My little sect, which disappeared a thousand years ago, has become a sacred site!

Gu Changyuan noticed Jun Anshi's disappearance at the same moment.

His brow furrowed suddenly, and he vanished from the treetop in a flash.

The next instant, he was already in the spot where Jun Anshi had last appeared.

This place is some distance from where the other disciples of Jun Anshi's team are located. It is surrounded by a dense ancient forest, and the ground is covered with a thick layer of fallen leaves.

Gu Changyuan closed his eyes, and everything around him changed the moment he closed them.

The sounds of the wind, the rustling of leaves, and the calls of birds and animals in the distance all vanished at that moment.

Instead, there is a deeper level of perception—the flow of time.

Gu Changyuan slowly opened his eyes.

In his eyes, time and space around him began to rewind.

In the reversal of time, he saw a phantom.

A phantom image of Jun Anshi.

She was running from a distance, her steps light and quick, her eyes fixed on something ahead.

About ten feet ahead of her, a bright green rabbit was running.

The moment she entered the area, Jun Anshi vanished without a trace.

Then Gu Changyuan slowed the time flow to its slowest speed, so slow that every frame was clearly visible.

The moment Jun Anshi stepped into this open space, the space underwent a subtle change.

It's not tearing, not twisting, but a more delicate "folding".

The space in front of her was folded into an extremely narrow passage, the other end of which connected to some unknown coordinates.

Jun Anshi was so focused on his pursuit that he didn't notice the change at all. He stepped into the hole and was swallowed up as if by a giant mouth, disappearing from the spot in an instant.

The rabbit stopped walking after Jun Anshi disappeared.

It stood in the open space, its ruby-like eyes looking in the direction of Gu Changyuan.

In the scene where time reverses, it actually "looks" at the location where Gu Changyuan is.

There was no panic, no hostility in those eyes, only a profound meaning that was hard to explain.

Then, the rabbit disappeared too.

It wasn't teleported, nor was it spatially moved; rather, it simply dissipated, like morning mist dissipating, as if it were merely a "key" deliberately placed here.

Gu Changyuan withdrew the spell, and everything around him returned to its normal flow.

His face was ashen.

That rabbit didn't appear here by chance.

Its mission is to lure Jun Anshi to a specific location in this open space, then trigger the spacetime folding restriction to teleport her to an unknown place.

This is a trap, it was a trap from the very beginning.

Gu Changyuan didn't waste time being angry.

He lightly stomped his right foot on the ground, and dozens of array patterns spread out from beneath his feet, radiating outwards like ripples on water.

The array patterns were golden, densely packed, layer upon layer, weaving together in the air to form an extremely complex three-dimensional magic array.

As long as a trace is left, there is nothing he cannot track down.

The formation activated, and golden light swirled, intertwined, and recombine in the air.

Gu Changyuan used his divine sense to probe into the folded space through the array, analyzing the structure, coordinates, and rules behind the teleportation channel bit by bit.

He wasn't teleported somewhere while "looking for" Jun'an; he was "deducing" something.

By examining the traces of time-space folding, the coordinates of the endpoint of that teleportation channel can be deduced in reverse.

No cultivator below the level of Immortal Emperor could have accomplished this.

But for Gu Changyuan, it was only a matter of time.

He closed his eyes, and with the support of the array, his consciousness continued to penetrate deeper into the bottom layer of that folded space.

He could sense a faint "anchor point" deep within those layers of spacetime folds, which was the destination to which Jun Anshi was teleported.

found it.

Gu Changyuan opened his eyes, and the surrounding array dissipated, with golden light spots drifting in the air like fireflies.

There was no anger or anxiety in his eyes, only an extreme coldness.

You'd better not have done anything to my apprentice.

Otherwise, even if you're just a corpse, I'll find you and scatter your remains.

Gu Changyuan vanished from his spot in a flash.

Just as Gu Changyuan left, the disciples of Jun Anshi's team also rushed over due to the fluctuations in spiritual energy and the aura of the formation.

However, just as they arrived, Gu Changyuan had just left, and the spacetime fluctuations here had returned to normal, leaving no trace.

They were left staring at each other, anxiously waiting.

......

Jun Anshi looked around, his eyes filled with curiosity and a lingering sense of bewilderment.

Just now, while she was chasing the rabbit, she suddenly saw a flash of white light.

The light was intense yet not blinding, enveloping the entire world.

The next moment, her vision cleared again, and she was standing in this space.

Beneath your feet lies the clear water, like a giant mirror reflecting the entire space.

It won't sink when you step on it, and the feel under your feet is soft.

With each step, tiny ripples spread across the water's surface, expanding outwards.

There was no sky above.

Or rather, the reflection of this body of water is right above your head.

In the center of the space stands a huge sycamore tree.

The tree has a huge canopy and lush foliage, with each leaf a pure and deep emerald green.

The entire space was so quiet it was almost sacred.

There was no sound of wind, no sound of water, and no sound of any living creature.

Jun Anshi took a deep breath, sensing the immense and pure power of time contained within this space.

While staying in this space, she could feel her body slowly undergoing some kind of change, as if it were absorbing the pure spiritual energy and power of the Great Dao of this space.