I have been bound in a forbidden place for five hundred years. Why are you crying when I am a casual

Gu Xiu was unaware that he was being spied on while undergoing his tribulation, and naturally he was unaware that the two world's number one figures were harboring murderous intent while he was being spied on.

At this moment, he was focused on the empty area in front of him.

He had reached this level five hundred years ago, but even then, he did not pass the final test because he was forced to enter the Forbidden Land of Blessings before he could light the last soul lamp.

and so.

In fact, from now on, Gu Xiu will have no experience to rely on for any of his future steps.

Fortunately.

Even though he lacked experience, he wasn't completely ignorant along the way. In fact, he already knew what this final calamity, representing the seven emotions and desires, would bring, five hundred years ago.

According to the clues Gu Xiu had previously gathered, the final tribulation involves re-integrating the six trials of emotion that had been overcome before, and then, with the amplification of one's desires, unleashing the seventh path. Those undergoing this tribulation must uphold their true nature during this most terrifying test and successfully overcome it.

As for how to get through this ordeal, everyone seems to have a different approach. Some people will choose to sever all ties, while others will choose to accept it all.

It's hard to say which is better or worse, but both need to align with one's own path and one's true self.

but……

At this moment, Gu Xiu was somewhat confused about what the scene before him meant. He had made all the preparations and was determined to fight forward no matter what kind of test came, but he did not expect that there would be nothing in front of him.

The fork in the road representing the six emotions never appeared, nor did the seventh fork, representing the ultimate test, arrive.

Everything around me is nothingness.

"what happened?"

Why is my test of the seven emotions different from others?

"and……"

Gu Xiu murmured, his brows furrowed. He wondered if it was just his imagination, but in this void where there was nothing at all, he felt a strange sense of comfort, as if he was meant to be emotionless and without desire, to be free from wants and wants.

It was as if everything before my eyes was simply a matter of following the will of Heaven.

Can……

"wrong!"

"This is wrong!"

Why do I not have the seven emotions?

“I clearly went through several trials of the seven emotions before, so it couldn’t be fake, and it couldn’t have just disappeared.”

"Could it be... Chu Xun?"

"All the emotions I felt before weren't actually within myself, but rather feelings that Chu Xun brought to me?"

"No, it's impossible!"

Gu Xiu was unwilling to accept this situation. The more comfortable he felt with this heartless and inhumane attitude, the more he felt that it should be this way, the more his heart rejected this feeling.

He didn't want to fall into such a state of desirelessness and apathy.

"I am human!"

"I am a living, breathing human being, not a deity worshipped by others, nor am I the mud mixed with morning dew on a cliff!"

"wake up!"

"I need to wake up, I can't let this happen!"

"I still remember the joys, sorrows, and fears of the past, and I have experienced all seven human emotions. I am not greedy, but I have never thought of giving up!"

"Wake up!!!"

Gu Xiu began to roar in the endless void.

He had a feeling that if he didn't change, he might abandon his identity as a human being from now on. He didn't know if he was an immortal, an object, or the legendary Supreme Being of Forgetfulness.

But he knew he didn't want to do that.

The seven emotions might be a burden to some, but to him, they were an integral part of him, and he had always believed so. What good would it do to possess immense cultivation if one lost all emotions and desires, and lost all sense of self?

He Gu Xiu was unwilling.

just.

At this moment in this void, Gu Xiu's personal will seemed to have no effect. He was still muttering words of unwillingness, but the indifference in his eyes was deepening.

He is gradually and completely letting go of his human emotions, changing in a direction he himself is unaware of.

"boom--!"

Just then, a loud bang rang out. Gu Xiu had punched himself hard in the chest. The punch was so powerful that it even caused his chest to cave in, and his ribs were probably broken.

Such immense pain caused a slight change in the coldness in Gu Xiu's eyes.

Finding that this method seemed to work, Gu Xiu began to pound his chest repeatedly, feeling the physical pain and the salty, fishy taste of blood in his mouth. Gu Xiu then began to laugh, a ferocious laugh, like that of a demon.

He didn't know.

This scene caused the two old men in the sky to fall silent.

"Now you should understand why I took the gamble, right?" The Sword Saint's tone was somewhat low.

The Moon-Gazing Supreme frowned as he looked at the figure in the projection who had tortured him until he was covered in blood. The killing intent in his eyes, which was not very firm to begin with, had long since disappeared.

He had just said that he wanted to kill Gu Xiu before he died.

But in reality, both he and the Sword Saint knew that this was just talk; he couldn't possibly do it.

With a sigh, the Supreme Moon Gazing said wistfully:

"But you and I both know that his struggle is futile. Although he is indeed a good person, I have learned about some of his experiences and met and talked with him, and I also think he is a very good person."

"But some things are destined from birth."

"It's like a gamble. The dice have already been placed, and whether the dice are big or small is unchangeable. No matter how unwilling you or I are at the table, or even he himself, we can't change this inevitable loss."

"It's fake, it's fake."

"The absence of the seven emotions is not because his seven emotions have been severed, but because he never had them to begin with. A person with emotions can become emotionless with just a single, decisive blow at a crucial moment, but for a person without emotions to become emotional is no different from a stone or metal blossoming."

His tone was low, and he seemed to have lost all his energy. He could even sense that the scene before him was being watched by others, but he ignored it.

The Sword Saint's voice was equally low, but his tone revealed an unexpected firmness: "I believe things won't be that simple, and he won't give in so easily."

"You're still insisting? You and I both know it's impossible."

"For mortals, lifespan cannot reach hundreds, thousands, or even ten thousand years. Humans cannot walk on air, fly, or escape from the earth. So, for them, isn't it also an impossibility?"

"you……"

Just as the Moon-Gazing Supreme was about to say something, he suddenly widened his eyes and stared intently at the figure projected before him:

"What does he want to do?"

"Is he crazy?"

"he……"

"He actually wants to destroy himself!"

In the projection, Gu Xiu, already covered in blood, had a hint of madness in his cold expression as he reached into his heart and then squeezed it violently.

He did not want to truly lose his seven emotions.

He actually wanted to destroy himself!

"Oops!"

Even the old sword saint's expression changed drastically, but he was powerless to do anything about what he was seeing. Even though they could see Gu Xiu's calamity through their means, they were unable to intervene in the slightest.

He could only watch helplessly as Gu Xiu squeezed his own heart until it bled.

This scene.

This made both of them jump in their throats instantly.

Although Gu Xiu is undergoing tribulation at this moment, the Gu Xiu in this void is the embodiment of his own will. If he destroys himself inside, perhaps the physical body of Gu Xiu outside will still be intact, and even his soul will still be in his body. But once his will dissipates, it also means that he himself will die.

The physical body decays with the passage of time, and the soul gradually dissipates as the will dissipates!

This is really going to kill you!

Under intense pain, Gu Xiu's expression was indeed no longer as indifferent as before, but that indifference, like a maggot clinging to a bone, although it subsided slightly, quickly clung to him again.

Seeing this, Gu Xiu, who was already covered in blood and sweating profusely from the pain, suddenly had a fierce glint in his eyes.

"He won't..."

"Are you really planning to self-destruct?"

As if to confirm what the Supreme Moon Gazing said, Gu Xiu's hand, which was clutching his heart, finally clenched tightly in an instant.

next moment.

"boom!"

With a muffled thud, Gu Xiu's heart suddenly shattered into a cloud of blood mist!

This scene was witnessed by the old sword saint and the moon-gazing supreme. Both of them stared wide-eyed and stood there dumbfounded, never expecting that Gu Xiu would be so fierce as to actually crush his own heart.

This is the mind-body, not the physical body, much less the physical body.

A ruptured heart means certain death!

really.

Under their watchful eyes, the coldness on Gu Xiu's face finally vanished completely.

But correspondingly, all the expressions on his face and all the thoughts in his eyes completely vanished at this moment. Even his entire body turned into a cloud of blood mist, scattering and flying everywhere like a mud pit that had been blown open, leaving him unrecognizable.

only……

Before the two could feel grief, the next moment, when Gu Xiu's blood mist, which had already turned into mud, exploded and landed, it was as if someone had manipulated the power of time.

The splattered blood mist rolled rapidly back, and the broken flesh and bones regenerated.

But in the blink of an eye.

Gu Xiu stood in the same spot as before, completely restored to his original posture.

At the same time, a fork in the road appeared silently in the previously empty void.

"Is this... self-destruction to stimulate the return of the seven emotions?"

"still……"

"The birth of the seven emotions?"