but I'll return to the starting point and surprise them!]
But that wasn't the only reason for his action.