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

When the Blood Pact Jade Platform was raised, the entire ceremony platform fell silent.

It was a jade platform that was entirely dark red.

The jade platform is not tall, but it is covered with densely packed ancient patterns.

Those patterns, like blood vessels, spread in all directions, eventually connecting into the depths of the Jiang family's ancestral formation.

Gu Changjin stood in front of the jade platform and glanced down at it.

That seems plausible.

At least on the surface, it was indeed the final ceremony of a grand initiation ceremony.

They form a blood pact with Heaven and Earth, their fates intertwined, and their families share the destiny of the family.

It sounds beautiful.

It's enough to fool even idiots.

Jiang Zhaoyue stood beside him, her face calm, but her eyes were as cold as ice.

Gu Changjin smiled and deliberately squeezed her hand.

"Zhaoyue, why are you so cold?"

Today is a joyous day.

Jiang Zhaoyue remained silent.

Gu Changjin didn't care.

He looked up at the crowd below the stage and burst into laughter.

"You are all witnessing this today."

"From this day forward, the Jiang family and the Gu family will be one family."

"When this ancestor achieved the Golden Core stage, the Jiang family prospered, and the Gu family also prospered."

The Gu family members in the audience immediately cheered excitedly.

"Long live the Ancestor!"

"The Gu Jiang family!"

The Jiang family members looked as if they had swallowed flies.

The other immortal guests lowered their heads, pretending not to hear.

Jiang Xuanling sat in a high position, his gaunt face expressionless.

Only a hint of coldness flashed deep in his eyes.

The Elder of Ceremonies held up the Blood Pact Jade Talisman, his voice trembling slightly.

"Please, my two venerable ancestors, drip your blood to form the oath."

Gu Changjin and Jiang Zhaoyue stepped onto the Blood Pact Jade Platform at the same time.

Jiang Zhaoyue flicked her finger, and a drop of blood fell into the jade talisman.

Gu Changjin also casually forced out a drop of blood.

The moment the two drops of blood fell into the jade talisman, a crimson light suddenly shone brightly.

hum-

The array patterns beneath the jade platform awakened one after another.

Everything was normal at first.

The blood-pact jade talisman hung in mid-air, emitting a soft red light.

The red light fell on the two of them, as if trying to draw their auras together.

Many young cultivators in the audience watched with complex expressions.

A newly promoted Golden Core cultivator.

A legitimate daughter of the Jiang family.

If we disregard the mess that happened a few days ago, this is indeed a major event in the cultivation world of the six kingdoms.

But soon, someone realized something was wrong.

The red light was too intense.

It was so thick it didn't seem like a blood pact.

It's more like some kind of chain.

Thin, blood-red lines appeared on Gu Changjin's body from under his skin.

Those blood threads seemed to have been buried in his body long ago, and now, drawn by the jade talisman, they all came back to life.

Heart, lower abdomen, and between the eyebrows.

All the limbs and bones.

Every part was covered in blood.

Gu Changjin's expression suddenly changed.

"Um?"

He turned around abruptly and slapped Jiang Zhaoyue.

Snapped!

Jiang Zhaoyue was sent flying by his slap, crashing hard into the edge of the jade platform.

The crowd below the stage erupted in uproar.

"What happened?"

"To make a move during the joint registration ceremony?"

"Has Gu Changjin gone mad?"

Gu Changjin raised his hand, seemingly wanting to deliver a finishing blow and kill Jiang Zhaoyue directly.

But as soon as he raised his hand, it froze in mid-air.

I can't move.

It wasn't that the physical body was being pressed down.

Instead, the soul, spiritual power, and golden core are simultaneously locked by the blood pact.

Deep within his dantian, the crimson-gold elixir suddenly trembled.

It was as if an invisible hand was trying to forcibly pull the golden core out of his body.

pain.

excruciating pain.

Gu Changjin's face turned pale instantly, and his body hunched over slightly.

The hair tie broke.

His black hair fell down, and a few strands of it were visibly white.

The essence of flesh and blood is extracted by the formation.

The blood vessels under the skin are becoming increasingly bright.

It was as if he had been pushed into an invisible alchemical furnace.

The entire Gu family was completely stunned.

"Ancestor!"

"What's going on?"

"Jiang family, what have you done!"

The Jiang family members were initially stunned.

But they quickly realized what was happening.

Those members of the Jiang family, who had been bullied by the Gu family and suppressed by Gu Changjin in the past few days, were filled with wild joy.

"Hahaha!"

"Gu Changjin, you've finally met your match!"

"That worthless son-in-law, does he really think he can be the patriarch of the Jiang family?"

"You're nothing but a seed nurtured by my Jiang family!"

"You killed my Jiang family elders, murdered Young Master Chengze, and plundered my Jiang family's treasure trove. Weren't you very arrogant?"

"Keep going crazy!"

A barrage of insults erupted.

Those people have been holding back for too long.

I held it in until my eyes turned red.

Now that Gu Changjin is bound by the blood pact, it seems he has finally found an opportunity to vent all the humiliation he has suffered these past few days.

Jiang Zhaoyue climbed up from the edge of the jade platform.

She still had handprints on her face and blood at the corner of her mouth, but her eyes were frighteningly bright.

"Gu Changjin".

Are you surprised?

She wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and walked back to the jade platform step by step.

"Do you really think the Jiang family would let a son-in-law from another family become the new patriarch?"

"You think you can dominate the Jiang family after you reach the Core Formation stage?"

"You think we can just tolerate you killing Chengze, seizing the treasure vault, and taking the Gu family into the inner mountains?"

Jiang Zhaoyue smiled.

His laughter was cold.

"Of course we can tolerate it."

"The more arrogant you are, the more you deserve to die today."

Gu Changjin gritted his teeth, his face contorted in a grimace, as if he were forcibly suppressing his golden core.

The other immortal guests in the audience had completely changed their expressions.

"What kind of magic is this?"

"Blood pact to seize the core?"

"The Jiang family actually has such methods?"

"If we could really transfer Gu Changjin's golden core to Jiang Zhaoyue, wouldn't the Jiang family then have two golden core cultivators?"

"Jiang Xuanling is not dead, and Jiang Zhaoyue has achieved the Golden Core again... The balance of power among the six kingdoms is about to change."

These Foundation Establishment Elders' minds were racing.

They were shocked and apprehensive.

My back also felt cold.

The Jiang family's move was ruthless.

She raised a son-in-law from another family for thirty years, waiting for him to reach the Core Formation stage, and then used a blood pact between husband and wife to seize the Core.

If this gets out, it certainly won't sound good.

But if the Jiang family really has two Golden Core cultivators, so what if it doesn't sound good?

In the cultivation world, infamy is never as important as strength.

Jiang Xuanling finally stood up.

The golden core's oppressive aura crashed down, suppressing the entire area.

He looked at Gu Changjin, who was bound by the blood pact, with a cold yet smug gaze.

"Gu Changjin".

"The Jiang family will give you cultivation techniques, resources, and the opportunity to form your core."

"You repay kindness with enmity, killing my clan elders, humiliating my clansmen, and allowing the Gu family to trample on the Jiang family's honor."

"Such a heartless and treacherous person has brought this upon himself; he deserves to die."

Gu Changjin seemed to be in extreme pain.

His golden core trembled more and more violently.

Within the Blood Pact Jade Talisman, a blood-red chain probed into his dantian, gradually binding the golden core.

Jiang Zhaoyue stood to the side, her eyes filled with hatred.

"You killed Chengze."

"You have insulted my parents."

"You said you wanted to divorce me and choose another female cultivator from the Jiang family."

"Gu Changjin, I will use your golden core to achieve enlightenment."

"I want you to see with your own eyes that your thirty years of cultivation will ultimately belong to me."

The Gu family members were completely terrified.

Gu Mingyuan's face turned pale, his legs went weak, and he almost knelt down.

The day before, they thought the Gu family was about to achieve great success.

They thought that once Gu Changjin achieved the Golden Core stage, the Gu family could swallow up the Jiang family.

I only discovered it today.

The powerful backer they thought they had was nothing more than a dan (a type of elixir) nurtured by the Jiang family.

This is it.

The Jiang family members looked at them as if they were already dead.

"The Gu family deserves to die too!"

"Once Ancestor Zhaoyue achieves the Golden Core stage, not a single member of the Gu family will escape!"

"Refine them all!"

The shouting grew louder and louder.

Gu Changjin kept his head down the whole time.

Her long hair was disheveled, and more and more of it was turning gray.

His flesh and blood, his vital energy, were drained, and his face became several inches thinner.

He looked disheveled and miserable.

But just as the blood pact chains completely bound the golden core, he suddenly smiled.

First, he chuckled softly.

Then came laughter.

"Ha ha……"

"Hahahahaha!"

Laughter erupted from the jade platform, drowning out all the insults and gossip.

Jiang Zhaoyue's expression changed.

Jiang Xuanling also narrowed his eyes.

next moment.

Gu Changjin slowly raised his head.

The pain on his face disappeared.

Instead, a chilling smile appeared.

"Go on."

"Why did you stop talking?"

He looked at Jiang Zhaoyue, then at Jiang Xuanling.

"Is it because you don't like to talk?"

"When faced with a difficult question, you fall silent again?"

boom--

A completely different kind of Golden Core pressure, unlike the previous one, erupted from Gu Changjin's body.

The jade platform bearing the blood pact trembled violently.

The blood-red chains that had been binding his golden core were gradually pushed back.

Jiang Zhaoyue's face turned deathly pale instantly.

"impossible!"

Jiang Xuanling's expression changed for the first time.

Gu Changjin flexed his wrists, his smile growing even brighter.

Why did he give these people time to speak?

First, to watch the show.

He enjoys watching these people make a fool of themselves after they think they've already won.

Secondly, the method of deduction.

The Blood Pact Elixir-Seizing Technique has already been activated.

Jade talisman, ancestral array, blood pact, golden elixir guidance—all the procedures were laid out before him.

One viewing is enough.

All that remains is to find the complete method from Jiang Xuanling and then use the Guiyi Daoyuan to deduce it.

Gu Changjin's gaze swept over everyone present.

The Jiang family.

The Gu family.

Guests from the immortal clans of the six kingdoms.

Finally, the blame fell back on Jiang Xuanling.

His smile gradually faded.

Everyone in the room felt a chill run down their spines.

broken.