216 Chapter 2549

"I don't know how she got to such a state, but I can tell you it must be a very lonely life." 

Red Lotus had his theories, but there was nothing he could do to confirm them, nor was there the time to do so. 

They were still in the middle of a war that would decide the entire world's fate! 

"I'm almost done!" 

Limitless couldn't let his focus be distracted on a sound transmission of Killer Move and creating the Chaos Spear simultaneously. 

So Giant Sun relayed the message to him,

Red Lotus took a deep breath, by this time he was exhausted, his supply of Immortal Essence was at its all-time low, and the Eternity Dao Killer Move had proven itself to be extremely powerful. 

It managed to fight against one of Fang Yuan's most powerful Dao Killer Moves and nearly killed Reputation Gu as well. 

He was beyond exhausted.

"Old Star this should have proven my sincerity right? You can stop holding back now." Red Lotus wobbled over, his body slumped down and was caught by Star Constellation. 

"Mm, you should never call a lady Old." Star Constellation gave him a gentle nod as she ran her hand through his hair, "You did good, I can mostly overlook your blatant disregard of consequences when you destroyed Fate Gu and my Millions of years of hard work."

"But to earn my forgiveness will require more than just this," she gave him a smile that didn't extend to her eyes. 

Maybe it was the exhaustion but Red Lotus could swear he saw the word "工" reflected in her eyes, he shuddered briefly. (工 is the Chinese character that translates to Work) (1)

"Shhh," Star Constellation whispered, "You'll have plenty more opportunities to pay back this debt, I guarantee it." 

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On the side of Daoist Countless Treasure and Envy.

"Brother Greed what are we going to do?!?!?" between chewing her fingernails and fidgeting, Envy was in a state of panic. 

"Calm down," Daoist Countless Treasure tried reassuring Envy, but between his shaky voice and constipated face, it did nothing but aggravate Envy's worries. 

"How can I calm down!" Envy snapped, "Lust, came and went without so much as a word, and she took Reputation Gu with her!" 

Most people were completely frozen whenever Lust appeared, Time itself would avoid her, and only rare masters in Time Path, like Red Lotus, could perceive her in frozen Time. 

But for members of the 7 Deadly Sins, they shared a sort of familial bond, that allowed them to perceive and talk to one another, as long as they were within a certain area, even through frozen Time. 

Envy and Greed, could perceive that Lust had appeared, and just as quickly disappeared, she left no message for them, and when they saw that reputation Gu just up and vanished they knew it was the work of Lust.

"Wawaawawa what do we do!" just then a piece of paper was plastered onto the Daoist Countless Treasures shiny head.

!!!

'Sloth will arrive' was written on the note.

"This…" Envy held the paper in her hands, suddenly, the 5 sins felt it! 

Or more precisely, they felt it first, then the Venerables and lastly the entire Western Desert! 

!!! 

Everyone cast their gazes to the border between the Western Desert and the Southern Border, even Heaven and Wrath (Qing Chou) stopped their fight to take a look. 

"Is that thing even allowed!?" Heaven stared in shock, he turned to the heavens, "How is that not a violation of the rules of Heaven and Earth!?!?"

Earth had echoed similar complaints, "This makes no sense! No mortal should be allowed this much power unless…" 

It suddenly dawned on both Heon and Earth at the same t

"That thing is your son!?!?" 

If one could peer through the hidden infinities one would see the glowing white figure, reveal a string of pearly white teeth in what would appear to be a smile, 

"That's right, you didn't honestly think I had nothing prepared against what you all were scheming did you?" the Heavenly Dao's face had no facial features, no nose, no eyes, no anything he was a glowing white figure except for a mouth. 

If a mortal lay eye on that smile they would go insane, it was uniformly symmetrical with identical rows of teeth, that were devoid of any kind of joy or malice, just cold indifference and mockery. (2) 

"This is clearly against the rules!" Heaven shouted in outrage, "I demand an explanation." 

Heaven cast his gaze into the clouds, piercing through everything to look the Heavenly Dao in the face, or lack thereof. 

"Hehe, what's there to explain?" the Heavenly Dao released a voice that was neither old nor childlike, but was deeply unsettling. 

It sounded as if it was the aggregation of the entire world put together. 

"He's just a moron that became strong." 

"You!" Heaven wagged his finger, "Such a being clearly crosses the threshold for beings allowed in the Mortal World, he should be ousted just like Primordial and Reckless!" 

The Heavenly Dao closed his smiling mouth, revealing a look of displeasure, "There is no such rule that one of approximate strength to a Dao Lord must be expelled, the rule clearly states that once one becomes a Dao Lord the Earthly Dao and Heavenly Dao will reject their existence, forcing them out of the Gu World." 

"That boy hasn't ascended yet so he doesn't count."

Though it is rarely ever used as just Gong 工, alone, it is often used with 作 Zuo, as 工作 gong zuo, do work or have work to do.

In case anyone forgot since it has been so long since I've written this story, Heaven and Earth are the original creators, the merger of their powers, plus the Will of all living beings, gained sentience and is known as the Heavenly Dao. And I envisioned him to look exactly like how 'Truth' or 'god' in Full Metal Alchemist looks like