From Heavenly Immortal to Golden Immortal.
It was an enormous leap.
Hong Huang seemed to have no shortage of powerful beings. Those who dominated the world were Quasi-Saint Heavenly Venerates, Great Luo Golden Immortals, and Golden Immortals, making Golden Immortals appear commonplace.
Yet the many powerful beings of Hong Huang were the result of accumulation over endless ages.
Only by accumulating from World Creation until now had so many powerful beings emerged.
In truth, in every era, among the trillions upon trillions of living beings in Hong Huang, fewer than one in a hundred million could successfully advance to Golden Immortal. They were exceedingly rare.
To countless living beings, Golden Immortal was an impassable chasm.
However, for an Innate Divine Saint like Gu Xi, advancing to Golden Immortal was not difficult.
With the "Primordial Merit Great Dao Embryo" as a reference, his comprehension of the "Primordial Merit Great Dao" had advanced by leaps and bounds over the past ten thousand years. He had long since reached the limit of Heavenly Immortal.
This time, by assisting Nuwa in creating humanity, putting the Great Dao into practice, and gaining a tremendous surge of insight, his Dao Practice greatly increased. In one stroke, he comprehended the true meaning of Golden Immortal.
Gu Xi sat cross-legged on the ground, Immortal Light surging around him as though a layer of dust were being stripped from his body.
Like a divine weapon with its rust wiped away, brilliant radiance shone through from within.
A mass of profound-yellow cloud light, roughly an acre in size, emerged above his head.
Within the cloud light were two Primordial Spiritual Treasures, the Six Yang Divine Fire Mirror and the Ice Soul Divine Needle, as well as more than ten Acquired Spiritual Treasures such as the Kongtong Seal, Geng Jin Tiangang Sword, and the Canglan Divine Pearl.
At the center of the cloud light floated three clear and lively lotus flowers. These were the Three Flowers Above the Crown.
At the center of the Three Flowers Above the Crown was a Dao Embryo suffused with vast Great Dao aura. It flickered in and out of sight, radiating terrifying fluctuations of law.
At that moment, billions of talismans and laws swirled and converged above the Dao Embryo, gradually condensing into a brilliant Dao Seed.
The instant this Dao Seed successfully condensed, a burst of incomparably dazzling, immortal radiance bloomed in an instant, illuminating mountains and rivers for billions of miles and lighting up boundless space-time.
Pure-yang purple qi golden flowers spread around Gu Xi.
A vast phenomenon appeared within the territory of Buzhou Mountain, and its astonishing pressure stirred countless streams of Heaven and Earth Vital Energy.
This pressure was immensely powerful.
Throughout Buzhou Mountain's territory, many beings below the Golden Immortal level were directly pressed flat onto the ground, unable to suppress their horror.
Under this immense pressure, they trembled like ants.
"Could a living being be advancing to Golden Immortal with pressure of this level?"
Within the territory of Buzhou Mountain, many Golden Immortal-level Gods and Demons showed moved expressions.
How could an ordinary living being breaking through to Golden Immortal possess such terrifying might?
"Gasp... the one advancing to Golden Immortal is actually Gu Xi, the 'God of Misfortune'?"
"It's over. Even before this God of Misfortune advanced to Golden Immortal, he wreaked havoc everywhere and gave us endless headaches. Now that he has advanced to Golden Immortal, if he keeps making trouble for us, how will we have any way to survive?"
"Truly, good people do not live long, while disasters last a thousand years. Of all people to advance to Golden Immortal, why did it have to be this God of Misfortune?"
"What rotten luck. If the many Primordial Great Sages and Gods and Demons Dao Lords of Buzhou Mountain's territory had not gone to the Chaos Void to watch Saint Nuwa establish her Dao field, I would have wanted to invite a Primordial Great Sage or Gods and Demons Dao Lord to act and get rid of this disaster..."
The Gods and Demons within Buzhou Mountain's territory quickly discovered that Gu Xi was the one advancing to Golden Immortal.
At once, their faces turned green, their expressions filled with misfortune.
Some Gods and Demons were even considering whether to move their cave abodes out of Buzhou Mountain's territory and stay far away from Gu Xi, this "God of Misfortune."
"Golden Immortal."
Gu Xi stared at the Dao Seed within the Auspicious Cloud above his head, a faint trace of delight appearing on his face.
This Dao Seed was the mark of a Golden Immortal and a symbol that one's Great Dao had begun to take shape.
With this Dao Seed, he could use it to borrow Great Dao Power for himself.
This was also why Heavenly Immortals were far inferior to Golden Immortals.
Heavenly Immortals mainly relied on their own strength. How could they compare to Golden Immortals, who could borrow Great Dao Power?
Moreover, after condensing a Dao Seed, a Golden Immortal would initially possess the characteristic of indestructibility.
The Dao Seed contained a trace of a Golden Immortal's true spirit. As long as the Dao Seed remained intact, even if the Golden Immortal's physical body and Primordial Spirit were both destroyed, the Dao Seed could still flee into the depths of the Great Dao and slowly reconstruct the physical body and Primordial Spirit with the Great Dao's power.
Therefore, Golden Immortals were also known as Immortal Golden Immortals.
Of course, the process of reconstructing the physical body and Primordial Spirit could take an extremely long time, perhaps even hundreds of millions of years.
Even so, it was still beyond comparison with Heavenly Immortals.
"Now that I've become a Golden Immortal, let's see how the Heavenly Dao Credit Card interface has changed."
With a thought, Gu Xi withdrew both the Auspicious Cloud and Dao Seed above his head into his body, then looked at the translucent interface before him.
[Name: Gu Xi] [Realm: Early Golden Immortal] [Constitution: Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Undying Body] [Merit: 200 billion] [Debt: 100 billion] [Borrowable Credit: 100 billion] [Repayment Date: 1 million years]
"Hm? Only the realm information changed. Why hasn't the Borrowable Credit changed? Could it be because I haven't repaid the 100 billion Merit I owed before, so my credit isn't good enough?"
Gu Xi muttered to himself. With a thought, he instantly repaid the 100 billion Merit he had previously owed the Heavenly Dao.
In an instant, the interface information changed.
[Merit: 100 billion] [Debt: 0] [Borrowable Credit: 300 billion]
"So that's how it is. It seems only by borrowing and repaying can one have good credit and a higher Borrowable Credit."
Gu Xi muttered to himself.
At the same time, he vaguely sensed that after his debt fell to zero, the gaze of the Heavenly Dao, his creditor, seemed to be shifting away from him.
His expression changed slightly, and he immediately borrowed again.
"Heavenly Dao, I wish to borrow another 300 billion Merit!"
In an instant, the interface information changed once more.
[Merit: 400 billion] [Debt: 300 billion] [Borrowable Credit: 300 billion]
The instant his debt became 300 billion, Gu Xi clearly sensed the Heavenly Dao's gaze returning to him. Moreover, that gaze was faintly much stronger than before, as though it had become tangible.
"Sure enough, it's safer to be in debt. The more I owe, the safer I am!"
Gu Xi smiled. This was it—this feeling was truly wonderful!
Although he owed 300 billion Merit, he felt an unprecedented sense of security.
At that moment, he felt that even if a Great Luo Golden Immortal attacked him, they would likely be severely injured, or even suppressed and killed by the Heavenly Dao.
"Right, now that I have so much Merit, it's time to use the other three functions of the Heavenly Dao Credit Card as well."
He looked at the three function icons on the interface: "Marketplace," "Dao Comprehension," and "Great Dao Furnace."
He opened the "Marketplace" interface.
In an instant, countless divine items, cultivation techniques, and divine abilities from the Myriad Worlds entered his sight, intensely stimulating his heart.
He nearly started drooling!
Related settings:
Earth Immortal: Survives the heavenly tribulation and undergoes the cleansing of Heavenly Laws.
Heavenly Immortal: Essence, qi, and spirit each merge with the laws one has comprehended, becoming the Three Flowers Above the Crown and condensing an immortal spiritual light.
Golden Immortal: The Great Dao initially takes shape, condensing a Dao Seed. Initially possesses the characteristic of indestructibility. Can use the Dao Seed to crudely borrow Great Dao Power.
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