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

The celestial palace and the Milky Way remained as calm as ever.

Teams of celestial envoys patrolled various places on cloud bridges, occasionally stopping to check the array patterns before quickly departing on clouds.

The furnace fire in the Pill Hall never goes out, and the immortal herbs in the Spirit Garden emit rosy clouds.

The celestial officials processed the jade slips sent from the five regions, debating the division of spiritual veins, the unusual movements of the demon race, and how much tribute each celestial city should pay this year.

No one noticed anything unusual, and even the five fundamental elements of the universe—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—were more stable than ever before.

Occasionally, someone would mention the Five Elements tremor of the past few days, but they would simply assume that it was because the Fire Virtue Palace Master had finally found a successor, triggering some kind of chain reaction.

Moreover, the gates of the five main palaces of the celestial palaces remained tightly closed.

The imperial edicts bearing the seals of the five palace masters were still being sent out as usual.

The master of Huode Palace announced that he would be going into seclusion.

The master of the Water Virtue Palace ordered the Water Heaven Secret Realm to be sealed off.

The three palace masters, representing metal, wood, and earth, each have their own arrangements.

There were no errors whatsoever in the decrees, even in the customs that only the Palace Master himself knew about.

Even if the celestial officials below occasionally felt something was amiss, they would only think that the palace masters were making preparations in advance for the leap to immortality.

It was as if nothing had changed.

In reality, none of the five palace masters who maintained the order of the Immortal Palace for tens of thousands of years are still alive.

Deep within the main hall of the Fire God.

Gu Changjin remained seated on that crimson-gold throne.

Four orbs of light of different colors are slowly rising from the depths of the Devouring Immortal Realm.

Looking back on the events of the past few days, he himself felt that things had gone too smoothly.

Upon hearing the words "True Immortal of the Water Path," the Water Virtue Palace Master hesitated for less than three breaths before personally rushing to the Fire Virtue Main Hall.

To prevent the other three from snatching it, he even took the initiative to reinforce the isolation array outside the main hall for Gu Changjin.

When he saw the pure water miniature that was concealed by the Dao Fruit and evolved from the devouring of immortal achievements, his last trace of doubt disappeared.

The Great Dao is pure, the ultimate realm of true immortals.

He's even more suitable than the successor that Huo De found!

Overwhelmed with excitement, the Water Palace Master immediately began to shift the position of the Water element.

And then, that was it.

When the nine waterways connected and sent him into that pure water realm, he discovered that the so-called successor had no physical body at all.

That was just an outer shell formed by devouring immortal karma.

But by the time he wanted to reclaim the position of water, darkness had already spread into the depths of his immortal soul along the nine links.

The isolation array he personally reinforced became the best barrier to conceal Gu Changjin's movements.

With the memories and aura of the Water Virtue Palace Master, the rest became much simpler.

When the Palace Master of Jinde returned to his main hall, he saw a true immortal who seemed to have been born for the Golden Path.

In order to help this "successor" reach the pinnacle of True Immortal realm as soon as possible, he even took the initiative to open the Myriad Refining Furnace and take out three immortal golden pills that he had treasured for tens of thousands of years.

The Palace Master of Mude Palace pushed open the palace gate, and beneath the towering divine tree he had nurtured for 30,000 years stood a Taoist priest in blue robes whose life force was almost tangible.

The Taoist priest only said one sentence, "I am willing to serve the fate of all the plants and trees in the world," which made the crown of the tree in the Mude Palace tremble with excitement.

The Earth Virtue Palace Master is the most cautious.

He checked the Earth-Suppressing Immortal Array three times before finally agreeing to meet the so-called successor of the Earth Path after confirming that there were no problems.

In order to prevent outsiders from disturbing him, he personally sealed off all the formations.

Even as the heavy, mountain-like earth element was gradually dragged away by darkness, he continued to roar, asking why the fire and water elements didn't come to his rescue.

He naturally didn't know.

Those old friends were watching Gu Changjin from behind in the night.

It can only be said that they are old friends who have known each other for tens of thousands of years, and even their final choices are surprisingly consistent.

In just a few days, the four palace masters of metal, wood, water, and earth, along with their respective world positions that they had held for tens of thousands of years, all fell into the Devouring Immortal Industry.

Gu Changjin then used the memories and permissions of the four people to enter the Zhenjin Hall, Zhenmu Hall, Zhenshui Hall, and Zhentu Hall respectively.

The four true origins, which had been suppressed by the Celestial Palace for tens of thousands of years, could not escape this calamity.

Each time Gu Changjin swallowed a true source, he would immediately have the corresponding Five Elements Immortal Arts fill the vacancy and continue to maintain the operation of heaven and earth.

From the disappearance of the old origin to the takeover of power by the new immortal enterprise, less than a breath passed in between.

It is precisely because of this that no signs of mountains and rivers collapsing, vegetation withering, or rivers and seas going out of control have appeared in the five external regions.

People continue to live according to their original patterns.

No one knew that the sky above their heads had quietly changed hands.

At this point, the five elements have all come together!

Gu Changjin had a sudden thought.

The four primordial energies before my eyes trembled simultaneously.

Like the previous Fire Dao Immortal Cultivation, they are all formed by the fusion of the true origin of heaven and earth, the five elements' authority, and the original palace master's lifelong Dao.

If he simply remains within the Devouring Immortal Realm, it will only make his immortal realm even more substantial.

Therefore, Gu Changjin once again used the Dao Fruit Enlightenment.

One pure white streak after another flew out from the depths of the Dao Fruit.

Each of the Five Elements Immortal Techniques consumed a full thirty-six strands.

Four fundamental sources, one hundred and forty-four paths!

As the last principle of returning to the origin fell, the four elements of metal, wood, water, and earth awakened one after another.

"Father."

"Father!"

Four slightly immature voices rang out at the same time.

The child spirit, who had previously transformed into the fire of heaven and earth, also cast a crimson incarnation from among the myriad flames of this world, landing in front of Gu Changjin.

Five orbs of light of different colors floated side by side.

Gold is sharp, blue is vibrant, water is transparent, red is fiery, and earth is heavy.

They have no fixed form; what we see before us is merely an incarnation cast down from the five elements of heaven and earth.

My physical body has become one with this world.

As long as the Five Elements exist, they will not perish.

Unlike the original five palace masters, they were not outsiders who usurped their positions; they were themselves born from the origin of the five elements.

Heaven and earth will not reject them, nor will they gradually extinguish their consciousness.

Each one of them is capable of unleashing the power of a mid-stage Xuanxian!

If the five elements are in harmony, the power will only become more terrifying.

The original five palace masters were merely borrowing the power of the Five Elements.

When you leave your position, your power will decrease.

These five children in front of me are different.

They are power and authority in themselves, and also the source.

With a single thought, the child of the Golden Path can turn any metal in the world into its sharp edge.

With a single thought, the wooden child can manifest the vitality of all things.

Waterways flow through rivers, lakes, and seas; fireways are hidden within the myriad flames of heaven and earth; and earthen paths are connected to the entire land.

Even if the avatar in front of you is shattered, it's only a loss of a wisp of power.

As long as the five elements remain, they can be reassembled in the blink of an eye.

More importantly, the five fundamental principles are naturally interconnected.

Gu Changjin didn't even need to teach them how to cooperate.

The moment the five auras appeared simultaneously, a complete cycle of the five elements began to operate on its own within the main hall.

Gu Changjin looked into the depths of the Dao Fruit again.

After the previous enlightenment of the Fire Path Immortal Cultivation, there are still 512 Paths Returning to One Path.

This time, he swallowed up five palace masters and the five elemental positions in succession, and restored the five elemental origins that had been stolen for tens of thousands of years, almost changing the very foundation of the Immortal Palace's fate.

The Fire Virtue Palace Master's uncounted gains, along with all the changes in the other four palaces, ultimately led to the Dao Fruit yielding a total of two hundred and eighty Dao-returning principles.

After deducting the 144 paths consumed in enlightening the other four immortal paths, the remaining number was exactly 648.

In addition, the accumulation of tens of thousands of years by the five palace masters, their cultivation techniques, supernatural powers, and the secrets of the immortal palace all became Gu Changjin's possessions.

However, his skill level did not continue to improve.

This main body of the main world still appears to be at the pinnacle of the True Immortal Realm.

Once the Devouring Immortal Business begins, one's true rank and power will remain steadily at the mid-stage of the Profound Immortal realm.

The power brought by the five palace masters and the four origins only made the Devouring Immortal Business more robust, but did not help him take the next step.

Even the breakthrough-level immortal medicines treasured by the five palace masters could only continue to be piled up deep within the Dao Fruit.

These things, if used to cultivate a true immortal, would be enough to make any power envious, but using them on him is like pouring a few cups of water into a vast ocean.

It's not that we haven't accumulated enough resources, but rather that the path this world can support has reached its end.

To reach the late stage of the Mystic Immortal realm, one must travel to the Upper Realm, where the rules are more complete.

"There's no rush."

Gu Changjin slowly raised his head.

Above the Five Elements Immortal Palace, deep within the Milky Way, float five even more ancient palaces.

The Eastern Celestial Palace, the Western Celestial Palace, the Southern Celestial Palace, and the Northern Celestial Palace.

And the Zhongtian Immortal Palace, located in the center of the four directions and at the highest point of the entire celestial palace!

Unlike the Five Elements Immortal Palace, which is responsible for maintaining the operation of the Immortal Palace and governing the five regions, the Four Directions Immortal Palace and the Central Heaven Immortal Palace never appoint ordinary immortal officials or clerks.

There were no patrol teams on the cloud bridge, nor were there any cultivators coming and going.

There are only five ancient palaces that are closed year-round and so quiet they are almost deathly still.

Even in the memories of the five palace masters, there was very little information about those five immortal palaces.

All they knew was that the master of the Four Directions Immortal Palace occupied the four cardinal directions of this realm.

The one in Zhongtian Immortal Palace was the first human immortal who proposed extracting the world's origin and personally established the entire Immortal Palace system.

The Lord of the Five Elements Palace sends a divine decree to the heavens every thousand years.

However, in the last ten thousand years, the Four Directions Immortal Palace would occasionally respond, but the Central Heaven Immortal Palace had not made any sound since.

Whether the one inside is asleep or has had its self completely obliterated by heaven and earth, no one knows.

Gu Changjin's gaze first fell on the Eastern Heavenly Palace.

He slowly rose from his high seat, glanced at the five newborn children in front of him, and suddenly smiled.

"Children."

Five childish voices rang out simultaneously.

"Father!"

"Bring me my weapon."

Gu Changjin stepped off the platform, and five-colored light shot into the sky behind him.

"Let's go to heaven!"