For five hundred years, Gu Xiu suffered in the Forbidden Realm to secure the Sect’s destiny. He returned with a crippled cultivation and a broken body, only to find his position usurped by a new “genius” Junior Brother.
His Master ignored him. His Senior Sisters despised him. The Sect treated him like a leech.
Realizing his devotion was meaningless, Gu Xiu signed the Sect Severance Treaty, cutting all ties and karma with the Qingxuan Sacred Land.
He left with nothing but his pride. But he also took something with him: The Sect’s Providence (Luck).
Now, as Gu Xiu rebuilds his cultivation with ancient scriptures and defies the heavens, the Qingxuan Sect begins to crumble. Artifacts fail, heavenly tribulation strikes, and talents wither.
They finally realized their mistake. But when they came begging on their knees…
Gu Xiu only smiled coldly. “It is too late.”
Chapter 247: Long Time No See, Fellow Daoist Shi “I had heard rumors that the Peak Masters of the Azure Mystic Sacred Land each possessed distinct methods and contrasting personalities.” “They said the Half-step Supreme Shi Siling cultivated the Path of Supreme Detachment. Her nature was supposedly cold, severed from mortal desires, completely indifferent to the world, and solely devoted to her own cultivation.” “They also said Qin Meran of Ink Scroll Peak was a devoted scholar of the sages—a