Just as the old patriarch forced me to my death, I achieved the unity of Dao and fruition.

"Who is that?"

Amidst the rain of blood, a human True Warrior looked up, gazing intently at the sky.

There, a new sun is slowly rising; it does not belong to the original heaven and earth, nor is it a demon star transformed from those great demons and saints.

The vast human destiny converged within it, and countless golden rays of light came from all directions, eventually all falling around that young figure.

Some people saw the face clearly and heard the words that sounded like a vow to heaven and earth, and their breath caught in their throats.

"Gu Changjin! It's Gu Changjin! That's great!!"

"Yunzhou, the Demon Slayer! The one who saves the world from collapse for our human race!"

The last sentence was almost shouted out.

In just three months, from Yunzhou to the entire world, this name has become more than just a True Martial expert.

Countless cities were saved because of him, and countless people were spared from being sent to be food for demons because of him.

Today, in the eyes of many people, the name Gu Changjin itself represents hope.

But no sooner had he finished speaking than a great demon, who had also reached the True Martial Realm, suddenly whispered from not far away:

"No!"

Several human warriors around it subconsciously looked at it.

The great demon ignored them, only gazing at the black moon that was devouring the sun and moon, and the great sun that Gu Changjin had transformed into.

"At this point, what's the point of distinguishing between humans and demons?"

"If that foreign entity truly devours the foundation of this world, who among us can survive?"

Its sound was somewhat bitter.

"You say he is the one who saved humanity from collapse."

"But what if he can really block that black moon today..."

"What he saved was the collapse of the entire world."

No one objected anymore.

At this moment, it doesn't matter whether you're human or demon.

All eyes were turned in the same direction.

……

At the highest point of the sky, Gu Changjin ascended step by step, the vast humanistic fortune on his body becoming so dense that it was almost tangible.

Finally, a radiant golden sun completely solidified, not hovering behind his head, but enveloping his entire body.

From a distance, one can only vaguely see a young figure standing with his hands behind his back in the center of the blazing sun.

In the darkness of the moon, the Grand Preceptor of the Great Liang Dynasty was stunned.

The next second, he suddenly laughed, first a low chuckle, and then it quickly turned into an unrestrained laugh.

"Hahahaha! Gu Changjin!"

"I was wondering what you were planning to do for the past three months."

"Gather the fortune of humanity, slay demons, adopt the appearance of saving the world, and make a grand vow."

"He took on almost the entire humanitarian trend of the old era upon himself."

"So you actually want to achieve enlightenment?"

The black moon surged violently, and the Grand Preceptor of Liang laughed even more heartily.

"You're insane! You and I are both outsiders!"

"You really think that by donning the body of a creature of this world, the Heavenly Dao will recognize you? What a joke! Hahahaha!!"

In his mind, Gu Changjin was no different from him.

It's nothing more than powerful beings from the outside world splitting off a portion of their origin to enter this realm and make arrangements in advance.

He was a reincarnation of a celestial demon, and Gu Changjin was most likely using some similar method.

Although one's aura, bloodline, and even karma may deceive the Heavenly Dao, an outsider is still an outsider.

When one truly merges with the Dao, and needs to embed one's most fundamental self into the Great Dao of the World, all pretense will be torn away.

So at this moment, the Grand Preceptor of Liang not only did not stop it, but also had a thought.

Let him pass! We must let him pass! Let this madman interfere with the will of Heaven!

What the mind thinks will surely move it. The black moon that the Grand Preceptor of Liang had transformed into slightly shifted, and the seven demon stars that the Great Sages of Demons had also scattered to the sides.

This directly cleared a path for Gu Changjin to reach the Heavenly Dao and the Sun and Moon.

"Go! Hahaha! I'll see how you achieve Dao today! Hahahaha!"

In fact, he thought it was a good thing.

This realm was already in the final moments of its ascension, and the Heavenly Dao was both reshaping its own rules and resisting its own external enemy, making it its weakest point.

If Gu Changjin, an outsider, still tries to force his way in.

That's not saving the world, that's making things worse.

When the origins of two different worlds clash, it will only make the natural order more chaotic.

It will be easier for him to swallow it then.

"Thinking about it that way!! I should thank you, hahaha!!"

The Grand Preceptor of Liang's laughter echoed throughout the heavens and earth.

Gu Changjin didn't even bother to glance at him.

You can't talk about ice with a summer insect, and you can't talk about the sea with a frog in a well; that's how limited this person's perspective is.

But then again, who could have imagined it? Gu Changjin looked up at the sun and moon, which had been mostly eroded by the black moon.

"Thank me, old man? I wonder if you'll even have anything to say in thanks later."

boom!

A golden sun suddenly shot into the sky.

In almost a single breath, it collided head-on with the sun and moon, which were manifestations of the Heavenly Dao.

At the moment of collision, heaven and earth fell silent, and the rules trembled. However, there was no incompatibility or explosion. Instead, the three rays of light slowly overlapped at the highest point of the sky.

The sun and moon manifested by the Heavenly Dao of this realm, and the golden sun transformed by Gu Changjin.

Buzz! An invisible wave swept across the entire world.

Immediately afterwards, the world began to undergo tremendous changes.

A sacred mountain that had been barren for hundreds of years suddenly trembled, its belly split open, and billowing spiritual energy surged out.

On the mountaintop, an old tree that had long since died had sprouted new buds from its withered branches.

In a deep valley, the soil arched up, and a purple spiritual herb that no one had ever seen before slowly broke through the soil, carrying a rich essence of plants.

Furthermore, the great rivers and streams of this world seemed to have expanded many times over, the towering mountains had risen even higher, and the spiritual veins lying beneath the earth's surface had extended wildly.

Even the ethereal energy in the world is becoming increasingly concentrated at a rate perceptible to the naked eye.

Some martial artists who had been stuck at a bottleneck for many years simply looked up at the sky.

The qi and blood in their bodies suddenly surged, and then they broke through; the same thing happened to the demons.

Whether human or transvestite, everyone can clearly feel that the world is "growing," and the real change is happening in the deepest part of the world that no one can see.

Gu Changjin opened his eyes and found himself in a pure white space, where only the rules of heaven and earth stretched across the void.

This is the true core of this world.

Wind, rain, thunder, mountains, rivers, life and death, yin and yang, day and night, the birth and death of all things—billions of rules intertwine to form the entire world.

The moment Gu Changjin entered, all the rules instinctively rejected him, even wanting to kill him on the spot.

He had clearly sensed the aura of the illusory realm emanating from his body, but Gu Changjin smiled, and his aura suddenly changed.

"Out-of-towner? You must have mistaken me for someone else! I'm a genuine local! Hahaha!"

The Dao Fruit in his mind trembled slightly.

The next moment, everything belonging to this other self began to emerge.

Born in Blackrock Town, orphaned at a young age, attending a martial arts academy, living a mundane life for nineteen years, and joining the Demon Suppression Division at the age of twenty... all these trajectories and causes are connected to this world.

The self that the Dao Fruit transformed into was Gu Changjin, who truly existed in this world from the moment he was born.

As far as the Heavenly Dao of this realm is concerned, he has never been an outsider.

He and I are each other, and he and I are each other; this is the most fundamental difference between the Dao and the fruit.

As a result, the rules that had previously rejected him stopped.

The next moment, they actually rushed towards him.

boom!

Outside, the smile on the face of the Grand Preceptor of Liang, who was actually Black Moon, froze.

"Impossible... How could this be?!"

The Grand Preceptor of Liang, whose cultivation had already reached the level of a god, naturally sensed a slight disturbance in the rules.

Because the situation developed differently than he expected, shouldn't it be that the rules of heaven and earth were rejecting Gu Changjin?

Why does it look more like a fledgling pigeon returning to its mother?

Gu Changjin's consciousness began to spread throughout the entire world.

From a single state to an entire nation, to the mountains and seas of this world, and to the billions of living beings that exist in this world, whether demons, humans, or even plant spirits.

He could feel the wind blowing through the grass and trees, feel the rivers flowing, and even feel a newborn baby crying in a small village.

At the same time, the world upgrade, which had been in its final stage, finally crossed the last threshold.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The barrier between heaven and earth suddenly expanded outward, mountains and rivers swelled, spiritual energy surged, and the previously incomplete new rules solidified completely.

The whole world seemed to have undergone a true transformation at that moment.

The Lesser Thousand Worlds.

break!

The Middle Thousand Worlds.

become!

At the same instant that the ascension of heaven and earth was successful, Gu Changjin slowly opened his eyes.

In the blink of an eye, the myriad mountains and rivers of this world are all within one's perception.

It was as if the world would move according to his will, as long as he wished.

Gu Changjin looked down at the world that had just been upgraded, and a slow smile appeared on his lips.

"This is... the Way."