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Chapter 913: The Rebirth of King Zhou You

As Guo Shifu expressed his surprise, Zhong Shan and the others were also shocked. The only king Guo Shifu could refer to was the long-dead King Zhou You. How could they possess the aura of King Zhou You?

Guo Shifu seemed puzzled, then his eyes widened, and he demanded, "Why do you have the king's aura?"

As he spoke, Guo Shifu's eyes suddenly turned purple, and waves of light emanated from them, directly striking the phoenix.

Around the phoenix, numerous waves of light emerged, then streaks of light flashed by, as if one could see the past through these light streams.

The light streams paused!

"Nothing? You've received the blessings of heaven and earth? All traces of the past have been erased?" Guo Shifu's eyebrows furrowed.

Zhong Shan stared intently at Guo Shifu, his mind racing. Suddenly, a possibility occurred to him. The phoenix? It seemed that the phoenix was once the national beast of the Great Zhou?

"The king you speak of, is it King Zhou You of the Great Zhou?" Zhong Shan asked.

"Exactly! The king's aura, you are tainted with the king's aura, which means you have something that belonged to the king. How dare you touch the king's belongings?" Guo Shifu's eyes widened, and a massive aura erupted from him.

Just this aura alone felt as if it could crush a person.

Wang Ku and Luo Xingchen immediately stepped in front of Zhong Shan, while in the distance, other experts, seeing Zhong Shan being oppressed by Guo Shifu, felt a moment of satisfaction. Although they knew they were also in trouble, seeing Zhong Shan suffer first was a delight, wasn't it?

Moreover, as Guo Shifu directed his anger at Zhong Shan, the pressure on the other Great Immortals lessened significantly.

Seeing the opportunity to escape, the other experts began to flee.

"Luo Xingchen, Wang Ku, stop all the Great Immortals from escaping. Anyone who tries to flee, kill them!" Zhong Shan ordered even while under pressure.

"But, Holy King, this...!" Luo Xingchen was puzzled. Guo Shifu clearly intended to kill, and yet the Holy King wanted to capture these Great Immortals?

"Guo Shifu won't kill me. On the contrary, he will thank me!" Zhong Shan said confidently.

Perhaps this confidence affected Guo Shifu, making him hesitate. Desecrating the king's belongings, how could he be thanked? However, Guo Shifu, having held a high position in the Great Zhou, wasn't rash enough to immediately kill Zhong Shan and his group.

After all, killing them would be as easy as flipping his hand for Guo Shifu.

"You want me to thank you?" Guo Shifu sneered, focusing his attention on Zhong Shan.

"You will thank me!" Zhong Shan said under the pressure.

Guo Shifu's eyebrows furrowed slightly. How could this Celestial Immortal withstand his oppressive aura?

"In this world, I will thank no one. I hate this heaven, I hate this earth. My remaining life is filled with hatred. Do not think I will let you go. This time, no one in the Wheel Domain will escape!" Guo Shifu said coldly.

"King Zhou You, also known as Ji Gongni?" Zhong Shan asked.

"How dare you speak the king's name so casually? Even in death, you cannot!" Guo Shifu rebuked.

As he spoke, Guo Shifu reached out his hand, ready to strike Zhong Shan.

"But what if he isn't dead?" Zhong Shan suddenly said.

Silence!

The surroundings suddenly fell into a profound stillness.

Guo Shifu's hand froze in mid-air, and Mud Bodhisattva glanced at Zhong Shan in surprise. The escaping Great Immortals also paused.

It was an eerie scene as all eyes turned to Zhong Shan.

"What did you say?" Guo Shifu asked in disbelief.

"I didn't say anything," Zhong Shan replied, shaking his head with a faint smile.

But this expression on Zhong Shan's face seemed to further affirm the possibility that King Zhou You was still alive.

How could it be? Even sages had died, so how could King Zhou You still be alive? It was impossible.

"Whoosh!" Guo Shifu waved his hand.

Zhong Shan suddenly found himself in a strange environment. The sky was gloomy, filled with a terrifying malevolence, with numerous auras of resentment swirling around, manifesting Guo Shifu's anger.

"This is my 'world'. Speak!" Guo Shifu didn't believe Zhong Shan, but he desperately hoped what Zhong Shan said was true. Especially Zhong Shan's earlier statement, "But what if he isn't dead?" had made Guo Shifu's heart, as solid as a rock, beat wildly.

The person before him knew something he didn't.

"Allow me to introduce myself, I am Zhong Shan, the ruler of the Da Xi Holy Court," Zhong Shan said.

"I'm not interested in that. Tell me what happened with the king!" Guo Shifu said impatiently.

"King Zhou You? Back then, King Zhou You collaborated with the Seven Sages to alter fate. He was a man of great talent and vision. Do you think he would be so easily condemned to eternal damnation? Although he did not fully achieve his goal in altering fate, I believe he managed to change it a bit!" Zhong Shan said, taking a deep breath.

Why was Zhong Shan so certain? Because even though Lady Nüwa had fallen, she had also altered fate, especially for the fox tribe. King Zhou You played a major role in that; how could he not have accomplished anything?

"What do you mean?" Guo Shifu asked in a deep voice.

"According to normal fate, those who defied heavenly authority should all be dead. The Seven Sages perished, so how are you, not even a sage, still alive?" Zhong Shan said seriously.

Guo Shifu's eyebrows furrowed.

"I saw the king you speak of! Just a few hundred years ago!" Zhong Shan said solemnly.

"Impossible! I saw with my own eyes that the king was utterly annihilated!" Guo Shifu's expression turned frantic.

"Whoosh!"

Before Zhong Shan could speak further, they both returned to the previous world, outside the Wheel Hall.

"Holy King!" The others quickly surrounded him.

"Capture all the Great Immortals, quickly!" Zhong Shan ordered again.

"Yes!" Luo Xingchen and Wang Ku responded immediately.

At this moment, Guo Shifu suddenly extended his right hand, using his index and middle fingers to touch his forehead lightly. A purple light shot into his fingertips, and then his fingers pointed to the sky, sending a purple ripple outward, slow at first but quickly speeding up.

"A divine sense search covering heaven and earth!" Mud Bodhisattva exclaimed in astonishment.

Zhong Shan also showed a strange expression. Was this for real? Guo Shifu was going to such extremes?

A divine sense search of this magnitude had only been performed by the last patriarch of the Tian family, Tian Shenzi, but that was limited to a small world. This...?

Zhong Shan was filled with amazement. The Great Zhou truly was extraordinary.

After a stick of incense's time, Guo Shifu's face turned pale from the exertion.

An hour later, his face was deathly white, indicating the expanding scope of his search.

Five hours later, Guo Shifu's face lit up with joy.

"The Great Zhou beacon, rekindled—our king is truly alive!" Tears of excitement flowed from Guo Shifu's pale face.

"Whoosh!" Guo Shifu and Zhong Shan disappeared once again.

They returned to Guo Shifu's 'world', where Guo Shifu's face was filled with indescribable joy.

"You know where the king is? You really know?" Guo Shifu asked excitedly.

"Yes, if I'm not mistaken, King Zhou You, Ji Gongni, I have indeed seen him," Zhong Shan nodded.

"Where is the king? Has the Great Zhou reappeared?" Guo Shifu's excitement was palpable, and the malevolence in the world seemed to dissipate significantly.

"The former Ji Gongni is dead. He now goes by the name 'Nie Fancheng'," Zhong Shan said solemnly.

"Nie... The king changed his name?" Guo Shifu was slightly taken aback.

"Nie Fancheng. I investigated for a while. The surname Nie didn't exist in the Small Thousand World, nor in the Great Thousand World, as people seemed to avoid the name Ji Gongni. No one dared to take the surname Nie, except for Nie Fancheng. He should be Ji Gongni, annihilated in body and soul, and reborn in the mortal world as Nie Fancheng! The former Great Zhou, now the Great Li, Nie Fancheng has returned!" Zhong Shan said with a deep breath.

"Great Li? Li? Yes, the king once mentioned this!" Guo Shifu said, his fists trembling with emotion.

"You were sealed, I don't know the exact circumstances, but I can guess a bit. When King Zhou You was annihilated, the world's heroes attacked the Great Zhou's territories, and naturally, you were the best target for them to seize heavenly merits. But why were you only sealed?" Zhong Shan said.

This was Zhong Shan's deliberate guidance, leading Guo Shifu to follow his line of thinking.

Sure enough, Guo Shifu's brows furrowed as he realized Zhong Shan's intentional guidance. But the conclusion was too tempting, making it hard for Guo Shifu to resist.

"Was it the king who had me sealed? Did the king have me sealed to protect me, waiting for his return?" Guo Shifu trembled slightly.

"Indeed, and Nie Fancheng's Great Li is in the same Small Thousand World as me, and this Small Thousand World is within the Wheel Domain, in the yang realm!" Zhong Shan said.

Guo Shifu's mood seemed to lighten instantly.

"What is your relationship with the king?" Guo Shifu asked after thinking for a moment.

After all, being in the same Small Thousand World could also mean they were enemies.

"My queen is a princess of the Great Li. What do you think my relationship with Nie Fancheng is?" Zhong Shan smiled.

"Uh?" Guo Shifu was taken aback.

"I apologize for any offense earlier," Guo Shifu said solemnly.

"It's human nature. It's just that my Da Xi Holy Court is situated in this Wheel Domain, and your earlier vow really scared me!" Zhong Shan said, taking the opportunity to express his concerns.

"Hahaha, a vow? If the king had me sealed, what do I have to hate anymore? What vow? What I want most now is to return to the king's side!" Guo Shifu said heartily.

Zhong Shan nodded with a smile.

"Do you know where my king is?" Guo Shifu asked immediately.

"The reappearance of the Great Li, what do you think?" Zhong Shan said.

"The Phoenix Domain!" Guo Shifu guessed instantly.

Zhong Shan nodded.

"Many thanks for your guidance. I'll repay you in the future!" Guo Shifu said, showing his gratitude.

"No need for future repayment. There's just one thing I need your help with!" Zhong Shan said.

"Oh?" Guo Shifu was surprised. Didn't Zhong Shan know he was in a hurry to leave?

"I need to record some jade slips and ask you to deliver them to Princess Ling'er of the Great Li. I will go to the Great Li in the future. Before that, I hope you can take care of Princess Ling'er," Zhong Shan said solemnly.

"Is that all?" Guo Shifu realized he had misunderstood and smiled in relief.

"That's all!"

"Alright!"