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

The black-robed clone slowly opened its eyes, and Gu Changjin's consciousness, following the connection between the Dao Fruits, entered this body.

A sudden feeling of weakness welled up inside me.

Just moments ago, he was in the Immortal Rift, using his Xuanxian body to condense immortal energy, and with every move he made, he himself was a world unto himself.

Now that his consciousness has fallen into his clone, all his power has plummeted in an instant.

Early period of the Great Emperor.

This was the full extent of the black-robed clone's cultivation.

It was left behind simply to provide the universe with a chess piece that could be played at any time, so naturally, not much of its essence was separated from it.

Gu Changjin moved his fingers slightly, and the surrounding void immediately emitted a sound of being unable to bear the weight.

"It's a bit weak, but it's enough."

Given the current level of the universe, an early-stage Great Emperor cannot be considered weak.

Moreover, this is only an avatar; the true self, now burdened with immortal karma, has reached the end of the path to immortality.

Gu Changjin released his divine sense, preparing to see what had happened in the outside world during the hundred years he had been missing.

But in just a moment, he frowned.

No, the positions of the stars are incorrect.

The array patterns within the Human Race Imperial Court were far more ancient than when he left.

Even the imperial seal he left outside the secret chamber had accumulated a very obvious aura of time.

Gu Changjin raised his hand to capture a trace of time, made a slight deduction, and a hint of surprise quickly appeared in his eyes.

"Three hundred years?"

In the Immortal Rift, he clearly only experienced one great battle and spent some time refining ten Mortal Immortals.

But in the vast universe, a full three hundred years have passed!

The Immortal Gap, detached from the myriad paths of the Great Universe, was originally a layer formed after the collision of two realms.

The flow of time within it differs from that of the outside world, which is not surprising.

However, this means that the time until the true path to immortality begins will no longer be four hundred years.

It has less than a hundred years left!

"That saves me from waiting too long."

Gu Changjin smiled and took a step forward.

When he reappeared, his black robe disappeared, and his appearance returned to its true form in this life.

The cause and effect surrounding him were simply concealed by darkness.

Even if someone stood in front of him with a portrait of the Emperor, he would only feel that it looked somewhat familiar, and he would not be able to truly connect the two.

Gu Changjin looked up and around.

The former Mingjiao Star Region has long since disappeared from the star map, and in its place is the Imperial Court Star Region.

In the center of the star field, several ancient life-bearing stars were pulled and pieced together by great magical power, transforming into an unimaginably vast ancient imperial star.

Above the ancient star, floating immortal cities lay scattered across the sky, star gates connected different star regions, and the aura of imperial weapons guarded the four directions.

The Imperial Ruins, once the core of the human race, have long been replaced by this place.

The major imperial clans, holy lands, and supreme lineages either relocated their entire clans or established new mountain gates on the ancient star of the Imperial Court.

This place has become the true center of the entire human race.

Gu Changjin entered the most prosperous imperial city and walked among the crowd like an ordinary cultivator.

Along the streets, people were discussing the Starry Sky Ancient Road.

Inside the restaurant, a storyteller recounts the era of the Emperor from three hundred years ago.

On each of the communication jade discs, messages from all corners of the universe flashed by.

Countless sounds, words, and divine thoughts entered my ears.

The changes over the past three hundred years were quickly pieced together before Gu Changjin's eyes.

Even after he disappeared, the human imperial court did not collapse.

Those imperial clans and supreme lineages that were the first to submit to him, on the contrary, quickly stabilized the situation by leveraging the prestige left behind by the Emperor.

In the first few decades of the Imperial Court, almost no one dared to compete for the position left by the Emperor.

After all, no one knows whether that capricious emperor is dead or watching them from the shadows.

Thus, several patriarchs of the Imperial Court jointly took charge of the Imperial Court.

They check and balance each other, and are also wary of each other.

Instead, the framework that Gu Changjin had casually set up gradually transformed into a colossal entity that truly covered the entire human race.

The imperial decree spread throughout the stars and seas.

The array patterns left by the Stargate were disassembled and copied, creating a star passage that spanned the human race's territory.

Even the calendar used by cultivators in various places has changed from the Great Emperor's Era to the Emperor Venerable Era.

The various alien races that had been enslaved also launched a united counterattack.

That war lasted for decades.

Until the Heavenly Emperor Seal reappeared in the universe.

On that day, all of humanity wore white mourning clothes.

Countless people knelt before the statue of the Emperor and wept bitterly.

In their understanding, the fact that the Heavenly Emperor Seal was once again without a master meant only one thing.

The supreme ruler who ushered in the era of humanity has fallen!

Upon hearing this, Gu Changjin paused slightly.

He simply found the Heavenly Dao Emperor Seal in the way, and after breaking through to the Mortal Immortal realm, he casually removed it from his body.

Unexpectedly, the entire universe made me cry.

What's even more interesting is that the Heavenly Emperor Seal that reappeared seemed to have had part of its origin swallowed up by the "Burial of Heaven and Devouring of the Dao Scripture".

It can no longer monopolize the imperial destiny of an entire era as it once did.

The restrictions on the imperial throne have been weakened.

When the alien race was driven to the brink of extinction, a powerful emperor-level expert appeared.

Immediately afterwards, the Ancient Starry Sky Road opened.

Human geniuses emerged out of nowhere, and five of them successively subdued all paths and became Great Emperors!

When the first new emperor attained enlightenment, the entire universe believed it was merely an accident caused by damage to the Heavenly Dao Emperor Seal.

Not many years later, the second Emperor Tribulation illuminated the starry sea.

Then came the third.

Fourth place.

Fifth place!

The ironclad rule that only one emperor could reign in a single era, which had existed for countless years, has been completely broken.

The emperor no longer reigns supreme over an era.

Different imperial paths exist in various parts of the universe, suppressing each other while vying for the fortune of all living beings.

Five human emperors hung in the starry sky.

An ancient emperor of a foreign race ruled over the remnants of his tribe.

In addition, there is the gradually recovering forbidden zone of life.

These three hundred years were even more bustling than the magnificent era that was originally destined to be.

Currently, the five human emperors and the supreme beings of the various forbidden zones are mutually restraining each other, forming a fragile balance for the time being.

However, there are less than a hundred years left before the path to immortality opens.

Whether it's the new emperor, the ancient emperor, or the supreme ruler of the forbidden zone, they have all begun to stir.

Today, the once-dormant Imperial Road has reappeared.

This means that the damaged Heavenly Emperor Seal can still support the next Great Emperor.

As soon as the news broke, the geniuses of various races who were originally just traveling along the ancient starry road immediately began to fight each other in a frenzy.

The imperial clan unearthed their long-forgotten imperial weapons, and the sacred land awakened the geniuses within the divine source.

Everyone wants to seize the position of Great Emperor to protect their own lineage before the path to immortality opens.

Gu Changjin found it somewhat amusing.

These guys really think that after blasting open the path to immortality, the other end of the path is the Immortal Realm.

When they actually break in, the first thing they'll see won't be the Immortal Realm.

Instead, it's yourself waiting at the end.

Just then, the discussion in a teahouse not far away caught his attention.

"Have you heard? This time, with the reopening of the Imperial Road, a remarkable individual has emerged from the ancient star Xuanheng."

"It seems his surname is Gu, or something like the Northern Profound Body."

"Having just embarked on the ancient path of the starry sky, he defeated more than a dozen disciples of holy lands, yet he dares to claim that he is second to none in his lifetime!"

The other person scoffed.

"What's the use of being good-natured?"

"The position of the sixth human emperor has long been promised by several old imperial families."

"He has no imperial weapon, no supreme lineage or identity, and no protectors."

"What does he have to compete with those imperial heirs?"

"Xuanheng Ancient Star has long been ruined."

"I heard that more than three hundred years ago, that ancient star was devoured by a supreme being from a forbidden zone. Fortunately, the Emperor happened to be there at the time and took the opportunity to kill that supreme being, thus saving the ancient star's land."

"But the lineages on the ancient star are all gone; now it's just a remote star on the border of the human race."

"That guy surnamed Gu is already incredibly lucky to have made it this far."

Gu Changjin stood on the side of the street, his expression becoming somewhat strange.

The supreme being who swallowed the forbidden zone of Xuanheng Ancient Star?

The history books of these three hundred years have been revised to make him look quite respectable.

But... the Northern Profound Physique? And surnamed Gu, and never inferior to anyone throughout his life?

It seems that those bloodlines that escaped from Xuanheng Ancient Star back then did not disappoint him.

A hint of interest flashed in Gu Changjin's eyes.

The next moment, his figure had disappeared from the imperial city.

The city remained bustling, unaware that the emperor they had been commemorating for three hundred years had just walked past them.

The direction he left was the Ancient Road of Stars.