With a flick of his hand, Gu Tianxing pulled Qingxuan into the Iron Tower before she could utter a word.

"She's quick-witted, but far too overconfident in her abilities," Gu Tianxing mused. He was now at the second level of the Gathering Cauldron Realm, and his strength had grown thanks to the insights he'd gained while chopping wood in Carefree Haven.

Coupled with his twelve-flower Gathering Cauldron and the Tianxing Dao Codex, defeating a top prodigy from the Great Zhou Immortal Dynasty was a simple matter.

After confining Qingxuan within the Iron Tower space, Gu Tianxing branded her with the Immortal-Dust Seal.