Gu Xu fought as he transmitted his voice.
"I prepared for the Ancient Star River Tributary for so long, yet you obtained it. I even suspect that the Ancient Star River Tributary was originally as good as mine. I should have obtained it without trouble, then traveled through time and space without trouble. But I must have made some mistake that provoked a fierce backlash from the Secret of Time and Space. The Power of Time spread, preventing me from obtaining the Ancient Star River Tributary. And you were the tool the Secret of Time and Space used to obstruct me."
"Perhaps," Fang Yun said.
Then Gu Xu laughed self-mockingly. "The Secret of Time and Space aims to prevent anyone from traveling through time and space, but it never expected you to successfully borrow the Ancient Star River Tributary to return to ancient times. You may be my tribulation, but yours will surely arrive soon! Perhaps our entire Demon Realm, and those returning Great Sages, are all your tribulations! I suddenly feel like thanking you."
"Why?" Fang Yun asked coolly.
"Though the Demon Realm favors me, these times are not like the past. Its power is already far below its peak, and it would never help me obtain five manifestations. Yet I obtained them, and several of the best ones at that. This shows that the Demon Realm Will already understands that killing you is its foremost priority, the only way to sever the Human Race's path. And I am the Demon Realm's tool for cutting off your Sacred Way! Indeed, because I lost the Ancient Star River Tributary and cannot cross time and space, the Secret of Time and Space will instead use me as a tool to obstruct you, joining forces with the Demon Realm Will to grant