He had heard of this name in his previous life. It was an extremely vicious sealing technique from an ancient evil sect, specifically targeting the soul and true essence. Once bound, it was like having one's tendons pulled out and skin peeled off, turning one into a lamb to the slaughter!

Moreover, this technique is bizarre, and forcibly breaking it can easily damage the essence of the bound person, and may even trigger a backlash of evil power, directly destroying the soul!
"Conventional methods are insufficient to resolve this."

Gu Sheng frowned and said in a deep voice.

"Forcibly breaking it open is too risky and could damage your foundation."

He made a prompt decision.

"We cannot stay here any longer! The people from the Boundless Sect could arrive at any moment! I will take you away from the secret realm first! Once we return to Great Wilderness City, we will find a way to remove this evil spirit binding from you!"

"Thank you so much, senior..."

Bai Zhi's eyes were filled with tears, and her voice choked with emotion.

She knew she was a burden at the moment, but Gu Sheng's willingness to take her along was already an immense favor.

Without further hesitation, Gu Sheng reached out and swept his hand, a gentle yet resilient true energy lifting Bai Zhi up.

He turned to Gu Yuanyuan behind the stone pillar and said.

"Yuan Yuan, keep up!"

"Yes! Master!"

Gu Yuanyuan rushed out and looked at Bai Zhi, who was being lifted up by her master's true energy, with sympathy in her eyes.

The three of them didn't linger. Gu Sheng led Bai Zhi, with Gu Yuan Yuan following closely behind, and they sped off in the direction they had come from, which was the direction of the teleportation gate they had used to enter the secret realm!
He had only run a few miles when Gu Sheng suddenly stopped! His expression turned extremely serious!
"Master? What's wrong?"

Gu Yuanyuan asked nervously.

Gu Sheng did not answer; he looked up at the dark red sky.

The enormous, pale "moon" covered in black lines was now shining brightly! The black lines on its surface were writhing and expanding wildly!
An indescribable, terrifying pressure, as if the heavens and earth were collapsing, descended like an invisible giant hand!

Rumble——!
The entire secret realm began to tremble violently! The earth rippled, and huge cracks spread like a spider web!
The distant, charred mountains are collapsing, and the sky is distorting!

Countless spatial rifts, like black lightning, appeared and disappeared in the void! An aura of destruction filled the heavens and earth!

"not good!"

Gu Sheng's eyes were icy cold.

"The sacrificial array... has been activated!"

They are forcibly extracting the essence of the secret realm, accelerating the collapse of space! They want to bury everyone... here!

"Then...what should we do?"

Gu Yuanyuan's face turned deathly pale.

Gu Sheng's gaze was like lightning as he scanned the distorted and collapsing space around him. His powerful divine sense spread out instantly, searching for the most stable spatial node and possible escape routes.

"Come with me!"

He let out a low shout, and together with Bai Zhi and Gu Yuanyuan, they transformed into three streaks of light. Instead of returning along the original path, they fled desperately towards an area where the spatial fluctuations were relatively stable!

We must find an exit before the space completely collapses!
Gu Sheng's eyes were sharp as lightning, and he made a decision in an instant!
He used his mind to communicate with the illusory image of Yue Shen Gong deep within his sea of ​​consciousness.

"Senior, this woman is bound by an evil spirit and her condition is critical. Please take her into the Divine Craftsmanship Labyrinth for temporary refuge!"

"Can!"

Yue Shenggong's voice was solemn.

An invisible spatial fluctuation instantly enveloped Bai Zhi, who was being supported by true energy.

Bai Zhi felt a blur before her eyes and then disappeared, having been transported into the Divine Labyrinth within the Nine Dragons Qiankun Cauldron.

"go!"

Without further hesitation, Gu Sheng grabbed Gu Yuanyuan's arm and his figure transformed into a blurry afterimage as he sped towards the gate of the Thousand Souls Palace!

It moved so fast that it left a faint sonic boom in its wake!

Just as the two figures disappeared outside the hall gate—

Several powerful auras descended from the sky, slamming heavily into the gates of the Thousand Souls Palace! The leader was none other than Xiao Beixuan!
He was dressed in a black brocade robe, with a cold and stern face and sharp eyes like a hawk. He exuded a powerful and suffocating aura!
Behind him followed dozens of powerful and cold-eyed Wuya Sect warriors, including many Human King Realm experts!
Xiao Beixuan's gaze was like a knife, instantly sweeping across the empty and desolate interior of the hall.

When he saw the pool of foul-smelling black water on the ground, and the faint trace of the blue-shirted man's breath, his face instantly turned extremely grim!

"waste!"

Xiao Beixuan's voice was icy cold, carrying undisguised killing intent.

"They can't even keep an eye on a bound cripple!"

A martial artist behind him quickly stepped forward to investigate and reported back with a grim expression.

"Young Master! The guards... are completely destroyed! Bai Zhi... is gone!"

"Gone?"

A cold light flashed in Xiao Beixuan's eyes!
He suddenly raised his hand, and a palm-sized, jet-black compass covered with strange runes appeared in his palm!
"Take blood!"

Xiao Beixuan said sternly.

Immediately, several martial artists stepped forward and, without hesitation, slit their wrists, pouring their scalding blood onto the compass!
The blood quickly seeped into the runes on the compass surface upon contact with it, and the compass immediately lit up with an eerie blood-red light!
Xiao Beixuan formed hand seals and chanted incantations, channeling a powerful spiritual force into the compass!
The compass needle spun wildly in the center, flickering with bloody light, trying to pinpoint the location of Bai Zhi, who was bound by the evil spirit!

The pointer spun wildly, the blood-red light flickered, and it could never steadily point in any direction!

"How can it be?!"

Xiao Beixuan's expression changed drastically, his eyes filled with disbelief.

"The evil spirit's bindings... have been broken?! Bai Zhi... isn't dead?!"

The warriors behind him exchanged bewildered glances, utterly shocked!
The Evil Spirit Binding Chain is a core secret technique of the Boundless Sect. Once bound, it is almost impossible to break free!

Unless a powerful expert who surpasses the caster by a whole realm intervenes, there is absolutely no way to undo it!

But the one who cast Bai Zhi's spell was a powerful expert at the third level of the Human King Realm! Could it be...?

"Search!"

Xiao Beixuan abruptly put away the compass, his eyes blazing with killing intent.

"Search the entire secret realm! Bai Zhi isn't dead! She was rescued! Her rescuers must still be inside the secret realm! Dig three feet into the ground, find them for me! No matter their lives!"

"Yes!"

Dozens of martial artists responded in unison, their killing intent surging, and instantly transformed into streaks of light, scattering in all directions!

Beside Xiao Beixuan, a young man dressed in gray, with an ordinary face but an unusually calm demeanor, stepped forward and whispered.

"Young Master, the plan... may have changed. Bai Zhi has disappeared, the evil spirit's shackles have been broken, and if she falls into the hands of the Holy Academy..."

This seemingly unremarkable young man is actually Xiao Beixuan's shadow bodyguard and one of the personal disciples of Venerable Styx!

He is also the backup candidate for the array eye of this sacrificial array!
Xiao Beixuan's eyes were filled with malice as he coldly said.

"What's the panic! All entrances and exits to the secret realm have already been sealed by me with secret techniques! No one who wants to leave can escape my senses! As long as they are still in the secret realm, they won't be able to escape!"

He paused, his gaze sweeping over the young man beside him, his tone carrying a deeper meaning.

"As for the core of the formation... it's not your turn to step in until the very last moment. Bai Zhi... she is the most perfect 'vessel'!"

Upon hearing this, the young man's body stiffened almost imperceptibly, then he lowered his head and said respectfully.

"My subordinate understands."

On the other side, Gu Sheng, carrying Gu Yuanyuan, pushed their speed to the limit, like two gusts of wind, traversing the collapsing and trembling secret realm. They avoided the torn spatial rifts, bypassed the collapsed mountain ranges, and sped towards the relatively stable boundary area of ​​the space they perceived.

Finally, they reached the edge of the secret realm.

Before me lay a distorted, blurred barrier of void! Beyond the barrier lay a deep, chaotic spatial turbulence!

A powerful and stable force of spatial laws, like an invisible wall, firmly sealed off the entire secret realm, preventing anyone from leaving!

"Master! It's a spatial barrier! We can't get out!"

Gu Yuanyuan's face turned deathly pale as she stared at the distorted void, her eyes filled with despair.

Gu Sheng's eyes were serious as he tried to unleash a wisp of true essence towards the barrier.

The true essence was like a mud ox entering the sea, not even causing a ripple! That spatial law barrier was incredibly tough, far beyond imagination!

"Forcibly breaking through would create too much noise and immediately attract pursuers."

Gu Sheng said in a deep voice.

He tried to find a weak point in the barrier, but the entire barrier was seamless and there was no flaw to be found!

Just then, a series of whooshing sounds came from afar!

Several powerful auras were rapidly approaching their location!

Clearly, it was the Wuya Sect warriors who were searching who discovered their whereabouts!
"Master! They're coming!"

Gu Yuanyuan's voice trembled as she gripped Gu Sheng's sleeve tightly.

"How to do?"

Gu Sheng's gaze swept over the approaching figures of the pursuers, then looked at the indestructible spatial barrier, his eyes filled with determination!

"Yuan Yuan, step back!"

Gu Sheng gave a low shout and shielded Gu Yuanyuan behind him.

The eighteen celestial rings within his body lit up once more! The power of the Nirvana Three Transformations erupted with a thunderous roar!

An unprecedentedly terrifying aura rose from his body!

The phantom of the Nine Dragons Universe Cauldron appeared above his head. On the cauldron, the nine divine dragon reliefs seemed to have fully awakened, emitting a silent roar!

A primordial power that suppresses all heavens and melts all things is brewing within the cauldron!

Gu Sheng held his hands in a loose embrace, as if he were holding the universe in his arms!
The immense true energy, mixed with the primordial power of the Nine Dragons Qiankun Cauldron, was frantically poured into the ancient longsword in his hand!

On the sword's blade, chaotic light and golden divine flames intertwined, emanating a destructive aura that distorted even space itself!
"open!"

Gu Sheng roared, gripped his sword with both hands, and slashed fiercely at the invisible barrier of spatial laws!
An indescribable, seemingly world-shattering, chaotic sword light tore through the void and slashed fiercely at the spatial barrier!

Gu Sheng frowned as he watched the approaching figures of the pursuers and the impenetrable spatial barrier.

He had a slight thought and said to Gu Yuanyuan.

“Yuan Yuan, this place is dangerous, and the pursuers are approaching. I can temporarily take you into the Divine Craft Maze, and release you after we are out of danger.”

Upon hearing this, Gu Yuanyuan suddenly raised her head, her eyes filled with struggle, but it quickly turned into determination.

She shook her head forcefully, her voice filled with stubbornness.

"No! Master! Your disciple will not leave! Your disciple has said that he will follow you by your side and overcome all obstacles! This crisis is the time for your disciple to temper his will and hone his courage!"
If I hide from danger, I will never truly grow! I am willing to stand shoulder to shoulder with my master and face danger head-on!

Looking at the burning flame in Gu Yuanyuan's eyes and that unwavering determination, Gu Sheng's eyes were filled with approval.

He nodded slightly.

"Good! You have courage! In that case, I will allow you to stay. Remember, stay close to me and do not stray more than three steps away! I will protect you!"

"Yes! Your disciple obeys! Thank you, Master!"

A warm feeling welled up in Gu Yuanyuan's heart, and her eyes became even more determined.

Just then, the number of martial artists searching in various parts of the distant secret realm noticeably increased!
Streaks of light weaved through the collapsing sky and shattered earth, their auras mixed, yet all carrying a sense of tension and impending doom.

Further away, the sounds of intense energy collisions and faint screams could be heard!

Clearly, the Wuyai Sect has begun to target other martial artists who have entered the secret realm!

"Master, they... seem to be arresting people everywhere?"

Gu Yuanyuan was filled with doubt and surprise.

Gu Sheng's eyes were icy cold.

"It seems the Boundless Sect is determined to gather those thousand Sect Realm sacrificial offerings! Everyone who enters the secret realm has become their target! Rather than passively hiding, it's better to take the initiative!"

A cold light flashed in his eyes.

"go!"

Before he finished speaking, he grabbed Gu Yuanyuan's arm, and the two of them were instantly lifted into the air!

Although the secret realm space was unstable and the anti-flight formation was extremely suppressive, Gu Sheng was still able to barely fly through the air thanks to his powerful strength and exquisite control, and his speed far exceeded that of running on the ground!

Two beams of light shot into the sky. Although they were not high, they were still quite conspicuous in the dark and chaotic secret realm, like fireflies in the night!

Sure enough, in just a short while, several whooshing sounds came from afar!
Three figures rushed over and blocked Gu Sheng and his companion's path!

The leader was dressed in the signature dark blue outfit of the Wuya Sect, with a silver broken sword wing badge on his chest. His aura was sharp, and he was clearly at the peak of the Sect Realm!

Two people followed behind him, one of whom was also dressed as a disciple of the Boundless Sect and was at the mid-stage of the sect realm.

The other person was dressed in a black robe, with a cold aura and gleaming eyes, exuding an eerie feeling. He was clearly a heretical cultivator affiliated with the Boundless Sect, and his cultivation level was also at the late stage of the Sect Realm.

"stop!"

The leader of the Wuya Sect disciples shouted sharply, his gaze sweeping over Gu Sheng and Gu Yuanyuan like lightning.

When he sensed the aura emanating from Gu Sheng, which was deliberately suppressed to the peak of the Heavenly Martial Realm, he frowned slightly, his eyes filled with contempt.

"Tianwu realm?"

His tone was impatient.

"A mere Heavenly Martial Realm cultivator dares to trespass deep into the secret realm? If you don't want to die, get out of our way right now! Don't interfere with our sect's mission!"

He clearly mistook Gu Sheng for an ordinary martial artist who had wandered into the place by mistake, and didn't bother with him at all, only wanting to drive him away as soon as possible.

The black-robed evil cultivator behind him stared intently at Gu Sheng with his triangular eyes!

His nostrils twitched slightly, as if he were sniffing something, his eyes filled with greed and suspicion.

"Senior brother, wait!"

The black-robed evil cultivator suddenly spoke, his voice hoarse and unpleasant.

"This kid...something's not right! His blood and qi are far more vigorous than ordinary Heavenly Martial Realm cultivators! In fact...even more vigorous than some Sect Realm cultivators! Moreover, the little girl beside him, although her aura is weak, seems to have a rather special foundation!"

These two... are probably hiding their true strength!

He licked his lips, a cold glint in his eyes.

"Senior brother, why don't we capture them! Use the Soul Searching Technique to see if they know Bai Zhi's whereabouts, or... if they're related to the person who ruined our plans! Maybe we can even squeeze some money out of them!"

Upon hearing this, the leading disciple of the Boundless Sect's eyes flickered slightly, and he scrutinized Gu Sheng once more. (End of Chapter)

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