Gu Changqing gazed intently at Jiang Minghuang.

At this moment he too felt a bit overwhelmed.

Jiang Minghuang held an immortal artifact!

In this world they were almost invincible, and Jiang Minghuang’s artifact had once subdued the Three Realms and suppressed the boundless qi of the Heavenly Palace.

It was able to suppress heaven and earth, and it could hold up against even the most powerful of cultivators.

In truth, Jiang Minghuang’s combat strength, among the many Great Emperors of this world, was not particularly outstanding.

He was even somewhat weaker than Gu Youwei.

It was only because of that ancient bell that Jiang Minghuang was enough to rank among the top three Great Emperors of the age.

Even the extremely talented Ye Chen, if he had to fight Jiang Minghuang directly, would probably lack a guaranteed victory.

Gu Changqing murmured in his heart, having already determined how he was going to continue rewriting the life of this protagonist.

Gu Changqing frowned and pondered.

Even now he still felt dazed, partly due to the Ancient Mirror’s suppression and partly because his body’s original owner’s memories were fragmented.

He could only desperately search his mind for fragments of memories about this close brother of his.

He wanted to see if he could use those memory fragments to tear a gap in Jiang Minghuang’s vengeful heart.

But the more he recalled, the stranger his expression became.

“This is all very strange. The sole condition I was given with regard to rewriting this character’s life is that it must be close to reality. The closer it is to reality, the easier it becomes true.”

“But Gu Youwei’s life—I’ve been scripting it for so long, why has the system never once marked it invalid? Everything passed… it’s almost too smooth, as if…”

“As if this is exactly like the Heavenly Emperor’s personal experiences.”

Gu Changqing couldn’t help but find it strange.

Obviously, he had relied on some memory fragments, key figures, and fabricated past stories to weave all of this together.

Apart from the fixed characters, many parts were fictional, yet the system actually realized all his scripts.

After thinking about it for a long time, Gu Changqing couldn’t make sense of it and decided not to overthink.

There wasn’t much time left for him now.

And for now, he only managed to make one Gu Youwei defect. There was still a lot of work left to do…

He quickly calmed himself and, drawing on the knowledge in his mind, a story soon unfolded smoothly in his head.

He didn’t need to write down his thoughts in order to make edits to the protagonist’s life.

It only needed to be conceived in the mind, and it would naturally manifest.

On this point, Gu Changqing often marveled at the system’s convenience.

If he had had such a system back in his school days in his past life, he wouldn’t have to spend so much time writing out all his homework…

As Gu Changqing’s thoughts unfolded, the darkness within the Bronze Ancient Mirror gradually brightened.

“Hey hey, are you dead or what?”

“Please don’t die. I went through so much to carry you back.”

The clear voice woke Gu Changqing.

Gu Changqing opened his eyes and saw a dirty face, messy hair with a few pieces of dried grass stuck on it.

“Ugh.”

Gu Changqing coughed blood. His internal organs flared with intense pain.

The filthy guy shook him violently. For the first time Gu Changqing realized a person could be so annoying.

His body felt weak all over and he fainted again.

The scene went dark again.

Outside the mirror.

That sudden voice pulled everyone’s attention back to the mirror.

Upon seeing that fleeting face in the picture, everyone was stunned.

“How is this little beggar… somewhat similar to Emperor Jiang??”

Everyone looked at Jiang Minghuang in bewilderment.

Jiang Minghuang looked embarrassed. He coughed lightly and replied with some displeasure, “That’s me.”

The crowd was even more baffled.

This was Emperor Jiang Minghuang they were talking about!

A Great Emperor who could erase boundless time and space with a snap, stride across the river of time, and sweep through the universe!

He was the young master of an ancient noble family. Even if he was traveling in the lower realm, how had he fallen into such a state?

One must remember that when he first met the young Heavenly Emperor in the forest, though he was in a sorry state, he still looked extraordinary, like an exiled immortal descending to the world!

And it had only been a year!

Jiang Minghuang explained awkwardly, “My father thought all of this through very carefully. Before I left, he deliberately gave me many precious jewels and specially told me to wear them. I was overjoyed at the time, thinking the old man had been kind and allowed me to enjoy myself elsewhere.”

“But I never expected that the moment I left the forest, I would be robbed.”

The crowd was speechless.

They thought: Is this really Emperor Jiang? How could he have been so naïve?

He brought many jewels and wore them, and more importantly, he had no cultivation skills at all—of course he’d get robbed!

Jiang Minghuang was the only male heir to an extremely prestigious and powerful household. It was little wonder that the previous head of the family would ruthlessly send him to the lower realm to temper him.

Back then, to what extent had this Jiang Minghuang been a playful and reckless child?

Seeing Jiang Minghuang’s demeanor, many wanted to laugh but dared not. Most held it in and looked a little constipated.

Jiang Minghuang, embarrassed, steadied his emotions and then said, “In those years, a territorial great power spanning the lower realm, and an Ancient Sect that had a Saint King, were erased from the world in a single day.”

“It caused an upheaval in the lower realm. After I learned of this, I rushed to Jade Void Palace, hoping to find some of the treasures left behind by Jade Void Palace to get through my days in the lower realm.”

“Unexpectedly, I encountered him.”

“At that time I only thought he was one of the many boys and girls who had been captured to be sacrificed to the sect.”

“I could never have imagined that the ancient great sect that once stood tall in the lower realm had been leveled by him.”