Light Fortress-Chapter 1428 - 186: If You Choose to Burn

"Mr. Tianshui wants to kill the Sky Divine Throne..."

"Sounds ridiculous?"

"Yes, quite ridiculous."

"But the Sky Divine Throne was personally nurtured by Mr. Tianshui—thinking about it like that, is it still ridiculous?"

After Red Dragon finished speaking, he couldn’t help but mock himself before Gu Shen could respond, "Well, I admit, it is indeed still ridiculous."

The gap between the mundane and the divine cannot be bridged by numbers.

Trying to kill a god is very difficult.

Among the Transcendents of the Five Continents, there is a common understanding: only a god can kill a god!

Therefore, disputes between Angels Envoy seldom involve outsiders, because once the conflict progresses to the point where both sides unleash their divine tokens and engage in "divine descent," it’s a battle of gods!

Gu Shen took a deep breath, "Assuming what you say is true... how does Tianshui plan to kill?"

"I don’t know."

Red Dragon shook his head and confessed, "My teacher’s arrangements are beyond my understanding. I’m just a pawn; success doesn’t depend on me. I’ve been prepared to ’give everything’ for twenty years now... but I do know there are two crucial key figures in this arrangement!"

"Gu Xiaoman?"

Gu Shen squinted, immediately thinking of the Source Tower’s wanted "Cloud Mirror target."

"... That’s right."

Red Dragon smiled, "The little girl you took away is indeed extremely important, though in the original plan, she should have been under my control, not like the current situation."

This time, the Source Tower went south to find the "Lord of Wine!"

Even if Tianshui is a master strategist, he couldn’t predict Gu Shen’s unexpected involvement in this incident!

"As expected... you targeted her long ago."

Gu Shen no longer needed Red Dragon’s words to confirm the Lord of Wine plan.

He had already figured out the Source Tower’s scheme.

"So, I took the risk to meet you alone and reveal my identity... also because of this matter," Red Dragon said seriously, "Gu Xiaoman cannot be taken away by the East Continent. Once you remove her from the Sangzhou Cave, a Divine War will break out. The sky won’t let the East Continent meddle in the ’Spark’ matter repeatedly. Trust me, this little girl is the catalyst for war between the two continents."

"..."

Gu Shen was truly silent.

Red Dragon’s words at this moment were indeed difficult for him to refute.

"The East Continent currently needs ’rest and recovery,’ and the newly appointed Battle God Throne Bai Shu needs time for cultivation and advancement."

Red Dragon explained calmly, "Even if Bai Shu joined forces with the North Continent’s Empress, they’re still not enough to contend with the current Central Continent... The outbreak of Divine War, involving Light City and Holy City, would be a result you cannot withstand at present... Taking it a step further, even if you successfully retrieve ’Gu Xiaoman,’ what would you gain?"

"The Wine Spark has always been at the top of the Source Tower."

Red Dragon asked, "Yes, she is the one ordained by the Spark as the ’Lord of Wine,’ but without obtaining the Spark, how could she possibly achieve the ’Divine Throne’? No matter how powerful her future cultivation becomes, she would still only be a Titled... She alone could not sway the balance of two continents or change anything. Only by bringing her to the Source Tower and allowing her to grow in the Central Continent might she truly become the ’Lord of Wine’!"

Red Dragon was right.

Gu Shen understood this feeling best—

Because he himself was the one chosen by the "Netherworld Fire."

Bringing Gu Xiaoman to the East Continent would mean she receives the care of the five families, the dedication of Hua Zhi, and open access to all the resources of the East Continent, but what does that amount to?

The East Continent doesn’t have the "Wine Spark"... Her maximum potential is just the Titled.

"People change."

Gu Shen softly said, "Taking her to the Source Tower could mean she’s no longer the ’Gu Xiaoman’ I know."

As he spoke, Gu Shen felt somewhat dazed.

He recalled the little girl from E0 District who stubbornly stood tall amidst the trash.

He had a premonition...

If he agreed with Red Dragon now, when he next met Gu Xiaoman, she would be vastly different from her diligent and innocent former self.

"It’s hard to believe these are words spoken by the ’Key.’"

Red Dragon looked at Gu Shen with visible disappointment.

"Don’t you understand yet?"

"If she wants to become the ’Lord of Wine,’ she can’t be the Gu Xiaoman you know now—"

Red Dragon raised his voice, coldly, "How can we rely on a girl with immature mind to kill the ’Sky’?!"

"One ’Lord of Wine’ is far from enough! Even if you add an Empress, along with the Battle... success in God-Slaying might not come!"

"This path will inevitably require many sacrifices... but people like me have prepared to sacrifice our lives. Gu Xiaoman is a fortunate one among the piles of corpses and seas of blood because she has much less to give."

Gu Shen knew, facing such a grand scheme, he ought not hesitate.

Yet seeing the little girl for the first time... he felt she was a special person with a different "connection," a close "causality" with him. He had no parents, but in Gu Xiaoman, he felt the warmth arranged by destiny.

"So, your plan is..."

"To bring Gu Xiaoman back to the Central Continent and let her become a priest,"

Red Dragon sincerely proposed, "She is a genius in Extraordinary Cultivation, and once she advances to a high enough rank, she’ll become the next ’Red Dragon.’ Mr. Tianshui will arrange everything for Gu Xiaoman, and the Source Tower will open all resources to assist her cultivation. If you’re worried she might be corrupted by the Sky’s consciousness, I can guarantee... she will be the most important part of the future ’God-Slaying’ plan!"