Ye Lan was not the last person to step forward and try to dissuade Gu An. More and more old acquaintances appeared, and some even cursed Gu An outright, attempting to strike at his heart this way.
Gu An remained expressionless throughout, looking on at it all with indifference.
The more voices entered his ears, the firmer his heart became, and at the same time, an even stronger power was gathering within him.
A power that did not belong to the Source Ancient Dao Final Realm!
Gu An raised his hand and clasped it over his own chest. He twisted his neck, then exhaled a mouthful of scorching flame from his lips, instantly causing the silver light around him to scatter.
His true self was revealed. His robes were as they had been before the breakthrough, and his entire person looked no different from before.
With a tug of his right hand, he actually pulled wisps of blood qi from his chest. Those strands of blood qi seemed to possess life, twisting violently as though struggling.
This thing was precisely the source power of his Lifespan Evolution, the very power that had allowed Gu An to reach this day.
Even while holding it in his hand, Gu An still could not deduce its karma. However, he could sense that this power did not originate from the Pool of Creation Source, but from a place even more distant and incomprehensible.
He could not understand it now, but that no longer mattered.
Because he would understand very soon.
Gu An slowly stood up. Golden light no longer burst from within his body, causing the black qi in the distance to surge over like waves, unstoppable.
Just as the rolling black qi was about to engulf Gu An, one figure after another appeared