He was dead.
Gu Wen was certain of this as the residual image of the Immortal Sword slowly faded from his hands, a surge of intense weakness emerging.
He still had much mana left, but a one-off consumption that was too large could damage his meridians. The residual image of the Immortal Sword, the scabbard of the Immortal Sword, or the True Sword Dao—using any one of them individually would be fine, but combining the three would place an immense burden on his meridians.
At the same time, the power was also tremendous; Suan Ren was at the Fifth Level of Dao Foundation, and his Divine Beast bloodline was inherently not weak. Judged by his aura alone, he should be more or less on par with Chi Yu Zi.
Yet with one strike from Gu Wen, he had no power to resist and directly transcended the Third Level of Dao Foundation.