160: The Path to Power for the Lord of Illusions

However, Gu Jixiao was somewhat surprised that the Karma Immortal Venerable and the Yin and Yang Immortal Venerable would actually be directly imprisoned by the Lord of the Gui Huan.

Most surprising of all was that he could sense the Law power of the Karma Immortal Venerable and the Yin and Yang Immortal Venerable had actually been directly refined and stripped away; the culprit was already self-evident—it was exactly the Lord of the Gui Huan before him.

Gu Jixiao shook his head, putting the matter out of his mind, and then looked toward the Lord of the Gui Huan, saying in a calm tone.

"Next, this Venerable will ask and you will answer directly. If you dare to deceive this Venerable, then prepare to wait for death."

This was precisely where Gu Jixiao's brilliance lay: letting the arrow kill the Lord of the Gui Huan first, while ensuring the Lord of the Gui Huan sensed nothing unusual.

Once he had learned everything he wanted to know, the Lord of the Gui Huan would automatically perish.

Upon hearing that Gu Jixiao wanted to inquire about some matters, the Lord of the Gui Huan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as he had not offended the Gu Jixiao before him, it was fine.

"Senior, please ask directly. If I know the answer, I will certainly not hide it."

"First, where did you get this palace from?"

This was the first question Gu Jixiao asked.

In his view, this palace was definitely not something the Lord of the Gui Huan could have refined; the most likely possibility was that he had obtained it by chance through an Opportunity.

In fact, from the current Gu Jixiao's perspective, the Lord of the Gui Huan had not even completely refined the Divine Temple.

Had it been fully refined, his arrow would not have pierced through the Lord of the Gui Huan's attack so easily.

Hearing Gu Jixiao ask about the origins of the Divine Temple, the Lord of the Gui Huan showed a look of hesitation.

After all, this Divine Temple was his greatest reliance; if he lost it, his strength and the speed at which he grew stronger would inevitably be greatly diminished.

Seeing the Lord of the Gui Huan's hesitation, Gu Jixiao let out a cold snort, and the aura of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor descended once more.

The Lord of the Gui Huan immediately snapped back to his senses; the person before him was a Quasi-Immortal Emperor like those four, not someone he could afford to offend.

Furthermore, the other party was only asking about the origin of the Divine Temple, and wouldn't necessarily snatch it from his hands—though the probability of that was admittedly slim.

Thinking of this, the Lord of the Gui Huan dared not hide anything any longer and hurriedly recounted everything one by one.

"Senior, I obtained this Divine Temple while traveling through the Land of Chaos and Nothingness before I had even made a Breakthrough to the Immortal Venerable realm."

Soon, Gu Jixiao learned everything from the Lord of the Gui Huan's mouth.

This Divine Temple was something he had obtained by accident. After entering the Divine Temple, the Lord of the Gui Huan received its empowerment, thereby breaking through to the Immortal Venerable realm.

Additionally, within this Divine Temple, the Lord of the Gui Huan had obtained a method to grow stronger: absorbing and refining the Law power of other Immortal Venerables.

The more Law power he absorbed and refined, the faster the Lord of the Gui Huan's strength would increase.

Therefore, after reaching the Middle Stage Immortal Venerable realm, the Lord of the Gui Huan set his sights on the Saint Realm and launched a massive invasion.

However, he hadn't expected the Saint Realm to be guarded by three Peak Immortal Venerables. Thus, during his first invasion, he only managed to hurriedly kill two Early Stage Immortal Venerables before fleeing.

After devouring and refining the Law power of those two Early Stage Immortal Venerables, he was able to break through to the Late Stage Immortal Venerable realm.

Having tasted the pleasure of growing stronger in such a way, the Lord of the Gui Huan became unstoppable and soon invaded the Saint Realm again.

He simply hadn't expected the Three Great Saint Venerables to already be on high alert. Consequently, after that invasion, he settled down for a long period before continuing to the Saint Realm to hunt and kill Immortal Venerable Great Experts.