A strong sense of vertigo and nausea hit him, and in a daze, Gu Yuan felt like he had returned to being a mortal, riding a roller coaster in his past life.
His body was out of control, a surge of nausea rising from his stomach, urgently wanting to vomit.
Within his divine soul, a tearing sensation emerged, as if it were forcibly split in two, making it painful to breathe.
Moreover, an immense sense of pressure came from his body, causing intense pain in his five viscera, as if his bones were cracking.
Gusts of violent coldness brushed against his skin, making Gu Yuan’s teeth chatter, shivering from the cold.
But it was this intense coldness that suddenly brought Gu Yuan back to consciousness.
"Boom!"
His divine thought surged, sweeping in all directions. Although it was pitch black before his eyes, everything around him vividly appeared in his heart and spirit.
All he could see was a collapsed mountain, dust billowing, along with countless ruins pressing down upon him.
Everywhere left and right were ruins, as if numerous mountains had been blown apart and then sucked into this place.
Just with a sweep of Gu Yuan’s divine thought, he discovered that no less than ten Great Demons were buried among the surrounding ruins.
However, these Great Demons, having robust physical bodies, had all reverted to their true forms. Although they were trapped under the mountain ruins, they were not dead for the moment, just eyes tightly closed, their divine souls extremely weak, seemingly having suffered severe injuries.
Gu Yuan scanned around and found no familiar faces, just some lower-class Water Mansion demons. The rest of the people were nowhere to be found.
And above the ruins lay vast snow, with waves of intense cold air invading through the crevices of the ruins, wildly eroding Gu Yuan’s skin.
"Boom!"
Mana surged, like a giant dragon turning over, directly lifting half of the mountain pressing against Gu Yuan.
His figure flashed, immediately escaping from the ruins and flew into the air.
Yet his face was ashen, not feeling well at all.
After being sucked into that cave, he lost consciousness, and after regaining awareness, he was already in this place. His divine soul seemed to have been ripped in half, suffering enormous trauma.
Just the mere surge of his divine thought to inspect the surroundings had already given him a splitting headache.
Mana spurted out, shielding him in the front, the Sword Pill wandering incessantly like a golden Flood Dragon spiraling; Gu Yuan swallowed a few Divine Soul Pills, feeling a slight recovery from his injuries, finally raising his head again, looking towards the distance.
"This is..."
As he gazed around, he discovered a towering mountain before him, as if a colossal pillar propping up the sky, stretching across his vision.
Besides this, there was nothing else.
But this sky-rising giant mountain was not intact; it had been sliced in half by a single sword, cut straight across the middle.
Amidst heaven and earth, snowflakes danced, covering the sky and the sun, veiling the vast surroundings, icy air streaming forth, turning this place bitterly cold. Coupling it with the giant mountain cut in half, a nameless unease arose in Gu Yuan’s heart.
"Little Daoist, Little Daoist, come quickly, come quickly!"
"There is a treasure here!"
But at this moment, amidst the collapsed peaks on the distant giant peak, faint calls could be heard.
In the icy and snowy land, the giant peak collapsed, and having been forcibly sucked into this place, Gu Yuan’s sense of caution had been on high alert. Upon hearing these calls, alarm bells went off loudly in his heart.
A blue Dao Seal stirred between his brows, as if a third eye was about to open.
Yet excruciating pain from his sea of consciousness made it difficult for that Dao Seal to gather.
"Don’t panic, Little Daoist, it’s not an illusion; come quickly, there really is a treasure!"
The voice seemed to have sensed something, becoming clearer, calling amidst the wind and snow.
"Hoo!"
Gu Yuan exhaled a breath of turbid air, without the slightest hesitation, directly took out the Jade Treasure Fruit obtained from the Profound Celestial Lake, swallowing it whole.
"Boom!"
Instantly, a vast medicinal power surged from his abdomen into his limbs and bones, mending the injuries from being pressed under the mountain, followed by a strong warm current flowing into his sea of consciousness, repairing his divine soul.
The Jade Treasure Fruit is a miraculous fruit that can heal Golden Core injuries; whether physical or divine soul, it can repair entirely, even Celestial Tribulation injuries are no exception.
Gu Yuan originally intended to save this fruit to use during the Daoist Embryo’s tribulation, but being trapped in a foreign place with his divine soul injury being exceedingly severe, ordinary pills could only ease the pain, and thus he couldn’t afford to wait any longer.
With injuries fully recovered, Gu Yuan’s brow twitched, terrifying divine soul power surged, like a third eye opening, surveying all directions.
The Great Thunder Origin Cave Divine Dharma Eye, after Gu Yuan’s thorough cultivation, not only possessed the ability to obliterate enemy cultivators’ divine souls but also had the power to discern illusions.
Moreover, above Gu Yuan’s head, the Truth Revealing Treasure Mirror also floated out, radiating brilliant light.
"It’s not an illusion, Little Daoist, just come a little further, and you’ll see me!"
The voice was very anxious, calling again.
And Gu Yuan confirmed that the voice indeed was not an illusion.
However, his caution remained at its peak; he activated his Escape Light, slowly flying forward.
Not long after, traversing layers of snow and wind, Gu Yuan saw within the collapsed giant peak a terrifying Restriction, emanating a heart-pounding glow, flickering between heaven and earth.
Above that Restriction, countless Ice Cold Qi drifted; just a distant glance was enough to make his heart and spirit tremble, his divine soul seeming on the brink of freezing.
And beyond the Restriction was a slightly open giant stone gate, beyond which, vaguely, a deep Cave Mansion could be seen.
That voice came from within that Cave Mansion.
"Little Daoist, come quickly, come quickly!"