Speculation

He raised his head and stopped looking at Cheng Guo. Instead, he carefully examined Lu Ren's ruins. After thinking it over, he said thoughtfully, "Do you think he was the one who fought Ba Snake before?"

Cheng Guo shook her head slightly. "That should be impossible. I used a secret technique to investigate him carefully. He really is only at the initial Heaven Immortal stage. There's no way he has the strength to fight Ba Snake. Even if he walks the path of Body Refinement to Sainthood, he still couldn't accomplish that."

After a pause, Cheng Guo asked, "What about Jade Emperor and Tathagata, who arrived some time ago? Have you met them?"

"I saw them on the very first day they arrived. But the aura left behind by Ba Snake's death, as well as the fluctuations released during that battle, definitely weren't something those two could have produced."

At this point, Huang Gong hesitated slightly. "That was the aura of power erupting from an extreme realm. In that state, an aura cannot be faked."

He immediately shook his head. "Forget it. This has nothing to do with us. What's the point of thinking so much about it? Rather than minding others, we should strive forward ourselves, reach the peak of the Heaven Immortal realm as soon as possible, and gain the confidence to make a bid for it."

Cheng Guo fell silent. She glanced at Huang Gong and said, "Your lifespan is almost up too, isn't it?"

"Yes. My Golden Pill is still missing one main ingredient. I may have to venture deeper into another region and search for it." Huang Gong wore a worried expression. Clearly, he was deeply concerned about his own lifespan.

After thinking for a moment, he sighed. "I was born an Azure Tortoise, so