The Grand Drama Draws to a Close, Receiving Bountiful Rewards

After Gu Beimo and the others left,

Only Gu Xuanjin, Gu Xiaoya, and a few of her maids remained in the ruined Xiao Clan.

Gu Xuanjin cast a casual glance at the girl beside him, aloof and cold as an immortal.

The slaughter today seemed to have frightened her, leaving her beautiful face somewhat pale.

"Let's go. Back to the Gu Clan."

They walked out of the Xiao Clan.

In the void,

The nine black dragons that had been hovering silently at once let out a succession of piercing roars,

As though cheering Gu Xuanjin's return!

A wondrous path, white as jade and rippling with boundless immortal radiance,

Extended down from the magnificent palace behind them.

Gu Xuanjin stepped onto it and returned to his palace, which resembled a towering divine temple.

Gu Xiaoya hesitated for a while.

In the end, she followed him into the palace with her maids, a complicated look on her face.

Then,

The nine savage black dragons, which blotted out the sky and sun, twisted their bodies

And soared toward Xuzhou City, the direction they had come from.

Only when the enormous creatures had vanished completely into the sea of clouds

Did the oppressive pressure that had shrouded all of Linfeng City

Like an endless pall

And made everyone's hearts tremble with fear slowly dissipate.

A long time passed

Before a few people mustered the courage to visit the Xiao Clan, where Gu Xuanjin and the others had descended, and see what had happened.

The scene inside filled their hearts with boundless terror.

There,

The once-vast Xiao Clan had become a field of ruins.

Smoke filled the grounds.

Severed limbs and broken remains lay everywhere, blood flowed in streams, and the sight was too gruesome to bear.

It had become a veritable Asura field!

Meanwhile, the True Martial Immortal Palace and several other major powers that had been secretly observing everything

Saw that Gu Xuanjin, the Gu Clan's taboo divine son,

Had personally traveled tens of thousands of miles to the Youxuan Dao Domain,

Only to destroy a minor clan in a small city!

This left them utterly baffled and incredulous.

They could not fathom Gu Xuanjin's thoughts at all.

But they did not believe Gu Xuanjin really had so much time to spare.

He had to have a purpose they knew nothing about.

Yet no matter how they investigated, they could not find the slightest clue.

Xuzhou City.

Nine enormous black dragons, their bodies vast enough to overshadow the sun and moon,

Emerged from the sea of clouds, pulling a magnificent palace as white as the moon and shining with countless rays of divine light.

They hovered silently above the central cross-domain teleportation array.

They did not enter it.

Inside the majestic, incomparably splendid palace,

Gu Xuanjin sat casually on the Sword Dao throne, his eyes closed in contemplation.

His consciousness entered the system space.

Several sources of light, wreathed in ethereal immortal radiance, floated before him.

Gu Xuanjin reached out and grasped, and the first source of light flew into his hand.

[Haotian Creation Art (Heaven-grade, supreme quality):

Seize the fortune of heaven and earth, steal the mysteries of the sun and moon.

Use oneself as a furnace to smelt heaven and earth.

Forcibly seize the power of others to increase one's own cultivation.

Balance yin and yang, temper hardness with softness.

All poisons are repelled, all arts barred; magic power flows without end, inexhaustible and boundless!]

Gu Xuanjin reached out again and took hold of the next source of light.

[Sword Dao Pagoda (taboo):

Boundless Sword Qi forms a vast, pure barrier.

It seals heaven and locks earth, shifting through countless forms, wondrous and unfathomable.

All things within it are stilled, unable to move and hard-pressed to struggle.

It annihilates all attacks and extinguishes all existence!]

Gu Xuanjin was reasonably satisfied with the effects of this divine ability.

Not only was it immensely powerful, but its effects were also extraordinarily overbearing.

He then picked up another source of light, its presence supreme, its sharpness pure.

[Law of the Sword Dao, 9%:

The supreme essence of the Law of the Sword Dao.

Refining it increases the host's proficiency in the Law of the Sword Dao by 9%.

(No side effects)]

For ordinary people, even gaining an initial understanding of a law required cultivation to the Marquis Realm.

As for deepening their mastery and comprehension, that was an even more painstaking task.

The 9% proficiency in the Law of the Sword Dao from the system

Saved Gu Xuanjin a considerable amount of time.

Beside the Sword Dao essence

Was an avatar in the form of a boy of fourteen or fifteen.

His handsome, unworldly features bore some resemblance to Gu Xuanjin's.

But his brow was full of cold arrogance, and he gave off an icy, dark presence.

The chill in his eyes made one shudder.

[Evil Thought Avatar (Divine Bridge Realm):

An avatar formed by copying and condensing the host's negative emotions, such as wickedness and evil thoughts.

Possesses some of the host's abilities.

Initial realm: Divine Bridge Realm First Layer. Has an independent consciousness, but can also be controlled at any time.

The system has concealed the karma between him and the host.

No one can directly deduce the relationship between you.

(Absolutely loyal to the host and immune to all divine soul control)]

Gu Xuanjin's gaze flickered slightly.

The system was rather considerate.

Besides, there were some things he could not conveniently handle himself.

Entrusting them to this avatar would be just right.

His gaze then fell on the next source of light.

He took hold of it, and the relevant information appeared in his mind.

[Heaven-Burning Divine Art (growth type, Mystic-grade, low quality):

Refine exotic flames containing pure essence into one's own cultivation.

Also increases mastery of the Law of Fire.

(No upper limit)]

This cultivation art was somewhat of a chicken rib to Gu Xuanjin.

Flames that met the requirements were exceedingly rare, and each was harder to track down than the last.

Without the Heavenly Dao's fortune upon him, he would have difficulty learning their whereabouts.

He then casually took hold of the nearest source of light.

The light transformed into a broken fragment.

The divine light upon it was dim.

Its presence was mysterious.

An extremely faint trace of a Great Emperor's Dao resonance also flowed across it.

[Secret of the Great Emperor:

A fragment the Xiao Clan obtained in an ancient ruin.

Gather the other four to open a Great Emperor's secret vault.]

So it had to do with a Great Emperor.

No wonder Su Xinghe had been willing to leave his daughter with the Xiao Clan.

Immediately afterward, the last source of light also flew over and landed in his hand.

[Nine-Bend Hell-Burying Sword Formation Diagram (supreme-quality divine weapon):

Use nine longswords of the same grade as the catalyst.

Set up a great formation whose Sword Qi surges boundlessly, like a long river with nine bends.

Bar magic power, seal divine sense, extinguish spirits and destroy souls!

Destroy flesh, ruin bodies, obliterate forms and take lives!

It reaches through heaven and earth, slaughter at its utmost; even hell can be buried!

(The higher the grade of the longswords used to set up the formation, the greater its power.)]

After receiving the bountiful rewards this time, Gu Xuanjin exited the system space.

He then took out the small wisp of the Law of the Sword Dao and began refining it.

In an instant,

Vast, immense waves of silver-white law rippled outward.

They were supreme and profoundly mysterious, ethereal and mystically profound.

They spread throughout the palace.

Sword light and fleeting shadows shimmered like a dream, while the pure intent of sharpness seemed almost tangible.

In a room at the rear, Gu Xiaoya was shaken to her core.

She felt as though she and her maids were in a world full of sharp swords.

They were wrapped in boundless sharpness,

As if the slightest movement would slice their skin and flesh open.

At the same time,

Above the Su Lineage in the far south,

A hunched old man leaning on a cane suddenly appeared,

Accompanied by a heroic-looking young man.

Behind the two,

Soldiers holding divine halberds and radiating formidable presences followed respectfully on exotic beasts.

They were none other than Gu Beimo, Ji Song, and a contingent of Divine Martial Guards!

The sky had been clear and blue, with the blazing sun high overhead and not a cloud for ten thousand miles.

Then strange phenomena suddenly appeared in succession.

Heaven and earth darkened, winds rose, and clouds surged!

The void hummed, thunder rolled, and storms erupted on all sides!

The appearance of Gu Beimo and the others made the whole world feel heavy and oppressive.

It seemed even heaven and earth could not bear their arrival.