Mount Sumeru loomed in the distance, dark and ashen gray.
Xie Daoling turned and addressed the cultivators. "If you're willing to follow me through this tribulation, come with me. If you value your lives, please turn back now."
They looked at one another, hesitating.
An old man suddenly sighed. "Alas, Mount Sumeru is on the brink of destruction. This tribulation is far too dangerous. As a cultivator at the peak of the Yama Heaven Realm, I have a long life ahead of me. I might as well wait for time to pass and see if a chance for change arises."
With that, the old man formed a hand seal and reversed his Spiritual Power, striking at his dantian.
Pfft—
After spitting out a mouthful of blood, the old man's figure gradually vanished from this world.
Right after him, two more cultivators chose to retreat, avoiding this heavenly tribulation.
The rest didn't move.
Gu Qingshan counted them.
Including his master and himself, there were ten of them left.
Nine cultivators at the peak of the Yama Heaven Realm.
One cultivator of the Freely Transforming Heaven King Realm.
This was almost the greatest force Gu Qingshan had ever seen in his life.
"Let's go."
Xie Daoling soared into the air and sped toward Mount Sumeru.
Gu Qingshan followed.
The other eight hurried after them.
After flying for about a quarter of an hour, they finally reached the foot of Mount Sumeru.
Gu Qingshan's heart stirred. He activated the World's Power in his eyes and quietly studied the divine mountain.
—Looking at the mountain from here felt different.
It seemed to be a mountain of Dharma Forms; the naked eye couldn't make out what lay upon it.
But when he sensed it with the World's Power, he discovered that the mountain concealed boundless