After ending the battle with Emperor Bone Mystic Profound Venerable, Ji Xiaoyu followed Gu An for a long, long way. It was as if they had arrived at the end of heaven and earth; the firmament ahead turned pitch-black, without clouds or mist, and with no stars in sight.
The red moon at the end of the earth had vanished. White light shimmered along the horizon, like a white line pressed against the ground, guiding them onward.
Ji Xiaoyu asked, "How much longer?"
Gu An looked ahead and replied, "Soon. What, you already want to go back?"
"It's just that I can't sense Nine Abyss Hongmeng Emperor's aura. I know you want me to comprehend the Great Dao of Reincarnation along the way, but the battle earlier has already benefited me greatly."
Ji Xiaoyu spoke earnestly. With Gu An's help, she had gained a deeper understanding of the Reincarnation Forbidden World Stele, and along with her perception of the Great Dao of Reincarnation on the journey, she was already fully satisfied—even impatient to return and enter seclusion.
Gu An did not speak. A gust of fierce wind swept over from ahead, drawing Ji Xiaoyu to turn and look.
She narrowed her eyes and looked over, only to see a terrifying figure, faintly visible, appear in the depths of the darkness at the edge of the sky. It was even larger than Zhang Buku's Dharma image. Her gaze moved upward, yet she still could not see its shoulders.
Gu An stopped. Seeing this, Ji Xiaoyu also stopped with him.
She looked at the mysterious giant shadow ahead and asked softly, "Did we just happen to walk here, or was this your divine ability?"
Gu An did not answer. Instead, he said, "After the time it takes an incense stick to burn,