Come On, Son! You Got to Breakthrough Now!

"I've come to pay my respects to Father!"

Inside the main hall of the Gu Family Manor, Gu Xiu respectfully greeted Gu Qingfeng.

In the presence of his own father, he always felt an instinctive fear and dared not act recklessly.

Regarding this,

Gu Xiu simply believed it to be a natural suppression exerted by a father's bloodline over his son.

"I see you've returned, having reached the mid-level of the Marrow Cleansing Realm. It seems you've had your fair share of opportunities lately!"

Gu Qingfeng nodded in satisfaction, as if he had just learned of the other's breakthrough.

Afterward,

Gu Qingfeng's gaze measured Gu Xiu, and when he noticed the black ring on his left hand, his eyebrows slightly raised, and then quickly returned to normal.

At this moment,

Gu Xiu said, "I plan to go out for a period of training and it might take a long time before I can return, so I came back this time to bid farewell to Father."

"Flowers in a greenhouse must eventually withstand wind and rain. You've managed to achieve multiple breakthroughs in your cultivation in just a short time away from home, which shows that staying at home all the time is not beneficial for your cultivation.

However, your mother has missed you for a long time. Since you're back, spend a couple of days with her before you leave."

Gu Qingfeng waved his hand, about to shoo him away, when something suddenly came to mind and he tossed a jade box over.

"This contains something I've prepared for you. If you encounter danger, channel your vital energy and strength into it, and you'll be able to vanquish powerful foes."

"Thank you, Father!"

Gu Xiu looked at the jade box in his hand with curiosity but still took the item with him.

"Strong soul remnants..."

Gu Qingfeng's gaze deepened. He had just felt a faint yet terrifying aura emanating from Gu Xiu, which must be the strong soul mentioned in the information panel.

As for the level of this powerful remnant soul, Gu Qingfeng was currently unaware.

The last time he learned about the cultivation realm of the man in purple was because he caught a glimpse of the man in the memories of fierce beasts.

But now, having seen only the treasure in which the soul resided without actually encountering the soul, Gu Qingfeng could not be certain if the information panel would reveal any more details.

However,

the cultivation realm of that remnant soul must not be weak.

After all, it was well hidden; if Gu Qingfeng hadn't reached the fourth level of the Dao Palace Realm and hadn't significantly enhanced his Divine Thought strength, he would have found it difficult to truly detect that presence.

But since Gu Xiu didn't speak of it, Gu Qingfeng didn't deliberately expose him.

As for Gu Xiu's claim of leaving to train for a while, Gu Qingfeng suspected that he might be planning to leave the Nine States.

Regarding this,

Gu Qingfeng also had no intention of stopping him.

—

As night fell,

in the bedroom,

Gu Xiu opened the jade box left by Gu Qingfeng and immediately his pupils constricted. Inside the box, there was a severed finger, which lay there in quiet repose.

The cut of the severed finger was fresh, blood seeming to slowly circulate as if it had just been cut off.

What's more,

the finger emitted a powerful aura, its formidable might significantly slowing Gu Xiu's breathing.

"This is what your father left for you. This severed finger is extraordinary. Even an average cultivator in the Dao Palace Realm, when facing it, could be directly suppressed!"

At this moment, the voice of the Emperor Extreme Great Saint slowly emerged.

Hearing his words,

Gu Xiu's expression changed: "Senior means to say, this severed finger can suppress strong cultivators at the Dao Palace Realm?"

What is the Dao Palace Realm?

Of course, Gu Xiu was very clear about it.

According to Emperor Extreme Great Saint, in this current End of Dharma Era, the Dao Palace Realm is almost equivalent to the peak of strength in the Ancient Desolate World.

Any Dao Palace Realm cultivator holds a not insignificant position in the Ancient Desolate World.

Moreover,

that is a realm even above the Divine Transformation Realm.

Although Gu Xiu had never personally witnessed a Dao Palace Realm cultivator, he could understand the fearsome nature of this realm from the few remarks made by the Emperor Extreme Great Saint.

Yet,

such formidable beings

could be directly suppressed by the finger before him.

Such a discovery couldn't help but shock Gu Xiu.

At this time,

Emperor Extreme Great Saint's voice also became solemn, even somewhat astonished.

"Your father is no simple man. If I'm not mistaken, he may have already detected my presence. According to your previous statements, your father is just a cultivator at the Divine Transformation Realm.

However, now it seems he's more than just that simple. Even ordinary Dao Palace Realm cultivators would likely be easily killed in his presence!"

"The cultivation he possesses is not exceptionally strong, but his Divine Thought is incredible to an unimaginable extent, and his vital energy is robust to a shocking degree."

"If I'm not wrong, when the great era of contention arrives one day, your father could become a Saint in an instant, stepping into the Great Saint Realm is just a matter of time!"

Emperor Extreme Great Saint was genuinely shocked.

In his era, Emperor Extreme Great Saint had seen too many exceptional prodigies and powerful beings.

There were beings that, at the Divine Transformation Realm, could cut down those at the Dao Palace Realm, and Semi-Saints who could stand shoulder to shoulder with actual Saints.

However,

he had never seen a prodigy like Gu Qingfeng before.

With Emperor Extreme Great Saint's own level of cultivation and perspective, he could tell that Gu Qingfeng was currently at the fourth level of the Dao Palace Realm.

But such overwhelming vital energy and divine soul almost made Emperor Extreme Great Saint mistaken him for a Semi-Saint before him.

Dao Palace fourth level!

Comparable to a Semi-Saint!

Words like 'defying the heavens' were the only descriptions that fit.

If he reached the ninth layer of the Dao Palace Realm and even aspired to the Half-Saint Realm, it would seemingly be an easy matter to overturn Saints.

Emperor Extreme Great Saint's words caused Gu Xiu to stand dumbfounded.

He asked in disbelief: "Senior, is my father truly that strong?"

"Very strong!"

Emperor Extreme Great Saint gave an affirmative evaluation.