Dao Equaling the Heavens

Void, an endless expanse of darkness, with no distinction between up, down, left, or right.

Gu Wen carried a severed head as he flew, Chi Ling slightly regaining some vitality, her features tinged with fatigue and lifelessness.

She spoke, "You won't kill me?"

"I will, but I'll leave it to Chi Yu Zi to kill you."

Hearing Gu Wen's answer, Chi Ling let out a light laugh, "My sister won't kill me, and you can't kill me either. She's always soft-hearted, lacking the unwavering desire to pursue the Dao."

"She speaks of revenge, but she just wants my approval. As long as I show a bit of kindness, feign concern, she'll let go of all her resentment. It was like this the last time, and it won't be any different this time."

"She is indeed soft-hearted, not like a cultivator." Gu Wen nodded, not denying.

In his view, Chi Yu Zi, who seemed most irritable and eager to kill, was ironically the most humane.

To put it nicely, she was passionate in love and hate. To put it harshly, she was impulsive. Gu Wen had witnessed too much deceit and betrayal, which was precisely why he favored Chi Yu Zi's temperament.

His master and Yu Hua, to some degree, were also impulsive people.

Chi Ling chuckled lightly, "So you'd better kill me now. If I see Yun Li, I have my ways to make her plead for me."

"You're really annoying, like a beast."

Gu Wen seemed to reminisce like a sigh, recalling many powerful cultivators. The older they got, the less human they seemed.

Arguing with old things was pointless.

"You don't have to worry about this. In your current state, even if I don't kill you, you'll die after some time. I've calculated it. Even I cannot save such an injury."

Chi Ling immediately fell silent.

She knew she was near death, but she didn't know that Gu Wen couldn't save her either.

Perhaps he was lying, but it was her life, and it wasn't Gu Wen who was dying.

After an unknown period, a glimmer of light appeared ahead. With Gu Wen's flying escape, the brightness intensified until a brand-new world unfolded before them.

Beyond the dome, the clouds were vast, and laws flowed.

Within the dome, spiritual mountains and rivers, towns standing tall.

A divine beast appeared, resembling a cat yet a bear, with nine suns in its chest, containing the profound truths of the great Tao.

It leapt into Gu Wen's embrace, cooing, then drooled as it looked at Chi Ling.

"Immortal, can I eat it?"

"In some time, you can."

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Chi Yu Zi was pulled out of her retreat, her meditation interrupted as if waking from a deep sleep, her mood akin to waking grumpily, sporting a scowling face.

"You'd better have a reason that won't make me angry."

She showed a hint of her fangs at Gu Wen, her brows furrowing in displeasure.

Gu Wen said, "I brought Chi Ling back."

Chi Yu Zi's expression visibly calmed, not showing anger or hatred.

She remained silent for a moment and said, "You weren't hurt, were you?"

"No."

"Be honest."

"Your sister is ultimately just an Immortal. If it were when I first came out, I could've been wounded in a fight. But times have changed; she can't hurt me."

The suspicion on Chi Yu Zi's face slowly faded. Then she began to worry about her sister's issues, complaining, "Why didn't you just kill her, instead of bringing her back to taint the place."

Gu Wen said, "Killing would have been easy, but I was afraid it would leave a knot in your heart, affecting your future immortality. Of course, I can assist you now."

"Dead is dead. What knot could it leave?"

Chi Yu Zi's words were nonchalant, yet she couldn't help asking, "Where is she now?"

Gu Wen waved his hand in the void, and a head appeared out of nowhere, its appearance petite, resembling Chi Yu Zi by eighty percent.

Slightly loosening the restraining spell, where Chi Ling's neck was severed, sprouts emerged, and a long spine grew, then bones of every part of the body began forming along the spine.

The skeletal frame shimmered like gold, with fleshy sprouts like red worms growing over it, creating a flawless body within just three breaths.

There's nothing like rebirth through a drop of blood.

Chi Ling slightly raised her head, still arrogant at this moment, saying, "Yun Li, you've grown."

Chi Yu Zi's brows slightly furrowed, but the sentiment in her heart was quickly covered by a sense of dislike.

She initially didn't feel that intense obsession over her sister because Gu Wen survived, and they had escaped the shackles of the heavens, wandering freely in this little heaven and earth.

Having experienced life and death, many things can be let go.

But now seeing this, there was no need for her sister to live.

"Sister, you're just as loathsome as before."

Chi Yu Zi calmed herself, then turned to Gu Wen and said, "Wen, let us talk alone."

Gu Wen nodded and turned to leave, teleporting away in a few steps. His mind was already far at home, for there were more troublesome issues than Chi Ling.

Namely, the bullheaded little nun.

Secondly, how to settle the past acquaintances and disciples, as the sudden influx of so many cultivators would inevitably impact various aspects of social structure in the little heaven and earth.

Gu Wen merely refrained from handling affairs, not completely ignoring them. He wouldn't focus on any specific livelihood assistance, nor delve into any particular technology.

Just as the earth wouldn't produce fertile land just so a fruit tree can bear fruit, only when the fruit adapts to the earth can it bear fruit.

The same applies to the little heaven and earth; Gu Wen doesn't need to accommodate anyone, but rather all beings need to align with his will.

Universal unity is his intent.

On this path, Gu Wen had his thoughts.

Suddenly, Gu Wen stopped, as he sensed the Jade Sword Buddha had awakened and had made contact with Yu Hua; the two evidently did not get along well.

He hesitated for half a second, then turned and headed to Jun Yan's place.

At this moment, his previously secluded abode showed signs of life, with three men of different temperaments leisurely sipping tea and chatting.