A towering, earth-shaking, peerless hero... Upon hearing his wife's description, Gu Changqing suddenly fell into a daze. The boundless Gobi seemed to appear before his eyes once more—the flying sand and rolling stones, and the gray-robed novice monk who, driven by loyalty, would march forth even against thousands and tens of thousands.
Looking back on the past, every detail remained vivid. His former high spirits and chivalrous courage, the torment he had endured, his hatred and self-reproach—all slowly flowed through Gu Changqing's heart. It felt as though a long, long time had passed, and he could finally gaze upon them with relative calm.
No, not "as though." It was true. That reckless young calf who had known nothing of the vastness of Heaven and Earth had left the Vast Sea Gobi dozens of years ago. To ordinary people, that was almost enough time to go from birth to withering away!
Time slipped by, forever urging people into old age, forever making them fond of reminiscing...
The person he was now was a Great Grandmaster near the top of the Earth Ranking, a Divine Constable overseeing Central State on behalf of the Six Doors, occupying a lofty and powerful position. He also possessed the "Taishang Nine Heavens True King Envoy Divine Talisman" personally bestowed by the Human Emperor. Once used, it could immediately grant him a temporary edict from the Seal Heaven Platform and the blessing of Great Zhou's dragon qi, briefly giving him the strength of an Immortal Duke or Immortal Count-level Earth Immortal. In the martial world, he had few equals. Should he fail to advance along the martial path in the future, the Human Emperor had already hinted that he could instead turn onto the Divine Path.
Though no one had spoken of such regard openly, he knew