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

Gu Changjin looked at the message in the jade slip with a strange expression.

However, he didn't rush to think about the so-called disciple or grand-disciple. Instead, he flipped through the contents of the jade slip again.

The Great Yan Immortal Dynasty is currently the most powerful force openly among the dozens of major domains in the eastern part of the True Immortal Realm.

The initial Great Yan Immortal Dynasty was merely a regional order supported by a few ancient immortal sects, such as the Myriad Manifestations Immortal Sect, to suppress various domains and regulate the laws of immortality.

The major immortal sects contributed their talents, and the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty provided its own strength. The two sides leveraged each other's resources while also restricting each other.

However, in recent years, the situation has clearly changed.

A great war between immortals and demons that lasted for over 100,000 years allowed the Dayan Immortal Dynasty to truly control a massive immortal army that obeyed only the orders of the Immortal Dynasty.

As the Demon Realm suffered repeated defeats, a large number of immortal mines, spiritual veins, territories, and affiliated worlds fell into the hands of the Great Yan Dynasty, and the foundation of the Immortal Dynasty was expanding at an extremely astonishing rate.

In the past, when the Immortal Dynasty had any major events, it would discuss them with the major immortal sects.

Now, however, they have begun to send celestial envoys to various domains, and even want to directly bring several newly captured inter-domain celestial arrays and celestial mines under the name of the celestial dynasty.

The battle in the outer demon realm was not yet completely over, but the people inside had already begun to plan how to divide the spoils.

Upon seeing this, Gu Changjin suddenly remembered someone: the Demon Ancestor.

Back when he was in the lower realm, the demon ancestor who had returned from the True Immortal Realm had told him that a terrible war had broken out in the upper realm.

When the true top-level beings clashed, a celestial realm was torn apart, and countless true immortals fell from the sky like raindrops.

The Demon Ancestor did not reveal who the two sides in the battle were.

But now, by matching the time recorded in the jade slip, the location of the shattered immortal realm, and the last place the demon ancestor appeared before his return, the answer is quite obvious.

That great chaos that made the Demon Ancestor risk severing his own cultivation to escape back to the lower realm was the war between the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty and the Demon Realm!

"I see."

Gu Changjin seemed to be deep in thought.

No wonder that after the Demon Ancestor returned to the lower realm, he preferred to assume the heavenly status of the entire demon race rather than easily return to the True Immortal Realm.

Besides being concerned about the Immortal Ascension Gate, that old fellow was probably also worried that he would be dragged back into the battlefield as soon as he ascended.

However, the Demon Realm has been defeated and is now in retreat, and the old balance between the Immortal Dynasty and the major immortal sects is showing signs of breaking down.

External threats have not been quelled, and internal strife has already begun.

The jade slip also contained several very interesting things.

Three hundred years ago, the Great Yan Immortal Dynasty, under the pretext of war, wanted to establish more regional immortal mansions in the major domains where the various immortal sects were located.

One hundred and twenty years ago, the Immortal Dynasty proposed that the newly conquered territories of the Demon Realm should be uniformly distributed by the Immortal Dynasty, and the major immortal sects could only receive tributes according to their war merits.

Both of these matters were ultimately suppressed by the combined efforts of the major immortal sects.

Since the Celestial Dynasty dared to extend its hand once, it would naturally dare to extend it a second time.

The two sides are currently maintaining a superficial harmony, but because several powerful figures from the Demon Realm have not yet appeared, neither side is willing to turn against the other at this time.

Once the war outside is truly over, the struggle inside will likely be brought into the open immediately.

This situation may be dangerous to others, but it may not be all bad for Gu Changjin.

The muddier the water, the more things can be done.

He put down the jade slip, got up and left the courtyard.

The information Su Yanshan gave him was not enough for him to fully understand the Myriad Manifestations Immortal Sect, nor was it enough for him to feel at ease returning under the identity of Yue Chongchuan.

Within the Wanxiang Villa, there is a Sutra Repository.

Now that Gu Changjin holds the identity of an Earth Immortal Elder of the Mountain and River lineage, naturally no one dares to stop him.

Upon learning the identity of the visitor, the disciples guarding the Sutra Repository hurriedly activated the highest level of the formation and respectfully sent him inside.

Gu Changjin didn't stand on ceremony. With a sweep of his divine sense, tens of thousands of jade slips floated up at the same time.

Records about the True Immortal Realm, the Myriad Manifestations Immortal Sect, and Yue Chongchuan quickly flooded into his mind.

The first thing he figured out was the identity of the previous owner, Yue Chongchuan.

He was the third-generation true disciple of the Mountain and River lineage of the Myriad Manifestations Immortal Sect. He was exceptionally talented and once suppressed three subordinate worlds with just one sword. Later, he became an Earth Immortal and was listed as an elder of the sect.

Moreover, this guy has a much stronger background than Gu Changjin had previously imagined.

His master was known as the Celestial Immortal of Taiyue.

He is the true Supreme Elder of the Mountain and River lineage of the Myriad Manifestations Immortal Sect, and one of the sect's most treasured secrets!

"A celestial being..."

Gu Changjin's gaze narrowed slightly.

It turns out that above the Earth Immortals are the Celestial Immortals.

Earthly Immortals use their immortal deeds to support a truly great world. As long as their status remains intact and the world does not collapse, they can continuously draw power from their own world.

Celestial Immortals, however, are no longer confined to their own great realm.

The jade slip contained only a very vague description of this realm.

One realm reflects the heavens, and wherever it goes, it becomes a domain.

Gu Changjin is now an Earth Immortal, so he can naturally glean some insights from these eight words.

The world of the Earth Immortals is hidden within their own bodies.

Celestial beings, however, can reflect their own realm onto the outside world, using their own path to represent the Heavenly Way.

Wherever the immortal realm extends, the rules of heaven and earth, mountains and rivers, sun and moon, can all become part of its great realm.

As for how many methods a celestial being possesses, and whether they can perceive a person's soul and karma across distant territories, the jade slip contains no record of these.

Only one incident from 30,000 years ago was briefly mentioned in writing.

At that time, an ancient demon at the peak of the Earth Immortal realm broke into the territory of the Myriad Manifestations Immortal Sect and destroyed seven immortal cities in succession.

The true form of the Celestial Immortal of Mount Taiyue has never left the Ancestral Court of Myriad Phenome

On that day, an endless ancient mountain range simultaneously rose above the seven immortal cities.

The mountain range collapsed, and the ancient demon vanished.

From beginning to end, no one saw Taiyue Tianxian actually make a move.

Because there are so few records, it is even more difficult to judge the true limit of this realm.

This level of secrecy would obviously not be displayed in a local library for anyone to peruse.

"As expected of the True Immortal Realm."

Gu Changjin let out a soft breath.

Earth Immortals are already high-ranking figures in Lin Yuan Immortal City.

Even within an ancient power like the Myriad Manifestations Immortal Sect, such a person would only be qualified to become an elder.

Yue Chongchuan is the third in the Shanhe lineage.

Above him are two senior brothers, both of whom are Earth Immortals and are now serving as elders in the Myriad Manifestations Immortal Sect.

With the addition of a Celestial Immortal from Mount Taiyue, the entire mountain and river lineage is certainly not weak.

It can only be said that compared with the strongest lineages of the Myriad Manifestations Immortal Sect, the number of Earth Immortals is somewhat smaller, and they are not as powerful in the struggle for various interests within the sect.

As for the Daoist candidate named Xie Wenchuan mentioned in the jade slip, his situation is even more special.

Although this person comes from the Shanhe lineage, he is a grand-disciple of Yue Chongchuan's branch, seven generations removed.

After Yue Chongchuan disappeared, no more Earth Immortals emerged from his branch of the family.

Out of consideration for their fellow disciples, the other two senior brothers naturally had no problem protecting his life and providing him with some resources.

But when it comes to matters like the struggle for the Daoist path, which requires a lot of benefits and the stakes of future influence, the old ties that have been passed down for countless generations are far from enough.

So Xie Wenchuan wasn't without a background; it's just that his backer had been dead for many years.

And now, this background has suddenly come back alive.

Looking at the jade slip in front of him, Gu Changjin finally understood why Su Yanshan said that his return would change the situation of the sect.

However, he didn't take the so-called dispute over the Daoist masters too seriously.

What truly concerned him was the Celestial Immortal of Taiyue.

Just because Su Yanshan and Mo Changqing couldn't see the problem doesn't mean that even the Celestial Immortal couldn't.

Moreover, that was Yue Chongchuan's master.

"It seems we can't put all our cards on this identity."

Gu Changjin slowly put down the jade slip in his hand.

Within the Dao Fruit, all that remains of the Dao is now gone.

The first echo of his voice will arrive at any time.

The people sent by the Myriad Manifestations Immortal Sect to pick him up were already on their way.

He didn't have much time left.

Gu Changjin closed his eyes, and his consciousness followed the connection within the Dao Fruit, descending to the distant lower realm.

"It's been accumulating in the lower realms for so long."

"It's about time... to reap the rewards."