An Hao's Great Vast God-Startling Sword Intent shook the entire Taixuan Sect, setting countless disciples abuzz. The Sword Intent lasted for several hours before finally dissipating.
Over the following days, all manner of rumors emerged. The only certainty was that the pressure had come from a kind of Sword Intent, which resulted in more and more sword cultivators gathering at the Heaven-Mending Platform.
Gu An's days remained peaceful. He traveled between the three Medicine Valleys, occasionally visited the Xuantian Grotto-Abode at night, and spent the rest of his time enjoying life.
In the blink of an eye, nearly half a year passed.
Gu An reached the age of sixty-two.
Only now had news of Sword Venerable Fudao exterminating the Epiphyllum Sect fiends truly spread throughout the cultivation world. Whenever Gu An went to the Outer Sect, he often heard people discussing it. Sword Venerable Fudao had already earned the reputation of the Great Cang Dynasty's foremost sword cultivator.
Some even believed he was Number One Under Heaven!
At noon that day, Gu An stood at the edge of the Heaven-Mending Platform, gazing at the Hundred-Zhang Stone Statue ahead of him in high spirits.
This Hundred-Zhang Stone Statue was Sword Venerable Fudao's statue. It depicted Gu An in the form of his Nine Extremes Yin-Yang Body, with the demonic qi surrounding him forged into blazing flames. One hand pointed diagonally downward while the other gripped a sword, making the statue exceptionally imposing.
At that moment, Gu An was not the only one examining the Sword Venerable's statue. More than a dozen people beside him were also looking up at it, discussing it among themselves.
Listening to their words of admiration for Sword Venerable Fudao made Gu An feel even more delighted.
Who did not want their name to ring throughout the