Star Dou Great Forest, beside the Lake of Life.
Gu Yue sat cross-legged on a boulder beside the lake, her silver hair cascading like a waterfall, a faint silver halo radiating around her. She had just finished communicating with Tang Wulin remotely and was preparing to enter deep meditation to bring the restless elemental power within her under control.
Yet just as her Sea of Consciousness settled, a vast, ancient, oppressive presence descended without warning. It belonged to no living being on the Douluo Continent. Carrying a majesty that stood above all creation, it pierced her mental defenses in an instant and coalesced into a towering purple figure.
Gu Yue's silver eyes snapped open, a flicker of wariness crossing them. With a thought, she sent towering waves surging through her Sea of Consciousness, transforming them into countless silver chains aimed straight at the purple figure.
"Who dares trespass in my Sea of Consciousness!"
The purple figure stood atop the immense waves, clad in purple-and-gold robes. His face was so handsome it bordered on otherworldly, and his eyes resembled two purple nebulae, deep and mysterious. Simply by standing there, he seemed to freeze the space and time around him.
Looking at the hostile Gu Yue before him, he curled his lips into a faint smile. Her attack did not anger him. Instead, he looked her up and down with an appraising, inquisitive gaze.
"Gu Yue... that's what I should call you, correct?"
Gu Yue's brows knitted tightly. Those spiritual chains, powerful enough to strangle an ordinary Titled Douluo, shattered inch by inch the moment they came within three feet of the purple figure. She could sense that his strength was unfathomable, far beyond Di Tian's.
"You know me?" Gu Yue asked coldly. Her silver hair stirred without wind as elemental power