In his consciousness, the black-haired Essence Spirit sat on the Creation Lotus Platform.
The lotus platform regained its vitality and spewed out streams of green light, nourishing the Essence Spirit continuously.
Su Zimo's heart skipped a beat.
Suddenly, he realized that his Essence Spirit had already cultivated to the late-stage Void Reversion realm in the past month!
Previously, his attention was focused on the Creation Lotus Platform and Qinglian's True Body and he did not pay attention to his cultivation.
It was only at this moment that he realized that he had already broken through a realm unknowingly!
Of course, this was a natural process.
When he left the Dragon Burial Valley, his cultivation realm was already at the peak of the mid-stage Void Reversion realm.
He was only lacking an opportunity to break through to the next realm.
The Holy Spring in this place was the opportunity!
At the late-stage Void Reversion realm, the power of one's Essence Spirit increased exponentially.
The Dharmic powers that could be mobilized increased significantly as well.
Coupled with the rebirth of the Creation Lotus Platform and the strengthening of Qinglian's True Body, Su Zimo's combat strength increased exponentially. This trip to Gu Sect was a blessing in disguise.
Actually, if not for the fact that the divine spring was hidden underground and shrouded by the miasma above, it would have been discovered long ago and he would not have had a chance.
Su Zimo was about to leave when his heart skipped a beat.
"There seems to be some life aura underground?"
After Su Zimo's cultivation breakthrough, he became much more sensitive to his surroundings.
The underground was connected in all directions and he could vaguely sense some life auras coming from the depths of the tunnels.
The two of them exchanged glances and followed the auras into the depths of the tunnel.
After walking for a while, they almost arrived at the end of a tunnel and their vision opened up as a gigantic cave appeared.
There were more than ten thousand cocoon-shaped cages hanging in the cave!
Most of them were only skeletons left in them.
Some of the cages even had corpses with rotting flesh.
Only in the dozens of cages could one see the figures inside.
Although those cultivators were still alive, their auras were weak and their faces were yellow.
"This is …"
Su Zimo frowned slightly.
He could sense that the cultivation realms of those cultivators were not low – they were all at the Dharma Characteristic realm!
Although these Dharma Daojun were weak, they did not seem to be controlled by Gu worms.
These Dharma Daojun's expressions were numb and their eyes were dull. Even when they saw Su Zimo and Night Spirit enter, there was no fluctuation in their eyes.
After a long time, one of the Dharma Daojun opened his mouth slightly and struggled to stand up.
"Who, who are you?"
The Dharma Daojun's voice was hoarse and trembling.
"Who are you?"
In fact, Su Zimo already had a vague guess in his heart.
But he still asked.
"I am a great Gu Master of Gu Sect, Dao Lord Heavenly Silkworm!"
Although this Dharma Daojun looked skinny and disheveled, he was still arrogant when he said the word 'Gu Master'.
Xiaoning had once told Su Zimo that in the ancient era, Gu techniques were a cultivation technique and were not evil.
The reason why Gu techniques were created was to save people!
"You guys are not from Gu Sect. Why are you here?"
Dao Lord Heavenly Silkworm asked again.
Su Zimo still did not answer and asked instead, "Do you know about the Metal Devouring Gu outside?"
When he heard the words' Metal Devouring Gu ', Dao Lord Heavenly Silkworm's expression turned complicated.
A hint of anger, killing intent, resentment and helplessness flashed through his eyes. Many emotions intertwined.
The other cultivators who were still alive moved their stiff bodies and looked over instinctively.
"He was originally the Patriarch of Gu Sect."
Dao Lord Heavenly Silkworm's voice was deep as he explained everything that happened in Gu Sect.
The root of this huge change in Gu Sect was the Patriarch of Gu Sect!
The Patriarch of Gu Sect was a Conjoint Body Mighty Figure. However, he was trapped at the Conjoint Body realm for more than 10,000 years without breaking through.
Seeing that he was already in his later years and had no hope of reaching the Mahayana realm in this lifetime, the Patriarch of Gu Sect was indignant and had evil thoughts. He began to use Gu Sect's secret skills to nurture some extinct Gu worms!
Among them was the Metal Devouring Gu!
As time passed by, the Metal Devouring Gu grew stronger.
The Patriarch of Gu Sect wanted to refine the Metal Devouring Gu as his Destiny Gu and fuse it into his body to increase his combat strength and lifespan.
However, as one of the top ten ancient Gu worms, the Metal Devouring Gu had long developed sentience and was not that easy to control.
During the refinement process, the Metal Devouring Gu suffered a backlash!
In the end, the Patriarch of Gu Sect got his wish and refined the Metal Devouring Gu, fusing it with him. His combat strength and lifespan increased exponentially.
However, at the same time, the Patriarch of Gu Sect's Essence Spirit and consciousness fused with the Metal Devouring Gu and his personality changed drastically.
To be precise, the Metal Devouring Gu that died in the hands of the Night Spirit was both the Patriarch of Gu Sect and the Metal Devouring Gu.
In the consciousness of the Metal Devouring Gu, it naturally wanted to nurture as many Gu worms as possible.
However, in the consciousness of the Patriarch of Gu Sect, he knew that this was extremely dangerous and could bring about a calamity to Gu Sect, causing chaos in the world!
The two consciousnesses fought continuously and in the end, the consciousness of the Metal Devouring Gu gained the upper hand.
From then on, Gu Sect changed drastically!
Some Conjoint Body realm Gu Masters who sensed the abnormality of the Patriarch of Gu Sect were also killed mercilessly.
Most of the Gu Masters in the sect became vessels for nurturing Gu worms.
Perhaps it was because of the Patriarch of Gu Sect's consciousness that a portion of the remaining Gu Masters were imprisoned in the cave and were not killed, escaping the calamity.
Even so, they lost their freedom.
Among them, many Gu Masters died from exhaustion of their lifespans.
Now, all that was left was a pile of withered bones or some remains.
Only the Dharma Daojun who had a lifespan of ten thousand years could survive until now.
After hearing this, Su Zimo sighed internally.
Who would have thought that a single mistake by the Patriarch of Gu Sect would cause this sect that had existed for countless years to suffer such a calamity!
Gu Sect, one of the five heretical doctrines, existed only in name.
Su Zimo sighed softly and flicked out a few sword qi from his fingertip, shattering the cages and releasing the remaining dozens of Gu Masters.
Although these Gu Masters were Dharma Daojun, most of them were already in their later years.
Some were even at the end of their lifespans and did not have many years left.
These Gu Masters had been imprisoned here for thousands of years and were stunned when they suddenly regained their freedom. There was no joy and they could not recover for a moment.
"That Metal Devouring Gu is already dead."
Su Zimo still said it.
Hearing this news, these Gu Masters' eyes gradually showed traces of ripples.
Su Zimo took a deep breath and explained the Witchcraft Gu calamity that happened in the North Region. "I've already burned Gu Sect to the ground. You guys can leave now. Take care from now on. "
With that said, Su Zimo turned around and left with Night Spirit.
There were only dozens of Gu Masters left in Gu Sect.
There was nothing wrong with Gu techniques.
These Gu Masters were also innocent people.
Su Zimo did not kill them all.
This could be considered as leaving behind an inheritance for the Dao of Gu.
"Thank you, benefactor!"
Dao Lord Heavenly Silkworm could sense the pity in Su Zimo's tone. Coupled with the fact that he had regained his freedom after the huge change in Gu Sect, he knelt on the ground and cried out.
The remaining Gu Masters knelt down as well.
"May I know benefactor's Dao name?"
Dao Lord Heavenly Silkworm asked hurriedly when he saw that Su Zimo was about to leave.
"Araki Takeshi!"
A long time later, a voice sounded from afar.
When everyone raised their heads again, Su Zimo and Night Spirit had already vanished.
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