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

"Empiricism is a killer!"

As Gu Changjin sat in the Zhenyan Hall, the image of those two colossal white marble pillars with dragon patterns that pierced the heavens and the earth remained in his mind.

And those three characters, by all accounts, shouldn't appear in the so-called Immortal Realm.

North Heavenly Gate!

"No, you should give me this Immortal Realm properly!"

"They said it was a celestial realm, but when we got there, it turned out to be the Heavenly Court?"

Gu Changjin's lips twitched.

He dominated the universe, devoured all emperors, and finally destroyed the entire universe.

After all that effort, just as they climbed to the top, the place they landed on turned out to be nothing more than a pasture in the Heavenly Court.

Even more outrageous, an ordinary celestial official in charge of herding sheep almost crushed the Devouring Celestial Art he had just condensed with a casual pinch.

Is this reasonable?

However, despite his complaints, Gu Changjin's gloomy expression quickly faded once he truly looked into the depths of the Dao Fruit.

The harvest this time was once again astonishingly large.

Inside the Dao Fruit, the Devouring Immortal Industry, which was originally like a dark night sky, had shrunk into a ball.

A massive crack pierced through the center, causing dozens of imperial stars to dim and lose their luster, and more than half of the structure to fall into silence.

However, it did not truly disappear; the core Xuanxian rank was still firmly suppressed by the Dao Fruit.

With gradual repairs, it will eventually recover.

Even if it were forcibly brought out now, it would still be a genuine Xuanxian Immortal's work!

The main world's core body currently only possesses the Mahayana realm.

Once he embarks on this immortal undertaking, the Great Dao of ordinary True Immortals would likely be unable to operate even fully before him.

In other words, Gu Changjin is now practically invincible in the main world.

Of course, this is just the basics.

If those old schemers deep within the Immortal Palace, along with the ancient beings from various races who have been hiding for countless years, were to jump out and besiege us, then that would be a different story.

Gu Changjin never believed that having a trump card of a higher level meant he could truly stand up and claim to be invincible.

"However, why should I let them all attack at once?"

"Just find someone who's alone and catch them one by one, right?"

Gu Changjin smiled slightly.

Fighting in groups is something only reckless people do.

What he has in abundance right now is patience.

Just as Gu Changjin was pondering how much resources the main world had buried, the Dao Fruit suddenly trembled slightly.

hum!

Deep within the damaged Devouring Immortal Realm, strands of pure power that had separated from the Immortal Realm but had not yet dissipated were slowly extracted by the Dao Fruit.

These powers are less than half of what I have fully gained in this lifetime.

But in the end, it was formed from the essence of dozens of peak emperors, ten immortals of the mortal world, and the last primordial energy of a great universe!

To a Xuanxian, it might just be residue.

However, for the original body in the early stage of Mahayana in the main world, it was excessively large.

boom!

The first wisp of power merged into the physical body.

The magical power that had been circulating peacefully within Gu Changjin's body instantly boiled over.

He only maintained the early stage of Mahayana for less than a breath before directly advancing to the middle stage of Mahayana!

Immediately following, the later stages of Mahayana Buddhism!

Mahayana Buddhism is complete!

From the initial stage to the completion, it takes only a few breaths.

Gu Changjin remained calm, showing no signs of having an unstable foundation.

The Great Universe, He and I, he went from a saint whose lifespan was about to end to the middle stage of the Mysterious Immortal realm.

He personally experienced how to break through each realm and how the Great Dao transforms.

What's lacking now is never enlightenment, but simply cultivation.

And now, I have also attained cultivation.

The insurmountable chasm between Mahayana and True Immortal, which countless cultivators have struggled for millions of years to overcome, is, in Gu Changjin's eyes, not even as difficult as the journey from a Great Emperor to a Mortal Immortal in the Great Universe.

Another wisp of power descended from within the Dao Fruit.

Click!

It was like some kind of invisible barrier that gently shattered within my body.

Gu Changjin's magical power began to rapidly transform.

Crimson Jade Glazed True Flame surged from every inch of flesh and blood, and crimson immortal patterns appeared on the surface of the primordial spirit.

The fire element rules, which originally existed only in the understanding of the Great Dao, began to truly reflect the heavens and earth at this moment.

Mortal power transforms into immortality, and the primordial spirit gives birth to one's true nature.

A true immortal has been achieved!

Gu Changjin could have continued to use the Dao Fruit to conceal the fluctuations.

After a moment's thought, he took the initiative to loosen one of the barriers.

I am now the Flame-Suppressing Immortal Official of the Fire Virtue Immortal Palace.

A newly appointed Immortal Official of the Flame Suppression, after years of accumulation, finally achieved the status of a True Immortal.

Is there a problem?

Not only is there no problem, but it also allows one to access things deeper within the Celestial Palace.

boom!

A wisp of immortal aura instantly pierced through the layers of fire patterns in the Flame Suppression Hall and spread throughout the entire Fire Virtue Immortal Palace!

Countless cultivators from the Immortal Palace who were practicing simultaneously opened their eyes.

Those celestial officials at the Mahayana realm, in particular, stood up immediately and looked incredulously in the direction from which the aura came.

"The path of immortality illuminates heaven and earth... What is this? Someone is about to become a true immortal!"

"This location... who is it?"

"Which of my Fire Virtue Immortal Palace's Great Ascension Perfection cultivators has finally taken this step?"

Mahayana and True Immortal may seem to be only one realm apart, but this step is the real difference between the mortal and the immortal realm.

Whether magical power can be completely transformed into immortal power, whether the primordial spirit can bear immortal nature, and whether one's own Great Dao can reflect the heavens and earth—any problem in any of these areas could destroy hundreds of thousands of years of accumulation.

Not to mention that once the aura of immortality is formed, the true immortal tribulation will also descend upon the world in response.

Success means instant ascension to immortality.

Defeat will shatter one's immortal foundation, resulting in death and the dissipation of one's cultivation!

Such a momentous event is extremely rare, even in the celestial palace.

Soon, everyone's attention was focused on the depths of the Fire Virtue Immortal Palace.

"Where is that? The Zhenyan Hall?"

"Is that the recently reinstated Flame-Suppressing Immortal Official, Gu Changjin?"

"Isn't he only at the early stage of Mahayana Buddhism?"

"It seems he's been hiding his cultivation level?"

"No wonder! The Zhenyan lineage has been vacant for nearly ten thousand years. How could the person who has been able to return to power now only have the superficial accumulation?"

A series of divine thoughts converged above the Fire Virtue Immortal Palace.

Some were shocked, some were envious.

Some people stared intently at the crimson tribulation clouds gradually gathering above the Zhenyan Palace, wanting to see if the newly appointed Zhenyan Immortal Official could truly overcome the immortal tribulation.

The deputy palace master of the Fire Virtue Immortal Palace, True Immortal Haoyu, also opened his eyes from a crimson and white immortal palace.

He recognized the aura at a glance.

"The Red Jade Glaze True Flame."

"Moreover, it is based on the path of fire, leading to the attainment of true immortality..."

Haoyu Zhenxian's eyes flickered, and a smile gradually appeared on her face.

"They've kept it well hidden."

Meanwhile, inside the Wenxin Academy.

The many young cultivators who were listening to a celestial palace steward preach were also startled by the celestial aura that permeated the entire Fire Virtue Celestial Palace.

Everyone walked out of the dojo and looked up in the direction of the Zhenyan Hall.

The news spread quickly.

When everyone learned that the person who had broken through was none other than the ancestor of Gu Qingxiao and Gu Xiaolou, the way they looked at the brother and sister immediately changed.

An ancestral immortal official in the early stages of Mahayana cultivation, and an ancestral immortal official who is about to become a true immortal.

Can this be the same?

The young cultivator, who had only exchanged nods with the two men before, was now considering whether he should find an opportunity to get to know them again.

Gu Qingxiao, however, paid no attention to these things.

He gazed at the crimson clouds of calamity, his eyes brimming with barely suppressed excitement.

Amazing!

Previously, that was a distant and unseen realm for him.

But now, their ancestor is already standing there.

If I continue to cultivate myself along the path my ancestors took, will I eventually be able to take that step?

Just as he was thinking, he suddenly noticed a gaze falling on his face.

Gu Qingxiao turned his head.

He happened to see Gu Xiaolou staring at him with a strange expression.

"Brother, were you just thinking that you might become a true immortal someday?"

Gu Qingxiao's face flushed.

"no."

"oh."

Gu Xiaolou nodded, but didn't expose him.

She looked up again in the direction of the Zhenyan Hall, as if suddenly remembering something, and asked blankly:

"Brother, what if our ancestor really became a true immortal..."

"So if I write 'My True Immortal Ancestor' next time, will I be able to get first place?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Qingxiao rolled his eyes, somewhat speechless.

Many of the Immortal Palace disciples who had been eavesdropping nearby also paused for a moment before smiling knowingly.