240: An era without saints?! (Thirty-nine)

Relying on the profound mysteries of the Azure Heaven Indestructible Art, Gu Yun perfectly shielded his aura.

He easily bypassed the two groups of indigenous tribes fighting frantically at the entrance of the canyon.

The deeper he ventured into the canyon, the clearer and more sorrowful the throbbing and calling from the Origin of his Bloodline became.

A gray mist shrouded everything; any Divine Thought sent out beyond a hundred meters would be shredded and annihilated by an invisible force.

Yet, within this deathly silence, a sliver of immortal and indestructible divine radiance was hidden.

Gu Yun activated his Minds Eye, purple Qi swirling within his pupils as he preemptively avoided lingering Restrictions and spatial traps.

Finally, he passed through the layers of mist and reached the deepest part of the canyon.

This place was not the Immortal Cave or tomb he had imagined.

Instead, it was an incredibly massive crater, as if struck by a fallen star.

In the center of the crater, a skeleton sat cross-legged.

The skeleton was a noble purple-gold color throughout.

Even though it had fallen countless years ago, time had failed to leave a single trace upon it; it still radiated an immortal divinity.

What shocked Gu Yun even more was that a faint yet extremely pure strand of Primordial Qi was lingering around the skeleton.

However, this unimaginably powerful skeleton lacked a head.

The Primordial Chaos Sacred Body.

This was absolutely the remains of a Primordial Chaos Sacred Body.

Moreover, judging by the residual Dao charm and divine intensity on the skeleton, this Senior's physique had long since surpassed the God Realm.

The Venerable Realm!

"The Land of Saint Fall... it turns out it wasn't a Saint who fell, but... a Sacred Body."

Gu Yun muttered to himself, his voice incredibly dry.

A chill ran through his heart.

An invincible Prodigy who shared the same Primordial Chaos Sacred Body as him had actually fallen on the Ancient Starry Road, even at such a profound level as the Venerable Realm.

Even their head had been easily severed by someone.

The slight arrogance he had developed from sweeping through his enemies along the way vanished instantly before this Senior's remains.

Gu Yun took a deep breath, the shock and warning in his eyes eventually transforming into a more resolute Battle Intent.

He respectfully performed a Junior's salute toward the skeleton.

"Senior, having seen your remains today, this Junior will certainly not let your memory be tarnished."

"Your Origin... this Junior... humbly accepts it."

He decided that he must thoroughly settle here, completely absorb this immense Opportunity, and then plan his next steps.

Step by step, Gu Yun slowly walked toward the skeleton in the center of the crater.

As he approached, the Primordial Chaos Sacred Body Origin within him resonated violently with the remains.

Buzz!

A pillar of purple-gold light suddenly shot into the sky from both Gu Yun and the skeleton, piercing through the gray mist of the canyon.

Two powers of the same Origin converged in the heavens.

A vast purple Qi centered on the crater and spread frantically in all directions, instantly enveloping the entire canyon.

A profound Dao sound echoed between heaven and earth.

The phenomenon was earth-shattering.

It was at this very moment.

Outside the canyon, the two groups of indigenous people fighting over the 'Sacred Object' stopped their actions simultaneously.

The Clan Chiefs of the Chi Clan and Bone Clan, two powerhouses of the God Emperor Realm, abruptly looked up toward the depths of the canyon.

"An anomaly in the Sacred Remains!"

"Someone has beaten us to it!"

They temporarily set aside their mutual hatred.

"All warriors above the God Realm, follow me in!"

"Kill that outsider! The Sacred Object is ours!"

Dozens of powerful auras surged frantically into the depths of the canyon from two directions.

Inside the canyon, Gu Yun had no idea he had stirred up a hornet's nest.

He was simply quietly feeling the baptism brought by the shared Origin power.

Just as he was about to begin refining the Origin of the remains.

Minds Eye sent a sharp warning signal.

Gu Yun looked up abruptly.

He saw that the sky above the canyon was already filled with figures at some point.

"Outsider, you have some nerve!"

The Clan Chief of the Chi Clan, a burly old man, spoke up.

"How dare you desecrate our tribe's Sacred Object? Today, we shall use your flesh and blood to appease the anger of the Holy Spirit!"

Before his voice had even faded, the dozens of God Realm experts behind him had already formed a battle formation.

"Kill!"

Dozens of light spears condensed from Totem Power blocked all of Gu Yun's retreat paths from every direction.

"Seeking death."

Gu Yun was not afraid in the slightest.

He was now at the Late Stage Grotto-Heaven Realm; coupled with his Embryonic Great Dao, ordinary God Realm cultivators were not troublesome in his eyes.

He pointed his fingers like a sword, and the Heart Sword slashed out silently.

Puff, puff, puff!

Initially, he handled it with ease.

However, once the two God Emperor Clan Chiefs of the Chi Clan and Bone Clan personally took action, the situation suddenly reversed.

"On this land, we are the Law!"

The two Clan Chiefs held their bone staves high, chanting incantations.

Buzz!

An invisible, eerie power of Law unique to this fragmented heaven and earth instantly enveloped Gu Yun.

Gu Yun felt his entire body grow heavy, and his movements became sluggish.

The power of the Heart Sword he slashed out was actually weakened by thirty percent out of thin air.

His profound movement techniques also became stagnant.

"Not good!"

Gu Yun's heart tightened.

The opponents' attack method was extremely bizarre; they seemed able to use the special environmental Laws of this place to greatly discount the power of his Dao arts.

As one side waxed and the other waned.

Wounds began to appear on Gu Yun's body.

"Form the formation, surround and kill him!"

The Chi Clan Chief saw Gu Yun's predicament and issued the final command.

"Outsider, it is your honor to die under this seat's 'Ancestral Spirit Descent'!"

The Chi Clan Chief let out a roar, pointing his bone staff toward Gu Yun from a distance.

A destructive beam of light condensed from endless totem runes locked onto Gu Yun and shot out violently.

This was a fatal blow from the joint efforts of two God Emperors.

This strike was enough to obliterate any existence below the God Emperor level.

However, facing this life-and-death crisis, Gu Yun did not panic at all.

"I didn't want it to come to this."

"Since you insist on forcing me..."

Before his voice had even faded.

Gu Yun raised his hand.

A small bronze bell, only the size of a palm, ancient in appearance and engraved with patterns of the sun, moon, stars, birds, beasts, fish, and insects, slowly emerged from his palm.

The quasi-saint weapon, huntian bell.

A life-saving trump card bestowed by the Saint Ancestor.

Boom!

The moment the ancient bell appeared, a powerful pressure descended.

Even that powerful totem light beam froze in mid-air.

All the indigenous people, whether in the God Realm or God Emperor Realm, felt their Souls tremble under this pressure, and their bodies knelt down uncontrollably.

They looked at the ancient bronze bell in terror.

That was a level of power they had never encountered in their existence.

It was the... Saint Domain that only existed in the legends of this world!

"This... what is this..."

The expressions on the faces of the two God Emperor Clan Chiefs froze, their voices trembling with extreme fear.

Gu Yun did not answer them.

Dong—

The bell chimed.

It was ancient and distant, yet contained a supreme Dao charm that suppressed everything.

A visible ripple of sound waves spread out with the ancient bell as the center.

Crack.

The totem light beam frozen in mid-air shattered at the sound, turning into the most primitive points of energy light and dissipating into nothingness.

Immediately after.

The sound wave ripple swept over the two God Emperor Clan Chiefs.

"Pfft—"

The two Clan Chiefs were hit as if by a heavy blow, spraying a mouthful of blood as their auras instantly withered.

Their proud Ancestral Spirit power was easily crushed by this Saintly might.

The surroundings suddenly fell into a dead silence.

Gu Yun put away the ancient bell and stood with his hands behind his back.

His gaze swept over the survivors who were prostrate on the ground in complete submission, and he quickly reviewed his actions in his mind.

There were three reasons why he hadn't used this quasi-saint weapon even in the desperate situation of the Heavenly Dao Ruins.

First, the cost was immense. Activating it at his Realm back then would have drained almost all his spiritual power; in a situation surrounded by Beast Kings, it would have been no different from seeking death.

Second, possessing such a treasure invited trouble. The Heavenly Dao Ruins were a mixed bag; once the quasi-saint weapon was exposed, he would immediately become everyone's target, bringing trouble more terrifying than the Beast Kings.

Third, the environment was different. This Small World was isolated from the outside and its Laws were fragmented; there were no existences that could threaten a quasi-saint weapon, nor anyone who could recognize the Origin of this treasure.

Using it here was the safest and most effective choice.

Gu Yun's gaze swept over the trembling indigenous people, and he spoke calmly.

"I have no ill will toward this place; I only need to borrow it for a period of time to enter secluded cultivation."

The indigenous people felt as if they had been granted a great pardon and kowtowed repeatedly.

"As... as you command!"

From then on, no one dared to raise any objections.

Gu Yun set up multiple Restrictions around the crater, completely sealing off the entire core area.

He sat cross-legged before the remains of the Primordial Chaos Sacred Body.

Although the Laws of this Small World were incomplete, the concentration of spiritual power far exceeded that of the current outside world.

Cultivating here would greatly shorten the time required for him to refine the Sacred Body Origin and increase his cultivation base.

A brand-new stage of secluded cultivation thus began.