Crossing Back Through the Universe Sea, Reaching the Other Shore

This was to cut off any possible retreat for Gu You while ensuring that no accidents befell Xuanhu City after his departure.

Having done all this, the North Wind God King's figure slowly merged into the frigid throne of Primordial Profound Ice behind him. His aura vanished completely, as though he had become one with this Eternal Silence Ice Field.

Only the floating chessboard and Chaos Karma Disk, along with the coldly flickering karmic marks upon them, silently proclaimed that a net of death woven long ago had already enveloped the skies above Xuanhu City, waiting only for the moment to close.

Xuanhu City, Chaos Quiet Chamber.

The dark Destruction Vortex slowly revolved. At its center, Gu You sat with remarkable calm.

He did not know.

At least, by all external senses and deductions, he should have known nothing.

His mind was immersed in the gray-white jade slip Qingteng Marquis had given him. The cold information flow concerning the "Path of Shackles," carrying cruel warnings of the pain of stripping away, the silence of sealing, the tribulation of membrane walls, evil karma clinging like maggots, and the fury of the origin, swept through him again and again.

So that is how it is... Gu You's will let out a wordless sigh amid the cold vision formed by the jade slip. It was not fear, but understanding born from seeing through the essence of it all.

Three layers of shackles: cultivation suppression, will isolation, and Karma Evil Tribulation... This is the insurmountable Fan Cage the Source World's will has set for those who travel against the current.

Yet before the extraordinary "reliance" that defied common sense, this heaviness and cruelty failed to stir even the slightest wave of despair within him.

The Golden Finger that had crossed over and been reborn