Upon the vast, boundless square.
Yu Lingdi and Gu Qingyi had already given up struggling.
After exchanging names, the two learned each other's identities.
Since both stood at the pinnacle of the younger generation across the Five Domains of the Holy Spirit Continent, they felt a certain kinship.
In the end, Gu Qingyi decided to lend a hand and get Yu Lingdi down from that totem pillar.
"The situation on Void Island is still unclear, and the way out is even more impossible to know.
"Clearly, as the head of the Spirit Division, this fellow should know more about Void Island than I do.
"If he can come down, with this favor owed, perhaps I can obtain a way to return to the Holy Spirit Continent..."
Gu Qingyi thought thus.
Of course, even if that plan failed and he ultimately could not return.
With two peak figures of the younger generation traveling together, they would clearly be better equipped to face the unknown dangers of Void Island than if he were alone, right?
Yet human strength had its limits.
The thought was there, but no matter how Gu Qingyi tried, with his abilities, he simply could not yank Yu Lingdi—hanging bound upon the enormous totem pillar—down.
He could not pull him free, nor could he cut him down.
What lingered upon the totem pillar was saint-level power.
Ancient sword cultivators and spirit cultivators below the saint level could exhaust every last trick in their arsenal and still accomplish nothing.
"Stop trying."
At some point, Yu Lingdi looked at Gu Qingyi below, who was holding his sword and lost in thought, and sighed helplessly. "If you want to return to the Five Domains, go search the surrounding edge regions for a city gate. If you find one, perhaps you can take