"At last, it's here!"
Gu Yuanqing vanished from his bed and appeared on the mountaintop.
In truth, it made no difference where he was in the North Spring Realm. Looking toward the Fa Yuan Realm from his bed was no different from doing so atop the mountain. This was merely a habit he had developed over thousands of years.
Within the Fa Yuan Realm.
High above the heavens, winds rose and clouds surged.
Ordinary people were still asleep, while ordinary cultivators might have been sitting in meditation.
But cultivators at the Demigod level and above had already been startled awake.
Those at the Demigod level and above could behold the Great Dao River, so they could naturally sense the faint ripples beginning to stir in the Fa Yuan Realm's Great Dao River.
It was as though the entire world was undergoing subtle changes.
"The Heaven and Earth Stele could be considered the finest among the known divine artifacts in this Rules Great World. Some even call it a supreme divine artifact. Ordinary rule divine artifacts carry the Great Dao, but this artifact seems to define the world's fundamental rules."
Gu Yuanqing gazed into the distance with his hands behind his back, his heart stirring despite himself.
Back then, the Qian Yuan Realm had been merely a floating world. It was the appearance of this divine artifact that had allowed it to rise in a single leap and become an exquisite realm domain.
Sometimes, Gu Yuanqing could not help wondering whether, without this divine artifact's appearance, the Qian Yuan Realm really would have fallen into the Demon Realm and taken another path.
It also had to be said that, in those early days, the appearance of the Heaven and Earth Stele had greatly benefited the Qian Yuan Realm, the North Spring