Chapter 460

Gu Lin Tian watched the silver gate still spewing a continuous purplish-gold torrent, took a deep breath, and a hint of resolve flashed in his eyes.

"Yuan'er, you risk your life for the family out there; as your father, I cannot fall behind!"

"This time, I will also enter closed-door cultivation! I swear not to leave until I break through to the Immortal King realm!"

Gu Lin Tian's figure flickered, and he flew directly into the deepest secret chamber of the Hall of Longevity.

Meanwhile, Gu Cangsheng in midair sat cross-legged directly beneath that silver gate.

He opened his mouth wide, like a great whale sucking water, and directly swallowed the purest, most violent Hong Meng Dao Qi into his belly.

The chaotic laws on his body began to undergo a violent transformation.

The entire Gu family, under Gu Yuan's wave of insanely reckless zero-cost giveback, ushered in a massive surge in strength!

……

At the same time, Di Wu Ceng 【True Transmission Realm】.

By the Sheng Xian Chi.

Hun Yuan Xue, Feng Lingyun, and Gu Yuan's avatar were already completely numb.

In their horrified gazes, the originally boundless Sheng Xian Chi, which seemed impossible to exhaust, saw its water level dropping at a frenzied pace.

Half……

One-third……

One-tenth……

In the end, the purplish-gold pool water had become so shallow that even the white jade bricks at the bottom were exposed!

And the black-robed figure sitting cross-legged at the vortex's center, like a starving hungry ghost that could never be full, continued to greedily suck the last wisp of Dao Qi.

"Did… did he finish it?"

Hun Yuan Xue swallowed hard, his voice trembling.

This is the Sheng Xian Chi!

It's the core creation of the ancient heavenly court!

Just sucked dry by a single person?!

Feng Lingyun also sucked in a breath of cold air; her usual pride in her scheming and composure was utterly shattered at this moment.

"This person… is absolutely not from the Taichu Immortal Realm! No, he cannot possibly be a true immortal!" Feng Lingyun roared in her mind, "Such devouring speed, such capacity to contain laws—even a legendary immortal emperor would be no more than this?!"

Gu Yuan's avatar stood aside, watching the now-exposed Sheng Xian Chi, feeling equally speechless.

"My true self is too ruthless, not leaving a single drop for anyone else."

However, the show must go on.

Gu Yuan's avatar suddenly stepped forward, his surrounding gray-black extermination-source demonic aura erupting explosively; he pointed at the black-robed figure at the pool's bottom, feigning extreme anger and apprehension, and shouted sternly:

"Who exactly are you?! How dare you monopolize the fortune of the Sheng Xian Chi! Do you intend to become an enemy of the entire Taichu Immortal Realm?!"

Upon hearing Gu Yuan's avatar's angry shout, Hun Yuan Xue and Feng Lingyun were both startled.

"Yuan! You've gone mad?! Don't provoke him!"

Hun Yuan Xue turned pale with fright and hurriedly tried to grab Gu Yuan's avatar.

What a joke—could they possibly provoke a monster capable of draining the Sheng Xian Chi?

However, the black-robed figure at the pool's bottom (Gu Yuan's true self) slowly rose to his feet.

He patted the 【Heaven-Deceiving Cloak】 on his body, let out an extremely satisfied belch, then turned his head; beneath his hood, his gaze swept lightly over the three on the shore.

"An enemy of the Taichu Immortal Realm?"

The black-robed person's disguised, wavering voice echoed in the vast Di Wu Ceng space.

"Youngster, you can eat messily, but you shouldn't speak nonsense. I'm just a passing scavenger; seeing too much water in this pool, I casually helped clean it up. Any objections?"

"You——!" Hun Yuan Xue choked with anger but dared not speak.

Feng Lingyun then took a deep breath, stepped forward, and slightly bowed, saying, "Senior, your methods are heavenly; we admire you. However, this Sheng Xian Chi is a heavenly court inheritance site; you have taken all the Dao Qi—how should we proceed with our subsequent trials?"

"Trials?" The black-robed person chuckled lightly, "That's your concern, none of my business. However…"

He paused, his gaze suddenly landing on Gu Yuan's avatar, his tone tinged with teasing: "That big black guy emanating black aura, you were just shouting fiercely, weren't you? Want to fight me?"

Gu Yuan's avatar snorted coldly, not retreating an inch as he stared at the black-robed figure: "What do I have to fear? Let me see just how much weight this god‑pretending fraud actually has."

Boom!

Before his words faded, Gu Yuan's avatar turned into a black bolt of lightning, shooting straight down onto the dried pool bottom, carrying world‑destroying extermination‑source power, and threw a punch at the black‑robed figure's face.

"Yuan! Come back!" Hun Yuan Xue screamed.

However, facing a punch capable of instantly killing an ordinary Immortal King, the black‑robed person showed no intention to dodge.

He merely slowly raised his right hand, extended a forefinger, and lightly touched Gu Yuan's avatar's fist.

Hum——

There was no earth‑shattering explosion, no collision of laws.

At the instant of contact, Gu Yuan's avatar's violent, unmatched extermination‑source power was like striking an invisible wall of sighs, instantly dissipating.

Immediately afterward, the black‑robed person flicked a finger.

Bang!

Gu Yuan's avatar, as if struck by lightning, flew backward faster than he came, slamming heavily into the pool wall and carving out a huge pit.

Hiss——

Hun Yuan Xue and Feng Lingyun on the shore simultaneously sucked in a cold breath, their eyes filled with shock.

One finger!

This time, just a single finger flicked that heaven‑tearing true immortal, saint‑swallowing demonic genius away?!

Just how strong is this black‑robed person?!

Young person, don't let your temper flare too much. I'm in a good mood today, so I won't kill you.

The black-robed person retracted his finger, clapped his hands, as if he had merely done something trivial.

Afterward, he turned his body, his form slowly merging into the void, leaving only an ethereal sentence echoing in the spot.

The water in this pool may be gone, but the heavenly court's treasury should still be there. If you want fortune, go slowly rack up points in whatever the Myriad Laws Martial Platform and the Great Dao Smelting Realm are. I won't keep you company any longer.

As his words faded, the black-robed person's aura vanished completely, as if he had never appeared.

Dead silence.

By the dried-up Place: Sheng Xian Chi, a long-lasting dead silence fell.

Hun Yuan Xue and Feng Ling Yun stared at each other, both seeing deep helplessness and frustration in the other's eyes.

Before absolute power, their proud talents and backgrounds were nothing but a joke.

Cough cough...

In the deep pit, Gu Yuan's avatar crawled out, covered in dust and dirt.

He clutched his chest, feigning internal injury, but deep in his eyes a barely perceptible flicker of a smile flashed.

This deity's acting is so good it's a shame not to win an Oscar.

He walked ashore and, with a hoarse voice, said to Hun Yuan Xue, "Miss, please forgive me; I am unable and failed to stop him."

Hun Yuan Xue looked at him, sighed, and waved a hand: "Forget it, it's not your fault; that kind of monster is beyond us. Just surviving is already not bad."

She turned her head to look at the puppet old man standing not far away, as if frozen, and gritted her teeth: "Senior, now that Place: Sheng Xian Chi has been drained, how are we supposed to obtain the Primeval Battle Seal?!"

The puppet old man's hollow eyes slowly turned, glancing at the dried pool bottom, then after a moment of silence he looked at the three and said slowly: "Due to special circumstances, Place: Sheng Xian Chi is closed; as compensation… the difficulty of the Myriad Laws Martial Platform and the Great Dao Smelting Realm is increased tenfold, and the reward for obtaining the Primeval Battle Seal is increased tenfold."