Guang Chengzi?
The owner of that aged face formed from the churning, gathering Heavenly Abyss Black Mist was actually Guang Chengzi, the Yellow Emperor's Teacher of old?
How ancient a figure was Guang Chengzi supposed to be? He was still alive? Or was this old man merely someone who happened to share the immortal master's name?
The world had no right even to know the secrets behind these shocking questions.
And now, Dugu Qiubai, who had revealed the old man's identity and seemed to know some secrets, slowly rose from the edge of the Heavenly Abyss. His steady, well-proportioned hand rested upon the sword hilt, as though he were about to draw his sword.
At that moment, waves of cold laughter rasped from the old man's face formed of black mist. The kindly, gentle tone from before had vanished, replaced by a resentment that seemed to defy Heaven and Earth. That pitch-black mouth, as though ready to devour someone, opened and closed as he spoke in an eerie drawl.
"Dugu Jianmo! You little brat have had good fortune. There are countless sword masters in this world. Take Martial World Myth Nameless of the Shenwu Kingdom—back then, he was only half a step from the Boundary Breaking Realm.
"You were far inferior to Nameless. Had you not happened to acquire and refine Human Emperor Sword Qi within the Human Emperor's Treasury, absorbed a wisp of the Primordial Mother Qi of Heaven and Earth's Genesis within the Heavenly Abyss, and inherited the sword dao legacy of Nameless's senior brother Mu Yingxiong before his death, no matter how unprecedented your talent, you could never have reached your current level, capable of guarding the Heavenly Abyss.
"But if you wish to stop me from leaving the Heavenly Abyss today, you are still DELUSIONAL!"
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