“Mortal flesh is an unimaginable temptation to ferocious beasts. If the baby keeps crying, the Heavenly Emperor will likely die in the cave.”

Gazing at the scenes appearing in the ancient mirror, many people grew interested.

They wanted to see how Gu Changqing would deal with the impending danger.

Although the current Heavenly Emperor had grasped the true meaning of Sword Dao, he did not know how to use it, or even the fact that the sword aura he could expel could cause harm.

Never mind facing a ferocious beast—even against an ordinary adult he would likely have no chance to fight back.

If Gu Changqing were clever, the best method would be to abandon the baby in his arms and escape while the beast was busy devouring it.

If he were foolish, he could only wait to die.

“How great it would be if he had died in that cave,” someone couldn’t help but sigh.

But everyone understood the Heavenly Emperor would not die, nor would Gu Youwei, otherwise where would the extremely wicked and cruel Heavenly Emperor they knew come from?!

In the scene.

Although only five years old, Gu Changqing also understood that the baby in his arms was probably hungry.

He tried to search himself for something, but apart from the ancient book the old Daoist had given him, there was nothing else.

On the cover of the ancient book were two characters written in extremely complex script.

Heavenly Book!

Gu Changqing could vaguely discern the meaning of those two characters.

“Heavenly Book?”

The onlookers’ eyes brightened and their gazes grew heated.

But after a moment of excitement, their eyes dimmed again.

They watched as Gu Changqing opened the book, but the pages were empty—there wasn’t even a single character.

“How can that be?”

Everyone was stunned.

“This is supposed to be the old Daoist’s legacy! Why did things turn out like this?”

“Could the old Daoist have given him the wrong thing?”

“That’s supposed to be his legacy for a disciple! How could he have given the wrong thing!”

“How do you explain that then?”

The group of cultivators debated endlessly, regretting that they could not see the secret of the Heavenly Emperor’s rise.

Gu Changqing was similarly disappointed.

However, while the others were disappointed because the technique book lacked characters, he was disappointed because he had no food on him.

Roar!

The ferocious beast outside the cave seemed unable to wait any longer.

It actually crawled into the cave.

It was plainly a leopard. Its massive head emitted a warning-like low howl, and its exposed teeth reflected the moonlight.

“This is actually a sentient ferocious beast.”

Outside the mirror, everyone was utterly shocked.

No one expected the young Heavenly Emperor’s luck to be so bad as to attract a sentient beast.

This kind of ferocious beast was different from ordinary ones.

Becoming sentient means it had developed intelligence. Though it’s not considered to have entered the path of cultivation, its strength was far beyond ordinary ferocious beasts.

“The Heavenly Emperor doesn’t even know the function of sword aura. Even if he knew how to defend himself, with his current Sword Dao attainment he would hardly inflict any damage on this leopard.”

“Then how did they survive?” someone questioned.

The other strong ones were also astonished: how could a five-year-old and a baby in swaddling clothes escape the jaws of a sentient beast?

Unimaginable!

But no one answered the cultivator. Everyone focused intently on the young Heavenly Emperor’s reaction.

“Get out!!”

Abruptly, Gu Changqing’s angry shout rang out from the cave.

No one expected this scene.

No one dared imagine that a five-year-old would have the courage to flare up in anger facing a ferocious beast.

Shouldn’t it be: Help! Someone, help! The leopard is so scary…

Or: Father, Mother, where are you…

Those would be normal reactions!

The crowd was stunned.

Inwardly some couldn’t help exclaiming, “He’s the Heavenly Emperor indeed. Just this courage alone is peerless in the world!”

However, something even more shocking was yet to come.

Along with that forceful roar, the young Heavenly Emperor actually used his palm as a sword and cut out a sword aura as thick as the mouth of a bowl!

Bang!

A dull sound rang out. The giant leopard was actually sliced and flung away by that sword aura.

A spray of blood burst!

After tasting pain, this beast that had developed intelligence actually chose to flee at once.

As it fled, it didn’t forget to turn its head and look at the boy in the cave.

In those eyes clearly hung an expression of utter terror.

To call it merely a leopard would be an understatement.

Even the powerful present, up to Great Emperors, now wore expressions of shock!

Was this boy even human?!!

Faced with such danger, everyone had racked their brains wondering how the young Heavenly Emperor could escape the leopard’s jaws while keeping both himself and the infant with him alive.

No one could have imagined that, confronted with such peril, the young Heavenly Emperor’s way of handling it would be so simple and brutal!

“Just beginning on Sword Dao, yet able to skillfully control sword aura and even unleash such might.”

“This is probably a one in a million years sword prodigy in all of Beixuan Continent!”

The crowd was stunned.

At the same time, they couldn’t help but grow more curious.

Who, exactly, destroyed the sword heart of a Heavenly Emperor who in his youth displayed such talent in Sword Dao!