Gu An put down Azure Sky Peak and hung it back on his belt. He did not fully believe the old man in black's words, but he could judge that the strange art the man had taught him carried no hidden danger.
While the Blood Prison Great Sage carried him on his patrol of Medicine Valley, he began weighing the pros and cons.
Thinking it over carefully, he felt he could give it a try.
That Dark War Emperor had slaughtered all living beings in a region the moment he descended. Such cruelty and savagery had to be guarded against.
Even if he was connected to the Holy Domain, he could not be trusted.
First he would see what reaction there was after the Demon Fetus was born. At worst, he would destroy it. If that meant offending the Heavenly Demon, then so be it!
Gu An made his decision. He did not set out at once. In any case, the Dark War Emperor had yet to emerge from the coffin. He could sense that the aura inside the coffin was still rising, and estimated that it would not come out for a while.
An hour later, Gu An arrived in the cave at the foot of Sky-Settling Peak without gods knowing or ghosts noticing.
He stood before the stone pillar, extending his divine sense into it. The Demon Fetus was still curled up, with no change at all compared to several decades ago.
Gu An directly activated the Longevity Barrier, enveloping the entire cavern chamber, and then used the strange art the old man in black had taught him on the Demon Fetus.
More and more black qi began to seep from the surface of the stone pillar, and from within the pillar came the strong, powerful heartbeat of