As Gu Lingxiao's voice faded.
A deep, thunderous laugh came from the direction of the Holy Mountain.
"Heh heh... To think you four old things, forever hiding your heads and tails, still aren't dead. And you actually dare stage a comeback."
An invisible, sweeping pressure suffused that laughter.
It completely neutralized the vast pressure the four Ancestors had directed at Gu Lingxiao, leaving not a trace.
"Hmm...?"
Hearing that familiar voice, the four Ancestors' eyes narrowed in unison.
The next moment, a figure rose gracefully from the Holy Mountain.
He was a burly middle-aged man in a gray-black robe, with a resolute profile, features as though hewn by blade and axe, and a touch of frost at his temples.
With his hands clasped behind his back, he strode through the air. Space seemed to shrink beneath his feet, each step carrying him hundreds of yards.
In moments, as though taking a leisurely stroll through a courtyard, he traveled from the Sacred Mountain Summit to the sky above the Central Battlefield.
"Grandfather!"
"Chancellor Gu!"
"Elder Marshal Gu!"
At that moment, it was not only the Gu Lineage and the Barbarian Tribe.
Countless people among the Four Great Dynasties and the Four Great Sects also recognized him.
The legendary figure who had once won resounding fame across the Yan Province Continent and shaken Great Li with his might.
"Gu Beiwu!"
The Gu Beiwu of today had already shed his former titles as the Great Li Dynasty's Grand Marshal of the Armed Forces, first-rank Duke Who Guards the State, and Right Chancellor of the Court.
Now, he was the true leader of the Gu Clan in the Four Symbols Frozen Expanse.
He was the foremost successor of the Four Symbols Divine Sect's sect master!
The instant he appeared, heaven and earth fell