Ascending the Heavens as an Evil God

Academic Heaven’s request that he hide his identity was something Gu Nan initially didn’t understand the significance of but then realized with some amusement.

To put it bluntly, this was a case of not intending to refuse his participation in the war but also not wanting his participation to be publicized and cause further controversy at this juncture.

Gu Nan didn't intend to argue over such trivial matters and quickly agreed. He wasn’t a contrarian and didn't like to be confrontational on every matter.

And in fact, Gu Nan did need to join Academic Heaven's camp in order to disguise his goal of hunting gods.

After all, with Gu Nan's current fame, his every move would receive a great deal of attention, and it would be easy for people to connect the dots if he suddenly ran to the frontlines to hunt gods.

On the contrary, if he joined Academic Heaven's camp first, he would have a justifiable excuse for hunting gods.

Even if others were still suspicious of him, they would first suspect whether he had designs on Academic Heaven or Fang Chaoyun—his enemy—and wouldn’t directly think of the God Hunt aspect.

After all, recruiting Void Cutters was no longer a difficult task for a Realm Level Star Ruler like him, so it would look really suspicious if he went to all this effort just for some Godheads.

……

"Your Excellency Gu Nan, you have accepted a hunting mission."

A crisp female voice rang out in front of Gu Nan as a bunch of mission information was revealed, including the target, the best hunting spot, the danger and difficulty, and so on.

This was a temporary law construct created by Academic Heaven specifically for this war’s strategic coordination.

For a major event such as the great war between the two worlds, it was only natural for Academic Heaven to step in and produce a comprehensive mission assignment system.

Gu Nan's mission target this time was merely a Tier 7 god.

His inputted personal information was calculated based on a normal Realm Level Star Ruler’s stats, so the target assigned to him would naturally be one level lower. Otherwise, the hunters might become the hunted.

However, a mere Tier 7 was clearly unable to satisfy Gu Nan's appetite. Hadn't he gone through so much trouble for the sole purpose of being able to openly slaughter gods?

"Raise the target level."

After inputting the command, the blue light in front of Gu Nan flickered slightly for a moment before mission details were outputted again, this time to a Tier 8 god.

"Raise the target level," Gu Nan didn't even look at the results before commanding again.

The blue light flickered even more, only this time it didn't make Gu Nan wait too long, directly giving out a bunch of information.

Gu Nan glanced down and finally revealed a satisfied smile.

Tier 9 god, Snow God Claudia.

……

A man and a woman were sitting silently in a small hall near the place where Gu Nan accepted his mission. They were the two external Heaven Level Star Rulers that Academic Heaven was able to rope into the war.

The man was leisurely sipping a cup of tea, while the woman's expression was clearly one of irritation and extreme impatience.

The woman’s behavior was quite rare for powerhouses on their level.

Of the two, one was Yang Yan of Northern Underworld Heaven, and the other was Yu Yeifei of Hundred Specters Heaven. Both were genuine Heaven Level Star Rulers, so by all accounts, they should’ve been able to control their emotions long ago.

However, Yu Yeifei was a special case because she was originally a Void Cutter who inherited Hundred Specters Heaven from its previous Star Ruler.

Such an experience could definitely be called "ascending to heaven in one fell swoop", but no matter how amazingly talented Yu Yeifei was, jumping from Tier 4 to right underneath Unified Dao was still a bit too big of a leap.

Just stabilizing her cultivation base and settling the revolts in the astral world had taken her thousands of years. Even now, she still hadn't fully digested her predecessor's legacy.

Hundred Specters Heaven was originally a great plane approaching Tier 10, but now it could only be considered Tier 9, so the damage was quite substantial.

However, this was also normal for astral worlds that were inherited. At least it didn’t directly fall out of the ranks of Heaven Level planes, so Yu Yeifei was already considered a good successor.

"Didn't they say they found a third person? Could that Fang geezer be brushing us off?" Seeing Yang Yan's tranquil demeanor, Yu Yeifei could only forcefully suppress the annoyance in her heart and ask in a low voice.

In the information Academic Heaven gathered, Snow God Claudia was the most suitable Tier 9 target for the God Hunt. But she was nevertheless Tier 9, so it was impossible to just send a single Star Ruler of the same rank to hunt her.

To ensure safety, it had to be at least a three-on-one fight, so it wasn't until Academic Heaven found a third person that the two were summoned here.

"Perhaps some matter delayed them." Yang Yan had a calm and unperturbed look on his face and laughed lightly. "Yu, you really need to change this temper of yours, or else you’ll suffer a loss sooner or later because of this."

Yu Yeifei's irritable nature was also well-known in the Star Ruler circles.

As for Yang Yan, despite his young appearance, his actual age was already several times older than Yu Yeifei’s, so no one could say anything about lecturing her like this.

Yu Yeifei took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down.

She also knew about the flaws in her character. She actually wasn’t like this when she was young; it was entirely due to the fact that she was in a hurry to catch up with the explosive growth in her cultivation after ascending to heaven in one fell swoop that she suffered Qi deviation.

Perhaps only when she reaches Tier 10 would this influence be completely removed. But just as Yu Yeifei wanted to speak again, a figure appeared behind the two.

"I’m the third person, let's go," a calm voice came from behind them, causing the two to turn their heads at the first opportunity.

The newcomer was wrapped entirely in black robes, not revealing any aura, so there was no way to determine the stranger’s identity.

But the fact that the other party was able to silently appear beside the two without being detected until he spoke up was a testament in itself.

Yang Yan and Yu Yefei glanced at each other, somewhat puzzled by the other party's move to hide his identity.

Characters at their level were already pitifully scarce in number—there were only so many, so hiding one’s identity was simply pointless.

As soon as he attacked, all his earlier hiding would be for nothing.

Yang Yan didn't mind it and nodded in response, but Yu Yeifei couldn't help spitting out a sentence because she was already in a foul mood, "Just tell us who you are. What's the point of hiding yourself?"

If not for the fact that Academic Heaven played a big role in helping her inherit Hundred Specters Heaven back then, she wouldn't have bothered to get involved in this war.

"None of your business."

A flat reply came, causing Yu Yeifei's eyelids to twitch slightly. She couldn't help sneering, "Fine. If you won't say it, I'll find out myself!"

As soon as her words fell, her right hand had already struck out, flashing with a tranquil, ghostly blue light, which seemed to all be contained inside her right palm, swiftly landing on the opponent’s body.

As long as the other party blocked it, it wouldn’t be hard to see what laws he wielded, which would allow her to narrow down the suspects of his identity to the single digits.

However, what she didn't expect was that the stranger not only didn't dodge, but he didn’t even try to block, simply allowing her palm to hit his body.

In Yu Yeifei's senses, it was as if this palm had struck a wall, a pebble sinking into the sea with no ripples.

Instead, she suddenly felt a coldness on her face as a gaze so icy it felt real struck her face.

"Then why don’t you try?"