frightfiction Chapter 1134: A Calm Prelude
Chapter 1134: A Calm Prelude
Omniscience and omnipotence are nothing but a self-deceiving fantasy.
Gu Ce has thought so from the very beginning.
Only the gods of an era can be omniscient and omnipotent. But even the omniscient and omnipotent gods are only limited to a certain civilization or a certain specific concept. If they could truly know everything, how could they be killed?
Take technological civilization, for example.
Although most cultivators regard technological civilization as a pure alien, only slightly better than alien races, it is undeniable that technological civilization has indeed accomplished the feats of "killing gods" and even "creating gods"!
If gods can be killed and created...
Doesn't that sound incredibly low-class?
There is no such thing as omniscience or omnipotence in the world.
If we can't even make perfect plans for the present, how can we possibly expect to predict the future?
But there seem to be exceptions to everything.
Gu Heng.
This is undoubtedly the exception.
Whether it was Gu Ce or Xiao Yao Jun, they had dominated the heavens for countless years, and they thought they had long since escaped that unknown terror.
But when everything seemed so inexplicable and without reason to them, yet the very things that the great enemy of the era had predicted and foreseen happened, they felt the same emotions again.
terror.
If this continues, they will inevitably develop an uncontrollable self-doubt.
The end result is most likely madness.
Knowing too much will inevitably lead to madness, but having only a superficial understanding will also torment you to the point of losing your mind due to unimaginable suffering.
“It’s really scary.”
Gu Ce was not mixed with any other emotions.
What's frightening isn't Gu Heng, but some things that were previously unknown to everyone.
As for Gu Ce, the immense power that far surpassed that of the gods still terrified him, but the one who could truly feel the meaning of those two words without feeling out of place was the great enemy of the era who seemed completely unworthy of his attention.
Mr. Gu must have learned some secret that no one else knows.
So what was unimaginable to the two of them was something that Gu Heng was certain to happen!
"Once this matter is accomplished, and considering the upcoming campaigns, my agreement with him can be terminated."
"Xiaoyao Jun said."
"By the way, I haven't asked him yet what he promised you," Gu Ce said indifferently.
"The key to crossing the insurmountable barrier."
Which formidable barrier?
"The one after the peak of the Conceptual Realm."
Upon hearing this, Gu Ce's eyes narrowed sharply: "He promised to help you break through to a realm beyond the Conceptual Realm?"
"What? You've deciphered part of the memories of the Great Enemy of the Epoch, but you don't know this?"
Xiaoyao Jun laughed.
"Of course I know that the conceptual realm is not the end, but I really don't know how to take that step. Even if I could cross that threshold, it would take countless years, let alone now when I have no clue what to do."
Gu Ce frowned.
His strength has reached the bottleneck of the Concept Realm, and the true source of his concept has been perfected to the point of being flawless, truly placing him at the pinnacle.
That's why Gu Ce was able to sense that there was some kind of invisible and intangible "membrane" in front of him, and even his perception of it was so weak that it could be blown away by the wind.
Gu Ce had considered breaking through that barrier.
He just didn't know where to start, and he didn't even know where to apply his strength. Over time, he felt more and more empty and anxious.
In other words, given his high position and great power, his temperament is naturally very stable.
Anyway, I'm extremely resilient now.
"I will know once the matter of the Wanchao Civilization is resolved."
Xiaoyao Jun had no intention of hiding anything, but to Gu Ce, these words sounded like a mockery of him for not taking the right side during the last great battle.
Who told him to choose the right side?
Nobody wants to be confined.
Even the lowest-level Origin Realm cultivators, if they knew that the world they lived in was just a speck of dust in the sea of stars, would not want to live only in the cracks and would also want to go out and see the wider heavens.
Let alone a conceptual realm expert like Xiaoyao Jun?
He had long coveted "knowledge".
"The entire civilization of myriad dynasties is about to be engulfed in war..."
Gu Ce silently went through his carefully laid plans and sighed.
"Ha, such a decadent civilization is not as clean as setting fire to it."
Xiaoyao Jun scoffed.
The myriad realms are not benevolent places, and the civilizations of countless dynasties are even more so. Wars and conquests never cease, and countless lives are always littered with corpses.
The endless civil wars of the Wanchao civilization were a sight never before seen by any other civilization.
Ultimately, the reason is that the supreme god of the Wanchao civilization has lost his power and no longer has enough authority to carry out the will of the gods. This naturally leads to endless wars between the dynasties within the Wanchao civilization.
It's time for a change.
……
A few months is but a blink of an eye for a cultivator.
In the time that followed, Qinggu Divine Capital maintained a fragile calm on the surface, but undercurrents were surging beneath the surface, and the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion became a rare place of tranquility in the eye of the storm.
After Gu Heng settled into the Imperial Preceptor's residence, his days seemed to return to a peaceful rhythm, much like before.
Although they didn't live together, Qin Yiyao came to see him every day to talk about the latest news in Shendu. Occasionally, he would brew a pot of tea that he himself found unpalatable, but Qin Yiyao would always savor it carefully.
Xiaobai and Yuezi seem to have entered a completely new phase of being cloyingly affectionate.
As for Su Jinxi, she also appeared at the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion the day after Gu Heng returned to the capital. It's unclear how she sensed this, but Gu Heng was very happy that she was back.
It's been a long time since I've found a place to lie down quietly and pet a cat.
"Girl, you come to see me every day, but we don't have much to talk about."
"It was pretty good at first, but now it's getting a bit boring."
Inside the flower pavilion of the mansion garden.
Gu Heng leaned against the brocade pillow, holding the little white demon cat in his arms, his gaze occasionally glancing at Qin Yiyao, who was sitting cross-legged beside him, with an aura flowing around her.
"Does Master think that having me around would be boring?"
Her eyes were closed, but her mouth kept moving.
If there's any benefit to cultivation, it's that it keeps your appearance young and beautiful.
Gu Heng had no intention of denying this.
He sighed, "I was hiding in the mountains before, and now I'm lying in that Grand Preceptor's mansion hiding from the storm. It feels like there's no difference at all, doesn't it?"
"Besides, it's a bit of a waste to have you hanging out with an old man like me who has nothing to do."
"I don't think so."
Qin Yiyao replied with a smile.
"To be honest, in the few days since you came back, Master, I've felt the same as when I was happiest before."
Her face flushed slightly: "I don't have to be on edge every moment, because I know that as long as you're there, everything will be fine."
These words made Gu Heng feel extremely ashamed.
"I always feel like I'll get you into trouble."
For no apparent reason, this thought popped into Gu Heng's mind, and it seemed to come naturally, as if it were a premonition.
"No way."
Qin Yiyao was very certain.
But Gu Heng always had doubts in his heart.
This is what happens when you lack self-confidence.