After deciding on his goal, Ji began long years of seclusion.
It took him only a hundred thousand years to attain the Innate Golden Immortal Realm, and that heavenly tribulation shook heaven and earth, drawing many mighty figures to come and watch.
Brimming with towering heroic spirit, Ji directly challenged them to battle, crushing the assembled heroes and making a name for himself in the Taichu Imperial Domain.
Ji then began roaming the world again, constantly encountering people and events, which also gave Gu An many chances to make choices.
As before, in matters of romance, Gu An could not interfere. He refused outright, but in other matters, he could always meddle.
Even as his realm grew higher and higher, Ji still kept to his original heart, asking nothing of affection and devoting himself solely to becoming stronger.
The Taichu Imperial Domain was far vaster than the Taiwei Great World. Ji battled all the way across it, and this road of conquest seemed to have no end. Countless great emperors, Imperial Clans, imperial dynasties, and sects kept appearing in the prompts, making Gu An watch with keen interest.
[At 321,642 years old, while you were comprehending the sword in the World Sword Mansion, the World Sword Mansion's Eternal Sword Soul emerged from seclusion and descended before you, intending to acknowledge you as its master. Do you choose to agree?]
No!
Ji needed no external object. If something happened to this sword soul in the future, wouldn't Ji have to clean up the mess? Too troublesome.
Gu An hoped Ji could maintain a state free of all attachments; only then could he focus wholeheartedly on becoming stronger.
After refusing the Eternal Sword Soul, Ji still ran into trouble. The World Sword Mansion wanted to force him to stay, so naturally things