"No, there are no more woods ahead. The spiritual energy here is abundant enough anyway, so I might as well cultivate here."
Gu Youwei directly sat cross-legged behind a large tree and began absorbing the spiritual energy nearby.
Sure enough, she had merely circulated her inner energy slightly when her body immediately began to react!
Seventh Level of Body Tempering Realm!
Eighth Level of Body Tempering Realm!
Ninth Level of Body Tempering Realm!
The spiritual energy around her streamed endlessly into Gu Youwei's body.
At this moment, Gu Youwei was like a black hole, drawing all the spiritual energy around her into her body!
In less than a few minutes, Gu Youwei had successfully broken through to the Innate Realm!
Feeling the changes that breaking through to the Innate Realm had brought to her body, the corners of Gu Youwei's lips could not help but lift slightly.
"The boost from the Heavenly Dao Bone really is different."
"It actually raised my Cultivation Level by an entire major realm so quickly!"
"In my previous life, Gu Chen stole my Heavenly Dao Bone, yet I still cultivated into an Empress."
"Now that I possess the Heavenly Dao Bone, won't I be able to trample Gu Chen beneath my feet with ease?"
But now, Gu Youwei had one more enemy in her heart.
That was He Changsong. One day, she would kill him too and wash away her former humiliation with blood!
However, just as Gu Youwei intended to continue breaking through, hoping to reach the Profound Gang Realm in one burst of momentum—
A young man's voice suddenly came from nearby.
"So you're here?"
Hearing that voice, Gu Youwei's eyes instantly widened!
Because she discovered a sharp-mouthed, monkey-cheeked young man standing not far from her.
And that person was actually Gu Feng!
East Desolation Commandery, Lingxu Secret Realm.
Shi Mengying passed through the First Divine Hall and arrived in a corridor.
She vigilantly searched for Gu Chen's figure the entire time.
From time to time, she shouted, "Gu Chen, stop hiding!"
"No matter how well you hide, it's useless. I'll still kill you in the end!"
Yet no sound from Gu Chen came from within the corridor.
Shi Mengying knew that Gu Chen simply did not dare to respond.
Continuing onward, Shi Mengying came before the Glazed Long Bridge.
Gazing at the dazzling, fantastical Glazed Long Bridge, Shi Mengying did not take it seriously at all.
She stepped directly onto it and swaggered toward the far end of the bridge.
However, when Shi Mengying had reached the middle—
Crack!
The middle of the Glazed Long Bridge snapped apart!
Before Shi Mengying could even react, her entire body plunged toward the bottomless abyss beneath her.
Although Shi Mengying was a lost pearl of the Phoenix Clan, her Cultivation Level was only at the Third Level of Innate Realm.
She did not know the art of walking through the air, so she could only let her body fall.
Boom!
Very soon, Shi Mengying crashed heavily into the bottom of the valley.
After falling from such a height, Shi Mengying felt as though her entire body was about to shatter.
Fortunately, her Cultivation Level was not low, and with the boost of the Phoenix Bloodline, her injuries were not too severe.
"Why did this bridge break halfway across?"
"It must be Gu Chen's doing again!"
"Such a vicious man must have tampered with this bridge long ago!"
"Gu Chen, you'd better pray I never catch you for the rest of your life."
"Otherwise, I'll tear you into ten thousand pieces!"
Shi Mengying roared within the darkness at the bottom of the valley, her voice endlessly echoing between the nearby stone walls.
It was only then that Shi Mengying realized she seemed to be inside a deep pit.
"Damn it, why is it so dark all around?"
With a thought from Shi Mengying, a ball of flame instantly appeared at her fingertips.
After all, Phoenix Bloodline flowed through Shi Mengying's body.
And the Phoenix Clan was naturally capable of mastering certain fire-attributed cultivation techniques.
It was just that Shi Mengying was currently only at the Third Level of Innate Realm, so her control over fire was not yet particularly refined.
But summoning a fireball for illumination was more than easy enough.
The flame at her fingertips gradually grew larger before floating directly in front of Shi Mengying.
With the light of that flame, Shi Mengying finally saw the surrounding scene clearly.
Compared to the First Divine Hall, the conditions here were no better.
Jagged rubble lay everywhere, while the originally smooth and sheer rock walls had become riddled with holes.
But immediately afterward, Shi Mengying frowned.
Because she had actually discovered bloodstains on the nearby rocks!
She hurriedly crouched down to inspect the bloodstains and found that they had not yet coagulated. They had clearly just appeared.
"Could Gu Chen have already met with disaster?"
The thought flashed through Shi Mengying's mind, but she quickly rejected it.
Because there was simply too much blood on the surrounding rocks.
Gu Chen was only one person. Even if he had been injured, he could not possibly have bled so much.
While Shi Mengying was still examining the strange bloodstains before her—
A massive shadow slowly appeared behind her...
Lingxu Secret Realm, Third Divine Hall.
Gu Chen looked at the massive crystal palace before him, his eyes filled with shock.
The scene here was completely different from the first two Divine Halls.
The hall's walls, ceiling, floor, and pillars were all forged from translucent glazed crystal.
Describing the structure before him as merely magnificent and resplendent was no longer enough.
If he had to describe it, a word surfaced in Gu Chen's mind.
Divinity!
For the first time, the palace before him made Gu Chen feel that this place truly had a bit of the bearing of an ancient divine hall.
Following the crystal steps ahead, Gu Chen saw the floating ball of light above the throne.
Clearly, the treasure of the Third Divine Hall was inside that ball of light above the throne.
However, just as Gu Chen intended to continue forward—
Countless crystal blades suddenly shot at him from all directions!
At that moment, Gu Chen had nowhere at all to hide.
Just as those crystal blades were about to turn Gu Chen into a human sieve—
They all turned into dust less than half a step away from him!
From beginning to end, Gu Chen had not made a single move.
There had merely been a flash of intense killing intent in his eyes.
"The strength of the Third Level of Profound Gang Realm looks fairly decent."
The corners of Gu Chen's lips curled slightly, while there was almost no emotional fluctuation in his eyes.
Time rewound to ten minutes earlier.
The Crimson Mane Fierce Lion charged at Gu Chen, carrying thousands upon thousands of hellfire flames in its wake.
Gu Chen simply raised his right fist again and struck the Crimson Mane Fierce Lion directly in the face!
In an instant, a vast ripple of energy spread in all directions.
It forcibly churned the deep pit in the rock wall into utter chaos, leaving devastation everywhere!
After everything around them returned to silence—
Gu Chen merely lightly shook his wrist, having been almost completely unaffected.
Of course, there had been a slight effect.
His right hand felt a little hot, and that sensation made him very uncomfortable.
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