Gu Wanchun had suddenly withdrawn his hand, but it was not entirely because of the sudden intrusion of that aura-shatteringly powerful young woman.
In fact,
right at that moment,
just as he was preparing to strike,
an ominous feeling suddenly welled up in his heart.
It seemed that if he attacked,
he would suffer dire consequences.
Faced with that sudden warning from his instincts, Gu Wanchun not only failed to ignore it, but grew extremely solemn.
Because once Martial Path cultivation reached the Cave-Heaven Realm, one's mind and spirit remained in a state akin to unity between heaven and man at all times.
It was for this reason
that some Cave-Heaven level martial artists would occasionally display a premonition-like ability when encountering certain matters—a sudden intuition of what was to come.
This was the soul's warning of danger in the future!
Such an ability was elusive and impossible to control at will.
At the same time, only a tiny minority of martial artists could occasionally produce such foresight.
Whether it could be triggered depended entirely on Heaven's will.
But once it appeared, it inevitably meant that whatever one was about to do would be anything but simple.
Such a warning from his sudden intuition
was naturally impossible for Gu Wanchun to ignore.
And at precisely that moment,
the young woman, whose strength was even greater than his, suddenly appeared and flew toward the rear mountain of the Sacred Extremity Sect.
This immediately left Gu Wanchun deeply suspicious.
He began to suspect that the Sacred Extremity Sect—
or rather, that rising prodigy Yang Qingyun, whose name had shaken the region—
might have some powerful backing.
It was precisely for this reason
that Gu Wanchun temporarily abandoned his plan to destroy the Sacred Extremity Sect and instead decided to return and investigate