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

"Gu boy, do you think we're really going to be trapped here and die?"

Within the pure white space, Sui Xing's almost desperate voice echoed. Compared to the Sui Xing who was previously boisterous and had endless things to say, Sui Xing now looked listless.

Not just shattered stars.

Even Xiaoyao Pei and Duxian Sword, who were chasing and playing when they first entered this space, were lying motionless on Suixing with nothing to do. Even Gu Xiu had his brows furrowed.

Their situation is not good, it's even bad.

According to Gu Xiu's calculations, they had been falling in this pure white space for a full three days.

It hasn't been implemented yet!

Such an illogical situation made Gu Xiu realize that the space he was in was definitely not a normal space. It was more like a lonely cage, slowly decaying in an endless fall.

If an ordinary person were here, they would probably starve to death.

As long as a cultivator's physical body and spiritual energy remain uninterrupted after abstaining from grains, they will not starve to death in a short time. However, if their spiritual energy is not replenished for a long time, their original essence will gradually be depleted. When they eventually lose all their cultivation and become a mortal, they will die just like everyone else.

Even magical artifacts are no exception!

Perhaps their strength allows them to hold out here longer, but how long can they actually hold out?

a hundred years?

A thousand years?

a thousand years?

Or... a hundred thousand or a million years?

"We must find a way out!" This was the thought that came to Gu Xiu three days ago after he realized that this place was not simple.

But now three days have passed, and hope seems to be getting slimmer and slimmer.

Without cultivation, without divine soul power, and even unable to use magic treasures, he would be unable to do anything if it weren't for the Shattered Star that allowed him to stand. But even though he could stand on the Shattered Star, he still couldn't find any way to do anything.

Over those three days, he tried countless methods.

He tried activating the green bamboo pole, attempting cultivation, the technique of observing the source, the method of observing dust in the Heavenly Book talisman, inscribing arrays with his own blood, making talismans... He even tried leaving the protection of the shattered star and jumping down himself.

If it weren't for Sui Xing and the others stopping him, Gu Xiu would have been prepared to try and kill himself.

It's fair to say he used every method he could think of.

But the result remained unchanged.

It was because of these repeated failures that even a big mouth like Sui Xing gradually quieted down. The three spirits and one human all understood that what they were facing this time was probably quite different. The only saving grace was that the three spirits hadn't completely given up hope in just three days; they still retained some hope.

"Master, Du Xian believes in you. Don't worry, we'll definitely get out!"

"That's right, Master is so capable, he'll definitely have a way!"

"Gu, how about we go over this again properly?"

The low morale was unavoidable, but the Stardust Clan still maintained absolute faith in Gu Xiu and remained full of expectations. In their words, no matter what kind of crisis it was, they believed that Gu Xiu could turn the tide.

Although Gu Xiu didn't show it, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious in the face of their expectations.

If he were alone, he would naturally have nothing to fear. After all, he had already endured the suffering of the forbidden land for five hundred years, so three days wouldn't be a big deal.

But Sui Xing and the others are still following him, and the great battle between Hao Yu and San Yuan Nie Hai could break out at any time.

He can't waste too much time here.

only……

How do I leave?

calm down!

"We entered this space after returning to the Vast Universe from the Immortal Realm. Although the fishing caused a slight deviation when breaking the ice, the deviation was not too great. Based on this, this place should still be located in the middle zone between the Immortal Realm and the Vast Universe."

"The fact that it can fall endlessly while suppressing all the powers I know suggests that this place may be an array or some kind of magical artifact used to trap enemies. Neither Xiaoyao Pei nor I can see any of this, which can only mean that the power that constructs this place may be a power that we are completely unfamiliar with and do not understand."

"If we combine this with the fact that the Immortal Clan calls the Vast Universe a Sinful Land, and that the Sinful Lake is strictly guarded and even forbidden to people from the Vast Universe, then could we speculate that this space might be a cage created by the Immortals to prevent people from the Vast Universe from entering, or even that people from the Immortal Realm have rashly descended to the mortal realm?"

“But this is definitely not a dead end, because there have always been cases of young masters of immortal sects descending to the mortal realm for training in the immortal realm. This means that this place is definitely not a dead end, but requires a special method to leave. And since it was set up by the Immortal Emperor, could the source of power here be immortal power?”

"Perhaps I can find a way out by sensing immortal power?"

A series of thoughts echoed in Gu Xiu's mind. After realizing that brute force was useless, Gu Xiu began to think about the current predicament from other perspectives, and he actually came up with some possibilities.

The cultivation methods of immortals and beings of the Vast Universe are different, and even the source power they use is different. Gu Xiu had verified this from Jiang Xun before. Although Jiang Xun seemed to be using the Vast Universe cultivation system at the time, many of his methods were still difficult for Gu Xiu to understand.

If that's the case, then it means there must be another force here, a force that is difficult for me to control!

Immortal power!

"It's a pity that the immortal techniques I obtained earlier were all placed inside the remnants of the Mountain and River Realm and cannot be retrieved. Otherwise, if I were to cultivate them now, I might be able to find a way to leave this place," Gu Xiu murmured, slightly regretful.

"but……"

"Since there may be other forces in this place, I can rely on myself and try to comprehend them. I'm not trying to cultivate immortal techniques; I just want to confirm the existence of immortal power and find a way out by observing the trajectory of its circulation!"

With this in mind, Gu Xiu no longer hesitated. He immediately sat cross-legged, palms facing the sky, like a beginner who had just embarked on cultivation, trying to sense the immortal energy in the world that he had never understood before, and attempting to find a way out.

There was no one to guide them, and no techniques to assist them.

To think that one can find a way to cultivate immortal power on one's own is a pipe dream in the world of cultivation.

Fortunately, Gu Xiu didn't expect to cultivate immortal techniques out of thin air. He just wanted to find the immortal power that might exist around him, just like he was trying to comprehend spiritual energy, and then find the exit of this pure white space by observing the immortal power.

Although the method was clumsy, it was truly the last one he could think of at the moment.

In the vast universe, the first thing mortals need to do if they want to cultivate is to be able to truly calm their minds and carefully perceive the spiritual energy around them. Only then can they rely on their innate talent and use cultivation techniques to gather the spiritual energy around their bodies into their dantian and open it up as a sea of ​​qi for storage.

Gu Xiu only needs to do the first step.

Fortunately, calming the mind has always been one of his strengths. Although he felt a little anxious, after sitting cross-legged and closing his eyes for a while, Gu Xiu successfully entered a state of deep meditation. In this state, the feeling of falling that was affecting his mind disappeared, the conversation between Sui Xing and Xiao Yao Pei disappeared, and even the pain he felt from his injury disappeared.

If he were to use the Source Observation Technique now, he could directly observe the sources around him. However, he had already tried the Source Observation Technique before, and there were no other sources in this place besides themselves.

This means he needs to find another kind of power.

All around him was absolute silence, nothing at all. He felt as if he were in absolute emptiness, without struggle, without joy, without power, without direction...

He just sat there, intently experiencing it.

But this seems to be in vain.

He wanted to give up, but he also understood that giving up was meaningless. He could only persevere, continue, and try to find that uniqueness.

After an unknown amount of time, Gu Xiu even began to forget what he wanted to do.

He felt as if he had turned into a pebble, a speck of dirt, or something else.

Standing atop a mountain cliff.

He endured wind and sun, rain and snow, with trees growing strong around him, grass growing and eventually withering beside him, wild animals resting beside him, and flying insects falling on him and dying.

At this moment, time seemed to have lost its meaning for him.

He stood there quietly, watching the seasons change, the rise and fall of dynasties, and even the birth and death of one powerful cultivator after another.

He watched all of this, but showed no interest in moving an inch.

There is no joy, anger, sorrow, or happiness; no curiosity or pursuit.

until a certain day.

He suddenly felt as if a crack had appeared not far from him.

And it was on this very day.

He wanted to get up and see what it was...