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Gu Tianhe smiled.

"Don't waste your effort!"

"From the moment you could rapidly absorb my Moves, even to a more outrageous extent than myself, I knew you weren't simple!"

"A person like you couldn't possibly lack even more powerful means!"

"But I know you have your own pride; you want to defeat me at the same Realm, so you won't use those means for now!"

"Oh, let me think!"

Gu Tianhe gave a seductive laugh.

"Is it that your means cannot be exposed, or do you feel that using them against me is a complete waste?"

The two had already fallen to the bottom of the abyss.

Zhou Ziming quickly sat cross-legged.

He began to frantically circulate his Cultivation Technique, unsure of exactly what poison he had been afflicted with.

Gu Tianhe smiled.

"Don't waste your effort. That thing is naturally one of my methods as well, something I spent a great deal of effort to create. I just didn't expect to use it on you, but it's worth it!"

Zhou Ziming felt that something was very wrong.

He felt his body beginning to lose all strength.

Neither his Divine Sense nor his immortal power could be mobilized.

He couldn't use any of his means now.

"I'm screwed. I've been caught off guard in such a trivial way!"

Zhou Ziming took a deep breath.

"You are truly terrifying; you've certainly taught me a good lesson!"

Gu Tianhe had already shed her outer garments.

"As it should be. If a person doesn't encounter setbacks, they naturally won't grow. If life is too smooth, it's of no benefit to oneself."

"No matter how powerful your Sect is or how deep your background, on the path of Dao, everything depends on yourself. Only by being strong enough and having sufficient Heart-Nature can you go further!"

"With your talent, I actually expected to be able to trap you!"

"When we first fought, I felt like you were just a very strong child; your experience in spells, combat, and general knowledge were all like a blank sheet of paper."

"Yet you have still made it this far!"

"If I'm not mistaken, getting to where you are now is half your own skill, but the other half is because you rely too much on your background or the means left to you by the people behind you!"

"Did you think that with those means, you could run rampant in this world without opposition?"

Zhou Ziming was stunned for a moment, then fell silent.

Gu Tianhe snorted coldly.

"Zhou Ziming, you look down on this world far too much, and you look down on its Cultivators as well!"

"It is precisely because of this that you fell for my trap!"

"But you should be glad that you are strong enough yourself. Although your Sect is powerful, you still chose to Cultivate the laws of this world. You took this step yourself; otherwise, you would already be a corpse!"

"However, I also thank you for your strength. Although I cannot kill you now, it is because of your strength that I can finally complete the final step of my transformation!"

Having said that, Gu Tianhe fully revealed her physical form after her transformation.

Zhou Ziming, who had always been fearless,

Now panicked.

"Wait a minute, what are you doing!"

Gu Tianhe said with a smile.

"I swallowed the Yin-Yang Reincarnation Insect and have now achieved the Yin-Yang Divine Body, but the Yin and Yang cannot yet be harmonized. I'm missing the final step, and that final step requires the blending of Yin and Yang."

"But the conditions are extremely harsh; the partner for the blending of Yin and Yang must be stronger than me. Before I met you, I truly couldn't complete it, and I even once gave up on this Physique that could achieve the Great Dao!"

"But then, I met you and was even beaten so miserably by you!"

Zhou Ziming: "Wait, I agree with what you said before. Let's just drop this, and we won't interfere with each other from now on!"

Gu Tianhe shook her head.

"Are you performing a comedy routine for me?"

Then,

Wisps of mist once again enveloped the two of them.

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Ten days later~

Gu Tianhe successfully entered the third level of Immortal Mark.

Furthermore, her Yin-Yang Divine Body reached Major Achievement.

Gu Tianhe was very excited and happy.

"What a wonderful body, and it can perfectly control the Chaos Patterns!"

At this moment, Gu Tianhe even reached out her hand.

A Chaos Insect was born at her fingertip.

"Thump, thump... thump, thump..."

Suddenly, Gu Tianhe heard the sound of a heartbeat.

She hurriedly stood up.

Then she summoned the Chaos Insect and left quickly.

She flew out of the abyss almost in the blink of an eye.

She was certain that if she didn't leave now, Zhou Ziming would leave nothing of her remains.

Over these past few days, she had come to deeply realize how terrifying Zhou Ziming was.

She even understood why Zhou Ziming looked down on this world and its Cultivators.

If she had such outrageous talent as Zhou Ziming, she probably wouldn't bother looking at others either.

But things were different now.

She had played a trick on Zhou Ziming and even fought for ten days.

She estimated that from now on, Zhou Ziming would only become even more terrifying.

"If I had known, I wouldn't have said so much. I'm afraid life won't be easy from now on!"

Gu Tianhe regretted it!

And after Gu Tianhe left,

Zhou Ziming walked out of an Immortal Cave, his entire body radiating Killing Intent.

Now,

Zhou Ziming had also successfully entered the third level of Immortal Mark.

Because of being caught off guard, Zhou Ziming also accepted his fate.

In a situation where he could do nothing,

He could only try to understand and comprehend the path of the Immortal Mark.

Coupled with the close-range research with Gu Tianhe,

Zhou Ziming comprehended it very quickly.

Thus, when the poison had completely dissipated,

Zhou Ziming's Realm naturally reached the third level of Immortal Mark.

At this moment, Zhou Ziming watched the distant Gu Tianhe.

His eyes were filled with Killing Intent.

But Zhou Ziming did not give chase immediately.

Although he didn't die this time,

Gu Tianhe had indeed taught him a profound lesson.

Now, Zhou Ziming only wanted to go back and properly sense the Dao techniques of this world.

This person, Gu Tianhe, had essentially cured Zhou Ziming of his arrogance and impetuousness.

Finally, Zhou Ziming turned and left the abyss.

Then he left the Secret Realm once again.

However, after leaving the Secret Realm,

He saw that everyone from the Twelve Towers was looking at him.

Some had Killing Intent in their eyes.

Others seemed to have the intention of winning him over.

Shangguan Yun and Li Tang quickly walked over.

"Old Zhou, Gu Tianhe said you won!"

"What exactly happened?"

Zhou Ziming shook his head.

"It was a draw!"

Zhou Ziming didn't want to explain anything more.

Mainly because it was impossible to explain.

Zhou Ziming believed he could have beaten Gu Tianhe.

But he had been outschemed by her.

Therefore, Zhou Ziming felt it was a draw.

However, after Zhou Ziming said this,

He noticed that some people's expressions had improved significantly.

Zhou Ziming could understand why.

He was already being targeted.

If he appeared to be in a league of his own, it would only keep people awake at night.

But if someone could keep him in check, they would be much more at ease.

And after Zhou Ziming said it was a draw,

The Blood Rain Tower, which was supposed to be in big trouble, suddenly found its troubles gone because of that one sentence.

Because the people of the Nine Palaces began to ponder.

They were thinking about which pawn to choose: Zhou Ziming or Gu Tianhe!

Now they had to consider planning their layout around Zhou Ziming and Gu Tianhe!