Gu Cheng had already made various speculations about the identity of the mastermind behind the scenes. In his spare time, he even analyzed the major Hunyuan Taoist ancestors in the heavens.
But at first, he wanted to track down the opponent's whereabouts and determine his identity so that he could target him. Later, he regarded the speculation as a matter of interest. When the catastrophe broke out and the actual war started, he completely forgot about it.
Logically speaking, after achieving the Hunyuan Dao realm, one can deduce the secrets of heaven. Even if the opponent is the Hunyuan Dao Ancestor, once a lot of energy is invested, he can still find clues.
But Gu Cheng doesn't waste his energy on this.
Because this is not a detective game.
Who is true and who is false, who lies and who confesses, it is actually meaningless. There is no so-called trial for the mastermind behind the scenes, and of course there is no need for detailed evidence.
If you want to find out the mastermind behind the scenes, there is actually the simplest and most direct trick——
At the appropriate moment, eliminate all suspects. It is better to kill by mistake than to let go. The real enemy will naturally be exposed.
Like now.
When a world-destroying catastrophe breaks out, the mastermind behind the scenes cannot completely stay out of it.
Amitabha's escape from trouble and Panwu Shenzun's death are all clues exposed.
It may be a real clue, or it may be a deception.
No need to guess!
Just kill them all!
This is Gu Cheng's decision.
Communicating with Amitabha is by no means a waste of time. The bodies of the Twelve Ancestral Witches are constantly getting bigger.
They seemed to be transformed into the starry sky of the universe, and every acupuncture point on the body turned into vast stars, expanding endlessly.
Echoing this, the power of the entire formation increased crazily at a rate of ten times, a hundred times, and a thousand times.
Twelve different qi machines turned into a cosmic millstone, crushing the Buddha's light.
As a result, the Lord of Ten Thousand Buddhas could no longer hide it.
The golden light gathered and dispersed into one, and the golden body of infinite light and infinite life reappeared, like the sacred mountain of Sumeru, vast and vast, suppressing the void, its aura rising steadily, and it actually withstood the terrifying power of the great millstone of the universe.
"hehe!"
That deep laughter also came from the mouth of Amitabha Buddha in the green lotus-colored flag.
True colors revealed!
But the strange thing is that the moment the laughter burst out, Amitabha's own expression froze.
His expression was extremely strange, as if there were two personalities occupying one body. The corners of his lips were raised, full of arrogance and disdain, but his eyes showed surprise, fear, and all kinds of extremely complicated emotions.
The waves on the Styx River were turbulent, and Gu Cheng's figure appeared, looking towards Amitabha.
With a sharp gaze, he discovered that there was a shadow surrounding Amitabha's head, which looked like a soul but not a soul at all. It was as if he had a brand new brain, but he didn't know it, which was extremely strange.
"Seizing the body, no, it is an even more incredible method than seizing the body!"
Gu Cheng thought of the Xuanhuang World, when Donghuang Taiyi taught the Demon King's clone that if the Chaos Demon God's energy, blood, bones, and soul were combined into one, it would be possible to seize the body of the Hunyuan Dao Ancestor.
But obviously Amitabha's situation is even more special. He did not surrender, but worked hard for the mastermind behind the scenes.
In the Great World of Pagoda, Amitabha was already killed when he was ambushed by Pangu's axe.
But the mastermind behind the scenes used a terrible method, entrenched in his brain, so that the Lord of Ten Thousand Buddhas showed no signs of death. At the same time, he always thought that he was still alive and suppressed in the great formation.
Over the long years, Amitabha has always wanted to break away from the formation and leave, but invisibly promoted the transformation of the formation.
The Dutian Shensha Formation becomes the Dutian Shenji Formation.
Just one word difference, but the effect is completely different. It has become a troop transportation channel and a place for evolution of the gods.
"All conditioned dharma is like a dream!"
When the truth was revealed, Amitabha sighed, closed his eyes, and his breath disappeared.
When Hunyuan fell, he lost all hope and finally died.
Unfortunately, the golden body was still there. He opened his eyes and regained his energy. He had a completely different temperament. He spoke again, his tone changed drastically: "As expected of the emperor, you won the bet. As a reward, I should also appear with you.
See!"
Gu Cheng's eyes narrowed and he asked: "Who are you? What kind of method is this?"
"This is the method used by the Ancient Soul Clan in the Third Era. It also cost me a lot of effort to use it against Amitabha!"
A terrifying scene appeared. The shadows gradually dissipated, revealing a strange planet-shaped object, like a parasite, lying behind the head of the golden body. Half of it was wrapped in the skull, and the other half was naked in the void, looking extremely ferocious: "
As for who I am, haven't you been looking for traces of me, and now my brain is here, but I don't dare to recognize it?"
"you!"
Gu Cheng's heart was shocked and he looked carefully at this planet-sized brain.
The true Lord finally appears.
The most mysterious existence in the heavens, no one knows who it is, which race it comes from, or what its experience is. They only know that it possesses half of the way of origin, wields the Pangu ax, and promotes the catastrophe of the end of the law.
Whether it was the target of the Emperor's mirror when he ascended the throne to offer sacrifices to the heavens, or the confrontation in the air later on during the trip to the demon world, the two sides fought back and forth for several rounds, and Gu Cheng finally achieved Hunyuan after narrowly surviving.
When we reach the pinnacle of the heavens, there is a possibility of a reversal of the situation. After countless efforts, the mysterious veil of the mastermind behind the scenes is finally lifted, and this ancient existence from the last era finally appears in front of us...
In the form of a brain!
However, Gu Cheng obviously had many questions, but he suppressed them forcefully and did not talk to them. He seized every precious moment and sank straight down.
The water of the Styx is boiling, the waves are turbulent, and it flows in the void. It completely integrates the power of the twelve ancestral witches and pushes the Dutian Shensha Formation to a new level.
"Destroy!"
In an instant, the purest light of end burst out from the center of the Dutian Divine Evil Formation, directly hitting the green lotus-colored flag protecting the golden body.
As the most precious treasure of merit and virtue, the innate five-directional flag, the protective effect of this flag is also said to be invincible. Combined with the Dharma, which is always good at defense, it has maintained an unbreakable record.
But all the heavens are at a critical juncture of life and death. The end is approaching, the era has changed, and the treasure of merit is no longer invincible. On the contrary, the majesty of the way to the end has become stronger rapidly.
In an instant, the lotus withered, the golden light dissipated, and the light of the end broke through the five flags and struck Jin's body solidly.
The huge golden body shook and shattered inch by inch.
The power of the millstone reappeared, and Gu Cheng personally took action to refine it, and the flesh and blood turned into flying ash and dispersed.
The physical body of a Hunyuan Taoist ancestor died, but the powerful original power did not disappear, but turned into a round and golden relic.
A roll of the Styx River transports the relics into the void.
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Within the Era Formation.
Patriarch Bodhi exerted his last strength and struck out the most powerful axe, which only slightly damaged Pangu's body.
Seeing that the situation was over, and at the moment of despair, a relic flew over and sank into his body.