Ancient Divine Beast, Crimson Mane Fierce Lion!

The surroundings were filled with sheer rock walls and mountains, with various colorful glazed gems embedded between the rocks.

The entire deep pit was enormous, and right in the center of the pit, less than fifty meters from Gu Chen.

There stood a monster with a robust build, a green face, and fangs!

If an ordinary person saw this monster, they would have surely been scared out of their wits and soiled themselves.

But Gu Chen just stared straight at the monster, his face showing almost no emotional change.

"It's exactly the same as in my past life."

"So unoriginal, truly boring."

Gu Chen said faintly, seemingly not taking the monster before him to heart.

However, the next second, the monster actually vanished from its spot!

The monster charged towards Gu Chen at a terrifying speed.

The speed was so fast it even created sonic booms around them!

In his previous life, Gu Chen and Gu Youwei had fallen to the bottom of the valley, already sustaining many injuries.

Then Gu Youwei threw a tantrum, constantly whining about wanting to leave this cursed place.

This caused Gu Chen to not notice the monster at the bottom of the valley. He was ambushed by the monster on the spot and almost killed!

However, this time, Gu Chen already understood the monster's attack pattern.

Coupled with the absence of Gu Youwei, that troublesome nuisance, Gu Chen naturally had an easier time.

Just as the monster was about to reach Gu Chen, Gu Chen slightly sidestepped, completely dodging the monster's attack!

As the monster brushed past Gu Chen, he could even feel the intense killing intent in its eyes.

"It's a Spirit Beast guarding the temple, after all."

"Let me think, what was your name again?"

"Crimson Mane Fierce Lion, right? That name really doesn't suit you. How about I call you a sick cat?"

Immediately after, the Crimson Mane Fierce Lion let out a roar that shook the heavens and earth.

Whether it understood Gu Chen's taunt or was simply enraged at missing its attack, it was unclear.

Suddenly, layers of energy ripples appeared around the Crimson Mane Fierce Lion.

Balls of vigorous flames instantly ignited and burned fiercely on the Crimson Mane Fierce Lion's body!

The scorching waves of flame even illuminated Gu Chen's face.

The entire valley floor instantly turned into a living hell!

"Now that's more like it. But unfortunately, I don't have time to waste with you here this time."

As he said this, a sharp glint flashed in Gu Chen's eyes.

He stood there, his gaze fixed intently on the Crimson Mane Fierce Lion.

The Crimson Mane Fierce Lion stomped its feet and charged towards Gu Chen again.

Unlike before, this time the Crimson Mane Fierce Lion's body was enveloped in raging flames.

It was like a fiery demon crawling out from the depths of hell, charging directly at Gu Chen!

Seeing this scene, Gu Chen once again recalled fragments of memories from his past life.

Back then, the Crimson Mane Fierce Lion had used this move to ambush Gu Youwei, nearly costing her her life.

Later, after the battle ended, if Gu Chen hadn't extracted his Heavenly Dao Bone to heal Gu Youwei.

Gu Youwei would have likely been tormented to death by her injuries!

But Gu Chen never expected that despite his desperate desire to save his sister, Gu Youwei would misunderstand and believe the Heavenly Dao Bone was hers to begin with!

Of course, all of this was in the past.

Now, Gu Chen would no longer be distracted by these trivial worldly matters.

He had only one goal now.

That was to cultivate by any means necessary! To become stronger by any means necessary!

To raise his cultivation level to an unparalleled height as quickly as possible.

Then he could completely distance himself from the mortal world, and from these crazy women with their muddled minds.

"My entire plan."

"I'll start by taking you down."

Gu Chen said unhurriedly, as if he were talking about the most ordinary of matters.

In an instant, the Crimson Mane Fierce Lion had reached Gu Chen.

The surrounding flames seemed to want to burn everything in existence to ashes, to nothingness!

Yet Gu Chen stood in place, unmoving.

He slowly raised his right fist and punched directly at the Crimson Mane Fierce Lion's face!

Boom!

In an instant, powerful energy waves surged from the bottom of the valley.

The surrounding rock walls and stones were violently shaken and collapsed.

The fierce flames burning at the bottom of the valley were instantly pushed back, creating a void of emptiness.

The torches on the rock walls were disturbed by this energy wave and extinguished.

The entire valley bottom plunged back into a dark, dead silence!

At the same time, Shi Mengying had already passed through the stone door and entered the first divine hall.

When Gu Chen was in the first divine hall earlier, he had directly destroyed the core of the stone statue illusion formation.

The energy released by the destruction of the formation core caused the mechanical corridor and the stone door to shatter on the spot.

This allowed Shi Mengying to arrive here unimpeded.

"Strange, why is this place such a mess?"

Shi Mengying looked at the scattered rubble in the first divine hall, completely unaware of what had happened there.

After staring around for a long time and confirming there was no danger, Shi Mengying couldn't help but complain.

"This place is too run-down. How dare they call this the Lingxu Secret Realm?"

"But there's still a trace of internal energy left on these stone fragments, proving that the battle ended not long ago."

"Could it be that Gu Chen did all of this?"

However, Shi Mengying looked at the entire first divine hall and realized that the space here was incredibly vast.

With Gu Chen's current cultivation level, even if he worked himself to death, he definitely wouldn't be able to accomplish all of this.

Thinking of this, Shi Mengying suddenly understood everything.

"It must have been the residual power of my sword qi that affected this place when I was blasting away at the stone door."

"This also explains why the stone door exploded from the inside."

With this thought, Shi Mengying proudly held up her long sword.

She stared at the door at the end of the divine hall and said, "Gu Chen, you can run."

"Let's see how long you can hide!"

East Desolation Commandery, Wei Family Estate.

Wei Qingyu specifically asked her parents to get an ancient book for her to read.

When Wei Qingyu finished reading the ancient book's description of the Sacred Origin Great Yin Scripture, she was completely stunned.

Because in her previous life, when she was cultivating the Sacred Origin Great Yin Scripture, she had never noticed anything about cold energy.

Let alone something as terrifying as cold energy, she hadn't felt even the slightest discomfort.

This made Wei Qingyu fall into deep thought.

"What on earth is going on?"

"Could it be that the Sacred Origin Great Yin Scripture's effects changed because I was reborn with it?"

"No, the Sacred Origin Great Yin Scripture is an ancient cultivation method. Even if I reincarnated a hundred times, it wouldn't change."

"Then why didn't I feel any cold energy in my previous life?"

With these questions, Wei Qingyu began to recall the details of her past life.

But in her past life, Wei Qingyu cultivated the Sacred Origin Great Yin Scripture under Gu Chen's guidance.