Invitation

Having completed the creation of the Nine Refinements of the Morning Light Visualization Technique, the Spirit Nourishing Technique, and the Transformation Technique, Gu Jinlai quickly had Zhang Lihuo and the others promote these Cultivation Method to prepare for the future Cheng Ying Mecha Special Forces.

At the same time, he also passed on the new Great Sun Ninefold Refinement Visualization Method through Gu Qingmei.

The new Great Sun Ninefold Refinement Visualization Method is more difficult to cultivate than before, but this difficulty is mainly reflected in the breakthrough from ordinary warrior to intermediate warrior.

Because at this stage, the Demon God Warrior will develop an indestructible demonic body.

Although this immortal demonic body can only enhance recovery power and is inferior to the immortal demonic body of Demonic Beasts, it does not affect the evolution of the Great Sun True Demon Body.

Once they break through to the Great Perfection of the New Great Sun Demon God Body Refining Technique, their Great Sun True Demon Body, which also possesses regenerative abilities, will be in no way inferior to the immortal demon body of Demonic Beasts.

In other words, the Demon God Warrior will truly possess power comparable to that of Demonic Beasts.

Even the Demonic Beasts King was like this until the other party had perfected the cultivation of the Undying Demon Body.

This level of skill surpasses even the most powerful and secret Cultivation Method of the Demon God Cult.

After all, there's no need to worry about the Great Sun Demon God Body Refining Technique going out of control.

For the next month, almost all of Gu Jinlai has been spent purifying the demonic nature of the prepared demon god's personal guards.

Despite not adding any of the pure light to the Qian Tian purple qi Technique, the consumption of a large amount of it still deepened his understanding of the "True Spirit Realm".

By directly glimpsing the demonic essence of the "true spirit world," his purification efficiency is naturally extremely astonishing.

It's like two people playing cards.

One of them can completely see through the other's cards.

Although he doesn't have the special ability to change the number of cards, unless the opponent is extremely lucky, the advantage he can gain is still quite decisive.

After purifying the demonic nature of all the demon god's guards, an invitation was delivered to Gu Jinlai by an envoy from the Earth Immortal Palace.

"The Celestial Immortal's True Understanding".

Gu Jinlai have looked at this invitation.

I even saw a portion of the information about the Celestial Immortal's True Meaning recorded in one of the invitations.

This brief statement has already revealed the essence of the undying will.

Thoughts may perish, but the spirit can live forever.

By achieving spiritual immortality, one forges an indestructible will.

This text describes several ways to achieve spiritual immortality.

Famous throughout the world.

Invincible.

Go down in history.

These three methods of description vaguely reveal the key to spiritual immortality and undying will, but there is no concrete way to achieve it.

This feeling of being coy and veiled is irresistible.

"An undying will."

Gu Jinlai, people have placed invitations down, saying, "This is the key to forging the body of a saint."

To become a saint, one needs various conditions.

For example, one must reach the pinnacle of understanding the power of heaven and earth, possess the method to forge a saint's body, gather the materials needed for a saint's body, and condense an indestructible will, etc.

However, of these requirements, the first three can be met as long as there is enough time to persevere.

Even the method to forge a saint's body is not a difficult problem at all.

After all, the method of forging the body of a saint, the Immortal Golden Body, is not exactly commonplace, but it is still preserved in most of the top powers.

As for gathering the materials to forge a saint's body, given enough time and skill, it is also possible.

The real challenge lies in forging an unyielding will.

This is an abstract concept.

It can only be comprehended by practitioners.

Just like on Blue Star, to build a small spacecraft, you first need a postgraduate degree, a design blueprint, and ten million yuan in funding. These are difficult for ordinary people, but with some effort, they are at least achievable.

The fourth requirement...

To become king.

In theory, everyone is a successor to the nation, but in reality...?

Is this something an ordinary person can do?

Especially constitutional monarchies like Middle-earth.

Not long after Gu Jinlai the invitation, Lu Zhanfeng came to the door to request an audience.

After entering the study and exchanging pleasantries, he somewhat reservedly explained his purpose, "Elder, the elders would like to invite you to the Purgatory Sect for a chat."

As he spoke, he said with a fawning smile, "Before you became the sect's Supreme Elder, you had never returned to the sect. This is a good opportunity to introduce you to all the sect leaders and disciples."

"Let's go to the Purgatory Sect."

Gu Jinlai pushed the invitation forward. "Is it because the Earth Immortal Palace plans to continue holding the Divine Sword Tournament?"

"Yes."

Lu Zhanfeng nodded.

"It seems the Purgatory Sect intends to participate."

Gu Jinlai.

He was not surprised by this.

Compared to the Heavenly Sword, which only has one winner, comprehending the Celestial Immortal True Understanding allows everyone to benefit.

Especially...

For many top powers, although they have complete Celestial Person inheritances, saints and terrestrial immortals are a completely unfamiliar territory to them.

After all, before the emergence of divine weapons, the number of Celestial Person in the Great Qian region at any given time was usually only a handful, and saints were miracles and prodigies that were only seen once every few hundred years.

Not to mention that the Celestial Immortal True Explanation is Cultivation Practice Method that directly leads to becoming a true immortal on land.

Faced with this temptation, even knowing that participating in the Divine Sword Tournament might mean never returning, many Primordial Spirit True Lord still couldn't resist the urge to take the risk.

Considering the next steps for Lingxiao City, Gu Jinlai...

South of the Milky Way will eventually be brought under the rule of Lingxiao City. To avoid a full-scale civil war, he needs to make a trip to the Purgatory Sect to help the three Supreme Elders of the Purgatory Sect understand the situation.

"The Divine Sword Tournament will be held in three months. I will return to the Purgatory Sect within three months."

This Gu Jinlai.

"The three Grandmasters will surely be waiting for the arrival of the Ancient Grandmaster at the sect."

Lu Zhanfeng bowed respectfully and withdrew.

Not long after Lu Zhanfeng left, Gu Chaoyang came in asking for permission.

"Ancestor, we have completed the initial integration of Star Province, Jiangzhou and Huangzhou. Star Province, as our headquarters, has flourished in recent years. Jiangzhou has also stabilized. Our new system has been unanimously supported by the people. The situation in Huangzhou is similar. We won two battles in Huangzhou and defeated the Demonic Beasts, accumulating high prestige. The people are not opposed to our entry."

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"Good."

Gu Jinlai nodded slightly. "However, apart from Star Province, Jiangzhou and Huangzhou are in dire need of reconstruction, especially Huangzhou, where half of the province has been destroyed by Demonic Beasts. Many places need to be rebuilt, so we need to pay more attention to this aspect."

"Thanks to the fair and just environment in Star Province, the people who used to toil in the fields are gradually finding new life. The economic cycle system you mentioned is also gradually being activated. Last year, Star Province's total GDP reached 2.6 billion, of which 340 million taels were at the disposal of the state government."

At this point, he paused slightly. "Our Gu Clan's revenue is 180 million taels."

The Gu Clan's profits were equivalent to more than half of Star Province's, and Gu Jinlai never felt there was anything wrong with that.

The skeleton of Star Province is now almost entirely supported by the Gu Clan.

Occupying a favorable position naturally brings in a lot of income.

Moreover, these incomes do not actually include some hidden income.

"Apart from Star Province, Jiangzhou... is currently barely breaking even, while Huangzhou... is experiencing a fiscal deficit."

"Huangzhou is in dire need of reconstruction, and it is only natural that various places need money."

Gu Jinlai, he thought of something, "In addition, we should start training professional soldiers in Star Province and Huangzhou, just like in Jiangzhou. In the future, those who join the army must reach the level of Body Tempering."

"Select only the elite? That would drastically reduce the size of the army..."

"The demobilized soldiers are responsible for local security; war should be left to those who are suited for it."

Gu Jinlai, "Moreover, as the scale of the Demon God's Guard continues to expand, there won't be many wars that truly require elite soldiers to attack. In many cases, they are only responsible for defending the cities that the Demon God's Guard has captured, and in this respect, they can play their greatest role."

Gu Chaoyang pondered for a moment and then nodded.

After each city was captured, almost all cultivators above the Spirit Refining Realm would be captured, tried, or even executed.

The remaining Qi Refining, Gang Condensing, and even Core Forming experts were at a great disadvantage in the face of the elite forces' encirclement and attack.

After all, when a city is breached, the main force is often killed. If a dozen or so people at the Core Forming, Gang Condensing, or Qi Refining survive, that's considered a large number. And to surround and kill these people, one or two thousand elite soldiers in full armor are enough.

"Star Province has a large population and is our stronghold. The elite army will be maintained at 80,000 to 100,000 men, while Jiangzhou and Huangzhou will be maintained at 50,000 to 60,000 men. You can discuss the specific numbers."

"Yes."

Gu Chaoyang responded in a deep voice.

The combined population of Jiangzhou, Huangzhou, and Star Province exceeds 130 million.

With such a large population base, supporting an elite army of 200,000 is naturally not difficult.

It was much easier than before.

The extra money can be used to train more experts.

At this moment, Gu Jinlai seemed to have thought of something and asked, "I remember that Gu Xiangyang broke through to the Spirit Refining Realm not long ago?"

"Yes, the breakthrough has been going on for some time now."

Gu Chaoyang said, "Currently, the Gu Clan has six experts at the Spirit Refining level."

"There are already six people at the Spirit Refining?"

Somewhat Gu Jinlai, he looked at Gu Chaoyang and asked, "Besides you, Xiangyang, and the Changfeng family head, who else is there?"

"It's Uncle Haoran, and Uncles Xingyun and Hanhai."

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Gu Jinlai nodded.

His elder brother, Gu Changfeng, had many children, and these children, benefiting from their age, had all mastered True Qi.

Later, Gu Jinlai, there was an unlimited supply of Qi Refining Pills, and even Spirit Nourishing Pill. The Spirit Refining and Spirit Transformation Spirit Refining of Lingxiao City also generously offered their guidance, and I was among the first to benefit...

They were essentially forced to reach the Spirit Refining Realm.

"This is our Gu Clan's direct lineage of Spirit Refining, right? I remember Buwang also broke through to the Spirit Refining realm?"

"Yes, Buwang is the most talented among our generation. He is the third Gu Clan member to break through, second only to Senior Brother Su and the family head."

Gu Chaoyang smiled and said, "If we include Nian Buwang and the others, our Gu Clan lineage has twelve people at the Spirit Refining, and another twenty-three people at the Core Forming stage, and sixty-five juniors at the Condensation of Gang Condensing and Qi Refining stages."

"Twelve are at the Spirit Refining, twenty-three are at the Core Forming, and sixty-five are at the Qi Refining and Qi Gang Condensing."

People from ancient times to the present feel a little emotional when hearing this number.

Unbeknownst to him, the Gu Clan, which was once supported only by him in his Spirit Refining, had expanded to this size.

However, a little calculation of the time reveals a somewhat surreal truth, both Gu Jinlai and modern.

Before he knew it, he had been in this world for more than four years.