Compared to the suppressed Demon Lord and God King Wuxiang avatar, the Immortal Mountain imprints were more useful to Gu Yuanqing.
Even within their imprints, neither the Demon Lord nor God King Wuxiang could wield the power of divine artifacts. Their own strength alone fell short of what they had displayed in their clash three years earlier.
But as cultivators at the half-step God Lord level, they still had much he could learn from.
Moreover, in the Immortal Mountain Trial, Gu Yuanqing could observe them carefully, over and over again, seeking avenues for his own improvement in the Dao paths of others.
Beyond that, the spiritual memories he obtained after slaying them were a tremendous nourishment!
The first one Gu Yuanqing summoned was God King Wuxiang. This God King's imprint naturally could not match his true body outside, which could draw on the power of a divine artifact. Yet his divine abilities and spell arts made Gu Yuanqing's eyes light up instead.
With the Dao of formlessness as his foundation, God King Wuxiang evolved countless Daos and wielded them with effortless ease, fighting Gu Yuanqing, a cultivator of myriad Daos who deliberately suppressed his cultivation, to a standstill.
Formlessness Becomes Myriad Forms inherently contained the Daos of being and nonbeing, emptiness and reality.
As Gu Yuanqing forced him to his limits, this God King's imprint likewise erupted with power approaching that of a God Lord.
After observing its true essence and grasping its fundamentals, Gu Yuanqing was slightly taken aback. This great divine ability contained the ultimate evolution of reversing the Great Dao, unleashing power that almost turned back space-time and returned all things to nothingness.
"Interesting." Only after observing him for a long time did Gu Yuanqing slay God King Wuxiang's imprint.
Countless memories of spiritual light entered his