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

Reaching the top in one step sounds simple, but the price Gu Changjin faces when he actually gets there is a full 712 Dao of Returning to One.

All of these things were painstakingly accumulated by him, bit by bit, from the individual worlds of others and me, by forcefully seizing destiny and manipulating the tides of fate.

Now, however, everything must be filled in at once, leaving nothing behind.

Looking at the pure white ocean next to the Dao Fruit, Gu Changjin still felt a pang of heartache.

However, this feeling only lasted for a moment.

Even the most precious things, if kept unused, are merely decorative.

Before him lay a complete opportunity that would allow him to transcend the Xuanxian realm and truly enter the Earth Immortal level.

You can't catch a wolf without risking your cub.

Such an opportunity to rise to the top in one step is not something you can encounter every day.

"Refine!"

Gu Changjin closed his five fingers together.

boom!

The Dao Fruit suddenly trembled, and the remaining seven hundred and twelve Dao Returning to One Dao flew out simultaneously, transforming into a vast, pure white river that poured into the Earth Immortal Fruit position.

This time, no underhanded tactics were revealed regarding the Earth Immortal position.

It simply absorbed the pure white laws frantically, and the already solidified mountains, rivers, sun, and moon continued to expand outward, with each illusory realm gradually acquiring a true boundary.

Beneath the Great Realm, the smaller realms, as numerous as the sands of time, also began to exhibit their initial rules and radiance.

Five children, representing the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire, and earth), stand at the five nodes below.

Four children, representing the four cardinal directions, stood at the four cardinal points of heaven and earth.

The nine fundamental powers operate simultaneously, continuously channeling the power of the entire main world into the Central Heaven Immortal Palace. After being refined by the Dao of Returning to One, it transforms into the purest world resources.

At this moment, the Guiyi Immortal Industry behind Gu Changjin also slowly began to rotate.

That pure white Dao wheel had originally solidified into a tangible form.

But at this moment, it seemed as if an endless depth had suddenly appeared in the center of the Dao Wheel.

The earth fairy fruit melted little by little.

First came the crystal-clear outer shell, then the illusory images of mountains, rivers, sun, moon, and all living beings within, and finally even the world authority carried by the fruit itself flowed into that pure white Dao wheel.

It is no longer an independent treasure, but has transformed into the heart of the world, and has been completely incorporated into the Unity of Immortals.

Boom!

A tremendous roar, as if the heavens and earth were created, seemed to resound from within Gu Changjin's body.

Deep within the pure white Dao Wheel, a true great realm slowly unfolds, with mountains and rivers bearing myriad paths, and the sun and moon illuminating all directions.

Beyond the Great Realm, countless smaller realms were born, revolving around the Central Heaven and Earth like stars.

This is no longer the small world that a true immortal possesses, dependent on themselves.

It is not the immortal work that Xuanxian created after he took all the myriad paths under his control.

Rather, it is a true great realm that can operate and evolve on its own, and even bear countless living beings and subordinate worlds!

Gu Changjin sat cross-legged in the center of the Great Realm, yet he seemed to be omnipresent. Mountains and rivers were his immortal path, the sun and moon were his eyes, and countless rules flowing between heaven and earth were constantly being created and dying with his breath.

As long as one realm exists, the immortals of the earth will never perish.

Only at this moment did Gu Changjin truly understand the meaning of those words.

The principle of returning to the Dao is still being consumed.

Six hundred! Three hundred! One hundred... In the end, even the last pure white law was absorbed into the Unity of Immortals.

The pure white light that had just been like an ocean next to the Dao Fruit was now completely gone.

At the same time, Gu Changjin's aura seemed to have crossed some invisible boundary.

The entire Zhongtian Immortal Palace suddenly fell silent, the five elements ceased to flow, and distance between the four directions disappeared.

Even the Heavenly Dao of this realm seemed to lose its perception of Gu Changjin in that instant.

From this moment on, he no longer needed to depend on the outside world.

The great world that Guiyi Immortal Realm encompasses is his own world.

Early stage of Earth Immortal!

Gu Changjin slowly opened his eyes.

He achieved great success in one fell swoop.

He raised his hand, but there was no immortal fire or any unusual phenomenon in his palm.

With just a thought, the mountains, rivers, sun, moon, and myriad paths in that newly created world would simultaneously transform into his power.

This power is completely different from the power that the nine palace masters of the five elements and four directions obtain by relying on their positions in heaven and earth.

Those people are merely standing in their own realm; how much they can borrow depends entirely on how much Heaven and Earth are willing to grant.

Every major road and every mountain and river that Gu Changjin carries truly belongs to him.

Even if one leaves this realm and enters a completely unfamiliar world, this power will not diminish in the slightest.

This is a true earth immortal.

As the Earth Immortal status was fully integrated into the Unity of Immortal Cultivation, the cause and effect from the Upper Realm was finally fully revealed.

Gu Changjin did not linger in this realm for even a moment longer.

With a gentle turn of the pure white Dao Wheel, the world before him split open.

There was no tribulation of lightning or any so-called ascension phenomenon.

Only a silent rift connecting to a higher realm appeared.

Gu Changjin stepped inside, and his figure instantly disappeared from the Zhongtian Immortal Palace.

Almost at the same moment he left this world.

The immortal being sitting cross-legged on the other side of the main hall slowly opened his eyes.

The dark night unfolded behind it, with dozens of imperial stars suspended in the depths of the night. The Devouring Immortal Path, which had been completely refined, also stopped steadily at the mid-stage of the Profound Immortal realm.

A wisp of Gu Changjin's consciousness fell into it through the connection with the Dao Fruit.

Even though his physical body had crossed the world barrier, he could still clearly see the Central Celestial Palace and sense every change in the five elements and four directions of this world.

He can even send his consciousness back to the immortal body whenever he wants.

"It really works."

The immortal outside the body spoke softly.

Then it closed its eyes again.

Inside the main hall, the nine children looked at each other.

The next moment, their figures simultaneously began to grow taller, their youthful faces faded, and their robes and crowns materialized on their own.

The five people transformed into the appearances of the five palace masters of the elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, while the other four people wore the robes of the palace masters of the four celestial palaces of the east, south, west, and north.

The nine adult figures turned around simultaneously, connected along their respective origins, and fell into the nine celestial palaces.

Their projections remained in the main hall of Zhongtian, quietly sitting around the immortals outside their bodies.

From that day on, the celestial palace continued to operate as usual.

Celestial officials patrolled and celestial messengers traveled back and forth, while the various branch palaces continued to govern the human race's territory.

Everyone could sense that the nine palace masters of the Five Elements and Four Directions were still sitting in their positions.

No one knew that the nine ancient palace masters had already changed masters.

No one knew that the fortune gathered by the entire human race's immortal palace was entering the central heaven along the nine primordial powers, only to be slowly drawn away by the dark night behind the immortals.

This place has become a fortune ranch left behind by Gu Changjin in the lower realm.

……

The Realm of True Immortals.

Above an unknown vast domain, the void suddenly cracked open.

Gu Changjin stepped out from there.

A dense, almost impenetrable spiritual energy of heaven and earth rushed towards us, mixed with an even purer and more advanced power—celestial energy.

Gu Changjin took just one breath and had the illusion that his lifespan was slowly increasing.

Of course, that was just the feeling that came about after the immortal energy washed over the immortal body.

Even so, it is enough to illustrate the difference between this world and the lower realm.

The rules here are more complete, and the world is more stable.

With his current early-stage Earth Immortal realm, he would be considered a powerful Earth Immortal in this Upper Realm known as the True Immortal Realm.

A smile appeared on Gu Changjin's face.

But the next moment, as if sensing something, he suddenly looked down at the Dao Fruit.

At the very moment he broke through to the Earth Immortal realm, a message that had never appeared before appeared deep within his Dao Fruit.

It is a rule that he is only qualified to see after he has truly reached the level of an Earth Immortal.

After reading it, Gu Changjin's smile gradually disappeared, and his expression became unpredictable.

After a long while, he finally let out a soft breath.

"Indeed. Every loss has its gain."

P.S.: Don't worry about the plot twists or plot holes. Everything is still under control. Don't falter, at least not for the first two million words. Hahaha (๑╹ヮ╹๑)ﾉ