258: An Age Without Saints (57)

Fifty years passed.

The Gu Family remained quiet, and Gu Yun did not appear in the Five Domains again.

He had vanished from the world once more, as if he had never returned.

As time passed, he gradually became a legend in the mouths of the older generation of Cultivators.

The Five Domains seemed to have returned to their former tranquility.

Inside the closed-door cultivation secret room.

Gu Yun's primordial dao fruit had reached seven hundred zhang.

...

Another one hundred years passed.

The Spiritual Qi in the Five Domains had thinned to a desperate state.

This was an era where everyone was silent, an era where no hope could be seen.

Outside of the Gu Family, the name 'Gu Yun' had long been completely forgotten by the world.

Inside the secret room, Gu Yun's primordial dao fruit had reached eight hundred and thirty zhang.

...

Another one hundred years passed.

Gu Yun's primordial dao fruit was at nine hundred zhang.

...

Time flowed on, and another one hundred and thirty years passed.

It had been three hundred and eighty years since Gu Yun last appeared in the world.

On this day, inside the secret room of the Gu Family Forbidden Ground.

Gu Yun, sitting cross-legged, remained motionless.

Within his Dantian Qi Sea, that purple-gold primordial dao fruit shone with brilliant light.

Nine hundred and ninety-nine zhang!

He was only one final step away from that legendary position of Heavenly Venerate.

And at this very moment.

Boom!

An incomparably powerful aura erupted from within Gu Yun's body.

He was making a Breakthrough.

However, this withered Small World and this incomplete Heavenly Dao seemed to instinctively feel a threat.

It would not allow such a powerful Heavenly Venerate to be born in this era.

Above the Gu Family ancestral grounds, the previously clear sky instantly turned pitch black.

A massive tribulation cloud condensed out of thin air.

Within that tribulation cloud was the purest grey 'Power of Dharma Ending', representing decay and the end.

A Heavenly Dao tribulation.

Inside the secret room, Gu Yun slowly opened his eyes.

Within those eyes, there was not a shred of fear in the face of Heaven's might.

There was only calmness, and a trace of... disdain.

Gu Yun stood up. He raised his head, his gaze piercing through the roof, looking directly at the tribulation cloud in the sky.

"Want to block my Dao?"

"You are not worthy!"

Gu Yun raised his hand, pointing his fingers like a sword.

A pure, Heaven-Defying 'Intention to Punish Heaven' condensed at his fingertips.

Then, he slashed gently towards the tribulation cloud above the firmament.

Punish Heaven!

There was no earth-shattering momentum, no dazzling brilliance.

A streak of sword light rose from the direction of the Central Province Gu Family.

It sliced the firmament, along with the Dharma Ending tribulation cloud, into two halves.

Boom!

The tribulation cloud shattered, turning into pure energy that poured down, flooding into Gu Yun's body.

At this moment, his nine hundred and ninety-nine zhang primordial dao fruit let out a crisp roar.

The final shackle was completely broken.

The dao fruit broke through one thousand zhang!

The position of Heavenly Venerate was achieved!

A powerful pressure of a Heavenly Venerate swept across the entire Five Domains with the Gu Family as the center.

But in an instant, it vanished without a trace, as if it had never appeared.

The Five Domains thought it was just a fleeting moment.

But they did not know...

That man was about to rule the world once again.

...

Gu Family Forbidden Ground, Chaos Small World.

"Good! Good! Good!"

The Ancient Ancestor of the Saint Realm watched the firmament that had been sliced open by a single sword, watched the newly born Heavenly Venerate dao fruit, and let out a hearty laugh.

He stepped forward, descending before Gu Yun, his eyes full of gratification.

"Becoming a Venerate at one hundred years old, and proving the Dao as a Heavenly Venerate before six hundred."

"Yun'er, you did not disappoint this old man, nor did you disappoint the Family!"

The Saint Ancestor waved his hand, and a purple-gold ancient Saint sword fell into Gu Yun's hand.

It was that 'Heaven-Patrolling Saint Sword'.

"Today, this old man truly bestows this sword upon you to protect your Dao."

But this was not enough.

The Saint Ancestor looked at Gu Yun, pondered for a moment, and made a decision that shocked all the remote ancestors of the Gu Family.

He actually forcibly stripped a wisp of pure Origin power from his own Saint Soul Origin.

That wisp of power evolved in his palm into an illusory figure that looked seven parts like him, yet had a restrained aura, appearing like a Mortal.

An Incarnation!

This was a supreme Divine Ability that only a powerhouse of the Saint Realm could condense at a huge cost.

Gu Yun took the Saint sword and bowed deeply to the Saint Ancestor.

"Thank you, Saint Ancestor, for your kindness."

He turned around, his gaze piercing through the endless Void Realm, looking towards the direction of the Ji Family and the Wang Family.

His expression was calm, yet his Battle Intent was piercing.

"Some debts are due to be settled."

...

Three days later.

Central Province, outside the Wang Family ancestral grounds.

A figure in white quietly appeared. He held the Saint sword, stood in the Void Realm, his voice calm, yet it spread throughout the entire Wang Family territory.

"Gu Family, Gu Yun."

"Here to visit the mountain."

Immediately after, at the Ji Family ancestral grounds.

The same voice, the same figure, the same dominance.

Both families were instantly shaken, as if facing a formidable enemy.

"How arrogant, you brat!"

"Do you really think my Wang Family has no one!"

The Heavenly Venerate experts of both families came out in anger.

However, before they could even attack.

Boom!

Boom!

Two powerful Saint auras descended from the depths of the two families' Forbidden Grounds.

Immediately after, a third aura, even more domineering and terrifying, came from the direction of the Gu Family, confronting those two Saint auras from afar.

Three Saints appeared together!

The entire Central Province trembled under this pressure.

"Gu Changfeng!"

The will of the Ji Family Saint Ancestor transformed into a cold Divine Thought.

"Do you intend to intervene in a fight below the Saint level?"

Responding to him were three crystal-clear golden lotus flowers containing the Profound Truth of Creation.

Those three lotus flowers bloomed slowly behind the Gu Family Saint Ancestor.

Three-Lotus Saint!

The wills of the Ji and Wang Family Saint Ancestors trembled violently.

"His... his cultivation has improved again!"

"Could it be that he is going to condense the fourth dao lotus and step into the Saint King realm?!"

They were horrified to discover that this old immortal of the Gu Family, in this withered Small World, had actually improved in strength instead of regressing.

The Gu Family Saint Ancestor simply and calmly stated that iron rule.

"Saints must not intervene."

"This old man will not intervene either."

This was a warning, and also a final ultimatum.

The Saint Ancestors of the Ji and Wang Families fell silent.

They knew they could not stop him.

If they truly tore off their masks, this madman would absolutely be capable of dragging them down with him.

Finally, the two Saint auras slowly retreated.

They acquiesced to this Heavenly Venerate-level duel.

Seeing the Saint Ancestors retreat, the Heavenly Venerates of the Ji and Wang Families looked at each other and sneered.

Two against one, the advantage is with us!

"Gu Yun, you are indeed a Prodigy of the ages, but today, you will surely fall here!"

"Kill!"

The great battle broke out instantly.

However, the result shocked all the spectators.

Facing the siege of two long-renowned Heavenly Venerates, Gu Yun did not fall behind in the slightest.

He fought two against one, his movements ethereal, his sword light sharp.

His primordial dao fruit and his Intention to Punish Heaven gave him combat power far exceeding those of the same rank.

The two Heavenly Venerates were completely suppressed by the Heavenly Dao and were no match for him.

"How is this possible?!"

The Wang Family Heavenly Venerate became more and more terrified as they fought. He discovered that the Divine Ability of Law he was proud of was being strictly countered by the opponent's Sword Intent.

"Break."

Gu Yun seized an opening and slashed with his sword.

Pfft.

The Wang Family Heavenly Venerate's protective divine light shattered in response. He was struck as if by lightning, spat out a mouthful of blood, and flew backward, his dao foundation severely damaged.

The Ji Family Heavenly Venerate was shocked to see this. Having lost all Battle Intent, he turned and fled.

Fighting two Heavenly Venerates alone, and a complete victory!

This battle shocked the Five Domains.

Not long after, news spread.

That Heavenly Venerate of the Wang Family, because his dao foundation was destroyed and his state of mind collapsed, died in despair while in closed-door cultivation.

The Ji and Wang Families were thoroughly terrified.

They sent envoys with generous compensation to the Gu Family, ceding territory and paying reparations, bowing their heads and admitting their mistakes.

The name 'Gu Yun' was finally remembered again by the entire Five Domains.

Only this time, they crowned him with a new title.

Heavenly Venerate Yun!

Unparalleled in the world!

PS: (The author has something to say again.)