The Immortal Paradise Grotto
The Demon Realm.
The Cangming Devil Master, shrouded in a black robe, silently watched the spatial rift that was gradually spreading due to the effect of a special building, without uttering a word throughout the entire process.
Gu Jinlai, people have kept a close eye on the opening of this crack, fearing it might be a trap.
The two sides are not allies, and to some extent enemies, so there's not much to gossip about.
For a long time.
A ripple of spiritual energy emanated from the vast ocean.
"The other side of the rift is the Immortal Cloud Realm."
There were no further words spoken.
Gu Jinlai nodded and activated the Void-Breaking Mirror. Enveloped in a ripple, he flashed and stepped into the crack.
As Gu Jinlai disappeared into the cracks, the light emanating from this special building gradually dimmed until it vanished completely after several dozen breaths.
As the shrinking rift rippled, the Crimson Firefly Sovereign appeared beside the Azure Nether Devil Master: "This human is using our passage, why don't we just throw him into the spatial rift..."
"It's meaningless."
The spiritual fluctuations of the Cangming Devil Master emanated. "He has that artifact protecting him. Throwing him into the spatial rift will only cause him to get lost at some nearby node. As long as he wants, he can still come back. It will just take more time. And with our current strength, we cannot fight against the Immortal Kingdom that possesses the Transformation Heavenly Dao on the battlefield of the Immortal Realm."
Transformation of the Heavenly Dao.
The Crimson Firefly Overlord made this power a connection...
I couldn't help but feel a little helpless.
"Since throwing him into the spatial rift will only delay him for a while, and we still can't plunder the Immortal Realm, what's the point of doing this other than provoking them to tear up the ceasefire agreement and reignite the war?"
The Way of the Devil Master of the Vast Ocean.
The Crimson Firefly Overlord listened, unsure how to respond.
After a long while, it finally asked, "Has the great Devil Master of the Void Heaven not returned yet? If Your Excellency returns, perhaps..."
"The Devil Master Xutian."
The spiritual energy emanating from the Cangming Devil Master was profound. "It is currently at a very critical moment."
"The critical moment?"
The Red Firefly Ruler was taken aback.
"It has found a path for our Eldar."
The Devil Master Cangming's expression was inscrutable. "One path, one that can free us from evil spirits and lead us to godhood."
Sanqing Hall.
With the rise of Lingxiao Palace, the Sanqing Hall ceased to exist, and along with some previously hidden buildings and forbidden areas that were not open to the public, they also became freely accessible to others.
Some of the more famous areas have even become tourist attractions, drawing a constant stream of visitors every day.
The most worthwhile thing to see in the Sanqing Hall is the Wushi True Person, who was later personally recognized by the Palace Master of Lingxiao Palace and silently protected Qiantian for a hundred years.
The small courtyard where the True Person once lived in seclusion is now constantly visited by people who come to pay their respects and express their gratitude for his silent contributions to the Qiantian region over the past century.
Today is no exception.
However, unlike in the past, if a peak Heavenly Lord were to come into contact with the existence of the true spirit world here, they would be able to clearly discover that in the true spirit world corresponding to this area, there is a huge transparent figure that is thousands of meters long, silently wandering around.
He exists in the real spirit world and has no impact on the outside world.
Even some tourists who happen to be in this area simply feel that the temperature here seems to be a few degrees lower than in other places, and for some reason, they always feel an indescribable sense of awe.
However, they simply took this awe as a change in mindset as they were stepping into the place where the sages lived, without giving it much thought.
Naturally, they had no idea what dangers were lurking in the real spirit world corresponding to this area.
"Who I am..."
This enormous, transparent figure wandered back and forth.
The faintest fluctuations, almost imperceptible to any emotional ripples, emanated in a deathly still manner.
"Who... who is it... who is it..."
These emotions, filled with questions, echoed continuously in the spirit world.
Round and round.
"I am... the Lord of Libra?"
"I am... the Lord of Gemini?"
"I am... Xuan Tianzun?"
This spirituality, representing emotions, resonates back and forth.
But in the deeper, higher dimensions of the spirit world, azure light continuously emanated from a colossal figure, countless times larger than a planet, washing over the spirituality that still contained ripples of emotion. It seemed to want to completely erase the "emotions" and "consciousness" it contained, turning it into a life form that could only act on instinct and roam the outer layer of the real spirit world.
Although this deep blue radiance is constantly being washed away.
But this enormous spirit being still unknowingly wandered into this area.
This area reflects the location of the Sanqing Hall in those days.
It seems like it's looking for something.
The meaning of life?
Traces of existence?
But even he himself doesn't know.
He doesn't even know who he is or what kind of individual he is.
He was just wandering around this area unconsciously, as if he could find something here, but he didn't know anything about it.
Sudden...
A spirit being of comparable immense size roamed the area, like a colossal beast wandering the celestial orbits, passing through an unstable gap in the spirit realm.
This scene startled the spirit being slightly, and then its massive body crashed straight into the giant beast that had entered the area.
Two spirit beings with diameters of thousands of meters collided continuously in the spirit world, rippling out waves of spiritual energy. These waves even caused a small-scale tremor in the real spirit world, startling and alarming the beings at the Heavenly Monarch level.
Ordinary Heavenly Lords felt uneasy, while those Three-Step Heavenly Lords quickly entered the Real Spirit Realm and glanced in that direction from afar.
When he "saw" the two enormous creatures fighting, he first felt a sense of surprise, and then, as if afraid of being discovered by these monsters, he quickly left the real spirit world.
The Palace Master of Lingxiao Palace said that there are great dangers in the true spirit world, and it should not be observed lightly.
The Three-Step Heavenly Lord, who had withdrawn from the Real Spirit Realm, was wary of a massive spirit being traversing this area, but also felt somewhat puzzled.
"Spiritual beings... actually fight each other?"
Unfortunately, these three-step Heavenly Lords knew too little about the true spirit world. Although they found it strange that the spirit world's life forms were undergoing such bizarre changes, they did not think about it deeply.
After all, spirit beings at the kilometer level are too terrifying and too far removed from them.
Just like a cultivator in the Spirit Refining Realm going to observe a battle between True Immortals, if they are not careful, the ripples that spread out can tear them to shreds.
Out of this caution, the battle did not cause much of a stir, except for arousing the curiosity of a small number of Heavenly Lords.
This battle, which was almost the first since the birth of beings in the real spirit world, ended because it was a one-sided attack by one side and a passive evasion by the other. In the end, the one side was completely devoured and the battle came to an end.
When it devoured the wandering spirit being, the spirit being's size noticeably increased.
However, he was clearly unaware of this and continued to wander around the area.
He didn't even know why the spirit beings that had invaded this area were being attacked.
All he knew was...
Someone did that before.
So he did the same.
Upon seeing spirit beings enter the area, he launched an attack.
No!
That's not enough!
He must do better.
More glorious and greater than his achievements!
The almost negligible emotional fluctuations of this colossal being, which was thousands of meters in size, suddenly intensified.
Yes, he needs to do better.
Tearing apart and devouring the spirit beings that entered this area wasn't enough for him; he wanted to...
Annihilate all spirit world life.
"Buzz!"
Once this is realized, the spiritual fluctuations that symbolize emotions and thoughts become even more intense.
His enormous, significantly grown body then swam away, suddenly heading deeper into the spirit realm.
He felt...
There are more powerful spirit beings there.
Even...
There is an ultimate thing that can bring everything to an end.
Perhaps only then will he find his true self.
Understand the significance of his existence.
In nothingness.
Figures from Gu Jinlai constantly moved through a space filled with fluctuations.
As he traveled through time, fragments of his time in the Immortal Cloud Realm flashed through his mind.
This is one of the worlds closest to the Xuanhuang Realm.
There are thousands of connection channels between it and the Xuanhuang Realm.
If the Human Emperor of the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty was truly insane and wanted to gather the surrounding spiritual energy to forge an immortal grotto-heaven, then the Immortal Cloud Realm would probably have already entered the Age of Dharma Decline, and whether there are even any immortals left would be questionable.
Fortunately, the path he took was different from that of innate deities and traditional immortal cultivation. It did not require much external spiritual energy; the only requirement was to expend spiritual energy to maintain the existence of the Great Dao within his body.
However, he brought with him a full thousand spirit crystals that he had collected during his time in the Immortal Kingdom, which would easily sustain the operation of the several Heavenly Dao within his body for eight to ten years.
Maintaining a calm mindset, we continue to travel through Gu Jinlai.
Just then, the space ahead seemed to become unstable.
The sudden change caused Gu Jinlai to frown.
"Did Cangming use underhanded tactics?"
He then denied the possibility.
Because the instability in space is not caused by the spatial rift behind us, but by what lies in front of us...
His destination was the Immortal Cloud Realm.
A strong distorting force seemed to emanate from the direction of the Immortal Cloud Realm, as if there existed an unparalleled gravitational singularity. Even though we are Gu Jinlai traversing space, the surrounding space is still affected by this gravitational singularity, causing our traversal to deviate.
Intense spatial fluctuations washed over the ripples emanating from the Void-Breaking Mirror, making the entire space extremely unstable.
And it is getting closer and closer to that gravitational singularity.
It was as if he were flying towards a black hole in the vast, dark expanse of space.
Once swallowed by a black hole...
Everything will be ground into dust.
"So there really is a problem in the Immortal Cloud Realm. Could it be that the Profound Yellow Realm destroyed the Immortal Cloud Realm? As a result, the Immortal Cloud Realm collapsed, forming a black hole, which in turn caused the powerful gravity to distort space!?"
Gu Jinlai's expression changed slightly.
But soon he realized that it was not as simple as a gravitational singularity like a black hole.
The Heavenly Dao within him, including the spiritual crystal energy compressed from spiritual energy, was deflecting, as if some invisible force was restraining these forces, trying to forcibly strip them away to strengthen itself.
"Is it the power of the Great Dao?! Devouring the Great Dao?!"
Gu Jinlai have quickly realized this.
At this point, the space travel seemed to be nearing its end.
And the location connected after the shuttle is completed...
It had clearly changed from the previous Immortal Cloud Realm to the direction of the "Gravity Singularity" formed by the Devouring Great Dao.
In other words...
Once he completes the journey, he will fall into the black hole like a spaceship captured by it.
"Not good!"
His expression changed Gu Jinlai, and a powerful mental force was suddenly poured into the immortal artifact, the Sky-Piercing Mirror, in his hand.
However, his level of refinement of the Void-Breaking Mirror was negligible. Furthermore, he was not a pure cultivator and could only drive this immortal artifact with the power of his mind. As a result, although ripples erupted on the Void-Breaking Mirror, enveloping his body and trying to free him from this terrifying devouring power, his figure continued to fall towards the "gravity" formed by the Great Dao of Devouring.
"I didn't even unleash the full power of the Sky-Breaking Mirror!"
All eyes, past and present, suddenly turned to the two great spiritual cultivation techniques: the Gate of the Mysterious Female and the Eighteen Heavens.
To be precise, it is on the Gate of the Mysterious Female.
In the Xuanxian Realm and the Changsheng Realm, his power had already exceeded its limit. All the people in the entire Xuanxian Realm combined were no match for him. With his safety guaranteed, he did not exhaust all his Qingguang. Instead, he chose to reserve it, thinking of finding a higher-level Spirit Refining Method in the Xuanhuang Realm and then adding up his Spirit Refining Realm in one go.
Now...
I can't worry about that anymore.
Thousands of beams of pure light poured into the Xuanpin Gate's Spirit Refining Method like a torrent.
Instantly, the portals representing the sixth level of the Mysterious Female Gate realm opened one by one.
In an instant, all six gates opened simultaneously, as if he had spent countless years cultivating this Spirit Refining Technique to its ultimate level.
Each door that opens is equivalent to the liberation of a part of his spiritual power, rapidly strengthening his mind and spirit.
The six levels of the Gate of Mysterious Female, when perfected, are equivalent to the pinnacle of the Human Realm among the Six Paths.
This level of understanding...
Among the Golden Immortals of the Great Dao, they are those seasoned individuals who have lived for tens of thousands of years.
It has moved beyond its weak stage, but it cannot be called strong either.
This is the upper limit of this Spirit Refining Technique.
This is also the fundamental reason why Gu Jinlai have been unwilling to waste their pure energy on this method of Spirit Refining.
The surge in mental power allowed the power of the Void-Breaking Mirror to be unleashed to its fullest extent.
Ripples spread out continuously, enveloping the Gu Jinlai body, trying to free him from the shackles of the Devouring Dao.
The power of this spatial ripple was even greater than that of the original owner of this immortal artifact, Wang Xuanjing, when he activated it.
But...
Still not enough!
He still felt his body being pulled at an extremely fast speed by the Devouring Dao, falling towards a certain "gravitational singularity".
After a brief moment of perception, Gu Jinlai quickly gained some understanding.
"It's the Heavenly Dao within me, certain immense energies within me, the spiritual crystals I carry... even the Void-Breaking Mirror, and everything related to the 'Dao' level..."
From Gu Jinlai the present, everything becomes clear and bright.
This is absolutely the power of an immortal golden immortal.
A complete Devouring Dao is activated, aiming to strip away all power from incomplete Dao levels.
Unless it is the same complete power of the Great Dao, that is, the immortal Golden Immortal, any living being's energy or matter involving the "Dao" level will be devoured by the power of the Great Dao, becoming nourishment to maintain its continuous operation.
"Equal to the complete Dao, or all power related to the 'Dao'..."
Gu Jinlai, people have felt the power of the Heavenly Dao within the core of nothingness...
These forces of Heavenly Dao were the key reason why he was being pulled toward the Devouring Dao.
On the contrary, it was the Great Sun Core within his body...
It's unclear whether the power doesn't belong to the "Tao" or whether its energy transformation involves the complete power of the "Great Tao," but it doesn't seem to have much of an impact.
"Some things must be given up."
This thought has crossed my mind Gu Jinlai.
The next moment, he directly stripped all the Heavenly Dao power from his body, and also discarded all the spirit crystals he was carrying.
After doing all that, he clearly felt that he felt much "lighter".
Like a spaceship captured by a terrifying gravitational pull, it gains a faster escape velocity by reducing its own weight.
"We lost a lot of money."
Gu Jinlai.
Although he didn't spend time and effort to cultivate these Heavenly Dao, it still pained him to see them all devoured by this Devouring Dao.
Not to mention the spirit crystals that the Immortal Kingdom spent time and effort collecting.
"Even the Furnace of All Beings within my body and this immortal artifact, the Mirror of Breaking the Void, have been affected!"
Gu Jinlai, immortal artifacts have felt the same pull and tug.
As he drew ever closer to completing his traversal and falling into the "gravitational singularity," he suddenly pushed the magical artifact to its limit.
As the celestial artifact trembled violently, countless cracks appeared and spread across its surface.
Correspondingly, an even more powerful spatial ripple erupted from this immortal artifact, suddenly enveloping his figure and accelerating him violently, instantly rushing out of the range of the "gravitational singularity" and "cleaving" open a crack.
His figure burst through the crack with all his might, appearing amidst a vast expanse of blue sea and sky.
He immediately felt a powerful binding force pulling him towards the ground from the void.
He immediately mustered his strength, intending to fight back.
But at this the Unseen, it seemed that a powerful devouring force was emerging from the space.
Moreover, this devouring power is truly like the natural rules that construct a world, omnipresent.
Just as humans live on Blue Star, as long as they are on Blue Star, no matter where they hide, they will be affected by Blue Star's gravity.
Fearing being swallowed up by the Great Dao again, Gu Jinlai instantly withdrew all his power and plummeted towards the sea.
"Thump!"
Water splashed everywhere.
I experienced a level of embarrassment rarely seen Gu Jinlai.
Even though he hadn't used any of his own power, he could still feel some energy slowly draining away.
He sensed the water for a moment and quickly realized...
"This is the energy that constitutes the energy body..."
Recalling his recent experience, Gu Jinlai quickly activated his "Child of the Stars" characteristic.
As a result, the previously invincible "Child of the Stars" trait seemed to have failed at this moment.
Because...
"The place I am in is not a star, but... a continent!"
He immediately recalled the description of the Xuanhuang Realm in the Xuanyuan Sword Sect's classic texts.
The Xuanhuang Great World is a continent that floats in the vast starry sky, like a cosmic wonder.
"So, I'm not in the Immortal Cloud Realm, but in the Profound Yellow Realm!?"
From Gu Jinlai, they have murmured to themselves.
A moment later, an even more terrifying thought emerged in his mind.
Perhaps, the place he is in right now is indeed the Immortal Cloud Realm.
Only...
Thinking of that terrifying Devouring Dao that could devour, decompose, and destroy everything...
He seemed to have already guessed the fate of the Immortal Cloud Realm.
"Gathering the spiritual energy of all realms to forge an immortal grotto-heaven! This information comes from the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty a thousand years ago. However, in the final period, Emperor Zhou Huang had clearly gone mad. The spiritual energy of all realms was obviously no longer enough to satisfy his needs. In order to make this immortal grotto-heaven so solid that no external force could break it, he used the Devouring Dao as his foundation... devouring the entire Xuanhuang Realm, along with the surrounding Immortal Cloud Realm and many other worlds..."
It has been awe-inspiring to people Gu Jinlai.
This is insane!
No wonder later some people spread rumors that the Emperor of the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty had gone mad in his efforts to create an immortal grotto-heaven!
Like a storm, the calmest and safest place is the eye of the storm.
If the Devouring Dao is likened to a storm, then the Immortal Cave Heaven is like the eye of the storm, surrounded by its swirling vortex.
This storm, formed from the Great Dao, frantically devoured, tore apart, and pulled at all surrounding matter, energy, and living beings, throwing them into this immortal grotto-heaven to maintain its operation.
Just like when he tried to travel through space and was almost pulled into the gravitational singularity, he even had to give up all the Heavenly Dao and Spirit Crystals he was carrying in order to survive.
"This is insane."
Gu Jinlai muttered to himself, "If my guess is true, how is Zhou Huang's approach any different from that of the evil god?"
Even more so than that evil god who merely devoured the world's spirituality, causing it to die over the next few thousand or tens of thousands of years, this Emperor of the Xuanhuang Immortal Dynasty was far more ruthless.
It even devoured other worlds, turning them into nourishment for the Great Dao of Devouring.
Not a single trace of matter or energy remains.
Gu Jinlai, he has used only a small portion of his own power...
They quickly sensed the omnipresent devouring power emanating from the entire world.
Cultivators refine the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to cultivate themselves, and in this world, this immortal grotto-heaven...
The scene was completely reversed.
Heaven and Earth refine the Spiritual Qi carried by all cultivators who are devoured into this world, in order to nourish themselves and maintain the operation of Heaven and Earth.
"First comes the Great Dao, then the Heavenly Dao, then the Dao Fruit, then the Immortal Body and the Sacred Body containing the essence of heaven and earth, and finally the True Qi cultivated within the body..."
Gu Jinlai, it has silently sensed the malice of this immortal grotto-heaven towards all cultivators.
The Heavenly Dao, Dao Fruit, Immortal Body, and Sacred Body, due to their immense size, attracted the most devouring power and were the most severely annihilated, while True Qi...
Although they will also be devoured, the Devouring Dao of the Cave Heaven clearly doesn't care about these scraps.
However, looking down on something doesn't mean you'll give up on it.
True Qi can also be absorbed, but the process is not as intense.
The only thing spared was probably the living organism itself, that is, that useless flesh and blood body.
Furthermore, although the Great Dao is also within the scope of being devoured, it would obviously take time for the Great Dao to completely eliminate this power of the same level.
Gu Jinlai, it has been felt that the power within the celestial artifact, the Furnace of All Beings, is rapidly and uncontrollably dissipating.
He did a quick calculation...
At most ten years, this immortal artifact will fall to the level of a Dao artifact, and then within one or two years, it will turn into scrap metal.
This is even without him using it.
If used, it will inevitably attract the attention of the Devouring Dao, and then it will collapse even faster.
If this is the case with celestial artifacts, then it is likely that if a Great Dao Golden Immortal were to fall into this world, the same would happen.
It's nothing more than being able to struggle a bit.
Want to fight against it...
"Unless it is an immortal golden immortal who has fallen into this world, or a power that has devoured the Great Dao at the same level!"
Gu Jinlai took a deep breath. "Without this level of cultivation... even a powerful Golden Immortal of the Great Dao has to cultivate desperately to avoid perishing, and the power they cultivate is then devoured by this world, which is equivalent to working for this world all the time!"