When I Achieved Sainthood, the Immortal Official Actually Called Me to Raise Horses!-Chapter 270: Desperate Tian Wuchang!
Chapter 270 Desperate Tian Wuchang!
The sound of Tian Wuchang made the entire world feel like it was plunged into an icy abyss. Every cultivator of the Starsea Sect Alliance felt a chill run down their spine.
Gu An ignored Tian Wuchang and strode forward.
Beneath the Ten Thousand-Foot Starsea Primordial Banner, Da Ming Tian, covered in blood, turned his head, his eyes filled with shock.
Who is this person?
Even Tian Wuchang paused.
Gu An’s utter disregard infuriated him. With a furious roar, he transformed into a crimson gale, surging toward Gu An.
Within that terrifying bloodstorm, a massive flood dragon's head emerged, as enormous as a mountain. It seemed like it could swallow Gu An, An Hao, and the entire floating island in a single bite.
Everyone on the island held their breath, their hearts pounding wildly.
BOOM!
The bloodstorm flood dragon clashed with Gu An—and instantly disintegrated.
Tian Wuchang staggered back, his balance lost, his face filled with absolute disbelief.
“This… no…”
He trembled as he spoke, but before he could finish, a hand suddenly pressed down on his shoulder.
SPLAT!
The giant python coiled around him was crushed into a mist of blood.
Tian Wuchang's heart pounded wildly.
For the first time in his life, pure terror seized him.
He suddenly realized—he couldn’t move his spiritual power.
He had lost all ability to fight.
A voice whispered into his ear:
“No matter where you run, I will find you and crush you.”
Gu An’s right hand clenched—and Tian Wuchang’s body exploded into dust.
BOOM—
A violent storm erupted, sweeping across the world. Countless cultivators in the distance were blown away.
Gu An wasn’t just superior in cultivation—his physical strength was leagues beyond Tian Wuchang’s Supreme Treasure Body.
At the moment Tian Wuchang’s body shattered, Gu An sensed a strange power swiftly retreating from Starsea Sect Alliance.
That eerie Divine Anomaly Wraith energy—the very power that enabled them to resurrect over and over—was withdrawing beyond the rules of reality.
It rapidly recoiled back into the Severed Sea Rift.
Gu An vanished in the same instant.
The world fell silent.
Even the wind seemed oppressive.
Hovering mid-air, Da Ming Tian was utterly dumbfounded.
If he was this shaken, what about everyone else?
“Tian Wuchang is dead!”
Chi Jiuxiao shouted in excitement, his hands trembling as he gripped the Dragon-Slaying Spear.
His words triggered an uproar.
“Impossible! What just happened?!”
“Who was that man? He crushed a Divine Anomaly Wraith King like it was nothing!”
“It looked like he came for An Hao.”
“With that kind of strength, how high must his cultivation be?”
“His aura completely disappeared. Even our Starsea Sect’s barriers and formations couldn’t detect him!”
More and more cultivators rushed toward An Hao, including Da Ming Tian himself.
Forgetting his own battered state, Da Ming Tian locked eyes with An Hao and demanded,
“Who was that man to you?”
Under countless gazes, An Hao took a deep breath and said,
“To tell the truth—he was my first master.
When I was a child, he saved me from demonic beasts and taught me the path of cultivation. He guided me into Taixuan Sect.
Within Taixuan Sect, he is revered as…
The Sword Sovereign of the Righteous Path.”
—The Sword Sovereign of the Righteous Path!
Everyone’s expressions shifted dramatically.
That name…
They had all heard of it.
The Sword Sovereign of the Righteous Path—the one who single-handedly annihilated the Seven Star Spirit Realm Lords.
If it was him… everything made sense.
And yet… An Hao had such an extraordinary background?!
After witnessing the Sword Sovereign’s strength today, they finally understood—the destruction of the Seven Star Spirit Realm was not unjust.
Had the Sword Sovereign of the Righteous Path willed it, not just the realm’s leaders but millions of their followers could have perished.
Back at Taixuan Sect
Gu An wandered through the Outer Sect City, deep in thought.
What power lay behind Tian Wuchang?
Earlier, when he used Lifespan Perception on Tian Wuchang, he could only see his cultivation level—Celestial Ascension Stage, Ninth Layer—but the other three values were zero.
The Divine Anomaly Wraiths were not truly immortal.
Gu An had already destroyed two of them, and he could sense that they shared the same mysterious energy.
If he could trace the source and eliminate it—these creatures would no longer be able to resurrect.
He was already preparing to enter the Severed Sea Rift.
With his current lifespan, he was confident.
The Severed Sea Rift was dangerous—but not beyond his reach!
Gu An’s eyes burned with anticipation.
What lay beyond the Free Soaring Immortal Stage?
Somewhere Beneath a Blood-Red Sky
The world was dark.
Waves crashed against a desolate shore, their waters filled with a sinister presence, like an unseen demon grasping at the land.
A solitary stone tablet stood amidst the wasteland, occasional waves splashing against it—only to instantly evaporate into steam.
A figure appeared out of nowhere, then collapsed to the ground.
Tian Wuchang.
He gasped for breath, his face pale with terror.
“What happened to you?”
A calm, emotionless voice emerged from within the stone tablet—neither male nor female, devoid of discernible emotion.
Tian Wuchang struggled to steady his breathing.
Clenching his teeth, he rasped,
“I encountered someone… His cultivation is definitely beyond the Celestial Ascension Stage…
He said he’s coming for me… He’s going to kill me…”
At the mere thought of Gu An’s words, Tian Wuchang shuddered violently.
His arrogance came from his power—but more than that, from his immortality.
Yet now, he truly feared death.
Because this time… it felt real.
“Beyond Celestial Ascension?”
The voice from the stone echoed his words, deep in thought.
Tian Wuchang forced himself upright, still trembling.
“What should we do? He’ll definitely come for me!”
For the first time—Tian Wuchang was even more terrified than An Hao.
The longer one lived, the more they dreaded death.
“Calm yourself.
I will summon the other Wraith Kings.
We shall see if he dares challenge me under my own watchful gaze.”
Hearing this, Tian Wuchang felt a slight relief.
But no matter what he did, he couldn’t stop trembling.
The sensation of Gu An’s hand pressing down on his shoulder—it was pure despair.
He didn’t even have the will to feel anger.
He just wanted to escape this fate.
The Name of the Sword Sovereign of the Righteous Path Resounded Across the Ocean!
The Starsea Sect Alliance spread the news deliberately—
One, to make others believe they had ties to the Sword Sovereign.
Two, to crush the morale of the Divine Anomaly Wraiths and rekindle hope across the sea.
No matter how terrifying the Wraiths were—there were still those strong enough to defeat them!
By the time Gu An arrived at Seeker’s Island, only half a month had passed since the battle.
And yet, everyone was already discussing the Sword Sovereign of the Righteous Path.
Even those who didn’t understand higher realms still worshipped him.
Gu An never expected his name to spread so fast.
Hearing all the talk, he secretly enjoyed it.
That day, he even stayed an extra hour to bask in it.
Returning to Xuan Valley
By the time Gu An returned to Xuan Valley, he was in an excellent mood.
Over the past seven days, he had gathered another batch of medicinal herbs, bringing him closer than ever to reaching a lifespan of thirty million years.
At this rate, he estimated it would take at most three months to reach that milestone—and that was without rushing his harvests.
As for Tian Wuchang’s retaliation?
Gu An wasn’t worried.
He would break through first before heading to the Severed Sea Rift.
By then, he would deal with Tian Wuchang at an even higher realm.
With that thought, Gu An smiled as he strolled into the valley.
Along the way, he casually chatted with disciples, letting them feel his good mood.
Two Months Passed in a Flash
The Sword Sovereign of the Righteous Path’s exploits had finally spread to Taixuan Sect.
The disciples erupted in discussions—some feeling pride, others concern.
“Why did the Sword Sovereign go to the sea?”
“Did he leave Taixuan Sect?”
Even Gu An heard similar debates—but he didn’t mind.
A bit of pressure on Taixuan Sect wasn’t a bad thing.
If any arrogant fools decided to test their luck… well, he wouldn’t mind taking a few extra years of lifespan from them.
Noon—Inside the Pavilion
Gu An was playing Go with Nine-Fingered Divine Lord, surrounded by dozens of disciples and senior cultivators from Taixuan Sect.
Across the board, the Nine-Fingered Divine Lord was visibly sweating.
Meanwhile, Gu An lazily waved the Seven Star Mirror in his hand as if it were a fan.
None of the onlookers recognized it for what it was—a Supreme Immortal Treasure.
Its appearance had subtly changed, and with Gu An’s mastery of the Primordial Return Divine Path, he could completely suppress its energy signature.
Even someone as powerful as Nine-Fingered Divine Lord couldn’t detect its true nature.
Standing behind Gu An, You Yingying couldn’t help but scoff.
“Stop waving that thing. You look like a woman playing with a mirror.”
Gu An smirked and tilted the mirror, using it to adjust his hair.
You Yingying was so irritated that she wanted to strangle him.
While they bickered, Nine-Fingered Divine Lord felt his pressure soar.
Despite years of playing, he could never overcome Gu An’s Go mastery.
He had secretly examined Gu An’s cultivation multiple times, even investigated his background, but nothing added up.
The lack of answers only made him doubt himself more.
At that moment, a woman approached.
She lightly tapped a female disciple on the shoulder.
The disciple turned around, saw who it was, and quickly stepped aside with a bow.
The newcomer was Ji Xuanyu.
Dressed in flowing white robes, with a sword at her waist, she carried herself with the elegance of a sword immortal.
She stopped in the middle of the crowd, her lips subtly curling at the sight of Gu An’s nonsense antics.
Gu An noticed her arrival, set down the Seven Star Mirror, and greeted her with a grin.
“Xuanyu, back already?”
Ji Xuanyu replied, “I just went home to retrieve something. Of course, I came back immediately.”
Gu An nodded and didn’t press further.
He stood up and stretched.
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He gently pushed You Yingying aside and strolled toward the exit.
You Yingying, furious, kicked at him—but Gu An effortlessly dodged.
A Foundation Establishment cultivator had no chance of landing a hit on a Core Formation cultivator.
Ji Xuanyu followed beside him.
As they walked, they casually chatted.
Behind them, an elder of Taixuan Sect stroked his beard and chuckled.
“Senior, no matter how I look at it, you had no chance of winning.”
He had lost countless times to Nine-Fingered Divine Lord in Go, so seeing Nine-Fingered Divine Lord suffer defeat today was pure joy.
At the same time, he marveled—just how skilled was Gu An at Go?
No wonder he was said to have invented the game.
But Nine-Fingered Divine Lord said nothing.
He simply stared at the Go board, replaying the game in his mind, trying to decode Gu An’s strategy.
A Question from Ji Xuanyu
As they walked, Gu An glanced at Ji Xuanyu and asked,
“You needed something?”
At those words, Ji Xuanyu’s faint smile faded.
She spoke calmly, “I retrieved a Supreme Treasure from my family. It can peer into a living soul and distinguish demons from humans.”
Then, she looked at Gu An with clear, unwavering eyes.
“Would you like to see what your soul looks like?”
