Chapter 664: The Strongest Power

That pair of eyes...

Ji Xiaoya’s heart pounded wildly. She couldn't help but ask, "You're not dead?"

Back then, it was this exact pair of eyes that had defeated her. The moment they opened, she had been pulled into a bizarre illusion.

In that illusion, she had been surrounded and attacked by countless versions of herself—until she was ultimately defeated.

Even now, looking back, she still couldn't understand it.

What kind of divine ability was that?

Why had it made her turn against herself?

The battle inside the illusion hadn’t felt like a mere hallucination. The injuries she had sustained in that world had carried over into reality.

The mysterious eyes didn’t answer her question. They merely stared at her coldly.

Ji Xiaoya sensed something terribly wrong.

Her face paled as she instinctively tried to get up, only to find herself completely restrained.

An incomprehensibly terrifying force was pressing down on her, preventing her from moving.

Someone was prying into her karma!

No...

This wasn't the Undefeated Emperor!

Ji Xiaoya could feel that this suppression was far greater than what the Undefeated Emperor had ever exerted.

This power was beyond her imagination.

Even Gu An had never given her such a terrifying sense of oppression.

Could it be...

This person was the one behind the Undefeated Emperor?

Had they come to investigate his death?

Ji Xiaoya instinctively thought of Gu An—but in the next instant, she immediately forced herself to focus on the threat before her.

Those eyes... were they some kind of bloodline inheritance?

She had once heard Yuan Songzi mention that the clan backing the Undefeated Emperor had dared to take the title of 'Emperor' because they had produced numerous Dao Sovereigns.

Cultivating so many Dao Sovereigns wasn’t something that could be accomplished merely through a strong Dao lineage.

For such a clan to exist, their bloodline talents must have been extraordinary.

At that moment—

The pair of eyes suddenly closed.

Yet Ji Xiaoya didn’t relax. The suppression remained.

Then—

A figure stepped out of the swirling black mist on the ceiling.

It was an old man in a black robe.

His long white hair was neatly tied under a crown. His presence was detached, otherworldly.

Between his brows, there was an icy aura that sent chills down one's spine.

His violet eyes seemed to pierce through the soul.

Even looking at him made Ji Xiaoya feel deep unease.

She saw a trace of the Undefeated Emperor in him.

This man...

He was definitely connected to the Undefeated Emperor.

The black-robed elder descended from the ceiling and landed in front of Ji Xiaoya.

He lifted his right hand and reached toward her forehead.

At this moment—

Ji Xiaoya felt a deep sense of despair.

Yet—

She did not show fear.

Instead, she stared straight at the black-robed elder.

Smack!

A hand suddenly pressed down on the elder’s shoulder.

The sound wasn’t loud, but in this dead-silent palace, it echoed powerfully.

The elder’s violet eyes widened abruptly.

Ji Xiaoya saw who was standing behind him—

Her expression became incredibly complex.

Suddenly!

The elder's soul was forcibly pulled out of his body!

He spun around, facing the figure behind him—

His eyes widened in shock as an unfathomable aura erupted from them.

But—

Nothing happened.

His expression changed drastically.

"Impossible!" he gasped. "Who... are you?"

His Immortal Emperor Eyes had been completely suppressed!

They couldn't unleash their divine ability at all!

This was the first time he had ever encountered such a thing.

Even when facing cultivators stronger than him, his Immortal Emperor Eyes could always cause some form of trouble.

But now—

They were utterly useless.

Gu An lifted his head slightly, looking at the elder’s floating soul with an indifferent expression.

Then—

He clenched his right hand.

The elder’s soul was instantly dragged back into his body.

In the next moment—

His physical body rapidly shrank.

Until finally—

It disappeared into Gu An’s palm.

Gu An clenched his right hand and casually tucked it into his robe, as if the black-robed elder were nothing more than a small trinket to be stowed away.

Ji Xiaoya was momentarily dazed by the scene before her.

With the disappearance of the black-robed elder, the immense pressure that had been suppressing her vanished as well. However, she remained seated on the meditation mat, her mind blank.

The palace once again fell into silence.

Gu An looked at Ji Xiaoya, unsure of what to say. The two of them simply stared at each other.

Ji Xiaoya regained her composure and asked, “Did you predict that he would come, or did you notice him the moment he arrived?”

Gu An replied, “Both. I keep an eye on you when I have free time.”

Her expression subtly changed upon hearing this.

He cares about me?

The thought sent a ripple of excitement through her heart, though she didn’t let it show on her face.

Gu An, however, could hear her inner thoughts. This only made him more confident. He smiled and said, “Third Miss, do you have a grudge against me? You haven’t come to find me in years, yet you chose to walk the path of the Dao instead. If you had come to me, I could have granted you power far greater than that of a Dao Sovereign.”

He still preferred addressing Ji Xiaoya as Third Miss—it reminded him of the past.

Ji Xiaoya responded, “I am unworthy of such a title, and I have no ties to the Ji Family anymore.”

Even as she spoke, she was already thinking about how to deal with Gu An.

She knew that what he said was likely true, yet she still did not want to rely on him.

Gu An sighed inwardly. So stubborn.

He waved his right hand, and a Dao Treasure floated before Ji Xiaoya. “This is the Endless Reincarnation Diagram, a treasure I personally forged. It contains the essence of the Dao of Reincarnation and will help you completely erase the lingering power of the Undefeated Emperor.”

With that, he vanished into thin air.

Ji Xiaoya stared at the floating Endless Reincarnation Diagram. When it unfurled, the image within was nothing but ink and mist—like dark clouds swirling in a storm.

Aside from that, there was nothing else visible.

She reached out and caught the Endless Reincarnation Diagram, letting out a soft sigh.

“He left in such a hurry… I was hoping to ask him about the divine ability the Undefeated Emperor used.”

Ji Xiaoya murmured to herself as her gaze remained fixed on the diagram. Her expression turned complicated.

Why hadn’t she noticed before that he was so domineering?

He simply forced his help upon her.

Meanwhile, Gu An returned to Wushi Dao Field.

He had left quickly because he knew Ji Xiaoya would ask about the Immortal Emperor Eyes.

The eyes of the Undefeated Emperor and the black-robed elder were indeed the Immortal Emperor Eyes!

Gu An found this fascinating. The Immortal Emperor Eyes were rejected by the Heavenly Court, yet the imperial clan still dared to cultivate them?

No wonder they were being hunted down—if the Immortal Emperor Eyes were allowed to spread, the consequences would be far more terrifying.

Seated in his residence, Gu An raised his right hand.

A tiny, grain-sized version of the black-robed elder stood in his palm.

At this moment, the elder had not yet lost consciousness.

He looked up at the colossal Gu An, his eyes filled with horror and despair.

He could guess what Gu An was about to do, yet he was powerless to resist.

He couldn’t even self-destruct to escape.

"How can this be happening?"

"Why… are my Immortal Emperor Eyes so afraid of him?"

The black-robed elder’s mind crumbled in despair—not just because he faced certain death, but because the failure of his Immortal Emperor Eyes shattered his very faith.

Until now, he had believed that the Immortal Emperor Eyes were the strongest power in existence.

That was the very reason he had dared to come.

For ten thousand years, he had hidden from the gods, infiltrating the Heavenly Spirit Great World.

Yet, the moment he arrived, he was instantly captured.

This was an outcome he had never anticipated.

Gu An gazed down at the elder, his eyes shifting.

He activated Calamitous Absolute Eye, forcefully scouring through the elder’s memories.

Instantly—

The elder’s consciousness shattered.

His Immortal Emperor Eyes dimmed, losing all luster.