That single glance shocked the world.
There was no fear, no surprise, not even the slightest stirring of emotion.
There was only an indescribable calm.
He was so calm that Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi's earth-shattering strike seemed, in his eyes, no more than a gentle breeze brushing his face, a speck of dust falling into a river.
Even those perpetually wine-hazed eyes had gained a rare measure of clarity.
This was confidence born of utterly overwhelming strength.
No.
To be precise, this could no longer be called "confidence."
Confidence still required belief, a clear understanding and judgment of one's own strength.
But Gu Changqing's current state had long since transcended the realm of "confidence."
This was an almost instinctive composure... one that had seeped into his very marrow.
Just as the great sun high above the nine heavens would not panic because an ant on the ground waved its forelegs at it.
Just as the vast sea would not be shaken because a little fish thrashed within its depths.
Such was the difference in status, the gulf between realms.
What cultivation did Gu Changqing possess now?
Hunyuan Limitless Daluo Golden Immortal!
He had transcended the Heavenly Dao and stood above all Daos. Across the endless ages since the Primordial World's creation, those who had reached this step could be counted on one hand.
And what of Yuanshi?
A Sage.
A primordial Daluo Golden Immortal.
Under ordinary circumstances, this was already a supreme existence capable of making heaven and earth tremble and all living beings bow their heads.
But upon this path of seeking the Dao, a celestial chasm lay between a primordial Daluo Golden Immortal and a hunyuan limitless Daluo Golden Immortal.
A chasm almost impossible to cross.
How could the difference between them be merely a matter of a few