The World's Child

"Did the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty severely injure that evil god?"

Luo Jiuxiao was taken aback, then instinctively wanted to retort, "But according to the memory Jade Slip left by my ancestor in the Xuanxian Realm, it is clearly..."

"The fact that worlds such as the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty and the Xuanxian Realm have not completely entered the Age of Dharma Decline is the best example."

"Moreover, the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty has always been the ruler of this star field. Its foundation is far deeper than the Xuanyuan Sword Sect can imagine. It is possible that they have some High Antiquity treasures that have made a comeback. Gu Jinlai all, the earliest version of the story is that the evil god was indeed defeated by the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty."

"This might simply be the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty embellishing their achievements..."

Luo Jiuxiao said.

"Is it possible that your current thinking is what other worlds truly want you to believe?"

Gu Jinlai said, "After all, over the past thousand years, the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty has conquered and destroyed one world after another. It has long since transformed from the central power of the star field that you once admired and longed for into a fearsome overlord. The Xuanhuang Alliance leader, whose prestige was once so high that he could rally a large following with a single call, is now regarded as a madman by you. If someone were to guide him further, you would naturally reject all his achievements."

What are you trying to say?

Luo Jiuxiao frowned.

"Everything I want is what you told me. If I remember correctly, you said before that the losses of the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty were more severe than those of the Xuanxian Realm?"

This Gu Jinlai.

"The battlefield is right here in the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty, and doesn't the heavy losses suffered by the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty further confirm their defeat?"

"No, the fact that they dare to set up the battlefield in the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty is, in my opinion, a kind of confidence, a confidence that they will not easily fail with their own arrangements and trump cards."

Gu Jinlai, "Moreover, a thousand years ago, the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty became more urgent in building the Immortal Cave Heaven, and a thousand years ago, in the True Spirit Realm of the Longevity Realm... a similar major event also occurred."

This may be a coincidence.

But it is something that people Gu Jinlai have been compelled to ponder deeply.

However, Luo Jiuxiao couldn't understand Gu Jinlai's meaning and frowned, saying, "What exactly are you trying to say? Even if you say that the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty repelled the evil god, the price they paid was not much different from failure. This can be seen from the fact that they spent nearly ten thousand years plundering the spiritual energy of all realms to forge an immortal grotto heaven."

"The fact that the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty may have actually defeated and severely damaged the evil god shows that the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty was indeed just a little bit away from truly succeeding. So why do we have to live in constant fear and hiding? Why not simply find a way to make up for that 'little bit' of deficiency?"

This Gu Jinlai.

"Even if what you say is true, and the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty really did almost succeed back then, but... can the current situation be the same as the situation back then?"

Luo Jiuxiao asked in bewilderment, "Ten thousand years ago, this star field centered on the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty was incredibly powerful, with abundant spiritual energy in all realms. Almost every world had one to several, or even a dozen, Great Dao Golden Immortals, and the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty alone had hundreds of Great Dao Golden Immortals. But now... due to the scarcity of spiritual energy, the world has been downgraded, and even the more powerful Xuan Immortals are struggling to maintain their daily needs, let alone Great Dao Golden Immortals. Under these circumstances, how can we possibly recreate the glory of the past?"

"On what grounds?"

They speak calmly Gu Jinlai.

Just now, he was also thinking that even a powerful alliance like the Xuanhuang Alliance, which gathered forces from all the realms, couldn't defeat that evil god. He wanted to eliminate it and save the Realm of Immortality...

Why should I?!

Ultimately, he focused his attention on the spiritual world, on the rising blue lotus flowers that seemed to contain countless mysteries.

He had the answer.

"With my power!"

"..."

Luo Jiuxiao was speechless.

Despite their immense strength Gu Jinlai, including those at the Eighth Heavenly Immortal and even the Ninth Heavenly Immortal levels, who also possessed powerful immortal techniques, they were top-tier beings in the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect ten thousand years ago, second only to the ancestor's generation.

But to use this power to fight against the evil god who crushed the entire Xuanhuang Alliance back then...

"Jiang Sheng, you're joking..."

"I'm not kidding. I know you think that for me to fight that evil god right now is like a mantis trying to stop a chariot."

Gu Jinlai looked at him and said, "But... that evil god has not yet fully awakened, we still have time."

"Having confidence is a good thing. The Path of the Innate Divine is a direct path to becoming a Golden Immortal. As long as you have enough resources to support you along this path, you will surely become a Golden Immortal in the future, but..."

Luo Jiuxiao clearly didn't want things to really escalate to the point of mutual destruction, and continued to patiently persuade him, "Not to mention that the growth cycle of an innate saint is extremely long, even if you eventually reach the end of this path and become a Great Dao Golden Immortal, facing that evil god who is at least an Immortal Golden Immortal, or even one who is extremely powerful and ancient among Immortal Golden Immortals... it will still be meaningless."

"Does Your Excellency Luo know how old I am?"

Gu Jinlai.

"Age..."

Luo Jiuxiao was taken aback, then his pupils suddenly contracted as if he had thought of something.

Age!?

The age of the Supreme Elder of the Creation Sect before us...

It seems there are fewer than a hundred!

To be precise, fifty-three!?

A fifty-three-year-old Eight Heavens Immortal!?

Once the thought arose in his mind, it resonated like a great bell, making his thoughts dizzy.

"If I said that my current achievements are all due to my own hard work, would you believe me?"

This Gu Jinlai.

"Impossible..."

Luo Jiuxiao instinctively wanted to reject it.

He reached the Eighth Heavenly Immortal realm at the age of fifty-three!?

Are you kidding me?!

The Xuan Yuan Sword Sect has existed for tens of thousands of years. Throughout its history, the most talented individual achieved the Xuan Immortal realm at the age of 103.

Yes!

He's just an ordinary Xuanxian!

As for the Eight Heavenly Immortals...

The youngest Eight Heavenly Immortals in the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect are all at least a thousand years old.

Perhaps only a prosperous and dazzling place like the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty could nurture such an unparalleled genius who could cultivate to the level of an Eighth Heaven Immortal within a few hundred years.

But this period of several centuries...

It would take at least three hundred years.

Three hundred years and fifty-three years!

Wrong!

To be precise, it's been twenty-four years!

When Jiang Yufeng left the Jiang family to make his way in the world, he was already twenty-nine years old. At that time, he was just a minor Core Formation Cultivator.

In other words, it actually took him twenty-four years to go from Core Formation to his current status as an Eighth Heavenly Immortal.

After realizing this, Luo Jiuxiao felt a wave of dizziness.

"How is this possible..."

How could such a genius possibly exist in this world?!

This is simply illogical.

Twenty-four years, from the Core Formation Realm to the Eighth Heavenly Immortal...

This made these immortal cultivators, who had cultivated for thousands of years, feel like they had wasted most of their lives.

After all...

Even now, he's only at the level of a fourth-day Xuanxian, far from Jiang Yufeng's eighth-day Xuanxian.

"You may find this hard to believe, but I'm telling you, people are different..."

This Gu Jinlai.

But before he could finish speaking, Luo Jiuxiao seemed to have thought of something, "Wait a minute!"

He suddenly shouted, and then a bright light flashed in his eyes. "I've heard a legend... Heroes emerge in times of chaos... Since ancient times, when a world faces unprecedented danger, it will try every means, either to change some rule, or... to give birth to a child of the world who is born with the fortune of heaven and earth!"

As he spoke, the light in his eyes grew brighter and brighter, as if he were convincing himself. "The growth of these chosen ones of the world cannot be measured by common sense. They might discover top-grade spirit medicine the moment they step out the door, stumble upon Taibai Refined Gold by tripping over a random stone, find the soul of an ancient powerhouse hidden inside a toy they buy, or be taught unparalleled Cultivation Method by treating a beggar to a meal..."

These rumors are utterly absurd.

In the past, Luo Jiuxiao would have definitely scoffed at it.

But the facts of the Gu Jinlai are right before his eyes, and the terror brought by the appearance of the evil god has thrown him into a state of panic, leaving him no choice but to place his hopes on this ethereal legend.

Gu Jinlai looked at Luo Jiuxiao with a strange expression, but did not refute him.

"Yes, yes, that must be it. The Xuanxian Realm and the Changsheng Realm sensed the threat from that evil god and were born in response, giving birth to an unparalleled genius like you, Jiang Sheng. Only this can explain why you were able to grow from the Core Formation Realm to the Eighth Heaven Xuanxian Realm in just twenty-four years..."

Luo Jiuxiao kept convincing himself that he had started using respectful language in all his speech, both Gu Jinlai.

At this point, he suddenly looked at Gu Jinlai and said solemnly, "Sacred Master Jiang, what are your plans next? If you have any requests, we will do our best to cooperate."

"And you?"

Gu Jinlai did not answer, but asked, "After you discovered that evil god, does your Xuan Yuan Sword Sect really only have the option of sealing off the Xuanxian Realm? If I disagree, does your Xuan Yuan Sword Sect really intend to perish with me?"

When Luo Jiuxiao heard Gu Jinlai bring up the matter again, he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. He quickly said, "Actually, if it really comes to that point, we wouldn't dare to go to war with Jiang Shengdi. After all... the power of the Eight Heavens Mystic Immortals has already exceeded the limits of what our Xuan Yuan Sword Sect can handle."

He paused for a moment, then stated the plan directly. "We intend to reconnect the boundary gate to the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty and join it."

"Um!?"

Some have been surprised Gu Jinlai: "The Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty is not..."

"Thousands of years ago, the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty contacted our Xuanyuan Sword Sect, hoping that we could join their plan to jointly build an immortal grotto-heaven. They offered us a certain number of places, but we refused at that time... This time, our so-called joining the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty is in exchange for the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty plundering all the spiritual energy of the entire Xuanxian Realm in exchange for a place in the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty's super grotto-heaven, so as to avoid that terrifying evil god."

As Luo Jiuxiao spoke, a hint of guilt appeared in his eyes.

The Xuan Yuan Sword Sect is the ruler of the Xuanxian Realm.

But right now, as the dominant force, they are willing to sell out the spiritual interests of the entire Xuanxian Realm in exchange for their chance to seek refuge in the Immortal Cave Heaven.

It's a bit embarrassing to say that.

"The Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty..."

Gu Jinlai pondering for a while, he said again, "In any case, the boundary gate connecting to the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty must be opened first. According to my guess, since the Xuanhuang Alliance only 'almost' defeated that evil god back then, and even severely injured that evil god, causing it to sleep for thousands of years, it can be seen that their method was correct. Therefore, we must find out what method the Xuanhuang Alliance, or rather the Human Emperor of the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty, used to severely injure it."

"Does Divine Sage Jiang mean to open the dimensional gate and go to the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty?"

Luo Jiuxiao said.

"Good."

Looking at Luo Jiuxiao from Gu Jinlai, Gu Jinlai asked, "No problem?"

Luo Jiuxiao considered that whether they chose to trust Gu Jinlai and invest in his potential, so that Good Future could use his power to fight against the evil god, or use the Xuanxian Realm as a bargaining chip to join the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty, the boundary gate that had been closed for hundreds of years would eventually have to be opened. He immediately nodded and said, "No problem, I will organize manpower to restart the boundary gate."

At this point, he paused slightly. "However, back then, to ensure that the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty wouldn't rush into our Xuanxian Realm through the boundary gate, the boundary gate was sealed very tightly. It will probably take three to five years to reopen it..."

"Three to five years..."

Gu Jinlai, he frowned.

It took him less than five years to go from the Realm of Immortality to the Realm of Mysterious Immortals.

However, his own strength increased directly from Celestial Immortal to Eighth Heaven Profound Immortal.

Delaying for three to five years...

"Alright, then let's make it three to five years. Time waits for no one. Go back now and open the boundary gate to the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty as quickly as possible."

This Gu Jinlai.

"Clear."

Luo Jiuxiao responded.

With both sides sharing the common enemy of an evil god, they have, to some extent, reached a united front.

Furthermore, Luo Jiuxiao realized that, given the potential of Gu Jinlai...

If the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect continues to fight against him, it is likely that before the evil god awakens and devours the Xuanxian Realm, the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect will be destroyed by Gu Jinlai. Therefore, his attitude has obviously changed significantly, and his mentality has also undergone a series of transformations.

"Furthermore, I firmly believe that internal stability must precede external defense. What potential can a world have if it cannot even maintain internal stability? Therefore, I will spend the next three to five years purging the Northern Region. If necessary, I will even intervene in the Central Golden Land and the other three regions. This is not to interfere with the internal operations of the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect, but simply because I do not want anyone to be doing evil and disrupting the stability of the Xuanxian Realm while we are racking our brains to deal with the evil god. I believe that Elder Luo and everyone in the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect will not object to this, will they?"

Gu Jinlai have looked at Luo Jiuxiao.

Luo Jiuxiao frowned.

But then he thought of the identity of the chosen one of the world Gu Jinlai.

What was his purpose in purging the Xuanxian Realm?

To truly end the internal strife in the Xuanxian Realm and stabilize it, so that the strength of the entire Xuanxian Realm can be concentrated to find a way out for its future, is not for any selfish reasons, but for the sake of the entire Xuanxian Realm.

His actions made Luo Jiuxiao trust his identity as the chosen one of the world Gu Jinlai even more, and he no longer objected to his request.

He had been informed of this matter beforehand, both in Gu Jinlai, so that those who had committed heinous crimes would have a chance to repent and reform. He would also urge his direct descendants to correct their ways.

He has already given his instructions, so if any of his descendants remain stubborn and seek their own death, he can't blame him.

Having lived for nearly three thousand years, Luo Jiuxiao has experienced all kinds of grudges and affections, and his true blood relatives have long since died.

There was no one among his descendants with whom he was close enough to risk his life for him.

He then cupped his hands in greeting. "Sacred Master Jiang has the world at heart and has repeatedly taken actions to uphold the orthodox order of the Xuanxian Realm. I, Luo Jiuxiao, admire him greatly and would never stop him. After returning, I will order Luo Xiao to purge the scoundrels within my Xuanyuan Sword Sect and restore a bright and clear world to the Central Golden Plain."

Gu Jinlai nodded.

As long as Luo Jiuxiao understands what he means, that's fine.

"After the gate opens in three to five years, we will officially contact the Xuanhuang Alliance and the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty. Elder Luo, please send over the relevant information as soon as possible to avoid any misunderstandings."

This Gu Jinlai.

"Clear."

Luo Jiuxiao paused slightly as he spoke, "However, we have been out of contact with the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty for over a hundred years. In fact, our Xuanxian Realm's communication with the outside world was greatly reduced a thousand years ago. We, the Xuanyuan Sword Sect, do not know what the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty has become now, and the information we have may not be entirely accurate. Please forgive us, Divine Sage Jiang."

Gu Jinlai nodded.

Luo Jiuxiao immediately led Luo Xiao away.

After the two left, Gu Jinlai closed his eyes.

"An evil god..."

He muttered to himself, "There will be a way, and as long as there is a way, I will definitely be able to do it. Even if the Xuanhuang Alliance can't do it, it doesn't mean that I can't do it either."

His gaze gradually sharpened.

Immediately afterwards, the Annihilation Diagram of the Xuan Yuan Sword Manual was unfurled again.

Three to five years.

It was incredibly short for a Xuanxian.

However, for Gu Jinlai, who has only actually cultivated for a little over ten years, it is entirely possible for his cultivation to reach a new level.

The size has increased.

The spiritual realm has been elevated.

Magical arts and magical artifacts.

Ultimately, he can transform all of these into his own combat power.

Whether it was out of unwillingness to perish together with Gu Jinlai, or because he regarded him as a last straw, Luo Jiuxiao sent over a large amount of information about the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty and the Xuanhuang Alliance's battle against that evil god in just a few days.

The world of immortals has a complete concept of planets and galaxies, and the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty is no exception.

Moreover, it is more perfect than the Realm of Immortality, and even more perfect than the Blue Star.

Their observation of the world was not as simple as mere observation.

In other words, the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty, and even several surrounding advanced worlds, built their understanding of the universe and starry sky on the basis of "boundary gates".

The core of the Boundary Gate lies in the Spatial Great Dao among the Three Thousand Great Daos.

The universe and starry sky, and all the myriad realms in the eyes of the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty, are composed of countless active points of the Great Dao of Space.

These active points provide the foundation for building a boundary gate and also have the potential to connect the two realms.

Gu Jinlai was shocked to discover that the so-called active points of the spatial avenues were very likely invisible wormholes.

The Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty, including the Xuanxian Realm, used boundary gate technology to carve out the previously almost unobservable and incompletely formed invisible wormhole, using it as a boundary gate to connect various places.

Furthermore, the larger the world, the more invisible wormholes there are.

Its nature is roughly similar to the distortion of the surrounding universe caused by the gravitational pull of the stars to which the world belongs.

Looking at these materials one by one from Gu Jinlai, I always feel that there are traces that can be explained by science. However, compared with the scientific descriptions of gravity and wormholes, the analysis of the relationship between the active points of the spatial avenue and large worlds is much more detailed.

"Science's observation of the universe is based on the four fundamental forces, but... are the four fundamental forces the only forces in the universe? The foundation of the cultivation system lies in the Three Thousand Great Daos. Although I am not a Golden Immortal of the Great Dao and have not come into contact with the true Three Thousand Great Daos, I have come into contact with a lot of the Heavenly Dao. With science in one hand and cultivation in the other, how can we deny the Three Thousand Great Daos because of the four fundamental forces?"

Gu Jinlai have pondered this.

And then, thinking of the desolate stars after all spiritual energy has dissipated...

Like the Blue Star.

Is there any possibility...?

In a world where spiritual energy exists, the Three Thousand Great Daos appear more active, and correspondingly, it is easier to generate spatial activity points, which can then be captured.

Those worlds where spiritual energy has vanished and life has ceased, the Three Thousand Great Daos are not manifest, and naturally there are few active points in space. That is why they are regarded as dead zones and resource planets by the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty and those higher worlds.

Just like the Blue Star exploring other civilizations in the universe, because their concept of "civilization" is limited by "human" thinking, the civilization they are really looking for should be more accurately described as a civilization similar to that of the Earthlings.

But the universe is so vast and boundless that other forms of civilization must exist.

However, the limitations of "human" thinking prevented them from discovering the existence of these civilizations.

Like a star full of storms and high temperatures, humans instinctively feel that no life can survive on such a star. But what if those storms and high temperatures are the native inhabitants of that star?

Like those immortal immortals, if he were to transform into a great mountain, standing quietly on the earth, and then sleep for a while...

Since their lifespan starts at least hundreds of millions of years, if they sleep for tens of thousands of years, countless civilizations on the mountain will have multiplied, developed, and then been destroyed. Will they eventually also think that they are the only life form on this planet?

"Only planets with active spatial points that can be connected, or with the potential for connection, will be marked by the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty. Just like us humans on Blue Star, we only mark planets and stars with similar living environments to ours, and we don't mark a nebula or a void that has 'nothing'..."

From Gu Jinlai, people have been looking at this map provided by Luo Jiuxiao.

This map comes from the Xuanhuang Alliance, so it only records a total of 360 worlds, including the Xuanhuang Great World where the Xuanxian Realm and the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty are located.

This does not mean that there are only 360 worlds in this star field centered on the Xuanhuang Great World. It is said that there are far more worlds marked by the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty than those that have joined the Xuanhuang Alliance to fight against the evil god. It's just that those worlds are too small to be invited to join the Xuanhuang Alliance.

Furthermore, this kind of information is a strategic resource, and even the Xuanxian Realm cannot access it.

However, this map alone, which records the members of the Xuanhuang Alliance, has still broadened the horizons of Gu Jinlai.

"Constructing boundary gates through active spatial points, or directly traversing to other worlds through artificial wormholes—who dares to call this civilization primitive or backward? Humanity's proud warships and motherships are hundreds or even thousands of meters long, but which Xuanxian's true size isn't over a thousand meters? They themselves are equivalent to a warship or a mothership, not to mention the Great Dao Golden Immortals who are above Xuanxian..."

Gu Jinlai, I have felt a deep sense of emotion.

But what surprised him the most was the Xuanhuang Great World.

This is actually a world where the sky is round and the earth is square.

The entire world seemed to be enveloped by some invisible force, suspended in the vast universe, with the sun, moon and stars inside, providing starlight and maintaining the operation of the four seasons of the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty.

It is like a darling of the starry sky, possessing unique resources and environment.

It is precisely because of these resources and environment that the Xuanhuang Great World has produced a constant stream of powerful figures, and has always been renowned, radiating its influence to many surrounding worlds.

"Ten thousand years ago, there were hundreds of Golden Immortals of the Great Dao in the Xuanhuang Great World. Even though all worlds suffered heavy losses in the war ten thousand years ago, and the Xuanhuang Great World, as the founder of the alliance, was the first to bear the brunt, there were still a dozen or so Golden Immortals of the Great Dao left to fight against the outside world... In the past ten thousand years, they have devoured the spiritual energy of many surrounding worlds to build immortal cave heavens... I don't know how much foundation they still maintain."

Gu Jinlai to understand the various common knowledge about the Xuanhuang Great World where the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty is located.

The stronger the Xuanhuang Great World became, the happier he felt.

This means that the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty still maintains its complete heritage and even has the strength to fight that evil god.

And these...

This is where their hope lies for the future of the Immortal Realm to defeat that evil god of the True Spirit Realm.

Gu Jinlai intends to enter a period of consolidation, waiting for the Xuan Yuan Sword Sect to reopen the boundary gate.

On Blue Star, Xie Yusheng was already prepared.

It's time to take control of the Cheng Ying mech and, as a "Qian Xingren," confront the three kingdoms behind the True Immortal Research Institute.