I have changed my destiny and become an unparalleled immortal.

"It's alright, one of the menial disciples has reached the end of his lifespan."

Han Rou and Luo Ling'er hugged the body tightly, then turned away, not wanting to look at the corpse any longer.

"To dispose of that body, it needs to be burned very cleanly, and then a suitable place needs to be found to bury it."

"Yes."

Han Rou took Luo Ling'er and flew away on their swords.

In the wind, one could still faintly hear the little girl's desperate cries.

……

Half an hour later.

Two disciples responsible for odd jobs carried Gu Yun's body, muttering to themselves as they walked towards the crematorium on the back mountain.

"What bad luck. This old man is covered in poison. We must be careful not to let his poison touch us."

"Alright, hurry up and burn it to get it over with."

They were walking past a dense forest when a black wind blew eerily.

The two of them immediately felt a sudden darkness before their eyes, and then lost consciousness and fainted.

When they awoke from their coma, they found that there was nothing left on the stretcher.

All that remained was a pile of black ashes, much of which were left behind by the prepared stand-in puppets.

"How can this old man be so powerful? He's already turned to ashes!"

"Whatever, it's already turned to ash anyway, so we can save ourselves the trouble and just go back to report."

……

Underground, the headquarters of the Purple Void Sect's Dark Hall.

A cold, enclosed room.

Gu Yun suddenly opened her eyes and gasped for breath, as if she had just been rescued from drowning.

The effects of the "feigned death pill" have worn off.

He was completely soaked in cold sweat.

"woke up?"

An aged voice came from the darkness.

It wasn't that masked man.

An elderly man, missing a leg, is sitting in a wheelchair and wiping a dagger.

"Welcome to Hell, newcomer."

The old man raised his head; his face was covered in scars, and he looked at Gu Yun with a ferocious smile.

"Gu Yun doesn't exist here; there are only code names. You are 'Old Ghost,' and I am your guide, 'Broken Blade.'"

Gu Yun slowly sat up and then stretched her stiff neck.

His eyes changed.

He reached into his pocket and found a wooden doll tucked close to his body.

This wooden doll is carved crookedly. This wooden doll was carved by Luo Ling'er using him as a model.

It was also his only thought.

"Old ghost... Yao."

Gu Yun spoke.

"Understood."

He stood up and bowed deeply into the darkness.

Since Gu Yun is no longer in this world.

Alright then, let that old ghost in the darkness use his blade to carve a path to the sky for you, little girl.

Within his mind, the Book of Changes and Destiny slowly turned the pages.

[Severing ties with the mundane world, entering the hidden realm, one's destiny is transformed.]

[Subject: Old Ghost (Gu Yun)]

[Realm Level: Qi Refining Level 6]

Lifespan: 92 years (9 years remaining)

[Current Status: Heartbroken, body adrift.]

Three hundred miles outside the Zixu Sect lies a forest of chaotic rocks.

At night, rain falls.

Gu Yun, dressed in a black raincoat, lay like a lifeless rock in a narrow crevice.

At this moment, he was completely different from his leisurely state when he was in the abandoned alchemy room.

His face remained the same, but his cloudy eyes now gleamed with a sinister light like those of a hungry wolf.

He gripped a poisoned iron dagger tightly in his hand, and used the "Turtle Breathing Technique" to suppress his breathing to an extremely faint level, almost merging with the surrounding damp and cold stones.

This was the first official mission he received after becoming Old Ghost.

Target: Moshan.

His identity is that of an outer disciple of the Beast Peak of the Purple Void Sect, and he is at the eighth level of Qi Refining.

His crimes included stealing three eggs of a second-tier demon beast while the elder was in seclusion, killing two fellow disciples on night patrol after being discovered, and then fleeing the sect.

This person has an extremely cruel and violent personality.

This person is skilled at controlling wild beasts. He is accompanied by a bloodthirsty ironback wolf.

This wolf is at the seventh level of Qi Refining. This wolf has an exceptionally keen sense of smell. This wolf is extremely dangerous.

The Qi Refining has reached the eighth level... and there is a demon wolf at the seventh level...

Gu Yun silently murmured to himself, his withered fingers gently stroking the hilt of the dagger.

He is at the sixth level of Qi Refining.

In the world of cultivation, a difference of one level is like being separated by a mountain, let alone a difference of two levels, especially when the other party also possesses a powerful demonic pet.

A direct confrontation would mean certain death.

only...

"Aww!"

Gu Yun had just finished adjusting her posture.

In that extremely brief moment.

A chilling wolf howl suddenly pierced the rain and boomed in Gu Yun's ears.

"Oh no! We've been discovered!"

Gu Yun was extremely surprised; the beast's sense of smell was even more acute than the intelligence reports had suggested.

He instinctively rolled on the spot.

boom!

A huge wolf claw instantly smashed the boulder where Gu Yun was hiding into pieces, sending the fragments flying in all directions and scratching Gu Yun's cheek.

Gu Yun hurriedly rolled three zhang away.

He had just stood up when he felt a tightness in his chest.

A huge black shadow had already blocked his path.

It was a giant wolf, about the size of a water buffalo. Its back was covered in iron-like bristles. Its eyes gleamed with a sinister, eerie green light. Sticky drool clung to the corners of its mouth.

On the rock behind the giant wolf stood a burly man with a face full of scars.

Mo Shan looked down at Gu Yun from his vantage point, his eyes initially filled with surprise, which then turned into utter mockery.

"ha?"

Mo Shan looked as if he had seen something incredibly funny, and pointed at Gu Yun, bursting into laughter.

"You actually sent an old man who's almost dead to kill me?"

Gu Yun didn't make a sound, just hunched over, his eyes fixed on the man and the wolf.

Qi Refining Level 6...

Mo Shan shook his head, a cruel, bloodthirsty glint flashing in his eyes.

"Killing this useless man would only dirty my hands. Ironback, you go. Don't bite his throat, bite off his limbs one by one. There's not much flesh left on this old guy, but it'll be enough for you to gnaw on for a while."

"roar!"

Upon receiving the command, the Bloodthirsty Ironback Wolf let out an excited low growl, kicked off with its hind legs, and pounced straight at Gu Yun's face like a black lightning bolt.

too fast!

There exists a demonic beast at the seventh level of Qi Refining, whose physical strength is far greater than that of human cultivators at the same level.

There's no escaping it!

Gu Yun's pupils suddenly contracted.

"Want to eat me?"

Instead of retreating, Gu Yun took a step forward, then quickly raised his left arm and offered it towards the gaping mouth.

"Then I'll break your teeth!!"

puff!

The sound of sharp teeth piercing flesh is enough to make your teeth ache.

The giant wolf suddenly bit down on Gu Yun's left forearm, and the enormous bite force instantly shattered Gu Yun's ulna and radius.

"ah!!"

The excruciating pain instantly overwhelmed her nerves. Gu Yun's body convulsed uncontrollably from the pain, and cold sweat and rainwater poured down her body.

However, he did not struggle or try to pull his arm out of any restraint.

Instead, he let out a howl like a wild beast, threw his dagger with his right hand, tightly hugged the huge wolf's head, and clamped his legs around the wolf's waist like iron pincers.

"Poison it for me!!!"

boom!

Inside Gu Yun's body, the "Heaven and Earth Qi-Eating Mysterious Scripture" began to operate in reverse. The poison, corpse poison, and fire poison that had accumulated over the past six months surged out from his shattered left arm. Like a flood bursting its banks, these poisons poured directly into the giant wolf's throat.

His blood is black!

That blood, a hundred times more poisonous than arsenic, was produced from discarded elixirs!

"Aww!!!"

The giant wolf, which had been about to chew on something more, suddenly let out a very mournful howl.

Once the scalding, poisonous blood entered its stomach, it was as if the animal had drunk magma, immediately corroding its esophagus and internal organs.

It kept shaking its head, determined to shake off the crazy old man.

boom! boom! boom!

Gu Yun was flung around and slammed against the rocks repeatedly, resulting in broken ribs, displaced internal organs, and blood gushing from his mouth and nose.

But he just wouldn't let go!

His left hand was crippled, but his right hand was tightly gripping the wolf's eye, his fingers almost piercing into the wolf's brain.

"Die! Die!!"

In just three breaths.

The demon wolf at the seventh level of Qi Refining was extremely arrogant. Under the influence of the poison, it was brutally strangled by Gu Yun. It foamed at the mouth, its limbs twitched, and finally collapsed heavily to the ground.

"What?!"

Mo Shan, who had been watching the show from the rock, suddenly froze with a completely broken smile.

What did he see?

An old waste who was at the sixth level of Qi Refining actually poisoned his demonic pet to death at the cost of an arm.

"You old lunatic!!"