Inside the Jade Palace Star Palace's Miniature Universe.
He had so easily lured in a World-level Hunyuan Lifeform, along with the Half-Hunyuan Escaped One Great Dao. This trade had been an absolute killing.
On the other side, when Yuan saw Chen Yuan's expression, he immediately knew Chen Yuan had returned safely. He asked, "Brother Chen, what did you encounter inside? Could it have been the consciousness of the Escaped One Great Dao?"
Hearing this, Chen Yuan could not help but smile. "Brother Yuan, what's inside isn't the consciousness of the Escaped One Great Dao. It's an old acquaintance of yours."
"My old acquaintance?" Yuan was immediately stunned. With that hint, a guess surfaced in his mind, and he could not help asking, "Could it be Gu Jun?"
"That's right." Chen Yuan nodded.
Upon hearing that name, the Jade Palace Lord beside them widened her eyes. Her father was inside? Why had he never contacted her all these years?
"Hiss." Yuan sucked in a cold breath and said in shock, "Gu Jun actually faked his death to escape back then! Did he entrust his soul to the origin of the Escaped One Great Dao?"
"But I've never even heard of such a thing. How did he do it?"
"No, Gu Jun did not fake his death." Chen Yuan shook his head. "He truly died back then. His soul completely dispersed, leaving behind only a strand of Illusionary consciousness hidden within the Escaped One Great Dao, where it fused with it."
"Gu Jun has no soul. Once his consciousness leaves the Escaped One Great Dao, it will immediately disperse. That is why he could not contact the outside world and could only remain trapped within it."
"As for why his consciousness could merge into the origin, it was because of the Escaped