By now, twelve hundred years had passed since the Sun and Moon first took shape and became a world.
Eight hundred years had passed since he broke through the void and connected to the Fa Yuan Realm.
And six hundred years had passed since Gu Yuanqing survived his heavenly Calamity and became a True Immortal.
It seemed that the larger the North Spring Realm grew, the longer each step of advancement took.
Decades ago, Gu Yuanqing had felt that its transformation was imminent, yet only today did it truly begin.
Neither startled nor elated, Gu Yuanqing calmly sensed everything unfolding.
The change began beneath the North Spring Realm, at the world's core—the origin of its great Dao, and the place connected to Gu Yuanqing's mind.
It rose and fell slowly like a heart, sending boundless power coursing through the entire world.
For more than a thousand years, the North Spring Realm had been connected to the Demon Realm, the Exquisite World, the Spirit Realm, and the Fa Yuan Realm, constantly drawing power from them for its own use.
These resources from different worlds slowly settled, mingled, and fermented deep within the North Spring Realm's earth veins, like a jar of aged wine growing richer in the cellar of time.
Now, that wine finally seemed ready!
The heaven and earth great Dao trembled, and the Sun and Moon and stars shone brilliantly.
The sunlight became gentler and more layered, while the bright moon's power grew richer.
The stars followed ever more profound paths, complementing the heaven and earth great Dao and making the entire world more stable.
The North Spring Realm now spanned a full thirty million li, already surpassing the Qian Yuan Realm.
Yet as it transformed, it continued expanding outward at an unprecedented speed.
Chaos was opened up, and