I have changed my destiny and become an unparalleled immortal.

While carefully straightening his collar, Mo Qianyan, like an ordinary wife, kept nagging him with instructions.

"Don't worry, my lady. Your husband is practically an old codger now. Anyone who dares to mess with me, I'll smash them to pieces."

Gu Yun grinned, revealing a set of gleaming white teeth, and pulled Mo Qianyan into his arms, giving her a hard kiss on the forehead.

"wait for me!"

Having said that, Gu Yun turned around abruptly without lingering any longer.

"Whoosh!"

Gu Yun's figure completely disappeared into the Ice Soul Secret Realm.

Mo Qianyan stood quietly in place, staring at the closed spatial rift for a long time, until the cold wind made her eyes slightly red, before she suddenly turned around.

……

Outside the Zixu Sect's outer gate, fallen leaves covered the ground.

At the end of a cobblestone path overgrown with weeds, there was a somewhat dilapidated-looking courtyard.

Gu Yun, dressed in a blue cloth shirt, stood quietly outside the courtyard gate with his hands behind his back.

He looked at this familiar yet unfamiliar scene, his eyes filled with a complex mix of emotions.

Thirty-eight years have passed.

Every blade of grass and every tree in the Zixu Sect seems unchanged from when he was a child.

Gu Yun gently pushed open the wooden door.

"Squeak!"

The door hinges made a teeth-grinding sound.

On an old rattan chair in the courtyard lay an old woman, her whole body exuding an aura of death.

She was covered with a thick animal skin blanket.

His white hair was as sparse as withered grass, his face was covered with brown age spots, and every breath he took sounded hoarse like a broken bellows.

"Cough...cough cough cough..."

The old lady coughed very badly and coughed up a mouthful of black blood.

Gu Yun paused, her eyes darting around.

Han Rou, the middle-aged, beautiful outer sect steward who was voluptuous and aloof back then, covered her nose with a handkerchief and complained about his stench.

Now he's aged so much that he looks like a ghost.

Time is the fastest knife.

He was eighty years old at the time, a cripple teetering on the brink of death.

She was high above, the number one person below the Foundation Establishment stage, and had ample lifespan.

Thirty-eight years have now passed.

He defied fate and possessed bones of crystal and jade.

Her face was frozen in time, capturing the unparalleled beauty of her twenties.

But she stood at the threshold of achieving the Great Perfection of Qi Refining.

Having exhausted their last bit of life, they waited in despair for death to come knocking.

Hearing the door open, Han Rou, sitting in the rattan chair, struggled to half-open her cloudy old eyes.

When she saw who it was, her whole body stiffened, and her cloudy eyes instantly shrank to pinpoints!

This aura feels so familiar; have I seen it somewhere before?

What came into view was a young man.

His long, silver-gray hair was casually tied back.

His face was strikingly handsome yet otherworldly, with a blood-red butterfly mark between his brows.

The young man exuded spiritual energy fluctuations indicating he had reached the Great Perfection of Qi Refining.

Yet it exuded a soul-shaking aura!

It was even more unsettling than the Foundation Establishment stage elders she had encountered back then!

"Ahem... this... senior."

Han Rou struggled to get up, her voice trembling.

She thought it was some reclusive genius who had wandered into her dilapidated courtyard by mistake.

"This junior, Han Rou, is an outer sect steward of the Zixu Sect... I was unaware of your esteemed presence and was unable to greet you properly."

Seeing her terrified expression, a mixture of awe and fear, Gu Yun sighed softly.

He looked at her calmly, and his hoarse, deep voice slowly rose.

"Elder Han, it's been thirty-eight years, and you don't even recognize your old friend?"

Han Rou froze, her cloudy eyes filled with bewilderment.

old friend?

She sat in this dilapidated courtyard waiting to die. Her former colleagues had long since avoided her. How could she possibly know such a stunningly handsome man?

"Senior...you're joking. How could I possibly have the good fortune to know someone like you?"

Gu Yun's lips curled into a smile that was neither a smile nor a frown.

"Back in the Zixu Sect, you said something to me."

Gu Yun's voice wasn't loud, but every word was clear.

"You said that Qianyan is like a cloud in the sky, while I am like mud in the ground. Her helping me is a blessing I have accumulated over many lifetimes. It's a reminder to have some self-awareness and not die too miserably, tarnishing her reputation."

boom!

As soon as she finished speaking, Han Rou felt as if she had been struck by lightning!

Her wrinkled eyes were fixed on the chair, almost bulging out, and her withered hands gripped the armrests tightly.

"You...you."

Han Rou's voice cracked from shock as she pointed at Gu Yun, her whole body trembling violently.

"Also, there's that bottle of Qingxin Powder, which can only relieve some pain but can't detoxify, and the little girl you gave me, saying it was from a distant relative's family. It seems that little girl was kind enough not to tell you that I'm still alive."

Gu Yun took a step forward and looked down at her.

That young yet eerie face slowly overlapped with the old man from thirty-eight years ago, his face covered in sores, his back hunched, waiting to die!

"Elder Han, do you remember who I am now?"

"Gu...Gu Yun, are you a human or a ghost?!"

Han Rou let out a piercing scream.

"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!!!"

She stared at Gu Yun as if he were a monster, her mind blank, forgetting even to breathe.

"You were clearly already dead from the poison back then, your whole body was bruised and purple, and you weren't breathing at all! I personally ordered your body to be burned! How could you possibly still be alive?!"

"Not only are you alive... but you've also rejuvenated? This extremely cold spiritual energy... this vital energy... are you human or a ghost?!"

Faced with Han Rou's distraught questioning, Gu Yun offered no explanation.

He simply bent down and looked at Han Rou.

How cruel time is.

The older sister who used to point fingers at him can now only look up to him.

But Gu Yun wasn't there to show off.

Gu Yun was a ruthless killer who killed countless people throughout his life, but he was also clear about his grudges and gratitude.

Although Han Rou was arrogant and condescending back then.

But she did give him that bottle of Qingxin Powder, and she did arrange for him to stay in the corner of the Waste Pill Room where he could use poison pills to prolong his life.

This is the cause, and this is the result we see today.

"Whether it's a human or a ghost, it doesn't matter anymore."

Gu Yun's voice softened, carrying a composure that comes from having weathered many storms.

"The important thing is that you're dying. And I've come today to repay a favor from back then."

Han Rou gave a desperate, bitter laugh: "Repay a favor? My internal organs are failing, and my blood and qi are depleted. Even if you are a great power, let alone someone who has reached the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, you probably can't save this body of mine."

"If I say I can save you, then even the King of Hell can't take you away!"

Gu Yun's eyes suddenly sharpened, and a domineering aura erupted!

Before he could finish speaking, Gu Yun pointed his fingers like a knife and lightly made a cut on his fingertip.

"Tick-tock".

A drop of blood, exuding a strange fragrance and containing terrifying vitality, was flicked out and landed precisely in Han Rou's slightly open mouth.

"boom!"

Han Rou felt a surge of vitality explode within her body!

A miracle occurred at that moment.

Her head of dry, white hair began to turn black rapidly from the roots, visible to the naked eye!

The layers of dead skin and age spots on her face receded like melting ice, and her withered body became plump and full again.

In just a few breaths!

Han Rou's aging body was actually pulled back to its peak condition when she was thirty!

"What... what kind of magical thing is this? My body."

Han Rou was utterly shocked. Touching her smooth face, she almost thought she was dreaming.

"Don't space out! Focus your energy and stay centered!"

Gu Yun gave a low shout and instantly appeared behind her, his large right hand slamming down on her back.

"Breakthrough!!!"

"call!"

Gu Yun's perfectly refined, pure, dark blue liquid spiritual energy was forcibly poured into Han Rou's dantian, which had just recovered its vitality!

The quality of this extremely cold spiritual energy was too high; it was simply overwhelming and smashed through the foundation-building barrier that had trapped Han Rou for decades!

"what!"

The excruciating pain, a mixture of ice and fire, made Han Rou cry out in agony.

That instinctive fear of death and failure surged into my heart instantly, and my inner demons suddenly emerged, threatening to drive me to madness.

"With me here, you'll have a hard time even if you want to die!"

Gu Yun snorted coldly, and the red butterfly between his brows flickered eerily.

Within the Purple Mansion's sea of ​​consciousness, the thirteen beads rotated slightly.

In an instant, all the fear, despair, hesitation, and distracting thoughts in Han Rou's mind were completely wiped away!

Her mind instantly entered an unprecedented state of absolute rationality, a state of serene tranquility.

At the same time, Gu Yun waved his left hand.

"Splash!"

Dozens of mid-grade spirit stones floated in mid-air.

Gu Yun's spiritual power surged, carving and pulling in the void.

"Third-tier Spirit Gathering Array, activate!!"

The spiritual energy within a hundred miles of the outer sect of the Purple Void Sect instantly surged.

It transformed into a huge, visible funnel of spiritual energy and poured directly into Han Rou's body!

The Jade Blood of Creation reshapes the physical body!

Extreme cold spiritual energy forcefully broke through the barrier!

Spirit stones are arranged in an array to gather energy and infuse it upon the head!

Thirteen beads of thought slay the inner demons!

This is a set of four hardcore methods that can be described as a dimensional reduction attack.

Han Rou's seemingly indestructible foundation barrier was as fragile as paper and shattered instantly!

"Boom!"

A clear, long whistle resounded throughout the outer gate of the Purple Void Sect!

A powerful spiritual pressure belonging to the early stage of Foundation Establishment suddenly erupted from Han Rou's body!

Even her magical power faintly carried a trace of Gu Yunyou's icy aura.

His spiritual energy foundation is far superior to that of ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators!

The strong wind subsided, and the falling leaves stopped falling.

Han Rou slowly opened her eyes, feeling the surging magical power within her body, like the sea, and the real extra two hundred years of lifespan.

She stared blankly at her hands, which had regained their youth.

He looked up again and saw the silver-haired youth standing in front of him with his hands behind his back, looking like a god.

"thump!"

The woman, who had just faced death, knelt down.

Her eyes were red and tears streamed down her face as she kowtowed deeply to Gu Yun.

"Senior Gu... your life-saving grace! Han Rou... I could never repay it, even if I were to be shattered to pieces!!!"

Gu Yun suppressed his aura.

He casually patted his blue robe, his deep eyes gazing towards the main peak of the Purple Void Sect, a gentle smile playing on his lips.

"Get up, Han Rou. This is what you deserve. It's just paying for what happened back then."

"Now…"

Gu Yun stood with his hands behind his back, not yet having finished speaking.

"Which deity dares to break the core of my Purple Void Sect's grand formation?"

With a furious roar, purple lightning tore through the sky!

Lei Lie, the current sect leader of the Zixu Sect, wields the Thunder Halberd.

It landed in the sky above the courtyard like Thor descending to earth.

Closely following behind was an incomparably sharp purple sword light.

Luo Ling'er, the number one genius of the Zixu Sect, wore a purple dress that fluttered in the wind, and unleashed the full pressure of her half-step Golden Core aura.

Beside Luo Ling'er, a loud "thud" resounded as the ground cracked open.

The giant, standing twelve feet tall and exuding a violent aura, stood like a guardian deity, fiercely protecting Luo Ling'er!

Lei Lie was furious, and his thunderous halberd was aimed directly at the blue-robed figure standing with his hands behind his back in the courtyard:

"No matter who you are, you dare to challenge me, the Purple Void Sect..."

Before Lei Lie could finish his harsh words, the young man in the blue robe slowly turned around.

Her long, silver-gray hair danced in the autumn wind.

A smile played on his strangely handsome face.

The blood-red butterfly mark between his eyebrows shimmered faintly.

"Clang!"

The Thunder Halberd in Lei Lie's hand slipped from his grasp and fell onto the bluestone slab.

The once mighty Zixu Sect Master, who commanded respect throughout Cangbei, had all his lightning-infused spiritual power vanish the moment he saw that face.

His eyes were practically bulging out, and his finger pointing at Gu Yun was trembling violently.

"Senior Brother Gu...?!"

Lei Lie felt a chill run down his spine, and a cold sweat suddenly broke out on his back.

Twenty years ago, after their parting at the Cangyuan Secret Realm, this killing god later vanished from the face of the earth, taking the Cold Moon Palace with him, right under the nose of the Nascent Soul Ancestor of Blood Fiend Valley.

They've been searching for them for twenty years in the entire Cangbei Spirit Realm without a single trace!

Why did he wander over to the outer gate of the Zixu Sect all by himself today?

He also casually set up a third-order spirit-gathering array.

Beside Lei Lie, Luo Ling'er, who had been exuding murderous intent, dropped her purple longsword with a "thud" the moment she saw Gu Yun.

For the past twenty years, she has been constantly worried that the Cold Moon Palace might have been wiped out by the Nascent Soul stage monster, and that something might have happened to this grandfather.

"You liar..."

The once aloof and superior fairy of the Purple Void Sect had her eyes instantly redden.

She lifted her purple skirt and rushed forward without a second thought.

Like a child who had suffered countless injustices, she threw herself into Gu Yun's arms, tears streaming down her face, her little fists clenching Gu Yun's blue robe tightly.

"Twenty years! We just reunited in the secret realm, and now you've disappeared for a full twenty years! I thought you'd been killed by that Nascent Soul stage monster from Blood Fiend Valley..."

Luo Ling'er was crying so hard she was almost out of breath, biting her lip tightly.

"Do you know how worried I was about you!"

Gu Yun was knocked back half a step.

Looking at Luo Ling'er, who was crying her eyes out in his arms, his bloodshot eyes softened for once.

He gently patted Luo Ling'er's back, skillfully ruffled her hair, his voice tinged with a mixture of helplessness and affection:

"Girl, you're already an aunt, why are you still crying like you were back in the abandoned pill room? I'm tough as nails, a mere Nascent Soul old dog can't take me away."

Just then.

"boom!"

The giant man standing to the side, as tall as an iron tower, suddenly unleashed a violent surge of blood energy!

Stone did not go to the Cangyuan Secret Realm back then. The uncle in his memory was still the old man with a face full of sores and a hunchback, who was thirty-eight years ago.

However, the Great Wilderness Body within his body, which had been cultivated to an extremely high level, was now roaring wildly out of control!

That was an absolute suppression and resonance from the deepest part of the bloodline, stemming from the same ancestry!

Upon hearing Luo Ling'er's heart-wrenching cry, Shi Tou's eyes instantly turned red.

"thump!"

The giant knelt down without hesitation.

"Uncle! Stone... Stone has finally seen you again!"

"Thirty-eight years! Stone hasn't disgraced you; Stone can now protect Senior Sister Ling'er!"

Looking at the scene before me:

Sect Master Lei Lie, his face blank and unarmed,

Luo Ling'er, her face streaked with tears, clung to him tightly, refusing to let go.

He knelt on the ground, kowtowing repeatedly like a pestle pounding garlic, and cried like a giant stone weighing two hundred pounds.

There was also Han Rou, who was slumped in a corner, watching the three top combatants of the sect kneel and cry before a young man. Her mind was completely burned out and her values ​​were shattered.

Gu Yun stood in the center of the courtyard, which was covered with fallen leaves, looking at his close friends who had finally grown into towering trees in this cruel world of cultivation.

He couldn't help but smile, revealing an extremely hearty grin.

He put one arm around Luo Ling'er's shoulder, and with the other hand he gently lifted the stone.

"Alright, that's fine, why make it all so sad?"

Gu Yun raised his head, looked at Lei Lie, whose eyes were also slightly red, raised an eyebrow, and laughed loudly:

"Sect Leader Lei, what are you standing there for? Go and bring out the best wine from your sect's cellar! Ling'er, have the kitchen staff roast a few more turkeys!"

"To hell with those Nascent Soul stage monsters, to hell with the Dao of Immortality! Today, let's only talk about romance and drink until we're drunk!"

However, Han Rou had completely stopped breathing at this moment.

She stared at Lei Lie, the current sect leader of the Zixu Sect.

What an arrogant and proud genius he was!

The sect leader, who was usually aloof and dared to contradict even Nascent Soul stage monsters, was now so reserved in front of Gu Yun that he didn't even know where to put his hands, and called him Senior Brother Gu with great ease!

She stiffly turned her eyes to look at the stunningly beautiful fairy Luo Ling'er, who was clutching Gu Yun's clothes tightly and crying with tears streaming down her face.

That was the Achilles' heel of the entire Zixu Sect, a goddess whom countless geniuses of the Cangbei Spiritual Domain could not reach!