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Chapter 596: Chapter 588 Return to the Holy Dynasty
Gu Jinlai, with the aid of the Clear Light State, was understanding the words in Immortal Sui Mu’s memory, word by word, sentence by sentence.
If he wasn’t mistaken...
These texts spoke of a similar attack that the Profound Immortal Realm had suffered ten thousand years ago.
An Evil God invaded, devouring heaven and earth, causing all things to collapse.
Then, all immortals took action, shattering the Evil God and returning myriads of spirits to the world.
"Ten thousand years ago..."
What he obtained was not the complete memory of Immortal Sui Mu but could only deduce, from the limited memory and Clear Light, that the Profound Immortal Realm had encountered a great disaster ten thousand years ago.
And since then, the environment of the Profound Immortal Realm began to deteriorate rapidly.
The characteristic of the deterioration was that spirituality became scarce and thin.
So much so that ordinary people needed to rely on a "Spirit Root" to practice cultivation.
This was completely different from the environment of the Longevity World, where anyone could cultivate.
"Perhaps, the Profound Immortal Realm did not win the war ten thousand years ago, having only driven away the Evil God... Of course, it’s also possible that the Evil God felt satiated and thought that the remaining bit of spirituality was not worth the delay, which is why he left the Profound Immortal Realm?"
Gu Jinlai speculated in his heart, "Is it that what Immortal Sui Mu and the others are doing now is hoping to obtain enough Spirit Mechanism to replenish the Profound Immortal Realm or, to be precise, to replenish their own faction within the Profound Immortal Realm and improve the cultivation environment?"
Although these guesses were without evidence, his intuition under the Clear Light State seemed to be strengthened, and he believed that this possibility was very high.
The "Evil God" recorded in the Profound Immortal Realm might be the same kind of life as the creature currently lurking deep within the Spirit Realm.
Even...
Could it be the very same one? 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙥𝙪𝙗.𝒄𝙤𝙢
It first attacked the Profound Immortal Realm, then destroyed the Demon Realm, before turning its sights to the Longevity World?
Of course, during that time, perhaps one or two other unfortunate worlds became its sweet target, otherwise it cannot be explained why it only appeared in the Longevity World three thousand years ago.
...
"Although the Profound Immortal Realm was defeated, it didn’t completely ’die’ like the Demon Realm. In other words, they had a method to combat that terrifying Evil God; they simply didn’t have enough strength at the time and so they failed. But at least, they preserved their world, which continues to this day, and the cultivation system is still ongoing, which is much better than the situation in the Demon Realm."
A glint flashed through Gu Jinlai’s eyes.
Perhaps...
He could find a way to fight against the Evil God hiding deep within the Spirit Realm from the Profound Immortal Realm.
After all...
It’s been three thousand years since the first creator was born, and in three thousand years, that terrifying being still hasn’t devoured the spirituality of this world, so either...
Its time scale is even longer than Yinglong’s, and three thousand years mean nothing to it.
Just as to Yinglong, the term "one or two hundred years" is like being on the brink of death.
There’s another possibility...
There might be various prerequisites for it to devour a world, like the big net mentioned by Yinglong?
If so, considering the Longevity Species’ time scales of several decades or even hundreds of years, he should still have some time.
As long as he could possess a stronger force than the Profound Immortal Realm before that terrifying Evil God acts, he naturally could withstand the Doom of Destruction after the Evil God awakens.
As Gu Jinlai was pondering, Mu Changsheng beside him felt somewhat heavy-hearted: "Is the world... really going to be destroyed?"
"The real destruction should not be imminent... Perhaps it will be a long timescale, thousands of years, tens of thousands of years... But, when that creature awakens, the end of the cultivation civilization is indeed true,"
Gu Jinlai said.
"If the cultivation civilization ends, what about us, the Void Immortals?"
Mu Changsheng asked.
Void Immortals...
In a situation where spirituality has been completely devoured, the immense energy containing spirituality in their bodies would be like a drop of ink falling into water, rapidly diluted.
All sorts of Divine wonders would slip away from them, and in the end...
They would fall to being mortals.
"There will be a way,"
Gu Jinlai uttered.
Mu Changsheng looked at Gu Jinlai: "If Sect Master Gu has any plans, Yinglong Sacred Land is willing to respond to Sect Master Gu’s call."
"Oh?"
Gu Jinlai looked at the Holy Master of Yinglong Sacred Land.
"I’ve come to understand that in such a harsh environment, if we in Yinglong Sacred Land want to pass on our legacy, we must huddle together for warmth. The Holy Dynasties and Immortal Countries are too far from us, and I have some understanding of Sect Master Gu’s legend..."
Mu Changsheng spoke, then took another look at Gu Jinlai.
A True Immortal not even a century old!
What an...
Astonishing achievement!
"So, Yinglong Sacred Land is willing to follow the lead of Lingxiao Palace,"
Mu Changsheng stated solemnly.
"Is that so."
Gu Jinlai uttered: "Since you understand me, you should also be aware of Lingxiao Palace’s system. If Yinglong Sacred Land truly wants to huddle with us for warmth, start by purging the darkness within Yinglong Sacred Land."
Mu Changsheng was slightly startled, and quickly realized something, nodding solemnly: "Indeed, it should be so. Recently, Yinglong Sacred Land has welcomed many refugees who pledged allegiance to us, making members of Yinglong Sacred Land mixed, and there have been many True Disciples who have mentioned to me that quite a few of them act maliciously, almost as if they follow the Demon Path..."
Speaking of which, he couldn’t help but feel a bit embarrassed.
It seemed that Saint Di Luo, whom he personally accepted, was a famously notorious practitioner on the Demon Path in Qiantian.
And their actions...
Didn’t seem to be any better.
For a moment, he quickly said in a stern voice, "I will thoroughly purify Yinglong Sacred Land, and I will not allow any harmful element to exist!"
"As the Holy Master of Yinglong Sacred Land, it would be inappropriate for you to take action personally, let me do it on your behalf."
Gu Jinlai calmly stated.
Mu Changsheng gave Gu Jinlai a glance.
Did Master Gu worry that he might be lenient due to personal bias, sparing those who had committed heinous crimes?
However, considering what he had heard from Yinglong earlier, coupled with the terrifying strength displayed by Gu Jinlai, he clenched his teeth and decided to cling tightly to the opportunity: "If Master Gu is willing to intervene, there could be nothing better."
"I have a technique that can discern good from evil; let’s begin the cleansing from within Yinglong Sacred Land."
Gu Jinlai stated.
"I will follow Master Gu’s instructions."
Mu Changsheng expressed his solemn compliance.
...
In the following period of time, with the cooperation of Mu Changsheng, the Holy Master of Yinglong Sacred Land, Gu Jinlai began the trial of those who had committed grave sins within the entire Yinglong Sacred Land.
Although Yinglong Sacred Land had shrunk its territory over the years, it still governed a population of over a hundred million.
Moreover, with the addition of various forces that had defected from surrounding areas, Yinglong Sacred Land had been managed chaotically for a long time, filled with mixed characters. On just the first day, Gu Jinlai had already tried more than two hundred people.
This severe method inevitably caused a stir within Yinglong Sacred Land, even leading to significant chaos.
But with even powerful existences like Ying Wuxia, Yun Yin, and Mu Changsheng, who all had the strength of a Strongest Void Immortal, suppressed by the sole force of Gu Jinlai, how much could the others possibly add to the chaos?
Even Supreme Elders such as Ying Wuxia could only save a dozen or so of their closest people, or even fewer.
Moreover, those who were saved had to subsequently fight against devils to atone for their crimes.
The thunder over Yinglong Sacred Land rumbled almost incessantly for half a month.
Within that half month, Gu Jinlai personally tried five to six hundred people, and the number of those brought forward by these people reached as high as tens of thousands.
However, since the names of these tens of thousands of people did not reach the degree of Karma as blood, Gu Jinlai did not handle them personally but handed them over to Mu Changsheng to be punished, discretionally allowing them to redeem their faults through merit.
With so many deaths and injuries, and most of them among the upper echelons of Yinglong Sacred Land, such intense scrutiny momentarily brought operations within Yinglong Sacred Land to a halt.
However, once this period was endured and the major positions were filled with newly promoted individuals, Mu Changsheng was astonished to find that the overall operational efficiency of Yinglong Sacred Land had significantly improved.
Furthermore, the mindset of the disciples had also undergone a considerable change. An emotion called "hope" spread in everyone’s hearts, and it provided them with strength they had never possessed before, propelling the entire development of Yinglong Sacred Land onto the fast track, striding forward with great progress.
But those were matters for later.
After staying in Yinglong Sacred Land for half a month, Gu Jinlai set off directly for the Holy Dynasty.
This time, he no longer bothered with trivial matters along the way.
Even when he discovered tens of millions of Human Clan members being bred in a convergence point for devils, he did not stop but rushed to the Holy Dynasty as quickly as possible.
Several days later.
In a wilderness more than forty thousand miles from the White Jade City of the Holy Dynasty, Gu Jinlai met with the people from the Holy Dynasty.
A Void Immortal belonging to Taixu Cave Heaven.
By that time, Taixu Cave Heaven, or rather, the entire Holy Dynasty, had already led countless troops, pushing the devil defense line to more than forty thousand miles beyond the Outer Ring Thirty-Six Cities, slaughtering innumerable devils.
These results pleased Gu Jinlai, who nodded in satisfaction.
The Holy Dynasty was finally starting to do something substantial.
From this, it was clear that Duanmu Chengyun and the others truly established the Holy Land initially for the well-being of the Human Clan. Only out of despair due to the overwhelming disparity with devils did they conceive of the idea of flight.
And indeed...
That idea was correct.
Shaking his head, Gu Jinlai directly summoned the Venerable Daoist of Taixu Cave Heaven, "Where are Duanmu Chengyun, Zhao Piaomiao, Si Wuya, Dong Xuanzi, Zhang Yingzhen, Su Xin, and others now?"
"Amongst the Patriarchs, aside from Patriarch Duanmu who is presiding over the central command and Patriarch Si Wuya who is in seclusion for healing, the remaining four have already engaged in battle, leading elites to campaign in all directions. Our Venerable Daoist Su Xin of Taixu Cave Heaven is fighting ten thousand miles away, attacking a domain of a Demon Emperor."
This Void Immortal responded respectfully, promptly adding, "If Ancient True Immortal requires, I can send a message to Venerable Daoist, asking her to come over."
"The Supreme Void Immortals are waging wars in different directions, but they still have a way to communicate with each other, right?"
Gu Jinlai asked.
"Yes, our Holy Dynasty possesses a Dao Artifact called the Three-Life Stone. Those holding this artifact can communicate no matter the distance. Additionally, each of us Void Immortals has an object named Zixu Palace. Anyone’s Divine Thought can enter a specific space through it and communicate within,"
This Void Immortal said, "All of us Void Immortals receive our battle orders through this artifact."
"Good, give me the Zixu Palace then. I just happen to have a matter to discuss with Duanmu Chengyun and the others,"
Gu Jinlai stated.
This Void Immortal hesitated for a moment but quickly handed over the Dao Artifact.
Immediately, Gu Jinlai cast his Spiritual Sense into it.
Considering that Su Xin, Zhao Piaomiao, and others might be in the crucial period of battling devils, he just left a message for a consultation in an hour’s time.
In the waiting period, he refocused his attention on the "Three Realms" Cultivation Technique in the spiritual world.
After significant gains in Yinglong Sacred Land, the Clear Light State had accumulated to six hundred forty strands.
Given the current tumultuous circumstances in the Longevity World, it was time to raise the "Three Realms" to the next level.
