Gongsun Zhi

**Gongsun Zhi** was the leader of the Radiant Saint Hall after it was discovered that he is a descendant of the Exalted Saint.

He was one of the most talented protectors and peak lord of the Scorching Sun Peak, one of the 99 Main Peaks in the Radiant Saint Hall. It is plausible that he was a nine star genius during his youth, and even became the Chosen Saint. He is a recurring antagonist that continually pursues Jian Chen for the Method of the Exalted Saint.

## Overview

Due to his status as the descendant of the Exalted Saint, he established a connection with the Inheritance Mark of the Tower of Radiance, thus preventing Jian Chen from acquiring the whole inheritance. However, the Method of the Exalted Saint was still learnt by Jian Chen exclusively, which gave rise to a huge enmity.

He becomes the holder of the strongest Guardian Saint Sword, the **Godslayer's Sword**. After acquiring the Godslayer’s Sword, he became the current leader of the Radiant Saint Hall.

## Description

### ***Peak Lord***

He appeared to be young man in red robes who seemed to be in his twenties. The young man was extremely powerful as well. He was also a lord of one of the ninety-nine main peaks, the lord of the Scorching Sun Peak. His individual strength was no less than Donglin Qiushui or the lord of the Sky Gazing Peak.

### ***Hall Leader***

He wore luxurious white robes and possessed quite a striking appearance. There was uncontained arrogance on his face.

Ever since Gongsun Zhi learnt that the blood of a Grand Exalt flows in his veins, his mentality has begun to change. And although he was still a Radiant Godking, he had become brimming with vigor and was absolutely haughty after gaining the greatest protector sword.

He was the mighty descendant of a Grand Exalt and the youngest leader in the Radiant Saint Hall’s history. All of these aspects made Gongsun Zhi extremely confident and arrogant. He would not allow anyone to belittle him.

## Plot

### **Cloud Plane War**

After discovering that Yang Yutian was actually Jian Chen, he set out along with powerful followers to the Cloud Plane.

### **Transported**

Due to the presence of the Blue Sky Venerable, the Rain Abbess did not want to expend energy against the Godslayer’s Sword. That is why the Rain Abbess had used her mastery over the Laws of Space to send Gongsun Zhi to the den of an elephant-like space beast strong enough to deter the protector sword.

### **Perilous Situation**

After a certain amount of time passed, there was a certain region within the Saints’ World filled with floating, shattered meteors. They varied in size and basically packed the entire place.

The fragments of meteor did not directly disintegrate when struck by violent pulses of energy. Instead, they shot off like comets into the depths of the sea of stars, propelled by the powerful energy.

At the very centre of this space was an extremely large, almost planet-like space beast. The pressure it gave off made the space there tremble and distort. It was extremely terrifying and powerful. The ball of white like was Gongsun Zhi, who had been sent there by the Rain Abbess through her Laws of Space.

He had been trapped there by the space beast through extremely great energy, forcing him to endure this terrifying attack at all times. As the protective light from Godslayer’s sword was rapidly drained away, it clearly became thinner and thinner.

This made Gongsun Zhi feel the same powerlessness as when he faced the Rain Abbess. Although he was protected by the protector sword, making him temporarily safe, the protector sword’s energy would eventually run out. He could only watch the light around him grow thinner and thinner; he could not do anything else. He could only wait for death quietly.

That is why the protector sword had sent out a signal towards the other swords to save his master. As such, the welder of the protector swords went out of their way to save him from peril. However, they could do nothing to the space beast. In the end, Xuan Zhan covered for them, and they left successfully.

### **Losing the Protector Sword**

After the Anatta Grand Exalt refined the artifact spirit of the Tower of Radiance, the Saint Artifact Spirit regained control of his spirit vessel and assumed full control of the god artifact. His first action, unfortunately, was to take away the Godslayer’s Sword at a crucial time when the Radiant Saint Hall forces were going to storm the Martial Soul Mountain. As a result, Gongsun Zhi was left at the mercy of Xu Zhiping and Huangfu Guiyi. He died due to his hubris from gaining ungodly power that could dominate a plane. However, an external weapon remains as a power not of their own, so he died the moment he lost such a power.

## Trivia

* Gongsun Zhi utterly hated Donglin Yanxue. If it were not for her assisting Jian Chen’s escape in the past, it would have been extremely likely for the Grand Exalt’s cultivation method to end up in his hands.
* Through the protector sword, he can unleash a full strike at the Fifth Heavenly Layer. It might even have reached the Sixth Heavenly Layer. And that’s only because Gongsun Zhi’s personal cultivation is insufficient. If he possessed Xuan Zhan’s strength, the protector sword would be even more terrifying in his hands.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 2342: Fight for the Legacy
2. ↑ Chapter 2625: The Rain in Outer Space
3. ↑ Chapter 2345: Descendant of the Supreme (One)
4. ↑ Chapter 2348: Leaving the Miniature World
5. ↑ Chapter 2614: Gongsun Zhi’s Arrival
6. ↑ Chapter 2637: True Strength
7. ↑ Chapter 2666: A Message from the Protector Swords