When I Achieved Sainthood, the Immortal Official Actually Called Me to Raise Horses!

Hearing Ji Xuanyu’s words, Gu An was momentarily stunned before asking, “You came back just for this thing?”

A mirror to reflect my soul?

Do you think I’m a demon?

Gu An found it bizarre and didn’t know how to evaluate Ji Xuanyu’s thinking.

Ji Xuanyu seemed to understand his expression and explained, “Of course, it’s more than just that. But for a cultivator, if they can glimpse their own soul, they might enhance their comprehension.”

“I don’t believe it, so I’m not trying.” Gu An waved his hand dismissively.

Ji Xuanyu leaned in closer and whispered, “Just try it. It won’t hurt.”

“I’m not afraid of pain, but asking me to reflect my own soul feels intrusive. You don’t actually think I’m a demon, do you?”

“How could that be? Even if you were a demon, it wouldn’t matter, since the Tai—”

“You’re still saying you don’t think so?”

Gu An feigned anger, flicked his sleeve, and walked away.

Although he wasn’t sure about the true nature of that treasure, he decided to stay far away from it—what if it revealed that his soul wasn’t an ordinary one?

Of course, rationally speaking, there shouldn’t be a treasure that powerful.

Ji Xuanyu stood in place, watching him leave, lost in thought.

After returning to his room, Gu An shut the door and pulled out a strange book he had recently obtained from the Outer Sect City, flipping through it.

This lifetime’s Ji Xuanyu was persistent, but not unreasonable. After Gu An rejected her, she simply returned to her room to cultivate.

In the days that followed, Gu An avoided Ji Xuanyu.

As autumn approached, he returned from Horizon Valley, and today, his lifespan finally surpassed 30 million years.

Walking through the mountains, his divine sense extended all the way to the ocean, locking onto the Severed Sea Rift.

Looking across the entire rift, the number of cultivators and demons gathered around exceeded ten million—not to mention the unknown number of beings lurking at the bottom.

Without hesitation, Gu An decided on his point of entry into the depths of the Severed Sea Rift.

As his right foot lifted again, his entire presence shifted dramatically. He entered the special state of a Free Soaring Immortal.

He stepped into Infinite Free Step, swiftly leaping off the continent. Within a few strides, he plunged into the depths of the rift.

As he descended, it felt like entering an abyss—darkness all around, with the deafening sound of seawater crashing down from both sides.

During his fall, he encountered cultivators, demons, and Divine Anomaly Wraiths emerging from below. Some brushed past him, while others passed straight through his body, completely unaware of his presence.

The Severed Sea Rift was far deeper than Gu An had expected, as if leading to an entirely different world.

After falling tens of millions of miles, a dim blue light appeared below, shimmering like waves. He sensed a special force—something akin to the laws of the heavens and earth.

Passing through this layer of blue light, he felt a distinct change, as though he had truly entered another realm.

This place felt oddly familiar, reminding him of the interior of Divine Anomaly City.

Multiple worlds coexisted here. Gu An flew toward the one with the densest spiritual energy—the largest of them all, hundreds of times the size of the continent where Taixuan Sect was located.

As he traveled, he saw numerous cultivators and demons moving through the space. The weakest among them was at the Roving Immortal Stage.

Only those at the Roving Immortal Stage and above could freely traverse these worlds.

Weaker beings had to rely on teleportation arrays or spatial rifts to cross between realms.

He also spotted Divine Anomaly Wraiths lurking in the void, watching the passing beings, waiting for an opportunity to strike.

Gu An paid them no mind. His right foot stepped forward, and in an instant, he appeared on a cliff.

The sky here was blood-red, shrouded in dense clouds, with faint outlines of multiple moons visible.

Gu An sat cross-legged and immediately activated his Lifespan Barrier.

The spiritual energy in this realm was incredibly rich—even denser than the Third Medicine Valley, which was filled with medicinal herbs. No wonder so many cultivators and demons risked everything to enter.

But Gu An didn’t rush to break through. Instead, he took a moment to appreciate the scenery.

The land stretched endlessly, devoid of vegetation. In the distance, tornadoes roamed the mountains, sweeping up countless restless souls, their wails echoing through the air.

Bleak. Desolate.

That was Gu An’s impression.

It was hard to imagine what had happened to this world for it to end up like this.

If life here had once flourished, just how immense would its spiritual energy have been?

Retracting his gaze, Gu An pulled up his status panel.

[Name: Gu An]

[Lifespan: 174/30,004,901]

[Physique: Profound Saint Body]

[Cultivation: Ninth Level of Free Soaring Immortal Stage]

Looking at his lifespan, a smile appeared on Gu An’s face.

He rubbed his hands together, as if preparing for something big.

First, he decided to enhance his physique—investing a million years of lifespan to see the effects.

It had taken 520,000 years of lifespan to evolve from an Innate Dao Body to a Profound Saint Body. Would a million be enough for another transformation?

Investing lifespan!

Line after line of notifications appeared, all indicating improvements to his bone structure.

Yet, after consuming one million years, there was no breakthrough.

Gu An felt a little heartbroken, so he adjusted his approach.

He started investing lifespan in increments of ten thousand years at a time.

The notifications kept popping up, making his expression increasingly unnatural.

Finally!

[You have comprehended the natural laws for ten thousand years. You have received the baptism of the True Essence of Heaven and Earth. Your bone structure has transformed, and your Profound Saint Body has evolved into the Primal Causal Body.]

Boom!

Heaven and earth trembled as spiritual energy surged into his body. The ground itself was engulfed in a sea of misty spiritual energy, dazzling and breathtaking.

Gu An’s smile deepened.

His physique breakthrough had consumed 1.67 million years of lifespan!

Who could afford such a cost?!

Now, he hesitated—should he enhance his cultivation technique?

If both his physique and technique advanced, would he still have enough lifespan left to break through?

As cultivation progressed, breakthroughs only became more difficult. If he managed to advance using the same amount of lifespan as last time, it would already be a miracle. Reducing the cost was nearly impossible—it was more realistic to just limit how much it increased.

The ground trembled continuously, and spiritual energy sank downward, alarming countless Divine Anomaly Wraiths.

On the other side of the realm, Tian Wuchang, who had been meditating by the sea, suddenly stood up in shock.

The beach beneath him quaked, stirring the waves into a frenzy. The entire realm’s spiritual energy kept sinking, causing strong winds to rise.

“Could it be… him?” Tian Wuchang gritted his teeth.

Though two months had passed, he had remained on edge, fearing that man’s arrival at any moment.

“The spiritual energy’s descent might be due to fluctuations in the realm’s laws—not necessarily related to him,” a cold voice from within a stone monument reassured him.

Hearing this, Tian Wuchang breathed a sigh of relief and sat down again.

He grumbled, “Lord of this realm, when will you recover your cultivation and restore order to Divine Anomaly Realm? More and more cultivators are breaking in—it’s bound to cause trouble.”

The monument’s voice fell silent.

Tian Wuchang waited a while longer but received no reply, so he resumed his cultivation.

Cliffside, within the Lifespan Barrier.

Gu An gritted his teeth, enduring the pain of his body’s transformation.

Since he had already taught Heaven and Earth Primal Art to Yang Jian and An Hao, as their master, he needed to have something superior!

He invested 1 million years of lifespan!

Failure.

Another 1 million years!

Failure.

Another 500,000 years!

Failure.

Another 200,000 years!

[Your Heaven and Earth Primal Art has successfully evolved into Chaos Primordial Saint Art.]

Total cost: 2.7 million years!

Gu An’s heart ached.

But there was no turning back now.

Next step—cultivation breakthrough!

Time to break past the Free Soaring Immortal Stage!