In the Southern Wilds, within the Gushe Celestial Palace.
Guye Bai had just awakened from a profoundly deep meditation, but instead of returning to her residence as usual, she remained seated in the small valley where she cultivated in seclusion, lost in thought.
For some reason, she had found it difficult to settle her mind during her cultivation today. A persistent unease lingered in her heart, as though something was about to happen.
Guye Bai understood that she was already a mighty expert who had ascended to Heaven Tier. With divine sense penetrating the nether, she could receive responses from heaven and earth.
For a mortal, such an inexplicable feeling would have been mere paranoia, but for her, it was an unmistakable omen.
"It seems a blessing is no calamity, and a calamity cannot be avoided..."
"Those people still cannot put my Gushe Household out of their minds."
After pondering for a long while with an unsettled expression, Guye Bai gave a soft sigh, voicing her heartfelt feelings.
Guye Bai was now a veteran cultivator approaching eighty.
Though she had always taken excellent care of herself, and her skin remained firm and her face untouched by age, her head of white hair still resembled silver threads, telling of the sorrow shared by all the mighty experts of this era.
Guye Bai had made her name early. In her thirties, she had already cultivated to the Heaven Tier Realm, making her one of the few exceptional talents in the entire world.
Yet she knew in her heart that she was no peerless genius. At most, she possessed the potential to reach Heaven Tier, with talent comparable to that of other mighty experts.
The world held countless brilliant talents, and accomplished cultivators were as numerous as carp crossing a river. But who