System: After the fortune telling, my cultivation level skyrocketed.

Unfortunately, he had been tormented for three hundred years, enduring countless trials of medicine and poison, which had weakened his constitution considerably. After his soul was split in two, he suffered an incredibly terrifying backlash. The pain of that backlash felt like thousands of steel needles piercing his soul simultaneously; his body convulsed uncontrollably, and black blood slowly seeped from his seven orifices.

From then on, he could no longer use his divine sense below the primordial spirit realm.

The victorious expert looked at Gu Ying's eyes, which were filled with hatred yet incredibly resolute, shook his head slightly, and revealed a meaningful smile. He did not kill him, but left a sentence before leaving: "Your life is the greatest threat to the Gu God Sect. Take care of yourself."

In the days that followed, Gu Ying was like a wounded wolf licking its wounds in a dark corner. He secretly stole a vast amount of resources from the sect's vital location, resources that were his hope for revenge. He found a secluded place and, like a hibernating beast, secluded himself for two hundred years.

For two hundred years, in that small, dimly lit secluded chamber, only endless loneliness and the hardships of cultivation accompanied him.

Finally, two hundred years later, with the current sect leader being killed, Gu Ying emerged from his cocoon like a butterfly, changed his appearance, and rejoined the Gu God Sect as a formal disciple, posing as a wanted outsider.

As he became a formal disciple, Gu Ying gradually came to understand that the ugly senior sister he had killed was not only a second primordial spirit, but also that the reason why this demonic senior sister had gone to such lengths to torment him was to obtain his real name, Gu Kui.

Unfortunately, after her second primordial spirit was killed, her true self vanished without a trace, as if it had evaporated from the face of the earth.

At that moment, the hatred in Gu Ying's heart burned like a raging fire, spreading from his senior sister to the entire Gu God Sect.

Meanwhile, over the years he has been like a keen-nosed hunting dog, sparing no effort to find out where his senior sister is.

In the days that followed, Gu Ying became like a tireless cultivation machine. He cultivated diligently, each session feeling like a struggle against fate. He actively contributed to the sect, always taking the lead in dangerous missions and arduous challenges.

With the vast amount of resources he had stolen, Gu Ying now had a solid foundation. He was fearless and daring on the battlefield and showed unwavering loyalty to his sect. In less than a century, he rose like a new star, becoming one of the core disciples of the Gu God Sect.

Otherwise, Gu Ying would not have been qualified to participate in such a tremendous opportunity as opening the ancient Immortal Realm Road across star regions.

Originally, he planned to plunder rare and precious materials in the ancient road of the Immortal Realm like a greedy Pixiu, and then, after returning, he would try to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm, and then gradually infiltrate the core and high-level members of the sect, step by step realizing his revenge plan to destroy the Gu God Sect.

Unexpectedly, he encountered Chen Xuan on this ancient road to the immortal realm.

"This is my life's experience..." Gu Ying's eyes were filled with tears, tears brimming with endless pain and sorrow. He turned his head with difficulty to look at the Gu puppet in the form of his junior sister in the distance, and said in a trembling voice, "Senior, I have not yet avenged my great grudge. Give me another hundred years, and I will definitely destroy the Gu God Sect and avenge my parents, my clan, and my junior sister!"

Seeing that Gu Ying's eyes were filled with the corpse of the girl in the distance, Chen Xuan was slightly moved and shook his head. Then, he waved his hand in the air, and an invisible force, like a giant hand, slowly pulled Gu Yingying's corpse over and placed it next to Gu Ying.

"Thank you, senior. To be able to die with my junior sister is a stroke of luck amidst countless misfortunes." Gu Ying reached out a trembling hand and gently stroked Gu Yingying's face, the gesture filled with tenderness and longing.

"These thoughts have been kept secret for hundreds of years, and I have never uttered a word to them to outsiders. Now that I have laid them all out, I feel much lighter." Gu Ying held the girl's corpse in his arms, raised his head, and looked at Chen Xuan with gratitude.

Chen Xuan frowned as he looked at Gu Ying. After a moment of contemplation, he said with a serious expression, "You injured my best friend. Logically, I should kill you without hesitation and extract your soul. But what can I do? I am a man of strong emotions."

Chen Xuan shook his head slightly, a hint of regret on his face. "The Heavenly Dao Gu God Sect has occupied a mid-level cultivation world and created such bloody slaughter. The sect's fortune must have been exhausted long ago. If you can destroy the Gu God Sect, you will surely gain great merit."

Chen Xuan thought for a moment, then looked intently at Gu Ying and said, "Such merit is something even I would envy."

Upon hearing this, a strong will to survive suddenly arose in Gu Ying's previously dim eyes. As if grasping at the last straw, he looked at Chen Xuan sincerely and said, "Senior, I am willing to sign a master-servant contract, to acknowledge you as my master, and to swear to be loyal to you to the death."

After pondering for a moment, Chen Xuan did not agree immediately. Instead, he looked at Gu Ying with piercing eyes and said, "Tell me about the various holy lands you mentioned earlier, as well as the power structure around the Flame Dragon Starfield." After Chen Xuan finished speaking, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and he looked at Gu Ying with a smile and said, "You had better tell me the truth, otherwise you will die when the Heavenly Dao Blood Oath is sworn."

Upon hearing this, Gu Ying, who had long been filled with despair and resentment, suddenly had a brilliant light in his eyes, a light like a lighthouse in the darkness. He nodded hurriedly, as if pounding garlic, and said eagerly, "Master, rest assured, Gu Ying will tell you everything he knows without reservation."

“Great, I enjoy dealing with smart people.”

As the seventy-two Fuxi staffs within a hundred-mile radius flickered with light, the formation began to slowly change.

In an instant, the surrounding spiritual energy surged violently like boiling seawater. The space here also underwent subtle changes, no longer resembling its previous state.

Then Gu Ying began by recounting his earliest memories, detailing the power divisions of star regions such as the Flame Dragon Star Region, the Nine Turns Star Region, the Vermilion Bird Star Region, and the Big Dipper Star Region, as well as the administrators of each star region and the characteristics of cultivators in each star region.

He spoke in great detail, leaving no stone unturned, as if he wanted to tell Chen Xuan everything he knew without reservation.

Chen Xuan listened quietly, secretly glad that he hadn't killed Gu Ying on impulse. Otherwise, he didn't know how much more time and effort he would have had to spend to find out such valuable information.

In less than an hour, Chen Xuan dismantled the Fuxi Staff Formation. He quickly formed hand seals, and the seventy-two Fuxi Staffs instantly lost their luster, transforming into streams of light that returned to Chen Xuan's storage ring.

Then, Chen Xuan stood with his hands behind his back, his robes fluttering, and flew towards the God-Demon Furnace, a thousand miles away.

The person respectfully accompanying him was none other than Gu Ying, who had previously appeared as the girl in black. At this moment, his eyes were filled with awe and obedience as he closely followed behind Chen Xuan.