Ji Xiaoyu stood in front of the attic, looking up at the window on the second floor.
She was curious, where was Gu An going this time?
She waited for a while, and Gu An came downstairs again.
She immediately stopped Gu An and said, “First agree, you must spar with me when you return.”
Gu An looked at her and nodded, “Alright, I want to see the progress of your cultivation over the years.”
Seeing that he had agreed, Ji Xiaoyu finally smiled and shifted to the side.
Gu An raised his hand, ruffled her hair, and then quickly walked away.
Ji Xiaoyu turned around, watching him leave. She raised her hand to touch her head, her thoughts drifting back to her childhood.
It had been a long time since he had touched her head.
“Time really flies,” Ji Xiaoyu murmured to herself, her tone revealing a sense of reluctance.
On the other side,
Gu An arrived at Mystic Valley. He didn’t leave immediately; instead, he went to observe the cultivation of An Shengtian and Jiang Shi.
The master and disciple liked to cultivate in the woods. Now, Jiang Shi had nothing left to teach An Shengtian; they mostly discussed and helped each other with their cultivation.
Seeing Gu An’s arrival, the master and disciple were excited, which made Gu An reflect.
Had he been too indifferent toward them?
Gu An was already aware of their feelings; he just had been too lazy to teach them and had decided to let them temper their own characters.
Gu An raised his right hand, and five secret books appeared, letting them each choose one.
The master and disciple were not fools; they chose different secret books, specifically Heaven and Earth Primordial Skill and Daoist Gang Primal Energy.
After encouraging them a few words, Gu An turned and left.
Holding the secret books, the master and disciple felt a surge of excitement. They looked at each other, both sensing a promising future.
“Cultivate well; do not disappoint Master. Also, don’t think about leaving. Guarding Mystic Valley is our lifelong duty,” Jiang Shi sternly advised.
An Shengtian nodded. He felt the same way.
In the future, he would only leave for revenge; once the revenge was done, he would return to show his gratitude.
Practicing under Sword Venerable Fudao for thousands of years wasn’t much, as long as they could continue to live and cultivate under Fudao’s guidance indefinitely.
After leaving Mystic Valley, Gu An walked towards the distance on foot.
His gaze fixed on the Reincarnation Vortex in Outer Heaven.
He decided to go into the Reincarnation Vortex to cultivate. He had previously sent an incarnation to infiltrate it. The Reincarnation Vortex wasn’t another world; aside from the dense Reincarnation Rules, it served more as a transmission channel, accessing countless realms.
This was also why Xiaochuan had not reappeared since entering; he had been reborn in another realm.
After many years of consideration, Gu An still felt that breaking through in the Silent Destruction Domain was too dangerous. Would the Heavenly Spirit God carry out a thorough search if alarmed?
Or perhaps invite more mysterious immortals.
Though not sure from where the relentless immortals pursuing him hailed, Gu An was full of apprehension regarding their backing forces and did not want to disturb them.
As Gu An reflected, he strolled forward leisurely as if touring beautiful mountains and waters, not walking quickly.
An Ancient Hour later.
Gu An emerged from the Great Heavenly Spirit Land. Beneath his feet seemed to be an invisible staircase; he ascended step by step.
Along the way, Divine Thought True Immortals were engaged in a grand battle, the battlefield covering the sky, yet Gu An walked between the two Divine Thought True Immortals, invisible to their senses.
Their mana passed through Gu An without causing any harm or even encountering any obstruction.
As Gu An walked upward, he looked down upon the world.
Above him was the cosmic starry sky, and from there, scenes of battle were visible everywhere in Heaven and Earth, making Great Heavenly Spirit Land seem like a grain of sand in the vast ocean, rendering no corner of this universe unblemished.
The struggle between the Immortal Dynasty and the Holy Court seemed endless, continuing for countless years, with numerous sects and dynasties seizing this opportunity to wage war and plunder resources.
Out of the mystical depths, a malicious energy enveloped the vast expanse of the Heavenly Spirit Land.
As Gu An was about to approach the Reincarnation Vortex, he withdrew his gaze and looked up.
The Reincarnation Vortex, transformed by the Yuanxu Ancestor, had become stronger.
A continuous stream of lost souls flew towards the Reincarnation Vortex, their spectral forms equally mysterious, invisible and untouchable to even Living Spirits.
Gu An did not stop, quickly stepping into the Reincarnation Vortex.
Once inside the vortex, he found himself in darkness, unable to see the souls, only feeling the Taoist aura of causality, reincarnation, fate, and souls from all directions intertwining and complicating the rules of the Tao in this place.
Having previously experienced this path through an avatar, Gu An was not curious.
He continued onward!
After taking a long journey, Gu An saw twinkling stars appear ahead, and with each step, the number of stars increased significantly.
These stars represented different dimensions; some were like the Great Heavenly Spirit Land, while others were from Lower Realms like those of the Blood Prison Great Saint and Lu Lingjun.
Needing a vast amount of spiritual energy, Gu An naturally headed for a Great Heaven and Earth.
Since the road was endless, he did not always make a choice but, upon seeing a Great Heaven and Earth comparable to the Heavenly Spirit Land, he walked directly towards it, quickening his pace.
Soon, Gu An emerged from the darkness and arrived in the cosmic starry sky.
Stepping out of the vortex, his vision still lingered on the reincarnation causality, where he saw continuous souls flying towards the vast Great Heaven and Earth ahead. As they barely approached the heavenly barrier of the Great Heaven and Earth, the souls vanished into thin air.
Reincarnation!
This scene was quite beautiful.
Such were Gu An’s thoughts as he turned and walked deeper into the void.
This Great Heaven and Earth was still enveloped by the Silent Destruction Domain, but it was extremely far from the Heavenly Spirit Land, and even with Gu An’s divine thoughts, he could not see the Heavenly Spirit Land from here.
It was as if he had come to another universe.
Half an Ancient Hour later.
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Gu An was meditating on a desolate continent drifting in the Silent Destruction Domain, as vast as the Taicang Continent but devoid of flora and fauna, everything appearing dead.
He activated the Life Span Barrier; he didn’t strive to break through immediately but rather gazed into the distance.
Luck wasn’t very good.
He had just arrived and saw Free Immortals fighting!
Gu An was captivated by their battle, watching intently.
These two Free Immortals were not as strong as the Divine Cicada Demon Lord, but being Free Immortals, the commotion was huge, causing the Tao Spiritual Energy to surge immensely.
After watching for a while.
Gu An turned his head towards another direction, his expression turning peculiar.
He saw a skull that looked humanoid, floating in the depths of the darkness, observing the battle from afar, just like him.
This skull exuded an ominous aura, something Gu An had never felt before, not even during Reincarnation Evolution.
“What is this aura?”
Gu An frowned, increasingly eager to understand it clearly.
This aura made him want to destroy the other party immediately, an inexplicable hostility.
Under Gu An’s gaze, the skull began to move forward, entering a strange state, and Gu An deduced that the Free Immortals could no longer sense its presence.
Was it planning to strike at the two Free Immortals?