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

The Yellow Heaven Era begins here!

The scene didn't immediately disappear after that point.

Gu Changjin's gaze remained fixed on the sky that had changed color, and his expression became more serious.

"This is no ordinary dynasty."

The transition from the Great Yin to the Great Ning dynasty appears to be a typical dynastic change as depicted in ordinary historical records.

But every war in this world is enough to destroy mountains and rivers.

Ordinary soldiers cultivate their qi and blood martial arts, and once they put on their armor, they can travel thousands of miles and shatter monuments and rocks.

Once tens of thousands of elite troops are in formation, their vital energy, military spirit, and the dynasty's fortune are interconnected, and they may even be able to surround and kill a true immortal.

The generals under Lu Cheng'an who were truly renowned throughout the land were equally formidable.

Some could cleave a great river in two with a single stroke, while others could ride horses and shatter the protective array of immortal sects. Taken out individually, their aura was already no less than that of a true immortal.

Even such a powerful warrior could be worn down to death by thousands of soldiers once he is caught in a battle formation.

The immortal sects are not just for show.

True Immortals are merely elders, while Profound Immortals are capable of ruling over a major sect. The truly ancient beings standing at the pinnacle of this world have already reached the realm of Earth Immortals.

As for the Azure Heaven and the Yellow Heaven... they are no longer a single being.

Rather, it is the divine status that is formed by the combined efforts of dynasties, immortal sects, the common people, and the vast land and rivers.

Once it is truly perfected, it may already be able to touch the level of a Celestial Immortal!

Gu Changjin narrowed his eyes.

The top tier of this world is not as powerful as the True Immortal Realm, but it is by no means weak either.

Moreover, how much power I can use after entering it depends on the body itself.

Just then, the light of the Dao Fruit shifted slightly.

The grand scene that originally covered the entire world quickly contracted, finally settling on the northern border of the Great Yin Dynasty, in a majestic city that is covered by snow all year round.

Beishuo Prefecture, Xuanwang Mansion.

In this life, he and I are both named Gu Changjin.

His father, Gu Cangyue, was one of the few non-royal princes of the Great Yin Dynasty. His family had been guarding the northern border in place of the royal family for generations, and his fiefdom encompassed the entire Northern Shuozhou.

Gu Changjin is the second son of the Xuan King.

Above him was an elder brother, Gu Changming, who had been designated as the heir apparent at a young age.

Therefore, from birth, the throne, military power, and even everything in Beishuo Prefecture had little to do with him.

He was happy to do so.

Aside from cultivating his skills, he rarely interfered in the affairs of the Prince's Palace.

Until Huang Tianjun raised an army in Jiuyuan.

For the first time, the Da Yin dynasty mobilized three armies, totaling 300,000 troops, to march south and quell the rebellion.

Xuanwang Gu Cangyue was appointed as the Grand Commander for Pacifying the Rebellion, in charge of the three armies, including 100,000 Northern Shuo troops, who were the true direct descendants of Xuanwang Mansion.

Prince Gu Changming accompanied his father on the expedition.

The Battle of Chensha Plain resulted in a crushing defeat.

The King Xuan died in battle, and the Crown Prince died in battle.

Of the 100,000 Northern Shuo Xuanjia soldiers, fewer than 3,000 managed to escape back.

On the very day the news reached Beishuo Prefecture, Gu Changjin didn't even have time to grieve before the imperial edict from Tianjing arrived.

Gu Changjin, the second son of the Xuan King, inherited the title and the fiefdom of Beishuo Prefecture in a time of crisis.

At the same time, he bestowed a marriage upon Princess Qiyang.

The imperial edict was written extremely beautifully.

Out of compassion for the loyal and brave descendants, and unwilling to see the Xuanwang lineage weaken, the royal family married off the princess most favored by Emperor Yin to show their imperial favor.

Gu Changjin soon realized just how great this favor truly was.

On her wedding night, Princess Qiyang did not even step into the bridal chamber.

She simply sent someone a message.

"The position of Xuanwang was given to you by the Emperor. My willingness to come to Beishuo is already a great honor for the Gu family."

"From now on, let's each go our own way and not interfere in my affairs."

In the days that followed, Princess Qiyang indeed did not regard herself as the Princess Consort of Xuan.

She transformed the East Garden of the Prince's Mansion into a separate palace for the princess, and often went hunting with the true disciples of the immortal sect.

An old general who had followed Gu Cangyue for many years couldn't stand it anymore and stopped the carriage in front of the mansion gate.

The next day, the old general had his cultivation shattered and was expelled from Beishuo Prefecture for "offending the majesty of the imperial family".

Gu Changjin wanted to protect him.

However, after the order was sent to the princess's detached palace, all that was returned was a Xuanwang token that had been smashed on the ground.

"You, the Xuan King, can govern the people of Beishuo, but you can't govern me."

"As for your token, take it back."

"I find it dirty."

Three months later, Gu Changjin prepared to break through to a higher realm and ordered his men to open the ancestral treasury of the royal palace, only to find that the Xuanlong Breakthrough Pill left by his father was gone.

Princess Qiyang gave that elixir to Pei Zhaoye, a true disciple of the Yunzhuan Daoist Academy, who had traveled with her to Beishuo and lived with her in the East Garden.

Gu Changjin went to inquire in person.

Princess Qiyang merely glanced at him sideways.

"When have I ever needed to ask you about anything I send out?"

"If you are dissatisfied, you may go to the capital and ask your father to make a decision for you."

The servants in the hall all lowered their heads, and not one dared to utter a sound.

Gu Changjin only glanced at her for a moment before turning and leaving.

Because he knew very well that Princess Qiyang was not there to become the Princess Consort of Xuan.

She was a chain that Emperor Yin had placed on Beishuo Prefecture.

What's more troublesome is that even without this princess, the Xuan Prince's mansion wouldn't be under his control.

After his father and brother died in battle, the former subordinates of the Prince's Mansion still only obeyed the orders of his eldest sister-in-law, Liu.

Gu Changjin also tried to reclaim his power.

But the men he sent to take over the palace couldn't even get into the storeroom.

The order to mobilize a battalion of the Northern Shuo Black Armor Army was returned untouched.

Those generals outwardly addressed him as "Prince," but in reality, they always carried out the old orders from the Prince's Mansion held by his elder sister-in-law, Lady Liu.

The reason is also very simple.

This was an arrangement left by my father before he went to war.

Although Gu Changjin was the Xuan King, he was never groomed as his successor.

He was able to ascend the throne only because the rightful heir had died.

The imperial court ordered Princess Qiyang to monitor him.

The former officials of the Prince's Palace only recognized the dying wishes of his eldest sister-in-law and his father and brothers.

Despite nominally ruling over an entire province, the Xuan King could only truly command a few hundred personal guards within his own courtyard.

Gu Changjin did not argue.

At least not on the surface.

He focused all his energy on cultivation, hoping to reclaim everything that was rightfully his once he was strong enough.

More than a decade later, he finally stepped into the True Immortal realm with the remaining inheritance of the Xuanwang Mansion.

It was around that time that he discovered that large quantities of grain, medicinal herbs, and military equipment were disappearing from Beishuo Prefecture every year.

Gu Changjin followed one of the caravans into the depths of the White Wolf Plain.

Then, he saw two people who should have died in the Sunken Sand Plain.

Father: Gu Cangyue; elder brother: Gu Changming.

Both of them are still alive, and they have already put on Huang Tianjun's battle armor!

The so-called death in the Battle of Chensha Plain was nothing more than a performance by his father and brother to break free from the constraints of Heaven and join Lu Cheng'an.

The eldest sister-in-law, Liu, has been in charge of Beishuo Prefecture all these years, not to protect the family business for her deceased husband.

She was using the name of the Prince of Da Yin to continuously send resources from Bei Shuo Prefecture into the Huang Tian Army!

Gu Changjin was a pawn they deliberately left behind under the heavens.

Someone needs to succeed the Xuan King to ensure the continuation of the Heavenly Register of Beishuo Prefecture.

Someone needs to marry the princess and endure all the surveillance of the royal family.

Someone also needs to die for the entire Xuanwang Mansion after the matter is exposed.

Gu Changjin turned to leave.

The Azure Heavenly Talisman suddenly ignited within his body.

The dim, yellowish sky overhead pressed down at the same time.

The combined might of the two heavens, along with the Yellow Armor Army formation already deployed on White Wolf Plain, made it impossible for him, with his True Immortal cultivation, to move an inch.

His father, Gu Cangyue, never approached him; he simply watched him from afar.

Finally, Gu Changming came to him with his sword.

"Second brother, if the Gu family wants to survive into the new dynasty, someone has to stay in the old dynasty and be buried with them."

The sword flashed through his chest.

In this life, Gu Changjin fell on the White Wolf Plain.

Years later, Da Ning revised the history books of the previous dynasty.

There is only a brief mention of this Xuan King who once ruled over an entire province.

"King Yinxuan, Gu Changjin, defied the will of Heaven and obstructed the righteous army, and was executed at Bailang Plain."

As for his father, brothers, elder sister-in-law, and the betrayal that lasted for more than ten years.

Not a single word about it appears in historical records.