The bronze palace was originally shrouded by the powers of the Heavenly Person Realm, which imposed absolute restraint on the Ancient God Clan. It not only suppressed their combat capacity but also, under such restrictive rules, directly disrupted their life structure.

Jing Ci once remarked that there was an Ancient Ancestor stubborn enough to not believe in these powers and forcibly fought within the Heavenly Person Realm. It didn't take long for his body to collapse, and even his soul dispersed into an unstable state. Although he survived by sheer luck, he had to sleep for tens of thousands of years, and even upon awakening, he likely wouldn't recover his peak state. For a god, this was an unbearable humiliation.

As for individuals like Gu Jianlin, who were amphibious beings, he could freely transition between human and Ancient God states.

Yet he still couldn't escape the binding of the Heavenly Person Realm.

Even though he carried a Supreme position, his rank was just too low at the moment. If he attempted to break through by force, his body would implode in an instant, his consciousness would suffer severe damage, and he might even perish.

Of course, he wasn't entirely certain whether he was truly immortal.

At the very least, he had no understanding of the Ancient God Clan's methods for resurrection.

But when the Golden Phoenix Feather began to radiate light, he faintly heard a distant, cold, and authoritative voice!

It was Senior Ji's cold snort.

Gu Jianlin watched as the Golden Phoenix Feather emitted a brilliant divine glow. Golden specks of light materialized spontaneously, seemingly constructing a realm that could only accommodate him, shielding him from the rules imposed by the Heavenly Person Realm!

This was not a mechanism that evolved his life structure to bypass the Heavenly Person Realm.

Rather, as the manipulator of the Heavenly Person Realm, Senior Ji granted him special access.

She created a small independent space that moved with him!

This was a gift from Senior Ji, not the promise of a distant future.

It was a gesture of care from an elder.

Senior Ji understood he was an Evolver and didn't want him to suffer under the Heavenly Person Realm, so she gave him a preferential treatment.

With a resounding boom, a maiden already plunged down in front of him. The scarlet Qilin enveloped her body, using no flashy techniques, only the most primal application of the Dark Shock Burst—a fist hammering toward his head!

At the critical moment, the Skeleton Giant reassembled, four ferocious Ghost Hands crisscrossed to block, and dark energy flickered!

Darkness exploded, resonating with a sound like a tolling bell.

The spiritual body condensed by Gu Jianlin disintegrated again, pushed back by the overwhelming force, sliding along the slate ground.

Twisting his waist, his hand supported the ground to dissipate inertia, frantically absorbing the surrounding Ancient God's Breath.

In an instant, the scarlet Qilin Spirit Body charged forward, its blood-red maw gathering black flashes of light, ready to bite down!

Gu Jianlin had no choice but to lean back to evade, gripping its upper and lower jaws tightly, entering a pure test of strength!

The bite force of this Qilin Spirit Body was astonishing, its raw power rivaling Fifth-Order Ancient Martial strength.

This was the power of an Ancestor!

Even in his berserk state, Gu Jianlin could only hold out with difficulty, retreating step by step until his back pressed against the cold wall.

His heart pounded wildly, spirituality surged, sweat soaked him, and his bones creaked under unbearable pressure.

His expression contorted into something increasingly twisted and ferocious as his breathing grew heavier.

The bloodthirsty scarlet Qilin roared violently, and the black flash of light in its mouth intensified, about to erupt!

Suddenly, a chilling wind howled through.

A dexterous and striking maiden abruptly flashed into the air, raising a slim finger that gathered pitch-black flashes of light at its tip!

It was a perilous, kill-or-be-killed confrontation.

Yet just as the maiden unleashed dark energy, she suddenly bled from seven orifices, her body riddled with dark Ghost Curses.

Pain like divine punishment made her wail, and the released black flash of light veered off course!

With a thunderous crash, the wall was shattered by dark energy, debris cascading down.

Gu Jianlin tilted his head aside nonchalantly to avoid the falling rubble, the fiery rage ignited in his golden eyes. His face was hidden behind the pitch-black Qilin Mask, and fresh, bloodied black Qilin Horns grew atop his head, menacing and terrifying!

Ancient God Transformation!

A vast and primal force expanded the structure of a human body, uniting anger and ferocity burning deep within his soul to forge an immortal divine form. He tightened the muscles in his arms, applying force to his left and right hands, and forcibly tore the blood-red maw of the scarlet Qilin apart!

A fearsome explosion sounded, and the scarlet Qilin was violently torn apart and shattered.

The accumulated dark energy suddenly collapsed, black mist billowing forth.

When the young man condensed his spiritual body again, the chilling Skeleton Giant had mutated, its bones sprouting warped spikes, its spine reconstructed amid cracking sounds, mimicking a monstrous Qilin beast in dark gold, ablaze with blazing Divine Sacrificial Fire, roaring up at the sky.

The golden Divine Sacrificial Fire gathered into the form of a Qilin, its roaring sounds echoing through the darkness.

He leapt powerfully, riding his transformed spiritual body, channeling dark energy, and punched forward!

The maiden suspended in mid-air was slammed by his punch, crashing into the ground as if fired from a cannon.

Gu Jianlin landed in front of her, harboring no trace of mercy or concern. His four Ghost Hands unleashed punches like a torrential storm!

Each punch struck like a thunderous hammer blow, producing terrifying reverberations!

The maiden curled into a ball, trying to defend against his onslaught, but her bones were shattered inch by inch.

Even so, she gritted her teeth and remained silent, still seeking an opportunity to counterattack!

High above, faint and terrifying starlight blossomed, quickly converging into a dreadful Star Cluster resembling a supernova on the verge of eruption!

Gu Jianlin couldn't care less, but his Qilin Skeleton abruptly raised its head, its golden eyes swirling with pitch-black thunder. It was as if massive destructive lightning hovered within the depths of black clouds, brewing terrifying divine punishment!

Ancient Forbidden Curse, All Heavens Divine Thunder!

Boom!

An apocalyptic strike erupted, piercing through the darkness and obliterating the Star Cluster above!

The terrifying shockwaves caused the underground palace to tremble violently.

Gu Jianlin locked the maiden's throat with one hand and raised his right hand.

Black lightning danced through his fingers, crackling like the chirps of a thousand birds!

The sudden burst of light illuminated the maiden's blood-masked face, and his lightning-wreathed hand struck down, shattering her arm bones like blades, ripping open the dragon scales on her chest, tearing through blood-streaked flesh, and piercing the heart.

Almost instantaneously, the lightning extinguished.

Gu Jianlin seized her heart.

Consuming it was replaced by the frenzied burning Divine Sacrificial Fire, absorbing her life force.

The maiden howled skyward, only to have her throat constricted tightly, the blood-red mask on her face peeling off inch by inch.

This was an internal battle within the Ancient God Clan.

Both sides had their advantages.

Gu Jianlin's rank was lower by one level.

But his positional superiority exceeded hers by two full tiers.

On raw combat instincts and technique, however, he was far inferior to this Ancestor.

But hey, isn't the point of hacks to overcome that?

A boy who didn't know martial arts could easily beat a martial arts master who had trained for years, all thanks to his cheats.

In truth, as an Ancient Supreme, Gu Jianlin hadn't even utilized all his advantages.

After all, an Ancient Supreme's true strength lay more in limitless potential. Legends spoke of the Qilin Venerable effortlessly draining entire seas of life force, invoking catastrophic disasters of annihilation.

For now, however, Gu Jianlin had only demonstrated considerable superiority in low-level capabilities, and that was it.

"Who... who are you?"

When the blood-red mask fell from the maiden's face, her pitch-black eyes reflected an expression of bewilderment, and she stopped struggling.

The fury and madness of the Qilin Clan faded, replaced by the gentle humanity of mankind.

In that moment, Gu Jianlin faintly sensed the fragments of the Qilin Wedge stirring.

He raised his hand, summoning the Qilin Wedge Fragment, which instantly appeared in his grasp as the broken sword pierced through the maiden's abdomen!

——The Qilin Venerable's Authority, Swallow!

For that brief instant, the maiden wailed in unbearable agony as a pitch-black void spread out from the hole in her abdomen, distorting the surrounding time and space into a whirlpool that swallowed her whole!

Having completed this, Gu Jianlin let out a long breath as the Qilin Wedge fragments returned to his consciousness.

Anyhow, the fragments were previously in Youzhu's possession.

When they vanished from her side earlier, it didn't particularly matter.

If necessary later, he could easily use his identity as the Qilin Venerable and secretly return them to her.

But as his consciousness entered the space within the Qilin Wedge, he froze.

Because the Ancestor hadn't disappeared.

Within the pitch-black void, a black stone coffin had unknowingly appeared, housing the slumbering Ancestor inside.

It was as if she had been sealed.

What was happening here!

There was no time to dwell on this, as the maiden's voice called out from above him.

"Xiao Gu, are you alright?"

Lu Zijin descended, using telekinesis, grumbling, "It seems like that Ancestor just unleashed the Corpse Ghost Skill. Countless Corpse Ghosts are climbing out of the Blood River—it's no longer safe here."

Su Youzhu softly landed on the ground, gazing at the boy's back with a flicker of surprise.

This wasn't her first time seeing Gu Jianlin in such a form.

It wasn't just an ordinary evolutionary state.

It was something akin to the King of Qing—a form surpassing conventional logic.

As Gu Jianlin tried to say something, he once again heard the elderly voice in his ear.

"Such powerful Heavenly Person inheritance; this is actually the core of the Candle Light Law..."