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

"Let's go to heaven!"

As soon as Gu Changjin finished speaking, the five children in front of him simultaneously reached out their hands.

The five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth intertwine in the main hall, transforming into a five-colored vortex.

at the same time.

Somewhere in the human territory, the immortal being who was walking in the void suddenly stopped.

The ancient longsword at his waist trembled slightly.

The next moment, the Taiyi Xuandu Sword transformed into a gray-white sword light and disappeared directly along the connection between the real world and the Dao Fruit.

Inside the main hall of the Fire God.

Gu Changjin raised his hand and gripped the sword hilt.

The low-grade immortal artifact's sharpness was only slightly revealed when a thin line silently cracked open in the space in front of it.

Deep within the sword, the phantom of the sword spirit dressed in a black dress flashed by, seemingly sensing the five powerful primal auras surrounding it.

"Father, the weapons have been brought."

The five children spoke in unison.

"it is good."

Gu Changjin walked out of the main hall with his sword, and the starry river beneath his feet naturally parted to the sides.

His figure continued to rise higher.

The Five Elements Immortal Palace below grew smaller and smaller, while the four ancient immortal palaces hidden deep in the sea of ​​clouds above gradually revealed their true outlines.

Five children followed behind, but they did not step into the sea of ​​clouds together.

When they reached the boundary between the Five Elements Immortal Palace and the Four Directions Immortal Palace, the five of them stopped at the same time.

"The Five Elements Revolve."

"seal up!"

Five childish voices rang out simultaneously.

Golden light transformed into blades, wood energy formed a net, water and fire intertwined, and the thick earthen path lifted up an invisible canopy from below.

The five origins are connected end to end among the stars.

A grand array of the Five Elements, covering the entire upper sea of ​​clouds, silently took shape.

The formation did not hinder any celestial messengers, nor did it trigger a reaction from the existing grand formation of the celestial palace.

Because they themselves are the five elements of this world.

For the Celestial Palace, this was simply a normal cycle of the laws of heaven and earth.

From this moment on, no matter how much commotion erupts within the Four Directions Immortal Palace, it will not reach those below.

Gu Changjin looked back and nodded in satisfaction.

Raising children is indeed useful.

At least he no longer has to do the work of blocking doors and roads and isolating people.

He turned around and continued upwards.

Our first target: the Eastern Celestial Palace!

After passing through the last layer of clouds, the view suddenly opened up.

An ancient palace, entirely cast in white jade, hangs alone in the middle of a sea of ​​clouds.

On either side of the palace, twelve white jade pillars soar into the sky, their surfaces engraved with ancient patterns of the rising sun and moon and purple clouds in the sky.

However, those patterns have long since faded.

Above the palace gate, the two characters "Dongtian" have also been worn somewhat blurred by the passage of time.

This place hasn't been opened in far too long.

Gu Changjin sensed for a moment but did not detect any aura belonging to a living being.

He raised his hand and pushed towards the palace gate.

Squeak!

The heavy white jade gate slowly opened.

An ancient aura, sealed for countless years, wafted towards us.

The hall was extremely spacious, but there were not many furnishings.

The pillars on both sides are carved with white dragons soaring through the clouds, and bronze crane lamps that have been extinguished hang from the top. A cloud-patterned jade path leads straight to the main seat.

Apart from that, there was nothing there.

Gu Changjin walked step by step along the jade path to its end.

The main seat in the Eastern Heavenly Palace is now empty.

Only a pure white fluid floated quietly in mid-air.

It has neither the scorching heat of flames nor the sharpness of metal, yet with a single flow, the entire eastern world will tremble gently.

And hidden within that pure white depths lies a sharpness that chills the soul.

It was as if all the boundaries, distances, and directions of the heavens and the earth in the east were gathered in this primordial source.

The origin of the Eastern orientation!

"As expected, there's no one left."

Gu Changjin was not surprised.

In the memories of the five palace masters, the last time they received a response from the Eastern Heavenly Immortal Palace was more than 37,000 years ago.

The deeper one occupies a position in the universe, the stronger the power one can obtain, and the more terrifying the assimilation one will suffer.

This former master of the Eastern Heaven Palace clearly did not live to see a successor.

The consciousness that belonged to oneself had long been completely erased by heaven and earth.

What remains here now is nothing more than a pure and pristine primordial source of direction.

"After waiting for so many years, it's finally my turn to benefit."

Gu Changjin raised his hand and grabbed.

The Devouring Immortal Realm flashed through his palm.

The pure white fluid offered no resistance and was directly absorbed into the depths of the night.

A nearly transparent line of rules extends from the Immortal Realm, reconnecting to the east of this world, so the outside world does not lose its orientation.

Dao Guo trembled slightly.

Two hundred pure white principles converged into one, quickly condensing and taking shape around the Dao Fruit.

Six hundred and forty-eight.

Instantly, it became eight hundred and forty-eight!

Gu Changjin's smile deepened.

Next up is the Western Heavenly Palace.

Like the Eastern Celestial Palace, the Western Celestial Palace has also fallen into complete silence.

The original master of the Western Heaven Palace disappeared, leaving only a sphere of directional essence, like a dim, setting sun, flowing alone in the main position.

Two hundred more paths converge into one principle!

Afterwards, Gu Changjin went to the Northern Heavenly Immortal Palace.

The entire Northern Heavenly Palace seemed frozen under a deep blue night sky.

The palace remained empty.

The being who once guarded the northern part of the world had also had his consciousness completely erased over the long years.

Gu Changjin naturally wouldn't be polite.

The third directional source enters the Devouring Immortal Realm.

The number of Dao principles surrounding the Dao Fruit also reached 1,248!

Of the four celestial palaces, three have already fallen into our hands.

In the end, only the Southern Heavenly Palace remained.

Gu Changjin, carrying the Taiyi Xuandu Sword, arrived before a sea of ​​crimson-gold clouds.

Compared to the other three, this palace has a noticeable difference.

The array patterns on the palace gates are still in operation.

The ancient lamps hanging on both sides were still burning with a faint flame.

"Are there still people alive?"

Gu Changjin paused slightly.

Then, the smile on his face grew even wider.

The original source is naturally a good thing.

But it would be even better if it were accompanied by an ancient powerhouse who has accumulated tens of thousands of years of experience.

boom!

The gates of the Southern Celestial Palace opened.

As soon as Gu Changjin stepped inside, a terrifying pressure descended upon him!

The entire space inside the palace suddenly froze.

Even a True Immortal at the pinnacle of cultivation would likely have their immortal body shattered by the pressure here in an instant.

Gu Changjin looked up.

Deep within the main hall, a middle-aged man dressed in a crimson-gold ancient robe sat in the main seat.

Half of his body remained in human form, while the other half had transformed into a constantly flowing crimson-gold light, tightly connected to the southern part of the world.

Late stage of Xuanxian!

Or rather, by leveraging the origin of the southern direction, one can unleash the power of a late-stage Xuanxian!

The middle-aged man slowly opened his eyes.

At first, I was a little confused.

However, when he saw the crimson jade glazed true flames surrounding Gu Changjin, as well as the pure aura belonging to the Immortal Palace, the oppressive aura in his eyes dissipated slightly.

"Who are you?"

"He possesses the mark of the Celestial Palace and has cultivated the Crimson Jade Glazed True Flame..."

"Are you the chosen successor of the Fire element?"

He paused for a moment, his voice sounding particularly hoarse, as if he hadn't spoken for too long.

"What era are we living in now?"

"What about the Fire element?"

"Could it be that he has already ascended to the Immortal Realm and transcended the mortal barrier?"

At this point, the middle-aged man's expression became somewhat complicated.

"That guy has always been the luckiest among us."

"Unexpectedly, in the end, he was the first to escape."

Gu Changjin concealed all his unusual aura, and his face revealed a perfectly respectful expression.

"You have a discerning eye, senior."

"Junior Zhenyan is indeed the successor chosen by Senior Huode."

"Ten thousand years ago, the Fire Elder entrusted the heavy responsibility of fire to his junior, saying that he had carried the fire of the world for tens of thousands of years to complete the Heavenly Way for all living beings, and now his merits are fulfilled..."

Gu Changjin spoke sincerely.

His tone even carried admiration for the selflessness of the Fire Virtue Palace Master.

But as the middle-aged man in the main seat listened, his expression gradually changed.

"wrong."

A cold snort fell.

The oppressive aura of a late-stage Xuanxian descended once more, several times stronger than before!

Beneath the crimson-gold ancient robe, the source of energy belonging to the southern direction suddenly shifted.

The four positions of power originate from the same realm, and there are connections between them that are far deeper than the Five Elements Palace Masters know.

The moment the Southern Origin shone upon Gu Changjin, the Eastern, Western, and Northern Origins, which had just been absorbed into the Devouring Immortal Realm, simultaneously showed an extremely subtle response.

"Something's not right with you!"

The middle-aged man stared intently at Gu Changjin.

"Although your fire element aura is pure, you do not possess any inherited karma left by the fire element."

"Furthermore... why are the auras of authority associated with the virtues of Water, Wood, Metal, and Earth all emanating from you?!"

"And there's the East, the West, the North..."

The middle-aged man's voice abruptly stopped.

He finally saw clearly just how many kinds of primordial energy the young man standing in front of him possessed!

It can simultaneously bear the foundations of eight worlds, yet it has not been assimilated by any of their origins.

The middle-aged man seemed to have suddenly thought of some extremely terrifying possibility.

"Could you be...?"

At this moment, the Southern Heaven Palace Master, who possessed the power of a late-stage Xuanxian, revealed fear in his eyes for the first time!