Gu Yu seemed entirely unsurprised that she could not gain the pillar of light's guidance. She merely watched from below as it drew Su Mo upward.
She showed little surprise, seeming simply to accept the scene before her calmly.
Gu Yu stopped circulating her spiritual power and looked up at Su Mo with a smile, a smile filled with hope and desolation.
"Senior Sister!" Su Mo looked down at the motionless Gu Yu and shouted anxiously, "Quick, activate your Dao Foundation!"
Gu Yu slowly shook her head and said:
"It's no use! Senior Sister knew long ago! This Divine Realm... Senior Sister can't leave it!"
"Why would this happen?"
Su Mo struggled to break free of the pillar of light drawing him skyward, only to find that he had no control over himself.
Gu Yu glanced back at the skeleton beside the stone stele chamber, then withdrew her gaze, as though she could see the next person who would sit here.
That must be terribly lonely and desolate...
"Do you remember the One Path, Three Trials mentioned on the stele?" Gu Yu gazed up at Su Mo and asked softly.
Before Su Mo could answer, Gu Yu continued:
"The first trial was 'forgetting the self,' the second was 'seeking the self,' and the third was 'forsaking the self'..."
"You always wondered why we reached the altar after passing only two trials. Actually..."
"This is the third trial... forsaking the self!"
Su Mo stared, dumbstruck, at Gu Yu below as she grew farther and farther away. His eyes gradually reddened. "Why... did it have to be you!"
"Do you remember 'seeking the self' in the second trial? After you left the Imperial City, I found my true self, and at the same time saw the true intention behind these three trials