He saw his face as the black mist dissipated. This person looked too much like him, only his hair was gray and white, a bit old, like him in his later years.

"You... kill me?"

Black blood trickled from his mouth. His eyes were dim, his gaze scattered, and his voice was very old, with a kind of desolate artistic conception.

The creature on the ground clearly had no life aura, no blood energy fluctuations, and no emotions, but at this time it spoke, seemingly just wanting to tell him how miserable his later years would be.

But the eerie being would probably be disappointed. If it were anyone else, they might suspect reincarnation or something, but that was impossible for him. Didn't he know what his background was?

Moreover, he had seen "himself" before. There were so many in the Chaos Space. What was so surprising about another one appearing? Anyway, without the Chaos Space, it was a pirated version, kill it and be done with it.

Besides, he didn't even know the fourth cut of the *Suiyue Dao* (Knife of Time), "An Instant of Ten Thousand Years," yet he was here trying to mess with his mind. He should go back and deduce it properly before coming again!

"It's also your bad luck."

Jiang Xuan sighed, but he showed no mercy. He raised the ancient knife high and slashed down. The bright blade mercilessly cut down from the top of his head, splitting him in two. Black blood splattered far away, making people tremble.

"Who killed me, and who am I?"

That figure uttered its last voice and then stopped moving. It began to rot, and a large amount of black liquid appeared on the ground.

Jiang Xuan rolled his eyes, too lazy to pay attention. Although the source of this eerie being was related to one of the Seven Kings of the Borderlands and a dark creature, trying to mess with his Dao heart with such means was purely courting death.

He knew the greatest ancient secrets of this world. He could explain the darkness and eeriness clearly. It was meaningless to use such methods against him.

"But next time will still be a bit troublesome. It seems I need to hurry up and deduce the fifth cut." Although this kind of mind-disturbing method was useless to him, the strength of the eerie creature was indeed powerful, comparable to him, and this was what troubled him the most.

The fourth cut, "An Instant of Ten Thousand Years," was comprehended when he was constantly being moved around in this ancient land, costing him several months.

As for the fifth cut, it was a transformative cut, representing that both the Dao of the Knife and the Dao of Time had reached the Desolate "Great Dao Domain Realm." It would take longer to deduce it.

Fortunately, his opening of the world was only in the second stage, not yet completely transformed to the third stage. It would still be a while before the eerie being descended again, and he could use this time to hurry up and deduce it.

Completely killing the eerie creature, Jiang Xuan turned back and shattered the ancient lamp hanging above his head, turning it into rune fragments that gradually dissipated. At the same time, the evil mist also gradually receded, and the ancient hall returned to clarity, as if nothing had happened before.

This was not surprising. In the eyes of the Gu Clan expert in the distance, their abilities were like children fighting. Even if the other party was in extremely poor condition, what threat could they pose?

"Thank you, Senior, for your help."

Jiang Xuan walked to the Gu Clan expert and bowed, thanking him for the drop of blood he had given him. Without that drop of blood, given his previous state of preparation, he would probably have died.

The Gu Clan expert looked at Jiang Xuan and revealed a smile: "Not bad, becoming a god in a different way, opening up your own path."

Jiang Xuan could now be considered to have initially become a god, replacing the divine fire with the method of the world within his body. Although the world within his body had not yet been fully opened up, it did not affect his current strength.

"If not for that drop of blood from Senior, this junior would have died long ago," Jiang Xuan said with a wry smile. He knew his own limitations.

Although the Gu Clan expert had also allowed him to open up the world within his body here, he estimated that the other party had already planned to help him.

As for the reason, he could guess some of it...

The Gu Clan expert was silent for a while, his gaze seeming to pierce through the void, seeing the wonderful Three Thousand Provinces outside, seeing the brilliant Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.

"Outside, how do they speak of my Gu Clan?"

His words were trembling, which was unbelievable. An existence suspected of surpassing the Supreme actually showed such a state, like fear, with unease.

Jiang Xuan looked at him and sighed silently in his heart. He knew what kind of humiliation and infamy the Gu Clan was enduring, but for his own safety, he could not tell the truth.

Jiang Xuan was silent. The Gu Clan expert seemed to understand something from his silence, and a tear slid down his illusory face.

Jiang Xuan couldn't describe what kind of tear it was, carrying endless sorrow, telling of endless desolation. Even though he knew some of the truth, when he saw this tear, there was also an unsuppressable sadness in his heart, and tears unconsciously slid from the corners of his eyes.

"My clan, when will..."

His words were trembling, with sorrow, as if he wanted to say something, but was worried about being known by some existence.

He didn't dare to say it. He didn't understand that level. In the past, his clan only had the Gu Clan Ancestor, the existence who ranked among the Ten Ferocious and was about to ascend to that realm, but for the sake of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, he finally gave up, willingly sacrificing the opportunity to advance to the Supreme.

Although he had also broken the shackles of the Supreme and stepped into that level, he was still too far from that level, and the great calamity of the Immortal Ancient era came too quickly. He had no chance to comprehend it, and ultimately ended up in this state.

"Are you willing to promise me one thing?"

The Gu Clan expert looked at Jiang Xuan, his body becoming more and more illusory. Giving Jiang Xuan that drop of blood had a great impact on him, and this obsession was difficult to maintain. It was difficult to regenerate divine power.

"Senior, please speak."

The other party had helped him take the most important step, and he was naturally willing to help him fulfill his last wish, even if he couldn't do it now, he might be able to in the future.

"When you are strong, kill your way into the Foreign Lands, and ask that traitor why he betrayed the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, why... did he kill me, Gu Yuan?!"

His words were full of grief and hatred, but also with endless desolation, and also with sorrow.

Jiang Xuan's first reaction when he heard him say this was shock, but after thinking carefully, he understood. He was obviously worried about some existence, so he didn't tell the truth.

He told Jiang Xuan to "kill his way into" the Foreign Lands when he was strong and question the Gu Clan Ancestor why he betrayed, but Jiang Xuan knew that the Gu Clan Ancestor had not betrayed at all. He was lurking in the Foreign Lands for the sake of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, and when Huang killed his way into the Foreign Lands, he even took away five peerless experts with his life.

Being able to have the strength to kill his way into the Foreign Lands and stand in front of the Gu Clan Ancestor, his meaning was obvious. He hoped that Jiang Xuan would clear the Gu Clan's name and restore their innocence.

"This junior accepts."

Jiang Xuan bowed and accepted the other party's request. The Gu Clan had paid a lot for the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths. Even if the other party didn't say it, if he had the ability, he would also clear their past grievances.

"...Good."

The Gu Clan expert looked at Jiang Xuan, not asking him to make any vows. He looked at him very gently, with a smile, gradually becoming illusory, until he disappeared.