Lin Bai and Gu Citian had been in Eighteen Levels Palace for seven or eight days. During this time, whenever Lin Bai stood outside the wooden hut and gazed into the distance at the skybridge connecting to Dead Island, he could see many warriors from Life Island heading toward Dead Island, only to return in a sorry state.
Gu Citian had also repeatedly suggested going to Dead Island to take a look, but the Gu Family elders seemed extremely concerned for his safety and tactfully refused every time. They made it clear that Gu Citian could come to Eighteen Levels Palace to broaden his horizons, but he was not allowed to set foot on Dead Island.
Although Gu Citian's cultivation far surpassed that of the several Gu Family elders, his position within the Gu Family was clearly different. He was being groomed as the next family head. In other words, once Gu Citian broke through to the Eight Tribulation Dao Realm or the Nine Tribulation Dao Realm one day, the future of the Gu Family would be handed over entirely to him.
At present, although the Gu Family was one of the Nine Great Families of Silver Moon City and appeared to enjoy limitless glory on the surface, it was the leading human clan in the Celestial God Tomb. In truth, however, all the Gu Family's warriors knew that very few outstanding young disciples had been born in the past century. Gu Citian could be considered one of the more exceptional ones, while among the rest of the current younger generation—the generation of Gu Rong—not a single one stood out.
By contrast, the other great families of Silver Moon City were thriving. The Nangong Family's new generation, Nangong Mo, possessed swordsmanship that reached the heavens and penetrated the earth, and