Chapter 127: Gu Zhan's Beautiful Thought

"Battle?"

Gu Lin Tian looked at his son, his brows slightly furrowed.

He didn't quite understand why, as soon as his son broke through, he was thinking about fighting.

Moreover, looking at his eager-to-try demeanor, it seemed far from an ordinary spar.

"Yuan'er, you just broke through; your realm isn't stable, it's not advisable to fight."

Gu Lin Tian advised.

"Dad, rest assured, I have it figured out."

Gu Yuan's eyes were bright, full of confidence,

"This breakthrough of mine is somewhat special; my grasp of the Grand Dao is unclear, I need to sort and control it through a real battle."

"Otherwise, an unstable foundation would actually be detrimental to my future cultivation."

Gu Lin Tian fell silent.

He could feel that his son was speaking the truth.

If Yuan'er truly has unintentionally grasped the Grand Dao of Time.

That indeed requires a clear understanding of one's own power.

If it cannot be fully controlled, that power will sooner or later become a time bomb.

But, who to fight?

In the Twilight Divine Realm, any worthy opponent for his son has long been cleared out.

The remaining little fish and shrimp aren't even fit to be a whetstone, let alone enough to scratch his son's itch.

Surely we can't let him, as a father, personally enter the fray, right?

"Dad, why not call Uncle Zhan?" Gu Yuan saw his father's concern and proactively suggested.

"Gu Zhan?"

Gu Lin Tian blinked, then immediately understood his son's meaning.

Gu Zhan, a peak supreme of the eighteenth realm, specializing in the flesh battle path, thick-skinned and tough, most resistant to blows, is indeed the best choice for a sparring partner.

But...

"Yuan'er, are you sure?"

Gu Lin Tian looked at his son with a strange gaze,

"Your Uncle Zhan may not be the sharpest, but he is still a peak supreme; you, a seven-realm lamp cultivator..."

He didn't finish his sentence, but the meaning was already clear.

Seven realms against eighteen?

There are a full eleven major realms between them!

Only a legendary juvenile Immortal King would dare play like that, right?

He had once heard of such a thing in a very distant lower realm.

There was once a Flame King who, even in his youth, had crossed over a dozen realms and blasted a strongman to death on the spot!

Fighting above one's level.

It's the mark of Immortal Kings, True Immortals, and their heirs!

"Dad, just trust me once."

Gu Yuan patted his chest and assured,

"I just want to test my limits; let Uncle Zhan come, go all out, no need to hold back."

Seeing his son's confident appearance, Gu Lin Tian finally sighed and nodded.

"Alright."

He took out a transmission jade talisman and sent a divine sense into it.

…

Meanwhile, in a frontline base billions of miles away.

Gu Zhan, shirtless, sat on a small mound piled with evil god skulls, gulping down wine.

At his feet, Gu Linjiang and Gu Xue Dao, among others, were directing the clansmen, tallying the spoils from the recently eradicated evil god nest.

"Sigh, so boring, really boring."

Gu Zhan gulped a big mouthful of wine, saying boredly,

"These brats, none can fight; not even enough for me to warm up."

Over the past three months, he followed the army, campaigning east and west, slaying false evil gods numbering not less than a thousand, actually eight hundred.

At first it felt quite satisfying, but after killing so many, it just became routine.

It was like chopping vegetables, with no challenge at all.

Especially later, even with the coordinates provided by Yuan'er, they would flee as soon as we arrived.

This caused him to still have to run all over the world searching!

Exhausting!

"If you're bored, go over there and move that Demon Mountain; the clan head said to use the demon crystals there as formation materials for Elder Xuan Ce."

Gu Xue Dao said coldly from the side.

"Not going."

Gu Zhan threw the wine jar aside, lay on the bone heap, and crossed his legs.

"That's manual labor; I'm a warrior, not a laborer."

"I really miss the days in Sanqian Zhou; although dangerous, at least being able to wrist-wrestle an Immortal King is truly exciting."

Gu Xue Dao's eyes rolled up to the heavens.

The kid went to Sanqian Zhou once and kept muttering about it thousands of times.

Wasn't I the one who missed it while in seclusion back then?

Otherwise, given his connection to Gu Yuan, could he have taken you, kid?

On the other side, Gu Zhan was sighing.

The jade talisman in his chest suddenly glowed.

He jolted, sitting up from Bone Mountain.

"Message from the family head?"

Gu Zhan hurriedly sent his divine thought into it.

The next moment, his expression became extraordinarily vivid.

First confusion, then shock, finally ecstatic joy.

"Hahaha! Great! Finally there's a fight!"

Gu Zhan leapt down from Bone Mountain, his excitement like a wolf starved three days and nights seeing a plump lamb.

"What's wrong?"

Gu Linjiang and the others were left baffled by his sudden outburst.

"The family head's message asked me to return to the forbidden realm."

Gu Zhan hoisted his mountain‑splitting great axe, an uncontrollable grin on his face.

"Back to the family head? Could something have happened in the forbidden realm?"

Gu Linjiang's expression hardened.

"It's not."

Gu Zhan shook his head, then looked at everyone with a bizarre yet slightly sympathetic gaze, "It's the young master—he's broken through."

"The young master broke through?"

"This is a great cause for celebration!"

"The young master is a natural prodigy; after three months of seclusion, who knows which realm he has broken into?"

The others, upon hearing this, all wore joyful expressions.

Only Gu Xue Dao keenly sensed something off in Gu Zhan's eyes.

"The young master's breakthrough, what does it have to do with your excitement?" he asked.

"Hehe."

Gu Zhan grinned, showing a set of big white teeth, "The family head said the young master just broke through, his hands itch, wants someone to spar with."

"He specifically named me to go back as his sparring partner."

The words silenced the whole room.

Everyone stared at Gu Zhan with a look as if he were a fool.

The young master wants you to spar?

The young master only reached the 5th realm not long ago, right?

Even if he's a demon, three months of seclusion would at most push him to the 6th realm.

A cultivator around the 6th realm asking a supreme at the peak of the 18th realm to spar?

"Gu Zhan, did you get drunk and confused?"

Gu Linjiang frowned and said.

"I'm perfectly sober!"

Gu Zhan pounded his chest, handed over the jade talisman, "Take a look yourselves!"

Gu Linjiang, half‑doubtful, took the talisman and sent his divine thought into it.

A moment later, his expression also turned as oddly as Gu Zhan's.

The family head indeed said that in the message.

And he specifically instructed Gu Zhan not to hold back, to go all out.

"This…" Gu Linjiang was completely at a loss.

The family head and the young master—what play are they performing?

"Alright, enough chatter, I must hurry over; if I'm late, the young master might change his mind."

Gu Zhan retracted the jade talisman, hoisted the great axe, turned into a streak of light, and flew enthusiastically toward the forbidden realm.

He felt delighted inside.

The young master choosing me as his sparring partner—what a trust!

It shows that, in the young master's eyes, I am the Gu Family's most reliable, strongest warrior!

And perhaps this is just the young master's way of thinking of me.

Then, if I hold back a bit and spar a few moves with the young master, letting him enjoy himself, wouldn't that be a great achievement?

Perhaps if the family head and the young master are pleased, they could reward me with a hundred or eighty top‑grade divine cores, letting me break through to the 19th realm.

The more Gu Zhan thought about it, the more wonderful it seemed; his flight speed even increased by a few points.