Yet only a moment later, Tongtian shook his head and banished that absurd thought from his mind.
An unforeseen variable?
Ever since he had taken Gu Changqing as his disciple, had the Interception Sect encountered any shortage of unforeseen variables?
The fellow was practically a walking source of them!
He had turned the entire Primordial World upside down, leaving its old order unrecognizable.
But most importantly...
Sect Master Tongtian looked at the figure already sleeping soundly, and his tangled thoughts suddenly cleared.
Every single time, this brat's actions had made the Interception Sect more prosperous and more powerful!
That was enough!
Who cared whether he was an unforeseen variable? As long as he benefited the Interception Sect and the living beings of the Primordial World, it was a blessing as great as the heavens!
Tongtian stopped dwelling on it.
But as he watched Gu Changqing sleeping blissfully without a care, he suddenly felt an unprecedented pressure.
That pressure was even heavier than when he had faced the combined assault of the Four Saints.
"It seems... I must also hurry into seclusion and do everything I can to improve."
He murmured to himself, a trace of urgency in his voice.
"Otherwise, before long, this brat may truly reach heights even I can only gaze up at..."
A disciple whose cultivation and combat prowess were so great that even his Master felt compelled to chase desperately after him-since the creation of the Primordial World, there had likely never been another case like it.
Before his words had faded, Sect Master Tongtian gently closed his eyes.
Boom!
In that instant, his bold, unrestrained aura and sky-piercing sword intent withdrew completely into stillness, and he seemed to become a statue unchanged since time immemorial.
Clearly, the Heaven-Opening divine ability Gu Changqing had displayed earlier