After bidding Bai Ziya farewell, Gu An made a detour before finally returning to Third Medicine Valley.
After he finished writing the current secret manual, he went downstairs and joined the disciples in sweeping snow.
While sweeping, his thoughts remained on Beyond Heaven the entire time.
When would those wandering Sacred Court cultivators disperse?
They could not stop Gu An, but Gu An was afraid that the commotion when he broke through would be too great and draw them close to the Longevity Barrier. If someone barged in, what then?
Gu An did not want to make an enemy of the Sacred Court for no reason, but he also did not want anyone discovering his true cultivation.
All he could do was wait.
Winter went and spring came; just like that, the years passed one after another.
The news of Sword Venerable Fudao saving the world spread widely through this mortal region, earning the praise of more and more living beings, and his mighty name also began to travel toward the entire Great World.
Compared to the rising winds and surging clouds out at sea, the continent soon settled down again, because this was no longer the first time they had heard of Sword Venerable Fudao's battle achievements.
However, the human world on the continent underwent a shift in its power structure. The forces that had fled back then returned one after another, but they could no longer maintain their former dominance, while the forces that had stayed behind won more popular support and also began to develop rapidly.
The other continent beyond the Path of Nine Serenities was even more dangerous. The sects and noble clans of the Great Cang Dynasty could not gain a foothold there at all, and in just a few short years, all the forces