The catastrophe of the Gu Clan occurred entirely within the Ancient Realm. From beginning to end, not a single bit of news leaked out, and thus, from the very day the catastrophe ended, everyone in the Gu Clan became thoroughly busy.
First was Guyuan's confession of guilt, punishing himself according to the clan rules of the Gu Clan. He prepared to abolish all the cultivation within his body to help Xun'er achieve complete Samsara and step into Samsara in one go, yet hindered by the current situation of the Gu Clan, many elders weighed the circumstances and stopped this action of his, demoted him to Vice Patriarch, and awaited the dispatch of Clan Patriarch Gu Xun'er so he could redeem himself by performing meritorious service when slaughtering the Outer Realm Evil Clan in the future.
The second was also to crown Gu Xun'er, enthroning her as the new Clan Patriarch of the Gu Clan today to take charge of affairs big and small within the clan. Externally, however, Guyuan still acted as the Clan Patriarch to confuse the public and cover Xun'er's identity, after which the most solemn funerals were held for First Elder Gu Tianyan and Fifth Elder Gu Er.
Having fallen within the Life and Death Chessboard, even with Guyuan's Eight-Star Dou Xian Perfection Stage power touching Samsara, there was simply no way to save them.
The third was striving to recover from some of the matters left behind by the Outer Realm Evil Clan's rule over the past few decades. Fortunately, the Gu Clan's foundation was extraordinary, and moreover, out of the Demonic Scholar's conceit, not long after, and at the cost of paying a rather negligible price, the Gu Clan was also restored to its original state, and its vibrant vitality was once again revealed.
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