Seeing Him so crazed, Gu merely sighed softly.
"Why go this far...?"
"Why... why?!"
He suddenly sprang up, and the dense mass of chains collided with one another at His movement, clanging and jingling.
But just as He was about to touch Gu, the chains binding Him suddenly drew taut!
Amid faint creaking, every clasp began to twist and deform under His struggle, as though they might snap at any moment.
He was about to touch Gu!
Yet in the end, He still fell short by a hair. That tiny gap was like a heavenly chasm, leaving Him unable to advance another inch.
His face, perfect beyond compare, twisted with fury, revealing a strange and eerie beauty.
Gu simply watched Him in silence.
Just as He had said before, He was already "dead," having fallen beneath the joint witness of fifteen Dao Attainments.
How could one who had completely fallen possibly touch Him?
"If you had not insisted on probing into it back then, how would you have ended up in such a state today?"
He stared fixedly at Gu.
After a long while, He finally sat back down somewhat dejectedly.
"If I hadn't investigated, should I have remained an ignorant fool forever?"
Perhaps knowing He could do nothing to Gu, He appeared much calmer now, though His tone was still thick with mockery.
"Devour Heavenly Will to construct the 'Heavenly Gate,' taking its meaning from 'Heavenly Will, vast and boundless'; comprehend Dao Vastness and prove the Dao, becoming an Innate Ancestor God."
"Xuan may be stupid, but He truly is formidable!"
"This method directly makes up for the innate deficiency of the Cang Race, ensuring that 'the most perfect beneath the Dao' is no longer an obstacle to proving the Dao. Without outside interference, its risks are even lower