I have been bound in a forbidden place for five hundred years. Why are you crying when I am a casual

Tianmu City, inspect the priest!

Upon hearing this, even Chu Xun, who had already acquired many of Gu Xiu's memories, couldn't help but freeze in shock. He frantically tried to recall those memories belonging to Gu Xiu, and finally slowly remembered what Gu Xiu meant by Tianmu City and the Inspector God.

That was Tianmu City, which Gu Xiu passed through when he escorted Mo Chen back to the Divine Dynasty.

The Mu clan has lived in Tianmu City for generations. There is a Primordial Eye sealed inside the city. Gu Xiu once took the Primordial Eye there and successfully opened the Inspection Divine Palace the moment it entered his body.

However, that divine palace was extremely special.

Instead of the shrines and statues found in other shrines, it transformed into a city called Tianmu within his own shrine, with its core a tower whose doors could not be opened.

Until now.

Gu Xiu never pushed open the door of that tall tower!

"The human body is a treasure trove. The Five Divine Officials of the Nascent Soul stage is an opportunity to open one's own treasure trove. Cultivators can use this to activate their divine officials, attract the power of the Great Dao, and establish their own divine officials."

"Each priest brings with him some supernatural powers that are beyond ordinary people. Although these powers vary in strength, and many of them cannot be used by people with higher cultivation levels, they all have their own unique abilities."

“My Five Divine Palaces have long been established, and each of them carries some special power. However, there are two high officials who have never been able to truly establish them and obtain true supernatural powers.”

"These two high priests are the Inspector, who was established through an opportunity obtained in Tianmu City, and the Eyebrows, who resides in the Demon Eye of Observation, and the Longevity Priest."

“Guan Chen once told me that he needed to temporarily use my Shou Shou Divine Official as a place to stay for his Daoist practice. When he leaves in the future, I can reabsorb the power of the Great Dao, reshape the Shou Shou Divine Official, and obtain new supernatural powers.”

"At the time, I was curious: since the Demon Eye of Observation could stay with my Longevity God, was the Primordial Eye residing in my Heavenly Eye God also a place where something could stay? I tried to push open the door of that tower more than once, but I kept failing."

"But when my cultivation reached the Nascent Soul Realm, my soul power continued to increase, and I began to experience one tribulation after another of the Lighting Tribulation. I vaguely discovered that there seemed to be a special remnant soul remaining in my body. It would quietly appear when I was going through the Lighting Tribulation, but because it was too well hidden, even I only suspected it."

"It was Guan Chen, who lived among my five priests, who noticed it and told me. It was from that time that I began to suspect your existence and confirmed that you lived in my Inspection Shrine!"

Even Chu Xun couldn't help but be surprised by Gu Xiu's analysis.

He hadn't expected that Gu Xiu would discover the problem earlier than he anticipated, but then he couldn't help but ask curiously, "At that time, I wasn't even aware of it. How are you so sure that I would appear this time?"

“A curse,” Gu Xiu replied.

"A curse?" Chu Xun asked, puzzled, then suddenly realized something: "You mean the curse power contained within the Taiwei Divine Fire?"

"Yes." Gu Xiu nodded and said:

"Being corrupted by the curse power within the Taiwei Divine Fire once caused an uncontrollable violent aura to arise in my heart. Although the violent aura was constantly refined and eliminated as the curse power was continuously refined, it did not disappear. Instead, it was slowly absorbed."

"That must be the birth of you."

"Although you are not aware of it yourself, I can actually vaguely sense your presence, and even know that you may come out at any time."

At this point, Gu Xiu paused for a moment before continuing:

"Of course, I can't be sure if you will take advantage of this trip, but I am a cautious person and like to make some preparations in advance. It just so happens that I have the opportunity to meet Senior Sword Saint during this trip to Tianyuan Sword Sect, so I sent Suixing and the others away in advance and asked Senior Sword Saint to protect me."

"And coincidentally, the Tianyuan Sword Sect also has its own calamity this time. Senior Sword Saint and I hit it off immediately and decided to turn the tables and set up this scheme."

Having said that.

The truth has finally come to light.

From the very beginning, Gu Xiu had vaguely guessed his existence, and even devised a plan to counter it, making arrangements in advance and enlisting the help of Haoyu's number one person to protect him.

He may not be able to predict the future perfectly, but he made all the necessary arrangements in advance.

And the final result.

And it proceeded exactly as Gu Xiu had predicted.

"I've always wondered why you sent Suixing and the others away, but I couldn't remember what you did, and my memories of you are mostly blurry."

"Was it made by Guan Chen?"

"What power did he use to seal away your untraceable memories? So I was kept in the dark from beginning to end, and even thought that I was your inner demon, another version of you."

"In fact, your deliberate act of making me take action to kill those hidden agents of Dark Window was also part of the plan. You deliberately made me take action to see my strength."

Chu Xun smiled bitterly, his heart filled with amazement.

He genuinely believed he was Gu Xiu, that he was the master who had seen his "true self," but he never imagined it was all just a pipe dream. The one who remained conscious was actually the cowardly Gu Xiu he had always found solace in.

Having thought everything through, Chu Xun finally couldn't help but ask, "Then what exactly am I? Who is behind all this, and even left the Primordial Eye in Tianmu City?"

He understood the ins and outs of the matter, but he still couldn't see the truth of it all.

Who are you?

Where did you come from, and why are you here?

"I don't know," Gu Xiu shook his head.

"You don't know?" Chu Xun asked in surprise.

Gu Xiu shook his head: "The scheme of Tianmu City is too ancient. I still can't figure out why that place is connected to me. It's not easy to find the person behind the scheme. Moreover, I'm not entirely sure whether the person who orchestrated it let you in to steal my Dao Fruit or what they want to do."

This is the truth.

The existence of Tianmu City is not recent. He had investigated this in detail when he was in Beiming, but found nothing. His acquisition of the Hongmeng Eye seemed like a coincidence, yet also like destiny, making it difficult to deduce.

Even with Chu Xun's existence, it can be inferred that the Hongmeng Eye was something someone had started planning many years ago, before they were even born.

Can……

What is the purpose of the layout?

Stealing one's own Dao fruit?

To seize one's own physical body?

But if that's really the case, how could Chu Xun be so weak?

Did they spend countless years creating Chu Xun just so they could easily suppress him?

This is not reasonable.

While Gu Xiu was thinking, Chu Xun also began to explain:

"In my previous memories, I saw my true self. In my true self, I was actually an invincible Immortal Emperor in the Immortal Realm. This time, I descended to the mortal realm only to plot for the source of fortune, so I sealed my cultivation and fell into this realm to become Gu Xiu."

"It seems I have done a lot of things, made many plans, planned everything, laid out tens of thousands of years in advance. All the people, things, and opportunities I encountered after descending to the mortal realm were prepared long ago. I only need to follow my heart to cultivate, and finally kill Qingxuan and those people to sever my karma in this realm, and then I can return with good fortune and complete my goal."

"At that time, I will restore all the memories and power that were once sealed away."

At this point, Chu Xun glanced at Gu Xiu: "I used to have unwavering faith in this true self, but now I'm not even you, so I can't be sure if these things are true. But I can be certain that you... are definitely related to the Immortal Realm!"

"How can you be sure?" Gu Xiu asked curiously.

"I don't know, but I sensed a trace of the power of an Immortal Emperor on you."

"The power of an Immortal Emperor?"

"You don't need to ask me. I've forgotten everything. This feeling is still a subconscious feeling. My mind is reminding me that this feeling can't be wrong."

Immortal Emperor...

Gu Xiu frowned. He didn't know much about the Immortal Realm. The only thing he knew was that the Immortal Realm seemed to be divided among various forces. Jiang Xun was backed by an Immortal Venerable, and as for the Immortal Emperor... he was probably an even more powerful being.

Is it...

Was I really the Immortal Emperor who orchestrated this for tens of thousands of years, sealed my cultivation, and reincarnated here?

This seems like a reasonable assumption, since he does indeed lack the seven emotions.

Can……

Gu Xiu still had a vague feeling that something was not right.

If I were the Celestial Emperor, why would I leave Chu Xun behind? What would Chu Xun's purpose be?

and……

When Chu Xun seized the body, he heard a voice that sounded like a senior giving guidance more than once. Gu Xiu still doesn't know the origin of that voice, nor can he find any trace of it. The other party seemed to be expressing disappointment in him all along.

I feel like I made the wrong choice.

Who is that? Why did they say that? What wrong choice did they make? What kind of choice is considered the right one?

A series of doubts arose in Gu Xiu's mind, but he quickly suppressed them again.

“Whatever secrets lie within, only by becoming stronger can we get closer to the truth. Right now, we should focus on increasing our strength.” Shaking his head, Gu Xiu asked Chu Xun:

"Speaking of which, I'm more curious about something else."

"Now that you have appeared, will my Surveillance Divine Palace remain unchanged?"

At this point, Gu Xiu took a step and immediately stepped out of the small dark room in the Sealed Heart Realm. He used his divine sense to quickly look at the Prosecutor's Palace, one of his five divine officials.

Upon seeing this, Gu Xiu's eyelids twitched immediately.

Changes have occurred at the Shrine of Inspection.

Tianmu City had collapsed and turned to dust, but the tower still stood tall. However, the door that had always been closed and could not be pushed open slowly opened, revealing the scene inside, all while Gu Xiu was watching...