Five Regions

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

Ten hours later, the spatial fragments 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 spiritual power spread outward like a tide, sensing every fluctuation 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.

Chaos was split apart, and the clear separated from the turbid.

A brand-new world slowly unfolded within the void.

The Divine Kingdom had taken its initial form!

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

A sudden mischievous impulse rose in his heart...

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

Northern Plains spread into an endless expanse of emerald grass, rippling like waves in the wind. The hundred thousand mountains of Southern Border rose from the earth. The yellow sands of Western Desert filled the skies with boundless desolation. Furious waves joined sea and sky in Eastern Sea. At the center, Central Continent slowly unfolded into a vast and boundless fertile plain stretching ten thousand li.

This layout was precisely the Gu World from his memories.

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

"A person will ultimately be trapped for life by the things they could not obtain in their youth."

Fang Yan suddenly felt somewhat sorrowful. He could understand the Immortal Venerable's words now: "Green mountains, setting sun, autumn moon, spring breeze..."

He stood atop Heavenly Court in Central Continent, overlooking the five regions. Before the inexplicable emotion in his heart had faded, a faint fluctuation suddenly came from the depths of the Divine Kingdom.

That fluctuation was incredibly light and subtle, like spring silkworms nibbling mulberry leaves, or a breeze brushing over a spiderweb.

Fang Yan raised a brow. With a movement of his body, he appeared above the grasslands of Northern Border, where green grass stretched like an ocean.

Among the grass, several tiny insects, no larger than dust, crawled slowly. Faint light flowed across their bodies. Some were blue-green, some gleamed silver-white, while others faintly carried a bloody aura.

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

The next instant, his pupils abruptly contracted.

"Gu Worms?"

He muttered to himself, an incredulous expression appearing on his face.

These insects were tiny and their auras weak, but their essence... was exactly the same as the "Gu Worms" from the world in his past-life memories!

Fang Yan took a deep breath, calmed himself, and began to investigate carefully.

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

"First-rank Gu Worms... correspond to the planetary level. Second-rank corresponds to the stellar level!"

"Fifth-rank corresponds to World Lords!"

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

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

Beneath the grass seas of Northern Border, within Southern Border's deep mountains, under Western Desert's sands, between the reefs of Eastern Sea, and even beneath the fertile soil of Central Continent, Gu Worms of various attributes were scattered sparsely throughout the land.

Moreover, their ranks strictly followed a certain rule. As the Divine Kingdom had only just formed, it could currently generate only first through fifth-rank 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, formed from condensed law power. A trace of realization flashed through his eyes.

"Is this also a correction by the Supreme Rule? The Gu World has actually received an epic-level boost."

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 its body contained a trace of an exceptionally pure fragment of the Light Law.

The corners of Fang Yan's lips curled up slightly, and a meaningful look appeared in his eyes.

"If this logic is carried through—"

"Six-turn Immortal Gu corresponds to the immortal level."

"Seventh-rank corresponds to Venerables."

"Eighth-rank corresponds to Universe Lords."

"Then... ninth-rank would be Universe Strongest!"

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

Fang Yan stood silently. The systems of two worlds had fused together so brutally.

"Fate..."

Fang Yan softly uttered the word. His white robes fluttered gently in the wind as he walked toward Heavenly Court in Central Continent.

Behind him, the green grass of Northern Border swayed 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...

One landmark after another 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 Fang Lie had deliberately preserved Sky Pillar Peak.

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

"Late Wind."

Fang Yan quietly spoke those three words.

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

An invisible sword intent rippled from the blade. There was no overwhelming radiance, no earth-shattering 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 a King-level initial-stage expert had stood 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 deduced "Late Wind," while his Spring Autumn Cicada Clone continued comprehending the Time Law.

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

But the Spring Autumn Cicada Clone...

"Still not enough."

Fang Yan frowned deeply. Other than the inheritance of the Wind-Nurturing Divine General, this universe seemed to possess no resources compatible with it.

The Xun Cosmic Crystal could not fuse with it, and even rare treasures that increased genetic multipliers were ineffective...

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

Fang Yan's gaze passed through the skies of Yinghuo Star, as though seeing the Divine Kingdom where the Five Regions stood distinctly divided.

"Divine Kingdom..."

He murmured, a trace of understanding flashing 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 within the Divine Kingdom, when Little Fox Fairy suddenly began shouting.

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

[Sender: Nine Universe Venerable]

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

Fang Yan looked at the brief email, so short it was practically perfunctory, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

"He broke through to Venerable..."

He recalled Nine Universe King's appearance when he had last visited Flame Ruins Palace. Those silver-glowing eyes had revealed profound law fluctuations.

How long had it been?

Fang Yan shook his head, though he was not particularly surprised. After all, his own ancestor had broken through as well.

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

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

"The Demon Race..."

Fang Yan muttered, his brows furrowing slightly.

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

Two peak races with Universe Lords had simply vanished.

PS. I woke up and found myself being bashed for no reason. Since when did kneeling on one knee mean promoting the Qing Dynasty's slave culture?

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