A Gift from Fifty Thousand Years Ago

Gu Yuanqing stood before that finger mark, the aura of the Four Phases Sword of Calamity Suppression around him growing ever more vast and majestic.

His own aura resonated with the remaining Dao Marks around him. Every wisp of Dao Mark was a gift left behind by Old Man Heavenly Sword across fifty thousand years.

Time passed bit by bit, yet Gu Yuanqing remained standing in the distance without moving.

In the distance, Song Tianrui could not help letting out a soft sigh. He had known for many years that an opportunity lay here, and that it was certainly no minor one. Yet with his cultivation, he had no way to peer into its depths. He could only remain at the fringes, using the Sword Qi here to nurture weapons, then exchanging those weapons for Spirit Stones, medicinal pills, and the like.

He had once thought that if his cultivation advanced further one day and he became a Heavenly Human, perhaps he could venture deeper to investigate.

But now, he could only stand at the outermost edge and watch others comprehend the Great Dao within.

"Old Song, you really are something. You actually managed to find this place while still in the Divine Platform Realm," Gu Chengping said.

Song Tianrui smiled bitterly. "Back then, I narrowly escaped death and fled here. Looking back, I was truly fortunate. This area is perilous at every step. Even Heavenly Change Cultivators would not dare barge in recklessly. Only a Great Cultivator like Senior Gu can walk here as though on level ground."

"Do you find it a pity? If you had not encountered Senior Gu this time, this place might have become the foundation of your future attainment of the Dao!" Gu Chengping transmitted.

Song Tianrui was briefly dazed before smiling. "I know