An emperor in his later years is summoned by his sister to save the nation's fate.

"Welcome back to the capital, Your Majesty!"

The earth-shaking shouts caused the entire void of the Ziwei Emperor Star to tremble violently.

The beaded curtain of the imperial carriage was lifted, and Lu Li stepped out with his hands behind his back. Behind him followed Gu Qingcheng, who looked somewhat reserved, and Tianjizi, who held a whisk and had an air of otherworldly elegance.

"No need for formalities." Lu Li's voice was calm, yet it clearly resonated throughout the entire Imperial Court.

He glanced at the three capable subordinates below and said calmly, "On this trip, I have recruited two old friends to join my Eternal Night Imperial Court. This one is Tianjizi, who specializes in the Law of Destiny, and this one..."

Lu Li pointed to Gu Qingcheng: "She is Gu Qingcheng, the quasi-emperor ancestor of the Primordial Holy Land. From now on, she will serve as the chief alchemist of my Eternal Night Imperial Court."

After the introduction, Lu Li didn't give everyone time to be surprised and directly raised the sleeve of his imperial robe.

The hidden power within his sleeve was displayed once again.

"Boom!"

As space twisted, a sect stretching for tens of thousands of miles and possessing thirty-six main peaks—the Primordial Holy Land—was poured out of Lu Li's sleeve and landed on a mountain range rich in spiritual energy on the Ziwei Emperor Star.

"Blood River," Lu Li instructed, "From now on, this Primordial Holy Land will be an affiliated force of my Eternal Night Imperial Court. You are responsible for settling them in and telling the people of the Holy Land that as long as they cultivate diligently and accumulate enough merit points for the Imperial Court, those who meet the requirements can be officially promoted and become direct members of my Eternal Night Imperial Court."

"I will obey Your Majesty's decree!" Blood River Demon Lord respectfully accepted the order. Lu Li then looked at Nine Nether Demon Lord: "Nine Nether, you are responsible for arranging the respective palaces and cultivation grounds for Gu Qingcheng and Tianjizi."

The Nine Nether Demon Lord was meticulous and adept at reading people. He keenly sensed that the beautiful female quasi-emperor named Gu Qingcheng looked at the Great Emperor with a complex mix of emotions in addition to awe.

Clearly, her relationship with the Emperor was anything but ordinary!

The relationship between Tianjizi and the Emperor was also extraordinary and highly valued.

"Understood, Your subordinate will make the arrangements properly." The Nine Nether Demon Lord understood.

He personally led the way and selected a secluded palace within the core of the Eternal Night Imperial Court. The palace was the most tranquil and spiritually rich, and most importantly, it was the closest to the Imperial Palace where Lu Li usually secluded himself. He chose it as Gu Qingcheng's bedroom.

As for Tianjizi, Jiuyou dared not neglect him and placed him in the core position of the Imperial Court, but he was still far away from the main hall of the Great Emperor.

After settling all worldly affairs, Lu Li returned alone to the depths of the Imperial Court.

The ground in this medicinal garden is not ordinary soil, but a treasure of the Xuan Tian Realm—the Breath Soil that can infinitely generate spiritual energy and vitality.

With a thought, Lu Li took out the Enlightenment Tea Tree that had been a reward from the system space and planted it on the Breath Soil.

The moment it came into contact with the Breath of Earth, the Enlightenment Tea Tree seemed to come alive. Its roots took deep root, and the fragments of the Great Dao Laws swirling on its branches became even more concentrated. There were even phantom images of dragons and phoenixes hovering among the leaves.

Lu Li sat cross-legged under the Enlightenment Tea Tree.

He reached out and plucked a tea leaf shaped like an ancient bell of chaos, then put it in his mouth and chewed it gently.

"boom!"

The moment it entered my mouth, a profound and ethereal feeling, as if it could see through the essence of heaven and earth and the universe, rushed straight to the top of my head.

Lu Li instantly entered a state of enlightenment. Before going into seclusion, Lu Li already had a plan in mind.

He wanted to take advantage of this rare opportunity for enlightenment to master the supreme ancient scriptures he had mastered: the Blood Nerve Scripture, which focused on cultivating qi and blood and the physical body; the Myriad Souls Emperor Scripture, which focused on cultivating the soul; and the White Bone God and Demon Scripture, which focused on the transformation of bones.

Even the ancient scriptures he collected in his early years, such as the Western Emperor Scripture, which is known as the strongest cultivation scripture in the Dao Palace Realm of the Xuantian Realm, which can cultivate five deities within the five internal organs, he fused all these scriptures into one furnace!

"Firstly, after thoroughly integrating and refining it, my understanding of the Great Dao will reach a whole new level, and my strength will be able to advance to a higher level."

Secondly…

A tender look flashed in Lu Li's eyes. Xue Yao had already entered the Life Spring Realm and would soon be breaking through to the Dao Palace Realm.

Transforming the Five Organs into Spirit is of paramount importance on the path of cultivation. He must perfectly integrate the Western Emperor Scripture with her existing demonic arts to pave a path to heaven for her.

"This supreme cultivation technique combines many ancient scriptures and demonic arts..."

During his enlightenment, Lu Li decided on a name for it in his heart.

"And so it was named—The Grimoire of Eternal Night!"

On the land of life, the Enlightenment Tea Tree, which resonates with the profound wisdom of the Great Dao, sways gently in the breeze.

Several days later, Lu Li, who was sitting cross-legged under the tree with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his double pupils.

"Boom!"

As his eyes opened and closed, a magnificent phenomenon suddenly erupted in the sky above the Ziwei Emperor Star.

Since Lu Li's deduction and integration this time was of a supreme demonic scripture, this strange phenomenon did not present the auspicious signs of immortal cultivation techniques.

Instead, the entire starry sky instantly transformed into an eternal night where one could not see their own hand in front of their face. In this eternal night, mountains of corpses and seas of blood churned and boiled, billions of souls chanted ancient incantations in the deepest hell, and countless skeletal demons rose from the ground, reaching the heavens and the earth.

At the heart of this extreme demonic phenomenon, a sacred and vast aura of the Five Elements is faintly interwoven.

Five illusory and magnificent Dao palaces floated in the night sky. Within each palace sat a blurry deity of the Five Elements, emanating a terrifying aura that suppressed all heavens.

The various strange phenomena intertwine perfectly, forming a taboo beauty that is both contradictory and perfectly natural.

On the Imperial Court Square, the three quasi-emperors, the Nine Nether Demon Lord, the Blood River Demon Lord, and the White Bone Demon Lord, looked at the intertwined strange phenomena in the sky. Their pupils shrank, and their faces were filled with shock and undisguised reverence.

"What kind of heaven-defying technique did the Great Emperor deduce during his seclusion these past few days? This all-encompassing, all-devouring demonic phenomenon is simply unheard of!" Blood River Demon Lord exclaimed in shock.

"Yes, just by observing this phenomenon, the bottleneck that has stagnated for a thousand years has actually begun to loosen slightly..." The Nine Nether Demon Lord took a deep breath, his tone full of fervor. They even secretly guessed that the technique created by the Emperor this time was probably comparable to or even surpassed the Emperor Scripture created by the ancient emperors who devoted their entire lives to it!

Meanwhile, in the independent palace not far away, Gu Qingcheng and Tianjizi were also deeply shaken.

Tianjizi's compass of fate spun wildly, yet it was utterly unable to deduce even a trace of the strange phenomenon.

Gu Qingcheng gazed intently at the night sky, her eyes filled with increasingly profound emotions.

Soon, the Nine Nether Demon Lord and his demon generals knelt on the ground.

"Congratulations to the Emperor for creating the Supreme Emperor's Scripture!"

A grand chorus of congratulations resounded throughout the entire Eternal Night Imperial Court.

……

Meanwhile, in the bizarre world of Blue Star, in the eternal night wasteland, a blood moon hangs high.

Inside the obsidian stone house in the town-level territory, Lu Xueyao had just finished consolidating her tenth life spring and was meditating and circulating her energy.