Five Regions

Fang Yan spread his six wings and sped through the turbulent currents.

Ten hours later, the fragments of space around Fang Yan began to grow larger, and ruined Divine Kingdoms drifted past from time to time.

This was the Divine Kingdom layer!

Fang Yan's psychic power spread in all directions like a tide, sensing every ripple and every trace of aura within this void.

"This is the place."

Fang Yan opened his eyes. In that instant, the entire void seemed to freeze before suddenly exploding apart.

Chaos was cleaved open, and the clear separated from the turbid.

A brand-new world slowly unfolded within the void.

The Divine Kingdom had been formed!

Fang Yan stood at the center of the Divine Kingdom, looking down upon this newborn world.

A mischievous impulse suddenly rose within him...

He raised a hand and tapped lightly. The four directions of the Divine Kingdom changed at his command.

Northern Plains unfurled with endless green grass, the wind rolling across it like waves. In Southern Border, a hundred thousand mountains rose from the earth. Western Desert was filled with boundless yellow sands and desolation. Eastern Sea raged where sea met sky. At the center, Central Continent slowly spread into an endless expanse of fertile land.

This layout was precisely the Gu World from his memories.

Even the divine palace had been shaped by Fang Yan into the likeness of Heavenly Court.

"A person is doomed to spend their life trapped by what they could not obtain in their youth."

Fang Yan suddenly felt a little melancholy. He somewhat understood the Immortal Venerable's words: "Green mountains at sunset, autumn moons and spring breezes, all gone..."

Standing above Heavenly Court in Central Continent, he looked down over the Five Regions. Before the inexplicable emotion in his heart could fade, a faint fluctuation suddenly came from the depths of the Divine Kingdom.

The fluctuation was extremely soft and subtle, like spring silkworms gnawing mulberry leaves, or a breeze brushing across a spiderweb.

Fang Yan raised an eyebrow. With a flicker, he appeared above the grassland of the Northern Border, where green grass stretched like a sea.

Several tiny insects, no bigger than specks of dust, crawled slowly through the grass. Faint light flowed over their bodies. Some were blue-green, some gleamed silver-white, while others vaguely carried a bloody aura.

Fang Yan crouched and sent his psychic power into one of the tiny insects.

The next moment, his pupils constricted sharply.

"Gu Worm?"

He muttered to himself, disbelief appearing on his face.

Though these insects were tiny and their auras weak, their essence... was identical to the "Gu Worms" from the world in his past-life memories!

Fang Yan took a deep breath, calmed himself, and began examining them carefully.

A moment later, his expression changed from shock to strangeness, then from strangeness to contemplation.

"Rank one Gu Worms... correspond to the Planetary level. Rank two corresponds to the Stellar level!"

"Rank five corresponds to World Lords!"

Fang Yan rose to his feet, his psychic power covering every inch of the Five Regions.

He discovered that these Gu Worms had not appeared by chance. They were products naturally born from the self-sustaining operation of the Divine Kingdom.

Beneath the grass sea of the Northern Border, within Southern Border's deep mountains, under Western Desert's sands, in the cracks between Eastern Sea's reefs, and even below the fertile soil of Central Continent, Gu Worms of different attributes were scattered everywhere.

Moreover, their ranks strictly followed a certain set of rules. Since the Divine Kingdom had only just formed, it could currently produce only rank one to rank five Mortal Gu.

Fang Yan suddenly smiled. Strictly speaking, the Spring Autumn Cicada was his true body.

"Fate truly is wondrous beyond words."

He looked up at the firmament above the Divine Kingdom, condensed from the power of laws. A trace of realization flashed through his eyes.

"Is this also a correction by the supreme rules? The Gu World has actually received an epic-level enhancement."

Fang Yan raised his hand. A silver-white Moonlight Gu flew out of the grass and landed on his fingertip.

Its aura was weak, yet it contained a trace of an incomparably pure Light Law fragment.

The corners of Fang Yan's lips lifted slightly, a meaningful look appearing in his eyes.

"If this logic is followed—"

"Rank six Immortal Gu corresponds to immortals."

"Rank seven corresponds to Universe Venerables."

"Rank eight corresponds to Universe Lords."

"Then... rank nine would be Universe Strongest!"

As his words fell, an invisible ripple seemed to spread gently through the Divine Kingdom. The winds of the Five Regions all stopped for a breath.

Fang Yan stood silently. The systems of two worlds had fused together in such a crude fashion.

"Fate..."

Fang Yan softly spoke those two words. His white robe fluttered gently in the wind as he walked toward Heavenly Court in Central Continent.

Behind him, the green grass of the Northern Border rose and fell in the wind, as though whispering something.

Eighty-Eight True Yang Building, Dragon Palace, Soul Shaking Mountain, Soul Falling Valley, Reverse Flow River, Mad Demon Cave...

These sights began to embellish this colorful painting.

Yinghuo Star, Sky Pillar Peak.

A hundred thousand years had passed, and this planet had long since changed beyond recognition, but Sky Pillar Peak had been deliberately preserved by Fang Lie.

Fang Yan sat cross-legged within the hall, the World-Ending Sword resting across his knees.

"Late Wind."

Fang Yan spoke the three words softly.

His body did not move, but the World-Ending Sword trembled lightly.

An invisible sword intent rippled out from the blade. There was no overwhelming radiance, no earth-shaking roar, only a gentle breeze passing through the stone hall.

After the wind passed, nothing in the hall had changed.

Yet Fang Yan knew that if an Initial King had been standing before him, thirty percent of their divine body would have silently evaporated by now.

"A top-tier secret technique combined with a treasure truly cannot be compared to before."

Fang Yan opened his eyes and nodded in satisfaction.

Over these hundred thousand years, his Cosmic Wind Haze Beast clone had been deducing "Late Wind," while his Spring Autumn Cicada Clone had continued comprehending the Time Law.

The Cosmic Wind Haze Beast clone had progressed smoothly. With its 520-fold genetic level and the Xun Universe Crystal, its strength had steadily risen to Peak King-level.

But the Spring Autumn Cicada Clone...

"It still won't work."

Fang Yan frowned deeply. Aside from the Wind-Nurturing Divine General's inheritance, this universe seemed to have no resources compatible with it.

The Xun Cosmic Crystal could not be fused with it, and even rare treasures that enhanced genetic levels were ineffective...

It was as though an invisible bottleneck existed within this cicada's body, blocking all external power.

Fang Yan's gaze passed through Yinghuo Star's sky, as though he could see the Divine Kingdom where the Five Regions stood distinct.

"Divine Kingdom..."

He muttered, and a trace of realization flashed through his eyes.

The email arrived without warning.

Fang Yan was sitting cross-legged in the stone hall atop Sky Pillar Peak, sensing the breeding patterns of the newborn Gu Worms in his Divine Kingdom, when Little Fox Fairy suddenly began shouting.

"Master, Master! Nine Universes King sent you an email!"

[Sender: Nine Universes Venerable]

[Content: Kid, this old man has broken through to become a Universe Venerable. I'll hold a banquet in the Virtual Universe three days from now. Remember to come.]

Looking at this brief, almost perfunctory email, Fang Yan's mouth twitched.

"He broke through to Universe Venerable..."

He recalled Nine Universes King's appearance the last time he had come to Flame Ruins Palace. Those silver-glowing eyes had revealed deep and unfathomable law fluctuations.

How long had it even been?

Fang Yan shook his head, but he was not overly surprised. After all, his own ancestor had also broken through.

Nine Universes Venerable's banquet was set for three days later.

During that time, Fang Yan also received information from Gui Yi King regarding the Demon Race.

"The Demon Race..."

Fang Yan murmured, his brows furrowing slightly.

At present, Beast Ancestor's breakthrough was like a boulder smashing into a tranquil lake, its ripples spreading in every direction at an astonishing speed.

Two peak races possessing Universe Lords had simply vanished.

PS. I woke up and found myself getting slandered for no reason. What do you mean kneeling on one knee promotes the Qing Dynasty's culture of servility?

Sigh, Ting Luo feels so helpless. (Ｔ▽Ｔ)