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

Within the fragments of the Xuanming Cave Heaven.

Gu Changjin's body was filled with a vast expanse of blood and qi, and black and gold scales were faintly visible beneath his skin.

Body cultivation to the Spirit stage, successful!

But this is not the end... Within the Dao Fruit, the Dao Yuan of Guiyi is still surging out wildly.

After the Dao traces of the Nine Provinces returned to their original positions, the foundation of the Devouring Heaven Serpent, which had accumulated over a hundred years, could not be completely digested simply by strengthening the physical body.

boom!

Gu Changjin's nascent soul suddenly opened its eyes, and the magical power within its body surged dramatically.

Mid-Nascent Soul Stage Limit, Late Nascent Soul Stage, Late Nascent Soul Stage Limit.

Just one last step away from breaking through the gate to the Divine Transformation Realm.

Gu Changjin's eyes narrowed, and he naturally knew what was going on.

To reach this point, cultivators must transform their nascent soul into a divine being, open up an inner realm, and establish a true connection with the laws of the main world.

Hiding in the fragments of the Xuanming Cave Heaven makes it impossible to break through to the Nascent Soul stage in the main world.

In the next instant, he flashed back to the main tent of the Xuan Yang Sect's front-line camp.

The spirit lamp in the tent was still burning, its dim yellow light spreading throughout the main camp.

Everything outside was as usual, and a gentle evening breeze lifted the curtains.

Not far away, several Golden Core cultivators were gathered together discussing matters.

There's no way around it, the fighting these past few weeks has been just too comfortable.

Xuan Yang Sect won a few matches, and Chi Xiao Sect also won a few matches.

The fighting was back and forth, with both sides exchanging blows. On the surface, it looked fierce, but the actual casualties were all within an acceptable range.

The resources that were due have been allocated, and the battle achievements that were due have been reported.

A Golden Core cultivator lowered his voice and said, "Everyone, something feels off to me."

The other person coughed lightly.

"Something's more than just wrong."

"This battle was fought as if it had been rehearsed."

"Does Elder Gu... have some kind of tacit understanding with Elder Li of the Crimson Cloud Sect?"

Upon hearing this, the group exchanged bewildered glances.

They took the benefits and reported their war merits.

But what should I say if I return to my sect and am asked by the elder of my own faction?

Just when their conscience began to feel a little uneasy.

Boom!

The entire Broken Cloud Mountain Range suddenly trembled. The once clear sky was instantly covered by dark clouds, and lightning flashed like dragons and snakes.

An immense, chilling pressure erupted from the main tent of the Xuan Yang Sect's camp.

At the same time, the spiritual energy within a radius of a thousand miles was instantly extracted, transforming into a spiritual energy storm that surged towards the main tent of the Xuan Yang Sect's main camp.

The faces of the Golden Core cultivators who had just been discussing matters changed drastically. They forcibly suppressed the frantic trembling of their natal spiritual treasures in their dantian and stood shakily in mid-air.

"What happened?"

"Enemy attack?"

"wrong!"

"This is the aura of Grand Master Gu!"

It wasn't just these few Golden Core cultivators; throughout the Xuan Yang Sect's army encampment stretching for hundreds of miles, spiritual light kept flashing, and cultivators stood in mid-air, their eyes filled with solemnity and bewilderment.

At the same time, in the Chixiao Sect's camp a thousand miles away, Golden Core cultivators were also startled into the air by this powerful pressure.

Countless disciples of the Crimson Sky Sect looked up, gazing towards the Xuan Yang Sect's main camp.

Li Chenyuan stood atop the main peak, his gaze gradually freezing.

That aura...?

His lips twitched slightly, and a bizarre premonition suddenly rose in his heart.

"It can't be that bad..."

Above the Xuan Yang Sect's main camp, Gu Changjin stepped out of the main tent.

His black robes fluttered, his white hair flew, and the oppressive aura of a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator spread across the Broken Cloud Mountains without reservation.

All the cultivators of the Xuan Yang Sect were stunned. Yue Mingchuan, who was in charge, looked up at the figure and almost forgot to put away his magic weapon.

"Grandmaster Gu...didn't you only recently form your Nascent Soul?"

However, the aura of that late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, which already exerted immense pressure over thousands of miles, was not just at its peak, but merely the beginning.

Gu Changjin looked up at the sky, his nascent soul sitting cross-legged on the spiritual platform, his eyes fully open.

The nascent soul was no longer just an infant; it merged with his divine soul, transforming into a phantom of a Taoist in black robes, sitting deep within his sea of ​​consciousness.

Behind the Taoist, fragments of the Xuanming Cave Heaven merged into the inner cave heaven he had created.

The illusory miniature world solidified in an instant, with mountains, rivers, marshes, a black river, and a dark moon gradually emerging within the cave.

The most difficult hurdle in the Nascent Soul stage is opening a celestial cave, transforming the illusory into the real; for cultivators from the side, this is a matter of life and death.

For Gu Changjin, the fragments of the Xuanming Cave Heaven had already paved the way.

When the two are combined, the interior becomes a reality, a natural and effortless achievement!

boom!

The first lightning bolt struck down fiercely from the sky.

A thick bolt of lightning, like a silver-white pillar piercing the heavens and earth, struck Gu Changjin's head.

Inside the camp, countless Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators turned pale with fright.

But Gu Changjin simply raised his hand and pressed down.

The lightning tribulation exploded, and the lightning flowed into his body, as if it were tempering the bones and muscles of this Nascent Soul level physique.

The second lightning tribulation followed closely behind, and it was even more powerful than the first.

Gu Changjin remained motionless. Behind him, the inner world of the cave opened slightly, and the Xuanming Black Water swept across the sky, swallowing the lightning into it.

When the third lightning tribulation struck, the Broken Cloud Mountains were bathed in a ghastly white light.

At the Crimson Cloud Sect's main camp, many cultivators instinctively closed their eyes.

Li Chenyuan stared intently at Gu Changjin, and then he saw that behind Gu Changjin, an invisible phantom of terrifying size was lurking deep within the cave.

The phantom of the Bashe serpent in the cave raised its head, and the Bashe seal transformed into a black vortex.

The third lightning tribulation was swallowed up by the black vortex.

Amidst the dark clouds that filled the sky, flashes of lightning appeared and then slowly began to dissipate.

The tribulation of Nascent Soul Transformation is over!

In the next instant, spiritual energy surged back from all directions, the Black Water River stretched across the sky, and countless figures prostrated themselves in the clouds, as if worshipping some ancient being.

Beyond the Broken Cloud Mountains, within a radius of tens of thousands of miles, countless sects, families, and independent cultivators' caves saw Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators all looking up.

"A celestial phenomenon of divine transformation! I never imagined I would witness such a phenomenon in my lifetime!!"

"Another person in the Western Wilderness has attained the Dao and transformed into a Deity! This is the first time in a thousand years!"

"The direction is the Broken Cloud Mountains! Isn't that the site of the great battle between the Xuan Yang Sect and the Chi Xiao Sect?"

"The Supreme Elder of the Xuan Yang Sect? Or the Supreme Elder of the Chi Xiao Sect? That shouldn't be possible! Could it be some reclusive, powerful rogue cultivator?"

Inside the Xuan Yang Sect's main camp, everyone stared blankly at the sky, their minds completely blank.

Gu Changjin stood ten thousand feet in the sky, behind him neither a Dharma image nor an illusion.

It was a true little world, with dark, turbid waters flowing and shadowy mountains rising and falling.

In the center of the cave, a Taoist in black robes, identical to Gu Changjin, sat cross-legged in the void.

Behind the Taoist, the phantom of the Devouring Heaven Serpent swirled around, like a deep abyss of nothingness, swallowing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Gu Changjin spoke slowly, his voice not loud, but it resonated with the heavens and earth, spreading for miles around.

"Today, I am Gu Changjin of the Xuan Yang Sect."

"At the Broken Cloud Mountains, he attained enlightenment and became a deity."

"Open the Xuanming Guixu Grotto Heaven".

"Having obtained my innate divine power, I return to the void!"

The words fell.

The spiritual energy of the vast land surged once more.

Countless cultivators felt a chill run down their spines, as if they were being held down by an invisible hand.

The Xuan Yang Sect camp was initially deathly silent, then erupted into a roaring uproar.

"Transformation into a Divine Being!"

"Grandmaster Gu has attained enlightenment and transformed into a deity!"

"Our Xuan Yang Sect has a Nascent Soul Dao Lord!"

Yue Mingchuan was so excited that he trembled all over and knelt down in mid-air.

"Congratulations to Daoist Gu on attaining the Dao and transforming into a deity!"

The next moment, within the Xuan Yang Sect's main camp, countless Qi Refining cultivators, Foundation Establishment cultivators, and more than ten Golden Core cultivators knelt in worship.

"Congratulations to Daoist Gu on attaining the Dao and transforming into a deity!"

The sound was like waves, shaking mountains and rivers.

Inside the Crimson Cloud Sect's main camp, however, there was utter silence.

Standing atop the mountain, Li Chenyuan looked as if he had been struck by lightning.

He looked at the cave, then at the black-robed Taoist in the cave's illusory form.

After a long silence, he finally broke down and cursed:

"Transformation into a Divine Being?"

"Gu Changjin, didn't you just reach the Nascent Soul stage?"