My son is about to break through.

The chaotic void is boundless and limitless.

Today, this eternal darkness is illuminated by an unprecedented spectacle.

A vast and boundless river, formed from countless Dao runes, surged forth from the depths of nothingness, traversing the universe and illuminating billions of miles of chaos.

Within the long river, there are scenes of the birth and death of stars, the cycle of all things, and endless Daoist charm flowing like a spirit.

next moment.

Gu Qingfeng stepped out of the Xuan Tian Immortal Domain and instantly arrived at the core of the chaotic void, standing on the Great Dao River.

He walked with ease, lotus flowers blooming in the air beneath his feet. With each step, golden lotuses of the Great Dao would bloom out of thin air, supporting his feet.

Behind them, countless auspicious purple wisps, like a loyal guard, stretched for hundreds of millions of miles, following closely behind.

Amidst the purple aura, one could see the phantoms of dragons and phoenixes circling and howling, and the auspicious beast Qilin walking on clouds. Countless auspicious phenomena emerged one after another, rendering this desolate chaos as if it were an ancient fairyland.

Gu Qingfeng sat cross-legged in the center of the Great Dao River. The Great Dao Laws flowing beneath him naturally converged and intertwined to form an enormous, thirty-six-petaled Chaos Lotus Platform inscribed with Dao patterns of life, death, and reincarnation.

Behind him, the golden light of merit, so dense it was almost tangible, suddenly erupted, like nine blazing suns rising abruptly.

The nine golden suns of merit illuminated the universe, dispelling the chaotic fog. Wherever their light reached, evil spirits retreated, and all cultivators felt peace of mind.

The vast power of the heavens, like an invisible tide, spread outwards from Gu Qingfeng in all directions, submerging all noise and suppressing all chaos.

Before this supreme heavenly might that combined one's own cultivation, the manifestation of the Great Dao, and boundless merit, even the ancient beings hidden deep within the chaos felt their minds tremble and dared not harbor the slightest thought of disrespect.

"Such a rich golden light of merit!"

Upon seeing the nine golden wheels of merit, comparable to the divine sun, many powerful figures were secretly alarmed.

Human merit is something that everyone accumulates to some extent by slaying evil gods, but not much.

Some cultivators who dedicate themselves to slaying evil gods and saving humanity will accumulate much more merit.

Even so, compared to the nine great suns of merit behind Gu Qingfeng, they are still far inferior, by more than one order of magnitude.

Precisely.

Even a wisp of golden light emanating from one of the great suns of merit is an unimaginable amount of merit for most cultivators.

If you can get it.

Acting for oneself is an opportunity against all odds.

……

"I, Gu Qingfeng, will today expound the Great Dao of Longevity and elucidate the principles of the Heavenly Venerable in this chaotic void."

Anyone who is destined to attend, regardless of their background or level of cultivation, is welcome to listen to the lecture!

Gu Qingfeng spoke slowly, his voice not loud, but like the heavenly sound of the Great Dao, containing a mysterious rhythm that pointed directly to the origin, clearly spreading throughout billions of miles of void, even penetrating layers of spatial barriers, and echoing in countless immortal realms.

No matter where a being is, as long as it has a feeling, it can hear the call of this Dao.

For a while.

The various immortal realms trembled, and countless streams of light, like fireflies guided by a signal, rushed into the chaotic void.

Many ancient beings that had been dormant in the depths of chaos for years were also startled by this vast aura and the heavenly sounds of the Great Dao, and they all came upon hearing the news.

"Greetings, Heavenly Venerable!"

"This junior pays respects to the Heavenly Venerable—"

Any cultivator who arrives at the Chaos Dojo area, regardless of their usual status, cannot help but feel awe upon seeing the majestic figure seated on the Great Dao Lotus Platform, with nine golden suns of merit shining behind him. They all bow and kowtow, addressing him as "Heavenly Venerable," showing the utmost respect.

this moment.

In the eyes of all beings, Gu Qingfeng has transcended the identity of the Xuan Tian Emperor and is more like a supreme celestial being who guides all beings, explores the ultimate Dao, and explains the secrets of longevity to the human race.

Whether they were ancient celestial beings or junior cultivators who had just entered the Great Emperor realm, they all found their places and sat down quietly, like pilgrims.

In the vast chaotic void, the number of cultivators was countless, densely packed like the sands of the Ganges, yet there was no noise or commotion. Only the Heavenly Sound of the Great Dao echoed quietly, along with the suppressed, excited heartbeats of countless cultivators.

Gu Qingfeng sat upright on the lotus platform of the Great Dao, his expression calm and peaceful. With each opening and closing of his eyes, it seemed as if the universe was undergoing birth and death, and reincarnation.

He did not begin by explaining the profound and mysterious path to immortality and the mysteries of the netherworld. Instead, he adopted a simple and unpretentious approach, starting with the most basic and initial stages of cultivation.

"The beginning of cultivation lies in strengthening the muscles and bones, nourishing the blood and qi, and sensing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth..."

As he slowly uttered his voice, which contained the true meaning of the Great Dao, strange phenomena reappeared in the void.

Countless golden lotuses, formed from pure Daoist essence and celestial energy, fluttered down like snowflakes.

These golden lotuses of the Great Dao, when they fall into the bodies of those who listen to the Dao, can cleanse the impurities of their physical bodies, purify their blood and qi, and even make up for some of the flaws in their foundation left over from their early cultivation. Their wondrous nature has surprised and delighted many cultivators.

Those cultivators who can physically traverse the chaos and reach the core area of ​​this Daoist temple are at least at the level of a Great Emperor who has attained the Dao.

As for the so-called Saint Realm, they have no right to stand here at all. At most, they can only barely catch a faint echo of the Great Dao's Heavenly Sound in certain areas hundreds of millions of miles away.

Don't be fooled by the fact that the Great Emperor is a legend and the pinnacle in the lower realm. In the vast and resource-rich Endless Immortal Realm, although breaking through to the Great Emperor realm is still not easy, it is far from being as impossible as it is in the lower realm.

Furthermore, the news of Gu Qingfeng's sermon spread far and wide, affecting hundreds of millions of immortal realms, causing an unprecedented sensation.

Even if each immortal realm only sends a hundred Great Emperors on average, the total number is still an astonishing figure.

A staggering 10 billion!

This demonstrates just how large the number of monks who came to listen to, or rather, paid attention to, this lecture was.

The root cause lies in the fact that powerful figures like Gu Qingfeng, who stand at the pinnacle of the Heavenly Venerable realm, rarely preach publicly.

For countless cultivators stuck at the Great Emperor realm, without attaining immortality, no matter how brilliant they are, they will eventually turn into a handful of dust after ten thousand years, decaying along with the grass and trees.

The mere fact that they have the privilege of listening to such a powerful figure explain the path to immortality, even if it's just a sliver of inspiration or a chance to break through, is enough to make them come at any cost.

Now, Gu Qingfeng is starting with the most basic body refinement and Qi Sea Realm.

All the emperors and celestial beings present had personally experienced these realms and believed that they had thoroughly understood and mastered them.

However, as Gu Qingfeng explained these fundamentals in a simple and easy-to-understand way, many cultivators were astonished to find that they had a completely new and different understanding of these realms that they had already mastered.

Many cultivators listened with rapt attention, sometimes frowning and deep in thought, as if they were re-examining their own foundation of cultivation.

Sometimes his expression would light up with joy, his face showing ecstasy, clearly indicating that he had solved a long-standing puzzle in his cultivation, or that he had grasped a new way of applying it.

"Wonderful! Absolutely wonderful!"

Inside a Taoist temple built of ancient bluestone, an elderly celestial being with white hair and beard and an aura as deep as the sea couldn't help but clap his hands in praise, his face full of the joy of discovering a treasure.

"View the physical body as a primordial chaos, the blood and veins as crisscrossing star trails, and the surging power of blood and qi as the innate immortal energy that nourishes all things."

Such insights are insightful and penetrating to the core! It turns out that even the most basic level can contain such profound and mysterious truths; I, in the past, was like a frog in a well, seeing only the sky.

The other ancient celestial beings around him nodded frequently, deeply agreeing with the sentiment.

Although both are the initial paths of cultivation, the depth of understanding varies greatly depending on the perspective from which they are viewed.

Gu Qingfeng reinterpreted the fundamentals from a perspective close to the Dao, which greatly benefited those of them who had already reached the Heavenly Venerable realm, as if they had re-polished their own Dao foundation.

the other side.

The preaching continued smoothly and methodically.

Gu Qingfeng spent a full thousand years meticulously explaining the path of body refinement.

Then another thousand years were spent delving into the mysteries of the Way of the Sage.

Another thousand years will be spent explaining the essence of the Great Emperor's Way.

Over these three thousand years, although his teachings did not directly address the secrets of immortality, they laid the most solid and perfect foundation for the path to immortality, making them a universal truth and the best path to longevity.

When the three thousand-year term was up, Gu Qingfeng paused slightly, and the atmosphere in the entire Chaos Dojo suddenly became even more solemn and heavy.

All the monks held their breath, for they knew the main event was about to begin.

Suddenly, the great river that stretched across the universe behind Gu Qingfeng changed, transforming into a murky, deep, and ever-flowing phantom of the Netherworld River.

Followed by.

An ancient phantom of the underworld slowly rose from behind him, illuminating the heavens.

At this moment, it wasn't just the cultivators listening to the sermon on the Great Dao.

Even many cultivators from the Endless Immortal Realm who were unable to come seemed to vaguely see the scene of the Netherworld through the void.

……

The Purple Star Immortal Court, within the Supreme Emperor's Palace.

The Heavenly Emperor Ziwei stood with his hands behind his back in front of the Star Gazing Platform. His gaze had already pierced through the barriers of endless time and space, clearly seeing everything in the Chaotic Dao Field, including the manifested Netherworld Dao and the illusory image of the Underworld.

A barely perceptible look of surprise flashed in his deep, star-like eyes, which quickly turned into understanding and a hint of solemnity.

"The Great Dao of the Netherworld, the true meaning of reincarnation... Such a complete and clear manifestation of the Dao of the Netherworld, it seems that the inheritance of the Netherworld that this child has obtained is even greater than I had previously expected."

He murmured softly, a sound only he could hear.

From the moment Gu Qingfeng first displayed the power of the Yellow Springs to slay the evil god, the Ziwei Heavenly Emperor already understood that the other party must have obtained some kind of inheritance from the ancient underworld.

After all, the underworld is ancient and vast, with unfathomable depths.

Throughout the long history of the endless immortal realm, there have been a very few individuals with extraordinary luck who were fortunate enough to receive a portion of the inheritance from the underworld.

From this perspective, Gu Qingfeng is not the only one.

however--

Witnessing firsthand the illusory image of the underworld manifested during Gu Qingfeng's sermon, along with the pure and powerful aura of the Netherworld Dao, made the Ziwei Heavenly Emperor truly realize that the underworld inheritance that the other party had obtained was absolutely extraordinary.

Such a legacy is far superior to those scattered, fragmented legacies.

but.

The surprise in the eyes of the Purple Star Heavenly Emperor quickly dissipated.

In his view, Gu Qingfeng's ability to obtain such a great opportunity was due to his own good fortune and was also a blessing for the entire human race.

This means that another top-tier immortal will be born in the future.

at the same time.

All corners of the endless immortal realm.

Many beings who aspire to immortality are now casting their gaze upon this place.

After all, Gu Qingfeng has caused too much trouble in the Endless Immortal Realm over the years. First, he rebelled against the God Lord with the body of a Heavenly Venerable, and then he provoked the Ziwei Heavenly Emperor to personally enter the Immortal God Kingdom and suppress an Immortal God Lord.

It would be difficult for such a series of events not to attract the attention of these supreme beings.

Normally.

Even if a Celestial Venerable has incredible combat power and amazing talent, it is difficult for them to attract the attention of an Immortal.

Upon reaching the level of immortality, their vision has long transcended the mundane world; their sole goal is to overcome the tribulation of immortality and ultimately reach that ethereal realm of transcendence.

Throughout history, no one who has attempted to transcend has truly succeeded; all who have tried have ultimately turned to ashes, making the tribulation of transcendence almost synonymous with death.

But once one enters the realm of immortality, their ultimate pursuit becomes transcendence.

If one did not harbor such ambitions, why would one risk stepping into immortality and facing those terrifying divine tribulations that could cause immortals to bleed time and time again?

If one only seeks to survive, remaining forever in the relatively safe Celestial Realm would be a wiser choice.

Therefore, existences and events that do not reach the level of immortality are unlikely to capture their attention for long.

But Gu Qingfeng is clearly an exception.

As the vast aura of the Netherworld Dao permeated the chaos, and as the ancient and majestic phantom of the Underworld clearly illuminated the heavens, many ancient immortals hidden deep in time and space, at the end of the Dao, showed a barely perceptible ripple on their indifferent faces, and their eyes became somewhat subtle.

"The Great Dao of the Netherworld has reappeared in the world... and it possesses such a complete and powerful aura of its lineage!"

"Such profound Daoist aura... Could it be that within our human realm, a supreme being comparable to the Ten Kings of Hell from ancient times is about to emerge?"

An ancient immortal pondered to himself, and the thought popped into his mind. Even he himself felt a little absurd about it, but he forcibly suppressed it.

The Ten Kings of Hell!

That is an existence older than many immortals.

Many of the Celestial Venerables and even Immortals currently existing in the Endless Immortal Realm were born much later than the era when the Ten Kings of Hell were active, and they know very little about that period of history.

Those powerful beings stood at the very pinnacle of the entire chaos, overlooking the eternal cycle of reincarnation.

But reaching that level is easier said than done.

It is by no means something that can be achieved overnight simply by obtaining a copy of the underworld's inheritance.

"Let's wait and see... This kid might really bring some unexpected changes."

In the end, these immortal beings all withdrew their gazes, but each left behind a wisp of divine thought to secretly observe Gu Qingfeng's sermon, wanting to see what was so special about this Netherworld Dao. (End of Chapter)